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CITY OF GOD IN EXILE St. Eustace and Companions, Martyrs 2028-09-20 - Time after Pentecost - Double - red PLAIN-LANGUAGE GUIDE FOR TODAY Octave: an eight-day extension of a major feast, allowing the Church to continue praying over the same mystery. Martyr: a Christian who was killed rather than deny Christ or abandon the Faith. Apostolic: belonging to the faith, mission, teaching, or authority handed down from Christ through the apostles. 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 Pentecost does not end when the octave passes. Its fruit must remain in the soul: public confession of truth, docility to apostolic doctrine, courage before false authority, and charity strong enough to resist error without bitterness. With Mary, ponder the mysteries of Christ and let revealed truth govern the day. Keep the mysteries of the Rosary near the mind today. Ask Our Lady to teach what they demand of faith, worship, and conduct. "We must do all our actions with Mary; that is to say, we must in all our actions regard Mary as an accomplished model of every virtue and perfection which the Holy Ghost has formed in a pure creature for us to imitate according to our little measure." St. Louis-Marie de Montfort, True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin, no. 260 To walk with Mary is first to look steadily at what God made her: humble under praise, recollected amid great mysteries, obedient without bargaining, pure in intention, and faithful when fidelity led beneath the Cross. Admiration that never becomes imitation remains unfinished devotion. Ask which of these dispositions is most absent from your conduct today. Strive for every virtue that duty requires, while giving particular attention to the one most opposed by your usual fault. Beg for it through Our Lady and practice it in the very circumstance where that fault ordinarily appears. PRACTICE Let Catholic beauty move you toward concrete duty, prayer, and repentance. QUOTE OF THE DAY "Many suffer everlasting calamity because of ignorance of those mysteries of faith which must be known and believed." Pope St. Pius X, Acerbo Nimis, n. 2 ROMAN MARTYROLOGY - September 20 The vigil of St. Matthew, apostle and evangelist — At Rome, the holy martyrs Eustachius, and Theopistes, his wife, with their two sons, Agapitus and Theopistus. Under the emperor Adrian, they were condemned to be cast to the beasts, but through the power of God, being uninjured by them, they were shut up in a burning brazen ox, and thus terminated their martyrdom. — At Cyzicum, on the sea of Marmora, the birthday of the holy martyrs Pausta, virgin, and Evilasius, in the time of the emperor Maximian. Fausta had her head shaved to shame her, and was hanged up and tortured by Evilasius, then a Pagan priest; but when he wished to have her body cut in two, the executioners could not inflict any injury on her. Amazed at this prodigy, Evilasius believed in Christ; and whilst he was cruelly tortured by order of the emperor, Fausta had her head bored through, and her whole body pierced with nails. She was then laid on a burning pan, and being called by a celestial voice, went in company with Evilasius to enjoy the blessedness of heaven. — In Phrygia, the holy martyrs Denis and Privatus. — Also, St. Priscus, martyr, who, after having had his body pierced all over with daggers, was beheaded. — At Pergen, in Pamphylia, the Saints Theodore, his mother Philippa, and their fellow martyrs, under the emperor Antoninus. — At Carthage, St. Candida, virgin and martyr; who, having all her body lacerated with whips, was crowned with martyrdom, under the emperor Maximian. — Also, the holy martyr Susanna, daughter of Arthemius, a Pagan priest, and Martha. — The same day, pope St. Agapitus, whose sanctity is attested by blessed Gregory the Great. — At Milan, St. Clicerius, bishop and confessor. HIGHLIGHTED SAINT St. Eustace and Companions A household crowned together in martyrdom. The Martyrology honors St. Eustachius with Theopistes his wife and their sons Agapitus and Theopistus, martyrs at Rome under Adrian. They were condemned to the beasts, preserved by the power of God, and then enclosed in a burning brazen ox. Their feast shows a family not merely admiring the faith together, but suffering for Christ together. Ask St. Eustace and his family for a household ordered to eternity. The Catholic home is safest when it knows that love must be stronger than fear. FROM MATINS A household reunited and crowned together for Christ. Matins - Second Nocturn - St. Eustace and Companions, Martyrs Roman Breviary "They praised God until their testimony was ended." - The Breviary remembers St. Eustace, his wife Theopista, and their sons as a household enlisted beneath Christ and purified through severe losses. - Their reunion did not end their trial: military honour and public applause were surrendered rather than offer sacrifice to false gods. - Their common martyrdom teaches that family love reaches its proper end when the household remains faithful to Christ unto death. Build a household ordered to eternity. St. Eustace and his family teach patience in loss, gratitude in reunion, and refusal to purchase earthly peace through false worship. FULL BREVIARY LESSONS Fourth Lesson - A Household Enlisted under Christ Eustace (whose name before his Baptism was Placidus) was a Roman, alike well-known on account of his noble birth, his great earthly wealth, and his eminent distinction as a soldier. He gained, under the Emperor Trajan, the post of military commander. Once upon a time he was hunting, and following an extraordinarily large stag, when the beast stood still, and Eustace saw between his horns a tall and glorious figure of the Lord Christ hanging upon the Cross, whence came a voice bidding him to follow after life eternal. Thereupon Eustace and his wife Theopista, and their two little sons Agapitus and Theopistus, enlisted themselves as soldiers under the Great Captain, Christ. Fifth Lesson - Loss Borne Patiently beneath Providence In a little while he went back, according as the Lord had commanded him, to the place where he had seen the first vision, and there he heard from God how much he was to bear for His glory. It was not long after that he had great losses and became exceedingly poor, but he bore it very patiently. Then he was constrained to fly away privily, and on the journey was grievously afflicted in that, first, his wife and then his children were parted from him and carried he knew not whither. Under the weight of these sorrows he lay hid a long while in a far-off place, working as the steward of a land-owner, until the voice of God called him forth, and Trajan sought for him again to make him a captain in his army. Sixth Lesson - The Family Refuses False Worship While he was with the army he found his wife and children once more, by an unexpected happiness, and re-entered the city [of Rome] as a conquering soldier amid the loud applause of all men, but thereupon, when he was commanded to offer sacrifices of thanksgiving for the victory to the gods that are no gods, he stoutly refused. They tried him in vain with divers cajoleries to make him deny Christ, but could not, and he and his wife and little ones were thrown to the lions. When these beasts would not touch them, the Emperor's fury was kindled, and he commanded them all to be shut up in the brazen image of a bull, which was heated with fire underneath. There they praised God until their testimony was ended, and they departed hence to be perfectly blessed for ever and ever, upon the 20th day of September. Their bodies were buried whole by the faithful, with deep reverence, and were afterwards honourably carried to a Church built in their name. THE PILGRIM'S SPIRITUAL CONFERENCE The Church Is Visible and Founded by Christ The Church places this truth before you today: The true Church is not an invisible collection of private opinions, but the society founded by Our Lord, teaching, sanctifying, and governing in His name. 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. Apostolicity guards continuity of doctrine, worship, mission, and authority. The faithful do not invent the Church; they receive her from Christ through the Apostles. The grace to be practiced is Family fidelity unto martyrdom, 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 faith. She did not make private feeling the measure of God's word; she believed, obeyed, and persevered in darkness. There is also an enemy to recognize: Resist the claim that a self-made religious fellowship can replace the Church Christ visibly founded. 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 family fidelity unto martyrdom 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. When understanding is limited, do not abandon what God has revealed. Trust Him, hold the Catholic Faith, and fulfill the known duty. Carry your acts into the mysteries of Christ's life and offer them with the corresponding decades of the Rosary. The Church's witness: this truth manifests the Church's mark of apostolic; the witness placed beside it is St. Robert Bellarmine. Your resolution before God: Let Catholic beauty move you toward concrete duty, prayer, and repentance. Carry this word: The Church's beauty is order, truth, sacrifice, and holiness. THE PILGRIM'S MIRROR "We be all frail: but thou shalt judge no man more frail than thyself." Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Book I, chapter 2, p. 11 Catholic judgment rejects error without forgetting one's own need of mercy. Let vigilance begin with the disorder nearest at hand: your own. You need not call falsehood harmless in order to be humble. Humility simply refuses to use another person's fault as shelter from repentance. Condemn what God condemns, pray for the soul in danger, and then ask whether the same root - pride, fear, sensuality, or human respect - has found a quieter form in you. Today's Practice: When another's fault irritates you, pray for that soul and examine the same root in yourself. DAILY EXAMEN Ponder the day with Mary: where was Christ present, where did you resist grace, and what truth must be kept more faithfully 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 Lord, purify my love for Catholic beauty. Let it lead me to obedience, reverence, valid worship, and sanctity rather than taste alone. 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 The Visibility of the Church: https://cityofgodinexile.com/how-the-true-church-is-known/chapter-10-the-visibility-of-the-church-the-light-that-cannot-be-hidden?entered=1 Open this day in the Sacred Calendar: https://cityofgodinexile.com/sacred-calendar?date=2028-09-20&entered=1 Open this day's Daily Pilgrimage: https://cityofgodinexile.com/daily-dispatch?date=2028-09-20&entered=1 Browse the Formation Index: https://cityofgodinexile.com/daily-dispatch/formation?entered=1
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CIUDAD DE DIOS EN EXILIO St. Eustace and Companions, Martyrs 2028-09-20 - Time after Pentecost - Double - 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 Pentecost does not end when the octave passes. Its fruit must remain in the soul: public confession of truth, docility to apostolic doctrine, courage before false authority, and charity strong enough to resist error without bitterness. PRÁCTICA Let Catholic beauty move you toward concrete duty, prayer, and repentance. CITA DEL DÍA "Many suffer everlasting calamity because of ignorance of those mysteries of faith which must be known and believed." Pope St. Pius X, Acerbo Nimis, n. 2 MARTIROLOGIO ROMANO - September 20 The vigil of St. Matthew, apostle and evangelist — At Rome, the holy martyrs Eustachius, and Theopistes, his wife, with their two sons, Agapitus and Theopistus. Under the emperor Adrian, they were condemned to be cast to the beasts, but through the power of God, being uninjured by them, they were shut up in a burning brazen ox, and thus terminated their martyrdom. — At Cyzicum, on the sea of Marmora, the birthday of the holy martyrs Pausta, virgin, and Evilasius, in the time of the emperor Maximian. Fausta had her head shaved to shame her, and was hanged up and tortured by Evilasius, then a Pagan priest; but when he wished to have her body cut in two, the executioners could not inflict any injury on her. Amazed at this prodigy, Evilasius believed in Christ; and whilst he was cruelly tortured by order of the emperor, Fausta had her head bored through, and her whole body pierced with nails. She was then laid on a burning pan, and being called by a celestial voice, went in company with Evilasius to enjoy the blessedness of heaven. — In Phrygia, the holy martyrs Denis and Privatus. — Also, St. Priscus, martyr, who, after having had his body pierced all over with daggers, was beheaded. — At Pergen, in Pamphylia, the Saints Theodore, his mother Philippa, and their fellow martyrs, under the emperor Antoninus. — At Carthage, St. Candida, virgin and martyr; who, having all her body lacerated with whips, was crowned with martyrdom, under the emperor Maximian. — Also, the holy martyr Susanna, daughter of Arthemius, a Pagan priest, and Martha. — The same day, pope St. Agapitus, whose sanctity is attested by blessed Gregory the Great. — At Milan, St. Clicerius, bishop and confessor. SANTO DESTACADO St. Eustace and Companions A household crowned together in martyrdom. The Martyrology honors St. Eustachius with Theopistes his wife and their sons Agapitus and Theopistus, martyrs at Rome under Adrian. They were condemned to the beasts, preserved by the power of God, and then enclosed in a burning brazen ox. Their feast shows a family not merely admiring the faith together, but suffering for Christ together. Ask St. Eustace and his family for a household ordered to eternity. The Catholic home is safest when it knows that love must be stronger than fear. TESTIMONIO DEL BREVIARIO A household crowned for Christ. Matins - St. Eustace and Companions - The Martyrology remembers Eustachius, Theopistes, and their sons Agapitus and Theopistus as a family of martyrs at Rome under Adrian. - Their trial before beasts and death in the burning brazen ox show household love perfected by common fidelity to Christ. Build a home that can suffer for truth. Catholic family life is not merely affection; it is shared fidelity ordered to heaven. Instrucción del Breviario El testimonio del Breviario para St. Eustace and Companions forma parte de la enseñanza diaria de la Iglesia. No debe leerse como una lista de datos aislados: la Sagrada Escritura, las vidas de los santos, la doctrina y la oración de la Iglesia se unen para formar el juicio y la vida católica. El testimonio de hoy se reúne bajo A household crowned for Christ.. Su primer punto es: The Martyrology remembers Eustachius, Theopistes, and their sons Agapitus and Theopistus as a family of martyrs at Rome under Adrian. La instrucción práctica es: Build a home that can suffer for truth. Catholic family life is not merely affection; it is shared fidelity ordered to heaven. Pregunte qué verdad se custodia, qué virtud se alaba y qué peligro u olvido se corrige. - ¿Qué verdad enseña o defiende este testimonio del Breviario? - ¿Qué virtud pone la Iglesia ante mí? - ¿Qué juicio o acción debe cambiar por haber recibido esta lección? SERMÓN O LECCIÓN DEL BREVIARIO A household reunited and crowned together for Christ. Matins - Second Nocturn - St. Eustace and Companions, Martyrs Roman Breviary "They praised God until their testimony was ended." - The Breviary remembers St. Eustace, his wife Theopista, and their sons as a household enlisted beneath Christ and purified through severe losses. - Their reunion did not end their trial: military honour and public applause were surrendered rather than offer sacrifice to false gods. - Their common martyrdom teaches that family love reaches its proper end when the household remains faithful to Christ unto death. Build a household ordered to eternity. St. Eustace and his family teach patience in loss, gratitude in reunion, and refusal to purchase earthly peace through false worship. LECCIONES COMPLETAS DEL BREVIARIO Fourth Lesson - A Household Enlisted under Christ Eustace (whose name before his Baptism was Placidus) was a Roman, alike well-known on account of his noble birth, his great earthly wealth, and his eminent distinction as a soldier. He gained, under the Emperor Trajan, the post of military commander. Once upon a time he was hunting, and following an extraordinarily large stag, when the beast stood still, and Eustace saw between his horns a tall and glorious figure of the Lord Christ hanging upon the Cross, whence came a voice bidding him to follow after life eternal. Thereupon Eustace and his wife Theopista, and their two little sons Agapitus and Theopistus, enlisted themselves as soldiers under the Great Captain, Christ. Fifth Lesson - Loss Borne Patiently beneath Providence In a little while he went back, according as the Lord had commanded him, to the place where he had seen the first vision, and there he heard from God how much he was to bear for His glory. It was not long after that he had great losses and became exceedingly poor, but he bore it very patiently. Then he was constrained to fly away privily, and on the journey was grievously afflicted in that, first, his wife and then his children were parted from him and carried he knew not whither. Under the weight of these sorrows he lay hid a long while in a far-off place, working as the steward of a land-owner, until the voice of God called him forth, and Trajan sought for him again to make him a captain in his army. Sixth Lesson - The Family Refuses False Worship While he was with the army he found his wife and children once more, by an unexpected happiness, and re-entered the city [of Rome] as a conquering soldier amid the loud applause of all men, but thereupon, when he was commanded to offer sacrifices of thanksgiving for the victory to the gods that are no gods, he stoutly refused. They tried him in vain with divers cajoleries to make him deny Christ, but could not, and he and his wife and little ones were thrown to the lions. When these beasts would not touch them, the Emperor's fury was kindled, and he commanded them all to be shut up in the brazen image of a bull, which was heated with fire underneath. There they praised God until their testimony was ended, and they departed hence to be perfectly blessed for ever and ever, upon the 20th day of September. Their bodies were buried whole by the faithful, with deep reverence, and were afterwards honourably carried to a Church built in their name. VERDAD DE LA FE The Church Is Visible and Founded by Christ The true Church is not an invisible collection of private opinions, but the society founded by Our Lord, teaching, sanctifying, and governing in His name. Nota de la Iglesia: Apostolic Defensor: St. Robert Bellarmine Defensa católica: Apostolicity guards continuity of doctrine, worship, mission, and authority. The faithful do not invent the Church; they receive her from Christ through the Apostles. Error que resistir: Resist the claim that a self-made religious fellowship can replace the Church Christ visibly founded. VIRTUD QUE PRACTICAR Family fidelity unto martyrdom. La virtud de hoy es Family fidelity unto martyrdom.. 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: Pray for Catholic courage in families. Ponga la virtud en práctica de este modo: Teach children that Christ is worth sacrifice. Ponga la virtud en práctica de este modo: Let household love be ordered to heaven. - ¿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, purify my love for Catholic beauty. Let it lead me to obedience, reverence, valid worship, and sanctity rather than taste alone. 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/how-the-true-church-is-known/chapter-10-the-visibility-of-the-church-the-light-that-cannot-be-hidden?entered=1 Abrir este día en el Calendario Sagrado: https://cityofgodinexile.com/sacred-calendar?date=2028-09-20&entered=1 Abrir vista web: https://cityofgodinexile.com/daily-dispatch?date=2028-09-20&entered=1 Índice de formación: https://cityofgodinexile.com/daily-dispatch/formation?entered=1