• Wednesday of the First Week of Advent 2024
    Wednesday of the First Week of Advent 2024
    December 4, 2024
    by Br. Benedict Johnson, OP
    Why doesn’t everyone see the truth of God’s love for humanity? Why are so many simply unable to know what God has in store for them.
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  • Memorial of Saint Francis Xavier, Priest 2024
    Memorial of Saint Francis Xavier, Priest 2024
    December 3, 2024
    by Fr. Carl Joseph Paustian, OP
    The season of Advent, these four weeks, are meant to prepare us for what we long to see and what we desire to hear.
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  • Monday of the First Week of Advent 2024
    Monday of the First Week of Advent 2024
    December 2, 2024
    by Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP
    There is no way to distinguish or separate Christ's truth from his authority. If we accept the truth that Jesus is the Christ, then we also accept his authority as our Lord.
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  • First Sunday of Advent 2024
    First Sunday of Advent 2024
    December 1, 2024
    by Sr. Jeanne Moore, OP
    Standing before the rising sun, coffee mug in hand, I pray Bergan and Schwan’s poetic version of the Principle and Foundation for St. Ignatius’s “Spiritual Exercises”: As your love is spilling over into creation...
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  • Reflection - The Epiphany of the Lord
    Reflection - The Epiphany of the Lord
    January 7, 2024
    by Sr. Mary Rose Carlin, OP, Monastery of the Infant Jesus, Lufkin, TX
    He leads people in the most surprising ways and through the most unusual circumstances.
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  • Reflection - Christmas Weekday
    Reflection - Christmas Weekday
    January 6, 2024
    by Br. Juan Gabriel Seiglie, OP, St. Dominic Priory, St. Louis, MO
    God united human nature to himself.
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  • Reflection - Memorial of Saint John Neumann
    Reflection - Memorial of Saint John Neumann
    January 5, 2024
    by Fr. Francis Orozco, OP
    Sometimes there is nothing else we need to say other than the words, “Come and See.”
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  • Reflection - Memorial of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
    Reflection - Memorial of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
    January 4, 2024
    by Mr. Troy Cook, OP, Lay Dominican
    Today two important questions are asked.
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  • Reflection - Christmas Weekday
    Reflection - Christmas Weekday
    January 3, 2024
    by Br. Albert Augustine Kerstiens, novice
    When we do good, act mercifully, love our Lord and neighbor, and obey God’s commandments, we are not only being made into more perfect human persons, but we actively begin to share in God’s very being.
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  • Reflection - Memorial of Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen
    Reflection - Memorial of Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen
    January 2, 2024
    by Mrs. Wendy Clark, OP
    Lord, make us mindful that our enemies are your children, too.
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  • Reflection - Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, The Mother of God
    Reflection - Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, The Mother of God
    January 1, 2024
    by Fr. Scott O'Brien, OP
    The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord let his face shine upon you and be gracious.
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  • Reflection - The Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph
    Reflection - The Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph
    December 31, 2023
    by Br. Carlos Salas, OP, St. Dominic Priory, St. Louis, MO
    Lord, I love you!
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  • Reflection - The Sixth Day in the Octave of Christmas
    Reflection - The Sixth Day in the Octave of Christmas
    December 30, 2023
    by Fr. Augustine DeArmond, OP
    We all experience the loss of people dear to us and seek to fill a void in our lives.
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  • Reflection - The Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas
    Reflection - The Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas
    December 28, 2023
    by Br. Francis Mary Kratz, St. Albert the Great Priory, Irving, TX
    As Jesus was set apart from the world upon His consecration, we also must live apart from the world on receiving the Sacrament of Baptism and strengthening through Confirmation.
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  • Christmas Reflection - Feast of the Holy Innocents
    Christmas Reflection - Feast of the Holy Innocents
    December 28, 2023
    by Sr. Jeanne Moore, OP, Dominican Sister
    Better to hear it from Mary and Joseph than from others about those infant boys killed because of him.
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  • Christmas Reflection - Feast of Saint John
    Christmas Reflection - Feast of Saint John
    December 27, 2023
    by Sr. Mary Thomas Stewart, OP, Monastery of the Infant Jesus, Lufkin, TX
    We must always be ready to see Christ shining through every person and every situation.
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  • Christmas Reflection - Feast of Saint Stephen
    Christmas Reflection - Feast of Saint Stephen
    December 26, 2023
    by Mrs. Heather Cook, OP, Lay Dominican, Houston, TX
    God works through His entire garden of imperfect children where we are today.
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  • Reflection - The Nativity of the Lord
    Reflection - The Nativity of the Lord
    December 25, 2023
    by Fr. Roberto Merced, OP
    "And the angels said unto them, fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.”  (Luke 2:10)
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  • Advent Reflection - Fourth Sunday of Advent
    Advent Reflection - Fourth Sunday of Advent
    December 24, 2023
    by Sr. Patricia Harvat, OP
    How could she have imagined all that her "fiat," her yes, to the angel would bring into her life through the years?
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  • Advent Reflection - Saturday of the Third Week of Advent
    Advent Reflection - Saturday of the Third Week of Advent
    December 23, 2023
    by Fr. Chris Eggleton, OP
    Hear the good news, reject the darkness, and accept the Light!
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