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الخميس، ١٥ مايو : القدّيس أوغسطينُس

الخميس، ١٥ مايو : القدّيس أوغسطينُس

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عَلَىٰ أُولٰئِكَ ٱلنِّسَاءِ ٱلَّلَاتِي يُكَرِّسْنَ أَنْفُسَهُنَّ كُلِّيًّا لِلرَّبِّ أَلَّا يَأْسَفْنَ إِنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْنَ أَنْ يُصْبِحْنَ أُمَّهَاتٍ بِـحَسَبِ ٱلْجَسَدِ، كَوْنَهُنَّ حَافَظْنَ عَلَىٰ بَتُولِيَّتِهِنَّ عَلَىٰ مِثَالِ مَرْيَمَ… ذَاكَ ٱلَّذِي هُوَ ثَمَرَةُ عَذْرَاءَ وَاحِدَةٍ قَدِّيسَةٍ هُوَ مَجْدُ كُلِّ ٱلْعَذَارَىٰ ٱلْبَاقِيَاتِ وَشَرَفُهُنَّ، لِأَنَّهُنَّ أُمَّهَاتُ ٱلْمَسِيحِ إِنْ عَمِلْنَ بِمَشِيئَةِ أَبِيهِ، عَلَىٰ مِثَالِ مَرْيَمَ. تَتَجَلَّىٰ عَظَمَةُ مَرْيَمَ وَفَرَحُهَا كَأُمٍّ لِلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ فِي كَلِمَاتِ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلتَّالِيَةِ: “مَنْ يَعْمَلُ بِمَشِيئَةِ ٱللَّهِ هُوَ أَخِي وَأُخْتِي وَأُمِّي”. لَقَدْ أَشَارَ بِهٰذِهِ ٱلْكَلِمَاتِ إِلَىٰ ٱلْقَرَابَةِ ٱلرُّوحِيَّةِ ٱلَّتِي تَرْبِطُهُ بِذَاكَ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِي ٱفْتَدَاهُ. فَإِنَّ إِخْوَتَهُ وَأَخَوَاتِهِ هُمُ ٱلرِّجَالُ وَٱلنِّسَاءُ ٱلْقِدِّيسُونَ ٱلشُّرَكَاءُ مَعَهُ فِي ٱلْمِيرَاثِ ٱلسَّمَاوِيِّ (رَاجِع رُو ٨: ١٧). إِنَّ أُمَّهُ هِيَ ٱلْـكَنِيسَةُ جَمْعَاءَ، لِأَنَّهَا بِنِعْمَةِ ٱللَّهِ تَلِدُ أَعْضَاءَ ٱلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ، أَيْ هٰؤُلَاءِ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ أُمَنَاءُ لَهُ. أُمُّهُ هِيَ أَيْضًا كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مُقَدَّسَةٍ تُنَفِّذُ مَشِيئَةَ أَبِيهَا، وَٱلَّتِي تُظْهِرُ مَحَبَّتَهَا ٱلْخَصِبَةَ مِنْ خِلَالِ أُولَٰئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ تَلِدُهُمْ لَهُ “حَتَّىٰ يُصَوَّرَ فِيهِمُ ٱلْمَسِيحُ” (غَل ٤: ١٩)… مِنْ بَيْنِ كُلِّ ٱلنِّسَاءِ، مَرْيَمُ هِيَ ٱلْوَحِيدَةُ ٱلْأُمُّ وَٱلْعَذْرَاءُ فِي ٱلْوَقْتِ نَفْسِهِ، لَيْسَ فَقَطْ بِـحَسَبِ ٱلرُّوحِ، إِنَّمَا بِـحَسَبِ ٱلْجَسَدِ أَيْضًا. إِنَّهَا أُمٌّ بِـحَسَبِ ٱلرُّوحِ لِأَعْضَاءِ ٱلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ، أَيْ أُمٌّ لَنَا، لِأَنَّهَا شَارَكَتْ بِوَاسِطَةِ مَحَبَّتِهَا بِوِلَادَةِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي ٱلْـكَنِيسَةِ، هٰؤُلَاءِ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ أَعْضَاءُ مُخَلِّصِنَا ٱلْإِلٰهِيِّ، وَرَأْسُنَا (رَاجِع أَف ٤: ١٥ – ١٦)، ٱلَّتِي هِيَ أُمُّهُ بِـحَسَبِ ٱلْجَسَدِ. فِي ٱلْوَاقِعِ، كَانَ يَجِبُ أَنْ يُولَدَ مُخَلِّصُنَا بِـحَسَبِ ٱلْجَسَدِ مِنْ عَذْرَاءَ، لِكَيْ يُعَلِّمَنَا أَنَّ أَعْضَاءَهُ يَجِبُ أَنْ يُولَدُوا بِـحَسَبِ ٱلرُّوحِ مِنْ عَذْرَاءَ أُخْرَى، وَهِيَ ٱلْـكَنِيسَةُ. إِذًا، وَحْدَهَا مَرْيَمُ هِيَ أُمٌّ وَعَذْرَاءُ فِي ٱلْوَقْتِ عَيْنِهِ بِـحَسَبِ ٱلْجَسَدِ وَبِـحَسَبِ ٱلرُّوحِ. وَلٰكِنَّ ٱلْـكَنِيسَةَ جَمْعَاءَ، فِي ٱلْقِدِّيسِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَجِبُ أَنْ يَرِثُوا مَلَكُوتَ ٱللَّهِ، هِيَ أَيْضًا بِـحَسَبِ ٱلرُّوحِ أُمُّ ٱلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ وَعَذْرَاءُهُ.

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Thursday, May 15 : Saint Leo the Great

Thursday, May 15 : Saint Leo the Great

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The infancy that God’s majesty did not disdain reached mature manhood through his advance in years. Then, when the triumph of his passion and resurrection were completed, all the actions of his lowly state, which he adopted for love of us, became a thing of the past. Nevertheless, the feast of his nativity renews for us Jesus’ first moments, born of the Virgin Mary, and when we adore the birth of the Savior we find we are celebrating the origin of our own life. For the birth of Christ is the source of life for all Christian people and the birthday of the Head is the birthday of the body. True, each individual who is called takes his place in his own proper order and the Church’s offspring appear at different periods of time. But just as the entire body of the faithful, born in the font of baptism, is crucified with Christ in his passion, raised again in his resurrection, and placed at the Father’s right hand in his ascension, so they are born with him in his nativity. Any believer, from any part of the world, who is born again in Christ, having abandoned the sinful ways retained from his first beginnings, becomes a new person through his second birth. No longer does he belong to his father’s ancestry according to the flesh but to our Savior’s race. For he became Son of man that we might become sons of God.

Roman Extraordinary (Tridentine) Daily Readings – rosary,team

Jueves, 15 De Mayo : Papa Francisco

Jueves, 15 De Mayo : Papa Francisco

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    La Iglesia en salida es la comunidad de discípulos misioneros que primerean, que se involucran, que acompañan, que fructifican y festejan. «Primerear»: sepan disculpar este neologismo. La comunidad evangelizadora experimenta que el Señor tomó la iniciativa, la ha primereado en el amor (cf. 1 Jn 4,19); y, por eso, ella sabe adelantarse, tomar la iniciativa sin miedo, salir al encuentro, buscar a los lejanos y llegar a los cruces de los caminos para invitar a los excluidos (cf. Lc 14,23). Vive un deseo inagotable de brindar misericordia, fruto de haber experimentado la infinita misericordia del Padre y su fuerza difusiva. ¡Atrevámonos un poco más a primerear!     Como consecuencia, la Iglesia sabe «involucrarse». Jesús lavó los pies a sus discípulos. El Señor se involucra e involucra a los suyos, poniéndose de rodillas ante los demás para lavarlos. Pero luego dice a los discípulos: «Seréis felices si hacéis esto» (Jn 13,17). La comunidad evangelizadora se mete con obras y gestos en la vida cotidiana de los demás, achica distancias, se abaja hasta la humillación si es necesario, y asume la vida humana, tocando la carne sufriente de Cristo en el pueblo. Los evangelizadores tienen así «olor a oveja» y éstas escuchan su voz (cf. Jn 10,3).

Lecturas Católicas Romanas – rosary.team

Thursday, May 15 : Pope Francis

Thursday, May 15 : Pope Francis

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The Church which “goes forth” is a community of missionary disciples who take the first step, who are involved and supportive, who bear fruit and rejoice. An evangelizing community knows that the Lord has taken the initiative, he has loved us first (1 Jn 4:19), and therefore we can move forward, boldly take the initiative, go out to others, seek those who have fallen away, stand at the crossroads and welcome the outcast (Lk 14:23). Such a community has an endless desire to show mercy, the fruit of its own experience of the power of the Father’s infinite mercy. Let us try a little harder to take the first step and to become involved. Jesus washed the feet of his disciples. The Lord gets involved and he involves his own, as he kneels to wash their feet. He tells his disciples: “You will be blessed if you do this” (Jn 13:17). An evangelizing community gets involved by word and deed in people’s daily lives; it bridges distances, it is willing to abase itself if necessary, and it embraces human life, touching the suffering flesh of Christ in others. Evangelizers thus take on the “smell of the sheep” and the sheep are willing to hear their voice (Jn 10:3).

Roman Catholic Ordinary Calendar – rosary,team

الثلاثاء، ١٣ مايو : القدّيس شارل دو فوكو

الثلاثاء، ١٣ مايو : القدّيس شارل دو فوكو

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تَذَكَّرُوا يَا أَبْنَائِي أَنَّنِي دَائِمًا مَعَكُمْ مَهْمَا أَصَابَكُمْ. تَذَكَّرُوا جَيِّدًا: إِنْ كُنْتُ مَرْئِيًّا أَوْ غَيْرَ مَرْئِيٍّ، وَإِنْ كُنْتُ نَاشِطًا أَوْ مُسْتَرِيحًا، فَأَنَا دَائِمُ ٱلسَّهَرِ، وَأَنَا مَوْجُودٌ فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ، وَأَنَا كَلِيُّ ٱلْقُدْرَةِ. لَا تَخَافُوا يَوْمًا وَلَا تَقْلَقُوا: أَنَا هُنَا، أَسْهَرُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَأُحِبُّكُمْ، كَمَا أَنَّنِي قَادِرٌ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ… فَمَاذَا تُرِيدُونَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذٰلِكَ؟ تَذَكَّرُوا تِلْكَ ٱلْعَوَاصِفَ ٱلَّتِي هَدَّأْتُهَا بِكَلِمَةٍ، فَسَادَ سُكُونٌ عَظِيمٌ. تَذَكَّرُوا ٱلطَّرِيقَةَ ٱلَّتِي مَشَىٰ فِيهَا بُطْرُسُ عَلَى ٱلْمِيَاهِ (رَاجِع مَتَّىٰ ١٤: ٢٨ وَمَا يَلِيهِ). إِنِّي مَا زِلْتُ قَرِيبًا مِنْ كُلِّ إِنْسَانٍ كُنْتُهُ، وَبِٱلتَّالِي قَرِيبٌ مِنْكُمْ… كُونُوا وَاثِقِينَ وَمُؤْمِنِينَ وَشُجْعَانًا؛ لَا تَقْلَقُوا بِشَأْنِ جَسَدِكُمْ وَنَفْسِكُمْ ((رَاجِع مَتَّىٰ ٦: ٢٥)، لِأَنَّنِي هُنَا، أَنَا ٱلْكَلِيُّ ٱلْقُدْرَةِ ٱلَّذِي يُحِبُّكُمْ. وَلَكِنْ، لَا تَدَعُوا ثِقَتَكُمْ تَنْبَعُ مِنَ ٱللَّامُبَالَاةِ، أَوْ مِنْ جَهْلِ ٱلْـخَطَرِ، أَوْ مِنَ ٱلثِّقَةِ بِنُفُوسِكُمْ أَوْ بِٱلْآخَرِينَ… ٱلْمَخَاطِرُ ٱلَّتِي تُهَدِّدُكُمْ وَشِيكَةٌ: ٱلشَّيَاطِينُ، وَٱلْأَعْدَاءُ ٱلْأَقْوِيَاءُ، وَٱلْمُحْتَالُونَ، وَطَبِيعَتُكُمُ ٱلْخَاطِئَةُ، وَٱلْعَالَمُ بِـأَسْرِهِ يَشُنُّ عَلَيْكُمْ حَرْبًا ضَرُوسًا… فِي هٰذِهِ ٱلْـحَيَاةِ، تَضْرِبُ ٱلْعَاصِفَةُ بِٱسْتِمْرَارٍ، وَمَرْكَبُكُمْ دَائِمًا عَلَىٰ وَشَكِ ٱلْغَرَقِ. وَلَكِنْ لَا تَنْسَوْا أَنَّنِي هُنَا؛ وَمَعِي، يَكُونُ هٰذَا ٱلْمَرْكَبُ غَيْرَ قَابِلٍ لِلْغَرَقِ! ٱحْتَرِسُوا مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، وَخَاصَّةً مِنْ ذَوَاتِكُمْ. وَلٰكِنْ، لِتَكُنْ ثِقَتُكُمْ فِيَّ كَامِلَةً لِلْقَضَاءِ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ قَلَقٍ.

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الأربعاء، ١٤ مايو : القدّيس ألبِرتُس الكبير

الأربعاء، ١٤ مايو : القدّيس ألبِرتُس الكبير

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أَيُّهَا ٱلرَّبُّ، ٱجْعَلْ لَنَا شَرِكَةً بِٱلنِّعْمَةِ ٱلَّتِي كَانَتْ لَدَىٰ ٱلرُّسُلِ ٱلْقِدِّيسِينَ وَٱلتَّلَامِيذِ ٱلَّذِينَ تَلَقَّوُا ٱلسِّرَّ مِنْ يَدِكَ، نَحْنُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱغْتَسَلْنَا وَتَطَهَّرْنَا فِي عُمْقِ أَعْمَاقِنَا، وَقَدْ أَحْيَيْتَنَا بِرُوحِكَ ٱلْقُدُّوسِ، وَبِإِفْخَارِسْتِيَّتِكَ. نَمِّ فِينَا ٱلْعِنَايَةَ وَٱلْعَجَلَةَ لِٱتِّبَاعِكَ، كَمَا فَعَلَ أَعْضَاؤُكَ (رَاجِعْ ١كُور ١٢: ٢٧)، لِكَيْ نَسْتَحِقَّ تَلَقِّيَ مِنْكَ مَعْنًى وَخِبْرَةَ غِذَائِكَ ٱلرُّوحِيِّ. وَنَمِّ فِينَا شَوْقَ بُطْرُسَ لِكَيْ نُدَمِّرَ كُلَّ إِرَادَةٍ هِيَ عَكْسُ إِرَادَتِكَ، هٰذَا ٱلشَّوْقَ ٱلَّذِي تَلَقَّاهُ بُطْرُسُ فِي ٱلْعَشَاءِ… نَمِّ فِينَا ٱلسَّلَامَ ٱلدَّاخِلِيَّ، ٱلْعَزْمَ وَٱلْفَرَحَ ٱلَّذَيْنِ ذَاقَهُمَا ٱلْقِدِّيسُ يُوحَنَّا، ٱلَّذي مَالَ عَلَىٰ صَدْرِكَ (رَاجِعْ يُو ١٣: ٢٥)؛ حَتَّىٰ نَسْتَطِيعَ أَنْ نَسْتَقِيَ مِنْ حِكْمَتِكَ، وَنَتَعَلَّمَ مَذَاقَ عَذُوبَتِكَ وَطِيبَتِكَ. وَنَمِّ فِينَا ٱلْإِيمَانَ ٱلْقَوِيمَ، نَمِّ فِينَا ٱلرَّجَاءَ ٱلثَّابِتَ، وَٱلْمَـحَبَّةَ ٱلْـكَامِلَةَ. بِشَفَاعَةِ جَمِيعِ ٱلرُّسُلِ ٱلْقِدِّيسِينَ، وَٱلتَّلَامِيذِ ٱلطُّوبَاوِيِّينَ، ٱجْعَلْنَا نَتَلَقَّىٰ هٰذَا ٱلسِّرَّ مِنْ يَدِكَ، ٱجْعَلْنَا أَنْ نَتَجَنَّبَ عَلَىٰ ٱلدَّوَامِ خِيَانَةَ يَهُوذَا، وَأَلْهِمْ أَرْوَاحَنَا مَا أَلْهَمَهُ رُوحُكَ لِلْقِدِّيسِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ ٱلْآنَ فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ، مُحَقِّقًا فِيهِمْ كَمَالَ ٱلسَّعَادَةِ. حَقِّقْ كُلَّ ذٰلِكَ، أَنْتَ ٱلَّذِي تَحْيَا وَتَمْلِكُ مَعَ ٱلْآبِ فِي وَحْدَةِ ٱلرُّوحِ ٱلْوَاحِدِ، قَبْلَ كُلِّ بَدْءٍ، وَإِلَىٰ وَبَعْدَ كُلِّ ٱلْأَجْيَالِ. آمِينَ.

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Wednesday, May 14 : Saint John Chrysostom

Wednesday, May 14 : Saint John Chrysostom

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Saint Paul wrote these words: “Whoever is in Christ is a new creation” (2Cor 5,17)… But tell me, which of these is the more amazing: to witness the skies, or other created elements, being renewed, or to see someone passing from malice to virtue and renouncing error to cleave to truth? For this is precisely what Paul called “a new creation”… Those, in fact, who have put their faith in Christ have laid down the burden of their sins as one lays aside a worn garment. When set free from error they are lit up by the Sun of Justice (Mal 3,20) like someone putting on a bright, new garment, a royal robe… ““the old order has passed away; behold, new things have come” (ibid.)… God’s grace has broken in; it has remade and restored our souls, it has transformed them… Now, have you noticed how the Lord daily accomplishes this new creation? For often enough people spent their whole lives in the pleasures of this world. Moreover, they worshiped creatures, taking them to be gods. Who but our Lord, then, could have persuaded them suddenly to raise themselves up to so high a degree of virtue, from then on despising all those idols and worshiping the creator of the world, putting their faith in him far above everything in this life?… So I call on all of you – those who were baptized before as well as those who are coming now to receive this grace from the Lord – to listen to this exhortation of the apostle’s: “the old order has passed away; behold, new things have come”. Let us forget all about our past; let us reform our lives like citizens called to a new life. In all we say and do, let us consider the dignity of him who dwells within us.

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Wednesday, May 14 : Saint Lawrence Justiniani

Wednesday, May 14 : Saint Lawrence Justiniani

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The apostle Paul writes: “O the depth of the riches and wisdom of God! How inscrutable are his judgements and how unsearchable his ways!” (Rom 11,33)… And one of the psalms says: “In wisdom you have wrought them all” (Ps. 104[103],24), that is to say, in your Word, your everlasting utterance. Now, if it is in and through the Word that all things were made (Jn 1,3), who could doubt that it is with wisdom and that he has chosen his disciples perfectly and without partiality? “He chose us in him,” the apostle Paul says, “before the foundation of the world” (Eph 1,4)… Let us consider the choice of Matthias. The apostles had chosen Joseph Barsabbas and Matthias…; then they had presented their choice before him who judges the heart and who “knew the hearts of them all” so that he might make known to them which of the two he himself had chosen. And he had surely chosen Matthias for that honor even before the lot had been cast, even before the foundation of the world… “All that you ask for in prayer,” the Lord says, “believe that you will receive it and it shall be yours” (Mk 11,24). Hence the custom of the Church of praying together in common each time it thinks it must ask something of the Lord. No other means has so great a hold over God’s will than prayer, provided it is offered with faith, serenity, humility and perseverance. So drawing lots had no influence over the choice of this glorious apostle since, as Scripture shows, the apostles began with prayer. Rather, it was in response to their prayer that God inspired them to draw lots for this election. On the other hand, Matthias was not granted any lesser grace than Peter or the other apostles although he was called last of all. He received the Spirit as fully as the others and the same spiritual gifts as they did. When it came to rest on him, the Holy Spirit filled him with charity; it enabled him to speak in every tongue, to work miracles, convert nations, preach Christ and win the victory of martyrdom.
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Miércoles, 14 De Mayo : San Lorenzo Justiniano

Miércoles, 14 De Mayo : San Lorenzo Justiniano

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     El apóstol Pablo escribe: ¡Oh abismo de la riqueza, de la sabiduría y de la ciencia de Dios! ¡Cuán insondables son sus juicios e inescrutables sus caminos!» (Rm 11,33)… «Lo has hecho todo con sabiduría», dice el salmo (103, 24), es decir, en tu Verbo. Si todo ha sido hecho en el Verbo y por el Verbo (Jn 1,3), ¿quién dudará que se ha hecho con sabiduría, y que eligió perfectamente sus discípulos sin acepción de personas? «Nos eligió en él, dice el apóstol, antes de la creación del mundo» (Ef 1,4)… Consideremos la elección de Matías. Los apóstoles había elegido a Barsabas, llamado Justo, y a Matías…; a continuación se pusieron a invocar al que juzga según el corazón y que «conoce el corazón de cada uno» de ellos para que indicase quién era el elegido. Y seguramente que él tenía ya elegido a Matías para este honor antes que se echaran las suertes, incluso antes que el mundo fuera creado… «Todo cuanto pidáis en la oración, dice el Señor, creed que ya lo habéis recibido y lo obtendréis» (Mc 11,24). Por eso la Iglesia acostumbra a orar unánimemente todas las veces que se ve necesitada de pedir algo al Señor; y no hay medio tan eficaz sobre el querer divino como la oración, al menos si se hace con fe, serenidad, humildad y perseverancia. El echar las suertes no ha supuesto ningún prejuicio a la elección de este glorioso apóstol ya que, como dice la Escritura, los apóstoles comenzaron por orar; el echarlo a suerte fue más bien una inspiración del Señor en respuesta a su oración.  Por otra parte, Matías no obtuvo una gracia menor que Pedro o cualquier otro de los apóstoles, aunque fuese el último. Recibió el Espíritu con la misma plenitud que los demás, y los mismos dones espirituales que ellos. El Espíritu Santo, viniendo sobre él, lo llenó de caridad, le concedió expresarse en todas las lenguas, hacer milagros, convertir naciones, predicar a Cristo y alcanzar el triunfo del martirio.

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Martes, 13 De Mayo : San Cirilo de Alejandría

Martes, 13 De Mayo : San Cirilo de Alejandría

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El distintivo de la oveja de Cristo es su capacidad de escuchar, de obedecer, mientras que las ovejas extrañas se distinguen por su indocilidad. Comprendemos el verbo “escuchar” en el sentido de consentir a lo que se le ha dicho. Y las que lo escuchan las reconoce Dios, porque “ser conocido” significa estar unido a él. Nadie es totalmente ignorado por Dios. Porque, cuando Cristo dice: “Yo conozco mis ovejas”, quiere decir: “Yo los acogeré y las uniré a mi de una forma mística y permanente.” Se puede decir que al hacerse hombre, Cristo se ha emparentado con todos los hombres, tomando su misma naturaleza. Todos estamos unidos a Cristo a causa de su encarnación. Pero aquellos que no guardan su parecido con la santidad de Cristo, se le han hecho extraños… Mis ovejas me siguen”, dice Cristo. En efecto, por la gracia divina, los creyentes siguen los pasos de Cristo. No obedecen a los preceptos de la Ley antigua que no era más que figura, sino que siguen por la gracia los preceptos de Cristo. Llegarán a las cumbres, conforme a la vocación de hijos de Dios. Cuando Cristo sube al cielo, ellos le seguirán.

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