Dominicans Interactive - Irish Dominicans

This week the topic on the Light of Truth is Religious Life and Vocations. Fr. Luuk OP talks with sister Mara Grace OP about vocations discernment and religious life. Sr. Mara Grace is one of the four Dominican Sisters from the Saint Cecilia Congegation from Nashville, Tennessee, and has worked in the vocation office for some time before coming to Ireland last summer. Their story can be found in Episode 20 of the Light of Truth. The radio program ‘The Light of Truth’ is a weekly Dominican radio program on Radio Maria Ireland. Please join us every Wednesday live at 14:00 GMT on Radio Maria – you can listen to the program on DAB in Dublin or Cork and online using the Radio Maria App or on the website: http://www.radiomaria.ie.

We have reached the end of the Christmas season. Fr. John Harris OP and Fr. Luuk Jansen OP have a discussion around the Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord. The story of the Epiphany gives so much to reflect upon. In this hour we look at some of those aspects and how they connect to our own lives. The radio program ‘The Light of Truth’ is a weekly Dominican radio program on Radio Maria Ireland. Please join us every Wednesday live at 14:00 GMT on Radio Maria – you can listen to the program on DAB in Dublin or Cork and online using the Radio Maria App or on the website: http://www.radiomaria.ie.

This week Fr. Luuk OP continues to look at the Gospel in relation to the season of Advent. This week the focus is one of the main charaters featuring in the season of Advent, the one who "makes the path straight", "the voice crying in the wilderness". Guided by the relevant scripture passage this weeks reflection is mainly on John the Baptist. The radio program ‘The Light of Truth’ is a weekly Dominican radio program on Radio Maria Ireland. Please join us every Wednesday live at 14:00 GMT on Radio Maria – you can listen to the program on DAB in Dublin or Cork and online using the Radio Maria App or on the website: http://www.radiomaria.ie.

This week Fr. Luuk OP continues to look at the Gospel in relation to the season of Advent. Passages in the past week have brought to light the importance of faith in relation to the ministry of Jesus. This time of advent gives us an opportunity for ourselves to reflect on our own faith in relation to Jesus. What do we think of miracles? Do they still happen? Some of the topics that come up in this weeks episode. The radio program ‘The Light of Truth’ is a weekly Dominican radio program on Radio Maria Ireland. Please join us every Wednesday live at 14:00 GMT on Radio Maria – you can listen to the program on DAB in Dublin or Cork and online using the Radio Maria App or on the website: http://www.radiomaria.ie.

We have begon the season of Advent. Advent is a time of preparation, expectation and waiting for the coming of Christ. In this weeks episode Fr Terence OP and Fr. Luuk OP will look at the infancy naratives as found in the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke. What dot he infancy narritives tell us about the coming of Jesus, how does it connect to ancient history and what does it mean to us in our lives? The radio program ‘The Light of Truth’ is a weekly Dominican radio program on Radio Maria Ireland. Please join us every Wednesday live at 14:00 GMT on Radio Maria – you can listen to the program on DAB in Dublin or Cork and online using the Radio Maria App or on the website: http://www.radiomaria.ie.

As it is the month of November this weeks edition of 'The Light of Truth' talks about the Saint, the Holy Souls and how these are connected to our lives and world. This is the end of the Liturgical Year and the focus is shifting to the world to come. As such it is a good time of the year to think about our own journey, where we are, and where we are going in the licht of all this. The radio program ‘The Light of Truth’ is a weekly Dominican radio program on Radio Maria Ireland. Please join us every Wednesday live at 14:00 GMT on Radio Maria – you can listen to the program on DAB in Dublin or Cork and online using the Radio Maria App or on the website: http://www.radiomaria.ie.

This week some of the Irish Dominican Friars were on a mission to Derry. In this weeks program we talk a bit about the mission and also talked about two questions which we received a short while ago through the social media. The radio program ‘The Light of Truth’ is a weekly Dominican radio program on Radio Maria Ireland. Please join us every Wednesday live at 14:00 GMT on Radio Maria – you can listen to the program on DAB in Dublin or Cork and online using the Radio Maria App or on the website: http://www.radiomaria.ie.

In our relationship with God there are many variables. One of the most important things is off course prayer. Prayer can have many different forms and shapes, and many people pray in different ways. This week Fr. Luuk O.P. and Bro. Philip O.P. return to prayer and our relationship with God, and some of the basics that need to be in place to let this relationship flourish. The radio program ‘The Light of Truth’ is a weekly Dominican radio program on Radio Maria Ireland. Please join us every Wednesday live at 14:00 GMT on Radio Maria – you can listen to the program on DAB in Dublin or Cork and online using the Radio Maria App or on the website: http://www.radiomaria.ie.

During the summer four Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia from Nashville, Tennessee, arrived in Limerick and moved into the Dominican Priory in Glentworth Street. This week on 'the Light of Truth' they share a little about their story, and the daily life as religious sisters. The radio program ‘The Light of Truth’ is a weekly Dominican radio program on Radio Maria Ireland. Please join us every Wednesday live at 14:00 GMT on Radio Maria – you can listen to the program on DAB in Dublin or Cork and online using the Radio Maria App or on the website: http://www.radiomaria.ie.

The scriptures occupy a central role in our Christian lives. Through the scriptures God speaks to us, and makes known to us the plan of salvation. At many times during this radio show the scriptures come to the fore as a central aspect in deepening our relationship with God through listening to His Word. This week we will look at the Bible and how God is revealing Himself to us through the books we find within it. Fr. Terence Crotty OP and Fr. Luuk OP have a look at the bible as a whole and then with a focus on the beginning and the book of Genesis. The radio program ‘The Light of Truth’ is a weekly Dominican radio program on Radio Maria Ireland. Please join us every Wednesday live at 14:00 GMT on Radio Maria – you can listen to the program on DAB in Dublin or Cork and online using the Radio Maria App or on the website: http://www.radiomaria.ie.

God draws us closer to Him through Grace. Grace is our communion, our participation, into the Divine Life of God. The more we are open to grace and participate in the grace of God the more it's transforming effect shapes our lives. Grace does not take away our freedom, but enables us to life instead in total freedom to do what is right, good and beautiful. This week Fr. John Harris OP and Fr. Luuk OP continue to look at what Grace is, and how it can change our lives. The radio program ‘The Light of Truth’ is a weekly Dominican radio program on Radio Maria Ireland. Please join us every Wednesday live at 14:00 GMT on Radio Maria – you can listen to the program on DAB in Dublin or Cork and online using the Radio Maria App or on the website: http://www.radiomaria.ie.

Our journey towards God is a gradual process. Through prayer and a search God's Grace starts to work in us and moves us to a closer relationship with Him. But why is this needed, why do we need this grace to be healed in our relationship with God? This week Fr. Eoin OP and Fr. Luuk OP look at the book of Genesis to find some anwsers to this question. The radio program ‘The Light of Truth’ is the weekly Dominican radio program on Radio Maria Ireland. Please join us every Wednesday live at 14:00 GMT on Radio Maria – DAB in Dublin or Cork and http://www.radiomaria.ie.

The radio program ‘The Light of Truth’ is the weekly Dominican radio program on Radio Maria Ireland. This week Fr. Luuk continues to talk about the lived experience of being a Christian. How God connects to us in our lives, and how integrating God into our daily routines makes the lived experience more complete, more wholesome and more satisfying. Please join us every Wednesday live at 14:00 GMT on Radio Maria – http://www.radiomaria.ie.

The radio program 'The Light of Truth' is the weekly Dominican radio program on Radio Maria Ireland. This week week the topic is pilgrimages. Recently World Youth Day happened in Poland and the Irish Dominicans also had a pilgrimage to various historical places related to the Dominican Order in Italy. This pilgrimage was in the context of the 800th Jubilee of the Dominican Order. Fr. David Barrins OP and Fr. Eoin Casey OP joined Fr. Luuk Jansen OP in talking about their experiences. Please join us every Wednesday live at 14:00 GMT on Radio Maria - http://www.radiomaria.ie.

The radio program ‘The Light of Truth’ is the weekly Dominican radio program on Radio Maria Ireland. Fr. Luuk Jansen OP continues this week with the discussion on prayer. The focus is mainly on using scripture, and how the Word of God can speak in our lives. Please join us every Wednesday live at 14:00 GMT on Radio Maria – http://www.radiomaria.ie.

The radio program 'The Light of Truth' is the weekly Dominican radio program on Radio Maria Ireland. This week Fr. John Walsh joins in the studio to continue to talk about prayer, but specifically about the Rosary. Fr. John is the promotor of the Rosary Appostolate in Ireland. The Rosary is a very powerful prayer, and in this program we talked about the history, how to pray to Rosary and how it can make a difference to our lives. Please join us every Wednesday live at 14:00 GMT on Radio Maria - http://www.radiomaria.ie.

The radio program 'The Light of Truth' is the weekly Dominican radio program on Radio Maria Ireland. This week Fr. Luuk Jansen OP continues the talk bro. Philip Mulryan OP. One of the important aspects of our Christian life is how we relate to God. This week we start the talk about prayer and how prayer can make a difference to our lives. Bro. Philip and Fr. Luuk look as some aspects of prayer and how they strengthen our relationship with God. Please join us every Wednesday live at 14:00 GMT on Radio Maria - http://www.radiomaria.ie.

This week on 'the Light of Truth', the weekly Dominican radio program on Radio Maria Ireland, Fr. Luuk Jansen OP talks with bro. Philip Mulryan OP about the vocation the religious life and the priesthood, with a specific focus on bro. Philip's own vocation story. Please join us every Wednesday live at 14:00 GMT on Radio Maria - http://www.radiomaria.ie.

This week on "The Light of Truth", the weekly Dominican Radio program on Radio Maria, Frs. Colm OP, Matthew OP and Luuk OP reflect on thier second aniversary of their ordination to the priesthood. In this weeks program we talk a bit about the journey of both Fr. Colm and Fr. Matthew, and what brought them to become a Dominican and a priest.

This weeks episode of The Light of Truth on Radio Maria Ireland is also recorded in Knockadoon Camp, co. Cork. Knockadoon Camp is a Dominican Youth Camp in Ireland, and during the recordings the Dominican Youth Weeks were in progress. Last week Fr. Luuk OP talked to Fr. Maurice OP and Bro. Philip OP about the the camp and the activities during the Youth Week(s). This week members of last years NET ministries team are the guests. They will tell about their role during the cathecesis session these weeks and also what NET Ministries is and what kind of work they do during the year.