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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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السبت، ٢٦ أبريل : الطّوباويّ بولس السادس، بابا روما من 1963 إلى 1978

السبت، ٢٦ أبريل : الطّوباويّ بولس السادس، بابا روما من 1963 إلى 1978

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فَرَحَةُ عِيدِ ٱلْفِصْحِ لَيْسَتْ مَجَرَّدَ فَرَحَةِ ٱحْتِمَالِ تَجَلِّي ٱلرَّبِّ، بَلْ هِيَ فَرَحَةُ ٱلْوُجُودِ ٱلْجَدِيدِ لِلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ ٱلَّذِي قَامَ مِنَ ٱلْمَوْتِ، وَٱلَّذِي أَعْطَى ٱلرُّوحَ ٱلْقُدُسَ لِتَلَامِيذِهِ كَيْ يَبْقَىٰ مَعَهُمْ. هَكَذَا، أُعْطِيَ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْقُدُسُ ٱلْبَارَاقْلِيطُ لِلْكَنِيسَةِ، كَأَسَاسٍ لَا يَنْضَبُ لِفَرَحِهَا كَعَرُوسٍ لِلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ ٱلْمُمَجَّدِ… فَٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْمُنْبَثِقُ مِنَ ٱلْآبِ وَٱلِٱبْنِ، وَٱلَّذِي يُشَكِّلُ ٱلْحُبَّ ٱلْحَيَّ ٱلْمُتَبَادَلَ، يُعْطَىٰ لِشَعْبِ ٱلْعَهْدِ ٱلْجَدِيدِ وَلِكُلِّ نَفْسٍ مُتَقَبِّلَةٍ لِعَمَلِهِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ. فَهُوَ جَعَلَ مِنَّا مَسْكَنًا لَهُ: فَهُوَ “ضَيْفُ ٱلنَّفْسِ ٱلْعَذْبُ” (صَلَاةُ هَلُمَّ أَيُّهَا ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْقُدُسُ). مَعَ ٱلرُّوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ، يُصْبِحُ قَلْبُ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ مَسْكَنًا لِلْآبِ وَلِلِٱبْنِ. يَحُثُّنَا ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْقُدُسُ عَلَىٰ ٱلصَّلَاةِ بِطَرِيقَةٍ بُنُوِّيَّةٍ تَنْبُعُ مِنْ أَعْمَاقِ ٱلنَّفْسِ وَتُتَرْجَمُ فِي ٱلتَّسْبِيحِ وَٱلشُّكْرِ وَٱلتَّكْفِيرِ وَٱلدُّعَاءِ. عِنْدَهَا، نَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ نَتَذَوَّقَ ٱلْفَرَحَ ٱلرُّوحِيَّ ٱلَّذِي هُوَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ ثِمَارِ ٱلرُّوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ (رَاجِعْ غل ٥: ٢٢). إِنَّ جَمِيعَ ٱلْفَضَائِلِ ٱلْمَسِيحِيَّةِ تَتَمَيَّزُ بِهٰذَا ٱلْفَرَحِ. هَكَذَا تَتَحَوَّلُ ٱلْأَفْرَاحُ ٱلْبَشَرِيَّةُ ٱلْمُتَوَاضِعَةُ، ٱلَّتِي تَكُونُ فِي حَيَاتِنَا كَبُذُورٍ لِحَقِيقَةٍ أَسْمَىٰ. فَٱلْفَرَحُ ٱلرُّوحِيُّ، هُنَا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، سَيَشْمَلُ دَائِمًا ٱلْآلَامَ ٱلْمُبَرِّحَةَ ٱلَّتِي تَشْعُرُ بِهَا ٱلنِّسَاءُ عِنْدَ ٱلْوِلَادَةِ، وَٱلِٱسْتِسْلَامَ ٱلْوَاضِحَ ٱلْمُمَاثِلَ لِٱسْتِسْلَامِ ٱلْيَتِيمِ: ٱلْبُكَاءُ وَٱلنَّحِيبُ فِيمَا يُظْهِرُ ٱلْعَالَمُ فَرَحًا زَائِفًا. وَلٰكِنَّ حُزْنَ ٱلتَّلَامِيذِ، ٱلَّذِي هُوَ وَفْقًا لِلَّهِ وَلَيْسَ وَفْقًا لِلْعَالَمِ، سَيَنْقَلِبُ فَرَحًا رُوحِيًّا، وَمَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ سَيَسْلُبُهُمْ هٰذَا ٱلْفَرَحَ (رَاجِعْ يُو ١٦: ٢٠ – ٢٢).
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Friday, April 25 : Saint John Henry Newman

Friday, April 25 : Saint John Henry Newman

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Christ’s going to the Father is at once a source of sorrow, because it involves his absence; and of joy, because it involves his presence. And out of the doctrine of his Resurrection and Ascension, spring those Christian paradoxes, often spoken of in Scripture, that we are sorrowing, yet always rejoicing; “as having nothing, yet possessing all things” (2Cor 6,10). This, indeed, is our state at present; we have lost Christ and we have found him; we see him not, yet we discern him. We embrace his feet (Mt 28,9), yet he says, “Touch Me not” (Jn 20,17). How is this? it is thus: we have lost the sensible and conscious perception of him; we cannot look on him, hear him, converse with him, follow him from place to place; but we enjoy the spiritual, immaterial, inward, mental, real sight and possession of him; a possession more real and more present than that which the Apostles had in the days of his flesh, because it is spiritual, because it is invisible. We know that the closer any object of this world comes to us, the less we can contemplate it and comprehend it. Christ has come so close to us in the Christian Church (if I may so speak), that we cannot gaze on him or discern him. He enters into us, he claims and takes possession of his purchased inheritance; he does not present himself to us, but he takes us to him. He makes us his members… We see him not, and know not of his presence, except by faith, because he is over us and within us. And thus we may at the same time lament because we are not conscious of his presence… and may rejoice because we know we do possess it… , according to the text, “Whom having not seen… you love; in whom, though now you see him not, yet believing, you rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls” (1Pt 1,8-9).

Roman Extraordinary (Tridentine) Daily Readings – rosary,team

Viernes, 25 De Abril : San Gregorio de Narek

Viernes, 25 De Abril : San Gregorio de Narek

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Dios misericordioso y compasivo, amigo de los hombres (Sb 1,6)…, cuando tú hablas nada hay imposible. Incluso aquello que parece imposible a nuestro espíritu; eres tú quien das un fruto sabroso a cambio de las duras espinas de esta vida… Señor Jesucristo, aliento vital de nuestras fosas nasales (Lm 4,20) y esplendor de nuestra belleza…, luz y dador de luz, no te alegras del mal, no quieres que nadie se pierda, ni deseas jamás la muerte de nadie (Ez 18,32). No te agitas en la turbación ni estás sujeto a la cólera; tu amor es inquebrantable y duradero y no dejas de compadecerte; no abandonas nunca tu bondad. No vuelves nunca la espalda a nadie ni le giras tu rostro, sino que eres totalmente luz y voluntad de salvación. Cuando quieres perdonar, lo puedes hacer; cuando quieres curar, eres poderoso; cuando quieres vivificar, eres capaz de hacerlo, cuando quieres conceder gracia, eres generoso; cuando quieres devolver la salud, lo sabes hacer… Cuando quieres renovar, eres creador; cuando quieres resucitar, eres Dios… Cuando, incluso antes de que lo pidamos, quieres extender tu mano, nada te falta… Si quieres fortalecerme a mi que soy quebradizo, tú eres roca; si quieres darme de beber, a mi que estoy sediento, tú eres la fuente; si quieres revelar lo que está escondido, tú eres luz… Por mi salvación has luchado con fuerza… has tomado sobre tu cuerpo inocente todo el sufrimiento de los castigos que habíamos merecido para que, a la vez que eres ejemplo para nosotros, pones de manifiesto la compasión que nos tienes.
Lecturas Católicas Romanas – rosary.team

الجمعة، ٢٥ أبريل : التعليم المسيحيّ للكنيسة الكاثوليكيّة

الجمعة، ٢٥ أبريل : التعليم المسيحيّ للكنيسة الكاثوليكيّة

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مُنْذُ بَدَايَتِهِ، وَاجَهَ ٱلْإِيمَانُ ٱلْمَسِيحِيُّ بِٱلْقِيَامَةِ ٱلْكَثِيرَ مِنْ عَدَمِ ٱلْفَهْمِ وَٱلْمُعَارَضَةِ. وَفِي هٰذَا ٱلصَّدَدِ، يَقُولُ ٱلْقِدِّيسُ أُوغُسْطِينُس: “لَمْ يَكُنْ هُنَاكَ تَنَاقُضٌ حَوْلَ مَوْضُوعٍ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ مَوْضُوعِ قِيَامَةِ ٱلْجَسَدِ”. إِنَّهُ مِنَ ٱلْمَقْبُولِ عُمُومًا أَنْ تَسْتَمِرَّ ٱلْحَيَاةُ بَعْدَ ٱلْمَوْتِ بِطَرِيقَةٍ رُوحِيَّةٍ، وَلٰكِنْ، كَيْفَ يُمْكِنُنَا أَنْ نُؤْمِنَ بِأَنَّ هٰذَا ٱلْجَسَدَ ٱلزَّائِلَ سَوْفَ يَقُومُ فِي ٱلْحَيَاةِ ٱلْأَبَدِيَّةِ؟ ما هِيَ ٱلْقِيَامَةُ؟ فِي ٱلْمَوْتِ، تَنْفَصِلُ ٱلنَّفْسُ عَنِ ٱلْجَسَدِ. فَهٰذَا ٱلْأَخِيرُ يَفْسُدُ، وَأَمَّا ٱلنَّفْسُ، فَتَذْهَبُ لِلِقَاءِ خَالِقِهَا، وَتَبْقَىٰ فِي حَالَةِ ٱنْتِظَارٍ لِتَتَّحِدَ مَعَ جَسَدِهَا ٱلْمُمَجَّدِ. فَٱللّٰهُ ٱلْقَدِيرُ سَوْفَ يُعِيدُ ٱلْحَيَاةَ غَيْرَ ٱلْفَاسِدَةِ لِأَجْسَادِنَا، بِٱتِّحَادِهَا بِأَنْفُسِنَا، بِقُوَّةِ قِيَامَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ. مَن سَوْفَ يَقُومُ؟ جَمِيعُ ٱلْأَمْوَاتِ: “ٱلَّذِينَ عَمِلُوا ٱلصَّالِحَاتِ فَيَقُومُونَ لِلْحَيَاةِ، وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ عَمِلُوا ٱلسَّيِّئَاتِ فَيَقُومُونَ لِلْقَضَاءِ” (يو ٥: ٢٩). كَيْفَ؟ لَقَدْ قَامَ ٱلرَّبُّ يَسُوعُ بِجَسَدِهِ: “ٱنْظُرُوا إِلَىٰ يَدَيَّ وَقَدَمَيَّ. أَنَا هُوَ بِنَفْسِي” (لو ٢٤: ٣٩). وَلٰكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَعُدْ إِلَىٰ حَيَاةٍ أَرْضِيَّةٍ. وَبِنَفْسِ ٱلطَّرِيقَةِ، “سَوْفَ يَقُومُ ٱلْجَمِيعُ مَعَهُ بِٱلْجَسَدِ” (مَجْمَعُ ٱللَّاتِرَانِ ٱلرَّابِع)، وَ”ٱلرَّبُّ يَسُوعُ ٱلْمَسِيحُ… سَيُغَيِّرُ هَيْئَةَ جَسَدِنَا ٱلْحَقِيرِ، فَيَجْعَلُهُ عَلَىٰ صُورَةِ جَسَدِهِ ٱلْمَجِيدِ” (في ٣: ٢٠ – ٢١)، “فَيَقُومُ جِسْمًا رُوحِيًّا” (١كور ١٥: ٤٤). “وَرُبَّ قَائِلٍ يَقُولُ: كَيْفَ يَقُومُ ٱلْأَمْوَاتُ؟ فِي أَيِّ جَسَدٍ يَعُودُونَ؟ يَا لَكَ مِنْ غَبِيٍّ! مَا تَزْرَعُهُ أَنْتَ لَا يَحْيَا إِلَّا إِذَا مَاتَ. وَمَا تَزْرَعُهُ هُوَ غَيْرُ ٱلْجِسْمِ ٱلَّذِي سَوْفَ يَكُونَ، وَلٰكِنَّهُ مُجَرَّدُ حَبَّةٍ مِنَ ٱلْحِنْطَةِ مَثَلًا، أَوْ غَيْرِهَا مِنَ ٱلْبُزُورِ… وَهٰذَا شَأْنُ قِيَامَةِ ٱلْأَمْوَاتِ. يَكُونُ زَرْعُ ٱلْجِسْمِ بِفَسَادٍ، وَٱلْقِيَامَةُ بِغَيْرِ فَسَادٍ… فَلَا بُدَّ لِهٰذَا ٱلْكَائِنِ ٱلْفَاسِدِ أَنْ يَلْبَسَ مَا لَيْسَ بِفَاسِدٍ، وَلِهٰذَا ٱلْكَائِنِ ٱلْفَانِي أَنْ يَلْبَسَ ٱلْخُلُودَ” (١كور ١٥: ٣٥ – ٥٣). إِنَّ هٰذِهِ ٱلْكَيْفِيَّةَ تَتَجَاوَزُ مُخَيِّلَتَنَا وَفَهْمَنَا، وَلَا نَبْلُغُهَا إِلَّا بِٱلْإِيمَانِ. وَلٰكِنَّ مُشَارَكَتَنَا فِي ٱلْإِفْخَارِسْتِيَّا تُجْعِلُنَا نَتَذَوَّقُ مُسْبَقًا تَجَلِّي هٰذَا ٱلْجَسَدِ فِي ٱلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ: “وَكَمَا أَنَّ ٱلْخُبْزَ ٱلَّذِي يَأْتِي مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ، يَتَحَوَّلُ بَعْدَ دَعْوَةِ ٱللّٰهِ قُرْبَانًا مُقَدَّسًا مُكَوَّنًا مِنْ طَبِيعَتَيْنِ، أَرْضِيَّةٍ وَسَمَاوِيَّةٍ، هٰكَذَا تُصْبِحُ أَجْسَادُنَا بِتَنَاوُلِهَا ٱلْقُرْبَانَ ٱلْمُقَدَّسَ أَجْسَادًا غَيْرَ فَاسِدَةٍ لِأَنَّ لَدَيْهَا رَجَاءَ ٱلْقِيَامَةِ” (القِدِّيس إِيرِينَاوُس). مَتَىٰ يَكُونُ ذٰلِكَ؟ “فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْأَخِيرِ” (يو ٦: ٣٩)، عِنْدَ نِهَايَةِ ٱلْعَالَمِ. فَفِعْلًا، إِنَّ قِيَامَةَ ٱلْأَمْوَاتِ تَرْتَبِطُ ٱرْتِبَاطًا وَثِيقًا بِٱلْمَجِيءِ ٱلثَّانِي لِلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ.

maronite readings – rosary.team

Friday, April 25 : Saint Gregory of Narek

Friday, April 25 : Saint Gregory of Narek

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Most merciful and compassionate God, friend of humankind …, when you say the word nothing is impossible, not even those things that seem to be impossible in our sight. You are the one who gives us delicious fruit in place of the sharp thorns of this mortal life… Lord and Christ, breath of our nostrils (Lam 4,20) and radiance of our beauty…, light and giver of light, you take no pleasure in evil and you wish for no one’s ruin; never do you desire their death (Ez 18,32). Distress does not disturb you nor anger master you; you are neither intermittent in your love nor changeable in your compassion; your goodness never varies. You do not turn your back nor turn away your face, but you are all light, willing our salvation. When you wish to pardon, you can do so; when you wish to heal, your power is great; when you wish to bring to life, you are able; when you wish to grant your grace, you are generous; when you wish to restore health, you have the skill… When you wish to make new, you are Creator; when you wish to bring back to life, you are God… And when, even before we ask, you wish to stretch out your hand, you lack for nothing… If you wish to make me strong who am weak, you are my rock; if you wish to refresh me who am parched, you are my spring; if you wish to reveal what is hidden, you are light… You who battled mightily for my salvation… have taken upon your guiltless body all the pains of those punishments we deserved so that, while becoming our example, you show forth in deed the compassion you bear towards us.
Roman Catholic Ordinary Calendar – rosary,team

Thursday, April 24 : Saint Gregory the Great

Thursday, April 24 : Saint Gregory the Great

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Mary, in tears, bent down and looked inside the tomb. But she had already seen that it was empty, she had announced the Lord’s disappearance. Why does she still bend down; why does she still want to see? Because love is not satisfied with just one look; love is an ever more ardent quest. She already looked for him, but in vain; she is obstinate, and she ends up discovering him… In the Song of Songs, the Church said of the same Spouse: “On my bed at night I sought him whom my heart loves – I sought him but I did not find him. I will rise then and go about the city; in the streets and crossings I will seek him whom my heart loves. I sought him but I did not find him… Have you seen him whom my heart loves?” (Song 3:1-3) Twice she expresses her disappointment: “I sought him but I did not find him.” But finally, success crowns her efforts: “The watchmen came upon me as they made their rounds of the city: Have you seen him whom my heart loves? I had hardly left them when I found him whom my heart loves.” (Song 3:3-4) And we, when do we seek the Beloved as we lie on our bed? During the brief times of rest during this life, when we sigh because our Redeemer is absent. We seek him during the night, for even if our spirit is already watching over him, our eyes so far only see his shadow. But since we do not find the Beloved there, let us rise; let us make the rounds of the city, that is to say, the holy assembly of the elect. Let us seek him with all our heart; let us look in the streets and crossings, that is to say, in life’s steep passages or on the spacious paths; let us open our eyes and seek there the steps of our Beloved… This desire caused David to say: “Athirst is my soul for God, the living God. When shall I go and behold the face of God?” (Ps 42:3)

Roman Extraordinary (Tridentine) Daily Readings – rosary,team

Jueves, 24 De Abril : San Agustín

Jueves, 24 De Abril : San Agustín

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Este pasaje del Evangelio… nos muestra verdaderamente quién es Cristo y verdaderamente quién es la Iglesia…, para que comprendamos bien a qué Esposa este divino Esposo escogió y quién es el Esposo de esta Esposa santa… En esta página podemos leer su acta de matrimonio… Supiste que Cristo era el Verbo, la Palabra de Dios, unido a un alma humana y con un cuerpo humano… Aquí, los discípulos creyeron ver un espíritu; no creían que el Señor tenía un cuerpo verdadero. Pero como el Señor conocía el peligro de tales pensamientos, se apresura a arrancarlos de su corazón: “¿por qué estos pensamientos invaden su corazón? Vean mis manos y mis pies; toquen y vean que un espíritu no tiene carne ni hueso como ven que yo tengo”. Y tú, a estos mismos pensamientos vanos, opone con firmeza la regla de fe que recibiste… Cristo es verdaderamente el Verbo, el Hijo único igual al Padre, unido a un alma verdaderamente humana y con un cuerpo verdadero limpio de todo pecado. Este es el cuerpo que murió, este cuerpo el que resucitó, este cuerpo el que fue clavado a la cruz, este cuerpo el que fue depositado en la tumba, este cuerpo el que está sentado en los cielos. Nuestro Señor quería persuadir a sus discípulos que lo que veían, verdaderamente eran huesos y carne… ¿Por qué quiso convencerme de esta verdad? Porque sabía, hasta qué punto es para mí un bien creerlo y cuánto tenía que perder si no creía en esto. Crean también ustedes:¡Este es el Esposo! Escuchemos ahora, lo que dijo concerniente a la Esposa…: “Hacía falta que Cristo sufriera y que resucitara de entre los muertos al tercer día, y que se proclame en su nombre el arrepentimiento y el perdón de los pecados a todas las naciones, comenzando por Jerusalén”. He aquí la Esposa: la Iglesia extendida por toda la tierra, que recibió a todos los pueblos en su seno… Los apóstoles veían a Cristo y creían en la Iglesia, que no veían. Nosotros vemos la Iglesia; creamos en Jesucristo, que no vemos, y atándonos así a lo que vemos, alcanzaremos lo que todavía no vemos.

Lecturas Católicas Romanas – rosary.team

الخميس، ٢٤ أبريل : المجمع الفاتيكانيّ الثاني

الخميس، ٢٤ أبريل : المجمع الفاتيكانيّ الثاني

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كَمَا أَنَّ ٱلْآبَ أَرْسَلَ ٱلِٱبْنَ، كَذٰلِكَ أَرْسَلَ ٱلِٱبْنُ نَفْسُهُ رُسُلَهُ (رَاجِعْ يو ٢٠: ٢١)، وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «فَٱذْهَبُوا وَتَلْمِذُوا جَمِيعَ ٱلْأُمَمِ، وَعَمِّدُوهُمْ بِٱسْمِ ٱلْآبِ وَٱلِٱبْنِ وَٱلرُّوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ، وَعَلِّمُوهُمْ أَنْ يَحْفَظُوا كُلَّ مَا أَوْصَيْتُكُمْ بِهِ، وَهَاءَنَذَا مَعَكُمْ طَوَالَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ إِلَىٰ نِهَايَةِ ٱلْعَالَمِ» (مت ٢٨: ١٩ – ٢٠). وَلَقَدْ تَسَلَّمَتِ ٱلْكَنِيسَةُ مِنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ وَصِيَّةَ ٱلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ ٱلرَّسْمِيَّةَ، لِتُكْرِزَ بِحَقِيقَةِ ٱلْخَلَاصِ وَتُتَابِعَ تَنْفِيذَهَا «حَتَّىٰ أَقَاصِيَ ٱلْأَرْضِ» (أع ١: ٨). لِذٰلِكَ، أَخَذَتْ عَلَىٰ عَاتِقِهَا كَلِمَاتِ ٱلْقِدِّيسِ بُولُسَ ٱلرَّسُولِ ٱلْقَائِلِ: «ٱلْوَيْلُ لِي إِنْ لَمْ أُبَشِّرْ!» (١كور ٩: ١٦). وَمَا زَالَتْ تُرْسِلُ ٱلْمُبَشِّرِينَ دُونَ ٱنْقِطَاعٍ، حَتَّىٰ تَتَرَكَّزَ ٱلْكَنَائِسُ ٱلْفَتِيَّةُ تَمَامًا، فَتُتَابِعَ عَمَلَ ٱلتَّبْشِيرِ بِذَاتِهَا. وَيَحُثُّهَا ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْقُدُسُ عَلَىٰ أَنْ تُسْهِمَ فِي تَحْقِيقِ تَصْمِيمِ ٱللّٰهِ، ٱلَّذِي أَقَامَ ٱلرَّبُّ يَسُوعُ ٱلْمَسِيحُ مَبْدَأَ خَلَاصِ ٱلْعَالَمِ بِأَجْمَعِهِ. وَإِذْ تُبَشِّرُ ٱلْكَنِيسَةُ بِٱلْإِنْجِيلِ، فَهِيَ تَجْذِبُ أُولٰئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْمَعُونَهُ، لِيُؤْمِنُوا وَيَعْتَرِفُوا بِإِيمَانِهِمْ، وَتُعِدَّهُمْ لِلْعِمَادِ، وَتَعْتِقَهُمْ مِنْ عُبُودِيَّةِ ٱلضَّلَالِ، وَتَضُمَّهُمْ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ، لِيَنْمُوا فِيهِ بِٱلْمَحَبَّةِ وَيَبْلُغُوا ٱلْكَمَالَ. وَتَقُومُ ٱلْكَنِيسَةُ بِأَعْمَالِهَا، كَيْلَا يَنْدَثِرَ كُلُّ مَا تَجِدُهُ مَغْرُوسًا مِنْ خَيْرٍ فِي قُلُوبِ ٱلْبَشَرِ وَعُقُولِهِمْ، وَفِي طُقُوسِ ٱلشُّعُوبِ وَثَقَافَاتِهِمْ، بَلْ كَيْ تُشْفِيهِ وَتَرْفَعَهُ وَتُكَمِّلَهُ لِمَجْدِ ٱللّٰهِ، وَخِزْيِ إِبْلِيسَ، وَسَعَادَةِ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ. وَعَلَىٰ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ تَلَامِيذِ ٱلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ، أَنْ يَأْخُذَ قِسْطَهُ فِي مَهَمَّةِ نَشْرِ ٱلْإِيمَانِ. وَلٰكِنْ، وَإِنْ كَانَ أَيُّ شَخْصٍ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يُمْنَحَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٱلْعِمَادَ، فَإِلَى ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَحْدَهُمْ يَعُودُ إِكْمَالُ بُنْيَانِ ٱلْجَسَدِ بِذَبِيحَةِ ٱلْقُرْبَانِ، إِذْ يُتِمُّونَ كَلَامَ ٱللّٰهِ ٱلْقَائِلَ بِصَوْتِ ٱلنَّبِيِّ: «لِأَنَّهُ مِنْ مَشْرِقِ ٱلشَّمْسِ إِلَىٰ مَغْرِبِهَا ٱسْمِي عَظِيمٌ فِي ٱلْأُمَمِ، وَفِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ تُحْرَقُ وَتُقَرَّبُ لِٱسْمِي تَقْدِمَةٌ طَاهِرَةٌ، لِأَنَّ ٱسْمِي عَظِيمٌ فِي ٱلْأُمَمِ» (ملا ١: ١١). وَهَكَذَا تُصَلِّي ٱلْكَنِيسَةُ وَتَعْمَلُ مَعًا لِكَيْ يَتَغَيَّرَ ٱلْعَالَمُ كُلُّهُ فِي كَمَالِهِ إِلَىٰ شَعْبِ ٱللّٰهِ، أَيْ جَسَدِ ٱلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ وَهَيْكَلِ ٱلرُّوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ، وَيُؤَدِّي ٱلْجَمِيعُ – فِي ٱلْمَسِيحِ رَأْسِ ٱلْكُلِّ – إِلَى ٱلْآبِ خَالِقِ ٱلْكَوْنِ، كُلَّ إِكْرَامٍ وَتَمْجِيدٍ.

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Thursday, April 24 : Saint Augustine

Thursday, April 24 : Saint Augustine

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This Gospel passage… shows us in truth who is the Messiah and who the Church…, that we might understand well which Bride it is that this divine Bridegroom has chosen and who is the Bridegroom of this holy Bride… On this page we can read their deed of espousals… You have learnt that Christ is the Word, God’s Utterance, united to a human soul and human body… Here, the disciples thought they were seeing a ghost; they did not believe that the Lord had a real body. But since the Lord understood the danger of such thoughts, he made haste to snatch them out of their hearts…: «Why do questions arise in your hearts? Look at my hands and my feet; touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have.» Yet you, with these same crazy thoughts, strongly oppose the rule of faith you have received… Christ is truly the Word, the only-begotten Son equal to the Father, united to a truly human soul and a real body, clean of all sin. This is the body that died, the body that rose again, this body was fastened to the cross, this body laid in the tomb, this body is seated in the heavens. Our Lord wished to persuade his disciples that what they were seeing was truly bone and flesh… Why did he want to convince me of this truth? Because he knew just how much it was to my own good to have faith in it and how much I had to lose if I did not. You too, then, have faith: it is he, the Bridegroom! Now listen to what was said about the Bride…: «The Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance, for the forgiveness of sins, is to be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.» This is the Bride…: the Church is spread all over the earth and has taken all peoples to her heart… The apostles saw Christ and believed in what they did not see, the Church. We, on our part, see the Church; so let us believe in Jesus Christ, whom we do not see, and so, by holding on to what we see, we shall come to him whom as yet we do not see.

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