Yeah, it’s a weird day when I don’t make the 20 mile haul to my parish for something or other.
We don’t have “perpetual” adoration yet. We do one stretch from 8:00 Wed to 1700 Thu every week and we have adoration from Ash Wednesday to the Triduum Sacrum. But we’re not there yet.
God willing, I’m making life promises as a Dominican this January and there may be a move in my future. I’d like to spend some time helping sow and strengthen chapters of Lay Dominicans, especially in diocese with liberal bishops. We need to provide refuges for people who want to worship Jesus, and bases from which good teaching can be spread.
But if I DO move, I’m going to miss this place. We are building the first priory built in the US in 40+ years! At a large university! This could turn out to be important.
“God willing, I’m making life promises as a Dominican this January ...”
You will now be in my daily prayers for this intention. Thank you, what a great promise.
If I recall, I have been to that church a lot over the years, it’s one of the few that really preached about abortion. I remember one sermon that actually explained what the Church teaches on socialism. Very impressive parish.
You’ll be in my prayers as well.
Freegards
Lay Dominicans, wonderful. I will pray for you.
It reminded me of a post on a Dominican blog:
This morning an Air Force pilot pointed out that flying close to the deck in Afganistan and Iraq, you can always tell what kind of animals you are coming up on. A flock of goats scatters in every direction in response to the noise of the aircraft, whereas the sheep all run to the shepherd; so before you are even close, you know what kind of animals the flock is made of.
That said, this seems like one occasion to make a shameless plug. The scripture doesn’t make mention of the assistant that the shepherd has, the dog. Now the dogs’ job is not just to herd the sheep, but to bark when the wolf comes, and to defend the sheep and the shepherd, even at the cost of their own lives. It is worth noting in this context that the dog has always been associated with St. Dominic, appearing in art at his side, and the word “Dominicans” being derived from Domini canus - God’s dogs.
I took classes at St. Vincent Ferrer in NYC some years back. It’s an amazing Dominican church.
Look see:
http://www.csvf.org/Architecture-A.html
You can go back and see the great Rood suspended over the altar.
Pray for me. I love the spirituality of the Dominicans, yet still feel drawn to the Carmelites as third order.