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Advent: Who is this man?
Readings:Tuesday of the Third Week of Advent: Jeremiah 23:5-8; Psalm 71; Matthew 1: 18-24 In these last few days before
“That is a true friend” – Fr Denis Geraghty OP (1929-2012)
Fr Allan White OP, formerly Prior Provincial of the English Province and currently Senior Chaplain at New York University, preached
Advent: The coming of the Good Shepherd
These themes of the lost sheep and of the Good shepherd occur in Advent’s readings. They relate to Isaiah’s prophecy
Third Sunday of Advent: Gaudete Sunday
Readings: Isaiah 35:1-6,10; Psalm 145:6-10; James 5:7-10; Matthew 11:2-11 Gaudete Sunday takes its name from the latin ‘gaudete’ which means “rejoice”.
Advent Silence
'Silence is golden' – really? Just think of all the pejorative adjectives we attach to silence: an awkward silence, an
Visit to Stonor Park
On December 1st the Dominican Students visited Stonor Park, nestled in the Chilterns, near Henley in South Oxfordshire. It
Advent Mountains
Isa 25:6-10a, Ps 23, Mt 15:29-37.Mountains feature prominently in today’s reading from Isaiah, as they also did on Monday (Isa
First Sunday of Advent – The First and Second Comings of Christ
Readings: Jeremiah 33:14-16; Psalm 25; I Thessalonians 3:12-4:2; Luke 21:25-28, 34-36 I’m sure I’m not the only person who, as a
Councils of Faith: Constantinople III (680-681)
Those who find that the Church uses highly complicated theological words to define her dogmas might not know much about
What I did in the summer…La Route Dominicaine
Walking long distances is a very Dominican activity. St Dominic walked countless miles preaching the Gospel in southern France and
Councils of Faith: Constantinople II (553)
In our previous article on Faith Councils we read of the famous Council of Chalcedon which issued the ‘Chalcedonian Definition’,
What I did in the Summer…..France
Every summer the student brothers here at Blackfriars are dispatched from Oxford to go and do something useful at another