Augustine For Today
JUNE 11 – SAINT BARNABAS
“Extend your love over the whole earth if you desire to love Christ, for Christ’s members are all over the earth. If you love but a part, you are divided.”
Sermon on 1 John 10, 7
Augustinian Charism in Japan | From the Desk of Fr. Rob
June 10, 2023 Dear friend of the Augustinians, I recently had the honor and pleasure to visit my Augustinian brothers in Japan with Fr. Aldo Potencio, O.S.A., our Province Secretary/Treasurer. This was my first time in Asia, and it was an exciting, faith-filled, educational trip. While there I represented the Order as Prior Provincial, continued my […]
Corpus Christi • Year A
Just as Moses encouraged Israel to remember, so too we are called to live the memory of all that Jesus was and is in the Church today and in a special way, in all those who are in need (the poor, the sick, immigrants, so many who feel excluded). Wash the feet of those who are needy; serve one another; be humble and welcoming. May we all be truly united in the Body and Blood of Christ.
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity • Year A
If we believe that God is One and God is More, that God does not exist in solitude, then our mission is clear. A follower of Jesus Christ must recognize loneliness as ungodly, a grave offense to the Trinity. We can never be truly human if we are lonely, and we can never be truly Christian if we allow others to be. A follower of Jesus Christ must seek out the lonely and minister to them as surely as he strives to serve the hungry and clothe the naked.
June 4 – Blessed James of Viterbo
Bishop The life of Blessed James of Viterbo, whom we commemorate today, reminds us of the importance of placing our gifts at the service of others. In this way we find, as he did, the path that leads to our own personal growth and holiness, while at the same time bringing enrichment to others. The […]
June 12 – Saint John of Sahagún
Priest There are some individuals of selfless heart who find little satisfaction in life unless they give of themselves continually and without reservation. Saint John was one such person who repeatedly divested himself of honors and privileges in order to gain the inheritance of eternal happiness. In doing so, he enriched the lives of others […]
Pentecost • Year A
How did Christianity, in 30 short years, grow from a tiny spark into a raging inferno? That amazing story is told in the Acts of the Apostles. The Holy Spirit, whom Jesus had promised to send his disciples, descended upon them on Pentecost and transformed them.
Augustine For Today
MAY 24 – MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS
“Mary is holy; she is blessed. Yet the Church is better than the Virgin Mary. Why? Because Mary is a part of the Church, a holy member, an excellent member of the Body. If Mary is a part of the whole Body, it is clear that the Body is greater than its mother.”
Sermon 72A, 7
May 22 – Saint Rita of Cascia
Religious Today we celebrate the feast of one of the most well-known saints of our Order and one of the most popular of the Church. This attractiveness is due in part to Saint Rita’s experience of many challenges in life, met always with great confidence in God and exemplary courage. She thus offers a valid […]
Seventh Sunday of Easter • Year A
We are not to be weak, bobbing along with every cultural current that proclaims that happiness can be found in acquisition and perversion, a life without moderation and self-examination. We are not to be reeds swayed by the prevailing winds, “Rejoice to the extent that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice exultantly.”