Poesía: Silvia por Angel R. Cepeda Dovala

Poesía: Silvia por Angel R. Cepeda Dovala

Revelación: un diálogo entre amigos por Angel Cepeda Dovala

Revelación: un diálogo entre amigos

Por

Angel R. Cepeda Dovala

En la Constitución Dogmática Dei Verbum N°2, es descrita la revelación divina como un diálogo entre amigos; y, Dios al revelarse reconoce al ser humano, su capacidad para escucharle, protegerle y responderle [1]. Dios nos revela su amistad de muchas formas, por ejemplo, tenemos que cuidar el alma, pues Cristo Jesús dijo: "De qué le sirve al hombre ganar, el mundo entero, si se pierde a sí mismo" [2].

Notas:

[1] Ver Constitución Dogmática Dei Verbum sobre la Divina Revelación. D.V. N°2 y Cf. CIC N° 52. (D.V. = Dei Verbum; CIC = Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica).

[2] Ver el Evangelio de Mateo en el capítulo 16, versículo 26 (Mt. 16,26).

Mundo Globalizado y San Pablo él Teólogo de Teólogos

Mundo Globalizado y San Pablo él Teólogo de Teólogos

Por

Angel R. Cepeda Dovala

En un mundo globalizado, contaminado y ante la realidad de un cambio climatico, predominan criterios de la cultura de la muerte, en donde el ser humano es como una simple cosa o mercancía y les importa un comino la Dignidad de la Persona Humana y el Bien Común, situación contraria, con los Principios, Criterios y Valores de la Cultura de la Vida. [1]

Por ello, es importante meditar y refexionar en estos tiempos de Cuaresma, lo que dijo el Teólogo de Teólogos: San Pablo, en su carta a los Efesios: ante el mal, ponerse la Armadura de Dios, la Verdad como Cinturón, la Justicia como Coraza,el Evangelio de la Paz como Calzado, tener en la Mano el Escudo de la Fe, para atajar las flechas incendiarias del demonio, emplear el Casco de la Salvación y la Espada del Espíritu, o sea la Palabra de Dios. [2]
Notas

[1] Ver comentarios de A.R.C.D. en:

http://www.aciprensa.com/noticia.php?n=13605
http://www.aciprensa.com/noticia.php?n=10178

[2] Cf. Efesios 2,13-18

Going Directly to Heaven by Roger Behra

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Going Directly to Heaven

By

Roger Behra

It is possible to go directly to heaven if we have God´s grace and if we meet the conditions given to us by our Blessed Mother. She has also promised us 6 other graces. Read the conditions an promises as follows: [1]

A. The Conditions

The Blessed Virgin Mary grants seven graces to the souls who honor her daily by saying seven Hail Mary's and meditating on her tears and dolors. The devotion was passed on by St. Bridget.

B. The 7 Graces

Here are the Seven Graces

1. I will grant peace to their families.
2. They will be enlightened about the divine mysteries.
3. I will console them in their pains and I will accompany
them in their work.
4. I will give them as much as they ask for as long as it does not oppose the adorable will of my divine Son or the sanctification of their souls.
5. I will defend them in their spiritual battles with the infernal enemy and I will protect them at every instant of their lives.
6. I will visibly help them at the moment of their death, they will see the face of their Mother.
7. I have obtained (This Grace) from my divine Son, that those who propagate this devotion to my tears and dolors, will be taken directly from this earthly life to eternal happiness since all their sins will be forgiven and my Son and I will be their eternal consolation and joy.

Seven Sorrows

1. The prophecy of Simeon. (St. Luke 2: 34, 35)
2. The flight into Egypt. (St. Matthew 2:13-14)
3. The loss of the Child Jesus in the temple. (St. Luke 3: 43-45)
4. The meeting of Jesus and Mary on the Way of the Cross.
5. The Crucifixion.
6. The taking down of the Body of Jesus from the Cross.
7. The burial of Jesus.

The Hail Mary: Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Pay particular ate to grace 7. There you will read the possibility that is mentioned in the top paragraph. The word propagate means to help spread this devotion to a large number of other people. Now you have the power to work towards going directly to haven. It´s well worth the effort. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain-----a ticket directly to heaven.

Note

[1] See sources in short communication: Prayers by Roger Behra: http://topicosculturales.blogspot.com/2008/02/prayers-by-roger-behra.html

Oración de Santa Gertrudis la Grande por las Almas

Oración de Santa Gertrudis la Grande por las Almas

Por

Angel R. Cepeda Dovala

Santa Gertrudis la Grande fue una gran escritora y mística benedictina, nacida en Alemania en 1256. Murió en Helfta, cerca de Eisleben, Sajonia, el 17 de noviembre de 1301 ó 1302. [1]

Roger Behra (2007), menciona la Oración de Santa Gertrudis la Grande, en algunas de sus comunicaciones para Tópicos Culturales, la oración es por las Almas, traducida y es muy cortita para aprenderse hasta de memoria, y por cada vez que se diga se liberan 1000 almas del purgatorio según Nuestra Señora Santa Gertrudis la Grande: [2]

"Padre Eterno, yo te ofrezco la más preciosa sangre de tu Divino Hijo, Jesús, en unión con las Misas de hoy dichas en todo el mundo, por las Santas Almas del Purgatorio, por los pecadores en todas partes, por los pecadores en la iglesia universal, y aquellos que están en mi propia casa y en mi familia. Amén." [3]

Notas

[1] St. Gertrude the Great en: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06534a.htm

[2]Ver: Prayers by Roger Behra, en:
http://topicosculturales.blogspot.com/2008/02/prayers-by-roger-behra.html
The Power of Prayer by Roger Behra en:
http://topicosculturales.blogspot.com/2008/01/power-of-prayer-by-roger-behra.html

[3] Oración de Santa Gertrudis la Grande, traducción cortesía de Tópicos Culturales A.R.C.D. Editor.

The Holy Wounds of Jesus by Roger Behra

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The Holy Wounds of Jesus

By

Roger Behra, B. S. Education *

* Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education, Western New Mexico University, Silver City, New Mexico. He took five courses, 15 graduate hours, University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. 19 years experience teaching language arts in Arizona and Ohio, U.S.A. 10 years teaching religion in St. Ann Catholic School in Ohio, in addition.


Not many people are aware of the fact that 321 people in the history of the Catholic Church were chosen by God to suffer His Holy Wounds. They suffer the exact same five wounds that Jesus suffered as He was nailed to the cross. Very little has been said or written in the mass media or on television, and that should be big news, indeed. Hopefully, this communication will help this fact to become more widely know and understood.

The five wounds consist of the nails driven through both hands, both feet, and the wound to His side. The wounds of the crown of thorns and scouraging are separate, although one woman has been known to suffer the crown of thorns wound.

It is believed that God has allowed this to happen on rare occasions. Why? There are so many atheists, science educated, and other non-believers around in this word of ours, it seems that it´s God´s way of answering to those people. And as of now no field of science has an answer especially medical science. Many doctors and science people dismiss any eternal life after this life. So, it is an answer to them and to those that do not believe that Jesus was crucified, and that indeed, there is a life after our earthly life. It proves tht Jesus was crucified, died, and rose again, and the he exists to this day.

Some known stigmatists, dead or still alive, are Father James Bruse, living in Virginia, Father Gino, living in Italy, Christina Gallagher, living in Irland, Sister Agness Sasagawa, living in Japan, Saint Padre Pio, deceased 1968, Therese Neuman, deceased 1927, who lived for thirty years soly on the Eucharist, Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Catherine of Siena, Amparo Cuevos, living in Spain, Mirma Nazzour, living in Syria, Maria Esperanza, living in Venezuela, Patricia, living in England, Eileen George, living in Massachusetts, and Gladys Zuiroga de Mota, living in Argentina. And stigmatists are becoming more numerous today.

Jesus suffered other wounds not suffered by stigmatists. His scourging left unbelievable wounds on His Body. Carrying the cross to Calvary left a severe shoulder wound. Jesus received 5,480 blows to His Body, and He lost 28,430 drops of blood during His passion and death on the cross. Jesus suffered wounds that stigmatists do not suffer. They suffer the last five wounds.

Medical science and other science, atheists, and other non-believers can deny whatever they wish, but they have to prove their disbelief. The living proofs of believers is around us in various parts of the world and in recorded world history and books. The stigmata is a reality and living proof, stigmatists are genuine, and so are the Holy Wounds of Jesus a genuine reality.

The stigmata is unexplainable by medical science. It´s not a coincidence that only Catholic, members of the only true Church, are stigmatists. And, finally, it´s no coincidence that the stigmata replicates the Holy Wounds of Jesus our Lord and Savior.

Sources:

Michael Freze, S.F.O. 1989. They Bore the Wounds of Christ. The Mystery of Sacred Stigmata. Catholic Saint Book. 350 pp.

Ted and Maureen Flynn. 1993. The Thunder of Justice, with preface of Malachi Martin. 458 pp.

Pieta Prayer Booklet. M L O R Corporation, 1186 Burlington Drive, Hickory Corners, MI, 49060.

Prayers by Roger Behra

Prayers by Roger Behra

The following prayers are very spiritually productive. And the prayer to release 1000souls from Purgatory brings immediate results. It is a follows: [1]

I. The Prayer of Saint Gertrude the Grant for the Poor Souls.

“Eternal Father, I offer Thee the most precious blood of thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory, for sinners everywhere , for sinners in the universal church, those in my own home and within my family. Amen.”

II. Miraculous Invocation to St. Therese

O Glorious St. Therese, whom Almighty God has raised up to aid and inspire the human family, I implore your Miraculous Intercession. You are so powerful in obtaining every need of body and spirit from the Heart of God. Holy Mother Church proclaims you "Prodigy of Miracles... the greatest saint of Modern Times." Now I fervently beseech you to answer my petition (mention here) and to carry out your promises of spending heaven doing good on earth... of letting fall from Heaven a Shower of Roses. Little Flower, give me your childlike faith, to see the Face of God in the people and experiences of my life, and to love God with full confidence. St. Therese, my Carmelite Sister, I will fulfill your plea "to be made known everywhere" and I will continue to lead others to Jesus through you. Amen.

III. My Novena Rose Prayer

O Little Therese of the Child Jesus,
please pick for me a rose from the heavenly gardens
and send it to me as a message of love.

O Little Flower of Jesus,
ask God to grant the favors I now place
with confidence in your hands . .

(Mention specific requests)

St. Therese, help me to always believe
as you did in God's great love for me,
so that I might imitate your "Little Way" each day.
Amen.

IV. The Seven Graces and Seven Sorrows.
The Blessed Virgin Mary grants seven graces to the souls who honor her daily by saying seven Hail Mary's and meditating on her tears and dolors. The devotion was passed on by St. Bridget.

Here are the Seven Graces:

1. I will grant peace to their families.
2. They will be enlightened about the divine mysteries.
3. I will console them in their pains and I will accompany
them in their work.
4. I will give them as much as they ask for as long as it does not oppose the adorable will of my divine Son or the sanctification of their souls.
5. I will defend them in their spiritual battles with the infernal enemy and I will protect them at every instant of their lives.
6. I will visibly help them at the moment of their death, they will see the face of their Mother.
7. I have obtained (This Grace) from my divine Son, that those who propagate this devotion to my tears and dolors, will be taken directly from this earthly life to eternal happiness since all their sins will be forgiven and my Son and I will be their eternal consolation and joy.

And the Seven Sorrows:

1. The prophecy of Simeon. (St. Luke 2: 34, 35)
2. The flight into Egypt. (St. Matthew 2:13-14)
3. The loss of the Child Jesus in the temple. (St. Luke 3: 43-45)
4. The meeting of Jesus and Mary on the Way of the Cross.
5. The Crucifixion.
6. The taking down of the Body of Jesus from the Cross.
7. The burial of Jesus.

The Hail Mary: Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen

V. The Rosary.

Mary´s Promises for Saying The Rosary
The Fifteen Promises of Mary to Christians Who Recite the Rosary

1. Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall
receive signal graces.
2. I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those
who shall recite the Rosary.
3. The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell, it will destroy
vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies.
4. It will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the
abundant mercy of God; it will with-draw the hearts of men from the love
of the world and its vanities, and will lift them to the desire of eternal
things. Oh, that souls would sanctify
themselves by this means.
5. The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the Rosary,
shall not perish.
6. Whoever shall recite the Rosary devoutly, applying himself to the
consideration of its sacred mysteries shall never be conquered by misfor-
tune. God will not chastise him in His justice, he shall not perish by an
unprovided death; if he be just he shall remain in the grace of God, and
become worthy of eternal life.
7. Whoever shall have a true devotion for the Rosary shall not die
without the sacraments of the Church.
8. Those who are faithful to recite the Rosary shall have during their life and
at their death the light of God and the plentitude of His graces; at the
moment of death they shall participate in the merits of the saints in paradise.
9. I shall deliver from purgatory those who have been devoted to the Rosary.
10. The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in
heaven.
11. You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the Rosary.
12. All those who propagate the holy Rosary shall be aided by me in their
necessities.
13. I have obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the
Rosary shall have for intercessors the entire celestial court during their life
and at the hour of death.
14. All who recite the Rosary are my sons, and brothers of my only Son
Jesus Christ.
15. Devotion of my Rosary is a great sign of predestination.

(Given to St. Dominic and Blessed Alan)
Imprimatur: Patrick J. Hayes, D.D. Archbishop of New York

Joyful Mysteries (Mondays and Saturdays)

The Annunciation
The Visitation
The Nativity of Our Lord
The Presentation
The Finding of Jesus in the Temple

Luminous Mysteries (Thursdays)

The Baptism of Jesus
The Wedding Feast at Cana
The Announcement of the Kingdom
The Transfiguration
The Institution of the Eucharist

Sorrowful Mysteries (Tuesdays and Fridays)

The Agony in the Garden
The Scourging at the Pillar
The Crowning with Thorns
The Carrying of the Cross
The Crucifixion


Glorious Mysteries (Wednesdays and Sundays)

The Resurrection
The Ascension
The Descent of the Holy Spirit
The Assumption
The Coronation


Sources:

[1] See Catholics web, for example: http://www.littleflower.org/offerings/religiousgifts/invocation.asp
http://www.olrl.org/pray/sorrows.shtml
http://www.olrl.org/pray/

Reseña de Libro: El Arte de Amar de Erich Fromm

RESEÑA DE LIBRO

Reseña de Libro: El Arte de Amar de Erich Fromm

Por

Angel R. Cepeda Dovala

Saltillo, Coahuila, México. 3 de Febrero de 2008

Reseña del Libro: El arte de amar. Autor: Erich Fromm. Título original: The art of loving; publicado en inglés por Harper & Brothers, Nueva York. 1ª Edición en Buenos Aires, 1959. 1ª Edición en México, 1983. 1ª Edición en Biblioteca Erich From, 2000. ISBN 968-853—089-1. Reimpresión 2006. D.R. © Editorial Paidós Mexicana, S. A. México D. F. 130 p.

Erich Fromm ha dejado un legado de gran influencia para el pensamiento contemporáneo al elaborar su teoría acerca del amor en donde la necesidad más profunda es la necesidad de superar su separatidad [1], de abandonar la prisión de su soledad. El libro cuenta con índice, prefacio, un pensamiento previo de Paracelso, y la obra contempla cuatro partes, considerando el estudio de otros pensadores, tales como Spinoza, Marx, Freud, y otros, considerando ejemplos explicativos de la Sagrada Escritura, por mencionar los relatos bíblicos de Adán y Eva, o del Profeta Jonás, en donde Dios le explico a él, que la esencia del amor es trabajar.

En el prefacio menciona la finalidad de su obra: demostrar que el amor no es un sentimiento fácil para nadie y trata de convencer al lector de que todos sus intentos de amar están condenados al fracaso, a menos que procure, del modo más activo, desarrollar su personalidad total, en forma de alcanzar una orientación productiva; y de que la satisfacción del amor individual no puede lograrse sin la capacidad de amar al próximo, sin humildad, coraje fe y disciplina. El autor menciona algunos de sus libros: El miedo a la libertad, Ética y psicoanálisis, y Psicoanálisis de la sociedad contemporánea, de donde consideró algunas ideas para la obra el arte de amar.

Como un pórtico de entrada a las cuatro partes del libro, E. Fromm, plasmo el siguiente pensamiento de Paracelso [2]:

“Quien no conoce nada, no ama nada. Quien no puede hacer nada, no comprende nada. Quien nada comprende, nada vale. Pero quien comprende también ama, observa, ve…Cuanto mayor es el conocimiento inherente a una cosa, más grande es el amor…Quien cree que todas las frutas maduran al mismo tiempo que las frutillas nada sabe acerca de las uvas”

Parte I. Se aborda la interrogante ¿Es el amor un arte? Iniciando con dos premisas, la primera: amor es arte por lo que se requiere conocimiento y esfuerzo; y la segunda premisa hecha en forma interrogativa: ¿O es el amor una sensación placentera, cuya experiencia es cuestión de azar, algo con lo que uno <> si tiene suerte? El libro de E. Fromm, se fundamente en la primera premisa, mencionando que la mayoría de la gente de hoy cree en la segunda.

Parte II. Se desarrolla: La Teoría del Amor” en tres dimensiones: 1. El amor, respuesta al problema de la existencia humana; 2. El amor entre padres e hijos; y, 3. Los objetos amorosos, en donde contempla y explica cinco tipos de amor: fraternal, materno, erótico, a sí mismo, y amor a Dios.

Parte III. El tema es: El amor y su desintegración en la sociedad occidental y contemporánea, recurriendo a distintos pensadores, hace su disertación comenzando con la siguiente reflexión: Si el amor es una capacidad del carácter maduro, productivo, de ello se sigue que la capacidad de amar de un individuo perteneciente a cualquier cultura dada depende de la influencia que esa cultura ejerce sobre el carácter de la persona media.

Parte IV. La práctica del amor, es consecuencia después de haber visto el aspecto teórico del arte de amar, el cual requiere para su real aprendizaje de: disciplina, concentración, paciencia, preocupación por el dominio del arte de amar, mencionando aspectos de la fe y la razón.

ARCD

Notas

[1] Separatidad en inglés Separateness, se refiere al estado de separación, en donde el autor recurre por ejemplo al relato bíblico de Adan y Eva, en donde se expresa la experiencia de culpa y verguenza en la separatidad, después de comer el fruto del árbol del conocimiento del bien y del mal. (Cf. El arte de amar. p 19; ver también Gn 3,1-24)

[2] Paracelso (1493-1541), nombre con que se conoce al médico y alquimista suizo Thophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (Cf. Enciclopedia Salvat. 1972. Tomo 9, p 2537-2538)

Acróstico sobre la Amistad

Acróstico sobre la Amistad

Por

Angel R. Cepeda Dovala


Amor es la vida dada por Dios

Mar de sabiduría y conocimiento

Ilumina el corazón y la mente

Seguridad y confianza me da

Ten siempre fe, esperanza y amor que Dios regala

Ama a tu proximo como a ti mismo dijo Jesús

Dios es amor, vida y creador del universo


ARCD