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Monday, April 28 : Saint Gregory of Nyssa

Monday, April 28 : Saint Gregory of Nyssa

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When from the height of the Lord’s steep words I contemplate their infinite abyss as from the top of a cliff, my mind gets the same impression one gets when gazing at the immensity of the sea… My soul feels dizzy before this word of the Lord: “Blest are the pure of heart for they shall see God.” (Mt 5:8) God gives himself to the gaze of those who have a pure heart. But Saint John says that “no one has ever seen God.” (Jn 1:18) And Saint Paul confirms this idea when he speaks of him whom “no human being has ever seen or can see.” (1 Tim 6:16) God is the abrupt and highly sharpened rock, which does not give even the smallest hold to our imagination. Moses also called God the Inaccessible One… He said that “no man sees the Lord and still lives.” (Ex 33:20) But what? Eternal life is the vision of God, and these pillars of faith certify that this vision is impossible? What an abyss! … If God is life, the person who does not see him does not see life either… But the Lord stimulates this hope. Did he not give Peter the proof? Under the feet of this disciple who was close to drowning, he consolidated and hardened the waves (Mt 4:30).Will the hand of the Word also stretch out over us who are submerged in this abyss, will it strengthen us? Then we shall be reassured, for we shall be firmly led by the hand of the Word. “Blest are the pure of heart for they shall see God.” Such a promise goes beyond our greatest joys; after this happiness, what other happiness could we desire? … The person who sees God has every imaginable good through that vision: life without end, perpetual incorruptibility, inexhaustible joy, unconquerable power, eternal delights, true light, the sweet words of the spirit, incomparable glory, uninterrupted happiness, finally, every good. What great and beautiful hope this beatitude thus offers us!

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Lunes, 28 De Abril : San Agustín

Lunes, 28 De Abril : San Agustín

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Existe sólo una regeneración espiritual, como existe una sola generación según la carne. Lo dicho por Nicodemo al Señor, es verdad: el hombre cuando es viejo no puede entrar en el seno de su madre para renacer. El hombre no puede hacerlo cuando es viejo, pero tampoco puede hacerlo cuando es un niño. En realidad, es absolutamente imposible retornar al seno maternal y renacer, tanto para el recién nacido como para el anciano. Lo mismo que para nuestro nacimiento carnal, el seno de nuestra madre sólo puede darnos a luz una sola vez, para el nacimiento espiritual, el seno de la Iglesia sólo puede otorgar a cada persona un único bautismo. El Señor lo explica a Nicodemo respondiendo: “Te aseguro que el que no nace del agua y del Espíritu no puede entrar en el Reino de Dios (Jn 3,5). Tienes en vista la regeneración carnal cuando preguntas: ¿Acaso puede un hombre entrar por segunda vez en el seno de su madre y volver a nacer? (Jn 3,4). Es del agua y del Espíritu que hay que nacer para el Reino de Dios. Cuando se trata de la herencia temporal de un padre humano, es necesario nacer del seno de una madre. Para la herencia eterna de Dios Padre, es necesario nacer del seno de la Iglesia. Un padre que debe morir engendra por su esposa al hijo que lo sucederá. Es de la Iglesia que Dios engendra hijos destinados, no a sucederlo, sino a permanecer con él.

Lecturas Católicas Romanas – rosary.team

Monday, April 28 : Saint Augustine

Monday, April 28 : Saint Augustine

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Spiritual regeneration is one, just as the generation of the flesh is one. And Nicodemus said the truth when he said to the Lord that a man cannot, when he is old, return again into his mother’s womb and be born. He indeed said that a man cannot do this when he is old, as if he could do it even were he an infant. But be he fresh from the womb, or now in years, he cannot possibly return again into the mother’s bowels and be born. But just as for the birth of the flesh, the bowels of woman avail to bring forth the child only once, so for the spiritual birth the bowels of the Church avail that a man be baptized only once. The Lord says to Nicodemus, and explains to him: Verily, verily, I say unto you, Unless a man be born again of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. Thou, says He, understandest a carnal generation, when you say, Can a man return into his mother’s bowels? The birth for the kingdom of God must be of water and of the Spirit. If one is born to the temporal inheritance of a human father, be he born of the bowels of a carnal mother; if one is born to the everlasting inheritance of God as his Father, be he born of the bowels of the Church… Born of a mother, not quitting the Father. Two nativities of Christ are understood: one divine, the other human: one, that by which we were to be made; the other, that by which we were to be made anew: both marvellous; that without mother, this without father.

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Domingo, 27 De Abril : San Cirilo de Jerusalén

Domingo, 27 De Abril : San Cirilo de Jerusalén

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Jesús entrega a sus discípulos al Espíritu Santo para que los acompañe. Tal como está escrito “Sopló sobre ellos y añadió «Reciban al Espíritu Santo. Los pecados serán perdonados a los que ustedes se los perdonen, y serán retenidos a los que ustedes se los retengan»” (Jn 20,22-23). Las faltas voluntarias habían reprimido el primer soplo, por eso el Señor otorga este segundo soplo cuando sube de los infiernos, después de su resurrección. Si entonces entrega su gracia, luego la prodigará más todavía. Cómo si dijera: Estoy pronto para darles toda la gracia desde ahora, pero su recipiente no está todavía vacío. En la espera, reciban la cantidad de gracia que pueden contener, pero esperen mucha más todavía “Permanezcan en la ciudad, hasta que sean revestidos con la fuerza que viene de lo Alto” (Lc 24,49). Ahora tomen una parte, entonces la tendrán enteramente. El que recibe, con frecuencia sólo puede recibir el don parcialmente. El que es “revestido”, es envuelto totalmente por la vestimenta. Así les dice “Con el escudo de la fe, podrán apagar todas las flechas encendidas del Maligno. Animados por el Espíritu, eleven constantemente oraciones, tomen el casco de la salvación, y la espada del Espíritu, la Palabra de Dios (cf. Ef 6,16-18).

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الأحد، ٢٧ أبريل : باسيليوس السلوقيّ

الأحد، ٢٧ أبريل : باسيليوس السلوقيّ

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بَيْنَمَا كَانُوا مُخْتَبِئِينَ فِي مَنْزِلٍ، رَأَى ٱلرُّسُلُ ٱلرَّبَّ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحَ؛ فَقَدْ دَخَلَ وَكُلُّ ٱلْأَبْوَابِ مُوصَدَةٌ. وَلٰكِنَّ تُومَا ٱلَّذِي كَانَ غَائِبًا حِينَهَا…، أَغْلَقَ أُذُنَيْهِ وَأَرَادَ فَتْحَ عَيْنَيْهِ… فَأَطْلَقَ شَكَّهُ، آمِلًا أَنْ تَتَحَقَّقَ رَغْبَتُهُ، وَقَالَ: “لَنْ تَتَبَدَّدَ شُكُوكِي إِلَّا حِينَ أَرَاهُ. سَأَضَعُ إِصْبَعِي فِي آثَارِ ٱلْمَسَامِيرِ، وَسَأُعَانِقُ ٱلرَّبَّ ٱلَّذِي أُحِبُّهُ كَثِيرًا. قَدْ يَلُومُنِي لِقِلَّةِ إِيمَانِي، وَلٰكِنَّهُ سَوْفَ يَمْلَأُنِي بِحُضُورِهِ. أَنَا ٱلْآنَ غَيْرُ مُؤْمِنٍ، وَلٰكِنْ حِينَ أَرَاهُ، سَأُؤْمِنْ. سَأُؤْمِنُ عِنْدَمَا سَأُعَانِقُهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ وَأَتَأَمَّلُ بِهِ. أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَرَىٰ هَاتَيْنِ ٱلْيَدَيْنِ ٱلْمَثْقُوبَتَيْنِ ٱلَّتَيْنِ شَفَتَا يَدَي آدَمَ ٱلشِّرِّيرَتَيْنِ. أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَرَىٰ هٰذَا ٱلْجَنْبَ ٱلَّذِي طَرَدَ ٱلْمَوْتَ مِنْ جَنْبِ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ. أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَكُونَ شَاهِدَ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلشَّخْصِيَّ، فَشَهَادَةُ ٱلْغَيْرِ لَا تَكْفِينِي. رِوَايَتُكُمْ أَزْعَجَتْ قِلَّةَ صَبْرِي. فَٱلْبُشْرَى ٱلسَّارَّةُ ٱلَّتِي تَحْمِلُونَهَا أَثَارَتِ ٱضْطِرَابِي. لَنْ أُشْفَىٰ مِنْ هٰذَا ٱلْأَلَمِ، إِلَّا إِنْ لَمَسْتُ ٱلْعِلَاجَ بِيَدَيَّ.” ظَهَرَ ٱلرَّبُّ مَرَّةً أُخْرَىٰ وَبَدَّدَ حُزْنَ تِلْمِيذِهِ وَشَكَّهُ فِي آنٍ وَاحِدٍ. فَمَاذَا أَقُولُ؟ لَمْ يُبَدِّدْ شَكَّهُ فَقَطْ، بَلِ ٱسْتَجَابَ لِتَوَقُّعَاتِهِ. لَقَدْ دَخَلَ وَكُلُّ ٱلْأَبْوَابِ مُوصَدَةٌ.

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Sunday, April 27 : Saint Francis de Sales

Sunday, April 27 : Saint Francis de Sales

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Lord Jesus Christ, once again grant that of us, too, there may be but “one heart and mind” (Acts 4:32) for then there will be “a great calm” (Mk 4:39). My dear listeners, I exhort you to good will and kindness to one another and peace with all. For were we to have charity among ourselves, we would have both peace and the Holy Spirit. Let us undertake to become devout and pray to God… since the apostles persevered in prayer… If we set ourselves to fervent prayer then the Holy Spirit will enter us and say: “Peace be with you! It is I; do not be afraid” (cf. Mk 6:50)… And what ought we to ask God for, my brethren? For all that is for his honor and the salvation of your souls and, in a word, for the help of the Holy Spirit: “Send forth your Spirit and they will be created” (Ps 104[103]:30) – peace and tranquillity… We are to ask for this peace so that the Spirit of peace may come down on us. We should give thanks to God, too, for all his blessings if we want him to grant us those victories that are the beginning of peace. And to obtain the Holy Spirit we should give thanks to God the Father for having first of all sent him upon our Head, Jesus Christ, who is our Lord and His Son… – for “from his fullness we have all received” (cf. Jn 1:16) – and for having sent him upon his apostles that through their hands they might pass him on to us. We should give thanks to the Son: as God he sends the Spirit upon those who prepare themselves to receive him. But, most especially, we should thank him because, as man, he merited for us the grace of receiving this divine Spirit… And how has Jesus Christ merited the Holy Spirit’s coming? When “bowing his head, he gave up his spirit” (Jn 19:30), for, when he gave breathed his last and handed over his spirit to the Father, he merited the Father’s sending his Spirit upon his mystical body.

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Sunday, April 27 : Saint Cyril of Jerusalem

Sunday, April 27 : Saint Cyril of Jerusalem

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The fellowship of this Holy Spirit He bestowed on the Apostles; for it is written, And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and says unto them, Receive the Holy Ghost: whose soever sins you remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins you retain, they are retained. (John 20:22) This was the second time He breathed on man (His first breath having been stifled through wilful sins); that the Scripture might be fulfilled, He went up breathing upon your face, and delivering you from affliction. But whence went He up? From Hades; for thus the Gospel relates, that then after His resurrection He breathed on them. But though He bestowed His grace then, He was to lavish it yet more bountifully; and He says to them, I am ready to give it even now, but the vessel cannot yet hold it; for a while therefore receive ye as much grace as you can bear; and look forward for yet more; but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be clothed with power from on high. Luke 24:39 Receive it in part now; then, you shall wear it in its fullness. For he who receives, often possesses the gift but in part; but he who is clothed, is completely enfolded by his robe. Fear not, He says, the weapons and darts of the devil; for you shall bear with you the power of the Holy Ghost.
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Saturday, April 26 : Saint Peter Damian

Saturday, April 26 : Saint Peter Damian

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It is right and just that someone who was loved by Christ more than any other should be the object of a very special love by Christ’s friends, all the more so since John has shown such love for us that… he has shared with us the riches of eternal life that he himself received. Indeed, God gave him the keys to wisdom and knowledge (cf Lk 11:52)… John’s God-illumined mind conceived the incomparable height of divine wisdom when he reclined on the Redeemer’s breast during the holy Last Supper meal (Jn 13:25). And because “all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Col 2:3) are within the heart of Jesus, it is from there that he drew and from there that he greatly enriched our wretchedness as people who are poor and generously distributed these goods taken from their source for the salvation of the whole world. And because this blessed John speaks about God in a marvelous way that cannot be compared to that of anyone else, it is only right that the Greeks as well as the Latins have given him the name of “Theologian”. Mary is “Theotokos” because she has truly given birth to God; John is “Theologos” because he saw in an indescribable way that the Word of God was with the Father before the beginning of time and was God (Jn 1:1) and because, too, he spoke about this with extraordinary depth.

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Sábado, 26 De Abril : Monasterio Santa Catalina del Monte Sinaí

Sábado, 26 De Abril : Monasterio Santa Catalina del Monte Sinaí

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Señor, te revestiste de mi pobreza, libremente has descendido hasta la cruz y la pasión, para hacerme don de la Vida incorruptible y crearme a nuevo, gracias a la sangre de tu costado divino. Me acordaste así tu impasibilidad, tú que habías sufrido la pasión. Viéndote, Salvador, sufrir en tu esencia humana sobre el leño de la cruz, la Virgen, oh Cristo, exclamó entre lágrimas: “¡No hagas desaparecer la dignidad de madre y servidora, tú que sin simiente de hombre te has hecho hombre en mi seno, oh Verbo, para arrancar el mundo a la corrupción!” Muerto, ¡Cristo resucitó y a los muertos acorda la resurrección! Todas las naciones guarden coraje, ya que verdaderamente ha devenido Rey de toda la tierra. De Él, era y será el poder y la fuerza regia, ahora y en todos los siglos. A la aurora, las mujeres Miróforas -Portadoras de perfumes- fueron con aromáticos a buscar un cadáver, para ungir con mirra, oh Cristo, tu cuerpo vivificante. Pero tú te levantaste ante ellas, viviente, con estas palabras: “Al Hades que devoraba todo, lo he dominado, y resucité a todos los que retenía”. El ladrón rinde homenaje al Rey, José exulta con las santas mujeres, todos celebran como Dios al Verbo, al Resucitado que ha llevado a Tomás hasta la fe y acordó el Espíritu Santo a sus discípulos, por los siglos.
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Saturday, April 26 : Book of hours of Sinai

Saturday, April 26 : Book of hours of Sinai

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You clothed yourself, Lord, from my poverty, freely you went down to the cross and to the Passion, in order to give me incorruptible life and to recreate me, thanks to the blood on your divine side, thereby giving me your impassiveness to you, who had suffered passion. Seeing yourself, Savior, suffering in your human essence on the Cross, the Virgin, O Christ, exclaimed with tears: “Do not make the pride of your mother disappear and servant, you who without a man’s seed made you in my bosom, O Word, in order to tear the world from corruption!” Dead, Hhe is resurrected, and resurrected with them, to the dead Christ grants the resurrection! Now take courage, all the nations, because he has really become King of all the earth, the one whose power and royal power was and will be, now and forever. In the morning, the perfume carriers came with herhs to seek in the tomb, like a corpse, O Christ, to annoint with myrrhe, your invigorating body; But it was you who drew up in front of them, living, with these words: “Hadès which devoured everything, rest assured, I tamed it and I have raised all those he held.” The good thief pays homage to the king, Joseph exults with the holy women, all celebrate as God the risen Word, who led Thomas to faith and, to all his apostles granted the very Holy Spirit forever.

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