{"id":9248,"date":"2025-06-07T18:00:54","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T18:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/societyofthemostholyredeemer.org\/?page_id=9248"},"modified":"2026-06-04T16:41:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T16:41:13","slug":"daily-meditations-first-week-after-pentecost","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/societyofthemostholyredeemer.org\/es\/daily-meditations-first-week-after-pentecost\/","title":{"rendered":"MEDITACIONES DIARIAS: PRIMERA SEMANA DESPU\u00c9S DE PENTECOST\u00c9S"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meditaci\u00f3n matutina:\u00a0 LA SANTA COMUNI\u00d3N, MEDIO DE PERSEVERANCIA EN LA GRACIA DIVINA<\/em><\/b><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0San Denis dice que cuando Jesucristo viene a un alma en la Sagrada Comuni\u00f3n, trae consigo tesoros ilimitados de gracia; y por lo tanto despu\u00e9s de la Comuni\u00f3n podemos decir verdaderamente: Ahora todas las cosas buenas vienen a m\u00ed junto con \u00e9l.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Cuando Jes\u00fas se acerca al alma en la Sagrada Comuni\u00f3n, trae consigo todo bien, toda gracia, y especialmente la gracia de la santa perseverancia. El efecto principal del Santo Sacramento del Altar es nutrir al alma que lo recibe con el Pan de Vida, imparti\u00e9ndole una gran fuerza para avanzar hacia la perfecci\u00f3n y para resistir a los enemigos que tratan de llevarla a la ruina eterna. Por eso Jesucristo se llama en este Sacramento Pan celestial: Yo soy el pan vivo bajado del cielo; si alguno comiere de este pan, vivir\u00e1 para siempre.<\/em>. \u2014 (John vi. 51, 52).\u00a0 As earthly bread maintains the life of the body, so this heavenly Bread maintains the life of the soul by enabling it to persevere in the state of God’s grace.\u00a0 Hence the Council of Trent teaches that the Holy Communion is \u201ca medicine which frees us from daily faults and preserves us from mortal sins.\u201d
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a1Oh, qu\u00e9 miserable soy, oh Se\u00f1or, lamentando mi debilidad mientras al mismo tiempo me alejo de Ti! \u00bfC\u00f3mo puedo resistir a mis enemigos internos sin Ti, que eres mi fuerza? Si me hubiera acercado a Ti con m\u00e1s frecuencia en la Santa Comuni\u00f3n, no habr\u00eda sido tan frecuentemente vencido por mis enemigos. En el futuro no ser\u00e1 as\u00ed: En ti, Se\u00f1or, he esperado; no me dejes confundido para siempre<\/em>. \u2014 (Ps. xxx. 2).\u00a0 No, I will no more rely on my own strength, but will place my whole confidence in Thee, my Jesus, Who will give me strength to fall no more into sin.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Innocent III says that Jesus delivers us by His Passion from sins committed, and by the Holy Eucharist from those which we might otherwise commit.\u00a0 Hence St. Bonaventure says that sinners should not stay away from Holy Communion because they have been sinners; but for this very reason should receive it more frequently, for \u201cthe more infirm a person is, the more does he stand in need of a physician.\u201d
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I am weak, O my Jesus, but Thou by the Holy Communion wilt make me strong against all temptations \u2013 I can do all things in him who strengtheneth me. \u2014 <\/em>(Phil. iv. 13). \u00a0Pardon me, O Jesus, all the injuries I have committed against Thee, for which I am sorry with my whole soul; I am resolved rather to die than wilfully offend Thee any more; and I trust in Thy Passion that Thou wilt help me to persevere in Thy grace to the end of my life. \u00a0In thee, O Lord, have I hoped, let me never be confounded.<\/em> \u00a0And with St. Bonaventure I will say the same to Thee, O Mary, my Mother: \u201cIn thee \u2013 that is, in thy holy intercession, O Blessed Lady, have I hoped; let me never be confounded for ever!\u201d
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Lectura espiritual:\u00a0\u00a0CORAM SANCTISSIMO<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

CUARTA VISITA<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Su conversaci\u00f3n no es amarga, ni su compa\u00f1\u00eda tediosa<\/em>. \u2014 (Wisd. viii. 16).\u00a0 Friends on earth find such pleasure in being together, that they lose entire days in each other\u2019s company; with Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament, those who love Him not, get weary.\u00a0 After her death, St. Teresa, who was already in Heaven, said to a nun: \u201cThose who are in Heaven and those who are on earth should be one and the same in purity and in love; we enjoying, and you suffering; and that which we do in Heaven with the Divine Essence, you should do on earth with the Most Blessed Sacrament.\u201d\u00a0 Behold, then, our Paradise on earth \u2013 the Most Blessed Sacrament!
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Oh Cordero Inmaculado, sacrificado por nosotros en la Cruz, acu\u00e9rdate de que soy una de esas almas que has redimido con tantos sufrimientos y con tu Muerte. Haz que T\u00fa seas m\u00edo y que nunca te pierda, ya que T\u00fa te has dado a m\u00ed, y te das cada d\u00eda, sacrific\u00e1ndote por mi amor en el altar; y haz que yo sea todo tuyo. Me entrego a Ti sin reservas, para que dispongas de m\u00ed como te plazca. Te entrego mi voluntad; encad\u00e9nala con los dulces lazos de tu amor, para que sea por siempre esclava de tu sant\u00edsima voluntad. Ya no quiero vivir para satisfacer mis deseos, sino s\u00f3lo para complacer tu bondad. Destruye en m\u00ed todo lo que no te complazca; conc\u00e9deme la gracia de no tener jam\u00e1s otro pensamiento que el de complacerte, otro deseo que el que T\u00fa deseas. Te amo, oh mi querido Salvador, con todo mi coraz\u00f3n; Te amo porque T\u00fa deseas que Te ame; Te amo porque T\u00fa eres verdaderamente digno de mi amor. Me duele no amarte tanto como mereces. Deseo, Se\u00f1or, morir por tu amor; acepta mi deseo y dame tu amor. Am\u00e9n.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Eyac<\/em>. \u00a1Oh buena voluntad de mi Dios, me sacrifico todo a Ti!<\/p>

VISITA A MAR\u00cdA<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mary dice: Soy la madre del bello amor<\/em>. \u2014 (Ecclus. xxiv. 24).\u00a0 That is to say, she is the Mother of that love which beautifies souls.\u00a0 St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi saw the Most Blessed Virgin Mary going about dispensing a sweet liquid, which was divine love.\u00a0 This gift is dispensed only by Mary; from Mary let us seek it.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eyac<\/em>. Madre m\u00eda, esperanza m\u00eda, haz que pertenezca enteramente a Jes\u00fas.<\/p>

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

\"La caridad no se envanece\".<\/em><\/p>

XVII. EL QUE AMA A JESUCRISTO NO SE ENVANECE DE SU PROPIO VALOR, SINO QUE SE HUMILLA Y SE ALEGRA DE SER HUMILLADO<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Una persona orgullosa es como un globo lleno de aire, que parece, en verdad, grande; pero cuya grandeza, en realidad, no es m\u00e1s que un poco de aire; el cual, tan pronto como se abre el globo se dispersa r\u00e1pidamente. El que ama a Dios es humilde, y no se regocija al ver ning\u00fan valor en s\u00ed mismo; porque sabe que todo lo que posee es don de Dios, y que su conocimiento de los favores divinos que le han sido concedidos, le hace m\u00e1s humilde, porque es consciente de ser tan indigno, y sin embargo tan favorecido por Dios.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0St. Teresa says, in speaking of the especial favours she received from God: \u201cGod does with me as they do with a house, which, when about to fall, they prop up with supports.\u201d\u00a0 When a soul receives a loving visit from God, and feels within herself an unwonted fervour of Divine love, accompanied with tears, or with a great tenderness of heart, let her beware of supposing that God so favours her in reward for some good action; but let her then humble herself the more, concluding that God caresses her in order that she may not forsake Him; otherwise, were she to make such favours the subject of vain complacency, imagining herself more privileged because she receives greater gifts from God than others, such a fault would induce God to deprive her of His favours.\u00a0 Two things are chiefly requisite for the stability of a house, the foundation and the roof: the foundation in us must be humility, in acknowledging ourselves good for nothing, and capable of nothing; and the roof is the Divine assistance, in which alone we ought to put all our trust.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Whenever we behold ourselves unusually favoured by God, we must humble ourselves the more. \u00a0When St. Teresa received any special favour, she used to strive to place before her eyes all the faults she had ever committed; and thus the Lord received her into closer union with Himself: the more a soul confesses herself undeserving of any favours, the more God enriches her with His graces, Thais, who was first a sinner and then a Saint, humbled herself so profoundly before God, that she dared not mention His Name; so that she did not dare to say, \u201cMy God,\u201d but \u201cMy Creator, have mercy on me! \u00a0Plasmator meus, miserere mei.\u201d<\/em> \u00a0And St. Jerome writes that, in recompense for such humility, she saw a glorious throne prepared for her in Heaven. \u00a0In the Life of St. Margaret of Cortona we read how, when our Lord visited her one day with greater tokens of tenderness and love, she exclaimed: \u201cBut, O Lord, have You, then, forgotten what I have been? \u00a0Is it possible that You can repay all my outrages against You with such exquisite sweetness?\u201d \u00a0And God replied that when a soul loves Him and cordially repents of having offended Him, He forgets all her past infidelities; as, indeed, He formerly spoke by the mouth of Ezechiel: But if the wicked do penance. . <\/em>. I will not remember all his iniquities. \u2014 <\/em>(Ezech. xviii. 21-22). \u00a0And in proof of this, He showed her a high throne which He had prepared for her in Heaven in the midst of the Seraphim. \u00a0Oh, that we could only well comprehend the value of humility!\u00a0 A single act of humility is worth more than all the riches of the universe.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Meditaci\u00f3n matutina:\u00a0 PREPARACI\u00d3N Y ACCI\u00d3N DE GRACIAS<\/em><\/b><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Los santos sacaban gran provecho de la sagrada Comuni\u00f3n, porque ten\u00edan sumo cuidado en prepararse para ella. El fuego quema inmediatamente la madera seca, pero no la verde, porque no es apta para la combusti\u00f3n.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Cardinal Bona asks how it happens that so many souls after so many Communions make such little advancement in the ways of God?\u00a0 And he answers: \u201cThe fault is not in the Food, but in the dispositions of those who receive it.\u201d There is nothing wanting in the Holy Communion, but preparation is wanting on the part of those who receive it.\u00a0 The fire immediately burns dry wood, but not green wood, because it is not fit for burning.\u00a0 The Saints derived great advantage from Holy Communion because they were most careful in preparing themselves for it.\u00a0 There are two things which we should endeavour to acquire in preparing ourselves for Holy Communion.\u00a0 The first is detachment from creatures, by banishing from our hearts everything that is not of God and for God.\u00a0 Although the soul is in the state of grace, yet if the heart be taken up by any earthly affection, the less room will there be for Divine love.\u00a0 One day St. Gertrude asked our Lord what preparation He required of her for the Holy Communion; and Jesus answered: \u201cI require no other of thee but that thou come to receive Me devoid of thyself.\u201d\u00a0 The second thing we should endeavour to acquire, in order to be prepared to reap great fruit from the Holy Communion, is a desire to receive Jesus Christ with a view to love Him much more for the future.\u00a0 Gerson says that at this banquet only those are filled who feel great hunger.\u00a0 Hence St. Francis of Sales writes that the principal intention of the soul in communicating should be to advance in the love of God.\u00a0 \u201cHe,\u201d says the Saint, \u201cshould be received for love, Who for love alone gives Himself to us.\u201d And on this account our Lord once said to St. Mechtilde: \u201cWhen thou art about to communicate, desire all the love that any soul ever had for Me, and I will receive thy love as though it were what thou wouldst have it to be.\u201d
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Oh Dios de amor, \u00bftanto deseas dispensarnos tus gracias, y somos descuidados en buscarlas? \u00a1Cu\u00e1n grande ser\u00e1 nuestra aflicci\u00f3n cuando lleguemos a la muerte, al pensar en este descuido, tan pernicioso para nosotros! Olvida, Se\u00f1or, lo pasado; para lo futuro, con tu santa asistencia, me preparar\u00e9 de mejor manera, cuidando de desprender mis afectos de todo lo que pueda impedirme recibir todas aquellas gracias que deseas impartirme.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thanksgiving after Communion is also necessary. \u00a0No prayers are so acceptable to God as those which we offer to Him after Communion. \u00a0During this time we should employ ourselves in acts of love and petitions. \u00a0The holy affections in which we then exercise ourselves have greater merit before God than those we offer to Him at other times, because they come before Him inflamed by the presence of Jesus Christ, Who has united Himself to our souls. \u00a0And as to petitions, St. Teresa says that Jesus Christ after Communion remains in the soul as on a throne of grace, and says to her: What wilt thou that I should do for thee? <\/em>\u2014 (Mark x. 51). \u00a0I am come down from Heaven to bestow My graces upon thee: ask of Me what thou wilt, and as much as thou wilt, and thou shalt be heard. \u00a0Oh! what treasures of grace are lost by those who offer but few prayers to God after Communion.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 After Holy Communion, dear Jesus, I will endeavour, as far as I am able, to obtain Thy help to advance in Thy love. \u00a0Do Thou give me grace to accomplish this.\u00a0 O my Jesus, how careless have I hitherto been in loving Thee! \u00a0The time of life, which in Thy mercy Thou didst allot me, is the time to prepare myself for death, and to make amends for the offences I have committed against Thee. \u00a0I desire to spend it all in bewailing my sins and in loving Thee. \u00a0I love Thee, O Jesus, my Love; I love Thee, my only Good; have pity on me and do not abandon me. \u00a0And, O Blessed Virgin Mary, never cease to succour me by thy holy intercession.<\/p>

Lectura espiritual:\u00a0\u00a0CORAM SANCTISSIMO<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

QUINTA VISITA<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0El gorri\u00f3n ha encontrado para s\u00ed una casa, y la tortuga un nido donde poner a sus cr\u00edas: \u00a1tus altares, Se\u00f1or de los ej\u00e9rcitos, Rey m\u00edo y Dios m\u00edo!<\/em> \u2014 (Ps. lxxxiii. 4).\u00a0 The sparrow, says David, finds a dwelling in houses; turtle-doves in nests; but Thou, my King and my God, hast made Thyself a nest and found a dwelling on earth on our altars, that we might find Thee, and that thou mightest dwell amongst us.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Se\u00f1or, no podemos menos de decir que est\u00e1s demasiado enamorado de los hombres; ya no sabes qu\u00e9 hacer para ganarte su amor. Pero danos, mi amabil\u00edsimo Jes\u00fas, la gracia de que tambi\u00e9n nosotros te amemos apasionadamente. No ser\u00eda razonable que fu\u00e9ramos fr\u00edos en nuestro amor hacia un Dios que nos ama con tanto afecto. Atr\u00e1enos a ti con los dulces atractivos de tu amor; haznos comprender las entra\u00f1ables pretensiones que tienes de nuestro amor.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Oh Majestad infinita, oh Bondad infinita, que tanto amas a los hombres, que tanto has hecho para ser amado por los hombres, \u00bfc\u00f3mo es que entre los hombres hay tan pocos que Te amen? Ya no ser\u00e9 como hasta ahora, del infeliz n\u00famero de esas criaturas ingratas. Estoy resuelto a amarte tanto como pueda, y a no amar a nadie m\u00e1s que a Ti. T\u00fa lo mereces, y T\u00fa me lo ordenas con tanta insistencia, que estoy resuelto a satisfacerte. Conc\u00e9deme, oh Dios de mi alma, que pueda satisfacerte plenamente. Te ruego que me concedas este favor por los m\u00e9ritos de tu Pasi\u00f3n, y lo espero confiadamente. Concede los bienes de la tierra a quien los desee; yo s\u00f3lo deseo y busco el gran tesoro de tu amor. Te amo, Jes\u00fas m\u00edo; Te amo, Bondad infinita. T\u00fa eres toda mi riqueza, toda mi satisfacci\u00f3n, todo mi amor.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eyac<\/em>. Jes\u00fas m\u00edo, t\u00fa me has dado todo tu ser; \u00a1yo te doy todo mi ser!<\/p>

VISITA A MAR\u00cdA<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0My Lady, St. Bernard calls thee \u201cthe ravisher of hearts.\u201d He says that thou goest about stealing hearts by the charms of thy beauty and goodness.\u00a0 Steal also my heart and will, I beseech thee: I give them wholly to thee: offer them to God with thine own.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eyac<\/em>. \u00a1Madre amabil\u00edsima, ruega por m\u00ed!<\/p>

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

XVIII. EL QUE AMA A JESUCRISTO NO SE ENVANECE DE SU PROPIO VALOR, SINO QUE SE HUMILLA Y SE ALEGRA DE SER HUMILLADO<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0It was the saying of St. Teresa, \u201cThink not that thou hast advanced far in perfection till thou considerest thyself the worst of all, and desirest to be placed below all.\u201d And on this maxim the Saint acted, and so have done all the Saints; St. Francis of Assisi, St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi, and the rest, considered themselves the greatest sinners in the world, and were surprised that the earth sheltered them, and did not rather open under their feet to swallow them up alive; and they expressed themselves to this effect with the sincerest conviction.\u00a0 The Blessed John of Avila, who from his earliest infancy had led a holy life, was on his death-bed; and the priest who came to attend him said many sublime things to him, taking him for what indeed he was, a great servant of God and a learned man; but Father Avila thus spoke to him: \u201cFather, I pray you to make the recommendation of my soul, as of a criminal condemned to death; for such I am.\u201d This is the opinion which Saints entertain of themselves in life and death.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We, too, must act in this manner, if we would save our souls, and keep ourselves in the grace of God till death, reposing all our confidence in God alone. \u00a0The proud man relies on his own strength and falls on that account; but the humble man, by placing all his trust in God alone, stands firm and falls not, however violent and multiplied the temptations may be; for his watchword is: I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me. <\/em>\u2014 (Phil. iv. 13). \u00a0The devil at one time tempts us to presumption, at another time to diffidence: whenever he suggests to us that we are in no danger of falling, then we should tremble the more; for were God but for an instant to withdraw His grace from us, we are lost.\u00a0 When, again, he tempts us to diffidence, then let us turn to God, and thus address Him with great confidence: In thee, O Lord, have I hoped, I shall never be confounded. \u2014<\/em> (Ps. xxx. 2). \u00a0My God, in Thee I have put all my hopes; I hope never to meet with confusion, nor to be bereft of Thy grace. \u00a0We ought to exercise ourselves continually, even to the very last moment of our life, in these acts of diffidence in ourselves and confidence in God, always beseeching God to grant us humility.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Meditaci\u00f3n matutina:\u00a0 JES\u00daS SE COMPLACE EN ACERCARSE A NOSOTROS EN LA SANTA COMUNI\u00d3N<\/em><\/b><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Oh, \u00a1cu\u00e1n encantado est\u00e1 Jes\u00fas de unirse a nuestras almas! Para excitar a las almas a recibirle, las exhorta a hacerlo con muchas invitaciones.\u00a0 Venid, comed mi pan y bebed el vino que he preparado para vosotros.<\/em>. \u2014 (Prov. ix. 5).\u00a0 Comed, amigos, y bebed<\/em>hablando de este Pan y Vino celestiales. Todas estas invitaciones proceden del ardiente deseo que Jes\u00fas tiene de venir a nosotros en este Sacramento.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Comed, amigos, bebed y embriagaos, amados m\u00edos.<\/em>. \u2014 (Cant. v. 1).\u00a0 The \u201cfriends,\u201d that is, beginners, who scarcely enjoy the Divine friendship, when they receive the Holy Communion, feed indeed on the Flesh of Jesus Christ, but they eat with labour; while those who are on the way to perfection eat with less difficulty.\u00a0 But by the “dearly beloved” are meant the perfect, who, inebriated with holy love, live almost out of the world, forgetting all things, even themselves, and think only how they may love and please their God.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Mi amado Jes\u00fas, a\u00fan no soy perfecta, pero T\u00fa puedes hacerme perfecta. No soy querido para Ti, y es mi propia culpa, porque he sido ingrato e infiel; pero T\u00fa puedes hacerme querido para Ti embriag\u00e1ndome esta ma\u00f1ana con Tu amor.\u00a0 Venga a nosotros tu reino<\/em>. \u2014 (Matt. vi. 10).\u00a0 Come, my beloved Lord, and take possession of my whole soul.\u00a0 Establish Thy kingdom in me; so that Thou alone mayest reign in me, that Thy love alone may command me, and that Thy love alone may I obey.\u00a0 Inebriate me, inebriate me entirely; make me forget all creatures, myself, my interests, and all, that I may love nothing but Thee, my God, my Treasure, all my Good, my All!\u00a0 May I sigh for Thee alone, seek Thee alone, think of Thee alone, and please Thee alone.\u00a0 Do this by the merits of Thy Passion.\u00a0 This only do I ask of Thee; for this I hope.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I found him whom my soul loveth. \u00a0I held him, and I will not let him go. \u2014 <\/em>(Cant. iii. 4). \u00a0So ought every soul to say who is united with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament: Creatures, depart from me! \u00a0Go out altogether from my heart! \u00a0I loved you once because I was blind; now I love you not, nor can I ever love you again. \u00a0I have found another Good, infinitely more delightful than you. \u00a0I have found in myself my Jesus, Who has enamoured me of His beauty. \u00a0To this Love I have given myself entirely. \u00a0He has already accepted me, so that I am no longer my own. \u00a0Creatures, farewell! \u00a0I am not, nor shall I ever again be yours; but I am and shall always be Christ\u2019s. \u00a0He, too, is mine, and will always be mine: I held him and I will not let him go.<\/em>\u00a0 Now I have pressed Him to my heart, receiving Him in the Holy Communion; for the future I will hold Him with my love, and will not let Him leave me again.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Permit me, sweet Saviour, to embrace Thee so closely that I may never more be separated from Thee. \u00a0Behold, I press Thee to myself, my Jesus! \u00a0I love Thee! \u00a0I love Thee! \u00a0Oh, that I could love Thee worthily! \u00a0I wish that my only happiness and repose should be to love Thee and please Thee. \u00a0Do Thou command all creatures to leave me, and not to disturb me. \u00a0Say to them: I adjure you, do not arouse or waken my love. <\/em>\u2014 (Cant. viii. 4). \u00a0Ah, if I do not wish it, creatures cannot enter in to disturb and divide me from Thee. \u00a0Strengthen, then, my will; unite my miserable heart to Thy Divine Heart that it may always will what Thou willest. \u00a0Do this, Lord, by Thy merits.<\/p>

Lectura espiritual:\u00a0\u00a0CORAM SANCTISSIMO<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

SEXTA VISITA<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Donde est\u00e9 tu tesoro, all\u00ed estar\u00e1 tambi\u00e9n tu coraz\u00f3n<\/em>. \u2014 (Luke xii. 34).\u00a0 Jesus Christ says that where a person esteems his treasure to be, there also he keeps his affections.\u00a0 Therefore the Saints, who neither esteem nor love any other treasure than Jesus Christ, centre their hearts and their love in the Most blessed Sacrament.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Mi amabil\u00edsimo Jes\u00fas, escondido bajo los velos sacramentales, que por el amor que me tienes, permaneces noche y d\u00eda prisionero en este Sagrario, atrae, te lo suplico, todo mi coraz\u00f3n hacia Ti, para que no piense en nadie m\u00e1s que en Ti, para que te ame y busque y espere s\u00f3lo en Ti. Hazlo por los m\u00e9ritos de Tu Pasi\u00f3n, por la que te busco y espero.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Ah, mi sacramental Se\u00f1or y divino Amante, \u00a1cu\u00e1n amables y tiernas son las invenciones de Tu amor para ganar el amor de las almas! Oh Verbo Eterno, T\u00fa, al hacerte Hombre, no te contentaste con morir por nosotros; tambi\u00e9n nos has dado este Sacramento como Compa\u00f1ero, como Alimento y como prenda del Cielo. Te redujiste a Ti mismo para aparecer entre nosotros, una vez como un Ni\u00f1o en un establo, otra como un pobre hombre en un taller, luego como un criminal en una horca, y ahora como Pan en un altar. Dime, \u00bfpodr\u00edas inventar otros medios para ganar nuestro amor?
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Oh Bondad infinita, \u00bfcu\u00e1ndo comenzar\u00e9 realmente a corresponder a tales refinamientos de amor? Se\u00f1or, s\u00f3lo vivir\u00e9 para amarte a Ti. \u00bfY de qu\u00e9 me sirve la vida, si no la empleo enteramente en amarte y agradarte a Ti, mi amado Redentor, que has derramado toda tu vida por m\u00ed? \u00bfY qu\u00e9 tengo que amar si no es a Ti, que eres toda belleza, toda condescendencia, toda bondad, todo amor, todo digno de amor? Que s\u00f3lo viva para amarte a Ti. \u00a1Que el solo recuerdo de Tu amor disuelva mi alma de amor! Que los nombres de\u00a0Cuna<\/em>\u00a0y\u00a0Cruz<\/em>\u00a0y\u00a0Sacramento<\/em>\u00a0Enci\u00e9ndelo con el deseo de hacer grandes cosas por Ti, oh Jes\u00fas m\u00edo, que has hecho y sufrido por m\u00ed.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eyac<\/em>. Haz, Se\u00f1or m\u00edo, que antes de morir pueda hacer algo por Ti.<\/p>

VISITA A MAR\u00cdA<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Como un hermoso olivo en la llanura<\/em>. \u2014 (Ecclus. xxiv. 19).\u00a0 I am, says Mary, the beautiful olive-tree from which the oil of mercy always flows.\u00a0 And I stand in the plain that all may see me.\u00a0 \u201cRemember,\u201d let us say in the words of the prayer of St. Bernard, \u201cO most compassionate Mary, that it has never been heard of in any age, that any one having recourse to thy protection was abandoned by thee.\u201d\u00a0 Most merciful Queen, such a thing was never heard of, that any one having recourse to thy aid was abandoned; I will not be the first unfortunate creature who, having recourse to thee, was abandoned.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eyac<\/em>. Oh Mar\u00eda, conc\u00e9deme la gracia de recurrir siempre a ti.<\/p>

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

XIX. EL QUE AMA A JESUCRISTO NO ES VANIDOSO, SINO QUE SE HUMILLA Y SE ALEGRA DE SER HUMILLADO<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Pero no basta, para ser humildes, tener una opini\u00f3n baja de nosotros mismos, y considerarnos los seres miserables que realmente somos; el hombre verdaderamente humilde, dice Tom\u00e1s de Kempis, se desprecia a s\u00ed mismo, y desea tambi\u00e9n ser despreciado por los dem\u00e1s. Esto es lo que Jesucristo nos recomienda tan encarecidamente que practiquemos, siguiendo su ejemplo: Aprended de m\u00ed, que soy manso y humilde de coraz\u00f3n<\/em>. \u2014 (Matt. xi. 29).\u00a0 Whoever styles himself the greatest sinner in the world, and then is angry when others despise him, plainly shows humility of tongue, but not of heart.\u00a0 St. Thomas Aquinas says that a person who resents being slighted may be certain that he is far distant from perfection, even though he should work miracles.\u00a0 The Divine Mother sent St. Ignatius Loyola from Heaven to instruct St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi in humility; and behold the lesson which the Saint gave her: \u201cHumility is a gladness at whatever leads us to despise ourselves.\u201d Mark well, una alegr\u00eda;<\/em> si los sentimientos se agitan hasta el resentimiento por el desprecio que recibimos, alegr\u00e9monos, al menos, en esp\u00edritu.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And how is it possible for a soul not to love contempt if she loves Jesus Christ, and beholds how her God was buffeted and spit upon, and how He suffered in His Passion! \u00a0Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others struck his face with the palms of their hands. \u2014 <\/em>(Matt. xxvi. 67). \u00a0For this purpose our Redeemer wishes us to keep His image exposed on our altars, not indeed representing Him in glory, but nailed to the Cross, that we might have His ignominies constantly before our eyes; a sight which made the Saints rejoice at being vilified in this world. \u00a0And such was the prayer which St. John of the Cross addressed to Jesus Christ, when He appeared to him with the Cross upon His shoulders: \u201cO Lord, let me suffer, and be despised for Thee!\u201d \u00a0My Lord, on beholding Thee so reviled for my love, I only ask of Thee to let me suffer and be despised for Thy 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 SAGRADA COMUNI\u00d3N EL GRAN DON DE JESUCRISTO AL HOMBRE<\/em><\/b><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Tomad y comed: esto es mi cuerpo<\/em>. \u2014 (Matt. xxvi. 26).\u00a0 Let us consider how great a Gift Jesus Christ has bestowed upon us in giving us His entire Self to be our Food in Holy Communion.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Consider how great a Gift Jesus Christ has bestowed upon us in giving us His entire Self to be our Food in the Holy Communion.\u00a0 St. Augustine says that Jesus, though He is the Almighty God, yet could give us no more: \u201cOmnipotent though He is, He could give no more.\u201d\u00a0 And St. Bernardine of Sienna adds that no greater treasure can be in the heart of man than the Body of Christ: \u201cWhat greater treasure can a soul desire or achieve than the most holy Body of Jesus Christ?\u201d\u00a0 The Prophet Isaias exclaims: Dar a conocer sus obras entre la gente<\/em>. \u2014 (Is. xii. 4).\u00a0 Publish, O men, the loving invitations of our good God!\u00a0 If our Redeemer had not given us this Gift, who could ever have asked It of Him?\u00a0 Who could ever have dared to say to Him: Lord, if Thou wilt make us know Thy love, conceal Thyself under the species of bread, and allow us to feed on Thee?\u00a0 This very idea would have been reckoned folly.\u00a0 \u201cWould it not have been thought madness,\u201d says St. Augustine, \u201cto say: Eat My Flesh, drink My Blood?\u201d\u00a0 When Christ announced to His disciples this gift of the Most Holy Sacrament, which He intended to leave them, they could not bring themselves to believe, and many left Him saying, \u00bfC\u00f3mo puede \u00e9ste darnos a comer su carne...? Este dicho es duro, \u00bfy qui\u00e9n puede o\u00edrlo?<\/em> \u2014 (John vi. 53-61).\u00a0 But what men could never have imagined, the great love of Jesus Christ has thought of and accomplished.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0San Bernardino dice que nuestro Se\u00f1or nos ha dejado este Sacramento como un Recuerdo<\/em> of the love He showed us in His Passion: \u201cThis Sacrament is a memorial of His love.\u201d\u00a0 And this agrees with what St. Luke records of the words of Jesus Christ Himself: Haz esto para conmemorarme<\/em>. \u2014 (Luke xxii. 19).\u00a0 St. Bernardine adds that the love of Our Lord was not satisfied in sacrificing His life for us: before He died, He was constrained by this very love to give us the very greatest of all His gifts, by giving us Himself to be our Food: \u201cIn that excess of fervour, when He was ready to die for us, He was forced by exceeding love to do a greater work than He had ever yet accomplished, to give us Himself to be our Food.\u201d
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Oh Jes\u00fas m\u00edo, \u00bfqu\u00e9 Te ha llevado a entregarte por entero para ser nuestro Alimento? Despu\u00e9s de este Don, \u00bfqu\u00e9 nos has dejado para obligarnos a amarte? Oh Se\u00f1or, danos luz, y haznos conocer cu\u00e1n excesivo es el amor que Te ha hecho reducirte a Ti mismo en Alimento para unirte a nosotros, pobres pecadores. Que as\u00ed Te entregues enteramente a nosotros, es raz\u00f3n para que nosotros nos entreguemos enteramente a Ti. Redentor m\u00edo, \u00bfc\u00f3mo he podido ofenderte a Ti, que me has amado y no has dejado nada sin hacer para ganarte mi amor? Te hiciste hombre por m\u00ed, moriste por m\u00ed y te hiciste mi alimento; dime lo que te queda por hacer. Te amo, oh bondad infinita, amor infinito.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Abbot Guerric says that Jesus has shown in this Sacrament the last effort of His love: \u201cHe poured forth upon His friends all the power of His love.\u201d \u00a0The Council of Trent expresses it still better in saying that in the Blessed Eucharist Jesus, \u201cas it were poured forth the riches of His love towards man.\u201d
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What a proof of love it would be considered, says St. Francis de Sales, if a prince, being at table, should send a poor man a portion of his own dish; and how much more if he should send him his whole dinner! \u00a0But what would be thought if he should send him a portion of his own flesh? \u00a0Jesus, in the Holy Communion, gives us not only part of His table, not only part of His Body, but His whole Body; Take ye and eat: this is my body. \u00a0<\/em>And with His Body He gives us also His Soul and His Divinity. \u00a0\u201cIn short,\u201d says St. John Chrysostom, \u201cHe has given Himself wholly, and for Himself He has reserved nothing.\u201d \u00a0And the angelical Doctor says: \u201cGod has given us in the Holy Eucharist all that He is, and all that He has.\u201d \u00a0Behold this great God, Whom the whole world cannot contain, exclaims St. Bonaventure in admiration, makes Himself our Prisoner in the Holy Sacrament: \u201cHe Whom the whole world cannot contain is our Captive!\u201d \u00a0And if our Lord gives us His whole Self in the Blessed Eucharist, how can we fear that He will ever deny us any grace we ask of Him? \u00a0How<\/em> hath he not also, with him, given us all things? <\/em>\u2014 (Rom. viii. 32).
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lord, come often into my soul, inflame me wholly with Thy holy love, and make me forget all else, to think of and love none but Thee. \u00a0Most holy Mary, pray for me, and by thy intercession make me worthy frequently to receive Thy Son in His ever-blessed Sacrament.<\/p>

Lectura espiritual:\u00a0\u00a0CORAM SANCTISSIMO<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

S\u00c9PTIMA VISITA<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0He aqu\u00ed que yo estoy con vosotros todos los d\u00edas hasta la consumaci\u00f3n del mundo<\/em>. \u2014 (Matt. xxviii. 20).\u00a0 Thus our loving Shepherd, Who has given His life for us who are His sheep, would not separate Himself from us by death.\u00a0 Behold me, He says, beloved sheep, I am always with you; for you I have remained on earth in this Sacrament; here you find me whenever you please, to help and console you by My presence.\u00a0 I will never leave you until the end of the world; as long as you are on earth.\u00a0 The Bridegroom, says St. Peter of Alcantara, wished to leave His bride company, that she might not remain alone during so long an absence; and therefore He left this Sacrament in which He Himself, the best companion He could leave her, remains.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Mi dulc\u00edsimo Se\u00f1or, mi amabil\u00edsimo Salvador, ahora te visito en este altar; pero me devuelves la visita con mucho m\u00e1s amor cuando entras en mi alma en la Sagrada Comuni\u00f3n. Entonces no s\u00f3lo est\u00e1s presente para m\u00ed, sino que te conviertes en mi alimento; te unes y me das todo tu ser, de modo que puedo decir con verdad: Jes\u00fas m\u00edo, ahora eres todo m\u00edo. Puesto que T\u00fa te entregas todo a m\u00ed, es razonable que yo me entregue todo a Ti. Yo soy un gusano y T\u00fa eres Dios. \u00a1Oh Dios de amor! Oh amor de mi alma! \u00bfCu\u00e1ndo me encontrar\u00e9 todo Tuyo, en obras, y no s\u00f3lo en palabras? T\u00fa puedes hacerlo; por los m\u00e9ritos de tu Sangre aumenta mi confianza, para que pueda obtener en seguida esta gracia Tuya, para que pueda encontrarme todo Tuyo, y en nada m\u00edo. Escucha, Se\u00f1or, las oraciones de todos: escucha ahora las oraciones de un alma que desea amarte de verdad. Deseo amarte con todas mis fuerzas, deseo obedecerte en todo lo que T\u00fa quieras, sin inter\u00e9s propio, sin consuelos, sin recompensa. Deseo servirte por amor, s\u00f3lo para complacerte, s\u00f3lo para contentar a Tu Coraz\u00f3n, que est\u00e1 tan apasionadamente enamorado de m\u00ed. Mi recompensa ser\u00e1 amarte a Ti. Oh amado Hijo del Padre Eterno, toma posesi\u00f3n de mi libertad, de mi voluntad, de todo lo que poseo y de todo mi ser, y entr\u00e9game a Ti mismo. Te amo, Te busco, suspiro por Ti; \u00a1Te deseo, Te deseo, Te deseo!<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eyac<\/em>. Jes\u00fas m\u00edo, hazme toda tuya.<\/p>

VISITA A MAR\u00cdA<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Our own most amiable Lady, the whole Church proclaims and salutes thee as, \u201cOur hope!\u201d Thou, then, who art the hope of all, be also my hope.\u00a0 St. Bernard called thee \u201cthe whole ground of his hope,\u201d and said: \u201cLet him who despairs hope in thee.\u201d\u00a0 Thus also will I address thee: My own Mary, thou savest even those who are in despair; in thee I place all my hope.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eyac<\/em>. Mar\u00eda, Madre de Dios, ruega a Jes\u00fas por m\u00ed.<\/p>

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

XX. EL QUE AMA A JESUCRISTO NO ES VANIDOSO, SINO QUE SE HUMILLA Y SE ALEGRA DE SER HUMILLADO<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0St. Francis de Sales said, \u201cto support injury is the touchstone of humility and of true virtue.\u201d\u00a0 If a person aspiring to spirituality practises prayer, frequent Communion, fasts, and mortifies himself, and yet cannot put up with an affront, or a biting word, what is it a sign of?\u00a0 It is a sign that he is a hollow reed, without humility and without virtue.\u00a0 And what indeed can a soul do that loves Jesus Christ, if she is unable to endure a slight for the love of Jesus Christ, Who has endured so much for her.\u00a0 Thomas \u00e0 Kempis, in his golden little book of the Imitaci\u00f3n de Cristo<\/em>, writes as follows: \u201cSince you have such an abhorrence of being humbled, it is a sign that you are not dead to the world, have no humility, and that you do not keep God before your eyes.\u00a0 He that has not God before his eyes is disturbed at every syllable of censure that he hears.\u201d Thou canst not endure cuffs and blows for God \u2013 endure at least a passing word.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Oh, what surprise and scandal does that person occasion, who communicates often, and then is ready to resent every little word of contempt! \u00a0On the contrary, what edification does a soul give that answers contempt with words of mildness, spoken in order to conciliate the offender; or perhaps makes no reply at all, nor complains of it to others, but continues with placid looks and without showing the least sign of indignation! \u00a0St. John Chrysostom says that a meek person is not only serviceable to himself but likewise to others, by the good example he sets them of meekness in bearing contempt: \u201cThe meek man is useful to himself and to others.\u201d\u00a0 Thomas \u00e0 Kempis mentions, with regard to this subject, several things in which we should practise humility.\u00a0 He writes as follows: \u201cWhat others say shall command an attentive hearing, and what you say shall be taken no notice of. \u00a0Others shall make a request and obtain it; you shall ask for something and meet with a refusal.\u00a0 Others shall be magnified in the mouths of men, and on you no one shall bestow a word. \u00a0Such and such an office shall be conferred on others, but you shall be passed by as unfit for anything. \u00a0With such like trials the Lord is wont to prove His faithful servant, and to see how far he has learnt to overcome himself and to hold his peace.\u00a0 Nature, indeed, will at times not like it; but you will derive immense profit thereby, if you support all in silence.\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 EL AMOR DE JES\u00daS AL DARSE A S\u00cd MISMO EN LA SANTA COMUNI\u00d3N<\/em><\/b><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The Most Holy Sacrament is the Gift of God’s pure love.\u00a0 Jesus had already given Himself to us in many ways; as our Companion, our Master, our Father, our Light, our Example, our Victim.\u00a0 \u201cIt was the last effort of love when He gave Himself to be our Food.\u201d \u2014 (St. Bernardine).<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Consideremos el gran amor que Jes\u00fas nos ha manifestado d\u00e1ndose a S\u00ed mismo en la Sagrada Eucarist\u00eda. El Sant\u00edsimo Sacramento es el don del amor puro. Seg\u00fan el decreto divino, era necesario que nuestro Redentor muriera para salvarnos y que, con el sacrificio de su vida, satisficiera la justicia divina por nuestros pecados; pero \u00bfqu\u00e9 necesidad hab\u00eda de que Jesucristo, despu\u00e9s de morir por nosotros, nos dejara a s\u00ed mismo para ser nuestro alimento? Sin embargo, as\u00ed lo quiso Su amor. San Lorenzo Justiniano dice que s\u00f3lo Su excesiva caridad le llev\u00f3 a instituir el Sant\u00edsimo Sacramento, s\u00f3lo para hacernos comprender el inmenso amor que nos tiene; y esto es precisamente lo que escribe San Juan: Jes\u00fas, sabiendo que hab\u00eda llegado su hora de pasar de este mundo al Padre, habiendo amado a los suyos que estaban en el mundo, los am\u00f3 hasta el fin...<\/em>. \u2014 (John xiii. 1).\u00a0 Knowing that the time had come for Him to quit this world, Jesus would leave us the greatest possible proof of His love, which was this Gift of the Most Blessed Sacrament, as we are taught in these words, Los am\u00f3 hasta el fin<\/em>; that is, \u201cwith extreme love He loved them to the utmost,\u201d as Theophylact and St. Chrysostom explain it.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Y debemos observar lo que menciona el Ap\u00f3stol, que el tiempo en que Jesucristo se complaci\u00f3 en dejarnos este Don fue el mismo tiempo de Su Muerte: El Se\u00f1or Jes\u00fas, la misma noche en que fue entregado, tom\u00f3 pan y, dando gracias, lo parti\u00f3 y dijo: Tomad y comed; esto es mi cuerpo<\/em>. \u2014 (1 Cor. xi. 23, 24).\u00a0 While men were preparing scourges and thorns, and a Cross to put Him to death, our loving Saviour wished to leave us this last proof of His love.\u00a0 And why did He institute this Sacrament when He was going to die, and not before?\u00a0 St. Bernardine says that He did so because \u201cthe last marks of love given by dying friends remain more easily in our memory, and are more dearly cherished.\u201d The Saint adds that Jesus Christ had already given Himself to us in many ways; He had made Himself our Companion, our Master, our Father, our Light, our Example, and our Victim: \u201cIt was the last effort of love when He gave Himself to be our Food; for He gave Himself to be united completely to us, as food and he who eats it are united; so that our Redeemer was not satisfied with merely uniting Himself to our human nature, but He was pleased to find in this Sacrament the means of uniting Himself to each of us in particular.\u201d
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a1Oh amor infinito de Jes\u00fas, digno de amor infinito! Jes\u00fas m\u00edo, \u00bfcu\u00e1ndo te amar\u00e9 como T\u00fa me has amado? No pod\u00edas hacer nada m\u00e1s para que te amara, y te he abandonado, oh Bien infinito, por bienes viles y miserables. Ilum\u00edname, Dios m\u00edo, y desc\u00fabreme siempre m\u00e1s y m\u00e1s la grandeza de tu bondad, para que toda mi alma se enamore de Ti y me esfuerce por agradarte.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 St. Francis de Sales says: \u201cThere is no action in which we may more perfectly see the tenderness and love of our Saviour than in this, in which He, as it were, annihilates Himself, and reduces Himself into Food, to penetrate our souls, and unite Himself to the hearts of His faithful.\u201d \u00a0\u201cSo that,\u201d says St. John Chrysostom, \u201cwe unite ourselves, and are made one body and one flesh with that of the Lord, on Whom the Angels dare not fix their eyes.\u201d \u00a0The same Saint adds, \u201cWhat shepherd ever fed his sheep with his own blood? \u00a0But why do I speak of shepherds? \u00a0There are many mothers who give their children to others to be nursed; but He acts not thus, He feeds us with His Own Blood.\u201d \u00a0But why did He make Himself our Food? \u00a0Because, says the Saint, He loved us ardently, and so desired to unite Himself to us and to become one and the same thing with us: \u201cHe mingled Himself with us that we might be one thing with Him: for this is the property of those who ardently love.\u201d \u00a0Thus, then, did Jesus Christ will to perform the greatest of all miracles \u2013 He hath made a remembrance of his wonderful works, he hath given food to them that fear him<\/em> (Ps. cx. 4, 5) \u2013 in order to satisfy the desire He had of remaining with us and of uniting our hearts to His own Most Sacred Heart. \u00a0\u201cOh, how wonderful is Thy love, Lord Jesus!\u201d exclaims St. Laurence Justinian; \u201cThy desire is to incorporate us so entirely with Thy own Body, that our heart and soul may be inseparably united to Thine own.\u201d
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The great servant of God, Father de la Colombiere, used to say: If anything could shake my faith in the mystery of the Eucharist, I should not doubt the power, but the love which God shows us in His Sacrament. \u00a0If you ask me how bread becomes the Body of Jesus \u2013 how Jesus is to be found in many places \u2013 I reply, God can do all things. \u00a0But if you ask me how God can love man to such an excess as to become his Food, \u2013 I can only answer that I do not understand it, and that the love of Jesus cannot be comprehended.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 But, O Lord, it seems that such an excessive affection as to reduce Thyself to Food is not becoming Thy majesty. \u00a0St. Bernard answers that love makes the lover forget his own dignity; and St. Chrysostom answers similarly, that love does not seek what is suitable when it wishes to make itself known to the beloved: \u201cLove neglects reason; and goes where it is led, not where it ought.\u201d \u00a0The angelical St. Thomas was, then, right in calling this the Sacrament of Love, and the Pledge of Love; and St. Bernard, in calling it \u201cthe Love of loves.\u201d\u00a0 So was St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi in calling Maundy Thursday, on which day this Sacrament was instituted, \u201cthe day of love.\u201d
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I love Thee and I thank Thee, O my Jesus, my Love, my All; and I wish to unite myself frequently to Thee in this Sacrament, in order to detach myself from all things, and to love Thee alone, Who art my Life. \u00a0Through the merits of Thy Passion, assist me, O my Redeemer! \u00a0O Mother of Jesus, and my Mother, do thou, too, assist me; beg of Jesus to inflame my whole heart with His holy love.<\/p>

Lectura espiritual:\u00a0\u00a0CORAM SANCTISSIMO<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

OCTAVA VISITA<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0A cada alma que visita a Jes\u00fas Sacramentado, \u00c9l dirige las palabras que dijo a la Sagrada Esposa: Lev\u00e1ntate, date prisa, amor m\u00edo, paloma m\u00eda, hermosa m\u00eda, y ven<\/em>. \u2014 (Cant. ii. 10).\u00a0 Thou, O soul, that visitest Me, surgen<\/em> de tus miserias; estoy aqu\u00ed para enriquecerte con gracias.\u00a0 Date prisa<\/em>Ac\u00e9rcate, ac\u00e9rcate a M\u00ed; no temas Mi majestad, que se ha humillado en este Sacramento para quitarte el miedo y darte confianza.\u00a0 Mi amada<\/em>Ya no eres Mi enemigo, sino Mi amigo, puesto que Me amas y Yo te amo.\u00a0 Mi preciosa,<\/em> Mi gracia te ha hecho bella.\u00a0 Y ven<\/em>Ac\u00e9rcate y \u00e9chate en Mis brazos, y p\u00eddeme con la mayor confianza lo que quieras.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Santa Teresa dice que este gran Rey de la Gloria se ha disfrazado en este Sacramento bajo la especie de pan, y que ha ocultado su majestad para animarnos a acercarnos a su divino Coraz\u00f3n con mayor confianza y afecto; un\u00e1monos a \u00c9l, y pid\u00e1mosle gracias.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Oh Verbo eterno hecho hombre, y presente por m\u00ed en este Sacramento, \u00a1qu\u00e9 alegr\u00eda deber\u00eda ser la m\u00eda ahora que estoy en tu presencia, que eres mi Dios, Majestad infinita y Bondad infinita, y que tienes un afecto tan tierno por mi alma! Almas que am\u00e1is a Dios, dondequiera que est\u00e9is, ya sea en el Cielo o en la tierra, amadle tambi\u00e9n por m\u00ed. Mar\u00eda, Madre m\u00eda, ay\u00fadame a amarle. Y T\u00fa, amant\u00edsimo Se\u00f1or, hazte objeto de todo mi amor. Hazte Se\u00f1or de toda mi voluntad; posee todo mi ser. Te consagro toda mi mente, para que est\u00e9 siempre ocupada con el pensamiento de tu bondad; te consagro tambi\u00e9n mi cuerpo, para que me ayude a agradarte; te consagro toda mi alma, para que sea toda tuya. Quisiera, oh Amado de mi alma, que todos los hombres conocieran la ternura del amor que T\u00fa les tienes, que todos vivieran para honrarte y agradarte, como T\u00fa deseas y mereces. Haz que, al menos yo, viva siempre enamorado de tu infinita belleza. Desde hoy mi deseo es hacer todo lo posible para agradarte. Resuelvo abandonarlo todo, sea lo que sea, tan pronto como perciba que te desagrada, por mucho que me cueste, incluso si fuera necesario para este prop\u00f3sito perderlo todo, o incluso dar mi vida. Afortunado ser\u00e9 si lo pierdo todo para ganarte a Ti, mi Dios, mi Tesoro, mi Amor, mi Todo.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eyac<\/em>. Jes\u00fas, amor m\u00edo, toma todo lo que tengo; toma plena posesi\u00f3n de m\u00ed.<\/p>

VISITA A MAR\u00cdA<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0El que sea peque\u00f1o, que venga a m\u00ed<\/em>. \u2014 (Prov. ix. 4).\u00a0 Mary invites all children who need a mother to have recourse to her, as to the most loving of all mothers.\u00a0 The devout Nieremberg says that the love of all mothers is but a shadow in comparison with the love which Mary bears to each one of us.\u00a0 My Mother, Mother of my soul, thou who lovest me and desirest my salvation more than any other after God \u2013 O Mother, show thyself a Mother!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eyac<\/em>. Madre m\u00eda, haz que siempre te recuerde.<\/p>

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

XXI. EL QUE AMA A JESUCRISTO NO ES VANIDOSO, SINO QUE SE HUMILLA Y SE ALEGRA DE SER HUMILLADO<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0It was a saying of St. Jane Frances de Chantal that \u201ca person who is truly humble takes occasion from receiving some humiliation to humble himself the more.\u201d Yes, for he who is truly humble never supposes himself humbled as much as he deserves.\u00a0 Those who behave in this manner are styled bendito<\/em> por Jesucristo. No se llaman bienaventurados los que son estimados por el mundo, los que son honrados y alabados como nobles, como doctos, como poderosos; sino los que son mal hablados por el mundo, los que son perseguidos y calumniados; porque para \u00e9stos est\u00e1 preparada una gloriosa recompensa en el cielo, si soportan todo con paciencia: Bienaventurados ser\u00e9is cuando por mi causa os vituperen y os persigan, y digan todo lo malo contra vosotros sin verdad; alegraos y regocijaos, porque vuestra recompensa es muy grande en los cielos.<\/em>. \u2014 (Matt. v. 11, 12).
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Oh Verbo encarnado, te suplico que, por los m\u00e9ritos de tu santa humildad, que te llev\u00f3 a abrazar tantas ignominias e injurias por nuestro amor, me libres de todo orgullo y me concedas una parte de tu humildad. \u00bfY qu\u00e9 derecho tengo, oh Jes\u00fas, de quejarme de cualquier afrenta que se me ofrezca, despu\u00e9s de haber merecido tantas veces el infierno? Oh Jes\u00fas m\u00edo, por el m\u00e9rito de todos los desprecios y afrentas soportados por m\u00ed en tu Pasi\u00f3n, conc\u00e9deme la gracia de vivir y morir humillado en esta tierra, como T\u00fa viviste y moriste humillado por m\u00ed. Por tu amor, de buena gana ser\u00eda despreciado y abandonado por todo el mundo; pero sin Ti no puedo hacer nada. Te amo, oh soberano Bien m\u00edo; Te amo, oh Amado de mi alma.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The grand occasion for practising humility is when we receive correction for some fault from superiors or from others. \u00a0Some people resemble the hedgehog; they seem all calmness and meekness as long as they are not touched; but no sooner does a superior or a friend touch them, by an observation on something which they have done imperfectly, than they forthwith become all thorns and answer warmly, that so and so is not true, or that they were right in doing so, or that such a correction is quite uncalled for: in a word, to rebuke them is to become their enemy; they behave like persons who rave at the surgeon for paining them in the cure of their wounds. \u00a0\u201cMedicanti irascitur \u2013<\/em>\u00a0they are angry with their physician,\u201d writes St. Bernard. \u00a0\u201cWhen the virtuous and humble man is corrected for a fault,\u201d says St. John Chrysostom, \u201che grieves for having committed it; the proud man on the other hand, on receiving correction, grieves also; but he grieves that his fault is detected; and on this account he is troubled, gives answers, and is angry at the person who corrects him.\u201d\u00a0 This is the golden rule given by St. Philip Neri, to be observed with regard to receiving correction: \u201cWhoever would really become a saint must never excuse himself, although what is laid to his charge be not true.\u201d\u00a0 And there is only one case to be excepted from this rule, and that is when self-defence may appear necessary to prevent scandal. \u00a0Oh, what merit with God has that soul which is wrongfully reprehended, and yet keeps silence, and refrains from defending herself! \u00a0St. Teresa said: \u201cThere are occasions when a soul makes more progress and acquires a greater degree of perfection by refraining from excusing herself than by listening to ten sermons; because, by not excusing herself she begins to obtain freedom of spirit, and to be heedless of whether the world speaks well or ill of her.\u201d
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I love Thee, O my Jesus, and I hope, through Thee, to fulfil my promise of suffering all for Thee \u2013 affronts, betrayals, persecutions, afflictions, dryness, and desolation. \u00a0Enough it is for me if Thou dost not forsake me, O sole object of the love of my soul. \u00a0Suffer me never more to estrange myself from Thee. \u00a0Enkindle in me the desire to please Thee. \u00a0Grant me fervour in loving Thee. \u00a0Give me peace of mind in suffering for Thee.\u00a0 Give me resignation in all contradictions. \u00a0Have mercy on me. \u00a0I deserve nothing; but I fix all my hopes in Thee, Who hast purchased me with Thine own Blood.\u00a0 And I hope all from thee, too, O my Queen and my Mother Mary, who art the refuge of sinners!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Meditaci\u00f3n matutina:\u00a0 EL CORAZ\u00d3N AMABLE DE JES\u00daS<\/em><\/b><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0El Coraz\u00f3n de Jes\u00fas es todo puro, todo hoy, todo lleno de amor hacia Dios y hacia nosotros. Toda perfecci\u00f3n, toda virtud reina en este Coraz\u00f3n. Este es el Coraz\u00f3n en el que Dios mismo encuentra todo su deleite. Oh amable Coraz\u00f3n de Jes\u00fas, bien mereces el amor de todos los corazones.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Quien se muestra amable en todo, necesariamente debe hacerse amar. Oh, si nos aplic\u00e1ramos a descubrir todas las buenas cualidades por las que Jesucristo se hace digno de nuestro amor, todos estar\u00edamos en la feliz necesidad de amarle. \u00bfY qu\u00e9 coraz\u00f3n entre todos los corazones se puede encontrar m\u00e1s digno de amor que el Coraz\u00f3n de Jes\u00fas? Un Coraz\u00f3n todo puro, todo santo, todo lleno de amor hacia Dios y hacia nosotros; porque todos sus deseos son s\u00f3lo para la gloria divina y nuestro bien. Este es el Coraz\u00f3n en el que Dios encuentra todas sus delicias. En este Coraz\u00f3n reinan todas las perfecciones, todas las virtudes: un amor ardent\u00edsimo a Dios, su Padre, unido a la mayor humildad y respeto que pueda existir; una soberana confusi\u00f3n por nuestros pecados, que \u00c9l ha tomado sobre s\u00ed, unida a la extrema confianza de un Hijo afectuos\u00edsimo; un soberano aborrecimiento de nuestros pecados, unido a una viva compasi\u00f3n por nuestras miserias; un dolor extremo, unido a una perfecta conformidad con la voluntad de Dios; de modo que en Jes\u00fas se encuentra todo lo m\u00e1s amable.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Oh mi amable Redentor, \u00bfqu\u00e9 objeto m\u00e1s digno de amor podr\u00eda el Padre Eterno mandarme amar que a Ti? T\u00fa eres la Belleza del Para\u00edso, T\u00fa eres el Amor de Tu Padre, Tu Coraz\u00f3n es el trono de todas las virtudes. Oh amable Coraz\u00f3n de mi Jes\u00fas, bien mereces el amor de todos los corazones; \u00a1pobre y desdichado es aquel coraz\u00f3n que no Te ama! As\u00ed de miserable, oh Dios m\u00edo, ha sido mi coraz\u00f3n durante todo el tiempo en que no Te ha amado. Pero no seguir\u00e9 siendo tan desdichado; Te amo, Te seguir\u00e9 amando siempre, oh Jes\u00fas m\u00edo. Oh Se\u00f1or m\u00edo, hasta ahora te he olvidado, y ahora \u00bfqu\u00e9 puedo esperar? \u00bfQue mi ingratitud te obligue a olvidarme por completo y a abandonarme para siempre? No, Salvador m\u00edo, no lo permitas. T\u00fa eres el objeto del amor de Dios; \u00bfy no ser\u00e1s amado por un miserable pecador como yo, que he sido tan favorecido y amado por Ti? Oh hermosas llamas que arden en el amable Coraz\u00f3n de mi Jes\u00fas, enciende en mi pobre coraz\u00f3n ese fuego santo que Jes\u00fas baj\u00f3 del Cielo para encender en la tierra. Consume y destruye todos los afectos impuros que habitan en mi coraz\u00f3n y le impiden ser enteramente Suyo.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Some are attracted to love others by their beauty, others by their innocence, others by living with them, others by devotion. \u00a0But if there were a person in whom all these and other virtues were united, who could help loving him? \u00a0If we heard that there was in a distant foreign country a prince who was handsome, humble, courteous, devout, full of charity, affable to all, who rendered good to those who did him evil; then, although we knew not who he was, and though he knew not us, and though we were not acquainted with him, nor was there any possibility of our ever being so, yet we should be enamoured of him, and should be constrained to love him. \u00a0How is it then, possible, that Jesus Christ, Who possesses in Himself all these virtues, and in the most perfect degree, and Who loves us so tenderly, how is it possible that He should be so little loved by men, and should not be the only object of our love? \u00a0O my God, how is it that Jesus, Who alone is worthy of love, and Who has given us so many proofs of the love that He bears us, should be alone, as it were, the unlucky One with us, Who cannot arrive at making us love Him; as if He were not sufficiently worthy of our love! \u00a0This is what caused floods of tears to St. Rose of Lima, St. Catherine of Genoa, St. Teresa, St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi, who, on considering the ingratitude of men, exclaimed, weeping: \u201cLove is not loved!\u00a0 Love is not loved!\u201d
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 O my God, grant that I may only exist to love Thee, and Thee alone, my dearest Saviour. \u00a0If at one time I despised Thee, Thou art now the only object of my love.\u00a0 I love Thee, I love Thee, I love Thee, and I will never love any but Thee! \u00a0My beloved Lord, do not disdain to accept the love of a heart which has once afflicted Thee by my sins. \u00a0Let it be Thy glory to exhibit to the Angels a heart now burning with the love of Thee, which hitherto shunned and despised Thee. \u00a0Most holy Virgin Mary, my hope, do thou assist me, and beseech Jesus to make me, by His grace, all that He wishes me to be.<\/p>

Lectura espiritual:\u00a0\u00a0CORAM SANCTISSIMO<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

NOVENA VISITA<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0San Juan dice que vio a nuestro Se\u00f1or ce\u00f1ido con un cintur\u00f3n de oro, que sosten\u00eda sus pechos: Vi al Hijo del Hombre ce\u00f1ido por los pechos con un cintur\u00f3n de oro<\/em>. \u2014 (Apoc. i. 13).\u00a0 Thus also is Jesus in the Sacrament of the Altar, with His breasts all filled with milk; that is to say, with the graces which, in His mercy, He desires to bestow upon us.\u00a0 And as a mother whose breasts are overcharged with milk goes about seeking children who may draw it off, and relieve her of its weight, so also does He call out to us, Te llevar\u00e1n a pechos<\/em>. \u2014 (Is. lxvi. 12).
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0El Venerable Padre \u00c1lvarez vio a Jes\u00fas Sacramentado con las manos llenas de gracias y buscando a qui\u00e9n dispens\u00e1rselas. De Santa Catalina de Siena se cuenta que cuando se acercaba al Sant\u00edsimo Sacramento lo hac\u00eda precisamente con la misma amorosa avidez con que un ni\u00f1o vuela al pecho de su madre.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0O most beloved and only-begotten Son of the Eternal Father, I know that Thou art the object most worthy of being loved.\u00a0 I desire to love Thee as much as Thou deservest to be loved, or at least as much as a soul can ever desire to love Thee.\u00a0 I fully understand that I, who am a traitor and so great a rebel to Thy love, deserve not to love Thee, neither do I deserve to approach so near to Thee as I now an in this church.\u00a0 But I feel that Thou, for all this, seekest my love.\u00a0 I hear Thee say: Hijo m\u00edo, dame tu coraz\u00f3n<\/em>. \u2014 (Prov. xxiii. 26).\u00a0 Amar\u00e1s al Se\u00f1or tu Dios con todo tu coraz\u00f3n<\/em>. \u2014 (Matt. xxii. 37).\u00a0 I understand that it is for this end Thou hast spared my life, and not sent me to hell, that I might be converted and turn all my affections to Thee.\u00a0 Since, then, Thou art pleased that even I should love Thee, oh, yes, my God, I will do so.\u00a0 Behold, here I am!\u00a0 To Thee I yield myself up: I give myself to Thee: I love Thee.\u00a0 O God! all goodness, all love, I choose Thee for the only King and Lord of my poor heart.\u00a0 Thou desirest it, and my will is to give it to Thee: it is cold, it is loathsome; but if Thou acceptest it, Thou wilt change it.\u00a0 Change me, my Lord, change me; I will no longer dare to live as I have hitherto lived, ungrateful, and with so little love towards Thine infinite Goodness, which loves me so much and deserves an infinite love.\u00a0 Enable me to supply form this day forward all the love I have hitherto failed to bear Thee.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eyac<\/em>. Dios m\u00edo, Dios m\u00edo, \u00a1Te amar\u00e9! \u00a1Te amar\u00e9! \u00a1Te amar\u00e9!<\/p>

VISITA A MAR\u00cdA<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0In all things like to her Son Jesus, is His Mother Mary; and as she is the Mother of Mercy, she is thrice happy when she succours and consoles the miserable.\u00a0 So great is the desire of this Mother to bestow graces on all that Bernardine de Bustis says \u201cshe desires more to do us good and to impart to us graces than we can desire to receive them.\u201d<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eyac<\/em>.\u00a0 Hail, our hope!<\/p>

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

\"La caridad no es ambiciosa\".<\/em><\/p>

XXII. EL QUE AMA A JESUCRISTO NO DESEA OTRA COSA QUE A JESUCRISTO<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0El que ama a Dios no desea ser estimado y amado por sus semejantes: el \u00fanico deseo de su coraz\u00f3n es gozar del favor de Dios Todopoderoso, que es el \u00fanico objeto de su amor. San Hilario escribe que todos los honores que rinde el mundo son cosa del demonio. Y as\u00ed es; porque el enemigo trafica para el infierno cuando infecta el alma con el deseo de estimaci\u00f3n; porque, dejando as\u00ed de lado la humildad, corre grandes riesgos de hundirse en todos los vicios. Santiago escribe que, as\u00ed como Dios confiere sus gracias con las manos abiertas a los humildes, as\u00ed las cierra contra los soberbios, a quienes resiste.\u00a0 Dios resiste a los soberbios y da su gracia a los humildes<\/em>. \u2014 (James iv. 6).\u00a0 He says, He resiste<\/em> los soberbios, significando que ni siquiera escucha sus oraciones. Y ciertamente, entre los actos de orgullo podemos contar el deseo de ser honrado por los hombres, y la exaltaci\u00f3n propia al recibir honores de ellos.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We have a frightful example of this in the history of Brother Justin the Franciscan, who had even risen to a lofty state of contemplation; but because, perhaps \u2013 and indeed without a perhaps \u2013 he nourished within himself a desire of human esteem, behold what befell him. \u00a0One day Pope Eugenius IV sent for him; and on account of the great opinion he had of his sanctity, showed him peculiar marks of honour, embraced him, and made him sit by his side. \u00a0Such high honours filled Brother Justin with self-conceit; on which St. John Capistran said to him, \u201cAlas, Brother Justin, thou didst leave us an angel, and thou returnest a devil!\u201d \u00a0And, in fact, the hapless Brother becoming daily more and more puffed up with arrogance, and insisting on being treated according to his own estimate of himself, he at last committed murder. \u00a0Afterwards, becoming apostate, he fled into the kingdom of Naples, where he perpetrated other atrocities, and there he died in prison, an apostate to the last. \u00a0Hence it is that a certain great servant of God wisely said that when we hear or read of the fall of some towering cedars of Libanus, of a Solomon, a Tertullian, an Osius, who had all the reputation of saints, it is a sign that they were not wholly given to God, but nourished inwardly some spirit of pride, and so fell away.\u00a0 Let us therefore tremble when we feel arise within us an ambition to appear in public, and to be esteemed by the world; and when the world pays us some tribute of honour, let us beware of taking complacency in it, which might prove the cause of our utter ruin.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Meditaci\u00f3n matutina: \u00a0EL CORAZ\u00d3N GENEROSO DE JES\u00daS<\/em><\/b><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Es una caracter\u00edstica de las personas de buen coraz\u00f3n desear hacer felices a todos, y especialmente a los m\u00e1s angustiados y afligidos. Pero, \u00bfqui\u00e9n puede encontrar a alguien que tenga mejor coraz\u00f3n que Jesucristo? \u00c9l es la Bondad infinita y, por tanto, desea soberanamente comunicarnos sus riquezas: Conmigo est\u00e1n las riquezas. . . para enriquecer a los que me aman<\/em>. \u2014 (Prov. viii. 18, 21).<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00bfQui\u00e9n puede encontrar a alguien que tenga mejor coraz\u00f3n que Jesucristo? \u00c9l es la Bondad infinita misma, y por eso tiene el deseo soberano de comunicarnos sus riquezas.\u00a0 Conmigo est\u00e1n las riquezas. . . para enriquecer a los que me aman<\/em>. Por eso Jes\u00fas se hizo pobre, como dice el Ap\u00f3stol, para enriquecernos: Por vosotros se hizo pobre, para que vosotros os enriquecierais con su pobreza.<\/em>. \u2014 (2 Cor. viii. 9).\u00a0 For this purpose also He chose to remain with us in the Most Holy Sacrament, where He remains constantly with His hands full of graces, as was seen by Father Balthazar Alvarez, to dispense them to those who come to visit Him.\u00a0 For this reason also He gives Himself wholly to us in Communion, giving us to understand from this that He cannot refuse us any good gifts, since He even gives Himself entirely to us: \u00bfC\u00f3mo no nos ha dado tambi\u00e9n con \u00e9l todas las cosas?<\/em> \u2014 (Rom. viii. 32).
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Ah, Jes\u00fas m\u00edo, T\u00fa no te has negado a darme Tu Sangre y Tu vida, \u00bfy yo me negar\u00e9 a darte mi miserable coraz\u00f3n? No, mi amad\u00edsimo Redentor, te lo ofrezco enteramente. Te doy toda mi voluntad; ac\u00e9ptala y dispone de ella a tu gusto. No puedo hacer nada, ni tengo nada propio, pero tengo este coraz\u00f3n que T\u00fa me has dado, y del cual nadie puede privarme. Podr\u00e1n privarme de mis bienes, de mi sangre, de mi vida, pero no de mi coraz\u00f3n. Con este coraz\u00f3n puedo amarte; con este coraz\u00f3n te amar\u00e9. Te suplico, oh Dios m\u00edo, que me ense\u00f1es un perfecto olvido de m\u00ed mismo. Ens\u00e9\u00f1ame lo que debo hacer para llegar a Tu amor puro, del que T\u00fa, en Tu bondad, me has inspirado el deseo. Siento en m\u00ed la determinaci\u00f3n de complacerte; pero para poner en pr\u00e1ctica mi resoluci\u00f3n, espero e imploro tu ayuda. Depende de Ti, oh amoroso Coraz\u00f3n de Jes\u00fas, hacer enteramente Tuyo mi pobre coraz\u00f3n, que hasta ahora ha sido tan ingrato, y por mi propia culpa privado de Tu amor.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In the Heart of Jesus we receive every good, every grace that we desire: In all things you are made rich in him . . . so that nothing is wanting to you in any grace. <\/em>\u2014 (1 Cor. i. 5, 7). \u00a0And we must understand that we are debtors to the Heart of Jesus for all the graces we have received \u2013 graces of Redemption, of vocation, of light, of pardon; the grace to resist temptations, and to bear patiently with contradictions; for without His assistance we could not do anything good: Without me you can do nothing. \u2014 <\/em>(John xv. 5).
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And if hitherto, says our Saviour, you have not received more graces, do not complain of Me, but blame yourself, who have neglected to seek them of Me: Hitherto you have not asked anything; . . . ask, and you shall receive. \u2014 <\/em>(John xvi. 24). \u00a0Oh, how rich and liberal is the Heart of Jesus towards every one that has recourse to Him! \u00a0Rich unto all that call upon him. \u2014 <\/em>(Rom. x. 12). \u00a0Oh, what great mercies do those souls receive who are earnest in asking help of Jesus Christ. \u00a0David said, For thou, O Lord, art sweet and mild, and plenteous to all who call upon thee. \u2014 <\/em>(Ps. lxxxv. 5). \u00a0Let us therefore always go to this Heart, and ask with confidence, and we shall obtain all we want.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Oh, grant that my heart may be all on fire with the love of Thee, dear Jesus, even as Thine is on fire with the love of me. \u00a0Grant that my will may be entirely united to Thine, so that I may will nothing but what Thou willest, and that from this day forth Thy holy will may be the rule of all my actions, of all my thoughts, and of all my desires. \u00a0I trust, O my Saviour, that Thou wilt not refuse me Thy grace to fulfil this resolution which I now make prostrate at Thy feet, to receive with submission whatever Thou mayest ordain for me and my affairs, as well in life as in death. \u00a0Blessed art thou, O Immaculate Mary, who hadst thy heart always and entirely united to the Heart of Jesus. \u00a0Obtain for me, O my Mother, that in future I may wish and desire only what Jesus wills and what thou willest.<\/p>

Lectura espiritual:\u00a0\u00a0CORAM SANCTISSIMO<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

D\u00c9CIMA VISITA<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0O foolish ones of the world, says St. Augustine, miserable creatures, whither are you going to satisfy your hearts?\u00a0 Come to Jesus, for by Him alone can that pleasure which you seek be bestowed.\u00a0 \u201cUnhappy creatures, whither are you going?\u00a0 The good you seek for comes from Him.\u201d\u00a0 My soul, be not of the number of these foolish ones; seek God alone: \u201cseek for that one Good in which are all good things.\u201d \u00a0And if thou desirest soon to find Him, behold, He is close to thee; tell Him what thou desirest, since for this end it is He in in the ciborium, to console thee, and to grant thy prayer.\u00a0 St. Teresa says that all are not allowed to speak to their king; the most that can be hoped for is to communicate with him through a third person.\u00a0 To converse with Thee, O King of glory, no third person is needed; Thou art always ready in the Sacrament of the Altar to give audience to all.\u00a0 Whoever desires Thee, always finds Thee there, and converses with Thee face to face.\u00a0 And even if anyone at length succeeds in speaking with a king, how many difficulties has he had to overcome before he can do so!\u00a0 Kings grant audiences only a few times in the year; but Thou, in this Sacrament, grantest audience to all night and day, and whenever we please.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Oh Sacramento de amor, T\u00fa que, ya te des en la Comuni\u00f3n, ya habites en el altar, sabes, por los tiernos atractivos de tu amor, atraer hacia Ti tantos corazones que, enamorados de Ti, y llenos de asombro a la vista de tanto amor, arden de gozo y piensan siempre en Ti, atrae tambi\u00e9n hacia Ti mi miserable coraz\u00f3n, que desea amarte y vivir esclavizado por tu amor. Por mi parte, pongo ahora y en adelante todos mis intereses, todas mis esperanzas y todos mis afectos, mi alma, mi cuerpo, todo lo pongo en manos de tu bondad. Ac\u00e9ptame, Se\u00f1or, y disp\u00f3n de m\u00ed como te plazca. Nunca m\u00e1s me quejar\u00e9, oh Amor m\u00edo, de tus santas dispensaciones; s\u00e9 que, como todas tienen su fuente en tu amoroso Coraz\u00f3n, estar\u00e1n llenas de amor y ser\u00e1n para mi bien. Me basta saber que T\u00fa las quieres; yo tambi\u00e9n las quiero en el tiempo y en la eternidad. Haz todo lo que quieras en m\u00ed y conmigo; yo uno todo mi ser a tu voluntad, que es toda santa, toda buena, toda bella, toda perfecta, toda amorosa. Oh voluntad de mi Dios, \u00a1cu\u00e1n querido eres para m\u00ed! Mi voluntad es vivir y morir siempre unido y ligado a Ti. Tu complacencia es mi complacencia. Quiero que tus deseos sean tambi\u00e9n los m\u00edos. Oh Dios m\u00edo, Dios m\u00edo, ay\u00fadame; haz que en adelante viva s\u00f3lo para Ti; haz que quiera s\u00f3lo lo que T\u00fa quieras, y haz que viva s\u00f3lo para amar tu amable voluntad. Haz que muera por Tu amor, ya que T\u00fa has muerto y te has hecho Alimento por m\u00ed. Maldigo aquellos d\u00edas en que hice mi propia voluntad, tanto a Tu desagrado. Te amo, oh Voluntad de Dios, tanto como amo a Dios, puesto que T\u00fa eres uno con \u00c9l. Te amo, pues, con todo mi coraz\u00f3n, y me entrego todo a Ti.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eyac<\/em>. Oh voluntad de Dios, T\u00fa eres mi amor.<\/p>

VISITA A MAR\u00cdA<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0La gran Reina dice, Conmigo est\u00e1n las riquezas. . . para enriquecer a los que me aman<\/em>. \u2014 (Prov. viii. 18, 21).\u00a0 Let us love Mary if we would be rich in graces.\u00a0 The writer who signs himself \u201cIdiota\u201d styles her \u201cthe treasurer of graces.\u201d\u00a0 Blessed is he who has recourse to Mary with love and confidence.\u00a0 My Mother, my hope, thou canst make me a saint; from thee I hope for this favour.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eyac<\/em>. \u00a1Madre amabil\u00edsima, ruega por m\u00ed!<\/p>

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

XXIII. EL QUE AMA A JESUCRISTO NO DESEA OTRA COSA QUE A JESUCRISTO<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Let us be especially on our guard against all ambitious seeking of preference, and sensibility in points of honour.\u00a0 St. Teresa said, \u201cWhere points of honour prevail, there spirituality will never prevail.\u201d\u00a0 Many persons make profession of a spiritual life, but they are worshippers of self.\u00a0 They have the semblance of certain virtues, but they are ambitious of being praised in all their undertakings; and if nobody else praises them they praise themselves.\u00a0 In short, they strive to appear better than others; and if their honour be touched, they lose their peace, they leave off Holy Communion, they omit all their devotions, and find no rest till they imagine they have got back their former standing.\u00a0 The true lovers of God do not so behave.\u00a0 They not only carefully shun every word of self-complacency, but, further, they are sorry at hearing themselves commended by others, and it is their joy to see themselves held in small repute by the rest of men.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 That saying of St. Francis of Assisi is most true: \u201cWhat I am before God, that I am.\u201d \u00a0Of what use is it to pass for great in the eyes of the world, if before God we be vile and worthless? \u00a0And on the contrary, what matters it to be despised by the world, provided we be dear and acceptable in the eyes of God? \u00a0St. Augustine thus writes: \u201cThe approbation of him who praises, neither heals a bad conscience, nor does the reproach of him who blames wound a good conscience.\u201d \u00a0As the man who praises us cannot deliver us from the chastisement of our evil doings, so neither can he who blames us rob us of the merit of our good actions. \u00a0\u201cWhat does it matter,\u201d says St. Teresa, \u201cthough we be condemned and reviled by creatures, if before Thee, O God, we are great and without blame?\u201d \u00a0The Saints had no other desire but to live unknown, and to pass for contemptible in the estimation of all. \u00a0Thus writes St. Francis de Sales: \u201cBut what wrong do we suffer when people have a bad opinion of us, since we ought to have such of ourselves? \u00a0Perhaps we know that we are bad, and yet wish to pass off for good in the estimation of others.\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 SEMANA DE PENTECOST\u00c9S<\/em><\/a>
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