Today on the Anglican and Roman Catholic calendars they are
remembering Dominic a 13th century Priest and Friar. He was the
founder of the Order of Preachers (O.P.) and was known for his
logical and persuasive arguments for the orthodox Christian
faith. In a time when force and violence substituted for
religious conversion, he stood out as a light in the darkness.
Read more about him at the Mission of St. Clare Scriptures for
the Day O God of the prophets, who opened the eyes of your
servant Dominic to perceive a famine of hearing the word of the
Lord, and moved him, and those he drew about him, to satisfy
that hunger with sound preaching and fervent devotion: Make your
Church, dear Lord, in this and every age, attentive to the
hungers of the world, and quick to respond in love to those who
are perishing; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and
reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.