by Gabrielle Huff | Jul 4, 2025 | Dominicana Journal
We call Saint Thomas the “Angelic Doctor” for his spiritual wisdom and superhuman self-control. His teaching reaches to the very heights of heavenly contemplation. Even so, this spiritual man thinks you should sing “God Bless America,” launch a barrage of fireworks,...
by Gabrielle Huff | Jun 26, 2025 | Dominicana Journal
We have recently celebrated the feast of Corpus Christi, and the beautiful hymns Adoro Te Devote and Pange Lingua still play in my memory. Saint Thomas Aquinas wrote these hymns, and through his concise yet graceful poetry we can glimpse his deep devotion to the...
by Gabrielle Huff | Jun 24, 2025 | Dominicana Journal
2025 Summer Listening Recommendations: Rituals by Watchhouse What’s the reason for our rituals—those habits that give us meaning and structure? What do they reveal about our need for belonging? In their newest album, Rituals, Watchhouse explores the tension between...
by Gabrielle Huff | Jun 19, 2025 | Dominicana Journal
Saint Paul, the paradigmatic preacher, had no illusions about where the success of his missions came from. Because his conversion was so sudden, Paul saw clearly the divine source of his faith. He then inferred a universal truth from his particular case: God’s agency...
by Gabrielle Huff | Jun 17, 2025 | Dominicana Journal
2025 Summer Reading RecommendationsDemons: A Novel in Three Parts by Fyodor Dostoevsky When a culture is sick, how can it be cured? If an entire people is possessed, how can they be freed? Is such a thing even possible at all? Dostoevsky’s classic work Demons...
