by Antonio Carrón OAR | Aug 31, 2024 | A friendly word
The refrain of this Sunday’s responsorial psalm was a prayer in the form of a question: Who will be pleasing in your sight, O Lord? Who will dwell on your holy mountain? This question expresses a religious concern: How can I be worthy to be close to God? The...
by Antonio Carrón OAR | Aug 30, 2024 | A friendly word
The month of August is, for all of us who are part of the Augustinian Family, an excellent opportunity to deepen our understanding of the legacy we have received from the great Saint Augustine and how the figure of this saint is able to speak to today’s society...
by Wilmer Moyetones OAR | Aug 26, 2024 | A friendly word
The title of the present reflection comes from the first section of the Instrumentum Laboris (IL) of the Synod of Bishops, which contains five fundamentals that can invite us to reflect, and thus be able to respond to a fundamental question: How to be a missionary...
by Mons. Mario Alberto Molina OAR | Aug 24, 2024 | A friendly word
This Sunday we listen to the fifth and last passage of chapter 6 of the Gospel according to John. In past Sundays, the Church has been presenting us with segments of that chapter in which Jesus expounds and develops his teaching about the need to believe in him and to...
by Mons. Mario Alberto Molina OAR | Aug 17, 2024 | A friendly word
One of the characteristics of Catholic theology on the Eucharist is its realism. According to the Catholic faith, the consecrated bread and wine do not symbolize, represent or evoke the Body and Blood of Christ, but are the Body and Blood of Christ in a real,...
