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This is a family of websites dedicated to Martin de Porres, our patron, a Dominican friar who lived in the sixteenth and seventeenth century in Peru. His life speaks clearly of overwhelming charity to those in need, as well as great holiness and deep mysticism. Moreover, Martin de Porres represented unity and care not only for people, but for all of creation. Popular not only in his native Peru, but all over the world as an example of holiness, of love of God and of others. It is our hope that in the pages of this family of websites, what might be found is the same desire for charity, the humble recognition of the God who makes us holy, and a deep and abiding respect for all of creation.
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Best of Three or Almost Over?
For the Bruins, tonight’s game with the Bruins can either get them back into this series and make it a “best of three” or the Canadiens could take a commanding 3 to 1 lead. Of the major Boston pro teams, the Bruins have gone the longest without winning a championship. So here’s hoping for a [...]
My bracket was looking good
Ok, if Pittsburgh and Louisville had won, I would be looking pretty good. Should have trusted Butler!
Voting in Egypt
I must confess I have not thought about voting much. While there are elections where I live in a few weeks, I have voted often enough that the basic and fundamental right is lost on me. Put simply, I take it for granted. But not the people of Egypt. Many voted today for the very [...]
New Spot for Spiritual Reflections
You will notice that spiritual reflections have been moved to the DP Dominican Pages, since preaching seemed a more logical place for these to reside. They can be found there, as well as on the homepage of the DePorres Pages. This blog will be used as a place for eclectic topics that inspire me from [...]
Spiritual Reflections for Sunday, Janaury 9, 2011
Readings for Sunday, January 9, 2011 Isn’t it ironic that for many of us, an event of tremendous magnitude in our lives is one we do not remember, since we were infants? Isn’t it odd that our baptisms exist for us only as an encounter told to us by others, or in pictures? And yet, in [...]
Spiritual Reflections for Sunday, January 2, 2011
Readings for Ephiphany Remember all of the hoopla and concern over the coming of the New Millennium, more than ten years ago? There was all kind of concern about what would happen as computers had to deal with a date change to the year 2000? There were fears computer systems all over the world would [...]
Spiritual Reflections for January 1, 2011
Readings for Mary, the Mother of God. Mothers save. Mothers treasure. Mothers cherish. When I think of the many babies I have baptized, I cannot think of even one instance where a mother was not completely overwhelmed with joy over the birth of her child. In fact, often, I am shown picture after picture of [...]
Spiritual Reflections for Sunday, December 26, 2010
Readings for The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph We often speak of a parish as a family. We extend greetings on behalf of the parish family and we often ask from the parish family. As we celebrate today the Holy Family, I thought it might be helpful to think about what it means [...]
Spiritual Reflections for Christmas, December 25, 2010
Readings for Christmas Even though we are not in school, I thought it might be helpful to write some thoughts. There are many choices for the readings at Christmas, depending on what Mass is attended. Rather than offer reflections for each Mass, I thought it might be helpful to offer a summary of possible lessons [...]
Spiritual Reflections for Sunday, December 19, 2010
Readings for the Fourth Sunday of Advent Catholics love the tangible, the concrete, the visible. We love signs, sacraments, symbols. We make claims about the ordinary stuff of our lives that are miraculous indeed. Put simply, we believe God is active and alive in our world. Or do we? Ahaz is an interesting King. He [...]
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Spiritual Reflection for Seventh Sunday of Easter, June 5, 2011
I am not a patient person. I do not like to wait. When I am excited about something, or angry about something, I find it hard to wait. I am a “Type A” person, and I get impatient with things when they do not move at the pace I like them to move. So the [...]
Spiritual Reflection for Ascension, June 2011
I must admit that I am not a fan of moving the Feast of the Ascension to Sunday, though I clearly understand the practical pastoral reason it was done. But the move to Sunday does take away some historical devotion and understanding that might make it eaiser for us to celebrate fully the Easter Season. [...]
Spiritual Reflection for Sunday, May 29, 2011
What is to keep me from doing God’s will? What excuses do I put in the way of doing God’s will? Each one of us has something in our life, or maybe more than one thing in our life where we know we need to do something and we do not do it, or maybe [...]
Spiritual Reflection for Sunday, May 22, 2011
“You’d be amazed at how much they can do when you are not around.” I remember a priest giving me this advice when I was complaining that there were too many things to do. His point was not to neglect anything, but to suggest that part of the baptismal call in any community was the [...]
Spiritual Reflection for May 15, 2011
Do you feel any sense of urgency these days? The early listeners to Peter did. When they heard Peter state categorically that Jesus was the Messiah, they concluded the end was in fact here. “What are we to do?”It is hard to know what they were doing before, or how they came to believe that [...]
Sprititual Reflection for Sunday, May 8, 2011
Oddly enough, many of the readings during the Easter season are about doubt. We heard about Thomas last week, the initial despair from Mary Magdelene the week before. Today, we encounter two disciples who are doing what people do when they mourn — they are talking about the one they loved, sharing their sadness, and [...]
Spiritual Reflection for Sunday, May 1, 2011
The first reading today can serve as an interesting way to understand Dominican life. The early follower of Jesus, “devoted themselves to the apostles’ instruction and the communal life, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.” Moreover, they held their things in common, and they preached the Good news in such a powerful way [...]
Spiritual Reflection for Easter Sunday, 2011
Are you worn out? The celebrations of the highest holy days of the Church year should have that impact on us. If we really enter into the events we celebrated these past few days we really should be worn out. More than anything, I hope we have experienced just how close God has been, is, [...]
Spiritual Reflection for Good Friday, 2011
Good Friday Death. Suffering. Loss. If there are things that make even believers struggle in faith, it is when we face difficult situations in our life. Rabbi Harold Kushner captured this struggle well when he wrote, “Why Bad Things Happen to Good People.” He and his wife had a son who suffered a debilitating disease [...]
Spiritual Reflection for Holy Thursday
Holy Thursday “I really hope my son becomes a garbage collector.” “It is my hope my daughter becomes a hotel maid.” These would be interesting observations if a parent made them with enthusiasm. Positions of menial service are not seen as high aspirations for people in our culture today. In fact, we probably do not [...]
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