#books #vaticanii #modernism #SSPX

Where does religious liberalism lead, if not to total skepticism? To say that all religions are equally good is to say that they are all equally true or false since they contradict one another. Do they truly mean to insinuate that truth and error, good and evil, are matters of opinion? This mindset can only lead to the death of reason, which is the only faculty distinguishing man from the beasts, to whose level man quickly descends when he abandons his reason. The skeptic does not think; he eats, he digests, he vegetates. Is this the human dignity so vigorously proclaimed, or is it not rather man's ultimate debasement?

-Passage taken from Introduction in the Book "100 Years of Modernism: A Genealogy of the Principles of the 2nd Vatican Council"

"After spending the whole night with my two brothers in a car on a desert road to Jerusalem - since we feared being targeted by israelis on the main roads - we decided to go home at dawn. Around the entryway to my town, we were surprised by a group of israeli civilians who were making an improvised tollhouse, with flags and iron bars. They stopped the car, then proceeded to break all the windows.

I asked my brother, who was in the backseat with our little sister, to lay on her and so that she wouldn't be hurt, but I soon realized that if we didn't get out quick they would kill the most important people in my life right there.

I decided to leave the car, and I know I was probably leaving to my own death, but between keeping my own life and those of my siblings I chose theirs.

When I left my car one of the israeli jews saw the crucifix in my neck and yelled "YESHU!", then took it from my neck violently.

Then the beating started. In my face and my stomach. I can't remember much but I do remember one of them saying "we will beat you to death, just like your god was".

I could only think of Jesus at that time, and I know that if I am alive today, it is because He loves me very much.

Some might say I was delirious, but as I was being hit I saw my God, mauled as those israeli jews said He was, stretching His hands to me.

He saved my life, there's nothing else that can explain it. Christ was indeed mauled, but He also resurrected!

My brother eventually jumped off the car and fired his gun in the air, and only then the mob dispersed.

Today I faced death, but the Lord God spared me.

We couldn't go to the hospital as we can't go to the Jerusalem Hospital, but my brother cared for my wounds at home. He sewed me without anesthetics but I'm alive and this is what matters.

Here, the enemies of the Christians are the israeli jews... We live in a Christian neighborhood and every other day israeli soldiers try to evict us from our house, which we lawfully bought and have documentation thereof, because "a group of jewish students want to live here and they have the right to do so because they're jews."

We obviously didn't leave, but every day it gets harder to stay, but me and my brother have decided not to move because this is what Israel wants: that we leave our homes so they can occupy them.

We will resist! We won't give up!

Intensify your prayers for us, I ask especially to you in the West. We Christian Palestinians are also being massacred by Israel. We are your brethren and we're asking for help.

Never stop praying, because miracles exist and today I was one of them!"

From Fr. Yasser Nassif's Facebook page.

#modesty #attire #dresscode

Our priest gave a sermon this morning, he said that the gift of the Holy Ghost is not given to make us feel good or self glorifying. For example, speaking in tongues is to make people of God to understand the Gospel, not to yell out loud without even knowing what he's saying, catching attention and feeling good about it. The ones make you do those are the EVIL SPIRITS. Two examples of speaking in tongues from the saints were both speaking the locals' languages while preaching as missionary.
#charismatic #pentecostal

Our fellow Catholics, please stop the self-deception. There's no Christian who truly loves Jesus that does not love Our Lady, and there's no Saint in Heaven that doesn't venerate her.

#veneration #ourlady #mariology #saint #christian #Mary

The Blessed Virgin said,
"Truly I tell you, daughter, that if for the love of God you are willing to be stripped of all worldly things and of the cravings of your own will, so much so that you wished neither to possess nor to crave anything in this world, I shall obtain for you from my son the merit which St. Bartholomew has for his flaying.
And if you patiently tolerate injuries and insults, and whatever inconveniences are inflicted on you, you will have the same merit which St Laurence has for the grilling of his body.
And when you gladly and humbly tolerate #criticisms, mockery and abuse from others, you will have the same merit that John the Evangelist had for the drinking of poison.
And if you are willing to trust me and obey me with respect to the carrying out of all that has just been said, I shall be at your side and I shall be with you, always helping you when it is appropriate."

The Revelations of St. Elizabeth of Toss

#saint #quote #virtues

"Audis," says St. Bernard, "recidere quam incidere, esse deterius." If a man recover from a mortal disease, and afterwards fall back into it, he shall have lost so much of his natural strength, that his recovery from the relapse will be impossible. This is precisely what will happen to relaxing sinners; returning to the vomit that is, taking back into the soul the sins vomited forth in confession they shall be so weak, that they will become objects of amusement to the devil. St. Anselm says that the devil acquires a certain dominion over them, so that he makes them fall, and fall again as he wishes... the divine aid is absolutely necessary : without it, we shall be always defeated; but, with the assistance of God's grace, we shall, according to the same apostle, be able to do all things and shall conquer all enemies.
"I can do all things in him who strengthens me." (Phil. 4.13) But this assistance God gives only to those who pray for it. "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find." (Matt. 7.7) They who neglect to ask, do not receive. Let us, then, be careful not to trust in our resolutions : if we place our confidence in them, we shall be lost. When we are tempted to relapse into sin, we must put our whole trust in the assistance of God, who infallibly hears all who invoke his aid.

<HELL'S WIDEST GATE : IMPURITY>
By ST. ALPHONSUS LIGUORI
with Three Related #Sermons and an Appendix

#book #sin #purity #chastity #impurity #virtue #vice

“It is by sanctifying myself that I will obtain the graces to sanctify my children.”

- Gabrielle Lefebvre

They who are in the state of grace should, according to St. Paul, be careful not to fall into sin, particularly if they have been ever guilty of mortal sins; for a relapse into sin brings greater evil on the soul. "And the last state of that man becomes worse than the first." (Luke 11.26)

<HELL'S WIDEST GATE : IMPURITY>
By ST. ALPHONSUS LIGUORI
with Three Related #Sermons and an Appendix

#book #sin #purity #chastity #impurity #virtue #vice

On the afternoon of Pentecost Sunday, May 29, 1887, Thérèse asked her father’s permission to enter Carmel.
”I chose the feast of Pentecost as the day to break the news, all day long begging the apostles to pray for me, to inspire me with the right words. I found the opportunity to speak to my dear Father only in the afternoon after Vespers. He was seated by the well, contemplating the marvels of nature with his hands joined. Papa’s handsome face had a heavenly expression about it, giving me the feeling that peace flooded his heart. Without saying a word, I sat down by his side, my eyes already wet with tears. He gazed at me tenderly, and taking my head he placed it on his heart, saying: “What’s the matter, my little Queen? Tell me.” Then rising as though to hide his own emotion, he walked while still holding my head on his heart.Through my tears, I confided my desire to enter Carmel and soon his tears mingled with mine. He didn’t say one word to turn me from my vocation, simply contenting himself with the statement that I was still very young to make such a serious decision. I defended myself so well that, with Papa’s simple and direct character, he was soon convinced my desire was God’s will, and in his deep faith he cried out that God was giving him a great honor in asking his children from him.
Papa seemed to be rejoicing with that joy that comes from a sacrifice already made. Going up to a low wall, he pointed to some little white flowers, and plucking one of them, he gave it to me, explaining the care with which God brought it into being and preserved it to that very day. While I listened I believed I was hearing my own story, so great was the resemblance between what Jesus had done for the little flower and little Thérèse. I accepted it as a relic and noticed that, in gathering it, Papa had pulled all its roots out without breaking them.
I placed the little white flower in my copy of the Imitation at the chapter entitled: “One must love Jesus above all things,” and there it is still, only its stem has broken close to the roots, and God seems to be saying that He’ll soon break the bonds of His little flower, not allowing her to fade away on this earth!

#saint #therese #vocation

http://saintsworks.net/Modesty%20and%20Purity.htm

#purity #modesty #readings

#Prayer to #Discern One's #Vocation:

Lord Jesus, You call each of us to serve You in love and humility. Every vocation in the Church is holy and is given for the building up of Your body, the Church, into a living temple. Please reveal to me the vocation You are calling me to follow, the road that will lead me to deepest intimacy with You and to the fullness of life, love, and joy that are Yours alone to give. Give me courage, Lord, to say yes to my vocation as Mary, Your Mother, said yes to hers. Amen.

One vocation at a time

Do not discern between the religious life and marriage simultaneously. Both ways of life are attractive, and may cause endless confusion and doubts for you. Instead, if you think Our Lord might be calling you to religious life, devote time for serious discernment in which you will neither date nor consider marriage as a possibility, but focus your attention only on exploring the different types of religious life. On the other hand, while discerning #marriage, avoid looking at monastery literature!

We would also recommend that you not prolong your studies if you think Our Lord may be calling you to Religious life. A degree isn't necessary for entering Carmel (ps. or most religious orders), and debt can often be a serious obstacle to pursuing a Religious vocation.

https://www.buffalocarmel.org/discerning-carmel

Six Steps for Discerning Your Vocation
#reading #discern #vocation

Pope Pius XI in Mortalium Animos from 1928: “Venerable Brethren, it is clear why this Apostolic See has never allowed its subjects to take part in the assemblies of non-Catholics: for the union of Christians can only be promoted by promoting the return to the one true Church of Christ of those who are separated from it, for in the past they have unhappily left it.”
The Church’s position condemning such gatherings is manifestly clear. The Council of Laodicea in 365 AD stated, “No one shall pray in common with heretics and schismatics.” St. Cyril of Alexandria echoed these same sentiments when he said, “It is therefore unlawful, and a profanation, and an act the punishment of which is death, to love to associate with unholy heretics, and to unite yourself to their communion.” Likewise, the Council of Carthage in the fifth century decreed, “One must neither pray nor sing psalms with heretics, and whoever shall communicate with those who are cut off from the communion of the Church, whether clergy or layman: let him be excommunicated.”

https://fatima.org/news-views/catholics-apologetics-11/

How many Catholics today don't even know this?

#heresy #heretics #sin #ecumenism #catechism

The Church’s position condemning such gatherings is manifestly clear. The Council of Laodicea in 365 AD stated, “No one shall pray in common with heretics and schismatics.” St. Cyril of Alexandria echoed these same sentiments when he said, “It is therefore unlawful, and a profanation, and an act the punishment of which is death, to love to associate with unholy heretics, and to unite yourself to their communion.” Likewise, the Council of Carthage in the fifth century decreed, “One must neither pray nor sing psalms with heretics, and whoever shall communicate with those who are cut off from the communion of the Church, whether clergy or layman: let him be excommunicated.”

#Fatima 's message on #impurity

#vice #virtue #chastity #purity #saint