About Br. Andrew Lyons

Br. Andrew Lyons entered the Order of Preachers in 2022. He attended the Franciscan University of Steubenville for two years, then finished his undergraduate studies at the University of Notre Dame. He graduated in May 2022 with a degree in philosophy and theology.

Awake!

By |2025-10-17T11:03:36-05:00October 17th, 2025|Categories: Catholicism, Easter, Nature of God|

As we rise for our labors each day, the dawn wakes and revives us. But our God needs none to rouse him. If you long for him, it is not to stir him to your aid. It is because he has awoken you. Awake, lyre and harp. I will awake the dawn. (Ps 57:8) It [...]

Managing Our Mammon

By |2025-09-25T18:57:46-05:00September 25th, 2025|Categories: Catholicism|

God is the goal of our lives, so our service is directed to him. Mammon, on the other hand, is just a tool to be used for this journey. Two years ago, the passing of Queen Elizabeth evinced reverent sadness, even in a country as allergic to monarchy as America. Despite our national history, Disney [...]

Why Am I This WAY?

By |2025-09-06T20:28:23-05:00September 6th, 2025|Categories: Catholicism, Christian Living, Christianity, Prayer|

If you still get distracted in prayer, still get angry unreasonably, still dread lots of tasks that you should be doing—take your focus off the feelings. Instead, ask yourself: do I know what I should be doing? If not, pray to God to show you. Two truths of the Christian life: First, self-reflection is a [...]

Hang On!

By |2025-04-18T11:39:36-05:00April 12th, 2025|Categories: Catholicism, Christianity, Faith, Hope, Lent|

The Cross is fearful to the natural eye and distasteful to the natural heart, but you have a new light and a new heart. We hold on to Jesus by God’s strength, not our own. This is not a time to be timid—Christian hope has the daring of a lover, a face “set like flint.” [...]

Putting Penance in Its Place

By |2025-03-26T18:13:31-05:00March 26th, 2025|Categories: Catholicism, Lent, Virtue|

When I think of Lent, I think of suffering—particularly my own suffering. Lent brings up the juvenile dread I felt as a child when I knew that candy and TV were on the chopping block. Even throughout high school and college, I always associated Lent with a melancholic focus on penance. Listening to the Church’s [...]

Temple Building

By |2025-02-01T18:18:06-06:00February 1st, 2025|Categories: Catholicism|

For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, “In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.” (Isa 30:15) While visiting my family a few weeks ago, I witnessed my nephew’s baptism. Little Leo Michael became a saint of God on December 28, 2024. Without [...]

The Root

By |2024-12-25T18:30:49-06:00December 25th, 2024|Categories: Catholicism, Christmas|

I look out my cell’s window as dawn breaks upon the priory, but the autumn leaves that used to reflect the morning rays have all fallen away. We had a long fall in DC, but I would not have it longer, even though the winter brings its melancholy. We grow weary of the seasons. Winter’s [...]

Believing Is Seeing

By |2024-09-23T16:44:28-05:00September 23rd, 2024|Categories: Catholicism, Christian Living, Christianity, Plato|

Plato wrote his Allegory of the Cave about the journey from ignorance to true philosophy, but I think his allegory fits another journey even better: the journey of the Christian life. Plato tells a curious story in his Republic. It goes like this: Many people are chained up, head to toe, in the deepest, darkest part [...]

The Glory of God

By |2024-08-08T09:46:26-05:00July 13th, 2024|Categories: Catholicism, Christianity, St. Dominic|

Even a devout Christian thinks first of himself, of what he can do to glorify God. Although this is a good and holy desire, placing it first can be dangerous—it draws our eyes on ourselves rather than on God. The beauty of the Dominican life is that it puts first what ought to be first: the [...]

Just Don’t Expect It Tomorrow

By |2024-08-08T09:46:36-05:00May 16th, 2024|Categories: Catholicism, Christian Living, Christianity, St. Dominic|

In this month of May—as the days slowly grow warmer and leaves steadily fill the trees—take some advice from the plants. Root your moral life in the firm soil of steady habits—morning prayers, healthy eating, evening reading—and let them do their thing. Trust me, you’ll see a difference. Just don’t expect it tomorrow. I planted [...]

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