SAN ROQUE PARISH – SAIPAN CELEBRATES 70TH FIESTA
Saipan, CNMI—The Roman Catholic Church celebrated last August 16, 2021 the Feast of San Roque, the great patron saint of the sick and invalid. For the Parish of San Roque of the Northern Cluster of the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, the 70th celebration of the feast in honor of San…
Read MoreLECTIO DIVINA: XXIV Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B
Translated by Fray Dunstan Huberto Decena, OAR MK. 8:27-35 A. INVOCATION OF 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,…
Read MoreRecollection Material for September 2021: The Family and the Community, A Challenge and a Blessing
Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14 Today it is very common to hear discussions on change of paradigm. Possibly one of the areas where this has been given in a radical and forceful way is the family territory, and in all the areas of human coexistence as it can also be the religious community. Actually, the model of…
Read MorePresbyteral Ordination of Fr. Virgilio Calalang, Jr., OAR, and Fr. Robin Ross Plata, OAR
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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