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CITY OF GOD IN EXILE St. John of St. Facundo, Confessor 2027-06-12 - Time after Pentecost - Double - white PLAIN-LANGUAGE GUIDE FOR TODAY Commemoration: a shorter liturgical remembrance of another saint or observance occurring on the same day. Martyr: a Christian who was killed rather than deny Christ or abandon the Faith. Confessor: in the traditional calendar, a male saint who openly professed the Faith by a holy life but was not killed as a martyr. The full Breviary lessons preserve an older English translation. Read the modern explanation first; it identifies the people, event, and doctrine before the historical wording appears. TODAY IN THE ROMAN YEAR The feast of the Most Sacred Heart contemplates the Heart of Jesus opened by the lance after His sacrifice on Calvary. His tenderness is not permission to remain in sin: it calls the contrite soul to gratitude, reparation, conversion, and obedient love in return for divine charity. Under Our Lady's mantle, guard purity of faith, heart, intention, and conduct. Consecrate the senses and imagination to Jesus through Mary. Ask her to guard what you permit the eyes, ears, and memory to receive. "We must put ourselves and leave ourselves in her virginal hands, like a tool in the grasp of a workman, like a lute in the hands of a skillful player." St. Louis-Marie de Montfort, True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin, no. 259 The instrument does not select the song, and the tool does not direct the craftsman. This image reaches the place where self-will hides beneath religious activity: we are often willing to serve God provided that we may choose the task, the hour, the consolation, and the result. To remain in Mary's hands is to become teachable. Ask her to quiet the inward argument by which you resist the form of today's duty. Then give yourself peacefully to what God actually asks, without imagining a more flattering obedience elsewhere. PRACTICE Offer today's sacrifices in reparation and surrender every excuse for the faults you already know. QUOTE OF THE DAY "Whatever the Roman Pontiffs have hitherto taught must be held with a firm grasp of mind." Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, n. 41 ROMAN MARTYROLOGY - June 12 At Salamanca, in Spain, St. John of St. Facundus, confessor, of the Order of Augustinians, renowned for his zeal for the faith, for holiness of life, and miracles. — At Rome, on the Aurelian road, during the persecution of Deems and under the prefect Aurelius, the birthday of the holy martyrs Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor, and Nazarius, soldiers, who were cast into prison for the confession of the Christian name, scourged with scorpions, and finally decapitated. — At Mcaea, in Bithynia, St. Antonina, martyr, who was scourged by order of the governor Priscillian during the same persecution, then racked, lacerated, exposed to the fire, and finally put to the sword. — In Thrace, St. Olympius, a bishop, who was expelled from his see by the Arians, and died a confessor. — At Rome, in the Vatican basilica, the pope St. Leo III., to whom God miraculously restored his eyes and his tongue after they had been torn out by impious men. — In Cilicia, the bishop St. Amphion, a celebrated confessor of the time of Galerius Maximian. — In Egypt, St. Onuphrius, an anchoret, who for sixty years led a religious life in the desert, and renowned for great virtues and merits, departed for heaven. His admirable deeds were recorded by the abbot Paphnutius. HIGHLIGHTED SAINT St. John of St. Facundo Confessor of peace, preaching, and Eucharistic reverence. St. John of St. Facundo is honored as a confessor of the Augustinian Order, remembered for preaching, peace-making, and devotion to the Holy Sacrifice. His feast teaches that peace must be made beneath truth. A priestly soul does not heal quarrels by pretending sin and error do not matter, but by bringing men back under God. Ask St. John for peace that is not cowardice. Reconciliation becomes Catholic when it returns souls to truth, worship, and grace. FROM MATINS Peace restored by truth, priestly courage, and the Holy Sacrifice. Matins - Second Nocturn - St. John of St. Facundo, Confessor, with Ss. Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor, and Nazarius, Martyrs Roman Breviary "By sermons and private conversations he restored the city to tranquility." - The Breviary shows St. John renouncing benefices and episcopal favor so that he could serve God more quietly through daily Mass, preaching, study, religious poverty, obedience, humility, vigils, and prayer. - He restored peace to Salamanca not by avoiding truth but by preaching, private correction, and courageous opposition to cruelty. His peacemaking risked retaliation because charity defended those subject to injustice. - His priestly life was centered on the Holy Sacrifice, where he was favored with contemplation of Christ. The commemorated martyrs complete the lesson: peace with God requires steadfast confession and contempt for idolatrous commands. Seek peace beneath truth and the altar. Renounce ambition, receive discipline, correct cruelty even when it is dangerous, reconcile enemies through Catholic charity, and refuse every peace that demands silence before idolatry or injustice. FULL BREVIARY LESSONS Fourth Lesson - Benefices Renounced for Prayer and Preaching John was born of a noble family at Sahagun in Spain. After his parents had long remained without children, they obtained him from God by pious works and prayers. From his earliest years he gave remarkable signs of future holiness, for he often spoke to other boys from a higher place, exhorting them to virtue and the worship of God and settling their quarrels. In his native place he was entrusted for his first instruction to the monks of St. Facundus of the Order of St. Benedict. While he pursued these studies, his father arranged for him to administer a parish, but no argument could induce the young man to retain that office. He entered the household of the Bishop of Burgos and, because of his proven integrity, became his intimate companion. The bishop ordained him priest and canon and enriched him with many benefices. But John left the episcopal court so that he might serve God more quietly, renounced all ecclesiastical revenues, and attached himself to a chapel where he offered the Holy Sacrifice daily and frequently preached on divine things to the great edification of his hearers. Fifth Lesson - Religious Discipline amid a Violent City He afterwards went to Salamanca for study and was admitted to the celebrated College of St. Bartholomew. He exercised the priestly ministry while pursuing his desired studies and was continually engaged in sacred preaching. When he fell into a most serious illness, he bound himself by a vow to stricter discipline. In fulfillment of it, after first giving to an almost naked poor man the better of the only two garments he possessed, he entered the monastery of St. Augustine, which then flourished in severe discipline. Once admitted, he surpassed the more advanced religious in obedience, humility, vigils, and prayer. When care of the refectory was entrusted to him, a small cask of wine which he touched supplied all the monks abundantly for a year. After completing the year of probation, he undertook preaching at the command of his superior. At that time Salamanca was so disturbed by bloody factions that murders occurred almost every hour and not only its streets and squares but even its churches ran with the blood of men of every rank, especially the nobility. Sixth Lesson - Courageous Peacemaking before Christ John softened the hearts of the citizens by sermons and private conversations and restored the city to tranquility. He gravely offended a powerful man by rebuking his cruelty toward his subjects. The man therefore sent two horsemen to kill John on the road. They had already drawn near when, struck by a divinely sent stupor, they and their horses remained immovable until they cast themselves at the saint's feet and begged pardon for their crime. The powerful man himself, suddenly struck with terror and despairing of his safety, recalled John, repented of his deed, and was restored to health. Factious men who attacked him with clubs likewise found their arms rigid and did not recover their strength until they begged pardon. John was accustomed to behold Christ the Lord present while he offered the Holy Sacrifice and to draw heavenly mysteries from the divine fountain itself. He frequently discerned the secrets of hearts and foretold future things. At last, having foretold the day of his death and received the sacraments of the Church with great devotion, he ended his earthly course, glorious for many miracles before and after death. After these had been duly proved, Pope Alexander VIII enrolled him among the Saints. Commemoration - Ss. Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor, and Nazarius Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor, and Nazarius were Roman soldiers, noble by birth and distinguished by courage. Having embraced the Christian religion, they preached Christ the Son of God under the Emperor Diocletian. Arrested by Aurelius, prefect of the City, and commanded to sacrifice to the gods, they despised his orders and were sent to prison. While they prayed, a suddenly arisen and most brilliant light filled the prison before the eyes of all who were there. Moved by that heavenly splendor, Marcellus the jailer and many others believed in Christ the Lord. Later they were released from prison and brought before the Emperor Maximian. Since they disregarded his command also and had only Christ, God and Lord, upon their lips, they were tortured with scorpions and again cast into bonds. Brought out on the seventh day and set before the emperor, they persisted in mocking the empty gods and most steadfastly confessed Jesus Christ as God. They were therefore condemned and beheaded. Their bodies, exposed to wild beasts but left untouched by them, were honorably buried by Christians. THE PILGRIM'S SPIRITUAL CONFERENCE The Cross Is Daily The Church places this truth before you today: The disciple of Christ must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow Our Lord in obedience, penance, and perseverance. Do not hurry past it as though doctrine belonged only to books and controversies. A revealed truth is also a light by which the soul must judge its loyalties, its fears, its habits, and the duties immediately before it. Holiness is formed in ordinary fidelity before it is tested in public suffering. The grace to be practiced is Peace made under the altar, drawn from today's saintly witness. Ask God for more than the natural appearance of this virtue. Temperament may make an action seem easy for a time, but supernatural virtue remains faithful because God is worthy of obedience, even when feeling offers no assistance and no one notices the cost. Imitate Mary's purity: not merely freedom from grave stain, but an undivided heart that refuses whatever competes with God. There is also an enemy to recognize: Resist a comfortable religion that admires Christ while refusing self-denial. Do not study this danger only in other people. Look quietly for the door by which it seeks entrance into your own soul - perhaps through delay, curiosity, resentment, human respect, attachment to comfort, or the desire to control the outcome. Dying to self today means choosing peace made under the altar when pride, comfort, fear, resentment, or human respect asks for control. Do the faithful act and entrust its fruit to divine Providence, God's wise and loving governance of all things. Place effort and outcome into Our Lady's hands so that the whole offering may be presented to her Divine Son. Confidence in God is not passivity: obey, pray, work, and accept that visible success, consolation, or immediate relief may not be given. God remains faithful when the duty is hidden and the outcome uncertain. Therefore, perform the duty that belongs to you, use the lawful means God has provided, and then surrender the fruit. In temptation, do not debate with the tempter. Call upon Jesus and Mary, turn from the occasion, and perform the next duty. Keep this act pure in intention: for God's glory and the good of souls, not for praise, control, or appearance. The Church's witness: this truth manifests the Church's mark of holy; the witness placed beside it is St. Bede the Venerable. Your resolution before God: Offer today's sacrifices in reparation and surrender every excuse for the faults you already know. Carry this word: The mercy of the Sacred Heart heals the sinner by drawing him out of sin. THE PILGRIM'S MIRROR "Ask not who said this, but take heed what is said." Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Book I, chapter 5, p. 14 Truth does not become true through fashion, applause, or a celebrated name. Test what you hear by revelation and the perennial teaching of the Church. Yet à Kempis also rebukes the curiosity that collects authorities without receiving their doctrine. Listen for the truth God is giving through a trustworthy witness, and then permit that truth to correct you. The name of a saint should not become decoration around an unchanged life. Today's Practice: Reject claims based on novelty or popularity and ask what the Church has always taught. DAILY EXAMEN Ask where curiosity, vanity, or impurity entered today. Place the fault beneath Christ's mercy and make a definite guard for tomorrow. - For what grace or mercy should I thank God today? - What sin, fault, neglected duty, or resistance to grace must I confess? - What definite amendment will I carry into tomorrow? PRAYER O most Sacred Heart of Jesus, receive my contrition and cure my coldness. Teach me to answer Thy wounded love with reparation, obedience, and mercy toward others. DAILY RULE FOR THE PILGRIM A brief rule to keep every day: Begin with morning prayer Adore the Blessed Trinity and offer the whole day to Jesus through Mary before other duties claim the mind. Keep the Angelus Pause morning, noon, and evening to remember the Incarnation. Seek Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament Attend Holy Mass when duty permits; otherwise make a Spiritual Communion and renew desire for Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. Return to Jesus and Mary Use frequent holy aspirations during work, waiting, suffering, and temptation. Pray the Rosary Keep the mysteries of Christ before the mind with Our Lady and learn to imitate what they contain. End with night prayer and examen Give thanks, confess faults, forgive injuries, make a practical amendment, and entrust the night to Our Lady. CONTINUE STUDY Take Up Thy Cross Daily: https://cityofgodinexile.com/scripture-treasury/luke-9-23-deny-thyself-take-up-thy-cross-daily-and-the-standard-of-christ?entered=1 Open this day in the Sacred Calendar: https://cityofgodinexile.com/sacred-calendar?date=2027-06-12&entered=1 Open this day's Daily Pilgrimage: https://cityofgodinexile.com/daily-dispatch?date=2027-06-12&entered=1 Browse the Formation Index: https://cityofgodinexile.com/daily-dispatch/formation?entered=1
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CIUDAD DE DIOS EN EXILIO St. John of St. Facundo, Confessor 2027-06-12 - Time after Pentecost - Double - white Nota: las secciones fijas de formación se presentan en español; los textos diarios variables permanecen en el idioma mantenido en la fuente hasta que se agregue una traducción revisada. HOY EN EL AÑO ROMANO The feast of the Most Sacred Heart contemplates the Heart of Jesus opened by the lance after His sacrifice on Calvary. His tenderness is not permission to remain in sin: it calls the contrite soul to gratitude, reparation, conversion, and obedient love in return for divine charity. PRÁCTICA Offer today's sacrifices in reparation and surrender every excuse for the faults you already know. CITA DEL DÍA "Whatever the Roman Pontiffs have hitherto taught must be held with a firm grasp of mind." Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, n. 41 MARTIROLOGIO ROMANO - June 12 At Salamanca, in Spain, St. John of St. Facundus, confessor, of the Order of Augustinians, renowned for his zeal for the faith, for holiness of life, and miracles. — At Rome, on the Aurelian road, during the persecution of Deems and under the prefect Aurelius, the birthday of the holy martyrs Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor, and Nazarius, soldiers, who were cast into prison for the confession of the Christian name, scourged with scorpions, and finally decapitated. — At Mcaea, in Bithynia, St. Antonina, martyr, who was scourged by order of the governor Priscillian during the same persecution, then racked, lacerated, exposed to the fire, and finally put to the sword. — In Thrace, St. Olympius, a bishop, who was expelled from his see by the Arians, and died a confessor. — At Rome, in the Vatican basilica, the pope St. Leo III., to whom God miraculously restored his eyes and his tongue after they had been torn out by impious men. — In Cilicia, the bishop St. Amphion, a celebrated confessor of the time of Galerius Maximian. — In Egypt, St. Onuphrius, an anchoret, who for sixty years led a religious life in the desert, and renowned for great virtues and merits, departed for heaven. His admirable deeds were recorded by the abbot Paphnutius. SANTO DESTACADO St. John of St. Facundo Confessor of peace, preaching, and Eucharistic reverence. St. John of St. Facundo is honored as a confessor of the Augustinian Order, remembered for preaching, peace-making, and devotion to the Holy Sacrifice. His feast teaches that peace must be made beneath truth. A priestly soul does not heal quarrels by pretending sin and error do not matter, but by bringing men back under God. Ask St. John for peace that is not cowardice. Reconciliation becomes Catholic when it returns souls to truth, worship, and grace. SERMÓN O LECCIÓN DEL BREVIARIO Peace restored by truth, priestly courage, and the Holy Sacrifice. Matins - Second Nocturn - St. John of St. Facundo, Confessor, with Ss. Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor, and Nazarius, Martyrs Roman Breviary "By sermons and private conversations he restored the city to tranquility." - The Breviary shows St. John renouncing benefices and episcopal favor so that he could serve God more quietly through daily Mass, preaching, study, religious poverty, obedience, humility, vigils, and prayer. - He restored peace to Salamanca not by avoiding truth but by preaching, private correction, and courageous opposition to cruelty. His peacemaking risked retaliation because charity defended those subject to injustice. - His priestly life was centered on the Holy Sacrifice, where he was favored with contemplation of Christ. The commemorated martyrs complete the lesson: peace with God requires steadfast confession and contempt for idolatrous commands. Seek peace beneath truth and the altar. Renounce ambition, receive discipline, correct cruelty even when it is dangerous, reconcile enemies through Catholic charity, and refuse every peace that demands silence before idolatry or injustice. LECCIONES COMPLETAS DEL BREVIARIO Fourth Lesson - Benefices Renounced for Prayer and Preaching John was born of a noble family at Sahagun in Spain. After his parents had long remained without children, they obtained him from God by pious works and prayers. From his earliest years he gave remarkable signs of future holiness, for he often spoke to other boys from a higher place, exhorting them to virtue and the worship of God and settling their quarrels. In his native place he was entrusted for his first instruction to the monks of St. Facundus of the Order of St. Benedict. While he pursued these studies, his father arranged for him to administer a parish, but no argument could induce the young man to retain that office. He entered the household of the Bishop of Burgos and, because of his proven integrity, became his intimate companion. The bishop ordained him priest and canon and enriched him with many benefices. But John left the episcopal court so that he might serve God more quietly, renounced all ecclesiastical revenues, and attached himself to a chapel where he offered the Holy Sacrifice daily and frequently preached on divine things to the great edification of his hearers. Fifth Lesson - Religious Discipline amid a Violent City He afterwards went to Salamanca for study and was admitted to the celebrated College of St. Bartholomew. He exercised the priestly ministry while pursuing his desired studies and was continually engaged in sacred preaching. When he fell into a most serious illness, he bound himself by a vow to stricter discipline. In fulfillment of it, after first giving to an almost naked poor man the better of the only two garments he possessed, he entered the monastery of St. Augustine, which then flourished in severe discipline. Once admitted, he surpassed the more advanced religious in obedience, humility, vigils, and prayer. When care of the refectory was entrusted to him, a small cask of wine which he touched supplied all the monks abundantly for a year. After completing the year of probation, he undertook preaching at the command of his superior. At that time Salamanca was so disturbed by bloody factions that murders occurred almost every hour and not only its streets and squares but even its churches ran with the blood of men of every rank, especially the nobility. Sixth Lesson - Courageous Peacemaking before Christ John softened the hearts of the citizens by sermons and private conversations and restored the city to tranquility. He gravely offended a powerful man by rebuking his cruelty toward his subjects. The man therefore sent two horsemen to kill John on the road. They had already drawn near when, struck by a divinely sent stupor, they and their horses remained immovable until they cast themselves at the saint's feet and begged pardon for their crime. The powerful man himself, suddenly struck with terror and despairing of his safety, recalled John, repented of his deed, and was restored to health. Factious men who attacked him with clubs likewise found their arms rigid and did not recover their strength until they begged pardon. John was accustomed to behold Christ the Lord present while he offered the Holy Sacrifice and to draw heavenly mysteries from the divine fountain itself. He frequently discerned the secrets of hearts and foretold future things. At last, having foretold the day of his death and received the sacraments of the Church with great devotion, he ended his earthly course, glorious for many miracles before and after death. After these had been duly proved, Pope Alexander VIII enrolled him among the Saints. Commemoration - Ss. Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor, and Nazarius Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor, and Nazarius were Roman soldiers, noble by birth and distinguished by courage. Having embraced the Christian religion, they preached Christ the Son of God under the Emperor Diocletian. Arrested by Aurelius, prefect of the City, and commanded to sacrifice to the gods, they despised his orders and were sent to prison. While they prayed, a suddenly arisen and most brilliant light filled the prison before the eyes of all who were there. Moved by that heavenly splendor, Marcellus the jailer and many others believed in Christ the Lord. Later they were released from prison and brought before the Emperor Maximian. Since they disregarded his command also and had only Christ, God and Lord, upon their lips, they were tortured with scorpions and again cast into bonds. Brought out on the seventh day and set before the emperor, they persisted in mocking the empty gods and most steadfastly confessed Jesus Christ as God. They were therefore condemned and beheaded. Their bodies, exposed to wild beasts but left untouched by them, were honorably buried by Christians. VERDAD DE LA FE The Cross Is Daily The disciple of Christ must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow Our Lord in obedience, penance, and perseverance. Nota de la Iglesia: Holy Defensor: St. Bede the Venerable Defensa católica: Holiness is formed in ordinary fidelity before it is tested in public suffering. Error que resistir: Resist a comfortable religion that admires Christ while refusing self-denial. VIRTUD QUE PRACTICAR Peace made under the altar. La virtud de hoy es Peace made under the altar.. No debe quedar como un buen pensamiento: la gracia ha de entrar en los deberes reales del día, en la oración, la vida familiar, el trabajo, la corrección necesaria, el silencio paciente y la resistencia a la tentación. La virtud no es solamente una disposición natural o un temperamento agradable. La virtud católica ordena el alma y sus actos hacia Dios; está gobernada por la verdad, fortalecida por la gracia, purificada por el arrepentimiento y perfeccionada por la caridad. Ponga la virtud en práctica de este modo: Make peace where truth permits. Ponga la virtud en práctica de este modo: Pray for priests who reconcile souls. Ponga la virtud en práctica de este modo: Approach worship with reverence and a clean conscience. - ¿Dónde será probada esta virtud en mis deberes reales de hoy? - ¿Qué mera apariencia natural podría confundir con la virtud misma? - ¿Qué acto concreto realizaré antes de la noche? ORACIÓN O most Sacred Heart of Jesus, receive my contrition and cure my coldness. Teach me to answer Thy wounded love with reparation, obedience, and mercy toward others. REGLA DIARIA DEL PEREGRINO Una regla breve para guardar cada día: Comenzar con la oración de la mañana Reconozca a Dios y ofrézcale el día antes de atender otras obligaciones. Guardar el Ángelus Deténgase por la mañana, al mediodía y por la tarde para recordar la Encarnación. Hacer una comunión espiritual Renueve el deseo de Nuestro Señor en el Santísimo Sacramento sin tratar el exilio como algo normal. Rezar el Rosario Mantenga ante la mente los misterios de Cristo con Nuestra Señora. Volver a Dios con jaculatorias Use una breve aspiración santa durante el trabajo, la espera, el sufrimiento o la tentación. Terminar con oración nocturna y examen Dé gracias, confiese las faltas, perdone las ofensas y haga un propósito concreto. EXAMEN DIARIO - ¿Por qué gracia o misericordia debo dar gracias a Dios hoy? - ¿Qué pecado, falta, deber descuidado o resistencia a la gracia debo confesar? - ¿Qué propósito concreto llevaré a mañana? Continuar estudio: https://cityofgodinexile.com/scripture-treasury/luke-9-23-deny-thyself-take-up-thy-cross-daily-and-the-standard-of-christ?entered=1 Abrir este día en el Calendario Sagrado: https://cityofgodinexile.com/sacred-calendar?date=2027-06-12&entered=1 Abrir vista web: https://cityofgodinexile.com/daily-dispatch?date=2027-06-12&entered=1 Índice de formación: https://cityofgodinexile.com/daily-dispatch/formation?entered=1