"The Heart of Jesus, the source and symbol of infinite love, is the foundation of the Christian religion and the center of all true piety. It is the Heart of Jesus that has given us life, and it is the Heart of Jesus that sustains us in our daily struggles. Let us then, with deep devotion, venerate the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and let us strive to imitate the love and mercy that it embodies."
Pope Pius XI, Miserentissimus Redemptor
Pope Pius XI, Miserentissimus Redemptor
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Fulton J. Sheen on Nice People And Society
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“The nearer Christ comes to a heart, the more it becomes conscious of its guilt; it will then either ask for His mercy and find peace, or else it will turn against Him because it is not yet ready to give up its sinfulness. Thus He will separate the good from the bad, the wheat from the chaff. Man's reaction to this Divine Presence will be the test: either it will call out all the opposition of egotistic natures, or else galvanize them into a regeneration and a resurrection.”
Ven. Fulton J. Sheen, Life of Christ
Ven. Fulton J. Sheen, Life of Christ
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"The declared enemies of God and His Church, heretics and schismatics, must be criticized as much as possible, as long as truth is not denied. It is a work of charity to shout: 'Here is the wolf!' when it enters the flock or anywhere else."
St. Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life, Part III, Chapter 29
St. Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life, Part III, Chapter 29
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"In such a crux there remains the historical truth: that this our European structure, built upon the noble foundations of classical antiquity, was formed through, exists by, is consonant to, and will stand only in the mold of, the Catholic Church. Europe will return to the Faith, or she will perish."
Hilaire Belloc, Europe and the Faith
Hilaire Belloc, Europe and the Faith
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"Who is there so demented, who, though not able to overtake, does not at least earnestly desire to follow those whom no force could deter from defending the faith of their ancestors, no threats, no blandishments, not life, not death, not the palace, not the Imperial Guards, not the Emperor, not the empire itself, not men, not demons?— whom, I say, as a recompense for their steadfastness in adhering to religious antiquity, the Lord counted worthy of so great a reward, that by their instrumentality He restored churches which had been destroyed, quickened with new life peoples who were spiritually dead, replaced on the heads of priests the crowns which had been torn from them, washed out those abominable, I will not say letters, but blotches of novel impiety, with a fountain of believing tears, which God opened in the hearts of the bishops?"
St. Vincent of Lérins, Commonitory for the Antiquity and Universality of the Catholic Faith Against the Profane Novelties of All Heresies V.xiii
St. Vincent of Lérins, Commonitory for the Antiquity and Universality of the Catholic Faith Against the Profane Novelties of All Heresies V.xiii
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“This is no time for believing everyone, believe only those whom you see modeling their lives on the life of Christ. Endeavor always to have a good conscience; practice humility; despise all worldly things; and believe firmly in the teaching of our Holy Mother Church."
St. Teresa of Avila, The Way of Perfection
St. Teresa of Avila, The Way of Perfection
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