Remember this face whenever you are burdened with temptation.
Satan cannot see the goodness of God within you. He can only leer at the hateful and wicked reflection of himself.
The devil hates you more than you could possibly imagine.
Sspx is in schism. How sad you choose that over communion with the successor of St. Peter. You guys love the form of a liturgy more than Christ’s Church. Reminds me of the Pharisees in many ways.
Not so fast Timmy
“For it was necessary that Eve should be restored in Mary, so that a virgin, by becoming the advocate of a virgin, should undo and destroy virginal disobedience by virginal obedience.” (St. Irenaeus, Against Heresies, Book III, Chapter 22)
“You alone and your Mother are more beautiful than any others, for there is no blemish in you, nor any stains upon your Mother. Who of my children can compare in beauty to these?” (St. Ephrem the Syrian, Nisibene Hymns, 27:8)
“Come, therefore, and search out your sheep, not through your servants or hired men, but do it yourself. Lift me up bodily, who have fallen in Adam. Lift me up not from Sara, but from Mary, a Virgin incorrupt, a Virgin through grace free of every stain of sin.” (St. Ambrose of Milan, Commentary on Psalm 118, 22:30)
“We must except the Holy Virgin Mary, concerning whom I wish to raise no question when it touches the subject of sins, out of honor to the Lord; for from Him we know what abundance of grace for overcoming sin in every particular was conferred upon her who had the merit to conceive and bear Him who undoubtedly had no sin.” (St. Augustine of Hippo, On Nature and Grace, Chapter 42)
“The Mother of God was not comprehended by the common law of mankind; she was not liable to original sin.” (St. John Damascene, Homily 1 on the Dormition)
“As he formed her without any stain of her own, so He proceeded from her contracting no stain.” (St. Proclus of Constantinople, Homily 1)
“Today, O Saviour, Thou hast granted to pious Anne, who had been sterile for a long time, to conceive in the womb the most pure Virgin. In her, the Word of God shall become incarnate.” (St. Andrew of Crete, Sermon on the Birth of Mary)
“He was conceived by the Virgin, who first in body and soul was purified by the Holy Ghost; for it was needful both that childbearing should be honored and that virginity should receive a higher honor.” (St. Gregory Nazianzus, Oration 38, 13)
“Many Saints appeared before thee, but none was as holy as thou art. No one has been purified in advance as thou hast been.” (St. Sophronius of Jerusalem, Encomium on the Holy Theotokos)
“The angel took not the Virgin from Joseph, but gave her to Christ, to Whom she was pledged in the womb, when she was made.” (St. Peter Chrysologus, Sermon 140)
@DrKwasniewski I think obfuscating the actual issue of most Tridentine Mass communities becoming flashpoints for borderline sedevacantism is a bit dishonest "Doctor".
@CoffinMedia@BishStrickland You could be, under all pretenses, a holy and devoted soul. The second you dissent from the Holy Roman Church your fruits may as well be null and void.