Where Are All My Dominicans At?

[Cherie]

[quote name='tnavarro61' date='01 June 2010 - 07:48 AM' timestamp='1275392889' post='2122018']
The Singing Nun, as a Dominican nun, became successful because of the song. She left the convent, i think, to pursue her singing career but failed. She lived with a lesbian and they killed themselves in mid80s because of debts.
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A terrible, terrible tragedy, in every respect. I remember a Sister teaching me the St. Dominic song when I was in the convent - and then later told me what happened to her, and I was devastated!


I guess I could be considered "half-Dominican" since the community I was with was Franciscan and Dominican (and I still pray from our community prayerbook everyday!) --- does that count?

[vee]

Since the Rosary was given to St Dominic wouldn't that make everyone who says it a little bit Dominican?

[IgnatiusofLoyola]

[quote name='laetitia crucis' date='31 May 2010 - 11:36 PM' timestamp='1275366975' post='2121912']
Sometimes I like to imagine heaven as a HUGE library... being able to learn everything ever possible to know about God. That would be so AWESOME.

Man, I sound like such a nerd. [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/lol.gif[/img] Oh well.

I mean.. what if you could have a mini-library in a chapel with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament right there.

Talk about intense Dominican study, right? Multi-faceted studying. Being in the presence of the Word Made Flesh in combination with the Divine Word / Sacred Scripture... [i]nice[/i].

[img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/cloud9.gif[/img]



Hmmmmmmm.... [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/think_chin.gif[/img] This makes me wonder... so, once (God willing) we make it to heaven and we're face-to-face with the Beatific Vision, will we then have [i]infused[/i] knowledge of God and everything else? (Like how the angels have infused knowledge.)

I guess that would then make a library somewhat less fun and not at all necessary... [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/think_head.gif[/img]
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Reading is a joy and libraries are a good thing. I believe we will have libraries in heaven. I don't quite understand how it will all work, but it wouldn't be heaven without libraries.

[OnlySunshine]

[quote name='vee8' date='01 June 2010 - 10:41 AM' timestamp='1275403264' post='2122064']
Since the Rosary was given to St Dominic wouldn't that make everyone who says it a little bit Dominican?
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St Dominic and Mary are super sleuths. Even though not everyone has a Dominican spirituality, they were able to sneak in a little bit through the Rosary.

[Thomist-in-Training]

[quote name='laetitia crucis' date='01 June 2010 - 12:36 AM' timestamp='1275366975' post='2121912']
Sometimes I like to imagine heaven as a HUGE library... being able to learn everything ever possible to know about God. That would be so AWESOME.

Man, I sound like such a nerd. Oh well.

I mean.. what if you could have a mini-library in a chapel with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament right there.

Talk about intense Dominican study, right? Multi-faceted studying. Being in the presence of the Word Made Flesh in combination with the Divine Word / Sacred Scripture... [i]nice[/i].



Hmmmmmmm.... This makes me wonder... so, once (God willing) we make it to heaven and we're face-to-face with the Beatific Vision, will we then have [i]infused[/i] knowledge of God and everything else? (Like how the angels have infused knowledge.)

I guess that would then make a library somewhat less fun and not at all necessary...
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When I worked in the library at my Catholic univ, it was chock full, naturally, of writings of saints and saintly Catholics (along with a whole lot of other stuff tho'), and I remember trying to convince one of my friends that a good library is a bit like the Communion of Saints. It's mostly one-way of course, but in a sense all those greats still live and teach us through their books, & we read them and react and act on them and perhaps write little pencil notes in the margins... and if we're really fancy, write articles that will later appear in the library... I think I had this worked out in more detail at one time.

[holly.o]

I think I'm starting to become a little Dominican...

[Maximilianus]

I had a good friend in the Marines that was Dominican, but he wasn't in the Order of Preachers...it's a riddle, sort of.

[Thomist-in-Training]

[quote name='Maximilianus' date='01 June 2010 - 09:28 PM' timestamp='1275442091' post='2122436']
I had a good friend in the Marines that was Dominican, but he wasn't in the Order of Preachers...it's a riddle, sort of.
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From the Republic!

[Maximilianus]

[quote name='Thomist-in-Training' date='01 June 2010 - 11:08 PM' timestamp='1275444521' post='2122481']
From the Republic! [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif[/img]
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Correcto! La Republica Dominicana.

[OnlySunshine]

I'm purchasing [i]The Dialogue of St. Catherine of Siena[/i] online. I hear it's very good.

Edited June 2, 2010 by MaterMisericordiae

[laetitia crucis]

[quote name='MaterMisericordiae' date='01 June 2010 - 10:52 PM' timestamp='1275447141' post='2122545']
I'm purchasing [i]The Dialogues of St. Catherine of Siena[/i] online. I hear it's very good.
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I am currently reading this as well. It is pure awesomeness.

Quite frankly, I'm somewhat surprised that I'm enjoying it this much. In general, I tend to be less enthusiastic about the writings of mystical saints (except for John of the Cross).... they're just so... seemingly unattainably holy, you know?

Anyhoo -- the [i]Dialogues[/i] is GREAT! Despite her super-mystical gifts, I always thought I'd like her... even if I was at first reluctant to do so.

[OnlySunshine]

[quote name='laetitia crucis' date='01 June 2010 - 10:57 PM' timestamp='1275447469' post='2122550']


I am currently reading this as well. It is pure awesomeness.

Quite frankly, I'm somewhat surprised that I'm enjoying it this much. In general, I tend to be less enthusiastic about the writings of mystical saints (except for John of the Cross).... they're just so... seemingly unattainably holy, you know?

Anyhoo -- the [i]Dialogues[/i] is GREAT! Despite her super-mystical gifts, I always thought I'd like her... even if I was at first reluctant to do so.
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I'm really looking forward to reading it. I love St. Catherine so.

[dominicansoul]

[quote][font="Book Antiqua"][color="#000080"][size="3"]A DOMINICAN SOUL is a soul of light whose rapt gaze dwells in the
inaccessible splendor wherein God conceals Himself. It lives with Him by faith, is in
the company of the Three Divine Persons; a true child of God, adopted through grace
into the very Family of the Trinity. The invisible world becomes familiar to it; it
pursues its way on earth in intimacy with Christ, the Blessed Mother and the saints. It
perceives everything in the radiance of God.[/size][/color][/font][/quote]

--THE DOMINICAN SOUL
by
Fr. M. M. Philipon, OP

[OnlySunshine]

[quote name='dominicansoul' date='01 June 2010 - 11:41 PM' timestamp='1275450113' post='2122588']
--THE DOMINICAN SOUL
by
Fr. M. M. Philipon, OP
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Beautiful

I think one thing that is so beautiful about the Dominican habit is it's color. White is the color of purity, which represents the virginal/chaste consecration of the Dominican followers like St. Catherine of Siena, St. Rose of Lima, or Bl. Imelda Lambertini. When I see the Dominican habit I think of a lily--beautiful and pure.

[img]http://gabrielle.stblogs.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/157/files//2008/04/catherine-of-siena.jpg[/img]

[img]http://sthelenstrose.org/userfiles/Sta_Rosa_de_Lima_por_Claudio_Coello.jpg[/img]

[laetitia crucis]

[quote name='dominicansoul' date='01 June 2010 - 11:41 PM' timestamp='1275450113' post='2122588']
--THE DOMINICAN SOUL
by
Fr. M. M. Philipon, OP
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I am copying down that quote! Thank you, dominicansoul!

Here's one I copied down while reading William Hinnebusch's [i]Renewal[/i], pg 79:

[quote]...a Dominican is a [i]graced[/i] person: one who is happy, joyous, and very concerned about people. This joy -- while not exclusively Dominican, yet always by right found in the Order -- is a strong element in this special witness. By their lives Dominican teachers bear witness that joy can coexist with sorrow, fatigue, doubt, and the agonizing elements in human existence. This joy should be showed by students of Dominicans, who should bear in their demeanor and attitudes the mark of the children, the friends, of God: they should be joyously happy.[/quote]

However, I think Dominicans in any apostolate are called to do the above and have it shown by all they come across. Not just formal teachers and formal students.