Advancing with Jesus

Advancing with Jesus

Advancing with Jesus By Fr. Bernard Knapke, O.P. In the year 1519, Hernan Cortes, sailing with a few hundred Spanish soldiers aboard ten small ships, landed on the coast of the Yucatan peninsula. His goal was to conquer the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan—a massive city...
Feathered Hope

Feathered Hope

Feathered Hope By Fr. Bartholomew Calvano, O.P.   “Hope” is the thing with feathers – That perches in the soul – And sings the tune without the words – And never stops – at all – I cannot help but hear these lines of Emily Dickinson...
A Gift of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

A Gift of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

A Gift of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a celebration of the love he has for mankind, the love that moved him to give himself on the Cross at Calvary. This Solemnity is an appropriate time to recall...
Behold Your God: Seeing Jesus on Corpus Christi

Behold Your God: Seeing Jesus on Corpus Christi

Behold Your God: Seeing Jesus on Corpus Christi By Fr. Philip Nolan, O.P. “Look!” It’s a simple command that we give and receive all the time. Children point up to a distant airplane, trying to help their friends spot it among the clouds. Teachers instruct their...
Preaching in the Digital Public Square

Preaching in the Digital Public Square

A New Platform for the Gospel On the feast of Pentecost, the Church remembers when the Holy Spirit descended upon Our Lady and the Apostles, sending them out to proclaim the Gospel to all nations. So too, the Dominican friars have been sent into the world to preach...