Br. Jerome Masters
Blessed Are You Among Women | The Fourth Sunday of Advent
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 blessed is the fruit of your womb.”
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Rejoice! | The Third Sunday of Advent
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 writing to the Corinthians, “Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice!”
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Serving the Powerhouse of the Order of Preachers
If you travel about 100 miles northeast of New York City, you might stumble across the Dominican Monastery of Our Lady of Grace in North Guilford, Connecticut. These Dominican nuns have been praying there since 1947. What many people don’t know is that the nuns of the Dominican Order are a vital part of the success of preaching for the salvation of souls.
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Prepare The Way | The Second Sunday of Advent
On this second Sunday of Advent, we hear in the gospel that St. John the Baptist preached a baptism of repentance in order to fulfill what the prophet Isaiah wrote “A voice of one crying out in the desert: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.’”
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Deliver Us | The First Sunday of Advent
In this first half of the season of Advent, the Church contemplates the second coming of Christ. In this Sunday’s gospel, Jesus depicts what his second coming will be like saying, “And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
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Remembering All Souls
The Church celebrates with great joy the Solemnity of All Saints, but one day later, there’s a drastic change. Instead of white vestments, black or purple vestments are worn. Instead of the joy that we are reminded of from the lives of the saints, we are reminded of those we have lost. Instead of seeing the joy that comes from heaven, we are reminded of the pain that comes from the fall of Adam.
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Celebrating All Saints
In this month of November the Church celebrates all those courageous men and women who have gone before us in this life and have come to their eternal reward. That reward is living in the presence of God in heaven.
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Studying the One We Love
In his recent book Principles of Catholic Theology, Book 2, On the Rational Credibility of Christianity, Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P., seeks to give a resource to show “warranted belief in Christianity.”
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