Father Marie Dominique Philippe, O.P.
Dominican Priest, Preacher and Philosopher
“When you pray, go into your room”: Discovering interior prayer Saint Teresa of Avila understood well what interior prayer is. We can even say that she was a “master” in the domain of interior prayer, and that she remains so. Certainly, she was writing for Carmelite nuns, but she also wrote for every soul that... Continue Reading →
The Book of Revelation 12 The third scene in chapter 12: we return to the struggle between the Dragon and the Woman. “And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, ‘Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ, for the accuser of... Continue Reading →
Book of Revelation “And the Dragon stood before the Woman who was about to give birth [here we see his cunning] to devour her child as soon as she had given birth to it.” The devil is sadistic: he wants to devour the child right before the Woman’s eyes. If he could do that, he... Continue Reading →
Book of Revelation Chapter 12: "Mary clothed with the Sun" Here Mary appears to us “clothed with the sun.” The sun is Jesus. The fact that she is clothed with it expresses her fullness of grace. “Clothed with the sun” in glory, she is radiant. “The moon under her feet”: this represents the entire corruptible,... Continue Reading →
Joseph’s great trial came when God spoke to Mary to ask her consent, [at the Annunciation]. As we have seen, Joseph did not doubt the purity of Mary’s heart: she could not have deceived him – she loved him too much. But she loved God more than she loved Joseph; she loved Joseph in God.... Continue Reading →
Book of Revelation Chapter 12 We have thus seen the seven seals, which reveal the mystery of predestination—God’s will for us—and then the trumpets, which is the fulfillment. There is always decision and execution, to bring us into the mystery of God who governs all things. As we have seen, everything is accomplished within a... Continue Reading →
In adoration we worship for all humanity and for the whole universe. As soon as we adore and our adoration is true, as soon as we recognize that we are in total dependence on God, then we are, in fact, at the center of the whole universe. We always worship as part of the universe,... Continue Reading →
We must clearly understand that the Resurrection takes place in the tomb, in the recesses of the earth, where Christ’s wounded heart and His divine corpse lie. This heart, which has stopped beating since His death on the Cross, starts beating again by the Father’s almighty power. It certainly remains the mortally wounded heart, the... Continue Reading →
After the mystery of [Christ’s death and ] the wound of the heart is the great mystery of the Sepulcher, the expectation of the Resurrection. Mary lives this mystery of the Sepulcher. According to the Fathers of the Church, Mary alone lives this mystery; it is a mystery reserved to her. It is therefore the... Continue Reading →
Mary took a pound of costly ointment of pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair (John 12:3). This gesture touches Christ’s heart. By her gesture, she thanks Jesus for having answered her prayer and responded to her request. Each time we experience the mercy of Jesus for... Continue Reading →
Father Marie Dominique Philippe, O.P. 