#prayers combo for #July

CCT 745 Avoidance Of Immodest Dress
Too much display in dress, which especially attracts the eye, is but too frequently an occasion of sin. Hence the admonition of Ecclesiasticus: Turn away thy face from a woman dressed up. As women are given to excessive fondness for dress, it will not be unseasonable in the pastor to give some attention to the subject, and sometimes to admonish and reprove them in the impressive words of the Apostle Peter: Whose adorning let it not be the outward plaiting of the hair, or the wearing of gold, or the putting on of apparel. St. Paul likewise says: Not with plaited hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly attire. Many women adorned with gold and precious stones, have lost the only true ornament of their soul and body.

From the first moment of the Incarnation, the Heart of Jesus offered for sinners the drops of Precious Blood that He had just received from the Immaculate Heart of His Mother. An ardent desire to shed this blood then took possession of His Sacred Heart and became a real agony (coarctor). This abiding desire explains why forgiveness, with so much delicacy, was so easily granted to Magdalen, to the woman taken in adultery, to the Samaritan, to Zacheus and to the paralytic. But if love, according as it is bestowed, makes of us either Saints or sinners, what shall the immense love which Jesus bears to sinners make of Him? This love makes Jesus the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world, the Good Shepherd who follows the strayed sheep, the Father who receives the prodigal with joy.
The work of this love is eternal; it confirms the Heart of Jesus in the three dispositions of which we have already spoken. He is always the Victim slain for us. He is always the Good Shepherd seeking His lost sheep. He always rejoices, like the Father in the Gospel, at the return of a repentant sinner.

#women #feminine #virtue #dress #modesty

CPX 27 God can neither sin nor die, how then do we say He can do all things?
Though He can neither sin nor die, we say God can do all things, because to be able to sin or die is not an effect of power, but of weakness which cannot exist in God who is most perfect.

3 #Catechism #videos for: Does God exist?
https://youtu.be/H49m5Sn07B0
and Aquinas 101: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42Eg6UUBqqo
and Pints with Aquinas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N9IPxWb_gA

This #letter recounts the tragic story of the eternal damnation of a young woman named Ani. Both the narrative and the letter transcribed below were found among the papers of a deceased nun, who in the world was known as Claire and worked with the condemned woman. This letter was revealed to Claire in a dream shortly after Ani was killed in a car accident.

The narrative received an Imprimatur from the diocese of Treves, Germany in 1953, authorizing its publication as highly instructive. While an Imprimatur is not an affirmation of authenticity, it guarantees that the text is free from doctrinal error. The letter first appeared in a book of revelations and prophecies. Fr. Bernhardin Krempel, Doctor of Theology, published it separately and lent it more authority with his footnotes showing the letter’s absolute concordance with Catholic Doctrine. #pdf #book #hell #revealation

"Not to oppose #error is to approve it, and not to defend truth is to suppress it, and indeed to neglect to confound evil men, when we can do it, is no less a sin than to encourage them. "
— #Pope St. Felix III

Be not deceived: bad company corrupts good #morals. (1 Cor 15:33)

#quote #saint

CPX 112 If Jesus Christ died for the salvation of all men, why are not all men saved?
Jesus Christ died for all, but not all are saved, because not all will acknowledge Him; all do not observe His Law; all do not avail themselves of the means of salvation He has left us.

#FEAR

The biggest problem with fear is, it tends to have a paralyzing effect on the person it takes over. It can make one doubt himself and cause him to conjure up all sorts of horrible and repulsive possibilities. One may even convince himself that it will not do any good to speak up, or take action; in fact, to do anything could actually create more problems with extensive negative consequences. So we end up with silence, and because of this silence nothing positive gets done. The fear of being looked upon as weird or, even worse, being looked upon as cruel or rigid often causes us to forget these awesome warnings from Scripture that goes basically like this: If your brother sins and you do not tell him, the sin is yours.
Fearful people are also extremely sensitive to being looked upon as being radical or extreme. They are so obsessed with the fear of such criticism that they will actually reproach associates with whom they basically agree when the worldly label them as radicals. This insecurity and weakness of character which exists in most good men will cause them to go against their own conscience. Heartache, remorse, and a disgust with self will soon follow. The result of all of this is: They must lie to themselves to justify their weakness.

#virtue #vice #truth #action #reading
http://www.christianfamilyoutreach.com/free-pamphlets.php

#Dating is No Monkey Business
By Father Robert J. Fox
#life #reading #youth #virtue #chastity #marriage #courtship
http://www.christianfamilyoutreach.com/free-pamphlets.php

“The Apostle commands us to rejoice, but in the Lord, not in the world. For, you see, as Scripture says, whoever wishes to be a #friend of this world will be counted as God's enemy. Just as a man cannot serve two masters, so too no-one can rejoice both in the world and in the Lord.”

St. Augustine
#saint #quote

https://lozierinstitute.org/update-covid-19-vaccine-candidates-and-abortion-derived-cell-lines/ #covid #vaccine #prolife #ethics