“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
Therefore, ACTIVATE YOUR CONFIRMATION and get to work!
The first four pieces of advice ought not always to be followed, surely? If everybody, including parents and people in business, took them literally then spiritual harm would result.
[Orrrr…. you could apply common sense to the list. Just an idea.]
This is a really fine list — one I very much appreciate. Not sure why this line from Isiah 7:13 came to mind after reading it:
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Maybe it’s realizing just how tiresome one’s own whiny, petty little habits of mind, tongue, and living have become — even to oneself — but are still on wretched display not only here but for the entire Court of Heaven . . .