“The Church is intolerant in principle because she believes; she is tolerant in practice because she loves. The enemies of the Church are tolerant in principle because they do not believe; they are intolerant in practice because they do not love.”
Fr. Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange
Next weekend (Sept. 25-26), I’ll be speaking at the annual Restore Tradition Women’s Conference here in the Archdiocese of Denver: https://t.co/eiD1H7xaX0
In-person tickets sold out very quickly, but the live streaming option is still available: https://t.co/2qsberdPbA
This year’s theme is spiritual warfare and will feature talks by @Michael_J_Matt, Fr. Ripperger, @AbbyJohnson, @rachelmastro85, and others.
Looking forward to it!
I am not the saint I ought to be,
I am not yet the disciple, I wish to be, but by the grace of God,
I am no longer the man I used to be...
St. Augustine
Reach your muscle goals 💪
Stick to this simple plan to succeed:
1. Take a 1-minute quiz
2. Get a workout and meal plan
3. Follow the program (easy-peasy)
Text I just got from Fr. Ripperger that he asked me to put out there: "In your charity, please pray for Joyce Ripperger, mother of Fr. Chad Ripperger and who taught and fostered the strong devotion to Mary that Fr. Ripperger has, is in extremis that Our Lord may take her on the feast of the Assumption in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary." ("In extremis" means her final days or probably hours.)
“Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. Do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage.”
~ St. Francis de Sales
America, it is said, is suffering from intolerance – it is not. It is suffering from tolerance. Tolerance of right and wrong, truth and error, virtue and evil, Christ, and chaos. Our country is not nearly so overrun with the bigoted as it is overrun with the broadminded.
There are 70 million Catholics in the US.
68.6 million of them are mainstream Novus Ordo.
Of that 68.6 million, only 18-19% of them (12.35 million) say they attend every Sunday.
There are 1.4 million people that attend a Traditional Mass.
Of that 1.4 million, 90% of them go to Mass every Sunday (1.26 million.)
What are your observations about these charts?
Dostoevsky was one of the two or three greatest novelists of the nineteenth century. And he cared for nothing but Christ who had made him free. It is worth thinking about.
Behind each Priest ,there is a demon fighting for his fall. If we have the language to criticize them ,we must have twice as much to pray for them
St. Theresa of Avila
Today marks the last Festa della Repubblica parade for Briciola - seen here in this video from 2024 - the beloved mascot dog of Italy’s mounted Carabinieri police. Briciola turns 14 this year and is retiring after 12 years of parading in her tricolour coat