“Men are often called intelligent wrongly. Intelligent men are not those who are erudite in the sayings and books of the wise men of old, but those who have an intelligent soul and can discriminate between good and evil. They avoid what is sinful and harms the soul; and with deep gratitude to God they resolutely adhere by dint of practice to what is good and benefits the soul. These men alone should truly be cailed intelligent.”

+St. Anthony The Great

#saint #quote

“Oh, if only you could know how harsh the pains of Purgatory are, you would much sooner choose to have all the wars, famines, and plagues of this life come down on you than to remain in those torments of Purgatory.”

- Girolamo Savonarola

The Apocalypse of Saint John │ Chapter 1 │ Letters to the 7 Churches │ #Documentary Miniseries [there is english subtitles] #movie #film #video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vew4ZBlNKq0

In each case, my hopes were crushed; and in each case, I was furious with God. While I did not put all of my hope in those things, I did put some hope in them. However, that is not what the Bible tell us to do. It does not say, “set your hope on the grace,” nor even, “set most of your hope on the grace,” but “set your hopes completely on the grace.” We find ourselves dejected precisely because we have put stakes in things other than God’s grace.

#spiritual #hope #crisis #today

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Some #prayers approved and recommended saying throughout the month of poor souls in #purgatory (#November).
i. Seven Years and Seven Quarantines, each day. ii. Plenary, once during- the month. Leo XIII, January 17, 1888.
Any daily devotions for the Holy Souls, public or private, will suffice.

Litaniae Pretiosissimi Sanguinis Domini Nostri Iesu Christi

Kyrie, eleison. Christe, eleison.
Kyrie, eleison. Christe, audi nos. Christe, exaudi nos.
Pater de caelis, Deus, Miserere nobis.
Fili, Redemptor mundi, Deus, Miserere nobis.
Spiritus Sancte, Deus, Miserere nobis.
Sancta Trinitas, unus Deus, Miserere nobis.

Sanguis Christi, Unigeniti Patris aeterni, Salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, Verbi Dei incarnati, Salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, Novi et Aeterni Testamenti, Salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, in agonia decurrens in terram, Salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, in flagellatione profluens, Salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, in coronatione spinarum emanans, Salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, in Cruce effusus, Salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, pretium nostrae salutis, Salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, sine quo non fit remissio, Salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, in Eucharistia potus et lavacrum animarum, Salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, flumen misericordiae, Salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, victor daemonum, Salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, fortitudo martyrum, Salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, virtus confessorum, Salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, germinans virgines, Salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, robur periclitantium, Salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, levamen laborantium, Salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, in fletu solatium, Salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, spes paenitentium, Salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, solamen morientium, Salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, pax et dulcedo cordium, Salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, pignus vitae aeternae, Salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, animas liberans de lacu Purgatorii, Salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, omni gloria et honore dignissimus, Salva nos.

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, Parce nobis, Domine.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, Exaudi nos, Domine.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, Miserere nobis, Domine.

Redemisti nos, Domine, in sanguine tuo. Et fecisti nos Deo nostro regnum.

Oremus:
Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui unigenitum Filium tuum mundi Redemptorem constituisti, ac eius sanguine placari voluisti: concede, quaesumus, salutis nostrae pretium ita venerari, atque a praesentis vitae malis eius virtute defendi in terris, ut fructu perpetuo laetemur in caelis. Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.

Palestrina: Ad te levavi animam meam

"Palestrina is not a great composer who writes sacred works; he is a liturgist who knows how to make great music."

Via Classical Sound

Should the thought of having offended God at some time of our life molest us at death, let us remember that he has protested that he forgets the iniquities of all penitent sinners. If the wicked do penance, — I will not remember all his iniquities (Ezek. xviii, 21).

But you may ask: How can I be secure of having received pardon from God? St. Basil asks the same question: “How can any one be certain that God has forgiven his sins?” “He can be certain of pardon,” answers the Saint, “if he say: I have hated and abhorred iniquity.” (Reg. brev. interr. 12). He who detests sin, can rest secure of having obtained pardon from God The heart of man cannot exist without loving some object; it must love creatures or God. If it loves not creatures, it loves God. And who are they that love God? All who observe his commands. He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me (John, xiv, 21).

He then who dies in the observance of the commandments, dies in the love of God; and he that loves fears not. Charity casteth out fear (1 John, iv, 18).

BY ST. ALPHONSUS MARIA DE LIGUORI

#saint #quote #spiritual #meditation

FIRST #FRIDAY #Devotion and #Prayers (#sacredheart)

A man wanted to do evil, but first prayed as usual; and finding himself prevented by God, he was then extremely thankful.

St. Mark the Ascetic

"If Peter had not failed to catch anything during the night's fishing (cf. Luke 5:5), he would not have caught anything during the day. And if Paul had not suffered physical blindness (cf. Acts 9:8), he would not have been given spiritual sight. And if Stephen had not been slandered as a blasphemer, he would not have seen the heavens opened and have looked on God (cf. Acts 6:15; 7:56)."

St. Mark the Ascetic

Vatican II vs Church #Dogma I
Transcription of a talk by Fr Gregorius #Hesse #V2 #heresy #doctrine