Forgotten Truths To Set Faith Afire!

 

 

Today, we Dominicans and the Universal Church celebrate the feast day and memorial of our Father, St. Dominic. I invite you to offer the following prayer which are excerpts from the Evening and Morning prayer intentions set forth in the Supplement to the Liturgy of the Hours or the Order of Preachers: Provident God, you gave Dominic to Your Church as an Apostle of Truth, increase our zeal for Your Word. Lord, you helped Dominic weep with those who weep and rejoice with those who rejoice, may we imitate his compassion for Your people. Lord, you gave Dominic the gift of preaching in Your Name, may we preach in our world as Dominic preached in his. Loving God, you call us to go serve You by imitating our Holy Father Dominic, give us that passion for Truth which inflamed his heart. Dominic sent forth his family to fill the world with the fruit of their study and contemplation. Lord keep us assiduous in study, persevering in prayer and zealous in pre...

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) To teach, in order to lead others to the Faith, is the task of every creature, and of each believer.  St. Dominic   [This is just one of the 1200 challenging and inspiring quotations you will find in Forgotten T ruths To Set Faith Afire ! Words to Challenge, Inspire and Instruct! ]