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Canticle of the Sun - Saint Francis of Assisi

Most high, all powerful, all good Lord!

All praise is yours, all glory, all honor, and all blessing.

To you, alone, Most High, do they belong.
Mortal lips are worthy to pronounce your name.

Be praised, my Lord, through all your creatures,
especially through my lord Brother Sun,
who brings the day; and you give light through him.
And he is beautiful and radiant in all his splendor!
Of you, Most High, he bears the likeness.


Be praised, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars;
in the heavens you have made them bright, precious and beautiful.

Be praised, my Lord, through Brothers Wind and Air,
and clouds and storms, and all the weather,
through which you give your creatures sustenance.

Be praised, My Lord, through Sister Water;
she is very useful, and humble, and precious, and pure.

Be praised, my Lord, through Brother Fire,
through whom you brighten the night.
He is beautiful and cheerful, and powerful and strong.

Be praised, my Lord, through our sister Mother Earth,
who feeds us and rules us,
and produces various fruits with colored flowers and herbs.


Be praised, my Lord, through those who forgive for love of you;
through those who endure sickness and trial.


Happy those who endure in peace,
for by you, Most High, they will be crowned.

Be praised, my Lord, through our Sister Bodily Death,
from whose embrace no living person can escape.
Woe to those who die in mortal sin!
Happy those she finds doing your most holy will.
The second death can do no harm to them.


Praise and bless my Lord, and give thanks,
and serve him with great humility.

El deseo de felicidad - The desire for happiness

La vision beatifica en la gloria

OUR VOCATION TO BEATITUDE
I. The Beatitudes

1716 The Beatitudes are at the heart of Jesus' preaching. They take up the promises made to the chosen people since Abraham. The Beatitudes fulfill the promises by ordering them no longer merely to the possession of a territory, but to the Kingdom of heaven:

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they shall be satisfied.
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you
and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
Rejoice and be glad,
for your reward is great in heaven.12

1717 The Beatitudes depict the countenance of Jesus Christ and portray his charity. They express the vocation of the faithful associated with the glory of his Passion and Resurrection; they shed light on the actions and attitudes characteristic of the Christian life; they are the paradoxical promises that sustain hope in the midst of tribulations; they proclaim the blessings and rewards already secured, however dimly, for Christ's disciples; they have begun in the lives of the Virgin Mary and all the saints.

II. The Desire for Happiness

1718 The Beatitudes respond to the natural desire for happiness. This desire is of divine origin: God has placed it in the human heart in order to draw man to the One who alone can fulfill it:

We all want to live happily; in the whole human race there is no one who does not assent to this proposition, even before it is fully articulated.13

How is it, then, that I seek you, Lord? Since in seeking you, my God, I seek a happy life, let me seek you so that my soul may live, for my body draws life from my soul and my soul draws life from you.14

God alone satisfies.15

1719 The Beatitudes reveal the goal of human existence, the ultimate end of human acts: God calls us to his own beatitude. This vocation is addressed to each individual personally, but also to the Church as a whole, the new people made up of those who have accepted the promise and live from it in faith.


NUESTRA VOCACIÓN A LA BIENAVENTURANZA
Las bienaventuranzas
del Catecismo de la Iglesia Catolica

1716 Las bienaventuranzas están en el centro de la predicación de Jesús. Con ellas Jesús recoge las promesas hechas al pueblo elegido desde Abraham; pero las perfecciona ordenándolas no sólo a la posesión de una tierra, sino al Reino de los cielos:
Bienaventurados los pobres de espíritu, porque de ellos es el Reino de los cielos.

Bienaventurados los mansos, porque ellos poseerán en herencia la tierra.

Bienaventurados los que lloran, porque ellos serán consolados.

Bienaventurados los que tienen hambre y sed de justicia, porque ellos serán saciados.

Bienaventurados los misericordiosos, porque ellos alcanzarán misericordia.

Bienaventurados los limpios de corazón, porque ellos verán a Dios.

Bienaventurados los que buscan la paz, porque ellos serán llamados hijos de Dios.
Bienaventurados los perseguidos por causa de la justicia, porque de ellos es el Reino de los cielos.
Bienaventurados seréis cuando os injurien, os persigan y digan con mentira toda clase de mal contra vosotros por mi causa.
Alegraos y regocijaos porque vuestra recompensa será grande en los cielos. (Mt 5, 3-12)

El deseo de felicidad

1718 Las bienaventuranzas responden al deseo natural de felicidad. Este deseo es de origen divino: Dios lo ha puesto en el corazón del hombre a fin de atraerlo hacia El, el único que lo puede satisfacer:

Ciertamente todos nosotros queremos vivir felices, y en el género humano no hay nadie que no dé su asentimiento a esta proposición incluso antes de que sea plenamente enunciada. (S. Agustín, mor. eccl. 1, 3, 4).

¿Cómo es, Señor, que yo te busco? Porque al buscarte, Dios mío, busco la vida feliz, haz que te busque para que viva mi alma, porque mi cuerpo vive de mi alma y mi alma vive de ti. (S. Agustín, conf. 10, 20.29).
Sólo Dios sacia. (Santo Tomás de Aquino, symb. 1).

1719 Las bienaventuranzas descubren la meta de la existencia humana, el fin último de los actos humanos: Dios nos llama a su propia bienaventuranza. Esta vocación se dirige a cada uno personalmente, pero también al conjunto de la Iglesia, pueblo nuevo de los que han acogido la promesa y viven de ella en la fe.

THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY
Catechism of the Catholic Church - with paragraph number

Why the liturgy?

1066 In the Symbol of the faith the Church confesses the mystery of the Holy Trinity and of the plan of God's "good pleasure" for all creation: the Father accomplishes the "mystery of his will" by giving his beloved Son and his Holy Spirit for the salvation of the world and for the glory of his name. Such is the mystery of Christ, revealed and fulfilled in history according to the wisely ordered plan that St. Paul calls the "plan of the mystery" and the patristic tradition will call the "economy of the Word incarnate" or the "economy of salvation."

1067 "The wonderful works of God among the people of the Old Testament were but a prelude to the work of Christ the Lord in rescuing mankind from wrong doing and giving perfect glory to God. He accomplished this work principally by the mystery of his Passion, Resurrection from the dead, and Ascension, whereby dying he destroyed death, rising he restored life. For it was from the side of Christ as he slept the sleep of death upon the cross that there came forth ‘the wondrous sacrament of the whole Church.'" For this reason, the Church celebrates in the liturgy above all the mystery by which Christ accomplished the work of our salvation.

1068 It is this mystery of Christ that the Church proclaims and celebrates in her liturgy so that the faithful may live from it and bear witness to it:

For it is in the liturgy, especially in the divine sacrifice of the Eucharist, that "the work of our rescue is accomplished," and it is through the liturgy especially that the faithful are enabled to express in their lives and manifest to others the mystery of Christ and the real nature of the true Church.

What does the word liturgy mean?

1069 The word "liturgy" originally meant a "public work" or a "service in the name of/on behalf of the people." In Christian tradition it means the participation of the People of God in "the work of God." Through the liturgy Christ, our redeemer and high priest, continues the work of our rescue in, with, and through his Church.
1070 In the New Testament the word "liturgy" refers not only to the celebration of divine worship but also to the proclamation of the Gospel and to active charity. In all of these situations it is a question of the service of God and neighbor. In a liturgical celebration the Church is servant in the image of her Lord, the one "leitourgos"; she shares in Christ's priesthood (worship), which is both prophetic (proclamation) and kingly (service of charity).

Symbol of Christ and the Four Evangelists

THE REVELATION OF GOD

http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt1sect1chpt2.shtml
 God Reveals His "Plan of Loving Goodness"

"It pleased God, in his love and wisdom, to reveal himself and to make known the mystery of his will. His will was that men should have access to the Father, through Christ, the Word made flesh, in the Holy Spirit, and thus become sharers in the divine nature."

God, who "dwells in unapproachable light," wants to communicate his own divine life to the men he freely created, in order to adopt them as his sons in his only-begotten Son. By revealing himself God wishes to make them capable of responding to him, and of knowing him, and of loving him far beyond their own natural capacity.

The divine plan of Revelation is realized simultaneously "by deeds and words which are intrinsically bound up with each other" and shed light on each other. It involves a specific divine pedagogy: God communicates himself to man gradually. He prepares him to welcome by stages the supernatural Revelation that is to culminate in the person and mission of the incarnate Word, Jesus Christ.

La vida del hombre: conocer y amar a Dios

Extraido de la doctrina catolica
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ESL0022/__P2.HTM

Dios, infinitamente Bienaventurado, en un designio de amor ha creado libremente al hombre para que tenga parte en su vida bienaventurada. Por eso, en todo tiempo y en todo lugar, está cerca del hombre. Le llama y le ayuda a buscarlo, a conocerle y a amarle con todas sus fuerzas. Convoca a todos los hombres, que el pecado dispersó, a la unidad de su familia, la Iglesia. Lo hace mediante su Hijo que envió como Salvador al llegar la plenitud de los tiempos. En él y por él, llama a los hombres a ser, en el Espíritu Santo, sus hijos de adopción, y por tanto los herederos de su vida bienaventurada.

Para que esta llamada resuene en toda la tierra, Cristo envió a los apóstoles que había escogido, dándoles el mandato de anunciar el evangelio: "Id, pues, y haced discípulos a todas las gentes bautizándolas en el nombre del Padre y del Hijo y del Espíritu Santo, y enseñándoles a guardar todo lo que yo os he mandado. Y sabed que yo estoy con vosotros todos los días hasta el fin del mundo" (Mt 28,19-20). Fortalecidos con esta misión, los apóstoles "salieron a predicar por todas partes, colaborando el Señor con ellos y confirmando la Palabra con las señales que la acompañaban" (Mc 16,20).

Quienes con la ayuda de Dios han acogido el llamamiento de Cristo y han respondido libremente a ella, se sienten por su parte urgidos por el amor de Cristo a anunciar por todas partes en el mundo la Buena Nueva. Este tesoro recibido de los apóstoles ha sido guardado fielmente por sus sucesores. Todos los fieles de Cristo son llamados a transmitirlo de generación en generación, anunciando la fe, viviéndola en la comunión fraterna y celebrándola en la liturgia y en la oración (cf. Hch 2,42).