BEC Holy Week Recollection
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BEC, Church in the World, Ministry
Last year, the BEC Advanced Team had its Holy Week recollection. It was attended by the group I have been meeting every Sunday for the past four years. Today, April 3, 2012, we had our first recollection attended ...
Fathers of the Church
On the occassion of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, we have a selection from "De fide orthoxa" of John Damascene. This selection is interesting for me on three counts: first, because it brings the original text which ...
The Adoration of the Cross of Christ
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Augustiniana, Spirituality
This morning I gave a lecture on Augustine's idea of prayer at the CSA-Biñan as part of the school's program in understanding Augustinian core values. During the course of the preparation for the talk, I looked at the way the ...
Augustine and Prayer
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Augustinians
This should have been a follow-up article on the Diego de Herrera Case that I posted at AgustinongPinoy. But since the site is still inaccessible after three days, I am posting this here. Fr. J. celebrated his birthday today in ...
More Updates on the Diego de Herrera Case
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Scriptures
I look at her with awethis woman of great couragein the darkest night of her lifeshe continues to believe and to hopein a God of mercyin a God faithful to his promises.
This Is Your Mother …
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Church in the World
The CBCP has issued a pastoral statement entitled Lay Participation in Politics and Peace. The pastoral statement is prefaced with a theological conviction that justifies its call for an active lay participation in the coming 2010 elections:
Call for Lay Participation in Honest Elections
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Scriptures
Massah and Meribah (Exodus 15:22-26)is the place of testing and contention. Israel has just been saved from the Egyptians by passage through the Red Sea. In the desert, they experience the absence of water that they did not lack in ...
Striking Water From The Rock
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Vocation
One who calls himself arnold89 read my articles about the priesthood and asked me about the way I spend my day. The question reminded me of a small book written by Leo Trese in which the author described his day ...
Being a Priest
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Vocation
Here is a nice quote about St. Joseph's fatherhood mentioned within the context of priestly celibacy.
St. Joseph and Fatherhood
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Magisterium
The first draft of the Synodal Message on the Word of God has been presented. Mons. Gianfranco Ravasi, famous italian exegete, is the president of the commission charged with producing the Message. Below is an excerpt of ...
First Draft of the Synod’s Message
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Apologetics
In "The Rapture: A Catholic's Perspective" I wrote that far from something frightening, the coming of the Lord should be -- as the Advent Liturgy tells us -- a source of joy and consolation. I wrote the article upon the ...
Rapture
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Augustiniana
The article called "Ten Augustinian Values" hosted at http://angfrayle.net/values is now partially posted at the WikiPedia
The article has been on the web since 1999 and was later on published in an issue of the Colegio San Agustin Research Journal in ...
Ten Augustinian Values
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BEC, Bible Apostolate, Ministry, Scriptures
Mark 10:17-31 is the gospel reading for the 28th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year B). Below is an outline of the text based on the sentence flow found here.
