{"id":5626,"date":"2024-12-19T01:45:10","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T01:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/societyofthemostholyredeemer.org\/?page_id=5626"},"modified":"2026-01-11T15:43:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T15:43:22","slug":"daily-meditations-octave-of-the-epiphany","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/societyofthemostholyredeemer.org\/es\/daily-meditations-octave-of-the-epiphany\/","title":{"rendered":"MEDITACIONES DIARIAS: OCTAVA DE LA EPIFAN\u00cdA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meditaci\u00f3n matutina:\u00a0 PRESENTATION OF JESUS IN THE TEMPLE<\/em><\/b><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Se entreg\u00f3 . . . una oblaci\u00f3n y un sacrificio a Dios<\/em>. - (Ef. v., 2).
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0If Jesus offers His life to His Father for the love of us, it is just that we should offer Him our life and our entire being.\u00a0 This is what He desires, as He signified to the Blessed Angela de Foligno, saying to her: \u201cI have offered Myself for thee, in order that thou shouldst offer thyself to Me.\u201d<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:<\/b>
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The time having now come when, according to the Law, Mary had to go to the Temple for her purification, and to present Jesus to the Divine Father, behold she sets out in company with Joseph.\u00a0 Joseph carries the two turtle doves they are to offer to God, and Mary carries her dear Infant: she takes the Lamb of God to offer Him to the Almighty, in token of the great Sacrifice that this Son would one day accomplish on the Cross.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Consider the holy Virgin entering the Temple; she makes an oblation of her Son on behalf of the whole human race, and says: Behold, O Eternal Father, Thy beloved Only-Begotten One, Who is Thy Son and mine also; I offer Him to Thee as a Victim to Thy divine justice, in order to appease Thy wrath against sinners.\u00a0 Accept Him, O God of mercy!\u00a0 Have pity on our miseries; and for the love of this immaculate Lamb do Thou receive men into Thy grace.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eternal Father, I, a miserable sinner, who have deserved a thousand hells, present myself this day before Thee, O God of infinite Majesty, and I offer Thee my poor heart.\u00a0 But, O God, what a heart I offer Thee \u2013 a heart that has never known how to love Thee, but has, on the contrary, so often offended Thee and so often betrayed Thee!\u00a0 But now I offer it to Thee full of penitence, and resolved to love Thee at all costs and to obey Thee in all things.\u00a0 Pardon me, and draw me entirely to Thy love.\u00a0 I do not deserve to be heard; but Thy Infant Son, Who offers Himself to Thee in the Temple as a Sacrifice for my salvation, merits for me this grace.\u00a0 I offer Thee this Thy Son and His Sacrifice, and in this I place all my hopes.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The offering of Mary is joined to that of Jesus. \u00a0Behold Me, (says the Holy Infant), behold Me, O My Father; to Thee do I consecrate My whole life; Thou hast sent Me into the world to save it by My Blood; behold My Blood and My whole self. \u00a0I offer Myself entirely to Thee for the salvation of the world. \u00a0He delivered himself . . . an oblation and a sacrifice to God.
<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No sacrifice was ever so acceptable to God as this which His dear Son then made \u2014 Who had become, even from His infancy, a Victim and Priest. \u00a0If all men and Angels had offered their lives, their oblations would not have been so pleasing to God as this of Jesus Christ, because in this offering alone the Eternal Father received infinite honour and infinite satisfaction.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I thank Thee, O my Father, for having sent Thy Son upon the earth to sacrifice Himself for me. \u00a0And I bless Thee, O Incarnate Word, Lamb of God, Who didst offer Thyself to die for my soul. \u00a0I love Thee, my dear Redeemer, and Thee alone will I love; for I find none but Thee Who has offered and sacrificed His life to save me. \u00a0It makes me shed tears to think how ungrateful I have been to Thee; but Thou willest not my death, but that I should be converted and live. \u00a0Yes, my Jesus, I turn to Thee, and repent with my whole heart of having offended Thee, of having offended the great God, Who has sacrificed Himself for me. \u00a0Do Thou give me life, and life shall then be spent in loving Thee, the sovereign Good; make me love Thee, I ask Thee nothing more.\u00a0 Mary, my Mother, thou didst offer thy Son in the Temple even for me; do thou offer Him again for me, and beseech the Eternal Father to accept me for His own, for the love of Jesus. \u00a0And thou, my Queen, do thou also accept me for thy faithful servant. \u00a0If I am thy servant, I shall also be the servant of thy Son.<\/p>

Lectura espiritual:\u00a0 ST. SIMEON’S PROPHECY<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n vespertina:\u00a0 THE FIRST SWORD OF SORROW (First Dolour)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Blessed Virgin revealed to St. Bridget, that while on earth, there was not an hour in which grief did not pierce her soul: \u201cas often,\u201d she continued, \u201cas I wrapped my Son in His swaddling-clothes, as often as I saw His hands and feet, so often was my soul absorbed, so to say, in fresh grief; for I thought how He would be crucified.\u201d
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Abbot Rupert contemplates Mary suckling her Son, and thus addressing Him: A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me; he shall abide between my breasts. \u2014 <\/em>(Cant, i., 12). \u00a0Ah, Son, I clasp Thee in my arms, because Thou art so dear to me; but the dearer Thou art to me, the more dost Thou become a bundle of myrrh and sorrow to me when I think of Thy sufferings.\u00a0 \u201cMary,\u201d says St. Bernardine of Sienna, reflected that the Strength of the Saints was to be reduced to agony; the Beauty of Paradise to be disfigured; the Lord of the world to be bound as a criminal; the Creator of all things to be made livid with blows; the Judge of all to be condemned; the Glory of Heaven despised; the King of kings to be crowned with thorns, and treated as a mock king.\u201d
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It was revealed to the same St. Bridget, that the afflicted Mother, already knowing what her Son was to suffer, \u201cwhen suckling Him, thought of the gall and vinegar; when swathing Him, of the cords with which He was to be bound; when bearing Him in her arms, of the Cross to which He was to be nailed; when sleeping, of His death.\u201d \u00a0As often as she put on His garment, she reflected that one day it would be torn from Him, that He might be crucified; and when she beheld His sacred hands and feet, she thought of the nails which would one day pierce them; and then, as Mary said to St. Bridget, \u201cmy eyes filled with tears, and my heart was tortured with grief.\u201d
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I pity thee, O afflicted Mother, on account of the first Sword of Sorrow that pierced thee, when, in the Temple, all the outrages which men would inflict on thy beloved Jesus, were made known to thee by St. Simeon, and which thou already knewest from the Sacred Scriptures; outrages which were to cause Him to die before thine eyes, on that infamous Cross, exhausted of His Blood, abandoned by all, and thyself unable to defend or help Him. \u00a0By that bitter knowledge, then, which for so many years afflicted thy heart, I beseech thee, my Queen, to obtain for me the grace that during my life and at my death I may ever keep the Passion of Jesus and Thy sorrows impressed on my heart.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Evangelist says that as Jesus Christ advanced in years, so also did He advance in wisdom and in grace with God and men. \u2014 <\/em>(Luke ii., 32). \u00a0This is to be understood as St. Thomas explains it \u2014 that He advanced in wisdom and grace in the estimation of men and before God, inasmuch as all His works would continually have availed to increase His merit, had not grace been conferred upon Him from the beginning, in its complete fulness, by virtue of the hypostatic union. \u00a0But, since Jesus advanced in the love and esteem of others, how much more must He have advanced in that of Mary!\u00a0 And, O God, as love increased in her, so much the more did her grief increase at the thought of having to lose Him by so cruel a death; and the nearer the time of the Passion of her Son approached, so much the deeper did that Sword of Sorrow, foretold by St. Simeon, pierce the heart of His Mother. \u00a0This was precisely revealed by the Angel to St. Bridget, saying: \u201cThat Sword of Sorrow was every hour approaching nearer to the Blessed Virgin, as the time of the Passion of her Son draw near.\u201d
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Since, then, Jesus our King, and His most holy Mother, did not refuse, for love of us, to suffer such cruel pains throughout their, lives, it is reasonable that we at least should not complain if we have to suffer something.\u00a0 Jesus, crucified, once appeared to Sister Magdalen Orsini, a Dominicaness, who had long been suffering under a great trial, and encouraged her to remain, by means of that affliction, with Him on the Cross. \u00a0Sister Magdalen complainingly answered: \u201cO Lord, Thou wast tortured on the Cross only for three hours,<\/em> and I have endured my pain for many years.\u201d \u00a0The Redeemer then replied: \u201cAh, ignorant soul, what dost thou say? \u00a0From the first moment of My conception I suffered in Heart all that I afterwards endured dying on the Cross.\u201d \u00a0If, then, when we suffer we also complain, let us imagine Jesus and His Mother Mary addressing the same words to ourselves.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ah, my Blessed Mother, it is not one sword only with which I have pierced thy heart, but I have done so with as many as are the sins which I have committed. \u00a0Ah, Lady, it is not to thee, who art innocent, that sufferings are due, but to me who am guilty of so many crimes.\u00a0 But since thou hast been pleased to suffer so, much for me, ah, by thy merits, obtain me great sorrow for my sins, and patience under the trials of this life, which will always be light in comparison with my demerits, for I have often deserved hell.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Meditaci\u00f3n matutina:\u00a0 \u201cTHEY SEEK THE CHILD TO DESTROY HIM\u201d<\/em><\/b><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a1Lev\u00e1ntate! y toma al Ni\u00f1o y a su madre y vuela a Egipto<\/em>. \u2014 (Matt. ii., 13).
\u00a0 \u00a0 Behold, Jesus is no sooner born than He is persecuted unto death.\u00a0 Herod is a figure of those miserable sinners who, as soon as they see Jesus Christ born again in their souls by the pardon of sin, persecute Him unto death by returning to their sins: porque buscan al Ni\u00f1o para destruirlo<\/em>. \u2014 (Ibid.)<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:<\/b>
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0El \u00c1ngel se apareci\u00f3 a San Jos\u00e9 en sue\u00f1os, y le inform\u00f3 que Herodes buscaba al Ni\u00f1o Jes\u00fas para destruir Su vida; por lo que dijo: Lev\u00e1ntate, toma al Ni\u00f1o y a su madre y vuela a Egipto<\/em>.\u00a0 Behold, then, how Jesus is no sooner born than He is persecuted unto death.\u00a0 Herod is a figure of those miserable sinners who, as soon as they see Jesus Christ born again in their souls by the pardon of sin, persecute Him unto death by returning to their sins: porque buscan al Ni\u00f1o para destruirlo<\/em>.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Joseph immediately obeys the command of the Angel, and gives notice of it to his holy spouse.\u00a0 He then takes the few tools that he can carry, in order to make use of them in his trade, and to be able in Egypt to support his poor family.\u00a0 Mary at the same time puts together a little bundle of clothes for the use of the holy Child; and then she goes into her cell, kneels down first before her Infant Son, kisses His feet, and with tears of tenderness says to Him: O my Son and my God, hardly art Thou born and come into the world to save men, than these men seek Thee to put Thee to death!\u00a0 She then takes Him; and the two holy spouses, shedding tears as they go, at once set out on their journey.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0My dear Jesus, Thou art the King of Heaven, but now I behold Thee as an Infant wandering over the earth; tell me whom dost Thou seek?\u00a0 I pity Thee when I see Thee so poor and humbled; but I pity Thee more when I see Thee treated with such ingratitude by the same men whom Thou camest to save.\u00a0 Thou dost weep; but I also weep, because I have been one of those who in times past have despised and persecuted Thee.\u00a0 But now I value Thy grace more than all the kingdoms of the world; forgive me, O my Jesus, all the evil I have committed against Thee, and permit me to carry Thee always in my heart during the journey of my life to eternity, even as Mary carried Thee in her arms during the flight into Egypt.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Let us consider the occupation of these holy Pilgrims during their journey. \u00a0All their conversation is upon their dear Jesus alone, on His patience and His love; and thus they console each other in the midst of the trials and sufferings of so long a journey. \u00a0Oh, how sweet it is to suffer at the sight of Jesus suffering! \u00a0\u201cO my soul,\u201d says St. Bonaventure, \u201cdo thou also keep company with these three poor holy Exiles, and have compassion on them in the long, wearisome, and painful journey which they are making. \u00a0And beseech Mary that she will give her divine Son to me to carry in my heart.\u201d
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Consider how much they must have suffered, especially in those nights which they had to pass in the desert of Egypt. \u00a0The bare earth serves them for a bed in the cold open air. \u00a0The Infant weeps; Mary and Joseph shed tears of compassion. \u00a0O Holy Faith! who would not weep at seeing the Son of God become an Infant, poor and forsaken, flying across a desert in order to escape death?
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 My beloved Redeemer, I have many times driven Thee out of my soul; but now I hope that Thou hast again taken possession of it. \u00a0I beseech Thee, do Thou bind it to Thyself with the sweet chains of Thy love. \u00a0I will never again drive Thee from me. \u00a0But I fear lest I should again abandon Thee, as I have done in times past; O my Lord! let me die rather than treat Thee with fresh and still more horrible ingratitude. \u00a0I love Thee, O infinite Goodness; and I will always repeat, I love Thee, I love Thee, I love Thee; and so I hope to die saying: God of .my heart, and the God that art my portion forever. –<\/em>\u2014 (Ps. lxxii., 26). \u00a0O my Jesus! \u00a0Thou art so good, so worthy of being loved, oh, do Thou make Thyself loved; make Thyself loved by all the sinners who persecute Thee; give them light, make them know the love Thou hast borne them and the love Thou deservest since Thou goest wandering over the earth as a poor Infant, weeping and trembling with cold, and seeking souls to love Thee! \u00a0O Mary, most holy Virgin, O dearest Mother and companion of the sufferings of Jesus, do thou help me always to carry and preserve thy Son in my heart, in life and in death!<\/p>

Lectura espiritual:\u00a0 THE SECOND SWORD OF SORROW<\/em> (Second Dolour)<\/strong><\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n vespertina:\u00a0 MAN IS A TRAVELLER ON EARTH<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Seeing that on this earth so many miscreants live in prosperity, and so many Saints live in tribulations, the very Gentiles, by the sole aid of the light of nature, came to this conclusion \u2013 that, as there is a just God, there must be another life in which the wicked are punished and the good rewarded. \u00a0But what the Gentiles learned by the light of reason, we Christians know by the light of Faith. \u00a0We have not here a lasting city, but we seek one that is to come. –<\/em>\u2014 (Heb. xiii., 14). \u00a0This earth is not our country; it is for us a place of passage; from which we shall soon go to the house of eternity.\u00a0 Man shall go into the house of his eternity. \u2014 <\/em>(Eccles. xii., 5). \u00a0The house, then, dear reader, which you inhabit is not your home; it is a hospital, from which you will soon, and when you least expect, be dislodged. \u00a0Remember that when the time of death has arrived, your dearest relatives will be the first to banish you from it; and what will be your true home? \u00a0The home of your body will be a grave, in which it will remain till the day of Judgment; but your soul will go to the house of eternity \u2013<\/em>\u00a0either to Heaven or to hell. \u00a0St. Augustine tells you that you are a stranger, a traveller, a spectator.\u00a0 It would be foolishness in a traveller to spend all his patrimony in purchasing a villa, or a house in a country through which he is merely passing, and which he must leave in a few days. \u00a0Reflect, says the Saint, that in this world you are only on a journey; fix not your affections on what you see; look and pass on, and labour to procure a good house, in which you will have to dwell forever.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Behold, then, O Lord, the home which I have deserved by the life I led. \u00a0Alas! it is hell, in which, from the first sin I have committed, I ought to dwell, abandoned by Thee, and without having it ever in my power to love Thee. \u00a0Blessed forever be Thy mercy, which has waited for me, and which now gives me time to repair the evil I have done. \u00a0O my God, I will no longer abuse Thy patience. \u00a0I am sorry above all things for having offended Thee, not so much because I have merited hell, as because I have outraged Thy infinite goodness.\u00a0 Never more, my God, never more will I rebel against Thee; I desire death rather than offend Thee.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Happy you, if you save your soul! \u00a0Oh! how delightful is Heaven! \u00a0All the princely palaces of this world are but stables compared with the city of Paradise, which alone can be called the city of perfect beauty.<\/em> \u00a0There you will have nothing to desire; for you will be in the society of the Saints, of the divine Mother, and of Jesus Christ, and will be free from all fear of evil; in a word, you will live in a sea of delights, and in unceasing joy, which will last forever. \u00a0Everlasting joy shall be upon their heads! <\/em>\u2014 (Is. xxxv., 10). \u00a0This joy shall be so great, that at every moment for all eternity it will appear new. \u00a0But unhappy you, if you are lost! \u00a0You will be confined in a sea of fire and of torments, in despair, abandoned by all, and without God. \u00a0And for how long? \u00a0Perhaps after the lapse of a hundred thousand years, your pains will have an end? \u00a0A hundred and a thousand millions of years and ages will pass by, and your hell will always be at its commencement. \u00a0What are a thousand years compared with eternity? \u00a0Less than a day which is gone by. \u00a0A thousand years in thy sight are as yesterday, which is past. \u2014 <\/em>(Ps. lxxxix., 4). \u00a0Would you wish to know the house which will be your dwelling for eternity?\u00a0 It will be that which you merit, and which you choose for yourself by your works.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 O my Sovereign Good! were I now in hell, I could never love Thee, nor couldst Thou love me. \u00a0I love Thee, and wish to be loved by Thee; this I do not deserve, but Jesus merits it for me because He has offered Himself to Thee in sacrifice on the Cross, that Thou mightest be able to pardon and love me. \u00a0Eternal Father, give me, then, for the sake of Thy Son, the grace to love Thee, and to love Thee with all my heart. \u00a0I love Thee, O my Father, Who hast given me Thy Son. \u00a0I love Thee, O Son of God, Who didst die for me. \u00a0I love Thee, O Mother of Jesus! who, by thy intercession, hast obtained for me time for repentance. \u00a0O Mary, obtain for me sorrow for my sins, the love of God, and holy perseverance.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Meditaci\u00f3n matutina:\u00a0 SALVATION ALONE IS NECESSARY<\/em><\/b><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 El asunto de la salvaci\u00f3n eterna no es s\u00f3lo la m\u00e1s importante<\/em>es la \u00fanico asunto<\/em> to which we have to attend in this life.\u00a0 Only one thing is necessary.\u00a0 If you save your soul, it will do you no harm to have lived here in poverty, afflictions and contempt.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:<\/b>
\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Pero una cosa es necesaria<\/em>. \u2014 (Luke x., 42).\u00a0 It is not necessary that in this world we should be honoured with dignities, favoured with riches, with good health, and earthly pleasures; but it is necessary that we should be saved; for there is no middle course \u2013 we must either be guardado<\/em> o maldito<\/em>.\u00a0 After this short life, we shall be either eternally happy in Heaven, or eternally wretched in hell.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0How many worldly persons there are who, loaded with riches and hours in this life, and lifted up to high positions, and even to thrones, now find themselves in hell, where all their fortune in this world serves only to increase their pains and their despair.\u00a0 This is what the Lord warned us of: No os hag\u00e1is tesoros en la tierra, sino haceos tesoros en el cielo, donde ni la polilla ni el or\u00edn destruyen<\/em>. \u2014 (Matt. vi., 19).\u00a0 The acquisition of earthly goods perishes with death; but the acquisition of spiritual goods is an unrivalled treasure, and is eternal.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0God has taught us that He wills the salvation of all, and to all He gives the power of being saved.\u00a0 Miserable is he who is lost; it is all his own doing: La destrucci\u00f3n es tuya, oh Israel; tu ayuda s\u00f3lo est\u00e1 en m\u00ed.<\/em>. \u2014 (Osee xiii., 9).\u00a0 And this will be the greatest pain of the damned, the thought that they are lost through their own fault.\u00a0 Fire and the worm (that is, the remorse of conscience) will torture the damned in punishment for their sins, but the worm will forever torment them more terribly than the flame.\u00a0 How much pain do we not suffer through the loss of any object of value \u2013 a diamond, a watch, a purse of money \u2013 especially when this happens through our own carelessness!\u00a0 We cannot eat or sleep, for thinking of our loss, so long as there is hope of repairing it in some way or other.\u00a0 What, then, will be the torment of one who, through his own fault, has lost God and Paradise, without a hope of ever recovering them!
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0O my God! what is it that will befall me?\u00a0 Shall I be lost?\u00a0 One lot or the other must be mine.\u00a0 I hope to be saved; but who shall assure me of it?\u00a0 I know that I have repeatedly deserved hell.\u00a0 Yes, my Saviour, Thy death is my hope.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We have erred from the way. \u2014 <\/em>(Wis. v., 6). \u00a0The eternal complaint of the souls miserably damned will be: We have gone astray, destroying ourselves of our own accord, and there is no remedy for our error! \u00a0In most of the misfortunes that occur to persons in this life, a remedy comes with time, or with a change of state, or, at least, through a holy resignation to the will of God.\u00a0 But none of these remedies will help us when we have reached eternity, if in this life we have wandered from the path to Heaven.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Therefore, the Apostle St. Paul exhorts us to labour for our eternal salvation with a continual fear of losing it: Work out your salvation with fear and trembling.<\/em> -<\/em> (Phil. ii., 12). \u00a0This fear will cause us to walk with caution, and to avoid occasions of evil; it will aid us continually to recommend ourselves to God, and thus we shall be saved.\u00a0 Let us pray the Lord that He will fix this thought in our hearts \u2013 that upon the life we lead in this world depends the question whether we shall be eternally blessed or eternally miserable without hope of remedy.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 My God, many times have I despised Thy grace; I deserve no mercy, but Thy Prophet teaches me that Thou showest mercy to all who seek Thee. \u00a0In the past I have fled from Thee; but now I seek nothing, I ask nothing, I love nothing but Thee. \u00a0Do not despise me in Thy goodness. \u00a0Remember the Blood Thou hast shed for me.\u00a0 This Blood, and thy intercession, O Mary, Mother of God, are my only hope.<\/p>

Lectura espiritual:\u00a0 EL GRAN PENSAMIENTO DE LA ETERNIDAD<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n vespertina:\u00a0 THE DWELLING OF JESUS IN EGYPT<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jesus chose to dwell in Egypt during His infancy, that therein He might lead a hard and a more abject life.\u00a0 According to St. Anselm and other writers, the Holy Family lived in Heliopolis. \u00a0Let us with St. Bonaventure contemplate the life of Jesus during the seven years He remained in Egypt, as was revealed to St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The house is very poor, for St. Joseph has little wherewith to pay rent; their bed is poor, their food poor; their life, in short, is one of strict poverty, for day by day they barely gain their livelihood by the work of their hands, and they live in a country where they are unknown and are despised, having neither relatives nor friends.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Holy Family does indeed live in great poverty; but oh, how well-ordered are the occupations of these three sojourners! \u00a0The Holy Infant speaks not with His tongue, but in His Heart He continually speaks to His Heavenly Father, offering all His sufferings, and every moment of His life for our salvation. \u00a0And Mary does not speak, but at the sight of that dear Infant she meditates on the Divine love, and the favour that God has conferred upon her by choosing her for His Mother.\u00a0 Joseph also works in silence; but at the sight of the Divine Child his heart is inflamed, and he thanks the Child for having chosen him for the companion and guardian of His life.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 O Holy Infant, Who livest in this country of barbarians, poor, unknown, and despised, I acknowledge Thee for my God and Saviour, and I thank Thee for all the humiliations and sufferings Thou didst endure in Egypt for the love of me. \u00a0By Thy manner of life there Thou dost teach me to live as a pilgrim on this earth, giving me to understand that this is not my country; but that Paradise which Thou hast purchased for me by Thy death, is my home. \u00a0Ah, my Jesus, I have been ungrateful to Thee because I have thought but little of what Thou hast done and suffered for me. \u00a0When I think that Thou, the Son of God, didst lead a life of such tribulation upon this earth, so poor and neglected, how is it possible that I should go about seeking the amusements and good things of the earth? \u00a0Take me, I pray Thee, my dear Redeemer, for Thy companion; admit me to live always united with Thee upon this earth, in order that, united with Thee in Heaven, I may love Thee there, and be Thy companion throughout eternity.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In this house Mary weans Jesus: at first she fed Him from her breast, now she feeds Him with her hands; she holds Him in her lap, takes from the porringer a little bread soaked in water, and puts it into the sacred mouth of her Son. \u00a0In this house Mary released her Infant from His swathing-bands, and made Him His first little garments and dressed Him in them. \u00a0In this house the Child Jesus begins to walk and speak. \u00a0Let us adore the first steps of the Incarnate Word, and the first words of Eternal Wisdom uttered by Him. \u00a0Here also He began to do the work of a little servant-boy, occupying Himself in all the little services that a child can render.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ah, weaning! ah, little garment! ah, first steps! ah, lisping words! ah, little services of the little Jesus, how do you not wound and inflame the hearts of those who love Jesus and meditate on everything in His life.\u00a0 Behold God trembling and falling! \u00a0God lisping! \u00a0God become so weak that He can occupy Himself in nothing but little household affairs, unable even to lift a bit of wood, if too heavy for the strength of a child! \u00a0O Holy Faith, enlighten us, and make us love this good Lord, Who for the love of us has submitted Himself to so many miseries! \u00a0It is said that on the entrance of Jesus into Egypt all the idols of the country fell down; oh, let us pray God that He will make us love Jesus from our hearts, since in the soul into which the love of Jesus enters, all idols of earthly affections are overthrown.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Give me light, O God; increase my Faith. \u00a0What are riches, or pleasures, or dignities, or honours! \u00a0All is vanity and folly. \u00a0The only real riches, the only real good, is to possess Thee Who art the Infinite Good. \u00a0Blessed he who loves Thee! \u00a0I love Thee, O my Jesus, and I seek none other but Thee. \u00a0I desire Thee, and Thou desirest me. \u00a0If I had a thousand kingdoms, I would renounce them all to please Thee. \u00a0\u201cMy God and my All!\u201d \u00a0If in times past I have sought after the vanities and pleasures of this world, I now detest them, and am sorry that I have done so. \u00a0My beloved Saviour, from this day forward Thou shalt be my only delight, my only love, my only treasure. \u00a0Most holy Mary, pray to Jesus for me.\u00a0 Beseech Him to make me rich in His love alone, and I desire nothing more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Meditaci\u00f3n matutina:\u00a0 THE FAILURE TO SAVE ONE’S SOUL IS WITHOUT REMEDY<\/em><\/b><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a1Un asunto irreparable!<\/em>\u00a0 No error can be compared with the error of neglecting one\u2019s eternal salvation.\u00a0 For all other failures there is a remedy.\u00a0 If you lose your soul the loss is irreparable, for the soul, once lost, is lost forever!<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:<\/b>
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0No error, says St. Eucherius, can be compared with the error of neglecting eternal salvation.\u00a0 For all other errors there is a remedy: if you lose property in one way, you may recover it in another; if you lose a situation, there may be some means of afterwards regaining it; if your life be but brief, provided your soul be saved, all is safe.\u00a0 But if you lose your soul the loss is irreparable.\u00a0 Death happens but once; the soul, once lost, is forever lost.\u00a0 Nothing remains but to weep for all eternity with the other miserable wretches in hell, whose greatest torment is the conviction, that the time for repairing their ruin is gone forever.\u00a0 Se acab\u00f3 el verano y no estamos salvados<\/em>. \u2014 (Jer. viii., 20).\u00a0 Ask the worldly wise now in that pit of fire, what are their present sentiments; ask them if, condemned to that eternal prison, they feel happy at having made a fortune in this life.\u00a0 Listen to their wailing and lamentation: Nos hemos equivocado<\/em>. \u2014 (Wis. v., 6).\u00a0 But of what use is it to know their error now, when there is no remedy for their eternal damnation?\u00a0 Should a man find his palace in ruins, how great would be his pains in reflecting on the impossibility of repairing the evil, when his loss is due only to his own neglect.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0El mayor tormento de los condenados consiste en la idea de haber perdido su alma y de estar condenados por su propia culpa.\u00a0 La destrucci\u00f3n es tuya, oh Israel<\/em>. \u2014 (Osee xiii., 9).\u00a0 St. Teresa says that if a person loses a ring or even a trifle through his own fault, his peace is disturbed; he neither eats nor sleeps.\u00a0 O God! how great will be the torture of the damned Christian when, on entering hell and finding himself shut up in that dungeon of torments, he reflects on his misfortune, and sees that for all eternity there will be no relief, no mitigation of pain! He will say: \u201cI have lost my soul!\u00a0 I have lost Paradise!\u00a0 I have lost my God! I have lost all \u2013 and all is lost forever!\u00a0 And why?\u00a0 Through my own fault.\u201d
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Ah my Jesus, remind me always of the death Thou hast suffered for me, and give me confidence.\u00a0 I tremble lest the devil should make me despair at death by bringing before my view the many acts of treason I have committed against Thee.\u00a0 How many promises have I made never more to offend Thee after the light Thou hast given me! and, after all my promises, I have, presuming on pardon, again turned my back upon Thee.\u00a0 Thus have I insulted Thee because Thou didst not chastise me! My Redeemer! give me a great sorrow for my sins before I leave this world.\u00a0 I ask of Thee sorrow and love.
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Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 But you will say \u2013 If I commit this sin why may I not hope to escape damnation? \u00a0I may still be saved. \u00a0Yes; but you may also be damned<\/em>: and it is more likely that you will be damned, for the Scriptures threaten eternal woes to all obstinate traitors, such as you are in your present dispositions. \u00a0Woe to you, apostate children, saith the Lord. \u2014 <\/em>(Is. xxx., 1). \u00a0Woe to them, for they have departed from me. \u2014 <\/em>(Osee vii., 13). \u00a0By committing this sin, you at least expose your eternal salvation to great danger. \u00a0And is it an affair to be exposed to risk?\u00a0 There is no question of a house, of a villa, or of a situation. \u00a0There is question, says St. John Chrysostom, of being sent into an eternity of torments, and of losing an eternity of glory. \u00a0And will you risk this business of sovereign importance on a perhaps?
<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You say: Perhaps I shall not be lost: I hope that God will hereafter pardon me. \u00a0But in the meantime what happens? \u00a0You condemn yourself to hell. \u00a0Tell me, would you cast yourself into a deep pool of water, saying: Perhaps I shall not be drowned? \u00a0Surely you would not.\u00a0 Why then risk your eternal salvation on such a groundless hope, on a perhaps?<\/em> \u00a0Oh! how many has this accursed hope sent to hell! \u00a0Do you realise that the hope of those who are obstinately determined to commit sin is not Hope,<\/em> but an illusion<\/em> y presumption<\/em> which move God, not to mercy, but to greater wrath? \u00a0If you say you are now unable to resist the temptation and passion to whose domination you submit, how will you resist them hereafter, when, by yielding to sin, your strength will not be increased, but greatly diminished? \u00a0For, on the one hand, your own malice will render you more blind and obdurate; and, on the other, Divine help will be withdrawn.\u00a0 Do you expect that the more you multiply your sins and insults against God, the more abundantly He will pour upon you His lights and graces?
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I am sorry, O Sovereign Good, for having offended Thee. \u00a0I promise to die a thousand times rather than abandon Thee. \u00a0But make me in the meantime feel that Thou hast said to me what Thou didst say to Magdalen \u2013 Thy sins are forgiven thee \u2013<\/em>\u00a0by giving me, before death, a great sorrow for all my iniquities, otherwise I fear my death will be troubled and unhappy. \u00a0Be not thou a terror unto me; thou art my hope in the day of affliction. <\/em>\u2014 (Jer. xvii., 17). \u00a0O my crucified Jesus! be not a terror to me in my last moments. \u00a0If I die before I have wept over my sins and have loved Thee, Thy Wounds and Thy Blood will inspire me with fear rather than confidence.\u00a0 I do not ask of Thee consolations and earthly goods during the remainder of my life; I ask of Thee sorrow and love. \u00a0O my dear Saviour, hear my prayer for the sake of that love which made Thee offer Thy life as a sacrifice for me on Calvary. \u00a0Mary, my Mother, obtain for me these graces, along with holy perseverance till death.<\/p>

Lectura espiritual:\u00a0 AN ADMONITION ADDRESSED TO PERSONS OF ALL STATES WHO DESIRE TO BE SAVED<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n vespertina:\u00a0 THE RETURN OF JESUS FROM EGYPT<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 According to the common opinion of the Doctors of the Church, Jesus lived as an exile in Egypt for seven years, and then, after the death of Herod, the Angel again appeared to St. Joseph and commanded him to take the Holy Child and His Mother and return to Palestine. \u00a0St. Joseph, consoled by this command, communicates it to Mary. \u00a0Before their departure, these holy spouses courteously informed the friends whom they had made in the country. \u00a0Joseph then collects the few instruments of his trade, Mary her little bundle of clothes, and taking the Divine Child by the hand, they set out on their journey homewards, leading Him between them.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 St. Bonaventure considers that this journey was more fatiguing to Jesus than was the flight into Egypt, because He had now grown to boyhood, and on this account Mary and Joseph could not carry Him in their arms on so long a journey, and at the same time the Holy Child, at that age, was not able to make a long journey. \u00a0Jesus was therefore obliged through fatigue, frequently to stop and rest on the way. \u00a0But Joseph and Mary, whether they walk or sit, always keep their eyes and thoughts fixed upon the beloved little Child, Who was the object of all their love. \u00a0Oh, with what recollection does that happy soul pass through this life who keeps before its eyes the love and the example of Jesus Christ!
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Beloved and adored Child, Thou dost return to Thy country; but whither, O God, whither dost Thou return?\u00a0 Thou comest to that place where Thy countrymen prepare for Thee insults during life, and scourges, thorns, and a Cross at Thy death. \u00a0All this was already present to Thy divine eyes, O my Jesus! and yet Thou comest of Thy own will to meet that Passion which men prepare for Thee. \u00a0My beloved Redeemer, if Thou hadst not come to die for me, I could not go to love Thee in Paradise, but must have always remained far away from Thee.\u00a0 I acknowledge that hell would be but a slight punishment for me. \u00a0But Thou hast waited to pardon me. \u00a0I thank Thee, O my Redeemer; I repent, and detest all the offences I have committed against Thee. \u00a0O Lord, I beseech Thee, deliver me from hell. \u00a0Ah, if I were miserable enough to damn myself, how would my torments in hell be increased by the remorse caused by my having meditated during life on the love Thou hast borne me!<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The holy Pilgrims interrupt, at times, the silence of this journey by some holy conversation; but with whom and of whom do they converse? \u00a0They speak only with Jesus and of Jesus. \u00a0He who has Jesus in his heart, speaks only with Jesus or only of Him.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Consider again the pain that our little Saviour must have endured during the nights of this long journey, in which He had no longer the bosom of Mary for His bed, as in His flight, but the bare ground; and for His food He had no more milk, but a little hard bread, too hard for His tender age. \u00a0He was probably also afflicted by thirst, for, in this desert the Jews had been in such want of water, that a miracle was necessary to supply them with it. \u00a0Let us contemplate and lovingly adore all these sufferings of the Child Jesus.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I love Thee now, dear Jesus, but I love Thee too little.\u00a0 Thou dost merit an infinite love. \u00a0Grant at least that I may love Thee with all my strength. \u00a0Ah, my Saviour, my Joy, my Life, my All, whom should I love if I love not Thee, the infinite Good? \u00a0I consecrate all my wishes to Thy will; at the sight of the sufferings Thou hast undergone for me, I offer myself to suffer as much as it shall please Thee. \u00a0Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. \u2014 <\/em>(Matt, vi., 13). \u00a0Deliver me from sin, and then dispose of me as Thou wilt. \u00a0I love Thee, infinite Good, and I am content to receive any punishment, even to be annihilated, rather than live without loving Thee.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Meditaci\u00f3n matutina:\u00a0 THE GOODS OF THIS WORLD ARE FALSE GOODS<\/em><\/b><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0St. Teresa used to say that nothing that ends ought to be considered of any consequence.\u00a0 Death approaches, the curtain falls, and thus all things come to an end.\u00a0 Let us therefore strive to gain that fortune which will not fail with time.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:<\/b>
\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 De qu\u00e9 le sirve al hombre ganar el mundo entero si sufre la p\u00e9rdida de su propia alma.<\/em> \u2014 (Matt. xvi., 26).\u00a0 O great maxim, which has conducted so many souls to Heaven, and given so many Saints to the Church!\u00a0 What doth it profit us to gain the whole world, which passes away, and lose the soul, which is eternal?
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The world!\u00a0 And what is this world but mere show \u2013 a scene which quickly passes away?\u00a0 La moda de este mundo pasa<\/em>. \u2014 (1 Cor. vii., 31).\u00a0 Death approaches, the curtain falls, the scene closes, and thus all things come to an end!
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Ay! a la hora de la muerte, \u00bfc\u00f3mo le parecer\u00e1n al cristiano todas las cosas mundanas -esas vasijas de poca monta, esos montones de dinero, esos muebles ricos y vanos- cuando tenga que dejarlas todas para siempre?
\u00a0 \u00a0 O Jesus! grant that henceforward my soul may be wholly Thine; grant that I may love no other but Thee.\u00a0 I desire to renounce all things before death tears me away from them.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00bfDe qu\u00e9 le sirve a un hombre ser feliz durante unos d\u00edas (si es que algo puede llamarse felicidad sin Dios), si despu\u00e9s ha de ser infeliz para siempre?
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0David dice que los bienes terrenales, a la hora de la muerte, parecer\u00e1n como un sue\u00f1o a quien despierta del sue\u00f1o: Como el sue\u00f1o de los que despiertan.<\/em> \u2014 (Ps. lxxii., 20).\u00a0 What disappointment does he feel who, having dreamt that he was a king, on awaking finds himself still lowly and poor as ever!
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0O my God! who knows but that this Meditation which I am now reading may be the last call for me?\u00a0 Enable me to root out of my heart all earthly affections, before I enter into eternity.\u00a0 Grant that I may be sensible of the great wrong that I have done Thee, by offending Thee, and by forsaking Thee for the love of creatures.\u00a0 Padre, no soy digno de ser llamado hijo tuyo<\/em>. - (Lucas xv., 21). Estoy afligido por haberte dado la espalda; no me rechaces ahora que vuelvo a Ti.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No post of honour, no pomps, no riches, no amusements, will console a Christian at the hour of death; the love of Jesus Christ, and the little that he has suffered for His love, will alone console him.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Phillip II, when dying, said: \u201cOh that I had been a Lay-brother in some monastery, and not a king!\u201d\u00a0 Philip III said : \u201cOh that I had lived in a desert! For now I shall appear but with little confidence before the tribunal of God.\u201d \u00a0Thus do those express themselves at the hour of death, who have been esteemed the most fortunate in this world.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In short, all earthly goods acquired during life generally end at the hour of death in remorse of conscience and fears of eternal damnation. \u00a0O God! will the dying sinner say, I have had sufficient light to direct me to withdraw myself from the world, but yet I have followed the world, and the maxims of the world; and now what sentence will be pronounced upon me? \u00a0Fool that I have been! \u00a0I might have been a Saint, with the opportunities and advantages that I enjoyed! \u00a0I might have led a happy life in union with God; and now what do I get from my past life? \u00a0But when will he say this? \u00a0When the scene is about to close, and he is entering eternity \u2013 at the very moment on which will depend his happiness or misery forever!
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 O Lord, have pity on me! \u00a0In the past I have not been so wise as to love Thee. \u00a0From this day forward, Thou alone shalt be my only Good. \u00a0My God and my All! \u00a0Thou alone deservest all my love, and Thee alone will I love.<\/p>

Lectura espiritual:\u00a0 EL PODER DE LA PASI\u00d3N DE JESUCRISTO PARA ENCENDER EL AMOR DIVINO EN CADA CORAZ\u00d3N<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n vespertina:\u00a0 WHAT THE PASSION OF JESUS CHRIST REQUIRES OF US<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Does Jesus Christ, perhaps, claim too much in asking us to give ourselves wholly to Him, after He has given us all His Blood and His life, in dying for us upon the Cross? \u00a0The charity of Christ presseth us. \u2014 <\/em>(2 Cor. v., 14). \u00a0Let us hear what St. Francis de Sales says upon these words: \u201cTo know that Jesus has loved us unto death, and even the death of the Cross, is not this to feel our hearts constrained by a violence which is all the stronger in proportion to its loveliness?\u201d \u00a0And then he adds: \u201cMy Jesus gives Himself all to me, and I give myself all to Him. \u00a0On His bosom will I live and die.\u00a0 Neither death nor life shall ever separate me from Him.\u201d
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It was for this end, says St. Paul, that Jesus Christ died, that each of us should no longer live to the world or to himself, but to Him alone Who has given Himself wholly to us. \u00a0And Christ died for all, that they who live may not now live to themselves, but to him who died for them. \u2014 <\/em>(2 Cor. v., 15). \u00a0He who lives to the world seeks to please the world; he who lives to himself seeks to please himself; but he who lives to Jesus Christ seeks only to please Jesus Christ, and fears only to displease Him. \u00a0His only joy is to see Him loved; his only sorrow, to see Him despised. \u00a0This is to live to Jesus Christ; and this is what He claims from each one of us.\u00a0 I repeat, does He claim too much from us, after having given us His Blood and His life?
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ah, my Jesus, I love Thee above all things, and whom would I wish to love if I love not Thee, Who art infinite Goodness, and Who hast died for me. \u00a0Would that I could die of grief every time I think of how I have so often driven Thee away from my soul by my sins, and separated myself from Thee, Who art my only Good, and Who hast loved me so much. \u00a0Who shall separate us from the charity of Christ? <\/em>\u2014 (Rom. viii., 35). \u00a0It is sin only that can separate me from Thee. \u00a0But I hope in the Blood Thou hast shed for me, that Thou wilt never allow me to separate myself from Thy love, and to lose Thy grace, which I prize more than every other good. \u00a0I give myself wholly to Thee. \u00a0Do Thou accept me, and draw all my affections to Thyself, that so I may love none but Thee.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Why, then, O my God! do we employ our affections in loving creatures, relatives, friends, the great ones of the world, who have never suffered for us scourges, thorns, or nails, nor shed one drop of blood for us; and not in loving a God, Who for love of us came down from Heaven and was made Man, and has shed all His Blood for us in the midst of torments, and finally died of grief upon a Cross, in order to win to Himself our hearts!\u00a0 Moreover, in order to unite Himself more closely to us, He has left Himself, after His death, upon our altars, where He makes Himself one with us, that we may understand how burning is the love wherewith He loves us? \u00a0\u201cHe hath mingled Himself with us,\u201d exclaims St. John Chrysostom, \u201cthat we may be one and the same thing; for this is the desire of those who ardently love.\u201d\u00a0 And St. Francis de Sales, speaking of the Holy Communion, adds: \u201cThere is no action in which we can think of our Saviour as more tender or more loving than this in which He, as it were, annihilates Himself, and reduces Himself to food, in order to unite Himself to the hearts of His faithful ones.\u201d
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 But how comes it, O Lord, that I, after having been loved by Thee to such an excess, have had the heart to despise Thee? \u00a0According to Thy just reproach: I have brought up children, and exalted them, but they have despised me \u2014 <\/em>(Is. i., 2), I, too, have dared to turn my back upon Thee, in order to gratify my senses.\u00a0 Thou hast cast me behind thy back. \u2014 <\/em>(Ezech. xxiii., 35).\u00a0 I have dared to drive Thee from my soul. \u00a0The wicked have said to God: Depart from us. \u2014 <\/em>(Job xxi., 14). \u00a0I have dared to afflict that Heart of Thine which has loved me so much. \u00a0And what am I now to do? \u00a0Ought I to be distrustful of Thy Mercy? \u00a0I curse the days wherein I dishonoured Thee. \u00a0Oh, would that I had died a thousand times, O my Saviour, rather than that I had ever offended Thee! \u00a0O Lamb of God! Thou hast bled to death upon the Cross to wash away our sins in Thy Blood. \u00a0O sinners! what would you not pay on the day of Judgment for one drop of the Blood of this Lamb!\u00a0 O my Jesus! have pity on me, and pardon me; but Thou knowest my weakness; take, then, my will that it may never more rebel against Thee. \u00a0Expel from me all love that is not for Thee. \u00a0I choose Thee alone for my Treasure and my only Good. \u00a0Thou art sufficient for me, and I desire no other good but Thee. \u00a0The God of my heart, and the God that is my portion forever. \u2014 <\/em>(Ps. lxxii., 26).
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 O little Sheep beloved of God (so used St. Teresa to call the Blessed Virgin), who art the Mother of the divine Lamb, recommend me to thy Son. \u00a0Thou, after Jesus, art my hope; for thou art the hope of sinners. \u00a0Into thy hands I entrust my eternal salvation. \u00a0Spes nostra, salve!<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Meditaci\u00f3n matutina:\u00a0 THE LOSS OF JESUS IN THE TEMPLE<\/em><\/b><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Our Lord, having given us the Blessed Virgin Mary as a model of perfection, it was necessary that she should be laden with sorrows, that in her we may admire heroic patience and endeavour to imitate it.\u00a0 The loss of her Son in the Temple was one of the greatest sorrows that Mary had to endure in her life. Por eso lloro y mis ojos se humedecen, porque el Consolador, el alivio de mi alma, est\u00e1 lejos de m\u00ed.<\/em>. \u2014 (Lament. i., 16).<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:<\/b>
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 St. Luke relates that Mary and Joseph went every year to Jerusalem on the Feast of the Pasch, and took the Infant Jesus with them.\u00a0 It was the custom, says the Venerable Bede, when the Jews made this journey to the temple, or at least on the return journey, for the men to be separated from the women; and the children went at their pleasure, either with their fathers or their mothers.\u00a0 Our Redeemer, Who was then twelve years old, remained during this Solemnity for three days in Jerusalem.\u00a0 Mary thought He was with Joseph, and Joseph that He was with Mary: Pensando que estaba en la empresa.<\/em> \u2014 (Luke ii., 44).
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The Holy Child employed all these three days in honouring His Eternal Father, by fasts, vigils, and prayers, and in being present at the sacrifices, all of which were figures of His own great Sacrifice on the Cross.\u00a0 If He took a little food, says St. Bernard, He must have procured it by begging; and if He took any repose, He could have no other bed but the bare ground.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0When Mary and Joseph had come a day\u2019s journey, they did not find Jesus; wherefore, full of sorrow, they began to seek Him amongst their relatives and friends.\u00a0 At last, returning to Jerusalem, after three days they found Him in the Temple, disputing with the doctors, who, full of astonishment, admired the questions and answers of this wonderful Child.\u00a0 On seeing Him Mary said: Hijo, \u00bfpor qu\u00e9 nos has hecho esto? He aqu\u00ed que tu padre y yo te hemos buscado afligidos<\/em>. \u2014 (Luke ii., 48).
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0O Mary, thou weepest because thou hast lost thy Son for a few days; He has withdrawn Himself from thy eyes, but not from thy heart.\u00a0 Dost thou not see that the pure love with which thou lovest Him keeps Him constantly united and bound to thee?\u00a0 Thou knowest will that he who loves God cannot but be loved by God, Who says: Amo a los que me aman<\/em> \u2014 (Prov. viii., 17); and with St. John: El que permanece en la caridad, permanece en Dios, y Dios en \u00e9l.<\/em>. \u2014 (John iv., 16).\u00a0 Wherefore, then, dost thou fear?\u00a0 Wherefore dost thou weep?\u00a0 Leave those tears to me, who have so often lost God through my own fault, by driving Him away from my soul.\u00a0 O my Jesus! how could I offend Thee thus with my eyes open, when I knew that by sinning I should lose Thee?<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There is not upon earth a sorrow like to that which is felt by a soul that loves Jesus, when she fears that Jesus Christ has withdrawn Himself from her through some fault of her own. \u00a0This was the sorrow of Mary and Joseph, which afflicted them so much during these days; for they feared, in their humility, as says the devout Lanspergius, that perhaps they had rendered themselves unworthy of the care of such a treasure. \u00a0Wherefore, on seeing Him, Mary said to Him, in order to express this sorrow: Son, why hast thou done so to us? \u00a0Behold thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. <\/em>\u00a0And Jesus answered: Did you not know that I must be about my Father\u2019s business? <\/em>\u2014 (Luke ii., 49).
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Let us learn from this Mystery two lessons: the first, that we must leave all our friends and relatives when the glory of God is in question; and secondly, that God easily makes Himself found by those who seek Him: The Lord is good to the soul that seeketh him. \u2014 <\/em>(Lam. iii., 25).
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thou wiliest not that the heart that seeks Thee should despair, but rather that it should rejoice: Let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. \u2014 <\/em>(Ps. civ., 3). \u00a0If hitherto I have forsaken Thee, O my Love, I will now seek Thee, and will seek none but Thee. \u00a0And provided I possess Thy grace, I renounce all the goods and pleasures of this world; I renounce even my own life. \u00a0Thou hast said that Thou lovest him who loves Thee; I love Thee, do Thou also love me. \u00a0I esteem Thy love more than the dominion of the whole world. \u00a0O my Jesus, I desire not to lose Thee any more; but I cannot trust myself, I trust in Thee: In thee, O Lord, have I put my trust; I shall not be confounded forever. \u2014 <\/em>(Ps. xxx., 6). \u00a0I beseech Thee, do Thou bind me to Thee, and permit me not to be again separated from Thee. \u00a0O Mary, through thee have I found my God, Whom I had once lost; do thou obtain for me also holy perseverance; wherefore I will also say to thee with St. Bonaventure: \u201cIn thee, O Lady, have I hoped; let me not be confounded forever.\u201d<\/p>

Spiritual Reading:\u00a0 THE THIRD SWORD OF SORROW (Third Dolour)<\/strong><\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n vespertina:\u00a0 \"ESTABA SUJETO A ELLOS\"<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 St. Joseph, on his return to Palestine, heard that Archelaus reigned in Judea instead of his father, Herod, whereupon he was afraid to go and live there; and being warned in a dream, he went to live in Nazareth, a city of Galilee, and there in a poor little cottage he fixed his dwelling. \u00a0O blessed house of Nazareth, I salute and venerate thee! \u00a0There will come a time when thou wilt be visited by the great ones of the earth: when the pilgrims find themselves inside thy poor walls, they will never be satisfied with shedding tears of tenderness at the thought that within them the King of Paradise passed nearly all His life.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 O my adorable Infant, I see Thee an humble servant-boy, working even in the sweat of Thy brow in this poor shop. \u00a0I understand it all; Thou art serving and working for me. \u00a0But since Thou dost employ Thy whole life for the love of me, so grant, I pray Thee, my dear Saviour, that I may employ all the rest of my life for Thy love.\u00a0 Look at my past life: it has been a life of sorrow and tears both for me and for Thee \u2013 a life of disorder, a life of sin. \u00a0Oh, permit me at least to keep Thee company during the remainder of my days, and to labour and suffer with Thee in the shop of Nazareth, and afterwards to die with Thee on Calvary, embracing that death which Thou hast destined for me. \u00a0My dear Jesus, my love, suffer me not to leave and forsake Thee again, as I have done in times past.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In this house, then, the Incarnate Word lived during the remainder of His infancy and youth. \u00a0And how did He live? \u00a0Poor and despised by men, performing the offices of a common working-boy, and obeying Joseph and Mary: and, he was subject to them. \u2014 <\/em>(Luke ii., 51).\u00a0 O God, how touching it is to think that in this poor house the Son of God lives as a servant! \u00a0Now He goes to fetch water; then He opens or shuts the shop; now He sweeps the room; now He collects the shavings for the fire; now He labours in assisting Joseph at his trade. \u00a0O wonder!\u00a0 To see God sweeping! \u00a0God serving as a boy! \u00a0O thought that ought to make us all burn with holy love for our Redeemer, Who has reduced Himself to such humiliations in order to gain our love!
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Let us adore all these servile actions of Jesus, which were all divine. \u00a0Let us adore, above all, the hidden life that Jesus Christ led in the house of Nazareth! \u00a0O proud men, how can you desire to make yourselves seen and honoured, when you behold your God, Who spends thirty years of His life in poverty, hidden and unknown, to teach us the love of retirement and of a humble and a hidden life!
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 O my God, Thou art suffering such poverty in a shop, hidden, unknown, despised; and I, a vile worm, have gone about seeking honours and pleasures, and for the sake of these have separated myself from Thee, O sovereign Good! \u00a0Now, my Jesus, I love Thee; and because I love Thee, I will not remain any longer separated from Thee. \u00a0I renounce all things, in order to unite myself to Thee, my hidden and despised Redeemer.\u00a0 Thy grace gives me more happiness than have all the vanities and pleasures of the world, for which I have so miserably forsaken Thee. \u00a0Eternal Father, for the merits of Jesus Christ, unite me to Thyself by the gift of Thy holy love. \u00a0Most holy Virgin, how blessed wert thou, who, being the companion of thy Son in this poor and hidden life, didst make thyself so like to thy Jesus!\u00a0 O my Mother, grant that I also, at least during the short remainder of my life, may endeavour to become like to thee and to my Redeemer. \u00a0Amen.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Meditaci\u00f3n matutina:\u00a0 JESUS AT NAZARETH<\/em><\/b><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Y Jes\u00fas avanz\u00f3 en sabidur\u00eda y edad y gracia con Dios y los hombres<\/em>. \u2014 (Gospel of Feast. Luke. ii., 42-52).
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Every word, every action of Jesus was so holy that it filled all with love for Him, but especially Mary and Joseph who were constantly observing Him.\u00a0 A God serving as a boy!\u00a0 A God working, and sweating as He planes a piece of wood!\u00a0 Ought not the mere thought of this to move our hearts to love Him!<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:<\/b>
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0San Lucas, hablando de la vida del Ni\u00f1o Jes\u00fas en la casa de Nazaret, escribe: Y Jes\u00fas avanz\u00f3 en sabidur\u00eda y edad, y gracia para con Dios y los hombres<\/em>. \u2014 (Luke ii., 52).\u00a0 As Jesus grew in age, so did He increase in wisdom; not that He went on every year acquiring knowledge of things, as is the case with us; for, from the first moment of His life, Jesus was full of all Divine knowledge and wisdom: En quien est\u00e1n escondidos todos los tesoros de la sabidur\u00eda y del conocimiento<\/em>. \u2014 (Col. ii., 3).\u00a0 But it is said that He advanced, because every day as He advanced in age He manifested more and more His sublime wisdom.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0As\u00ed se dice tambi\u00e9n que progres\u00f3 en gracia con Dios y con los hombres; con Dios, porque todas sus acciones divinas, aunque no le hicieron m\u00e1s santo ni aumentaron su m\u00e9rito -pues Jes\u00fas estaba desde el principio lleno de santidad y m\u00e9rito, de cuya plenitud hemos recibido todas las gracias-: de su plenitud hemos recibido todos<\/em> \u2013 (John i., 16); \u2013 yet, nevertheless, these operations of the Redeemer were all sufficient in themselves to increase His grace and merit.
\u00a0 \u00a0Grow, my beloved Jesus, grow continually for me; grow to teach me Thy virtues by Thy divine example; grow to consummate the great sacrifice on the Cross, on which depends my eternal salvation!\u00a0 Grant also my Saviour, that I, too, may grow more in Thy love and grace.\u00a0 Miserable that I have been, my ingratitude has only increased towards Thee Who hast loved me so much.\u00a0 O my Jesus, grant that in future it may be just the contrary with me; Thou knowest all my weakness, it is from Thee that I must receive light and strength.\u00a0 Make me know the claims which Thou hast to my love.\u00a0 Thou art a God of infinite beauty and of infinite majesty, Who didst not refuse to come down upon this earth and become Man for us, and for our sakes to lead a life abject and painful, and to end it by a most cruel death.\u00a0 And where can we ever find an object more amiable and more worthy of love than Thee?\u00a0 Fool that I was, in times past I refused to know Thee, and therefore I lost Thee. I implore Thy pardon; I am heartily sorry, and I am determined to be entirely devoted to Thee in future.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He advanced also in grace with men, increasing in beauty and amiability. \u00a0Oh, how Jesus showed Himself more and more amiable every day of His youth, showing more and more every day the claims He had upon men\u2019s love! \u00a0With what delight did the holy Youth obey Mary and Joseph! \u00a0With what recollection of mind did He work! \u00a0With what moderation did He partake of food!\u00a0 With what modesty did He speak! \u00a0With what sweetness and affability did He converse with all! \u00a0With what devotion did He pray! \u00a0In a word, every action, every word, every movement of Jesus, inflamed with love the hearts of all those who beheld Him, and especially of Mary and Joseph, who had the good fortune to see Him always at their side. \u00a0Oh, how these holy spouses remained always intent in contemplating and admiring the operations, the words, and gestures of this Man-God!
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Look at Jesus growing towards manhood, how busily He toils and labours, in helping Joseph in his trade of a carpenter! \u00a0Who can ever attentively consider Jesus, that beautiful Youth, fatiguing and exhausting Himself in bringing into form some rough-hewn piece of wood, and not exclaim: But, most sweet Youth, art Thou not that God, Who by a word didst create the world out of nothing? \u00a0And how comes it that Thou hast laboured now for a whole day, bathed in sweat, to fashion this piece of wood; and even still Thy work remains unfinished? \u00a0What has reduced Thee to such a state of weakness? \u00a0O Holy Faith! \u00a0O Divine Love! \u00a0O God! O God! how such a thought as this, if once well mastered, would suffice, not only to inflame us, but to reduce us, so to speak, to ashes with the fire of love! \u00a0Has a God, then, come to such a pass as this? \u00a0And wherefore? \u00a0To make Himself loved by men!
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 O most amiable Infant Jesus, God and Man, it was Thy burning love for me which urged Thee to do all this. \u00a0I give Thee thanks; and I beseech Thee, by Thy Incarnation, to give me the grace to correspond to such great goodness.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 O my sweetest Love, I am sorry that I have offended Thee. \u00a0I desire to be always faithful in Thy service; enkindle in me Thy love; make me chaste and holy.<\/p>

Lectura espiritual:\u00a0 MARY’S POVERTY<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n vespertina:\u00a0 JOSEPH’S LOVE FOR MARY AND JESUS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Consider, in the first place, the love which Joseph bore to his holy spouse. \u00a0Of all the women who had ever lived, she was the most beautiful. \u00a0She was more humble, more meek, more pure, more obedient, more inflamed with the love of God, than all Angels or all men who have been, or shall be, created. \u00a0Hence she merited all the affections of Joseph, who was so great a lover of virtue.\u00a0 Add to this, the tenderness with which he saw himself loved by Mary, who certainly loved her own spouse above all creatures. \u00a0Besides, Joseph regarded her as the beloved of God, chosen to be the Mother of His only-begotten Son. \u00a0Consider how great must have been the affection which, for all these reasons, the just and grateful heart of Joseph entertained for so amiable a spouse as Mary.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Consider, secondly, the love which Joseph bore to Jesus. \u00a0Having given to our Saint the place of father to Jesus, God must certainly have infused into the heart of Joseph the love of a father, and of a father of a Son so amiable, a Son Who was also God. \u00a0Hence the love of Joseph was not purely human, like the love of other fathers, but a love superhuman; for he found in the same person One Who behaved like his son, and yet was his God. \u00a0Joseph knew from the Angel, by a divine revelation, that the Child by Whom he was always accompanied was the Divine Word, Who had become Man for the love of men, and especially for the love of him.\u00a0 He knew that he himself had been chosen from among all men to be the guardian of the life of the divine Infant, and that the Infant wished to be called his Son.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Most holy Patriarch, I rejoice at thy happiness and greatness, in being made worthy to have power to command, with the authority of father, Him Whom Heaven and earth obey. \u00a0My holy patron, since a God has served thee, I too wish to enrol myself in thy service.\u00a0 I wish henceforth to serve thee, to honour and love thee as my master. \u00a0Take me under thy protection, and dispose of me as thou pleasest. \u00a0I know that whatever thou shalt tell me to do, will be for my welfare, and for thy glory and that of my Redeemer.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Consider what a flame of holy love must have been kindled in the heart of Joseph by meditating on all these things, and in seeing his Lord performing for him all the little offices of a boy \u2013 at one time opening and closing the door; at another helping him to saw or plane; and at another, gathering fragments of wood, or sweeping the house; and finally, in seeing that He obeyed all his commands, and never did anything without his direction.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What affection must he have felt in carrying Jesus in his arms, caressing Him, and in receiving the caresses of that sweet Infant! \u00a0In hearing from Him the words of Eternal Life, which, like so many loving darts, wounded his heart! \u00a0And particularly in witnessing the holy examples of all virtues which the divine Child gave him. \u00a0Long familiarity with persons who love one another cools their affection; for the longer men converse together, the more perfectly they learn one another\u2019s defects. \u00a0This was not the case with Joseph; the more he conversed with Jesus, the better he became acquainted with His sanctity. \u00a0Consider, then, how great was Joseph\u2019s love for Jesus, since, according to the authors, he enjoyed His company for the space of twenty-five years.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 My holy St. Joseph, pray to Jesus for me. \u00a0Having obeyed all thy commands on earth, He will certainly never refuse anything thou askest of Him. \u00a0Tell Him to pardon me the offences that I have offered to Him. \u00a0Tell Him to detach me from creatures and from myself; ask Him to inflame me with His holy love; and then let Him treat me as He pleases.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And thou, O most holy Mary, through the love which Joseph bore thee, take me under thy patronage, and beg of this thy spouse to accept me for his servant.\u00a0 And Thou, O my dear Jesus, Who, to atone for my disobedience, didst wish to humble Thyself so as to obey a man, ah, through the merits of the obedience which Thou didst show on earth to Joseph, give me grace henceforth to obey all Thy wishes; and through the love Thou didst bear to Joseph, and which he bore to Thee, grant me a great love of Thee, O infinite Goodness, Who dost deserve the love of my whole heart; forget the injuries I have done Thee, and have mercy on me.\u00a0 I love Thee, O my Love; I love Thee, O my God; I wish always to love Thee.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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<\/em>\u21d0\u00a0FIRST WEEK IN JANUARY<\/em><\/a>
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VOLUME ONE – PART I, pp. 357-410 THE PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE (January 7) Morning Meditation:\u00a0 PRESENTATION OF JESUS IN THE TEMPLE \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0He delivered himself . . . an oblation and a sacrifice to God. \u2014 (Eph. v., … Seguir leyendo <\/i><\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4884,"parent":0,"menu_order":53,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5626","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/societyofthemostholyredeemer.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/societyofthemostholyredeemer.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/societyofthemostholyredeemer.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/societyofthemostholyredeemer.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/societyofthemostholyredeemer.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5626"}],"version-history":[{"count":82,"href":"https:\/\/societyofthemostholyredeemer.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12248,"href":"https:\/\/societyofthemostholyredeemer.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5626\/revisions\/12248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/societyofthemostholyredeemer.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/societyofthemostholyredeemer.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}