LECTIO DIVINA: 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A
Mt. 11:25-30 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 that we receive the motions of…
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Mt. 10:37-42. 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 that we receive the motions of…
Read MoreIf I were born again, I would be an Augustinian Recollect again
The Prior Provincial of the Province of San Ezequiel Moreno, Fray Bernard Amparado, assures that his vocation as an Augustinian Recollect is “my own identity”. Fray Bernard Cañada Amparado has been an Augustinian Recollect for more than three decades. Even today, he would not change the decision he made more than 30 years ago: “If…
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11 Friars renew commitment to Recollect way of life
MIRA NILA HOMES, Quezon City – Eleven simply-professed friars renewed their religious vows of chastity, poverty and obedience to God in the Order of Augustinian Recollects on June 17, 2023 at the St. Thomas de Villanueva Chapel of the Recoletos Formation Center. Their renewal was received by Fray Ian Anthony R. Espartero, OAR, Local Prior…
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BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental – Fr. Bernard Amparado, OAR, Prior Provincial; Fr. Cristituto Palomar, OAR; Fr. Joseph Granada, OAR and Fr. Jorge Peligro, OAR celebrated their 40th anniversary of Simple Profession of vows last June 11, 2023, at 9 am at the Oratory of St. Nicholas of Tolentino, UNO-R, Bacolod City. The Thanksgiving Mass was…
Read MorePuerto Princesa renames street after St. Ezekiel Moreno
PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan – Puerto Princesa’s City Council has approved renaming a street after a Spanish missionary priest who celebrated the first Mass in Palawan’s capital 151 years ago. The council on Tuesday renamed Taft Street, where the Immaculate Conception Cathedral is located, to St. Ezekiel Moreno Street. Moreno, an Augustinian Recollect, served as Puerto…
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Five Recollect friars graduated in Theology!
Mira Nila Homes, QUEZON CITY – Four Recollects finished their Bachelor’s degree in sacred Theology while one Recollect finished his Master’s degree in Theology as the Recoletos School of Theology commenced its Academic Year 2022 -2023 with the Solemn Investiture of the Graduates of the Batch 2023 last June 3, 2023 at Our Lady of…
Read MoreLECTIO DIVINA: Corpus Christi (Cycle A)
Jn.6:51-58. 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 that we receive the motions of God,…
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