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CITY OF GOD IN EXILE
Ss. Tiburtius and Susanna, Martyrs
2027-08-11 - Time after Pentecost - Simple - red
PLAIN-LANGUAGE GUIDE FOR TODAY
Martyr: a Christian who was killed rather than deny Christ or abandon the Faith.
Virgin: in a saint's title, a woman honored for consecrating her chastity and whole life to Christ.
Chastity: the virtue that orders sexuality according to one's state of life and treats the body as belonging to God.
TODAY IN THE ROMAN YEAR
The green season is not empty time. It is growth under grace. The pilgrim must ask whether the seed of doctrine is becoming virtue, whether prayer is becoming habit, whether zeal is becoming charity, and whether Catholic truth is governing ordinary choices. With Our Lady, contemplate the Eternal Son given to the world for our salvation. Thank the Father for giving His Son, adore the Word made flesh, and ask the Holy Ghost to form Mary's faithful consent in you.

"God the Father has not given His Only-begotten to the world except by Mary."
St. Louis-Marie de Montfort, True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin, no. 16

The Father is the source of the mission of the Son, and the Son is the one Redeemer. Yet the Incarnation was accomplished in the virginal womb and with Mary's free consent. God entered His creation through the fiat of the humble Virgin He had prepared.

Do not separate Marian devotion from the mystery it serves. Every Hail Mary should deepen faith in the Incarnate Word; every Rosary should make His life, Passion, and glory more governing; every recourse to His Mother should end in more complete obedience to Him.

PRACTICE
Test admired religious appearances by doctrine, valid worship, and Catholic obedience.

QUOTE OF THE DAY
"For it is thy heart's desire that is thy prayer; and if thy desire continues uninterrupted, thy prayer continueth also."
St. Augustine, Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm 37 (Vulgate numbering), section 14

NOVENA IN PROGRESS
Novena for the Assumption - Day 6 of 9
Preparing for Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on 2027-08-15.
Ask Our Lady to detach the soul from earth and order hope toward Heaven.
O Lord, we beseech Thee, forgive the transgressions of Thy servants, and, forasmuch as by our own deeds we cannot please Thee, may we find safety through the prayers of the Mother of Thy Son and our Lord. Through the Same our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
Renounce every earthly attachment that weakens prayer or purity, beginning with the attachment that most often draws the heart from God.

ROMAN MARTYROLOGY - August 11
At Rome, between the two laurels situated about three miles from the city, the birthday of St. Tiburtius, martyr, under the judge Fabian, in the persecution of Diocletian. After he hard walked barefoot on burning coals and confessed Christ with increased constancy, he was put to the sword. — Also, at Rome, the holy virgin Susanna, a woman of noble race, and niece of the blessed Pontiff Caius. She merited the palm of martyrdom by being beheaded in the time of Diocletian. — At Gomana, in Pontus, St. Alexander, bishop, surnamed Carbonarius, who added to a consummate knowledge of philosophy an eminent degree of Christian humility. He was promoted to the See of that church by St. Gregory Thaumaturgus, and became illustrious, not only by preaching, but also by suffering martyrdom by fire. — The same day, the martyrdom of St. Rufinus, bishop of the Marsi, and his companions, under the emperor Maximinus. — At Evreux, in France, St. Taurinus, bishop. Being made bishop of that city by the blessed pope Clement, he propagated the Christian faith by the preaching of the Gospel, and the many labors he sustained for it. Celebrated for glorious miracles, he slept in the Lord. — At Cambrai, in France, St. Gaugericus, bishop and confessor. — In the province of Valeria, St. Equitius, abbot, whose sanctity is attested by the blessed pope Gregory. — At Todi, St. Digna, virgin.

HIGHLIGHTED SAINT
Ss. Tiburtius and Susanna
Martyrs of Rome, steadfast under pressure.
During the persecution of Diocletian, St. Tiburtius walked barefoot upon burning coals and confessed Christ with still greater constancy before he was put to the sword.
St. Susanna, a Roman virgin of noble family and niece of Pope St. Caius, received the palm of martyrdom by beheading. Together these saints show that neither physical torment nor social position can excuse denial of Christ.
Let these Roman martyrs steady you. The world often begins by asking for a little silence, a little compromise, a little surrender of modesty. The Catholic answer must remain calm, clear, and faithful to Christ.
FROM MATINS
The martyrs who answered fire and rank with a firmer confession.
Martyrology - Martyrology Notice - Ss. Tiburtius and Susanna, Martyrs
Roman Martyrology
"After he had walked barefoot on burning coals and confessed Christ with increased constancy, he was put to the sword."
- The Martyrology remembers St. Tiburtius confessing Christ with greater constancy after walking barefoot upon burning coals, and receiving the sword when torment could not obtain apostasy.
- It remembers St. Susanna as a Roman virgin of noble race and a kinswoman of Pope St. Caius who received the palm of martyrdom by beheading.
- Their notices unite bodily courage, chastity, and freedom from the fear of status or authority. Neither pain nor social advantage can make denial of Christ lawful.
Ask these martyrs for chastity and firmness under pressure. Refuse the small compromises by which the world first trains a soul to fear suffering more than sin.
THE PILGRIM'S SPIRITUAL CONFERENCE
The Sacraments Are Instruments of Christ
The Church places this truth before you today: The sacraments are outward signs instituted by Christ to give grace; they are not symbols invented by the community. 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. Because Christ instituted the sacraments, the Church must guard their matter, form, minister, and intention with holy fear.
The grace to be practiced is Chaste firmness under pressure, 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. Practice faith in the Incarnation by treating the words, commandments, and mysteries of Jesus Christ as the words of God made man.
There is also an enemy to recognize: Resist sacramental casualness, especially the idea that good intention can repair invalid rites or invented forms. 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 chaste firmness under pressure 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. Accept the humility of God's approach: He came in hiddenness and asks fidelity that may also remain hidden. Carry the mysteries of the Rosary through all your duties, returning often to the words and actions of the Incarnate Son.
The Church's witness: this truth manifests the Church's mark of holy; the witness placed beside it is St. Thomas Aquinas.
Your resolution before God: Test admired religious appearances by doctrine, valid worship, and Catholic obedience.
Carry this word: The glory has departed wherever worship and doctrine are severed from truth.
THE PILGRIM'S MIRROR
"It behoveth thee to break thine own will in many things, if thou wilt have peace and concord with others."
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Book I, chapter 17, p. 27
Concord bought by surrendering truth is false, but many quarrels arise from preference rather than principle. Yield what belongs to self-will while holding fast what belongs to God.

Learn to distinguish the two before the moment of conflict. Doctrine, purity, justice, and necessary duty may require firmness. Your preferred method, timing, recognition, or last word usually does not. The soul becomes strong when it stops spending zeal upon the defense of self.
Today's Practice: Yield harmless preferences cheerfully whenever truth and duty do not require firmness.
DAILY EXAMEN
Ask whether devotion to Our Lady led you more deeply into adoration, obedience, and love of her Divine Son.
- 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 Lord, do not let me be satisfied with appearances when Thy glory is absent. Teach me to seek worship that is true, reverent, sacrificial, and received.
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
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CIUDAD DE DIOS EN EXILIO
Ss. Tiburtius and Susanna, Martyrs
2027-08-11 - Time after Pentecost - Simple - red
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 green season is not empty time. It is growth under grace. The pilgrim must ask whether the seed of doctrine is becoming virtue, whether prayer is becoming habit, whether zeal is becoming charity, and whether Catholic truth is governing ordinary choices.

PRÁCTICA
Test admired religious appearances by doctrine, valid worship, and Catholic obedience.

CITA DEL DÍA
"For it is thy heart's desire that is thy prayer; and if thy desire continues uninterrupted, thy prayer continueth also."
St. Augustine, Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm 37 (Vulgate numbering), section 14

NOVENA EN CURSO
Novena for the Assumption - Día 6 de 9
Preparación para Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary el 2027-08-15.
Ask Our Lady to detach the soul from earth and order hope toward Heaven.
O Lord, we beseech Thee, forgive the transgressions of Thy servants, and, forasmuch as by our own deeds we cannot please Thee, may we find safety through the prayers of the Mother of Thy Son and our Lord. Through the Same our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
Renounce every earthly attachment that weakens prayer or purity, beginning with the attachment that most often draws the heart from God.

MARTIROLOGIO ROMANO - August 11
At Rome, between the two laurels situated about three miles from the city, the birthday of St. Tiburtius, martyr, under the judge Fabian, in the persecution of Diocletian. After he hard walked barefoot on burning coals and confessed Christ with increased constancy, he was put to the sword. — Also, at Rome, the holy virgin Susanna, a woman of noble race, and niece of the blessed Pontiff Caius. She merited the palm of martyrdom by being beheaded in the time of Diocletian. — At Gomana, in Pontus, St. Alexander, bishop, surnamed Carbonarius, who added to a consummate knowledge of philosophy an eminent degree of Christian humility. He was promoted to the See of that church by St. Gregory Thaumaturgus, and became illustrious, not only by preaching, but also by suffering martyrdom by fire. — The same day, the martyrdom of St. Rufinus, bishop of the Marsi, and his companions, under the emperor Maximinus. — At Evreux, in France, St. Taurinus, bishop. Being made bishop of that city by the blessed pope Clement, he propagated the Christian faith by the preaching of the Gospel, and the many labors he sustained for it. Celebrated for glorious miracles, he slept in the Lord. — At Cambrai, in France, St. Gaugericus, bishop and confessor. — In the province of Valeria, St. Equitius, abbot, whose sanctity is attested by the blessed pope Gregory. — At Todi, St. Digna, virgin.

SANTO DESTACADO
Ss. Tiburtius and Susanna
Martyrs of Rome, steadfast under pressure.
During the persecution of Diocletian, St. Tiburtius walked barefoot upon burning coals and confessed Christ with still greater constancy before he was put to the sword.
St. Susanna, a Roman virgin of noble family and niece of Pope St. Caius, received the palm of martyrdom by beheading. Together these saints show that neither physical torment nor social position can excuse denial of Christ.
Let these Roman martyrs steady you. The world often begins by asking for a little silence, a little compromise, a little surrender of modesty. The Catholic answer must remain calm, clear, and faithful to Christ.
SERMÓN O LECCIÓN DEL BREVIARIO
The martyrs who answered fire and rank with a firmer confession.
Martyrology - Martyrology Notice - Ss. Tiburtius and Susanna, Martyrs
Roman Martyrology
"After he had walked barefoot on burning coals and confessed Christ with increased constancy, he was put to the sword."
- The Martyrology remembers St. Tiburtius confessing Christ with greater constancy after walking barefoot upon burning coals, and receiving the sword when torment could not obtain apostasy.
- It remembers St. Susanna as a Roman virgin of noble race and a kinswoman of Pope St. Caius who received the palm of martyrdom by beheading.
- Their notices unite bodily courage, chastity, and freedom from the fear of status or authority. Neither pain nor social advantage can make denial of Christ lawful.
Ask these martyrs for chastity and firmness under pressure. Refuse the small compromises by which the world first trains a soul to fear suffering more than sin.
VERDAD DE LA FE
The Sacraments Are Instruments of Christ
The sacraments are outward signs instituted by Christ to give grace; they are not symbols invented by the community.
Nota de la Iglesia: Holy
Defensor: St. Thomas Aquinas
Defensa católica: Because Christ instituted the sacraments, the Church must guard their matter, form, minister, and intention with holy fear.
Error que resistir: Resist sacramental casualness, especially the idea that good intention can repair invalid rites or invented forms.
VIRTUD QUE PRACTICAR
Chaste firmness under pressure.
La virtud de hoy es Chaste firmness under pressure.. 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: Ask for courage under pressure from family, society, or authority.
Ponga la virtud en práctica de este modo: Guard purity in speech, dress, entertainment, and affection.
Ponga la virtud en práctica de este modo: Honor lesser-known martyrs as friends of the faithful in exile.
- ¿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 Lord, do not let me be satisfied with appearances when Thy glory is absent. Teach me to seek worship that is true, reverent, sacrificial, and received.
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?
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