{"id":9260,"date":"2025-06-07T19:49:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T19:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/societyofthemostholyredeemer.org\/?page_id=9260"},"modified":"2026-06-11T16:37:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T16:37:04","slug":"daily-meditations-second-week-after-pentecost","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/societyofthemostholyredeemer.org\/es\/daily-meditations-second-week-after-pentecost\/","title":{"rendered":"MEDITACIONES DIARIAS: SEGUNDA SEMANA DESPU\u00c9S DE PENTECOST\u00c9S"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meditaci\u00f3n matutina:\u00a0 EL CORAZ\u00d3N DE JES\u00daS ANHELA NUESTRO AMOR<\/em><\/b><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Jes\u00fas no nos necesita. Es igualmente feliz, rico y poderoso, con o sin nuestro amor, y sin embargo nos ama tan intensamente que desea nuestro amor tanto como si el hombre fuera su Dios. Esto llen\u00f3 tanto de asombro a Job que grit\u00f3: \u00bfQu\u00e9 es el hombre para que lo engrandezcas? \u00bfO por qu\u00e9 pones en \u00e9l tu coraz\u00f3n?<\/em><\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Jes\u00fas no nos necesita. Es igualmente feliz, rico y poderoso con o sin nuestro amor; y, sin embargo, como dice Santo Tom\u00e1s, nos ama tan intensamente que desea nuestro amor tanto como si el hombre fuera su Dios, y su felicidad dependiera de la del hombre. Esto llen\u00f3 tanto de asombro al santo Job, que exclam\u00f3: \u00bfQu\u00e9 es el hombre para que lo engrandezcas? \u00bfO por qu\u00e9 pones en \u00e9l tu coraz\u00f3n?<\/em> \u2014 (Job vii. 17).
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0What! can God desire or ask with such eagerness for the love of a worm?\u00a0 It would have been a great favour if God had only permitted us to love Him.\u00a0 If a vassal were to say to his king: \u201cSire, I love you!\u201d he would be considered impertinent.\u00a0 But what would one say if the king were to tell his vassal, \u201cI desire you to love me?\u201d\u00a0 The princes of the earth do not humble themselves to this; but Jesus, Who is the King of Heaven, is He Who with so much earnestness demands our love: Ama al Se\u00f1or tu Dios con todo tu coraz\u00f3n<\/em>. \u2014 (Matt. xxii. 37).\u00a0 So pressingly does He ask for our hearts: Hijo m\u00edo, dame tu coraz\u00f3n<\/em>. \u2014 (Prov. xxiii. 26).\u00a0 And if He is driven from a soul, He does not depart, but stands outside the door of the heart, and calls and knocks to be allowed to return: Me paro en la puerta y llamo<\/em>. \u2014 (Apoc. iii. 20).\u00a0 Jesus beseeches the soul to open to Him, calling her sister and spouse: \u00c1breme, hermana m\u00eda, mi amor<\/em>. \u2014 (Cant. v. 2).\u00a0 In short, He takes a delight in being loved by us, and is quite consoled when we say, and repeat often: \u201cMy God!\u00a0 My God, I love Thee!\u201d
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Querid\u00edsimo Redentor m\u00edo, te dir\u00e9 con San Agust\u00edn: T\u00fa me mandas que te ame, y me amenazas con el infierno si no te amo; pero \u00a1qu\u00e9 infierno m\u00e1s espantoso, qu\u00e9 desgracia m\u00e1s grande puede sucederme que ser privado de tu amor! Si, pues, quieres aterrorizarme, amen\u00e1zame s\u00f3lo con que viva sin amarte, pues esta sola amenaza me aterrorizar\u00e1 m\u00e1s que mil infiernos. Si, en medio de las llamas del infierno, los condenados pudieran arder con Tu amor, oh Dios m\u00edo, el mismo infierno se convertir\u00eda en un Para\u00edso; y si, por el contrario, los Bienaventurados en el Cielo no pudieran amarte, el Para\u00edso se convertir\u00eda en un infierno.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Veo, en efecto, mi amad\u00edsimo Se\u00f1or, que yo, a causa de mis pecados, merec\u00eda ser abandonado por Tu gracia, y al mismo tiempo condenado a ser incapaz de amarte; pero a\u00fan as\u00ed comprendo que T\u00fa contin\u00faas orden\u00e1ndome amarte, y tambi\u00e9n siento dentro de m\u00ed un gran deseo de amarte. Este mi deseo es el don de Tu gracia, y viene de Ti. Oh, dame tambi\u00e9n la fuerza necesaria para ponerlo en pr\u00e1ctica, y haz que, desde hoy, te diga con insistencia y desde el fondo de mi coraz\u00f3n, y que te repita siempre: Dios m\u00edo, te amo. \u00a1Te amo! \u00a1Te amo!<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The great desire of Jesus\u2019 Heart to be loved by us is the effect of His own great love for us. \u00a0He who loves necessarily desires to be loved. \u00a0The heart requires the heart; love seeks love: \u201cWhy does God love, but that He may be loved,\u201d said St. Bernard; and God Himself first said: What doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but that thou fear the Lord thy God, . . . and love him? <\/em>\u2014 (Deut. x. 12). \u00a0Therefore He tells us that He is that Shepherd Who, having found the lost sheep, calls all the others to rejoice with Him: Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost. \u2014 <\/em>(Luke xv. 6). \u00a0He tells us that He is that Father Who, when His lost son returns and throws himself at His feet, not only forgives him, but embraces him tenderly. \u00a0Jesus tells us he that loves Him not is condemned to death: He that loveth not abideth in death. \u2014 <\/em>(1 John iii. 14). \u00a0And, on the contrary, that He takes him who loves Him and keeps possession of him: He that abideth in charity, abideth in God, and God in him. <\/em>\u2014 (1 John iv. 16). \u00a0Oh, will not such invitations, such entreaties, such threats, and such promises move us to love God Who so much desires to be loved by us?
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thou, then, desirest my love, O Jesus. \u00a0I also desire Thine. \u00a0Blot out, therefore, from Thy remembrance, O my Jesus, the offences that in past times I have committed against Thee; let us love each other henceforth forever. \u00a0I will not leave Thee, and Thou wilt not leave me. \u00a0Thou wilt always love me, and I will always love Thee. \u00a0My dearest Saviour, in Thy merits do I place my hope; oh, do Thou make Thyself to be loved forever, and loved greatly, by a sinner who has so greatly offended Thee.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 O Mary, Immaculate Virgin, do thou help me; do thou pray to Jesus for me.<\/p>

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

DECIMOPRIMERA VISITA<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cLet us be careful,\u201d says St. Teresa, \u201cnever to be at a distance from Jesus, our beloved Shepherd, or to lose sight of Him: for the sheep which are near their shepherd are always more caressed and better fed, and always receive some choice morsels of that which he himself eats.\u00a0 If by chance the shepherd sleeps, still the lamb remains near him and either waits until his slumber ends, or itself wakens him; and it is then caressed with new favours.\u201d
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Redentor m\u00edo, presente en este Sant\u00edsimo Sacramento, m\u00edrame junto a Ti. El \u00fanico favor que te pido es el fervor y la perseverancia en tu amor. Te doy gracias, oh santa fe, porque me ense\u00f1as y me aseguras que en el divino Sacramento del altar, en ese Pan celestial, no existe el pan, sino que mi Se\u00f1or Jesucristo es todo, y que est\u00e1 all\u00ed por amor a m\u00ed. Se\u00f1or m\u00edo y Todo m\u00edo, creo que T\u00fa est\u00e1s presente en el Sant\u00edsimo Sacramento; y aunque desconocido a los ojos de la carne, por la luz de la santa Fe te discierno en la Hostia consagrada, como Monarca del Cielo y de la tierra, y como Salvador del mundo. Ah, mi dulc\u00edsimo Jes\u00fas, as\u00ed como T\u00fa eres mi esperanza, mi salvaci\u00f3n, mi fuerza, mi consuelo, as\u00ed tambi\u00e9n quiero que T\u00fa seas todo mi amor, y el \u00fanico objeto de todos mis pensamientos, de mis deseos y de mis afectos. Me regocijo m\u00e1s en la suprema felicidad que T\u00fa disfrutas, y disfrutar\u00e1s para siempre, que en cualquier cosa buena que pudiera tener en el tiempo o en la eternidad. Mi suprema satisfacci\u00f3n es que T\u00fa, mi amado Redentor, eres supremamente feliz, y que Tu felicidad es infinita. Reina, reina, Se\u00f1or m\u00edo, sobre toda mi alma; te la doy toda a Ti; que T\u00fa la poseas siempre. Que mi voluntad, mis sentidos, mis facultades sean todos siervos de tu amor, y que nunca en este mundo sirvan m\u00e1s que para darte satisfacci\u00f3n y gloria. As\u00ed fue tu vida, oh primera amante y Madre de mi Jes\u00fas. Mar\u00eda Sant\u00edsima, ay\u00fadame, alc\u00e1nzame la gracia de vivir en adelante, como t\u00fa viviste siempre, en la felicidad de pertenecer s\u00f3lo a Dios.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eyac<\/em>. Jes\u00fas m\u00edo, que yo sea todo Tuyo, y que T\u00fa seas todo m\u00edo.<\/p>

VISITA A MAR\u00cdA<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Bienaventurado el hombre. . . que vela cada d\u00eda a mis puertas, y espera a los postes de mis puertas.<\/em>. \u2014 (Prov. viii. 34).\u00a0 Blessed is he, who, like the poor who stand before the gates of the rich, is careful to seek for the alms of graces before the doors of the mercy of Mary!\u00a0 And thrice blessed is he, who, moreover, seeks to imitate the virtues which he remarks in Mary, and more especially her purity and her humility.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eyac<\/em>. Esperanza m\u00eda, \u00a1socorro!<\/p>

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

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

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a1Oh, qu\u00e9 seguridad hay en la vida oculta para quienes desean cordialmente amar a Jesucristo! Jesucristo nos dio el ejemplo, viviendo oculto y despreciado durante treinta a\u00f1os en un taller. Y con el mismo fin de escapar a la estima de los hombres, los santos fueron a esconderse en desiertos y cuevas. Dec\u00eda San Vicente de Pa\u00fal que el amor a aparecer en p\u00fablico, a que se hable de nosotros en t\u00e9rminos elogiosos, a que se alabe nuestra conducta, a que se diga que triunfamos admirablemente y que hacemos maravillas, es un mal que, al mismo tiempo que nos desentiende de Dios, contamina nuestras mejores acciones y resulta el m\u00e1s fatal inconveniente para la vida espiritual.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Whoever, therefore, would make progress in the love of Jesus Christ, must absolutely give a death-blow to self-esteem.\u00a0 But how shall we inflict this blow?\u00a0 Behold how St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi instructs us: \u201cThat which keeps alive the appetite for self-esteem is the occupying a favourable position in the minds of all; consequently the death of self-esteem is to keep oneself hidden, so as not to be known to anyone.\u00a0 And till we learn to die in this manner, we shall never be true servants of God.\u201d
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Oh Jes\u00fas m\u00edo, conc\u00e9deme el deseo de agradarte, y haz que me olvide de todas las criaturas y tambi\u00e9n de m\u00ed mismo. De qu\u00e9 me sirve ser amado por todo el mundo, si no soy amado por Ti, el \u00fanico amor de mi alma. Jes\u00fas m\u00edo, T\u00fa viniste al mundo para ganar nuestros corazones; si yo no puedo darte mi coraz\u00f3n, ten a bien tomarlo y llenarlo de tu amor, y no permitas que me separe m\u00e1s de Ti. Te he dado la espalda en el pasado; pero ahora que soy consciente del mal que he hecho, me aflijo por ello con todo mi coraz\u00f3n, y ninguna aflicci\u00f3n en el mundo puede afligirme tanto como el recuerdo de las ofensas que tantas veces he cometido contra Ti. Me consuela pensar que T\u00fa eres la Bondad Infinita; que no desde\u00f1as amar a un pecador que Te ama. Mi amado Redentor, oh dulc\u00edsimo Amor de mi alma, hasta ahora Te he despreciado, pero ahora al menos Te amo m\u00e1s que a m\u00ed mismo. Te ofrezco mi persona y todo lo que me pertenece.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In order, then, to be pleasing in the sight of God, we must avoid all ambition of appearing and of making a parade in the eyes of men. \u00a0And we must shun with still greater caution the ambition of governing others. \u00a0Sooner than behold this accursed ambition set foot in her convent, St. Teresa declared she would prefer to have the whole convent burnt, and all the nuns with it. \u00a0So that she signified her wish, that if ever one of her Religious should be caught aiming at superiorship, she should be expelled from the community, or at least undergo perpetual confinement. \u00a0St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi says, \u201cThe honour of a spiritual person consists in being put below all, and in abhorring all superiority over others.\u201d \u00a0The ambition of a soul that loves God should be to excel all others in humility, according to the counsel of St. Paul: In humility let each esteem others better than themselves. \u2014 <\/em>(Philipp, ii. 3). \u00a0In a word, he that loves God must make God the sole object of his ambition.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 O my dear Jesus, I have only one wish: to love Thee and to please Thee. \u00a0This forms all my ambition; accept of it, and be pleased to increase it, and exterminate in me all desire of earthly goods. \u00a0Thou art indeed deserving of love, and great indeed are my obligations of loving Thee. \u00a0Behold me, then, I wish to be wholly Thine; and I will suffer whatever Thou pleasest, Thou Who for love of me didst die of sorrow on the Cross!\u00a0 Thou wishest me to be a saint; in Thee I place my trust.\u00a0 And I also confide in thy protection, O Mary, great Mother of God!<\/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 DOLORIDO DE JES\u00daS<\/em><\/b><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Mi alma est\u00e1 triste hasta la muerte<\/em>. El principal dolor que tanto aflig\u00eda al Coraz\u00f3n de Jes\u00fas no era la visi\u00f3n de los tormentos y de la infamia que los hombres le preparaban, sino la visi\u00f3n de su ingratitud hacia su inmenso amor. Y, sin embargo, la visi\u00f3n de todos estos insultos no le impidi\u00f3 dejarnos esta prenda, \u00c9l mismo en el Sant\u00edsimo Sacramento.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Es imposible considerar cu\u00e1n afligido estaba el Coraz\u00f3n de Jes\u00fas por amor a nosotros y no compadecerse de \u00c9l. \u00c9l mismo nos dice que su Coraz\u00f3n estaba abrumado de tal dolor, que s\u00f3lo esto habr\u00eda bastado para quitarle la vida y hacerle morir de puro dolor, si la virtud de su Divinidad no hubiera impedido, por milagro, su muerte: Mi alma est\u00e1 triste hasta la muerte<\/em>. \u2014 (Mark xiv. 34).\u00a0 The principal sorrow which afflicted the Heart of Jesus so much, was not the sight of the torments and infamy men were preparing for Him, but the sight of their ingratitude towards His immense love.\u00a0 He distinctly foresaw all the sins we should commit after all His sufferings and such a bitter and ignominious death.\u00a0 He foresaw, especially, the horrible insults men would offer to His adorable Heart, which He has left us in this most Holy Sacrament as a proof of His affection.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Mi adorado y querid\u00edsimo Jes\u00fas, he aqu\u00ed a Tus pies a quien ha causado tanto dolor a Tu amable Coraz\u00f3n. Oh Dios m\u00edo, \u00bfc\u00f3mo podr\u00eda yo afligir a este Coraz\u00f3n, que tanto me ha amado, y que nada ha escatimado para hacerse amar por m\u00ed? Pero consu\u00e9late, te dir\u00e9, oh Salvador m\u00edo, pues habiendo sido herido mi coraz\u00f3n, por tu gracia, con tu sant\u00edsimo amor, siente ahora tanto pesar por las ofensas que te he hecho, que quisiera morir de pena. Oh, \u00bfqui\u00e9n me dar\u00e1, Jes\u00fas m\u00edo, ese dolor por mis pecados que T\u00fa sentiste por ellos? Padre eterno, te ofrezco la pena y el aborrecimiento que tu Hijo sinti\u00f3 por mis pecados; y, por \u00c9l, te suplico que me des una pena tan grande por las ofensas que he cometido contra Ti, que pueda llevar una vida afligida y triste al pensar que una vez despreci\u00e9 tu amistad.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 O my God, what insults has not Jesus Christ received from men in this Sacrament of love! \u00a0One has trampled Him under foot, another has thrown Him into the gutter, others have availed themselves of Him to pay homage to the devil! \u00a0And yet the sight of all these insults did not prevent Him leaving us this great Pledge of His love. \u00a0He has a sovereign hatred of sin; hut still it seems as if His love towards us had overcome the hatred He bore to sin, in as much as He was content to permit these sacrileges, rather than to deprive souls that love Him of this Divine Food. \u00a0Shall not all this suffice to make us love a Heart that has loved us so much? \u00a0Has not Jesus Christ done enough to deserve our love?\u00a0 Ungrateful that we are, shall we still leave Jesus forsaken on the altar, as the majority of men do? \u00a0And shall we not unite ourselves to those few souls who acknowledge Him, and melt with love even more than the torches melt away which burn round the tabernacle? \u00a0The Heart of Jesus remains there, burning with love for us; and shall we not, in His Presence, burn with love for Jesus?
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 O my Jesus, do Thou give me from this day forth, such a horror of sin, that I may abhor even the lightest faults, considering that they displease Thee Who dost not deserve to be offended much or little, but dost deserve an infinite love. \u00a0My beloved Lord, I now detest everything that displeases Thee, and in future I will love only Thee, and all that Thou lovest. \u00a0Oh, help me, give me the strength, give me the grace to invoke Thee constantly, O my Jesus, and always to repeat to Thee this petition: My Jesus, give me Thy love! \u00a0Give me Thy love! \u00a0Give me Thy love! \u00a0And thou, most holy Mary, obtain for me the grace to pray to thee continually, and to say to thee: O my Mother, make me love Jesus Christ.<\/p>

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

DUOD\u00c9CIMA VISITA<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Dios es caridad; y el que permanece en la caridad, permanece en Dios, y Dios en \u00e9l.<\/em>. \u2014 (1 John iv. 16).\u00a0 He who loves Jesus dwells with Jesus, and Jesus with him.\u00a0 Si alguno me ama... mi Padre le amar\u00e1; y vendremos a \u00e9l, y haremos morada con \u00e9l<\/em>. \u2014 (John xiv. 23).\u00a0 When St. Philip Neri received the Holy Communion as Viaticum, on seeing the Most Blessed Sacrament enter his room, he exclaimed: \u201cBehold, my Love!\u00a0 Behold all my good!\u00a0 Hasten and give me my Love!\u201d Let each one of us, then, say here in the presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament: Behold my Love!\u00a0 Behold the object of all my love for my whole life and for all eternity!
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Puesto que, Se\u00f1or m\u00edo y Dios m\u00edo, has dicho en el Evangelio que quien te ama ser\u00e1 amado por Ti, y que T\u00fa vendr\u00e1s y habitar\u00e1s en \u00e9l, y nunca m\u00e1s lo abandonar\u00e1s, te amo por encima de cualquier otro bien. \u00c1mame, pues, T\u00fa tambi\u00e9n, porque yo estimo m\u00e1s ser amado por Ti que todos los reinos del mundo. Ven y fija Tu morada en la pobre casa de mi alma de tal manera que no te alejes m\u00e1s de m\u00ed. No te vayas, si no eres expulsado; pero como ya lo he hecho, puedo volver a hacerlo. \u00a1Ah, nunca permitas que se perpetre en el mundo un acto tan nuevo de maldad, una ingratitud tan horrible, como que yo, que he sido tan especialmente favorecido por Ti, y que he recibido tantas gracias, vuelva a echarte de mi alma! Pero esto podr\u00eda suceder. Yo, pues, Se\u00f1or m\u00edo, deseo la muerte, si as\u00ed te place; para que muriendo unido a ti, viva unido a ti para siempre. S\u00ed, Jes\u00fas m\u00edo, eso espero. Te abrazo, te estrecho a mi pobre coraz\u00f3n, conc\u00e9deme amarte siempre y ser siempre amado por ti. S\u00ed, mi amabil\u00edsimo Redentor, siempre te amar\u00e9, y t\u00fa siempre me amar\u00e1s. Conf\u00edo en que nuestro amor ser\u00e1 siempre mutuo, oh Dios de mi alma, y esto por toda la eternidad. Am\u00e9n.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eyac<\/em>.\u00a0 My Jesus, I desire always to love Thee, and always to be beloved by Thee.<\/p>

VISITA A MAR\u00cdA<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Los que trabajan por m\u00ed no pecar\u00e1n<\/em>. \u2014 (Ecclus. xxiv. 30).\u00a0 He, says Mary, who endeavours to honour me shall persevere to the end.\u00a0 Los que me expliquen tendr\u00e1n vida eterna<\/em> \u2014 (Ecclus. xxiv. 31); and those who endeavour to make me know and loved by others, will be of the number of the Elect.\u00a0 Promise, then, that whenever you can, be it in public or in private, you will speak of the glories of Mary, and of devotion to her.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eyac<\/em>. Haz que pueda alabarte, Virgen sant\u00edsima.<\/p>

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

\"La caridad no busca lo suyo\".<\/em><\/p>

XXV. EL QUE AMA A JESUCRISTO BUSCA DESPRENDERSE DE TODA CRIATURA<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Quien quiera amar a Jesucristo con todo su coraz\u00f3n, debe desterrar de su coraz\u00f3n todo lo que no es Dios, sino s\u00f3lo amor propio. Este es el sentido de esas palabras, no busca lo suyo<\/em>no buscarnos a nosotros mismos, sino s\u00f3lo lo que agrada a Dios. Y esto es lo que Dios exige de todos nosotros cuando dice: Amar\u00e1s al Se\u00f1or tu Dios con todo tu coraz\u00f3n<\/em>. \u2014 (Matt. xxii. 37).\u00a0 Two things are needful to love God with our whole heart: (1) To clear it of earth; (2) To fill it with holy love.\u00a0 It follows that a heart in which any earthly affections linger can never belong wholly to God.\u00a0 St. Philip Neri said, \u201cthat as much love as we bestow on the creature, is so much taken from the Creator.\u201d In the next place, how must the earth be purged away from the heart?\u00a0 Truly by mortification and detachment from creatures.\u00a0 Some souls complain that they seek God and do not find Him; let them listen to what St. Teresa says: \u201cWean your heart from creatures, and then seek God, and you will find Him.\u201d<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The mistake is, that some indeed wish to become Saints, but after their own fashion; they would love Jesus Christ, but in their own way, without forsaking those diversions, that vanity of dress, those delicacies in food: they love God, but if they do not succeed in obtaining such or such an office, they live discontented; if, too, they happen to be touched in point of esteem, they are all on fire; if they do not recover from an illness, they lose all patience. \u00a0They love God; but they refuse to let go that attachment for the riches, the honours of the world, for the vainglory of being reckoned of good family, of great learning, and better than others.\u00a0 Such as these practise prayer and frequent Communion; but inasmuch as they take with them hearts full of earth, they derive little profit. \u00a0Our Lord does not even speak to them, for He knows that it is but a waste of words.\u00a0 In fact, He said as much to St. Teresa on a certain occasion: \u201cI would speak to many souls, but the world keeps up such a noise about their ears that My voice would never be heard by them. \u00a0Oh, that they would retire a little from the world!\u201d \u00a0Whosoever, then, is full of earthly affections cannot even so much as hear the voice of God that speaks to him. \u00a0But unhappy the man that continues attached to the sensible goods of this earth; he may easily become so blinded by them as one day to forsake the love of Jesus Christ; and because of his attachment to these transitory goods, he may lose God, the Infinite Good, for ever. \u00a0St. Teresa said: \u201cIt is a reasonable consequence, that he who runs after perishable goods should himself perish.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMARTES DE LA SEGUNDA SEMANA DESPU\u00c9S DE PENTECOST\u00c9S<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Oh Jes\u00fas m\u00edo, T\u00fa perdonas a los pecadores penitentes, y no reh\u00fasas darles en este mundo todo en la Sagrada Comuni\u00f3n, y en el otro todo en la gloria eterna. \u00bfD\u00f3nde, pues, se encuentra un coraz\u00f3n tan amable y tan compasivo como el Tuyo, oh mi amad\u00edsimo Salvador?<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00bfD\u00f3nde encontraremos un coraz\u00f3n m\u00e1s compasivo y tierno que el Coraz\u00f3n de Jes\u00fas, o que se apiade m\u00e1s de nuestras miserias?
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Esta piedad le indujo a descender del Cielo a esta tierra; le hizo decir que \u00c9l era aquel Buen Pastor que vino a dar su vida para salvar a sus ovejas. Para obtener el perd\u00f3n de nuestros pecados, no se escatim\u00f3, sino que se sacrific\u00f3 en la Cruz, para satisfacer con sus sufrimientos el castigo que se nos deb\u00eda. Esta piedad y compasi\u00f3n le hace decir incluso ahora: \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 morir\u00e9is, casa de Israel? Volved y vivid<\/em>. \u2014 (Ezech. xviii. 31).\u00a0 O men, He says, my poor children, why will you damn yourselves by flying from Me?\u00a0 Do you not see that by separating yourselves from Me you are hastening to eternal death?\u00a0 I desire not to see you lost; do not despair; as long as you wish to return, return and you shall recover your life: Volved y vivid<\/em>.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0O compassionate Heart of my Jesus, have pity on me.\u00a0 Most sweet Jesus, have mercy on me.\u00a0 I say now, and beseech Thee to give me the grace always to say to Thee: \u201cMost Sweet Jesus, have mercy on me!\u201d\u00a0 Even before I offended Thee, my Redeemer, I certainly did not deserve any of the favours Thou hast bestowed upon me.\u00a0 Thou hast created me, Thou hast given me so much light and knowledge; and all without any merit of mine.\u00a0 But after I had offended Thee, I not only did not deserve Thy favour, but I deserved to be forsaken by Thee and cast into hell.\u00a0 Thy compassion has made Thee wait for me and preserve my life even when I had offended Thee.\u00a0 Thy compassion has enlightened me and offered me pardon; it has given me sorrow for my sins, and the desire of loving Thee; and now I hope from Thy mercy to remain always in Thy grace.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This compassion even makes Jesus say that He is that loving Father Who, though He sees Himself despised by His son, yet, if the son returns a penitent, He cannot reject him, but embraces him tenderly and forgets all the injuries He has received: I will not remember all his iniquities. \u2014 <\/em>(Ezech. xviii. 22). \u00a0It is not thus that men behave; for though they may forgive, yet they nevertheless retain the remembrance of the offence received, and feel inclined to revenge themselves; and even if they do not revenge themselves, because they fear God, at least they always feel a very great repugnance to converse or entertain themselves with those persons who have injured them.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 O my Jesus, Thou dost pardon penitent sinners, and dost not refuse in this world to give them everything in Holy Communion during their life, and everything in the other world in eternal glory, without retaining the slightest repugnance towards being united for ever to the soul that offended Thee so often. \u00a0Where, therefore, is to be found a Heart so amiable and compassionate as Thine, O my dearest Saviour?
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 O my Jesus, cease not to show Thy compassion towards me. \u00a0The mercy which I would implore of Thee is that Thou wouldst grant me light and strength to be no longer ungrateful towards Thee. \u00a0No, O my Love, I do not expect that Thou shouldst again forgive me if I again turn my back against Thee; this would be presumption, and would prevent Thee from showing mercy to me any more. \u00a0For what pity, O Jesus, could I expect from Thee if I were so ungrateful as to despise Thy friendship again, and to separate myself from Thee. \u00a0No, my Jesus, I love Thee and I will always love Thee; and this is the mercy which I hope for and seek from Thee: \u201cPermit me not to be separated from Thee! \u00a0Permit me not to be separated from Thee!\u201d
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And I beseech thee, also, O Mary, my Mother, permit me not to be ever again separated from my God.<\/p>

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

DECIMOTERCERA VISITA<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Mis ojos y mi coraz\u00f3n estar\u00e1n siempre all\u00ed<\/em>. \u2014 (3 Kings ix. 3).\u00a0 Behold, Jesus has verified this beautiful promise in the Sacrament of the Altar, wherein He dwells with us night and day.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Se\u00f1or m\u00edo, \u00bfno hubiera bastado que permanecieras en este Sacramento s\u00f3lo durante el d\u00eda, cuando hubieras podido tener adoradores de tu presencia que Te hicieran compa\u00f1\u00eda; pero por qu\u00e9 permanecer tambi\u00e9n toda la noche, cuando todas las iglesias est\u00e1n cerradas, y cuando los hombres se retiran a sus casas, dej\u00e1ndote completamente solo? \u00a1Ah, s\u00ed! Ya te comprendo: el amor te ha hecho nuestro Prisionero; el excesivo amor que nos profesas te ha atado de tal modo a la tierra, que ni de noche ni de d\u00eda puedes dejarnos. Ah, amabil\u00edsimo Salvador, s\u00f3lo este refinamiento del amor deber\u00eda obligar a todos los hombres a permanecer siempre cerca de Ti en el sagrado Tabern\u00e1culo, y a permanecer contigo hasta que se vean obligados a dejarte; y cuando lo hagan, todos deber\u00edan dejar al pie del altar sus corazones y afectos inflamados de amor hacia un Dios Encarnado que permanece solo y encerrado en un Tabern\u00e1culo, todo ojos para verlos y atenderlos en sus necesidades, y todo coraz\u00f3n para amarlos, y que espera el d\u00eda venidero para volver a ser visitado por sus amadas almas.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0S\u00ed, Jes\u00fas m\u00edo, te complacer\u00e9; te consagro toda mi voluntad y todos mis afectos. Oh Majestad infinita de Dios, Te has dejado en este divino Sacramento, no s\u00f3lo para estar presente con nosotros y cerca de nosotros, sino principalmente para comunicarte a Tus amadas almas. Pero, Se\u00f1or, \u00bfqui\u00e9n se atrever\u00e1 a acercarse a Ti para alimentarse de tu carne? \u00bfY qui\u00e9n, por el contrario, puede mantenerse a distancia de Ti? Por eso te escondes en la Hostia consagrada, para entrar en nosotros y poseer nuestros corazones. Ardes en deseos de ser recibido por nosotros y te alegras de estar unido a nosotros. Ven, pues, Jes\u00fas m\u00edo, ven; deseo recibirte dentro de m\u00ed, para que seas el Dios de mi coraz\u00f3n y de mi voluntad. Todo lo que hay en m\u00ed lo entrego, mi querido Redentor, a tu amor; satisfacciones, placeres, voluntad propia, todo te lo entrego a Ti. Oh Amor, oh Dios de amor, reina, triunfa sobre todo mi ser; destruye y sacrifica todo lo que hay en m\u00ed que sea m\u00edo y no Tuyo. No permitas, oh Amor m\u00edo, que mi alma, que, habi\u00e9ndote recibido en la Sagrada Comuni\u00f3n, est\u00e1 llena de la Majestad de Dios, vuelva a apegarse a las criaturas. Te amo, Dios m\u00edo, Te amo y Te amar\u00e9 s\u00f3lo y para siempre.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eyac<\/em>. Atr\u00e1eme con las cadenas de tu amor.<\/p>

VISITA A MAR\u00cdA<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0St. Bernard exhorts us, saying: \u201cLet us seek for grace, and let us seek it through Mary.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cShe,\u201d says St. Peter Damian, \u201cis the treasurer of divine graces.\u201d\u00a0 She can enrich us, and she desires to do so.\u00a0 She therefore invites and calls us, saying: El que sea peque\u00f1o, que venga a m\u00ed<\/em>. \u2014 (Prov. ix. 4).\u00a0 Most amiable Lady, most exalted Lady, most gracious Lady, look on a poor sinner who recommends himself to thee, and who places all his confidence in thee.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eyac<\/em>. Volamos a tu patrocinio, \u00a1oh Santa Madre de Dios!<\/p>

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

XXVI. EL QUE AMA A JESUCRISTO BUSCA DESPRENDERSE DE TODA CRIATURA<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0St. Augustine informs us that Tiberius Caesar desired that the Roman Senate should enroll Jesus Christ among the rest of their gods; but the Senate refused to do so on the ground that He was too proud a God and would be worshipped alone without any companion.\u00a0 It is quite true; God will be alone the object of our adoration and love; not indeed from pride, but because it is His just due, and because too, of the love He bears us.\u00a0 For as He Himself loves us exceedingly, He desires in return all our love; and He is therefore jealous of anyone else sharing the affections of our hearts, of which He desires to be the sole possessor: \u201cJesus is a jealous lover,\u201d says St. Jerome; and He is unwilling, therefore, that we should fix our affections on anything but Himself.\u00a0 And whenever He beholds any created object taking a share of our hearts, He looks on it, as it were with jealousy, as the Apostle St. James says, because He will not endure a rival, but will remain the sole object of all our love: \u00bfCre\u00e9is que la Escritura dice en vano: Envidiar codicia el Esp\u00edritu que mora en vosotros<\/em>. \u2014 (James iv. 5).\u00a0 The Lord, in the sacred Canticles, praises His spouse, saying: Mi hermana, mi esposa, es un jard\u00edn cerrado<\/em>. \u2014 (Cant. iv. 12).\u00a0 He calls her un jard\u00edn cerrado<\/em> because the soul which is His spouse keeps her heart shut against every earthly love, in order to preserve all for Jesus Christ alone.\u00a0 And does Jesus Christ, perchance, not deserve all our love?\u00a0 Ah, too much, too much has He deserved it, both for His own goodness and for His love towards us.\u00a0 The Saints knew this well, and for this reason St. Francis de Sales said: \u201cWere I conscious of one fibre in my heart that did not belong to God, I would forthwith tear it out.\u201d<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 David longed to have wings free from all lime of worldly affections, in order to fly away and repose in God: Who will give me wings like a dove, and I will fly and be at rest? <\/em>\u2014 (Ps. liv. 7). \u00a0Many souls would wish to see themselves released from every earthly trammel to fly to God, and would in reality make lofty flights in the way of sanctity, if they would but detach themselves from everything in this world; but whereas they retain some little inordinate affection, and will not use violence with themselves to get rid of it, they remain always languishing in their misery, without ever so much as taking a single forward step. \u00a0St. John of the Cross said: \u201cThe soul that remains with her affections attached to anything, however small, will, notwithstanding the many virtues she may possess, never arrive at Divine union; for it signifies little whether the bird be tied by a slight thread or a thick one; since, however slight it may be, provided she does not break it, she remains always bound, unable to fly. \u00a0Oh, what a pitiful thing it is to see certain souls, rich in spiritual exercises, in virtues and Divine favours yet, because they are not bold enough to break off some trifling attachment, they cannot attain to Divine union. \u00a0For this union there is needed only one strong and resolute flight to break effectually that fatal thread, for when once the soul is emptied of all affections to creatures, God cannot help communicating Himself wholly to her.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMI\u00c9RCOLES DE LA SEGUNDA SEMANA DESPU\u00c9S DE PENTECOST\u00c9S<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Jes\u00fas ha ofrecido por nosotros todos Sus m\u00e9ritos, todos Sus sufrimientos, todas Sus ignominias, toda Su Sangre y Su misma vida; de modo que estamos bajo no una sino infinitas obligaciones de amarle. Desgraciadamente somos agradecidos con los mismos animales. \u00bfC\u00f3mo es posible que seamos tan ingratos con Dios?<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0El Coraz\u00f3n de Jes\u00fas es tan agradecido, que nuestro Se\u00f1or no puede contemplar las obras m\u00e1s insignificantes hechas por su amor -nuestra m\u00e1s peque\u00f1a palabra dicha para su gloria, un solo buen pensamiento dirigido a agradarle- sin dar a cada una su propia recompensa. Es, adem\u00e1s, tan agradecido que siempre devuelve el ciento por uno: Recibir\u00e1s el ciento por uno.<\/em> \u2014 (Matt. xix. 29).
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Los hombres, cuando son agradecidos y recompensan cualquier beneficio que se les hace, lo recompensan una sola vez; se despojan, por as\u00ed decirlo, de toda obligaci\u00f3n, y luego no piensan m\u00e1s en ello. Jesucristo no act\u00faa as\u00ed con nosotros, pues no s\u00f3lo recompensa cien veces en esta vida cada acci\u00f3n que realizamos para agradarle, sino que en la otra vida la recompensa infinitas veces a lo largo de la eternidad. \u00bfY qui\u00e9n ser\u00e1 tan negligente que no haga cuanto pueda para agradar a este Coraz\u00f3n tan agradecido?
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Dime, oh Jes\u00fas, qu\u00e9 quieres que haga, pues estoy dispuesto a hacerlo todo con tu ayuda. Creo que T\u00fa me has creado. T\u00fa has dado Tu Sangre y Tu vida por amor a m\u00ed. Creo tambi\u00e9n que por m\u00ed T\u00fa permaneces en el Sant\u00edsimo Sacramento; Te doy gracias por ello, oh Amor m\u00edo. Oh, no me permitas ser ingrato en el futuro por tantos beneficios y pruebas de Tu amor. Oh, \u00e1tame, \u00faneme a Tu Coraz\u00f3n, y no me permitas, durante los a\u00f1os que me quedan, ofenderte ni entristecerte m\u00e1s. Te he desagradado demasiado, oh Jes\u00fas m\u00edo, ya es hora de que Te ame ahora. \u00a1Oh, que volvieran aquellos muchos a\u00f1os que he perdido! Pero ya no volver\u00e1n, y la vida que me queda puede ser corta; pero sea corta o larga, Dios m\u00edo, deseo gastarla toda en amarte a Ti, mi soberano Bien, que mereces un amor eterno e infinito.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Oh Mar\u00eda, Madre m\u00eda, que nunca m\u00e1s sea ingrato con tu Hijo. Ruega a Jes\u00fas por m\u00ed.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 But, O my God, how do men try to please Jesus Christ? \u00a0Or rather, I will say, how can we be so ungrateful towards this our Sayiour? \u00a0If He had shed only a single drop of Blood, or one tear for our salvation, we should be under infinite obligation to Him; because this drop and this tear would have been of infinite value in the sight of God towards obtaining for us every grace.\u00a0 But Jesus would employ for us every moment of His life.\u00a0 He has offered for us all His merits, all His sufferings, all His ignominies, all His Blood, and His life; so that we are under not one, but infinite, obligations to love Him.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 But, alas! we are grateful even towards animals: if a little dog shows us any sign of affection, it seems to constrain us to love it. \u00a0How, then, can we be so ungrateful towards God? \u00a0It would seem as if God\u2019s benefits to men change their nature, and become ill-usage; for, instead of gratitude and love, they earn only offences and injuries. \u00a0Do Thou, O Lord, enlighten these ungrateful ones, to know the love Thou bearest them.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 O my beloved Jesus, behold at Thy feet an ungrateful sinner. \u00a0I have been grateful, indeed, towards creatures; but to Thee alone I have been ungrateful \u2013 to Thee, Who hast died for me, and hast done the utmost that Thou couldst do to oblige me to love Thee. \u00a0But the thought that I have to do with a Heart full of goodness and infinite in mercy, of One Who proclaims that He forgives all the offences of the sinner who repents and loves Him, consoles me and gives me courage. \u00a0My dearest Jesus, I have in times past offended Thee and despised Thee; but now I love Thee more than everything \u2013 more than myself.<\/p>

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

DECIMOCUARTA VISITA<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Amabil\u00edsimo Jes\u00fas, Te oigo decir desde este Tabern\u00e1culo, en el que T\u00fa est\u00e1s presente, Este es mi reposo por los siglos de los siglos; aqu\u00ed habitar\u00e9 porque lo he elegido.<\/em> \u2014 (Ps. cxxxi. 14).\u00a0 Since then, Thou hast chosen Thy dwelling on our altars in the midst of us, remaining there in the most Holy Sacrament, and since Thy love for us makes Thee there find Thy repose, it is but just that our hearts also should ever dwell with Thee in affection, and should find all pleasure and repose in Thee.\u00a0 Blessed are you, O loving souls, who can find no sweeter repose in the world than in remaining near to your Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament!\u00a0 And blessed shall I be, my Lord, if from this time forward I find no greater delight than in remaining always in Thy presence, or in always thinking of Thee, Who in the Most Holy Sacrament art always thinking of me and of my welfare.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Ah, my Lord, and why have I lost so many years in which I have not loved Thee?\u00a0 O miserable years, I curse you; and I bless thee, O infinite patience of my God, for having for so many years borne with me, though so ungrateful to Thy love.\u00a0 And still, notwithstanding this ingratitude, Thou waitest for me; and why, my God, why?\u00a0 It is, that one day, overcome by Thy mercies and by Thy love, I may yield wholly to Thee.\u00a0 Lord, I will no longer resist, I will no longer be ungrateful.\u00a0 It is but just that I should consecrate to Thee the time, be it long or short, which I have still to live.\u00a0 I hope for Thy help, O my Jesus, to become entirely Thine.\u00a0 Thou didst favour me so much when I fled from Thee and despised Thy love; how much more may I hope that Thou wilt favour me, now that I seek and desire to love Thee?\u00a0 Give me, then, the grace to love Thee, O God worthy of infinite love.\u00a0 I love thee with my whole heart; I love Thee above all things: I love Thee more than myself, more than my life.\u00a0 I am sorry for having offended Thee, O infinite Goodness.\u00a0 Pardon me, and with Thy pardon grant me the grace to love Thee much in this life until death, and in the next life for all eternity.\u00a0 O Almighty God, show the world the greatness of Thy power, in the prodigy of a soul ungrateful as mine has been, becoming one of Thy greatest lovers.\u00a0 Do this by Thy merits, my Jesus.\u00a0 It is my ardent desire, and I resolve thus to love Thee during my whole life.\u00a0 Do Thou, Who inspirest me with this desire, give me also the strength to accomplish it.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eyac<\/em>. Jes\u00fas m\u00edo, te doy gracias por haberme esperado hasta ahora.<\/p>

VISITA A MAR\u00cdA<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0St. Germanus, addressing the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, says: \u201cNo one is saved but through thee; no one is delivered from evils but through thee; there is no one on whom any gift is bestowed but through thee.\u201d Therefore, my Lady and my hope, if thou dost not help me I am lost, and shall be unable to bless thee in Heaven.\u00a0 But Lady, I hear all the Saints say that thou never abandonest those who have recourse to thee.\u00a0 He only is lost who has not recourse to thee.\u00a0 I, then, miserable creature that I am, have recourse to thee, and in thee place all my hopes.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eyac<\/em>. Mar\u00eda es toda mi confianza, es todo el fundamento de mi esperanza.<\/p>

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

XXVII. EL QUE AMA A JESUCRISTO BUSCA DESPRENDERSE DE TODA CRIATURA<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Quien quiera poseer enteramente a Dios debe entregarse enteramente a Dios: Mi amado para m\u00ed, y yo para \u00e9l<\/em> \u2014 (Cant. ii. 16), says the Sacred Spouse.\u00a0 My beloved has given Himself entirely to me, and I give myself entirely to Him.\u00a0 The love which Jesus Christ bears us causes Him to desire all our love; and without all He is not satisfied.\u00a0 On this account we find St. Teresa thus writing to the prioress of one of her convents: \u201cEndeavour to train souls to total detachment from everything created, because they are to be trained for the spouses of a King so jealous that He would have them even forget themselves.\u201d St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi took a little book of devotion from one of her novices, merely because she observed that she was too much attached to it.\u00a0 Many souls acquit themselves of the duty of prayer, of visiting the Blessed Sacrament, of frequenting Holy Communion; but nevertheless they make little or no progress in perfection, and all because they keep some fondness for something in their heart; and if they persist in living thus, they will not only be always miserable, but run the risk of losing all.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We must, therefore, beseech Almighty God, with David, to rid our heart of all earthly attachments: Create a clean heart in me, O God. \u2014 <\/em>(Ps. l. 12). \u00a0Otherwise we can never be wholly His. \u00a0He has given us to understand very plainly that whoever will not renounce everything in this world cannot be His disciple: Every one of you that doth not renounce all that he possesseth, cannot be my disciple. <\/em>\u2014 (Luke xiv. 33). \u00a0For this reason the ancient Fathers of the Desert were accustomed first to put this question to any youth who desired to associate himself with them: \u201cDost thou bring an empty heart that the Holy Spirit may fill it?\u201d \u00a0Our Lord said the same thing to St. Gertrude when she besought Him to signify what He wished of her: \u201cI wish nothing else He said, but to find a heart devoid of creatures.\u201d \u00a0We must therefore say to God with great resolution and courage: O Lord, I prefer Thee to all; to health, to riches, to honours and dignities, to applause, to learning, to consolations, to high hopes, to desires, and even to the very graces and gifts which I may receive of Thee!\u00a0 In short, I prefer Thee to every good which is not Thee, O my God! \u00a0Whatever benefit Thou grantest me, O my God, nothing besides Thyself will satisfy me. \u00a0I desire Thee alone, and nothing else.<\/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 DESPRECIADO DE JES\u00daS<\/em><\/b><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0No hay mayor dolor para un coraz\u00f3n que ama que ver despreciado su amor; y tanto m\u00e1s cuando por una parte el amor ha sido grande, y por otra ha sido grande la ingratitud. Jesucristo ha ofrecido por nosotros sus sufrimientos, su Sangre, su vida misma, y nosotros le hemos devuelto malos tratos, desprecios e injurias.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0No hay mayor dolor para un coraz\u00f3n que ama que ver despreciado su amor; y tanto m\u00e1s cuando las pruebas dadas de este amor han sido grandes, y, por otra parte la ingratitud grande. Si todo ser humano renunciara a todos sus bienes, y se fuera a vivir al desierto, a alimentarse de hierbas, a dormir sobre la tierra desnuda, a macerarse con penitencias, y al fin se entregara al martirio por amor de Cristo, \u00bfqu\u00e9 recompensa podr\u00eda dar por los sufrimientos, la Sangre, la vida que este gran Hijo de Dios ha dado por \u00e9l? Si nosotros nos sacrific\u00e1ramos a cada instante hasta la muerte, ciertamente no recompensar\u00edamos en el menor grado el amor que Jesucristo nos ha demostrado entreg\u00e1ndose a nosotros en el Sant\u00edsimo Sacramento. S\u00f3lo concibe que Dios se oculte bajo la especie del pan para convertirse en el Alimento de una de sus criaturas. Pero, Dios m\u00edo, \u00bfqu\u00e9 recompensa y gratitud rinden los hombres a Jesucristo? Qu\u00e9 sino malos tratos, desprecio de Sus leyes y Sus m\u00e1ximas, - injurias tales que no cometer\u00edan contra su enemigo, o su esclavo, o el mayor villano de la tierra.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Oh Coraz\u00f3n de Jes\u00fas, abismo de misericordia y de amor, \u00bfc\u00f3mo es que, a la vista de la bondad que me has mostrado, y de mi ingratitud, no muero de dolor? T\u00fa, oh Salvador m\u00edo, despu\u00e9s de haberme dado mi ser, me has dado toda tu Sangre y tu vida, ofreci\u00e9ndote por m\u00ed a la ignominia y a la muerte; y, no contento con esto, has inventado el modo de sacrificarte cada d\u00eda por m\u00ed en la Sagrada Eucarist\u00eda, no rehusando exponerte a las injurias que preve\u00edas en este Sacramento de amor. Oh Dios m\u00edo, \u00a1c\u00f3mo puedo verme tan ingrato a Ti sin morir de confusi\u00f3n! Oh Se\u00f1or, pon fin, Te ruego, a mi ingratitud, hiriendo mi coraz\u00f3n con Tu amor, y haci\u00e9ndome enteramente Tuyo.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And can we think upon all the injuries which Jesus Christ has received, and still receives every day, and not feel sorrow for them, and not endeavour by our love to recompense the infinite love of His Divine Heart \u2013 this Divine Heart which ever remains with us in the Most Holy Sacrament, inflamed with the same love towards us, and anxious to communicate every good gift to us, and to give Itself entirely to us, ever ready to receive and pardon us whenever we return? \u00a0Him that cometh to me, I will not cast out. <\/em>\u2014 (John vi. 37). \u00a0We have been accustomed to hear of the Creation, Incarnation, Redemption, of Jesus born in a stable, of Jesus dead on the Cross. \u00a0O my God, if we knew that another man had conferred on us any of these benefits, we could not help loving him! \u00a0It seems that God alone has, so to say, this misfortune amongst men, that, though He has done His utmost to make them love Him, yet He cannot attain this end, and, instead of being loved, He sees Himself despised and neglected. \u00a0All this arises from the forgetfulness of men for the love of God.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ah, dear Jesus, remember the Blood and tears Thou hast shed for me, and forgive me. \u00a0Let not all Thy sufferings be lost upon me. \u00a0But though Thou didst see how ungrateful and unworthy of Thy love I have been, yet Thou didst not cease to love me even when I did not love Thee, nor even desire that Thou shouldst love me; how much more, then, may I not hope for Thy love, now that I desire and sigh after nothing but to love Thee, and to be loved by Thee. \u00a0Oh, do Thou fully satisfy this my desire; or rather, this Thy desire, for it is Thou that hast given it to me. \u00a0Grant that this day may be the day of my thorough conversion; so that I may begin to love Thee, and may never cease to love Thee, my sovereign Good. \u00a0Make me in everything die to myself in order that I may live only to Thee, and that I may always burn with Thy love. \u00a0O Mary, thy heart was the blessed altar that was always on fire with Divine love: my dearest Mother, make me like to thee; obtain this from thy Son, Who delights in honouring thee, by denying thee nothing that Thou askest of Him.<\/p>

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

DECIMOQUINTA VISITA<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0He venido a arrojar fuego sobre la tierra; \u00bfy qu\u00e9 quiero sino que se encienda?<\/em> \u2014 (Luke xii. 49).\u00a0 Father Francis Olimpio, the Theatine, used to say that there was nothing on earth which enkindled such ardent flames of Divine love in the hearts of men as the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.\u00a0 Hence our Lord showed Himself to St. Catherine of Sienna, in the Blessed Sacrament, as a furnace of love, from which issued forth torrents of divine flames, spreading themselves over the whole earth; so much so, indeed, that the Saint, in perfect astonishment, wondered how it was possible that men could live without burning with love for such love on the part of God towards them.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Jes\u00fas m\u00edo, haz que arda en deseos de Ti; haz que todos mis pensamientos, suspiros, deseos y b\u00fasquedas sean s\u00f3lo para Ti. \u00a1Oh, feliz ser\u00eda si este Tu fuego celestial me poseyera completamente, y a medida que avanzo en a\u00f1os, consumiera gradualmente todos los afectos terrenales en m\u00ed!
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a1Oh, Verbo Divino! \u00a1Oh, Jes\u00fas m\u00edo! Te veo todo sacrificado, todo aniquilado, y por decirlo as\u00ed, destruido en el Altar, por mi amor. Es, pues, justo que, ya que T\u00fa te sacrificas como V\u00edctima por amor a m\u00ed, yo al menos me consagre enteramente a Ti. S\u00ed, mi Dios y mi soberano Se\u00f1or, ahora te sacrifico toda mi alma, todo mi ser, toda mi voluntad y toda mi vida. Uno este pobre sacrificio m\u00edo, oh Padre Eterno, al infinito Sacrificio de S\u00ed mismo que Jes\u00fas, tu Hijo y mi Salvador, te ofreci\u00f3 una vez en la Cruz, y que ahora te ofrece tantas veces cada d\u00eda en nuestros Altares. Ac\u00e9ptala, pues, por los m\u00e9ritos de Jesucristo; y conc\u00e9deme la gracia de renovarla cada d\u00eda de mi vida, y de morir sacrificando todo mi ser a Tu honor. Deseo la gracia concedida a tantos M\u00e1rtires, de morir por Tu amor. Pero si soy indigno de una gracia tan grande, conc\u00e9deme, al menos, Se\u00f1or m\u00edo, que pueda sacrificarte mi vida, junto con toda mi voluntad, aceptando la muerte que T\u00fa me env\u00edes. Se\u00f1or, deseo esta gracia; deseo morir con la intenci\u00f3n de honrarte y agradarte con ello; y desde este momento sacrifico mi vida a Ti; y te ofrezco mi muerte, cuando o donde quiera que tenga lugar.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eyac<\/em>. Jes\u00fas m\u00edo, \u00a1deseo morir para complacerte!<\/p>

VISITA A MAR\u00cdA<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Allow me also, my most sweet Queen, to call thee, with thine own St. Bernard, \u201cthe whole ground of my hope,\u201d and to say with St. John Damascene, \u201cI have placed my whole hope in thee.\u201d\u00a0 Thou hast to obtain for me the forgiveness of my sins; thou, perseverance until death; thou, deliverance from Purgatory.\u00a0 All who are saved obtain salvation through thee: thou, then, O Mary, hast to save me: \u201cHe will be saved whom thou willest,\u201d says St. Bonaventure.\u00a0 Will, then, my salvation, and I shall be saved.\u00a0 But thou savest all who invoke thee; behold, then, I invoke thee, and say:<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eyac<\/em>. Oh salvaci\u00f3n de los que te invocan, \u00a1s\u00e1lvame!<\/p>

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

XXVIII. EL QUE AMA A JESUCRISTO BUSCA DESPRENDERSE DE TODA CRIATURA<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0When the heart is detached from creatures, Divine love immediately enters and fills it.\u00a0 Moreover, St. Teresa said: \u201cAs soon as the evil occasions are removed, the heart forthwith turns herself to love God.\u201d Yes, for the human heart cannot exist without loving; it must either love the Creator or creatures: if it does not love creatures, then assuredly it will love God.\u00a0 In short, we must leave all in order to gain all.\u00a0 \u201cAll for all,\u201d says Thomas \u00e0 Kempis.\u00a0 As long as St. Teresa cherished a certain affection, though pure, towards one of her relations, she did not wholly belong to God; but when afterwards she summoned courage, and resolutely cut off the attachment, then she deserved to hear these words from Jesus: \u201cNow, Teresa, thou art all Mine, and I am all thine.\u201d\u00a0 One heart is quite too small to love this God, so loving and so lovely, and Who merits an infinite love; and shall we then think of dividing this one little heart of ours between creatures and God?\u00a0 The Venerable Lewis da Ponte felt ashamed to speak thus to God: \u201cO Lord, I love Thee above all things, above riches, above honours, friends, relations!\u201d for it seemed to him as much as to say: \u201cO Lord, I love Thee more than dust and smoke and the worms of the earth!\u201d<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:<\/strong><\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Prophet Jeremias says that the Lord is all goodness towards him who seeks Him: The Lord is good to the soul that seeketh him. \u2014 <\/em>(Lam. iii. 25). \u00a0But he understands it of a soul that seeks God alone! \u00a0O blessed loss! \u00a0O blessed gain! \u00a0To lose worldly goods, which cannot satisfy the heart and are soon gone, in order to gain the sovereign and eternal Good, which is God! \u00a0It is related that a pious hermit, one day while a king was hunting through the woods, began to run to and fro as if in search of something. \u00a0The king, observing him thus occupied, inquired of him who he was and what he was doing; the hermit replied: \u201cAnd may I ask your majesty what you are engaged about in this desert?\u201d\u00a0 The king made answer: \u201cI am going in pursuit of game.\u201d \u00a0And the hermit replied: \u201cI, too, am going in pursuit of God.\u201d \u00a0With these words he went his way.\u00a0 During the present life this must likewise be our only thought, our only purpose, to go in search of God in order to love Him, and in search of His will in order to fulfil it, ridding our heart of all love of creatures. \u00a0And whenever some worldly good presents itself to our imaginations to solicit our affection, let us be ready with this answer: \u201cI have despised the kingdom of this world, and all the charms of this life for the sake of the love of my Lord Jesus Christ.\u201d \u00a0And what else are all the dignities and grandeurs of this world but smoke, filth, and vanity, which all disappear at death? \u00a0Blessed he who can say: \u201cMy Jesus, I have left all for Thy love; Thou art my only Love; Thou alone art sufficient for me.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Fiesta del Sagrado Coraz\u00f3n de Jes\u00fas<\/em><\/p>

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

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0La fidelidad del Coraz\u00f3n de Jes\u00fas nos da confianza para esperar todas las cosas aunque no merezcamos nada.\u00a0 Dios es fiel,<\/em> dice San Pablo. \u00a1Oh, qu\u00e9 fiel es el hermoso Coraz\u00f3n de Jes\u00fas para con los que llama a su amor!<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Oh, qu\u00e9 fiel es el hermoso Coraz\u00f3n de Jes\u00fas hacia los que llama a su amor: Fiel es el que os ha llamado, que tambi\u00e9n cumplir\u00e1<\/em>. \u2014 (1 Thess. v. 24).\u00a0 The faithfulness of God gives us confidence to hope all things, although we deserve nothing.\u00a0 If we have driven God from our heart, let us open the door to Him, and He will immediately enter, according to the promise He has made: Si alguien me abre la puerta, entrar\u00e9 en \u00e9l y cenar\u00e9 con \u00e9l.<\/em>. \u2014 (Apoc. iii. 20).\u00a0 If we wish for graces, let us ask for them of God, in the Name of Jesus Christ, and He has promised us that we shall obtain them: Si ped\u00eds algo al Padre en mi nombre, \u00c9l os lo dar\u00e1.<\/em>. \u2014 (John xvi. 23).\u00a0 If we are tempted, let us trust in His merits, and He will not permit our enemies to strive with us beyond our strength: Fiel es Dios, que no os dejar\u00e1 ser tentados m\u00e1s de lo que pod\u00e9is<\/em>. \u2014 (1 Cor. x. 13).\u00a0 Oh, how much better is it to have to do with God than with men!\u00a0 How often do men promise and then fail, either because they tell lies in making their promises, or because, after having made the promise, they change their minds: \u201cDios no es como el hombre<\/em>,\u201d says the Holy Spirit, \u201cque mienta; o como el hijo del hombre, que se transforme<\/em>.\u201d \u2014 (Numb. xxiii. 19).
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Conozco mi ingratitud, oh Jes\u00fas m\u00edo, y la aborrezco. S\u00e9 que T\u00fa eres la Bondad infinita, que mereces un amor infinito, especialmente de m\u00ed, a quien tanto has amado, aun despu\u00e9s de todas las ofensas que te he hecho. Infeliz de m\u00ed si me condenara; las gracias que me has concedido y las pruebas del singular afecto que me has demostrado, ser\u00edan, oh Dios, el infierno de los infiernos para m\u00ed. Ah, no, Amor m\u00edo, ten piedad de m\u00ed; no permitas que vuelva a abandonarte, y entonces, conden\u00e1ndome, como merecer\u00eda, siga pagando en el infierno con injurias y odio el amor que me has profesado. Oh amoroso y fiel Coraz\u00f3n de Jes\u00fas, inflama, te lo suplico, mi miserable coraz\u00f3n, para que arda de amor por Ti, como el Tuyo arde por m\u00ed. Jes\u00fas m\u00edo, me parece que ahora Te amo, pero Te amo muy poco. Haz que te ame mucho y que te sea fiel hasta la muerte. Te pido esta gracia, junto con la de rogarte siempre por ella. Haz que muera antes que volver a traicionarte. Oh Mar\u00eda, Madre m\u00eda, ay\u00fadame a ser fiel a tu Hijo.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 God cannot be unfaithful to His promises, because, being Truth itself, He cannot lie; nor can He change His mind, because all that He wills is just and right. \u00a0He has promised to receive all that come to Him, to give help to him that asks it, to love him that loves Him; and shall He, then, not do it? \u00a0Hath he said, then, and will he not do it?<\/em> \u00a0Oh, that we were as faithful with God as He is with us! \u00a0Oh, how often have we, in times past, promised Him to be His, to serve Him and to love Him; and then have betrayed Him, and, renouncing His service, have sold ourselves as slaves to the devil! \u00a0Oh, let us beseech Him to give us strength to be faithful to Him for the future! \u00a0Oh, how blessed shall we be if we are faithful to Jesus Christ in the few things that He commands us to do; He will, indeed, be faithful in remunerating us with infinitely great rewards; and He will declare to us what He has promised to His faithful servants: Well done, good and faithful servant; because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. \u2014 <\/em>(Matt. xxv. 21).
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Oh, that I had been as faithful towards Thee, my dearest Redeemer, as Thou hast been faithful to me.\u00a0 Whenever I have opened my heart to Thee, Thou hast entered in, to forgive me and to receive me into Thy favour; whenever I have called Thee, Thou hast hastened to my assistance. \u00a0Thou hast been faithful with me, but I have been exceedingly unfaithful towards Thee. \u00a0I have promised Thee my love, and then have many times refused it to Thee; as if Thou, my God, Who hast created and redeemed me, wert less worthy of being loved than Thy creatures and those miserable pleasures for which I have forsaken Thee. \u00a0Forgive me, O my Jesus.<\/p>

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

DECIMOSEXTA VISITA<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Si los hombres no recurrieran siempre al Sant\u00edsimo Sacramento para buscar en \u00e9l el remedio de sus males, ciertamente no ser\u00edan tan miserables como son. El profeta Jerem\u00edas, lament\u00e1ndose, exclam\u00f3: \u00bfNo hay b\u00e1lsamo en Galaad, o no hay m\u00e9dico all\u00ed?<\/em> \u2014 (Jer. viii. 22).\u00a0 Galaad, a mountain of Arabia, rich in aromatical spices, according to the Venerable Bede, is a figure of Jesus Christ, Who, in this Sacrament, keeps in readiness all the remedies of our woes.\u00a0 Why, then, our Redeemer seems to ask, do you complain of your misfortunes, O ye sons of Adam, when you have the physician and the remedy for them all in this Sacrament?\u00a0 Ven a m\u00ed, y yo te refrescar\u00e9<\/em>. \u2014 (Matt. xi. 28).\u00a0 I will, then, address Thee, O Lord, in the words of the sisters of Lazarus: He aqu\u00ed, aquel a quien amas est\u00e1 enfermo<\/em>. \u2014 (John xi. 3).\u00a0 Lord, I am that miserable creature whom Thou lovest; my soul is all wounded by the sins I have committed; my divine Physician, I come to Thee that Thou mayest heal me; if Thou wilt, Thou canst cure me; Sana mi alma, porque he pecado contra ti<\/em>. \u2014 (Ps. xl. 5).\u00a0 Draw me wholly to Thyself, my most sweet Jesus, by the all-winning attractions of Thy love.\u00a0 Far rather would I be bound to Thee than become the lord of the whole earth.\u00a0 I desire nothing else in the world but to love Thee.\u00a0 I have but little to give Thee; but could I gain possession of all the kingdoms of the world, I would do so, that I might renounce them all for Thy love.\u00a0 For Thee, then, I renounce what I can; I give up all relatives, all comforts, all pleasures, and even spiritual consolations; for Thee I renounce my liberty and my will.\u00a0 On Thee I desire to bestow all my love.\u00a0 I love Thee, infinite Goodness; I love Thee more than myself, and I hope to love Thee for all eternity.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eyac<\/em>. Jes\u00fas m\u00edo, me entrego a Ti, \u00a1ac\u00e9ptame!<\/p>

VISITA A MAR\u00cdA<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0My Lady, thou didst say to St. Bridget: \u201cHowever much a man sins, if he returns to me with a real purpose of amendment, I am instantly ready to welcome him; neither do I pay attention to the greatness of his sins, but to the intention alone with which he comes.\u00a0 I do not disdain to anoint and heal his wounds; for I am called, and truly am, the Mother of Mercy.\u201d\u00a0 Since, then, thou hast both the power and the will to heal me, behold I have recourse to thee, O heavenly physician; heal the many wounds of my soul; with a single word addressed by thee to thy Son I shall be restored.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eyac<\/em>. \u00a1Oh Mar\u00eda, ten piedad de m\u00ed!<\/p>

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

XXIX. EL QUE AMA A JESUCRISTO BUSCA DESPRENDERSE DE TODA CRIATURA<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0When once the love of God takes full possession of a soul, she of her own accord (supposing always, of course, the assistance of Divine grace) strives to divest herself of everything that could prove a hindrance to her belonging wholly to God.\u00a0 Saint Francis de Sales remarks that when a house catches fire all the furniture is thrown out of the window; meaning thereby, that when a person gives himself entirely to God, he needs no persuasion of preachers or confessors, but of his own accord seeks to get rid of every earthly affection.\u00a0 Father Segneri the Younger called the Divine love a robber, which happily despoils us of all, that we may come into the possession of God alone.\u00a0 A certain man, of respectable position in life, having renounced everything in order to become poor for the love of Jesus Christ was questioned by a friend how he fell into such a state of poverty; he took from his pocket a small volume of the Gospels, and said: \u201cBehold, this is what has stripped me of all.\u201d\u00a0 The Holy Spirit says: Si un hombre diera toda la hacienda de su casa por amor, la despreciar\u00eda como nada.<\/em> \u2014 (Cant. viii., 7).\u00a0 And when a soul fixes her whole love in God, she despises all, wealth, pleasures, dignities, territories, kingdoms, and all her longing is after God alone; she says again and again: \u201cMy God, I wish for Thee only, and nothing more.\u201d\u00a0 St. Francis de Sales writes: \u201cThe pure love of God consumes everything which is not God, to convert all into itself; for whatever we do for the love of God is love.\u201d<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Sacred Spouse said: He brought me into the cellar of wine, he set in order charity in me. \u2014 <\/em>(Cant. ii. 4).\u00a0 This cellar of wine, writes St. Teresa, is Divine love, which, on taking possession of a soul, so perfectly inebriates it, as to make it forgetful of everything created. \u00a0A person intoxicated is as it were dead in his senses; he neither sees, nor hears, nor speaks: and so it happens to the soul inebriated with Divine love. \u00a0She has no longer any sense of the things of the world; she wishes to think only of God, to speak only of God; she recognises no other motive in all her actions but to love and to please God. \u00a0In the Sacred Canticles the Lord forbids them to awake His beloved, who sleeps: Stir not up, nor make the beloved to awake, till she please. <\/em>\u2014 (Cant. ii. 7). \u00a0This blessed sleep, enjoyed by souls espoused to Jesus Christ, says St. Basil, is nothing else than \u201cthe utter oblivion of all things,\u201d a virtuous and voluntary forgetfulness of every created thing, in order to be occupied solely with God, and to able to exclaim with St. Francis: \u201cDeus meus et omnia \u2013<\/em>\u00a0My God and my All!\u201d \u00a0My God, what are riches, and dignities, and the goods of this world, compared with Thee! \u00a0Thou art my All, and my every Good. \u00a0\u201cMy God and my All!\u201d\u00a0 Thomas \u00e0 Kempis writes: \u201cOh, sweet word! \u00a0It speaks enough for him who understands it; and to him who loves, it is most delicious to repeat again and again: My God and my All! \u00a0My God and my All!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Meditaci\u00f3n matutina: \u00a0MAR\u00cdA ES NUESTRA MADRE DEL PERPETUO SOCORRO<\/em><\/b><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0San Pablo escribi\u00f3 de nuestro Se\u00f1or Jesucristo: Porque en cuanto \u00e9l mismo padeci\u00f3 y fue tentado, es poderoso para socorrer tambi\u00e9n a los que son tentados<\/em>. \u2014 (Heb. ii. 18).\u00a0 So, too, had the Mother of Jesus to be tried with many and terrible sufferings in order that, as St. Alphonsus says, she might be in all things like to her Son, and be able to succour and console the miserable.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The Blessed Mother of God well deserves the glorious and beautiful title of Perpetual Succour.\u00a0 She has earned this title because of her great sufferings for our sake.\u00a0 \u201cIn all things like to her Divine Son is His Mother Mary; and as she is the Mother of Mercy, she rejoices when she succours and consoles the miserable.\u201d \u2014 (St. Alphonsus).\u00a0 But ere she could rejoice as the Consoler and Perpetual Succour of men, she had, like her Divine Son, to be tried, to be tempted, and to suffer.\u00a0 St. Paul wrote of Our Lord Jesus Christ: Porque en cuanto \u00e9l mismo padeci\u00f3 y fue tentado, es poderoso para socorrer tambi\u00e9n a los que son tentados<\/em>. Para ganar para S\u00ed el glorioso Nombre de Jes\u00fas, y para socorrer y salvar a la humanidad, nuestro Divino Se\u00f1or se someti\u00f3 a grandes sufrimientos, hasta el derramamiento de la \u00faltima gota de Su preciosa Sangre. As\u00ed tambi\u00e9n la Divina Madre tuvo que ser probada con muchos y terribles sufrimientos para participar con su Hijo en la obra de la Redenci\u00f3n del g\u00e9nero humano, y ganar para s\u00ed el glorioso nombre y t\u00edtulo del Perpetuo Socorro del mundo.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0La Madre Divina sufri\u00f3 en su Hijo. Es en los sufrimientos del hijo donde toda madre verdadera y amorosa sufre m\u00e1s intensamente. Mar\u00eda conoc\u00eda bien las Escrituras, y desde su m\u00e1s tierna infancia en el Templo las meditaba en su coraz\u00f3n, especialmente todo lo que se refer\u00eda a la venida del Redentor, a su vida y a su muerte. Sab\u00eda mejor que el Profeta y el Sacerdote lo que el Mes\u00edas tendr\u00eda que hacer y sufrir para entrar en su gloria, y as\u00ed, desde el momento en que el Arc\u00e1ngel la salud\u00f3: \u00a1Salve, llena eres de gracia!<\/em> y fue cubierta por la sombra del Esp\u00edritu Santo y el Verbo se hizo carne en su seno, tambi\u00e9n los dolores la cubrieron y la llenaron de los m\u00e1s tristes presentimientos. El \u00c1ngel de sus alegr\u00edas se convirti\u00f3 pronto en el mensajero del dolor para llevar la terrible visi\u00f3n de la Cruz y los Clavos ante los ojos del Ni\u00f1o y de la Madre, desde el pesebre de Bel\u00e9n hasta la colina del Calvario.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0O my afflicted Mother, thou didst weep bitterly over thy Son Who died for my salvation; but what will thy tears avail me if I am lost?\u00a0 By thy merits, then, obtain for me true contrition for my sins and a real amendment of life.\u00a0 If Jesus and thou, being so innocent, have suffered so much for love of me, obtain that at least I may suffer something for your love.\u00a0 \u201cO Lady,\u201d I will say with St. Bonaventure, \u201cif I have offended thee, in justice wound my heart: if I have served thee I ask for wounds as my reward.\u00a0 It is shameful to see my Lord wounded, and thee wounded, and myself without a wound!\u00a0 Ah, cease not, O Advocate of sinners, to assist my soul in the midst of the combat.\u00a0 I invoke thy Son and thee to succour me in life and in death.\u00a0 O Jesus and Mary, to you I recommend my soul.\u201d<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0How plainly and eloquently does the Picture of the Mother of Perpetual Succour tell of the Mother’s sufferings in her Child.\u00a0 There we see only one sufferer as it were, so united and identified are both in the sorrows.\u00a0 The horrid visions that afflict His eyes afflict her soul, and every quiver of pain in the limbs of the Divine Lamb in her arms makes her heart tremble and agonise.\u00a0 The loving St. Alphonsus says: \u201cFrom the beginning of His life Jesus had always before His eyes the sad vision of all the torments He would have to endure before He left this earth, as He predicted by the mouth of the Prophet: Mi dolor est\u00e1 continuamente ante m\u00ed<\/em>. \u2014 (Ps. xxxvii., 18).\u201d\u00a0 So, then, my Redeemer, throughout Thy life, I shall find Thee nowhere but on the Cross!\u00a0 Even while sleeping, says Bellarmine, the vision of the Cross was present to the Heart of Jesus.\u00a0 \u201cChrist had His Cross always before His eyes.\u00a0 When He slept, His Heart watched; nor was it ever free from the vision of the Cross.\u201d
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0So likewise had the Divine Mother to endure her perpetual agony that in all things, she, the Co-Redemptrix of the world, might be like to her Divine Son, the Redeemer.\u00a0 Mary revealed to St. Bridget that when she suckled her Child she thought of the vinegar and gall; when swathing Him, she thought of the cords with which He was to be bound; when bearing Him in her arms, of the Cross to which He would be nailed; when He was sleeping, of His Death.\u00a0 As often as she put on Him His garments, she reflected how they would be torn from His bleeding body one day; and when she beheld His feet and hands, she thought of the nails that would one day pierce them, and then, as Mary said to St. Bridget, \u201cmy eyes filled with tears and my heart was tortured with grief.\u201d Thus truly had Mary to suffer and to be tempted, like her Divine Son, so as to be able to succour them also that are tempted, and to merit the glorious title of the world’s Perpetual Succour.\u00a0 Mary is now all-powerful in Heaven, ever acting as our Advocate and interceding for us, says Blessed Amadeus, with her most powerful prayers, for she well sees our miseries and our dangers, and, as our most clement and sweet Lady, compassionates and succours us with a Mother’s love.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Oh Madre del Perpetuo Socorro, conc\u00e9deme invocar siempre tu nombre poderos\u00edsimo, pues tu nombre es ayuda en la vida, salvaci\u00f3n en la muerte. Doy gracias al Se\u00f1or por haberte dado para mi bien este nombre tan dulce, tan amable y tan poderoso. Pero no me basta con pronunciar tu nombre. Deseo hacerlo por amor. Deseo que el amor me recuerde llamarte siempre Madre del Perpetuo Socorro<\/em>.<\/p>

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

DECIMOS\u00c9PTIMA VISITA<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Las almas amantes no pueden encontrar mayor deleite que estar en compa\u00f1\u00eda de aquellos a quienes aman. Si, pues, amamos mucho a Jesucristo, he aqu\u00ed que ahora estamos en su presencia. Jes\u00fas en el Sant\u00edsimo Sacramento nos ve y nos oye: \u00bfno le diremos, pues, nada? Consol\u00e9monos en su compa\u00f1\u00eda; alegr\u00e9monos de su gloria y del amor que tantas almas enamoradas le profesan en el Sant\u00edsimo Sacramento. Deseemos que todos amen a Jes\u00fas Sacramentado y le consagren su coraz\u00f3n; al menos consagr\u00e9mosle todos nuestros afectos. \u00c9l debe ser todo nuestro amor y todo nuestro deseo. El Padre Salesio, de la Compa\u00f1\u00eda de Jes\u00fas, se consolaba hablando s\u00f3lo del Sant\u00edsimo Sacramento; nunca pod\u00eda visitarlo bastante. Cuando se le llamaba al locutorio, o al volver a su habitaci\u00f3n, o al ir por la casa, aprovechaba siempre estas ocasiones para repetir sus visitas a su amado Se\u00f1or; tanto, que se observaba que apenas pasaba una hora del d\u00eda sin que le visitase. Finalmente obtuvo el favor de morir a manos de herejes mientras defend\u00eda la verdad de la Presencia Real en el Sant\u00edsimo Sacramento.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a1Oh, si tuviera la dicha de morir por una causa tan noble como la defensa de este Sacramento, en el que, oh amabil\u00edsimo Jes\u00fas, nos has ense\u00f1ado la ternura del amor que nos profesas! Pero ya que, mi Se\u00f1or, haces tantos milagros en este Sacramento, haz tambi\u00e9n \u00e9ste; atrae todo mi ser hacia Ti. T\u00fa deseas que yo sea todo tuyo, y mereces que lo sea. Dame la fuerza para amarte con todo el afecto de mi alma. Da los bienes de este mundo a quien T\u00fa quieras. Yo renuncio a todos ellos. S\u00f3lo deseo y anhelo tu amor; s\u00f3lo esto busco ahora y buscar\u00e9 siempre. Te amo, Jes\u00fas m\u00edo; conc\u00e9deme la gracia de amarte siempre, y conc\u00e9deme s\u00f3lo esto.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eyac<\/em>. Jes\u00fas m\u00edo, \u00bfcu\u00e1ndo te amar\u00e9 de verdad?<\/p>

VISITA A MAR\u00cdA<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0My most sweet Queen, how pleasing to me is that beautiful name by which thy devout clients address thee: \u201cMater amabilis<\/em>, Most Amiable Mother!\u201d\u00a0 Yes, my Lady, thou art truly and indeed amiable.\u00a0 Thy beauty has captivated thy Lord Himself: Y el rey desear\u00e1 mucho tu hermosura<\/em>. \u2014 (Ps. xliv. 12).\u00a0 St. Bernard says that thy very name is so amiable to thy lovers that when they pronounce it, or hear it, they are inflamed with a fresh desire to love thee: \u201cO sweet, O pious, O exceedingly amiable Mary!\u00a0 Thou canst not be named without inflaming, neither can thy name be heard without enkindling the affections of those who love thee.\u201d\u00a0 It is, then, reasonable, my most amiable Mother, that I should love thee.\u00a0 But I am not satisfied with only loving thee; I desire in the first place on earth, and then in Heaven, to be, after God, thy greatest lover.\u00a0 If my desire is presumptuous, it is thou thyself who art to blame, on account of thy amiability and the special love which thou hast shown me.\u00a0 If thou wert less amiable, my desire to love thee would be less.\u00a0 Accept, then, O Lady, this my desire, and in token thou hast accepted it, do thou obtain for me from God this love for which I ask thee, since He is so well pleased with the love which is borne thee.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eyac<\/em>. Mi amabil\u00edsima Madre, \u00a1te quiero mucho!<\/p>

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

XXX. EL QUE AMA A JESUCRISTO BUSCA DESPRENDERSE DE TODA CRIATURA<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Para llegar a la uni\u00f3n perfecta con Dios, es absolutamente necesario un desprendimiento total de las criaturas. Y para llegar a lo particular, debemos despojarnos de todo afecto desmedido hacia las relaciones. Jesucristo dijo: Si alguno viene a m\u00ed y no aborrece a su padre y a su madre, a su mujer y a sus hijos, a sus hermanos y a sus hermanas, y aun tambi\u00e9n su propia vida, no puede ser mi disc\u00edpulo.<\/em>. \u2014 (Luke xiv. 26).\u00a0 And wherefore this hatred to relations?\u00a0 Because, generally, as regards the interests of the soul, we cannot have greater enemies than our own kindred: Y los enemigos de un hombre ser\u00e1n los de su propia casa<\/em>. \u2014 (Matt. x., 36).\u00a0 St. Charles Borromeo declared that he never went to pay a visit to his own family without returning cooled in fervour.\u00a0 And when Father Antony Mendoza was asked why he refused to enter the house of his parents, he replied, \u201cBecause I know, by experience, that nowhere is the devotion of a Religious so dissipated as in the house of his parents.\u201d
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0When, moreover, the choice of a state of life is concerned, it is certain that we are not obliged to obey our parents, according to the doctrine of St. Thomas Aquinas.\u00a0 Should a young man be called to the Religious life, and find opposition from his parents, he is bound to obey God, and not his parents, who, as the same St. Thomas says, with a view to their own interests and private ends, stand in the way of our spiritual welfare.\u00a0 \u201cFriends of flesh and blood are oftentimes opposed to our spiritual profit.\u201d\u00a0 And they are content, says St. Bernard, to have their children go to eternal perdition rather than that they should leave home.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It is surprising, in this matter, to see some fathers and mothers, even though God-fearing, yet so blinded by mistaken fondness, that they use every effort and exhaust every means to hinder the vocation of a child who wishes to become a Religious. \u00a0This conduct, however (except in very rare cases), cannot be excused from grievous sin.\u00a0 But someone may say: What, then, and if such a youth does not become a Religious can he not be saved? \u00a0Are, then, all who remain in the world cast away? \u00a0I answer: Those whom God does not call into Religion may be saved in the world by fulfilling the duties of their state; but those who are called from the world and do not obey God, may, indeed, possibly be saved; but they will be saved with difficulty, because they will be deprived of those helps which God had destined for them in Religion, and for want of which they will not accomplish their salvation. \u00a0The theologian Habert writes that he who disobeys his vocation remains in the Church like a member out of joint, and cannot discharge his duty without the greatest pain; and so will hardly effect his salvation. \u00a0Whence he draws this conclusion: \u201cAlthough, absolutely speaking, he can be saved, yet he will enter on the way, and employ the means of salvation, with difficulty.\u201d
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\u21d1 \u00a0<\/a>CONTENIDO<\/a>
<\/em>\u21d0 PRIMERA SEMANA DESPU\u00c9S DE <\/em>PENTECOST\u00c9S<\/em><\/a>
\u21d2 TERCERA SEMANA DESPU\u00c9S DE <\/em>PENTECOST\u00c9S<\/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":"

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