{"id":7954,"date":"2025-04-09T15:30:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T15:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/societyofthemostholyredeemer.org\/?page_id=7954"},"modified":"2026-04-29T21:19:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T21:19:37","slug":"daily-meditations-third-week-after-easter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/societyofthemostholyredeemer.org\/es\/daily-meditations-third-week-after-easter\/","title":{"rendered":"MEDITACIONES DIARIAS: TERCERA SEMANA DESPU\u00c9S DE PASCUA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meditaci\u00f3n matutina:\u00a0 \"UN POCO DE TIEMPO Y AHORA NO ME VER\u00c1S\"\u00a0 <\/em><\/b>(Evangelio del domingo. Juan xvi.)<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0No hay nada m\u00e1s corto que el tiempo y, sin embargo, nada m\u00e1s valioso. No hay nada m\u00e1s corto, porque el pasado ya no existe, el futuro es incierto, el presente es s\u00f3lo un instante. Jesucristo dijo: Un poco de tiempo y ya no me ver\u00e1s<\/em>. Lo mismo podemos decir de nuestra vida que, seg\u00fan Santiago, es una vapor que aparece durante un rato<\/em>. \u2014 (James iv. 15).<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0El tiempo es corto, dice el Ap\u00f3stol San Pablo, queda que... los que lloran sean como si no lloraran; que los que se alegran, como si no se alegraran; y los que compran, como si no poseyeran; y los que usan este mundo, como si no lo usaran<\/em>. \u2014 (1 Cor. vii. 29, 31).\u00a0 Since, then, the time we have to remain on this earth is short, the Apostle tells those who weep that they ought not to weep, because their sorrows shall soon pass away; and those who rejoice, not to fix their affections on enjoyments, because they shall soon have an end.\u00a0 Hence he concludes that we should use this world, not to enjoy its transitory goods, but to merit eternal life.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Hijo<\/em>dice el Esp\u00edritu Santo, observar la hora<\/em>. \u2014 (Ecclus. iv. 23).\u00a0 Son, learn to preserve time, which is the most precious and the greatest gift that God can bestow upon you.\u00a0 St. Bernardine of Sienna teaches that time is of as much value as God; because in every moment of time well spent the possession of God is merited.\u00a0 He adds that in every instant of this life a man may obtain pardon of his sins, the grace of God, and the glory of Paradise.\u00a0 Hence St. Bonaventure says that “no loss is of greater moment than the loss of time.”
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Pero, por su parte, San Bernardo dice que aunque no hay nada m\u00e1s precioso que el tiempo, no hay nada menos valioso en la estimaci\u00f3n de los hombres. Ver\u00e1s que algunas personas pasan cuatro o cinco horas jugando. Si les preguntas por qu\u00e9 pierden tanto tiempo, responden: Para divertirse. Otros se pasan medio d\u00eda de pie en la calle o mirando por la ventana. Si se les pregunta qu\u00e9 hacen, responden que pasan el tiempo. \u00bfY por qu\u00e9, dice el mismo Santo, pierdes ese tiempo? \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 hab\u00e9is de perder una sola hora que la misericordia de Dios os concede para llorar vuestros pecados y adquirir la gracia divina?
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Oh tiempo, despreciado por los hombres durante la vida, \u00a1cu\u00e1nto ser\u00e1s deseado a la hora de la muerte, y particularmente en el otro mundo! El tiempo es una bendici\u00f3n de la que s\u00f3lo gozamos en esta vida; no se disfruta en la otra; no se encuentra ni en el Cielo ni en el infierno. En el infierno los condenados exclaman con l\u00e1grimas: \"\u00a1Oh, si se nos concediera una hora!\" Pagar\u00edan cualquier precio por una hora o por un minuto en que pudieran reparar su ruina eterna. Pero esta hora o este minuto nunca los tendr\u00e1n. En el cielo no hay llanto; pero, si los santos fueran capaces de afligirse, todos sus lamentos surgir\u00edan del pensamiento de haber perdido en esta vida el tiempo en el que podr\u00edan haber adquirido mayor gloria, y de la convicci\u00f3n de que este tiempo nunca m\u00e1s les ser\u00e1 concedido.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Oh Dios de mi alma, \u00a1cu\u00e1l ser\u00eda mi suerte en este momento si T\u00fa no me hubieras mostrado tantas misericordias! Estar\u00eda en el infierno entre los necios a cuyo n\u00famero he pertenecido. Te doy gracias, Se\u00f1or m\u00edo, y te suplico que no me abandones en mi ceguera. Siento que me llamas tiernamente a pedirte perd\u00f3n y a esperar de Ti las gracias. S\u00ed, Salvador m\u00edo, espero que me admitas entre tus hijos. Padre, no soy digno de ser llamado hijo tuyo. He pecado contra el Cielo y ante Ti.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 St. Francis Borgia was careful to employ every moment of his time for God. \u00a0When others spoke of useless things, he conversed with God by holy affections; and so recollected was he that, when asked his opinion on the subject of conversation he knew not what answer to make.\u00a0 Being corrected for this, he said: I am content to be considered stupid rather than lose my time in vanities.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Some will say: What evil am I doing? \u00a0Is it not, I ask, an evil to spend your time in amusements, in conversations, and useless occupations which are unprofitable to the soul? \u00a0Does God give you this time to waste it?\u00a0 Let not,<\/em> says the Holy Ghost, the part of a good gift overpass thee. \u2014 <\/em>(Ecclus. xiv. 14). \u00a0The labourers of whom St. Matthew speaks did no evil; they only lost time, remaining idle in the streets. \u00a0But they were rebuked: \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 est\u00e1s aqu\u00ed todo el d\u00eda sin hacer nada? <\/em>\u2014 (Matth. xx. 6).\u00a0 On the day of Judgment Jesus Christ will demand an account, not only of every month and day that has been lost, but even of every idle word spoken. \u00a0Every idle word that men shall speak they shall render an account for it in the day of judgment. <\/em>\u2014 (Matth. xii. 36). \u00a0He will likewise demand an account of every moment of the time which you will lose. \u00a0According to St. Bernard, all time not spent for God is time lost. \u00a0Hence the Holy Ghost says: Whatsoever thy hand is able to do, do it earnestly; for neither work nor reason . . . shall be in hell, whither thou art hastening.<\/em> \u00a0What you can do to-day defer not till to-morrow; for on to-morrow you may be dead, and may be gone into another world where you shall have no more time to do good, and where you shall only enjoy the reward of your virtues or suffer the punishment due to your sins. \u00a0To-day if you shall hear his voice harden not your hearts. \u2014 <\/em>(Ps. xciv.). \u00a0Obey His call to-day; for it may happen that on to-morrow time will be no more for you, or that God will call you no more. \u00a0All our salvation depends on corresponding with the Divine calls, and at the time that God calls us.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 O my God, enlighten me! \u00a0Give me to understand that the only evil is to offend Thee, the only good to love Thee. \u00a0Enable me to spend the remainder of my days in serving Thee. \u00a0O Mary, my hope, do thou intercede for me.<\/p>

Lectura espiritual:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a1SALVE REGINA, MATER MISERICORDIAE! \u00a1SALVE, SANTA REINA, MADRE DE MISERICORDIA!<\/i><\/strong><\/p>

XIII. MAR\u00cdA ES LA MADRE DE LOS PECADORES PENITENTES<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0La Sant\u00edsima Virgen dijo a Santa Br\u00edgida que era Madre no s\u00f3lo de los justos e inocentes, sino tambi\u00e9n de los pecadores, siempre que estuvieran dispuestos a arrepentirse. \u00a1Oh, qu\u00e9 pronto encuentra el pecador deseoso de enmienda que vuela a sus pies a esta buena Madre para abrazarle y ayudarle, mucho m\u00e1s que cualquier madre terrena! San Gregorio VII escribi\u00f3 en este sentido a la princesa Matilde, diciendo: \"Resu\u00e9lvete a no pecar m\u00e1s y te prometo que indudablemente encontrar\u00e1s a Mar\u00eda m\u00e1s dispuesta a amarte que cualquier madre terrena\".
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Pero quien aspire a ser hijo de esta gran Madre debe primero abandonar el pecado, y entonces podr\u00e1 esperar ser aceptado como tal. Ricardo de San Lorenzo, sobre las palabras de Proverbios, se levantaron sus hijos<\/em> \u2014 (Prov. xxxi. 28), remarks that the words arriba rosa<\/em> vino primero, y luego la palabra ni\u00f1os<\/em> para mostrar que nadie puede ser hijo de Mar\u00eda sin antes esforzarse por levantarse de la falta en que ha ca\u00eddo; pues quien est\u00e1 en pecado mortal no es digno de llamarse hijo de tal Madre. Y San Pedro Cris\u00f3logo dice que quien act\u00faa de manera diferente a Mar\u00eda declara con ello que no ser\u00e1 su hijo. \"Quien no hace las obras de su Madre abjura de su linaje\". Mar\u00eda humilde y \u00e9l orgulloso; Mar\u00eda pura y \u00e9l malvado; Mar\u00eda llena de caridad y \u00e9l odiando a su pr\u00f3jimo. Los hijos de Mar\u00eda, dice Ricardo de San Lorenzo, son sus imitadores, y esto principalmente en tres cosas: en castidad, liberalidad y humildad; y tambi\u00e9n en mansedumbre, misericordia y cosas semejantes.\u00a0
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Mientras la repugna con una vida perversa, \u00bfqui\u00e9n se atrever\u00eda siquiera a desear ser hijo de Mar\u00eda? Cierto pecador dijo una vez a Mar\u00eda: \"Mu\u00e9strate Madre\"; pero la Sant\u00edsima Virgen respondi\u00f3: \"Mu\u00e9strate hijo\". Otro invoc\u00f3 a la Divina Madre, llam\u00e1ndola \"Madre de misericordia\"; y ella respondi\u00f3: \"Vosotros pecadores, cuando quer\u00e9is mi ayuda, llamadme \"Madre de misericordia\", y al mismo tiempo no dej\u00e9is por vuestros pecados de hacerme \"Madre de dolor y de angustia\".\"\u00a0 Est\u00e1 maldito de Dios<\/em>dice el Eclesi\u00e1stico, que enoja a su madre<\/em>. \u2014 (Ecclus. iii. 18).\u00a0 “Su madre<\/em>Esa es Mar\u00eda\", dice Ricardo de San Lorenzo. Dios maldice a los que con su vida perversa, y m\u00e1s a\u00fan con su obstinaci\u00f3n en el pecado, afligen a esta tierna Madre.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Digo por su obstinaci\u00f3n; porque si un pecador, aunque todav\u00eda no haya renunciado a su pecado, se esfuerza en hacerlo, y para ello busca la ayuda de Mar\u00eda, esta buena Madre no dejar\u00e1 de asistirle, y de hacerle recobrar la gracia de Dios. Y esto es precisamente lo que Santa Br\u00edgida oy\u00f3 un d\u00eda de labios de Jesucristo, quien, hablando a su Madre, dijo: \"T\u00fa asistes a quien se esfuerza por volver a Dios, y a nadie faltan tus consuelos\". As\u00ed pues, mientras un pecador se obstine, Mar\u00eda no puede amarle; pero si \u00e9l, encontr\u00e1ndose encadenado por alguna pasi\u00f3n que le mantiene esclavo del infierno, se encomienda a la Sant\u00edsima Virgen, y le implora, con confianza y perseverancia, que le saque del estado de pecado en que se encuentra, no puede dudarse de que esta buena Madre le tender\u00e1 su poderosa mano, le librar\u00e1 de sus cadenas y le conducir\u00e1 a un estado de salvaci\u00f3n.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n vespertina:\u00a0\u00a0LA PR\u00c1CTICA DEL AMOR DE JESUCRISTO\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/strong><\/p>

XIX. CU\u00c1NTO ESTAMOS OBLIGADOS A AMAR A JESUCRISTO<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Nuestro Se\u00f1or dijo un d\u00eda a Santa Teresa: \"Todo lo que no me complace es vanidad\". \u00a1Ojal\u00e1 todos comprendieran bien esta gran verdad! \"Por lo dem\u00e1s, una cosa es necesaria\". No es necesario ser rico en este mundo, ganar la estimaci\u00f3n de los dem\u00e1s, llevar una vida desahogada, gozar de dignidades, tener fama de erudito: s\u00f3lo es necesario amar a Dios y hacer su voluntad. Para este \u00fanico fin nos ha creado, para esto conserva nuestra vida; y s\u00f3lo as\u00ed podemos conseguir la entrada en el Para\u00edso.\u00a0 Ponme como un sello en tu coraz\u00f3n, como un sello en tu brazo<\/em>. \u2014 (Cant. viii. 6).\u00a0 The Lord thus speaks to all His espoused souls.\u00a0 Put Me as a seal upon Thy heart and upon thine arm, in order that all thy desires and actions may tend to Me; upon thy heart, that no other love but Mine may enter there; upon thine arm, in order that all thou dost may have Me for its sole object.\u00a0 Oh, how quickly does that soul speed onwards to perfection which in all her actions regards but Jesus crucified, and has no other desire than to gratify Him!<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To acquire, then, a true love of Jesus Christ should be our only care. \u00a0The masters of the spiritual life describe the marks of true love. \u00a0Love, say they, is fearful,<\/em> and its fear is none other than that of displeasing God. \u00a0It is generous,<\/em> because, trusting in God, it is never daunted even at the greatest enterprises for His glory.\u00a0 It is strong,<\/em> because it subdues all its evil appetites, even in the midst of the most violent temptations, and of the darkest desolations. \u00a0It is obedient,<\/em> because it immediately flies to execute the Divine will. \u00a0It is pure, <\/em>because it loves God alone, and for the sole reason that He deserves to be loved. \u00a0It is ardent,<\/em> because it would inflame all mankind, and willingly see them consumed with Divine love. \u00a0It is inebriating,<\/em> for it causes the soul to live as it were out of herself, as if she no longer saw, nor felt, nor had any more perception of earthly things, bent wholly on loving God. \u00a0It is unitive<\/em> by producing a close union between the will of the creature and the Will of the Creator. \u00a0It is longing,<\/em> for it fills the soul with desires of leaving this world, to fly and unite herself perfectly with God in her true and happy country, where she may love Him with all her strength.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Meditaci\u00f3n matutina:\u00a0 \"HA LLAMADO CONTRA M\u00cd EL TIEMPO\"<\/em><\/b><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Alguien dir\u00e1, tal vez: \"Soy joven. M\u00e1s tarde me entregar\u00e9 a Dios\". \"\u00bfC\u00f3mo puedes prometerte otro d\u00eda\", dice San Agust\u00edn, \"cuando no sabes si vivir\u00e1s una hora m\u00e1s?\". \"Si\", dice Santa Teresa, \"no est\u00e1s preparado para morir hoy, tiembla para no tener una muerte infeliz\".<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 Alguien dir\u00e1, tal vez: Soy joven. M\u00e1s tarde me entregar\u00e9 a Dios. Pero recordad que el Evangelio nos dice que Jesucristo maldijo la higuera que encontr\u00f3 sin fruto, aunque todav\u00eda no hab\u00eda llegado la \u00e9poca de los higos.\u00a0 No era tiempo de higos<\/em>. \u2014 (Mark xi. 13).\u00a0 By this the Saviour wished to signify that man at all times, even in youth, should produce fruits of good works; and that otherwise, like the fig-tree, he shall be cursed, and shall produce no fruit for the future.\u00a0 Que nadie vuelva a comer de ti para siempre.<\/em>. \u2014 (Mark xi. 14).\u00a0 No tardes en convertirte al Se\u00f1or, y no lo aplaces de d\u00eda en d\u00eda; porque su ira vendr\u00e1 de repente.<\/em>. \u2014 (Ecclus. v. 8).\u00a0 If you find your soul in the state of sin, delay not your repentance nor your Confession.\u00a0 Do not put them off even till tomorrow; for, if you do not obey the voice of God calling you to-day to confess your sins, death may this day overtake you in sin, and to-morrow there may be no hope of salvation for you.\u00a0 The devil regards the whole of our life as very short, and therefore he loses not a moment of time, but tempts us day and night.\u00a0 El diablo ha descendido a vosotros con gran ira, sabiendo que tiene poco tiempo<\/em>. \u2014 (Apoc. xii. 12).\u00a0 The enemy, then, never loses time in seeking to bring us to hell: and shall we squander the time God has given us to save our souls?
\u00a0 \u00a0 T\u00fa dices: \"En adelante me entregar\u00e9 a Dios\". Pero \"\u00bfpor qu\u00e9\", responde San Bernardo, \"presumes, oh miserable, del futuro, como si el Padre pusiera el tiempo en tu poder?\". \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 presumes que en adelante te entregar\u00e1s a Dios, como si \u00c9l te hubiera dado el tiempo y la oportunidad de volver a \u00c9l cuando quieras? Job dijo temblando que no sab\u00eda si le quedaba otro momento de vida: Porque no s\u00e9 por cu\u00e1nto tiempo continuar\u00e9, y si despu\u00e9s de un tiempo mi hacedor puede llevarme lejos.<\/em>. \u2014 (Job xxxii. 22).\u00a0 And you say: I will not go to Confession to-day; I will think of it to-morrow.\u00a0 St. Augustine says: “How can you promise yourself another day when you know not whether you shall live another hour?”\u00a0 “If,” says St. Teresa, “you are not prepared to die to-day, tremble lest you die an unhappy death.”
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Oh Dios m\u00edo, te doy gracias por darme ahora tiempo para lamentar mis pecados y reparar con mi amor todas las ofensas que te he hecho.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 St. Bernard weeps over the blindness of those negligent Christians who squander the days of salvation, and never consider that a day once lost shall never return. \u00a0At the hour of death they shall wish for another year, or for another day; but they shall not have it: they shall then be told that time shall be no more. \u2014 <\/em>(Apoc. x. 6). \u00a0What price would they then not give for another week, for a day, or even for an hour, to prepare the account which they must then render to God? \u00a0St. Laurence Justinian says that for a single hour they would give all their property, all their honours, and all their delights. \u00a0But that hour shall not be granted to them. \u00a0The priest who attends them shall say: Depart, depart immediately from this earth; for you time is now no more. \u201cGo forth, O Christian soul, from this world.\u201d
<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What will it profit the sinner who has led an irregular life to exclaim at death: Oh, that I had led a life of sanctity! \u00a0Oh, that I had spent my years in loving God!\u00a0 How great is the anguish of a traveller who, when the night has fallen, perceives that he has missed the way, and that there is no more time to correct his mistake!\u00a0 Such shall be the anguish at death of those who have lived many years in the world, but have not spent them for God. \u00a0The night cometh when no man can work. <\/em>\u2014 (John ix. 4). \u00a0Hence the Redeemer says to all: Walk whilst you have light, that the darkness overtake you not. <\/em>\u2014 (John xii. 35). \u00a0Walk in the way of salvation, now that you have the light, before you are surprised by the darkness of death in which you can do nothing. \u00a0You can then only weep over the time you have lost.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He hath called against me the time. \u2014 <\/em>(Lam. i. 15).\u00a0 At the hour of death conscience will remind us of all the time we have had to become Saints, and which we have employed in multiplying our debts to God. \u00a0It will remind us of all the calls and of all the graces God has given us to make us love Him, and which we have abused. \u00a0At that awful moment we shall also see that the way of salvation is closed forever. \u00a0In the midst of this remorse, and of the torturing darkness of death, the dying sinner shall say: O fool that I have been!\u00a0 O life misspent! \u00a0O lost years in which I could have gained treasures of merits and become a Saint! \u00a0But I have neglected it, and now the time of saving my soul is gone forever! \u00a0But of what use will these wailings and lamentations be, when the scene of this world is about to close, the lamp is on the point of being extinguished, and when the dying Christian has arrived at that great moment on which eternity depends?
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 O my God, what will become of me in the last moment of my life? \u00a0O Jesus, Who didst die for my salvation, suffer me not to be lost for ever! \u00a0Suffer me not to lose Thee, my only Good. \u00a0No, my God, I will not lose Thee.\u00a0 If I have hitherto forfeited Thy friendship, I am sorry for it, and I sincerely repent of it. \u00a0I will never lose Thee more.<\/p>

Lectura espiritual:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a1SALVE REGINA, MATER MISERICORDIAE! \u00a1SALVE, SANTA REINA, MADRE DE MISERICORDIA!<\/i><\/strong><\/p>

XIV. MAR\u00cdA ES LA MADRE DE LOS PECADORES PENITENTES\u00a0<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0La doctrina de que todas las oraciones y obras realizadas en estado de pecado son pecados fue condenada como her\u00e9tica por el sagrado Concilio de Trento. San Bernardo dice que aunque la oraci\u00f3n en boca de un pecador carece de belleza, pues no va acompa\u00f1ada de caridad, sin embargo es \u00fatil y obtiene la gracia para abandonar el pecado; pues, como ense\u00f1a Santo Tom\u00e1s, la oraci\u00f3n de un pecador, aunque carente de m\u00e9rito, es un acto que obtiene la gracia del perd\u00f3n, ya que el poder de impetraci\u00f3n se funda, no en los m\u00e9ritos de quien pide, sino en la bondad divina, y en los m\u00e9ritos y promesas de Jesucristo, que ha dicho, Todo el que pide, recibe<\/em>. \u2014 (Luke xi. 10).\u00a0 The same thing must be said of the prayers offered to the Divine Mother.\u00a0 “If he who prays,” says St. Anselm, “does not merit to be heard, the merits of the Mother, to whom he recommends himself, will intercede effectually.”
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Por eso San Bernardo exhorta a todos los pecadores a recurrir a Mar\u00eda, invoc\u00e1ndola con gran confianza; pues aunque el pecador no merezca por s\u00ed mismo las gracias que pide, sin embargo las recibe, porque esta Sant\u00edsima Virgen las pide y obtiene de Dios, a causa de sus propios m\u00e9ritos. Estas son sus palabras, dirigi\u00e9ndose a un pecador: \"Porque eras indigno de recibir la gracia por ti mismo, te fue dada a Mar\u00eda, para que, por ella, la recibieras toda\". \"Si una madre -contin\u00faa el mismo Santo- supiera que sus dos hijos est\u00e1n mortalmente enemistados y que cada uno conspira contra la vida del otro, \u00bfno se esforzar\u00eda al m\u00e1ximo para reconciliarlos? Este ser\u00eda el deber de una buena madre. Y as\u00ed act\u00faa Mar\u00eda, que es Madre de Jes\u00fas y Madre de los hombres. Cuando ve a un pecador enemistado con Jesucristo, no puede soportarlo y hace todo lo que est\u00e1 en su mano para que haya paz entre ellos. Oh feliz Mar\u00eda, t\u00fa eres la Madre del criminal y la Madre del Juez; y siendo Madre de ambos, ellos son tus hijos, y no puedes soportar discordias entre ellos.\"<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n vespertina:\u00a0\u00a0LA PR\u00c1CTICA DEL AMOR DE JESUCRISTO\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/strong><\/p>

XX. CU\u00c1NTO ESTAMOS OBLIGADOS A AMAR A JESUCRISTO<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:\u00a0
<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Nadie nos ense\u00f1a tan bien las caracter\u00edsticas reales y la pr\u00e1ctica de la Caridad como el gran predicador de la Caridad, San Pablo. En su Primera ep\u00edstola a los Corintios dice, en primer lugar, que sin Caridad el hombre no es nada, y que nada le aprovecha: Si tuviera toda la fe, de tal manera que pudiera mover monta\u00f1as, y no tuviera caridad, nada soy. Y si repartiese todos mis bienes para dar de comer a los pobres, y si entregase mi cuerpo para ser quemado, y no tengo caridad, de nada me sirve...<\/em>. \u2014 (1 Cor. xiii. 2, 3).\u00a0 So that even should a person have Faith strong enough to remove mountains, like St. Gregory Thaumaturgus, but had not Charity, it would profit him nothing.\u00a0 Should he give all his goods to the poor, and even willingly suffer Martyrdom, but be wanting in Charity \u2013 should he do it, that is, for any other end than that of pleasing God, it would profit him nothing at all.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Oh amant\u00edsimo y amoros\u00edsimo Coraz\u00f3n de Jes\u00fas, \u00a1desdichado el coraz\u00f3n que no Te ama! Oh Dios, por amor a los hombres moriste en la Cruz, desamparado y abandonado, \u00a1y c\u00f3mo pueden entonces los hombres vivir tan olvidados de Ti! \u00a1Oh amor de Dios! \u00a1Oh ingratitud del hombre! No hay m\u00e1s que mirar al inocente Hijo de Dios, que agoniza en la Cruz y muere por vosotros, para satisfacer la justicia divina por vuestros pecados, y as\u00ed seduciros a amarle. Observa c\u00f3mo, al mismo tiempo, ruega a Su Padre Eterno que te perdone. Contempladle y amadle. Ah, Jes\u00fas m\u00edo, \u00a1qu\u00e9 peque\u00f1o es el n\u00famero de los que Te aman! Desdichado soy yo tambi\u00e9n, pues he vivido tantos a\u00f1os sin acordarme de Ti y te he ofendido gravemente, mi amado Redentor. No es tanto el castigo que he merecido lo que me hace llorar, sino el amor que T\u00fa me has tenido.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 St. Paul gives us the marks of true Charity, and at the same time teaches us the practice of those virtues which are the daughters of Charity; and he goes on to say: Charity is patient, is kind; charity envieth not, dealeth not perversely; is not puffed up, is not ambitious; seeketh not her own; is not provoked to anger, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in inquity, but rejoiceth with the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. \u2014 <\/em>(1 Cor. xiii.). \u00a0Let us, therefore, consider these holy practices, that we may thus see if the love which we owe to Jesus Christ truly reigns within us; as likewise that we may understand in what virtues we should chiefly exercise ourselves, in order to persevere and advance in this holy love.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 O sorrows of Jesus! \u00a0O ignominies of Jesus! \u00a0O Wounds of Jesus! \u00a0O death of Jesus! \u00a0O love of Jesus! \u00a0Rest deeply engraved in my heart, and may your sweet recollection be for ever fixed there, to wound me and inflame me continually with His love. \u00a0I love Thee, my Jesus; I love Thee, my sovereign Good; I love Thee, my Love and my All; I love Thee, and I will love Thee for ever.\u00a0 Oh, suffer me never more to forsake Thee, never more to lose Thee! \u00a0Make me entirely Thine; do so by the merits of Thy death. \u00a0In this I firmly trust. \u00a0And I have a great confidence also in thy intercession, O Mary, my Queen; make me love Jesus Christ, and make me also love thee, my Mother and my hope!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Meditaci\u00f3n matutina:\u00a0 \"MIENTRAS TENGAMOS TIEMPO, TRABAJEMOS BIEN\"<\/em><\/b><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 Puede que la muerte no nos sobrevenga hasta dentro de veinte o treinta a\u00f1os; pero puede que llegue muy pronto; tal vez en un a\u00f1o o en un mes. Y aun as\u00ed perdemos el tiempo, y, en vez de ajustar nuestras cuentas, seguimos multiplicando nuestros pecados, que merecer\u00e1n la sentencia de muerte eterna.\u00a0 Mientras tengamos tiempo, trabajemos bien<\/em>.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Estad, pues, tambi\u00e9n vosotros preparados, porque a la hora que no pens\u00e9is vendr\u00e1 el Hijo del hombre.<\/em> \u2014 (Luke xii. 40).\u00a0 The Lord says: “Be ready.”\u00a0 He does not tell us to prepare ourselves when death approaches, but estar listo<\/em> porque cuando menos pensemos en la muerte, vendr\u00e1 el Hijo del hombre y nos pedir\u00e1 cuentas de toda nuestra vida. En la confusi\u00f3n de la muerte ser\u00e1 muy dif\u00edcil ajustar nuestras cuentas para quedar libres de culpa ante el tribunal de Jesucristo. Puede que la muerte no nos sobrevenga hasta dentro de veinte o treinta a\u00f1os; pero tambi\u00e9n puede llegar muy pronto, tal vez en un a\u00f1o o en un mes. Si alguien tuviera motivos para temer que se celebrara un juicio del que dependiera su vida, ciertamente no esperar\u00eda al d\u00eda del juicio, sino que, tan pronto como fuera posible, emplear\u00eda un abogado para defender su causa. \u00bfY qu\u00e9 hacemos nosotros? Sabemos con certeza que un d\u00eda seremos juzgados, y que del resultado de ese juicio depende no la vida temporal, sino la eterna. Sabemos tambi\u00e9n que ese d\u00eda puede estar muy pr\u00f3ximo; y aun as\u00ed perdemos el tiempo, y, en vez de ajustar nuestras cuentas, seguimos multiplicando diariamente nuestros pecados, que merecer\u00e1n la sentencia de muerte eterna.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Si, pues, hemos ofendido a Dios hasta ahora, esforc\u00e9monos en adelante por lamentar nuestra desgracia durante el resto de nuestra vida, y digamos continuamente con el penitente rey Ezequ\u00edas: Te contar\u00e9 todos mis a\u00f1os en la amargura de mi alma<\/em>. \u2014 (Is. xxxviii. 15).\u00a0 The Lord gives us the remaining days of life that we may make up for the time that has been badly spent.\u00a0 Mientras tengamos tiempo, trabajemos bien<\/em>. \u2014 (Gal. vi. 10).\u00a0 Let us not provoke the Lord to punish us by an unhappy death; and if, during the years that are passed, we have been foolish, and have offended Him, let us now attend to the Apostle exhorting us to be wise for the future, and to redeem the time we have lost.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Oh Se\u00f1or, \u00a1qu\u00e9 desdichado he sido por haber ido durante tantos a\u00f1os tras las vanidades del mundo y haberte dejado a Ti, mi soberano Bien! Pero desde hoy deseo poseerte como mi \u00fanico Tesoro, como el \u00fanico Amor de mi alma.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 See, therefore, brethren, how you walk circumspectly, not as unwise, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil . . . understanding what is the will of God. \u2014 <\/em>(Ephes, v. 15, 17). \u00a0The days are evil.<\/em> \u00a0According to St. Anselm, the meaning of these words is that the days of this life are evil, because in them we are exposed to a thousand temptations and to the danger of eternal misery; therefore, to escape perdition, all possible care is necessary. \u00a0\u201cWhat,\u201d says St. Augustine, \u201cis meant by redeeming the time, unless, when necessary, to submit to temporal loss in order to gain eternal goods?\u201d \u00a0We should live only to fulfil with all diligence the Divine will; and, should it be necessary, it is better to suffer in temporal things, than to neglect our eternal interests.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Oh, how well did St. Paul redeem the time he had lost!\u00a0 St. Jerome says that, though the last of the Apostles, he was, on account of his great labours, the first in merits.\u00a0 \u201cPaul, the last in order, but the first in merits, because he laboured more than all.\u201d \u00a0Let us consider that, in each moment, we may lay up greater treasures of eternal goods. \u00a0If the possession of all the land round which you could walk, or of all the money you could count in a day, were promised you, would you lose time? \u00a0Would you not instantly begin to walk over the ground, or to reckon the money? \u00a0You now have it in your power to acquire, in each moment, eternal treasures; and will you notwithstanding, waste your time? \u00a0Do not say that what you can do to-day you can also do to-morrow; because this day will be then lost to you, and shall never return. \u00a0You have to-day; but perhaps to-morrow will not be given you.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I give Thee thanks, O my God, for having waited for me. \u00a0What would have become of me had I died one of those nights in which I went to rest under Thy displeasure! \u00a0But as Thou hast waited patiently for me, it is a sign that Thou wishest to pardon me. \u00a0Pardon me, then, O my Jesus! \u00a0I am sorry, and I will never sin again.<\/p>

Lectura espiritual:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a1SALVE REGINA, MATER MISERICORDIAE! \u00a1SALVE, SANTA REINA, MADRE DE MISERICORDIA!<\/i><\/strong><\/p>

XV. MAR\u00cdA ES LA MADRE DE LOS PECADORES PENITENTES\u00a0<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Esta benign\u00edsima Se\u00f1ora s\u00f3lo exige que el pecador se recomiende a Ella y haga prop\u00f3sito de enmienda. Cuando Mar\u00eda ve a un pecador a sus pies, implorando su misericordia, no considera los delitos de que est\u00e1 cargado, sino la intenci\u00f3n con que viene; y si la intenci\u00f3n es buena, aunque haya cometido todos los pecados posibles, la amant\u00edsima Madre lo abraza, y no desde\u00f1a curar las heridas de su alma; porque no s\u00f3lo se llama Madre de misericordia, sino que lo es, verdadera y verdaderamente, y se muestra tal por el amor y la ternura con que nos asiste a todos. Y esto es precisamente lo que la misma Sant\u00edsima Virgen dijo a Santa Br\u00edgida: \"Por mucho que peque un hombre, estoy dispuesta a recibirlo inmediatamente cuando se arrepiente; ni me fijo en el n\u00famero de sus pecados, sino s\u00f3lo en la intenci\u00f3n con que viene: No desde\u00f1o ungir y curar sus heridas; porque me llaman, y verdaderamente lo soy, la Madre de la Misericordia.\"
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Mar\u00eda es la Madre de los pecadores que quieren arrepentirse, y como Madre de ellos no puede menos de compadecerlos; es m\u00e1s, parece sentir las miserias de sus pobres hijos como si fueran propias. Cuando la mujer cananea suplic\u00f3 a Nuestro Se\u00f1or que librara a su hija del demonio que la pose\u00eda, le dijo: Ten piedad de m\u00ed, Se\u00f1or, hijo de David, mi hija est\u00e1 gravemente atormentada por un demonio.<\/em>. \u2014 (Matt. xv. 22).\u00a0 But since the daughter, and not the mother, was tormented, she should rather have said, “Lord, take compassion sobre mi hija<\/em>\"y no Ten piedad de m\u00ed<\/em>pero no, dijo Ten piedad de m\u00ed<\/em>Y ten\u00eda raz\u00f3n, porque las madres sienten los sufrimientos de los hijos como si fueran propios. Y es precisamente as\u00ed, dice Ricardo de San Lorenzo, como Mar\u00eda ruega a Dios cuando recomienda a un pecador a Aquel que ha recurrido a Ella; clama por el alma pecadora: \"Ten piedad de me<\/em>!\" \"Se\u00f1or m\u00edo\", parece decir, \"esta pobre alma que est\u00e1 en pecado es mi hija, y por eso, no te compadezcas tanto de ella como de m\u00ed, que soy su Madre\".
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Ojal\u00e1 todos los pecadores recurrieran a esta dulce Madre, porque entonces ciertamente todos ser\u00edan perdonados por Dios. \"Oh Mar\u00eda\", exclama San Buenaventura con arrobado asombro, \"abrazas con afecto maternal a un pecador despreciado por todo el mundo, y no lo abandonas hasta que hayas reconciliado a la pobre criatura con su Juez\" - queriendo decir, que el pecador, mientras est\u00e1 en estado de pecado, es odiado y aborrecido por todos, incluso por las criaturas inanimadas; el fuego, el aire y la tierra lo castigar\u00edan, y vengar\u00edan el honor de su Se\u00f1or ultrajado. Pero si esta infeliz criatura vuela a Mar\u00eda, \u00bfle rechazar\u00e1 Mar\u00eda? Oh, no: siempre que acuda a ella en busca de ayuda y con el fin de enmendarse, le abrazar\u00e1 con el afecto de una Madre, y no le dejar\u00e1 marchar, hasta que, por su poderosa intercesi\u00f3n, le haya reconciliado con Dios y restablecido en gracia.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n vespertina:\u00a0\u00a0LA PR\u00c1CTICA DEL AMOR DE JESUCRISTO\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/strong><\/p>

XXI. \"LA CARIDAD ES PACIENTE\". - EL ALMA QUE AMA A JESUCRISTO AMA SUFRIR<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Esta tierra es el lugar para merecer, y por lo tanto es un lugar para sufrir. Nuestra verdadera patria, donde Dios nos ha preparado el reposo en el gozo eterno, es el Para\u00edso. Tenemos poco tiempo para permanecer en este mundo; pero en este corto tiempo tenemos muchos trabajos que sufrir: El hombre nacido de una mujer, que vive poco tiempo, est\u00e1 lleno de muchas miserias<\/em>. \u2014 (Job xiv. 1).\u00a0 We must suffer, and all must suffer: be they just or be they sinners, each one must carry his cross.\u00a0 He that carries it with patience is saved; he that carries it with impatience is lost.\u00a0 St. Augustine says the same miseries send some to Paradise and some to hell: “One and the same blow lifts the good to glory and reduces the bad to ashes.”\u00a0 The same Saint observes that by the test of suffering the chaff in the Church of God is distinguished from the wheat: he that humbles himself under tribulations, and is resigned to the will of God, is wheat for Paradise; he that grows haughty and is enraged, and so forsakes God, is chaff for hell.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On the day when the cause of our salvation shall be decided, our life must be found conformable to the life of Jesus Christ, if we would enjoy the happy sentence of the predestined: For whom he foreknew he also predestinated to be made conformable to the image of his Son. <\/em>\u2014 (Rom. viii. 29). \u00a0This was the end for which the Eternal Word descended upon earth, to teach us, by His example, to carry with patience the cross which God sends us: Christ suffered for us,<\/em> wrote St. Peter, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps. \u2014 <\/em>(1 Pet. ii. 21). \u00a0So that Jesus Christ suffered on purpose to encourage us to suffer. \u00a0O God! what a life was that of Jesus Christ! a life of ignominy and pain! \u00a0The Prophet calls our Redeemer despised, and the most abject of men, a man of sorrows. \u2014 <\/em>(Is. liii. 3). \u00a0A man held in contempt, and treated as the lowest, the vilest among men, a man of sorrows<\/em>; yes, for the life of Jesus Christ was made up of hardships and afflictions.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Meditaci\u00f3n matutina:\u00a0 CARIDAD PRACTICADA EN LAS OBRAS<\/em><\/b><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Mis peque\u00f1os<\/em>, dice San Juan, no amemos de palabra ni de lengua, sino de hecho y en verdad<\/em>. \u2014 (1 John iii. 18).\u00a0 Some say they sincerely love their neighbours, but they will not submit to inconvenience for the sake of any of them.\u00a0 to fulfil the precept of charity it is not enough to love our neighbour in words; we must love him in deed and in truth.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Algunos dicen que aman sinceramente a todos sus pr\u00f3jimos, pero que no se incomodar\u00e1n por el bien de ninguno de ellos.\u00a0 Mis peque\u00f1os<\/em>, dice San Juan, no amemos de palabra ni de lengua, sino de hecho y en verdad<\/em>.\u00a0 The Scripture tells us that alms deliver men from death, cleanse them from sin, and obtain for them the Divine mercy and eternal life.\u00a0 Alms delivereth from death, and the same is that which purgeth away sins, and maketh to find mercy and life everlasting. \u2014 (Tob. xii. 9).\u00a0 God will relieve you in the same manner in which you give relief to your neighbour.\u00a0 Con la medida que midas se te volver\u00e1 a medir<\/em>. \u2014 (Matt. vii. 2).\u00a0 Hence St. John Chrysostom says that the exercise of charity to others is the means of acquiring great gain with God.\u00a0 “Alms is, of all acts, the most lucrative.”\u00a0 And St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi used to say that she felt more happy in relieving her neighbour than when she was wrapt in contemplation.\u00a0 “Because,” she would add, “when I am in contemplation God assists me; but in giving relief to a neighbour I assist God;” for, every act of charity we exercise towards our neighbour, God accepts as done to Himself.\u00a0 But, on the other hand, as St. John says, can he who does not assist a brother in want be said to love God?\u00a0 El que tiene los bienes de este mundo, y ve a su hermano necesitado, y le cierra sus entra\u00f1as, \u00bfc\u00f3mo permanece en \u00e9l la caridad de Dios?<\/em> \u2014 (1 John iii. 17).\u00a0 By alms is understood not only in the distribution of money and other goods, but every succour given to a neighbour in order to relieve his wants.\u00a0 It is related of St. Teresa that she was accustomed to perform every day some act of charity towards her sisters in Religion, and whenever she was unable to do so during the day she would be careful at night to show light to the sisters who might be passing in the dark before her cell.\u00a0 The Saints were full of charity and compassion to all who required their assistance.\u00a0 Los justos son misericordiosos y muestran misericordia<\/em>. \u2014 (Prov. xiii. 13).<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The exercise of special charity towards the sick is also very pleasing to God. \u00a0Serving them has far greater merit than serving those who are in health. \u00a0The sick stand in greater need of assistance than those who are well. \u00a0They are afflicted by pain, melancholy, and the fear of death, and are sometimes even abandoned by all.\u00a0 Oh, how pleasing it is to God to labour to console them in their afflictions! \u00a0St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi assisted and served the sick, and desired to live in some hospital in order to be always employed in an office so pleasing to God. \u00a0\u201cIf you wish to know,\u201d Father Anthony Torres used to say, \u201cwhether the Spirit of God reigns in a community, ask how the sick are treated.\u201d \u00a0All who tend to perfection practise charity towards the sick. \u00a0Be careful, then, to relieve the sick by alms, or by little presents, and to serve them as well as you can, at least by endeavouring to console them by your words, by exhortations to practise resignation to God\u2019s will, and to offer Him all their sufferings. \u00a0Do not look for thanks; but bear with their complaints, impatience, and rudeness.\u00a0 The Lord Himself will reward your charity. \u00a0It is related in the Chronicles of the Teresians<\/em> that Sr. Isabella of the Angels was seen ascending to Heaven immediately after death and carried by Angels amid great splendour. \u00a0She said to a Religious to whom she appeared afterwards that God had bestowed that glory on her for her charity towards the sick.<\/p>

Lectura espiritual:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a1SALVE REGINA, MATER MISERICORDIAE! \u00a1SALVE, SANTA REINA, MADRE DE MISERICORDIA!<\/i><\/strong><\/p>

XVI. MAR\u00cdA ES LA MADRE DE LOS PECADORES PENITENTES<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0In the Second Book of Kings \u2014 (2 Kings xiv. 5), we read that a wise woman of Thecua addressed King David this wise: Mi se\u00f1or, yo ten\u00eda dos hijos, y para mi desgracia uno mat\u00f3 al otro; de modo que ahora he perdido a uno y la justicia exige al otro, el \u00fanico que me queda; ten compasi\u00f3n de una pobre madre, y no permitas que me vea as\u00ed privada de ambos...<\/em>. David, movido a compasi\u00f3n hacia la madre, declar\u00f3 que el delincuente deb\u00eda ser puesto en libertad y restituido a ella. Mar\u00eda parece decir lo mismo cuando Dios se indigna contra un pecador que se ha encomendado a ella. \"Dios m\u00edo\", dice ella, \"tuve dos hijos, Jes\u00fas y el hombre; el hombre quit\u00f3 la vida a mi Jes\u00fas en la Cruz, y ahora Tu justicia quiere condenar al culpable. Oh Se\u00f1or, mi Jes\u00fas ya est\u00e1 muerto, ten piedad de m\u00ed, y si he perdido al uno, no me hagas perder tambi\u00e9n al otro.\"
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Ciertamente, Dios no condenar\u00e1 a los pecadores que recurran a Mar\u00eda y por los que ella ruegue, puesto que \u00c9l mismo se los encomend\u00f3 como hijos suyos. El devoto Lanspergio supone que nuestro Se\u00f1or habl\u00f3 en los siguientes t\u00e9rminos: \"Yo recomend\u00e9 a todos, pero especialmente a los pecadores a Mar\u00eda, como hijos suyos, y por eso es ella tan diligente y tan cuidadosa en el ejercicio de su oficio que no permite que perezca ninguno de los encomendados a su cargo, y especialmente los que la invocan, sino que, en cuanto puede, los trae a todos a M\u00ed.\" \"\u00bfY qui\u00e9n podr\u00e1 decir\", dice el devoto Blosius, \"la bondad, la misericordia, la compasi\u00f3n, el amor, la benignidad, la clemencia, la fidelidad, la benevolencia, la caridad, de esta Virgen Madre para con los hombres? Es tal que no hay palabras para expresarlo\".
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\"Arroj\u00e9monos, pues\", dice San Bernardo, \"a los pies de esta buena Madre, y, abrazados a ellos, no nos alejemos hasta que ella nos bendiga, y as\u00ed nos acepte por sus hijos.\" \u00bfY qui\u00e9n puede dudar de la compasi\u00f3n de esta Madre? San Buenaventura sol\u00eda decir: \"Aunque me quitara la vida, seguir\u00eda esperando en Ella; y, lleno de confianza, desear\u00eda morir ante su imagen y estar seguro de la salvaci\u00f3n\". Y as\u00ed debe dirigirse cada pecador cuando recurre a esta Madre compasiva; debe decir:
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\"Se\u00f1ora y Madre m\u00eda, a causa de mis pecados merezco que me rechaces, e incluso que t\u00fa misma me castigues seg\u00fan mis merecimientos; pero si me rechazaras, o incluso me quitaras la vida, seguir\u00e9 confiando en ti, y esperando con firme esperanza que me salvar\u00e1s. En ti est\u00e1 toda mi confianza; s\u00f3lo conc\u00e9deme el consuelo de morir ante tu imagen, encomend\u00e1ndome a tu misericordia, entonces estoy convencido de que no me perder\u00e9, sino que ir\u00e9 a alabarte al cielo en compa\u00f1\u00eda de tantos siervos tuyos que dejaron este mundo pidi\u00e9ndote ayuda, y todos se han salvado por tu poderosa intercesi\u00f3n.\"<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n vespertina:\u00a0\u00a0LA PR\u00c1CTICA DEL AMOR DE JESUCRISTO\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/strong><\/p>

XXII. \"LA CARIDAD ES PACIENTE\". - EL ALMA QUE AMA A JESUCRISTO AMA SUFRIR<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Ahora bien, de la misma manera que Dios ha tratado a su amado Hijo, as\u00ed trata a todo aquel a quien ama y a quien recibe por hijo: Porque el Se\u00f1or castiga al que ama, y azota a todo hijo que recibe.<\/em>. \u2014 (Heb. xii. 6).\u00a0 For this reason He one day said to St. Teresa: “Know that the souls dearest to My Father are those who are afflicted with the greatest sufferings.”\u00a0 Hence the Saint said of all her troubles that she would not exchange them for all the treasures in the world.\u00a0 She appeared after her death to a soul, and revealed to her that she enjoyed an immense reward in Heaven, not so much for her good works as for the sufferings she cheerfully bore in this life for the love of God; and that if she could possibly entertain a wish to return upon earth, the only reason would be in order that she might suffer more for God.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He that loves God in suffering earns a double reward in Paradise. \u00a0St. Vincent de Paul said that it was a great misfortune to be free from suffering in this life. \u00a0And he added that a Congregation or an individual that does not suffer, and is applauded by all the world, is not far from a fall. \u00a0It was on this account that St. Francis of Assisi, on the day that he had suffered nothing for God, became afraid lest God had forgotten him. \u00a0St. John Chrysostom says that when God endows a man with the grace of suffering, He gives him a greater grace than that of raising the dead to life; because in performing miracles man remains God\u2019s debtor; whereas in suffering, God makes Himself the debtor of man. \u00a0And he adds that whoever endures something for God, even had he no other gift than the strength to suffer for the God Whom he loves, would obtain for himself an immense reward.\u00a0 Wherefore he affirmed that he considered St. Paul to have received a greater grace in being bound in chains for Jesus Christ than in being rapt to the Third Heaven in ecstasy.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Meditaci\u00f3n matutina:\u00a0 CARIDAD HACIA EL ALMA DEL PR\u00d3JIMO<\/em><\/b><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Quien haga que un pecador se convierta del error de su camino, salvar\u00e1 su alma de la muerte y cubrir\u00e1 multitud de pecados. <\/em>\u2014 (James v. 20).\u00a0 Would it not be cruelty in him who would see a blind man walking over a precipice and not admonish him of his danger and thus rescue him from temporal death?\u00a0 But it would be still greater cruelty to neglect, when able, to deliver a neighbour from eternal death.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0La caridad m\u00e1s perfecta consiste en el celo por el bien espiritual del pr\u00f3jimo. Aliviar las necesidades espirituales de un pr\u00f3jimo, o contribuir a su bienestar espiritual, supera en mucho el ejercicio de la caridad hacia su cuerpo, como la dignidad del alma trasciende la baja condici\u00f3n de la carne. La caridad hacia el alma se practica, en primer lugar, corrigiendo las faltas del pr\u00f3jimo. Santiago declara que quien haga que un pecador se convierta del error de su camino, salvar\u00e1 su alma de la muerte, y cubrir\u00e1 multitud de pecados<\/em>. \u2014 (James v. 20).\u00a0 But on the other hand, St. Augustine says that he who sees a neighbour destroying his soul, by giving way to anger against a neighbour, or by insulting him, and neglects to correct him, sins more grievously by his silence than the other does by his insults and contumely.\u00a0 “You,” says the Saint, “see him perish, and care not; your silence is more criminal than his reproachful language.”\u00a0 Do not excuse yourself by saying that you know not how to correct him.\u00a0 St. John Chrysostom tells you that for correcting the faults of others charity is more necessary than wisdom.\u00a0 Make the correction at a seasonable time, with charity and sweetness, and it will be profitable.\u00a0 If you are a Superior, you are bound by your office to correct those under you; if not, you are bound in charity to administer correction as often as you expect fruit from it.\u00a0 Would it not be cruelty in him who should see a blind man walking over a precipice not to admonish him of his danger, and thus recue him from temporal death?\u00a0 But it would be still greater cruelty in you to neglect, when able, to deliver a neighbour from eternal death.\u00a0 If you prudently judge that your advice would be unprofitable, be careful at least to make known the fault to some other person who will be able to apply a remedy.\u00a0 Do not say, This is not my business; I will not take any trouble about it.\u00a0 This was the language of Cain.\u00a0 Soy yo<\/em>, dijo \u00e9l, el guardi\u00e1n de mi hermano<\/em>. \u2014 (Gen. iv. 9).\u00a0 It is the duty of every one, when able, to save his neighbour from ruin.\u00a0 Y<\/em>dice el Eclesi\u00e1stico, dio a cada uno de ellos mandamiento acerca de su pr\u00f3jimo<\/em>. (Ecclus. xvii. 12).<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 St. Philip Neri says that, when necessary, God wishes that we omit mental prayer in order to assist a neighbour, particularly in his spiritual necessities. \u00a0St. Gertrude desired one day to entertain herself in prayer, but a work of charity was to be performed, and therefore the Lord said to her: \u201cTell me, Gertrude, do you intend that I should serve you, or that you should serve Me?\u201d\u00a0 \u201cIf,\u201d says St. Gregory, \u201cyou go to God, take care not to go alone to Him.\u201d \u00a0And Saint Augustine says: \u201cIf you love God, draw all to the love of God.\u201d \u00a0If you love God you should take care not to be alone in loving Him, but should labour to bring to His love all your relatives, and all those with whom you have intercourse.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To appear devout, mortified, devoted to mental prayer and to frequent Communion, in order to give good example to others, in order to induce others to do likewise, is not an act of vanity, but an act of charity, very pleasing to God. \u00a0So let your light shine before men that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. \u2014 <\/em>(Matt. v. 16).
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Endeavour, then, to assist all according to the best of your ability, by words, works, and particularly by prayers. \u00a0Many Doctors, along with St. Basil, teach, that by the words Amen I say to you, if you ask the Father anything in my name, he will give it you <\/em>\u2014 (John xvi. 23), Jesus Christ promises to hear our prayers, not only for ourselves, but also for others, provided they do not place a positive obstacle in the way. \u00a0Hence, in the common prayer, in your Thanksgiving after Communion, and your Visits to the Blessed Sacrament, you should never omit to recommend to God all poor sinners, infidels, and heretics, and all that live without God.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How pleasing to Jesus Christ are the prayers of His spouses for sinners! \u00a0He once said to the Venerable Sister Seraphina de Capri: \u201cAssist Me, O My daughter, to save souls by your prayers.\u201d \u00a0To Mary Magdalen de Pazzi He said: \u201cSee, Magdalen, how Christians are in the hands of the devil; unless my elect by their prayers deliver them, they will be devoured.\u201d \u00a0Hence the Saint used to say to her Religious: \u201cMy sisters, God has not separated us from the world only for our own good, but also for the benefit of sinners.\u201d \u00a0And on another occasion she said: \u201cMy sisters, we have to render to God an account for so many lost souls: had we recommended them to God with fervour, perhaps they would not be damned.\u201d \u00a0Hence we read in her life that she did not allow an hour of the day to pass without praying for sinners. \u00a0Oh, how many souls are sometimes converted, not so much by the sermons of priests as by the prayers of Religious! \u00a0It was once revealed to a preacher that the fruit which he produced was not the effect of his sermons, but of the prayers of a lay-brother who assisted him at the pulpit. \u00a0Be careful, also, to pray for priests, that they may labour with true zeal for the salvation of souls.<\/p>

Lectura espiritual:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a1VITA, DULCEDO! \u00a1SALVE, VIDA NUESTRA, DULZURA NUESTRA!<\/i><\/strong><\/p>

XVII. MAR\u00cdA ES NUESTRA VIDA PORQUE NOS OBTIENE EL PERD\u00d3N DE NUESTROS PECADOS\u00a0<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Para comprender por qu\u00e9 la santa Iglesia nos hace llamar a Mar\u00eda nuestra vida, debemos saber que, as\u00ed como el alma da vida al cuerpo, la gracia divina da vida al alma; pues un alma sin gracia tiene el nombre de viva, pero en verdad est\u00e1 muerta, como se dijo de una en el Apocalipsis, Tienes el nombre de estar vivo y est\u00e1s muerto<\/em>. \u2014 (Apoc. iii. 1).\u00a0 Mary, then, in obtaining this grace for sinners by her intercession, restores them to life.
\u00a0 \u00a0 Mira c\u00f3mo la Iglesia hace hablar a Mar\u00eda, aplic\u00e1ndole las siguientes palabras de Proverbios: Los que por la ma\u00f1ana temprano me busquen, me encontrar\u00e1n<\/em>. \u2014 (Prov. viii. 17).\u00a0 They who are diligent in having recourse to me in the morning, that is, as soon as they can, will most certainly find me.\u00a0 In the Septuagint the words me encontrar\u00e1<\/em> se traducen \"hallar\u00e1 la gracia\". De modo que recurrir a Mar\u00eda es lo mismo que encontrar la gracia de Dios. Un poco m\u00e1s adelante dice, El que me encuentre, encontrar\u00e1 la vida y tendr\u00e1 la salvaci\u00f3n del Se\u00f1or.<\/em>. \u2014 (Prov. viii. 35).\u00a0 “Listen,” exclaims St. Bonaventure on these words, “listen, all you who desire the kingdom of God: honour the most Blessed Virgin Mary, and you will find life and eternal salvation.”
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0San Bernardino de Siena dice que si Dios no destruy\u00f3 al hombre despu\u00e9s de su primer pecado, fue a causa de su singular amor por esta santa Virgen, que estaba destinada a nacer de esta raza. Y a\u00f1ade el Santo que \u00e9l \"no tiene duda sino que todas las misericordias concedidas por Dios bajo la antigua dispensaci\u00f3n fueron otorgadas s\u00f3lo en consideraci\u00f3n a esta Sant\u00edsima Se\u00f1ora.\"
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0De ah\u00ed que San Bernardo tuviera raz\u00f3n al exhortarnos \"a buscar la gracia, y a buscarla por Mar\u00eda\"; es decir, que si busc\u00e1ramos recuperarla, pero lo hici\u00e9ramos por medio de Mar\u00eda; porque, aunque nosotros la hayamos perdido, ella la ha encontrado; y de ah\u00ed que el Santo la llame \"la halladora de la gracia\". El \u00e1ngel Gabriel lo declar\u00f3 expresamente para nuestro consuelo cuando salud\u00f3 a la Sant\u00edsima Virgen diciendo, No temas, Mar\u00eda, has encontrado la gracia.<\/em> \u2014 (Luke i. 28).\u00a0 Since Mary, then, did not find grace for herself, she being always full of it, for whom did she find it?\u00a0 Cardinal Hugo, in his commentary on the above text, replies that she found it for sinners who had lost it.\u00a0 “Let sinners, then,” says this devout writer, “who by their crimes have lost grace, address themselves to the Blessed Virgin, for with her they will surely find it; let them humbly salute her, and say with confidence, “Lady, that which has been found must be restored to him who has lost it; restore us, therefore, our property which thou hast found.”\u00a0 On this subject, Richard of St. Laurence concludes, “that if we hope to recover the grace of God we must go to Mary, who has found it, and finds it always.”\u00a0 And as she always was and always will be dear to God, if we have recourse to her we shall certainly succeed.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n vespertina:\u00a0\u00a0LA PR\u00c1CTICA DEL AMOR DE JESUCRISTO\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/strong><\/p>

XXIII. \"LA CARIDAD ES PACIENTE\". - EL ALMA QUE AMA A JESUCRISTO AMA SUFRIR<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Pero la paciencia tiene una obra perfecta<\/em>. \u2014 (James i. 4).\u00a0 The meaning of this is that nothing is more pleasing to God than to see a soul suffering with patience all the crosses sent her by Him.\u00a0 The effect of love is to liken the lover to the person loved.\u00a0 St. Francis of Sales said: “All the Wounds of Christ are so many mouths which preach to us that we must suffer for Him.\u00a0 The science of the Saints is to suffer constantly for Jesus; and in this way we shall soon become Saints.”\u00a0 A person that loves Jesus Christ is anxious to be treated like Jesus Christ, \u2013 poor, persecuted and despised.\u00a0 St. John beheld all the Saints clothed in white and with palms in their hands: Vestidos con t\u00fanicas blancas y palmas en las manos<\/em>. \u2014 (Apoc. vii. 9).\u00a0 The palm is the symbol of Martyrs, and yet all the Saints did not suffer Martyrdom; why, then, do all the Saints bear palms in their hands?\u00a0 St. Gregory replies that all the Saints have been Martyrs either of the sword or of patience; so that, he adds, “we can be Martyrs without the sword if we keep patience.”<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The merit of a soul that loves Jesus Christ consists in loving and in suffering. \u00a0Hear what our Lord said to St. Teresa: \u201cThink you, My child, that merit consists in enjoyment? \u00a0No; it consists in suffering and in loving.\u00a0 Look at My life, wholly embittered with afflictions. \u00a0Be assured, My child, that the more My Father loves any one the more sufferings He sends him; they are the standard of His love. \u00a0Look at My Wounds; your torments will never reach so far. \u00a0It is foolish to suppose that My Father favours with His friendship those who are strangers to suffering.\u201d \u00a0And, for our consolation, St. Teresa makes this remark: \u201cGod never sends a trial but He forthwith rewards it with some favour.\u201d \u00a0One day Jesus Christ appeared to the Blessed Baptista Varani, and told her of three special favours which He is wont to bestow on cherished souls: the first, not<\/em> to sin<\/em>; the second, which is greater, to perform good works; <\/em>the third, and the greatest of all, to suffer for His love.\u00a0 <\/em>So that St. Teresa used to say, whenever anyone does something for God, the Almighty repays him with some trial. \u00a0And therefore the Saints, on receiving tribulations, thanked God for them. \u00a0St. Louis of France, referring to his captivity among the Turks, said: \u201cI rejoice, and thank God more for the patience which He accorded me in the time of my imprisonment than if He had made me master of the Universe.\u201d \u00a0And when St. Elizabeth, princess of Thuringia, after her husband\u2019s death, was banished with her son from the kingdom and found herself homeless and abandoned by all, she went to a convent of the Franciscans and there had the Te Deum <\/em>sung in thanksgiving to God for the signal favour of being allowed to suffer for His love.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Meditaci\u00f3n matutina:\u00a0 LA MUERTE DE JESUCRISTO NUESTRA ESPERANZA<\/em><\/b><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00bfDe qu\u00e9 tienes miedo, oh pecador? \u00bfC\u00f3mo te condenar\u00e1 penitente, Quien muere para que t\u00fa no seas condenado?\u00a0 He aqu\u00ed<\/em>Dice, Te he grabado en mis manos<\/em>. Te tengo grabado en Mis manos en estas Llagas que he sufrido por ti. \u00c1mame y ten confianza.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Oh, qu\u00e9 grande es la esperanza de salvaci\u00f3n que nos imparte la Muerte de Jesucristo: \u00bfQui\u00e9n es el que condenar\u00e1? Cristo Jes\u00fas, que muri\u00f3 y que intercede por nosotros.<\/em>. \u2014 (Rom. viii. 34).\u00a0 Who is it, asks the Apostle, that has to condemn us?\u00a0 It is that same Redeemer Who, in order not to condemn us to eternal death, condemned Himself to a cruel death upon a Cross.\u00a0 From this St. Thomas of Villanova encourages us, saying: What dost thou fear, sinner, if thou art willing to leave off thy sin?\u00a0 How should that Lord condemn thee, Who died in order not to condemn thee?\u00a0 How should He drive thee away when thou returnest to His feet, He Who came from Heaven to seek thee when thou wert fleeing from Him?\u00a0 “What art thou afraid of, sinner?\u00a0 How shall He condemn thee penitent, Who dies that you may not be condemned?\u00a0 How shall He cast thee off returning, Who came from Heaven seeking thee?”\u00a0 But greater still is the encouragement given us by this same Saviour of ours when, speaking by Isaias, He says: He aqu\u00ed, yo te grab\u00e9 en mis manos; tus muros est\u00e1n siempre ante mis ojos<\/em>. \u2014 (Is. xlix. 16).\u00a0 Be not distrustful, My sheep; see how much thou didst cost Me.\u00a0 I keep thee engraven upon My hands in these Wounds which I have suffered for thee; these are ever reminding Me to help thee, and to defend thee from thine enemies: love Me, and have confidence.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0S\u00ed, Jes\u00fas m\u00edo, Te amo y conf\u00edo en Ti. Rescatarme, s\u00ed, te ha costado caro; salvarme no te costar\u00e1 nada. Tu voluntad es que todos se salven y que ninguno perezca. Si mis pecados me causan temor, tu bondad me tranquiliza, m\u00e1s deseoso como est\u00e1s de hacerme el bien que yo de recibirlo. Ah, mi amado Redentor, te dir\u00e9 con Job: Aunque me mates, esperar\u00e9 en Ti, y T\u00fa ser\u00e1s mi Salvador. - (Job xiii). Aunque me alejaras de tu presencia, oh amor m\u00edo, no dejar\u00eda de esperar en ti, que eres mi Salvador. Demasiado me animan estas Llagas Tuyas y esta Sangre a esperar todo bien de Tu misericordia. Te amo, oh Jes\u00fas querido; Te amo y conf\u00edo en Ti.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The glorious St. Bernard one day in sickness saw himself before the Judgment-seat of God, where the devil was accusing him of his sins, and telling him that he did not deserve Paradise: \u201cIt is true that I deserve not Paradise,\u201d the Saint replied, \u201cbut Jesus has a twofold title to this kingdom \u2013 in the first place, as being by nature Son of God; in the next place, as having purchased it by His Death. \u00a0He contents Himself with the first of these, and the second He makes over to me; and therefore it is that I ask and hope for Paradise.\u201d \u00a0We, too, can say the same; for St. Paul tells us that the will of Jesus Christ to die, consumed by sufferings, had for its end the obtaining of Paradise for all sinners that are penitent and resolved to amend. \u00a0And hence the Apostle subjoins: Let us run . . . to the fight proposed unto us, looking on Jesus, the Author and Finisher of faith, who, having joy set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame. \u2014 <\/em>(Heb. xii. 1, 2). \u00a0Let us go forth with courage to fight against our enemies, fixing our eyes on Jesus Christ, Who, together with the merits of His Passion, offers us the victory and the crown.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He has told us that He is gone to Heaven to prepare a place for us: Let not your heart be troubled<\/em> . . . I go<\/em> to prepare a place for you. <\/em>\u2014 (John xiv. 1, 2). \u00a0He has told, and is continually telling His Father that since He has consigned us to Him, He wishes us to be with Him in Paradise: Father, those whom thou hast given me, I will that where I am they also may be with me. \u2014 <\/em>(John xvii. 24). \u00a0And what greater mercy could we have hoped for from the Lord, says St. Anselm, than for the Eternal Father to have said to a sinner, already for crimes condemned to hell, and with no means of delivering himself from its punishments: Take thou My Son, and offer Him in thy place? \u00a0And for the same Son to have said: Take Me, and deliver thyself from hell? \u00a0\u201cWhat greater mercy can we imagine than that to one who, being a sinner, cannot redeem himself, God the Father should say: Accept of My only-begotten Son, and deliver Him over to be punished in thy stead; and that the Son should say: Take Me, and redeem thyself?\u201d
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ah, my loving Father, I thank Thee for having given me this Thy Son for my Saviour; I offer to Thee His death; and, for the sake of His merits, I pray Thee for mercy. \u00a0And ever do I return thanks to Thee, my Redeemer, for having given Thy Blood and Thy Life to deliver me from eternal death. \u00a0\u201cWe pray Thee, therefore, help Thy servants, whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy precious Blood.\u201d \u00a0Help, then, us, Thy rebellious servants, since Thou hast redeemed us at so great a cost.\u00a0 O Jesus, my one and only Hope, Thou dost love me.\u00a0 Thou hast power to do all things; make me a Saint. \u00a0If I am weak, do Thou give me strength; if I am sick, in consequence of the sins I have committed, do Thou apply to my soul one drop of Thy Blood and heal me. \u00a0Give me love of Thee and final perseverance, making me die in Thy grace. \u00a0Give me Paradise; through Thy merits do I ask it of Thee, and hope to obtain it. \u00a0I love Thee, O my most lovely God, with all my soul; and I hope to love Thee always. \u00a0Oh, help a miserable sinner who wishes to love Thee alone!<\/p>

Lectura espiritual:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a1VITA, DULCEDO! \u00a1SALVE, VIDA NUESTRA, DULZURA NUESTRA!<\/i><\/strong><\/p>

XVIII. MAR\u00cdA ES NUESTRA VIDA PORQUE NOS OBTIENE EL PERD\u00d3N DE NUESTROS PECADOS<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Mar\u00eda, dice, en el cap\u00edtulo octavo de los sagrados C\u00e1nticos, que Dios la ha puesto en el mundo para que sea nuestra defensa: Yo soy un muro: y mis pechos son como una torre<\/em>. - (Cant. viii., 10). Y es verdaderamente hecha mediadora de paz entre los pecadores y Dios: Ya que me vuelvo en su presencia como quien encuentra la paz<\/em>. Sobre estas palabras San Bernardo anima a los pecadores, diciendo: \"Acude a esta Madre de Misericordia y mu\u00e9strale las llagas que tus pecados han dejado en tu alma; entonces ciertamente suplicar\u00e1 a su Hijo, por los pechos que le amamantaron, que te perdone todo. Y este Divino Hijo, que tan tiernamente la ama, ciertamente le conceder\u00e1 su petici\u00f3n\". En este sentido es en el que la santa Iglesia, en su oraci\u00f3n casi diaria, nos exhorta a suplicar al Se\u00f1or que nos conceda la poderosa ayuda de la intercesi\u00f3n de Mar\u00eda para levantarnos de nuestros pecados: \"Concede, Dios misericordios\u00edsimo, tu ayuda a nuestra debilidad, y que nosotros, que tenemos presente a la santa Madre de Dios, podamos, con la ayuda de su intercesi\u00f3n, levantarnos de nuestras iniquidades.\"
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Con raz\u00f3n, pues, San Lorenzo Justiniano la llama \"la esperanza de los malhechores\", ya que s\u00f3lo Ella es la que les obtiene de Dios el perd\u00f3n. Con raz\u00f3n San Bernardo la llama \"la escalera de los pecadores\", ya que Ella, la Reina m\u00e1s compasiva, extendiendo su mano hacia ellos, los saca del abismo del pecado y les permite ascender hasta Dios. Con raz\u00f3n la llama un antiguo escritor \"la \u00fanica esperanza de los pecadores\", pues s\u00f3lo con su ayuda podemos esperar la remisi\u00f3n de nuestros pecados.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0San Juan Cris\u00f3stomo dice tambi\u00e9n \"que los pecadores reciben el perd\u00f3n por la sola intercesi\u00f3n de Mar\u00eda\". Y por eso el Santo, en nombre de todos los pecadores, se dirige as\u00ed a ella: \"Dios te salve, Madre de Dios y de todos nosotros; Cielo donde Dios habita; trono, desde el cual nuestro Se\u00f1or dispensa toda gracia; gloria de nuestra Iglesia, ruega asiduamente a Jes\u00fas que en el D\u00eda del Juicio encontremos misericordia por medio de ti, y recibamos la recompensa preparada por Dios para los que le aman.\"
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Con raz\u00f3n, en fin, se llama a Mar\u00eda, seg\u00fan las palabras de los sagrados C\u00e1nticos, la aurora: \u00bfQui\u00e9n es la que sale como el alba?<\/em> - (Cant. vi., 9). S\u00ed, dice el Papa Inocencio III, \"pues as\u00ed como la aurora es el fin de la noche y el principio del d\u00eda, bien puede llamarse aurora del d\u00eda a la Sant\u00edsima Virgen Mar\u00eda, que fue el fin de los vicios\". Cuando comienza en un alma la devoci\u00f3n a Mar\u00eda, produce el mismo efecto que produjo en el mundo el nacimiento de esta Sant\u00edsima Virgen. Pone fin a la noche del pecado y conduce al alma por el camino de la virtud. Por eso dice San Germ\u00e1n: \"Oh Madre de Dios, tu protecci\u00f3n nunca cesa, tu intercesi\u00f3n es vida, y tu patrocinio nunca falta\". Y en un serm\u00f3n el mismo Santo dice que pronunciar el nombre de Mar\u00eda con afecto es se\u00f1al de vida en el alma, o al menos, de que la vida volver\u00e1 pronto a ella.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n vespertina:\u00a0\u00a0LA PR\u00c1CTICA DEL AMOR DE JESUCRISTO\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/strong><\/p>

XXIV. \"LA CARIDAD ES PACIENTE\". - EL ALMA QUE AMA A JESUCRISTO AMA SUFRIR<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0St. Joseph Calasanctius used to say: “All suffering is slight to gain Heaven.”\u00a0 And the Apostle had already said the same: The sufferings of this time are not worthy to be compared with the glory to come, that shall be revealed in us. \u2014 (Rom. viii. 18).\u00a0 It would be a great gain for us to endure all the torments of all the Martyrs during our whole lives in order to enjoy one single moment of the bliss of Paradise.\u00a0 With what readiness, then, should we embrace our crosses, when we know that the sufferings of this transitory life will gain for us an everlasting beatitude!\u00a0 Lo que al presente es moment\u00e1neo y leve de nuestra tribulaci\u00f3n, nos obra sobre medida un eterno peso de gloria<\/em>. \u2014 (2 Cor. iv. 17).\u00a0 St. Agapitus, while still a mere boy in years, was threatened by the tyrant to have his head covered with a red-hot helmet; on which he replied: “And what better fortune could possibly befall me than to lose my head here, to have it crowned hereafter in Heaven?”\u00a0 This thought made St. Francis exclaim:<\/p>

\"Busco tal medida de dicha,
Que todos mis dolores parecen felicidad\".<\/p>

Pero quien desee la corona del Para\u00edso debe necesariamente combatir y sufrir: si sufrimos, tambi\u00e9n reinaremos<\/em>. \u2014 (2 Tim. ii. 12).\u00a0 We cannot get a reward without merit; and no merit is to be had without patience: No es coronado, a menos que se esfuerce legalmente<\/em>. \u2014 (2 Tim. ii. 5).\u00a0 And the person that strives with the greatest patience shall have the greatest reward.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a1Qu\u00e9 cosa tan extra\u00f1a! Cuando se trata de los bienes temporales de este mundo, los mundanos se esfuerzan por procurarse cuanto pueden; pero cuando se trata de los bienes de la vida eterna, dicen: \"\u00a1Basta con que tengamos un rinconcito en el Cielo!\". Tal no es el lenguaje de los santos; ellos se contentan con cualquier cosa en esta vida, es m\u00e1s, se despojan de todos los bienes terrenales; pero en lo que se refiere a los bienes eternos, se esfuerzan por obtenerlos en la mayor medida posible. Quisiera preguntar cu\u00e1l de los dos act\u00faa con m\u00e1s sabidur\u00eda y prudencia.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 But even with regard to the present life it is certain that he who suffers with most patience enjoys the greatest peace. \u00a0It was a saying of St. Philip Neri that in this world there is no Purgatory; it is either all Paradise or all hell: he that patiently supports tribulations enjoys a Paradise; he that does not do so suffers a hell. \u00a0Yes, for, as St. Teresa writes, he that embraces the crosses sent him by God feels them not. \u00a0St. Francis de Sales, finding himself on one occasion beset on every side with tribulations, said: \u201cFor some time back the severe oppositions and secret contrarieties which have befallen me afford me so sweet a peace that nothing can equal it; and they give me such an assurance that my soul will ere long be firmly united with God that I can say with all truth that they are the sole ambition, the sole desire of my heart.\u201d \u00a0And, indeed, peace can never be found by one who leads an irregular life, but only by him who lives in union with God and with His blessed will. \u00a0A certain missionary of a Religious Order, while in the Indies, was one day standing to witness the execution of a person under sentence of death, and already on the scaffold; the criminal called the missionary to him, and said: \u201cYou must know, Father, that I was once a member of your Order. \u00a0Whilst I observed the rules I led a very happy life; but when, afterwards, I began to relax in the strict observance of them, I immediately experienced pain in everything; so much so that I abandoned the Religious life and gave myself up to vice, which has finally reduced me to the melancholy pass in which you at present behold me.\u201d \u00a0And in conclusion he said, \u201cI tell you this that my example may be a warning to others.\u201d \u00a0The venerable Father Lewis da Ponte said: \u201cTake the sweet things of this life for bitter, and the bitter for sweet; and so you will be in the constant enjoyment of peace. \u00a0Yes, for though the sweet are pleasant to sense they invariably leave behind them the bitterness of remorse of conscience, on account of the imperfect satisfaction which, for the most part, they afford; but the bitter when taken with patience from the hand of God, become sweet and dear to the souls who love Him.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Meditaci\u00f3n matutina:\u00a0 RECURRIENDO A<\/em> <\/b>MAR\u00cdA<\/em><\/b><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \"La Reina del Cielo es tan bondadosa y liberal\", dice San Andr\u00e9s de Creta, \"que recompensa a sus siervos con la mayor munificencia por las devociones m\u00e1s insignificantes.\" \"Pero\", dice San Bernardo, \"s\u00f3lo la perseverancia merecer\u00e1 la corona\". \u00a1Oh, cu\u00e1ntos hay ahora en el infierno que se habr\u00edan salvado si s\u00f3lo hubieran perseverado en las devociones que una vez practicaron en honor de Mar\u00eda!<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\"La Reina del Cielo es tan bondadosa y liberal\", dice San Andr\u00e9s de Creta, \"que recompensa a sus siervos con la mayor munificencia por las devociones m\u00e1s insignificantes\". Sin embargo, hay dos condiciones:
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0La primera es que, cuando le ofrezcamos nuestras devociones, nuestras almas est\u00e9n libres de pecado; de lo contrario, Ella se dirigir\u00eda a nosotros como se dirigi\u00f3 a un malvado soldado del que habla San Pedro Celestino. Este soldado realizaba todos los d\u00edas alguna devoci\u00f3n en honor de la Sant\u00edsima Virgen. Un d\u00eda en que padec\u00eda mucha hambre, se le apareci\u00f3 Mar\u00eda y le ofreci\u00f3 unas carnes riqu\u00edsimas, pero en un recipiente tan sucio que no se atrevi\u00f3 a probarlas. \"Yo soy la Madre de Dios\", le dijo entonces la Sant\u00edsima Virgen, \"y he venido a saciar tu hambre\". \"Pero, oh Se\u00f1ora\", respondi\u00f3 \u00e9l, \"no puedo comer de un vaso tan sucio\". \"\u00bfY c\u00f3mo\", replic\u00f3 Mar\u00eda, \"puedes esperar que yo acepte tus devociones que se me ofrecen con el alma tan mancillada?\". Al o\u00edr esto, el soldado se convirti\u00f3, se hizo ermita\u00f1o y vivi\u00f3 en un desierto durante treinta a\u00f1os. Al morir, la Sant\u00edsima Virgen se le apareci\u00f3 de nuevo y se lo llev\u00f3 en persona al Cielo.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Decimos que es moralmente imposible que un cliente de Mar\u00eda se pierda; pero esto debe entenderse a condici\u00f3n de que viva sin pecado o, al menos, con el deseo de abandonarlo; pues entonces la Sant\u00edsima Virgen le ayudar\u00e1. Pero si alguien, por el contrario, pecara con la esperanza de que Mar\u00eda le salvara, se har\u00eda indigno e incapaz de su protecci\u00f3n.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Ah, Reina m\u00eda, contin\u00faa guard\u00e1ndome del infierno; pues \u00bfde qu\u00e9 me servir\u00e1n tu misericordia y los favores que me has mostrado si me pierdo? Si no am\u00e9 siempre, ahora al menos -despu\u00e9s de Dios- te amo sobre todas las cosas. No permitas que te d\u00e9 la espalda ni a ti ni a Dios, que por tu intercesi\u00f3n me ha concedido tantas gracias. \u00c1mame, oh Mar\u00eda, esperanza m\u00eda; s\u00e1lvame del infierno. Pero s\u00e1lvame primero del pecado, que es el \u00fanico que puede condenarme a \u00e9l.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The second condition is perseverance in devotion to Mary: \u201cPerseverance alone,\u201d says St. Bernard, \u201cwill merit a crown.\u201d \u00a0When Thomas a Kempis was a young man he used every day to have recourse to the Blessed Virgin with certain prayers; he one day omitted them; he then omitted them for some weeks, and finally gave them up altogether. \u00a0One night he saw Mary in a dream: she embraced all his companions, but when his turn came she said: \u201cWhat dost thou expect, thou who hast given up thy devotions?\u00a0 Depart, thou art unworthy of my caresses.\u201d \u00a0On hearing this Thomas awoke in alarm, and resumed his ordinary prayers. \u00a0Hence, Richard of St. Laurence with reason says that he who perseveres in his devotion to Mary will be blessed in his confidence and will obtain all he desires. \u00a0But as no one can be certain of this perseverance, no one before death can be certain of salvation. \u00a0The advice given by St. John Berchmans, of the Society of Jesus, deserves our particular attention. \u00a0When this holy young man was dying, his companions entreated him, before he left this world, to tell them what devotion they could perform which would be most agreeable to our Blessed Lady. \u00a0He replied in the following remarkable words: Any devotion, however small, provided it is constant.<\/em> \u00a0Oh, how many are now in hell who would have been saved had they only persevered in the devotions they once practised in honour of Mary!
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 O my Mother, in thee have I placed all my hopes; from thee do I expect every grace. \u00a0Alas, miserable wretch that I am! \u00a0I have hitherto fallen because I have not had recourse to thee. \u00a0I now hope that, through the merits of Jesus Christ, and thy prayers, I have obtained pardon. \u00a0But I may again lose Divine grace; the danger is not past; my enemies do not sleep. \u00a0I know that thou wilt help me, and that with thy help I shall conquer if I recommend myself to thee: but this is what I fear, that in time of danger I may neglect to call upon thee and thus be lost. \u00a0I ask thee, then, for this grace, that in the assaults of hell I may always have recourse to thee by saying: O Mary help me! \u00a0My Mother, permit me not to lose my God!<\/p>

Lectura espiritual:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a1VITA, DULCEDO! \u00a1SALVE, VIDA NUESTRA, DULZURA NUESTRA!<\/i><\/strong><\/p>

XIX. MAR\u00cdA ES NUESTRA VIDA PORQUE NOS OBTIENE EL PERD\u00d3N DE NUESTROS PECADOS<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Leemos en el Evangelio de San Lucas que Mar\u00eda dijo, He aqu\u00ed que desde ahora me llamar\u00e1n bienaventurado todas las generaciones<\/em>. \u2014 (Luke i. 48).\u00a0 “Yes, my Lady,” exclaims St. Bernard, “all generations shall call thee blessed, for thou hast begotten life and glory for all generations of men.”\u00a0 For this cause all men shall call thee blessed, for all thy servants obtain through thee the life of grace and eternal glory.\u00a0 “In thee do sinners find pardon, and the just perseverance and eternal life.”\u00a0 “Distrust not, O sinner,” says the devout Bernardine de Bustis, “even if thou hast committed all possible sins: go with confidence to this most glorious Lady, and thou wilt find her hands filled with mercy and bounty.”\u00a0 Because, he adds, “she desires more to do thee good than thou canst desire to receive favours from her.”
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0San Andr\u00e9s de Creta llama a Mar\u00eda la prenda de la misericordia divina; queriendo decir que cuando los pecadores recurren a Mar\u00eda para reconciliarse con Dios, \u00c9l les asegura el perd\u00f3n y les da una prenda de \u00e9l; y esta prenda es Mar\u00eda, a quien nos ha concedido por abogada, y por cuyas oraciones, en virtud de los m\u00e9ritos de Jesucristo, Dios perdona a todos los que recurren a Ella. Santa Br\u00edgida oy\u00f3 decir a un \u00c1ngel que los santos Profetas se regocijaron al saber que Dios, por la humildad y pureza de Mar\u00eda, iba a reconciliarse con los pecadores y a recibir en gracia a los que le hab\u00edan ofendido. \"Se regocijaron, presintiendo que nuestro Se\u00f1or mismo se apaciguar\u00eda por tu humildad y la pureza de tu vida, oh Mar\u00eda, estrella superefulgente, y que se reconciliar\u00eda con los que hab\u00edan provocado su ira\".
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Ning\u00fan pecador, recurriendo a la compasi\u00f3n de Mar\u00eda, debe temer ser rechazado; porque Ella es la Madre de la Misericordia y como tal desea salvar a los m\u00e1s miserables. Mar\u00eda es esa arca feliz, dice San Bernardo, \"en la que los que se refugian nunca sufrir\u00e1n el naufragio de la perdici\u00f3n eterna\".\" En la \u00e9poca del diluvio incluso los brutos se salvaron en el Arca de No\u00e9. Bajo el manto de Mar\u00eda incluso los pecadores obtienen la salvaci\u00f3n. Santa Gertrudis vio una vez a Mar\u00eda con su manto extendido y bajo \u00e9l se hab\u00edan refugiado muchas bestias salvajes: leones, osos y tigres. Y observ\u00f3 que Mar\u00eda no s\u00f3lo no los rechazaba, sino que incluso los acog\u00eda y acariciaba con la mayor ternura. La Santa comprendi\u00f3 as\u00ed que los pecadores m\u00e1s abandonados que recurren a Mar\u00eda no s\u00f3lo no son rechazados, sino que son acogidos y salvados por Ella de la muerte eterna. Entremos, pues, en esta arca, refugi\u00e9monos bajo el manto de Mar\u00eda, y Ella ciertamente no nos rechazar\u00e1, sino que nos asegurar\u00e1 la salvaci\u00f3n.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n vespertina:\u00a0\u00a0LA PR\u00c1CTICA DEL AMOR DE JESUCRISTO\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/strong><\/p>

XXV. \"LA CARIDAD ES PACIENTE\". - EL ALMA QUE AMA A JESUCRISTO AMA SUFRIR<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Convenz\u00e1monos de que en este valle de l\u00e1grimas no puede hallar la verdadera paz del coraz\u00f3n sino quien soporta y abraza amorosamente los sufrimientos para agradar a Dios Todopoderoso: \u00e9sta es la consecuencia de aquella corrupci\u00f3n en que todos est\u00e1n colocados por la infecci\u00f3n del pecado. La condici\u00f3n de los santos en la tierra es sufrir y amar; la condici\u00f3n de los santos en el cielo es gozar y amar. El Padre Pablo Segneri el Joven, en una carta que escribi\u00f3 a una de sus penitentes para animarla a sufrir, le dio el consejo de conservar estas palabras inscritas al pie de su Crucifijo: As\u00ed se ama\u00a0<\/em> No es simplemente sufriendo, sino deseando sufrir por amor de Jesucristo, como un alma da las se\u00f1ales m\u00e1s seguras de amarle realmente. \u00bfY qu\u00e9 mayor adquisici\u00f3n, dec\u00eda Santa Teresa, podemos hacer que tener alguna se\u00f1al de gratificar a Dios Todopoderoso? Por desgracia, la mayor\u00eda de los hombres se alarman con s\u00f3lo mencionar las cruces, las humillaciones y las aflicciones. Sin embargo, hay muchas almas que encuentran todo su deleite en el sufrimiento, y que estar\u00edan muy desconsoladas si pasaran su tiempo en esta tierra sin sufrir. La visi\u00f3n de Jes\u00fas crucificado, dec\u00eda una persona devota, hace que la cruz sea tan hermosa para m\u00ed que me parece que nunca podr\u00eda ser feliz sin sufrimiento; el amor de Jesucristo es suficiente para m\u00ed en todas las circunstancias. Jes\u00fas aconseja a todo el que quiera seguirle que tome y cargue con su cruz: Que tome su cruz y me siga<\/em>. \u2014 (Luke ix. 23).\u00a0 But we must take it up and carry it, not by constraint and against our will, but with humility, patience, and love.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Oh, how acceptable to God is he that humbly and patiently embraces the crosses He sends him!\u00a0 St. Ignatius of Loyola said: \u201cThere is no wood so apt to enkindle and maintain love towards God as the wood of the cross\u201d; that is, to love Him in the midst of sufferings. \u00a0One day St. Gertrude asked our Lord what she could offer Him most acceptable, and He replied: \u201cMy child, thou canst do nothing more gratifying to Me than to submit patiently to all the tribulations that befall thee.\u201d \u00a0Wherefore the great servant of God, Sister Victoria Angelini, affirmed that one day of crucifixion was worth a hundred years of all other spiritual exercises. \u00a0And the Blessed John of Avila said: \u201cOne Blessed be God! in ill success is worth more than a thousand thanksgivings in prosperity.\u201d \u00a0Alas, how little men know of the inestimable value of affliction endured for God! \u00a0The Blessed Angela of Foligno said that \u201cif we knew the just value of suffering for God, it would become an object of plunder\u201d; which is as much as to say that each one would seek an opportunity of robbing his neighbour of the occasions of suffering. \u00a0For this reason St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi, well aware as she was of the merit of sufferings, sighed to have her life prolonged rather than to die and go to Heaven, \u201cbecause,\u201d said she, \u201cin Heaven one can suffer no more.\u201d<\/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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\u21d1 \u00a0<\/a>CONTENIDO<\/a>
<\/em>\u21d0 SECOND WEEK AFTER EASTER<\/em><\/a>
\u21d2 FOURTH WEEK AFTER EASTER<\/em><\/a><\/p>\t\t\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\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VOLUME II – PART II, pp. 134-174 THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EASTER Morning Meditation:\u00a0 \u201cA LITTLE WHILE AND NOW YOU SHALL NOT SEE ME\u201d\u00a0 (Gospel of Sunday.\u00a0 John xvi.) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0There is nothing shorter than time, and yet nothing more … Seguir leyendo <\/i><\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4884,"parent":0,"menu_order":78,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7954","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/societyofthemostholyredeemer.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7954","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=7954"}],"version-history":[{"count":130,"href":"https:\/\/societyofthemostholyredeemer.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12636,"href":"https:\/\/societyofthemostholyredeemer.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7954\/revisions\/12636"}],"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=7954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}