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AUGUST 5: THE HONEST AND MODEST MOTHER
Saint Nonna of Nazianzus
Married Layperson
Died: 374
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She was the wife of St. Gregory the Elder and the mother of St. Gregory of Nazianzus, St. Caesarius, and St. Gorgonia. She came from a pious family but was even more pious than they. She converted her husband to Catholicism who used to be a member of a Judeo-pagan religion. She was known for always speaking the truth. but in her modesty, she was silent about those deeds which brought her glory.
Saint Nonna of Nazianzus
Married Layperson
Died: 374
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She was the wife of St. Gregory the Elder and the mother of St. Gregory of Nazianzus, St. Caesarius, and St. Gorgonia. She came from a pious family but was even more pious than they. She converted her husband to Catholicism who used to be a member of a Judeo-pagan religion. She was known for always speaking the truth. but in her modesty, she was silent about those deeds which brought her glory.
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Forwarded from Lord is my Light
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
Hebrews 13:4
Hebrews 13:4
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Forwarded from Feminazi
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Forwarded from Sensible Catholicism
βThe desired wife has developed her personality before marriage and continues that development during marriage. By personality here I mean beauty of soul and all those qualities and accomplishments which go to make a person interesting and sought after.
Personality will carry a girl a great deal further in life than physical beauty. In fact, without personality, beauty often tires one in married life. Some girls are born with physical beauty. None are born with personality. They must develop and cultivate it all the days of their lives.β
β Fr. Leo Kinsella, The Wife Desired, 1950βs
Personality will carry a girl a great deal further in life than physical beauty. In fact, without personality, beauty often tires one in married life. Some girls are born with physical beauty. None are born with personality. They must develop and cultivate it all the days of their lives.β
β Fr. Leo Kinsella, The Wife Desired, 1950βs
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Forwarded from Sensible Catholicism
"...and he who esteems himself the vilest of men and judges himself the most unworthy, is fittest to receive the greatest blessings.
But he that has received fewer must not be troubled, nor take it ill, nor envy him that is more enriched; but attend rather to Thee, and very much praise Thy goodness, that Thou bestowest Thy gifts so plentifully, so freely and willingly, without respect to persons.
All things are from Thee and therefore Thou art to be praised in all. Thou knowest what is fit to be given to everyone; and why this person hath less and the other more, is not our business to decide, but Thine, who keepest an exact account of the merits of each one.
Wherefore, O Lord God, I take it for a great benefit not to have much, which outwardly and according to men might appear praiseworthy and glorious, so that a person considering his own poverty and meanness, ought not, upon that account to be weighed down or to be grieved and dejected, but rather to receive comfort and great pleasure.
Because Thou, O God, hast chosen the poor and humble, and those that are despised by this world, for Thy familiar friends and domestics."
- Thomas Γ Kempis: My Imitation of Christ
But he that has received fewer must not be troubled, nor take it ill, nor envy him that is more enriched; but attend rather to Thee, and very much praise Thy goodness, that Thou bestowest Thy gifts so plentifully, so freely and willingly, without respect to persons.
All things are from Thee and therefore Thou art to be praised in all. Thou knowest what is fit to be given to everyone; and why this person hath less and the other more, is not our business to decide, but Thine, who keepest an exact account of the merits of each one.
Wherefore, O Lord God, I take it for a great benefit not to have much, which outwardly and according to men might appear praiseworthy and glorious, so that a person considering his own poverty and meanness, ought not, upon that account to be weighed down or to be grieved and dejected, but rather to receive comfort and great pleasure.
Because Thou, O God, hast chosen the poor and humble, and those that are despised by this world, for Thy familiar friends and domestics."
- Thomas Γ Kempis: My Imitation of Christ
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Forwarded from Fascinating Womanhood
Love between a man and a woman pushes each to become the best version of themselves.
We are greater, together.
We are greater, together.
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Forwarded from Ecce Verbum
The example of the Father
Zygmunt KrasiΕski, a poet
"I ask you to pay attention to every word I say here, to remember that your fate and the fate of other hearts, maternal and paternal hearts, depend on it. Remember that if you do not control and temper your bad inclinations, you can never do your country any service. You do not know what life is like, what external distractions and obstacles there are! If, apart from these, there is still an eternal obstacle within his own breast, where can he think of removing the others?
Get used, I beseech you, to exemplary kindness with women. You're missing out on it; it's neither Polish, nor Christian, chivalrous, nor noble. Politeness, on the other hand, is the first sign of a brave horseman. Whenever you are tempted to rudeness, remember that the Mother of the Saviour of the world, now reigning in the heavens, was a woman and that your own mother is a woman. Let the first of these memories stand to your right, the second to your left, and let two musical chords of angelic sweetness tune your heart from a hard tone to a tone of gentleness and charity, always and everywhere.
My dear boy, I beseech Thee, keep my words in Thy memory, for in them Thy goodness, for in them Thy nobility, for in them is the love that men have for Thee, for in them is everything that Thou alone canst make beautiful one day, and everything that Thou alone canst make auspicious or salutary!
Letter to his son WΕadysΕaw, August 1858
*Raising a boy to be a man is a paternal responsibility. Masculinity has clearly defined qualities, which many fathers today forget, so that their sons can never really grow up and therefore are unable, when the time comes, to be responsible husbands and fathers. Masculinity is shaped in the ability to control the sphere of feelings, especially feelings of fear and lust. Masculinity is also a subtle respect for every woman along the lines of respect for the Mother of God and the birth mother. Faith, Scripture and the lives of the Saints give us the best examples.
#fatherhood
Zygmunt KrasiΕski, a poet
"I ask you to pay attention to every word I say here, to remember that your fate and the fate of other hearts, maternal and paternal hearts, depend on it. Remember that if you do not control and temper your bad inclinations, you can never do your country any service. You do not know what life is like, what external distractions and obstacles there are! If, apart from these, there is still an eternal obstacle within his own breast, where can he think of removing the others?
Get used, I beseech you, to exemplary kindness with women. You're missing out on it; it's neither Polish, nor Christian, chivalrous, nor noble. Politeness, on the other hand, is the first sign of a brave horseman. Whenever you are tempted to rudeness, remember that the Mother of the Saviour of the world, now reigning in the heavens, was a woman and that your own mother is a woman. Let the first of these memories stand to your right, the second to your left, and let two musical chords of angelic sweetness tune your heart from a hard tone to a tone of gentleness and charity, always and everywhere.
My dear boy, I beseech Thee, keep my words in Thy memory, for in them Thy goodness, for in them Thy nobility, for in them is the love that men have for Thee, for in them is everything that Thou alone canst make beautiful one day, and everything that Thou alone canst make auspicious or salutary!
Letter to his son WΕadysΕaw, August 1858
*Raising a boy to be a man is a paternal responsibility. Masculinity has clearly defined qualities, which many fathers today forget, so that their sons can never really grow up and therefore are unable, when the time comes, to be responsible husbands and fathers. Masculinity is shaped in the ability to control the sphere of feelings, especially feelings of fear and lust. Masculinity is also a subtle respect for every woman along the lines of respect for the Mother of God and the birth mother. Faith, Scripture and the lives of the Saints give us the best examples.
#fatherhood
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Baptize your children.
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Requesting prayers for my sister M, having an MRI scan today after an emergency.
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Forwarded from Revolt Against The Modern World
βDivorce takes all authority from the father, all dignity from the mother, all security from the child, and transforms domestic society into a struggle between strength and weakness; it constitutes the family as a temporary lease, where the inconstancy of the human heart stipulates its passions, and which ends where new passions begin.β
~Louis de Bonald
~Louis de Bonald
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