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Br. Andrew Martin del Valle, O.P., offers a reflection on the 2nd Reading for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Click to view...

Br. Sam Wharton, O.P. preaches during Evening Prayer (Vespers) on Isaiah 43:16-21 for the Fifth Sunday in Lent. Click to view...

Br. Greg Dunn, OP preaches on 1 Corinthians 10 for the Third Sunday of Lent. Click to view...

Br. Carlos Salas, O.P. preaches on Romans 10:8-13 for the First Sunday of Lent. Click to view...

Br. Sam Wharton, O.P. preaches during Evening Prayer on 1 Corinthians 15 for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Click to view...

On the Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Br. Greg Dunn, O.P. preaches about the sight of the face of the Lord, based on Isaiah 6:1-2a, 3-8. Br. Greg highlights that the Lord's gaze is one of love that fills us with joy. When we see the merciful face of God, we are summoned to mission. Click to view...

Dominic was truly a man of the Church. He saw himself as an apostle trained by the Master himself. (He always carried either the Gospel of Matthew or the Letters of Paul with him.) He also felt part of the primitive apostolic community whose daunting task was to preach the Gospel to the world.

One of the great themes we see in Acts of the Apostles is that of conversion. And not merely the conversion of those like Cornelius in Acts, but Peter himself. Click to view...

Do we recognize Jesus? When we see our best friend, our spouse, our family members, our eyes light up in recognition. But what about when we see the Lord? Do we truly recognize him? Do we know him well enough that we can see him in our brothers and sisters, in the Eucharist, and even in ourselves? Click to view...

Why do we preach? The world and the culture around us are, at best, apathetic to the Faith, and at worst openly hostile. It is an exhausting and wearisome enterprise. And yet we preach the Word which Is Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh. Jesus who took upon himself our own weariness, our own exhaustion, and our own humiliations. Why would we not want to preach this Word? Click to view...

Br. Gregory Dunn, O.P. preaches on the Fourth Sunday of Lent. During the season of Lent, we are reminded of God's dwelling with us, foreshadowed by His presence in the temple of ancient Israel. Click to view...

Br. Andrew Martin reminds us that Lent is not simply or even primarily about reminding us about how bad we are. It's about rediscovering with Jesus Christ in the desert the beauty that God has bestowed upon us. Click to view...

The world is full of suffering. When is crying out to God ungrateful, and when is it a genuine prayer? Click to view...

A celibate religious or priest is set apart, consecrated, for the Lord, primarily. St. Paul explains that the unmarried are anxious about the things of the Lord and the married seek to please their spouse. Read more...

Fr. Joseph Paul Albin, O.P. preaches on the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, 2021.

Br. Greg Dunn, O.P. places the Word of God at the core of our Advent experience. It is in the Word of God, in the liturgy, the hymns, and the prayers of Advent that we see the Word of God made fresh in our own lives yet again. Click to view...

(Part 4 in a short series about our patron saint - Saint Martin de Porres.) Martin knew that there was no comparison to the God who became man. He looked not within himself or even his brothers to discover the strength he needed to care endlessly for those in need. Instead he looked to Christ Crucified. Read more...

“I never saw or encountered anyone or anything hostile, and there were just looks that I’ve grown accustomed to as a Dominican, and developed a high tolerance towards.” Click to read more...

Today, St. Albert is the example for us that knowledge and faith are inseparable. St. Albert didn’t let politics or opinions hinder his life of faith. He taught and preached as a true Dominican friar, not for some argument, but simply to lead souls to live a life of faith focused on God. Read more...

(Part 3 in a short series about our patron saint - Saint Martin de Porres.) We have all invariably heard the story of Martin and the mice in the priory. Of his pact with them to feed them, if they would only stop chewing up the linens of the house. Read more...