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Viernes, 22 De Agosto : Santa Catalina de Siena

Viernes, 22 De Agosto : Santa Catalina de Siena

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[Santa Catalina escuchó a Dios decirle:] Sépanlo bien, toda imperfección o toda imperfección en el amor, se manifiesta y se adquiere con respecto a mí y con respecto al prójimo. Las almas simples lo saben, muchas veces ellas aman a las criaturas de un amor espiritual. Si ellas me aman con un amor purificado y desinteresado, aman al prójimo también con un amor puro y desinteresado. Es como un recipiente que llenamos en la fuente. Si se retira del manantial para beber, se vacía pronto. Pero si se mantiene sumergido en el manantial, permanece siempre lleno. Así es con el amor al prójimo, amor espiritual o temporal: hay que beber en Mí, no hay otra posibilidad. Porque les pido amarme con el mismo amor que los amo. En verdad, no podrán hacerlo completamente. Yo los he amado antes de ser amado. El amor que tengo por ustedes no se los debo, sino que es una gracia que les acuerdo. No pueden rendirme completamente a mí el amor que les pido. Mas los he puesto junto a su prójimo para permitirles de hacer por él lo que no pueden hacer por mí: amarlo por gracia, desinteresadamente, sin nada esperar. Considero como si hubieran hecho por mí, lo que han hecho por el prójimo.

Lecturas Católicas Romanas – rosary.team

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Friday, August 22 : Saint Augustine

Friday, August 22 : Saint Augustine

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He who is the fruit of one holy Virgin is the glory and honor of all the other holy virgins; for like Mary, they are themselves the mothers of Christ if they do the will of his Father. The glory and happiness of Mary in being the mother of Jesus Christ shines forth above all in the Lord’s words: “Whoever does the will of my heavenly Father is brother and sister and mother to me.” (Mt 12:50) Thus he shows the spiritual relationships that attach him to the people whom he redeemed. His brothers and sisters are the holy men and women who partake with him in the heavenly inheritance. His mother is the entire Church, because by God’s grace, she brings forth the members of Jesus Christ, that is to say, those who are faithful to him. His mother is also every holy soul who does the will of his Father and whose fruitful charity is made manifest in those whom it brings forth for him until he himself is formed in them (Gal 4:19)… Mary is certainly the mother of the members of the Body of Christ, that is to say, our mother, because in her charity she cooperated in bringing forth in the Church the faithful who are the members of this divine head, whose mother she truly is according to the flesh.

Roman Extraordinary (Tridentine) Daily Readings – rosary,team

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الخميس، ٢١ أغسطس : القدّيس منصور دي بول

الخميس، ٢١ أغسطس : القدّيس منصور دي بول

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أنتُنَّ تَرَين، يا بناتي، ما هي الأمانة المتوجّبة عليكنّ لله. إن عيش دعوتكنّ يُبرّره الذِكر المستمرّ لحضور الربّ؛ ولجعل ذلك سهلًا استفدن من الرنين الذي تطلقه ساعة الحائط فتَقُمنَ حينها بفعل عبادة. إن القيام بهذا الفعل يعني أنكُّنّ تَقُلن من صميم القلب: “يا ربّ، إنّي أعبدُك”، أو أيضُا : “يا ربّ، أنتَ إلهي!”، “يا إلهي، احبّك من كلّ قلبي”، “ربّي، أتوق أن يكون الجميع قد عرفوك وأدّوا لك الإكرام كي يُكرموا الإحتقار الذي تحمّلته على الأرض”. عند قيامكنّ بهذا الفعل، يُمكنكنّ إغلاق أعيُنِكنّ كي تعشنَ جوّ الخشوع.
maronite readings – rosary.team

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الجمعة، ٢٢ أغسطس : الطوباويّ يوحنّا هنري نِيومَن

الجمعة، ٢٢ أغسطس : الطوباويّ يوحنّا هنري نِيومَن

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أعطى ربّنا هذا التحذير عندما كان على وشك مغادرة هذا العالم، على الأقلّ مغادرته المنظورة. كان يرى مسبقًا مئات السنين التي قد تمرّ قبل مجيئه الثّاني. وكان يعرف تدبيره الخاص، تدبير أبيه: أن يترك تدريجيًّا العالم يعيش كما يريد، وأن يسحب تدريجيًّا ضمانات حضوره الرحيم. وكان يتوقّع النسيان الذي سيقع فيه بين تلاميذه أنفسهم… حالة العالم والكنيسة كما نراها اليوم، حيث غيابه الطويل أوهم أنّه لن يعود أبدًا… في أيّامنا، يهمس الرّب برحمة في آذاننا طالبًا منّا ألاّ نثق بما نرى، وألاّ نشارك في عدم الإيمان العام، وألاّ ننقاد للعالم، “بل أن نسهر ونصلّي” (راجع لو 21: 36) وأن ننتظر مجيئه. يجب ألاّ ننسى ذلك التنبيه الرحيم، لأنّه دقيق ومهيب ومُلحّ. كان الربّ قد أنبّا بمجيئه الأوّل، ومع ذلك فإنّه فاجأ النّاس حين أتى. وهو سيأتي بوجه أشدّ فجائيّة في المرّة الثانية، وسيدهش الناس. ذلك بأنّه لم يقل في هذه المرّة متى يكون ذلك، بل تركنا سَاهرين في حراسة الإيمان والمحبّة… ذلك بأنّه علينا، لا أن نؤمن فقط، بل أن نسهر. ولا أن نحب فقط، بل أن نسهر. ولا أن نطيع فقط، بل أن نسهر. لماذا نسهر؟ انتظارًا للحدث العظيم الذي هو مجيء الرّب يسوع المسيح. يبدو أنّ هناك واجب خاصّ يُعطى لنا، فلا يكفي أن نؤمن ونخاف ونحبّ ونطيع، بل يجب أن نسهر، وأن نسهر للرّب يسوع المسيح ومعه.
maronite readings – rosary.team

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Friday, August 22 : Saint Catherine of Siena

Friday, August 22 : Saint Catherine of Siena

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[St. Catherine heard God say to her, ] “And I would have you know that just as every imperfection and perfection is acquired from Me, so is it manifested by means of the neighbor. And simple souls, who often love creatures with spiritual love, know this well, for, if they have received My love sincerely without any self-regarding considerations, they satisfy the thirst of their love for their neighbor equally sincerely. If a man carry away the vessel which he has filled at the fountain and then drink of it, the vessel becomes empty, but if he keep his vessel standing in the fountain, while he drinks, it always remains full. So the love of the neighbor, whether spiritual or temporal, should be drunk in Me, without any self-regarding considerations. I require that you should love Me with the same love with which I love you. This indeed you cannot do, because I loved you without being loved. All the love which you have for Me you owe to Me, so that it is not of grace that you love Me, but because you ought to do so. While I love you of grace, and not because I owe you My love. Therefore to Me, in person, you cannot repay the love which I require of you, and I have placed you in the midst of your fellows, that you may do to them that which you cannot do to Me, that is to say, that you may love your neighbor of free grace, without expecting any return from him, and what you do to him, I count as done to Me

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Jueves, 21 De Agosto : San Cirilo de Jerusalén

Jueves, 21 De Agosto : San Cirilo de Jerusalén

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3. Se narra en los Evangelios que alguien fue a una boda, pero entró con una vestimenta inapropiada. Se acomodó y comió, ya que el esposo lo había permitido. Sin embargo, cuando vio la vestimenta blanca de los otros invitados, tendría que haberse vestido del mismo color. A pesar de todo, se servía los mismos platos que los demás, pero se diferenciaba por su vestimenta e intención. El esposo, aunque magnánimo, era hombre con discernimiento. Al dar una vuelta mirando a cada uno de los comensales, ponía su atención no en el hecho de que comían sino en el modo de comportarse. Al ver a un extraño vestido con un traje que no era para una fiesta de bodas, le dijo: «Amigo, ¿cómo has entrado aquí?» (Mt 22,12) ¿Con qué color de vestimenta? ¿Con qué conciencia? Entiendo que el portero no te lo haya prohibido por la liberalidad del intendente. Entiendo también que ignorabas con qué vestimenta era preciso entrar al banquete. Pero, una vez dentro, viste las vestimentas resplandecientes de los comensales. ¿No debías haber aprendido una lección de tus observaciones? ¿No debiste entrar del modo honesto adecuado para poder salir también adecuadamente? Pero entraste de manera intempestiva y eres también intempestivamente expulsado. (…) 4. Has visto lo que le ocurrió a ese hombre aquel día, sé vigilante en tu situación. (…) Es posible que hayas entrado con un alma pecadora y una intención deshonesta. (…) Haz hoy una salida honesta y mañana un honestísimo retorno. Si tu alma tenía por vestimenta la avaricia, entra con otra vestimenta. Despójate de la vestimenta que has portado, no pongas nada por encima, líbrate de la fornicación e impureza y revístete de la castidad. Te doy este aviso para que, cuando entre Jesús, el Esposo de las almas, no vea tu vestimenta.

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Thursday, August 21 : Saint Cyril of Jerusalem

Thursday, August 21 : Saint Cyril of Jerusalem

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A certain man in the Gospels once pried into the marriage feast, and took an unbecoming garment, and came in, sat down, and ate: for the bridegroom permitted it. But when he saw them all clad in white, he ought to have assumed a garment of the same kind himself. Whereas he partook of the same food, but was unlike them in fashion and in purpose. The bridegroom, however, though bountiful, was not undiscerning: and in going round to each of the guests and observing them (for his care was not for their eating, but for their seemly behaviour), he saw a stranger not having on a wedding garment, and said to him, Friend, how did you get in here? In what a color! With what a conscience! What though the door-keeper forbade you not, because of the bountifulness of the entertainer? What though you were ignorant in what fashion you should come in to the banquet? — you came in, and saw the glittering fashions of the guests: should you not have been taught even by what was before your eyes? Should you not have retired in good season, that you might enter in good season again? But now you have come in unseasonably, to be unseasonably cast out. So he commands the servants, Bind his feet, which daringly intruded: bind his hands, which knew not how to put a bright garment around him: and cast him into the outer darkness; for he is unworthy of the wedding torches. You see what happened to that man: make your own condition safe. For we, the ministers of Christ, have admitted every one, and occupying, as it were, the place of door-keepers we left the door open: and possibly thou entered with your soul bemired with sins, and with a will defiled. You entered, and were allowed: your name was inscribed. Tell me, do you behold this venerable constitution of the Church? Do you view her order and discipline , the reading of Scriptures , the presence of the ordained , the course of instruction ? Be abashed at the place, and be taught by what you see. Go out opportunely now, and enter most opportunely tomorrow.
Roman Catholic Ordinary Calendar – rosary,team

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Thursday, August 21 : Baldwin of Ford

Thursday, August 21 : Baldwin of Ford

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God is living and effective, more piercing than any two-edged sword”(Heb 4:12).What greatness of power, what wealth of wisdom in the Word of God is shown by these words of the Apostle to those that seek Christ, who is himself the word, the power, and the wisdom of God. In the beginning, this word was with God, coeternal with him (Jn 1:1); in his time he was revealed to the prophets, proclaimed by them, and received humbly in the faith of his believing people… The Word of God is living, and the Father granted to him that he should have life in himself as the Father has life in himself (Jn 5:26). On this account, he is not only living but he is life, as he says of himself: “I am the way, the truth and the life” (Jn 14:16). Because he is life, he lives in such a way that he is able to give life, for “as the Father raises up the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to whom he will” (Jn 5:21). He gives life when he calls Lazarus from the tomb and says: “Come forth!” (Jn 11:43). When this word is proclaimed, the voice of him who proclaims it gives to the voice which is heard outwardly the voice of power which is heard inwardly, and it is by this voice that life is given to the dead and, by awakening faith, raises up true children to Abraham (Mt 3:9). This word, therefore, is living in the heart of the Father, living in the mouth of him who proclaims it, and living in the heart of him who believes and loves it.

Roman Extraordinary (Tridentine) Daily Readings – rosary,team

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Wednesday, August 20 : Saint Gregory the Great

Wednesday, August 20 : Saint Gregory the Great

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We can apply these hourly periods to each individual person’s life. Morning is the childhood of our understanding. The third hour can be taken as our youth, because the sun is advancing on high as the impetuosity of age increases. The sixth hour is that of young adulthood, because when we reach our full strength it is as if the sun is in the center of the heavens. The ninth hour we take to be old age, because like the sun descending from its zenith, this age lacks the warmth of youth. The eleventh hour is the age that is called infirm or old… Since then one person is brought to a good life in childhood, another in youth, another in young adulthood, another in old age, another at the age of infirmity, it is as if workmen are being called to the vineyard at different hours. Look at your conduct, my friends, and see if you are still God’s workmen. Let everyone reflect on what he is doing, and consider whether he is laboring in the Lord’s vineyard… One who has neglected to live for God up to the last period of his life has stood idle, as it were, up to the eleventh hour… “Why do you stand here all day idle?” meaning, “Even though you have not been willing to live for God in your childhood and young adulthood, at least come to your right mind in the final time of your life. Come to the ways of life”… Did not the thief come at the eleventh hour? (Lk 23,39f.) He possessed nothing by the length of his life, but he had something, coming late though it did, by his punishment. He confessed God on the cross, and he gave forth his last breath almost as he spoke. The householder began paying the denarius beginning with the last, because he called the thief to the repose of paradise before he called Peter.
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Wednesday, August 20 : Saint Josémaria Escriva de Balaguer

Wednesday, August 20 : Saint Josémaria Escriva de Balaguer

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The Lord described his disciples’ mission as filling the world with light, being salt and light, carrying the good news of God’s love to the furthest confines of the earth. It is to this that all Christians must dedicate their life in one way or another… The grace of faith was not given us so as to remain hidden, but on the contrary, in order to shine before people… Some will perhaps ask themselves how they can communicate this knowledge of Christ to others. I shall answer: with naturalness, with simplicity, by living exactly as you do in the midst of the world, devoted as you are to your professional work and to the care of your family, participating in all the noble aspirations of people, respecting the legitimate freedom of each person… Ordinary life can be holy and filled with God. The Lord calls us to sanctify our usual tasks, because that is also where Christian perfection dwells. Let us not forget that almost all the days Mary spent on this earth were spent in a way very like the days of millions of other women who are also dedicated to their family, to the education of their children, to household tasks. All of that, which many wrongly consider to be insignificant and of no value, Mary sanctified even to the smallest detail… An ordinary blessed life, which can be so full of the love of God! For this is what explains the life of Mary: her love lived to the point of forgetting herself, completely happy as she was to be in her place where God wanted her. That is why her smallest gesture was never banal, but on the contrary, can be seen as full of meaning… It is up to us to try to be like her in the exact circumstances in which God wants us to live.

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