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Trust and Surrender: Thoughts from an Intensive Meditation Retreat

Trust and Surrender: Thoughts from an Intensive Meditation Retreat

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Every now and again, it benefits one to step back from life – to breathe, to take stock, to reset one’s perspective. This past August 18 to 25, I was fortunate to do just that, joining a group of meditators from Heartspace Manila on retreat at the Abbey of the Transfiguration, Heartspace’s birthplace in Malaybalay, Bukidnon. The Intensive Meditation Retreat (IMR) has long been offered by Heartspace to its meditators, and for some of us is an annual practice. It…

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The Call to Live with Open Hearts (A Homily on Heartspace’s 16th Anniversary)

The Call to Live with Open Hearts (A Homily on Heartspace’s 16th Anniversary)

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Heartspace was founded in 2008 on the solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and each year marks its founding anniversary on this feast of its titular Patron. Last June 7, at the 16th anniversary commemoration of Heartspace, founder Rev. Fr. Pachomius Ma. San Juan OSB delivered the following homily: What do you and I do when we meet someone who is unloveable, hurts us through an unforgivable act, or really is deserving of our judgment and condemnation? I wonder…

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Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year 2/B)

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year 2/B)

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A homily by Rev. Dom Pachomius, OSB: In today’s Gospel Jesus returns to His home village of Nazareth. This is not a social visit. This homecoming of Jesus is so unlike the rock star welcome given to a local boy who wins a title at an overseas boxing event and returns home a celebrity, or a barrio lass who gets crowned as beauty queen and is paraded around town on a float, standing next to the mayor. Like other towns…

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Easter Sunday Year 2/B

Easter Sunday Year 2/B

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An Easter message from Rev. Dom Pachomius, OSB: Dear sisters and brothers, He has risen, as he said. With these solemn words, the angel of the resurrection proclaimed the central tenet of our Christian faith. All the other doctrines of the Church and all the good works we do derive their significance from our faith in the resurrection of Christ. As Christians we view and interpret everything in its light. From loss to new life In our practical, daily life,…

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