Our Story
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Born: |
1170
Calaruega, Province of Burgos
Kingdom of Castile (now modern-day Castile-Leon, Spain.) |
Died: |
6 August 1221 Bologna, Province of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy |
Canonized: |
1234 |
Major Shrine: |
San Domenico, Bologna Italy. |
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This, then, was Dominic, his signature
Barely visible on the scrolls of history;
A trace of a smile still lingers over the vineyards
Where they tried to kill him
But found death died in his eagerness to die.
He founded an Order, they say.
Say rather: friended.
He was their friend, and so
At last, in spite of themselves, they came.
He gave them an Order to found.
Such a man was Dominic,
Messenger of God’s love, a carrier
Of God’s infinite pain and hope,
A hurricane and a haven,
Hurling torrents of peace through the civilized corridors
Of comfortable half truths
To dwellers in ancient darkness long familiar,
A disturbing possibility of day.
Pray, pray for us,
Bearer of the torch.
Simon Tugwell OP