Amigo de Frodo
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Amigo de Frodo
@bpdflores.bsky.social
Daniel E. Flores, Obispo católico, Brownsville, Texas
https://amigodefrodo.wordpress.com/home/
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.
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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 ..
November 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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.
November 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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.
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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.
November 24, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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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Bishop Daniel E. Flores The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe Homily
YouTube video by Catholic Diocese of Brownsville
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November 24, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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
November 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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-...
Carta Apostólica In unitate fidei en el 1700 aniversario del Concilio de Nicea (23 de noviembre de 2025)
LEÓN XIV CARTA APOSTÓLICA IN UNITATE FIDEI EN EL 1700 ANIVERSARIO DEL CONCILIO DE NICEA ____________
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November 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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-...
Apostolic Letter In Unitate Fidei on the 1700th Anniversary of the Council of Nicaea (23 November 2025)
LEO XIV APOSTOLIC LETTER IN UNITATE FIDEI ON THE 1700 th ANNIVERSARY OF THE COUNCIL OF NICAEA ____________
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November 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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.
November 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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”?
November 23, 2025 at 2:14 AM
"Señor, cuando llegues a tu Reino, acuérdate de mí"
November 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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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38th Annual Erasmus Lecture (2025)
YouTube video by First Things
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November 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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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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 …
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November 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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?
November 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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.
November 22, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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.
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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.
November 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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..".
November 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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.
November 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Reposted by Amigo de Frodo
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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Bishop Daniel E. Flores Thirty third Sunday in Ordinary Time Homily
YouTube video by Catholic Diocese of Brownsville
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November 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Augustine today, Sermo 21
Unde autem iucundámur in Dómino, si a nobis longe est Dóminus? Et non sit longe! Ut longe sit tu facis. Ama et propinquábit; ama et habitábit. Dóminus in próximo est, nihil sollíciti fuéritis. Vis vidére quam si amáveris tecum sit? Deus cáritas est.
November 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Ps 18,28
Quóniam tu pópulum húmilem salvum fácies
et óculos superbórum humiliábis.

Tú salvas al pueblo afligido
y humillas los ojos soberbios.

For you save a humble people
but humble the eyes that are proud.
November 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
In the last footnote to “The Translated Word”, I mention a book by Juan Gabriel Vásquez, (La traducción del mundo: Las conferencias Weidenfeld 2022). I do not go into the topic of his lectures in the text, but I do owe the author a debt of gratitude.
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The Translated Word
(Or, if you prefer, “What conversion looks like”, or perhaps “a lecture in praise of the Charity of Jerome and Augustine”) Mass at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, on the campus of The University …
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November 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Readings, 2nd responsory, Dedication of the Basilicas of SS Peter and Paul

Cálicem Dómini bibérunt et amíci Dei facti sunt.

Bebieron el cáliz del Señor y se convirtieron en amigos de Dios.

they drank the chalice of the Lord and were made friends of God.
November 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM