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CITY OF GOD IN EXILE St. Peter Nolasco, Confessor 2030-01-28 - Time after Epiphany - Double - white PLAIN-LANGUAGE GUIDE FOR TODAY Apparition: a reported visible appearance of a heavenly person; the Church investigates such claims carefully, and approved private revelations never add to or replace God's public revelation in Scripture and Apostolic Tradition. Commemoration: a shorter liturgical remembrance of another saint or observance occurring on the same day. Confessor: in the traditional calendar, a male saint who openly professed the Faith by a holy life but was not killed as a martyr. TODAY IN THE ROMAN YEAR Today the Church recalls that Christ entrusted His doctrine, sacraments, and authority to the apostles and commanded them to hand these gifts on. Catholics therefore receive the Faith from the Church rather than inventing it privately. They must also remember that sacred office is meant to serve revealed truth: holding an office and remaining faithful to its duties are related, but they are not identical. Enter with reverence into the hidden life of Jesus in the virginal sanctuary of His Mother. Place the unseen hours of this day within the hidden life of Jesus and Mary. "God the Son has descended into her virginal womb, as the new Adam into the terrestrial paradise, to take His pleasure there, and to work in secret the marvels of His grace." St. Louis-Marie de Montfort, True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin, no. 18 The Eternal Son chose enclosure, dependence, silence, and obscurity. His hidden life overturns the demand of self-love to be seen, consulted, praised, and immediately effective. The greatest work of God began where the world could neither observe nor applaud it. Let Jesus living in Mary judge your impatience with hidden duties. Grace may be working most deeply where there is little sensible reward. Remain exact in prayer, family obligations, honest labor, purity, and sacrifice when only God sees their cost. PRACTICE Imitate the concrete virtues shown by today's saint, beginning in the hidden circumstances of your own state in life. QUOTE OF THE DAY "Rejoicing in hope. Patient in tribulation. Instant in prayer." Holy Scripture, Romans 12:12, Original Douay-Rheims NOVENA IN PROGRESS Novena to Our Lady of Good Success - Day 5 of 9 Preparing for Our Lady of Good Success on 2030-02-02. Ask Our Lady for fidelity in crisis, protection against corruption of faith and morals, and hope beneath the trials of the Church. Pray for Catholic homes, mothers, children, vocations, and souls confused by the errors of the age. ROMAN MARTYROLOGY - January 28 At Rome, the second feast of St. Agnes. — In the same place, St. Flavian, martyr, who suffered under Diocletian. — At Apollonia, the holy martyrs Thyrsus, Leucius, and Callinicus, who were made to undergo various torments in the time of the emperor Decius. Thyrsus and Callinicus consummated their martyrdom by being beheaded; Leucius, being called by a heavenly voice, yielded his soul to God. — In Thebais, the holy martyrs Leonides and his companions, who obtained the palm of martyrdom in the time of Diocletian. — At Alexandria, the commemoration of many holy martyrs, who, whilst they were at Mass in the church on this day, were put to death in various manners by the followers of Syrian, an Arian general. — Also, St. Cyril, bishop of the same city, a most celebrated defender of the Catholic faith, who rested in peace with a great reputation for learning and sanctity. — At Saragossa, St. Valerius, bishop. — At Cuenca, in Spain, the birthday of St. Julian, bishop, who went to his God with the reputation of working miracles, after bestowing the goods of the Church on the poor, and, like the Apostles, supporting himself by the work of his hands. — In the monastery of Kheims, the demise of a holy priest named John, a man of God. — In Palestine, St. James, a hermit, who hid himself a long time in a sepulchre to do penance for a fault he had committed, and being celebrated for miracles, departed for heaven. HIGHLIGHTED SAINT St. Peter Nolasco Confessor and redeemer of captives. St. Peter Nolasco devoted his possessions and religious vocation to the ransom of Christians held in captivity and endangered in body and soul. The Order of Our Lady of Ransom added readiness to remain as hostages when necessary, making mercy a vowed willingness to bear another's chains. Ask St. Peter Nolasco for practical mercy and St. Agnes for purity. Christian freedom becomes fruitful when it spends itself for those still chained. BREVIARY WITNESS Mercy for captives and purity remembered. Matins - St. Peter Nolasco, with commemoration of St. Agnes - The Breviary honors St. Peter Nolasco for religious charity toward captives. - His witness teaches that mercy is not vague sympathy, but costly action for persons in bondage; the day's commemoration of St. Agnes keeps that mercy joined to purity and fidelity to Christ. Remember those chained in body or soul. Catholic freedom becomes fruitful when it spends itself for deliverance. Instruction from the Breviary The Breviary witness for St. Peter Nolasco, with commemoration of St. Agnes is part of the Church's daily teaching. It should not be read as a list of isolated facts. In the Divine Office, Scripture, the lives of the saints, doctrine, and the Church's prayer are placed together so that the mind learns what the Church remembers and the heart learns how a Catholic ought to judge and live. Today's witness is gathered under Mercy for captives and purity remembered.. Its first point is this: The Breviary honors St. Peter Nolasco for religious charity toward captives. Its next point develops the lesson: His witness teaches that mercy is not vague sympathy, but costly action for persons in bondage; the day's commemoration of St. Agnes keeps that mercy joined to purity and fidelity to Christ. The practical instruction is: Remember those chained in body or soul. Catholic freedom becomes fruitful when it spends itself for deliverance. Ask what truth is being guarded, what virtue is being praised, and what danger or forgetfulness is being corrected. In this way the Breviary becomes instruction for the present day rather than information that is quickly passed over. - What truth does this Breviary witness teach or defend? - What virtue does the Church place before me through it? - What judgment or action should change because I have received this lesson? FROM MATINS Ransom for captives and liberty from sin. Matins - Second Nocturn - St. Peter Nolasco, Confessor Roman Breviary "He wished he could be sold himself to ransom more." - The Breviary remembers St. Peter Nolasco for love of neighbor so great that he spent his fortune to ransom Christians held in captivity. - The lessons connect his work to the Blessed Virgin, whose apparition directed the founding of a religious order for the redemption of Christian captives. - His charity became vowed readiness to suffer for others, even to remain hostage if needed for their liberation. Measure charity by sacrifice. St. Peter Nolasco teaches that devotion to Our Lady should make the Christian ready to spend himself for souls, bodies, and true liberty in Christ. THE PILGRIM'S SPIRITUAL CONFERENCE Grace Heals and Elevates Nature The Church places this truth before you today: Man is not saved by natural goodness, sentiment, or progress. He needs sanctifying grace, the merits of Christ, and persevering conversion. 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. The Church is holy because Christ is holy, because she possesses holy doctrine and sacraments, and because she forms saints by grace. The grace to be practiced is Mercy willing to bear another's burden, 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 hidden fidelity by doing every duty well without requiring recognition or visible fruit. There is also an enemy to recognize: Resist naturalism, which treats human improvement as though it could take the place of supernatural life. 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 mercy willing to bear another's burden 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. Receive obscurity, delay, and enclosure as occasions for union with the hidden Jesus rather than reasons for complaint. Perform all unnoticed duties with recollection, care, and purity of intention beneath the eyes of Jesus and Mary. 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: Imitate the concrete virtues shown by today's saint, beginning in the hidden circumstances of your own state in life. Carry this word: The saints are living teachers of doctrine and virtue. THE PILGRIM'S MIRROR "All that is in this world is vanity, but to love God and only to serve Him." Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Book I, chapter 1, p. 9 Created things are good when they lead the soul to God and become dangerous when they claim the heart. Put the day's lesser goods beneath the one necessary end. Vanity does not always announce itself through great ambition. It often appears as a small comfort you believe you cannot surrender, an opinion you must defend, or praise you continue to replay. Ask God to show you the attachment that is quietly asking to be treated as necessary. Today's Practice: Renounce needless comforts whenever they compete with prayer, duty, or charity, and offer the sacrifices to God through Mary. DAILY EXAMEN Return the hidden work of the day to God without measuring its worth by human notice or immediate results. - 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, let the saints of this day teach me how doctrine becomes life, how virtue endures trial, and how fidelity resists the errors of its age. 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 What Is Grace?: https://cityofgodinexile.com/catechism-foundations/what-is-grace?entered=1 Open this day in the Sacred Calendar: https://cityofgodinexile.com/sacred-calendar?date=2030-01-28&entered=1 Open this day's Daily Pilgrimage: https://cityofgodinexile.com/daily-dispatch?date=2030-01-28&entered=1 Browse the Formation Index: https://cityofgodinexile.com/daily-dispatch/formation?entered=1
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CIUDAD DE DIOS EN EXILIO St. Peter Nolasco, Confessor 2030-01-28 - Time after Epiphany - 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 Today the Church recalls that Christ entrusted His doctrine, sacraments, and authority to the apostles and commanded them to hand these gifts on. Catholics therefore receive the Faith from the Church rather than inventing it privately. They must also remember that sacred office is meant to serve revealed truth: holding an office and remaining faithful to its duties are related, but they are not identical. PRÁCTICA Imitate the concrete virtues shown by today's saint, beginning in the hidden circumstances of your own state in life. CITA DEL DÍA "Rejoicing in hope. Patient in tribulation. Instant in prayer." Holy Scripture, Romans 12:12, Original Douay-Rheims NOVENA EN CURSO Novena to Our Lady of Good Success - Día 5 de 9 Preparación para Our Lady of Good Success el 2030-02-02. Ask Our Lady for fidelity in crisis, protection against corruption of faith and morals, and hope beneath the trials of the Church. Pray for Catholic homes, mothers, children, vocations, and souls confused by the errors of the age. MARTIROLOGIO ROMANO - January 28 At Rome, the second feast of St. Agnes. — In the same place, St. Flavian, martyr, who suffered under Diocletian. — At Apollonia, the holy martyrs Thyrsus, Leucius, and Callinicus, who were made to undergo various torments in the time of the emperor Decius. Thyrsus and Callinicus consummated their martyrdom by being beheaded; Leucius, being called by a heavenly voice, yielded his soul to God. — In Thebais, the holy martyrs Leonides and his companions, who obtained the palm of martyrdom in the time of Diocletian. — At Alexandria, the commemoration of many holy martyrs, who, whilst they were at Mass in the church on this day, were put to death in various manners by the followers of Syrian, an Arian general. — Also, St. Cyril, bishop of the same city, a most celebrated defender of the Catholic faith, who rested in peace with a great reputation for learning and sanctity. — At Saragossa, St. Valerius, bishop. — At Cuenca, in Spain, the birthday of St. Julian, bishop, who went to his God with the reputation of working miracles, after bestowing the goods of the Church on the poor, and, like the Apostles, supporting himself by the work of his hands. — In the monastery of Kheims, the demise of a holy priest named John, a man of God. — In Palestine, St. James, a hermit, who hid himself a long time in a sepulchre to do penance for a fault he had committed, and being celebrated for miracles, departed for heaven. SANTO DESTACADO St. Peter Nolasco Confessor and redeemer of captives. St. Peter Nolasco devoted his possessions and religious vocation to the ransom of Christians held in captivity and endangered in body and soul. The Order of Our Lady of Ransom added readiness to remain as hostages when necessary, making mercy a vowed willingness to bear another's chains. Ask St. Peter Nolasco for practical mercy and St. Agnes for purity. Christian freedom becomes fruitful when it spends itself for those still chained. TESTIMONIO DEL BREVIARIO Mercy for captives and purity remembered. Matins - St. Peter Nolasco, with commemoration of St. Agnes - The Breviary honors St. Peter Nolasco for religious charity toward captives. - His witness teaches that mercy is not vague sympathy, but costly action for persons in bondage; the day's commemoration of St. Agnes keeps that mercy joined to purity and fidelity to Christ. Remember those chained in body or soul. Catholic freedom becomes fruitful when it spends itself for deliverance. Instrucción del Breviario El testimonio del Breviario para St. Peter Nolasco, with commemoration of St. Agnes 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 Mercy for captives and purity remembered.. Su primer punto es: The Breviary honors St. Peter Nolasco for religious charity toward captives. La instrucción práctica es: Remember those chained in body or soul. Catholic freedom becomes fruitful when it spends itself for deliverance. 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 Ransom for captives and liberty from sin. Matins - Second Nocturn - St. Peter Nolasco, Confessor Roman Breviary "He wished he could be sold himself to ransom more." - The Breviary remembers St. Peter Nolasco for love of neighbor so great that he spent his fortune to ransom Christians held in captivity. - The lessons connect his work to the Blessed Virgin, whose apparition directed the founding of a religious order for the redemption of Christian captives. - His charity became vowed readiness to suffer for others, even to remain hostage if needed for their liberation. Measure charity by sacrifice. St. Peter Nolasco teaches that devotion to Our Lady should make the Christian ready to spend himself for souls, bodies, and true liberty in Christ. VERDAD DE LA FE Grace Heals and Elevates Nature Man is not saved by natural goodness, sentiment, or progress. He needs sanctifying grace, the merits of Christ, and persevering conversion. Nota de la Iglesia: Holy Defensor: St. Thomas Aquinas Defensa católica: The Church is holy because Christ is holy, because she possesses holy doctrine and sacraments, and because she forms saints by grace. Error que resistir: Resist naturalism, which treats human improvement as though it could take the place of supernatural life. VIRTUD QUE PRACTICAR Mercy willing to bear another's burden. La virtud de hoy es Mercy willing to bear another's burden.. 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 captives in body or soul. Ponga la virtud en práctica de este modo: Practice costly mercy whenever need and duty call. Ponga la virtud en práctica de este modo: Renew a concrete resolution for purity in honor of St. Agnes. - ¿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, let the saints of this day teach me how doctrine becomes life, how virtue endures trial, and how fidelity resists the errors of its age. 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/catechism-foundations/what-is-grace?entered=1 Abrir este día en el Calendario Sagrado: https://cityofgodinexile.com/sacred-calendar?date=2030-01-28&entered=1 Abrir vista web: https://cityofgodinexile.com/daily-dispatch?date=2030-01-28&entered=1 Índice de formación: https://cityofgodinexile.com/daily-dispatch/formation?entered=1