Mark 6, 14-29
(Feast of St. Blaise, Heroic Proclamation of the Gospel, Friday, 4^th wk OT, B)

---Fr. David Orique, OP

Luke 2, 22 - 40
(Feast of the Presentation, Presenting, and Proclaiming, Aquinas Priory, Providence College, 2-2-12)

Focus:         Presenting and proclaiming the way of Jesus Christ.

Function:    To remind hearers to proclaim what was presented.

---Fr. David Orique, OP

Unlike reality, revelation requires an observer. The apostles are the first and paradigmatic observers of God’s revelation in Christ. Living by their and the Church’s witness, we have to struggle with the tension between the old and the new – in ourselves and the world.

---Fr. Anselm Ramelow, OP

The light of Christmas changes the cosmos.
Yet it is reflected first and foremost in the face of a child.
Contemplating this face will lighten up our hearts as well.
(Christmas Day Mass 2011)
Anselm Ramelow, O.P.

When God becomes man, eternity enters time.
He saves us from our beginning to our end - including our pains.
(Christmas Midnight Mass 2011)
Anselm Ramelow, O.P.

Fr. Dominic De Lay, OP
Epiphany 2012

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Fr. Dominic DeLay sends this re-telling of the Incarnation ....

Homily of Fr. Michael Fones, OP
Student Master - Western Dominican Province
Solemnity of All Saints - 2011

"Oh Father, you're so holy."

It's not unusual to hear lay people say that.  They are always people who don't know me, but simply see the habit and make an assumption.  In the future, I hope to have the presence of mind to take a cue from Jesus, and respond differently than my usual, "aw shucks, I bet you say that to every Dominican" shtick.

When Jesus was asked, "Good teacher, what must I do to obtain eternal life" He responded, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone"  I hope I have the wits to ask, "Why do you presume I'm holy"

Starlight Retreat. Providence College,
Saturday October 22, 2011

By Fr. David Orique, OP

Focus:         Life is a Highway between our Origin and our Destination.

Function:    To remind hearers that life is the “highway” between our origin and our destination.

I.  Life is a Highway, We’re Riding it All Life Long

The twenty-first-century poet-philosophers of the band Rascal Flatts said it best:

“Life is a highway, I wanna ride it
All night long
If you're going my way, I wanna drive it
All night long.”

A. Life is a highway! Yes, life is a highway. Yet sometimes on this journey, don’t we feel like bugs on the windshield, deer caught in the headlights, or road-kill?

B. Sometimes life is crushing, confusing, and defeating.  We feel squashed, bewildered, and conquered by the challenges and experiences of life. Yet, when these events or moments happen, how might we clean ourselves off of the windshield, or get ourselves out of the ditch, and get back on track on the highway of life? How do we re-focus on the road? We do this by looking at the deeper purpose of our life on this highway—on the highway between our origin and our destination.

A Homily Plan by
Fr. David Orique, OP

Tuesday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time
2011
Luke 11: 37-41