Though He is the Giver of all gifts, yet He also looks for the fruits of our diligence: for the kingdom of heaven is not given to those who sleep, but to those who labour and watch in the commandments of God.
-St. Leo the Great
Here is an inconvenient truth – Immoral people are a social, political and spiritual liability, and are the root cause of complete civilisational collapse.
If certain thoughts bother you, it is the devil who causes you worry, and not God, who being the spirit of peace, grants you tranquillity.
St. Padre Pio
"I was so terrified by that vision... I remember no time in which I do not think that all we have to suffer in this world is as nothing. It seems to me that we complain without reason." - St. Teresa of Avila - Vision of Hell
The West is Greek Wisdom.
The West is Roman Order.
The West is Germanic Fervour.
The West is Spanish Devotion.
The West is Slavic Perseverance.
The West is Christian Faith.
The incorrupt body of St. Bernadette Soubirous:
In 1879, St. Bernadette Soubirous, visionary of Lourdes, died.
When her body was exhumed 30 years later, it was found incorrupt, untouched by decay.
The Church marvels at it. Science is baffled. A sign of holiness from the Grotto.