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Novena to St. Dominic - July 30-August 7

(From the website of the Nashville Dominicans)

 

 

Why not join our Dominican family in praying a Novena to St. Dominic, our Father and founder of the Order of Preachers, as we prepare to celebrate his feast day on August 8?

You can find the short form Novena here, or an expanded version here.

Sunday Snippets - July 28, 2013

(© Michael Seagriff)

 

 

It's Sunday and time to join an interesting group of Catholic bloggers at RAnn's place, This That and The Other Thing,  where you are sure to find something that will stir your soul.

May you find something of value in my offerings this week:

Monday Musings - So When Can We Expect To Hear Humanae Vitae Preached at Sunday Masses?

Lost The Sense of the Sacred?

Eucharistic Reflection - Radiating Christ

Eucharistic Reflection - Radiating Christ

Dear Jesus,

"Help me to spread Your fragrance every­where I go. Flood my soul with Your spirit and life. Penetrate and possess my whole being, so utterly, that my life may only be a radiance of Yours. Shine through me, and be so in me, that every soul I come in contact with may feel Your presence in my soul. Let them look up and see no longer me but only Jesus!

 

Stay with me, and then I shall begin to shine as You shine; so to shine as to be a light to others; the light, 0 Jesus will be all from You, none of it will be mine; it will be You, shining on others through me. Let me thus praise You in the way You love best by shining on those around me. Let me preach You without preaching, not by words but by my example, by the catching force, the sympathetic influence of what I do, the evident fullness of the love my hearts bear to You. Amen."

 (Prayer of John Henry Cardinal Newman – a favorite of  

       Blessed  Teresa of Calcutta and her community)

 

              (Image from a Life Teen Mass shared by

                  changingworship.wordpress.com)

 

Dominicans at Adoration

Recent image from the General Chapter of the Order of Preachers taking place in Trogir, Croatia. This picture was recently posted on the website of  the Dominican Nuns at the Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary in Summit, N.J. Visit the good sisters here.

 

 

Lost The Sense of the Sacred?

There is so much of spiritual value that is shared over the internet on a daily basis that goes unrecognized and/or unread - the sheer volume of such material is mindboggling.

One of the contributions we Catholic bloggers can make toward advancing the cause of The New Evangelization is to share some of the spiritual treasures we discover while searching the web with those who might visit our blogs. Many bloggers already do so.

I ran across one of those treasures some time ago at Traditional Catholic Priest. I should have shared this sooner.

Are you among the many Catholics who wonder how it is that so many of our parishes have lost the sense of the sacred? Do you wonder if it is even possible to reestablish such a sense within our church buildings?

Then you will appreciate the insight that Dietrich von Hildebrand  offers in this article. You will no doubt be amazed when you discover that he wrote this in 1966.

Monday Musings - So When Can We Expect to Hear Humanae Vitae Preached at Sunday Masses?

(Image from Biblebios.com)

If God used Balaam’s donkey to get that prophet’s attention, I guess he can use me to get yours. May these periodic postings on the second and fourth Mondays of each month (God willing) generate fruitful discussion and faithful change.

 

I recently read a short but interesting article written by Father Michael Orsi. It is entitled How Same-Sex Marriage Won. You can read his article here at Catholic Exchange. 

As I am wont to do, I simply passed it along to several social media sites with the same question I posed in today's post. That's all I did. What a stir it created.