Thinking at Eastertime about Heaven

Thinking at Eastertime about Heaven

  Thinking at Eastertime about Heaven By Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. When did you last think deeply about heaven? Easter is an especially apt time to do so. Let’s think about what, if we get there, we will do. It’s not sleeping. It’s being fully alive. When Saint...
By His Death, He Saves Us | Good Friday Meditation

By His Death, He Saves Us | Good Friday Meditation

  By His Death, He Saves Us By Fr. Dominic Verner, O.P. In the beginning, was the Word. “Let there be light.” And so it was. But goodness gave way to evil. We were free to love—free to not love. Light was our beginning. We preferred the darkness. And so the...
Ash Wednesday: Carry the Fire

Ash Wednesday: Carry the Fire

  Ash Wednesday: Carry the Fire By Fr. Michael Mary Weibley, O.P. This essay previously appeared in Dominicana and is reprinted with permission.     “You have to carry the fire.” “I don’t know how to.” “Yes you do.” “Is it real? The fire?” “Yes it is.”...
Solemn Professions | 2025

Solemn Professions | 2025

  Giving Everything Back to God | Solemn Professions 2025   Two of our brothers, Br. Raphael Mary Arteaga, O.P. and Br. Pius Mary Henry, O.P., recently professed Solemn Vows, fully committing the whole of their lives to God through our Dominican way of life....
Rejoice! | The Third Sunday of Advent

Rejoice! | The Third Sunday of Advent

  Rejoice! | The Third Sunday of Advent By Br. Jerome Masters, O.P. Rejoice! We have made it halfway through this season of Advent, and now the Church has shifted her focus from the second coming of Christ to the first. We hear in the second reading from St. Paul...