"The Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life's different stresses. Our duty is not to abandon ship, but to keep her on her course."
- St. Boniface
The Earth's Peace is Hanging by a Thread
"Oh people: have your parties and your fun, your adulteries, gather wealth...Above our heads hangs the Damocles' sword. Peace is hanging by a thread, and if that thread is cut, woe to the world.
All Holy Trinity, have mercy on your people. Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us.
We live in a sinful era, a tragic era, an era of apostasy from God. We live in an era of great corruption and disbelief. Never, no never, has mankind blasphemed and performed such crimes as in our days. There has never been such vulgar falsehood by people young and old alike as there is today. Never before has mankind deviated from the path of morality like in our days. Our days are as Jesus prophesied. Read the Gospel to see what it says: the end days will be like the days of Noah.
My God, my God, what fulfillment of your prophecy!"
—Met. Augustinos (Kantiotes) of Florina
Christians of the Last Times (p. 52)
Recently, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Secretary of State, affirmed that, regarding the deviations of the German bishops, the Holy See does not wish divisions to escalate into punitive measures, emphasizing that problems within the Church should, whenever possible, be resolved peacefully. Why should this approach not also be applied to the SSPX, which denies no dogma, recognizes the primacy of the Pope, prays for him, and professes filial devotion to him, while preserving only what the Church believed and celebrated universally until the Council?
- Bishop Athanasius Schneider
@Suzanne08053 Yes, it would be lovely to have his relics to venerate.
If you’re ever in Canterbury, pay a visit to St Dunstan’s. You’d literally be feet away from St Thomas More’s head there.
@enternoon I suppose we should be glad he wasn’t coerced into doing that weird “six-seven” thing again. But no, I can’t imagine the late Queen or someone else with gravitas being subjected to this. He isn’t a celebrity.
Today I visited the Orthodox Monastery of St. John the Baptist, Essex. It is absolutely stunning, serene and extremely welcoming.
If you are reading this, I lit a candle for your intentions and prayed for you there 🙏🏻
St. Sophrony, pray for us 🙏🏻