{"id":9963,"date":"2025-06-26T20:01:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T20:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/societyofthemostholyredeemer.org\/?page_id=9963"},"modified":"2025-08-06T15:20:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T15:20:57","slug":"daily-meditations-sixth-week-after-pentecost","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/societyofthemostholyredeemer.org\/es\/daily-meditations-sixth-week-after-pentecost\/","title":{"rendered":"MEDITACIONES DIARIAS: SEXTA SEMANA DESPU\u00c9S DE PENTECOST\u00c9S"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meditaci\u00f3n matutina:\u00a0 NUESTRO VIAJE A LA ETERNIDAD - S\u00d3LO SOMOS PEREGRINOS EN ESTA TIERRA<\/em><\/b><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0No tenemos aqu\u00ed una ciudad duradera, pero buscamos una que ha de venir<\/em>. En este mundo no somos ciudadanos, sino peregrinos, pues estamos en camino hacia la Eternidad.\u00a0 El hombre entrar\u00e1 en la casa de su eternidad<\/em>.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 No tenemos aqu\u00ed una ciudad duradera, pero buscamos una que ha de venir<\/em>. - (Heb. xiii., 14). En este mundo no somos ciudadanos, sino peregrinos, pues estamos en camino hacia la Eternidad:\u00a0 El hombre entrar\u00e1 en la casa de su eternidad<\/em>. - (Ecles. xii., 5).
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Muy pronto, pues, tendremos que dejar este mundo. El cuerpo debe ir pronto a la tumba y el alma a la Eternidad.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00bfNo cometer\u00eda una gran insensatez el viajero que malgastase su tiempo y sus riquezas en construirse una morada en un lugar que pronto ha de abandonar?
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Oh Dios m\u00edo, mi alma es eterna; debo, pues, gozar de Ti o perderte para la Eternidad.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0En la Eternidad hay dos lugares de morada - uno rebosante de todo deleite, el otro repleto de todo tormento. Y estas delicias y tormentos ser\u00e1n eternos.\u00a0 Si el \u00e1rbol cae al sur, o al norte, en cualquier lugar que caiga all\u00ed ser\u00e1<\/em>. - (Ecles. xi., 3). Si el alma se salva, ser\u00e1 feliz para siempre; pero si cae en el infierno, permanecer\u00e1 all\u00ed para llorar y lamentarse mientras Dios sea Dios.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0No hay un estado intermedio: o rey para siempre en el Cielo, o esclavo para siempre de Lucifer; o bien bendito para siempre en el Para\u00edso, o bien desesperado para siempre en el infierno.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00bfCu\u00e1l de estas moradas le tocar\u00e1 en suerte a cada uno? La que cada uno elija voluntariamente.\u00a0 Man shall go - Ibit homo<\/em>. El que va al infierno, va por su propia voluntad. Todo el que se condena, se condena porque quiere su propia condenaci\u00f3n.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Oh Jes\u00fas m\u00edo, \u00a1ojal\u00e1 te hubiera amado siempre! \u00a1Demasiado tarde Te he conocido! \u00a1Demasiado tarde te he amado! Oh T\u00fa, \u00a1el Dios de mi coraz\u00f3n, y el Dios que es mi porci\u00f3n para siempre!<\/em> - (Sal. lxxii., 26).<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0.<\/p>

Lectura espiritual:\u00a0 LA ORACI\u00d3N, EL GRAN MEDIO DE SALVACI\u00d3N<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0.<\/p>

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

\"La caridad lo soporta todo\".<\/em><\/p>

EL QUE AMA A JESUCRISTO TODO LO SOPORTA POR \u00c9L, Y ESPECIALMENTE LA ENFERMEDAD, LA POBREZA Y EL DESPRECIO<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Pero \u00bfpor qu\u00e9 Dios Todopoderoso nos carga con tantas cruces, y se complace en vernos afligidos, injuriados, perseguidos y maltratados por el mundo? \u00bfEs acaso un tirano, cuya cruel disposici\u00f3n le hace regocijarse en nuestro sufrimiento? No; Dios no es en modo alguno tirano ni cruel; es todo compasi\u00f3n y amor para con nosotros; baste decir que ha muerto por nosotros. En efecto, se alegra de nuestros sufrimientos, porque el sufrimiento es para nuestro bien; porque sufriendo aqu\u00ed, nos liberamos en el m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de la deuda de castigo que justamente le debemos a su divina justicia; se alegra de nuestros sufrimientos porque nos apartan de los placeres sensuales de este mundo: cuando una madre quiere destetar a su hijo le pone hiel en el pecho para crearle aversi\u00f3n; se alegra de los sufrimientos porque le damos, con nuestra paciencia y resignaci\u00f3n al soportarlos, una muestra de nuestro amor; en fin, se alegra de ellos, porque contribuyen a aumentar nuestra gloria en el Cielo. Tales son las razones por las que el Todopoderoso, en su compasi\u00f3n y amor hacia nosotros, se complace cuando sufrimos.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Te amo con todo mi coraz\u00f3n, oh Redentor m\u00edo. Te amo, mi soberano Bien. Te amo a Ti, mi propio Amor, digno de amor infinito. Estoy afligido por cualquier disgusto que Te haya causado, m\u00e1s que por cualquier mal. Te prometo recibir con paciencia todas las pruebas que me env\u00edes; pero te pido ayuda para ser fiel a mi promesa, y especialmente para poder soportar en paz los dolores de mi \u00faltima agon\u00eda y muerte.<\/p>

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Meditaci\u00f3n matutina:\u00a0 NUESTRO VIAJE A LA ETERNIDAD - LA LOCURA DE LOS QUE NO LO CONSIDERAN<\/em><\/b><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a1Oh Dios m\u00edo, los meses y los a\u00f1os pasan! \u00a1Nos apresuramos hacia la Eternidad y no nos preocupamos de pensar en ella! Y qui\u00e9n sabe si \u00e9sta sea la \u00faltima advertencia que reciba de Dios.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0O creemos o no creemos. Si no creemos, estamos haciendo demasiado por cosas que consideramos f\u00e1bulas. Pero si creemos, entonces hacemos demasiado poco para obtener una Eternidad feliz, y para evitar la miseria eterna.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0El Padre Vicente Carafa dec\u00eda que si los hombres conocieran a fondo las Verdades de la Eternidad, y compararan los bienes y males de esta vida con los de la otra, la tierra se convertir\u00eda en un desierto, porque no habr\u00eda nadie que se ocupara de los asuntos de este mundo.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Cuando se acerque el \u00faltimo momento, \u00a1c\u00f3mo temblaremos al pensar que de ese momento depender\u00e1 nuestra felicidad o nuestra miseria eternas!
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a1Oh Dios m\u00edo, pasan los meses y los a\u00f1os! Nos apresuramos hacia la eternidad, \u00a1y no nos preocupamos de pensar en ella! \u00bfY qui\u00e9n sabe si este a\u00f1o o este mes ser\u00e1 el \u00faltimo? \u00bfQui\u00e9n sabe que \u00e9sta puede ser la \u00faltima advertencia que reciba de Dios?
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a1Oh Dios m\u00edo, no abusar\u00e9 m\u00e1s de Tus gracias! He aqu\u00ed que estoy dispuesto. Hazme saber lo que quieres que haga, y en todo te obedecer\u00e9.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Y por qu\u00e9 habr\u00edamos de demorarnos despu\u00e9s de tantas luces y llamadas de Dios, a menos que deseemos lamentarnos con los condenados, diciendo: El verano ha terminado, y no estamos salvados<\/em>. - (Jer. viii., 20). Ahora es el momento de la reconciliaci\u00f3n con Dios, pues despu\u00e9s de la muerte no quedar\u00e1 remedio.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Con raz\u00f3n dec\u00eda el padre Juan de \u00c1vila que los cristianos que creen en la vida eterna, y viven alejados de Dios, deber\u00edan ser encerrados en un manicomio como dementes.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0El asunto de la Eternidad es ciertamente importante. No se trata de si habitaremos en una casa m\u00e1s o menos c\u00f3moda o luminosa, sino de si moraremos en un palacio de todas las delicias o en un abismo de los m\u00e1s terribles tormentos. Es si seremos felices con los Santos y los \u00c1ngeles, o viviremos desesperados con la multitud de los enemigos de Dios. \u00bfY por cu\u00e1ntos a\u00f1os? \u00bfPor mil? No; para siempre, para siempre, mientras Dios sea Dios.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Si, pues, oh Dios, hubiera muerto en mis pecados, \u00bfno te habr\u00eda perdido para siempre? Si todav\u00eda, Se\u00f1or, no me has perdonado, perd\u00f3name ahora, te lo suplico. Te amo con toda mi alma, y estoy arrepentido por encima de cualquier otro mal por haberte ofendido. Nunca m\u00e1s te perder\u00e9. Te amo con todo mi coraz\u00f3n y Te amar\u00e9 por siempre. Ten piedad de m\u00ed.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
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Lectura espiritual:\u00a0 LA ORACI\u00d3N, SU NECESIDAD<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

I. ES UN MEDIO NECESARIO PARA LA SALVACI\u00d3N<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0.<\/p>

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

\"La caridad lo cree todo\".<\/em><\/p>

EL QUE AMA A JESUCRISTO CREE TODAS SUS PALABRAS<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Quien ama a una persona cree todo lo que sale de sus labios; por consiguiente, cuanto m\u00e1s ama un alma a Jesucristo, tanto m\u00e1s viva e inquebrantable es su fe. Cuando el Buen Ladr\u00f3n contempl\u00f3 a nuestro Redentor, aunque no hab\u00eda hecho mal alguno, sufriendo la muerte en la Cruz con tanta paciencia, comenz\u00f3 en seguida a amarle; bajo la influencia de este amor, y de la luz divina que entonces irrumpi\u00f3 en su alma, crey\u00f3 que Jes\u00fas era verdaderamente el Hijo de Dios, y suplic\u00f3 no ser olvidado por \u00c9l cuando hubiera pasado a su Reino.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0La fe es el fundamento de la caridad; pero la fe recibe despu\u00e9s su perfecci\u00f3n de la caridad. Es m\u00e1s perfecta la Fe cuyo amor a Dios es m\u00e1s perfecto. La Caridad produce en el hombre no s\u00f3lo la Fe del entendimiento, sino tambi\u00e9n la Fe de la voluntad; aquellos que creen s\u00f3lo con el entendimiento, pero no con la voluntad, como es el caso de los pecadores que est\u00e1n perfectamente convencidos de las Verdades de la Fe, pero no eligen vivir de acuerdo con los Mandamientos Divinos - tales como \u00e9stos tienen una Fe muy d\u00e9bil; porque si tuvieran una creencia m\u00e1s viva de que la gracia de Dios es un tesoro inestimable, y que el pecado, porque nos roba esta gracia, es el peor de los males, seguramente cambiar\u00edan sus vidas. Si, pues, prefieren a las miserables criaturas de esta tierra antes que a Dios, es porque o no creen o porque su Fe es muy d\u00e9bil. Por el contrario, quien cree no s\u00f3lo con el entendimiento, sino tambi\u00e9n con la voluntad, de modo que no s\u00f3lo cree en Dios, sino que tiene la voluntad de creer en \u00c9l, el Revelador de la verdad, por el amor que le tiene, y se regocija en creer as\u00ed, tal persona tiene una fe perfecta y, en consecuencia, procura que su vida sea conforme a las verdades que cree.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Meditaci\u00f3n matutina:\u00a0 NUESTRO VIAJE A LA ETERNIDAD - APROVECHEMOS EL TIEMPO QUE SE NOS CONCEDE<\/em><\/b><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Caminar<\/em>dice nuestro Divino Se\u00f1or, mientras tengas la luz,<\/em> para, llega la noche en que nadie puede trabajar<\/em>. \u00a1Oh, qu\u00e9 tormento para el pobre pecador arrepentido al final de una vida descuidada, cuando no le queda tiempo para hacer todo lo que ha dejado sin hacer!<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a1Oh, qu\u00e9 tormento para el pobre pecador arrepentido al final de una vida descuidada, cuando no le queda tiempo para hacer todo lo que dej\u00f3 sin hacer! San Lorenzo Justiniano dice que los mundanos, en la muerte, dar\u00edan de buena gana todas sus riquezas por obtener una sola hora m\u00e1s de vida. Pero se les dir\u00e1: El tiempo no ser\u00e1 m\u00e1s<\/em>. - (Apoc. x., 6). Se les insinuar\u00e1 que partan sin demora: \u00a1Sal de este mundo, alma cristiana!
<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0San Gregorio cuenta que un tal Crisorio, estando a punto de morir, grit\u00f3 a los demonios: \"Dadme tiempo hasta ma\u00f1ana\". Pero ellos le respondieron: \"\u00a1Tonto! has tenido tiempo, \u00bfy por qu\u00e9 lo has malgastado? Ahora ya no hay tiempo para ti\".
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a1Ah, Dios m\u00edo, cu\u00e1ntos a\u00f1os no he malgastado! El resto de mi tiempo lo dedicar\u00e9 enteramente a Ti. Haz que tu santo amor abunde en m\u00ed, en quien tanto ha abundado el pecado.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0San Bernardino de Siena dec\u00eda que cada instante de tiempo en esta vida es tan precioso como Dios; porque en cualquier momento, por un acto de amor o de contrici\u00f3n, podemos adquirir nuevos grados de gracia.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0San Bernardo dice que el tiempo es un tesoro que s\u00f3lo se encuentra en esta vida. En el infierno, el lamento de los condenados es: \"\u00a1Oh, si nos dieran una hora!\". \u00a1Oh, si tuvi\u00e9ramos s\u00f3lo una hora para escapar de la ruina eterna! En el Cielo no hay llanto; pero si los bienaventurados pudieran llorar, ser\u00eda por la idea de haber perdido tanto tiempo en el que podr\u00edan haber adquirido grados m\u00e1s altos de gloria.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Mi amado Redentor, no merezco Tu piedad; pero Tu Pasi\u00f3n es mi esperanza. Ay\u00fadame, pues, y tiende Tu mano a un miserable pecador, que ahora desea ser enteramente Tuyo.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00bfY qui\u00e9n sabe si una muerte repentina puede sorprendernos y privarnos del tiempo necesario para hacer nuestras cuentas? Los muchos que han muerto repentinamente no esperaban morir as\u00ed; y si estaban en pecado, \u00bfqu\u00e9 ha sido de ellos para toda la eternidad?<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
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Lectura espiritual:\u00a0 LA ORACI\u00d3N, SU NECESIDAD<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

II. SIN LA ORACI\u00d3N ES IMPOSIBLE RESISTIR A LAS TENTACIONES Y GUARDAR LOS MANDAMIENTOS<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0.<\/p>

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

\"La caridad lo cree todo\".<\/em><\/p>

EL QUE AMA A JESUCRISTO CREE TODAS SUS PALABRAS<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Y esta laxitud de la moral es la fuente de donde han salido, y siguen saliendo diariamente, tantos libros y sistemas de materialistas, indiferentistas, pol\u00edticos, de\u00edstas y naturalistas; algunos de ellos niegan la existencia de Dios y de la divina Providencia, diciendo que Dios, despu\u00e9s de haber creado a los hombres, no se fija m\u00e1s en ellos, y no le importa si le aman o le odian, si se salvan o se pierden; Otros niegan la bondad de Dios y sostienen que ha creado innumerables almas para el infierno, convirti\u00e9ndose \u00c9l mismo en su tentador para pecar, a fin de que se condenen y vayan al fuego eterno, para maldecirlo all\u00ed para siempre.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a1Oh, ingratitud y maldad de los hombres! Dios los ha creado por su misericordia, para hacerlos eternamente felices en el Cielo; ha derramado sobre ellos tantas luces, beneficios y gracias, para llevarlos a la vida eterna; con el mismo fin los redimi\u00f3 al precio de tantas penas y sufrimientos; y, sin embargo, se empe\u00f1an en negarlo todo, para dar rienda suelta a sus viciosas inclinaciones.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Meditaci\u00f3n matutina:\u00a0 PECADO MORTAL - SU MALICIA<\/em><\/b><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0To understand how great is the malice of mortal sin we must first know who God is, and what a wretched being man is who dares to despise Him.\u00a0 Before God all the Saints and Angels are as nothing, and it is a worm of the earth who has the insolence to despise Him!<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0What is mortal sin?\u00a0 According to St. Thomas and St. Augustine, it is a turning-away from God;<\/em> an act of contempt for God’s grace and love, and a throwing-off of all respect for Him, by which the sinner declares to God’s very face: I will not serve Thee!\u00a0 I will act as I please, and, if by so doing, I displease Thee and forfeit Thy friendship, I care not!
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0To understand how great is the malice of mortal sin we must first know who God is, and what a wretched being man is who despises Him.\u00a0 Before God all the Saints and Angels are as nothing, and shall a worm of the earth have the insolence to despise Him?
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0But more than this.\u00a0 Man, by committing sin, not only despises a God of infinite majesty, but a God Who has so loved him as to die for the love of him.\u00a0 An eternity, therefore, would not be sufficient to bewail but one mortal sin.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0He who commits mortal sin dishonours God by preferring before Him a whim, a fit of passion, a wretched gratification.\u00a0 A God so great and so good!\u00a0 And so dishonoured!
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0O Lord, if Thou hadst not sacrificed Thyself on the Cross for the love of me, I should lose all hope of pardon; but Thy death gives me confidence.\u00a0 Into thy hands I commend my spirit<\/em>. \u2014 (Ps. xxx., 6).\u00a0 I commend to Thee my soul for which Thou hast been pleased to shed Thy Blood and sacrifice Thy life; grant that it may love Thee and never more lose Thee.\u00a0 I love Thee, my Jesus, my Love, and my Hope.\u00a0 And how shall I ever be able, after having learned how much Thou hast loved me, to separate myself from Thee, my only Good?
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0What an affliction it is to us to be injured by one for whom we have done much!\u00a0 God is not capable of grief; but could He grieve, He would die of grief and sorrow at being despised by a creature for whom He gave even His very life.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0O my accursed sins, a thousand times do I detest and abhor you!\u00a0 You have caused me to offend my Redeemer, Who has loved me so much!
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Unhappy souls, now confined in hell, you who, during life, said that sin was a slight evil, have you not to acknowledge now that all your torments are far less than what you deserved for your sins?<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>

Lectura espiritual:\u00a0 LA ORACI\u00d3N, SU NECESIDAD<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

III. SOBRE LA INVOCACI\u00d3N DE LOS SANTOS Y LA ORACI\u00d3N A LAS ALMAS DEL PURGATORIO<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0.<\/p>

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

\"La caridad lo cree todo\".<\/em><\/p>

EL QUE AMA A JESUCRISTO CREE TODAS SUS PALABRAS<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The true lover of Jesus Christ keeps Eternal truths constantly in view, and orders all his actions according to them.\u00a0 Oh, how thoroughly does he who loves Jesus Christ understand the force of that saying of the Wise Man: Vanity of vanities, and all is vanity<\/em> \u2014 (Eccles. i., 2) \u2014 that all earthly greatness is mere smoke, mire and delusion; that the soul’s only welfare and happiness consists in loving its Creator, and in doing His blessed will; that we are, in reality, no more than what we are before God; that it is of no advantage to gain the whole world, if the soul be lost; that all the goods of the world can never satisfy the human heart, that only God Himself can satisfy it; and in fine, that we must leave all in order to gain all.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0My beloved Redeemer, O Life of my soul, I firmly believe that Thou art the only Good worthy of being loved!\u00a0 I believe that Thou art the greatest Lover of my soul, since through love alone Thou didst die, overwhelmed with sorrows, for love of me.\u00a0 I believe there is no greater blessing in this world, or in the next, than to love Thee, and to do Thy adorable will.\u00a0 All this I believe most firmly; so that I renounce all things that I may belong wholly to Thee, and that I may possess Thee alone.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/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\tJUEVES DE LA SEXTA SEMANA DESPU\u00c9S DE PENTECOST\u00c9S<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Meditaci\u00f3n matutina:\u00a0 ABUSO DE LA MISERICORDIA DIVINA<\/em><\/b><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0God has pity on those who fear Him, but not on sinners who despise Him.\u00a0 To offend God because He shows us mercy, is to provoke Him in the highest degree to chastise us.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0God has pity on those who fear Him, but not on sinners who despise Him.\u00a0 To offend God because He shows us mercy, is to provoke Him in the highest degree to chastise us.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Again, to offer an insult to God, because God is a forgiving God, is to deride Him; but Dios no se burla<\/em>. \u2014 (Gal. vi., 7).
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The devil will say to you: “But who knows?\u00a0 Even with this other sin it may be that you shall yet be saved.”\u00a0 But meanwhile, if you sin, you yourself may condemn your soul to hell.\u00a0 Who knows?\u00a0 It may be that as yet you shall be saved; but it may also happen, and more easily happen, that you may be lost.\u00a0 And is the affair of eternal Salvation to be risked on a who knows?<\/em>\u00a0 If in the meantime death should come upon you!\u00a0 If God should abandon you after that other sin!\u00a0 What would then become of you?
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0No, my God, I will never more offend Thee.\u00a0 How many are now suffering in hell for fewer sins than mine?\u00a0 I will no longer be devoted to self, but will be Thine and entirely Thine.\u00a0 To Thee I consecrate my whole liberty and my will.\u00a0 I am thine; do thou save me<\/em>. \u2014 (Ps. cxviii., 94).\u00a0 Save me from hell, but first save me from sin.\u00a0 I love Thee, my Jesus, I will never more forsake Thee.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The Fathers of the Church say that God has determined the number of sins He will forgive each one.\u00a0 Hence, as we know not this number, we ought to fear lest with every one more additional sin God should abandon us.\u00a0 This dreadful thought \u2013 Who knows whether God will any more pardon me? \u2013 ought to be a great restraint upon us and keep us from again offending God: with this fear we should be secure.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>

Lectura espiritual:\u00a0 LA ORACI\u00d3N, SU NECESIDAD<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

IV. SOBRE LA INVOCACI\u00d3N DE LOS SANTOS Y SOBRE LA ORACI\u00d3N A LAS ALMAS DEL PURGATORIO Y SU AYUDA CON NUESTRAS ORACIONES<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0.<\/p>

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

\"La caridad lo espera todo\".<\/em><\/p>

EL QUE AMA A JESUCRISTO ESPERA DE \u00c9L TODAS LAS COSAS<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Hope increases Charity, and Charity increases Hope.\u00a0 Hope in the Divine goodness undoubtedly gives an increase to our love of Jesus Christ.\u00a0 St. Thomas says that in the very moment when we hope to receive some benefit from a person, we begin also to love him.\u00a0 On this account, the Lord forbids us to put our trust in creatures: Put not your trust in princes<\/em>. \u2014 (Ps. cxlv., 2).\u00a0 Further, He pronounces a curse on those who do so: Maldito sea el hombre que conf\u00eda en el hombre<\/em>. \u2014 (Jer. xvii., 5).\u00a0 God does not wish us to trust in creatures, because He does not wish us to fix our love upon them.\u00a0 Hence St. Vincent de Paul said: “Let us beware of reposing too much confidence in men; for when God beholds us thus leaning on them for support, He Himself withdraws from us.\u00a0 On the other hand, the more we trust in God, the more we shall advance in His holy love.”\u00a0 I have run the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge my heart<\/em>. \u2014 (Ps. cxviii. 32).\u00a0 Oh, how rapidly does that soul advance in perfection who has her heart dilated with confidence in God!\u00a0 She flies rather than runs; for by making God the foundation of all her Hope she flings aside her own weakness, and borrows the strength of God Himself, which is communicated to all who place confidence in Him: They that hope in the Lord shall renew their strength, and they shall take wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint<\/em>. \u2014 (Is. xl., 31).\u00a0 The eagle is the bird that soars nearest the sun; in like manner, the soul that has God for her trust becomes detached from the earth, and more and more united to God by love.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/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\tVIERNES DE LA SEXTA SEMANA DESPU\u00c9S DE PENTECOST\u00c9S<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Meditaci\u00f3n matutina:\u00a0 PECADO VENIAL<\/em><\/b><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Venial sin is, unfortunately regarded as a slight evil.\u00a0 Is that called a slight evil which is an offence against God!
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0A man will go on committing venial sins, and foolishly says: “It will be enough for me to be saved!”\u00a0 But I answer: By continuing that course you will not be saved!\u00a0 For, as St. Gregory says, the soul never remains where it falls, but descends much lower.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Venial sin is, unfortunately regarded as a slight evil.\u00a0 Is that called a slight evil which is an offence against God!
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0A man will go on committing venial sins, and foolishly says: “It will be enough for me to be saved!”\u00a0 But I answer: By continuing that course you will not be saved!\u00a0 For, as St. Gregory says, the soul never remains where it falls, but descends much lower.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0St. Isidore writes that he who makes no account of venial sins is permitted by the Almighty to fall into mortal sins, in punishment of his little love of God.\u00a0 And our Lord Himself said to the Blessed Henry Suso that those who have not a horror of venial sins expose themselves to much greater dangers than they are aware of; because it thus becomes much more difficult for them to persevere in grace.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The Council of Trent teaches that we cannot persevere in grace without the special assistance of God; but he is quite undeserving of such special assistance who offends God by voluntary venial sins, and without a thought of amendment.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Chastise me not, O Lord, as I have deserved!\u00a0 Remember not the many offences I have committed against Thee, and deprive me not of Thy light and assistance.\u00a0 I desire to amend; I desire to be Thine.\u00a0 O Omnipotent God, accept of me and change me!\u00a0 This is my hope.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Our Lord said to Blessed Angela de Foligno: “Those who have been enlightened by Me to aim at perfection, but who debase their souls and walk in the ordinary way, will be abandoned by me.”
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0He who serves God, but is not afraid of offending Him by venial gratifications, would seem to think that God deserves no better.\u00a0 He declares, in fact, that God is not deserving of so much love as to oblige us to prefer His pleasure to our own satisfaction.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Habitual defects, says St. Augustine, are a kind of leprosy, which renders the soul so disgusting that God deprives it of His loving embraces.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0I see, O Lord, that Thou hast not yet abandoned me, as I have deserved; strengthen me, therefore, to shake off my tepidity.\u00a0 I desire never more deliberately to offend Thee.\u00a0 I desire to love Thee with my whole soul.\u00a0 O Jesus, help me!\u00a0 In Thee do I confide.\u00a0<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>

Lectura espiritual:\u00a0 LA ORACI\u00d3N, SU NECESIDAD<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

V. LA INTERCESI\u00d3N DE LA SANT\u00cdSIMA VIRGEN<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0.<\/p>

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

\"La caridad lo espera todo\".<\/em><\/p>

EL QUE AMA A JESUCRISTO ESPERA DE \u00c9L TODAS LAS COSAS<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The Lord God loves those who love Him: Amo a los que me aman<\/em>. \u2014 (Prov. viii., 17).\u00a0 He showers down His graces on those that seek Him by love: The Lord is good . . . to the soul that seeketh him<\/em>. \u2014 (Lament. iii., 25).\u00a0 Consequently, the soul that loves God most has the greatest hope in His goodness.\u00a0 This confidence produces that imperturbable tranquility in the Saints which makes them always joyful and full of peace, even amid the severest trials; for their love of Jesus Christ, and the conviction they have of His liberality towards those who love Him, leads them to trust solely in Him; and thus they find a lasting repose.\u00a0 The sacred spouse abounded with delights, because she loved none but her Spouse, and leaned entirely on Him for support; and she was full of contentment, since she well knew how generous her Beloved is towards all that love Him; so that of her it is written: Who is this that cometh up from the desert, flowing with delights, leaning upon her beloved?<\/em> \u2014 (Cant. viii., 5).\u00a0 These words of the Wise Man are most true: All good things came to me together with her<\/em>. \u2014 (Wis. vii., 11).\u00a0 With Charity all blessings are introduced into the soul.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/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 MISERICORDIA DE LA SANT\u00cdSIMA VIRGEN HACIA LOS PECADORES QUE LA INVOCAN<\/em><\/b><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Mary is called the Mother of Mercy, because, like a mother, she cannot see her children in danger of being lost without giving them her assistance.\u00a0 She is so solicitous about the relief of the miserable that she appears to desire nothing with greater ardour than to comfort them.<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Consider that Mary is so merciful an advocate she not only assists all who have recourse to her, but also goes in search of the miserable in order to defend and save them.\u00a0 Behold how she invites us all, and encourages us to hope for every good, if we have recourse to her.\u00a0 In me is all hope of life and virtue.\u00a0 Come over to me, all ye who desire me<\/em>. \u2014 (Ecclus. xxiv., 25-26).\u00a0 In explaining this passage, the devout Pelbart says: “She invites all, the just and sinners.”\u00a0 The devil, according to St. Peter, goes about continually seeking whom he may devour<\/em>. \u2014 (1 Peter v., 8).\u00a0 But this Divine Mother, says Bernard de Bustis, goes about seeking whom she may save.\u00a0 Mary is called the Mother of Mercy; because, like a mother, she cannot see her children in danger of being lost without giving them her assistance.\u00a0 Mary pities all our miseries, and constantly seeks our salvation.\u00a0 And, asks St. Germanus, who, after Jesus, has greater care of our salvation, than thou, O Mother of Mercy?\u00a0 St. Bonaventure says that Mary is so solicitous about the relief of the miserable that she appears to desire nothing with greater ardour than to comfort them.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0She certainly assists us as often as we have recourse to her, but this, adds Richard of St. Victor, is not enough for her; she anticipates our supplications, and obtains aid for us before we ask her prayers.\u00a0 Moreover, the same author says that Mary is so full of mercy that, as soon as she sees misery, she instantly obtains relief, and cannot behold any one in distress without coming to his assistance.\u00a0 It was thus she acted when she lived on this earth, as we learn from what happened at the marriage of Cana in Galilee; where, when the wine failed, she did not wait to be asked, but taking pity on the affliction and shame of the spouses, asked her Son to console them, saying: No tienen vino<\/em>. \u2014 (John ii., 3).\u00a0 Thus she induced Him to change, by miracle, water into wine.\u00a0 But, says St. Bonaventure, if Mary’s compassion for the afflicted was so great while she was in this world, her pity for us is certainly much greater now that she is in Heaven, where she has a better knowledge of our miseries, and greater compassion for us.\u00a0 Novarino adds: If Mary, unasked, shows such readiness to afford relief, how much more careful will she be to console those who ask her prayers!<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n II:
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>

Lectura espiritual:\u00a0 LA ORACI\u00d3N, SU PODER<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

I. SU PODER Y EXCELENCIA CON DIOS<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0.<\/p>

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

\"La caridad lo espera todo\".<\/em><\/p>

EL QUE AMA A JESUCRISTO ESPERA DE \u00c9L TODAS LAS COSAS<\/p>

Meditaci\u00f3n I:
<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0St. Francis de Sales says: “If by a supposition of what is impossible, there could be an infinite Good (that is a God) to whom we belonged in no way whatever, and with Whom we could have no union or communication, we should certainly esteem Him more than ourselves; so that we might feel a great desire of being able to love Him; but we should not actually love Him, because love is built upon union; for love is a friendship, and the foundation of friendship is to have things in common; and its end is union.”\u00a0 Thus St. Thomas teaches us that Charity does not exclude the desire of the reward prepared for us in Heaven by Almighty God; on the contrary, it makes us look to it as the chief object of our love, for such is God, Who constitutes the bliss of Paradise; for friendship implies that friends mutually rejoice in one another.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The Spouse in the Canticles refers to this reciprocal interchange of goods, when she says: My beloved to me and I to him<\/em>. \u2014 (Cant. ii., 16).\u00a0 In Heaven the soul belongs wholly to God and God belongs wholly to the soul, according to the measure of her capacity and of her merits.<\/p>

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<\/em>\u21d0 QUINTA SEMANA DESPU\u00c9S DE <\/em>PENTECOST\u00c9S<\/em><\/a>
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