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Tuesday, September 7 : Saint Teresa of Calcutta

Tuesday, September 7 : Saint Teresa of Calcutta

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We cannot find God in noise or agitation (…). In silence He listens to us; in silence He speaks to our souls. In silence we are granted the privilege of listening to His voice: Silence of our eyes. Silence of our ears. Silence of our mouths. Silence of our minds. In the silence of the heart God will speak. Silence of the heart is necessary so you can hear God everywhere – in the closing of the door, in the person who needs you, in the birds that sing, in the flowers, in the animals. If we are careful of silence it will be easy to pray. There is so much talk, so much repetition, so much carrying on of tales in words and in writing. Our prayer life suffers so much because our hearts are not silent. I shall keep the silence of my heart with greater care, so that in the silence of my heart I hear His words of comfort and from the fullness of my heart I comfort Jesus in the distressing disguise of the poor.

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Tuesday, September 7 : Account of the three companions of Saint Francis of Assisi

Tuesday, September 7 : Account of the three companions of Saint Francis of Assisi

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One day, Lord Bernard approached Francis secretly, for he did not then have a companion… And Lord Bernard said: “Brother, I want to give away all my worldly goods for the love of my Lord who gave them to me, as it seems best to you.” Francis told him: “We will go to the church early in the morning and, through the book of the Gospels, we will learn how the Lord instructed his disciples.” Rising at daybreak, then, together with another man named Peter, who also wanted to become a brother, they went to the church… They entered for prayer, but, because they were simple, they did not know how to find the passage in the Gospel about renunciation. They prayed devoutly that the Lord would show them his will on opening the book the first time. When they had finished praying, Blessed Francis took the closed book and, kneeling before the altar, opened it. At its first opening the Lord’s counsel confronted them: “If you wish to be perfect, go, sell everything you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven”. Blessed Francis was overjoyed when he read this passage and thanked God. But since he was a true worshiper of the Trinity, he desired it to be confirmed by a threefold affirmation. He opened the book a second and a third time. When he opened it up the second time he saw: “Take nothing for your journey” (Lk 9,3) and at the third opening: “If any man wishes to come after me. he must deny himself” (Lk 9,23)… Francis said: “Brothers, this is our life and rule and that of all who will want to join our company. Go, therefore, and fulfill what you have heard.” Then Lord Bernard, who was very rich, after selling all he had and acquiring a large sum of money, went and distributed it all to the city’s poor… And, from that hour, they lived according to the form of the holy Gospel as the Lord had shown them. This is why Blessed Francis said in his Testament: “The Lord himself revealed to me that I should live according tot he form of the holy Gospel”.

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Lunes, 6 De Septiembre : San Atanasio

Lunes, 6 De Septiembre : San Atanasio

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Este mundo es bueno, tal como está hecho y tal como le vemos, porque Dios lo quiere así. Nadie tiene duda de ello. Si la creación fuera desordenada, si el universo evolucionara por azar, uno podría poner en duda esta afirmación. Pero como el mundo ha sido hecho con sabiduría y ciencia, de manera razonable, ya que está ataviado de toda belleza, no puede ser otro el que lo preside y lo organizó que la Palabra de Dios, su Verbo… Siendo la Palabra buena por ser de Dios bueno, esta Palabra ha dispuesto el orden de todas las cosas, ha reunido los contrarios con los contrarios para formar una única armonía. Es ella “poder de Dios y sabiduría de Dios” (cf 1Cor 1,24) que hace moverse el cielo y que suspende la tierra sin que repose en lugar alguno. (Hb 1,3) El sol ilumina la tierra por la luz que recibe de la Palabra y la luna recibe su medida de esa luz. Por ella, el agua queda suspendida en las nubes, las lluvias riegan la tierra, el mar guarda sus límites, la tierra se cubre de plantas de toda especie (cf Sal 103)… La razón por la que esta Palabra de Dios ha venido hasta las criaturas es realmente admirable… La naturaleza de les seres creados es pasajera, débil, mortal. Pero como Dios, por naturaleza, es bueno y magnífico y ama a los hombres…, viendo, pues, que la creación, por ella misma, se disuelve y se escurre, para evitarlo y para que el universo no vuelva a la nada…, Dios no la abandona a las fluctuaciones de su naturaleza. En su bondad, por su Palabra, Dios gobierna y mantiene toda la creación… Por eso, no corre la suerte de la aniquilación que sería la suya si la Palabra no la guardara. “Cristo es la imagen de Dios invisible, el primogénito de toda criatura. En él fueron creadas todas las cosas, las del cielo y las de la tierra, las visibles y las invisibles: tronos, dominaciones, principados, potestades, todo lo ha creado Dios por él y para él…Él es también la cabeza del cuerpo, que es la Iglesia.”

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Monday, September 6 : Saint Bernard

Monday, September 6 : Saint Bernard

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The prophet Isaiah says: “Behold, the name of the Lord comes from afar” (Is 30,27)… Who can doubt that there was some cause great enough to move so sovereign a Majesty to come “from afar,” and condescend to enter a place so unworthy of him as this world of ours? The cause was great indeed. It was his immense mercy, his manifold compassion, his abundant charity. Indeed, for what end must we believe Christ came? The search demands little labor, for the end and purpose of his coming is proclaimed by his words and works. To seek after the one sheep that had strayed out of the hundred he hastened from the mountains. He came for our sake, that his mercies and his wondrous deeds might be openly proclaimed to humankind (Ps 107[106],8). O wonderful condescension of God in his searching for us! o wonderful dignity of man who is thus sought! If one should wish to glory in this dignity, it would not be imputed to us as folly. Not that we need think anything of ourselves, but let us rejoice that he who made us should set so high a value on us. For all the riches and glory of the world, all that could be desired, all this is of little worth and even nothing at all by comparison with that glory. “What is man, O Lord, that you make much of him, or pay him any heed?” (Jb 7,17).

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Monday, September 6 : Saint Athanasius

Monday, September 6 : Saint Athanasius

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That world is best which has been done and which we see taking place, since that is what he wills; and this one can hardly refuse to believe. For if the movement of creation were irrational, and the universe were borne along without plan, a man might fairly disbelieve what we say. But if it subsists in reason and wisdom and skill and is perfectly ordered throughout, it follows that He that is over it and has ordered it is none other than the Logos or Word of God. (…) Being the good Word of the Good Father He produced the order of all things, combining one thing with its contrary, and reducing them to one harmonious order. He, being “the Power of God and Wisdom of God” (1 Cor 1:24), causes the heaven to revolve and has suspended the earth, and made it fast, though resting upon nothing, by His own will (cf. Heb 1:3). Illumined by Him, the sun gives light to the world and the moon has her measured period of shining. By reason of Him the water is suspended in the clouds; the rains shower upon the earth, and the sea is kept within bounds, while the earth bears grasses and is clothed with all manner of plants (cf. Ps 103). (…) But the reason why the Word, the Word of God, has united himself with created things is truly wonderful. (…) For the nature of created things, inasmuch as they are brought into being out of nothing, is of a fleeting sort and weak and mortal, if composed of itself only. But the God of all is good and exceedingly noble by nature and therefore is kind. (…) Seeing, then, that all created nature, as far as its own laws are concerned, is fleeting and subject to dissolution, lest it should come to this and lest the Universe should be broken up again into nothingness (…) God gave substantive existence to creation (…) so that by the governance and providence and ordering action of the Word, Creation may have light and be enabled always to abide securely. (…) lest that should come to it which would have come but for the maintenance of it by the Word, namely dissolution. “For he is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation, for through him and in him all things exist, things visible and things invisible, and he is the head of the Church” (Col 1:15-18).

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الاثنين، ٦ سبتمبر : القدّيسة تيريزيا الطفل يسوع والوجه الأقدس

الاثنين، ٦ سبتمبر : القدّيسة تيريزيا الطفل يسوع والوجه الأقدس

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تعلمين، يا أمّي، أنّي رغبت دائمًا أن أكون قدّيسة. ولكن للأسف! لقد لاحظتُ دائمًا، عندما قارنتُ نفسي بالقدّيسين، أنّ بينهم وبيني نفس الفرق الموجود بين جبل تضيع قمّته في السماوات وحبّة الرمل الداكنة التي تداس تحت أقدام المارّة. وبدلاً من أن أُحبَط، قلتُ لنفسي: لا يمكن أن يُلهم الله الطيّب رغبات غير قابلة للتحقيق؛ فيمكنني إذًا، رغم صغارتي، أن أطمح إلى القداسة. مستحيل أن أكبر بنفسي؛ يجب أن أتحمّل نفسي كما أنا مع كلّ عيوبي. ولكنّي أريد أن أجد وسيلة للذهاب إلى السماء بسبيل مستقيم جدّاً، وقصير، طريق صغير وجديد. نحن في قرن الاختراعات؛ الآن لم يعد من الضروريّ تسلّق درجات السلّم؛ لدى الأغنياء، حلّ محلّه مصعد بشكل مفيد. أودّ أنا أن أجد مصعدًا لأرتقي إلى الرّب يسوع، لأنّني صغيرة جدًّا لأتسلّق درج الكمال القاسي. لذلك بحثت في الكتب المقدّسة عن مؤشّر للمصعد، موضوع رغبتي؛ وقرأت هذه الكلمات الصادرة من فم الحكمة الأبديّة: “مَنْ هُوَ صغير جدّاً فَلِيَمِلْ إِلَى هُنَا ” (راجع أم 9: 4). لذلك جئتُ، ظانّةً أنّي قد وجدت ما كنت أبحث عنه. وإذ أردتُ أن أعرف، يا إلهي، ما يمكن أن تفعله للصغير جدّاً الذي سيجيب على دعوتك، واصلتُ بحثي وهذا ما وجدت: ” كَإِنْسَانٍ تُعَزِّيهِ أُمُّهُ هكَذَا أُعَزِّيكُمْ أَنَا، فَتَرْضَعُونَ، وَعَلَى الأَيْدِي تُحْمَلُونَ وَعَلَى الرُّكْبَتَيْنِ تُدَلَّلُونَ “(إش 66: 13). آه، ما من كلمات أكثر حنانًا وطربًا، أتت لتُفرح روحي؛ المصعد الذي يجب أن يرفعني إلى السماء هو ذراعاك يا يسوع! لذلك، أنا لست بحاجة لأن أكبر، بل على العكس، يجب أن أبقى صغيرة، وأن أصير كذلك أكثر فأكثر. يا إلهي، لقد تجاوزتَ توقّعي! أريد أن “أغنّي بمراحمك”! (راجع مز 89[88]: 2)

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Domingo, 5 De Septiembre : San Efrén

Domingo, 5 De Septiembre : San Efrén

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    La fuerza divina inalcanzable para el hombre, ha descendido, se revistió de un cuerpo tangible para que los pobres lo pudieran tocar, y, tocando la humanidad de Cristo percibieran su divinidad. A través de los dedos de la carne, el sordomudo sintió que le tocaban las orejas y la lengua. A través de los dedos tangibles percibió la divinidad inalcanzable cuando se le soltó la lengua y cuando las puertas cerradas de sus orejas se abrieron. Porque el arquitecto y artesano del cuerpo llegó hasta él, y con una palabra cariñosa abrió, sin dolor, las puertas de sus orejas y de su lengua. Entonces, esta lengua, incapaz de proferir una palabra, prorrumpió en alabanzas de aquel que hizo su lengua fecunda dándole el fruto de una alabanza.     Además, el Señor hizo barro con su saliva y lo extendió sobre los ojos del ciego de nacimiento. (Jn 9,6) para darnos a entender  que le faltaba una cosa, igual que al sordomudo. Una imperfección innata de nuestra condición humana fue suprimida gracias a la levadura que viene de su cuerpo perfecto… Para completar lo que faltaba a estos cuerpos humanos dio algo de si mismo, igual que se da a comer [en la eucaristía]. Por este medio hace desaparecer las deficiencias y resucita los muertos, para que pudiéramos reconocer que, gracias a su cuerpo, “donde habita la plenitud de la divinidad” (Col 2,9) los defectos  de nuestra humanidad son colmados por la verdadera vida que nos es dada a los mortales por este cuerpo del Señor donde habita la verdadera vida.

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الأحد، ٥ سبتمبر : القدّيس أندراوس الكريتيّ

الأحد، ٥ سبتمبر : القدّيس أندراوس الكريتيّ

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اسمعي، يا سماء، فأتكلّم، وأَصْغي أيّتها الأرض لصوت تائِب إلى الله ومسبِّح إيّاه. أصِغ إليّ بناظرك الرّحيم، يا إلهي ومخلِّصي، واقْبَل اعترافي الملتهب. لقد خطئت أكثر من جميع النّاس. “إِلَيكَ وَحدَكَ خَطِئتُ”. لكن ترأَّف عليّ، يا مُخَلّصي لأنّك أنت قد خلقتني. يا مُخَلّصي، لقد لطخت صورتك ومثالك (راجع تك 1: 26). لقد مزَّقت الآن حلتي الأولى التي نسجها ليَ الخالق بدءًا فصرت عاريا. ثمّ تسربلت لباسًا ممزَّقا نسجته لي الحيّة بمشورتها. (راجع تك 3: 1-5) لقد سحرني جمال الشّجرة وخدعت بصيرتي. والآن أصبحت عاريًا ومتسربلاً بالخزي إنَّ الخطيئةَ ألبستني “أَقمِصةً مِن جِلْدٍ” (تك 3: 21) بعدما عرّتني، من الحلّة الّتي نسجها الله بنفسه أهتف نحوك كالزّانية: “إِلَيكَ وَحدَكَ خَطِئتُ” (مز 51[50]: 6) فاقبلْ دموعي يا مخلِّصي كما قبلت الطّيب من الخاطئة (لو 7: 36 وما يليها). أهتف إليك كالعشَّار: اغفر لي أيّها المخلِّص اغفرْ لي، لأنّه لم يخطأْ إليك أحد من ذُرّيّة آدم كما خطئت إليك. إنّني قد زلقت مثل داود، وتلطّخت بالوحول. وكما اغتسل داود بدموعه فاغسلْني أنا أيضًا يا مُخَلِّصي. أنصت إلى تنهّدات نفسي، وصرخات قلبي يا مُخَلِّصي واقبلْ دموعي، وخلِّصني. أيّها المحبّ البشر! يا من يشاء الكلّ أن يخلُصوا! أنت ادْعني. وبما أنّك صالح اقبلني تائبا.

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Sunday, September 5 : Saint Cyprian

Sunday, September 5 : Saint Cyprian

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Let those who pray have words and petitions governed by restraint and possessing a quiet modesty. Let us bear in mind that we stand in the sight of God. We must be pleasing in the sight of God both in posture and the measured tone of our voices and not break out into clamorous noise. It befits the modest to pray moderately. In his teaching the Lord bids us pray apart, in solitary and retired places (Mt 14,23; 6,6) and even in our bed-chambers, because it is more befitting our faith to realize that God is present everywhere , that he hears and sees all, and that by the plenitude of his majesty he penetrates hidden and secret places, too. As it is written: “I am a God near at hand and not a God far off. Can a man hide in secret without my seeing him? Do I not fill both heaven and earth?” (cf. Jer 23,23-24). Let the person who prays not ignore this: how the publican prayed with the Pharisee in the Temple. Not by impudently lifting his eyes to heaven nor by insolently raising his hands, but striking his breast and testifying to the sins hidden within him, he implored the help of divine mercy. And although the Pharisee was pleased with himself, it was this man, rather, who deserved to be accounted upright. For he placed the hope of salvation not in confidence in his own innocence, for no one is innocent, but he confessed his sins and prayed humbly. And he who forgives the humble, heard him as he prayed.

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Sunday, September 5 : Saint Ephrem

Sunday, September 5 : Saint Ephrem

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Divine strength came down, which we humans cannot touch; it covered itself with a palpable body so that the poor might touch it and, in touching Christ’s humanity, might perceive his divinity. The deaf-mute sensed that his ears and his tongue were being touched with fingers of flesh. Through those palpable fingers he perceived the intangible divinity when the bonds of his tongue were broken and the closed doors of his ears opened. For the body’s architect and artisan came to him, and with a gentle word, without pain, he created openings in deaf ears. Then, too, the mouth that had been closed and until then incapable of giving birth to a word, brought forth into the world the praise of him who thus caused its sterility to bear fruit. In the same way, the Lord made paste with his saliva and spread it over the eyes of the man born blind (Jn 9:6) so we might understand that, like the deaf-mute, he was lacking something. An inborn imperfection in our human dough was removed thanks to the leaven that comes from his perfect body (…). To complete what was missing in these human bodies of ours he gave something of himself, just as he gives himself to be eaten [in the Eucharist]. By this means he causes our deficiencies to disappear and raises the dead so that we might recognize that, thanks to his body in which “the fullness of deity resides” (Col 2:9), the deficiencies in our humanity are brought to completion and true life is given to mortals by this body in which true life resides.

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