Mt. 9: 35-38. Some specialists remind us that the great diffusion of Christianity in the first centuries was due, among other things, to the charity that the communities showed to the poorest and under privileged of society. Faced with a pagan society marked with cruelty, Christianity brought in a great dosage of humanity, mercy…
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Mt. 18:18-20. An essential element in the life of every Augustinian Recollect is PRAYER. Imitating St. Augustine and the first Recollects, we acknowledge that “Just as our target is the love of God, so our principal care must be all that will light our way more clearly to it” (FV 1, 1), and the long…
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PHIL. 2:1-5 One of the first writers of the Augustinian family, Jordan of Saxony, commented in his work Vitasfratrum (Lives of the Brothers) that St. Augustine had founded his religious Order following the idea of the community, or rather, the same author points out, on the idea of communion. In fact we, the Augustinian Recollects…
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Hosea 2:21-22 In the Old Testament, God presents himself as the faithful God, face to face with the human being who is inconstant and unfaithful. He is a God who has given his word and who does not change despite the circumstances. In fact in the many synagogues of the world, the phrase from Is.…
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Jn. 1:35 – 42. Upon beginning a new year, we begin a new theme for our monthly recollections. In view of the fact that the word chosen for the general government for this year is “TOGETHER” , the same shall serve as the hinge to direct the diverse reflections of our recollections. We have…
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Recollection Material – November 2022 Phil. 2: 1 – 5. Synodality is not only an interesting idea or that is of fashion, but is communion put into action and as such, it requires a series of structures to accomplish it in every pastoral context. If synodality can be defined as dialogue, discernment and co-responsibility, it…
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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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LAYMEN AND PASTORS CO-RESPONSIBLE IN MISSION Mt. 20:1 – 16. Synodality is nothing more than communion put into action. The Ecclesiology of Communion, at the background of the synodal process, reminds us that we all form part of the Body of Christ, of the People of God, that journeys through this world toward the…
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Lk. 14:28 – 33 In the measure that we advance in the life of faith, we notice that personal discernment becomes a necessity, in making decisions that bring us closer to God and removes us farther from sin, i.e., from deceit, hatred, injustice, spiritual worldliness et.. To discern is a fundamental aspect of our…
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1 Jn. 1:1-5. Today we live in the era of communications. A glimpse at our surroundings is enough to convince us of the advances made in this field. In all sides we are surrounded with the traditional networks of communication, as do the new social networks. But to communicate is not the same as…
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