Saint Dominic
Lives of the Saints
by Alban Butler, Benziger Bros. edition
[1894]
—ST. DOMINIC.
- DOMINIC was born in Spain, in 1170.
As a student, he sold his books to feed the poor in a famine, and offered himself in ransom for a slave.
At the age of twenty-five he became superior of the Canons Regular of Osma, and accompanied his Bishop to France. There his heart was well-nigh broken by the ravages of the Albigenian heresy, and his life was henceforth devoted to the conversion of heretics and the defense of the Faith.
For this end he established his threefold religious Order. The convent for nuns was founded first, to rescue young girls from heresy and crime. Then a company of apostolic men gathered around him, and became the Order of Friar Preachers. Lastly came the Tertiaries, persons of both sexes living in the world.
God blessed the new Order, and France, Italy, Spain, and England welcomed the Preaching Friars.
Our Lady took them under her special protection, and whispered to St. Dominic as he preached. It was in 1208, while St. Dominic knelt in the little chapel of Notre Dame de la Prouille, and implored the great Mother of God to save the Church, that Our Lady appeared to him, gave him the Rosary, and bade him go forth and preach.
Beads in hand, he revived the courage of the Catholic troops, led them to victory against overwhelming numbers, and finally crushed the heresy. His nights were spent in prayer. His words rescued countless souls, and three times raised the dead to life. At length, on August 6, 1221, at the age of fifty-one, he gave up his soul to God.
Reflection.—”God has never,” said St. Dominic, “refused me what I have asked;” and he has left us the Rosary, that we may learn, with Mary’s help, to pray easily and simply in the same holy trust.
Saint Dominic, Priest Memorial Nm 12:1-13/Mt 14:22-36 or 15:1-2, 10-14 (408).
https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/saints/dominic-541
CATHOLICISM SAINTS ST. DOMINIC
*St. Dominic – Coello.
Saint Dominic was a Spanish priest and Founder of the Dominican Order. He is the Patron Saint of Astronomers. St. Dominic is depicted here holding a cross to show his love for Christ, lilies to represent the purity of his love, and a book to symbolize his Order’s learning and preaching. The dog at the Saint’s feet, with a blazing torch in its mouth, represents St. Dominic himself, who metaphysically set the world on fire for God. Artwork by C. Coello.
Saint Dominic OP (Spanish: Santo Domingo; 8 August 1170 – 6 August 1221), also known as Dominic de Guzmán (Spanish: [ɡuðˈman] ), was a Castilian Catholic priest founder of the Dominican Order and patron saint of astronomers. He is alternatively called Dominic of Osma, Dominic of Caleruega, and Domingo Félix de Guzmán.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Dominic
Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others. Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus.
Phil 2:3–5, NRSV