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Missa Ave Maris Stella

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Listen to the Mass setting by Tomás Luis de Victoria.  It will be sung for the Dominican Rite Mass on the Feast of St Lawrence on Auguest 10, 2019 at Holy Rosary parish in Houston.

The Kyrie is sung after the entrance Psalm, called the Officium or Introit.

The Gloria, sung immediately after the Kyrie, recalls the song of the Angels on Christmas.

The Nicene Creed is sung after the Gospel is proclaimed, immediately before the Offertory.

Sanctus and Benedictus are sung together in the Dominican Rite after the Preface and before the Consecration of the Mass.

Agnus Dei is sung after the Our Father and Kiss of Peace, before Communion.

 

 

 

May 2019 Meeting

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Our next meeting will be 2pm on May 11, 2019 in the Faith Formation building at Holy Rosary Parish.

Inquirers will discuss the Dominican Soul or what it means to be live as a Dominican. More information and the syllabus for the year can be found here.

Candidates for admission discuss second half of the book on St Martin de Porres.

Professed members will discuss the Vatican II document on ecumanism, Unitatis Redintegratio.

The group study will continue with a reflection on Part 3 of the “Introduction to the Devout Life” by St. Francis de Sales.

We will pray Evening Prayer of the Office for the Dead for our recently deceased founder, including chanting the hymn, Psalms and Magnificat.

April 2019 Meeting

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Our next meeting will be 2pm on April 13, 2019 in the Faith Formation building at Holy Rosary Parish.

Inquirers will continue discussing the Pillars of Dominican life, specifically Loyalty to the Church. More information and the syllabus for the year can be found here.

Candidates for admission discuss first half of the book on St Martin de Porres.

Professed members will discuss the Vatican II document on the Eastern Churches, Orientalium Ecclesiarum as well as this article on the 21 Coptic Christians martyred in 2015, Baptism of Blood.

The group study will continue with a reflection on Part 3 of the “Introduction to the Devout Life” by St. Francis de Sales.

We will sing the Magnificat (Gospel canticle) and its antiphon in psalm tone when we pray Vespers (Evening Prayer).  A printable file is available here that contains the antiphons through May 2019.

March 2019 Meeting

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Our next meeting will be 2pm on Mar 9, 2019 in the Faith Formation building at Holy Rosary Parish.

Inquirers will continue discussing the Pillars of Dominican life, specifically loyalty to the Church. More information and the syllabus for the year can be found here.

Candidates for admission discuss Chapter 3 of the book on St Catherine of Sienna.

Professed members will discuss the Vatican document on the mission activity of the church, Ad Gentes Divinitus.

A reflection will be given on the Gospel for the following Sunday.

We will sing the Magnificat (Gospel canticle) and its antiphon in psalm tone when we pray Vespers (Evening Prayer).  A printable file is available here that contains the antiphons through May 2019.

January 2019 Meeting

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Our next meeting will be 2pm on January 12, 2019 in the Faith Formation building at Holy Rosary Parish.

Inquirers will discuss the Pillars of Dominican life. More information and the syllabus for the year can be found here.

Candidates for admission discuss Chapter 1 of the book on St Catherine of Sienna.

Professed members will discuss the following sections of the Catechism of the Catholic Church related to the laity: 898-913, 941-943, 2442.  It is encouraged to read the extended section CCC 871-933 and other resources that relate to the priestly, prophetic and kingly roles of the laity.

The group study will continue with a reflection on Part 2 of the “Introduction to the Devout Life” by St. Francis de Sales.

We will sing the Magnificat (Gospel canticle) and its antiphon in psalm tone when we pray Vespers (Evening Prayer).  A printable file is available here that contains the antiphons through May 2019.

December 2018 Meeting

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Our next meeting will be 2pm on December 8, 2018 in the Faith Formation building at Holy Rosary Parish.

Inquirers will discuss the History of Dominican Laity.. More information and the syllabus for the year can be found here.

Candidates for admission discuss St Rose of Lima Chapters 8-11.  Please consider the following questions while reading:

  1. What virtues did St. Rose demonstrate and how did she pursue this virtue?
  2. What beatitudes did she show and what did it cost her?
  3. How can we be more like her in our virtues and in how we preach the Good News of Jesus Christ and journey towards sainthood?

You might also consider the question if this a credible account of her life or is it hagiography.

Professed members will discuss the Chapters 3-5 of Christifideles Laici.

A reflection will be given on the reading from either the Feast of the Immaculate Conception or the Second Sunday of Advent.  The group study will continue in January with Part 2 of the “Introduction to the Devout Life” by St. Francis de Sales.

November 2018 Meeting

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Our next meeting will be 2pm on November 10, 2018 in the Faith Formation building at Holy Rosary Parish.

Inquirers will discuss the Pillars of Dominican life.. More information and the syllabus for the year can be found here.

Candidates for admission discuss St Rose of Lima Chapters 5-7.  Please consider the following questions while reading:

  1. What virtues did St. Rose demonstrate and how did she pursue this virtue?
  2. What beatitudes did she show and what did it cost her?
  3. How can we be more like her in our virtues and in how we preach the Good News of Jesus Christ and journey towards sainthood?

You might also consider the question if this a credible account of her life or is it hagiography.

Professed members will discuss the Chapters 1-2 of Christifideles Laici.

The group study will begin with Part 1 of the “Introduction to the Devout Life” by St. Francis de Sales. A reflection will be given on the reading.

 

We will sing the Magnificat (Gospel canticle) and its antiphon in psalm tone when we pray Vespers (Evening Prayer).  A printable file is available here that contains the antiphons through May 2019.

October 2018 Meeting

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Our next meeting will be 2pm on October 13, 2018 in the Faith Formation building at Holy Rosary Parish.

Inquirers will discuss the role of Study in Dominican life.. More information and the syllabus for the year can be found here.

Candidates for admission discuss St Rose of Lima Chapters 1-4.  Please consider the following questions while reading:

  1. What virtues did St. Rose demonstrate and how did she pursue this virtue?
  2. What beatitudes did she show and what did it cost her?
  3. How can we be more like her in our virtues and in how we preach the Good News of Jesus Christ and journey towards sainthood?

You might also consider the question if this a credible account of her life or is it hagiography.

Professed members will discuss the DECREE ON THE APOSTOLATE OF THE LAITY APOSTOLICAM ACTUOSITATEM.

The group study will begin with the Prologue of “Introduction to the Devout Life” by St. Francis de Sales. A reflection will be given on the life of St Francis.

 

We will sing the Magnificat (Gospel canticle) and its antiphon in psalm tone when we pray Vespers (Evening Prayer).  A printable file is available here that contains the antiphons through May 2019.

15th Tuesday: Mary is Crowned Queen of Heaven

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The Lay Dominicans of the Queen of the Holy Rosary Chapter will be posting meditations for the fifteen Tuesdays leading up to the feast of our Father Dominic on August 8th.   See here for more information on the 15 Tuesdays devotion.

It has been a long-standing tradition since the early Church that the Virgin Mary was Crowned Queen of Heaven.  As Christ is the King, so Mary is the Queen Mother. The Blessed Virgin has been pictured wearing a crown for centuries.  A painting following the victory at the Battle of Lepanto shows Mary with a resplendent Crown and a sword leading the victorious Holy League against the Ottoman Turks in 1571.  Before the battle, Pope Pius V had ordered that all the Churches of Rome be opened and that all of Rome recite the Rosary continuously. The battle was won and the Turkish ambition temporarily thwarted.  Pope Pius V instituted the feast of Our Lady of Victory which is known today, Our Lady of the Rosary. Mary was described as a Queen by Pope Sixtus IV, Benedict XIV and St. Alphonsus Liguori stated that since she was the mother of the King of Kings, Mary had the right to be honored with the title of Queen.

As Queen, Mary taught our Father Dominic the Rosary as a weapon against evil and heresy.   In depictions of that event, St. Dominic is always kneeling as he receives the Rosary, honoring her, as a Queen and teacher.  We too receive the blessings from our Blessed Mother when we pray the Rosary which we have learned from our Father Dominic. It  is a gift we can all add to our daily prayer life and as we meditate on the Mysteries we are able to relive the life, sacrifice and triumph of Jesus.  The Crowning of Mary is not the end of the story of Jesus. Rather it is the culmination of Redemption, where creation is not only restored to the glory it possessed before the fall but raised to new heights.

14th Tuesday: The Assumption of Mary into Heaven

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The Lay Dominicans of the Queen of the Holy Rosary Chapter will be posting meditations for the fifteen Tuesdays leading up to the feast of our Father Dominic on August 8th.   See here for more information on the 15 Tuesdays devotion.

At the end of Mary’s pilgrimage on earth, she was taken body and soul into heaven or, as Eastern Christians would say, she fell asleep in the Lord. Consider the rejoicing throng of angels and saints that greeted her upon her entry into the heavenly Jerusalem. On the feast of the Assumption we hear in the Liturgy of King David bringing the Ark to Jerusalem and all of Israel assembled. “Play musical instruments… and make a loud sound rejoicing.” Mary, the true Arc of the Covenant, was brought to her final resting place, never more to be separated from her Beloved Son.

How fitting it is that on the feast of her Assumption, the end of Mary’s pilgrimage on earth, Our Holy Father Dominic dispersed the brethren to preach in Italy, Spain, and France, thus associating the mission of the Order with her glorious arrival in Heaven. One famous vision of heaven saw numerous saints adoring Christ but no Dominicans among them until Mary lifted her mantle and revealed the Order of Preachers, close to her and under her protection. Bl Sadoc O.P and his companions were martyred in Poland while singing the Salve Regina, and the Dominican custom of continuing to sing that song as the last prayer before the great silence of night pays homage to her as our special advocate, both in this life and in our journey to the next.