October 2010
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“Joy—who can live without it? Do you think that those who reverence,...”
– St. Augustine
sacrapagina asked: Hi there! I am an Augustinian too, from the Province of Cebu. I run the AgustinongPinoy website. John Paul II inspired me to use the internet as a way to evangelize. What brought you to Tmblr? By the way I like your blog.
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“You listen to all who pray to you, and you answer them all. You answer clearly,...”
– St. Augustine
“When we confess to you, we are not revealing to you what lies in our hearts. ...”
– St. Augustine
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“Eagerly I sought to know how it was that I could appreciate beauty in material...”
– St. Augustine
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“O God, come to me in your kindness. For you are the good and the beautiful, in...”
– St. Augustine
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“Lord, while I was still far away from you, you coaxed me in a great many ways to...”
– St. Augustine
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Talk about a beautiful woman! →
young woman gives up partying and worldly pursuits for consecration to Christ with vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
to be honest, i never had much fun until i sacrificed everything to Christ, despite what all the materialist hedonists told me. i can totally relate to this one, if not feel completely inspired
Some 50 Nuns and Seminarians run Beijing marathon... →
Communist China, you’ve come a long way… I also must note, that they must have been affixed to breathing the holy Spirit or something, being able to run in one of the worst air polluted cities in the world.
Halloween is not Pagan, nor has it ever really... →
From Elizabeth Esther’s blog
Of course, Halloween has become a largely secular holiday with widespread overtones of the occult. But that doesn’t mean Halloween needs to be boycotted altogether. It just means that a lot of mainstream Christians have allowed pre-Christian superstition about the dead to takeover what should be a redemptive holiday.
It’s possible to celebrate...
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“I owe you praise because you are great, you are exceedingly high. This same...”
– St. Thomas of Villanova
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The Habit and Witness →
From the Blog
Imagine the scene: a little café full of people, either bustling about or chatting at tables while warming their frozen hands around steaming cups of java. Two nuns walk through the door and it seems like all eyes turn their way. One patron calls out, “Sisters, you have made a lot of people happy today!”
We smiled our biggest smiles, the words warming our frozen...
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“O Lord, I love you. I love, I burn, I pant for you; I trample under foot all...”
– St. Augustine
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“Lord, I am poor and needy. I am better only when with heartfelt sorrow I...”
– St. Augustine
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The World Needs Priests
The Pope’s Letter to Seminarians
Dear Seminarians,
When in December 1944 I was drafted for military service, the company commander asked each of us what we planned to do in the future. I answered that I wanted to become a Catholic priest. The lieutenant replied: “Then you ought to look for something else. In the new Germany priests are no longer needed”. I knew that this “new Germany” was...
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Michael 'Eyedea' Larsen Dead At 28 →
(via lifedontrhyme Manchild)
Eyedea was one of my favorite emcees back 2000-2003 when I saw him win the Blaze Battle, and got his first two albums. Pray for the repose of his soul.
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“Let Christ speak to you within, in that place where no human teacher may enter”
– St. Augustine
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teen suicide, bullying, and body image on... →
I did a study this past spring on the oversexualization of teenage girls, based on a report of task force of the american psychological association (found in the link)…
And find, that, unfortunately, a lot is being said on bullying, but not a lot is being said on the oversexualization of teenage girls. unfortunately, I have met too many young and attractive girls who have admitted to...
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“Oh immense love! Oh inestimable charity! Was it not enough for you, my God, to...”
– St. Thomas of Villanova
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“He bade me shut the door of our secret chamber and pray in secret, that is in...”
– St. Augustine
“Whoever fails to love their neighbor, fails to love You, my Lord, since we see...”
– St. Teresa of Ávila (via myrosary)
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Wonders why Tumblr does not have a category for...
If you go through the Tumblr directory, to look at the categories of the different kind of blogs out there, you will notice, that there is no category, or classification for Religion and/or Spirituality.
Does anybody else wonder why Tumblr neglected to have a Religion and Spirituality category in their directory?
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“If you want God to hear your prayers, hear the voice of the poor. If you wish...”
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“Do not go outside yourself but turn back within. Truth dwells in the inner self....”
– St. Augustine
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“When we confess to You, we are not revealing to You what lies in our hearts. ...”
– St. Augustine
“there were 34 of us down here, because God never left our side”
– Chilean miners, when asked how many were trapped in the mine…
Another Augustinian
As published in the St. Patrick Parish website: Hello, yeah, Brother Mark, that’s me. Two new guys on the scene with m-names; Father Mike, and Brother Mark, I know it can be a little confusing at times, but I’m here to settle some of that confusion. I am glad to be part of this parish community for the following year, and hope to be of help in whatever ways I can. So if you see me...
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“Exalted is the homeland, and humble is the way. The homeland is the life of...”
– St. Augustine
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Modern Marvels by Theory Hazit →
Theory Hazit on lyrics, presents another album (I have lost track of how many he has done), with the assistance of Toni Shift on beats. I recently reviewed Sareem Poems’s album, to which Theory provided beats. His beats seem to be everywhere, and this guy is a monster on the raps.
He started off in Kentucky, and got connected with the the Scribbling Idiots, who seem to be mostly in...
“As a tower defends a camp, so does humility of heart guard the chastity of the...”
– St. Anthony of Padua (via myrosary)
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Manchild and Sean P are Move Merchants →
Manchild and Sean P are Move Merchants.
Anything Manchild is a definite purchase for me, he is, hands down, one of the sickest emcees I know of. I reviewed DeepSpace5’s album, a crew which he founded. Mars Ill is the other crew, with Dust on the wheels, that he formed. Manchild went with another DJ for beats and cuts on this record, and published it under Phatmass, for a bit of the...
Trapped Chilean miners... upon their long... →
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Peace586 is Able →
Peace586, local hip hop producer and emcee, and Los Angeles OG.
Working for years in the underground hip hop scene, and a pioneer with Christian Hip Hop music, is still cranking out the hits.
A member of the LA super crew, the Tunnel Rats, who has had a credible rep in the scene for the last decade, has been slim on music as of late. Peace586 sets the exception for this. As he has focused...
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“God is delight and we rest in delight with Him, called home from the noise that...”
– St. Augustine
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Sivion Butterfly Sessions →
Sivion, Dallas Rapper, Part of the group DeepSpace5 (whose previous album I reviewed).
Anything from DeepSpace is an easy recommendation. Sivion, however, has a distinct character. He is mellow, soulful, and emotionally transparent, while much of Deepspace music is much goofier then himself. His music is probably the most family friendly out of all the members, including his son in some of his...
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“Know this: I have no fear of you. You cannot overturn the judgment seat of...”
– St. Augustine in response to the heretics Donatus
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Sareem Poems, Black and Read All Over →
Sareem Poems, Los Angeles native, that could be nuff said for me. I do have an affinity for Los Angeles area hip hop, although I have reviewed only one LA based album. Sareem Poems, fka Sharlok Poems, from the crew, LA Symphony, has a unique flaver in the bunch (as if they were all not entirely unique). Sareem has been releasing several solo albums consistently, and it might be that he is more...
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The Augustinian Rosary - The Corona of Our Lady of...
Today Catholic remember our Lady of the Rosary. Pope John Paul II intended to revive the traditional Catholic devotion, that we would focus our prayers on peace. He did this in the threat of the impending war with Iraq. I could imagine the kind of mess we might not be in if we prayed the Rosary instead of bulking our American military infrastructure for a useless cause, namely WMD that never...
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“Lord, because of your Name, may you have mercy on me according to your great...”
– St. Augustine
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“Lord, the sound of Your secret melody I could not catch, no matter how hard I...”
– St. Augustine
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“Christ promises tremendous rewards to those who love. O marvelous thing! You...”
– St. Thomas of Villanova
Grey October skies
Today was the funeral and burial for one of the sophomore students at our Augustinian High School, Saint Augustine HS “Saints.” I never met him, not being involved in the school, and went to the Rosary the night before, in habit, to show support with all the rest of our Friars.
I was reminded of the loss of one of my own biology lab partners my sophomore to a Nitrous Oxide overdose,...
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Spiritu Article - Rapping the Good News to a Hip...
The following is an article written by Michael Briley, in a province publication called Spiritu, published in the last month.
“Beatitude demands our hearts undergo revolution/
Each of us are lights that must make contribution/
Christ is our master teacher, we are the student/
In order for us to harmonize with angelic music/
Blessed are you for yours is the kingdom/
Blessed are you...
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Taking the Green thing too far →
So apparently some “Go Green” legislators, and fundamentalist have taken it too far in an ad campaign, that was scrapped before it started. However, you cannot produce a video and post it to the web, and imagine that you can just remove it. The video went viral. I do warn you, the contents of the video are incredibly graphic.
It sickens me that individuals would take a good...
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“How great, my brothers and sisters, is our God’s concern for us! He was...”
– St. Thomas of Villanova on Angels 