Saturday, March 26, 2011

A Funeral Mass is Primarily For Praying For The Deceased

"...a funeral Mass is primarily for praying for the deceased, asking God's mercy. It is not for telling off-color stories or tales of getting drunk together or watching some poor person burst into tears." - Father Z.

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Thursday, March 24, 2011

Lord Jesus, Have Mercy On Me

Lord, Jesus, Through Thine infant cries when Thou wast born for me in the manger, Through Thy tears when Thou didst die for me on the Cross, Through Thy love as Thou livest for me in the tabernacle, Have mercy on me and save me.

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Paths of Repentance

A third path of repentance consists of prayer that is fervent, careful and comes from the heart. A fourth path of repentance is almsgiving, whose power is great and far-reaching. A fifth way, moreover, if a man lives a modest humble life, takes away sin. - Saint John Chrysostom

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Be Thoughtful, But Not Complicated

Be united but not closed off. Be humble, but not fearful. Be simple, but not naive. Be thoughtful, but not complicated. Enter into dialog with everyone, but remain yourselves. - Pope Benedict XVI

The Floors of Hell Are Paved With The Bones of Errant Priests

The floors of hell are paved with the bones of errant priests and the skulls of their wayward Bishops serve as its ramparts. - Saint John Chrysostom

Monday, March 7, 2011

God Wills The Lofty Mountains of Our Lives be Made Low

God wills the lofty mountains of our lives be made low. These mountains take the forms of pride, fear, resentment, and anxiety. They prevent us from seeing the light of Christ inviting us to taste of His goodness. Christ wants to level our mountains, and fill our empty valleys with His river of Love. We should simply stop paying attention to our failings and problems and look at Christ as our solution - Brother Cassian Sama, O.P.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

We Should Seek Truth And Serve It When We Have Found It

No one in the world can change Truth. What we can do and should do is to seek truth and to serve it when we have found it. The real conflict is the inner conflict. Beyond armies of occupation and the hecatombs of extermination camps, there are two irreconcilable enemies in the depth of every soul: good and evil, sin and love. And what use are the victories on the battlefield if we ourselves are defeated in our innermost personal selves? - Saint Maximilian Kolbe

The Dignity of Man Rests Above All on The Fact That He is Called to Communion With God

The dignity of man rests above all on the fact that he is called to communion with God. This invitation to converse with God is addressed to man as soon as he comes into being. For if man exists it is because God has created him through love, and through love continues to hold him in existence. He cannot live fully according to truth unless he freely acknowledges that love and entrusts himself to his creator. - Catechism of the Catholic Church 27

The Ridiculous Attempt of Modern Feminism

I do not deny that women have been wronged and even tortured; but I doubt if they were ever tortured so much as they are tortured now by the absurd modern attempt to make them domestic empresses and competitive clerks at the same time. - G. K. Chesteron

The Desire for God is Written in The Human Heart

The desire for God is written in the human heart, because man is created by God and for God; and God never ceases to draw man to himself. Only in God will he find the truth and happiness he never stops searching for. - Catechism of the Catholic Church 27

Faith is Man's Response to God

Faith is man's response to God, who reveals himself and gives himself to man, at the same time bringing man a superabundant light as he searches for the ultimate meaning of his life. - Catechism of the Catholic Church 26

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Addiction is Slavery

‎Addiction is slavery, and the devil is a very cruel master. - Father John Corapi

Virtues Are Formed by Prayer

‎Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. Prayer draws into the soul the Holy Spirit, and raises man to Heaven. - Saint Ephraem of Syria

Sex And Technology Have Very Large Congregations

There are no real atheists in America – quite the opposite. We have a thriving free market of little gods to worship. Sex and technology have very large congregations. - Archbishop Chaput

Friday, March 4, 2011

They That Follow Their Sensuality Defile Their Conscience

Study, therefore, to withdraw thy heart from the love of visible things, and to turn thyself to things invisible. For they that follow their sensuality defile their conscience and lose the grace of God. - Thomas a Kempis

The Level of Any Civilization is The Level of its Womanhood

‎To a great extent the level of any civilization is the level of its womanhood. When a man loves a woman, he has to become worthy of her. The higher her virtue, the more her character, the more devoted she is to truth, justice, goodness, the more a man has to aspire to be worthy of her. The history of civilization could actually be written in terms of the level of its women. - Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

In Whatever State a Soul May be, it Ought to Pray

In whatever state a soul may be, it ought to pray. A soul which is pure and beautiful must pray, or else it will lose its beauty; a soul which is striving after this purity must pray, or else it will never attain it; a soul which is newly converted must pray, or else it will fall again; a sinful soul, plunged in sins, must pray so that it might rise again. There is no soul which is not bound to pray, for every single grace comes to the soul through prayer. - Saint Faustina

Our Lady's Love is Like a Stream That Has its Source in The Eternal Fountains

Our Lady's love is like a stream that has its source in the Eternal Fountains, quenches the thirst of all, can never be drained, and ever flows back to its Source. - Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys

The Mystery of The Most Holy Trinity is The Central Mystery of The Christian Faith And Life

The mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is the central mystery of Christian faith and life. It is the mystery of God in himself. It is therefore the source of all the other mysteries of faith, the light that enlightens them. It is the most fundamental and essential teaching in the “hierarchy of the truths of faith”. The whole history of salvation is identical with the history of the way and the means by which the one true God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, reveals himself to men “and reconciles and unites with himself those who turn away from sin”. - Catechism of the Catholic Church 234

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

How Come The Church Gets The Blame?

Would you know from the media coverage that there are more sex offenders among public school teachers then among Catholic priests? How come the church gets the blame and the Department of Education doesn't? - Father John Higgins

The Mass is The Passion of Christ

‎The Mass is the passion of Christ. - Saint Padre Pio

The Soul That is United With God is Feared by The Devil

‎The soul that is united with God is feared by the Devil as though it were God Himself. - Saint John of the Cross

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Lord, Take Everything That Diverts Me From You

‎O Lord, give me all that leads me to You. O Lord, take everything that diverts me from You. O Lord, wrest me from myself and give me wholly to You. - Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)