Amigo de Frodo

Ps 39,13
quóniam ádvena ego sum apud te,
peregrínus sicut omnes patres mei.

porque yo soy huésped tuyo,
forastero como todos mis padres.

Behold, I am a stranger to you,
a pilgrim, like all my forebears.

Dan 2, 34
abscissus est lapis sine manibus et percussit statuam eos ..

The “stone which was hewn from a mountain without a hand being put to it” is a prophetic text much cited by the Fathers and medieval commentators.

se desprendió del monte, sin intervención de mano alguna ..

Ps 37,11
Mansuéti autem hereditábunt terram
et delectabúntur in multitúdine pacis.

en cambio, los sufridos poseen la tierra
y disfrutan de paz abundante.

But the meek shall inherit the land
and delight in fullness of peace.

… that through these you who have fled a world corrupted by lust might become sharers of the divine nature.

2 Pet 1,4
… ut per hæc efficiámini divínæ consórtes natúræ, fugiéntes eam, quæ in mundo est in concupiscéntia, corruptiónem;

… podéis escapar de la corrupción, que reina en el mundo por la ambición, y participar del mismo ser de Dios.

Mass this afternoon at the Basilica, altar servers from Starr County received their years of service awards.
The stained glass window of Bl Miguel Pro is newly installed above the entrance to the Blessed Sacrament Chapel.

YouTube video by Catholic Diocese of Brownsville Bishop Daniel E. Flores The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe Homily

Solemnity of Christ the King
The principal question before us is ¿What kind of King is Christ our King?
La pregunta principal que se nos plantea hoy es ¿Qué tipo de Rey es Cristo nuestro Rey?
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“No saint arrives in heaven bitter, sad, or disappointed. The joy of a Christian is to say… 'They cannot take my life from me because I have already given it, I have already offered it as a gift, as a response.'
Bl. Miguel Pro, pray for us 🙏🏻
#LongLiveChristTheKing

Ningún santo llega al cielo amargado, triste o decepcionado. La alegría del cristiano es decir... “No me pueden quitar la vida porque yo ya la di, ya la entregué cómo regalo, cómo respuesta.”
P. Miguel Pro, ruega por nosotros🙏🏻
#VivaCristoRey

Carta Apostólica del Papa León XIV In unitate fidei en el 1700 aniversario del Concilio de Nicea (23 de noviembre de 2025)
«La divinización es, por tanto, la verdadera humanización. .. Deus enim solus satiat, ¡Sólo Dios satisface al hombre!» www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

Apostolic Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV “In Unitate Fidei” on the 1700th Anniversary of the Council of Nicaea (23 November 2025):

“Divinization, then, is true humanization (becoming fully human). .. “ Deus enim solus satiat, God alone satisfies man!” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

God, give your judgment to the king,
to a king’s son your justice,
that he may judge your people in justice,
and your poor in right judgment.

Ps 72,1-2
Deus, iudícium tuum regi da
et iustítiam tuam fílio regis;
iúdicet pópulum tuum in iustítia
et páuperes tuos in iudício.

Dios mío, confía tu juicio al rey,
tu justicia al hijo de reyes,
para que rija a tu pueblo con justicia,
a tus humildes con rectitud.

Misa, Ultreya Diocesana, Cursillos de Cristiandad, se celebró hoy en Santo Rosario, Mission TX.

¿ “Qué tipo de Rey tenemos
que incluso se sube a una Cruz
para ofrecer su gracia y recibir el arrepentimiento de un crucificado”?

"Señor, cuando llegues a tu Reino, acuérdate de mí"

YouTube video by First Things 38th Annual Erasmus Lecture (2025)

Do yourself a favor today.
Listen to Bishop Varden “In Praise of Translation”.
“Intelligent kindness” as a definition of humanity, will stay with me.
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The Synthetic Impulse in Catholic Life (The Hildegard Lecture, University of Mary, Bismarck, North Dakota; 24 February, 2017) The synthetic impulse in Catholic Life (The Hildegard Lecture, University of Mary, Bismarck, North Dakota: Being a brief journey of the mind engaging St Hildegard, Saint Thomas, the metaphysics of …

Found this in my files. So now I have a place to put it. Sort of metaphysical, but properly understood, so is human life.
The Synthetic Impulse in Catholic Life (The Hildegard Lecture, University of Mary, Bismarck, North Dakota; 24 February, 2017).
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«What cannot be expressed in words is ineffable. And if you cannot express it in words, and moreover, you are not permitted to remain silent, what else is left but to sing with jubilation?»

«Es inefable, pues, lo que no puede ser expresado con palabras. Y, si no puedes expresarlo en palabras y, por otra parte, no te es lícito quedar callado, ¿qué te queda si no es cantar con júbilo?»

Today, for St Cecilia, Augustine on Psalm 32

Ineffábilis enim est, quem fari non potes. Et si eum fari non potes, et tacére non debes, quid restat nisi ut iúbiles?

Ps 41,2
Beátus, qui intéllegit de egéno,
in die mala liberábit eum Dóminus.

Dichoso el que cuida del pobre;
en el día aciago lo pondrá a salvo el Señor.

Blessed is he who has concern for the poor.
In time of trouble, the LORD will rescue him.

Ps 28,9
Salvum fac pópulum tuum et bénedic hereditáti tuæ
et pasce eos et extólle illos usque in ætérnum.

Salva a tu pueblo y bendice tu heredad,
sé su pastor y llévalos siempre.

Save your people and bless your heritage.
Shepherd them and carry them forever.

Hymn to the Virgin today, ad Laudes

Caritátis signáculum,
totíus boni spéculum,
auróra veri lúminis,
arca divíni séminis,

You are the seal of perfect love,
the mirror showing ev’ry good,
the dawn of light that brings the truth,
the ark that bears the child divine.

"As it was in the days of Noah,
so it will be in the days of the Son of Man;
they were eating and drinking,
marrying and giving in marriage up to the day
that Noah entered the ark,..".

Lc 17,26-27
"Lo que sucedió en el tiempo de Noé también sucederá en el tiempo del Hijo del hombre: comían y bebían, se casaban hombres y mujeres, hasta el día en que Noé entró en el arca..".

Search my heart and visit me by night.
Test me by fire, and you will find no wrong in me.

(El Señor Jesús puede decir esto; nosotros, no tanto, si no por participación en Él.)

Ps 17,3
Proba cor meum et vísita nocte;
igne me exámina,
et non invénies in me iniquitátem.

Aunque sondees mi corazón, visitándolo de noche;
aunque me pruebes al fuego,
no encontrarás malicia en mí.

I did it that way for emphasis on the specific term, which is not used elsewhere in the brief passage.

YouTube video by Catholic Diocese of Brownsville Bishop Daniel E. Flores Thirty third Sunday in Ordinary Time Homily

XXXIII Sunday
-On the message of the Bishops on immigration in light of the Gospel today: Bearing witness to the Lord; being given what to say.
-Sobre el mensaje de los obispos sobre la inmigración a la luz del Evangelio de hoy: Dando testimonio del Señor.
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How can we rejoice in the Lord if he is far away? He is not far away! If he is, that is your doing. Love, and he will draw near; love, and he will dwell within you. The Lord is at hand; have no anxiety. Do you want to know how he will be with you if you love him? God is caritas.