Category: St. Dominic’s

  • Godwin’s Law You Know

    Godwin’s Law You Know

    The Readings for the 19th Friday, Tempus per Annum (C2)Memorial of Bl Jane de Chantal Ezekiel 16:1-15, 60, 63 Matthew 19:3-12 For I will re-establish my covenant with you, that you may know that I am the LORD, that you may remember and be ashamed, and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace,…

  • Please Stand By

    Please Stand By

    The Readings for the Memorial of St Clare, Virgin19th Thursday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Ezekiel 12:1-12 Matthew 18:21–19:1 Cover your face so you cannot see the land, for I am making you a sign for the house of Israel! Ezekiel 12:6 SAINT CLARE WAS granted a vision of Mass on Christmas Eve so that she…

  • Serve & Follow

    Serve & Follow

    The Readings for the Feat of St Lawrence, Deacon & Martyr19th Wednesday, Tempus per Annum (C2) II Corinthians 9:6-10 John 12:24-26 Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there also will my servant be. John 12:26 THE DEACON St Lawrence was the patron saint of the Orthodox monastery where I tested my…

  • Be the Light

    Be the Light

    The Readings for the Solemnity of Our Holy Father Dominic19th Monday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Isaiah 52:7-10 II Timothy 4:1-5 Matthew 5: 13-16 For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own likings, and will turn away from…

  • Domus Dei et Porta Coeli in Cor Civitatem

    +JMJ+There are some seriously beautiful Churches in this Catholic city. Some 25% of the population in the Bay is said to be Roman Catholic. That means there are more Catholics in this Bay Area than there are Episcopalians. Anywhere. Or Orthodox, for that matter. (How many of them go to Church is another thing entirely,…

  • Stanley & Becoming a (Lay) Dominican (Tertiary)

    +JMJ+I’m too old. Roman Catholic orders want young men. They all seem to max out at guys 15 years younger than me. Some don’t want guys more than 20 years younger than me. This is a sad reality for me. For while my experience in a monastery proved to me I wanted to try in…