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Letter 6

This letter emphasizes the importance of Augustinian values in the study of law at UNO-R, focusing on community life, fraternity, and friendship. It highlights that community is a divine gift aimed at fostering charity and unity among individuals, while also being a mission-oriented entity. The letter encourages reflection on personal, communal, and historical dimensions of human development in relation to God's call and the establishment of a supportive community.

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Letter 6

This letter emphasizes the importance of Augustinian values in the study of law at UNO-R, focusing on community life, fraternity, and friendship. It highlights that community is a divine gift aimed at fostering charity and unity among individuals, while also being a mission-oriented entity. The letter encourages reflection on personal, communal, and historical dimensions of human development in relation to God's call and the establishment of a supportive community.

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AUGUSTINIAN VALUES LETTER 6

UNO-R SCHOOL OF LAW: SEM 1 SY ‘24-‘25

Dear Students,

I pray that your study of law and Augustinian values may lead you to become witnesses to the
beauty of communion with God and the joy that flows from it.

Recall the three things to observe in the Augustinian values in connection to UNO-R’s core values:

1. Augustine’s understanding of “heart” is inseparable from that of the Holy Scriptures.


2. Augustine’s urging to return to the heart, to enter into the innermost of one’s being, can
explain the joining of interiority to truth and freedom (cf. graphic below).
3. The experience of his heart -- “pierced with the arrow of God’s love and his mind shot with the
arrows of God’s words” -- gives meaning to the joining of the values of community and
friendship in the course, Augustinian values (see community and friendship in the picture.

Interiority
Truth
Freedom

Community
Friendship

Solidarity
&
Justice

In this letter # 6, let’s talk about community life according to the Bishop of Hippo. The focus is on the
development of fraternity and friendship in the common life, from which flows the mission entrusted
to the Order.

What is community?

"Community" is the unity of people whose first purpose is to live in charity and unity.

It is an ample reality that can be treated from various angles. If we did a "brainstorm" searching for
answers, we would find that each one would focus on one aspect.

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Some will emphasize the affective aspect: that we love and support one another; others will
emphasize the sociological aspect: that we gather and talk to one another; and still others will
emphasize the theological dimension: that "we are brought together in the name of the Lord."
Anthropology tells us that in order for a person to develop healthily, he or she must attend to three
dimensions of his or her human structure: the personal, the communal, and the historical.

Jesus also involves himself in these three areas: "Whilst he was going up the mountain, he called
those whom He wanted, and they joined Him." He chooses twelve to be with Him and to send them
out to preach with the power to cast out demons (Mk 3, 13–15).

He calls every one personally (encounter with God); he establishes a community of disciples around
Himself (meeting of brothers); and he sends them out to announce the kingdom with power to fight
against every form of evil that oppresses mankind (encounter with all humanity).

When the church reflects on the community, she highlights three points:

- Before it is a human project, the community is a gift from God through which God wishes to
communicate a life of communion.

- Building fraternal Christianity in the community is a task.

- The community is both a place and a subject of mission; it is not an end in itself. .

Please see attachment.


For your reflection you may use the 3R’s.

At the service of formation and education,

Fray Lauro Larlar, OAR


6 December ‘24

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