"One might ask why our Lord, since he knew that Judas was a thief, entrusted him with the money box? First, according to Augustine, Christ did this so that his Church would be patient when it was robbed; for one is not good if he cannot endure those who are evil... Second, our Lord entrusted him with the money box to lessen his danger of final damnation, because he could then satisfy his greed from the money box... Third, according to others, he did this in order to teach us that spiritual things should be entrusted to those who are more worthy, and temporal things should be entrusted to the less worthy."
— St. Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on John 12
— St. Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on John 12
❤🔥2👍1
"When god made all things by weight, number, and measure, but particularly at the time when he was seen on earth and lived with humankind, whatever he did, spoke, or suffered among us was so arranged that not the smallest detail, not one iota, was devoid of sacramental content or passed without mystery."
— St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermons for Lent and the Easter Season
— St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermons for Lent and the Easter Season
❤5❤🔥1
"Judas, to whom the Lord gave the piece of bread, gave the devil his chance to enter him, not by receiving something evil, but by receiving something in an evil way. So when a man receives the sacrament of the Lord unworthily the result is not that the sacrament is evil because he is evil, nor that he has received nothing at all because he has not received it for his salvation."
— St. Augustine, On Baptism 5.9
— St. Augustine, On Baptism 5.9
👍3
"If when Aaron and Mariam spoke against Moses, they instantly experienced the punishment of God, coming in defense of His servant, how much more will anyone of you be punished by divine judgment if, with viperous lips, he slanders his Bishop."
— St. Jerome, On Lent (Homily 90)
— St. Jerome, On Lent (Homily 90)
🔥3
TheFreim
"If when Aaron and Mariam spoke against Moses, they instantly experienced the punishment of God, coming in defense of His servant, how much more will anyone of you be punished by divine judgment if, with viperous lips, he slanders his Bishop." — St. Jerome…
"Do not, then, pay attention to God alone. You are also indebted to your superiors and to your brothers. God does not wish you to treat as worthless those to whom he attributes great worth."
— St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermons for Lent and the Easter Season
— St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermons for Lent and the Easter Season
❤5
"For just as dipped bread is stained and has changed in appearance so also a pretender, for he thinks one thing in his heart while he simulates something else with his words. And Judas was like this, for on the outside he pretended to love the Teacher, but in his heart he planned to betray him: the wicked speak peace with their neighbors, while mischief is in their hearts (Ps 28:3)."
— St. Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on John 13
— St. Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on John 13
🙏3
"For God's mercy towards us is the more wonderful that Christ died not for the righteous nor for the holy, but for the unrighteous and wicked; and though the nature of the Godhead could not sustain the sting of death, yet at His birth He took from us that which He might offer for us... For by dying He underwent the laws of hell, but by rising again He broke them, and so destroyed the continuity of death as to make it temporal instead of eternal."
— Pope St. Leo the Great, On the Wednesday of Holy Week (Sermon LIX)
— Pope St. Leo the Great, On the Wednesday of Holy Week (Sermon LIX)
❤4
Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: When Did Jesus Celebrate the Last Supper?
❤4
Forwarded from TheFreim (Jackson Fretheim)
"By the words of the Transubstantiation, what took place on Holy Thursday, Christ’s gift of self as nourishment for eternal life, takes place again — in a form which also outwardly resembles the Savior’s act on that holy night."
— Fr. Romano Guardini, Meditations Before Mass
— Fr. Romano Guardini, Meditations Before Mass
❤7
Forwarded from TheFreim (Jackson Fretheim)
"In the ancient rite of Communion, the priest said, 'The body of Jesus Christ,' and the faithful responded, 'Amen,' or 'so it is,' and 'The blood of Jesus Christ,' and the faithful responded, 'Amen,' 'so it is.' All has been accomplished. All has been said. All has been explained. I am silent. I believe. I adore."
— Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Meditations for Lent
— Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Meditations for Lent
"An ordinary kind of passion is not sufficient, nor a private death, nor a regular kind of death, nor a death like any other death; the uniqueness of the Passion had to match the uniqueness of the Sufferer."
— St. Peter Chrysologus, Selected Sermons (Volume 3, Sermon 72B)
— St. Peter Chrysologus, Selected Sermons (Volume 3, Sermon 72B)
❤1
Forwarded from TheFreim (Jackson Fretheim)
"O holy Apostle Paul of Tarsus, from your glorious place in heaven, look down upon the race you loved so well. True it is that many of them remained deaf to your ringing words of truth, and that some of them even stirred up persecution against you and your fellow believers, but you were so devoted to your people that you willed to become a castaway for the sake of their conversion. Now that you are glorious in heaven, obtain for your brethren the grace of repentance and conversion, so that they may finally take their rightful place in the great family of the Catholic Church. AMEN."
— Prayer to St. Paul for the Conversion of the Jews
— Prayer to St. Paul for the Conversion of the Jews
❤3
"Forgiveness is beaten, Pardon is condemned, Majesty is mocked, Virtue is ridiculed; the Bestower of rain is drenched with spittle, the One who has arrayed the heavens is restrained by nails of iron, the Giver of honey is fed with gall, the One who makes springs of water flow is given vinegar to drink; and when there is no longer any punishment left, death takes cover, death hesitates, because it does not notice anything there that is its own."
— St. Peter Chrysologus, Selected Sermons (Volume 3, Sermon 72B)
— St. Peter Chrysologus, Selected Sermons (Volume 3, Sermon 72B)
🙏4
Forwarded from TheFreim (Jackson Fretheim)
Prayer for the Conversion of the Jews:
"Let us pray also for the faithless Jews: that almighty God may remove the veil from their hearts; so that they too may acknowledge Jesus Christ our Lord. Almighty and eternal God, who dost not exclude from thy mercy even Jewish faithlessness: hear our prayers, which we offer for the blindness of that people; that acknowledging the light of thy Truth, which is Christ, they may be delivered from their darkness. Through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen."
"Let us pray also for the faithless Jews: that almighty God may remove the veil from their hearts; so that they too may acknowledge Jesus Christ our Lord. Almighty and eternal God, who dost not exclude from thy mercy even Jewish faithlessness: hear our prayers, which we offer for the blindness of that people; that acknowledging the light of thy Truth, which is Christ, they may be delivered from their darkness. Through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen."
❤6
"Love is proved by adversities, the weight of affection is determined by the dangers endured, benevolence is tested by punishments, perfect charity is confirmed by death... So this is the first reason for the Lord’s Passion, whereby he wanted it to be known how much God loved humanity, since he wanted to be loved rather than feared."
— St. Peter Chrysologus, Selected Sermons (Volume 3, Sermon 72B)
— St. Peter Chrysologus, Selected Sermons (Volume 3, Sermon 72B)
❤5