Protestantism and CI as anti-fascist tools for the destruction of hierarchy and the division of Christendom

God Alone Is Enough, by Saint Teresa of Ávila

Let nothing upset you,
let nothing startle you.
All things pass;
God does not change.
Patience wins
all it seeks.
Whoever has God
lacks nothing:
God alone is enough.   

Detail of Sainte Thérèse, François Gérard, 1782

Jews are slayers of the Lord, murderers of the prophets, enemies and haters of God, adversaries of grace, enemies of their fathers' faith, advocates of the devil, a brood of vipers, slanderers, scoffers, men of darkened minds, the leaven of Pharisees, a congregation of demons, sinners, wicked men, haters of goodness!

St. Gregory of Nyssa

For 2,000 years, Catholic women have veiled themselves before entering a church or any time they are in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament (e.g., during sick calls). It was written into the 1917 Code of Canon Law, Canon 1262, that women must cover their heads -- "especially when they approach the holy table" ("mulieres autem, capite cooperto et modeste vestitae, maxime cum ad mensam Dominicam accedunt") -- but during the Second Vatican Council, Bugnini (a Freemason) was asked by journalists if women would still have to cover their heads. His reply, perhaps innocently enough, was that the issue was not being discussed. The journalists took his answer as a "no," and printed their misinformation in newspapers all over the world. Since then, many Catholic women have lost the tradition.

Painting: Prayer in Carmel - inkwash by Charles Jouvenot
(showing St Therese visiting Blessed Sacrament)
#reading #veiling #headcovering #tradition #catechism

First, Tertullian, writing in c. 200, issues this challenge to heretical sects:
Let them exhibit the origins of their churches, let them unroll the list of their bishops, coming down from the beginning by succession in such a way that their first bishop had for his originator and predecessor one of the apostles or apostolic men; one, I mean, who continued with the apostles. For this is how the apostolic churches record their origins. The church of Smyrna, for example, reports that Polycarp was placed there by John, *the church of Rome that Clement was ordained by Peter.* In just the same way the other churches produced men who were appointed to the office of bishop by the apostles and so transmitted the apostolic seed to them.

Eusebius writes that, “Clement also, who was appointed third bishop of the church at Rome, was, as Paul testifies, his co-laborer and fellow-soldier.”

The Way of the Cross
By Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira

Today I had the honor of getting to touch, and pray with a first class relic of St. Teresa of Avila, part of her bone. She is a great example for modern day sainthood. If you haven’t already I encourage you to read up on her. Pray for her intercession and follow her example! St. Teresa of Avila, Pray for Us!