Fr. Gabriel Gillen, OP

Guestsplaining: Johannes Hartl on Humanity & Beauty | Fr. Gregory Pine & Bonaventure Chapman – Godsplaining Podcast December 16, 2024 [embedded content] Godsplaining is a production of the Dominican Friars of the Province of St. Joseph © 2024. All rights reserved.

Saint John Henry Newman is widely regarded as one of the greatest stylists of the English language. But the quality of his grammar is not the reason why any Catholic should read his sermons.

Literature and Borges | Fr. Gregory Pine & Fr. Bonaventure Chapman – Godsplaining Podcast December 12, 2024 [embedded content] Godsplaining is a production of the Dominican Friars of the Province of St. Joseph © 2024. All rights reserved.

Do you know what it takes to build a shrine? It’s no simple task; a lot has to be done in order to turn a shrine into a reality. You have to choose the site and raise the money and draw up plans—plans tediously revised and approved. And once construction begins it can go on, […]

Chocolate is a little-known part of the Dominican Order’s heritage. In drink form, chocolate was enjoyed by some of the most driven personalities of the Order’s history, who served God with fiery intensity while being strengthened by grace and cocoa. Bartolomé de las Casas, the relentless crusader for indigenous rights, praised chocolate as a “tasty […]

Guestsplaining: Luke Kornet on Faith and Success | Fr. Gregory Pine & Fr. Joseph-Anthony Kress – Godsplaining Podcast December 9, 2024 [embedded content] Godsplaining is a production of the Dominican Friars of the Province of St. Joseph © 2024. All rights reserved.

This is part of a series entitled, “Preaching: Feeding Fellow Beggars.” Read the series introduction here. To see other posts in the series, click here. Bernardine’s voice filled the church like cathedral bells as he exclaimed: “O you who are cold and dead, go to the fount of life!” Stephen thought this line was spoken directly to […]

What Nietzsche Got Right | Fr. Patrick Briscoe & Fr. Bonaventure Chapman – Godsplaining Podcast December 5, 2024 [embedded content] Godsplaining is a production of the Dominican Friars of the Province of St. Joseph © 2024. All rights reserved.

As fall gives way to winter and the night grows gradually longer, we find ourselves in the midst of a transition. In the course of the liturgical year, we find ourselves in a similar transition and we must wait. As much as society plays Bing Crosby’s Silver Bells, it is not Christmastime in the city. […]

I’ve never seen Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical, Jesus Christ Superstar, but one of its hit songs, “I Don’t Know How to Love Him,” pops up on my internal playlist with some frequency. I first came across the song in a book of show tunes I was plunking out on the piano and the lyrics ensconced […]

Advent is well-timed with the changing of the seasons. Like the fading leaves with their empty promises, Advent is a stirring reminder that the Kingdom of God is already and not yet.

While some preach with fire and brimstone, preaching with unfettered anger is often ineffective. And yet, Saint Paul tells us, “Make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel” (Eph 6:19). What is the difference, then, between being a bold preacher and being an angry preacher?