LECTIO DIVINA: 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A

Mt. 5:1-12a. 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, put in us your…

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Homily: Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Is. 8:23 – 9:3; 1Cor. 1:10-13, 17.Matt. 4:12-23.           Matthew opens our Gospel passage with a statement of fulfillment of the prophecy of Isaiah. Galilee, the land of Naphtali and Zebulun, was engulfed in darkness when the Assyrians conquered it in 733-32 and put in pagans occupiers to live among them. Now at Jesus’ coming…

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Thomasian G.U.G.M.A. Supports Katiclan, Nabataan School Learning Resource Centers

SAN CARLOS CITY, Neg. Occidental – As part of the solidarity and actions to achieve Sustainable Development Goal No. 4, Colegio de Sto. Tomas-Recoletos Community Extension and Development Office (CEDO) supported the School Learning Centers (SLRC) of two adopted schools.             Books for nursery, kindergarten, and grades one through six, play rubber mats, toys and…

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Casiciaco Recoletos Seminary hosts the 13th OAR Formands’ Encounter

Casiciaco Recoletos Seminary (CaReS) hosted the three-day long OAR Formands’ Encounter that was held last January 10-12, 2023. The host community welcomed the rest of the formands coming from Recoletos de Antipolo and Recoletos de Mira-Nila on the evening of January 9, 2023, by an opening salvo wherein they danced the Tatak Rekoleto. This made the…

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LECTIO DIVINA: 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, A

Mt. 4:12-23. 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, put in us your…

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Sto. Nino (a reflection)

Is. 9:1-6; Eph. 1:3-6, 15-18Mt. 18:1-5, 10.           Why did God enter our country in the image of the Holy Child? What is his message to us? In Mt. 18:3-4 we read, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself…

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Jesus: Our Mission, The Giver of Vocation, Our Light

BAGUIO CITY – The activities on the second day of the 13th OAR Formands’ Encounter, January 11, 2023, are centered on Jesus Christ—the True Protagonist of the event. This centralization is the common denominator of the entire activities that happened on the second day. JESUS: OUR MISSION             Rev. Fr. Jessriel Marcha, OAR, currently the…

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