LECTIO DIVINA: XVI Sunday. Cycle C

Translated by Fray Emilio Larlar, Jr., OAR Lk 10:38-42. Let us invoke the Holy Spirit with the words of St. Augustine. Come Holy Spirit, by whom every pious soul who believes in Christ in order to make himself a citizen of the City of God is made holy! (En. in Ps. 45, 8). Come Holy…

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An Urgent Call for Ecological Conversion, Hope in the Face of Climate Emergency

“We know that all creation is groaning in labor pains even until now; and not only that … we also groan within ourselves as we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies”  (Romans 8:22-23). Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:  In 1988, we issued a groundbreaking Pastoral Letter on Ecology entitled, “What is Happening to…

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Revisit, Renewal, Refocus

Balamban, CEBU – “The Talavera House of Prayer – Recoletos became our haven for three days,” Fray Sixto Bitangjol, School Director of USJ-R Balamban Campus reported. “These days tested our patience and dedication in going deeper on what we had wanted for the University of San Jose – Recoletos, Balamban.” Last June 24 -27, 2019,…

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