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• ST. DOMINIC DOG

  • “Domini”means dog “canis” means god
• St. Dominic was born in 1170 in Caleruega Castile
• he died on august 6, 1221 in bologna, Romagna italy
• St. dominic Canonization was on July 3.1324
• St. Dominic feast day is on august 8
• St. dominic was the Founder of the order of preachers (dominicans)
• St. Dominic Father is Felix De Guzman, was a lord of the manor in the village and his mother Jane of aza, was also from the local nobility
• St. Dominic joined the canons regular in 1196.
• In 1203, the bishop of Osma (Diego de Acebo) was sent on a royal mission abroad and took Dominic with him 
• • Manichean: two forces of this world; good and evil
• Cathars: believed that all material things are bad
• In st. Dominic's second journey, it was his "evangelical preaching"
• St. Dominic said

  • Everything too much is evil so he said to live simply 
• In 1206, papal legates and preachers, feeling down about their lack of success, asked Dominic and the bishop for advice. They concluded that to win back heretics, they needed to live as simply as them. This led to Dominic's "evangelical preaching."
• • capitulum fundationis- Dominic returned to Toulouse and held a meeting with his 16 companions
• Dominic finally received formal sanction of his order on December 22, 1216
• Monastic Element: Dominican life involves detachment from worldly concerns, focusing on prayer, and seeking Christian perfection. Dominic taught his followers to contemplate God in all things, urging them to speak only of God or with God.
• Priestly Element: Dominican spirituality emphasizes loyalty to the Church, the Pope, and the truths of faith. It centers on God, Christ, the Mass, and Sacraments. Dominic's devotion to Mary is integral, especially through the rosary, which combines devotion with theology and leads to contemplation.
• Apostolic Element: Dominicans are called to preach and spread the Gospel, following the example of Christ and the Apostles. They must be missionaries, conversing with God in contemplation and sharing the fruits of their contemplation with others.
• 1. Doctrinal Element: Study of sacred truth is essential for Dominicans. St. Dominic stressed the importance of studying the Bible to understand and preach the truths of faith with love and zeal.
• 1. Blending of Elements: Dominican spirituality doesn't separate these aspects but integrates them. The monastic, priestly, and apostolic elements work together, with love of God leading to love of neighbor and active evangelization, following the example of Christ and the Apostles.
• St. Thomas said "contemplate and give to others the fruit of their contemplation."
• FOUR PILLARS OF DOMINICAN SPIRITUALITY 

  1. Prayer
  2. Study
  3. Community
  4. Preaching 
• PRAYER

  • In faithful response to the invitation of St. Dominic, the solemn, common celebration of Mass and the liturgy of the hours remain the center of a  Dominican daily life.
• STUDY

  The primary object of Dominican study is the Word of God revealed through Scripture, Tradition, and the natural world, whose fullest manifestation is the very person of Christ himself.
• Blending of elements

  • There is no dichotomy in Dominican spirituality. Its monastic,contemplative, and priestly constituents, focusing on love of God,fructify in the apostolate, centering on love of neighbor. The evangelicalvocation vitalizes the priestly and contemplative vocations, directingthem to their logical and highest development, exemplified by Christ andthe Apostles
• COMMUNITY

  • The communal dimension of Dominican life is a challenge to be of "one mind and one heart in God."  Profession into the Order of Preachers includes the promise

  o hold all things in common.
• St. Thomas

  • Famous for his 5 arguments to prove the existence of God
• • Thomas was born in 1225 in a castle of roccasecca located in sicily
• St. Thomas Wrote the Summa Theologica which describes how Christ reconciles the relationship of humans with God.
• • In 1239, after nine years in this sanctuary of spiritual and cultural life, young Thomas was forced to return to his family when the emperor expelled the monks because they were too obedient to the pope.
• In the early days of the Order, Dominican Friars were known as "preaching brothers" because they traveled from town to town spreading the word of God. Today, many Dominican priests continue this tradition of itinerant ministry.
• The divine revelation:

  • Use of words is an affirmation of the human need to reach out to others
• 1. INFORMATIVE

  • We speak to merely tell something or just to converse
• 1. EXPRESSIVE

  • We speak to disclose our deepest feelings
• 1. APPELLATIVE

  • We speak to be reciprocated, begging for a response
• • God out of his infinite love for humankind decided to make himself known to us 
• REVELATION

  • To life the veil, to disclose to uncover
• • God’s capability of limiting himself in human words is in itself a manifestation of his greatness
• OUR HUMAN LIMITATION

  • St. Thomas Aquinas said “There is nothing is the mind that is not first in the senses”