My Mass intention today is for my benefactors, those of you who donate regularly, ad hoc, or send things.
Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff.
Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Mass of obligation for this 16th Sunday after Pentecost in the Vetus Ordo (24th Ordinary Sunday in the Novus Ordo)?
Tell us about attendance especially for the Traditional Latin Mass.
Any local changes or (hopefully good) news?
A taste of what I offered at 1 Peter 5 this week.
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Garrigou-Lagrange gives the proud soul strong medicine:
“The remedy for pride is to tell ourselves that of ourselves we are not, that we have been created out of nothing by the gratuitous love of God. The remedy for pride is also to tell ourselves that there is in us something inferior to nothingness itself: the disorder of sin and its effects” (The Three Ages of the Interior Life).
To examine our consciences is to shine light into the corners where pride hides like vermin behind garage clutter or rotting food at the back of the refrigerator. Pride reeks, but the devil sprays the air-fresheners of distraction, comparison, indignation, and self-justification. Confession brings the cleansing that pride fiercely resists.
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jhogan on They are moving fast.: “There is no need for all this gobbledygook and their conferences. There are already the ministries of Courage and Encourage…”
