One hour, that’s all it takes. The length of time of a primetime drama. But it can change hearts, lives, and the course of history…
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If you want inspiration for living feminine genius as a holy woman of strength, fortitude with gentleness, today’s Dominican saints give plenty to ponder. Blessed Diana and Cecilia were two of the first nuns of the Order of Preachers in Italy, and both of them faced difficult challenges in pursuing their vocation to give themselves completely to God as His bride.
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In celebration of Pentecost, we've recorded three singles under the album title “Veni Creator Spiritus” and arranged to have them released on Sunday, May 31st.
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No doubt about it, we are living in painful and surreal times. As sheltering-in-place has become the “new normal”, some things in life have been forgone, others put on hold. But one thing that can and should grow and flourish is our faith and spiritual life. You are invited to join Mary in the upper room for a day of retreat, right where you are, as you are!
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A Dominican nun lives a contemplative life at the heart of the Church – something in common with all cloistered contemplative religious. But how is the full flowering of her contemplative vocation uniquely Dominican?
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Saint Catherine of Siena. There’s no earthly reason we should know who this woman is. Born in Siena, she dedicated herself to God and a life of secluded prayer. For many years, she was happy to remain hidden in a room of her family’s home – her and God alone. Then, God gave her a commission. In a time when women did not venture too far from either home or cloister, God told her, she had work to do…
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For most of us, the beginning of Lent was like any other. We chose which Lenten practices we wanted to do, if possible, we made a point to go to Mass on Ash Wednesday, and we settled in for another 40-day season of purple. But we did not count on this: ending Lent and spending the Holy Triduum sheltering at home, social distancing, with sickness, death, economic difficulties and stress looming over us. We did not choose this cross.
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Today we are reminded that all is not darkness. Today, we celebrate the Annunciation of our Lord Jesus Christ - the Word becomes flesh! God is-with-us! As we remain in the desert, sheltering-in-place, here’s some challenges we are each likely to face and the opportunities to let God’s light shine in the darkness.
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It’s something that we like to think of as only happening in the history books, that with all our advancements in technology and medicine, it certainly can’t happen to us here and now - that a disease could sweep through a community and cause such serious illness, death, isolation, economic loss and fear. But as we hear the reports about the spread of the coronavirus and feel its devastating effects in big and small ways, we are once again reminded how fragile we are.
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Penance. Suffering. Ashes and dust. It’s that time of liturgical year again. So what is the season about? Is it merely to inflict pain and punishment, to make us feel bad about ourselves and our sins? To bring gloom and doom down on us as we are reminded “you are dust, and to dust you shall return”? Certainly if we were a people without faith in a God of mercy and love, without hope for life with Him in heaven, then Lent would indeed be very dark. But we are ultimately an Easter people…
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