“Love will make me quicken my steps; fear will make me look where I set my feet so that I shall not fall. Give me both, O Lord, for love and fear are two strong castles from the height of which I shall be able to conquer every temptation.” - St Teresa of Avila, The Way

Somewhere far away and once upon a time
There lived a wise and experienced old man.
He said more than once, incessantly repeated:
Glory to God for sorrow and joy.

Thank God for everything, thank God for everything
Glory to God for sorrow and joy.

If someone told you something rude,
Or treated you badly
Know this, my friend: the will of God is here,
We must always put up with this.

Thank God for everything, thank God for everything
Glory to God for sorrow and joy.

If you get sick, get sick seriously,
And you can't get out of bed
So it is so destined, for our sins it was given to us,
And there is no need to grumble and be afraid.

Thank God for everything, thank God for everything
Glory to God for sorrow and joy.

If someone slandered and murmured you,
You don't need to be embarrassed in this either,
Know that the Lord gave this to save you,
We must love and humble everyone here.

Thank God for everything, thank God for everything
Glory to God for sorrow and joy.

If someone has offended you with something here,
Do not try to justify yourself before him,
And at the same time, with all this, you humble yourself and know
That the Lord helps to be saved.

Thank God for everything, thank God for everything
Glory to God for sorrow and joy.

If it seems, your cross is heavy,
He was not given to you here,
Know that the Lord would not have sent you beyond your strength.
Do not murmur, but love and humble yourself.

Thank God for everything, thank God for everything
Glory to God for sorrow and joy.

Learn to do the will of God always.
Maybe we will be persecuted,
And with a bag on his shoulders, with tears in his eyes,
And we will not be loved by our relatives.

Thank God for everything, thank God for everything
Glory to God for sorrow and joy.

If there is sorrow, and sickness, and sorrow,
If we have to suffer in something,
Don't blame anyone, but always say:
Everything from God is given to us sinners. "

Thank God for everything, thank God for everything
Glory to God for sorrow and joy.

Our years will pass, all friends will leave,
Old age will sneak up imperceptibly.
But you are always firm and always say:
Glory to God for sorrow and joy.

Thank God for everything, thank God for everything
Glory to God for sorrow and joy.

Today, I greet all of those workers who at this very hour who are being forced to choose between keeping their job and getting the Covid-19 #vaccine or being fired for not getting the vaccine.

Through this brief letter I extend some encouragement in your trials. The Confraternity of Our Lady of Fatima can also offer a religious exemption.

Some of you have already paid the price for the truth about the Covid-19 vaccine and its causal link to #abortion.

I am deeply touched by the witness of a lady in the U.S. who writes:

"Today was my last day of packing up the remainder of my stuff. As I would not take the vaccine, I was told to leave last Friday. They called over and asked me to tidy up my desk and said that today would be my last day. My boss is hoping that I will cave in, get vaccinated, and come back. I am extremely sad."

I am moved by the witness of this woman. I would say to her: "Today you pack your things from your place of work, and while you pack, your treasure is being transferred to the room that Jesus has already prepared for you in the Kingdom of Heaven."

There are thousands and thousands of Catholics like her who have the courage to choose Christ and who will not throw a pinch of incense to Caesar, just like the very first Catholics of old.

I encourage all of you to hold fast to your conviction and to your faithfulness to Christ.

The sufferings and the losses that you will have to endure are tiny when compared to the
reward that God prepared for you in heaven.

"For I reckon that the sufferings of this time are not worthy to be compared with the glory to come, that shall be revealed in us." Romans 8:18

I urge you to continue on this path that you have chosen of witnessing to the truth that unborn life is sacred and that the trafficking of fetal body parts is an evil industry that cries out to Almighty God for His justice!

As you seek His Kingdom, first and above all, believe that you will be provided for.

Jesus and Mary will open up new ways to provide for your families. I also exhort and encourage the lay faithful of means to step in and help your fellow Catholics to find new meaningful work.

My dear brothers and sisters, these are the prices that we knew we always had to pay to be faithful to Jesus Christ.

And now at this very hour the payment is being required and so we must pray that we will pass the test and be faithful to the Lord Jesus. I give all of you God’s abundant blessing!

+Athanasius Schneider
Auxiliary bishop of Astana, Kazakhstan

AVE MARIA doloribus plena,
Crucifixus tecum:
lacrymabilis te in mulieribus,
et lacrymabilis fructus ventris tui, Jesus.

Sancta Maria, Mater Crucifixi:
lacrymas impertire nobis crucifixoribus Filii tui,
nunc et in hora mortis nostrae.
Amen.

https://traditionalcatholicprayers.com/2020/02/09/the-seven-sorrows-of-mary/

“The two disciples, going to Emmaus, (Lk. 24:13-31) were inflamed with divine love by the few moments which they spent in company with our Saviour, and by His words. What flames of holy love must not, then, have been enkindled in the heart of St. Joseph, who for thirty years conversed with Jesus Christ, and listened to His words of eternal life; who observed the perfect example which Jesus gave of humility and patience, and saw the promptness with which He obeyed and helped him in his labours, and all that was needed for the household!”

- St. Alphonsus Liguori 

Hello everyone, this is a guide I've made to praying the Rosary in Latin according to the First Method by St. Louis de Montfort, as well as an explanation of why it's important to pray as a group (taken from Secrets of the Rosary by St. Louis). Hope it's helpful!

''The Lord created all mortals in the light, offering the supreme joys of heaven according to their merits.

Blessed is the one who without straying directs his soul toward those heights and is vigilant to preserve himself from all evil.

Blessed again is the one who repents after sinning and often weeps because of his fault.

Alas! People live as though death did not follow life, as if hell were only an unfounded fable, though burning embrace.

Mortals, have a care that you live, all of you, in such a way that you do not have to fear the lake of hell.''

St. Bruno #saint #quote

The Saints on Spiritual Warfare:

...do you want to outwit the devil? Never let him catch you idle. Work, study, pray, and you will be surely overcome your spiritual enemy. - St. John Bosco 

Those engaged in spiritual warfare practice self-control in everything, and do not desist until the Lord destroys all seed from Babylon (Jer. 27:16. LXX).  - St. Mark the Ascetic

The vigour with which you resist the enemy will be the measure of the reward which will follow the combat. - St. Ignatius of Loyola

Shun evil and do good (Ps. 34:14), that is to say, fight the enemy in order to diminish the passions, and then be vigilant lest they increase once more. Again, fight to acquire the virtues and then be vigilant in order to keep them. This is the meaning of "cultivating" and 'keeping" (cf. Gen. 2:15). - St. Maximos the Confessor