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

https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/fetzen-fliegen/item/590-holy-father-it-would-be-better-for-you-to-resign
#saint #quote #pope #obedience #virtue

"Finally, what the history of this period proves is that, during a time of general apostasy, Christians who remain faithful to their traditional faith may have to worship outside the official churches, the churches of priests in communion with their lawfully appointed diocesan bishop, in order not to compromise that traditional faith; and that such Christians may have to look for truly Catholic teaching, leadership, and inspiration not to the bishops of their country as a body, not to the bishops of the world, not even to the Roman Pontiff, but to one heroic confessor whom the other bishops and the Roman Pontiff might have repudiated or even excommunicated."

#saint #truth #Pope #history #vatican #tradition

http://catholicapologetics.info/modernproblems/vatican2/athanc.htm