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Miércoles, 28 De Mayo : San Cirilo de Jerusalén

Miércoles, 28 De Mayo : San Cirilo de Jerusalén

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El Espíritu Santo actúa para el bien y la salvación. Su venida se realiza con mansedumbre y suavidad. Se percibe su presencia con esa suavidad y fragancia, y su yugo es muy ligero. Anuncian su llegada los rayos resplandecientes de luz y de ciencia. Viene con el sentir de un auténtico protector. Viene a salvar, sanar, enseñar, advertir, fortalecer, consolar e iluminar al que lo recibe y luego a todos los demás. Del mismo modo que quien estaba en tinieblas anteriormente, al mirar luego al sol recibe la luz en su ojo corporal y distingue lo que antes no veía con claridad, así es aquel que ha sido considerado digno del don del Espíritu Santo. Se ilumina su alma y ve más allá de lo humano, ve ahora lo que ignoraba. Su cuerpo está en tierra, su alma contempla los cielos como en un espejo. Como Isaías, ve “al Señor sentado en un trono excelso y elevado” (Is 6,1). Como Ezequiel, contempla al que “estaba sobre la cabeza de los querubines” (Ez 10,1). Como Daniel, ve a “miles de millares” y “miríadas de miríadas” (Dan 7,10). Aún siendo poco – por ser sólo un hombre – ve el principio y el fin del mundo, discierne el transcurso de los tiempos y sabe la sucesión de los reyes. Sabe que eso no lo ha aprendido, sino que ocurre por la presencia del verdadero dador de luz. Como hombre puede estar encerrado entre paredes, pero la fuerza de su ciencia se extiende lejos, puede ver mismo lo que otros hacen. (…) ¡Qué el Dios de la paz, los plenifique con todos los bienes espirituales y celestiales, por nuestro Señor Jesucristo y el amor del Espíritu (cf. Rom 15,30). A él sea la gloria y el poder por los siglos de los siglos. Amén.

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Monday, May 26 : Saint Gregory the Great

Monday, May 26 : Saint Gregory the Great

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For Holy Church for this reason undergoes the miseries of this life, that the grace above may lead her on her way to the rewards of eternity. She slights the death of her flesh, because she is intent on the glory of the resurrection; and what she suffers is transitory, what she expects everlasting, concerning which same everlasting blessings she has no misgiving, in that she has already a faithful testimony in the glory of her Redeemer. For she sees with the mind the resurrection of His flesh, and is strongly fortified to have hope, in that what she sees already brought to pass in her Head, she hopes without doubting will also follow in His Body, which is herself. Which same Church the Psalmist seeing destined to continue in everlasting perfection, describes her under the title of the moon. A perfect moon for everlasting. [Ps. 89, 37] And whereas the Resurrection of the Lord heartens her to entertain the hope of a Resurrection, he properly added, And a faithful witness in heaven. Forasmuch as that she may not tremble for her own resurrection, she has Him in heaven for a witness, Who rose again from the dead. So let the faithful People when it suffers adversity, when it is harassed with sore tribulations, lift up the mind to the hope of the glory to follow, and trusting in the resurrection of the Redeemer, let it say, Also now behold my witness is in heaven, and mine associate on high. Who is also rightly called ‘an associate,’ in that He was acquainted with our nature, not only by creating, but by taking it upon Himself. For His knowing is His having undertaken what belongs to us.

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Tuesday, May 27 : Catechism of the Catholic Church

Tuesday, May 27 : Catechism of the Catholic Church

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Jesus does not reveal the Holy Spirit fully, until he himself has been glorified through his Death and Resurrection. Nevertheless, little by little he alludes to him. He alludes to the Spirit in speaking to Nicodemus, to the Samaritan woman, and to those who take part in the feast of Tabernacles. To his disciples he speaks openly of the Spirit in connection with prayer and with the witness they will have to bear. Only when the hour has arrived for his glorification does Jesus promise the coming of the Holy Spirit, since his Death and Resurrection will fulfill the promise made to the fathers. The Spirit of truth, the other Paraclete, will be given by the Father in answer to Jesus’ prayer; he will be sent by the Father in Jesus’ name; and Jesus will send him from the Father’s side, since he comes from the Father. the Holy Spirit will come and we shall know him; he will be with us for ever; he will remain with us. the Spirit will teach us everything, remind us of all that Christ said to us and bear witness to him. the Holy Spirit will lead us into all truth and will glorify Christ. He will prove the world wrong about sin, righteousness, and judgment.

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Wednesday, May 28 : Saint Cyril of Jerusalem

Wednesday, May 28 : Saint Cyril of Jerusalem

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The Holy Ghost does only what is good and salutary. First, His coming is gentle; the perception of Him is fragrant; His burden most light; beams of light and knowledge gleam forth before His coming. He comes with the bowels of a true guardian: for He comes to save, and to heal, to teach, to admonish, to strengthen, to exhort, to enlighten the mind, first of him who receives Him, and afterwards of others also, through him. And as a man, who being previously in darkness then suddenly beholds the sun, is enlightened in his bodily sight, and sees plainly things which he saw not, so likewise he to whom the Holy Ghost is vouchsafed, is enlightened in his soul, and sees things beyond man’s sight, which he knew not; his body is on earth, yet his soul mirrors forth the heavens. He sees, like Isaiah, the Lord sitting upon a throne high and lifted up (Isaiah 6:1); he sees, like Ezekiel, Him who is above the Cherubim (Ezekiel 10:1); he sees like Daniel, ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands (Daniel 7:10); and the man, who is so little, beholds the beginning of the world, and knows the end of the world, and the times intervening, and the successions of kings — things which he never learned: for the True Enlightener is present with him. The man is within the walls of a house; yet the power of his knowledge reaches far and wide, and he sees even what other men are doing. May the God of peace, through our Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, count all of you worthy of His spiritual and heavenly gifts: — To whom be glory and power for ever and ever. Amen.

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Tuesday, May 27 : Saint John Chrysostom

Tuesday, May 27 : Saint John Chrysostom

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Do you want me to show you the paths of conversion? They are numerous, varied and different, but they all lead to heaven. The first path of conversion is the condemnation of our faults. “You yourself begin by saying your faults in order to be justified.” And that is why the prophet said: “I said, ‘I confess my faults to the Lord,’ and you took away the guilt of my sin.” (Ps 32:5) So you yourself condemn the faults you have committed, and that will be enough for the Master to hear you. For the person who condemns his faults will be more afraid of falling back into them… There is a second path, which is not inferior to the first one. It is that we do not hold a grudge against our enemies, that we overcome our anger in order to forgive the offences of our companions in service, for that is how we shall obtain forgiveness for those which we commit against the Master. That is the second way of obtaining purification from our faults. The Lord says: “If you forgive the faults of others, your heavenly Father will forgive yours.” (Mt 6:14) Do you want to know the third path of conversion? It is the fervent and attentive prayer in the depth of your heart… The fourth path is alms; it has considerable and unspeakable power… Then modesty and humility are not inferior means for destroying sins by their root. We have the publican as a witness; he could not proclaim his good deeds, but he replaced them all with the offering of his humility, and thus he laid down the heavy burden of his faults (Lk 18:9f.). We have shown you five paths of conversion…So don’t remain inactive, but use all of these paths each day. They are easy paths, and you cannot use your destitution as a pretext.

Roman Extraordinary (Tridentine) Daily Readings – rosary,team

Martes, 27 De Mayo : Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica

Martes, 27 De Mayo : Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica

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Jesús no revela plenamente el Espíritu Santo hasta que él mismo no ha sido glorificado por su Muerte y su Resurrección. Sin embargo, lo sugiere poco a poco (…). A sus discípulos les habla de él abiertamente a propósito de la oración (cf. Lc 11, 13) y del testimonio que tendrán que dar (cf. Mt 10, 19-20). Solamente cuando ha llegado la hora en que va a ser glorificado Jesús promete la venida del Espíritu Santo, ya que su Muerte y su Resurrección serán el cumplimiento de la Promesa hecha a los Padres: El Espíritu de Verdad, el otro Paráclito, será dado por el Padre en virtud de la oración de Jesús; será enviado por el Padre en nombre de Jesús; Jesús lo enviará de junto al Padre porque él ha salido del Padre. El Espíritu Santo vendrá, nosotros lo conoceremos, estará con nosotros para siempre, permanecerá con nosotros; nos lo enseñará todo y nos recordará todo lo que Cristo nos ha dicho y dará testimonio de Él; nos conducirá a la verdad completa y glorificará a Cristo. En cuanto al mundo, lo acusará en materia de pecado, de justicia y de juicio.

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Tuesday, May 27 : Saint Ephrem

Tuesday, May 27 : Saint Ephrem

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Our Lord was trampled down by death but, in return, he cleared a way that crushes death. He submitted to death and underwent it willingly so as to destroy it in spite of itself. For, at death’s orders, our Lord “set out bearing his cross” (Jn 19:17). But he cried out on the cross and drew the dead from hell. (…) He is the glorious “son of a carpenter” (Mt 13:55) who, on the chariot of his cross, emerged from the insatiable jaws of the dwellings of the dead and has transferred all humankind into the dwelling place of life (Col 1:13). And since, on account of the tree of paradise, humankind had fallen into the dwellings of the dead, it is on account of the tree of the cross that it has passed into the dwelling place of life. Bitterness had been grafted onto the wood of the former; but onto the latter sweetness has been grafted so that we might recognise in him the leader whom nothing created can resist. Glory to you! You have thrown your cross like a bridge over death so that men might cross it from the land of death to that of life. (…) Glory to you! You clothed yourself with the body of mortal Adam and made it the source of life for all mortals. Yes, you are alive! For your torturers treated your life like sowers: they sowed your life in the depths of the earth as grain is sown so that it might rise up of itself and bring with it much fruit (Jn 12:24). Come, let us make of our love a great and all-embracing censer; let us pour out songs and prayers to him who made of his cross an incense to the Godhead and who has lavished bounty on us all by his blood.
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Monday, May 26 : Saint Fulgentius of Ruspe

Monday, May 26 : Saint Fulgentius of Ruspe

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Our Lord spoke these words, recorded by the Gospel, to clarify the function of the servants he had set at the head of his people: “Who is the faithful and prudent steward whom the master will put in charge of his servants to distribute the food allowance at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master on arrival finds doing so”. Who is that steward, my friends? Undoubtedly, it is Christ, who said to his disciples: “You call me ‘teacher’ and ‘master’, and rightly so, for indeed I am” (Jn 13,13). And what is that master’s household? Surely the one that our Lord himself redeemed from the hands of the enemy and took to himself. This household is the holy and universal Church, spreading with remarkable fecundity throughout the world and priding itself on having been redeemed at the price of his blood… But who is the faithful and wise steward? The apostle Paul shows us when he says – speaking of himself and his companions – “One should regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Now it is of course required of stewards that they be found trustworthy” (1Cor 4,1-2). And lest any of you should think that only the apostles became stewards or lest some lazy and unfaithful servant should abandon the spiritual combat and fall asleep, the holy apostle demonstrates that bishops are just as much stewards, too: “As God’s steward”, he says, “a bishop must be irreproachable” (Ti 1,7). Therefore we are servants of the householder, stewards of our Lord, and it is we who have received the measure of wheat to be distributed among you.

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الاثنين، ٢٦ مايو : بِندِكتُس السادس عشر، بابا روما من 2005 إلى 2013

الاثنين، ٢٦ مايو : بِندِكتُس السادس عشر، بابا روما من 2005 إلى 2013

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عند الرّب يسوع، تدخل العلاقة الإنسانيّة في التعاطف مع الإنسان في علاقته كابن مع الله فتصبح شفاءً. في رواية يوحنّا حول قيامة لعازر تتجلّى هذه الديناميّة نفسها بوضوح أكبر. فهنا تتضافر من جهة علاقة الرّب يسوع بصديق له يعاني، ومن جهة أخرى، العلاقة البنويّة الّتي تربطه بالآب. ترتسم على مشاركة الرّب يسوع الإنسانيّة في حادثة لعازر سمات خاصّة. فقد ذُكرت مرارًا أثناء السرد صداقته به، وكذلك مع مريم ومرتا أختيه. لقد أكّد الرّب يسوع بنفسه “إِنَّ صَديقَنا لَعازَرَ راقِد، ولَكِنِّي ذاهِبٌ لأُوقِظَه” (يو 11: 11). يبدو العطف جليًّا أيضًا في ردّات فعل أختي لعازر واليهود (راجع يو 11: 3 و36). ويظهر هذا في تأثّر الرّب يسوع العميق لدى رؤية ألم مرتا ومريم وجميع أصدقاء لعازر، تأثر يؤدّي إلى إجهاشه بالبكاء –الإنسانيّ للغاية– عند اقترابه من القبر… ترتبط في كل الرواية علاقة الصداقة هذه ومشاركة الرّب يسوع وتأثّره أمام ألم أقارب لعازر وأصدقائه، بعلاقة مستمرّة وعميقة بالآب. منذ البداية يقرأ الرّب يسوع هذا الحدث في إطار علاقته بهويّته ورسالته وبالتمجيد الّذي ينتظره. فيعلّق عند سماعه نبأ مرض لعازر: “هذا المَرَضُ لا يَؤُولُ إِلى المَوت، بل إِلى مَجْدِ الله، لِيُمَجَّدَ بِه ابنُ الله” (يو 11: 4). يتقبّل الرّب يسوع أيضُا الإعلان عن وفاة صديقه بمعاناة إنسانيّة عميقة ولكن في إشارة دائمة وواضحة إلى العلاقة بالله والمهمّة الّتي أوكلها إليه، فيقول: “قد ماتَ لَعاَزر، ويَسُرُّني، مِن أَجْلِكُم كي تُؤمِنوا، أَنِّي لم أَكُنْ هُناك. فَلْنَمْضِ إِلَيه!” (يو 11: 14-15). إن صلاة يسوع العلنيّة إلى الآب أمام القبر تمثّل المحصّلة الطبيعيّة للقصّة المشدودة بين الصداقة مع لعازر والعلاقة البنويّة بالله. تسير هنا العلاقتان معًا هنا أيضًا… هذه الصلاة واصلت، لا بل عزّزت صلته بالصديق وفي الوقت نفسه ثبّتت قرار الرّب يسوع في شركته مع مشيئة الآب مع مشروع محبّته الّذي يعتبر فيه مرض لعازر وموته المكان الّذي يظهر فيه مجد الله. كلّ واحد منا مدعو ونحن نقرأ هذه الرواية إلى أن يفهم أنّه لا ينبغي لنا في صلاة الطلب من الربّ أن نتوقّع تحقيقًا فوريًّا لما نطلبه أي لإرادتنا بل أن نعتمد بدلاً من ذلك على مشيئة الآب، قارئين كلّ حدث من منظور مجده ومشروع محبّته الغامض على أعيننا في كثير من الأحيان.
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Lunes, 26 De Mayo : San Gregorio Magno

Lunes, 26 De Mayo : San Gregorio Magno

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Si la santa Iglesia soporta las adversidades de la vida presente, es porque es conducida por una gracia de lo Alto, hasta las recompensas eternas. Desprecia la muerte de su carne, porque aspira a la gloria de la resurrección. Es transitorio lo que ella sufre, perpetuo lo que espera. Los bienes perpetuos no le inspiran ninguna duda, porque posee ya un testimonio fiel en la gloria de su Redentor. Ella ve en espíritu la resurrección de su carne y se levanta con todas sus fuerzas hacia la esperanza. Lo que ve ya cumplido en su Cabeza, se cumplirá un día en el Cuerpo de su Redentor, es decir en ella misma. Tal es su inquebrantable esperanza. (…) Como la esperanza de la resurrección está fortificada en la Iglesia por la esperanza de la resurrección del Señor, habría que agregar que hay en el cielo un testigo fiel. La Iglesia tiene ya como testigo al Resucitado de entre los muertos, que está en los cielos. Así, cuando sufre una adversidad, cuando está agotado por duras tribulaciones, el pueblo fiel puede elevar su espíritu hasta la esperanza de la gloria que lo espera. Funda su confianza en la resurrección de su Redentor “Aún ahora, mi testigo está en el cielo y mi garante, en las alturas” (Jb 19,19). Tenemos el derecho de llamarlo garante porque conoce nuestra naturaleza, no solamente por crearla, sino también al asumirla. Ya que para él conocer nuestra condición es haberla aceptado.
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