Friday, September 24, 2021

THE PRIMARY DUTY OF CHARITY


"The same applies to the notion of Fraternity which they found on the love of common interest or, beyond all philosophies and religions, on the mere notion of humanity, thus embracing with an equal love and tolerance all human beings and their miseries, whether these are intellectual, moral, or physical and temporal. But Catholic doctrine tells us that the primary duty of charity does not lie in the toleration of false ideas, however sincere they may be, nor in the theoretical or practical indifference towards the errors and vices in which we see our brethren plunged, but in the zeal for their intellectual and moral improvement as well as for their material well-being. Catholic doctrine further tells us that love for our neighbor flows from our love for God, Who is Father to all, and goal of the whole human family; and in Jesus Christ whose members we are, to the point that in doing good to others we are doing good to Jesus Christ Himself. Any other kind of love is sheer illusion, sterile and fleeting.” 

ENCYCLICAL LETTER NOTRE CHARGE APOSTOLIQUE BY POPE SAINT PIUS X 

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

DEEPENING TRUE FAITH WITHOUT HERESIES


“It will always be profitable to make an effort to deepen the content of the ancient tradition, doctrine and faith of the Catholic Church, just as the Lord gave it to us, just as the apostles preached and the Holy Fathers preserved it. Indeed, the Church is founded so that everyone who departs from this faith ceases to be a Christian and no longer deserves the name of such”.

 Saint Athanasius, Letter to Serapion

Sunday, September 12, 2021

THE EXAMPLE OF PARENTS


  "Parents should set an example for their children, especially when they gather at night to pray the Holy Rosary, on bended knees. From this comes only peace and an abundance of heavenly gifts for the family." 

 Pope Pius IX 

Friday, September 10, 2021

THE COMMANDMENTS MUST BE ABSOLUTELY FULFILLED


The Council of Trent, in its canon XVIII on justification, decrees: 

 “If any one saith, that the commandments of God are, even for one that is justified and constituted in grace, impossible to keep; let him be anathema.”  

   And the Scripture says:  

  “No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it” (1st Cor 10.13.)  

  He who has ears to hear, let him hear. God is not mocked!  

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

INTERNAL ENEMIES COLLUDED WITH EXTERNALS ENEMIES DECIDED TO DESTROY THE CATHOLIC FAITH


“We are no longer dealing, as at the beginning, with opponents in sheep`s clothing, but with open and bare faced enemies in our very household, who having made a pact with the chief foes of the Church, are bent on overthrowing the Faith (…)They want to renovate it, as if it were consumed by old age, increase and adapt it to worldly tastes, progress and comforts, as if it were opposed not just to the frivolity of a few, but to the good of society”. 

 Saint Pius X, Sacrorum Antistitum Labels: Modernist heresy, Magisterium of the Church, Saint Pius X

Monday, September 6, 2021

YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE BEFORE GOD


“See that there are no profane or immodest images in your house, not in walls, books, paintings or anything else that may represent a temptation to you or scandalize others”. 

 Saint Charles Borromeo

Saturday, September 4, 2021

GREAT IMPIETY TO TOLERATE INJURIES AND OFFENSES AGAINST GOD


"It will always be praiseworthy if a man patiently endures injuries and mortifications of daily life and does not react like a beast to them. On the contrary, it will be of the utmost impiety to patiently tolerate injuries and offenses against God."

 Saint John Chrysostom (Antioch, 347 - Comana Pontica, September 14, 407). 

Thursday, September 2, 2021

NOBODY HAS THE POWER TO CHANGE THE GOSPEL


Galatians 1, 6: 

 I wonder that you are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ, unto another gospel.7. Which is not another: only there are some that trouble you and would pervert the gospel of Christ. 8. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach a gospel to you besides that which we have preached to you, let him be anathema. 9. As we said before, so now I say again: If any one preach to you a gospel, besides that which you have received, let him be anathema. 10. For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? If I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.