AGAINST THE FALSE MERCY OF THE MODERNISTS

 Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori warns:

“A certain author indicated that hell is populated more by mercy than by divine justice; and so it is, because, recklessly counting on mercy, they continue to sin and are damned. God is merciful. But who denies it? And yet, how many does mercy send to hell today! God is merciful, but also just, and that is why he is obliged to punish those who offend him. He uses mercy on sinners, but only on those who, after offending him, regret it and fear offending him again: His mercy for generations to come is toward those who fear him (Luke 1:50), the Mother of God sang. He uses justice on those who abuse his mercy to despise him. The Lord forgives sins, but he cannot forgive the will to sin.”  Augustine said that whoever sins with the hope of repenting after sinning is not a penitent, but rather mocks God (“Irrisor est, non poenitens”). The Apostle warns us that one does not mock God in vain: “No one mocks God” (Galatians 6:7). It would be mocking God to offend Him however and however much one wants and then go to heaven.”

(Sermon 32, The Sinner's Illusions).

ANCIENT PATHS

 

THE TRUE EVANGELICAL CONCEPTION OF POVERTY

The poverty the gospel praises is not so much the actual lack of goods as the absence of attachment to riches.  I can live miserably, lacking almost everything, and be strongly attached to the little I have, wanting more and more.  On the contrary, I can live by making good use of the things that are, yes, within my reach and that, however, do not stick to my heart.

In addition to this evangelical conception of poverty it is necessary to consider also the way in which the virtue of justice should preside over our relationship with goods.  The most delicate care must reign, lest we fall into the temptation of arbitrarily seizing the stranger.

The seventh commandment ("thou shalt not steal") commands us to respect another man's property, to pay the fair wages, and to observe justice in all that concerns the property of others.  To him who has sinned against the seventh commandment confession is not enough, but he must do what he can to restore the stranger and repair the damages.

The tenth commandment (“You shall not covet the goods of others”), forbids us the desire to take away others’ goods and the acquisition of wealth by unjust means.  God forbids disorderly desires for other people's goods because He wants us to be still inwardly righteous;  that we always keep very far away from wrongful actions and that we are happy with the state in which we find ourselves.

And we do not believe that all this is of little importance for our salvation.  St. Peter of Alcantara wrote, "What will you answer on that day, when you are called to account for all the time of your life and all the points and moments of it?"  (Treatise on Prayer and Meditation, 23).

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We invoke St. Mary, our Advocate and Refuge of sinners: Pray for us, sinners, now and at the hour of our death.  May He teach us to make use of the goods of this world so that they are means and never obstacles on our way to Heaven.

Marcial Flavius - presbyter

WHERE IS CHRIST KING?

"My kingdom is not of this world.

Jesus Christ told Pilate that his kingdom was not of this world: "My kingdom is not of this world" (Jn. XVIII, 36).  A liberal reads the words as if it is said that the kingdom of Christ is exclusively supernatural, heavenly, never with natural and/or earthly dimensions.  It's so reiterated the argument how old.  The drama lies in the Catholics repeating it as their own.

What Christ said is not that His kingdom is not "here";  in several Gospel passages He is said to announce that the Kingdom of God had come, that it was among us.  "World" does not designate a place opposed to "heaven" but the origin and root of its powerful region.  His words mean that His Kingdom has no origin in the world;  that its principle is not worldly nor founded on earthly powers, that it is not surrounded by the honors of the century;  but that he is divine and, by being so, exercises himself over all created things, even over the world and over human life in its fullness.

Christ –he was called in times of Christianity—affirmed that his kingdom was not of this world to refute Pilate who believed him a pure man.  That is why His words say that He is not king by human hand and, yet, He is the rex world.  Such is the teaching of Conrado de Megenberg.  This counterargument is classic: that it is not of this world means that it is not constituted in a human way, because in this world (adds Augustine Trionfo) we have the vice of sin.

Nor did Our Lord say that, being heavenly, his Kingdom is not unfolded on earth, in the world.  Christ is not consecrating the "autonomy of the temporal," as it is usually said, for he immediately retorts to Pilate that he would not have that power over Him if it had not been given to Him from above.  Unfortunately we can say that Christ separated the supernatural from the natural and left the human world to its own destiny.  Indeed, Christ the King is an earthly monarch in view of the heavenly homeland: "The kingdom where Christ will reign eternally with his people - affirms Calderón Bouchet - is not of this world, but in it is incorporated.  One of the essential conditions for the existence of the Christian city is that Christ should impersonate and reign in it as ‘priests et rex’””.

Juan Fernando Segovia, The Dogma of the Reality of Christ.  Quas primas, of Pius XI.

Saint John Mary Vianney dixit

 

THAT SEMINARIANS BE TRAINED ACCORDING TO THE INTEGRITY OF CATHOLIC TRADITION, WE PRAY YOU, LORD.

THAT SEMINARIANS BE TRAINED ACCORDING TO THE INTEGRITY OF CATHOLIC TRADITION, WE PRAY YOU, LORD.

Lord, to safeguard your honor and glory, give us holy priests.
Lord, to increase our faith, give us holy priests.
Lord, to sustain your Church, give us holy priests.
Lord, to preach your doctrine, give us...
Lord, to defend your cause, give us...
Lord, to counteract error, give us...
Lord, to annihilate sects, to uphold the truth, give us...
Lord, to direct our souls, give us...
Lord, to improve morals, give us...
Lord, to banish vices, give us...
Lord, to enlighten the world, give us...
Lord, to teach the riches of your Heart, give us...
Lord, to make us love the Holy Spirit, give us...
Lord, that all your ministers may be the light of the world and the salt of the earth, give us...

Prayer. — Heart of Jesus, holy Priest, we ask you with the greatest earnestness of soul that you increase day by day the number of aspirants to the priesthood and that you form them according to the designs of your loving Heart.  Only in this way will we obtain Holy Priests, and soon there will be only one flock and one Shepherd in the world. So be it. Amen.

(Indulgence of 7 years and one plenary session per month, with the ordinary conditions.)

PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE

O Immaculate Virgin, Mother of the true God and Mother of the Church! You, who from this place manifest your clemency and compassion to all who seek your protection: hear the prayer we address to you with filial trust, and present it to your Son Jesus, our only Redeemer.

Mother of mercy, Teacher of hidden and silent sacrifice, to you, who come to meet us sinners, we consecrate on this day our whole being, all our love. We also consecrate to you our lives, our labors, our joys, our illnesses, and our sorrows.

Grant peace, justice, and prosperity to our people, for all that we have and are, we place under your care, our Lady and Mother.

We wish to be totally yours and walk with you the path of complete fidelity to Jesus Christ in his Church: do not let us go from your loving hand.

Virgin of Guadalupe, Mother of the Americas, we pray for all the Bishops, that they may lead the faithful along paths of intense Christian life, of love and humble service to God and souls.

Contemplate this immense harvest, and intercede that the Lord may inspire a hunger for holiness in all the faithful and pastors, and grant abundant vocations to priests and religious, strong in faith and zealous dispensers of the mysteries of God.

Grant our homes the grace to love and respect the life that is beginning, with the same love with which you conceived in your womb the life of the Son of God. Holy Virgin Mary, Mother of Beautiful Love, protect our families so that they may always be closely united, and bless the education of our children.

Our Hope, look upon us with compassion, teach us to continually go to Jesus, and if we fall, help us to rise again, to return to him, through the confession of our faults and sins in the sacrament of Penance, which brings peace to the soul. We beseech you to grant us a great love for all the holy sacraments, which are like the footprints your Son left for us on earth.

Thus, Most Holy Mother, with the peace of God in our consciences, with our hearts free from evil and hatred, we may bring to all the true joy and true peace that come from your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, who with God the Father and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns forever and ever. Amen.