First Sunday of Lent, Cycle B
1st Reading- Gen 9:8-152nd Reading- 1 Peter 3:18-22Gospel: Mark 1:12-15 Reflection: “This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel. “ The usual Gospel reading on the 1st Sunday of Lent is on the Temptations of Jesus. We are reminded here that our journey to…
Read More𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗡 𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗗 𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗦 ‘𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗡 𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗗-𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗢𝗦 𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗣’
Mayor Benjamin Magalong signed city ordinance no. 4, series of 2024, renaming a portion of Asin Road, here, particularly from the Naguilian-Asin Road Junction to the Asin Road-San Roque-San Luis Junction as ‘Asin Road-Recoletos Loop’. The approved measure directs the City Engineering Office to take the necessary actions in its implementation and shall install the…
Read MoreInvitation: Installation of Fr. Jorge Peligro, OAR
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B
1st Reading: Leviticus 13:1-2,44-46 Psalm 32:1-2,5,11 2nd Reading: 1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1 Gospel: Mark 1:40-45 Reflection: “I do will it. Be made clean.” When we fall into many sufferings in life and we are constrained by the difficulties that come with it, our tendency is to find someone to blame or that we seek someone to…
Read MorePastor in the style of Augustine
Interview with Fr. Enrique Eguiarte, OAR31 January 2024Rome, Italy It’s still dark, with near zero temperature. His head warmed in a bonnet and hands in mittens, he hauls in the day’s newspaper and emptied garbage bin before going out again for his daily jog, a practice that goes back decades. Sometimes I meet him in…
Read MoreLECTIO DIVINA: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B
A. Reading from the heart But it’s not a superficial reading, just to see what it says. You have to read from a special place. Not only because you must choose a quiet, serene place where you feel at peace. But also because this reading has to be done from the heart. “When you want…
Read MoreCBCP ELEVATES ST. EZEKIEL MORENO MEMORIAL AS OBLIGATORY
MANILA — CBCP elevates the celebration of St. Ezekiel Moreno from Optional Memorial to Obligatory Memorial during the 127th Plenary Assembly last Jan. 27-29, 2024. The elevation is an assent to the request of the Order of Augustinian Recollects’ Province of St. Ezekiel Moreno in consonance with its 25th Founding Anniversary. The only Province of…
Read MoreFifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B
1st Reading: Job 7:1-4,6-7 2nd Reading: 1Cor 9:16-19, 22-23 Gospel: Mark 1:29-39 Reflection: “Although I am free in regard to all, I have made myself a slave to all so as to win over as many as possible.” There are many instances in our lives that we are not able to find joy in whatever…
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