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 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 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.”...
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....
Blessed Are You Among Women | The Fourth Sunday of Advent By Br. Jerome Masters, O.P. As we enter into the final 3-day stretch until Christmas, we hear in today’s gospel all the words that are too familiar from St. Elizabeth. “Blessed are you among women and...
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...