Let us listen to the reflection of Rev. Fray Mark Anthony Tampos, OSA on his homily on the Feast of St. James, the Apostle. 

Let us listen to the homily of Fray Genesis P. Labana, OSA on this 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time. 

1st Reading: Gn 18:20-32

2nd Reading: Col 2:12-14

Gospel: Lk 11:1-13

Hear, O Lord, the prayer which we offer you,

made worthy by the intercession

of your faithful servant

and our protection St. Nicholas

whose witness during life on earth

was pleasing to you as his prayer is now in heaven.

We recognize our weaknesses and our sins,

but we trust in the fraternal aid of St. Nicholas

whom you, O Lord, wished to raise up

in our midst as a sign and instrument of your providence.

Sustain us with your prayer,

O St. Nicholas, and do not abandon us,

because we who invoke you as protector

know that in you we have a valid model of Christian life,

and a powerful incentive for advancing in goodness and virtue.

We desire to have, O St. Nicholas,

your faith, your hope and your charity in order

to be more grateful to the Lord and worthier

to be heard, but finding ourselves so poor we trust

in the infinite goodness and mercy

of the Lord obtained for us

by your powerful intercession.

Amen…

In this 11th episode of OSApan, we get to know the Augustinian parish in Quirino Province, the St. Augustinian Parish of Hippo with the Parish Priest, Rev. Fr. Exuper Lumintac, OSA. 

The only Augustinian parish in the Bicol region. It is named under the Order's spiritual founder, St. Augustine of Hippo. Let us get t know more about the parish with Rev. Fr Cyril Jeth Tagalog, OSA, the parochial vicar. 

Faithful God,

light of all hearts,

we praise you for St. Monica,

woman of living faith and reconciling love.

She nursed her son, St. Augustine,

in the name of Jesus,

and urged him tirelessly to a Christian way of life.

In answer to her prayers

for St. Augustine’s conversion,

you gave her greater joy than

all hear tears had dared to ask.

Through the intercession

of St. Monica, we ask you to hear our prayers.

As you once captivated the heart of St. Augustine,

so now draw our hearts to you,

beauty ever ancient, ever new.

Amen.

PERPETUAL NOVENA IN HONOR OF JESUS CHRIST “ECCE HOMO”

Lord Jesus Christ,

true God and true Man,

our first parents Adam and Eve

disobeyed the will of the Father

and so sin and death entered the world.

By your obedience to the will of the Father,

you willingly underwent your Passion and Death

for the salvation of Mankind

and through your glorious Resurrection

has accomplished our redemption.

As we make this Novena,

we remember the many sufferings you have endured for us.

We particularly recall the humiliations

you endured when Pilate abandoned you to the crowd by saying:

“Ecce Homo: Behold the Man you are demanding to be crucified,

I wash my hands of this man’s blood.”

Pilate handed you over to the crowd

even though he knew that you were innocent

and washed his hands to absolve himself of your blood.

Grant O Lord, that amidst the many uncertainties

of our life on earth, we may be courageous enough

to stand for what is true and just in our society.

Through your Most Holy Passion,

we beseech you to grant us the graces we need this day.

Through your Most Holy Wounds,

heal us of all our infirmities and give us health of mind,

body and soul and through your Most Glorious Passion,

bring us all to the joys of Paradise.

Amen.

In our last episode for the month of June, we close the month of mission by featuring a special ministry in the Catholic Church, the authority to exorcise demons. Let us get to know what the ministry is all about. 

Join us this evening for another episode of OSApan-Kwentuhang Augustinian with our guest from Indonesia. He is a Filipino Augustinian friar and he has been in this foreign land for 3 years already. He is Rev. Fr. Victor Gonzaga, OSA.

In our 7th episode of OSApan, we explore beyond the borders of the country to the land of the rising sun. Our guest for this episode is nonetheless an Augustinian friar who has been in mission outside the country for more than 8 years. He is a Bicolano but was born to be sent abroad and be with the Japanese catholics to live out the Augustinian charism. Let us meet Fr. Charlie Pomuceno, OSA and his missionary life in Japan.