Click the arrow below to hear a member of the Assumption community read today’s Gospel. Passing through their midst When we encounter an obstacle, we tend to avoid or circumvent it. In doing so, we lose an opportunity to strengthen our identity. Instead of seeing the obstacle as a turning… Read More »Readings and Reflection for March 21 (Monday in the Third Week of Lent)
Click the arrow below to hear a member of the Assumption community read today’s Gospel. Note: On the Third, Fourth and Fifth Sundays of Lent this year, the Church offers a choice of using the scripture readings for Year A or Year C. Since we will celebrate the First Scrutiny… Read More »Readings and Reflection for March 20 (Third Sunday of Lent)
The Newman Center at Umass Amherst had a group at our community in El Paso, TX this past week! The students helped clean the parish and helped out with a variety of other work with the migrants.
Our very own Br. Romel Bautista, a.a has a wonderful podcast called How is Your Heart!In this episode, we will listen to a young Mexican brother from the Augustinians of the Assumption, who spent some years in the Philippines for his initial formation. Listen to his witnessing, and his mission… Read More »The Assumptionist Vocation in a Mexican Perspective
Click the arrow below to hear a member of the Assumption community read today’s Gospel. The two sons of Jacob In my family there are two Josephs. The good one which is my Dad and the other one which is myself! As you might know, in Vietnam, we receive our… Read More »Readings and Reflection for March 19 (Saturday in the Second Week of Lent)
After a long journey which started in Butembo in the Congo and then via car and bus by Goma, Fr. Pacifique arrived in Boston on March 15 to begin his preparation for higher education studies in the United States. His journey consisted of traveling under the escort of the Congo… Read More »Emmanuel House Welcomes Fr. Pacifique, A.A.
Click the arrow below to hear a member of the Assumption community read today’s Gospel. Is that about me? When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus’ parable, they realized that he was speaking about them. Those people found themselves in the parable even though Jesus did not exclusively… Read More »Readings and Reflection for March 18 (Friday in the Second Week of Lent)
Click the arrow below to hear a member of the Assumption community read today’s Gospel. The dignity of the poor The purpose of the parable of the rich man and Lazarus is not to nourish our hope for the afterlife. It invites us to be sensitive to the dignity of… Read More »Readings and Reflection for March 17 (Thursday in the Second Week of Lent)
Click the arrow below to hear a member of the Assumption community read today’s Gospel. All humanity is involved Jesus was going up to Jerusalem. He took the Twelve aside to announce to them, for the third time, his destiny. He announced something while starting to do it: going up… Read More »Readings and Reflection for March 16 (Wednesday in the Second Week of Lent)
Click the arrow below to hear a member of the Assumption community read today’s Gospel. Do things with words John Langshaw Austin was a British philosopher of language. He was well-known for his book, How to do things with words. Its title in the French translation is more provocative: Quand… Read More »Readings and Reflection for March 15 (Tuesday in the Second Week of Lent)