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…
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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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LECTIO DIVINA: XXII Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A
Translated by Fray Dunstan Hubert Decena, OAR Mt. 16:21-27. 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 MorePerspectives: CST-R’s holistic approach to Distance Learning Preparations
San Carlos City, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL—How does a Recollect school mitigate the blows of an unprecedented pandemic? After the Philippine government declared lockdown last March 2020 to stop the spread of COVID-19, Colegio de Sto. Tomas-Recoletos has set new goals and new systems to continue educating the Negrense youth at a time of the highly infectious…
Read MoreDAKILANG KAPISTAHAN ni SAN AGUSTIN (Agusto 28)
____________ Isa sa napakahalagang pangaral ni San Agustin ay patungkol sa pag-ibig bilang tunay na daan patungo sa kabanalan at ito ang pagtutu-unan ng aking maikling pag ninilay-nilay. __________ Sa isa sa mga kasulatan ni San Agustin, sinabi niyang malalaman natin kung GAANO KABUTI at KABANAL ang tao hindi dahil sa kanyang taimtim na pananampalataya……
Read MoreReturning Seminarians Undergo 14-day Quarantine
BAGUIO CITY– During this pandemic, we can never be so sure. This is the caution of Dorothy Joy Panelo, RN, Seminary Nurse, during the arrival of the returning seminarians last August 3, 2020. “We can never know who is the carrier of the virus,” she said. “Therefore, it is an imperative to undergo the necessary…
Read MoreSolemnity of St. Ezekiel Moreno (August 19, 2020)
Reflection on the XXI Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A
Is. 22:19-23; Rom. 11:33-36; Mt. 16:13-20. The 1st reading from Isaiah talks about the majordomo Shebna in the palace of King Hezekiah, who was a megalomaniac: “He has hewn for himself a sepulcher on a height and carved a tomb in the rock.” King Hezekiah had been threatened by Sennacherib of Assyria, but with the…
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