“…but the devil did not foresee the redemption of man, when the Son of Man slew death and broke hell asunder. The devil at first conquered man through the woman; but God at last crushed the devil through the woman who bore the Son of God…” -Hildegard of Bingen
“We are building a dictatorship of relativism that does not recognize anything as definitive and whose ultimate goal consists solely of one's own ego and desires. We, however, have a different goal: the Son of God, the true man. He is the measure of true humanism.” -Benedict XVI
War is back in vogue and a zeal for war is spreading. The principle established after the Second World War, which prohibited nations from using force to violate the borders of others, has been completely undermined. #Peace is no longer sought as a gift and a desirable good in itself. Instead, peace is sought through weapons as a condition for asserting one’s own dominion. This gravely threatens the rule of law, which is the foundation of all peaceful civil coexistence.
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“For the faith of the Catholic religion consists in bringing us the knowledge of Jesus Christ and light: he is the light of the soul, the door to life, the foundation of eternal salvation.”
-St Bernardine of Siena
“Between us there was no envy. On the contrary, we capitalized on our rivalry. Our rivalry consisted, not in seeking the first place but in yielding it to the other, for we each looked on the other’s success as his own.” -St. Gregory Nazianzen on his friend St. Basil the Great