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Gospel Bullet Points (John 10:12-15) • One priest wanting to express his feeling that it was impossible to preach about the mystery of the Trinity said: TODAY IS TRINITY SUNDAY, therefore, there will be no homily in this mass. The human mind can never fully comprehend the doctrine of the Holy Trinity. How can three persons in one God be equal in divinity but distinct in personality? It is not a correct mathematical statement: one plus one plus one equals ONE. • The doctrine of the Trinity says that there is one God in essence but three in persons: The…
GENERAL CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS: October 21-24, 2016
October 21 – Profiling of proposals prior to their approval As has been customary, the day commenced with the Liturgy of the Hours and the Eucharistic celebration. Fray José David Niño Gómez presided the mass which was offered for the special intention of the Recollect Augustinian Youth and in grateful memory of St. Laura Montoya,…
GENERAL CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS: October 16-20, 2016
October 16 The Capitulars took a refreshing trip to Gennazzano, a town in the Province of Rome that lies at 1,230 feet above sea level. They visited a famous church and entrusted the 55th General Chapter to the loving care of the Madonna del Buon Consiglio (Our Lady of Good Counsel). They also had the opportunity…
The Pope to the Augustinian Recollects: be men of hope
This morning in the Clementine Hall the Holy Father received the sixty members of the 55th General Chapter of the Order of Augustinian Recollects, the theme of which is a prayer of St. Augustine: “All my hope lies in Your great mercy. Command what You will and give what You command”. This invocation, affirmed Francis,…
Pope Francis receives an artwork on the refugee crisis
Pope Francis personally received the framed artwork “Embracing Mercy” from a Filipino liturgical artist at the Sala Clementina, Vatican City, Rome after the special papal audience granted to the Augustinian Recollects who are participating in the 55th General Chapter last October 20, 2016.
GENERAL CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS: October 13-15, 2016
October 13 Day 11 of the Chapter. The Capitulars prayed the Liturgy of the Hours. The holy mass, presided by Fray José Mª Aguerri, the Prior Provincial of the Province of the Our Lady of Consolation, was offered for the deceased benefactors of the Order. As the information phase of the Chapter concluded, COMMISSION PHASE…
GENERAL CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS: October 10-12, 2016
October 10 His Eminence José Luis Lacunza, an Augustinian Recollect cardinal, presided the Holy Eucharist of the 55th General Chapter on the feast day of St. Thomas of Villanova. In his homily he made mention of this archbishop of Valencia (Spain), the great reformer of his epoch, as a model of following Christ, always dynamic…
General Chapter highlights: October 5-8, 2016
October 5 The day opened with the praying of the Liturgy of the Hours. The celebration of the Eucharist that followed was presided by Fray Sergio Sánchez, Prior Provincial of the St. Nicholas of Tolentine Province. His homily touched on the necessity to renew our way of praying. At the Chapter hall, the first…
General Chapter highlights: October 2-4, 2016
October 2: ARRIVAL AT THE VENUE All the 40 participants to the LV General Chapter were reportedly present on this day at the venue: Casa Nostra Signora Madre della Misericordia at the Via di Monte Cucco in Rome. The delegates from the Philippines arrived earlier in Rome, in pairs (Frays Selma and Buhay on September…
