Roberto Bellarmino

Jesuit. Cardinal. Inquisitor. Doctor of the Holy Roman Catholic Church. Prolific author.

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[ADMIN] Further, I'm planning in hiatus & will not be active in Twitter for one reason & another. Thank you for following, AMDG ;)

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July 31 is the Feast Day of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam!

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The "fruits" of prayer are three especial advantages; merit, satisfaction, & impetration.

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whereby he can easily provide for himself all things.

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The spiritual man can do nothing without the divine assistance; but he possesses the power of prayer, the organ of all spiritual organs,

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He that commits sin, does what is not pleasing unto God; but he who repents of his sins, does what is most pleasing to Him.

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July is the month of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ. "Sanguis Christi, inebria me."

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Saint Michael Prayer https://t.co/OQ8Qkk11Y6

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The faith of bad Catholics does not begin justification, because it is not sincere, but feigned.

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If we wish to please God, we must be so in love with piety as to admit of no impiety.

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In evil, there are two things: a turning away from God & a turning to creatures.

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The fire of charity requires a heart purified from earthly affections & from a foolish confidence in its own strength.

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True charity springs from a pure heart & it is from God.

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How can anyone approach God & ask favor from Him when he's conscious of having committed sin & of not having expiated it by true repentance?

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Hope comes from faith, for one cannot hope in God who either does not know the true God, or does not believe Him to be powerful & merciful.

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As charity is first in the order of perfection, so in the order of generation, faith cometh first.

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Hope is called a "good conscience," because it springs from a good conscience, just the same as despair arises from an evil conscience.

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@JMCGallardo amen, sir. Also, the first Commandment is to love God above all things.

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As the love of one neighbor towards another does not produce evil; so also the love of God cannot produce evil.

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The concupiscence of the flesh & of the eyes, & the pride of life, which in one word is called cupidity, is opposed to divine charity.