Christmas greetings from OAR Generalate
Sunday within the Octave of Christmas: Feast of the Holy Family
When God created human kind, He made them in His image and likeness, male and female He created them. Then God commanded that a man shall leave father and mother and cling to his wife and the two shall become one. Since God is love, the love of husband and wife on this earth becomes…
Read MoreLECTIO DIVINA: Holy Family Sunday, Cycle A
Translated by Fray Hubert Dunstan Decena, OAR Mt. 2: 13-15, 19-23. 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…
Read MoreChristmas Reflection
A Tagalog conversation between Jesus and Sta Claus has been passed around, it narrates: Jesus= “Alam mo, naiinggit ako sa ‘yo.” (You know, I envy you.) Sta Claus= “Bakit naman po?” (But why?) Jesus= “Kasi sa Kaarawan ko, ikaw ang inaabangan nila.” (Because on my birthday, they are waiting for you.) Sad but true. Many…
Read MoreLECTIO DIVINA: Christmas Day
Translated by Fray Hubert Dustan Decena, OAR Jn. 1:1-18 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 believe in Christ, is sanctified to become a citizen of the City of God! (en. Ps. 45:8) Come, Holy spirit, grant…
Read MoreMerry Christmas 2019 and a Grace-filled New Year 2020!
Message of the Prior General for Christmas 2019
Listen in the silence…Humbly open your heart!Let us approach the Crib: Look at the stars, the mountains.Listen to the murmur of the river water.An angel shines in the night.Shepherds, kings who come from afar,Poor and simple people of yesterday and today.They’re all on their way to the portal.Behold Mary and Joseph,Adore the Child in the…
Read MoreRECOLLECTION FOR JANUARY: Jesus and the Sinful Woman
Translated by Fray Hubert Dunstan Decena, OAR Lk. 7:36-50. Our recollections for the year 2020 will move around the theme proposed by our Prior General and his Council for this year: “We are prophets of the Kingdom. Poor, social projects, periphery.” In each one of the recollections, in addition to the usual biblical and Augustinian…
Read More4th Sunday of Advent, Cycle A
Is 7:10-14; Rom 1:1-7; Mt 1:18-24 Ahaz was king of Judah from 735-715 B.C., and Isaiah was then the major prophet alive. Judah was being attacked by the kings of Aram and of Israel and Ahaz was very afraid. Isaiah told him not to fear and the Lord will give him a sign of his…
Read MoreLECTIO DIVINA: 4th Sunday of Advent, Cycle A
Translated by Fray Hubert Dunstan Decena, OAR Mt. 1:18-24 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…
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