Sewing 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.…
Read MoreLECTIO DIVINA: IV Sunday of Easter, Cycle A
Translated by Fray Hubert Dunstan Decena, OAR Jn. 10:1-10. 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 MoreReflection on the 3rd Sunday of Easter, Cycle A
Acts 2:14.22-33; 1 Pt. 1:17-21; Lk. 24:13-35 Luke’s Gospel is centered on Jerusalem. It begins with Zechariah serving at the temple in Jerusalem and the Archangel Gabriel announcing the birth of John the Baptist and ends up with the Apostles in Jerusalem after the Ascension awaiting the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. Salvation…
Read MoreLECTIO DIVINA: III Sunday of Easter, Cycle A
Translated by Fray Hubert Dunstan Decena, OAR Lk. 24:13-35. 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 More