St. Dominic Priory in Macau celebrated the Feast of our Father Dominic with a solemn Mass presided by brother Fausto Gomez, concelebrated by brother Edmond and brother Paul and participated by our student brothers and some members of the lay fraternity.
Within the Mass, our Japanese brother Joseph Gabriel Hyodo renewed his simple profession. The homilist pointed out three stages in the life of our Father and Founder: the contemplative canon regular, the active apostle of Christ, and the contemplative-active Founder of the Order of Preachers. He underlined that St. Dominic was, above all, a preacher: “never asking for reward, he just talks about the Lord.” “Dominic said that the night is for God and the day for the neighbor because God has made the night for thanksgiving and the day for mercy. Our Father Dominic was, above all, a preacher, whose proclamation of the Word and life were one.”
We are all grateful to St. Dominic: Without him, we would not be here. Without Dominic, brother Joseph Gabriel could not have renewed his profession. We give thanks to God for calling our brother to be a member of our missionary Province. The homilist ended thus: Miguel de Unamuno says that Christ did not write any book or article but gave us the best book: Palabras vivas (living words). St. Dominic wrote no book really but founded a living word: Dominicans. May we try hard and help each other to be “Dominic” today. Imple Pater quod dixisti…!
The Holy Mass ended with the joyful singing of the O Spem Miram.