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Jueves, 15 De Enero : San Pascasio Radbert

Jueves, 15 De Enero : San Pascasio Radbert

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El Señor cura cada día el alma de todo aquel que se lo pide, le adora piadosamente y proclama con fe estas palabras: «Señor, si quieres, puedes limpiarme», y esto sea cual sea el número de sus faltas. Porque «todo el que invoca el nombre del Señor se salvará» (Rm 10,10). Es preciso, pues, que dirijamos a Dios nuestras peticiones con toda confianza, sin dudar en absoluto, de su poder… Esta es la razón por la que el Señor, al leproso que se lo pide, le responde inmediatamente: «Quiero». Porque, apenas el pecador comienza a rogarle con fe, que ya la mano del Señor se pone a curarle la lepra de su alma… Este leproso nos da un consejo muy bueno sobre la manera de orar. De ninguna manera duda de la voluntad del Señor como si rechazara creer en su bondad. Sino que, consciente de la gravedad de sus faltas, no quiere presumir de esta voluntad. Diciendo al Señor que si quiere puede curarle, afirma que este poder pertenece al Señor y, al mismo tiempo, afirma su fe… Si la fe es débil, debe primero fortalecerse. Es tan sólo entonces que revelará todo su poder para alcanzar la curación del alma y del cuerpo. Sin duda que el apóstol Pedro habla de esta fe cuando dice: «Ha purificado sus corazones con la fe» (Hch 15,9)… La fe pura, vivida en amor, sostenida por la perseverancia, paciente en la espera, humilde en su afirmación, firme en su confianza, llena de respeto en su plegaria y de sabiduría en lo que pide, está cierta de poder oír en toda circunstancia esta palabra del Señor: «Quiero».
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Thursday, January 15 : Saint Augustine

Thursday, January 15 : Saint Augustine

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We are invited to sing a new song to the Lord (Ps 149:1). The new man is the man who knows this new song. Singing is joy and, if we consider the matter more closely, love. Someone who understands about loving this new life knows the new song, and so we need to be informed as to what the new life is for the sake of the new song. All these things belong to the same Kingdom: new man, new song, new covenant. The new man will sing a new song and be a member of the new covenant. (…) “See!” you will say, “I am singing.” You are singing; yes, you are singing, I can hear you. But be careful that your life doesn’t bear witness against your tongue. Sing with your voice, sing with your heart, sing with your mouth, sing in your conduct: “Sing to the Lord a new song.” You are wondering what you are to sing for him whom you love and you cast about for the praises to sing to him. “His praise is in the assembly of the saints” (Ps 149:1). The praise to be sung is that of the singer. Do you want to sing praise to God? Be yourself what you sing. You are his praise if you live uprightly.

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Thursday, January 15 : Saint Paschasius Radbertus

Thursday, January 15 : Saint Paschasius Radbertus

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Every day, the Lord heals the soul of each person who begs him to, who worships him reverently and proclaims these words with faith: “Lord, if you will to do so, you can cure me,” and this no matter how many faults he has. For “faith in the heart leads to justification.” (Rom 10:10) Thus, we must address our requests to God in complete trust, without doubting his power in any way… That is why the Lord immediately answered the leper who begged him: “I do will it.” For the sinner has hardly begun to pray with faith than the hand of the Lord sets to work to heal the leprosy of his soul… This leper gives us very good advice on how to pray. He does not doubt the Lord’s will as if he were refusing to believe in his goodness. But he is aware of the seriousness of his faults, and so he does not want to presume on that will. In saying that, if the Lord wills, he can cure him, he affirms that the Lord has this power, and at the same time, he affirms his faith… If faith is weak, it must first be strengthened. Only then will it reveal all its power so as to obtain healing for the soul and the body. Without doubt, the apostle Peter was speaking of this faith when he said: “He purified their hearts by means of faith” (Acts 15:9)… Pure faith lived in love, maintained through perseverance, patient in waiting, humble in its affirmation, firm in its trust, full of respect in its prayer and of wisdom in what it asks, is certain of hearing this word of the Lord’s in every circumstance: “I do will it.”
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Wednesday, January 14 : Saint Augustine

Wednesday, January 14 : Saint Augustine

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Listen, children of light: you who have been adopted for the Kingdom of God; listen, my dearest brethren; listen and exult for joy in the Lord, you just, for “praise from the upright is fitting” (Ps 33,1). Listen to what you already know; reflect on what you have heard; love what you believe; proclaim what you love!… Christ is born, God from his Father, man through his mother. He was born from his Father’s immortality and his mother’s virginity. From the Father without the aid of a mother; from the mother without that of a father. From his Father without time; from his mother without seed. According to his Father he is the principle of life; according to his mother, the ending of death. According to his Father he was born to determine the order of days; according to his mother, to consecrate the day that is here. He sent John the Baptist before him, causing him to be born when the days were beginning to decrease, while he himself was born when the days began to grow in length, thus prefiguring John’s own words: “He must increase, I must decrease”. For indeed, human life must grow weaker in itself but stronger in Jesus Christ “so that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised” (2Cor 5,15), and so that each one of us might repeat those words of the apostle Paul: “Yet I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me” (Gal 2,20).
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الأربعاء، ١٤ يناير : القدّيس أوغسطينُس

الأربعاء، ١٤ يناير : القدّيس أوغسطينُس

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اسمعوا يا أبناء النور، أنتم الذين قد تمّ اختياركم من أجل ملكوت الله؛ اسمعوا، أيّها الإخوة الأعزّاء؛ اسمعوا واهتزّوا فرحًا في الربّ، أنتم الأبرار، “فإِنَّ التَّسبيحَ يَجدُرُ بِالمُستَقيمين”. (مز33[32]: 1). اسمعوا ما قد عرفتموه، تأمّلوا في ما قد سمعتموه، أحبّوا ما تؤمنون به، أعلنوا ما تحبّون! وُلِدَ الرّب يسوع المسيح، إلهًا مولودًا من الآب، وإنسانًا بواسطة أمّه؛ وُلِدَ من سرمديّة أبيه ومن بتوليّة أمّه. من أبيه، بدون تدخّل أمّه؛ من أمّه، بدون تدخّل أب. من أبيه، خارج الزمن؛ من أمّه، بدون الزرع. من أبيه، هو مصدر الحياة؛ من أمّه، هو نهاية الموت. من أبيه، وُلِدَ كي ينظّم ترتيب الأيّام؛ من أمّه، كي يقدّس هذا اليوم. لقد أرسلَ الرّب قبله يوحنّا المعمدان الذي خلقَه حين بدأت الأيّام تقصر، ثمّ وُلِدَ بنفسه حين بدأت الأيّام تطول، فكان كلام يوحنّا صورة مسبقة لما سيحدث: “لا بدّ له من أن يكبُر، ولا بدّ لي من أن أصغُر”. بالفعل، إنّ الحياة البشريّة يجب أن تَصغرَ في ذاتها وتكبرَ في الرّب يسوع المسيح، “كَيلا يَحْيا الأَحياءُ مِن بَعدُ لأَنْفُسِهِم، بل لِلَّذي ماتَ وقامَ مِن أَجْلِهِم” (2كور5: 15). وكي يردِّدَ كلّ واحد منّا كلام الرسول بولس: “فما أَنا أَحْيا بَعدَ ذلِك، بلِ المسيحُ يَحْيا فِيَّ” (غل 2: 20).
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Wednesday, January 14 : Saint Cyril of Jerusalem

Wednesday, January 14 : Saint Cyril of Jerusalem

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Many, my beloved, are the true testimonies concerning Christ. The Father bears witness from heaven of His Son: the Holy Ghost bears witness, descending bodily in likeness of a dove: the Archangel Gabriel bears witness, bringing good tidings to Mary: the Virgin Mother of God bears witness: the blessed place of the manger bears witness…. John the Baptist bears witness, the greatest among the Prophets, and leader of the New Covenant, who in a manner united both Covenants in Himself, the Old and the New. Jordan is His witness among rivers; the sea of Tiberias among seas: blind and lame bear witness, and dead men raised to life, and devils saying, What have we to do with You, Jesus? We know You, who You are, the Holy One of God. Mark 1:24 Winds bear witness, silenced at His bidding: five loaves multiplied into five thousand bear Him witness…. His former enemies bear witness, of whom the blessed Paul is one, having been a little while His enemy, but for a long time His servant: the Twelve Apostles are His witnesses, having preached the truth not only in words, but also by their own torments and deaths. So many and diverse, yea and more than these, are His witnesses: is then the Christ thus witnessed any longer disbelieved? Nay rather if there is any one who formerly believed not, let him now believe: and if any was before a believer, let him receive a greater increase of faith, by believing in our Lord Jesus Christ, and let him understand whose name he bears. You are called a Christian: be tender of the name; let not our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, be blasphemed through you: but rather let your good works shine before men Matthew 5:16 that they who see them may in Christ Jesus our Lord glorify the Father which is in heaven: To whom be the glory, both now and for ever and ever. Amen.

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Wednesday, January 14 : John Tauler

Wednesday, January 14 : John Tauler

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When the Son of God «raised his eyes to heaven and said: ‘Father, glorify your Son’» (Jn 17,1), he taught us by this action that we should raise on high all our senses, our hands, our faculties and our soul and pray in him, with him and through him. This was the most loving and holy deed the Son of God could have done here below: to worship his beloved Father. However, this far surpasses any intellectual reasoning and we cannot in any way reach and understand it except in the Holy Spirit. Saint Augustine and Saint Anselm tell us concerning prayer that it is «a raising of the soul to God»… For my part, I tell you only this: truly detach yourself from yourself and from all created things and raise your soul wholly to God above all creatures, into the deep abyss. There, immerse your spirit in God’s spirit in true abandonment…, in a real union with God…, Ask God there for everything he wants us to ask him, what you desire and what other people desire from you. And hold this as certain: what a tiny, little coin is with regard to a hundred thousand gold pieces, that is what all external prayer is with regard to this prayer, which is a real union with God, and with regard to this inflowing and fusion of the created spirit in the uncreated spirit of God… If someone asks you for a prayer, it is a good thing to do so in an external way as you were asked and as you promised to do. But, as you do so, draw your soul to the heights and into this interior desert drive your whole flock as Moses did (Ex 3,1)… «True worshippers worship the Father in spirit and in truth» (Jn 4,23). In this interior prayer every practice, every formula, and all those kinds of prayer that, from Adam until now, have been offered and will yet be offered until the last day, are fulfilled. All of them are brought to perfection in a moment in this true and essential recollection.

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Miércoles, 14 De Enero : Juan Taulero

Miércoles, 14 De Enero : Juan Taulero

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Cuando el Hijo de Dios levantó la mirada al cielo y dijo: «Padre, glorifica a tu Hijo” (Jn 17,1), nos enseñó con esta acción que debemos elevar muy alto todos nuestros sentidos, nuestras manos, nuestras facultades, nuestra alma, y rezar en él, con él y por él. He aquí la obra más amable y más santa que el Hijo de Dios ha hecho aquí abajo: adorar a su Padre muy amado. Pero esto sobrepasa en mucho todo raciocinio, y no podemos de ningún modo alcanzarlo y comprenderlo, si no es en el Espíritu Santo. San Augustín y san Anselmo nos dicen sobre la oración que es “una elevación del alma hacia Dios “… Sólo te digo esto: libérate, de verdad, de tí mismo y de todas las cosas creadas, y levanta tu alma a Dios por encima de todas las criaturas, en el abismo profundo. Allí, sumerge tu espíritu en el Espíritu de Dios, en un verdadero abandono…, en una unión verdadera con Dios… Allí, pide a Dios todo lo que quiere que se le pida, lo que deseas y lo que los hombres desean de ti. Y ten esto por cierto: lo que es una insignificante moneda frente a cien mil monedas de oro, lo es toda oración exterior frente a esta oración que es unión verdadera con Dios, este derroche y esta fusión del espíritu creado en el Espíritu increado de Dios… Si se te pide una oración, es bueno que la hagas de modo exterior como se te ha pedido y como lo prometiste. Pero, haciendo esto, conduce tu alma hacia las alturas y a tu desierto interior, empuja allí todo tu rebaño como Moisés (Ex 3,1)… “Los verdaderos adoradores adorarán al Padre en espíritu y verdad ” (Jn 4,23). En esta oración interior se unifican todas las prácticas, todas fórmulas y todos los tipos de oración que desde Adán hasta hoy se han ofrecido y que serán todavía ofrecidos hasta el último día. Llevamos todo esto a su perfección en un instante, a través de este recogimiento verdadero y esencial.

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Tuesday, January 13 : Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross [Edith Stein]

Tuesday, January 13 : Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross [Edith Stein]

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In the Book of Revelation, the apostle John sees “a Lamb standing, a Lamb that had been slain.” (Rv 5:6)… On the banks of the Jordan, John the Baptist had called Jesus “the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.” At that tiime the apostle John had understood this word but now he understood the image. The one who previously had walked on the banks of the Jordan and who now had shown himself to him “wearing a white robe, with eyes that blazed like fire” and with the sword of the judge who is “the First and the Last” (Rv 1:13-17), had truly accomplished everything that the rites of the Old Covenant had sketched with symbols. When, on the holiest and most solemn day of the year, the high priest entered into the Holy of Holies, the place that was terribly holy because of the divine Presence, he had previously taken two rams: one on which to lay the sins of the people so that it would take them to the desert, the other so that its blood would be sprinkled on the tent and the ark of the covenant (Lv 16). This ram was the sacrifice that was offered for the sin of the people… Then the high priest sacrificed a burnt offering for himself and for all the people and burned all the remains of the sacrifice of reconciliation… That day of reconciliation was a solemn and holy day… But what had brought about the reconciliation? It was not the blood of the sacrificed animals, nor was it the high priest who was a descendant of Aaron, as Saint Paul said in his letter to the Hebrews (chs 8-9). It was the ultimate sacrifice of reconciliation, the one that was prefigured in all the sacrifices prescribed by the Law, and this was the “high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.” (Ps 110:4)… He was also the true paschal Lamb because of whom the exterminating angel passed by the houses of the Hebrews when he struck the Egyptians (Ex 12:23). The Lord himself let his disciples understand this when he ate the paschal lamb with them for the last time and then gave himself to them as their food.

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الثلاثاء، ١٣ يناير : القدّيس أوغسطينُس

الثلاثاء، ١٣ يناير : القدّيس أوغسطينُس

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لقد كان يوحنّا الصوت، لكن “في البَدءِ كانَ الكَلِمَة” (يو 1: 1). كان يوحنّا صوتًا لزمنٍ محدّد؛ أمّا الرّب يسوع المسيح، فهو الكلمة منذ البدء، الكلمة الأزليّ. إن أُزيلَت الكلمة، ماذا ينفع الصوت؟ حيث لا يمكن فهم أيّ شيء، يكون هنالك ضجيجٌ فارغٌ. الصوت بدون الكلمة يزعج الأُذن ولا يبني القلب. مع ذلك، اكتشفوا كيف تترابط الأشياء في قلبنا فيما الذي ينبغي بناؤه. إن فكّرتُ فيما يجب أن أقوله، هذا يعني أنّ الكلمة أصبحت موجودة في قلبي؛ لكن عندما أودّ أن أكلّمك، أبحث كيف يمكنني أن أُدخِلَ إلى قلبك ما هو موجودٌ في قلبي. فإذا بحثتُ عن وسيلة تسمح للكلمة التي في قلبي من أن تتلاقى معكَ وتترسّخ في قلبكَ، أستعمل الصوت، وبهذا الصوت أكلّمكَ: هذا الصوت يوصلُ إليك الفكرة المتضمّنة في الكلمة. إذًا، صحيح أنّ الصوت يتبدّد؛ لكنّ الكلمة التي أوصلَها الصوت إليكَ أصبحَت الآن في قلبك بدون أن تتركَ قلبي. حين تصل الكلمة إليكَ، أليس هو الصوت الذي بدا وكأنّه يقول مثل يوحنّا المعمدان: “لا بُدَّ له مِن أَن يَكبُر. ولا بُدَّ لي مِن أن أَصغُر” (يو 3: 30). تردّدَ دويّ الصوت كي يُتمّمَ مسعاه، ومن ثم اختفى قائلاً: “هُوذا فَرَحي قد تَمَّ” (يو 3: 29). فلنحفظ إذاً الكلمة؛ ولا ندع الكلمة تتبدّد، تلك الكلمة التي كُوِّنَت في أعماق قلبنا.
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