Gospel of the day...

Sunday 15/JUL/12
Gospel of the day

Mk 6: 7-13.

The Lord sends us.

Jesus called the Twelve and sent them two by two, giving them authority over unclean spirits. And commanded them that they should take to the road more than a stick, no food, no supplies, no money, they were shod with sandals and did not have two tunics. He said, "Stay in the house where accommodation to give them time to leave. If you do not receive a place and people will not listen, to get out, shake the dust from their feet for a testimony against them. "Then they went to preach, urging conversion, drove out many demons and healed many sick, anointing them with oil.

reflection:

Also today Jesus sends his apostles, that we are Catholics. And how should we preach? With the word but especially with our actions. Invite the conversion is urgent at this time, since according to several apparitions of the Blessed Virgin are very close to the Lord's Day, and we must be converted to meet that day to be prepared to meet the Lord who comes. Turn means to begin fulfilling the commandments of the Law of God and follow the teachings that Jesus left us in his Gospel, to live well in God's grace and be prepared for the coming of the Lord, either to his Second Coming at the end of the times, or for particularly coming for each of us at the time of our death.

Let us ask the Blessed Virgin the grace to be ardent evangelists in these times as strong, marked by the mercy of God and that we seize every moment and circumstance to be apostles of the Lord.

Jesus, Mary, I love you, save souls.

Spiritual childhood...

spiritual childhood

Joy.
Something we must cultivate in ourselves if we are infants in the spiritual life, the joy, because the evidence of life try to hacérnosla lose and a life without joy is very difficult to live.
And how not to lose the joy with the terrible things that happen in the world?
Just know that whatever happens, how terrible it is, is governed by God, and if it has happened, is because God willed it, or at least, has allowed for good.
Then, knowing that God rules all and loves us all and we are happy to retain the joy despite all evidence that we put the devil on the road.
And if we have a constant joy, then invoke Mary, the Rosary recémosle, Let us sing songs and praises, and then yes we will be happy all the time, with a smile to our neighbors. And not only we will be happy, but give happiness, joy and peace to our people and everyone who crosses our path.
Let us imitate the birds who are always happy with some settle, and sing to the rising sun and are not ambitious. Sometimes we lose our peace and joy because we envision what we should not covet, and how we fail, we get sad and melancholy, even morose.
Let go of those chains that have imprisoned us and fly free in the love of God in the joy of knowing we are loved by God, and with the certainty that awaits us down the road, happiness without end and without measure.

Beware...

Beware

Be careful with life ...
Do not be looking for news!
Because it is an extravagant experiment,
or a technique of our time, not a theory
newly invented. And thus defy
you can turn into defeat.

Be careful with life ...
Do not be looking for news!
Because it is a fad that can
drive at your leisure ...
or a puzzle that can
love your convenience ...
Not a top you can move your will ...
And much lower values,
you can melt into tears.

Be careful with life ...
Do not be looking for news!
Because it is an instrument of pleasure ...
Not a rope to stretch until you want ...
Not a toy that you put to work for fun ...
And both play with it, you can break
hands.

Be careful with life ...
Lest looking for new,
strangeness and sophistication ...
You go to escape salvation!

Bacardi Zenaida Argamasilla

El Apocalipsis...

El Apocalipsis en la Obra de María Valtorta

No se convierten. 

Dice Jesús:

“Yo vendría a morir por segunda vez, para salvarles de una muerte más atroz todavía... Pero mi Padre no lo permite... Mi Amor lo permitiría, la Justicia no. Sabe que sería inútil. Por ello vendré tan sólo en la última hora. Pero ¡ay de los que en aquella hora me verán habiendo elegido por su señor a Lucifer! No se necesitarán armas en manos de mis ángeles para vencer la batalla contra los anticristos. Bastará mi mirada.

¡Oh! ¡si los hombres supieran todavía volverse a Mí que soy la salvación! Sólo deseo esto y lloro porque veo que nada es capaz de hacerles levantar la cabeza hacia el Cielo desde donde Yo les extiendo mis brazos.” 

(Los cuadernos 1943 – María Valtorta) 

Comentario: 

¡Pobre Dios que no sabe cómo llamar a los hombres a la conversión, al arrepentimiento! Nos cubre de dones y los usamos mal y para pecar. Nos manda castigos, permitiéndolos, y nos rebelamos contra Él. Nos da salud y la usamos para el mal. Nos envía la enfermedad y el sufrimiento, y no sabemos sufrir con resignación y paciencia, acusamos a Dios y no aprovechamos ese dolor para purificarnos.

El libro del Apocalipsis es muy claro cuando relata las pestes y calamidades que suceden a los hombres al fin de los tiempos, y que ellos en lugar de convertirse, siguen en su pecado hasta el fin.

Que no nos suceda esto a nosotros y aprovechemos todo lo que Dios quiera o permita en nuestras vidas, porque todo será por amor hacia nosotros, ya que Dios, todo lo que hace o permite, lo hace o permite por amor, aunque no lo entendamos de momento, e incluso aunque no lo entendamos nunca en este mundo.

Preparémonos a los tiempos difíciles que se avecinan y no juzguemos jamás a Dios, aunque nos parezca que sus castigos son muy duros. Lo que sucede es que el pecado es muy grande.

Gospel of the day...

Friday 13/JUL/12
Gospel of the day

Mt 10, 16-23.

Perseverance is the key.

Jesus told his apostles: I send you as sheep among wolves: be so wise as serpents and harmless as doves. Beware of men, for they will deliver to the courts and scourge you in their synagogues. Because of me, will be brought before governors and kings, to testify before them and the pagans. When arrested, do not worry about how they will speak or what they will say what they should say they will release at the time, it is not you who speak but the Spirit of your Father speaking in you. Brother will betray his brother to be sentenced to death, and the father his child; children will rebel against their parents and put to death. You will be hated by all because of my name s, but he who endures to the end will be saved. When you are persecuted in one city, flee to another. I assure you that will not break through the cities of Israel before it reaches the Son of man.

Reflection:

We're entering that time announcing the Lord in this Gospel, because the world becomes increasingly pagan and contrary to God and Christ and all that is Christian is being increasingly persecuted and hated.

So we need to arm ourselves of perseverance, because, as Jesus says in this Gospel passage: "He who endures to the end will be saved."

It better be for a while in the grace of God, but we must always live in grace, fulfilling the Ten Commandments and being kind to everyone. And if we have the misfortune to fall into grievous sins, it is necessary to lift us to become a sincere confession with the priest and continue on their way, without ever stopping, no matter what, because the award is excessive and is promised to no that are flawless, but for sinners who keep getting up over and over again of his sin, and ultimately reach perfection.

If we are true Christians, then the world will follow us, because the highest in the world are opposed to the wisdom of Christ, and necessarily, if we want to be consistent with the Gospel and live it, we're going to the world, now more than ever is in power the Evil One.

But what can happen to us bad, really bad, God is with us? Absolutely everything is ruled by God, and He will not allow anything in our life that is truly harmful. So we have great faith and trust in God and his Mother, who run our lives.

Let us ask the Blessed Virgin the grace of perseverance in good and in the grace of God, that we are saved not only us, but while we are like magnets that attract other souls to salvation.

Jesus, Mary, I love you, save souls.

Santidad...

Ser santos

Pequeñas cosas.

Hay que ser fieles en las pequeñas cosas de todos los días, y así estaremos preparados para cuando el Señor nos quiera encomendar cosas grandes. Así actuó la Virgen, que como lo narra el Evangelio en la anunciación, no sabía que Ella era la elegida de Dios para ser la Madre del Verbo. Pero ¡cuánta fidelidad en María desde pequeñita! Ella entró en el Templo desde chica, y fue fiel en todas las cosas, como una niña más, como una joven más, y siempre esa fidelidad a las cosas ordinarias de cada día, la fueron preparando para decir ese “Sí” sublime que dio al Arcángel San Gabriel, y por él a Dios.

También nosotros tenemos que tomar su ejemplo, porque Dios seguramente nos ha elegido para ser grandes en su reino, para ser santos, que es lo más grande que uno puede ser en este mundo y en el venidero. Pero para ello debemos ejercitarnos en hacer las cosas comunes de cada día, con mucho amor a Dios y al prójimo, y entonces nos iremos preparando a dar ese “sí” como lo dio María, como lo dio Jesús. Porque también Jesús se preparó a su misión grandiosa con la vida común en la casa paterna, junto a su familia, en el trabajo, en las cosas cotidianas.

Dios no busca cosas extraordinarias, sino que Él quiere manifestarse en lo ordinario. ¿No nació el Hijo de Dios en un pobre portal? ¿Y no vivió treinta años en el trabajo y en la vida común? E incluso en su vida pública, ¡qué sencillez en la actuación de Jesús, sin humillar a nadie, siempre siendo humilde en todo!

Hay una palabra en el Evangelio que siempre, pero siempre debemos tener presente. Y es esa que dice: “Quien sea fiel en lo poco, será fiel en lo mucho. Y quien es infiel en lo poco, también será infiel en lo mucho”. No podremos pretender ser fieles en las grandes misiones que Dios nos confíe, si no hemos sabido ser fieles en todo, a las pequeñas misiones de todos los días, en nuestro cumplimiento del deber.

Recordemos que las cosas bien preparadas, salen bien. En cambio lo que no se prepara bien, no sale nada bien. Preparémonos entonces con pequeñas cosas, a hacer grandes cosas cuando llegue el momento, cuando llegue la hora de Dios, nuestra hora.

Gospel of the day...

Thursday 12/JUL/12
Gospel of the day

Mt 10, 7-15.

All apostles.

Jesus sent his twelve apostles, saying: By the way, proclaim that the kingdom of heaven is near. Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. You have received freely, give without pay. Do not bring up gold or silver or coins or provisions for the journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy livelihood. When you enter a city or a town, find someone respectable and stay at home until they leave. Upon entering the house, invoking peace Say hello on it. If that house deserves it, that peace be upon her, but if unworthy, that peace return to you. And if you do not receive or want to hear his words, to leave that house or that city, shake off the dust of his feet. I assure you, on the day of Judgment, Sodom and Gomorrah will be treated less severely than that city.

Reflection:

Jesus today also sent us Catholics to evangelize, proclaiming that the Kingdom of God is near, because after a great tribulation that will experience the world, the Kingdom of God come to earth.

So we invite all people to conversion, before it is too late. "Fear God happens," says Scripture, and God passes through our lives we must follow.

The same must instill in the men who follow Jesus, because at some point there will be no longer and that has to happen will happen.

This is not to frighten, but to be prepared and have in mind that we are not made for the land but for Heaven, that our country is the ultimate paradise, and everything down here is fleeting and we must help get to Heaven is, and should not be an obstacle to that end.

The life of man on earth is like a waiting room to enter into eternity, and what we do in life prepares us an eternity of happiness or torment.

We can not stay quiet because on the day of judgment many of our brothers we could complain: "What!, Do you know and I do not say anything?"

So hand in hand of the Virgin and trust in her and in God, evangelize our brothers, whether the word or, more importantly, with our Christian way of life.

Let us ask Our Lady's grace be available for God to use us as instruments of salvation in this hour the world is experiencing very serious.

Jesus, Mary, I love you, save souls.