Augustiniana, Augustinians, Church in the World

Thoughts From A Twenty Year-Old Memento

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Thoughts From A Twenty Year-Old Memento
I was going through some of my old things in Antipolo yesterday and I found this memento from an Augustinian youth gathering held in Cartoceto back in the early 90s. I don't know how to call it: it ...
Scriptures, Software

Biblia Clerus

{ No Comment \ Tags: None \ Mar20 }
Biblia Clerus
The Congregation for the Clergy provides a bible study software for those who would like to read the Scriptures with the mind of the Church. Apart from making available the Scriptures in different languages both classical (Hebrew, ...
Software

Advanced Diary: Why not make it a Bible Diary?

{ No Comment \ Tags: , , \ Mar20 }
Advanced Diary:  Why not make it a Bible Diary?
What does a diary software application normally offer? A calendar that is linked to dated entries. Sometimes, a diary software is so advanced that the text editor creates pages in Rich Text with the capacity to format text ...
Scriptures

I Finally Got It!

{ No Comment \ Tags: , \ Mar20 }
I Finally Got It!
I finally got my copy of the New American Bible Revised Edition. Since the New Missal approved for English masses in the Philippines is now available, I thought that maybe even the NAB Re is now ...
Scriptures

Dives and Lazarus

{ No Comment \ Tags: , , , , \ Mar12 }
The parable of Dives and Lazarus in Luke 16:19-31 has been used especially as an illustration for social sin.  Indeed, it is a passage that should make Christians reflect on the consequences of a life that is uncaring and inattentive ...
Church in the World, Pop Culture

Cartoons and the Bible

{ No Comment \ Tags: , \ Mar12 }
Cartoons can be a great way to bring across the message of the Scriptures. This it does through a rereading of the Biblical message and present it to a "visual" generation in an attractive way. But there is also a ...
Scriptures

Interiority, Memory and Return

{ No Comment \ Tags: , , , \ Mar12 }
There is hardly anything to add to what we know about the parable of the prodigal son, I guess. The parable and its immediate context appears a number of times in the mass lectionary.. Apart ...
Catechism, Liturgy

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

{ No Comment \ Tags: None \ Mar12 }
Jesus Cleanses the Temple
The account of Jesus cleansing the temple that we read for the third Sunday of Lent anticipates the announcement that Jesus will make about the worship of God in Spirit and in Truth. Within the context of the liturgy, ...
BEC, Catechism, Scriptures

Ten Words from Matthew 13

{ No Comment \ Tags: None \ Mar3 }
Ten Words from Matthew 13
I was going through my old blog posts at the Bible Workshop and found one about seminar held in 2008 for a group of future BEC leaders. The seminar was based on Matthew 13 and the modules revolved around ...
Scriptures

A Pastoral Reflection on Micah 6:8

{ No Comment \ Tags: \ Mar3 }
Who would ever thought that a parish formation program can be derived from a short passage from Micah?  Here is a reflection on Mic. 6:8 shared to me by email by Mr. Eli Lademora, one of the trainers of Scripture ...
BEC, Scriptures, Theology

The Spiritual Senses of Scriptures and the BEC

{ No Comment \ Tags: , , \ Mar3 }
I think it was Carlos Mesters (was it from the book “Fiori senza difesa”?) who made me realize that the BEC is the place where the Spiritual senses of the Scriptures unlocked, discovered and lived.  But in the schema he ...
Church in the World

A St. Monica Group from Leyte

{ No Comment \ Tags: \ Mar3 }
I received an email from Bato, Leyte inquiring about the St. Monica chaplet.  It goes
Fathers of the Church, Scriptures

Leo the Great and Augustine on the Transfiguration

{ 1 Comment \ Tags: , , , , \ Mar3 }
Leo the Great and Augustine on the Transfiguration
For the second Sunday of Lent, the liturgy presents for our contemplation the Transfiguration of Christ. Sts. Leo the Great and Augustine of Hippo will be our guides for understanding the Gospel reading. Leo the Great (391/400-461) takes ...

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