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Blessed Reginald Receiving Scapular

Blessed Reginald Receiving Scapular

by | Feb 12, 2016 | General, Photo Tour, Saints

  Reginald of Orleans (1180 – 1220), a doctor of laws, was a prominent public figure and distinguished scholar before becoming a Dominican, having held the chair of canon law at the University of Paris. On his way to visit the Holy Land, Reginald stopped in...
Salve Regina

Salve Regina

by | Jun 22, 2015 | General, Photo Tour, Saints

The Salve Regina (“Hail, Holy Queen”) is sung every evening by Dominicans. According to tradition, the Blessed Mother prays for the security of the whole Order as Dominicans sing, “Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward...
Blessed is the Fruit of thy Womb

Blessed is the Fruit of thy Womb

by | May 11, 2015 | General, Saints

The following exegesis on the “Hail Mary,” was written by the Angelic Doctor, St. Thomas Aquinas. The sinner sometimes seeks in a thing what cannot be attained there, but the just man attains it. Proverbs 13:22: “the substance of the sinner is kept...
St. Dominic Receives the Rosary

St. Dominic Receives the Rosary

by | Feb 10, 2015 | General, Photo Tour, Saints

It was only in the year 1214, however, that the Church received the Rosary in its present form and according to the method we use today. It was given to the Church by St. Dominic, who had received it from the Blessed Virgin as a means of converting the Albigensians...

Mary, the Mother of God

by | Jan 1, 2015 | Saints

The following is an excerpt from Br. Gabriel Torretta, O.P.’s article, “Did the Virgin Mary Tickle the Baby Jesus?” . When you picture Mary holding the Christ-child, what do you imagine her doing? Gazing into his eyes? Nursing him? Just holding him...