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السبت، ٨ يونيو : القدّيسة تيريزيا الكالكوتيّة

السبت، ٨ يونيو : القدّيسة تيريزيا الكالكوتيّة

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إنّ أعمالَ المحبّة هي دائمًا أعمالَ سلامٍ. فكلّما تبادلتم المحبّة مع الآخرين، ستلاحظون أن السلام حلّ عليكم وعليهم أيضًا. حيث يحلّ السلام، يكون الله موجودًا. من خلال سكب السلام والفرح في قلوبنا، يلمس الله حياتنا ويعبّر لنا عن محبّته. يا ربّ، قُدْني من الموت إلى الحياة، ومن الخطأ إلى الحقيقة. قُدْني من اليأس إلى الأمل، ومن الخوف إلى الثقة. قُدْني من الحقد إلى المحبّة، ومن الحرب إلى السلام. اجعلْ السلام يملأ قلوبنا وعالمنا: السّلام، السّلام، السّلام.
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Saturday, June 8 : Saint Pio of Pietralcina “Padre Pio”

Saturday, June 8 : Saint Pio of Pietralcina “Padre Pio”

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I would like to have a voice strong enough to invite sinners from all over the world to love the Virgin Mary. But since it is not in my power, I prayed my little angel to fulfill this office for me. Poor little mom, how much she loves me! (…) Thinking of the countless benefits that this little mother made from me, I am ashamed of myself, who never looked with enough love her heart and her hand which offered them with so much kindness; And what afflicts me even more is not having responded to the affectionate care of our mother only with continual disgust. How many times have I not entrusted to this mother the painful anxieties of my restless heart! And how many times has it not consoled me! But what was my gratitude? … In the midst of the biggest afflictions, I feel like I no longer have a mother on earth, but to have a very compassionate one in heaven. But how many times, my heart calmed, I forgot almost everything; I forgot almost even my obligationof gratitude towards this blessed little celestial mom! … (…) Let us strive like many chosen souls, to always stand behind this blessed mother, to always walk near her, because there is no other road which leads to life than that shown by our mother. Let us not refuse this road, we who want to reach the end.
Roman Catholic Ordinary Calendar – rosary,team

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Viernes, 7 De Junio : Santa Gertrudis de Helfta

Viernes, 7 De Junio : Santa Gertrudis de Helfta

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Un cierto viernes, cuando el día ya declinaba, contemplando la imagen del crucificado y emocionada ante esta vista, Gertrudis dijo al Señor: “Oh mi tierno Amante, cuánto has sufrido por mi salvación, en ese día derrochado por mi total infidelidad. Lo he pasado en tantas ocupaciones, que olvidé de rememorar con fervor, a lo largo de la jornada, que cada hora has sufrido por mí, oh mi Salvación eterna. Eres Vida de dónde viene toda vida, muerto por el amor de mi amor”. El Señor, de lo alto de la cruz, le respondió: “Todo lo que has dejado de hacer, lo hago por ti y cada hora recogí en mi Corazón lo que tendrías que haber formado en el tuyo. Acumularlos ha dilatado tanto mi corazón, que con un gran deseo yo esperaba el momento en que se elevaría hacia mí tu oración, para ofrecer entonces a Dios mi Padre todo lo que hice por ti durante la jornada. Sin esta oración, nada podía servir a tu salvación”. Con esto, podemos ver lo que es el amor fiel de Dios por los hombres (…). Otra vez que Gertrudis tenía entre las manos (…) la imagen de Cristo crucificado, comprendió que cualquier persona que contemplara la imagen de la cruz de Cristo con la atención de la piedad, el Señor la miraría con bondadosa misericordia. Como en un claro espejo, por efecto del divino amor, su alma recibirá esta exquisita imagen de su misericordia, alegría de la corte celeste. El Señor prepara para él una futura gloria eterna.
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الجمعة، ٧ يونيو : القدّيس بِرنَردُس

الجمعة، ٧ يونيو : القدّيس بِرنَردُس

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كلّما تكلّمت عن الصلاة، أشعرُ وكأنّني أعلمُ بما يخالج قلبكم من تأمّلات إنسانيّة سمعتها غالبًا حتّى في قلبي أنا. لماذا لا نختبر ثمرة الصلاة إلاّ نادرًا علمًا بأنّنا لا نكفّ عن الصلاة؟ يخالجنا شعورٌ بأنّنا خرجنا من الصلاة كما دخلنا إليها؛ فلا يردّ أحد علينا بكلمة ولا يعطينا أحد أيّة إشارة، فكأنّ صلاتنا ذهبت سدًى. لكن ماذا قال الربّ في الإنجيل؟ “لا تَحكُموا على الظَّاهِر، بلِ احكُموا بِالعَدْل (يو 7: 24). وما هو الحكم بالعدل إن لم يكن حكمَ الإيمان؟، “لأَنَّ البارَّ بِالإِيمانِ يَحْيا” (غل 3: 11). فاتّبع إذًا حكمَ الإيمان بدل خبرتك، لأنّ الإيمان لا يخطئ في حين أنّ الخبرة يمكن أن توقعنا في الخطأ. وما هي حقيقة الإيمان إن لم يكن ما وعدَ به ابن الله: “كُلُّ شَيءٍ تَطلُبونَه في الصَّلاة، آمِنوا بِأَنَّكم قد نِلتُموه، يَكُنْ لَكم” (مر11: 24). إذًا أيّها الإخوة، فلا يستخفِفْن أحدٌ بصلاته! أؤكّد لكم أنّ ذاك الذي تُوجَّه إليه صلاتكم لا يستخِفّ بها أبدًا؛ فهو دوّنها في كتابه حتّى قبلَ أن تتفوّه بها شفاهنا. ليس علينا أن نشكّ في أنّ الله سيستجيبُ طلباتنا أو أنّه سيعطينا ما هو أفضل لنا. “لأَنَّنا لا نُحسِنُ الصَّلاةَ كما يَجب” (رو 8: 26)، لكنّ الله يعلمُ بجهلنا ويستجيبُ صلاتنا بكلّ محبّة… لذا، “فلتنعَمْ بِالرَّبِّ نَفسُكَ فيُعطِيَكَ بُغيَةَ قَلبِكَ” (مز 37[36]: 4).
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Friday, June 7 : Saint Gertrude of Helfta

Friday, June 7 : Saint Gertrude of Helfta

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On a certain Friday, in the evening, Gertrude cast her eyes on crucifix, and, being penetrated with grief, she exclaimed: “Ah, my Creator and my Beloved what cruelties hast Thou not suffered on this day for my salvation! while I, alas have been so occupied that have not devoutly recalled what Thou didst suffer for me each hour, when Thou, who art the Life which vivifies all things, didst will to die for love of me.” To which our Lord answered from the cross: “I have supplied what you neglect, for have accumulated each hour in My Heart what you ought to have accumulated in your heart; in consequence, it is so inflamed with love, that have ardently desired this hour in which you have addressed this prayer to Me, in union with which will offer to God My Father all that I have done for you during this day, and without which even that could not be so advantageous for your salvation. As this Saint touched crucifix devoutly, she learned that if any one only looks on the image of the cross of Jesus Christ with holy intention, God regards him with such goodness and mercy, that he receives in his soul, as in spotless mirror, an image which is so agreeable that the whole court of heaven delights therein; and this serves to increase his eternal glory in the life to come, in proportion as he has practised this act of devotion in this life.
Roman Catholic Ordinary Calendar – rosary,team

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Friday, June 7 : Saint Bernard

Friday, June 7 : Saint Bernard

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Every time I speak about prayer, it seems to me that I hear in your heart certain human reflections that I have often heard, even in my own heart. Since we never stop praying, how come we so rarely seem to experience the fruit of prayer? We have the impression that we come out of prayer like we entered into it; no one answers us with even one word, gives us anything at all; we have the impression that we have labored in vain. But what does the Lord say in the gospel? “Stop judging by appearances and make a just judgment.” (Jn 7 :24) What is a just judgment other than a judgment of faith? For “the just man shall live by faith.” (Gal 3:11) So follow the judgment of faith rather than your experience, for faith does not deceive, whereas experience can lead into error. And what is the truth of faith other than that the Son of God himself promised: “If you are ready to believe that you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer, it shall be done for you.” (Mk 11:24) Thus, may no one among you, Brothers, consider prayer to be a small thing. For I assure you, the one to whom it is addressed does not consider it a small thing; even before it has left our mouth, he has had it written down in his book. Without the slightest doubt, we can be sure that God will either give us what we are asking him or he will give us something that he knows to be better. For “we do not know how to pray as we ought” (Rom 8:26), but God has compassion on our ignorance and he receives our prayer with kindness… So “take delight in the Lord, and he will grant you your heart’s requests.” (Ps 37:4)
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Friday, June 7 : Saint Columbanus

Friday, June 7 : Saint Columbanus

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Brethren, let us pursue our calling: we are called by Life to the source of life and this source is a source, not just of «living water» (Jn4,10) but of eternal life, source of light and illumination. Indeed, all things flow from it: wisdom, life and eternal light… O Lord, you are yourself this source that always exists and is always to be desired, and at which it is always permitted and always necessary for us to draw. «Lord Jesus, give us this water always» that it may also become within us a spring of water «welling up to eternal life» (Jn 4,15.14). It is true that I am asking you for a great deal, who could deny it? But you, O King of glory, know well how to give great things, and you have promised them. There is nothing greater than you are and it is you yourself you give to us, it is you who gave yourself for us. Therefore it is you we are asking for… since we desire nothing other than you. You are our all: our life, our light and our salvation, our food and our drink, our God. Breathe into our hearts, I beseech you, O our Jesus; with the breath of your Spirit wound our souls with your love that each of us may say in truth: «Show me him whom my soul loves» (Sg 3,3) for I have been wounded by your love. I desire these wounds to be in me, O Lord. Happy the soul that love wounds in this way – the soul who seeks the source, who drinks and who, nevertheless, never ceases to thirst even as she drinks, nor to draw continually by her desire, nor to continue drinking in her thirst. Thus she always seeks in loving, for in her wound she finds healing.

Roman Extraordinary (Tridentine) Daily Readings – rosary,team

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Thursday, June 6 : Saint Gregory the Great

Thursday, June 6 : Saint Gregory the Great

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The man in travelling into a far country is our Redeemer, who ascended into heaven in that flesh which He had taken upon Him. For the proper home of the flesh is the earth, and it, as it were, travels into a foreign country, when it is placed by the Redeemer in heaven. Otherwise; The five talents denote the gift of the five senses, that is, the knowledge of things without; the two signify understanding and action, the one talent understanding only. There are also some who though they cannot pierce to things inward and mystical, yet for their measure of view of their heavenly country they teach rightly such things as they can, what they have gathered from things without, and while they keep themselves from wantonness of the flesh, and from ambition of earthly things, and from the delights of the things that are seen, they restrain others also from the same by their admonitions. Again, there are some who by their understanding and their actions preach to others, and thence gain as it were a twofold profit in such merchandize. This their preaching bestowed upon both sexes is thus a talent doubled. To hide one talent in the earth is to devote the ability we have received to worldly business. This lesson from this Gospel warns us to consider whether those who seem to have received more in this world than others shall not be more severely judged by the Author of the world; the greater the gifts, the greater the reckoning for them. Therefore should every one be humble concerning his talents in proportion as he sees himself tied up with a greater responsibility.

Roman Extraordinary (Tridentine) Daily Readings – rosary,team

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Jueves, 6 De Junio : San Juan María Vianney

Jueves, 6 De Junio : San Juan María Vianney

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Vemos que Dios nos ha creado con tales deseos que nada de lo creado es capaz de contentarnos. Presenten a un alma todas las riquezas y todos los tesoros del mundo, nada podrá contentarla. Dios la ha creado para él, únicamente Dios es capaz de llenar sus vastos deseos. Si, hermanos míos, ¡nuestra alma puede amar a Dios y eso es la más grande de todas las felicidades! Amando a Dios, tenemos todos los bienes y placeres que podamos desear sobre la tierra y en el cielo (cf. Sal 73,25). Al servirlo, lo glorificamos en cada acción de nuestra vida. Dios es glorificado en la mínima cosa que realicemos, si la realizamos para agradar a Dios. Mientras estamos sobre la tierra nuestra ocupación no tiene nada de diferente a la de los ángeles en el cielo. Lo único que difiere es que sólo vemos todos los bienes con los ojos de la fe. (…) Si, hermanos míos, nuestra alma será eterna en el avenir, como Dios mismo. No, no, hermanos míos, no vayamos más lejos. Perdámonos en este abismo de grandeza.

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الخميس، ٦ يونيو : القدّيس غريغوريوس النيصيّ

الخميس، ٦ يونيو : القدّيس غريغوريوس النيصيّ

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ها هو ملكوت الحياة قد أتى وأُسقِط سلطان الموت. لقد برزت ولادة أخرى بالإضافة إلى حياة أخرى وطريقة وجود أخرى، لا بل تحوَلٌ في طبيعتنا نفسها. وهذه الولادة ليست “مِن دَمٍ ولا مِن رَغبَةِ لَحْمٍ ولا مِن رَغبَةِ رَجُل، بل مِنَ اللهِ” (يو 1: 13). “هذا هو اليَومُ الَّذي صَنَعَه الرَّبُّ فلنبتَهِجْ ونَفرَحْ فيه” (مز 118 [117]: 24). هو يوم مختلفٌ كليًّا عن أيّام البَدْءِ، ففي هذا اليوم، خلَق الله “سَمَاوَاتٍ جَدِيدَةٍ وَأَرضًا جَدِيدَةً” (راجع إش 65 :17)، كما قال النبي إشعيا. ما هي هذه السَّماوات؟ هي أثير الإيمان بالرَبِّ يَسُوعَ المَسِيحِ. مَا هِيَ هَذِهِ الأَرضُ؟ هي القلبُ الطيّب الصالح، كما قال الربّ، هي الأرض الطيّبة التي ترتوي من الأمطار التي تسقط عليها، وتنبت محاصيلَ وفيرة (راجع لو 8: 15). وفي هذه الخليقة ليست الشمسُ سوى الحياة النقيّة، والنجومُ سوى الفضائل، وما الهواءُ سوى السلوك الشفاف، والبحرُ هو عمق الحكمة والمعرفة اللامتناهي؛ أمّا العشب وأوراق الشجر، فهي الشريعة الجيّدة والتعاليم السماويّة التي يتغذّى منها القطيع، أي شعبُ الله. والأشجار المحمّلة بالفاكهة، فهي التقيّد بالوصايا. ففي هذا اليوم يُخلق الإنسان الحقّ، على “صُورَةِ اللهِ كَمِثَالِهِ” (راجع تك 1: 27). أليس هذا عالمًا جديدًا تكون بدايته في “اليَومِ الَّذي صَنَعَه الرَّبُّ”؟… أعظم شرف ليوم النعمة هذا هو أنّه دمّر الموت وأفسح المجال أمام ولادةِ البكر من بين الأموات… يا لها من بشرى جميلة وسارّة! إنّ ذاك الذي، من أجلنا، أصبح واحدًا منّا ليجعلنا إخوةً له، يرفع إنسانيّته نفسها إلى الآب فيرفع معه أيضًا جميع إخوته في الإنسانيّة.

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