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As we celebrate the Approval of the Order this December 22, we continue to thank God for bringing the Order of Preachers to this Jubilee Year. May the graces surrounding this celebration enrich our prayer, and inspire us to a more zealous celebration of the Lord’s birth!

Jubilee message of Fr. Bruno Cadore, OP

Remembering the October days in which we celebrated Our Lady’s Rosary, we pray that she will continue to draw each of us into greater love for her Son.

As we enjoy the fruits of so many summer blessings, we look forward to a new academic year. Celebrating the feast of Saint Dominic, “man of an apostolic heart,” we remember that the love we have received is to be given freely. May each of us give Christ to those we encounter!

Prayer can be beautiful in more ways than one. Not only is there spiritual beauty in the act of prayer, there is also beauty in the prayer aids available. The Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia Congregation have joined with Saint Benedict Press to release their new book A Short Guide to Praying as a Family: Growing Together in Faith and Love Each Day. This book succeeds in joining prayer and stained glass resulting in a stunningly, beautiful volume.

The human heart cannot be satisfied without love, without union with the beloved. As in the Eucharist, so also in the family, we cannot experience the joy of communion unless there is first presence, a presence that is real and abiding. It is no secret that the family faces many serious challenges today...

"Family prayer can move the world,” Philadelphia’s Archbishop Charles J. Chaput writes in the foreword to a new book, A Short Guide to Praying as a Family: Growing Together in Faith and Love Each Day.

“Lord, show me how you want me to be part of what You want to do.” Isn’t this exactly the perspective the Church asks us to bring to our efforts in the New Evangelization? Our world, our culture, is so in need of God; so in need of truth and love; so in need of compassion and healing and joy. So much so that only the Lord Himself can fill and satisfy the needs we see around us. How does He want to use us, in the daily situations in which He places us? This is actually the perspective from which we want to share with you in this issue of Veritas…

This is not your usual prayer book. Earlier this year—on the Solemnity of St. Joseph, to be exact—the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia released a new prayer book entitled A Short Guide to Praying as a Family. This book compiles prayers familiar to most Catholics and brings them together in a way that is intelligent, beautiful, and timeless. Let me tell you how.

As we conclude this month in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we thank the Lord for her maternal care for us and ask that we may continue walking with Mary every day of the year.