As we
continue our Novena to St Dominic. I thought it would be nice to reflect on St.
Dominic with St. Catherine, as revealed to here by God the Father in “The
Dialogue.”
But for his more proper object he took the light of learning in
order to stamp out the errors that were rising up at that time. He took up the
task of the Word, my only-begotten Son. Clearly he appeared as an apostle in
the world, with such truth and light did he sow my word, dispelling the
darkness and giving light. He was a light that I offered the world through Mary
and sent into the mystic body of holy Church as an uprooter of heresies. Why did
I say “through Mary”? Because Mary gave him the habit – a task my goodness
entrusted to her.
Where would he have his children eat by the light of learning? At
the table of the cross. On that cross is set the table of holy desire where one
eats souls for love of me. He wanted his children to do nothing else but stand
at this table by the light of learning to seek only the glory and praise of my
name and the salvation of souls. And so that they might attend to nothing else,
he relieved them of worry about temporal things and wanted them to be poor. Was
he lacking in faith or did he fear they would not be provided for? Certainly
not, for he was clothed in faith and trusted firmly in my providence. …
So Dominic set his ship in order by rigging it with three strong
ropes: obedience, continence, and true poverty. He made it thoroughly royal by
not tying it to the guilt of deadly sin. Enlightened by me, the true light, he
was providing for those who were less perfect. For, though all who observe the
rule are perfect, still even in [this way of] life one is more perfect than
another, and both the perfect and the not-so-perfect fare well on this ship.
Dominic allied himself with my Truth by showing that he did not want the sinner
to die but rather to be converted and live. He made his ship very spacious,
gladsome, and fragrant, a most delightful garden.
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