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              +Daniel E. Flores, Bishop of Brownsville, The Rio Grande Valley, Texas. El VERBO es enviado respirando amor. (Sto.Tomás)
              
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           … and this because it has not been possible to find one name to signify all these things. 
          
                
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             para mostrarlo connatural con el Padre, se dice “Hijo”; como coeterno, se dice “Esplendor”; como del todo semejante, se dice “Imagen”, como inmaterialmente engendrado, se dice “Verbo”; y esto porque no ha sido posible hallar un nombre a propósito para designar todas estas cosas. 
          
                
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             Yay or nay...do I ask my wife to make me a Boximus halloween costume? 
          
                
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             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. 
          
                
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             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. 
          
                
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             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; 
          
                
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             The family unit is under attack! Stand with us as we fight the anti-family left! 
          
                
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             But they said, thinking not aright:.. Let our might be our law of right, for what is weak proves itself to be useless. Let us lie in wait for the righteous man, because he is inconvenient to us, 
          
                
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             Se dijeron, razonando equivocadamente:… que sea nuestra fuerza la norma del derecho, pues lo débil, es claro, no sirve para nada. Acechemos al justo, que nos resulta incómodo: 
          
                
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             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, 
          
                
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             the earth in terror was still when you arose to judge, to save the humble of the earth. 
          
                
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             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. 
          
                
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             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. 🙏🏼 
          
                
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             We were exploring various ways to obtain an immigration document in a South American country. On one attempt, we encountered two agents who hinted that the process could be expedited for a little incentive. As Christian missionaries, our principles didn't allow us to offer money 
          
                
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             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. 
          
                
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             The Wisdom of God,… reaches mightily from one end of the earth to the other, and she orders all things well. La sabiduría de Dios.. se despliega vigorosamente de un confín al otro del mundo y gobierna de excelente manera todo el universo. 
          
                
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             Sap 8:1 Sapiéntia Dei… Attíngit a fine usque ad finem fórtiter et dispónit ómnia suáviter. 
          
                
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             Byung-Chul Han, Premio Princesa de Asturias de Comunicación y Humanidades: "Aunque hoy creamos ser más libres que nunca, lo realidad es que vivimos en un régimen despótico neoliberal que explota la libertad". #PremiosPrincesadeAsturias ▶  https://t.co/cYsKf1pTag 
          
          
                
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             The pilgrims for the Jubilee of synodal teams passed through the Holy Door this morning, and went into St Peter’s Basilica. Prayers for the Holy Father’s intention. 
          
                
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             Jubilee Audience with Pope Leo XIV, October 24, 2025. Bishop Alain Faubert of Canada presents the report on synodality in Canada and the United States. Pope Leo responds to the question posed at the end. It is a joy to work with Bp Faubert.  https://t.co/uoFwkSUhRa  vía @YouTube
          
          
                
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             In Rome. Jubilee for Synodal teams. Here with Bishop Juan Miguel Betancourt, Hartford, and Bishop Luis Miguel Romero Fernandez, Rockville Center. The Holy Father will spend some time with participants this afternoon at the Aula Paulo Sexto. 
          
                
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             Is 66,2 Ad hunc autem respíciam, ad paupérculum et contrítum spíritu et treméntem sermónes meos. En ése pondré mis ojos: en el humilde y el abatido que se estremece ante mis palabras. This is the one whom I approve: the lowly and afflicted man who trembles at my word. 
          
                
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             Ps 143,11 propter nomen tuum, Dómine, vivificábis me. In iustítia tua edúces de tribulatióne ánimam meam. Por tu nombre, Señor, consérvame vivo; por tu clemencia, sácame de la angustia.  For your name’s sake, Lord, save my life; in your justice save my soul from distress. 
          
                
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