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St. John Eudes
- Prosper of Aquitaine (+c.455), De gratia Dei et libero arbitrio contra Collatorem 22.61
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“He [Satan] will set up a counter-Church which will be the ape of the Church because, he the devil, is the ape of God. It will have all the notes and characteristics of the Church, but in reverse and emptied of its divine content. It will be a mystical body of the anti-Christ that will in all externals resemble the mystical body of Christ. In desperate need for God, whom he nevertheless refuses to adore, modern man in his loneliness and frustration will hunger more and more for membership in a community that will give him enlargement of purpose, but at the cost of losing himself in some vague collectivity.”
“Who is going to save our Church? Not our bishops, not our priests and religious. It is up to you, the people. You have the minds, the eyes, and the ears to save the Church. Your mission is to see that your priests act like priests, your bishops act like bishops.”
- Fulton Sheen
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- C.S. Lewis
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"But if, in any layman who is indeed imbued with literature, ignorance of the Latin language, which we can truly call the 'catholic' language, indicates a certain sluggishness in his love toward the Church, how much more fitting it is that each and every cleric should be adequately practiced and skilled in that language!" - Pius XI
"Let us realize that this remark of Cicero (Brutus 37, 140) can be in a certain way referred to [young lay people]: 'It is not so much a matter of distinction to know Latin as it is disgraceful not to know it.'" - St. John Paul II
Grant unto thy Church, we beseech Thee, O merciful God, that She, being gathered together by the Holy Ghost, may be in no wise troubled by attack from her foes. O God, who by sin art offended and by penance pacified, mercifully regard the prayers of Thy people making supplication unto Thee,and turn away the scourges of Thine anger which we deserve for our sins. Almighty and Everlasting God, in whose Hand are the power and the government of every realm: look down upon and help the Christian people that the heathen nations who trust in the fierceness of their own might may be crushed by the power of thine Arm. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.
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Now here is a spiritual earthquake.
For the record: Pope Francis confirms Amoris Laetitia allows communion for adulterers
The damaged monastery at Norcia brings to mind a story by Martin Mosebach. The journalist Peter Seewald told this story to Cardinal Ratzinger during their book-length interview “God and the World.”
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A few years ago an English priest travelled to the Italian isle of Capri. He wore his cassock, and asked the villagers where he could celebrate Holy Mass every day during his stay on the island. The villagers hesitated, not being sure if he was serious, then replied that there was a chapel on the cliff overlooking the sea. The priest set out, climbed the trail, and discovered the chapel was near the ruins of a large villa once owned by the Emperor Tiberius.
The priest, after some effort, opened the door to the chapel and looked around. A beam of sunlight caught specks of dust floating in the musty air. The door of the tabernacle was open, the altar cloth was soiled, the candles mere stumps, a missal tattered.
The priest paused, then opened the window. Finding a broom he swept the floor. He cleaned the crucifix, chalice, and candlesticks. Then he put on his stole, blessed the water and salt he brought with him and set it near the door. He found a rope, fastened it to the bell, and began to pull. Soon, small groups of villagers began walking along the path towards the chapel. A few minutes later, the priest bowed before the altar and began: In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen. Introibo ad altare Dei.
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When Seewald finished the story Cdl. Ratzinger remarked (I’m paraphrasing): Outward and inward things belong together. There needs to be inward room for God to enter, and sometimes it requires physical labor to rebuild a church and the living Church.
Deo volente, the monks and townspeople of Norcia will rebuild and flourish anew. Along with, of course, Birra Nursia.