27. If we examine all our falls into sin, whether venial or grave, the cause will always be found in some hidden pride; and true indeed are the words of the Holy Ghost: "For pride is the beginning of all sin." [Ecclus. x, 15] Of this truth our Lord Jesus Christ Himself has warned us in His Gospel where He says: "And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled." [Matt. xxiii, 12] God can give no greater humiliation to a soul than to allow it to fall into sin; because sin is the lowest depth of all, that is base, vile and ignominious.

     Therefore each time that we are humbled by falling into sin, it is certain that we must previously have exalted ourselves by some act of pride; because only the proud are threatened with the punishment of this humiliation: "And he humbled himself afterwards, because his heart had been lifted up." [2 Paralip. xxxii] For thus it is written of King Ezechias in holy Scripture, and the inspired writer has also said: "Before destruction the heart of man is exalted." [Prov. xviii, 12]

     There never has been a case of sin, says St. Augustine, nor ever will be one, nor can ever be one, of which pride was not in some measure the occasion: " There never can have been, and never can be, and there never shall be any sin without pride." [Lib. de Salute, xix vel alias]

     Let us be so truly humble that we may not incur the punishment of this humiliation. No one can fall who lies on the ground; and no one can sin so long as he is humble. My God! My God! let me remain in my nothingness, for it is the surest state for me.

Dear Friends,

The topic for Friday, July 6, 2012 on The Catholic Faith Radio Program will be on the feasts of Corpus Christi and the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ with guest Fr. Bonaventure Strandt, OFM. Considering the errors concerning the dogmas of these two feasts, it ought to be a program which is both enlightening and informative. I would like to encourage you and a friend or family member to join us on Friday.

 

The Catholic Faith Radio Program is broadcast live each Friday from the studio of KRFE AM580, Lubbock, TX from 2 - 4 p.m., Central Time. It is also streamed live through our website, www.catholichour.org . Go to Radio Program Live and choose your player.

 

PROGRAM NOTE: The Program Series on The Just Government will resume next Friday. Perhaps you would like to encourage others to listen and learn about the principles, ideals and history of why a government is necessary - and why it needs to be objectively moral!  

 

May God bless you,

Fr. Joseph, OFM

 

The love of truth seeks out the quiet of contemplation.

St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430AD) on Contemplation

Apart from the Son of God, no creature in the world was so exalted as Mary. For no creature in the world ever humbled itself so much as she did!

St. Bernardine of Siena (1380-1444AD)

 

Audio Sermon Bishop Giles, OFM for June 30,2012

Feast of the Most Precious Blood - Bishop Giles, OFM 

Catholic Faith Radio Program-Bishop Louis, OFM -Response to a Modernist-A MUST LISTEN!! 

Feast of the Most Precious Blood - Fr. Joseph, OFM Audio Sermon 

Holy Mass-Feast of the Most Precious Blood- Fr. Bernard, OFM from Waubeka, WI

Feast of the Most Precious Blood - Fr. Bonaventure, OFM from Fillmore NY 

  “The chronicles of Saint Francis tell of a young friar who had the praiseworthy habit of saying the Crown of Our Lady (the Rosary) every day before dinner. One day for some reason or other he did not manage to say it. The refectory bell had already been rung when he asked the Superior to allow him to say it before coming to the table, and having obtained permission he withdrew to his cell to pray. After he had been gone a long time the Superior sent another Friar to fetch him, and he found him in his room bathed in a heavenly light facing Our Lady who had two angels with her. Beautiful roses kept issuing from his mouth at each Hail Mary; the angels took them one by one, placing them on Our Lady’s head, and she smilingly accepted them. Finally two other friars who had been sent to find out what happened to the first two saw the same lovely scene, and Our Lady did not go away until the whole Rosary had been said.”

St. Louis De Montfort (1710):

The Secret of the Rosary, p. 26)

The Precious Blood which we worship is the Blood which the Savior
shed for us on Calvary and reassumed at His glorious Resurrection; it
is the Blood which courses through the veins of His risen, glorified,
living body at the right hand of God the Father in heaven; it is the
Blood made present on our altars by the words of Consecration ("The
cup of blessing that we bless, is it not the sharing of the Blood of
Christ?" 1 Cor. 10:16); it is the Blood which merited sanctifying
grace for us and through it washes and beautifies our soul ("God has
favored us in His beloved Son, in whom we have Redemption through His
Blood. The remission of sins, according to the riches of His grace,
which has abounded beyond measure in us." Eph. 1:6-8) and inaugurates
the beginning of eternal life in it ("May His Blood be for us, we
pray, a fountain of water springing up to eternal life."
Postcommunion from the Mass for the Precious Blood).

Today's Mass extols the efficacy of the Precious Blood which Christ
shed so generously for us. By it Our Lord welds the peoples of the
earth into one kingdom of God ("Thou has redeemed us, Lord, with Thy
Blood, out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and has
made us for our God a kingdom." (Apoc. 5:9-10) By it He cleansed us
not only externally and legally but internally by blotting out the
sins on our soul and opening the heavenly Holy of holies to us ("When
Christ appeared as High Priest of the good things to come, He entered
once for all through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not
made by hands (that is, not of this creation), nor again by virtue of
blood of goats and calves, but by virtue of His own Blood, into the
Holies, having obtained eternal redemption." see Heb. 9:11-15). By it
He won our Redemption, obtained the remission of our sins, appeased
the wrath of God against sinners ("Being justified freely by His
grace through the Redemption which is in Christ Jesus Whom God has
set forth as a propitiation by His Blood through faith." Rom. 3:25).
By It He protects us against the onslaughts of the devil as the blood
of the Paschal lamb protected the Jews in Egypt against the avenging
angel (Ex. 12:13). And what is the ultimate source of this generous
shedding of Christ's Blood? The love of the Sacred Heart revealed to
us through the pierced side of the Savior (John 19:30-35).


Meditation from the Cathedral Missal