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Tenebrae: Holy Saturday
The following video is from Tenebrae of Holy Saturday last year. In this video we hear what are known as
Tenebrae: In Monte Oliveti
The Holy Triduum at Blackfriars begins with the morning service of Tenebrae on Maundy Thursday. As the candles are progressively
Gospel Reflection: Spy Wednesday: Thirty Pieces of Silver
With thirty pieces of silver, Judas betrays our Lord to the Chief Priests. Such a price has become shorthand in
Year of Mercy: Holy Year
The ecclesial tradition of a holy year or jubilee year began with Pope Boniface VIII in 1300. The notion of
Palm Sunday 2016
Christian are often exhorted to unite themselves with the Cross of Christ. We are told to ‘offer it up’ in
Great Dominicans: Bl. Peter Ruffia
Peter Cambiano was born in Chieri, in Piedmont, in 1320. He was drawn to the Dominicans by his devotion to
Wednesday Gospel reflection: Abiding with the Word
In today’s Gospel we heard an extraordinary dialogue between Jesus and a group of 'Jews who had believed in him’.
Year of Mercy: Psalm 102(103)
“In the Psalms, we drink divine praise at its pure and stainless source, in all its primitive sincerity and perfection,”
Year of Mercy: Pope Francis’s Episcopal Motto
‘What are Pope Francis’s links with the north east of England?’, is not, I imagine, a question that has crossed
Great dominicans: John Tauler
It is not surprising that the Order of Preachers has historically been the home to men renowned and remembered for
Don’t be an Arian
We hear in the Gospel today (Jn 5:17-30) in one place that the Father judges no one, but has given
Great Dominicans: Bl. Henry Suso – The Acceptable Face of German Mysticism?
The Fourteenth Century Dominican, Henry Suso, is one of a trinity of famous Dominican “Founding Fathers” of German Mysticism, a