Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Our Father: Give us this day our daily bread

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The eyes of all creatures look to you and you give them their food in due time  (Ps. 145(144):15) This verse from the Psalms is taken up in ...
Monday, October 27, 2014

Our Father: Thy will be done on earth as it is heaven

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                                   “ Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven ” So familiar is recitation of the Lord's Prayer to ma...
Sunday, October 26, 2014

Dominican Priories: Glasgow

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The Dominican house in Glasgow is a fairly recent mission for the Order, in the grand scheme of things. The official seal of the city often ...
Friday, October 24, 2014

Our Father: Thy Kingdom come

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In this part of the Our Father we echo that well known invocation Marana tha - Come, Lord Jesus. This is because when we pray for the comin...

The Godzdogz Team 2014-15

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The Godzdogz Team, 2014-15 We are pleased that the Dominican community at Blackfriars has grown to 27 this year. The Godzdogz Team (i.e. th...
Thursday, October 23, 2014

Dominican Priories: Oxford (Blackfriars Hall)

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The plaque on the outside of Blackfriars highlighting its existence as a Priory, a Studium, and a Hall of the University In a previous post,...
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Our Father: Hallowed be thy name

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A Dominican friend from Panama suggested to me that the English translation of the Our Father is the worst of all of the modern languages. I...