This week Fr. Luuk O.P. goes back to the Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas on the program the Light of Truth . Fr. Luuk recaps briefly the aim of the Summa and the reason of studying our faith. The second part of the program looks at the question if science and logic can help in showing that God exists. The music this week in the live program is: Broken Things - All In Love Won’t Let me Down - Hillsong Young and Free Word of Life - Jeremy Camp (the podcast does not have music in it) Please ...
Sep 27, 2017•50 min
This week Fr. Philip Mulryne O.P. joins Fr. Luuk O.P. again on the program the Light of Truth . Fr. Philip, a frequent quest on the show, was ordained to the priesthood during the summer. This week Frs. Philip and Luuk will discuss the Ordination and what it is to be a priest. The music this week in the live program is: Hard Love - The Stack Gracefully Broken - Glory Song Even If - Mercy Me (the podcast does not have music in it) Please send any comments or any question to lightoftruth@dominican...
Sep 20, 2017•45 min
Brother Philip Mulryne OP was ordained a priest for the Dominican Order (Order of Preachers) by His Grace Archbishop Joseph Augustine Di Noia OP during the 11.00am celebration of Mass in Saint Saviour’s Church, Dominican Street on the 8th of July. Archbishop Augustine Di Noia is Assistant Secretary at the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith and he travelled from Rome for today’s special ceremony. Philip Mulryne was born in Belfast, and whilst playing for his parish soccer team: Saint Olive...
Jul 10, 2017•2 min
Today in Dublin Reverend Brother Philip Mulryne OP was ordained a priest for the Dominican Order (Order of Preachers) by His Grace Archbishop Joseph Augustine Di Noia OP during the 11.00am celebration of Mass in Saint Saviour’s Church, Dominican Street. Archbishop Augustine Di Noia is Assistant Secretary at the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith and he travelled from Rome for today’s special ceremony. Philip Mulryne was born in Belfast, and whilst playing for his parish soccer team: Saint...
Jul 08, 2017•1 min
This week Paula and Lucy join Fr. Luuk OP again on the program the Light of Truth . Both Paula and Lucy were part of the road team of NET Ministries. This week we talk about their experience as part of NET and their involvement in Knockadoon Camp and the Knockadoon Youth Weeks. The music this week in the live program is: Magnify - We Are Messengers Radiate - Hannah Kerr Hills and Valleys - Tauren Wells (the podcast does not have music in it) Please send any comments or any question to lightoftru...
Jul 04, 2017•48 min
This week Bro. Jesse Maingot OP joins Fr. Luuk Jansen OP again on the program the Light of Truth . The discussion continues last weeks program on the Eucharist. This week comes back to the importance and central role the Eucharist plays in the life of any Catholic, and how closeness to God imrpoves our whole iives, including our friendships with other. The music this week in the live program is: The Gospel, Ryan Stevenson Wonder - Hillsong UNITED Still - Hilary Scott and the Scott Family (the po...
Jun 28, 2017•48 min
This week Bro. Jesse Maingot OP joins Fr. Luuk Jansen OP on the program the Light of Truth . The discussion is about the Eucharist, and the importance and central role the Eucharist plays in the life of any Catholic. The music this week in the live program is: The Cure, Unspoken - Follow Through (Deluxe) Beloved, Jordon Feliz - The River (Deluxe Edition) I Wanna Go Back, David Dunn - Yellow Balloons (the podcast does not have music in it) Please send any comments or any question to lightoftruth@...
Jun 21, 2017•47 min
This week Fr. Luuk Jansen OP continues with the questions in the Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas OP. Today it is about the Goodness of God, Infinity and Eternity. Espcially the aspect of eternity, and what it means for us to think about eternal life, features towards the end of the program. The music this week in the live program is: Holly - In Awe Oh My Soul - Casting Crowns Still - Hillary Scott (the podcast does not have music in it) Please send any comments or any question to lightoft...
May 17, 2017•48 min
This week Fr. John Harris OP joins Fr. Luuk Jansen OP. The program takes a break from the Summa Theologica to anwser some question from listeners and discuss some related topics. The music this week in the live program is: Beloved, Jordan Feliz - The River I Wanna Go Back, David Dunn - Yellow Balloons I Have This Hope, Tenth Avenue North - Followers (the podcast does not have music in it) Please send any comments or any question to lightoftruth@dominicans.ie and we will take them into account in...
May 09, 2017•48 min
This week we continue to Question 4 of the Summa Theologica, which looks at the perfection of God followed by Questions 5 and 6 on Goodness. Fr. Luuk OP will continue with the perfection of God in combination. This will bring all kinds of side topics to the program as the relation of a perceivable corrupted world in relation to a perfect God, but also the role of our faith in our daily lives and how God can help us to make living life easier though his healing Grace. The music this week in the l...
Apr 26, 2017•48 min
This week we start to move from Question 2 in the Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas, which is on the existence of God, to Question 3, which starts to look at what we can know about God. Fr. Luuk OP will look at St. Thomas' approach in learning things about God. St. Thomas writes that thewre is two ways to know things about God, the first is revelation and the second through reason, or philisophy. Both these ways have come to the fore in the last two epsiodes by looking at how God releals hi...
Apr 12, 2017•47 min
This week we continue on the topic of the second question in the Summa Theologica: The Existence of God. Fr. Luuk Jansen OP talks with Bro. Thomas Davenport OP how modern science connects with our faith. Bro. Thomas Davenport OP, having a PhD in physics from Stanford University, talks about the relation betweed Physics, Philosophy, modern science and the effect of for example the developing of Quantum Physics on our faith. The music this week: Never Been a Moment, Micah Tyler Still, Hillary Scot...
Apr 05, 2017•58 min
This week we continue to Question 2 in the Summa Theologica written by Saint Thomas Aquians. Fr. Luuk Jansen OP talks with Fr. Conor McDonagh OP about the proofs for the existence of God. St. Thomas asks the question if we can proof that God exists, and gives various reasons how we can come to the conclusion that we can. One example is through what we see in the world and that it points to the fact that there has to be something that created everything. This and more in this weeks episode. The m...
Mar 28, 2017•59 min
This week we start with Question 1 in the Summa Theologicam written by Saint Thomas Aquians. Fr. Luuk Jansen OP continues to talk with Fr. John Harris OP about the start of the Summa. The first 'question' in the Summa looks at some of the foundations of our journey to God. Why do we need God to reveal Himself? What is the role of theology, and how does it fit in with Philosophy and reason. These are some of the topics of this weeks dicussion. The music this week: Never Been a Moment, Micah Tyler...
Mar 15, 2017•1 hr
The Light of Truth will from this week forward take a little more of a structured approach by following the Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas OP in order to discover more in depth various aspects of our faith. Fr. Luuk Jansen OP talks with Fr. John Harris OP about Saint Thomas as a theologian and the reason he wrote the Summa. There will also be a review on the structure of the work, and the fundamental role of God in the doing of Theology. It is not the intention to provide a commentary on...
Mar 08, 2017•58 min
This is the 30th episode of the Light of Truth. Fr. Luuk Jansen OP talks about the plan for the coming episodes which includes the anwsering of questions which can be send to lightoftruth@dominicans.ie . In the rest of the program the focus is on the start of Lent and lent as a time to refocus, as with the radio program, and to recommit to following Jesus and the Gospel message.
Feb 27, 2017•59 min
This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk Jansen OP talks with bro. Philip Mulryne OP about Marian apparitions. The Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes is coming up on the 11th of February, so this week the Light of Truth looks at the apparitions of Our Lady in Lourdes to St. Bernadette. During the conversation other Marian apparitions are also discussed such as n Fatima and the apparition in Knock, Ireland.
Feb 09, 2017•59 min
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...
Jan 20, 2017•59 min
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 i...
Jan 09, 2017•59 min
To specifically mark the 800th anniversary of the Dominican Order, which got it's appoval from Pope Honorious III on the 22nd of December 1216, various Dominican communities had specicial celebrations. In St. Saviour's in Dublin a special Holy Hour with Benediction was held in the evening, and Solemn Vespers was celebrated at 6pm. The included video shows a brief summary of the celebration.
Dec 23, 2016•2 min
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 Rad...
Dec 13, 2016•59 min
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 ...
Dec 07, 2016•58 min
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...
Dec 02, 2016•58 min
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 ev...
Nov 17, 2016•59 min
Bro. Philip Mulryne OP was ordained deacon in St. Saviour’s Dublin on Saturday the 29th of October. Bro. Philip was ordained by the Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin, during a Mass celebrated at 2:30 pm in St. Saviour’s. Bro. Philip was joined by his family, friends and many Dominican brothers on this joyous occasion. Bro. Philip will with the help of God be ordained to the priesthood sometime during the coming year, so please keep him in your prayers as he continues his studies....
Nov 04, 2016•3 min
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:...
Oct 26, 2016•58 min
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 Wedne...
Oct 19, 2016•59 min
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...
Oct 12, 2016•58 min
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...
Oct 07, 2016•56 min
This short video shows a recording of homily given by Fr. John Harris OP at the Mass for the Opening of the Academic Year 2016-1217. The Irish Dominican Province has its own theology S tudium , or House of Studies located in the north city center of Dublin. St. Saviour’s Priory houses the student brothers during the years of their initial formation and intellectual studies leading to their ordination to the priesthood. Apart from the brothers of the Irish Dominican Province brothers from the Pro...
Oct 05, 2016•9 min
