Rebel Against This Culture That Sees Everything As Temporary

Pope Francis said: “Today, there are those who say that marriage is out of fashion; in a culture of relativism and the ephemeral, many preach the importance of ‘enjoying’ the moment. They say that it is not worth making a life-long commitment, making a definitive decision, ‘forever,’ because we do not know what tomorrow will bring.”

“I ask you, instead, to be revolutionaries, to swim against the tide; yes, I am asking you to rebel against this culture that sees everything as temporary and that ultimately believe that you are incapable of responsibility, that you are incapable of true love. I have confidence in you and I pray for you. Have the courage ‘to swim against the tide.’ Have the courage to be happy,” the Pope added.

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There May Be Legitimate Diversity Of Opinion Among Catholics About Waging War And The Death Penalty, But Not With Regard To Abortion And Euthanasia

‘Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. For example, if a Catholic were to be at odds with the Holy Father on the application of capital punishment or on the decision to wage war, he would not for that reason be considered unworthy to present himself to receive Holy Communion. While the Church exhorts civil authorities to seek peace, not war, and to exercise discretion and mercy in imposing punishment on criminals, it may still be permissible to take up arms to repel an aggressor or to have recourse to capital punishment. There may be a legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging war and applying the death penalty, but not however with regard to abortion and euthanasia.’ - Pope Benedict XVI

Take Away The Supernatural And What Remains Is The Unnatural

Take away the supernatural, and what remains is the unnatural. – G. K. Chesterton

On Being 'Moderate'

“The only time being ‘moderate’ is a good thing is when one is exercising liberties to do the things some call ‘vices’ in moderation (drink, etc). We should never be moderate in guarding our Natural Rights and in doing what is good, just, and Godly.” – David Persyn

If We Wish To Keep Our Rights, Then We Must Keep Our God

If we wish to have the light, we must keep the sun; if we wish to keep our forests we must keep our trees; if we wish to keep our perfumes, we must keep our flowers – and if we wish to keep our rights, then we must keep our God. – Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, Servant of God

Tradition Refuses To Submit To The Arrogant Oligarchy

Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking about. ― G.K. Chesterton

God has assigned as a duty to every man the dignity of every woman. - Blessed Pope John Paul II

The Catholic School System Could Be A Source Of Spiritual Dynamite

The Catholic School System could be a source of Spiritual Dynamite and until it is, the Catholic Church in America and all over the world is going to limp into eternity. Souls will continue to be lost and lives will continue to be broken.

Throwing Away The Teaching Of The Gospel Cannot Make People Happy

Liberalism and throwing away the precepts of the Church and throwing away the teaching of the Gospel cannot make people happy. Only God can make people happy...the Fulfillment of all desire. - Gabrielle Catillo

Leave Those Worldly Things That Shackle The Heart And Come With Us In Search Of Love

Don't you long to shout to those... who are bustling around you.. 'Leave those worldly things that shackle the heart - and very often degrade it - leave all that, and come with us, in search of Love!' - Saint Josemaria Escriva

Jesus Christ Is The Only One Who Can Satisfy The Innermost Yearnings Of The Human Mind And Heart

Jesus Christ is the only one who can satisfy the innermost yearnings of the human mind and heart…it is Him that you seek when you dream of happiness. It is Him who stirs in you the desire to do something great with your life. - Blessed Pope John Paul II

Don't Let Yourselves Be Intimidated By An Environment That Pretends To Exclude God

‎Don't let yourselves be intimidated by an environment that pretends to exclude God, and in which power, possessions and pleasure are often the criteria by which people judge their lives. - Pope Benedict XVI

America Is Suffering From Indifference To Truth

America is suffering not so much from intolerance, which is bigotry, as it is from tolerance, which is indifference to truth and error, and a philosophical nonchalance that has been interpreted as broad-mindedness. - Archbishop Fulton Sheen

JPII On World Youth Day

When asked why he wanted to start a World Youth Day, John Paul II responded, "To greet the martyrs of the Third Millennium."

Truth Suffers, But Never Dies

Truth suffers, but never dies. - Saint Teresa of Avila

Once Thought A Safety Net, Welfare Has Become A Cage, Entrapping People In Poverty

Entitlement programs have taken the drive to thrive out of a whole segment of society. Just like caging a tiger, after a while they forget how to hunt. Once thought a safety net, welfare has become a cage, entrapping people in poverty. - Christina Molander Pasterz

Evil People In Power See The Normalizing Of Homosexuality, Contraceptives, Sterilization, Pornography, And Abortion As Useful Policies To Reduce World Population Growth

Because evil people in power see the normalizing of homosexuality, contraceptives, sterilization, pornography and abortion as useful policies to reduce world population growth. They don't believe people can control themselves sexually so they encourage sexual activity in forms that don't give birth to children. They believe that there's only so much wealth/resources to go around that only a few are entitled to, thus more people must die and the rest become controllable slaves. - K. Mitchell

The Supreme Court Cannot Give Us The Right To Do Wrong

There is no such thing as a right to take an innocent human life. The Supreme Court cannot give us the right to do wrong. There is no such thing as 'the right to abortion.' It is a legal fiction. To talk about same-sex marriage is to talk about dry water. Because same-sex contradicts the nature of marriage, just as dry contradicts the nature of water. Dry water is an oxy-moron. It is a non-existent thing. Same-sex marriage does not exist. The Church is not swayed by politics or by popular opinion. She sees reality. She sees the truth. The Church gives us a clear vision of the mind of Christ. And this is really what the Gospel speaks of, "the wisdom that God has hidden from the learned and the clever but revealed to his merest children." The learned and the clever were the people who went to school, the scribes, the pharisees. The virtue of wisdom allows a young adult to be wiser than the majority of justices on the Supreme Court. - Fr. Tito

Immodesty Contributes To A Large Extent The Present Destruction Of The Family

Garb that does not show a person’s self-respect as an intelligent and free being (and, through baptism, as a son or daughter of God and a temple of the Holy Ghost), contributes to a large extent to the present destruction of the family. It does this by favoring temptations against purity. It also does this by its vulgarity and childishness that corrodes the notion of the seriousness of life and the need for ascesis (self-discipline), all of which are fundamental elements that maintain family cohesion and stability.

The struggle for the restoration of the family by opposing abortion, contraception, and homosexuality will be much more effective if done together with efforts to restore sobriety, modesty and elegance in dress. - Luiz Sergio Solimeo, America Needs Fatima

What Is The Responsibility Of The Catholic Church As The Lights Go Out All Over Western Civilization?

What does the Church do? What is the responsibility of the Catholic Church as the lights go out all over Western Civilization? It is a question that we Catholics who see that reality need to start thinking about seriously. An empire that murders its own children, a population that is self-absorbed and lusts after little else other than being entertained...whose economy is rushing head long into unsustainable debt. This empire is on the short course to self-extinction. The faithful Catholics remaining, however few, need to be prepared to emerge from the rubble and once again rebuild. We did it after Rome, we will do it again. But as in the days of Rome, there will be martyrs. No empire goes quietly into the night. - Michael Voris