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"God our Father, great builder of the heavenly
Jerusalem, you know the number of the stars and call each of
them by name. Heal hearts that are broken, gather together
those who have been scattered, and enrich us all from the
plenitude of your eternal wisdom."
Psalm Prayer
“As we should be genuinely sorry for tramps
and paupers who are materially homeless, so we should be sorry
for those who are morally homeless, and who suffer a
philosophical starvation as deadly as physical starvation.”
G.K. Chesterton
(1874-1936) Author, Essayist, Historian, Journalist, Lay
Theologian, Poet
"The glory of God is man fully alive, and
life of man is the vision of God."
St Irenaeus (130-202) Theologian,
Writer, Doctor of the Church, Martyr
"By using our freedom in conformity with the natural
law, we become capable of directing ourselves toward our
Ultimate End, finding our perfection in seeking and loving
God’s law, and aligning ourselves with God’s truth."
Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers,
Author
"An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the
latest novelties."
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Theologian,
Professor, Author
"Help me to journey beyond the familiar and into the
unknown. Give me the faith to leave old ways and break fresh
ground with You."
Saint Brendan (460-577) Irish Monk,
Founder of Clonfert Monastery and Monastic School, Evangelist
... possibly reaching the Americas in the 6th Century.
Patron Saint of travelers, sailors, mariners.
"The greatest deception, and the deepest source of
unhappiness, is the illusion of finding life by excluding God,
of finding freedom by excluding moral truths and personal
responsibility."
Pope St John Paul II, Homily, World Youth
Day, Toronto, July 28, 2002
"Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human
spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; and God has placed
in the human heart a desire to know the truth—in a word, to
know himself—so that, by knowing and loving God, men and women
may also come to the fullness of truth about themselves."
Pope St. John Paul II (1920-2005) 264th
Pope, Writer, Educator, Doctorate in Theology
"In this life, virtue consists of loving what must be loved. Knowing how to choose it is prudence, not letting oneself be distracted by seductive powers is temperance, not letting oneself be led astray by pride is justice."
St. Augustine (354-430) Doctor of the Church, Writer, Philosopher, Patron Saint of Printers and Theologians
"Be sure that you first preach by the way you live. If you do not, people will notice that you say one thing, but live otherwise, and your words will bring only cynical laughter and a derisive shake of the head."
St Charles Borromeo (1538-1584) Catholic Priest, Cardinal and Reformer (one who survived an assassination attempt); Son of a wealthy Count; spent his life and fortune in service to his diocese; Patron Saint of Catechists, Bishops, Spiritual Directors, and Seminarians.
"We do not come to church to
attend the service as a spectator, but in order, along with
the priest, to serve God. Everything we do—our entering,
being present, our kneeling and sitting and standing, our
reception of the sacred nourishment—should be divine
service. This is so only when all we do overflows from the
awareness of a collected heart and the mind's
attentiveness."
Fr Romano Guardini (1886-1968)
Catholic Priest, Author, Theologian, Academic
"No act
is charitable if it is not just."
St. Bruno (1030-1101) Founder of the
Carthusian Order, Educator, Patron Saint of Possessed Persons
"Heresy is from the Greek word meaning ‘choice’…. But we are not permitted to believe whatever we choose, nor to choose whatever someone else has believed. We have the Apostles of God as authorities, who did not…choose what they would believe but faithfully transmitted the teachings of Christ. So, even if an angel from heaven should preach otherwise, he shall be called anathema."
"Confession heals, confession
justifies, confession grants pardon of sin. All hope consists
in confession. In confession there is a chance for mercy.
Believe it firmly, do not doubt, do not hesitate, never
despair of the mercy of God."
Saint Isidore of Seville (560-636) Doctor of the Church, Bishop, Prolific Writer, Historian, Teacher, Reformer; Patron Saint of Computer Techs and Users, the Internet, Students
"True strength is not found in
being stubborn or arrogant. It is found in allowing the Holy
Spirit to dwell in one's heart so that one might be open to
the Spirit's promptings. It is that Spirit Who frees us from
our selfishness, for the Spirit reminds us that God is
supposed to be the center of who we are and what we do."
Rev. Jude
Winkler, OFM Franciscan Priest, Author
“Not to oppose error is to approve it; and not to
defend truth is to suppress it, and, indeed, to neglect to
confound evil men—when we can do it—is no less a sin than to
encourage them.”
Pope St. Felix III (?-492)
Widower, Priest, Pope from 483-492
"Often, actually very often, God allows his greatest
servants, those who are far advanced in grace, to make the
most humiliating mistakes. This humbles them in their own eyes
and in the eyes of their fellow men."
St Louis Marie de Montfort (1673
- 1716) Author, Founder of the Congregation of the Daughters
of Divine Wisdom
"Cast yourself into the arms of God and be very sure
that if He wants anything of you, He will fit you for the work
and give you strength."
"Never say, 'What great things the saints do,' but,
'What great things God does in His saints.'"
St. Philip Neri (1515-1595)
Catholic Priest, Patron Saint of the US Army Special Forces
"We shall steer safely through every storm, so long as our heart is right, our intention fervent, our courage steadfast, and our trust fixed on God."
"Make friends with the angels, who though invisible are
always with you. Often invoke them, constantly praise them,
and make good use of their help and assistance in all your
temporal and spiritual affairs."
St
Francis de Sales (1567-1622), Doctor of the Church,
Patron Saint of Confessors, Authors, and Educators
"There is only one way to perfection and that is to pray. If anyone points in another direction then they are deceiving you.”
"There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world."
"Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world
on fire!"
Saint Teresa of Avila
(1515-1582) Mystical Writer, Doctor of the Church, Incorrupt; Patron Saint of
People in Religious Orders and of People Ridiculed For Their
Piety, Against Bodily Ills
“If you are what you
should be, you will set the whole world ablaze!”
Saint Catherine of Sienna
(1347-1380) Mystic, Doctor of the Church, Youngest of 24
Children; Patron Saint of Firefighters, Nurses, Sick Persons,
Against Temptations, Against Illness
"Start by doing what is necessary; then do what is possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
St Francis of Assisi (1181 - 1226) Founder of the Franciscans, Patron Saint of Families, Merchants, Animals and Zoos.
"If I am distracted, Holy Communion helps me to become recollected. If opportunities are offered by each day to offend my God, I arm myself anew each day for the combat by the reception of the Eucharist. If I am in special need of light and prudence in order to discharge my burdensome duties, I draw nigh to my Savior and seek counsel and light from Him."
St. Thomas More (1478-1535) Lawyer, Devout Catholic, Defender of the Faith against Heresy (Protestantism), Beheaded (murdered) at the order of King Henry VIII of England; Patron Saint of Lawyers, Civil Servants, Adopted Children, Large Families
"Commitment is doing what you said you would do, after the feeling you said it in has passed."
St. Camillus (1550-1614) Soldier and Gambling Addict who, after conversion (by the Capuchins), became a Hospital Administrator, Priest; Reported to have Gifts of Healing and Prophesy; Patron Saint of Hospitals, Hospital Workers, Nurses, Patron Against Illness (link)
Shrine of the
Most Blessed Sacrament
Hanceville, Alabama
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"Lord God, I praise Your Holy Name.
Let every beat of my heart be a note of love in the symphony
of my life. "
Mother Angelica (1923-2016)
Religious Sister, Abbess, Foundress of EWTN and Our Lady of
the Angels Monestary (Irondale, AL)
Spiritual Challenges
"No weapon that is fashioned against you shall prosper, and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment.This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, says the Lord."
Isaiah 54:17
"A person who is patient is better than a warrior; and one who controls his temper is better than one who captures a city."
Proverbs 16:32
"As St. Augustine teaches us, God is not
the cause of any evil; evil is nothing but the privation of
the good. God has made the world “very good.” Yet due to our
primal Fall, God does permit suffering—not as a limit upon
himself, as the secularist faith would insist—but precisely
to reveal his love and respect for his creature as a cause
in his own image. Just as God can bring the most
superabundant good out of evil, through Jesus Christ, so has
he made us capable of drawing good out of the temporal evils
by his grace."
C.C. Pecknold
Assoc. Professor of Systematic Theology
“The Christian ideal has not been tried and found
wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried.”
G.K. Chesterton
(1874-1936) Author, Essayist, Historian, Journalist, Lay
Theologian, Poet
"A man who governs his passions is master of his world.
We must either command them or be enslaved by them. It is
better to be a hammer than an anvil."
St. Dominic (1170-1221) Founder
of the Dominicans; Patron Saint of Astronomers, Scientists,
and the Falsely Accused
"Essentially a soldier, the Christian is always on the
lookout. He has sharper ears and hears an undertone that
others miss; his eyes see things in a particularly candid
light, and he senses something to which others are insensible,
the streaming of a vital current through all things. He is
never submerged in life, but keeps his head and shoulders
clear of it and his eyes free to look upward. Consequently he
has a deeper sense of responsibility than others. When this
awareness and watchfulness disappear, Christian life loses its
edge; it becomes dull and ponderous."
Fr. Romano Guardini (1885-1968)
Priest; Theologian; Author; Professor
"The world may scoff
and tell you there is no Devil and no battle. But the world
has been blinded to these realities by the Enemy himself.
It's skepticism is part of his stealth strategy: Those who
deny his existence are an easy prey."
Paul Thigped, PhD. "Manual for Spiritual Warfare" Author,
Journalist, Editor, Theology Professor.
"O man, when the world hates you and is faithless
toward you, think of your God, how he was struck and spat
upon. You should not accuse your neighbor of guilt, but pray
to God that he be merciful to you both."
St. Nicholas of Flue (1417
- 1487) Valiant Soldier; Husband and Father of Ten Children;
Hermit with Gifts of Prophesy and Inedia; Patron
Saint of Large Families, Difficult Marriages, Pontifical Swiss
Guard, Separated Spouses, Switzerland, Councilmen.
"Man was created for a certain end. This end is to
praise, to reverence and to serve the Lord his God and by this
means to arrive at eternal salvation. All other beings and
objects that surround us on the earth were created for the
benefit of man and to be useful to him, as means to his final
end; hence his obligation to use, or to abstain from the use
of, these creatures, according as they bring him nearer to
that end, or tend to separate him from it."
St. Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
Founder of the Jesuits, Patron Saint of Soldiers and Educators
"What prevents us from receiving more abundant graces
from God may be quite simply our not being sufficiently
grateful and not thanking him for the graces he has already
given us. There is no doubt that if we thank God with all our
heart for each grace received, especially for the inspirations
[of the Holy Spirit], he will grant us more."
Fr. Jacques Philippe Author
of "In The School Of The Holy Spirit"
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Authenticity "The genuine man or woman measures up to the real, to the factual situation. He is humble because he knows and professes himself to be neither more nor less than he actually is. He is single-minded in his pursuits, for he operates with the pure motivation of eating and drinking and doing all else for the glory of God (1 Cor 10:31), a thing easy to say but impossible to do without its being a divine gift. He accepts the whole gospel, not simply the popular, pleasant parts of it. He welcomes correction because he knows himself to be ignorant of many things and a sinner besides (Prov 9:7-9). He is patient when suffering rejection for he know that those who do live fully in conformity to Chist Jesus are sure to be persecuted (2 Tim 3:12). Especially is he authentic because he is a total lover of God, and love brings all the other ingredients of authenticity (1 Cor 13:4-7)." "Authenticity coincides with sanctity." (Pages 26-27) "Detachment, inner freedom, absence of illusory desires are a condition for detecting the gentle inspirations of the Spirit of Jesus. Anyone who clings to a finite reality for its own sake is not clinging for God's sake, and thus he is blocking the illumination that comes from Him." (page 47) "Authenticity and reality are two sides of the same coin. This is why the saints are the most real people in existence. Masks, pretensions, style-slaveries, prestige seeking, myopic goals are all stripped off. The saint faces up to reality as it is, not as the world imagines it to be." (Page 147) "Sin obscures. So does selfishness. The cross purifies. All of us ordinary mortals are wounded, immersed in our own darkness. A healthy self-denail, sensibly proctised and rightly motivated slowly lifts one out of his egoism, laziness, hedonistic inclinations. We are fitted to recieve the clean light of the Spirit." (Page 153) "God wills the salvation of all, but imposes it on no
one. "Worldliness impedes detection of religious and moral truth just as nausea impedes the appreciation of good food. St John of the Cross remarks that they who lack a sound palette seek other tastes and cannot savor the spirit and life of God's words. The Divine message actually becomes distasteful to them." (Page 187-188) God's Dominion From "Mere Christianity" ... Theology vs
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God's Will St Francis de Sales (1567-1622) Doctor of the Church, Patron Saint of Confessors, Authors, and Educator "To love God’s will in consolations is a good love when
it is truly God’s will we love and not the consolation
wherein it lies. Still, it is a love without opposition,
repugnance, or effort. Who would not love so worthy a
will in so agreeable a form? To love God’s will in His
commandments, counsels, and inspirations is the second
degree of love and it is much more perfect. It carries
us forward to renounce and give up our own will, and
enables us to abstain from and forbear many pleasures,
but not all of them. To love suffering and affliction
out of love for God is the summit of most holy charity.
In it nothing is pleasant but the divine will alone;
there is great opposition on the part of our nature; and
not only do we forsake all pleasures, but we embrace
torments and labors." St. Alphonsus Liguiori (1696-1787) Doctor of the Church, Writer, Patron Saint of Theologians, Vocations, and Final Perseverance "He that sacrifices to God his property by alms-deeds,
his honor by bearing insults, or his body by
mortifications, by fasts and penitential rigours, offers
to Him a part of himself and of what belongs to him; but
he that sacrifices to God his will, by obedience, gives
to Him all that he has, and can say: Lord, having given
you my will, I have nothing more to give you." From "Selected Works" "Go up by the same steps by which you came down in your pride. Thus he who has sunk to the twelfth step of pride must climb the first step of humility."
Word of God St. Ambrose (340 - 397) Doctor of the Church, Educator, Eloquent Preacher, Defender of the Faith, Bishop (Baptized St Augustine); Patron Saint of Police Officers, Bishops, Bees and Beekeepers, Students/Learning "Let the Word of God come; let it enter the church; let it become a consuming fire, that it may burn the hay and stubble, and consume whatever is worldly; there is heavy lead of iniquity in many; let it be molten by divine fire; let the gold and silver vessels be made better, in order that understanding and speech, refined by the heat of suffering, may begin to be more precious." |
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Humility and Charity Inspirations
Providence Blessed John Henry Newman (1801-1890) Catholic Convert, Cardinal, Writer (Theology and Apologetics), Philosopher, Scholar "O my God, you and you alone are all wise and all knowing! You know, you have determined everything that will happen to us from first to last. You have ordered things in the wisest way, and you know what will be my lot year by year until I die. You know how long I have to live. You know how I shall die. You have precisely ordained everything, sin excepted. Every event of my life is the best for me that it could be, for it comes from you. You bring me on year by year, by your wonderful Providence, from youth to age, with the most perfect wisdom, and with the most perfect love."Fr. Jean Pierre de Caussade (1675-1751) French Jesuit Priest, Writer, Spiritual Director (Abandonment of Divine Providence) "There is not a moment in which God does not present Himself under the cover of some pain to be endured, of some consolation to be enjoyed, or of some duty to be performed. All that takes place within us, around us, or through us, contains and conceals His divine action. It is really and truly there present, but invisibly present, so that we are always surprised and do not recognise His operation until it has ceased. If we could lift the veil, and if we were attentive and watchful God would continually reveal Himself to us, and we should see His divine action in everything that happened to us, and rejoice in it. At each successive occurrence we should exclaim: 'It is the Lord', and we should accept every fresh circumstance as a gift of God. We should look upon creatures as feeble tools in the hands of an able workman, and should discover easily that nothing was wanting to us, and that the constant providence of God disposed Him to bestow upon us at every moment whatever we required." "The soul that does not attach itself solely to the will of God will find neither satisfaction nor sanctification in any other means, however excellent by which it may attempt to gain them. If that which God Himself chooses for you does not content you, from whom do you expect to obtain what you desire?... It is only just, therefore, that the soul that is dissatisfied with the divine action for each present moment should be punished by being unable to find happiness in anything else." Fr. Jean Baptiste Saint-Jure (1588-1657) Catholic Priest, Educator "We trust ourselves to a doctor because we suppose he knows his business. He orders an operation which involves cutting away part of our body and we accept it. We are grateful to him and pay him a large fee because we judge he would not act as he does unless the remedy were necessary, and we must rely on his skill. Yet we are unwilling to treat God in the same way! It looks as if we do not trust His wisdom and are afraid He cannot do His job properly. We allow ourselves to be operated on by a man who may easily make a mistake—a mistake which may cost us our life—and protest when God sets to work on us. If we could see all He sees we would unhesitatingly wish all He wishes." Daily Meditations With The Holy Spirit by Rev. Jude Winkler, OFM "True strength is not found in being stubborn or arrogant. It is found in allowing the Holy Spirit to dwell in one's heart so that one might be open to the Spirit's promptings. It is that Spirit Who frees us from our selfishness, for the Spirit reminds us that God is supposed to be the center of who we are and what we do." Fr. Jean Nicholas Grou (1731-1803) Mystic, Writer, Jesuit "As for us, who believe humbly and firmly all that God has revealed to us, let us learn, by the contemplation of God upon a Cross, what is the value of our souls. Let us not lose our soul; let us not prostitute it to creatures; and to make sure of our eternal salvation, which cost so much to the Son of God, let us beg of Jesus Christ Himself to take charge of it, to lead us in the right way and guide us always. Such an inestimable treasure runs too great a risk in our own hands. Let us trust it to God and our Savior. Let us make Him the Master of our liberty, which we may so easily abuse, and the abuse of which may bring about such terrible consequences. Once abandoned to the safe and infallible guidance of His grace, we have no more to fear. He loves us too much, He takes too much interest in our salvation, ever to lose the price of His blood and His sufferings." |
Discernment Fr. Jacques Philippe (In The School of the Holy Spirit) "The experience of the Church and the saints demonstrates a general law: what comes from the Spirit of God brings with it joy, peace, tranquility of spirit, gentleness, simplicity, and light. On the other hand, what comes from the spirit of evil brings sadness, trouble, agitation, worry, confusion, and darkness. These marks of the good and the evil spirit are unmistakable signs in themselves." Spiritual
Discipline/Battles "It should be our principal business to conquer ourselves and, from day to day, to go on increasing in strength and perfection. Above all, however, it is necessary for us to strive to conquer our little temptations, such as fits of anger, suspicions, jealousies, envy, deceitfulness, vanity, attachments, and evil thoughts. For in this way we shall acquire strength to subdue greater ones." Discipline and Silence St. Alphonsus Liguiori (1696-1787) "An excellent method of preserving interior silence is to keep exterior silence. . . even in the world, each one of us can make his own solitude, a boundary beyond which nothing can force its way unperceived. It is not noise in itself that is the difficulty, but noise that is pointless; it is not every conversation, but useless conversations; not all kinds of occupation, but aimless occupations. In point of fact, everything that does not serve some good purpose is harmful. It is foolish, nay, more, it is a betrayal to devote to a useless objective powers that can be given to what is essential. There are two ways of separating ourselves from almighty God, quite different from one another but both disastrous, although for different reasons: mortal sin and voluntary distractions—mortal sin, which objectively breaks off our union with God, and voluntary distractions, which subjectively interrupt or hinder our union from being as close as it ought to be. We should speak only when it is preferable not to keep silence. The Gospel does not say merely that we shall have to give an account of every evil word, but of every idle thought." Robert Cardinal Sarah (The Power of Silence) "“Our world no longer hears God because it is constantly speaking, at a devastating speed and volume, in order to say nothing. Modern civilization does not know how to be quiet. It holds forth in an unending monologue. Postmodern society rejects the past and looks at the present as a cheap consumer object; it pictures the future in terms of an almost obsessive progress. Its dream, which has become a sad reality, will have been to lock silence away in a damp, dark dungeon. Thus … there is a dictatorship of speech, a dictatorship of verbal emphasis. In this theater of shadows, nothing is left but a purulent wound of mechanical words, without perspective, without truth, and without foundation. Quite often “truth” is nothing more than the pure and misleading creation of the media, corroborated by fabricated images and testimonies. When that happens, the word of God fades away, inaccessible and inaudible. Postmodernity is an ongoing offense and aggression against the divine silence. From morning to evening, from evening to morning, silence no longer has any place at all; the noise tries to prevent God himself from speaking. In this hell of noise, man disintegrates and is lost; he is broken up into countless worries, fantasies, and fears. In order to get out of these depressing tunnels, he desperately awaits noise so that it will bring him a few consolations. Noise is a deceptive, addictive, and false tranquilizer. The tragedy of our world is never better summed up than in the fury of senseless noise that stubbornly hates silence. This age detests the things that silence brings us to: encounter, wonder, and kneeling before God.” Spiritual Reading St. Pio of Pietrelcina (1887-1968) Priest and Mystic "The harm that comes to souls from the lack of reading holy books makes me shudder . . . What power spiritual reading has to lead to a change of course, and to make even worldly people enter into the way of perfection." |
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Confession St. Alphonsus Liguiori (1696-1787) Doctor of the Church, Writer, Patron Saint of Theologians, Vocations, and Final Perseverance "St. Augustine says, that to prevent the sheep from seeking assistance by her cries, the wolf seizes her by the neck, and thus securely carries her away and devours her. The Devil acts in a similar manner with the sheep of Jesus Christ. After having induced them to yield to sin, he seizes them by the throat, that they may not confess their guilt; and thus he securely brings them to Hell. For those who have sinned grievously, there is no means of salvation but the confession of their sins."Forgiveness "Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you." Ephesians 4:32 "But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you." Matthew 5:44 "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” Luke 23:34 |
Holiness St. Maria Faustina Kowalska, "Diary of St Faustina" "My Jesus, it is truly easy to become holy; it just takes a little good will! And if He finds this minimum of good will in a soul, He quickly gives Himself to her. And nothing can stop Him, neither our faults nor our falls, absolutely nothing. Jesus hurries to help that soul; and if the soul is faithful to this grace from God, she can in a short time reach the highest levels of holiness that a created being can attain here below. God is very generous and does not refuse His grace to anyone. He gives even more than we ask for. The shortest road is faithfulness to the inspirations of the Holy Spirit." Dr Peter Kreeft, "How to Be Holy" " ... even if I can help only one person become a little holier, that's more important than helping a million people become a lot more "successful" at anything else. Because nothing else is eternal. "You can't take it with you" applies to everything except yourself." Peace and Love Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech (December 11th, 1979) “Many people are very, very concerned with the children of India, with the children of Africa where quite a few die of hunger, and so on. Many people are also concerned about all the violence in this great country of the United States. These concerns are very good. But often these same people are not concerned with the millions who are being killed by the deliberate decision of their own mothers. And this is what is the greatest destroyer of peace today — abortion which brings people to such blindness.” “And if we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another?” “Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, but to use any violence to get what they want." National Prayer Breakfast speech, Washington, D.C. (February 3rd, 1994) |
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Pascal's Wager (The Argument From Pascal's Wager by Peter Kreeft) "If you are unable to believe, it is because of your passions since reason impels you to believe and yet you cannot do so. Concentrate then not on convincing yourself by multiplying proofs of God's existence but by diminishing your passions. You want to find faith, and you do not know the road. You want to be cured of unbelief, and you ask for the remedy: learn from those who were once bound like you and who now wager all they have. . . . They behaved just as if they did believe."
"Many of the saints tell us that these times of God-ordained ‘desolation’ or dryness are very important times of growth if we persevere through them by exercising a deeper faith, hope, and love. It is particularly important, they tell us, not to give up our spiritual practices but to remain faithful. God in His wisdom knows how long and how deeply we must be tried in order to come closer to Him, and we should patiently trust Him during the trial while persevering in our practices." Distractions
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"Everything that exists is a gift from God. Yet oftentimes we look to the things and creatures created by God for a satisfaction and fulfillment that only God Himself can provide. When the soul wraps itself around the things and the people of this world, looking for satisfaction or fulfillment that only God can give, it produces a distortion in itself, and in others as well. Many spiritual writers call the process of unwinding this possessive, self-centered, clinging, and disordered seeking of things and persons ‘detachment’. The goal of the process of detachment is not to stop loving the things and people of this world, but, quite to the contrary, to love them even more truly in God, under the reign of Christ, in the power of the Holy Spirit. Things and people become even more beautiful and delightful when we see them in this light. There are almost always painful dimensions to this process of 'letting go' in order to love more, but it's the pain of true healing and liberation. Christian detachment is an important part of the process by which we enter into a realm of great freedom and joy."
Self-denial St. John of the Cross (1542-1591) Doctor of the Church, Writer, Reformer. Patron Saint of Mystical Theology, Contemplatives, and Contemplative Life (Dark Night of the Soul) "They who are bent on sensible sweetness, labor also under another very great imperfection: excessive weakness and remissness on the rugged road of the cross; for the soul that is given to sweetness naturally sets its face against all the pain of self-denial. They labor under many other imperfections, which have their origin here, of which our Lord will heal them in due time, through temptations, aridities and trials, elements of the dark night."
Suffering Fr. Charles Arminjon Priest, Writer (The End of the Present World) "Without doubt, Jesus Christ could have abolished pain at a single stroke, and, by virtue of the infinite grace of the Redemption, restored man to the state of complete, unmixed bliss that he enjoyed in the paradise of innocence. He did not so wish. He judged that, for some, suffering would be a source of merit, a gain, a source of glory, and a means of renewal and triumph; that, for the greater number, it would be a necessary expiation. He therefore maintained suffering, but purified, ennobled, and transfigured it by taking it upon Himself. He became the man of sorrows, virum dolorum, in the strict and absolute sense of these words." —Fr. Charles Arminjon ." |
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of Love)
"Slander is a kind of murder; for we all have three
lives--a spiritual life, which depends upon the Grace of
God; a bodily life, depending on the soul; and a civil
life, consisting in a good reputation. Sin deprives us
of the first, death of the second, and slander of the
third. But the slanderer commits three murders with his
idle tongue: he destroys his own soul and that of him
who hearkens, as well as causing civil death to the
object of his slander; for, as S. Bernard says, the
Devil has possession both of the slanderer and of those
who listen to him, of the tongue of the one, the ear of
the other.
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"Feathers of Scandal" (First Things, Fr Richard John Neuhaus (1936 - 2009)) St. Philip Neri (1515-1595)
Catholic Priest, Patron Saint of the US Army Special
Forces Good vs Evil "The glory of a good person is the evidence of a good conscience. Have a good conscience and you will always be happy. A good conscience can bear a great deal and still remain serene in the midst of adversity, while a bad conscience is fearful and easily ruffled. Only be glad when you have done well. Evil persons are never really happy, nor do they feel peace within them; for 'there is no peace for the wicked, says the Lord' (Isa. 48:22). Even though the wicked may protest that peace is theirs and that no evil shall harm them, do not believe them. For God's wrath will suddenly overtake them, and all they have done will be brought to nothing and their plans destroyed." |
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The Spiritual Combat "This is the difference between a journey on earth, and that which leads to Heaven. For in the former, not only may we stop without fear of going backward, but rest is necessary that we may sustain our strength to the journey’s end; however, in the latter journey which leads to perfection, our growth in strength is proportionate to our advance, inasmuch as the inferior appetites which throw all possible obstacles in our path to Heaven, grow gradually weaker while our good inclinations acquire new strength. Thus as we advance in piety, our early difficulties fade into the background, and a certain delight, with which God sweetens the bitterness of this life, increases in our souls. Going cheerfully on from virtue to virtue, we finally reach the summit of the mountain." From "Mere Christianity" ... Heaven vs
Hell
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Nine Ways of Being Accessory to Another's
Sin ( Link1 Link2 Link3 ) Our Times: The Age of Martyrs "We commonly speak of the first three hundred years of the Christian era as the Age of Martyrs. Certainly tens of thousands of believing Christians laid down their lives, rather than compromise their Christian faith and morality to the pagan culture in which they lived. Every single Pope up to the fourth century died a martyr's death. So, far from crushing Christianity or destroying the church founded by Christ, martyrdom actually contributed to the growth of a Christian civilization. The phrase, sanguis martyrum est semen Christianorum--"the blood of martyrs is the seed of Christians"--was not a pious aphorism. It was a literal fact of history. The more blood was shed by Christians in dying for their faith, the more Christianity expanded throughout what had been a pagan world." Attitude and Faith |
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Prayer Fr Thomas Dubay (1921-2010) Catholic Priest, Retreat Master, Author, Doctorate in Education "God gives prayer growth precisely according to our degree of readiness for it. He forces no one. According as we are more or less receptive, He bestows more or less depth of communion. In the same manner, five hundred people in a parish church all hear the same sound waves during the homily, but they profit from it exactly as they are or are not disposed for the message. Jesus taught the same truth in his parable of the sower: from the word of God some hearers yield nothing at all, while others yield thirty or sixty or a hundredfold."
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Contemplation and Action "Action relies upon contemplation for its fruitfulness; and contemplation, in its turn, as soon as it has reached a certain degree of intensity, pours out upon our active works some of its overflow. And it is by contemplation that the soul goes to draw directly upon the Heart of God for the graces which it is the duty of the active life to distribute. And so, in the soul of a saint, action and contemplation merge together in perfect harmony to give perfect unity to his life." Perseverance "If, then, we wish to persevere and to be saved—for no one can be saved without perseverance—we must pray continually. Our perseverance depends, not on one grace, but on a thousand helps which we hope to obtain from God during our whole lives, that we may be preserved in his grace. Now, to this chain of graces a chain of prayers on our part must correspond: without these prayers, God ordinarily does not grant his graces. If we neglect to pray, and thus break the chain of prayers, the chain of graces shall also be broken, and we shall lose the grace of perseverance." Pleasing God |
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Against Vain
Judgments of Man / Trusting God |
St Peter
Damian (1007-1072)
Doctor of the Church,
Ecclesiastical and Clerical Reformer, Benedictine
Monk, Author, Poet "Therefore, my brother, scorned as you are by men, lashed as it were by God, do not despair. Do not be depressed. Do not let your weakness make you impatient. Instead, let the serenity of your spirit shine through your face. Let the joy of your mind burst forth. Let words of thanks break from your lips." |
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Mary - Image of the
Church "[Mary] does not remain locked in her initial troubled state at the proximity of God in his angel, but she seeks to understand. So Mary appears as a fearless woman, one who remains composed even in the presence of something utterly unprecedented. At the same time she stands before us as a woman of great interiority, who holds heart and mind in harmony and seeks to understand the context, the overall significance of God’s message. In this way, she becomes an image of the Church as she considers the word of God, tries to understand it in its entirety and guards in her memory the things that have been given to her."
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"We can see that when we receive the Word
like she did, when we share it like she did, it will be
fruitful for us like it was for her. We can bear Christ to
the world that He came to save, of which we are a part." Dr Scott Hahn Author ("What Every Catholic Needs to Know About Mary"), Theologian, Professor, Founder and President of the Saint Paul Center for Biblical Theology Good Mother "We do find, it is true, great battles to fight, and
great hardships to master; but that good Mother makes
herself so present and so near to her faithful servants,
to enlighten them in their darknesses and their doubts,
to strengthen them in their fears, and to sustain them
in their struggles and their difficulties, that in truth
this virginal path to find Jesus Christ is a path of
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"In the life of the body a man is sometimes sick, and unless he takes medicine, he will die. Even so in the spiritual life a man is sick on account of sin. For that reason he needs medicine so that he may be restored to health; and this grace is bestowed in the Sacrament of Penance."
"Faith is a habit of the mind whereby eternal life is begun in us, making the intellect assent to what is non-apparent."
"Following the lead of Christ, who says: ‘Be holy, because I
am holy,’ we beg that we, who have been sanctified in Baptism,
may persevere in the state in which we began. Furthermore we
pray daily to be sanctified in order that we, who daily fall,
may wash away our sins by a constant process of purification.”
St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) Doctor of
the Church, Priest, Theologian
Patron Saint of Chastity, Apologists, Booksellers, Philosophers,
Publishers, Students, Theologians,Universities
"If we but paused for a moment to consider attentively
what takes place in this Sacrament of the Eucharist, I am sure
that the thought of Christ's love for us would transform the
coldness of our hearts into a fire of love and gratitude."
St. Angela of Foligno
(1248-1309) Convert (after a vision); Franciscan tertiary;
Patron Saint against temptations, against sexual temptations,
against the death of children, for those ridiculed for piety,
widows.
"A soul which does not practise the exercise of prayer
is very like a paralyzed body which, though possessing feet
and hands, makes no use of them."
St. Alphonsus (1696-1787) Doctor of the
Church, Writer, Patron Saint of Theologians, Vocations, and
Final Perseverance
"Never
give up prayer, and should you find dryness and difficulty,
persevere in it for this very reason. God often desires to see
what love your soul has, and love is not tried by ease and
satisfaction."
St. John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Doctor of the Church, Writer, Reformer. Patron Saint of
Mystical Theology, Contemplatives, and Contemplative Life
""The greatest suffering of
the souls in purgatory, it seems to me, is the awareness that
something in them displeases God, that they have deliberately
gone against His great goodness. I can also see that the
divine essence is so pure and light-filled—much more than we
can imagine—that the soul that has but the slightest
imperfection would rather throw itself into a thousand hells
than appear thus before the divine presence."
St. Catherine of
Genoa (1447-1510
) Franciscan Tertiary, Visionary, Writer, Plague Survivor.
Patron Saint of Brides, Childless People, Victims of
unfaithfulness,; Patron Saint against temptation, against
adultery.
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QUOD APOSTOLICI MUNERIS
-On Socialism "... while the socialists would destroy the "right" of property, alleging it to be a human invention altogether opposed to the inborn equality of man, and, claiming a community of goods, argue that poverty should not be peaceably endured, and that the property and privileges of the rich may be rightly invaded, the Church, with much greater wisdom and good sense, recognizes the inequality among men, who are born with different powers of body and mind, inequality in actual possession, also, and holds that the right of property and of ownership, which springs from nature itself, must not be touched and stands inviolate. For she knows that stealing and robbery were forbidden in so special a manner by God, the Author and Defender of right, that He would not allow man even to desire what belonged to another, and that thieves and despoilers, no less than adulterers and idolaters, are shut out from the Kingdom of Heaven. But not the less on this account does our holy Mother not neglect the care of the poor or omit to provide for their necessities; but, rather, drawing them to her with a mother's embrace, and knowing that they bear the person of Christ Himself, who regards the smallest gift to the poor as a benefit conferred on Himself, holds them in great honor. She does all she can to help them; she provides homes and hospitals where they may be received, nourished, and cared for all the world over and watches over these." |
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HUMANAE VITAE -
Of Human Life "Marriage, then, is far from being the effect of chance or the result of the blind evolution of natural forces. It is in reality the wise and provident institution of God the Creator, whose purpose was to effect in man His loving design. As a consequence, husband and wife, through that mutual gift of themselves, which is specific and exclusive to them alone, develop that union of two persons in which they perfect one another, cooperating with God in the generation and rearing of new lives. The marriage of those who have been baptized is, in addition, invested with the dignity of a sacramental sign of grace, for it represents the union of Christ and His Church." ... Consequences of Artificial Methods <Birth Control> "Not much experience is needed to be fully aware of human weakness and to understand that human beings—and especially the young, who are so exposed to temptation—need incentives to keep the moral law, and it is an evil thing to make it easy for them to break that law. Another effect that gives cause for alarm is that a man who grows accustomed to the use of contraceptive methods may forget the reverence due to a woman, and, disregarding her physical and emotional equilibrium, reduce her to being a mere instrument for the satisfaction of his own desires, no longer considering her as his partner whom he should surround with care and affection."
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FIDES ET RATIO - Faith and
Reason Paul II (1920-2005) 264th Pope, Writer, Educator, Doctorate in Theology "Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; and God has placed in the human heart a desire to know the truth—in a word, to know himself—so that, by knowing and loving God, men and women may also come to the fullness of truth about themselves (cf. Ex 33:18; Ps 27:8-9; 63:2-3; Jn 14:8; 1 Jn 3:2)." ... "Men and women have at their disposal an array of resources for generating greater knowledge of truth so that their lives may be ever more human. Among these is philosophy, which is directly concerned with asking the question of life's meaning and sketching an answer to it. Philosophy emerges, then, as one of noblest of human tasks. According to its Greek etymology, the term philosophy means “love of wisdom”. Born and nurtured when the human being first asked questions about the reason for things and their purpose, philosophy shows in different modes and forms that the desire for truth is part of human nature itself."
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EVANGELIUM VITAE
- The Gospel of Life "Man is called to a fullness of life which far exceeds the dimensions of his earthly existence, because it consists in sharing the very life of God. The loftiness of this supernatural vocation reveals the greatness and the inestimable value of human life even in its temporal phase. Life in time, in fact, is the fundamental condition, the initial stage and an integral part of the entire unified process of human existence. It is a process which, unexpectedly and undeservedly, is enlightened by the promise and renewed by the gift of divine life, which will reach its full realization in eternity (cf. 1 Jn 3:1-2). At the same time, it is precisely this supernatural calling which highlights the relative character of each individual's earthly life. After all, life on earth is not an "ultimate" but a "penultimate" reality; even so, it remains a sacred reality entrusted to us, to be preserved with a sense of responsibility and brought to perfection in love and in the gift of ourselves to God and to our brothers and sisters." |
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LIBERTAS - On Human Liberty This subject is often discussed by the Angelic Doctor in his demonstration that the possibility of sinning is not freedom, but slavery. It will suffice to quote his subtle commentary on the words of our Lord: "Whosoever committeth sin is the slave of sin."(3) "Everything," he says, "is that which belongs to it a naturally. When, therefore, it acts through a power outside itself, it does not act of itself, but through another, that is, as a slave. But man is by nature rational. When, therefore, he acts according to reason, he acts of himself and according to his free will; and this is liberty. Whereas, when he sins, he acts in opposition to reason, is moved by another, and is the victim of foreign misapprehensions. Therefore, `Whosoever committeth sin is the slave of sin.' "(4) Even the heathen philosophers clearly recognized this truth, especially they who held that the wise man alone is free; and by the term "wise man" was meant, as is well known, the man trained to live in accordance with his nature, that is, in justice and virtue. ... Such, then, being the condition of human liberty, it necessarily stands in need of light and strength to direct its actions to good and to restrain them from evil ... If, then, by anyone in authority, something be sanctioned out of conformity with the principles of right reason, and consequently hurtful to the commonwealth, such an enactment can have no binding force of law, as being no rule of justice, but certain to lead men away from that good which is the very end of civil society. ... the liberty of those who are in authority does not consist in the power to lay unreasonable and capricious commands upon their subjects, which would equally be criminal and would lead to the ruin of the commonwealth; but the binding force of human laws is in this, that they are to be regarded as applications of the eternal law, and incapable of sanctioning anything which is not contained in the eternal law, as in the principle of all law. ... It is sufficient to recall the fact that slavery, that old reproach of the heathen nations, was mainly abolished by the beneficent efforts of the Church. The impartiality of law and the true brotherhood of man were first asserted by Jesus Christ; and His apostles re-echoed His voice when they declared that in future there was to be neither Jew, nor Gentile, nor barbarian, nor Scythian, but all were brothers in Christ. So powerful, so conspicuous, in this respect is the influence of the Church that experience abundantly testifies how savage customs are no longer possible in any land where she has once set her foot; but that gentleness speedily takes the place of cruelty, and the light of truth quickly dispels the darkness of barbarism. |
"Who except God can give you peace? Has the world ever
been able to satisfy the heart?"
Saint Gerard Majella (1726-1755)
Patron Saint of Expectant Mothers
"Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush,
anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on,
so that children have very little time for their parents.
Parents have very little time for each other, and in the home
begins the disruption of peace in the world."
St Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997) Religious Sister, Missionary, Teacher
INSTRUCTION ON CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE "THEOLOGY OF LIBERATION" (1984 - Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Prefect)
"The class struggle as a road toward a classless society is a myth which slows reform and aggravates poverty and injustice. Those who allow themselves to be caught up in fascination with this myth should reflect on the bitter examples history has to offer about where it leads. They would then understand that we are not talking here about abandoning an effective means of struggle on behalf of the poor for an ideal which has no practical effects. On the contrary, we are talking about freeing oneself from a delusion in order to base oneself squarely on the Gospel and its power of realization."
"If you believe what you like in the
gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel
you believe, but yourself."
St. Augustine (354-430) Doctor of the
Church, Writer, Philosopher, Patron Saint of Printers and
Theologians
“Since Christ Himself has said, 'This is
My Body' who shall dare to doubt that It is His Body?”
(Eucharist)
St Cyril of Jerusalem (315 - 386) Doctor
of the Church, Greek Father of the Church
"This bread is
bread before the words of the Sacrament. But when the words of
Christ come to it, it is the body of Christ ... Before the
words of Christ it is a cup full of wine and water. When the
words of Christ become operative, the blood which has redeemed
the people is caused to be there."
St. Ambrose (340
- 397) Doctor of the Church, Educator, Eloquent Preacher,
Defender of the Faith, Bishop (Baptized St Augustine); Patron
Saint of Police Officers, Bishops, Bees and Beekeepers,
Students/Learning
"Be a Catholic: When you kneel before an
altar, do it in such a way that others may be able to
recognize that you know before whom you kneel."
St. Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941)
Catholic priest who was imprisoned at Aushcwitz concentration
camp, then starved
and poisoned by the Nazis.(National Socialist German
Workers' Party)
“There are those who hate Christianity
and call their hatred an all-embracing love for all
religions.”
G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) Author,
Essayist, Historian, Journalist, Lay Theologian, Poet
"O sinner, be not discouraged, but have
recourse to Mary in all your necessities. Call her to your
assistance, for such is the divine Will that she should help
in every kind of necessity."
St. Basil the Great (330-379)
Doctor of the Church, Theologian, Writer, Considered a Father
of Monasticism, Patron Saint of Hospital Administrators,
Monks, Reformers
"We never give more honour to Jesus than
when we honour his Mother, and we honour her simply and solely
to honour Him all the more perfectly. We go to her only as a
way leading to the goal we seek - Jesus, her Son."
St Louis Marie de Montfort (1673
- 1716) Author, Founder of the Congregation of the Daughters
of Divine Wisdom
"Some people who think themselves
naturally gifted don't want to touch either philosophy or
logic. They don't even want to learn natural science. They
demand bare faith alone—as if they wanted to harvest grapes
right away without putting any work into the vine. We must
prune, dig, trellis, and do all the other work. I think you'll
agree the pruning knife, the pickaxe, and the farmer's tools
are necessary for growing grapevines, so that they will
produce edible fruit. And as in farming, so in medicine: the
one who has learned something is the one who has practiced the
various lessons, so that he can cultivate or heal. And here,
too, I say you're truly educated if you bring everything to
bear on the truth. Taking what's useful from geometry, music,
grammar, and philosophy itself, you guard the Faith from
assault."."
St Clement
of Alexandria (150 - 215) Church Father, Teacher,
Theologian
"The Reality of Jesus"Witnesses to MysteryInvestigations into Christ's Relics "Relics investigated, and photographed ... include: the Cross, nails, crown of thorns, pillar of scourging, Christ's tunic, the Veil of Manoppello, the Sudarium of Oviedo, the famous Shroud of Turin burial cloth and more." "He will provide the way and the means, such as you could never have imagined. Leave it all to Him, let go of yourself, lose yourself on the Cross, and you will find yourself entirely." Saint Catherine of Sienna (1347-1380) Mystic, Doctor of the Church, Youngest of 24 Children; Patron Saint of Firefighters, Nurses, Sick Persons, Against Temptations, Against Illness |
List of Catholic Martyrs Society of Jesus (Jesuits) Summa Theologica A Summa of the Summa |
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"The Truth About the Catholic Church and Slavery"
"As early as the seventh century, Saint Bathilde (wife of King Clovis II) became famous for her campaign to stop slave-trading and free all slaves; in 851 Saint Anskar began his efforts to halt the Viking slave trade. That the Church willingly baptized slaves was claimed as proof that they had souls, and soon both kings and bishops—including William the Conqueror (1027-1087) and Saints Wulfstan (1009-1095) and Anselm (1033-1109)—forbade the enslavement of Christians."
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Catechism
- Life In Christ 1733 The more one does what is good, the freer one becomes. There is no true freedom except in the service of what is good and just. The choice to disobey and do evil is an abuse of freedom and leads to "the slavery of sin." |
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Words, Phrases, and SymbolsMarriage is a covenant bond,
one man and one woman. " "The matrimonial covenant, by
which a man and a woman establish between themselves a
partnership of the whole of life, is by its nature
ordered toward the good of the spouses and the
procreation and education of offspring; this covenant
between baptized persons has been raised by Christ the
Lord to the dignity of a sacrament." (Catechism) Love: "The third and greatest of the Divine virtues enumerated by St. Paul (1 Corinthians 13:13), usually called charity, defined: a divinely infused habit, inclining the human will to cherish God for his own sake above all things, and man (our neighbor) for the sake of God. (New Advent) "The fruits of charity are joy, peace, and mercy;
charity demands beneficence and fraternal correction; it
is benevolence; it fosters reciprocity and remains
disinterested and generous; it is friendship and
communion: Love is itself the fulfillment of all our
works. There is the goal; that is why we run: we run
toward it, and once we reach it, in it we shall find
rest." Fortitude "... is the moral virtue that ensures firmness in difficulties and constancy in the pursuit of the good. It strengthens the resolve to resist temptations and to overcome obstacles in the moral life. The virtue of fortitude enables one to conquer fear, even fear of death, and to face trials and persecutions. It disposes one even to renounce and sacrifice his life in defense of a just cause. " (Synonym - Courage) Virtue: Virtue is an habitual and firm disposition to do the good. It allows the person not only to perform good acts, but to give the best of himself. The virtuous person tends toward the good with all his sensory and spiritual powers; he pursues the good and chooses it in concrete actions. (Catechism)
Rainbow: A sign of God's coveant (Noah). "The rainbow is to be a sign of God's promise. As long as it continues to appear in the clouds, God will recall his “everlasting promise” to “all flesh that is on the earth” (source) (Genesis 9:16)."
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Patron Saints of :Chastity (Agnes of Rome, Thomas Aquinas) Married Couples (Joseph and Perpetua) Married Women (Monica) Happy Marriages (Andrew the Apostle, Nicholas, Valentine) Difficult Marriages (numerous)
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CrusadesA relatively modern term for the defensive and liberating efforts of Catholic Christians to curb (primarily) Muslim offensive imperialism and attacks, as well as to curb detrimental actions of pagans, heretics, and Church enemies. - Participation in these defensive expeditions was
voluntary. These were not wars of "forced Christian
conversion". Goals of Christians were not greed-driven
(materialism). The Glory of the Crusades by Professor Steve Weidenkopf (audio interview) See Also:
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"To avoid dissensions we should be ever on our guard, more especially with those who drive us to argue with them, with those who vex and irritate us, and who say things likely to excite us to anger. When we find ourselves in company with quarrelsome, eccentric individuals, people who openly and unblushingly say the most shocking things, difficult to put up with, we should take refuge in silence, and the wisest plan is not to reply to people whose behavior is so preposterous. Those who insult us and treat us contumeliously are anxious for a spiteful and sarcastic reply: the silence we then affect disheartens them, and they cannot avoid showing their vexation; they do all they can to provoke us and to elicit a reply, but the best way to baffle them is to say nothing, refuse to argue with them, and to leave them to chew the cud of their hasty anger. This method of bringing down their pride disarms them, and shows them plainly that we slight and despise them."
St. Ambrose (340-397) Doctor of the Church, Educator, Eloquent Preacher, Defender of the Faith, Bishop (Baptized St Augustine); Patron Saint of Police Officers, Bishops, Bees and Beekeepers, Students/Learning
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of the Most Blessed Sacrament Bible and CatechismCatechism of the Catholic Church Apologetics (Defending the Faith)Defenders of the Catholic Faith (Steve Ray) Newman Catholic Apologetics Resources St Paul Center For Biblical Theology (Scott Hahn)
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