Forwarded from Sensible Catholicism
“The desired wife has developed her personality before marriage and continues that development during marriage. By personality here I mean beauty of soul and all those qualities and accomplishments which go to make a person interesting and sought after.
Personality will carry a girl a great deal further in life than physical beauty. In fact, without personality, beauty often tires one in married life. Some girls are born with physical beauty. None are born with personality. They must develop and cultivate it all the days of their lives.”
– Fr. Leo Kinsella, The Wife Desired, 1950’s
Personality will carry a girl a great deal further in life than physical beauty. In fact, without personality, beauty often tires one in married life. Some girls are born with physical beauty. None are born with personality. They must develop and cultivate it all the days of their lives.”
– Fr. Leo Kinsella, The Wife Desired, 1950’s
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Forwarded from Sensible Catholicism
"...and he who esteems himself the vilest of men and judges himself the most unworthy, is fittest to receive the greatest blessings.
But he that has received fewer must not be troubled, nor take it ill, nor envy him that is more enriched; but attend rather to Thee, and very much praise Thy goodness, that Thou bestowest Thy gifts so plentifully, so freely and willingly, without respect to persons.
All things are from Thee and therefore Thou art to be praised in all. Thou knowest what is fit to be given to everyone; and why this person hath less and the other more, is not our business to decide, but Thine, who keepest an exact account of the merits of each one.
Wherefore, O Lord God, I take it for a great benefit not to have much, which outwardly and according to men might appear praiseworthy and glorious, so that a person considering his own poverty and meanness, ought not, upon that account to be weighed down or to be grieved and dejected, but rather to receive comfort and great pleasure.
Because Thou, O God, hast chosen the poor and humble, and those that are despised by this world, for Thy familiar friends and domestics."
- Thomas à Kempis: My Imitation of Christ
But he that has received fewer must not be troubled, nor take it ill, nor envy him that is more enriched; but attend rather to Thee, and very much praise Thy goodness, that Thou bestowest Thy gifts so plentifully, so freely and willingly, without respect to persons.
All things are from Thee and therefore Thou art to be praised in all. Thou knowest what is fit to be given to everyone; and why this person hath less and the other more, is not our business to decide, but Thine, who keepest an exact account of the merits of each one.
Wherefore, O Lord God, I take it for a great benefit not to have much, which outwardly and according to men might appear praiseworthy and glorious, so that a person considering his own poverty and meanness, ought not, upon that account to be weighed down or to be grieved and dejected, but rather to receive comfort and great pleasure.
Because Thou, O God, hast chosen the poor and humble, and those that are despised by this world, for Thy familiar friends and domestics."
- Thomas à Kempis: My Imitation of Christ
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Forwarded from Fascinating Womanhood
Love between a man and a woman pushes each to become the best version of themselves.
We are greater, together.
We are greater, together.
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Forwarded from Ecce Verbum
The example of the Father
Zygmunt Krasiński, a poet
"I ask you to pay attention to every word I say here, to remember that your fate and the fate of other hearts, maternal and paternal hearts, depend on it. Remember that if you do not control and temper your bad inclinations, you can never do your country any service. You do not know what life is like, what external distractions and obstacles there are! If, apart from these, there is still an eternal obstacle within his own breast, where can he think of removing the others?
Get used, I beseech you, to exemplary kindness with women. You're missing out on it; it's neither Polish, nor Christian, chivalrous, nor noble. Politeness, on the other hand, is the first sign of a brave horseman. Whenever you are tempted to rudeness, remember that the Mother of the Saviour of the world, now reigning in the heavens, was a woman and that your own mother is a woman. Let the first of these memories stand to your right, the second to your left, and let two musical chords of angelic sweetness tune your heart from a hard tone to a tone of gentleness and charity, always and everywhere.
My dear boy, I beseech Thee, keep my words in Thy memory, for in them Thy goodness, for in them Thy nobility, for in them is the love that men have for Thee, for in them is everything that Thou alone canst make beautiful one day, and everything that Thou alone canst make auspicious or salutary!
Letter to his son Władysław, August 1858
*Raising a boy to be a man is a paternal responsibility. Masculinity has clearly defined qualities, which many fathers today forget, so that their sons can never really grow up and therefore are unable, when the time comes, to be responsible husbands and fathers. Masculinity is shaped in the ability to control the sphere of feelings, especially feelings of fear and lust. Masculinity is also a subtle respect for every woman along the lines of respect for the Mother of God and the birth mother. Faith, Scripture and the lives of the Saints give us the best examples.
#fatherhood
Zygmunt Krasiński, a poet
"I ask you to pay attention to every word I say here, to remember that your fate and the fate of other hearts, maternal and paternal hearts, depend on it. Remember that if you do not control and temper your bad inclinations, you can never do your country any service. You do not know what life is like, what external distractions and obstacles there are! If, apart from these, there is still an eternal obstacle within his own breast, where can he think of removing the others?
Get used, I beseech you, to exemplary kindness with women. You're missing out on it; it's neither Polish, nor Christian, chivalrous, nor noble. Politeness, on the other hand, is the first sign of a brave horseman. Whenever you are tempted to rudeness, remember that the Mother of the Saviour of the world, now reigning in the heavens, was a woman and that your own mother is a woman. Let the first of these memories stand to your right, the second to your left, and let two musical chords of angelic sweetness tune your heart from a hard tone to a tone of gentleness and charity, always and everywhere.
My dear boy, I beseech Thee, keep my words in Thy memory, for in them Thy goodness, for in them Thy nobility, for in them is the love that men have for Thee, for in them is everything that Thou alone canst make beautiful one day, and everything that Thou alone canst make auspicious or salutary!
Letter to his son Władysław, August 1858
*Raising a boy to be a man is a paternal responsibility. Masculinity has clearly defined qualities, which many fathers today forget, so that their sons can never really grow up and therefore are unable, when the time comes, to be responsible husbands and fathers. Masculinity is shaped in the ability to control the sphere of feelings, especially feelings of fear and lust. Masculinity is also a subtle respect for every woman along the lines of respect for the Mother of God and the birth mother. Faith, Scripture and the lives of the Saints give us the best examples.
#fatherhood
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Baptize your children.
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Requesting prayers for my sister M, having an MRI scan today after an emergency.
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Forwarded from Revolt Against The Modern World
“Divorce takes all authority from the father, all dignity from the mother, all security from the child, and transforms domestic society into a struggle between strength and weakness; it constitutes the family as a temporary lease, where the inconstancy of the human heart stipulates its passions, and which ends where new passions begin.”
~Louis de Bonald
~Louis de Bonald
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I really do not know why this needs to be said, but. I know that there are at least some of you here subscribed that beat or physically abuse your children. Do not sexually abuse your children. Do not emotionally abuse your children (or simply put, do not abuse them at all!) Do not think of your children as some sort of toy or dress-up doll. They have souls, emotions, and needs. Please do not do it. Have mercy on them. God is watching.
This channel tries to promote the wellbeing of the family to the fullest extent me (and the admins) can. But I do not feel as if this is talked about enough and is often swept under the rug. You cannot "shrug the shoulder" when it comes to family issues.
For those who do not do it, good. For those who do, God is waiting for you. You cannot have a happy and healthy family if you use your fists rather than prayers.
This channel tries to promote the wellbeing of the family to the fullest extent me (and the admins) can. But I do not feel as if this is talked about enough and is often swept under the rug. You cannot "shrug the shoulder" when it comes to family issues.
For those who do not do it, good. For those who do, God is waiting for you. You cannot have a happy and healthy family if you use your fists rather than prayers.
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Matthew 19:8-9
8 He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
8 He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
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