Hearing and Encountering the Word of God in our Daily Lives
Preaching with Brian Pierce, OP
Former Promoter of the Laity for the
Southern Province of St. Martin de Porres
Dear Sisters and Brothers in St. Dominic, St. Catherine of Siena and St. Martin de Porres --
St. Dominic’s passion was to preach the Good News of salvation. He walked around Europe with the Letters of St. Paul and the Gospel of St. Matthew. That was his daily bread.
Years ago I fell in love with Dominic’s passion for preaching. In the 1990’s our Dominican community in Honduras was asked to put together a preaching workshop for lay men and women who were preparing to be Delegates of the Word of God. For thirty years I have been excited about sharing the charism of preaching with lay people.
So, I invite you to grab your Letters of St. Paul and your Gospel of St. Matthew (or just the whole Bible if you want!) and join the laity of the Southern Province as we seek new ways of preaching the Good News in our own time and our own world. I hope the efforts of our "preaching revival," sparked by the Houston preaching workshop in February 2017, will fill your heart and mind, and encourage you as you grow in your vocation as a follower of Dominic, the Preacher of Grace.
What better way to celebrate our 800 years of preaching the Gospel than to encounter the Word of God--through learning and preaching and building our community of Lay Dominican brothers and sisters in the Province of St. Martin de Porres!
Peace in Christ,
fr. Brian J. Pierce, OP
St. Dominic’s passion was to preach the Good News of salvation. He walked around Europe with the Letters of St. Paul and the Gospel of St. Matthew. That was his daily bread.
Years ago I fell in love with Dominic’s passion for preaching. In the 1990’s our Dominican community in Honduras was asked to put together a preaching workshop for lay men and women who were preparing to be Delegates of the Word of God. For thirty years I have been excited about sharing the charism of preaching with lay people.
So, I invite you to grab your Letters of St. Paul and your Gospel of St. Matthew (or just the whole Bible if you want!) and join the laity of the Southern Province as we seek new ways of preaching the Good News in our own time and our own world. I hope the efforts of our "preaching revival," sparked by the Houston preaching workshop in February 2017, will fill your heart and mind, and encourage you as you grow in your vocation as a follower of Dominic, the Preacher of Grace.
What better way to celebrate our 800 years of preaching the Gospel than to encounter the Word of God--through learning and preaching and building our community of Lay Dominican brothers and sisters in the Province of St. Martin de Porres!
Peace in Christ,
fr. Brian J. Pierce, OP