Amigo de Frodo
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Daniel E. Flores, Obispo católico, Brownsville, Texas
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Augustine. On 1st John, Tract 7, 9
Non illum dileximus prius: nam ad hoc nos dilexit, ut diligamus eum.
It is not that we loved him first, for he loved us to this end: that we might love him.
No es que lo hayamos amado primero, pues él nos amó para esto: para que lo amáramos.
Non illum dileximus prius: nam ad hoc nos dilexit, ut diligamus eum.
It is not that we loved him first, for he loved us to this end: that we might love him.
No es que lo hayamos amado primero, pues él nos amó para esto: para que lo amáramos.
November 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Augustine. On 1st John, Tract 7, 9
Non illum dileximus prius: nam ad hoc nos dilexit, ut diligamus eum.
It is not that we loved him first, for he loved us to this end: that we might love him.
No es que lo hayamos amado primero, pues él nos amó para esto: para que lo amáramos.
Non illum dileximus prius: nam ad hoc nos dilexit, ut diligamus eum.
It is not that we loved him first, for he loved us to this end: that we might love him.
No es que lo hayamos amado primero, pues él nos amó para esto: para que lo amáramos.
Wis 15,3
Nosse te consummáta iustítia est, et scire virtútem tuam radix est immortalitátis
La perfecta justicia consiste en conocerte a ti, y reconocer tu poder es la raíz de la inmortalidad
To know you well is complete justice, and to know your might is the root of immortality
Nosse te consummáta iustítia est, et scire virtútem tuam radix est immortalitátis
La perfecta justicia consiste en conocerte a ti, y reconocer tu poder es la raíz de la inmortalidad
To know you well is complete justice, and to know your might is the root of immortality
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Wis 15,3
Nosse te consummáta iustítia est, et scire virtútem tuam radix est immortalitátis
La perfecta justicia consiste en conocerte a ti, y reconocer tu poder es la raíz de la inmortalidad
To know you well is complete justice, and to know your might is the root of immortality
Nosse te consummáta iustítia est, et scire virtútem tuam radix est immortalitátis
La perfecta justicia consiste en conocerte a ti, y reconocer tu poder es la raíz de la inmortalidad
To know you well is complete justice, and to know your might is the root of immortality
Mass today at the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore. Starts the meeting of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. Your prayers are always needed and greatly appreciated.
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Mass today at the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore. Starts the meeting of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. Your prayers are always needed and greatly appreciated.
Ps 84,10
Protéctor noster áspice, Deus,
et réspice in fáciem christi tui.
Turn your eyes, O God, our shield,
look on the face of your anointed.
Fíjate, oh Dios, escudo nuestro, | mira el rostro de tu Ungido.
Protéctor noster áspice, Deus,
et réspice in fáciem christi tui.
Turn your eyes, O God, our shield,
look on the face of your anointed.
Fíjate, oh Dios, escudo nuestro, | mira el rostro de tu Ungido.
November 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Ps 84,10
Protéctor noster áspice, Deus,
et réspice in fáciem christi tui.
Turn your eyes, O God, our shield,
look on the face of your anointed.
Fíjate, oh Dios, escudo nuestro, | mira el rostro de tu Ungido.
Protéctor noster áspice, Deus,
et réspice in fáciem christi tui.
Turn your eyes, O God, our shield,
look on the face of your anointed.
Fíjate, oh Dios, escudo nuestro, | mira el rostro de tu Ungido.
1 Macabeos 9,21
«Quómodo cécidit potens,
qui salvum faciébat pópulum Israel!».
«¡Cómo cayó el valiente;
salvador de Israel!»
“How the mighty one has fallen,
the savior of Israel!”
«Quómodo cécidit potens,
qui salvum faciébat pópulum Israel!».
«¡Cómo cayó el valiente;
salvador de Israel!»
“How the mighty one has fallen,
the savior of Israel!”
November 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
1 Macabeos 9,21
«Quómodo cécidit potens,
qui salvum faciébat pópulum Israel!».
«¡Cómo cayó el valiente;
salvador de Israel!»
“How the mighty one has fallen,
the savior of Israel!”
«Quómodo cécidit potens,
qui salvum faciébat pópulum Israel!».
«¡Cómo cayó el valiente;
salvador de Israel!»
“How the mighty one has fallen,
the savior of Israel!”
Augustine, on 1 John (sermo 7, 6): Ergo habere sacramenta ista omnia et malus potest; habere autem caritatem, et malus esse, non potest. Hoc est ergo proprium donum; ipse est singularis fons. Ad hunc bibendum, vos hortatur Spiritus Dei; ad se bibendum vos hortatur Spiritus Dei.
November 8, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Augustine, on 1 John (sermo 7, 6): Ergo habere sacramenta ista omnia et malus potest; habere autem caritatem, et malus esse, non potest. Hoc est ergo proprium donum; ipse est singularis fons. Ad hunc bibendum, vos hortatur Spiritus Dei; ad se bibendum vos hortatur Spiritus Dei.
Ps 69,34
quóniam exaudívit páuperes Dóminus
et vinctos suos non despéxit.
Que el Señor escucha a sus pobres,
no desprecia a sus cautivos.
for the Lord listens to the needy
and does not spurn his servants in their chains.
quóniam exaudívit páuperes Dóminus
et vinctos suos non despéxit.
Que el Señor escucha a sus pobres,
no desprecia a sus cautivos.
for the Lord listens to the needy
and does not spurn his servants in their chains.
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Ps 69,34
quóniam exaudívit páuperes Dóminus
et vinctos suos non despéxit.
Que el Señor escucha a sus pobres,
no desprecia a sus cautivos.
for the Lord listens to the needy
and does not spurn his servants in their chains.
quóniam exaudívit páuperes Dóminus
et vinctos suos non despéxit.
Que el Señor escucha a sus pobres,
no desprecia a sus cautivos.
for the Lord listens to the needy
and does not spurn his servants in their chains.
Habacuc 2,4
Ecce languidus, in quo non est anima recta;
iustus autem in fide sua vivet.
El que no tiene el alma recta, sucumbirá, pero el justo vivirá por su fidelidad.
The rash man has no integrity; but the just man, because of his faith, shall live.
Ecce languidus, in quo non est anima recta;
iustus autem in fide sua vivet.
El que no tiene el alma recta, sucumbirá, pero el justo vivirá por su fidelidad.
The rash man has no integrity; but the just man, because of his faith, shall live.
November 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Habacuc 2,4
Ecce languidus, in quo non est anima recta;
iustus autem in fide sua vivet.
El que no tiene el alma recta, sucumbirá, pero el justo vivirá por su fidelidad.
The rash man has no integrity; but the just man, because of his faith, shall live.
Ecce languidus, in quo non est anima recta;
iustus autem in fide sua vivet.
El que no tiene el alma recta, sucumbirá, pero el justo vivirá por su fidelidad.
The rash man has no integrity; but the just man, because of his faith, shall live.
Ps 74,21
Ne revertátur húmilis factus confúsus;
pauper et inops laudábunt nomen tuum.
Que el humilde no se marche defraudado,
que pobres y afligidos alaben tu nombre.
Do not let the oppressed return disappointed;
let the poor and the needy bless your name.
Ne revertátur húmilis factus confúsus;
pauper et inops laudábunt nomen tuum.
Que el humilde no se marche defraudado,
que pobres y afligidos alaben tu nombre.
Do not let the oppressed return disappointed;
let the poor and the needy bless your name.
November 6, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Ps 74,21
Ne revertátur húmilis factus confúsus;
pauper et inops laudábunt nomen tuum.
Que el humilde no se marche defraudado,
que pobres y afligidos alaben tu nombre.
Do not let the oppressed return disappointed;
let the poor and the needy bless your name.
Ne revertátur húmilis factus confúsus;
pauper et inops laudábunt nomen tuum.
Que el humilde no se marche defraudado,
que pobres y afligidos alaben tu nombre.
Do not let the oppressed return disappointed;
let the poor and the needy bless your name.
Ps 85,9
Audiam, quid loquátur Dóminus Deus,
quóniam loquétur pacem ad plebem suam..
Voy a escuchar lo que dice el Señor:
Dios anuncia la paz
a su pueblo..
I will hear what the Lord God has to say,
a voice that speaks of peace,
peace for his people..
Audiam, quid loquátur Dóminus Deus,
quóniam loquétur pacem ad plebem suam..
Voy a escuchar lo que dice el Señor:
Dios anuncia la paz
a su pueblo..
I will hear what the Lord God has to say,
a voice that speaks of peace,
peace for his people..
November 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Ps 85,9
Audiam, quid loquátur Dóminus Deus,
quóniam loquétur pacem ad plebem suam..
Voy a escuchar lo que dice el Señor:
Dios anuncia la paz
a su pueblo..
I will hear what the Lord God has to say,
a voice that speaks of peace,
peace for his people..
Audiam, quid loquátur Dóminus Deus,
quóniam loquétur pacem ad plebem suam..
Voy a escuchar lo que dice el Señor:
Dios anuncia la paz
a su pueblo..
I will hear what the Lord God has to say,
a voice that speaks of peace,
peace for his people..
Gaudium et spes 38
Non paucæ eárum ex nímiis inæqualitátibus œconómicis provéniunt, necnon ex necessáriis remédiis retardátis.
Many of these causes are due to excessive economic inequalities and delay in providing necessary remedies.
Non paucæ eárum ex nímiis inæqualitátibus œconómicis provéniunt, necnon ex necessáriis remédiis retardátis.
Many of these causes are due to excessive economic inequalities and delay in providing necessary remedies.
November 4, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Gaudium et spes 38
Non paucæ eárum ex nímiis inæqualitátibus œconómicis provéniunt, necnon ex necessáriis remédiis retardátis.
Many of these causes are due to excessive economic inequalities and delay in providing necessary remedies.
Non paucæ eárum ex nímiis inæqualitátibus œconómicis provéniunt, necnon ex necessáriis remédiis retardátis.
Many of these causes are due to excessive economic inequalities and delay in providing necessary remedies.
All Souls Day, 2025
On human connections being important to God. Jesus wept at the tomb of Lazarus.
Sobre la importancia para Dios de los lazos humanos. Jesús lloró ante la tumba de Lázaro.
youtu.be/qhMSWACvSUg?...
On human connections being important to God. Jesus wept at the tomb of Lazarus.
Sobre la importancia para Dios de los lazos humanos. Jesús lloró ante la tumba de Lázaro.
youtu.be/qhMSWACvSUg?...
Bishop Daniel E. Flores The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed All Souls Homily
YouTube video by Catholic Diocese of Brownsville
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
All Souls Day, 2025
On human connections being important to God. Jesus wept at the tomb of Lazarus.
Sobre la importancia para Dios de los lazos humanos. Jesús lloró ante la tumba de Lázaro.
youtu.be/qhMSWACvSUg?...
On human connections being important to God. Jesus wept at the tomb of Lazarus.
Sobre la importancia para Dios de los lazos humanos. Jesús lloró ante la tumba de Lázaro.
youtu.be/qhMSWACvSUg?...
Ps 145,8
Miserátor et miséricors Dóminus, longánimis et multæ misericórdiæ.
The LORD is kind and full of compassion,
slow to anger, abounding in mercy.
El Señor es clemente y misericordioso,
lento a la cólera y rico en piedad;
Miserátor et miséricors Dóminus, longánimis et multæ misericórdiæ.
The LORD is kind and full of compassion,
slow to anger, abounding in mercy.
El Señor es clemente y misericordioso,
lento a la cólera y rico en piedad;
November 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Ps 145,8
Miserátor et miséricors Dóminus, longánimis et multæ misericórdiæ.
The LORD is kind and full of compassion,
slow to anger, abounding in mercy.
El Señor es clemente y misericordioso,
lento a la cólera y rico en piedad;
Miserátor et miséricors Dóminus, longánimis et multæ misericórdiæ.
The LORD is kind and full of compassion,
slow to anger, abounding in mercy.
El Señor es clemente y misericordioso,
lento a la cólera y rico en piedad;
Leo XIV is Peter.
No one else is.
No one else is.
November 2, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Leo XIV is Peter.
No one else is.
No one else is.
Rom 5,8
Commendat autem suam caritatem Deus in nos, quoniam, cum adhuc peccatores essemus, Christus pro nobis mortuus est.
Commendat autem suam caritatem Deus in nos, quoniam, cum adhuc peccatores essemus, Christus pro nobis mortuus est.
November 2, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Rom 5,8
Commendat autem suam caritatem Deus in nos, quoniam, cum adhuc peccatores essemus, Christus pro nobis mortuus est.
Commendat autem suam caritatem Deus in nos, quoniam, cum adhuc peccatores essemus, Christus pro nobis mortuus est.
S Bernard, Sermo 2
Hanc ergo glóriam tota et tuta ambitióne concupiscámus. Sane ut eam nobis speráre líceat et ad tantam beatitúdinem aspiráre, summópere nobis desideránda sunt suffrágia quoque sanctórum, ut quod possibílitas nostra non óbtinet, eórum nobis intercessióne donétur.
Hanc ergo glóriam tota et tuta ambitióne concupiscámus. Sane ut eam nobis speráre líceat et ad tantam beatitúdinem aspiráre, summópere nobis desideránda sunt suffrágia quoque sanctórum, ut quod possibílitas nostra non óbtinet, eórum nobis intercessióne donétur.
November 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
S Bernard, Sermo 2
Hanc ergo glóriam tota et tuta ambitióne concupiscámus. Sane ut eam nobis speráre líceat et ad tantam beatitúdinem aspiráre, summópere nobis desideránda sunt suffrágia quoque sanctórum, ut quod possibílitas nostra non óbtinet, eórum nobis intercessióne donétur.
Hanc ergo glóriam tota et tuta ambitióne concupiscámus. Sane ut eam nobis speráre líceat et ad tantam beatitúdinem aspiráre, summópere nobis desideránda sunt suffrágia quoque sanctórum, ut quod possibílitas nostra non óbtinet, eórum nobis intercessióne donétur.
Ps 16,3
In sanctos, qui sunt in terra, ínclitos viros,
omnis volúntas mea in eos.
En los santos que hay en la tierra, varones insignes,
pongo toda mi complacencia.
He has put into my heart a marvellous love
for the faithful ones who dwell in his land.
In sanctos, qui sunt in terra, ínclitos viros,
omnis volúntas mea in eos.
En los santos que hay en la tierra, varones insignes,
pongo toda mi complacencia.
He has put into my heart a marvellous love
for the faithful ones who dwell in his land.
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Ps 16,3
In sanctos, qui sunt in terra, ínclitos viros,
omnis volúntas mea in eos.
En los santos que hay en la tierra, varones insignes,
pongo toda mi complacencia.
He has put into my heart a marvellous love
for the faithful ones who dwell in his land.
In sanctos, qui sunt in terra, ínclitos viros,
omnis volúntas mea in eos.
En los santos que hay en la tierra, varones insignes,
pongo toda mi complacencia.
He has put into my heart a marvellous love
for the faithful ones who dwell in his land.
Ps 119,76
Fiat misericórdia tua, ut consolétur me,
secúndum elóquium tuum servo tuo.
Let your merciful love console me by your promise to your servant.
Que tu bondad me consuele,
según la promesa hecha a tu siervo;
Fiat misericórdia tua, ut consolétur me,
secúndum elóquium tuum servo tuo.
Let your merciful love console me by your promise to your servant.
Que tu bondad me consuele,
según la promesa hecha a tu siervo;
October 31, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Ps 119,76
Fiat misericórdia tua, ut consolétur me,
secúndum elóquium tuum servo tuo.
Let your merciful love console me by your promise to your servant.
Que tu bondad me consuele,
según la promesa hecha a tu siervo;
Fiat misericórdia tua, ut consolétur me,
secúndum elóquium tuum servo tuo.
Let your merciful love console me by your promise to your servant.
Que tu bondad me consuele,
según la promesa hecha a tu siervo;
1a,34,2,ad 3
Ut ostendatur connaturalis patri, dicitur filius; ut ostendatur coaeternus, dicitur splendor; ut ostendatur omnino similis, dicitur imago; ut ostendatur immaterialiter genitus, dicitur verbum. Non autem potuit unum nomen inveniri, per quod omnia ista designarentur.
Ut ostendatur connaturalis patri, dicitur filius; ut ostendatur coaeternus, dicitur splendor; ut ostendatur omnino similis, dicitur imago; ut ostendatur immaterialiter genitus, dicitur verbum. Non autem potuit unum nomen inveniri, per quod omnia ista designarentur.
October 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
1a,34,2,ad 3
Ut ostendatur connaturalis patri, dicitur filius; ut ostendatur coaeternus, dicitur splendor; ut ostendatur omnino similis, dicitur imago; ut ostendatur immaterialiter genitus, dicitur verbum. Non autem potuit unum nomen inveniri, per quod omnia ista designarentur.
Ut ostendatur connaturalis patri, dicitur filius; ut ostendatur coaeternus, dicitur splendor; ut ostendatur omnino similis, dicitur imago; ut ostendatur immaterialiter genitus, dicitur verbum. Non autem potuit unum nomen inveniri, per quod omnia ista designarentur.
Ps 97,12
Lætámini, iusti, in Dómino
et confitémini memóriæ sanctitátis eius.
Alegraos, justos, con el Señor,
celebrad su santo nombre.
Rejoice, you just, in the Lord;
give glory to his holy name.
Lætámini, iusti, in Dómino
et confitémini memóriæ sanctitátis eius.
Alegraos, justos, con el Señor,
celebrad su santo nombre.
Rejoice, you just, in the Lord;
give glory to his holy name.
October 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Ps 97,12
Lætámini, iusti, in Dómino
et confitémini memóriæ sanctitátis eius.
Alegraos, justos, con el Señor,
celebrad su santo nombre.
Rejoice, you just, in the Lord;
give glory to his holy name.
Lætámini, iusti, in Dómino
et confitémini memóriæ sanctitátis eius.
Alegraos, justos, con el Señor,
celebrad su santo nombre.
Rejoice, you just, in the Lord;
give glory to his holy name.
Ps 40, 7
Sacrifícium et oblatiónem noluísti,
aures autem fodísti mihi.
You delight not in sacrifice and offering,
but in an open ear.
Tú no quieres sacrificios ni ofrendas,
y, en cambio, me abriste el oído;
Sacrifícium et oblatiónem noluísti,
aures autem fodísti mihi.
You delight not in sacrifice and offering,
but in an open ear.
Tú no quieres sacrificios ni ofrendas,
y, en cambio, me abriste el oído;
October 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Ps 40, 7
Sacrifícium et oblatiónem noluísti,
aures autem fodísti mihi.
You delight not in sacrifice and offering,
but in an open ear.
Tú no quieres sacrificios ni ofrendas,
y, en cambio, me abriste el oído;
Sacrifícium et oblatiónem noluísti,
aures autem fodísti mihi.
You delight not in sacrifice and offering,
but in an open ear.
Tú no quieres sacrificios ni ofrendas,
y, en cambio, me abriste el oído;
Wisdom 2,1; 11-12
Dixérunt enim cogitántes apud se non recte:…
Sit autem fortitúdo nostra lex iustítiæ;
quod enim infírmum est, inútile invenítur.
Circumveniámus ergo iustum, quóniam inútilis est nobis,
Dixérunt enim cogitántes apud se non recte:…
Sit autem fortitúdo nostra lex iustítiæ;
quod enim infírmum est, inútile invenítur.
Circumveniámus ergo iustum, quóniam inútilis est nobis,
October 27, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Wisdom 2,1; 11-12
Dixérunt enim cogitántes apud se non recte:…
Sit autem fortitúdo nostra lex iustítiæ;
quod enim infírmum est, inútile invenítur.
Circumveniámus ergo iustum, quóniam inútilis est nobis,
Dixérunt enim cogitántes apud se non recte:…
Sit autem fortitúdo nostra lex iustítiæ;
quod enim infírmum est, inútile invenítur.
Circumveniámus ergo iustum, quóniam inútilis est nobis,
Ps 76,9-10
terra trémuit et quiévit,
cum exsúrgeret in iudícium Deus,
ut salvos fáceret omnes mansuétos terræ.
la tierra teme sobrecogida,
cuando Dios se pone en pie para juzgar,
para salvar a los humildes de la tierra.
terra trémuit et quiévit,
cum exsúrgeret in iudícium Deus,
ut salvos fáceret omnes mansuétos terræ.
la tierra teme sobrecogida,
cuando Dios se pone en pie para juzgar,
para salvar a los humildes de la tierra.
October 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Ps 76,9-10
terra trémuit et quiévit,
cum exsúrgeret in iudícium Deus,
ut salvos fáceret omnes mansuétos terræ.
la tierra teme sobrecogida,
cuando Dios se pone en pie para juzgar,
para salvar a los humildes de la tierra.
terra trémuit et quiévit,
cum exsúrgeret in iudícium Deus,
ut salvos fáceret omnes mansuétos terræ.
la tierra teme sobrecogida,
cuando Dios se pone en pie para juzgar,
para salvar a los humildes de la tierra.
Took the picture inside the Basilica before the Holy Father’s Mass started.
Lots of people at the noontime Angelus.
All my prayers for the folks back home. 🙏🏼
Lots of people at the noontime Angelus.
All my prayers for the folks back home. 🙏🏼
October 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Took the picture inside the Basilica before the Holy Father’s Mass started.
Lots of people at the noontime Angelus.
All my prayers for the folks back home. 🙏🏼
Lots of people at the noontime Angelus.
All my prayers for the folks back home. 🙏🏼
At the Paul 6 Hall the US bishops attending the Jubilee for Synodal teams. Sunday morning all the bishops and delegations will participate in the Mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV in St Peter’s Basilica.
October 26, 2025 at 6:41 AM
At the Paul 6 Hall the US bishops attending the Jubilee for Synodal teams. Sunday morning all the bishops and delegations will participate in the Mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV in St Peter’s Basilica.