Reflection: 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A
Sir. 27:30-28:9; Rom. 14:7-9; Mt. 18:21-35. We human beings have sinned against God right at the beginning of creation with Adam and Eve in Paradise. But also right in Paradise after the sin, God said He would redeem mankind through a woman whose seed will crush the serpent’s head. God who created this clay into…
Read MoreLECTIO DIVINA: XXIV Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A
Translated by Fray Huberto Dunstan Decena, OAR Mt. 18:21-35. A. Invoking the Holy Spirit. We invoke the Holy Spirit using the words of St. Augustine. Come, Holy Spirit, by whom every devout soul, who believes in Christ, is sanctified to become a citizen of the City of God! (en. Ps. 45:8) Come, Holy Spirit, grant…
Read MoreJosenian educators win at CHED-ASEAN tilt
Five faculty members of the USJ-R School of Education (SED) bagged multiple awards in the recently concluded CHED ASEAN competition for best teaching models in the context of the pandemic. The theme of the competition organized by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) was “Call for Teaching Models in Philippine Schools at the Time of…
Read MoreTaiwan-based university grants full scholarship to two Josenian IT grads
Two USJ-R graduates of BS Information Technology received a full tuition with stipend masters program scholarship offered by Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology (STUST). They are Bien Grenier Sasing and Ma. Thea Cabral. Both are 2020 graduates. They received their grants in the first quarter of 2020. At present, they are pursuing Master…
Read MoreHappy birthday Fr. General
The Province of St. Ezekiel Moreno greets Fray Miguel Mirò, OAR, Prior General of the Order of Augustinian Recollects, on his natal day. Feliz Cumpleaños Padre General! Happy Birthday Fr. General!
Read MoreLECTIO DIVINA: XXIII Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A
Translated by Fray Dunstan Huberto Decena, OAR Mt. 18:15-20. A. Invoking the Holy Spirit. We invoke the Holy Spirit using the words of St. Augustine. Come, Holy Spirit, by whom every devout soul, who believes I Christ, is sanctified to become a citizen of the City of God! (en. Ps. 45:8) Come, Holy Spirit, grant…
Read MoreInvitation: Solemn Profession of Vows (Province of San Nicolas de Tolentino)
Invitation: Diaconal Ordination (Province of Sto. Tomas de Villanueva)
Reflection on the XXII Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A
Jer. 20:7-9; Rom. 12:1-2; Mt. 16: 21-27 The first reading from Jeremiah 20 and the second from Rom 12 already tell us that to be a servant of the Lord entails suffering. Jeremiah complained to the Lord: “All day long I am an object of laughter; everyone mocks me” (v.7); “the word of the Lord…
Read MoreSeptember 2020 Recollection: The Harvest and the Rich Fool
Translated by Fray Hubert Dunstan Decena, OAR THE RICH ALSO CRY. THE EMPTINESS OF THE EGOIST RICH. Lk. 12:16-21 St. Posidius, in his Vita Augustini, the first biography of St. Augustine, narrates about a man who had donated to St. Augustine a land for the maintenance of the Church in Hippo, maintaining for himself while…
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