Steps toward the ultimate source of Love, the Divine Creator, the Source of all Happinessnoreply@blogger.com (Rosario Fin)Fri, 27 Feb 2026 02:16:46 -0800Blogger http://www.blogger.com29125http://sryhong.blogspot.com/en-usno Steps toward the ultimate source of Love, the Divine Creator, the Source of all Happiness Steps toward the ultimate source of Love, the Divine Creator, the Source of all Happinessnoreply@blogger.comhttp://sryhong.blogspot.com/2013/11/in-between-lines.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rosario Fin)Mon, 18 Nov 2013 09:34:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098780937684166023.post-7588349772108056921 Amidst the vast changing world, everything is in flux, people come and people go, people work and people run in order to meet the deadline.  Why always in a hurry?  Why panic? The answer? Because I want to meet the deadline.  Always the deadline!  Yes, deadline!  What if you will die before you finish the line?  The line never ends.  It is infinite.  0http://sryhong.blogspot.com/2013/11/do-not-be-afraid.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rosario Fin)Mon, 18 Nov 2013 09:25:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098780937684166023.post-7212507074273846855 Why is it difficult for me to surrender to your will, O God?  Why did I do my way and not your way?  Why is it difficult for me to understand others?  What is lacking in me?  The answer to these questions cannot be found anywhere but within me.  It is not the WHAT that is lacking but the WHO – GOD.  Am I doing my personal relationship with Him and with others 0http://sryhong.blogspot.com/2013/11/give-me-grace.htmlgraceprayernoreply@blogger.com (Rosario Fin)Mon, 18 Nov 2013 09:18:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098780937684166023.post-1446198765569306623 Give me the grace to understand. Give me the grace to believe in your might.  Give me the grace to hope in your promise. Give me the grace to lose myself. Give me the grace to love and accept your will. Give me the grace to believe that I am nothing without you. Give me the grace to fight and conquer the forces of evil.  Give me the grace to stand firm and remain in your 0http://sryhong.blogspot.com/2013/11/by-your-perseverance-personal.htmlfaithhopeLoveperseveranceprayernoreply@blogger.com (Rosario Fin)Mon, 18 Nov 2013 09:08:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098780937684166023.post-5915208342841016605                I am struck personally by the words  "  You will be hated by all because of my name, but not a hair on your head will be destroyed.  By your perseverance you will secure your lives."  In these words, I have clearly seen the greatness and the love of God which gives me hope to fight more by the power of his name because0http://sryhong.blogspot.com/2013/06/by-gazing-at-his-grandeur.htmlself-knowledgeteresa of avilanoreply@blogger.com (Rosario Fin)Sat, 29 Jun 2013 08:41:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098780937684166023.post-1553118406805318625 "Let's strive to make more progress in self-knowledge, for in my opinion we shall never completely know ourselves if we don't strive to know God.  By gazing at His grandeur, we get in touch with our own lowliness; by looking at His purity, we shall see our own filth; by pondering His humility, we shall see how far we are from being humble. -(Teresa of Avila, Interior Castle, second 0http://sryhong.blogspot.com/2013/06/eleven-years-today-june-13-2013.htmlgratitudevocationnoreply@blogger.com (Rosario Fin)Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:30:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098780937684166023.post-5986452121975500644        For Eleven years I left home. For eleven years I left my family, my friends and my love ones. For eleven years I broke the hearts of the two men I love. For eleven years I died to myself, my wants, my ambitions and stepped on the greatest desire that cries in the central fortress of my soul...to be with my King!      I detached and forget 0http://sryhong.blogspot.com/2013/06/an-advice-to-friend-who-admitted-to-be.htmlIntimacyprayerteresa of avilanoreply@blogger.com (Rosario Fin)Thu, 6 Jun 2013 08:21:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098780937684166023.post-4126905418532318177 When I got an encounter with a friend who admitted to be continuously distracted during prayer, St. Teresa of Avila comes to mind.  With our discussion, I explained to her the three stages of prayer in terms of what we seek.  In the first stage we seek knowledge of God and of ourselves, in the second- experience, and third transformation.  Then, as we go through it, we started 0http://sryhong.blogspot.com/2013/05/god-alone-suffices.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rosario Fin)Tue, 28 May 2013 15:35:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098780937684166023.post-6582704695380166239 I just ran out of roads again, don't know where to turnI started counting stars again, then I lost my wayI just ran out of time again, will I ever learnto stop my chaste of hours again only to learn I've lost the day....the last thing I want is this voice that rises from within I'll need to go home soon, I know but maybe tomorrow  not now when the last thing i need here and now is 0http://sryhong.blogspot.com/2013/05/an-awesome-experience-with-holy-spirit.htmlholy spiritreflectionnoreply@blogger.com (Rosario Fin)Sat, 18 May 2013 13:30:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098780937684166023.post-6136439563155271335      One of the great minds of early Christian history, our Holy Father St. Augustine, wanted to write a book explaining the Holy Trinity, the fundamental Christian belief that God is one God in three Divine Persons. There's a legend that one day St. Augustine was walking along the beach at Hippo, his diocese in North Africa. He was trying to figure out the mystery of the 0http://sryhong.blogspot.com/2013/05/to-give-our-very-best-to-our-friends.htmlfriendshipIntimacyLoveVowsnoreply@blogger.com (Rosario Fin)Tue, 14 May 2013 11:30:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098780937684166023.post-5918465229292232307                                                Scripture: John 15:9-17   9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his 0http://sryhong.blogspot.com/2013/05/i-trust-in-your-promise-ascension-sunday.htmlReflectionsnoreply@blogger.com (Rosario Fin)Sun, 12 May 2013 14:30:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098780937684166023.post-5507132159905650340         Jesus’ ascension is not a question of abandonment and leaving behind but an experience of new beginning towards great responsibility. It marks the beginning of our mission to go and proclaim the good news through all the earth.  It is the time of fulfillment of Jesus’ mission to continue his saving mission not only to the people of Israel, but to all the 0http://sryhong.blogspot.com/2013/05/to-lose-myself.htmldesireLovenoreply@blogger.com (Rosario Fin)Fri, 10 May 2013 16:11:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098780937684166023.post-812420260774107729 What else do I need? but Yourself. What else do I have? but your Love. What else do I seek? but your Will. What else do I follow?  but your Way. What else do I look for? but your Eternity. And what else? To lose myself so as to take Yours and live in me for the rest of my life. 0http://sryhong.blogspot.com/2013/05/reflection-on-commentary-of-st-thomas_5903.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rosario Fin)Fri, 10 May 2013 15:33:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098780937684166023.post-2338188496297131436 "Blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with spiritual blessings in the heavenly places, in Christ."          The  Apostle Paul writes this letter to the Ephesians who were Asians, coming from Asia Minor which is part of Greece.  They were not initiated into the faith by the Apostle Paul but he did 0http://sryhong.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-reflection-on-st-thomas-aquinas-lauda.htmlprayerReflectionsvocationnoreply@blogger.com (Rosario Fin)Fri, 10 May 2013 15:16:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098780937684166023.post-6905853532419559351 "Christ, Good Shepherd, bread divine, show to us your mercy sign.  Feed us still, still keep us thine that we may see your glory shine in the kingdom of good."          A prayer, a praise, a cry, a supplication and a pleading.  St. Thomas Aquinas opened his humble heart by recognizing and praising Christ as the Good Shepherd and Divine Bread0http://sryhong.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-silent-noise-of-innocence.htmldesireIntimacylifeLovenoreply@blogger.com (Rosario Fin)Sun, 30 Sep 2012 08:20:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098780937684166023.post-3974144967687933187 So many times that I said maybe.  So many times that I said no.  So many moments that  I have had to choose.  So many later that never came to pass.  Then- but only then – comes the moment of choice, of acceptance, of the yes or no.  One thing, however, is certain: until I have accepted the truth and said Yes to the voice that calls within.  A call of hope,0http://sryhong.blogspot.com/2012/09/four-seasons-in-life.htmllifeReflectionsvocationnoreply@blogger.com (Rosario Fin)Sat, 15 Sep 2012 08:11:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098780937684166023.post-5794699220931451449 One Sunday morning while I was sitting in the sala of our formation house watching the rain outside, a thought came to my mind.  I am so excited to experience the different seasons of the year here in Italy especially the cool breeze of winter season to see the snow.  Unlike the Philippines, we only had wet and dry seasons.  Imagining myself of what I will be feeling as the 0http://sryhong.blogspot.com/2012/09/i-thought-i-thought-i-am-okay-i-thought.htmldesirelifenoreply@blogger.com (Rosario Fin)Sat, 15 Sep 2012 06:42:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098780937684166023.post-5303828639379968049 I thought  I am okay I thought I am strong  I thought I can forgive easily I thought I can easily let go I thought I am healed I thought I have liberated myself from the past I thought I can already move on. I thought because I smile, I am okay I thought because I am healthy, I am strong I thought because I laughed, I am not in pain I thought because I know how to 0http://sryhong.blogspot.com/2010/07/tribute-to-our-new-mo-provincial.htmlgratitudenoreply@blogger.com (Rosario Fin)Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:01:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098780937684166023.post-6363009897953201174 The Augustinian Sisters Servants of Jesus and Mary in the Philippines are very much grateful to God for giving them SR. CARMEN, a servant leader who for fifteen years have given her life in the service of the Church and in the Community here in the Philippines as a local Superior, formator, Executive Director and Delegate Superior.  She is popularly called as SR. CARMEN by the Filipino 0http://sryhong.blogspot.com/2010/07/its-show-time.htmllifenoreply@blogger.com (Rosario Fin)Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:14:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098780937684166023.post-4905276856316983886 The Wonders of God has fascinated me so much that all I do was to drop my jaw, stare at Him and say nothing - I AM in AWE!  Until a friend of mine bumbed my head, squeezed my hand and said, " Are you ok?  By hearing this, I came to realize that I was already dreaming from a long time of sleeping. It has been a long time that I ever used my pen.  For so many times that I was 0http://sryhong.blogspot.com/2010/08/for-you.htmlReflectionsnoreply@blogger.com (Rosario Fin)Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:53:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098780937684166023.post-4978559637693791677I made this poem two years ago as my reflection when I attended a retreat after experiencing turmoil and tribulations in my spiritual journey.  God shows his abundant love and mercy in everything even in creation.  This is the reason why I also wanted to share them with you. Everytime I look up the skyAll I can see are the stars shining so highIt reminds me of that eyes where I can 0http://sryhong.blogspot.com/2010/05/disturb-me-please.htmldesireReflectionsnoreply@blogger.com (Rosario Fin)Tue, 18 May 2010 07:54:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098780937684166023.post-5315306518910773696In this moment of time, I felt sad in the sense that all I wanted is not to hear the message from the speaker nor from God.  All I wanted is just to rest and sleep.  So funny yet so bad but this is how I felt.  It is as if I am still floating in the air, no directions, no intentions and no motivations at all.  All I wanted is just to go to my bedroom and sleep. Depression?&0http://sryhong.blogspot.com/2010/01/facebook-addiction-disorder.htmlvocationnoreply@blogger.com (Rosario Fin)Thu, 14 Jan 2010 06:04:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098780937684166023.post-6138152518494504132As I sneaked out in  the computer this morning, I read a topic "Facebook Addiction Disorder.  I was so curious to read what was it all about.  I discovered that people nowadays are getting addicted with facebook.  There are plenty of things you can do in this social networking.  Chatt with friends, share photos, videos and messages. What was most exciting is you can 0http://sryhong.blogspot.com/2009/10/proud-to-be-augustinians.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rosario Fin)Mon, 5 Oct 2009 22:43:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098780937684166023.post-7106970942775138253The Order of St. Augustine Asia Pacific in cooperation with the Asia Pacific Augustinian Conference hosted an Asia-Pacific Regional Congress for Vocation Promoters on October 1-4, 2009 at St. Nino Center of Spirituality, Cosolacion, Cebu City.  The Congress was attended by all vocation promoters from different orders and religious congregations of the Augustinian family; The Order of St. 0http://sryhong.blogspot.com/2009/09/renewal-of-promises.htmlIntimacyVowsnoreply@blogger.com (Rosario Fin)Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:12:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098780937684166023.post-3723667937487140709 Today, September 23, 2009 is a new page of life for all of us as we celebrate the 182nd foundation anniversary of our congregation as founded by our foundress- Mo. Teresa Spinelli in Frosinone, Italy. We the professed sisters-both simple and solemn professed have renewed our commitment to God and promised to live again the evangelical vows of chastity, poverty and obedience as an Augustinian 0http://sryhong.blogspot.com/2009/09/intimacy-with-god.htmlIntimacyLovenoreply@blogger.com (Rosario Fin)Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098780937684166023.post-7398540974624671428 ( The Article that I’ve written below is based on the reflections and questions posted to us prior to the General Chapter of our Congregation)    Man was created to share continually in God’s life.  That is why it is important for us to widen our conscious awareness for the love of God so that we may share the fullness of Christ life.  God has given us many gifts and its up 1