"He who is truly humble should will and desire to be despised, mocked and condemned by others, even though he have done nothing to deserve the ignominy.

Way of Perfection, ch. xv

 

Let the whole of mankind tremble and the whole earth shake when the Son of the Living God is present on the altar in the hands of a priest.
St Francis of Assisi

 


 Knowest thou not, or hast thou not heard? the Lord is the everlasting God, who hath created the ends of the earth: he shall not faint, nor labour, neither is there any searching out of his wisdom. It is he that giveth strength to the weary, and increaseth force and might to them that are not.  Youths shall faint, and labour, and young men shall fall by infirmity.

 But they that hope in the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall take wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.

Isaiah 40:28-31

 


Reflect that sin, however trifling it may be, offends God

St. Alphonsus Ligouri

 
Saint Luis Gonzaga (18th century), José de Alcíbar

 
O salutaris hostia,
Quae caeli pandis ostium,
Bella praemunt hostilia:
Da robur, fer auxilium.

The Corpus Christi Procession inside Seville Catedral (1835), Genaro Pérez Villaamil

Martyrdom of St. Stephen by Peter Paul Rubens


"We must not suffer our will to be the slave, or to be subject to any but the will of Him who has redeemed it by His precious blood."
Life of St. Teresa, Ch. iv.

The Raising of the Cross (1601-1650), Frans Francken the Younger

  Thou hadst pierced our heart with Thy love, and we carried Thy words, as it were, thrust through our vitals.”

St Augustine, Confessions

“If you demand my person, I am ready to submit; carry me to prison or to death, I will not resist but I will never betray the church of Christ…I will die at the foot of the altar rather than desert it.”

St Ambrose

Let all who read these words be
aware that their attendance at the
Masses of even valid priests who are
not in union with this bishop (Bishop
Louis Vezelis, OFM), Bishop Giles
Butler, OFM or with Bishop
Madrigal are not only contributing to
their own eternal damnation but are
not receiving any supernatural fruit
from the outrageous deception of
those who are outside the Body of Christ.

Bishop Louis Vezelis March 2010 The Seraph

St Anthony of Padua with Christ Child (17th century), Antonio de Pereda

 

I understood that every flower created by Him is beautiful, that the brilliance of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not lessen the perfume of the violet or the sweet simplicity of the daisy. I understood that if all the lowly flowers wished to be roses, nature would no longer be enameled with lovely hues. And so it is in the world of souls, Our Lord's living garden.”  ― Thérèse de Lisieux

The Triumph Of Christianity Over Paganism (1899), Gustave Doré

"And He showed me that it was His great desire of being loved by men and of

withdrawing them from the path of ruin into which Satan hurls such crowds

of them, that made Him form the design of manifesting His Heart to men,

with all the treasures of love, of mercy, of grace, of sanctification and

salvation which it contains, in order that those who desire to render Him

and procure for Him all the honour and love possible, might themselves be

abundantly enriched with those divine treasures of which this Heart is the

source. He should be honoured under the figure of this Heart of flesh, and

its image should be exposed.... He promised me that wherever this image

should be exposed with a view to showing it special honour, He would pour

forth His blessings and graces. This devotion was the last effort of His

love that He would grant to men in these latter ages, in order to withdraw

from the empire of Satan which He desired to destroy, and thus to introduce

them into the sweet liberty of the rule of His love, which He wished to

restore in the hearts of all those who should embrace this

devotion."

-- St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

 


”Mildness is a virtue, in which principally consists nobility of soul. And for this reason it is that lovers of the world often fail in mildness, because they are not possessed of that nobility, or only in a very scanty and imperfect degree. If they are not the first to use insulting and uncourteous terms, at least when they are attacked by others they resent it with the utmost indignation, giving in return language doubly abusive, and thus showing by their vengeance that they have an ignoble disposition. The servants of God, on the other hand, whether provoked by word or work, by keeping themselves tranquil and peaceful, evince a perfect nobleness of soul.”

-Saint Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church