2012 HORARIUM

Morning

4:45     Rising

5:00     Morning Devotions

            LAUDS

6:00     Angelus

            Breakfast

            Preparations

7:00     WORK

12:00   Angelus

            Lunch

            Spiritual Reading (flexible)

            SEXT (Sundays)

Afternoon

1:00     WORK

3:00     Divine Mercy Prayer

            VESPERS (Sundays)

5:00     MASS (Wednesdays, Thursdays, Sundays)

5:30     VESPERS (Weekdays)

            Examen

            Evening Devotions

            Personal Prayer

6:00     Angelus

            Dinner

            Study

8:45     COMPLINE

            Flos Carmeli

            RETIRE

Flexible (Any time during the day):

·         Eucharistic Visit

·         Lectio Divina / Meditation

·         Rosary

Other Spiritual Exercises:

Wednesday:    Saint Joseph

Saturday:         Chaplet of the 10 Evangelical Virtues

Saturday Station in Honor of Our Lady

Thursday (before Compline)

Friday (12:00 noon):    PASSIO DOMINI

                                    Chaplet of the Divine Mercy

THE ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT: Q and A (Part I)

1. What is the meaning of the term, ECUMENICAL?

            The term is derived from the Greek and means, from the inhabited world, or worldwide.

2. What is the ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT?

            Also called ecumenism, it is a movement toward union among persons and churches calling themselves Christian.

3. What are some of the principal facts concerning disunity among Christians?

            There are approximately (2007) 2,199,817,400 Christians in the world. Of this number, 1,121,516,000 are Catholics, 233,146,000 are Orthodox, and 381,811,000 are Protestants. (http://www.wholesomewords.org)

            Only Catholics belong to a single Church having unity of faith, worship, discipline and government. The Orthodox, while sharing many points of belief and even practice with Catholics. Belong to autonomous churches. Protestants belong to a great number of denominations (some 33,000 according to http://www.philvaz.com) with essential differences in matters of belief, discipline and government.

            The ecumenical problem involves the establishment of religious unity among all of these churches and persons.

4. When did the ecumenical movement start among Protestants?

            The meeting of the World Missionary Conference at Edinburgh in 1910 is regarded as its starting point although the ecumenical idea and purpose had been stated before that time.

5. What were some of the reasons which induced Protestants to initiate ecumenical efforts?

            Practical problems faced by missionaries of the various churches. Related to the consideration of these common problems was the basic concern of churchmen and church members over disunity in matters of belief and practice among churches and persons who, while professing themselves to be Christians, held widely divergent beliefs.

6. What have Protestants sought in their ecumenical endeavors?

            Protestant unity of spirit has sought organizational expression in a fellowship of good works and intercommunion rather than in unity of faith, worship and structure.

            “The aim of the WCC is to pursue the goal of the visible unity of the Church. This involves a process of renewal and change in which member churches pray, worship, discuss and work together.” (www.oikoumene.org)

7. What are some of the results of their efforts?

            Summarily, they have achieved cooperation among the various denominations but no essential unity; progress has been made in working and getting along together, but not in believing together.

            The World Council of Churches was established at Amsterdam in 1948…

            Some bodies have made progress in mutual relations on the basis of such common denominators as belief in Sacred Scripture, the rituals of baptism and the Lord’s Supper, the operations of the ministry, and the fellowship of good works.

            There have been some church mergers and an increase in practices of intercommunion and participation in cooperative missionary enterprises.

8. What is the World Council of Churches?

            It is a federation of 349 Christian denominations (www.oikoumene.org) with more than 300 million members.

            “The World Council of Churches is a Christian organization dedicated to the search for Christian unity. It is a voluntary fellowship (association) of churches which confess the Lord Jesus Christ as God and Saviour.”

                “The WCC has 349 member churches. Together, these churches represent some 560 million Christians (though it is important to note that different churches have different ways of calculating membership). Today's member churches come from more than 110 countries on all continents and include Orthodox, Anglican, Protestant, United and other churches. A majority of member churches now come from the South.” (www.oikoumene.org)

9. What are some of the difficulties experienced by Protestants in their ecumenical endeavors?

            They are hampered by several deficiencies: lack of a clear and common agreement on the nature of religious unity and means for its attainment; lack of an objective criterion or standard as the basis of unity, and of an authority competent to judge and speak for all Protestants; dedication for the search for religious unity on the basis of the principle which has destroyed it – namely, private interpretation, by individuals and individual church bodies, of the Scriptures as the rule of faith.

You may download the entire article by clicking this link: The-Ecumenical-Movement-Q&A

NON-STOP RAIN and FLOOD IN CANTILAN: Request for Prayers

Let us rain Heaven with prayers for the victims of flash floods here in Cantilan.

Cantilan National High School (Malingin, Magasang)

                                      

 

Photos courtesy of April Cuartero Molejon

Barangay Pag-antayan

 

 

Photos courtesy of Cathe Luengas Duero

Purok 1 Magosilom (Casa) (Casa Bridge)

Photos courtesy of Cathe Luengas Duero

PRAYER FOR FINE WEATHER

Makagagahum ug tunhay nga Dios

nga nag-ayo pinaagi sa pagkastigo

ug nag-alima pinaagi sa pagpasaylo,

itugot sa nagpakiluoy kanimo,

nga magmalipayon kami

sa gipangandoy nga maayong panahon,

aron makagamit kami sa mga gasa sa imong gugma

alang sa himaya sa imong ngalan

ug sa among kaluwasan.

Kini among gipangayo 

pinaagi ni Cristo among Ginoo. Amen.

(Sakramentaryo nga Sinugbuanon)

BOOKS I LOVE AND ALWAYS USE

 (No particular order.)

1. Baronius Press Daily Missal and Liturgical Manual (used daily)
2. Confraternity (Douay) Bible (Sinag Tala Publishers) (used daily)
3. Catechism of the Catholic Church (used daily)
4. Spiritual Theology by Fr. Auman
5. Christian Prayer: Liturgy of the Hours (used daily)
6. Day Hours of the Roman Breviary (sometimes)
7. Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales
8. Hammer and Fire by Fr. Raphael Simon, OCSO
8. Missale Romanum (Tridentine/Altar Missal)
9. Jesus Our Model by Fr. Louis Colin, CSsR
10. Pray Like This, Pray Like Saint Paul by Fr. Leonard Sheil, SJ (used daily)
11. The Light of the World, Liturgical Meditations for the Weekdays and Sundays of the Ecclesiastical Year, 4 volumes by Fr. Benedict Baur, OSB (used daily)
12. The Daily Gospel (used daily)
13. I Believe in  Love by Fr. Jean C. J. d'Elbee
14. A Year with the Saints, A Virtue for Every Month of the Year
15. Abandonment to the Divine Providence by Fr. Jean-Pierre de Caussade
16. We Pray by Fr. Oscar Lukefahr, CM
17. The Way of Interior Peace by Fr. de Lehen, SJ
18. Life of Union with Mary by Fr. Emil Neubert, SM, STD
19. My Daily Visit by St. Alphonsus Liguori
20. The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis
21. The Story of a Soul by St. Therese of Lisieux
22. Complete Spiritual Doctrine of St. Therese of Lisieux by Fr. Francois Jamart, OCD
23. The Way by St. Josemaria Escriva
24. The Holy Bible Revised Standard Version-Catholic Edition (frequently)
25. Handbook of Prayers by Fr. James Socias (used daily)

MY HORARIUM FOR 2011

 Morning

4:30     Morning Prayers
               Invocation to the Holy Spirit
               Sub Tuum
               Morning Offering
            LAUDS
               Lectio Divina
               Personal Prayer
               Rosary

6:00      Angelus
             Breakfast and Personal Preparation

7:00      Work

12:00     Angelus
              Lunch

Afternoon
 
1:15       Work


5:00       MASS (Wednesday ansd Sunday)
              HOLY HOUR (First Friday)

6:00       VESPERS
              Chaplet of the Divine Mercy
              Examen and Personal Prayer
              Spiritual Reading
              Dinner
              Free Time

9:00       COMPLINE
              Retire

"We are all in Christ, and of Christ, and we are Christ."
St. Augustine