This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP looks at part of chapter 6 of the Gospel according to St. John. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: Sidewalk Prophets - To live is ChristWhat a Beautiful Name - Hillsong WorshipChris Tomlin - God Of This City. Please send any comments or any question to lightoftruth@dominicans.ie and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP looks at part of chapter 6 of the Gospel according to St. John. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: Sidewalk Prophets - To live is Christ What a Beautiful Name - Hillsong Worship Chris Tomlin - God Of This City. Please send any comments or any question to <a href="mailto:lightoftruth@dominicans.ie" rel="noopener noreferrer">lightoftruth@dominicans.ie</a> and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our <a href="http://dominicans.ie/mailing-list/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mailing list</a> and get monthly updates! Click <a href="http://dominicans.ie/mailing-list/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.

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Gospel Reflections - The Trinity

The great Solemnity of Pentecost. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, "Human pride and egoism always create divisions, build walls of indifference, hate and violence. The Holy Spirit, on the other hand, makes hearts capable of understanding the languages of all, as he re-establishes the bridge of authentic communion between earth and heaven. The Holy Spirit is Love".

The great Solemnity of Pentecost. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, "Human pride and egoism always create divisions, build walls of indifference, hate and violence. The Holy Spirit, on the other hand, makes hearts capable of understanding the languages of all, as he re-establishes the bridge of authentic communion between earth and heaven. The Holy Spirit is Love".

Gospel Reflections - Pentecost

The great Solemnity of the Ascension of Jesus Christ into heaven.  Our Holy Father Pope Francis tells us that, "the Ascension of Jesus into heaven acquaints us with this deeply consoling reality on our journey that in Christ, true God and true man, our humanity was taken to God. Christ opened the path to us. Jesus is the one eternal High Priest who with his Passion passed through death and the tomb and ascended into heaven. He is with God the Father where he intercedes for ever in our favour (cf. Heb 9:24).”

The great Solemnity of the Ascension of Jesus Christ into heaven.  Our Holy Father Pope Francis tells us that, "the Ascension of Jesus into heaven acquaints us with this deeply consoling reality on our journey that in Christ, true God and true man, our humanity was taken to God. Christ opened the path to us. Jesus is the one eternal High Priest who with his Passion passed through death and the tomb and ascended into heaven. He is with God the Father where he intercedes for ever in our favour (cf. Heb 9:24).”

Gospel Reflections - Ascension

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP reflects on the start of the Act of Apostles and the development of the early church. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: How He Loves - David Crowder BandLord I Need You - Matt MaherHoly Spirit - Fransesca Battiselli Please send any comments or any question to lightoftruth@dominicans.ie and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP reflects on the start of the Act of Apostles and the development of the early church. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: How He Loves - David Crowder Band Lord I Need You - Matt Maher Holy Spirit - Fransesca Battiselli Please send any comments or any question to <a href="mailto:lightoftruth@dominicans.ie" rel="noopener noreferrer">lightoftruth@dominicans.ie</a> and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our <a href="http://dominicans.ie/mailing-list/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mailing list</a> and get monthly updates! Click <a href="http://dominicans.ie/mailing-list/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.

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This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP reflects on Holy Week, from Palm Sunday to Good Friday. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Rend Collective - My LighthouseMatt Maher - Lord I need youMatt Redman - 10000 Reasons Please send any comments or any question to lightoftruth@dominicans.ie and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP reflects on Holy Week, from Palm Sunday to Good Friday. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Rend Collective - My Lighthouse Matt Maher - Lord I need you Matt Redman - 10000 Reasons Please send any comments or any question to <a href="mailto:lightoftruth@dominicans.ie" rel="noopener noreferrer">lightoftruth@dominicans.ie</a> and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our <a href="http://dominicans.ie/mailing-list/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mailing list</a> and get monthly updates! Click <a href="http://dominicans.ie/mailing-list/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.

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This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP reflects on events just after the resurrection. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. Please send any comments or any question to lightoftruth@dominicans.ie and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP reflects on events just after the resurrection. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. Please send any comments or any question to <a href="mailto:lightoftruth@dominicans.ie" rel="noopener noreferrer">lightoftruth@dominicans.ie</a> and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our <a href="http://dominicans.ie/mailing-list/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mailing list</a> and get monthly updates! Click <a href="http://dominicans.ie/mailing-list/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.

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This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP reflects on Palm Sunday and Triumphant entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: Is he worthy? Chris TomlinGrace Got You. MercyMeOnly Jesus. Casting Crowns Please send any comments or any question to lightoftruth@dominicans.ie and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP reflects on Palm Sunday and Triumphant entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: Is he worthy? Chris Tomlin Grace Got You. MercyMe Only Jesus. Casting Crowns Please send any comments or any question to <a href="mailto:lightoftruth@dominicans.ie" rel="noopener noreferrer">lightoftruth@dominicans.ie</a> and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our <a href="http://dominicans.ie/mailing-list/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mailing list</a> and get monthly updates! Click <a href="http://dominicans.ie/mailing-list/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.

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‘Late Have I Loved You’:  An Introduction to St Augustine’s Confessions   Structure of talk  Introduction Augustine’s life (up to conversion) Augustine and our post-Christian contemporaries The Confessions: style, structure, content Augustine’s conversion (Confessions V-IX) Questions for discussion Conclusion    Quotations  You are great, Lord, and highly to be praised (Ps 47:2), great is your power and your wisdom is immeasurable (Ps 146:5). Man, a little piece of your creation, desires to praise you, a human being bearing his mortality with him (2 Cor 4:10), carrying with him the witness of his sin and the witness that you resist the proud (1 Pet 5:5). Nevertheless, to praise you is the desire of man, a little piece of your creation. You stir man to take pleasure in praising you, because you have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you (Confessions I.i.1). People are moved to wonder by mountain peaks, by vast waves of the sea, by broad waterfalls on rivers, by the all-embracing extent of the ocean, by the revolutions of the stars But they are uninterested in themselves (Confessions X.viii.15). Late have I loved you, beauty so old and so new: late have I loved you. And see, you were within and I was in the external world and sought you there, and in my unlovely state I plunged into those lovely created things which you made. You were with me, and I was not with you. The lovely things kept me far from you, though if they did not have their existence in you, they had no existence at all. You called and cried out loud and shattered my deafness. You were radiant and resplendent, you put to flight my blindness. You were fragrant, and I drew in my breath and now pant after you. I tasted you, and I feel but hunger and thirst for you. You touched me, and I am set on fire to attain the peace which is yours (Confessions X.xxvii.38). I was led to Ambrose by you, unaware that through him I might be led to you. That man of God received me like a father and expressed pleasure at my coming with a kindness most fitting in a bishop. I began to like him, at first indeed not as a teacher of the truth, for I had absolutely no confidence in your Church, but as a human being who was kind to me (Confessions V.xiii.23). It is one thing to catch a glimpse from a wooded summit of the homeland of peace and not to find the way to it, but vainly to attempt the journey along an impracticable route surrounded by the ambushes and assaults of fugitive deserters with their chief, the lion and the dragon (Ps 90:13). It is another thing to hold on to the way that leads there, defended by the protection of the heavenly emperor (Confessions VII.xxi.27). Let us conduct ourselves becomingly as in the day, not in revelling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarrelling and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires (Romans 13:13-14). I neither wished nor needed to read further. At once, with the last words of this sentence, it was as if a light of relief from all anxiety flooded into my heart. All the shadows of doubt were dispelled (Confessions VIII.xii.29).    Further study Augustine, Confessions, tr. H. Chadwick, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1991 Prof Paul Freedman, ‘The Confessions of Augustine’, YaleCourses YouTube channel Augustine's ‘Confessions’ (In Our Time), BBC Podcasts YouTube channel Brown, P., Augustine of Hippo: A Biography (2nd edition), Berkeley, University of California Press, 2000 Lane Fox, R., Augustine: Conversions and Confessions, London, Penguin, 2015 Augnet (very useable online resource on St Augustine): augnet.org/en/life-of-augustine/

‘Late Have I Loved You’:  An Introduction to St Augustine’s Confessions Structure of talk <ol> <li>Introduction</li> <li>Augustine’s life (up to conversion)</li> <li>Augustine and our post-Christian contemporaries</li> <li>The Confessions: style, structure, content</li> <li>Augustine’s conversion (Confessions V-IX)</li> <li>Questions for discussion</li> <li>Conclusion</li> </ol> Quotations <ol> <li>You are great, Lord, and highly to be praised (Ps 47:2), great is your power and your wisdom is immeasurable (Ps 146:5). Man, a little piece of your creation, desires to praise you, a human being bearing his mortality with him (2 Cor 4:10), carrying with him the witness of his sin and the witness that you resist the proud (1 Pet 5:5). Nevertheless, to praise you is the desire of man, a little piece of your creation. You stir man to take pleasure in praising you, because you have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you (Confessions I.i.1).</li> <li>People are moved to wonder by mountain peaks, by vast waves of the sea, by broad waterfalls on rivers, by the all-embracing extent of the ocean, by the revolutions of the stars But they are uninterested in themselves (Confessions X.viii.15).</li> <li>Late have I loved you, beauty so old and so new: late have I loved you. And see, you were within and I was in the external world and sought you there, and in my unlovely state I plunged into those lovely created things which you made. You were with me, and I was not with you. The lovely things kept me far from you, though if they did not have their existence in you, they had no existence at all. You called and cried out loud and shattered my deafness. You were radiant and resplendent, you put to flight my blindness. You were fragrant, and I drew in my breath and now pant after you. I tasted you, and I feel but hunger and thirst for you. You touched me, and I am set on fire to attain the peace which is yours (Confessions X.xxvii.38).</li> <li>I was led to Ambrose by you, unaware that through him I might be led to you. That man of God received me like a father and expressed pleasure at my coming with a kindness most fitting in a bishop. I began to like him, at first indeed not as a teacher of the truth, for I had absolutely no confidence in your Church, but as a human being who was kind to me (Confessions V.xiii.23).</li> <li>It is one thing to catch a glimpse from a wooded summit of the homeland of peace and not to find the way to it, but vainly to attempt the journey along an impracticable route surrounded by the ambushes and assaults of fugitive deserters with their chief, the lion and the dragon (Ps 90:13). It is another thing to hold on to the way that leads there, defended by the protection of the heavenly emperor (Confessions VII.xxi.27).</li> <li>Let us conduct ourselves becomingly as in the day, not in revelling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarrelling and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires (Romans 13:13-14).</li> <li>I neither wished nor needed to read further. At once, with the last words of this sentence, it was as if a light of relief from all anxiety flooded into my heart. All the shadows of doubt were dispelled (Confessions VIII.xii.29).</li> </ol> Further study Augustine, Confessions, tr. H. Chadwick, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1991 Prof Paul Freedman, ‘The Confessions of Augustine’, YaleCourses YouTube channel Augustine's ‘Confessions’ (In Our Time), BBC Podcasts YouTube channel Brown, P., Augustine of Hippo: A Biography (2nd edition), Berkeley, University of California Press, 2000 Lane Fox, R., Augustine: Conversions and Confessions, London, Penguin, 2015 Augnet (very useable online resource on St Augustine): <a href="http://augnet.org/en/life-of-augustine/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">augnet.org/en/life-of-augustine/</a>

Late Have I Loved You:  An Introduction to St Augustine’s Confessions

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP looks at the parable of the Prodigal Son found the the Gospel according to Luke. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: Reckless love - Cory AsburyChris Tomlin - Good Good FatherSame Power - Jeremy Camp Please send any comments or any question to lightoftruth@dominicans.ie and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP looks at the parable of the Prodigal Son found the the Gospel according to Luke. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: Reckless love - Cory Asbury Chris Tomlin - Good Good Father Same Power - Jeremy Camp Please send any comments or any question to <a href="mailto:lightoftruth@dominicans.ie" rel="noopener noreferrer">lightoftruth@dominicans.ie</a> and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our <a href="http://dominicans.ie/mailing-list/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mailing list</a> and get monthly updates! Click <a href="http://dominicans.ie/mailing-list/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.

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This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP the show is just after Ash Wednesday, and as such there is a short reflection on lent before continuing the reading and reflecting on the Gospel according to John, Chapter 3. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: Lord, I Need You - Matt MaherHow Great is Our God - Chris TomlinReckless love - Cory Asbury Please send any comments or any question to lightoftruth@dominicans.ie and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP the show is just after Ash Wednesday, and as such there is a short reflection on lent before continuing the reading and reflecting on the Gospel according to John, Chapter 3. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: Lord, I Need You - Matt Maher How Great is Our God - Chris Tomlin Reckless love - Cory Asbury Please send any comments or any question to <a href="mailto:lightoftruth@dominicans.ie" rel="noopener noreferrer">lightoftruth@dominicans.ie</a> and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our <a href="http://dominicans.ie/mailing-list/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mailing list</a> and get monthly updates! Click <a href="http://dominicans.ie/mailing-list/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.

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This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP continues with the reading and reflecting on the Gospel according to John, Chapter 3. The focus is on the quest of Nicodemus and the teaching on Baptism. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: Lord, I Need You - Matt MaherHow Great is Our God - Chris TomlinReckless love - Cory Asbury Please send any comments or any question to lightoftruth@dominicans.ie and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP continues with the reading and reflecting on the Gospel according to John, Chapter 3. The focus is on the quest of Nicodemus and the teaching on Baptism. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: Lord, I Need You - Matt Maher How Great is Our God - Chris Tomlin Reckless love - Cory Asbury Please send any comments or any question to <a href="mailto:lightoftruth@dominicans.ie" rel="noopener noreferrer">lightoftruth@dominicans.ie</a> and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our <a href="http://dominicans.ie/mailing-list/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mailing list</a> and get monthly updates! Click <a href="http://dominicans.ie/mailing-list/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.

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This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP talks a little bit more about prayer and listening to the voice of the Lord in our lives. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: You say - Lauren DiagleReckless love - Cory AsburyAlive Again - Alive Again - Matt Maher Please send any comments or any question to lightoftruth@dominicans.ie and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP talks a little bit more about prayer and listening to the voice of the Lord in our lives. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: You say - Lauren Diagle Reckless love - Cory Asbury Alive Again - Alive Again - Matt Maher Please send any comments or any question to <a href="mailto:lightoftruth@dominicans.ie" rel="noopener noreferrer">lightoftruth@dominicans.ie</a> and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our <a href="http://dominicans.ie/mailing-list/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mailing list</a> and get monthly updates! Click <a href="http://dominicans.ie/mailing-list/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.

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This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP continues the discussion on the encounter with Jesus and how it changes our lives. This reflection is a continuation of previous weeks, looking at the stories of the first disciples Jesus called. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: Fight the Good Fight by the Irish bandI Am. Fires by Matt Redman. My Lighthouse by Rend Collective Please send any comments or any question to lightoftruth@dominicans.ie and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP continues the discussion on the encounter with Jesus and how it changes our lives. This reflection is a continuation of previous weeks, looking at the stories of the first disciples Jesus called. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: Fight the Good Fight by the Irish bandI Am.  Fires by Matt Redman.  My Lighthouse by Rend Collective Please send any comments or any question to <a href="mailto:lightoftruth@dominicans.ie" rel="noopener noreferrer">lightoftruth@dominicans.ie</a> and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our <a href="http://dominicans.ie/mailing-list/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mailing list</a> and get monthly updates! Click <a href="http://dominicans.ie/mailing-list/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.

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This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP continues to talk about the experience of people of God in connection with last weeks talk about the Seek 2019 conference organised by FOCUS. The story of the first disciples of Jesus is used as the indication how this journey progresses. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: Welcome the Healer - Passion, Sean Curran - Follow You Anywhere.You Say - Lauren Diagle - You SayHoly Roar - Chris Tomlin - Holy Roar Please send any comments or any question to lightoftruth@dominicans.ie and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP continues to talk about the experience of people of God in connection with last weeks talk about the Seek 2019 conference organised by FOCUS. The story of the first disciples of Jesus is used as the indication how this journey progresses. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: Welcome the Healer - Passion, Sean Curran - Follow You Anywhere. You Say - Lauren Diagle - You Say Holy Roar - Chris Tomlin - Holy Roar Please send any comments or any question to <a href="mailto:lightoftruth@dominicans.ie" rel="noopener noreferrer">lightoftruth@dominicans.ie</a> and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our <a href="http://dominicans.ie/mailing-list/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mailing list</a> and get monthly updates! Click <a href="http://dominicans.ie/mailing-list/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.

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This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP talks the FOCUS Conference which was held in Indianapolis in January 2019. The conference was attended by over 17.000 young adults, and it was a real experience of the life and dynamism of the Church! The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: 1. Chris Tomlin - Lord I Need You2. Who You Say I Am - Hillsong Worship3. No Longer Slaves - Jonathan David &amp; Melissa Helser  Please send any comments or any question to lightoftruth@dominicans.ie and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP talks the FOCUS Conference which was held in Indianapolis in January 2019. The conference was attended by over 17.000 young adults, and it was a real experience of the life and dynamism of the Church! The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: 1. Chris Tomlin - Lord I Need You 2. Who You Say I Am - Hillsong Worship 3. No Longer Slaves - Jonathan David &amp; Melissa Helser  Please send any comments or any question to <a href="mailto:lightoftruth@dominicans.ie" rel="noopener noreferrer">lightoftruth@dominicans.ie</a> and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our <a href="http://dominicans.ie/mailing-list/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mailing list</a> and get monthly updates! Click <a href="http://dominicans.ie/mailing-list/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.

The Light of Truth - 76

A short video in which brothers of the Irish Province of the Dominicans share a few concepts about different aspects of our Dominican vocation and the Dominican Life. Some of these elements are our of prayer and contemplation, our praying together in choir, our life of study, of preaching and ministry and of community.

Dominican Vocation: different aspects of our life

In 1962, Pope John XXIII opened the Second Vatican Council, a gathering of several thousand bishops whose task was to rearticulate the teaching of the Church in the context of the modern world. Today, we hear from one of the documents they produced, Lumen Gentium, the Constitution on the Church. We hear that the Church doesn’t just look backwards to Jesus, but also looks forward to the end of time, when He will come again, and inaugurate a new heaven and a new earth. In Advent, we remind ourselves that we are a people of hope, yearning for the second coming of Christ.

In 1962, Pope John XXIII opened the Second Vatican Council, a gathering of several thousand bishops whose task was to rearticulate the teaching of the Church in the context of the modern world. Today, we hear from one of the documents they produced, Lumen Gentium, the Constitution on the Church. We hear that the Church doesn’t just look backwards to Jesus, but also looks forward to the end of time, when He will come again, and inaugurate a new heaven and a new earth. In Advent, we remind ourselves that we are a people of hope, yearning for the second coming of Christ.

Ears to Hear: Advent - Lumen Gentium

The Letter to Diognetus is one of the most interesting documents we have from the early Church. It was probably written in the second century, and is an example of early Christian apologetics, that is, explaining the Christian faith to pagans. We don’t know who wrote this text, the author refers to himself only as ‘a disciple’. In the segment we will hear today, the writer reflects on how the coming into the world of the Son of God is a revelation of God’s love for us.

The Letter to Diognetus is one of the most interesting documents we have from the early Church. It was probably written in the second century, and is an example of early Christian apologetics, that is, explaining the Christian faith to pagans. We don’t know who wrote this text, the author refers to himself only as ‘a disciple’. In the segment we will hear today, the writer reflects on how the coming into the world of the Son of God is a revelation of God’s love for us.

Epistle to Diognetus 

John Harris

This is a recording of the final homily on the Hymns of Saint Thomas Aquinas. As part of the 'Congress in the City' of the  international Eucharistic Congress Saint Saviour's Priory, Dublin,hosted a series of four homilies about the Eucharistic hymns of Saint Thomas. Father John Harris OP is giving his refelction on Verbum Supernum Prodiens.

This is a recording of the final homily on the Hymns of Saint Thomas Aquinas. As part of the 'Congress in the City' of the  international Eucharistic Congress Saint Saviour's Priory, Dublin,hosted a series of four homilies about the Eucharistic hymns of Saint Thomas. Father John Harris OP is giving his refelction on Verbum Supernum Prodiens.

Fr. John Harris OP on Verbum Supernum Prodiens

Paul Murray

This is the second homily on the Hymns of Saint Thomas Aquinas, held in Saint Saviour's Priory, Dublin, during the international Eucharistic Congress. Father Paul Murray OP is giving an excellent refelction on Adoro te Devote.

This is the second homily on the Hymns of Saint Thomas Aquinas, held in Saint Saviour's Priory, Dublin, during the international Eucharistic Congress. Father Paul Murray OP is giving an excellent refelction on Adoro te Devote.

Fr. Paul Murray OP on Adoro te Devote

This video shows a brief account of the Mass during which the new novices of the Irish Province of the Dominican Order receive their habit. The reception of the habit, on the feast day of the Exaltation of the Cross which is the Feast of the Province, marks the start of their noviciate. In the noviciate the new novices continue to discern their vocation to the Dominicans in the coming year. In the second part the outgoing novices make their Simple Profession. They promise obedience to the Master of the Order for three years and Fr. Gregory Carroll OP, prior provincial, takes the vows representing the Master of the Order. The newly professed brothers will now start their formal studies in our studium in St. Saviour's, Dublin.

This video shows a brief account of the Mass during which the new novices of the Irish Province of the Dominican Order receive their habit. The reception of the habit, on the feast day of the Exaltation of the Cross which is the Feast of the Province, marks the start of their noviciate. In the noviciate the new novices continue to discern their vocation to the Dominicans in the coming year. In the second part the outgoing novices make their Simple Profession. They promise obedience to the Master of the Order for three years and Fr. Gregory Carroll OP, prior provincial, takes the vows representing the Master of the Order. The newly professed brothers will now start their formal studies in our studium in St. Saviour's, Dublin.

Habit Reception and Simple Professions 2016

This is a recording of the homily as given by Fr. John Harris OP at the Mass on the Feast of St. Thomas.

This is a recording of the homily as given by Fr. John Harris OP at the Mass on the Feast of St. Thomas.

Homily at the Feast of St. Thomas

Saint Thomas Aquinas

Homily given by Fr John Harris OP for the mass of the Feast of St Thomas Aquinas, 2012

Homily given by Fr John Harris OP for the mass of the Feast of St Thomas Aquinas, 2012

Homily given at the Feast of Saint Thomas Aquinas

John Paul II

This is the second episode of this three episode series on some of the themes in the pontificate of Blessed John Paul II. This episode focusses on the 'Culture of Life'. The first episode looked at the 'New Evangelisation' and the third on the 'World Youth Days'.

This is the second episode of this three episode series on some of the themes in the pontificate of Blessed John Paul II. This episode focusses on the 'Culture of Life'. The first episode looked at the '<a href="http://dominicansinteractive.com/the-new-evangelisation/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New Evangelisation</a>' and the third on the '<a href="http://dominicansinteractive.com/john-paul-ii-world-youth-day/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">World Youth Days</a>'.

John Paul II: The culture of life

         INTRODUCTION V./ O God, come to our aid. R./ O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.             EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE I confess to almighty God, to blessed Mary ever virgin, to blessed Dominic our father, to all the saints, and to you my brothers, that I have sinned exceedingly; by thought, word, deed and omission, through my fault: and I beseech you to pray for me.   V./ May Almighty God have Mercy on us, forgive us all our sins, and may He free us from all evil, keep us safe and strengthen us in every good work, and bring us to eternal life. R./ Amen.            HYMN Now thank we all our God, With hearts and hands and voices, Who wondrous things hath done, In whom his world rejoices; Who from our mother’s arms Hath blessed us on our way With countless gifts of love, And still is ours today.   O may this bounteous God Through all our life be near us, With ever joyful hearts And blessed peace to cheer us; And keep us in his grace, And guide us when perplexed, And free us from all ills In this world and the next.   All praise and thanks to God The Father now be given, The Son, and him who reigns With them in highest heaven, The one eternal God, Whom earth and heaven adore; For thus it was, is now And shall be evermore.            PSALMODY Ant. You, Lord God, are slow to anger, abounding in love. Psalm 85 (86) Turn your ear, O Lord, and give answer for I am poor and needy. Preserve my life, for I am faithful: Save the servant who trusts is you.   You are my God, have mercy on me, Lord, for I cry to you all the day long. Give joy to your servant, O Lord, for to you I lift up my soul.   O Lord, you are good and forgiving, full of love to all who call. Give heed, O Lord, to my prayer and attend to the sound of my voice.   In the day of distress I will call and surely you will reply. Among the gods there is none like you, O Lord; nor work to compare with yours.   All the nations shall come to adore you and glorify your name, O Lord: for you are great and do marvellous deeds, you who alone are God.   Show me, Lord, your way* so that I may walk in your truth. Give my heart to fear your name.   I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart and glorify your name for ever; for your love to me has been great: you have saved me from the depths of the grave.   The proud have risen against me;* ruthless men seek my life: to you they pay no heed.   But you, God of mercy and compassion, slow to anger, O Lord, abounding in love and truth, turn and take pity on me.   O give your strength to your servant and save your handmaid’s son. Show me a sign of your favour* that my foes may see to their shame that you console me and give me your help. Ant. You, Lord God, are slow to anger, abounding in love.   SCRIPTURE READING I Thess 5,9-10 God chose us to possess salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us in order that we might live together with him, whether we are alive or dead when he comes.            SHORT RESPONSORY In pace, in idipsum *Dormiam et requiescam. V./ Si dedero somnum oculis meis, et palpebris meis dormitationem, R./ Dormiam et requiescam. V./ Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. R./ In pace, in idipsum *Dormiam et requiescam.   [In peace and into the same I shall sleep and rest.? V./ If I give slumber to my eyes? and to my eyelids drowsiness, R./ I shall sleep and rest. V./ Glory to the Father, and to the Son,? and to the Holy Spirit. R./ In peace and into the same I shall sleep and rest.]            GOSPEL CANTICLE Ant.: Evigila super nos, æterne Salvator, ne nos apprehendat calidus tentator; quia tu factus es nobis sempiternus adjutor. [Watch over us, eternal Saviour, that the cunning tempter not lay hold of us: for you have been our helper forever.]   Nunc dimittis: Luke 2: 29-32 At last, all-powerful Master, you give leave to your servant to go in peace, according to your promise.   For my eyes have seen your salvation which you have prepared for all nations,   the light to enlighten the Gentiles and give glory to Israel, your people.   Glory be to the Father, and the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:   as it was ?in the beginning, is now, and? ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Ant.: Evigila super nos, æterne Salvator, ne nos apprehendat calidus tentator; quia tu factus es nobis sempiternus adjutor.            CONCLUDING PRAYER Lord, give our bodies restful sleep; and let the work we had done today be sown for an eternal harvest. Through Christ our Lord. R./ Amen.            BLESSING V./ May the Lord grant us a quiet night and a perfect end. R./ Amen.            ANTHEM OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiæ, vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve. Ad te clamamus exsules filii Hevæ, Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle. Eia, ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte; Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui, nobis post hoc exsilium ostende. O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria.   [Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, hail our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us; and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.]            ANTHEM OF OUR HOLY FATHER ST DOMINIC O lumen Ecclesiæ, Doctor veritatis, Rosa patientiæ, Ebur castitatis, Aquam sapientiæ propinasti gratis: Prædicator gratiæ nos junge beatis.   [O light of the church, teacher of truth, rose of patience, ivory of chastity, You freely poured forth the waters of wisdom, preacher of grace unite us with the blessed.]

INTRODUCTION V./ O God, come to our aid. R./ O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.           EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE I confess to almighty God, to blessed Mary ever virgin, to blessed Dominic our father, to all the saints, and to you my brothers, that I have sinned exceedingly; by thought, word, deed and omission, through my fault: and I beseech you to pray for me. V./ May Almighty God have Mercy on us, forgive us all our sins, and may He free us from all evil, keep us safe and strengthen us in every good work, and bring us to eternal life. R./ Amen.          HYMN Now thank we all our God, With hearts and hands and voices, Who wondrous things hath done, In whom his world rejoices; Who from our mother’s arms Hath blessed us on our way With countless gifts of love, And still is ours today. O may this bounteous God Through all our life be near us, With ever joyful hearts And blessed peace to cheer us; And keep us in his grace, And guide us when perplexed, And free us from all ills In this world and the next. All praise and thanks to God The Father now be given, The Son, and him who reigns With them in highest heaven, The one eternal God, Whom earth and heaven adore; For thus it was, is now And shall be evermore.          PSALMODY Ant. You, Lord God, are slow to anger, abounding in love. Psalm 85 (86) Turn your ear, O Lord, and give answer for I am poor and needy. Preserve my life, for I am faithful: Save the servant who trusts is you. You are my God, have mercy on me, Lord, for I cry to you all the day long. Give joy to your servant, O Lord, for to you I lift up my soul. O Lord, you are good and forgiving, full of love to all who call. Give heed, O Lord, to my prayer and attend to the sound of my voice. In the day of distress I will call and surely you will reply. Among the gods there is none like you, O Lord; nor work to compare with yours. All the nations shall come to adore you and glorify your name, O Lord: for you are great and do marvellous deeds, you who alone are God. Show me, Lord, your way* so that I may walk in your truth. Give my heart to fear your name. I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart and glorify your name for ever; for your love to me has been great: you have saved me from the depths of the grave. The proud have risen against me;* ruthless men seek my life: to you they pay no heed. But you, God of mercy and compassion, slow to anger, O Lord, abounding in love and truth, turn and take pity on me. O give your strength to your servant and save your handmaid’s son. Show me a sign of your favour* that my foes may see to their shame that you console me and give me your help. Ant. You, Lord God, are slow to anger, abounding in love. SCRIPTURE READING I Thess 5,9-10 God chose us to possess salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us in order that we might live together with him, whether we are alive or dead when he comes.          SHORT RESPONSORY In pace, in idipsum *Dormiam et requiescam. V./ Si dedero somnum oculis meis, et palpebris meis dormitationem, R./ Dormiam et requiescam. V./ Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. R./ In pace, in idipsum *Dormiam et requiescam. [In peace and into the same I shall sleep and rest.? V./ If I give slumber to my eyes? and to my eyelids drowsiness, R./ I shall sleep and rest. V./ Glory to the Father, and to the Son,? and to the Holy Spirit. R./ In peace and into the same I shall sleep and rest.]          GOSPEL CANTICLE Ant.: Evigila super nos, æterne Salvator, ne nos apprehendat calidus tentator; quia tu factus es nobis sempiternus adjutor. [Watch over us, eternal Saviour, that the cunning tempter not lay hold of us: for you have been our helper forever.] Nunc dimittis: Luke 2: 29-32 At last, all-powerful Master, you give leave to your servant to go in peace, according to your promise. For my eyes have seen your salvation which you have prepared for all nations, the light to enlighten the Gentiles and give glory to Israel, your people. Glory be to the Father, and the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was ?in the beginning, is now, and? ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Ant.: Evigila super nos, æterne Salvator, ne nos apprehendat calidus tentator; quia tu factus es nobis sempiternus adjutor.          CONCLUDING PRAYER Lord, give our bodies restful sleep; and let the work we had done today be sown for an eternal harvest. Through Christ our Lord. R./ Amen.          BLESSING V./ May the Lord grant us a quiet night and a perfect end. R./ Amen.          ANTHEM OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiæ, vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve. Ad te clamamus exsules filii Hevæ, Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle. Eia, ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte; Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui, nobis post hoc exsilium ostende. O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria. [Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, hail our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us; and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.]          ANTHEM OF OUR HOLY FATHER ST DOMINIC O lumen Ecclesiæ, Doctor veritatis, Rosa patientiæ, Ebur castitatis, Aquam sapientiæ propinasti gratis: Prædicator gratiæ nos junge beatis. [O light of the church, teacher of truth, rose of patience, ivory of chastity, You freely poured forth the waters of wisdom, preacher of grace unite us with the blessed.]

Monday Night Prayer

We hear today a long prayer addressed by St Catherine to Mary, the Mother of God. She prayed this prayer on the feast of the Annunciation the year before she died, and in it she wonders about what it was like for Mary to say Yes to what God was asking of her. ‘You were overtaken by wonder and surprise’, Catherine says. She offers many original images for our Blessed Mother: she is the bearer of fire, the seedbed of the fruit, a peaceful sea, fertile soil, a new-sprung plant, and many more things besides!

We hear today a long prayer addressed by St Catherine to Mary, the Mother of God. She prayed this prayer on the feast of the Annunciation the year before she died, and in it she wonders about what it was like for Mary to say Yes to what God was asking of her. ‘You were overtaken by wonder and surprise’, Catherine says. She offers many original images for our Blessed Mother: she is the bearer of fire, the seedbed of the fruit, a peaceful sea, fertile soil, a new-sprung plant, and many more things besides!

O Mary, Bearer of the Fire

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