Part 5 of the documentary series on the history of central banking
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The Trust Game - Episode 5: “Who Holds the Gold Makes the Rules”
In the tumultuous 1920s-30s, depression set in; FDR seized power and gold; bank functions were nationalized; dollars rebuilt Europe; and the stage set for the next world war. Full series available right now at https://vimeo.com/ondemand/trustgame/ ... Please…
On experiencing the fear of God
'If wounds in the body have been neglected and left unattended, they do not react to medicine when the doctors apply it to them; but if they have first been cleansed, then they respond to the action of the medicine and so are quickly healed. In the same way, if the soul is neglected and wholly covered with the leprosy of self-indulgence, it cannot experience the fear of God, however persistently it is warned of the terror and power of God's judgment. When, however, through great attentiveness the soul begins to be purified, it also begins to experience the fear of God as a life-giving medicine which, through the reproaches it arouses in the conscience, burns the soul in the fire of dispassion. After this the soul is gradually cleansed until it is completely purified; its love increases as its fear diminishes, until it attains perfect love, in which there is no fear but only the complete dispassion which is energized by the glory of God.
St. Diadochos of Photiki
#virtues
'If wounds in the body have been neglected and left unattended, they do not react to medicine when the doctors apply it to them; but if they have first been cleansed, then they respond to the action of the medicine and so are quickly healed. In the same way, if the soul is neglected and wholly covered with the leprosy of self-indulgence, it cannot experience the fear of God, however persistently it is warned of the terror and power of God's judgment. When, however, through great attentiveness the soul begins to be purified, it also begins to experience the fear of God as a life-giving medicine which, through the reproaches it arouses in the conscience, burns the soul in the fire of dispassion. After this the soul is gradually cleansed until it is completely purified; its love increases as its fear diminishes, until it attains perfect love, in which there is no fear but only the complete dispassion which is energized by the glory of God.
St. Diadochos of Photiki
#virtues
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'Keep your heart in peace
and let nothing trouble you, not even your faults. You must humble yourself and amend them peacefully, without being discouraged or cast down, for God's dwelling is in peace.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
#peace
and let nothing trouble you, not even your faults. You must humble yourself and amend them peacefully, without being discouraged or cast down, for God's dwelling is in peace.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
#peace
O Most Holy Heart
O most holy Heart of Jesus, fountain of every blessing, I adore Thee, I love Thee and with a lively sorrow for my sins, I offer Thee this poor heart of mine. Make me humble, patient, pure and wholly obedient to Thy will. Grant, good Jesus, that I may live in Thee and for Thee. Protect me in the midst of danger; comfort me in my afflictions; give me health of body, assistance in my temporal needs, Thy blessing on all that I do, and the grace of a holy death. Within Thy Heart I place my every care. In every need let me come to Thee with humble trust saying, Heart of Jesus help me. Amen.
#prayer
O most holy Heart of Jesus, fountain of every blessing, I adore Thee, I love Thee and with a lively sorrow for my sins, I offer Thee this poor heart of mine. Make me humble, patient, pure and wholly obedient to Thy will. Grant, good Jesus, that I may live in Thee and for Thee. Protect me in the midst of danger; comfort me in my afflictions; give me health of body, assistance in my temporal needs, Thy blessing on all that I do, and the grace of a holy death. Within Thy Heart I place my every care. In every need let me come to Thee with humble trust saying, Heart of Jesus help me. Amen.
#prayer
The Necessity of Providing Restitution
by Rev. Henry Gibson, 1882
Q. Must we restore ill-gotten goods?
A. Yes; we are bound to restore ill-gotten goods if we are able, or else the sin will not be forgiven; we must also pay our debts.
We come now to speak of the third way of wronging our neighbour by unjustly keeping what belongs to him, and that is when we do not restore ill-gotten goods. The restitution of what we have stolen to the rightful owner is a strict duty, for the neglect of which millions are now burning in hell, and it is therefore most necessary that all should be well instructed as to the obligation of it and the manner of making it.
Remember, therefore, my dear children, throughout life, that there is no pardon from God for any injury which you have knowingly and willingly inflicted on your neighbour, unless you repair that injury to the utmost of your power. This is equally true of injuries which regard the property and those which affect the character of your neighbour; but it is of those which regard his property that we are here speaking, those which concern his character will be treated of under the eighth commandment. Bear in mind, then, that if you have stolen from your neighbour, cheated him in any way, or wilfully damaged his property, you are strictly bound, as a necessary condition of obtaining pardon, to make good the loss. Moreover, the loss which we have to make good is not the bare amount or value of what we have stolen or destroyed, but it is the entire loss which our neighbour has undergone, and which we might have foreseen that he would be in danger of undergoing from our unjust action.
Full text:
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by Rev. Henry Gibson, 1882
Q. Must we restore ill-gotten goods?
A. Yes; we are bound to restore ill-gotten goods if we are able, or else the sin will not be forgiven; we must also pay our debts.
We come now to speak of the third way of wronging our neighbour by unjustly keeping what belongs to him, and that is when we do not restore ill-gotten goods. The restitution of what we have stolen to the rightful owner is a strict duty, for the neglect of which millions are now burning in hell, and it is therefore most necessary that all should be well instructed as to the obligation of it and the manner of making it.
Remember, therefore, my dear children, throughout life, that there is no pardon from God for any injury which you have knowingly and willingly inflicted on your neighbour, unless you repair that injury to the utmost of your power. This is equally true of injuries which regard the property and those which affect the character of your neighbour; but it is of those which regard his property that we are here speaking, those which concern his character will be treated of under the eighth commandment. Bear in mind, then, that if you have stolen from your neighbour, cheated him in any way, or wilfully damaged his property, you are strictly bound, as a necessary condition of obtaining pardon, to make good the loss. Moreover, the loss which we have to make good is not the bare amount or value of what we have stolen or destroyed, but it is the entire loss which our neighbour has undergone, and which we might have foreseen that he would be in danger of undergoing from our unjust action.
Full text:
http://catholicharboroffaithandmorals.com/Necessity%20of%20Restitution.html
Daily Meditations in March on St. Joseph by Rev. R.F. Clarke, S.J.
March 22nd
St. Joseph as Head of the Holy Family
The dignity of any office of authority is in proportion to the excellence of those over whom such authority is exercised. What then must have been the dignity and perfection of St. Joseph! To rule over the angels would be a small privilege compared with ruling God Himself and His Holy Mother. What prudence, what discretion, what purity of intention, what perfect unselfishness, what intense love of God and of men must have been found in St. Joseph! How humble he must have been, how thoughtful, how kind, how considerate, how wise, how faithful to God's holy inspirations. Next to Our Lady, it is impossible to suppose that any saint could approach the dignity of St. Joseph.
Watch St. Joseph as a superior. Notice how he gives his orders, firmly and decidedly, without hesitation, but yet kindly, and gently, and considerately. St. Joseph had to command others besides Jesus and Mary. To all he showed the same thoughtful, delicate, tender, watchful affection and respect. Am I like St. Joseph in dealing with those over whom I am placed?
Our Lord obeyed St. Joseph with the most perfect, unquestioning obedience. He, as Man, was St. Joseph's natural superior; He, in His Sacred Humanity, had authority over all creation. He therefore, the Lord of all, raised St. Joseph to be lord over Him. This exalts stillmore the position of St. Joseph, who derived his authority over Jesus, from Our Lord's own choice of him. Thus Jesus teaches us the happiness of obedience. To be subject is no degradation, but rather a privilege, since Jesus chose it.
#stjoseph
March 22nd
St. Joseph as Head of the Holy Family
The dignity of any office of authority is in proportion to the excellence of those over whom such authority is exercised. What then must have been the dignity and perfection of St. Joseph! To rule over the angels would be a small privilege compared with ruling God Himself and His Holy Mother. What prudence, what discretion, what purity of intention, what perfect unselfishness, what intense love of God and of men must have been found in St. Joseph! How humble he must have been, how thoughtful, how kind, how considerate, how wise, how faithful to God's holy inspirations. Next to Our Lady, it is impossible to suppose that any saint could approach the dignity of St. Joseph.
Watch St. Joseph as a superior. Notice how he gives his orders, firmly and decidedly, without hesitation, but yet kindly, and gently, and considerately. St. Joseph had to command others besides Jesus and Mary. To all he showed the same thoughtful, delicate, tender, watchful affection and respect. Am I like St. Joseph in dealing with those over whom I am placed?
Our Lord obeyed St. Joseph with the most perfect, unquestioning obedience. He, as Man, was St. Joseph's natural superior; He, in His Sacred Humanity, had authority over all creation. He therefore, the Lord of all, raised St. Joseph to be lord over Him. This exalts stillmore the position of St. Joseph, who derived his authority over Jesus, from Our Lord's own choice of him. Thus Jesus teaches us the happiness of obedience. To be subject is no degradation, but rather a privilege, since Jesus chose it.
#stjoseph
The Vocation of Love
"Love is the fundamental and innate vocation of every human being" (Familiaris Consortio, n. 11; also cited in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, n. 1604). The vocation to a particular way of life is a determination of this common vocation to love. "The word 'vocation' indicates that there exists for every person a proper direction of his development through commitment of his entire life in the service of certain values… And therefore a vocation always means some principal direction of love that a particular person has" (Karol Wojtyla, Love and Responsibility).
Young people, entering into themselves and at the same time entering into conversation with Christ in prayer, desire as it were to read the eternal thought which God the Creator and Father has in their regard. They then become convinced that the task assigned to them by God is left completely to their own freedom, and at the same time is determined by various circumstances of an interior and exterior nature. Examining these circumstances, the young person, boy or girl, constructs his or her plan of life and at the same time recognizes this plan as the vocation to which God is calling him or her. (Dilecti Amici, n. 9)
According to the consistent teaching and practice of the Church, virginity realized as a deliberately chosen life-vocation, based on a vow of chastity, and in combination with the two other vows of poverty and obedience, creates particularly favorable conditions for attaining evangelical perfection. The combination of conditions that results from applying the evangelical counsels in the lives of particular men, and especially in communal life, is called the state of perfection. The "state of perfection," however, is not the same as perfection itself, which is realized by every man through striving in the manner proper to his vocation to fulfill the commandment to love God and one’s neighbor. It may happen that a man who is outside the "state of perfection," is, by observing this greatest commandment, effectively more perfect than someone who chose that state. In the light of the Gospel, every man solves the problem of his vocation in practice above all by adopting a conscious personal attitude towards the supreme demand contained in the commandment of love. This attitude is above all a function of a person, the state (marriage, celibacy, even virginity understood only as the "state" or an element of the state) plays in it a secondary role. (Love and Responsibility).
Pope John Paul II
#vocation #love
"Love is the fundamental and innate vocation of every human being" (Familiaris Consortio, n. 11; also cited in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, n. 1604). The vocation to a particular way of life is a determination of this common vocation to love. "The word 'vocation' indicates that there exists for every person a proper direction of his development through commitment of his entire life in the service of certain values… And therefore a vocation always means some principal direction of love that a particular person has" (Karol Wojtyla, Love and Responsibility).
Young people, entering into themselves and at the same time entering into conversation with Christ in prayer, desire as it were to read the eternal thought which God the Creator and Father has in their regard. They then become convinced that the task assigned to them by God is left completely to their own freedom, and at the same time is determined by various circumstances of an interior and exterior nature. Examining these circumstances, the young person, boy or girl, constructs his or her plan of life and at the same time recognizes this plan as the vocation to which God is calling him or her. (Dilecti Amici, n. 9)
According to the consistent teaching and practice of the Church, virginity realized as a deliberately chosen life-vocation, based on a vow of chastity, and in combination with the two other vows of poverty and obedience, creates particularly favorable conditions for attaining evangelical perfection. The combination of conditions that results from applying the evangelical counsels in the lives of particular men, and especially in communal life, is called the state of perfection. The "state of perfection," however, is not the same as perfection itself, which is realized by every man through striving in the manner proper to his vocation to fulfill the commandment to love God and one’s neighbor. It may happen that a man who is outside the "state of perfection," is, by observing this greatest commandment, effectively more perfect than someone who chose that state. In the light of the Gospel, every man solves the problem of his vocation in practice above all by adopting a conscious personal attitude towards the supreme demand contained in the commandment of love. This attitude is above all a function of a person, the state (marriage, celibacy, even virginity understood only as the "state" or an element of the state) plays in it a secondary role. (Love and Responsibility).
Pope John Paul II
#vocation #love
Flowers of the Passion.pdf
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"Flowers of the Passion"
Thoughts of St. Paul of the Cross, Founder of the Passionists
These little "Flowers of the Passion" are a collection of devout thoughts and sentiments gathered mostly from occasional letters of that great lover of Jesus crucified, St. Paul of the Cross. They are a treasure to humble and simple souls, and show what sweetness, comfort, graces, and virtues can be drawn from devout meditation on the Passion and death of Jesus Christ. It is only from constant and loving reflection on the love shown towards us, and the bright examples of every virtue given us by our suffering Lord, that such beautiful and affecting sentiments could so spontaneously spring.
To enjoy, therefore, all the benefits to be derived from these exquisite little blossoms of love, we should imitate St. Paul of the Cross, and meditate on the mysteries of the Passion of Our Lord.
#lent
Thoughts of St. Paul of the Cross, Founder of the Passionists
These little "Flowers of the Passion" are a collection of devout thoughts and sentiments gathered mostly from occasional letters of that great lover of Jesus crucified, St. Paul of the Cross. They are a treasure to humble and simple souls, and show what sweetness, comfort, graces, and virtues can be drawn from devout meditation on the Passion and death of Jesus Christ. It is only from constant and loving reflection on the love shown towards us, and the bright examples of every virtue given us by our suffering Lord, that such beautiful and affecting sentiments could so spontaneously spring.
To enjoy, therefore, all the benefits to be derived from these exquisite little blossoms of love, we should imitate St. Paul of the Cross, and meditate on the mysteries of the Passion of Our Lord.
#lent
The_Principles_of_Catholic_Apo_Walshe,_Fr_T_J_&_Garrigou_L_3024.pdf
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"The Principles of Catholic Apologetics"
Authors: Walshe, Fr. T. J. & Garrigou-Lagrange, Réginald, O.P.
A study of modernism based chiefly on the Lectures of Pére Garrigou- Legrange, O.P.
" De Revelatione per Ecclesiam Catholicam proposita".
#apologetics
Authors: Walshe, Fr. T. J. & Garrigou-Lagrange, Réginald, O.P.
A study of modernism based chiefly on the Lectures of Pére Garrigou- Legrange, O.P.
" De Revelatione per Ecclesiam Catholicam proposita".
#apologetics
Your_Life_Is_Worth_Living_The_Sheen,_Abp_Fulton_J_6955_1.pdf
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"Your Life is Worth Living"
On the Christian philosophy of life
Author: Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen was one of the leading religious figures of the 20th century and the chief spokesman of American Catholicism. Previously unpublished, this work reflects his 16 years of service as national director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith and 26 years on radio and television. It is the only work where he describes his Christian philosophy.
#fultonsheen
On the Christian philosophy of life
Author: Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen was one of the leading religious figures of the 20th century and the chief spokesman of American Catholicism. Previously unpublished, this work reflects his 16 years of service as national director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith and 26 years on radio and television. It is the only work where he describes his Christian philosophy.
#fultonsheen
Three to Get Married - Sheen, Abp. Fulton J._6947.txt
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"Three to Get Married"
Author: Ven. Archbishop Fulton Sheen
One of the greatest and best-loved spokesmen for the Catholic Faith here sets out the Church’s beautiful understanding of marriage in his trademark clear and entertaining style. Frankly and charitably, Sheen presents the causes of and solutions to common marital crises, and tells touching real-life stories of people whose lives were transformed through marriage. He emphasizes that our Blessed Lord is at the center of every successful and loving marriage. This is a perfect gift for engaged couples, or for married people as a fruitful occasion for self-examination.
#marriage #fultonsheen
Author: Ven. Archbishop Fulton Sheen
One of the greatest and best-loved spokesmen for the Catholic Faith here sets out the Church’s beautiful understanding of marriage in his trademark clear and entertaining style. Frankly and charitably, Sheen presents the causes of and solutions to common marital crises, and tells touching real-life stories of people whose lives were transformed through marriage. He emphasizes that our Blessed Lord is at the center of every successful and loving marriage. This is a perfect gift for engaged couples, or for married people as a fruitful occasion for self-examination.
#marriage #fultonsheen
The Book of Confidence - de Saint-Laurent, Thomas, Fr._5312.pdf
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"The Book of Confidence"
Authors: de Saint-Laurent, Thomas, Fr.
Our Lord Exhorts Us to Have Confidence :
O Voice of Christ, mysterious voice of grace that resoundeth in the silence of our souls, Thou murmurest in the depths of our hearts words of sweetness and of peace. In response to our miseries,Thou repeatest the counsel so often given by the Divine Master during His mortal life: “Confidence, confidence!” To the guilty soul, crushed by the weight of sin, Jesus would say: “Confidence, son, thy sins are forgiven thee.”
Fr. Thomas descended from
a noble family of southern France. Ordained in 1909, he led a priestly life, distinguishing himself as a preacher and writer. Appointed to head the parish of Saint Perpetua in Nîmes, a year after his ordination, he was named honorary Canon of the Cathedral of Nîmes in 1920 and became chaplain of the Carmel of Uzès five years later, serving in the two capacities for over 20 years. As a doctor of theology, he published many notable books on psychological themes.
Authors: de Saint-Laurent, Thomas, Fr.
Our Lord Exhorts Us to Have Confidence :
O Voice of Christ, mysterious voice of grace that resoundeth in the silence of our souls, Thou murmurest in the depths of our hearts words of sweetness and of peace. In response to our miseries,Thou repeatest the counsel so often given by the Divine Master during His mortal life: “Confidence, confidence!” To the guilty soul, crushed by the weight of sin, Jesus would say: “Confidence, son, thy sins are forgiven thee.”
Fr. Thomas descended from
a noble family of southern France. Ordained in 1909, he led a priestly life, distinguishing himself as a preacher and writer. Appointed to head the parish of Saint Perpetua in Nîmes, a year after his ordination, he was named honorary Canon of the Cathedral of Nîmes in 1920 and became chaplain of the Carmel of Uzès five years later, serving in the two capacities for over 20 years. As a doctor of theology, he published many notable books on psychological themes.
Humility of Heart - da Bergamo, Cajetan Mary, Capu_3476.pdf
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"Humility of Heart"
Author: Gaetano Maria da Bergamo
"Thoughts and Sentiments on Humility" were written by Cardinal Herbert Vaughan during the last months of his life. Being ordered by his medical advisers out of London, the Cardinal went to Derwent, where, as the guest of Lord and Lady Edmund Talbot, he found that perfect freedom and multitude of peace of which he had long felt the need.
It was while reposing his soul in quiet prayer and feasting his sight on the fine scenery of this ideal spot among the moorlands of Derbyshire, that the thought came to him of translating, while yet there was time, Father Cajetan's treatise on Humility.
For more than thirty years Cardinal Vaughan had known and studied that work, and it is scarcely an exaggeration to say he had made it during the last fourteen years of his life his constant companion, his vade mecum.
#humility
Author: Gaetano Maria da Bergamo
"Thoughts and Sentiments on Humility" were written by Cardinal Herbert Vaughan during the last months of his life. Being ordered by his medical advisers out of London, the Cardinal went to Derwent, where, as the guest of Lord and Lady Edmund Talbot, he found that perfect freedom and multitude of peace of which he had long felt the need.
It was while reposing his soul in quiet prayer and feasting his sight on the fine scenery of this ideal spot among the moorlands of Derbyshire, that the thought came to him of translating, while yet there was time, Father Cajetan's treatise on Humility.
For more than thirty years Cardinal Vaughan had known and studied that work, and it is scarcely an exaggeration to say he had made it during the last fourteen years of his life his constant companion, his vade mecum.
#humility
'My daughter, justice has already been done to God the Father for your sins,
and full satisfaction made to him already for everything, according to the demands of justice. For if you have offended God with all the limbs of your body, I have suffered for your sins and those of the entire human race in all the limbs of my body. For if you have offended with your hands and feet, my hands and my feet were fixed with harshest nails to the wood of the cross. If you have offended with your head, my head was lacerated most painfully with thorns. If with your eyes, my eyes were bound and covered with a blindfold. If with your ears, my ears heard blasphemies and revolting insults. If with your tongue, my tongue was sprinkled with strong vinegar and torn. If with your heart, my heart was pierced with a lance. If you have offended God with your entire body, my entire body has been scourged, so that from the soles of my feet to the top of my head there could be seen in me no trace of wholeness (Is 1:6). You can therefore see, daughter, that suitable satisfaction has been most justly done to God the Father for your sins. Truly, I have borne in my heart the languors of every sin and their sorrows - I who did no sin, nor was any guile found in my mouth (Is 53:9).'
The Lord, to St. Elizabeth, from 'The Revelations of St. Elizabeth of Toss'
and full satisfaction made to him already for everything, according to the demands of justice. For if you have offended God with all the limbs of your body, I have suffered for your sins and those of the entire human race in all the limbs of my body. For if you have offended with your hands and feet, my hands and my feet were fixed with harshest nails to the wood of the cross. If you have offended with your head, my head was lacerated most painfully with thorns. If with your eyes, my eyes were bound and covered with a blindfold. If with your ears, my ears heard blasphemies and revolting insults. If with your tongue, my tongue was sprinkled with strong vinegar and torn. If with your heart, my heart was pierced with a lance. If you have offended God with your entire body, my entire body has been scourged, so that from the soles of my feet to the top of my head there could be seen in me no trace of wholeness (Is 1:6). You can therefore see, daughter, that suitable satisfaction has been most justly done to God the Father for your sins. Truly, I have borne in my heart the languors of every sin and their sorrows - I who did no sin, nor was any guile found in my mouth (Is 53:9).'
The Lord, to St. Elizabeth, from 'The Revelations of St. Elizabeth of Toss'
'There is a certain manner of prayer most simple and very useful;
it is, to be habitually in the presence of God. And this sight of God will produce in us an intimate union with Him, a simple and perfect intention. Oh, how precious is this manner of prayer!'
St. Francis de Sales
#mentalprayer #francisdesales
it is, to be habitually in the presence of God. And this sight of God will produce in us an intimate union with Him, a simple and perfect intention. Oh, how precious is this manner of prayer!'
St. Francis de Sales
#mentalprayer #francisdesales
'The deeper our humility, the higher will be our place in heaven
As Lucifer wished to raise himself to the highest place in heaven, and in punishment of his pride was cast into the depths of hell, so the soul that humbles herself most profoundly causes Satan to tremble and be confounded, and God exalts her to the glory of paradise.'
St. Paul of the Cross
#virtues #humility
As Lucifer wished to raise himself to the highest place in heaven, and in punishment of his pride was cast into the depths of hell, so the soul that humbles herself most profoundly causes Satan to tremble and be confounded, and God exalts her to the glory of paradise.'
St. Paul of the Cross
#virtues #humility
Luther and the Bible (1).pdf.crdownload
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Martin Luther and the Bible
by Rt. Rev. Mons. Patrick F. O' Hare, LL.D., 1916
Martin Luther translates the Bible into German, altering in the process,
the Sacred Text to defend his heresies
#luther #reformation
by Rt. Rev. Mons. Patrick F. O' Hare, LL.D., 1916
Martin Luther translates the Bible into German, altering in the process,
the Sacred Text to defend his heresies
#luther #reformation
Luthers Own Statements.pdf
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Luther's Own Statements
by Fr. Henry O' Connor, S.J., 1884
This pamphlet does not pretend to be a Life of Luther. My only and sole purpose is to inquire into the question, whether, in any sense of the word, Luther can be looked upon as a Reformer commissioned by Almighty God.
The careful reader will find that I do not condemn Luther for anything that is not unjustifiable in the eyes of the great bulk of English or American Protestants. Every fair-minded man will admit that, if I succeed in proving the facts mentioned in these introductory remarks, Luther cannot be considered a Reformer sent by Almighty God, whatever bright spots his friends may admire, either in his character or in his teaching.
#luther #reformation
by Fr. Henry O' Connor, S.J., 1884
This pamphlet does not pretend to be a Life of Luther. My only and sole purpose is to inquire into the question, whether, in any sense of the word, Luther can be looked upon as a Reformer commissioned by Almighty God.
The careful reader will find that I do not condemn Luther for anything that is not unjustifiable in the eyes of the great bulk of English or American Protestants. Every fair-minded man will admit that, if I succeed in proving the facts mentioned in these introductory remarks, Luther cannot be considered a Reformer sent by Almighty God, whatever bright spots his friends may admire, either in his character or in his teaching.
#luther #reformation
Daily Meditations in March on St. Joseph by Rev. R.F. Clarke, S.J.
March 23rd
St. Joseph, Father of Jesus
We need not fear to apply this name to the holy foster-father of the Son of God, since it was given to him by Our Lady herself, when she said to Him in the Temple, "Thy father and I have sought Thee, sorrowing."
He had the position of father of Jesus, and was recognized as such by the common consent. He had all the rights and the authority of a father, so far as any could have over the Son of God. His Divine Foster-Son from His Birth depended on him, as the child naturally depends upon his father. He fulfilled the office of father.God delegated to him the duties, the rights, the privileges of a father, and therefore the father of Jesus he is truly called.
We may also piously believe that his Divine Son was made like to him in outward form. In the natural order of things, Jesus would not be made after the likeness of His Holy Mother alone. The Holy Spirit, in fashioning the features of the Son of God, would have taken St. Joseph as in some sort the model to be followed in form and face. What must have been St. Joseph's beauty, sweetness of expression, symmetry of form, perfect purity of body and soul! What a contrast to my unsightliness and impurity!
When God calls a man by any name. He thereby ascribes to him whatever that name implies. How often Jesus called St. Joseph by the endearing name of father! By so doing, He showed that he was truly His father. His words were no mere fiction. O happy St. Joseph! It is no wonder that thou hast such power in Heaven!
#stjoseph
March 23rd
St. Joseph, Father of Jesus
We need not fear to apply this name to the holy foster-father of the Son of God, since it was given to him by Our Lady herself, when she said to Him in the Temple, "Thy father and I have sought Thee, sorrowing."
He had the position of father of Jesus, and was recognized as such by the common consent. He had all the rights and the authority of a father, so far as any could have over the Son of God. His Divine Foster-Son from His Birth depended on him, as the child naturally depends upon his father. He fulfilled the office of father.God delegated to him the duties, the rights, the privileges of a father, and therefore the father of Jesus he is truly called.
We may also piously believe that his Divine Son was made like to him in outward form. In the natural order of things, Jesus would not be made after the likeness of His Holy Mother alone. The Holy Spirit, in fashioning the features of the Son of God, would have taken St. Joseph as in some sort the model to be followed in form and face. What must have been St. Joseph's beauty, sweetness of expression, symmetry of form, perfect purity of body and soul! What a contrast to my unsightliness and impurity!
When God calls a man by any name. He thereby ascribes to him whatever that name implies. How often Jesus called St. Joseph by the endearing name of father! By so doing, He showed that he was truly His father. His words were no mere fiction. O happy St. Joseph! It is no wonder that thou hast such power in Heaven!
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