LECTIO DIVINA: 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle C

By Fray Hubert Dunstan Decena, OAR | October 11, 2022 | Comments Off on LECTIO DIVINA: 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle C

Lk. 18:1 – 8. 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…

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Let us Pray for missionaries around the world

By Jose Mario Bautista Maximiano | October 4, 2022 | Comments Off on Let us Pray for missionaries around the world

Let us Pray for missionaries around the world, but most specially for the great Spanish missionaries who journeyed with us in our 500 years of Christianity–to them our grateful hearts go. During my talk a week ago at the first CBCP-initiated dialogue between the Church and the government under BBM, I was blessed to have…

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LECTIO DIVINA: 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle C

By Fray Hubert Dunstan Decena, OAR | October 3, 2022 | Comments Off on LECTIO DIVINA: 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle C

Lk. 17:11 – 19. 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…

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Recollection Material – October 2022: SYNODALITY AND SOCIAL DIAKONIA

By Fray Hubert Dunstan Decena, OAR | September 30, 2022 | Comments Off on Recollection Material – October 2022: SYNODALITY AND SOCIAL DIAKONIA

Lk. 10:29 – 37.           If we walk the road together (etymological meaning of synodality), then we serve together, i.e., we seek to fulfill the διακονία of love in community.  And this is an element we cannot be careless about in the measure that we go in depth on synodality.           The horizon of all…

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