by Victoria Montaner | Jun 11, 2024 | A friendly word
To speak of individualism and synodality is to express or contrast two very different concepts, since within synodality there is no place for individualism. We are aware that we are living in a time when humanity is becoming more selfish, more individualistic or,...
by Mons. Mario Alberto Molina OAR | Jun 9, 2024 | A friendly word
In the fragment of Genesis 3, 9-15 it is related how man became a sinner. It is a story that explores and exposes one of the great enigmas of human existence: our freedom is labile, it easily loses its way and we do what we should not. Instead of making decisions that...
by Mons. Mario Alberto Molina OAR | May 31, 2024 | A friendly word
Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, the principal sacrament of the Church. What do we mean by the word «sacrament»? The Catechism of the Catholic Church, n. 1131, says that «the sacraments are efficacious signs of grace,...
by Mons. Mario Alberto Molina OAR | May 25, 2024 | A friendly word
We know well that scene in which Jesus questions his disciples about what people think and say about him and what his disciples believe about him. The people had a plurality of opinions about the identity of Jesus: if he was Jeremiah, if he was the resurrected John...
by Antonio Carrón OAR | May 23, 2024 | A friendly word
The desire to preach the Gospel in China runs through the history of the Augustinian Recollects. His wishes began to take shape in the early 20th century. But they did not achieve their goal until 1923, when the Holy See entrusted them with a part of Eastern Henan and...
by Victoria Montaner | May 22, 2024 | A friendly word
A faint murmur and some sighs are heard in the convent church of Monachil when Friar Javier Hernandez, prior of the community, invites the faithful who have come for the feast of St. Rita to bring to the altar the names of those they have left at home, those who...
