striving to radiate Him always
What traditional Catholics will do.
What every person in authority should remember.
What good fathers must do.
What we fight for….
It is more than “just” the Mass of the ages — it is for our traditions, the Faith of our fathers. 🙏🏼
Our little ones finally got their first trip to a pumpkin patch!
1.5 hours on the Pumpkin Maze
Corn Pit
Super Slide
Trike derby
Air Trampoline
Hay bale tag
Paintball range
Hayride
Friends
Family
Sisters
Deo gratias!
Happy feast of THE MOST HOLY ROSARY!
May we pray the daily rosary and may Our Lady of the Rosary give us the grace to persevere.
Holy Mother Church has also granted many indulgences for praying the Holy Rosary — may we not squander the opportunity of gaining any one of these indulgences.
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St. Dominic, the founder of the order of Friar Preachers, having recourse to the Blessed Virgin in order to stem the flood of the Albigensian heresy, which was spreading itself like a plague over many countries, but especially over France, instituted, by special revelation from her, in the year 1206, and afterwards very effectually promulgated, the devotion of the holy Rosary, which ever since has produced now for many ages the most marvellous results in the Christian world.
In order to animate all the faithful often to have recourse to the Blessed Virgin by using this devotion, Pope Benedict XIII. granted, by his Brief, Sanctissimus, of April 13, 1726, to all who say with contrition the whole Rosary of fifteen decades, or the third part of it of five decades –
i. An indulgence of 100 days for every Pater noster and every Ave Maria.
ii. A plenary indulgence to all who shall say the third part of it once every day for a year; on any one day in the year, after Confession and Communion.
The present Sovereign Pontiff Pius IX., by a decree of the S. Congr. of Indulgences of May 12, 1851, confirmed these Indulgences, and granted besides –
iii. An indulgence of seven years and seven quarantines to every one who with contrition shall say a third part of the Rosary in company with others, either in public or private.
iv. A plenary Indulgence, on the last Sunday in every month, to all who are in the habit of saying with others, at least three times a week, the said third part of the Rosary; provided that on that Sunday they shall, after Confession and Communion, visit a church or public oratory, and pray there for a time according to the mind of his Holiness.
To gain these Indulgences it is requisite that the Rosaries should be blessed by religious of the order of Friar-Preachers, and that, during the recital of the Rosary, meditation be made on the mysteries of the Birth, Passion, Death, Resurrection, and of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to the decree of the S. Congr. of Indulgences of August 12, 1726, approved by the above-named Pope Benedict XIII.
Note, moreover, that our holy Father declared, in his Constitution Pretiosus, of May 16, 1727, § 4, that simple people who could not meditate might obtain the Indulgence by merely saying the Rosary devoutly.
Observe also that all persons enrolled in the Confraternity of the Rosary, wherever It has been canonically erected, gain many other Indulgences when they say the Rosary, or do any other pious work.
See the Brief of the venerable Pontiff Innocent XI., Nuper pro parte, of July 31, 1679; also another Brief of Pius VII., Ad augendam, of February 16, 1808, and the above-named decree of Pope Pius IX., of May 12, 1851.
#raccolta
Yes, we have a skull on display in our home all year round. No, it’s not a Halloween decoration.
It is to remind us of the reality of our death and to prompt us to meditate on the Four Last Things, often.
It is our desire to prepare well for our true home. This requires that we keep it ever before our eyes!
“Remember thy last end, and thou shalt never sin.”
Many saints such as Mary Magdalene, Jerome, Francis of Assisi, and Ignatius of Loyola are pictured with a skull.
Todays saint (10.6) is also one pictured with the skull. Below is practical consideration given by #frweninger
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Practical Considerations
A great and celebrated Doctor, who, to all appearance, had lived piously, died after receiving the holy Sacraments; but was condemned. Truly a terrible event! He had either received the holy Sacraments unworthily, or had afterwards committed a mortal sin and died in it.
Those who have received the sacraments do not always die happy. Not all who confess and partake of the blessed Eucharist before their end, save their souls. Many confess and receive holy Communion on their death-bed and yet are condemned. Among them are, first, those who, when in health have often received the holy Sacraments unworthily, either by willfully concealing a mortal sin in confession, or by not repenting of their misdeeds, or by not having the firm purpose, not only of avoiding all sin but also all occasion of sin; and who, in this state, dare to partake of holy Communion.
The shame which keeps them from rightly confessing their sins in health, is with many, much greater at the hour of death than it was before. The Evil One makes them believe that their sickness is not dangerous, and that they will be better able to confess this sin when they are well again; or that it is impossible to repeat all their former unworthy confessions. Hence it happens, that as, in health, they made bad confessions and unworthy communions, so in sickness, they do the same.
Secondly, those who have lived a long time in great hatred, not forgiving their enemies. Thirdly, those who were addicted to the vice of unchastity, and did not endeavor to reform while they had health.
These have every reason to fear that, although they receive the holy Sacraments worthily on their death-bed, they may afterwards fall again into the old sin, die in it, and thus go to eternal perdition; because the Evil One returns to the attack after they have received the Sacraments, and most vividly represents to them the wrong done them, and renews their hatred or the sensual delight in which they formerly indulged, and makes them sin by complacency and desire. As they have been accustomed to yield to the temptations of the devil, they will then very easily be again overcome; and should they die without another, confession, or if this is impossible, without perfect contrition, they will most surely be condemned.
Oh! that the three classes of men above mentioned would rightly consider the terrible danger of their situation. If you would avoid it, confess and receive holy Communion as you ought.
Do not harbor any hatred in your heart, and be not a slave to the sin of impurity, or, if unhappily it has taken hold of you, tear yourself away from it.
Accustom yourself always to fight bravely against the temptations of Satan.
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Saint Bruno was filled with a wholesome terror by the miserable end of the celebrated Doctor (who lived piously and went to hell despite receiving the Holy sacraments on his death bed), and resolved to live in great austerity, in order to be able to justify himself before the judgment-seat of the Almighty and to escape hell.
You hear and read so many awful examples of persons dying without time for repentance. Why then do you not determine to do penance and reform?
I fear you do not consider as earnestly as Saint Bruno did, what it is to appear before the judgment-seat of a just and omniscient Judge, or what it is to be eternally lost.
For your own salvation, I exhort and beseech you to think in future frequently on the judgment of God. Think often of hell.
“Think of the divine judgment,” says Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, “and neither impurity nor any other vice will gain power over you. As soon as you forget God and His judgment, you will think of sin and you will commit it.”
“I beseech you,” says Saint Chrysostom, “think of hell. The Evil One leaves nothing undone to make you forget hell. By thinking earnestly of hell, we prevent our falling into it.”
“For what should we ask St. Bruno on his feast day?
We also should ask St. Bruno to watch over the desolate situation of the Catholic Church, and help to restore her, and in her, the order that he founded, the Carthusians.”
#profpliniocorreadeoliveira
The original question is as follows,
How to suffer through unequally yoked spouse (different levels of Catholicism)?
I opted not to address the specifics of suffering because of its dependence on various variables. One must consider the state in life, duties, spirituality, means, and much more when discerning what is permissible to offer as reparation or to handle suffering. It is really a question for a spiritual director, solid priest of tradition. The grace & state of duty matter, do not let anyone convince you that a priest is not needed as a spiritual director.
We’ve even had a traditional priest instruct us that the the spiritual director should have been a priest for a minimum of 6 years prior to offering direction.
But there are a couple of necessities, no matter the specifics. I touched upon those in the video below. I also covered what is required of the mother whose husband is not fulfilling his duty of leading the family.
In Christo Rege,
Lena
Hi! I'm Lena, mama of JOYfilledfamily.
We are a traditional Catholic family striving to live for Jesus Christ in everything we do. We pray to completely surrender our will to His and to become His servants. Our mission of this blog is to share our JOY.
This blog serves as a journal of us making good memories, living the liturgical year, and our spiritual journey.