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CITY OF GOD IN EXILE Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed 2028-11-02 - Time after Pentecost - Double of the First Class - black PLAIN-LANGUAGE GUIDE FOR TODAY Commemoration: a shorter liturgical remembrance of another saint or observance occurring on the same day. Penance: repentance expressed through prayer, self-denial, reparation, and a real turning away from sin. Holy Sacrifice: the Mass, in which Christ's one sacrifice on Calvary is made sacramentally present and offered to the Father. 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 Holy Souls can no longer merit or make satisfaction for themselves, but the Church does not abandon her suffering children. She brings them the Holy Sacrifice, prayers, indulgenced works, and acts of penance. Pray with sober hope: death fixes the soul's choice, judgment is real, and Catholic charity reaches into Purgatory. Keep theological order while receiving the instrument God freely chose in His work of sanctification. Adore the Holy Ghost as God and ask to cooperate humbly with every grace He gives through the order He has established. "But what we want to say is, that the Holy Ghost chose to make use of our Blessed Lady, though He had no absolute need of her, to bring His fruitfulness into action, by producing in her and by her Jesus Christ in His members; a mystery of grace unknown to even the wisest and most spiritual among Christians." St. Louis-Marie de Montfort, True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin, no. 21 St. Louis de Montfort again closes the door against exaggeration: the Holy Ghost has no absolute need of Mary. Her office rests upon His sovereign choice. That truth protects both divine majesty and authentic Marian devotion from confusion. The soul must learn the same humility. God does not need our talents, plans, consolations, or reputation, yet He truly commands our cooperation. Serve diligently without imagining yourself indispensable; depend entirely upon grace without using dependence as permission for laziness. OCTAVE CONTEXT Within the Common Octave of All Saints - Common Octave PRACTICE Pray the De profundis and offer the day's sacrifices for the most abandoned souls in Purgatory. QUOTE OF THE DAY "Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord." The Church, Requiem aeternam ROMAN MARTYROLOGY - November 2 The Commemoration of all the faithful departed. - — The same day, the birthday of St. Victorinus, bishop of Poitiers, who, after writing many works, as is attested by St. Jerome, was crowned with martyrdom in the persecution of Diocletian. — At Trieste, blessed Justus, who consummated his martyrdom in the same persecution, under the governor Manatius. — At Sebaste, the Saints Carterius, Styriacus, Tobias, Eudoxius, Agapius, and their companions, martyrs, under the emperor Licinius. — In Persia, the holy martyrs Acindynus, Pegasius, Aphtonius, Elpidephorus and Anempodistus, with their numerous companions. — In Africa, the birthday of the holy martyrs Publius, Victor, Hermes, and Papias. — At Tarsus, in Cilicia, in the reign of Julian the Apostate, St. Eustochium, virgin and martyr, who breathed her last in prayer in the midst of severe torments. — At Laodicea, in Syria, St. Theodotus, a bishop, powerful in words, and adorned with good works and virtues. — At Vienne, St. George, bishop. — In the monastery of St. Maurice, in Switzerland, St. Ambrose, abbot. — At Cyrus, in Syria, St. Marcian, confessor. GOSPEL OF THE DAY They that have done good things shall come forth unto the resurrection of life. Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed - John 5:25-29 "The hour cometh, wherein all that are in the graves shall hear the voice of the Son of God." Give the dead your prayers today. Love does not end at the grave, and the Church's charity reaches into purgatory. THE CHURCH'S READING OF THE GOSPEL What This Gospel Teaches Christ is Lord of the living and the dead. The Church prays for the departed in hope of resurrection and purification. Error corrected: The forgetfulness that treats the dead as beyond charity. - Where does this error tempt me in practice? - What act does this Gospel require of me today? HIGHLIGHTED SAINT All the Faithful Departed The Church praying for the souls in purgatory. The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed turns the whole Church toward prayer for the dead. It teaches charity beyond death: Mass, prayer, penance, and suffrage are offered for souls who can no longer merit for themselves. Give the dead your prayers today. Love does not end at the grave, and the Church's charity reaches where sentiment cannot. FROM MATINS The Redeemer who is seen in the flesh. Matins - Third Nocturn - Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed Roman Breviary "I know that my Redeemer liveth." - Bute notes that the Office for the Dead is said with three nocturns on All Souls, when the Church publicly prays for the faithful departed. - The Matins lessons from Job hold together sorrow, judgment, hope, the confession of sin, and the expectation of seeing the Redeemer in the flesh. - The Office refuses both despair and presumption: the dead are commended to divine mercy by the living Church, with hope in Christ and fear of judgment. Pray for the dead with Catholic seriousness. Love does not canonize the departed by sentiment; it pleads for mercy, remission, light, and rest. FULL BREVIARY LESSONS First Lesson - Job 7:16-21 Lord! let me alone; for my days are vanity. What is man, that Thou shouldest magnify him? or that Thou shouldest set Thine heart upon him? Thou visitest him every early, and triest him suddenly. How long wilt Thou not depart from me, nor let me alone, till I swallow down my spittle? I have sinned; what shall I do unto Thee, O Thou Preserver of men? Why hast Thou set me as a mark against Thee, so that I am a burden to myself? Why dost Thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? Behold! now shall I sleep in the dust, and if Thou shalt seek me in the morning, I shall not be. Second Lesson - Job 10:1-7 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. I will say unto God: Do not condemn me; show me wherefore Thou judgest me thus. Doth it seem good unto Thee that Thou shouldest maltreat me, that Thou shouldest oppress the work of Thine hands, and help the counsel of the wicked? Hast Thou eyes of flesh? or seest Thou as man seeth? Are Thy days as the days of man? Are Thy years as the times of men, that Thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin? Yet Thou knowest that I have done no wrong, but that there is none that can deliver out of Thine hand. Third Lesson - Job 10:8-12 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; and dost Thou so suddenly destroy me? Remember, I beseech Thee, that Thou hast made me as the clay, and that Thou wilt bring me into the dust again. Hast Thou not poured me out as milk and curdled me like cheese? Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh; and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. Thou hast granted me life and favour, and Thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. Fourth Lesson - Job 13:22-28 Answer Thou me: how many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgressions and offences. Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and holdest me for Thine enemy? Dost Thou show forth Thy power against a leaf driven to and fro by the wind? And wilt Thou pursue the dry stubble? For Thou writest bitter things against me, and art fain to consume me with the iniquities of my youth. Thou puttest my feet in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths, and observest my footsteps, and as a rotten thing I am to be consumed, and as a garment that is moth-eaten. Fifth Lesson - Job 14:1-6 Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. And dost Thou think it worthy to open Thine eyes upon such an one, and to bring him into judgment with Thee? Who can bring a clean thing out of unclean seed? Is it not Thou Who alone art? The days of man are short, the number of his months is with Thee; Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass. Turn from him for a little while, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day. Sixth Lesson - Job 14:13-16 O that Thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that Thou wouldest keep me secret, until Thy wrath be past; that Thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me. If a man die, shall he live again? All the days wherein I now toil, I am waiting till my change come. Thou shalt call, and I will answer Thee. Thou wilt stretch forth Thy right hand unto the work of Thine hands. Thou dost indeed number my steps, but be Thou merciful unto my sins. Seventh Lesson - Job 17:1-3, 11-15 My breath will wax feebler, and my days fewer, and there is nothing before me but the grave. I have not sinned; yet doth my mind remaineth in affliction. Deliver me, O Lord, and set me beside Thee; and let any man's hand fight against me. My days are past, my purposes are broken off, and are become to my spirit. They change the night into day, and again, after the darkness I hope for light. If I wait, the grave is mine house; I have made my bed in the darkness. I have said to corruption: Thou art my father—to the worm: Thou art my mother, and my sister. Where therefore is now my hope? As for my patience, who shall consider it? Eighth Lesson - Job 19:20-27 My flesh is consumed, my bone cleaveth unto my skin, and there remaineth not round my teeth save the skin of my lips. Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, at least ye that are my friends, for the hand of the Lord hath touched me. Why do ye persecute me as God, and glut yourselves upon my flesh? O that my words were now written! O that they were inscribed in a book with an iron pen, or cut in lead, or graven with a chisel upon the flinty rock! For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that I shall stand up from the earth at the latter day, and in my flesh shall I see God; Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another. This is mine hope that is laid up in my bosom. Ninth Lesson - Job 10:18-22 Wherefore hast Thou brought me forth out of the womb? O that I had perished, and no eye had seen me! I should have been as though I had not been—I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. Are not my days few? Let me alone then, that I may comfort myself a little, and sorrow, before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death, a land of cheerlessness and darkness, where the night of death dwelleth, without any order, but shapelessness and dreadfulness of darkness for ever. 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 Charity beyond death, 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 humble cooperation: labor faithfully while knowing that every supernatural fruit belongs first to grace. 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 charity beyond death 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 being an instrument rather than the owner of the work, surrendering both credit and control of results. Use all the abilities and opportunities God has entrusted to you, then return the entire fruit to Him through Mary. 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: Pray the De profundis and offer the day's sacrifices for the most abandoned souls in Purgatory. Carry this word: To pray for the dead is to love a soul where love is most helpless and pure. THE PILGRIM'S MIRROR "Thou hast here no place of long abiding, for wheresoever thou be, thou art but a stranger and a pilgrim." Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Book II, chapter 1, p. 53 The citizen of Heaven uses earthly goods faithfully without building his final home in them. Receive the day's joys and sorrows as provisions for the road. Exile becomes bitter when the soul demands permanence from what must pass. Let today's change, disappointment, or small loss remind you gently of your destination. Fulfill earthly duties well precisely because they are the road appointed by God, but keep the heart free for the City that does not pass away. Today's Practice: When something passes away today, say: My home is with God. DAILY EXAMEN Ask where you acted as though success depended wholly upon you, or where false passivity excused neglected duty. - 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 Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord; and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. 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=2028-11-02&entered=1 Open this day's Daily Pilgrimage: https://cityofgodinexile.com/daily-dispatch?date=2028-11-02&entered=1 Browse the Formation Index: https://cityofgodinexile.com/daily-dispatch/formation?entered=1
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CIUDAD DE DIOS EN EXILIO Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed 2028-11-02 - Time after Pentecost - Double of the First Class - black 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 Holy Souls can no longer merit or make satisfaction for themselves, but the Church does not abandon her suffering children. She brings them the Holy Sacrifice, prayers, indulgenced works, and acts of penance. Pray with sober hope: death fixes the soul's choice, judgment is real, and Catholic charity reaches into Purgatory. PRÁCTICA Pray the De profundis and offer the day's sacrifices for the most abandoned souls in Purgatory. CITA DEL DÍA "Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord." The Church, Requiem aeternam MARTIROLOGIO ROMANO - November 2 The Commemoration of all the faithful departed. - — The same day, the birthday of St. Victorinus, bishop of Poitiers, who, after writing many works, as is attested by St. Jerome, was crowned with martyrdom in the persecution of Diocletian. — At Trieste, blessed Justus, who consummated his martyrdom in the same persecution, under the governor Manatius. — At Sebaste, the Saints Carterius, Styriacus, Tobias, Eudoxius, Agapius, and their companions, martyrs, under the emperor Licinius. — In Persia, the holy martyrs Acindynus, Pegasius, Aphtonius, Elpidephorus and Anempodistus, with their numerous companions. — In Africa, the birthday of the holy martyrs Publius, Victor, Hermes, and Papias. — At Tarsus, in Cilicia, in the reign of Julian the Apostate, St. Eustochium, virgin and martyr, who breathed her last in prayer in the midst of severe torments. — At Laodicea, in Syria, St. Theodotus, a bishop, powerful in words, and adorned with good works and virtues. — At Vienne, St. George, bishop. — In the monastery of St. Maurice, in Switzerland, St. Ambrose, abbot. — At Cyrus, in Syria, St. Marcian, confessor. EVANGELIO DEL DÍA They that have done good things shall come forth unto the resurrection of life. Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed - John 5:25-29 "The hour cometh, wherein all that are in the graves shall hear the voice of the Son of God." Give the dead your prayers today. Love does not end at the grave, and the Church's charity reaches into purgatory. LA LECTURA DE LA IGLESIA DEL EVANGELIO Lo que enseña este Evangelio Christ is Lord of the living and the dead. The Church prays for the departed in hope of resurrection and purification. Error corregido: The forgetfulness that treats the dead as beyond charity. - ¿Dónde me tienta este error en la práctica? - ¿Qué acto exige de mí este Evangelio hoy? SANTO DESTACADO All the Faithful Departed The Church praying for the souls in purgatory. The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed turns the whole Church toward prayer for the dead. It teaches charity beyond death: Mass, prayer, penance, and suffrage are offered for souls who can no longer merit for themselves. Give the dead your prayers today. Love does not end at the grave, and the Church's charity reaches where sentiment cannot. TESTIMONIO DEL BREVIARIO The Church's charity reaches beyond the grave. Matins - Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed - The Breviary and Masses of All Souls turn the whole Church toward suffrage for the faithful departed. - This day teaches that Catholic charity does not abandon souls at death, but prays, offers, and hopes in Christ's mercy. Pray for the dead with seriousness. The Holy Souls cannot merit for themselves, but they can receive the charity of the Church. Instrucción del Breviario El testimonio del Breviario para Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed 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 The Church's charity reaches beyond the grave.. Su primer punto es: The Breviary and Masses of All Souls turn the whole Church toward suffrage for the faithful departed. La instrucción práctica es: Pray for the dead with seriousness. The Holy Souls cannot merit for themselves, but they can receive the charity of the Church. 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 The Redeemer who is seen in the flesh. Matins - Third Nocturn - Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed Roman Breviary "I know that my Redeemer liveth." - Bute notes that the Office for the Dead is said with three nocturns on All Souls, when the Church publicly prays for the faithful departed. - The Matins lessons from Job hold together sorrow, judgment, hope, the confession of sin, and the expectation of seeing the Redeemer in the flesh. - The Office refuses both despair and presumption: the dead are commended to divine mercy by the living Church, with hope in Christ and fear of judgment. Pray for the dead with Catholic seriousness. Love does not canonize the departed by sentiment; it pleads for mercy, remission, light, and rest. LECCIONES COMPLETAS DEL BREVIARIO First Lesson - Job 7:16-21 Lord! let me alone; for my days are vanity. What is man, that Thou shouldest magnify him? or that Thou shouldest set Thine heart upon him? Thou visitest him every early, and triest him suddenly. How long wilt Thou not depart from me, nor let me alone, till I swallow down my spittle? I have sinned; what shall I do unto Thee, O Thou Preserver of men? Why hast Thou set me as a mark against Thee, so that I am a burden to myself? Why dost Thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? Behold! now shall I sleep in the dust, and if Thou shalt seek me in the morning, I shall not be. Second Lesson - Job 10:1-7 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. I will say unto God: Do not condemn me; show me wherefore Thou judgest me thus. Doth it seem good unto Thee that Thou shouldest maltreat me, that Thou shouldest oppress the work of Thine hands, and help the counsel of the wicked? Hast Thou eyes of flesh? or seest Thou as man seeth? Are Thy days as the days of man? Are Thy years as the times of men, that Thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin? Yet Thou knowest that I have done no wrong, but that there is none that can deliver out of Thine hand. Third Lesson - Job 10:8-12 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; and dost Thou so suddenly destroy me? Remember, I beseech Thee, that Thou hast made me as the clay, and that Thou wilt bring me into the dust again. Hast Thou not poured me out as milk and curdled me like cheese? Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh; and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. Thou hast granted me life and favour, and Thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. Fourth Lesson - Job 13:22-28 Answer Thou me: how many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgressions and offences. Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and holdest me for Thine enemy? Dost Thou show forth Thy power against a leaf driven to and fro by the wind? And wilt Thou pursue the dry stubble? For Thou writest bitter things against me, and art fain to consume me with the iniquities of my youth. Thou puttest my feet in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths, and observest my footsteps, and as a rotten thing I am to be consumed, and as a garment that is moth-eaten. Fifth Lesson - Job 14:1-6 Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. And dost Thou think it worthy to open Thine eyes upon such an one, and to bring him into judgment with Thee? Who can bring a clean thing out of unclean seed? Is it not Thou Who alone art? The days of man are short, the number of his months is with Thee; Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass. Turn from him for a little while, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day. Sixth Lesson - Job 14:13-16 O that Thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that Thou wouldest keep me secret, until Thy wrath be past; that Thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me. If a man die, shall he live again? All the days wherein I now toil, I am waiting till my change come. Thou shalt call, and I will answer Thee. Thou wilt stretch forth Thy right hand unto the work of Thine hands. Thou dost indeed number my steps, but be Thou merciful unto my sins. Seventh Lesson - Job 17:1-3, 11-15 My breath will wax feebler, and my days fewer, and there is nothing before me but the grave. I have not sinned; yet doth my mind remaineth in affliction. Deliver me, O Lord, and set me beside Thee; and let any man's hand fight against me. My days are past, my purposes are broken off, and are become to my spirit. They change the night into day, and again, after the darkness I hope for light. If I wait, the grave is mine house; I have made my bed in the darkness. I have said to corruption: Thou art my father—to the worm: Thou art my mother, and my sister. Where therefore is now my hope? As for my patience, who shall consider it? Eighth Lesson - Job 19:20-27 My flesh is consumed, my bone cleaveth unto my skin, and there remaineth not round my teeth save the skin of my lips. Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, at least ye that are my friends, for the hand of the Lord hath touched me. Why do ye persecute me as God, and glut yourselves upon my flesh? O that my words were now written! O that they were inscribed in a book with an iron pen, or cut in lead, or graven with a chisel upon the flinty rock! For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that I shall stand up from the earth at the latter day, and in my flesh shall I see God; Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another. This is mine hope that is laid up in my bosom. Ninth Lesson - Job 10:18-22 Wherefore hast Thou brought me forth out of the womb? O that I had perished, and no eye had seen me! I should have been as though I had not been—I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. Are not my days few? Let me alone then, that I may comfort myself a little, and sorrow, before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death, a land of cheerlessness and darkness, where the night of death dwelleth, without any order, but shapelessness and dreadfulness of darkness for ever. 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 Charity beyond death. La virtud de hoy es Charity beyond death.. 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 the souls in purgatory. Ponga la virtud en práctica de este modo: Offer sacrifices for the dead. Ponga la virtud en práctica de este modo: Remember judgment, mercy, and the need to die in grace. - ¿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 Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord; and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. 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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