WHAT GOD HAS JOINED TOGETHER, LET NO MAN SEPARATE.

 

MIGHT RESISTANCE TO AUTHORITY BE NECESSARY?

Saint Paul and Saint Peter

The Pope, generally, must always be obeyed. When he speaks infallibly, defining ex cathedra, his teachings must be believed with divine faith to remain Catholic. However, when speaking as a private, non-infallible doctor, he might hold a doctrinal error, or he might occasionally err by commanding something contrary to Church Tradition. In such cases, obedience ceases to be obligatory, and resistance might even be necessary, since Sacred Scripture establishes that God must be obeyed rather than men.

As we know, one of the most renowned Doctors of the Church is Saint Catherine of Siena, who corrected the Pope, as we will see later.

Saint Bruno, Bishop of Segni, opposed Pope Paschal II, who had yielded to Emperor Henry V on the Investiture Controversy, and wrote to him: "I esteem you as my Father and Lord (...) I must love you; but I must love even more Him who created you and me (...) I do not praise the pact (signed by the Pope), so horrendous, so violent, made with such treachery, and so contrary to all piety and religion."

At the provincial synod of 1112, with the attendance and approval of Saint Hugh of Grenoble and Saint Godfrey of Amiens, a letter was sent to Paschal II, which reads: "If, as we absolutely do not believe, you choose another path and refuse to confirm the decisions of our paternity, may God help us, for in doing so you will be turning us away from your obedience."

Saint Norbert of Magdeburg, founder of the Premonstratensian Canons, faced with the danger that Pope Innocent II would yield to Emperor Lothair III during the investiture ceremony, said: “Father, what are you going to do? To whom will you hand over the sheep that God has entrusted to you, at the risk of seeing them devoured? You have received a free Church. Are you going to reduce it to slavery? The See of Peter demands the conduct of Peter. I have promised, by Christ, obedience to Peter and to you. But if you grant this request, I will oppose you before the whole Church.”

Vitoria, the great Dominican theologian of the 16th century, wrote: “If the Pope, with his orders and his actions, destroys the Church, he can be resisted and the execution of his commands prevented.”

Suárez states: "If (the Pope) were to issue an order contrary to good morals, he should not be obeyed; if he were to attempt to do something manifestly opposed to justice and the common good, it would be lawful to resist him; if he were to attack by force, he could be repelled by force" ("De Fide").

Saint Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church, expressed: "When there is imminent danger to the faith, prelates must be challenged, even publicly, by their subjects. Thus, Saint Paul, who was a subject of Saint Peter, challenged him publicly."  Galatians 2:14

As we know, one of the most renowned Doctors of the Church is Saint Catherine of Siena. She rebuked the Pope: "Father, what are you going to do? To whom are you handing over the sheep that God has entrusted to you, at the risk of seeing them devoured? You have received a free Church. Are you going to reduce it to slavery? The Chair of Peter demands the conduct of Peter. I have promised, through Christ, obedience to Peter and to you. But if you grant this request, I will oppose you before the whole Church."

José Antonio Ortega: “THE ACCEPTANCE AND NORMALIZATION OF SIN IS INTOLERABLE IN THE CHURCH”

A video has recently gone viral in which a young man from Seville confronts a Dominican priest, calling him a traitor, while he was presiding over a Mass for the LGBTQ+ community at the Church of Santa María la Real in Seville. We contacted the young man, who reflected on the incident.

Could you briefly describe the circumstances surrounding the events?

The association “ICHTYS,” which organizes events, workshops, and “welcoming” Masses for the LGBTQ+ community, held a Mass on November 15th at the Church of Santa María la Real. This same church, just a week earlier, denied funeral rites to young victims of communist and socialist terrorism, which is against the Code of Canon Law.

A group of disaffected young people from the Orate group approached the church to see exactly what the event was about (it wasn't very clear whether it was a Mass, a talk, etc.). Indeed, confirming our suspicions, it was an event welcoming the LGBTQ+ community, but not with the intention of enlightening them with the light of Christ and his Gospel, nor of converting them. Rather, it was clearly intended to perpetuate their sin and allow them to continue living in it proudly.

Upon discovering it was a Mass, the young people planned to take action at the end. However, given the numerous liturgical abuses and the farcical spectacle we were witnessing, during the Prayer of the Faithful, when parishioners could share (with the priest's approval) personal petitions (each more lengthy and heretical than the last), I decided to intervene, seizing the opportunity to rebuke the priest for his disloyalty to both Christ and his ministry.  Of course, we couldn't endure that disgrace for another second, and that's why we decided to act immediately (not waiting until the end of Mass) and then leave the church.

Why did you so strongly denounce the LGBT advocacy coming from some sectors of the Church?

The acceptance and normalization of sin is intolerable in the Church. Would anyone imagine an altar draped with a flag supporting abortion? Frankly, as soon as I learned that this event or Mass was going to take place, I didn't hesitate for a second about my intentions. I believe that the LGBT infiltration and the spread of gender ideology, consequences of an increasingly modernist Church, is one of the main problems we face today, and it must be addressed immediately. We only have to look at Northern Europe and see the German bishops.

Spain, “hammer of heretics, cradle of Saint Ignatius, light of Trent…”, that same Spain, that same Spanish Church cannot be allowed to prostitute itself or sell itself to the world and worldliness for thirty pieces of silver.

Why is it essential that Catholics react to the whitewashing of sin?

Christ, given the opportunity, did not hesitate for a second to proclaim the Truth, to take up the whip and use it in the Temple against all the Jews who entered it. This is the attitude that every Catholic should have in the face of these shameful acts and barbarities. If anyone thinks that in these cases dialogue and peaceful, democratic resolution are the way to go… they have chosen the wrong religion. Our religion is defended with the sword and a Rosary in hand, not with the “hippie” Catholicism that modernists want to sell us.

The apostles had the same attitude, who, despite being persecuted and threatened with death by the Jews, continued preaching the Gospel regardless of the consequences.

We have a legion of saints and martyrs behind us who impassively observe our actions. We must rise to the occasion, and let me be clear, that cannot be achieved with lukewarmness and foolishness.

Did you expect such a reaction to your complaint and for the video to go viral?

I expected it to appear in some newspapers and go viral on social media, but certainly not that it would be on the news, that major television channels would contact me to appear live (which, of course, we refuse to do), and that it would make headlines in dozens of renowned national newspapers.

Have you received many expressions of support?

Many: hundreds and thousands of expressions of support both online and in person. Expressions of support from friends, acquaintances, and parishioners and priests from all over the world who simply saw the video and contacted me to congratulate me.  These expressions of support fill me with hope and make me think that some resistance still remains within the Church… now all that remains is for decisive action to be taken, and if possible, for it not to be the laity who have to teach sound doctrine to priests and bishops.

On the other hand, have you endured insults and threats?

Just like with praise, I've also received hundreds and thousands of insults, threats, social and media pressure, etc. As you can imagine, I couldn't care less what these people say, especially because: 1) they're wrong; 2) they haven't set foot in a church since their First Communion.

Would you like to add or clarify anything?

I encourage all readers, especially younger ones, to take a step and actively collaborate with groups like Orate that defend Hispanic and Church Tradition. I also encourage you to take the step and actively participate in the patriotic organization you deem most appropriate. What will you tell your children when they ask you what you were doing while Spain, Europe, and the Church were rotting away?

By Javier Navascués

Source: InfoCatólica

OFFERING OF LIFE

Say this prayer, offering your whole life, your sufferings and joys, to Jesus for:

-The salvation of all members of your family (including yourself).

-The souls of your relatives in Purgatory.

-The repentance of sinners.

-The covering of the remaining temporal punishment due to personal sins already confessed.

This prayer must be offered in a state of sanctifying grace (having not committed mortal sin after a good Confession or after a Perfect Act of Contrition—for the love of God—with the intention of going to confession as soon as possible).

PRAYER OF OFFERING OF LIFE (Dictated by Jesus and Mary Immaculate to Sister Maria Natalia Magdolna).

My loving Jesus, before the Persons of the Most Holy Trinity, before Our Mother in Heaven and all the Heavenly Court, I offer, according to the intentions of Your Eucharistic Heart and those of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Most Holy, my whole life, all my Holy Masses, Communions, good works, sacrifices, and sufferings, uniting them to the merits of Your Most Holy Blood and Your death on the Cross: to adore the Glorious Most Holy Trinity, to offer reparation for our offenses, for the unity of our Holy Mother Church, for our priests, for good priestly vocations, and for all souls until the end of the world.

Receive, my Jesus, my offering of my life and grant me the grace to persevere in it faithfully until the end of my life. Amen.

Prayers of Repentance:

My Jesus, I love You above all things!

For love of You, I repent of all my sins.

I am also grieved by the sins of the whole world.

O Merciful Love! In union with our Blessed Mother and her Immaculate Heart, I beg You to forgive my sins and all the sins of humankind, my brothers and sisters, until the end of the world!

My kind Jesus! In union with the merits of Your Sacred Wounds, I offer my life to the Eternal Father, according to the intentions of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Sorrows.

Virgin Mary, Queen of the Universe, Intercessor for Humanity and our hope, pray for us!

                                     -oOo-

This Act was requested of Sister Natalia Magdolna (1901-1992) of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd of Saint Mary Magdalene of Keeskemet. The Blessed Virgin favored her with abundant locutions and extraordinary visions for several years.  She was a Hungarian nun, born near Pozsony (in present-day Slovakia), and died in the odor of sanctity.

Mediatrix of all graces

 Saints, Doctors of the Church, and Popes have explicitly spoken of the Blessed Virgin Mary as Mediatrix (and even as Mediatrix of all graces).

St. Bernard of Clairvaux (Doctor of the Church)

“It is the will of God that we should have nothing which has not passed through the hands of Mary.”

— Sermon on the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

St. Alphonsus Liguori (Doctor of the Church)

“All graces that have ever been bestowed on men, all came through Mary.”

— The Glories of Mary, Part II, Discourse 5

 St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort

“God the Holy Ghost gives no heavenly gift to men which He does not pass through her virginal hands.”

— True Devotion to Mary, no. 25

St. Bernardine of Siena

“Every grace that is communicated to this world has a threefold course. For by excellent order it is dispensed from God to Christ, from Christ to the Virgin, from the Virgin to us.”

— Sermon on the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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⛪ Papal Teachings

Pope Leo XIII

“By the will of God, Mary is the intermediary through whom is distributed to us this immense treasure of mercies gathered by God.”

— Octobri mense, 1891

Pope St. Pius X

“Since she surpasses all in holiness and union with Christ, she is rightly called Mediatrix; as she is the one through whom we have received the very Author of grace.”

— Ad diem illum, 1904

Pope Pius XII

“Mary is the Mediatrix with the Mediator.”

— Radio Message to Fatima, 1954

THE PACT WITH THE DEVIL

(A true story about the power of prayer and charity)

The new priest was standing in the atrium of his church one humid and stifling afternoon in mid-June.

A whiff of cheap perfume announced the arrival of a young woman who stood provocatively before the parish priest. Her curly hair framed a face that, despite its expression of precocious malice, was childlike and insignificant. Those cat-like eyes stared with insolent intensity. Her hands, clasped together with nervous insistence, made her bracelets jingle.

At that moment, a voice spoke, sounding both annoyed and nonchalant:

"Well, look at me! Cheer up, I haven't come here to do penance, or for anything religious."

"Then what brings you here?"

"Very simple."  I promised my mother I'd go to confession. She's waiting for me just a few steps from here. I'll go into the church and stay a little while so she'll think I'm confessing.

—My child...

—Call me Agatha—she corrected herself.

—I'm not asking your name—the priest replied—but you should know that Agatha comes from Greek and means "good."

—Really? What a disappointment it'll be if she thinks I'm good—the young woman remarked with as much liveliness as insolence.

—Here I am, I've just come out of the Reformatory, the re-for-ma-to-ry—she repeated, emphasizing each syllable, and began to vomit a torrent of obscene words.

The young priest understood that such language was nothing more than the projection of the inner contempt the rebellious creature felt for herself, and this indicated to him that there was still hope for her.

“My only wish was to be out of the reformatory,” she continued. “I went to the chapel to ask God to take me out of there, but, apparently, He was too busy to pay attention to a girl like me…”

“Perhaps I didn’t ask Him with faith,” the priest interjected.

“Believe what you will. The truth is, He didn’t listen to me. And so, instead of asking God, I asked the Devil.”

The priest paled. It was something unheard of: through a monstrous misguidedness, faith was leading her away from God and toward Satan…

“But the Devil doesn’t come for free…” he suggested, testing her.

“I know that.”  Neither the Devil nor anyone else, not even the priests... But I promised to take nine sacrilegious communions if he got me out of the reformatory. And I started taking them. I received the Host and cursed God and the entire heavenly court under my breath. After the eighth communion, they released me. What do you say to this, Father?

The priest remained silent for a moment and then said:

“I say that Satan has made a magnificent deal. In exchange for what you consider your freedom, you gave him your soul.”

“Don’t be so dramatic, man, it’s not that bad…”

“You’re right; Satan will be the one who gets mocked. Blessed be God. Your soul doesn’t yet belong to the Demon Agatha: you can still save it.”

“Where did you get that idea?” the young woman cried, almost weeping with rage.

“From what you yourself have said. Why did you come to this church?”  Wasn't it to please your mother? This proves that, despite everything, you love her very much. And a soul capable of pure affection is not irretrievably lost. Come; we will ask God to forgive you, and everything you've told me will vanish like a nightmare. Overwhelmed by violent and conflicting emotions, Agatha breathed heavily.

"I'm leaving," she finally said, her voice panting. "You can't fool me."

"Go into the church and pray, Agatha," the priest pleaded. And when she, without a word, turned her back on him, he added, "You will return, my child... You will return tonight."

The only response he heard was the sound of Agatha's heels clicking away into the street.

Perplexed and pondering this situation, he sat down in the confessional and decided to employ two weapons, the most effective in such cases: prayer and charity.  He heard confessions and listened to people's sorrows. And to everyone, after imposing penance, he said: “I am going to ask you to help me implore a special grace from Our Lord. Would you like to stay in the church for an hour praying for a soul in great need?”

No one refused. A man who had to leave on a trip postponed it. Others who had commitments postponed them. Soon there was a large group of people in the church praying for that unknown soul. The priest went forward to the sanctuary and there began to pray: “Our Father…”.

He prayed hour after hour. Night fell; the last peal of the bells descended from the tower; the sounds of the street faded away. The church remained alone, and in it, the priest, still kneeling... And the door open. It was past midnight when the nervous tapping of heels echoed on the pavement. When the newcomer knelt a few steps from him, he remained motionless, his eyes never leaving the altar for a single instant. But the sobs of the repentant woman reached his ears.

"If I hadn't waited for her," the parish priest later said, "she might never have returned, finding the church closed."

From then on, Agatha was an exemplary woman.

Thus ends the account of the priest who later became Monsignor Fulton Sheen, professor at the University of Washington.

Father Lauro López Beltrán

Taken from Mexican Integrity, Nov-Dec, 2001.

Modesty is a Great Virtue for Men and Women

“Modesty warns of imminent danger, prevents exposure to it, and compels flight in certain situations. Modesty dislikes crude and vulgar language and detests all immodest conduct, even the slightest; it carefully avoids suspicious familiarity with persons of the opposite sex, because it fills the soul with a profound respect for the body, which is a member of Christ (cf. 1 Cor 6:15) and a temple of the Holy Spirit.”

Pope Pius XII, Encyclical “Sacra virginitas”.

A MOTHER STILL IN PURGATORY

Father Giuseppe Tomaselli recounts an experience he had with his own deceased mother:

“My mother was a great example, and I owe my priestly vocation to her in large part. She went to Mass and received Communion every day, even in her old age. She never stopped praying the Rosary. Charitable, to the point of losing an eye while performing a great act of charity for a poor woman. Always in accordance with God’s will, so much so that when my father lay dead in our house, when I asked myself, ‘What can I say to Jesus at this moment to please Him?’ she told me to repeat, ‘Lord, Thy will be done.’ On her deathbed, she received the Last Rites with fervent faith.”  A few hours before her death, suffering greatly, she repeated: “Oh Jesus, I would like to ask you to lessen my sufferings! But I do not want to oppose your will; do your will!” Thus died the woman who brought me into this world.

Keeping very mindful of Divine Justice, and paying little attention to the praise that acquaintances and even priests might offer my mother, I intensified the prayers for her soul. I offered a great number of Holy Masses, many works of charity, and wherever I preached, I exhorted the faithful to offer Communion, prayers, and good works for her soul.

Two and a half years after her death, she suddenly appeared here in my room, looking very sad, and the following conversation took place:

“You left me in Purgatory!”

“Have you been in Purgatory all this time?”

“And I still am! My soul is surrounded by darkness, and I cannot see the Light, which is God!”  I am at the gates of Paradise, close to eternal joy, and the desire to enter it tears at me, but I cannot! How often I have said: If my children knew my terrible torment, they would come quickly to my aid!

"And why didn't you come sooner to tell me?"

"I wasn't allowed."

"Haven't you seen the Lord yet?"

"As soon as I breathed my last, I saw God, but not in all His light."

"What can we do to free you immediately?"

"I only need a Mass. God has allowed me to come and ask for it."

"As soon as you enter Heaven, come back and tell me!"

"If the Lord permits! What light! What splendor!"

Two Masses were celebrated, and a few days later he appeared again and said, "I am in Paradise!"

Reflecting on what I have said, I tell myself: she led such an exemplary Christian life, and so many prayers were offered for her soul... and yet she remained in Purgatory for two and a half years! Our judgments are so mistaken!

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Let us continue to pray fervently for our deceased, even if they seemed very holy, lest we leave them in Purgatory for too long, thinking they are already in Heaven.

Blessed be Jesus and Mary.

Prayer of Reparation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Co-Redemptrix, Indulged by Saint Pius X in 1914

Most Holy Virgin, Mother of God, look with kindness from heaven, where you reign, upon this wretched sinner, your servant. Aware of his unworthiness, in reparation for the offenses committed against you by impious and blasphemous tongues, from the depths of his heart he blesses and exalts you as the purest, the most beautiful, and the holiest of all creatures.

Bless your holy name, bless your sublime prerogatives as true Mother of God, ever-Virgin, conceived without stain of sin, as Co-Redemptrix of the human race. Bless the Eternal Father, who chose you in a special way as his Daughter; bless the Incarnate Word, who, by assuming human nature in your most pure womb, made you his Mother;  Bless the Holy Spirit, who chose you as His Spouse. Bless, exalt, and give thanks to the august Trinity who chose you and favored you so much that He raised you above all creatures to the most sublime heights.

O holy and merciful Virgin, implore the repentance of your offenders and accept this small homage from your servant, obtaining also for him, from your divine Son, the forgiveness of his sins. Amen.

On January 22, 1914, Pope Saint Pius X granted that the faithful Christians who recite this prayer with a contrite and devout heart may obtain an indulgence of one hundred days, applicable also to the deceased. This indulgence is valid in perpetuity and without the need for a brief dispensation.

Source: https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-06-1914-ocr.pdf (pages 108-109).

THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY IS CO-REDEMPTRIX, WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT

Pius XI: "O Mother of piety and mercy, who accompanied your sweet Son as he accomplished on the altar of the cross the redemption of the human race, as our co-redemptrix, associated with his sufferings...! Preserve in us and increase each day, we beseech you, the precious fruits of redemption and of your compassion." (Radio Message, April 28, 1935).

Saint Pius X: "The consequence of this communion of feelings and sufferings between Mary and Jesus is that Mary merited to be the most worthy redemptrix of the lost world and, therefore, the dispenser of all the treasures that Jesus won for us with his death and his blood." (Ad diem illud, February 2, 1904).

OBTAIN INDULGENCES FOR YOUR DEPARTED LOVED ONES

 A plenary indulgence can be obtained each day applicable to the Holy Souls in Purgatory by performing the following prescribed works:

- On November 2nd, or the following day if it falls on a Sunday, by going to a church or public or semi-public oratory and praying an Our Father, the Apostles' Creed, a Hail Mary, and a Glory Be for the intentions of the Roman Pontiff.

- From November 1st to 8th, by visiting a cemetery and praying a prayer for the deceased and, in addition, for the intentions of the Roman Pontiff (Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be).

According to the Dictionary of Catholic Theology, the intentions of the Roman Pontiff do not refer to the Pope's personal intentions but to the following:

- Exaltation of the Holy Catholic Church

- Eradication of heresies

- Propagation of the faith

- Conversion of sinners

- Peace and concord among Christian princes (rulers)

- The other goods of the Christian people

General Norms Regarding Indulgences

Indulgences, both partial and plenary, may be applied to the deceased as a form of suffrage. However, no one may apply the indulgences they gain to other living persons.

To gain indulgences, the following conditions are required: having received baptism, not being excommunicated, being in a state of grace (at least upon completion of the prescribed works), and being subject to the jurisdiction of the one who grants the indulgences. Furthermore, one must have the intention, at least in general, of gaining them.  And it is necessary that the prescribed works be performed in the time and manner established in the grant.

A plenary indulgence may be gained only once a day. However, the faithful may gain the indulgence "in articulo mortis" even if they have already gained another plenary indulgence that same day.

A partial indulgence may be gained several times a day, unless explicitly stated otherwise.

To gain a plenary indulgence, the prescribed work must be performed, and in addition, three other conditions must be met: 1. Confession (on that date or one week before or after). 2. Sacramental Communion (which, as is the law, must always be received in a state of grace, after making a good Confession if there has been mortal sin). 3. Prayer for the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff. 4. It is also indicated that all inclination to sin, even venial sin, must be excluded.

If this full disposition is lacking, or if the aforementioned conditions are not met, the indulgence will be only partial.

Several plenary indulgences can be obtained through a single sacramental confession. However, a single Eucharistic communion and a single prayer according to the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff can only be obtained through a single plenary indulgence.

The condition of praying according to the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff is fully met by reciting, according to his intentions, one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be.

An indulgence cannot be obtained through a work that one is already obligated to perform by law or precept, unless the granting of the indulgence expressly states otherwise. Nevertheless, one who performs a work imposed as sacramental penance can simultaneously satisfy the penance and obtain any indulgence attached to that work.

 -oOo-

BEWARE OF HERETICAL NEWS

 

NO TO HALLOWEEN

"You can't dress your children up as demons and then ask God to protect them": Angel Salguero

The Word of God clearly teaches that God's children must flee from every appearance of evil:

"Abstain from every form of evil."

(1 Thessalonians 5:22)

And also:

"Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them."

(Ephesians 5:11)

From childhood, Christians are called to identify with the light, not with the darkness. In the Bible, death, demons, evil spirits, and ghosts are not games or neutral symbols: they represent spiritual realities contrary to God, which deceive, frighten, or confuse.

"The devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour."

"The devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour."  (1 Peter 5:8)

Therefore, even if the costume seems "just for fun," what is depicted has a spiritual significance. Jesus never took the devil's doings lightly; he always confronted them with authority and truth (cf. Mark 1:23-27).

* DOCTRINE 🇻🇦

The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC 2116-2117) teaches that anything that seeks to familiarize or sympathize with the occult, the demonic, death, or divination is contrary to the Christian faith.

Although a costume is not in itself sinful, the intention and the message matter: what are we teaching a child when we dress them up as a demon, a skull, or a spirit?

The Magisterium reminds us that we must form consciences from a young age, educating them in goodness, purity, beauty, and light. If we accustom children to trivializing evil, we deprive them of spiritual sensitivity to real evil.

From the earliest centuries, the Church celebrated November 1st as All Saints' Day, precisely to counter the ancient pagan festivals that venerated the dead or spirits.

Christians dressed their children as saints, angels, or heroes of the faith, to teach them that true triumph lies not in fear or darkness, but in Christ's victory over death:

"Death has been conquered by victory."

(1 Corinthians 15:54)

Clothing children as saints is to teach them the path of holiness; clothing them with darkness, even for fun, is spiritual confusion.

* EXORCISTICS ✍️

Catholic exorcists warn that evil often uses the seemingly innocent to incite curiosity or sympathy for the occult.

Father Amorth said:

"The devil does not need to be invoked, only to be imitated with pleasure."

* EXORCIST ✍️

When a child dresses up as a demon or spirit, even without intending to invoke anything, they open themselves up to an influence contrary to their spiritual innocence, especially if there is an atmosphere of fear, games with the dead, black candles, rituals, or scary pranks.

For this reason, exorcists recommend reclaiming the feast for Christ, teaching children to celebrate life, holiness, light, and heaven, not darkness or death.

* RECOMMENDATIONS ✅

It's not about condemning or scaring, but about spiritual education with discernment.

You can tell parents and catechists:

“Let's not deprive children of joy, but let's protect them from that which distorts their faith.”

Instead, let's organize ‘Saints' Day Celebrations,’ where children dress up as their favorite saint, pray, play games, and learn about eternal life.

Let's explain that fear doesn't come from God, but from the enemy who seeks to steal our peace.

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.”

(2 Timothy 1:7)

No, it's not appropriate for children to dress up as the dead, demons, or ghosts, because even if it seems harmless, it educates the imagination in ways contrary to the Gospel.

Christians don't glorify death or play with evil: they proclaim life, light, and holiness.

The best costume a Catholic child can wear is that of purity and grace, remembering that heaven is full of heroes dressed in white.

“They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”

(Revelation 7:14)

CONFESSIONS OF THE DEVIL TO SAINT DOMINIC DURING AN EXORCISM

 

During the exorcism, the demons told the saint that with the Rosary he preached, he brought terror and terror to all of Hell, and that he was the man they hated most in the world because of the souls he took from them with this devotion.

Saint Dominic threw his Rosary around the possessed man's neck and asked them which of the saints in heaven they feared the most and which should be most loved and honored by men. The enemies, in response to these questions, let out such terrifying cries that many of those present fell to the ground in fright.

The evil ones, in order not to respond, wept, lamented, and prayed through the possessed man's mouth to Saint Dominic to have mercy on them. The saint, undeterred, replied that he would not cease tormenting them until they answered what he had asked them.  Then they said they would say it, but in secret, in a whisper, not in front of everyone. The saint, however, ordered them to speak loudly, but the devils refused to say a word.

Then Father Dominic, kneeling, prayed the following prayer: "O most excellent Virgin Mary, by the virtue of your psalter and Rosary, command these enemies of the human race to answer my question."

Suddenly, a burning flame burst from the ears, nose, and mouth of the possessed man. The demons then begged Saint Dominic, through the Passion of Jesus Christ and the merits of His Holy Mother and those of all the saints, to allow them to leave that body without saying anything, because the angels would reveal it to them at any time he wished.

Later, the saint knelt again and offered another prayer: “O most worthy Mother of Wisdom, about whose salutation and how it should be prayed this people have already been instructed, I beg you, for the health of the faithful present here, to compel these enemies of yours to openly confess the complete and sincere truth here.”

No sooner had he finished speaking these words than the saint saw a multitude of angels and the Virgin Mary striking the devil with a golden rod, while saying: “Answer my servant Dominic’s question.” It must be kept in mind here that the people neither saw nor heard the Virgin, but only Saint Dominic.

The demons began to cry out: “O our enemy! O our ruin and confusion! Why did you come from heaven to torment us so cruelly? Must it be that, through you, O advocate of sinners, whom you bring out of hell; O sure path to heaven!, we are forced—in spite of ourselves—to confess before all what is the cause of our confusion and ruin? Woe to us! Curse our princes of darkness!”

“Hear, then, Christians! This Mother of Christ is omnipotent and can prevent her servants from falling into hell. She, like a sun, dispels the darkness of our cunning schemes. She uncovers our intrigues, breaks our nets, and reduces all our temptations to futility. We are forced to confess that no one who perseveres in her service is damned with us.”

“A single sigh she offers to the Most Holy Trinity is worth more than all the prayers, vows, and desires of all the saints. We fear her more than all the blessed combined, and we can do nothing against her faithful servants.”

In the same way, the evil ones confessed that many Christians who invoke her at death and who should be damned, according to ordinary laws, are saved thanks to her intercession. “Ah! If this Marieta”—so they called her in their fury—“had not opposed our designs and efforts, we would have long ago overthrown and destroyed the Church and plunged all her hierarchies into error and infidelity!”

Then they added that “no one who perseveres in the recitation of the Rosary will be damned. For she obtains for her faithful devotees true contrition for their sins, so that they may confess them and obtain forgiveness and pardon for them.”

Thus, Saint Dominic had the entire town pray the Rosary very slowly and devoutly, and with each Hail Mary they recited, a great multitude of demons emerged from the possessed man's body in the form of burning coals.

When all the enemies had left and the heretic was freed, the Virgin Mary, invisibly, gave her blessing to the entire town, who experienced great joy. "This miracle caused the conversion of a great number of heretics, who even enrolled in the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary," concluded Saint Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort.

THE AUTHORITY WILL GIVE AN ACCOUNT TO GOD FOR HAVING TRULY WATCHED OVER ITS PEOPLE

 

CHILDREN: NEITHER PRINCES NOR PRINCESSES, BUT BEINGS THAT GOD RENEWS US TO FORM GOOD MEN AND WOMEN TO LEAD TO HIM

A mother raised her hand and asked:

"What do I do if my son is on the table and won't get down?"

"Tell him to get down," I told her.

"I've already told him, but he doesn't listen and won't get down," the mother replied in a defeated voice.

"How old is the child?" I asked.

"Three years old," she replied.

Situations similar to this frequently arise when I have the opportunity to speak with groups of parents.

Many conflicts arise because parents are fearful or lax in exercising their authority. And those children grow up, and the problem grows with them, since those parents have a hard time making the decision to set limits and exercise their authority correctly.

Why do your children do what they do?

1.- BECAUSE YOU LET THEM.

Don't forget that children are meant to be

brought to God, not just given materially what you didn't have.

May your inactions never cause them to lose faith.

They do what they do because you allow them to. Children become who they are because their parents allow it, it's that simple. If your child is making a mess of their life, you won't like this answer. You'll come to me and give me a million excuses. You'll blame it on the music they listen to, the movies they watch, the books they read (if they read at all), the violence on television, the educational system, or the pressure exerted by society or their friends. So put your indignation aside and consider this truth: your children are a product of your parenting, or, in other words, your way of raising them.

2. THERE ARE NO CONSEQUENCES FOR BAD BEHAVIOR.

Parents let their children do whatever they want, with very little information about what is acceptable and what is not. If they do something wrong, there are no consequences for the unacceptable behavior.

Sometimes we say, "If you do this, that will happen to you," and "If you don't do that, this will happen to you." Then they don't do what they're supposed to do, and nothing happens; we don't keep the promise of the consequences. Do you know what a parent who doesn't follow through on the consequences becomes? A LIAR; and that's precisely what our children learn: to lie, and to make promises without keeping them, so that nothing happens.

3. YOU TELL YOUR CHILDREN THEY ARE SPECIAL.

You may not agree with me on this. Believe me, it was difficult for me to understand and accept, but it's a reality.  If you're one of those who currently believes your little "angel" is special, I'm sorry to tell you that they aren't. If you constantly tell your children they're special, you're doing more harm than good.

Your child is special to you and only you, not to anyone else. Your child was born with all your love, and watching them grow is a wonder, but when they grow up and walk through your door to go to school, they're just another child on the school roll, and there's nothing special about them.

In the real world, your daughter isn't a "princess," nor is your son a "prince," just another child. Children must understand and learn to grow up knowing that the moment they leave your loving arms and enter the real world, no one will love them for the sole reason that they exist, as you do.

4. YOU MAKE YOUR CHILDREN THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN YOUR LIFE.

They aren't the only important thing.  I know you think they are, but that's not the case. When you let your children think they're the most important person in your life, they learn to manipulate you, and you'll end up doing what they say.

You shouldn't neglect your children for

your husband, nor your husband for the children (the latter is the most common), because you could end up alone.

Your children are important; don't get me wrong. Your children should be loved unconditionally. But parents who put their children's happiness above all else and sacrifice their own lives, and sometimes their marriage as well, then when their parenting work is over, your children will grow up and leave you, going in search of their own happiness, and you'll be left with only your spouse, at best.

If you spend all your time and energy solely on your children, when they leave, you won't be sure that your spouse will be with you.  That's one of the reasons why separations happen after the children leave, because the only thing you had in common was your children, and you never tried to nurture marital love as a bond. And you end up alone, with no one to grow old with. And you usually end up treating and seeing your 50-year-old as if he or she were 4 years old.

5.- WE FAIL TO TEACH THEM THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES.

Children have, among others, the following rights: to life, to play, to freedom of opinion, to a family, to protection from negligent treatment, to food, to be loved, to receive an education, etc. Privileges are concessions earned through a specific action; we buy things for our children, for example: the latest video games, or designer clothes or shoes, or a pet, and we even take them to the movies or on vacations, we buy them cell phones, etc., etc., and all for free, in exchange for nothing. Today I tell you that even if you have enough money to please your child, you have to teach them how to earn it; they have to know that the things they like cost money and that they have to pay a price.  Even these things will help you negotiate attitudes and behaviors (Editor's note: and through them, help them acquire responsibilities to better navigate their way in life).

6. WORK ON YOUR CHILD'S SELF-ESTEEM.

A child who has not been instilled with religious and moral convictions will easily stray intellectually and/or morally. We will be held accountable to God for putting their eternal salvation at risk.

The word self-esteem is a compound word. Self means oneself, and esteem means love, that is, loving oneself. You cannot provide them with a positive assessment of themselves because we confuse encouraging and supporting them with increasing their self-esteem, and we change the rule of "if they have high self-esteem, they will succeed at everything," but in reality it's the other way around: if they succeed at everything, their self-esteem will increase. So, if you want them to have high self-esteem, teach them to achieve their successes. To fight for them, because everything requires effort, dedication, and perseverance.

I hope these comments help you understand why we sometimes ask for the moon, when in reality we reap what we sow.

Source: Parents to the rescue of values.

FOR ETERNAL ROME

“…Let the Priest capable of preaching go to the limits of his power to preach, to absolve sins, and to celebrate the True Mass. Let the Sister teacher go to the limits of her grace and power to form girls in the Faith, good morals, purity, and literature. Let every Priest and layman, every small group of laymen and Priests who have authority and power over a small stronghold of the Church and Christianity, go to the limits of their possibilities and powers. Let the leaders and pupils of such strongholds know each other and be in contact with each other. Let each stronghold, protected, defended, trained, and directed in its prayers and songs by a royal authority, become as much as possible a fortress of holiness. This is what will guarantee the continuation of the True Church and effectively prepare for its renewal when it is God's good time.

“Thus, we must not be afraid, but pray with all confidence and exercise without fear, according to the  Tradition and, in the sphere that corresponds to us, the power we have, thus preparing us for the happy time when Rome will once again be Rome (the eternal Rome) and the Bishops will be Bishops (acting as genuinely Catholic Bishops).

Fr. Roger-Thomas Calmel. Brief Apology for the Church of Always.

THE RIGHT TO DIE OR THE DEATH OF LAW

By Óscar Méndez Oceguera

The New Laboratory of Legalized Death

On October 10, 2025, Uruguay became the first country in Latin America to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide. With a narrow majority, the Senate approved the law allowing physicians to provoke or facilitate the death of anyone suffering from “unbearable pain” or “incurable disease.”

The press hailed it as a historic milestone, a moral advance, a step forward for freedom. Official speeches repeated the modern catechism: autonomy, dignity, compassion.

But behind those words hides a substitution far deeper than a law: the replacement of natural order by will, of being by desire. A statute has been enacted that destroys the very foundation of Law itself, for it turns into an object of disposal that which constitutes its principle. Life—the source of all rights—has become a matter of contract.

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A Carefully Rehearsed Global Sequence

The Uruguayan gesture is not isolated. It forms part of a carefully rehearsed sequence in Europe and North America: it begins by invoking pity for the terminally ill and ends by justifying the elimination of those who “can no longer enjoy life.”

The Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Canada, Portugal—all followed the same itinerary, with identical emotional language and increasingly radical results.

In every case, the promise of a humanitarian exception for terminal patients transformed—by an unstoppable logic and progressive reinterpretation—into a system of legally administered elimination that now extends to those with mental disorders or who are simply “tired of living.”

Death ceased to be a limit and became a public service, ever more inclusive.

And now Latin America begins to replicate this architecture. In Mexico, the so-called Ley Trasciende copies almost word for word the Uruguayan arguments: “freedom to choose,” “dignified death,” “medical compassion.” None of these formulas aim to strengthen palliative care or spiritual accompaniment: all are directed toward institutionalizing the power to suppress life in the name of autonomy.

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Freedom Confused with Dominion

The first confusion of our age is to believe that freedom means dominion. Modern man, obsessed with being master of himself, has forgotten that freedom does not consist in being able to do anything, but in being able to do good.

It is not ownership, but participation.

Freedom without truth does not liberate—it dissolves. And when the will ceases to recognize itself as subordinate to the good, it becomes power without measure. The will that kills is no longer free: it is enslaved to fear, pain, or weariness.

There is, therefore, no act more self-contradictory than assisted suicide: it is the negation of freedom in the name of freedom itself.

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The Metaphysical Error of Owning One’s Being

The error stems from a metaphysical root: the idea that man possesses his being (his substance) as he possesses his goods (his accidents).

But no one can own what constitutes him. I do not have my life as I have my belongings: I am my life—my esse.

And what I am, I cannot lawfully destroy.

Man’s relationship to his existence is not one of dominion but of ontological stewardship. To dispose of life is not to exercise a right, but to betray it.

Life does not belong to the individual; it has been entrusted to him. It is not a matter of sovereignty, but of responsibility.

Whoever turns life into property plants the seed of juridical nihilism: if everything I possess I may destroy, then everything that exists may be eliminated.

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The Law That Ceases to Be Law

From this confusion flows the collapse of Law.

For law, if it is to be just, must be founded on the good and not on will. Life is the first good—the presupposition of all norms. Without it, no justice is possible.

Therefore, a law that authorizes the suppression of life is not law but the fiction of legality. It replaces order with procedure, truth with majority.

It is the perfect form of disorder: a system that legislates against its own principle.

What was once called homicide is now called a right; what was once called pity is now called compassionate elimination.

Thus Law dies—not when injustices are committed, but when they are codified.

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Falsified Dignity

Euthanasia’s defenders invoke dignity, but confuse it with comfort.

They believe that a weak or suffering body ceases to be dignified, as if dignity depended on vigor or usefulness.

Yet human dignity is neither gained nor lost—it is inherent to being.

Illness does not degrade it; it reveals it. In fragility shines forth the greatness of what we are: rational creatures, dependent and open to love.

True indignity does not lie in suffering, but in being abandoned.

Hence the law that offers death instead of accompaniment is not compassion but social fatigue—the organized renunciation of a society that no longer endures vulnerability and prefers to conceal it under the name of freedom.

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Betrayed Compassion

Nor is there compassion in killing to avoid pain.

True compassion does not eliminate the sufferer—it accompanies him, embraces him, sustains him, elevates him.

Modern compassion, by contrast, is desperate sentimentalism: unable to give meaning to pain, it erases the sufferer.

The physician ceases to heal and becomes an administrator of despair.

The hospital ceases to be a house of relief and becomes an office for euthanasia.

What is presented as an act of mercy is, in truth, the coldest form of abandonment.

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The Medicine of the Soul: Palliative Care

While laws of death are passed, palliative care—the true human response to suffering—remains scarce and neglected.

Wherever it is practiced, the request to die virtually disappears, for the patient who feels accompanied no longer wishes to die: he wishes to live well.

The sick do not ask for death; they ask not to be alone.

Thus, legislating euthanasia without ensuring palliative care is not compassion but institutional negligence.

It offers a syringe instead of a hand.

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Suffering as Revelation of Being

Suffering, far from being an error to be excised, is the place where man encounters his limit and his soul.

Pain reveals the truth of being—its dependence, its fragility, its openness to the other.

At that edge where finitude is touched, man learns humility and gratitude.

Where the body breaks, the spirit may grow.

Hence cultures that knew how to accompany pain were more human than those that eliminate it.

Ours, instead, has made comfort its only value and thus deems useless all that does not produce pleasure.

From this arises the monstrous notion of disposable humans: lives deemed meaningless once they lose functionality.

The elderly who feel burdensome, the sick who fear impoverishing their families, the poor who do not wish to weigh on the State—all are gently, bureaucratically pushed to disappear.

The society of comfort has turned death into an act of efficiency.

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The Denial of Purpose and the Corruption of Justice

The ultimate root of this phenomenon is the denial of finality.

When the notion of natural end is lost, everything is reduced to technique.

Pain ceases to have meaning; death ceases to be a passage; life ceases to be a mission.

Man, reduced to producer and consumer, is measured by utility, not by being.

But Law cannot survive such logic: if it recognizes no intrinsic ends, it merely regulates appetites.

And where law becomes the servant of desire, justice perishes.

Euthanasia, in its apparent neutrality, enshrines this final nihilism: the belief that man has no destiny higher than his own consent.

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The Neutral State That Decides Who Dies

The State, whose duty is to protect life, disguises itself as neutral and ends up arbitrating who may die.

In the name of autonomy, it administers self-negation.

It is the same principle that permitted abortion and now prepares genetic engineering: the claim to possess the body as a thing.

But the body is not an object—it is the form of the soul.

We do not have bodies; we are bodies.

To treat the body as property is to confuse the person with matter and to open the door to total manipulation.

From there to sanitary totalitarianism is but one step: the power to decide who should live for reasons of utility, cost, or convenience.

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The Law That Dies of Self-Negation

Law, reduced to the will of majorities, ceases to be rational.

A statute that legitimizes assisted suicide turns the State into an accomplice of nihilism.

And a society that calls the destruction of its vital principle a right prepares itself to vanish as a civilization.

For Law dies not when it is violated, but when it is denatured.

Its essence lies not in consensus, but in truth.

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The Purifying Meaning of Limit

Suffering, on the other hand, holds a meaning that transcends all human law.

He who endures it with love discovers the greatness that pleasure never teaches.

He who accompanies the dying learns more about life than he who flees from pain.

He who bears his limit with hope purifies his soul and prepares it for eternity.

In that silent school are forged the virtues that sustain the world: patience, compassion, humility, faith.

To suppress that experience is to erase humanity’s moral apprenticeship.

Euthanasia, more than a medical act, is an amputation of the spirit.

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Barbarism with a Clinical Face

No civilization is possible if man does not accept that life possesses a meaning greater than himself.

He who destroys the limit destroys measure; he who eliminates pain eliminates conscience; he who turns law into an instrument of death signs the death certificate of justice.

The only modernity worthy of the name is not the one that hastens death but the one that teaches how to die humanely.

To legislate the elimination of the weak is not progress: it is barbarism with a clinical face.

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The Final Decision

Life, even in suffering, remains a good.

The law that denies it does not liberate but enslaves; it does not console but abandons; it does not protect but destroys.

When a civilization turns death into a right, it abdicates both its reason and its soul.

For Law lives only while the conviction endures that life deserves defense for its own sake.

When that conviction dies, what remains is not freedom but moral desert.

Upon that choice depends everything we understand by humanity.

A society is defined not by how it treats its strongest, but by how it kills its weakest—even when it does so in the name of freedom.

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In this impasse are at stake Law itself, respect for nature, and even the soul.