Sunday Reflection: 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B
1st Reading Isaiah 35:4-7a2nd Reading James 2:1-5Gospel Mark 7:31-37 Reflection: One of the greatest tests of life is when we find ourselves in want and there seems to be no one to help, even God seems to be silent to our pleadings. Human suffering seems to be meaningless to us, they are seen as punishment…
Read MoreAbag Rekoleto deployed for Barangay 6 fire victims
SAN CARLOS CITY, Negros Occidental – Just as people were beginning to anticipate the last quarter of 2021 and the year-end holidays, at least 86 families lost their homes to a fire in Barangay 6, San Carlos City, last August 31, 2021, that started at around 11 in the morning. Responding to the immediate…
Read MoreE-RAY News: Special Issue
Red signifies the month of St. Augustine. While the pandemic has used the color red to bring fear, faith brims in pure white. The RAYsters continue to care, act, and renew, marking a period of their first anniversary as full-fledged members. To celebrate St. Augustine’s Feast Day this August 28, 2021, RAY de Filipinas releases…
Read MoreReflections: 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B
Is 35:4-7; Jas 2:1-5.Mk. 7:31-37. Some 700 years before Christ was born, the prophet Isaiah already said, “Here is your God … He comes to save you.” And the signs of his coming are: “The eyes of the blind will be opened, the ears of the deaf be cleared, the lame shall leap like…
Read MoreLECTIO DIVINA: XXXIII Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B
Translated by Fray Dunstan Huberto Decena, OAR Mk 7:31-37. 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,…
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Understanding the Season of Creation
The spirit of the Season of Creation is to bring us together for common prayer and action to protect our common home. This year’s theme is: A home for all? Renewing the Oikos of God. To better reflect on the theme, we should dissect it in parts and relate the intersectional core messages of this year’s…
Read MoreGoodbye Father Manuel! Till we meet again in heaven.
By Elena Yu （虞靜芳） Translated to English by Fray Joel Dequilla, OAR (戴健福神父) On the morning of August 25, 2021, before the clock struck at 7 we headed towards St. Joseph Parish. The sun was shining bright and the warm summer heat can already be felt through the streaks of early morning sun. On this…
Read MoreAnswering the Call: RAY de Bacolod welcomes new aspirants
Bacolod City, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL–As a new school year unfolds, many who were finding themselves are finally home. RAY de Bacolod welcomed 37 new members on August 27, 2021, feast of St. Monica. These students came from different strands and grade levels joined in the growing family of the Recollect Augustinian Youth. The online gathering started…
Read MoreBishop of the Military Ordinariate ordains 2 Augustinian Recollect Priests
Mira Nila Homes, QUEZON CITY–Two Augustinian Recollect deacons were ordained to the Sacred Order of the Presbyterate on Saturday, August 28, 2021, on the Solemnity of our father St. Augustine, held at Our Lady of Consolation Parish. Most Rev. Oscar Jaime L. Florencio, DD, Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of the Philippines, officiated the Presbyteral…
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