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Martes, 11 De Marzo : San Juan Casiano

Martes, 11 De Marzo : San Juan Casiano

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[En la oración del Padre Nuestro] la tercer demanda de los hijos es “¡Qué su voluntad sea hecha en la tierra como en el cielo!” Que la tierra merite de ser igualada al cielo es llevar a lo más alto la oración. Decir “¡Qué su voluntad sea hecha en la tierra como en el cielo!” es como pedir que los hombres sean semejantes a los ángeles. Como esos espíritus bienaventurados hacen en el cielo la voluntad divina, sobre la tierra los hombres también la harán. Podrá hacer una oración del fondo de corazón solamente el que cree que Dios dispone todo en este mundo, alegrías y penas, para nuestra ventaja. Vela con más solicitud para la salvación e intereses de los que son a él, que lo que podemos nosotros mismos. Podemos también comprender esta demanda, en el sentido que la voluntad de Dios es “que todos se salven y lleguen al conocimiento de la verdad” (1 Tm 2,4). El profeta Isaías habla de esta misma divina voluntad, cuando en el nombre de Dios Padre, expresó “Mi designio se cumplirá y haré todo lo que me agrade” (Is 46,10). Demandar “¡Qué su voluntad sea hecha en la tierra como en el cielo!” es, con otros términos, formular esta oración: “Igual que los que están en el cielo, que los que están sobre la tierra, oh Padre, sean salvados por el conocimiento de su Nombre”.

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Tuesday, March 11 : Saint John Cassian

Tuesday, March 11 : Saint John Cassian

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The third petition is that of sons: Your will be done as in heaven so on earth. There can now be no grander prayer than to wish that earthly things may be made equal with things heavenly: for what else is it to say Your will be done as in heaven so on earth, than to ask that men may be like angels and that as God’s will is ever fulfilled by them in heaven, so also all those who are on earth may do not their own but His will? This too no one could say from the heart but only one who believed that God disposes for our good all things which are seen, whether fortunate or unfortunate, and that He is more careful and provident for our good and salvation than we ourselves are for ourselves. Or at any rate it may be taken in this way: The will of God is the salvation of all men, according to these words of the blessed Paul: Who wills all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. (1 Timothy 2:4) Of which will also the prophet Isaiah says in the Person of God the Father: And all Your will shall be done. (Isaiah 46:10) When we say then Your will be done as in heaven so on earth, we pray in other words for this; that as those who are in heaven, so also may all those who dwell on earth be saved, O Father, by the knowledge of You.

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Sunday, March 9 : Saint Pio of Pietralcina “Padre Pio”

Sunday, March 9 : Saint Pio of Pietralcina “Padre Pio”

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When will Jesus consume me entirely in his love? When will I be able to be entirely consumed by the divine flames? When will I be able to unite myself closely to him in order to be able to sing a completely new song, the song of victory? When will this internal struggle between Satan and the poor soul, who wants to be entirely for his heavenly Spouse, end? The weakness of my being makes me fear to cold sweats. (…) May God the Most High be blessed, who never completely abandons me in the hands of the power of darkness! While the battle seemed to be coming to an end in favor of the adversaries, behold, with solicitude the Lord runs, puts them to rout and reduces them all to impotence. May divine mercy live forever! How good Jesus is to his creatures! How many victories has his servant counted, all thanks to his very powerful help! Jesus wanted to make me an example of grace and to offer me as an example to all sinners, so that they would not despair of their salvation.

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Monday, March 10 : Saint Caesarius of Arles

Monday, March 10 : Saint Caesarius of Arles

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If we consider it well, my brethren, the fact that Christ is hungry in those who are poor has something to say to us… Look: on one side a tiny coin and on the other, the Kingdom. What is the comparison? You give a small coin to a poor man and receive the Kingdom from Christ; you give a scrap of bread and receive eternal life from Christ; you give an item of clothing and receive forgiveness for your sins from Christ. So let us not despise the poor but rather seek them out and make haste to present ourselves before them because the wretchedness of the poor is medicine to the rich, as our Lord himself said: “Give alms of what you have and everything will be clean for you” and again: “Sell your possessions and give alms” (Lk 11:41; 12:33). And the Holy Spirit calls out to us through the prophet: “Water quenches a flaming fire and alms atone for sins” (Sir 3:29)…. And so, my brethren, do works of mercy and, with Christ’s help, let us hold fast to the bond of his warranty, especially to what I reminded you of when he said: “Give and gifts will be given to you” (Lk 6:38) and again: “Blessed are the merciful for they will be shown mercy” (Mt 5:7). Let each one of you, according to his means, try not to come to church empty handed: for anyone who hopes to receive must offer something. Let those who are able clothe the poor man with a new garment; let those who are unable at least offer him an old one. As for those who do not feel themselves to be sufficiently well off for that, let them offer a scrap of bread, let them welcome a traveller, prepare him a bed and wash his feet so that they may be worthy to hear Christ saying to them: “Come, you who are blessed, take possession of the Kingdom; for I was hungry and you gave me food, a stranger and you welcomed me.”

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Lunes, 10 De Marzo : San Gregorio Magno

Lunes, 10 De Marzo : San Gregorio Magno

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“Ningún impío puede comparecer ante él” (Jb 13,16). Ya que a su venida el juez ubicará a las ovejas a su derecha y a los cabritos a su izquierda, ¿por qué razón es dicho entonces que no puede comparecer ante él ningún impío, si el debiera estar entre los cabritos, a la izquierda del juez? Debemos saber que estamos en presencia del Señor de dos maneras. En este mundo primero, cuando pesando escrupulosamente nuestros pecados, nos ponemos en su presencia y en las lágrimas devenimos nuestros propios jueces. Cada vez que retomamos conciencia del poder de nuestro Creador, nos tenemos en presencia del Señor. (…) Estamos también en presencia del Señor de otra forma, el día del juicio final, cuando compareceremos delante de su tribunal. (…) Cuando el justo contemple el rigor del juez que debe venir, recuerda sus pecados, se lamenta del mal que ha cometido y con rigor deviene su propio juez, para no ser juzgado. Inversamente, más el hipócrita agrada a los hombres, más desprecia mirarse interiormente él mismo. Se abandona completamente a las palabras de su entorno y se imagina ser un santo porque cree que los hombres lo tienen por tal. He aquí que dispersando du espíritu entre las palabras que lo adulan, nunca considera en lo que ofende al juez interior. (…) Es entonces sabio decir “Ningún impío puede comparecer ante él”, porque no pone delante de sus ojos el rigor de Dios, y sólo arde por agradar a los hombres. Pero si escrutara su alma, si se tuviera en presencia de Dios, no sería más un impío.

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الاثنين، ١٠ مارس : القدّيس باشاز رادبيرت

الاثنين، ١٠ مارس : القدّيس باشاز رادبيرت

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إِنْ رَغِبَ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي تَوَلِّي مَسْؤُولِيَّةٍ رَفِيعَةٍ فِي ٱلْكَنِيسَةِ (رَاجِعْ ١ تِم ٣: ١)، فَلْيَرْغَبْ فِي ٱلْعَمَلِ ٱلَّذِي تَسْمَحُ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَسْؤُولِيَّةُ بِتَأْدِيَتِهِ، وَلَيْسَ فِي ٱلشَّرَفِ ٱلْمُرْتَبِطِ بِهَا؛ فَلْيَرْغَبْ فِي مُسَاعَدَةِ كُلِّ ٱلنَّاسِ وَخِدْمَتِهِمْ، بَدَلَ أَنْ يَرْغَبَ فِي تَلَقِّي ٱلْمُسَاعَدَةِ وَٱلْخِدْمَةِ مِنَ ٱلْآخَرِينَ. لِأَنَّ رَغْبَةَ تَلَقِّي ٱلْمُسَاعَدَةِ تَنْبَثِقُ مِنَ ٱلْكِبْرِيَاءِ، مِثْلَ كِبْرِيَاءِ ٱلْفَرِّيسِيِّينَ، وَرَغْبَةَ مُسَاعَدَةِ ٱلْآخَرِينَ تَنْبُعُ مِنَ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ وَمِنْ تَعْلِيمِ ٱلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ. إِنَّ أُولَئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَبْحَثُونَ عَنِ ٱلْأَمْجَادِ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ هُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَرْفَعُونَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ؛ أَمَّا أُولَئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَفْرَحُونَ بِتَقْدِيمِ ٱلْعَوْنِ وَبِخِدْمَةِ ٱلْآخَرِينَ، فَهُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ يُوَاضِعُونَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ لِيَرْفَعَهُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ. لَمْ يَتَكَلَّمِ ٱلرَّبُّ يَسُوعُ هُنَا عَنْ ذَاكَ ٱلَّذِي يَرْفَعُهُ ٱلرَّبُّ، إِنَّمَا قَالَ: “مَنْ رَفَعَ نَفْسَهُ وُضِعَ”، بِصُورَةٍ أَكِيدَةٍ مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱلرَّبِّ. وَلَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ عَنِ ٱلَّذِي يُوَضِعُهُ ٱلرَّبُّ، إِنَّمَا قَالَ: “مَنْ وَضَعَ نَفْسَهُ رُفِعَ”، بِٱلتَّالِي مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱلرَّبِّ… وَلَمْ يَكَدِ ٱلرَّبُّ يَسُوعُ ٱلْمَسِيحُ يَحْتَفِظُ لِنَفْسِهِ بِصُورَةٍ خَاصَّةٍ بِلَقَبِ “ٱلْمُعَلِّمِ” حَتَّىٰ ٱسْتَحْضَرَ قَاعِدَةَ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ ٱلَّتِي بِمُوجِبِهَا: “مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَكُونَ كَبِيرًا فِيكُمْ، فَلْيَكُنْ لِلْجَمِيعِ خَادِمًا” (مَر ١٠: ٤٣)… وَكَانَ قَدْ عَبَّرَ عَنْ هَذِهِ ٱلْقَاعِدَةِ بِكَلِمَاتٍ أُخْرَىٰ: “تَتَلْمَذُوا لِي فَإِنِّي وَدِيعٌ مُتَوَاضِعُ ٱلْقَلْبِ” (مَت ١١: ٢٩) بِٱلتَّالِي، إِنَّ مَنْ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَكُونَ تِلْمِيذَهُ، عَلَيْهِ أَلَّا يَتَأَخَّرَ بِتَعَلُّمِ هَذِهِ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ مِنَ ٱلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ، لِأَنَّهُ: “مَا مِنْ تِلْمِيذٍ أَسْمَىٰ مِنْ مُعَلِّمِهِ. كُلُّ تِلْمِيذٍ ٱكْتَمَلَ عِلْمُهُ يَكُونُ مِثْلَ مُعَلِّمِهِ” (لُو ٦: ٤٠). وَبِٱلْعَكْسِ، فَإِنَّ مَنْ يَرْفُضُ تَعَلُّمَ هَذِهِ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ ٱلَّتِي أَعْطَاهَا ٱلْمُعَلِّمُ، نَاهِيكَ مِنْ أَنَّهُ لَنْ يُصْبِحَ مِثْلَ مُعَلِّمِهِ، لَكِنَّهُ لَنْ يَصِيرَ حَتَّىٰ تِلْمِيذًا.

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Sunday, March 9 : Saint Ambrose

Sunday, March 9 : Saint Ambrose

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You must recall how the first Adam was cast out of Paradise into the desert if you are to attend to the way in which the second Adam (1Cor 15,45) returns from the desert to paradise. Notice, then, how the first punishment was unloosed in just the same way as it had been knotted, and how the divine blessings were restored along the same lines as those that went before. Adam emerges out of virgin earth, Christ comes forth from a Virgin; the former was made in God’s image, the latter is God’s Image itself (Col 1,15); the former was set above all irrational beasts, the latter above every living creature. Foolishness came through a woman, wisdom through a Virgin; death came from a tree, life from the cross. The one, being divested of spiritual clothing, wove a garment of leaves from a tree; the other, divested of this world’s clothing, no longer sought material dress (Jn 19,23). Adam was cast out into the desert; Christ comes forth from the desert, for he was fully cognizant of where he would find condemned man, whom he would lead back into paradise set free from his sins… For how, without a guide, could he who had lost his way in Paradise through lack of a guide, rediscover in the desert the road he had lost? Temptations are numerous there, the struggle for virtue is difficult and false moves into error are easy… So let us follow Christ, as it is written: “The Lord your God shall you follow, holding fast to him alone” (Dt 13,5)… Let us follow in his footsteps and we shall be able to return to paradise from the desert.

Roman Extraordinary (Tridentine) Daily Readings – rosary,team

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Domingo, 9 De Marzo : San [Padre] Pío de Pietrelcina

Domingo, 9 De Marzo : San [Padre] Pío de Pietrelcina

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¿Cuándo Jesús me consumirá enteramente en su amor? ¿Cuándo seré enteramente consumido por las llamas divinas? ¿Cuándo podré unirme estrechamente a él, para cantar un cántico nuevo, el cántico de la victoria? ¿Cuándo terminará esta lucha interna entre Satán y la pobre alma, que quiere ser toda a su Esposo celeste? La debilidad de mi ser me hace temer y me da sudores fríos. (…) ¡Qué sea bendito el Altísimo, que jamás me abandona completamente entre las manos del poder de las tinieblas! Cuando la batalla parecía llegar a su fin a favor de sus adversarios, he aquí que el Señor corre con solicitud, los desvía y reduce a la impotencia. ¡Qué viva para siempre la misericordia divina! ¡Qué bueno es Jesús con sus criaturas! ¡Cuántas victorias lleva su servidor, todas gracias a su poderosísima ayuda! Jesús ha querido hacer de mí un ejemplo de gracia y proponerme como ejemplo a los pecadores, para que no desesperen de su salvación.
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الأحد، ٩ مارس : القدّيس باشاز رادبيرت

الأحد، ٩ مارس : القدّيس باشاز رادبيرت

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كلّ يوم، يشفي الرّب يسوع المسيح نفس كلّ إنسان يتوسّل إليه، ويعبده بتقوى ويعلن بإيمان هذه الكلمات: يا ربّي يسوع، “إِن شِئتَ، فَأَنتَ قادِرٌ عَلى أَن تُبرِئَني”، وذلك أيًّا كان عدد الخطايا التي ارتكبها. “فالإِيمانُ بِالقَلبِ يُؤَدِّي إِلى البِرّ، والشَّهادةُ بِالفمِ تُؤَدِّي إِلى الخَلاص” (رو10: 10). لذا، يجب أن نتوجّه بطلباتنا إلى الله بكلّ ثقة، بدون أدنى شكّ بقدرته… هذا هو السبب الذي جعل الرّب يسوع يردّ فورًا على الأبرص الذي توسّل إليه ويقول له: “قَد شِئتُ، فَٱبرَأ”. فحالما يبدأ الخاطئ الصلاة بإيمان، تمتدّ يد الربّ لشفاء البرص من نفسه… أعطانا هذا الأبرص نصيحة مفيدة جدًّا عن كيفيّة الصلاة. هو لم يشكّ في إرادة الرّب يسوع وكأنّه رفض أن يؤمن بطيبته. لكن بما أنّه أدرك خطورة خطاياه، فهو لم يرد أن يعوّل على هذه الإرادة. من خلال قوله إنّ الرّب يسوع يستطيع أن يطهّره إن أراد ذلك، أكّد أنّ هذه القدرة هي للرّب يسوع المسيح وفي الوقت نفسه أقرّ بإيمانه… إن كان الإيمان ضعيفًا، يجب تقويته أوّلاً. عندها فقط، يستطيع الإيمان أن يكشف عن قدرته الكاملة لنيل شفاء النفس والجسد. تحدّث الرسول بطرس بدون أدنى شكّ عن هذا الإيمان عندما قال: “قَد طَهَّرَ قُلوبَهم بِالإِيمان” (أع 15: 9)… فالإيمان النقيّ المُعاش بالحبّ، والمُحافظ عليه بالمثابرة، والصابر بالانتظار، والمتواضع بالإثبات، والراسخ بالثقة، والمليء بالاحترام في الصلاة وبالحكمة في الطلب… هذا الإيمان سيسمع بالتأكيد، وفي كلّ الظروف، هذه الكلمة من الرّب يسوع: “قَد شِئتُ”.

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Saturday, March 8 : Saint Gregory the Great

Saturday, March 8 : Saint Gregory the Great

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Let us set before our interior consideration someone gravely wounded who is about to breathe his last. (…) Now, the soul’s wound is sin, of which Scripture speaks in these terms: “Wound and welt and gaping gash, not drained or bandaged or eased with salve” (Is 1:6). Oh you who are wounded, recognize your physician within you and show him the wounds of your sins. May he understand your heart’s groaning who already knows its secret thoughts. May your tears move him. Go as far as a little shamelessness in your beseeching (cf. Lk 11:8). Bring forth deep sighs to him without ceasing from the depth of your heart. May your grief reach him so that he may say to you also : “The Lord has pardoned your sin” (2 Sam 12:13). Cry out with David, who said: “Have mercy on me, O God, in (…) the greatness of your compassion” (Ps 50[51]:3). It is as though one were to say: “I am in great danger because of an enormous wound that no doctor can cure unless the all-powerful physician comes to help me.” For this all-powerful physician nothing is incurable. He heals without charge: with one word he restores to health. I would have despaired of my wound were it not that I placed my trust in the Almighty.

Roman Extraordinary (Tridentine) Daily Readings – rosary,team

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