The Risen Lord: absent or present?
As we journey deeper into the Resurrection, an echo from Easter Day – Fr Bruno’s sermon. In the Dominican Bible School in Jerusalem, in the common room, is a small model made decades ago by one of the brothers....
As we journey deeper into the Resurrection, an echo from Easter Day – Fr Bruno’s sermon. In the Dominican Bible School in Jerusalem, in the common room, is a small model made decades ago by one of the brothers....
A beautiful and funny meditation from Fr Euan (who has now had his operation and is doing well – thank you all for your prayers). Words are important to Dominicans, as expressions of the meaning of the creation. I...
The great thing about Eastertide is that it lasts longer than Lent! So we will take time – especially in this time of continuing retreat – to meditate on the great mystery of the Lord’s Resurrection. Fr Bob Eccles’...
AVAILABLE EASTER SUNDAY ONLY! Fr Dominic writes: I’ve worked for some years with the young dancer choreographer Eliot Smith, and his company Eliot Smith Dance. In 2013 Eliot, a committed Catholic, had an idea of creating his own choreography...
Fr Dominic reflects on Holy Saturday, between Christ’s death and Resurrection, at such an extraordinary time. A friend wrote recently on Facebook that he’d never had to give up so much for Lent. Who’d have thought, at the beginning...
A meditation on the Seven Last Words of Jesus on the Cross, with music, art and words, from Sr. Ann Catherine and Sr. Tamsin, of St. Catherine’s Dominican Convent in Cambridge.
To help us into Good Friday, a beautiful lockdown rendition of Wir setzen mit Tranen nieder (“We sit on the ground in tears”) from J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, sung by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge.
The Cross, place of Jesus’ death, has become the Tree of Life for us. Reflecting on this great mystery, Fr Euan Marley offers a Pro-Life Stations of the Cross – meditations to help us support life with gentleness and...
A meditation from the Prior, Fr Euan Marley OP: Palm Sunday, looking towards Good Friday and beyond – the Generation of the Cross. In the Gospel of St Mark, the cross is laid upon Simon of Cyrene. Mark, and...
We take it for granted how much gesture and movement there is the Mass. Standing, sitting, kneeling, the Sign of the Cross, genuflection (bending the knee)… Our Faith is as much about the body as it is about the...