About this blog
Living one’s faith requires many opportunities to learn from others as we walk this journey on earth. This site has been created as a vehicle for sharing/reading stories of faith and life that convey hope and food for thought. Readers are invited to enter and explore the diverse categories that represent ways to connect with others. Members of the St. Dominic faith family and others are encouraged to contribute their diverse experiences and stories that represent insights and discoveries that encourage and inform our walk with Christ.
‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans for your welfare, not for woe! plans to give you; a future full of hope.Jeremiah 29:11
Know that the Lord is God, our maker to whom we belong, whose people we are, God’s well-tended flock.Psalm 100:3
About the name
“Beads of St. Dominic” refers first to the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Rosary was commonly referred to as “beads” or “holy beads”, etc in the middle ages.
Secondly, as a parish community we are kind of individual “beads” of a whole. Each living our lives as a living prayer to the Lord.
Comments Policy
We welcome comments in this blog, but please note that the comments are moderated and may not appear right away. This is so we can block spam and make sure that the comments are on-topic and meet our standards.
Those standards are simple: We expect you to comment with Christian charity toward your fellow readers and to those whose causes are mentioned in the blog. This means that we will not permit comments which advocate physical or spiritual harm to an individual (i.e., wishing someone would soon “meet his maker” or burn in hell). Comments that include slanderous or abusive name-calling will be edited or deleted. You can disagree with someone’s point of view, but you cannot — to give one recent, extreme submission that got cut — call someone “a disobedient, self-willed sociopath.” Even milder forms of name-calling, such as questioning someone’s intelligence, likely will be excised.
And it goes without saying that foul language will not be permitted. Also, hyperlinks to outside Internet sites within a comment will only be allowed when judged to be crucial to the commenter’s point.
How can you meet these standards? Just stick to the issue being discussed and leave out the personalities. Back up your argument, telling why you disagree instead of saying that someone’s suggestion is stupid. Remember, Jesus had strong views, but he didn’t tear us down to illustrate his points or bring us salvation.
