Second Sunday of Lent, Cycle B

1st Reading- Gen 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18 2nd Reading- Rom 8:31b-34 Gospel- Mark 9:2-10 Reflection: “If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but handed him over for us all, how will he not also give us everything else along with him?” The Transfuguration, our…

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Communio is back!

Mira Nila Homes, QUEZON CITY – Recoletos School of Theology (RST) and Immaculate Conception Major Seminary – Graduate School of Theology (ICMAS- GST) once again met for Communio 2024 last Saturday, February 17, 2024, after a seven-year hiatus with the theme, “Vocatio ad Unitatem, Vocatio ad Sanctitatem,” at Immaculate Conception Major Seminary, Guiguinto, Bulacan. At…

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First Sunday of Lent, Cycle B

1st Reading- Gen 9:8-152nd Reading- 1 Peter 3:18-22Gospel: Mark 1:12-15 Reflection: “This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel. “ The usual Gospel reading on the 1st Sunday of Lent is on the Temptations of Jesus. We are reminded here that our journey to…

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𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗡 𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗗 𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗦 ‘𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗡 𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗗-𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗢𝗦 𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗣’

Mayor Benjamin Magalong signed city ordinance no. 4, series of 2024, renaming a portion of Asin Road, here, particularly from the Naguilian-Asin Road Junction to the Asin Road-San Roque-San Luis Junction as ‘Asin Road-Recoletos Loop’. The approved measure directs the City Engineering Office to take the necessary actions in its implementation and shall install the…

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Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B

1st Reading: Leviticus 13:1-2,44-46 Psalm 32:1-2,5,11 2nd Reading: 1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1 Gospel: Mark 1:40-45 Reflection: “I do will it. Be made clean.” When we fall into many sufferings in life and we are constrained by the difficulties that come with it, our tendency is to find someone to blame or that we seek someone to…

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Pastor in the style of Augustine

Interview with Fr. Enrique Eguiarte, OAR31 January 2024Rome, Italy It’s still dark, with near zero temperature. His head warmed in a bonnet and hands in mittens, he hauls in the day’s newspaper and emptied garbage bin before going out again for his daily jog, a practice that goes back decades. Sometimes I meet him in…

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LECTIO DIVINA: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B

A. Reading from the heart But it’s not a superficial reading, just to see what it says. You have to read from a special place. Not only because you must choose a quiet, serene place where you feel at peace. But also because this reading has to be done from the heart. “When you want…

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