Recollection Materials

1 KGS 3:5 – 9           To listen is not the same as to hear. To listen is to giveattention, it is being attentive to what is being said, it is opening the ears of the body and of the heart. To listen is to remove the barriers and the filters of prejudices in order…

Ex. 13:17-18, 21-22.           The Book of Exodus presents to us the People of God on a Journey towards the Promised Land, guided by God and trusting in his promises and protection. The Church, the New People of God, also travels as a pilgrim throughout history, “amidst the persecutions of the world and the consolation…

John 15:9-17 Situation. During the past consecutive four months we took the Report of the Prior General as reference for our monthly recollection. In the first, that of November 2021,  we focused on the task of revitalization to which the last two General Chapters had given so much importance and, of which the Report of…

Situation Similar to the two preceding recollections, the Report of Fr. General inspires us in this first recollection of 2022. We focus on the virtue and the attitude of hope, which are very important at this moment of our journey as Augustinian Re- collect family. The General Chapter is a very valuable opportunity to take…

Phil. 2:5 – 8. With a simple tone and plain language Fr. General offers us a glimpse of the reality that supposes a passage from lament that paralyzes to a hopeful vision: Let us not detain ourselves on what does not function well to justify our own mediocrity. We can all count. We all go…

Orientation  Seeing how near we are to the 56th General Chapter of the Order of Augustinian Recollects, let us dedicate the last recollections of this year 2021 and the first two of the year 2022, to reflect along spiritual lines and the interior dispositions that have been engraved in the Report on the State of…

Orientation  One of the urgent topics of our time is the ecology. As we have heard in many occasions and in many mass media, the state in which we find our planet is a critical one and demands appropriate and decisive actions to avoid an ecological catastrophe. In fact, Pope Francis in his encyclical Laudato…

 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…

Ps. 92:2-9.           Music has always been the expression of emotions and intellectual contents. It is a subtle and elevated form of communication, and a part of life for every human being. Music has accompanied humanity throughout the length of its history, has given identity and has created profound human bonds. At the same time…

OrientationMusic has always been an expression of feelings and intellectual content. It is a subtle and elevated form of communication, and is part of the life of every human being. Music has accompanied humanity throughout its history, has given identity and has created deep human bonds. At the same time that music is a great…