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St Thomas Aquinas: Doctor of the Church, scholastic theologian and philosopher, piercing intellect, synthesiser of Aristotle and Christianity . .

If three years ago before I joined the Dominicans, I told my friends that I was called to be a

“Now we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man is about to be handed over to the chief

Once upon a time, there was a lawyer. He thought he could test Jesus by asking a tricky question. Actually, it

What are you willing to do for glory?   Abraham is commanded to bind his only son, Isaac, and to offer him

The rain it raineth on the just And also on the unjust fella; But chiefly on the just, because The unjust steals the

In this video Br Jean-Baptiste offers a reflection on the Third Station of the Cross: Jesus falls the first time. Br Jean-Baptiste

It might seem that contemplation is reserved only for a few people who are chosen by God according to his

One of the great privileges of living in Oxford is the richness of the cultural life that is going on

The Apple corporation recently earned record profits from its sales of Smart Phones, iPads, Computers and through its business decisions.  In

Dominicans are useful ‘amphibians’. We seek God as contemplatives, living lives of prayer and study, but only because we have

Pope Benedict, reflecting on today’s readings, which include Mark’s account of Christ’s temptation in the wilderness, says that “the image