“For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.”
— St. Teresa of Ávila
Ask yourself, do you have a friendship with God? If you’re reading this, you’ll probably say yes.
However, consider that friendship lies in loving another for the sake of the other. Do you love God for the sake of loving him? Or do you only love him when struck by emotion? If we only pray when we feel like it, if we only pray when we need something or “feel” God in our hearts— we do not have a friendship with God. Instead, we have in a way objectified God in this modern age. We use him for our own joy, our own fulfillment.
I myself would argue, that I don’t have a friendship with God. I pray only when I want, and that’s not friendship. God wants us always— we need to learn to want him always.
On this feast day of St. Teresa of Ávila, we pray for the grace to pray for the sake of God. To truly enter in to friendship with God.
— St. Teresa of Ávila
Ask yourself, do you have a friendship with God? If you’re reading this, you’ll probably say yes.
However, consider that friendship lies in loving another for the sake of the other. Do you love God for the sake of loving him? Or do you only love him when struck by emotion? If we only pray when we feel like it, if we only pray when we need something or “feel” God in our hearts— we do not have a friendship with God. Instead, we have in a way objectified God in this modern age. We use him for our own joy, our own fulfillment.
I myself would argue, that I don’t have a friendship with God. I pray only when I want, and that’s not friendship. God wants us always— we need to learn to want him always.
On this feast day of St. Teresa of Ávila, we pray for the grace to pray for the sake of God. To truly enter in to friendship with God.
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The Tory M.P. savagely murdered by a so-called asylum seeker, who had been given British citizenship after travelling through half the countries of the world to finally reach Britain's inglorious Welfare State, was a Catholic and a supporter of pro-life groups like SPUC.
Please pray for the repose of his soul and also for the family he left behind. He was a father of five children.
But the stark truth must be told. He was a victim of the evil globalist immigration policies of the political party he belonged to. A victim of the same evil globalist immigration policies pursued equally by all the other Establishment parties and governments since the 1950's.
Every murder, every rape, every robbery, committed by an unassimilable immigrant is the fault of the corrupt political class. Every person who joins or votes for those political parties who have facilitated and allowed the mass immigration of unassimilable peoples to these shores must also take their share of the blame. Every act has consequences.
Please pray for the repose of his soul and also for the family he left behind. He was a father of five children.
But the stark truth must be told. He was a victim of the evil globalist immigration policies of the political party he belonged to. A victim of the same evil globalist immigration policies pursued equally by all the other Establishment parties and governments since the 1950's.
Every murder, every rape, every robbery, committed by an unassimilable immigrant is the fault of the corrupt political class. Every person who joins or votes for those political parties who have facilitated and allowed the mass immigration of unassimilable peoples to these shores must also take their share of the blame. Every act has consequences.
I confessed that my friends invited me to watch a bad #movie together and we did. And then I told my friend.
She said: "no you don't need to do that!"
I said "no, I do, because from what Father was saying he clearly agreed it was a #sin!"
Then you know how much modern people degenerate even with the concepts of sin. I'm not saying I'm any better than any of my modern world fellows, because if so I wouldn't be confessing this kind of sins. I grew up with all the bad stuffs and they corrupted my soul so that I already developed a habit of watching those and thought there was no problem. But by God's grace I eventually was revealed that it's wrong and I shouldn't feed more trash to my own soul.
Father also seriously warned me about modern films and how spending too much time in #entertainment is HARMFUL for our souls.
So I shared this that everyone here know. When speaking of bad movies we are talking about the ones with the slightest make-out scenes, inappropriate jokes and #immodesty. Then you know how we actually don't have many choices but return to a more traditional way of living.
She said: "no you don't need to do that!"
I said "no, I do, because from what Father was saying he clearly agreed it was a #sin!"
Then you know how much modern people degenerate even with the concepts of sin. I'm not saying I'm any better than any of my modern world fellows, because if so I wouldn't be confessing this kind of sins. I grew up with all the bad stuffs and they corrupted my soul so that I already developed a habit of watching those and thought there was no problem. But by God's grace I eventually was revealed that it's wrong and I shouldn't feed more trash to my own soul.
Father also seriously warned me about modern films and how spending too much time in #entertainment is HARMFUL for our souls.
So I shared this that everyone here know. When speaking of bad movies we are talking about the ones with the slightest make-out scenes, inappropriate jokes and #immodesty. Then you know how we actually don't have many choices but return to a more traditional way of living.
Heathens Begone
1) The Sanguine Temperament – Positives: Optimistic, extroverted, friendly, agreeable, compassionate, cheerful, enthusiastic. Negatives: Superficial, inconstant, and hasty in judgement, talkative, prone to vanity, flattery, and envy. Tend to rely on their…
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The Fifteen Promises of Mary to Christians Who Recite the #Rosary
1. Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the rosary, shall receive signal graces.
2. I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the rosary.
3. The rosary shall be a powerful armour against hell, it will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies.
4. It will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will withdraw the hearts of men from the love of the world and its vanities, and will lift them to the desire of eternal things. Oh, that souls would sanctify themselves by this means.
5. The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the rosary, shall not perish.
6. Whoever shall recite the rosary devoutly, applying himself to the consideration of its sacred mysteries shall never be conquered by misfortune. God will not chastise him in His justice, he shall not perish by an unprovided death; if he be just he shall remain in the grace of God, and become worthy of eternal life
7. Whoever shall have a true devotion for the rosary shall not die without the sacraments of the Church.
8. Those who are faithful to recite the rosary shall have during their life and at their death the light of God and the plentitude of His graces; at the moment of death they shall participate in the merits of the saints in paradise.
9. I shall deliver from purgatory those who have been devoted to the rosary.
10. The faithful children of the rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in heaven.
11. You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the rosary.
12. All those who propagate the holy rosary shall be aided by me in their necessities.
13. I have obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the rosary shall have for intercessors the entire celestal court during their life and at the hour of death.
14. All who recite the rosary are my sons, and brothers of my only son Jesus Christ.
15. Devotion of my rosary is a great sign of predestination.
(Given to St. Dominic and Blessed Alan)
1. Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the rosary, shall receive signal graces.
2. I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the rosary.
3. The rosary shall be a powerful armour against hell, it will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies.
4. It will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will withdraw the hearts of men from the love of the world and its vanities, and will lift them to the desire of eternal things. Oh, that souls would sanctify themselves by this means.
5. The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the rosary, shall not perish.
6. Whoever shall recite the rosary devoutly, applying himself to the consideration of its sacred mysteries shall never be conquered by misfortune. God will not chastise him in His justice, he shall not perish by an unprovided death; if he be just he shall remain in the grace of God, and become worthy of eternal life
7. Whoever shall have a true devotion for the rosary shall not die without the sacraments of the Church.
8. Those who are faithful to recite the rosary shall have during their life and at their death the light of God and the plentitude of His graces; at the moment of death they shall participate in the merits of the saints in paradise.
9. I shall deliver from purgatory those who have been devoted to the rosary.
10. The faithful children of the rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in heaven.
11. You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the rosary.
12. All those who propagate the holy rosary shall be aided by me in their necessities.
13. I have obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the rosary shall have for intercessors the entire celestal court during their life and at the hour of death.
14. All who recite the rosary are my sons, and brothers of my only son Jesus Christ.
15. Devotion of my rosary is a great sign of predestination.
(Given to St. Dominic and Blessed Alan)
Of Jesus in the Holy #Eucharist it is written: “This morning my soul is greater than the world since it possesses You, You whom heaven and earth do not contain.”
St. Margaret of Cortona
#saint #quote
St. Margaret of Cortona
#saint #quote
To #prayer must be added frequent and fervent use of the Sacrament of #Penance which, as a spiritual medicine, purifies and heals us; likewise it is necessary to receive the #Eucharist, which as Our predecessor of happy memory Leo XIII asserted, is the best remedy against #lust. The more pure and chaste is a soul, the more it hungers for this bread, from which it derives strength to resist all temptations to sins of #impurity, and by which it is more intimately united with the Divine Spouse; “He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood, abides in me and I in him.”
- Pope Pius XII
- Pope Pius XII
Maxims for the Direction of a Soul that Desires to Obtain Perfection in the Love of Jesus Christ
St. Alphonsus de Ligouri
1. To desire ardently to increase in the love of Jesus Christ.
2. Often to make acts of love towards Jesus Christ. Immediately on waking, and before going to sleep, to make an act of love, seeking always to unite your own will to the will of Jesus Christ.
3. Often to meditate on his Passion.
4. Always to ask Jesus Christ for his love.
5. To communicate often, and many times in the day to make spiritual Communions.
6. Often to visit the Most Holy Sacrament.
7. Every morning to receive from the hands of Jesus Christ himself your own cross.
8. To desire Paradise and death, in order to be able to love Jesus Christ perfectly and for all eternity.
9. Often to speak of the love of Jesus Christ.
10. To accept contradictions for the sake of Jesus Christ.
11. To rejoice in the happiness of God.
12. To do that which is most pleasing to Jesus Christ, and not to refuse him anything that is agreeable to him.
13. To desire and to endeavor that all should love Jesus Christ.
14. To pray always for sinners and for the souls in purgatory.
15. To drive from your heart every affection that does not belong to Jesus Christ.
16. Always to have recourse to the most holy Mary, that she may obtain for us the love of Jesus Christ.
17. To honor Mary in order to please Jesus Christ.
18. To seek to please Jesus Christ in all your actions.
19. To offer yourself to Jesus Christ to suffer any pain for his love.
20 To be always determined to die rather than commit a willful venial sin.
21. To suffer crosses patiently, saying, “Thus it pleases Jesus Christ.”
22. To renounce your own pleasures for the love of Jesus Christ.
23. To pray as much as possible.
24. To practice all the mortifications that obedience permits.
25. To do all your spiritual exercises as if it were for the last time.
26. To persevere in good works in the time of aridity.
27. Not to do nor yet to leave undone anything through human respect.
28. Not to complain in sickness.
29. To love solitude, to be able to converse alone with Jesus Christ.
30. To drive away melancholy.
37. Often to recommend yourself to those persons who love Jesus Christ.
32. In temptation, to have recourse to Jesus crucified, and to Mary in her sorrows.
33. To trust entirely in the Passion of Jesus Christ.
34. After committing a fault, not to be discouraged, but to repent and resolve to amend.
35. To do good to those who do evil.
36. To speak well of all, and to excuse the intention when you cannot defend the action.
37. To help your neighbor as much as you can.
38. Neither to say nor to do anything that might vex him. And if you have been wanting in charity, to ask his pardon and speak kindly to him.
39. Always to speak with mildness and in a low tone.
40. To offer to Jesus Christ all the contempt and persecution that you meet with.
41. To look upon [religious] Superiors as the representatives of Jesus Christ.
42. To obey without answering and without repugnance, and not to seek your own satisfaction in anything.
43. To like the lowest employments.
44. To like the poorest things.
45. Not to speak either good or evil of yourself.
46. To humble yourself even towards inferiors.
47. Not to excuse yourself when you are reproved.
48. Not to defend yourself when found fault with.
49. To be silent when you are disquieted.
50. Always to renew your determination of becoming a saint, saying, “My Jesus, I desire to be all Yours, and You must be all mine.”
St. Alphonsus de Ligouri
1. To desire ardently to increase in the love of Jesus Christ.
2. Often to make acts of love towards Jesus Christ. Immediately on waking, and before going to sleep, to make an act of love, seeking always to unite your own will to the will of Jesus Christ.
3. Often to meditate on his Passion.
4. Always to ask Jesus Christ for his love.
5. To communicate often, and many times in the day to make spiritual Communions.
6. Often to visit the Most Holy Sacrament.
7. Every morning to receive from the hands of Jesus Christ himself your own cross.
8. To desire Paradise and death, in order to be able to love Jesus Christ perfectly and for all eternity.
9. Often to speak of the love of Jesus Christ.
10. To accept contradictions for the sake of Jesus Christ.
11. To rejoice in the happiness of God.
12. To do that which is most pleasing to Jesus Christ, and not to refuse him anything that is agreeable to him.
13. To desire and to endeavor that all should love Jesus Christ.
14. To pray always for sinners and for the souls in purgatory.
15. To drive from your heart every affection that does not belong to Jesus Christ.
16. Always to have recourse to the most holy Mary, that she may obtain for us the love of Jesus Christ.
17. To honor Mary in order to please Jesus Christ.
18. To seek to please Jesus Christ in all your actions.
19. To offer yourself to Jesus Christ to suffer any pain for his love.
20 To be always determined to die rather than commit a willful venial sin.
21. To suffer crosses patiently, saying, “Thus it pleases Jesus Christ.”
22. To renounce your own pleasures for the love of Jesus Christ.
23. To pray as much as possible.
24. To practice all the mortifications that obedience permits.
25. To do all your spiritual exercises as if it were for the last time.
26. To persevere in good works in the time of aridity.
27. Not to do nor yet to leave undone anything through human respect.
28. Not to complain in sickness.
29. To love solitude, to be able to converse alone with Jesus Christ.
30. To drive away melancholy.
37. Often to recommend yourself to those persons who love Jesus Christ.
32. In temptation, to have recourse to Jesus crucified, and to Mary in her sorrows.
33. To trust entirely in the Passion of Jesus Christ.
34. After committing a fault, not to be discouraged, but to repent and resolve to amend.
35. To do good to those who do evil.
36. To speak well of all, and to excuse the intention when you cannot defend the action.
37. To help your neighbor as much as you can.
38. Neither to say nor to do anything that might vex him. And if you have been wanting in charity, to ask his pardon and speak kindly to him.
39. Always to speak with mildness and in a low tone.
40. To offer to Jesus Christ all the contempt and persecution that you meet with.
41. To look upon [religious] Superiors as the representatives of Jesus Christ.
42. To obey without answering and without repugnance, and not to seek your own satisfaction in anything.
43. To like the lowest employments.
44. To like the poorest things.
45. Not to speak either good or evil of yourself.
46. To humble yourself even towards inferiors.
47. Not to excuse yourself when you are reproved.
48. Not to defend yourself when found fault with.
49. To be silent when you are disquieted.
50. Always to renew your determination of becoming a saint, saying, “My Jesus, I desire to be all Yours, and You must be all mine.”