http://word.op.org a daily dose of dominican preaching Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 2006-2008 steinkerchner@op.org (Order of Preachers) steinkerchner@op.org (Order of Preachers) posts 1440 Preaching for Today a daily dose of dominican preaching Order of Preachers Order of Preachers steinkerchner@op.org No no http://word.op.org/artwork/logo144.jpg http://word.op.org 144 144 http://word.op.org/2010/03/25/be-not-afraid/ http://word.op.org/2010/03/25/be-not-afraid/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Kieran Healy, OP http://word.op.org/?p=2362 http://word.op.org/2010/03/25/be-not-afraid/feed/ 0 6:30 Be not afraid a daily dose of dominican preaching Preaching Order of Preachers no No http://word.op.org/2010/03/22/spirit-and-law/ http://word.op.org/2010/03/22/spirit-and-law/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Judith Anne O'Sullivan, O.P. http://word.op.org/?p=2359 http://word.op.org/2010/03/22/spirit-and-law/feed/ 0 8:55 Spirit and law a daily dose of dominican preaching Preaching Order of Preachers no No http://word.op.org/2010/03/21/no-need-to-recall-the-past/ http://word.op.org/2010/03/21/no-need-to-recall-the-past/#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Thomas McCarthy, O.P. http://word.op.org/?p=2358 http://word.op.org/2010/03/21/no-need-to-recall-the-past/feed/ 0 6:02 No need to recall the past a daily dose of dominican preaching Preaching Order of Preachers no No http://word.op.org/2010/03/20/whos-on-first/ http://word.op.org/2010/03/20/whos-on-first/#comments Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Maria Curtis, OPL http://word.op.org/?p=2357 http://word.op.org/2010/03/20/whos-on-first/feed/ 1 4:46 Who#8217;s on first? a daily dose of dominican preaching Preaching Order of Preachers no No http://word.op.org/2010/03/19/st-joseph/ http://word.op.org/2010/03/19/st-joseph/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Leon Pereira, O.P. http://word.op.org/?p=2356 http://word.op.org/2010/03/19/st-joseph/feed/ 0 7:22 In our consumerist age, a child can be seen as something we select, and the conception of a child can be something we purchase. ... In our consumerist age, a child can be seen as something we select, and the conception of a child can be something we purchase. One company that sells conception, so to speak, is called lsquo;Man Not Includedrsquo;. Now how exactly is a man not included? The products that are sold have been bought from male donors. Some man is necessary for the childrsquo;s conception. The implication then is that the man is not included in the upbringing of the child. This does reinforce the generalisation that the mother-child bond is unique and possesses a degree of exclusivity. The man, the husband and father, remains the perpetual outsider, and he can only reproach his wife for paying attention to the child at his expense, and he can only accuse the child lsquo;of always taking your motherrsquo;s sidersquo;. It seems that St Josephrsquo;s position was similar. And to compound it, he was not responsible for Jesusrsquo;s conception. Joseph truly is a lsquo;man not includedrsquo;. This particular mother-child bond is especially strong, and there is a deep understanding between them. Joseph is not only an outsider, but on a much lower rung. Living with two people without original sin, if anything went wrong, the presumption surely must be that it was Josephrsquo;s fault! This downgrading of St Joseph has affected Christian art. Maryrsquo;s perpetual virginity seems to require a similar sacrifice on Josephrsquo;s part, and he is portrayed as an elderly widower, one whose virile powers have more or less fizzled out, a more credible partner for the Ever-Virgin Mother of God. But Joseph is more likely to have been a young man, and he is not one forced into continent chastity, but someone who is also invited by God to share in the great mystery of the Incarnation. Joseph truly is, as the Liturgy hails him, Maryrsquo;s lsquo;spouse most chastersquo;. Because Joseph is not responsible for Jesusrsquo;s conception, there is a problem with what to call him. We could call him Jesusrsquo;s lsquo;foster fatherrsquo;, but every good father nurtures and nourishes his children. We might call him Jesusrsquo;s lsquo;adoptive fatherrsquo;, but Jesus is Josephrsquo;s child, and you do not adopt your own children. He may be called Jesusrsquo;s lsquo;putative fatherrsquo;, but then he is what people suppose him to be, the father of Jesus. And then there is the modern term lsquo;non-biological fatherrsquo;, and although this comes close in terms of accuracy, the essence of fatherhood is surely more than just mere biology. Although Joseph seems alienated from his family, and his fatherhood difficult to describe, the scriptural portrait of St Joseph is quite different. Joseph is lsquo;a just manrsquo; who fears God, and is prompt and obedient in fulfilling what God asks of him. Joseph does everything well, and cares for and protects lsquo;the child and his motherrsquo;. It is Joseph who has to give Jesus his name, and it is through Joseph that Jesus inherits his lineage from David and membership of that clan. In his teachings and parables, there are hints of Jesusrsquo;s experience of Josephrsquo;s fatherhood. When Jesus asks, lsquo;What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?rsquo; (Luke 11.11-2), he surely has the kindness of his human father in mind as he tries to illustrate the goodness of his heavenly Father. Jesus notes the closeness of the father-son bond, for only the demands of the Kingdom could come in between and turn lsquo;father against son, and son against fatherrsquo; (Luke 12.53). And above all, the name Jesus has for designating his heavenly Father, lsquo;Abbarsquo;, is the very name he would have used in addressing Joseph. And yet, the Abba, his heavenly Father, is the onemdash;as Scripture saysmdash;lsquo;from whom every fatherhood in heaven and on earth takes its namersquo; (Ephesians 3.15). So Josephrsquo... Preaching Order of Preachers no No http://word.op.org/2010/03/18/testimony/ http://word.op.org/2010/03/18/testimony/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Patricia Bruno, O.P. http://word.op.org/?p=2355 http://word.op.org/2010/03/18/testimony/feed/ 0 5:37 Testimony a daily dose of dominican preaching Preaching Order of Preachers no No http://word.op.org/2010/03/17/st-patrick/ http://word.op.org/2010/03/17/st-patrick/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Vivian Boland, O.P. http://word.op.org/?p=2354 http://word.op.org/2010/03/17/st-patrick/feed/ 0 7:10 St. Patrick a daily dose of dominican preaching Preaching Order of Preachers no No http://word.op.org/2010/03/16/do-you-want-to-be-made-well/ http://word.op.org/2010/03/16/do-you-want-to-be-made-well/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Jim Donleavy, O.P. http://word.op.org/?p=2353 http://word.op.org/2010/03/16/do-you-want-to-be-made-well/feed/ 0 5:58 Do you want to be made well? a daily dose of dominican preaching Preaching Order of Preachers no No http://word.op.org/2010/03/15/topsy-turvy-gospel/ http://word.op.org/2010/03/15/topsy-turvy-gospel/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Barbara Schwarz OP http://word.op.org/?p=2352 http://word.op.org/2010/03/15/topsy-turvy-gospel/feed/ 0 4:38 Topsy-turvy gospel a daily dose of dominican preaching Preaching Order of Preachers no No http://word.op.org/2010/03/14/the-lost-child/ http://word.op.org/2010/03/14/the-lost-child/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Mr. Norm Laurendeau, O.P. http://word.op.org/?p=2351 http://word.op.org/2010/03/14/the-lost-child/feed/ 0 9:48 The lost child a daily dose of dominican preaching Preaching Order of Preachers no No http://word.op.org/2010/03/13/the-state-of-our-heart/ http://word.op.org/2010/03/13/the-state-of-our-heart/#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Megan McElroy OP http://word.op.org/?p=2350 http://word.op.org/2010/03/13/the-state-of-our-heart/feed/ 0 8:47 The state of our heart a daily dose of dominican preaching Preaching Order of Preachers no No http://word.op.org/2010/03/11/be-not-like-a-toaster-oven/ http://word.op.org/2010/03/11/be-not-like-a-toaster-oven/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Scott Steinkerchner, O.P. http://word.op.org/?p=2348 http://word.op.org/2010/03/11/be-not-like-a-toaster-oven/feed/ 0 5:03 Be not like a toaster oven#8230; a daily dose of dominican preaching Preaching Order of Preachers no No http://word.op.org/2010/03/10/the-smallest-letter/ http://word.op.org/2010/03/10/the-smallest-letter/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Mary Jeremiah Gillett, OP http://word.op.org/?p=2347 http://word.op.org/2010/03/10/the-smallest-letter/feed/ 0 10:46 The smallest letter a daily dose of dominican preaching Preaching Order of Preachers no No http://word.op.org/2010/03/09/living-as-the-image-and-likeness-of-god/ http://word.op.org/2010/03/09/living-as-the-image-and-likeness-of-god/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Mark O'Brien, O.P. http://word.op.org/?p=2346 http://word.op.org/2010/03/09/living-as-the-image-and-likeness-of-god/feed/ 0 9:19 Living as the image and likeness of God a daily dose of dominican preaching Preaching Order of Preachers no No