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Nameday – St. Luke

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Another nameday celebration for us!

St. Luke, ora pro nobis.

The following is practical consideration from #frweninger

“Saint Luke bore always the mortification of the Cross in his body. He was always cheerful in his work and in his sufferings; never weary or desponding.

The love of Christ, and the hope of an eternal reward made everything light and easy to him.

If you love Christ with your whole heart, and think frequently on the future recompense, I am confident that you will not become weary at your work, that you will not despond while suffering.

Therefore, in future, think often how your Lord suffered for you, and how great a reward He has promised you for your labors and sufferings.”

St. Bruno

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“For what should we ask St. Bruno on his feast day?

* The love of recollection and humility, to be without pretensions, to love to live unknown and ignored by others.

* Even if we are obliged to live among others, to not be concerned about what they are thinking about us.

* To love spiritual solitude, turned exclusively to Our Lord Jesus Christ, Our Lady, and the Holy Catholic Church.

* To be faithful to grace and the orthodoxy of true Catholic doctrine, and to strive for the salvation of our souls so that we might go to Heaven and see God face to face.

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

Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost

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“In the Apostles’ Creed we acknowledge our belief in the forgiveness of sins. Today’s Gospel gives us an example of the forgiveness of sins by the direct power of Christ Himself.

The poor man afflicted with paralysis was chiefly concerned with the cure of his bodily ailment. But Our Lord realized that what he needed chiefly was the cure of the ailments of his soul. Consequently the first blessing which Christ conferred on the invalid was the forgiveness of his sins. Then, in order to prove that He did truly possess the divine power to work this deed of mercy, Our Lord cured the sick man of his paralysis and bade him rise and walk.

By granting the sick man health of soul–which he did not ask for–in the first place, Christ emphasised the important truth that spiritual favours are far more desirable than temporal benefits.

However extraordinary may be the blessings of the temporal order we receive from God, such as health and financial success, they must be regarded as far inferior in value to spiritual gifts which perfect our soul.

Many Catholics do not seem to realize this important truth. Frequently they pray for temporal favours.

If they are unwell they make novenas for the recovery of their health.

If they wish to obtain success in business or an increase of salary, they have fervent recourse to prayer.

Often however, such Catholics show little concern for the needs of their souls. Some of them may even be living in mortal sin and yet be very much unconcerned. But they ardently desire God’s help toward the attaining of the things of the present life.

True Christians are spiritually minded. In their prayers they seek in the first place God’s grace.

They pray that they will receive strength in temptation, that they will know clearly what is God’s will in their regard, that they may be inspired to a greater love of the Blessed Sacrament, that they may have the privilege of receiving the last sacraments when life is drawing to a close.

And, if they feel that they may be among those fortunate persons to whom God is offering a vocation to the priesthood or religious life they pray for light & guidance and the grace to fulfill the will of God.”

Dom Gaspar Lefebvre

The Dedication of St. Michael the Archangel

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We opted to decorate our school room for this glorious feast day, The Dedication of St. Michael the Archangel.

As I’ve shared before, most of our feastday celebrations no longer revolve around food/treats. Instead, my boys plan special outings fitting for the saint of the day.

Today, we’re off to the lake for physical activity — to prepare to be warriors just as St. Michael.

How are you celebrating today?

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Here is practical consideration from Fr. Francis Xavier Weninger, 1876.

Saint Michael remained true to God when thousands of other angels became faithless to Him. He followed not their example.

You also should not follow the bad example of others, but fulfill God’s commandments.

Remain faithful to the Lord though thousands of others leave Him.

Saint Michael was zealous in honoring God and opposed those who would not be obedient to the Creator. You can also do this.

When others speak against the true faith in your presence, against the ceremonies and commandments of the true Church, against purity, against the honor of your neighbor; when you see that they transgress the laws of God and of the Church, you should defend the honor of the Almighty and prevent all the evil you can. If you are so situated that you cannot say or do much, show, by your silence, by your seriousness, that you are displeased by such offences against the Majesty of the Most High.

Saint Michael fought valiantly against Lucifer and his adherents. Therefore God placed him above all the heavenly spirits.

Lucifer, with his adherents, endeavors to induce you to leave God, to become faithless to Him. Fight bravely against him and you, too, will be exalted.

Say to him: “Who is like God? Who is so kind, so mighty, so amiable as God?” And that you may fight vigorously, as well in life as in death, call often and fervently on Saint Michael: “Help us here to fight and to conquer the enemy, O Saint Michael!”

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Archbishop Viganò to Cancelled Priests

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“As Catholics, we know and believe that the Holy Church is indefectible; that is, that it cannot be overwhelmed by the gates of Hell, through the promise of Our Lord (Mt 16: 18).

But what we see happening shows us the reality of a terrible situation, in which a corrupt part of the Hierarchy – which I call the deep church for the sake of brevity – has totally surrendered itself to the deep state. It is a betrayal that places the Shepherds and the highest levels of the Church before a very grave moral responsibility and necessitates courageous choices by priests and laity that at other times would be difficult to adopt and justify.

We are faced with a war, an epochal clash, in which our generals not only are not leading the army to face the enemy but are actually ordering it to lay down its weapons and surrender unconditionally, driving away the most courageous soldiers and punishing the most loyal officials.

The entire general staff of the Catholic Church has revealed itself to be allied with the enemy and is itself an enemy of those it instead ought to be defending: enemy of Christ and of those who glory in serving under His banner…

Let us take note of it: Our Lord Jesus Christ not only is no longer recognized as Sovereign of nations. He is now no longer even recognized as Sovereign of His Church, in which the goal of the glory of God and the salvation of souls has been replaced by the glory of man and the consequent damnation of souls.

What was a vice yesterday is today a virtue; what was a virtue yesterday is today a vice: all the present action of the modernist sect that infests the Vatican, the Dioceses, and the Religious Orders is characterized by the overturning of what has been taught and handed down to us.

In this context of rebellion and infidelity, those who remain faithful and strive to continue doing what they have always done are made the object of a true and proper persecution. It began with the ridicule of the traditionalists, designating them as Lefebvrian or preconciliar…

Then, according to the practice that we have seen used in totalitarian regimes, good Catholics have been defined as mad or sick…”


#archbishopvigano 9.23.21 Full Transcript

https://player.vimeo.com/video/612962908?h=647cbe43fe
Video source: https://www.canceledpriests.org/archbishop-vigano-addresses-the-aquinas-communications-sept-22-2021-fundraiser

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