LECTIO DIVINA: V Sunday of Easter, Cycle A
Translated by Fray Hubert Dunstan Decena, OAR Jn. 14:1-12 A. INVOCATION OF 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,…
Read MoreRecollect schools contribute 85 new lawyers
QUEZON CITY—The Supreme Court announced the 2,103 new lawyers who passed the 2019 Bar Examinations. 83 of them are graduates of four Recollect schools in Manila, Bacolod City, Cavite City, and Cebu City, and two—the fifth and seventh placers—are reviewees of the Recoletos Law Center. May these new lawyers be inspired by St. Augustine, an…
Read MoreSEMONO-RE stays in Solidarity with the Poor despite the Lockdown
Antipolo City- “Closed doors cannot hold charity from overflowing.” This is the mantra of the community of St. Ezekiel Moreno Novitiate-Recoletos (SEMONO-RE) as it continues to provide spiritual and physical aid to the less fortunate around the vicinity despite the insistence of the lockdown that started last March 14, 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Read MoreSewing for the Sowers
Note: This article was written by Carla C. Canet and was posted on the website of SunStar Bacolod (sunstar.com.ph) THE parable of the sower has its pious significance in the lives of people as reflected in Luke 7:11: 18. One very good point was about the seed (word of God) that fell on good soil…
Read More2nd Extra-Ordinary Procession of Nuestra Señora de la Salud
On April 9, 2020, the day after the 1st Extra-Ordinary Procession of Nuestra Senora de la Salud, Quezon City has recorded the lowest number of COVID-19 positive cases. On May 3, 2020, DOH announced a total of 90 recoveries from all over the Philippines, the highest number of recoveries from COVID-19 in a single day.…
Read MoreThe Search for God Goes on
“To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him the greatest human achievement.” Our Father Saint Augustine once said this to those who are searching. Even though formal seminary formation, where formands seek God in their everyday lives inside the formation house together with both…
Read MoreBacolod Monastery receives new Novice
Bacolod City, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL–On the feast of St. Joseph the Worker, May 1, 2020, our postulant Sr. Flora Mae Cañete began her Novitiate formation. She was accepted by Rev. Mo. Maria Emy A. Catalonia, OAR, the present Mother Prioress of the St. Ezekiel Moreno Monastery community. Mo. Emy, entrusted the care and formation of Sr.…
Read MoreAugustinian Recollects in Sierra Leone open doors to help combat COVID-19
The Augustinian Recollects of Sierra Leone have made their BawBaw facilities on Peninsular Road, Freetown as a quarantine center for the Filipino community in the country who are suspected to have the coronavirus. The official request was made on April 6 by the Philippine Honorary Consul in Sierra Leone, Flipe Neri Velasco, to the head of…
Read MoreThe Recoletos Way: Bro. Tagoy’s 25 Years for Our Common Home
Note: This article was posted on livinglaudasi.ph and was written by John Leo Algo (Living Laudato Si’ Philippines Programs Manager) with Rodne R. Galicha (Living Laudato Si’ Philippines Executive Director and Co-Lead Convenor) For the past 25 years, Brother Jaazeal Estelou Jakosalem has embodied the spirit of the Order of Augustinian Recollects. Through his vocations…
Read MoreReflection on the 4th Sunday of Easter, Good Shepherd Sunday, Cycle A
Acts 2:14. 36-41; 1 Pt. 2:20-25; Jn. 10:1-10. Right in the Book of Genesis, we find Abraham in a pastoral civilization, with herds of camels, oxen and sheep. They were a nomadic people moving with their flocks along rivers where they had grazing ground. Thus the image of a shepherd was most familiar to them.…
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