Letter from the Master General August 2018
The holiness of Dominic, a light for the Order of Preachers Dearest brothers and sisters, religious and lay members of the Order of Preachers, On the 6 th August 2021, we will celebrate the eight hundredth anniversary of Saint Dominic’s dies natalis , recounted by Humbert of Romans in these words: “He said to them: ‘Here, dearest brethren, is what I bequeath to you as sons, as to your rightful inheritance. Have charity, keep hold of humility, possess voluntary poverty. Oh Testament of peace…’ ” 1 Brother Dominic then fell asleep in death, leaving this testament of peace to his brethren, making them heirs of what had been his life’s passion: to live with Christ, to learn the apostolic life from Him and to be configured to Christ through evangelical and apostolic life. 1 Legenda maior Sancti Dominici Humberti de Romanis, 54, 21-26 2 Libellus de initiis Ordinis Praedicatorum, 125 3 Libellus de initiis Ordinis Praedicatorum , 92-94 Such was the holiness of Dominic: ...