SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS
Journeying with Thomas Aquinas
January 28: St. Thomas Aquinas, Priest & Doctor
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA
The Catholic Reader: St. Teresa’s Nine Grades of Prayer
http://thecatholicreader.blogspot.com/2013/06/st-teresas-nine-grades-of-prayer.html
St Teresa of Avila’s Nine Grades of Prayer
Modos en la oración teresiana – Carmelitas Descalzas de Cádiz
St. Teresa’s Teaching on the Grades of Prayer
https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=7725
Saint Teresa of Avila | A Life of Mystical Experience | Carmelite Saint
SANTA TERESA DE JESÚS: POEMA – Vivo sin vivir en mí, de Teresa de Jesús
Vivo sin vivir en mí,
y tan alta vida espero,
que muero porque no muero.
Vivo ya fuera de mí,
después que muero de amor;
porque vivo en el Señor,
que me quiso para sí:
cuando el corazón le di
puso en él este letrero,
que muero porque no muero.
Esta divina prisión,
del amor en que yo vivo,
ha hecho a Dios mi cautivo,
y libre mi corazón;
y causa en mí tal pasión
ver a Dios mi prisionero,
que muero porque no muero.
¡Ay, qué larga es esta vida!
¡Qué duros estos destierros,
esta cárcel, estos hierros
en que el alma está metida!
Sólo esperar la salida
me causa dolor tan fiero,
que muero porque no muero.
¡Ay, qué vida tan amarga
do no se goza el Señor!
Porque si es dulce el amor,
no lo es la esperanza larga:
quíteme Dios esta carga,
más pesada que el acero,
que muero porque no muero.
Sólo con la confianza
vivo de que he de morir,
porque muriendo el vivir
me asegura mi esperanza;
muerte do el vivir se alcanza,
no te tardes, que te espero,
que muero porque no muero.
Mira que el amor es fuerte;
vida, no me seas molesta,
mira que sólo me resta,
para ganarte perderte.
Venga ya la dulce muerte,
el morir venga ligero
que muero porque no muero.
Aquella vida de arriba,
que es la vida verdadera,
hasta que esta vida muera,
no se goza estando viva:
muerte, no me seas esquiva;
viva muriendo primero,
que muero porque no muero.
Vida, ¿qué puedo yo darle
a mi Dios que vive en mí,
si no es el perderte a ti,
para merecer ganarle?
Quiero muriendo alcanzarle,
pues tanto a mi Amado quiero,
que muero porque no muero.
BIOGRAFIA
Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda Dávila y Ahumada ( 1515-1582), Teresa de Ávila o Teresa de Jesús como religiosa, santa Teresa para la Iglesia desde 1622, es una de las figuras señeras de la vida espiritual de todos los tiempos. Fundadora de la Orden de los Carmelitas Descalzos, por la que se reformaba una orden anterior, la de Nuestra Señora del Monte Carmelo, del siglo XII, viene hoy a este blog por otra faceta suya menos conocida pero no menos valiosa: como escritora, como poeta, como figura estelar -con san Juan de la Cruz, colaborador suyo en la reforma carmelita- de la poesía mística.
La mística es una corriente espiritual, presente en varias religiones, no solo el cristianismo, que busca el grado máximo de unión del alma con la divinidad durante la existencia terrenal. La mística cristiana es una corriente que arranca en Pablo de Tarso (san Pablo) y los llamados padres de la Iglesia (san Agustín, san Gregorio, san Ambrosio y san Jerónimo), pasa por santo Tomás de Aquino y desemboca, entre nosotros, en figuras como san Juan de Ávila, fray Luis de León, san Juan de la Cruz y santa Teresa.
Eclipsada por la Teresa de Jesús religiosa, la Teresa de Jesús poeta no fue suficientemente apreciada hasta el siglo XIX, muchísimos años después de su muerte. El poema de hoy, con esa paradoja constante de morir para vivir plenamente, de la muerte como liberación, como la mejor vía para la fusión con dios, es ejemplar tanto en su contenido como en su continente. Este, un villancico, una forma poética y musical que entre los siglos XV y XVIII se usaba en castellano y en portugués tanto para temas profanos como para asuntos religiosos. Un estribillo con el que acababan las estrofas era uno de sus signos distintivos. Aquí, ese «que muero porque no muero» que ha acabado siendo parte del acervo popular en nuestro idioma.
SAINT TERESA’S 7 STAGES OF SPIRITUAL GROWTH
Saint Teresa’s 7 Mansions
Les sept demeures de sainte Thérèse d’Avila pour les nuls, par Arnaud Dumouch
Les sept demeures de Thérèse d’Avila
SAINT TERESE OF LISIEUX
Saint Therese of Lisieux
CATHOLICISM – Bishop Barron on Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
SAINT FAUSTINA
Who was St. Faustina?
A Quick Summary of this Critical Saint for Today – Ask a Marian
Saint Faustina Kowalska and the story of Divine mercy
We celebrate her Feast day on October 5th
St. Faustina: Her Life and Spirituality
Explaining the Faith
Full text of Saint Faustina’s “Diary”
The early opposition to the writings of St. Faustina and Luisa Piccarreta
Saint Faustina & Divine Mercy
PURGATORY: SANTA FAUSTINA
PURGATORY: When a nun covered in flames appeared to St. Faustina
Hell: Faustina Kowalska: “I have seen hell, I will tell you what happens, I beg you, please listen to me!”
Stations of the Cross – Saint Faustina’s Way of The Cross
https://www.shrineofdivinemercy.org/stations-way-2
Via Crucis basado en el Diario de Santa Faustina
https://www.corazones.org/espiritualidad/via_crucis_escritos_stfaustina.htm
SAINT GEMMA GALGANI
SAINT GEMMA GALGANI AND HER GUARDIAN ANGEL
Why would God allow St. Gemma Galgani to see worms in her food?
Catholic priest explains.
St Gemma meditating on Hell and her sins
St. Gemma Book that the Devil Tried to Burn. Here’s Why.
Saint Gemma: soul victim
The Beautiful Story of How St. Gemma Galgani saved a prostitute from Satan
SAINT GEMMA GALGANI
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemma_Galgani
After a thorough examination of her life by the Church, Galgani was beatified on 14 May 1933 and canonized on 2 May 1940. Galgani’s relics are housed at the Sanctuary of Santa Gemma associated with the Passionist monastery in Lucca, Italy. Her bronze effigy atop her tomb was crafted by sculptor Francesco Nagni. In 1985, her heart was enshrined in the Santuario de Santa Gema in Madrid, Spain. Gemma Galgani’s confessor, Germano Ruoppolo, produced her biography
When St. Gemma Galgani asked Jesus: Why He did not take her to heaven?
https://www.stgemmagalgani.com/2010/03/i-want-to-see-jesus-i-want-to-be-with.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvxKEsQV4xA
SAINT PADRE PIO
The Greatest Saint of Our Times: Padre Pio and the Stigmata
Explaining the Faith
Confession with Padre Pio
PADRE PIO AND SIMPLICITY
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZAL9ZyNuU3Y
ABSOLUTE MUSTE SEE: LIFE OF SAINT PIO OF PIETRELCINA
MYSTIC OF THE STIGMATA
PADRE PIO’S BEATINGS FROM DEMONS
The Extraordinary Life of Padre Pio
Unveiling His Mysteries and Miracles.
MILAGRO DE PADRE PIO: Sacerdote fue fusilado pero un milagro del Padre Pío le devolvió a la vida: explica lo que vio en el Cielo
PADRE PIO: LA VIE DES SAINTS
SAINT JOHN OF THE CROSS
Saint John of the Cross | Stories of Saints | Episode 116
THE SPIRITUAL CANTICLE by Saint John of the Cross
https://www.ccel.org/ccel/john_cross/canticle.ii.html
SPIRITUAL CANTICLE by Saint John of the Cross
1542-1591,_Ioannes_a_Cruce,_A_Spiritual_Canticle_Of_The_Soul,_EN.pdf
Stages-of-Spiritual-Journey-by-St-John-of-Cross.pdf
https://where-you-are.net/books/english/audio-books/st-john-of-the-cross-spiritual-canticle
The Mystical Teaching of St. John of the Cross
MUST SEE MOVIE: SAINT JOHN OF THE CROSS
San Juan de la Cruz
Presencia escondida de Dios en el centro del alma, según San Juan de la Cruz – Teresa, de la rueca a la pluma
THE LEVELS OF SPIRITUALITY OF SAINT JOHN OF THE CROSS
ACTIVE AND PASSIVE NIGHTS OF THE SOUL
“The divinization of one’s passivities.”
This is a line from one of the great spiritual works of the twentieth century, The Divine Milieu by the French Jesuit Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. In that seminal text, Teilhard famously distinguished between the divinization of one’s activities and the divinization of one’s passivities. The former is a noble spiritual move, consisting in the handing over of one’s achievements and accomplishments to the purposes of God. A convinced Jesuit, Teilhard desired to devote all that he did (and he did a lot) ad majorem Dei gloriam (to the greater glory of God). But this attitude, Teilhard felt, came nowhere near the spiritual power of divinizing one’s passivities. By this he meant the handing over of one’s suffering to God, the surrendering to the Lord of those things that are done to us, those things over which we have no control. We become sick; a loved one dies suddenly; we lose a job; a much-desired position goes to someone else; we are unfairly criticized; we find ourselves, unexpectedly, in the valley of the shadow of death. These experiences lead some people to despair, but the spiritually alert person should see them as a particularly powerful way to come to union with God. A Christian would readily speak here of participating in the cross of Christ. Indeed how strange that the central icon of the Christian faith is not of some great achievement or activity, but rather of something rather horrible being done to a person. The point is that suffering, offered to God, allows the Lord to work his purpose out with unsurpassed power.
In some ways, Teilhard’s distinction is an echo of St. John of the Cross’s distinction between the “active” and “passive” nights of the soul. For the great Spanish master, the dark night has nothing to do with psychological depression, but rather with a pruning away of attachments that keep one from complete union with God. This pruning can take a conscious and intentional form (the active night) or it can be something endured. In a word, we can rid ourselves of attachments—or God can do it for us. The latter, St. John thinks, is far more powerful and cleansing than the former.
SAINT MAXIMILIAN KOLBE
The Milicia of the Inmaculada? (la película subtitulada en español)
Who is St. Maximilian Kolbe? – 14 mn
St. Maximilian Kolbe – 2mn
Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe
SAINT BERNADETTE SOUBIROUS
St. Bernadette Soubirous – My Name Is Bernadette
Catholic Culture Audiobooks
Incorrupt Body of St. Bernadette (Nevers, France)
St.Bernadette: A Life of Faith and Wonder
Bernadette Soubirous, cuerpo incorrupto y testamento espiritual.
SAINT AUGUSTINE
A Life of Heroic Sanctity: Augustine of Hippo
“The Confessions of St. Augustine” – Full Audiobook
ENGLISH
Les Confessions de Saint Augustin
FRENCH:
Las Confesiones de San Agustín | Filosofía Religiosa | Audiolibros en Español Completos
SPANISH:
San Agustín en 3 Minutos – El Santo del Día – 28 de Agosto
SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA
THE DIALOGUE OF SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA
PDF:
AUDIO:
THE DIALOGUE – by Saint Catherine of Siena
https://www.saintsbooks.net/books/St.%20Catherine%20of%20Siena%20-%20The%20Dialogue%20of%20the%20Seraphic%20Virgin.html
CATHERINE OF SIENA USED TO CAST OUT DEMONS IN THE NAME OF JESUS
A Unique Relic: Catherine of Siena’s Skull
CATHERINE OF SIENA USED TO CAST OUT DEMONS IN THE NAME OF JESUS
SAINT PATRICK
Story of Saint Patrick | English | Stories of Saints
St. Patrick (17 March): Embrace Your Suffering Like Patrick Did
SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL
Biographie de Saint Vincent de Paul
Vincent de Paul a donné comme maxime à ses lazaristes Evangelizare pauperibus. Évangéliser les pauvres partout dans le monde.
Vincent de Paul ou Vincent Depaul, né le 24 avril 1581 au village de Pouy près de Dax et mort le 27 septembre 1660 à Paris, est un prêtre et une figure du renouveau spirituel, apostolique du catholicisme français du XVIIe siècle. Fondateur de congrégations, il œuvra tout au long de sa vie pour soulager la misère matérielle et morale. Il a été canonisé en 1737.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_de_Paul
https://www.ktotv.com/video/00143470/les-lazaristes
Vincent de Paul : trésors d’estampes
MOVIE: Monsieur Vincent (French Eng 1947 )
Pierre Fresnay, Aimé Clariond, Jean Debucourt
https://m.ok.ru/video/2718319839924
SAINT CATHERINE EMMERICH
Biography
Anne Catherine Emmerich, Augustinian nun, stigmatic, and ecstatic, b. September 8, 1774, d. February 9, 1824
https://www.catholic.com/encyclopedia/anne-catherine-emmerich
BLESSED ANNE CATHERINE EMMERICH: VISION OF ADAM AND EVE TO THE FLOOD
MINUTE 47′
Synopsis – The complete visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich
Synopsis
Full text of “The Life And Revelations Of Anne Catherine Emmerich Complete”
https://archive.org/details/TheLifeAndRevelationsOfAnneCatherineEmmerichComplete
The Life of Jesus Christ in a Year: From the Visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich
Fall of the Angels – Creation of the Earth: From the Visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich
Fall of the Angels – Creation of the Earth
Adam and Eve – The Tree of Life and The Tree of Knowledge: From the Visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich
Sin and Its Consequences – The Fall : From the Visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich
The Old Testament – The complete visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich
The Old Testament – Part 2
SAINT CATHERINE EMMERICH – THE NATIVITY
Apparitions of the Dead in Jerusalem at Jesus’ death
From the Visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich
The 40 days of Jesus: from the writings of Anne Catherine Emmerich
The fall of angels: from the writings of Anne Catherine Emmerich
Minute 15:47
Saint Catherine Emmerich – Abraham and Melchisedec
Saint Catherine Emmerich – The Tower of Babel
Saint Catherine Emmerich – The Fall of the Angels
Saint Catherine Emmerich – Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Saint Catherine Emmerich – Adam and Eve
Saint Catherine Emmerich – Cain and Abel, Nimrod, the fallen angels, Noa and the Flood
SAINT ANTHONY
St. Anthony the Great (17 January)
Do Battle in the Desert of Your Heart – FOUNDER OF MONASTERIES
SAINT ANTHONY – MINUTE 39′
Defeating Demonic Forces: Miraculous Tale of Saint Anthony
St. Anthony’s Power Over Demons
SAINT PHILOMENA
St. Philomena: The Only Saint to Ever Have This
Explaining the Faith with Fr. Chris Alar, MIC
Story of Saint Philomena | English | Story of Saints
SAINT BRUNO
Saint Bruno | Obscure Saint
St. Bruno (6 October): The Frightening Reality of Hell
St. Bruno, Founder of the Carthusian Monks (6 October)
Butler’s Lives of the Saints
St. Bruno: Not for Self but for God and Others (6 October)
SAN BRUNO BUSCADOR DEL SILENCIO
https://www.infocatolica.com/blog/historiaiglesia.php/1112311128-bruno-el-buscador-del-silenci
SAINT CARLO ACUTIS
The Life of Blessed Carlo Acutis
SAINT CARLO ACUTIS’ MIRACLES
Tomba di Carlo Acutis – Santuario della Spogliazione – Assisi
Blessed Carlo Acutis, The Tech Teen who found Jesus
EWTN Vaticano
SAINT DON BOSCO
Don Bosco’s Life Story
The Most Interesting Prophecy of Saint John Bosco | Ep. 66
Don Bosco is Demonically Attacked for Converting Protestants | Ep. 111
Worship God in spirit and in truth / The Catholic Mass and Apocalypse 4– Don Bosco explains
Why Did the Devil Attack Don Bosco? | Ep. 112
PROPHECY ABOUT FRANCE AND ITALY OF DON BOSCO
THE SNARES FROM THE DEVIL TO IMPEDE PEOPLE FROM CONFESSING – DON BOSCO’S VISIONS
January 31: St. John Bosco, Priest
No priest goes to hell or to heaven alone… He always takes others with him – Don Bosco
JOHN BOSCO’S VISIONS OF OUR LADY HELP OF CHRISTIANS – “AUXILIORUM CHRISTIANORUM”
Don Bosco and the Devil
OUR LADY’S ADVICE TO THE BOYS OF DON BOSCO
Don Bosco’s Soul Shaking Letters From Our Lady | Ep. 25
THE SNARES FROM THE DEVIL TO IMPEDE PEOPLE FROM CONFESSING
DON BOSCO’S VISIONS
Don Bosco is Demonically Attacked for Converting Protestants | Ep. 111
Worship God in spirit and in truth / The Catholic Mass and Apocalypse 4– Don Bosco explains
se ejecutan unas 10.000 (¡tres veces más que la Inquisición en tres siglos y medio!). En Francia unas cuatro mil. En las Islas Británicas, unas 2.000. En España, la caza de brujas se encomienda a la Inquisición, y las ejecuciones no superan 60. El principal proceso es el de las brujas de Zugarramundi, con seis quemados en persona y cinco en efigie. El inquisidor Alonso de Salazar y Frías concluirá que se trata de un proceso de histeria colectiva, que debe ser tratado con poco rigor.