I wanted to be a priest as a young boy and turned down the chance to study in Rome in the 6th grade. It is my biggest personal regret. Even today my bedroom resembles a chapel. This video brings joy to my soul. Thank you for sharing.
I loved this tour! I visited the Dominican House of Studies last Halloween for the all souls service, which I loved. I’m starting to discern whether to become a Dominican sister so please pray for me :)
Wow. Blood brothers who are Dominican brothers as well. How blessed is their mother. I am jealous. Haha. I wish my son would become a holy priest someday but His will be done. God bless all clerics!
Wonderful! Thank you from an old Third Order Dominican; I am always supporting you with my prayers (St. Joseph Province). St. Rose of Lima , ora pro nobis.
The Dominicans, particularly my homeroom teacher, Sister Dominica (irony ik) helped save me here on the Aquinas Campus in nashville ,TN. God Bless - i am truly astonished by the grace and patience they gave to such a lost soul. Thank you from my the bottom of my soul from a heart i once thought would be closed forever.
I love how traditional everything looks. It's so beautiful. When I visited with the Dominicans 10 years ago, none of them ever wore habits and the place looked so lifeless and sterile.
Very powerful interaction indeed! God bless you young friars; you give our church a promise of a great future. I enjoyed watching your interview. Quite spiritually stimulating and informative.
Thank You. And yes I would mention among those great Dominican Saints a St. Hyacint of Poland for His apostolic work and miracle in Ukraine and Kiev now when the war rages there. Ave florum flos Hycinthe... I used to live and pray by His grave in Cracow.
I wish I knew that you have daily community meditation and that that chapel is open to public to join you in prayer at certain times. A couple of months ago, I was in that area for a vacation.
I wanted to become a Saint Joseph Province Dominican… (My mentor and spiritual director was Father Val LaFrance, OP - AND - I had four (4) Aunts who were Adrian Dominican Sisters!).... When I attended a “come and see“ weekend at the House of Studies, DC (I had just finished my Masters Degree in Music / Liturgy) … I was absolutely shocked & heartbroken at how rude and belittling the brothers who were there at the time were... not just to me… But to several other wonderful young men who really were hoping to find peace & welcome! I am now a fully professed Franciscan Brother. I very much remember how hurt & abandoned I felt when I left DC!!!… Now when a young man approaches me with the same interests & questions I had… I go out of my way to let him know that everyone has gifts to bring to the church of God… Regardless of race, color, orientation, and education level.
I love catholic chapels. I visit a Salesian one last weekend for a moment of prayer and it felted very special. I'm protestant but as an artist, I admire your art and liturgy.
The older brother looked proud of his younger brother. Btw, Theology and Sanity is a good rec. I'm re-reading Theology for Beginners by Frank Sheed again.
if our Lord is calling you to the priesthood, pursue it. St Faustina and many others had setbacks but still pursued :) so if it's to be, God will make the way.
I knew a Cistercian monk who joined the order after his wife died and had a family he was very happy in fact I was talking to him one day and he said to me look out at that view I have every day a millionaire couldn’t afford it It was into a part of the garden next to n apple orchard and it was spring time and the daffodils were in bloom. His monastery was in roscrea county Tipperary Ireland the monastery is county Offaly just on the Tipperary border. They have a guesthouse there where anyone can stay for week or so and can call into the church for the prayers Mount St. Joseph Monastery roscrea also you can watch glenstall abbey on church services they have a live camera in their church
@@mixielotthank you so much for your comment. I’m not really able to pursue religious life right now due to family and financial obligations but I’m considering joining the Third Order/Lay Dominican chapter in my area. God bless you.
Pray That I Will Pray The Rosary The Divine Mercy Practice The Golden Rule The Beatitudes Forgiveness Of Enemies All My Priest Friends For The Pope Poor Souls In Purgatory That I Will Have Sorrow For My Bad Habits Flee Evildoers That Blessings Will Come Upon My Property Belongings Life Health That I Will Trust In Jesus And Mary
A couple of observations...as a former benedictine monastic. The use of the term "lay people" came out of nowhere, and it seems odd considering how little the interviewer purports to know. The second thought was touching that ancient book without gloves. Whaaaaat was he thinking? The oil on one's hands interacts with the old paper or parchment, and not in great ways. Two sweet guys though.
Dominicans and Franciscans are my favourite monastic orders...i was baptized (as a baby), did my first communion and attended a Roman catholic junior high school in Ottawa...But have been consciously Roman catholic since age 18 when i had some wondrous faith experiences while living at the YMCA...My christian faith has evolved in time...i am now 64 years of age...And if someone asks me what my denomination is i answer: My head is protestant, my heart is Roman catholic and my soul is eastern orthodox...Why my head is protestant?...One example: I am certain that our Creator (He/She>see the original Aramaic words of the 'Lord's Prayer' as Jesus taught us>'Our Father/Mother who art in Heaven...') is offended by our depicting Jesus as a suffering man nailed to the cross...It would be like having the foto of a murdered child on the wall...the parents would find that horrifying and disgusting...Christians only started depicting Jesus suffering on the cross in the 6th century...and before that the christian cross symbol (many variants) did not have a suffering (white) Jesus on it...BECAUSE HE IS RISEN...also the distribution of holy body parts has nothing to do with true christianity but is folk devotion...John 4:24, Jesus states, "God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth." This teaching implies that worship is not limited to a specific location or ritual but is rather a matter of the heart and obedience to His commands. Greetings from the Netherlands🌞 p.s. i heard your wonderful Dominican House of Studies choir singing on Radio Maria here in the Netherlands...heavenly music!
Dominicans are not in fact a monastic order. They are initialy clergy gathered around bishop in a community that adopted some of monastic rules (premonstratens) in order to do a fruitful apostolic work of preaching. Undertaking challenging tasks in the Church they are in a way similar and competing, and complementary order to Jesuits appearing in hard times. Monastic orders can but not neccessary have to do an apostolic work depending on their rules and charisma.
I really don't like that there can even be teasing within these religious sects. I believe that belongs in the outside world. Not in groups or organizations based on holiness.
