Why does God require a blood sacrifice?
Heb 9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. Adam & Eve sinned by eating the fruit of…
Joy
Joy is not the absence of suffering, but the presence of God The first wonder that the Holy Spirit works in the world is to preserve joy in our heart…
Factus est O.P. (Dominica VIII Tempus per Annum)
The officium of the Mass for 8th Sunday of Ordinary Time according to the Dominican Gregorian chant tradition. https://youtu.be/X6H2UuqUMss OPChant 22.5K subscribers The officium of the Mass for 8th Sunday…
“His heart was moved with pity”
MEDITATION OF THE DAY Since it was by sin that death had come into the world like some wild and savage beast to destroy the life of man, it was…
Book of the Prophet Malachi
A reading from the Book of the Prophet Malachi 3:13-20b You have defied me in word, says the Lord, yet you ask, “What have we spoken against you?” You have…
“To whom shall we go?”
God’s dream is that mankind will come to know him. That is why God became man in Jesus and entered into human history. Therefore the only true thing that counts…
Committing Our Whole Livelihood
We should be careful not to love too much what we will have to forsake, lest indeed we forsake too much what we should possess eternally. We have need no…
The Father
The Father is himself within the circle of love. They pray in Jesus' name, but instead of waiting on the threshold for Him to intervene, they enter and look into…
What Does God Want for Me?
"Love is what God is..." - Bishop Robert Barron Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God; everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God.Whoever…