With many facing limited or no access to the Eucharist, the practice of making a Spiritual Communion is becoming increasingly known. But what is it, what are it’s theological underpinnings, and can it be fulfilling? Fr. Bernhard Blankenhorn, O.P., son of the Western Dominican Province, and aggregate professor of theology at the Pontifical University of […]
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A few people have told me that it’s easier for them to pray in the dark than in the light. So why is that? C.S. Lewis inquires, “Why must holy places be dark places?” Perhaps there is more than one answer to this question. But one answer seems to be that darkness comes with uncertainty. […]
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Dear Jesus Our hearts are broken and our minds are reeling; trying to prepare for this Holiest of weeks with the very rhythms of our lives askew … O Jesus, what sadness that this Holy Week, we, your faithful, can’t gather together to carry our palms before you and sing Hosannas on the way! Stripped […]
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Livestream Schedule – April 9-12, 2020 Visit www.livestream.com/opwest at the times noted below to join the friars for any of the following Holy Week liturgies. Holy Thursday: April 9, 7:30 pm – Mass of the Lord’s Supper Celebrant: Fr. Christopher Fadok, O.P. | Prior Provincial Good Friday: April 10, 7:30 pm – Celebration of the […]
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On April 6th, Fr. James Moore, O.P., will be celebrating the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for you, your loved ones, anyone who is sick or has died from the virus, and your other intentions related to the COVID-19 outbreak. CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR INTENTIONS ONLINE Fr. James will be placing your name and […]
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Throughout the world people are on lockdown, confined to their homes, with their lives put on hold until the COVID-19 pandemic ends. Along with the physical malady which has occasioned this unprecedented lockdown, people are also susceptible to different spiritual maladies occasioned by the experience of isolation. One of the spiritual maladies that can afflict […]
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PALM SUNDAY MASS LIVESTREAM: April 5, 9:30am PDT Palm Sunday Mass will again be livestreamed from St. Albert the Great Priory Chapel at 9:30am PDT, Sunday, April 5. Fr. John Marie Bingham, O.P. will be the celebrant and preacher. If you’d like to join us on Sunday at 9:30am PDT, click here to access the […]
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DOMINICAN RITE MISSA CANTATA: April 4, 10:30am PDT Dominican Rite Missa Cantata will be livestreamed from St. Albert the Great Priory Chapel at 10:30am PDT, Saturday, April 4. Fr. Augustine Thompson, O.P. will be the celebrant and preacher. If you’d like to join us on Saturday at 9:30am PDT, click here to access the livestream.
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When illness or plague struck Christian or Jewish people in the past, their two-pronged reaction was 1) to cure or flee from it, and 2) to repent of their sins and pray for forgiveness. In 2020, we know how to do the former, but is the latter archaic? For an answer, we can look to […]
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SUNDAY MASS LIVESTREAM: March 22, 9:30am PDT Sunday Mass will again be livestreamed from St. Albert the Great Priory Chapel at 9:30am PDT, Sunday, March 22. The Prior Provincial of the Western Dominican Province, Fr. Christopher Fadok, O.P. will be the celebrant and preacher. If you’d like to join us on Sunday at 9:30am PDT, […]
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