LECTIO DIVINA: IV Sunday of Advent, Cycle B
Translated by Fray Dunstan Huberto Decena, OAR Lk. 1:26-38. 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…
Read MoreFray Ramon Bitancor, OAR: A Minister of the Word and the Eucharist
Mira Nila Homes, QUEZON CITY—A month after Fray Ramon Bitangcor, OAR, had his Solemn Profession of Vows, he was ordained to the Order of the Diaconate on December 5, 2020 on the occasion of the 432nd anniversary of the birth of the Augustinian Recollection. Located in the far-end of Mira-Nila Homes, a subdivision along Congressional…
Read MoreReflection: Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
Immaculate Conception refers to Mary as free from any stain of sin from the moment of being conceived in her mother’s womb. Therefore, throughout her existence she is untouched by sin. Why is this necessary? The Angel Gabriel at the Annunciation said that the Baby to be conceived by Mary was the “Son of the…
Read More60 Seconds of Vocation with Br. Justine Luis Zafra
Reflection: 3rd Sunday of Advent, Cycle B
Is 61:1-2a, 10-11; 1 Thess. 5:16-24; Jn1:6-8, 19-28. Feeling oppressed by the Roman occupation, the Jews of Jesus’ time were anxious to know if the Messiah had already come. Seeing John the Baptist preaching and baptizing they immediately wanted to verify if indeed he was the Messiah or not. It gave John the Baptist a…
Read MoreIn Pictures: Recoletos de Negros Oriental conducts ARSE 2020
NEGROS ORIENTAL—Members of the Augustinian Recollect communities in Negros Oriental—Recoletos de Valencia, Recoletos de Caidiocan, and Recoletos de Tambo—conducted the annual retreat in the first week of December 2020. Otherwise known as the Augustinian Recollect Spiritual Exercises or ARSE, the retreat lasted for three days. Pursuant to the tripartite agreement of the three priors (Fray…
Read MoreLECTIO DIVINA: III Sunday of Advent, Cycle B
Translated by Fray Dunstan Huberto Decena, OAR Jn. 1:6-8, 19-28. 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,…
Read MoreDiaconal Ordination 2020 (December 5, 2020)
Message of Prior General on the occasion of the 432nd Anniversary of the Augustinian Recollection
Happy Anniversary! “With gratitude and hope we celebrate on December 5 the Anniversary of the Augustinian Recollection. After 432 years, the restlessness of those brothers who at the Chapter of the Augustinian Province of Castile expressed their desire to live a more evangelical life with poverty, prayer and apostolic service, remains alive in our hearts.…
Read MoreSARF holds first National Online Novenas
by Jayzl Villafania Nebre, SAR (SARF de Provincialate) Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? (Rom 8:35) This was a question posed by the greatest Christian theologian who has ever lived posed to the Romans about two thousand years…
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