#St. Dominic De Guzman

[ranminfan]

August 8 . Feast day of St. Dominic de Guzman

By this time, Francis and his gang are probably visiting the dominicans right now.

This was an early piece of my other illustration of St. Francis and St. Dominic together, so I decided to post it today.

[thepastisalreadywritten]

SAINT OF THE DAY (August 8)

On August 8, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of St. Dominic de Guzman, who helped the cause of orthodoxy in the medieval Church by founding the Order of Preachers, also known as Dominicans.

“This great saint reminds us that in the heart of the Church, a missionary fire must always burn,” Pope Benedict XVI said in a February 2010 General Audience talk on the life of St. Dominic.

"In his life," the Pope said, “the search for God's glory and the salvation of souls went hand in hand.”

Born on 8 August 1170 in Caleruega, Spain, Dominic was the son of Felix Guzman and Joanna of Aza, members of the nobility.

He was named after Saint Dominic of Silos.

His mother would eventually be beatified by the Church, as would his brother Manes who became a Dominican. The family's oldest son Antonio also became a priest.

Dominic received his early education from his uncle, who was a priest, before entering the University of Palencia where he studied for ten years.

In one notable incident from this period, he sold his entire collection of rare books to provide for the relief of the poor in the city.

After his ordination to the priesthood, Dominic was asked by Bishop Diego of Osma to participate in local church reforms.

He spent nine years in Osma, pursuing a life of intense prayer, before being called to accompany the bishop on a piece of business for King Alfonso IX of Castile in 1203.

While traveling in France with the bishop, Dominic observed the bad effects of the Albigensian heresy, which had taken hold in southern France during the preceding century.

The sect revived an earlier heresy, Manicheanism, which condemned the material world as an evil realm not created by God.

Dreading the spread of heresy, Dominic began to think about founding a religious order to promote the truth.

In 1204, he and Bishop Diego were sent by Pope Innocent III to assist in the effort against the Albigensians, which eventually involved both military force and theological persuasion.

In France, Dominic engaged in doctrinal debates and set up a convent whose rule would eventually become a template for the life of female Dominicans.

He continued his preaching mission from 1208 to 1215, during the intensification of the military effort against the Albigensians.

In 1214, Dominic's extreme physical asceticism caused him to fall into a coma, during which the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to him and instructed him to promote the prayer of the Rosary.

Its focus on the incarnation and life of Christ directly countered the Albigensian attitude towards matter as evil.

During that same year, Dominic returned to Tolouse and obtained the bishop's approval of his plan for an order dedicated to preaching.

He and a group of followers gained local recognition as a religious congregation, and Dominic accompanied Tolouse's bishop to Rome for an ecumenical council in 1215.

The council stressed the Church's need for better preaching but also set up a barrier to the institution of new religious orders.

Dominic, however, obtained papal approval for his plan in 1216 and was named as the Pope's chief theologian.

The Order of Preachers expanded in Europe with papal help in 1218.

The founder spent the last several years of his life building up the order and continuing his preaching missions, during which he is said to have converted some 100,000 people.

After several weeks of illness, St. Dominic died in Italy on 6 August 1221.

He was canonized by Pope Gregory IX on 13 July 1234.

He is the patron saint of astronomers, natural scientists, falsely accused people, the Dominican Republic, and other locales throughout the world.

[catholicsoul]

Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Those who devoutly serve the Holy Virgin through the recitation of the rosary, unfailingly receive the blessings that conform to their spiritual and temporal needs. St. Dominic

[mentisflatus]

I saw this in Museo Nacional del Prado, St. Dominic de Guzman presiding over an Auto da fe (1475). He was one of the most vicious saints in the Middle Ages who basically ethnic-cleansed the Albigensian Gnostics.  In light of Pope Francis' fearless and eye-opening New York Times interview, if the Pope was alive then he would be burned at stake for his heresies. (St. Dominic's likeness is the cover of the Spanish-era Philippine masterpiece of a book the Doctrina Christiana, unfortunately/fortunately?)

[verdantskies]

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Mt. 5:16

[ust-isys]

AUGUST 8 IS THE FEAST OF SAINT DOMINIC DE GUZMAN 

O glorious St. Dominic de Guzman, the well-beloved son and confidant of our Lady of the Holy Rosary, we seek for your intercession as we go through this test. Our beloved saint, we also pray for those who risk their lives to rescue and bring relief to our brothers and sisters that are in great need.

O Patriarch of the Order of Preachers, pray for us to our Lady of the Holy Rosary and to her Divine Son, for we have great confidence that through your assistance, we shall obtain protection, guidance, strength, patience, and hope as we face this storm. Amen.

St. Dominic de Guzman, Pray for Us!

[ranminfan]

Once or twice, St. Dominic offered to sell himself into slavery in exchange to free the unfortunates who were imprisoned.

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This man will not hesitate to give charity, even going forth to sell his books to help.

I've been reading a lot of stories of different saints and planning on making art pieces of it 'cause I find them really interesting.

[ranminfan]

Tried a little bit of practice of the Dominican's habit with St. Dominic.

Also getting back on track again with my art process.

[ranminfan]

St. Dominic de Guzmán, founder of the Order of Preachers.

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One of the things I found about St. Dominic was that he was chosen numerous times to become a bishop, but he always refused it 'cause he didn't really care for the title and preferred to live life in poverty.

Talk about humility

[ranminfan]

He was always joyous and cheerful, except when moved to compassion at anyone’s sorrows

This is completely out of the blue but I figured it'd be a peaceful process making this. I'm practicing on his looks.

[catholicsoul]

Prayer to St. Dominic

O glorious Saint Dominic, thou who wast a model of mortification and purity, by punishing thy innocent body with scourges, with fastings and with watchings, and by keeping inviolate the lily of thy virginity, obtain for us the grace to practice penance with a generous heart and to keep unspotted the purity of our bodies and our hearts.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be.

O great Saint, who, inflamed with divine love, didst find thy delight in prayer and intimate union with God; obtain for us to be faithful in our daily prayers, to love our Lord ardently, and to observe His commandments with ever increasing fidelity.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be.

O glorious Saint Dominic, who, being filled with zeal for the salvation of souls, didst preach the Gospel in season and out of season and didst establish the Order of Friars Preachers to labor for the conversion of heretics and poor sinners, pray thou to God for us, that He may grant us to love all our brethren sincerely and to cooperate always, by our prayers and good works, in their sanctification and eternal salvation.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be.

V. Pray for us, Saint Dominic,

R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray:

Grant, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, that we who are weighed down by the burden of our sins may be raised up by the patronage of blessed Dominic Thy Confessor. Through Christ our Lord. Amen

(Indulgence of 300 days once a day)

[catholicsoul]

A man who governs his passions is master of his world. We must either command them or be enslaved by them. It is better to be a hammer than an anvil.

St. Dominic