“Turn the other cheek” is often misunderstood as a command to remain silent while evil, injustice or sacrilege goes unchallenged.
Christ forbids retaliation motivated by wounded ego. He calls Christians to forgive personal offences and refuse to become consumed by bitterness. But forgiveness does not require pretending that wrongdoing is acceptable, abandoning the innocent or remaining silent when the faith is publicly attacked.
Catholic teaching recognizes legitimate defence and the duty to protect others. It also calls every Christian to bear witness to the truth of the Gospel with courage and charity.
A Christian should be willing to endure persecution directed at himself. But when Christ is the object of this, truth is distorted or another person is harmed, charity may require correction rather than silence.
Meekness is not weakness. It is strength governed by reason, humility and love.
Forgive without becoming passive.
Speak the truth.
Defend what is sacred without surrendering your soul to sin. ✝️
"Me gustaría animarlos a que sigan promoviendo una espiritualidad eucarística en sus Iglesias locales, es decir, una espiritualidad de unidad eclesial arraigada en la caridad que brota del don de nuestro Señor en la #Eucaristía". #PapaLeónXIV https://t.co/uarGcb5YAF
🇧🇷 @carlosbolsonaro, suas palavras hoje tocaram profundamente o meu coração. Foi impossível segurar a emoção.
O que estamos vivendo é propósito de Deus. Você entende o peso de tudo isso, e saber que posso contar com você torna essa caminhada muito mais leve.
Estamos juntos até o fim. Obrigado, irmão. A sua luta também é a minha.
E, junto com o povo brasileiro, vamos resgatar o Brasil.
CHEGAMOS!
Só foi possível chegar até aqui com a ajuda de vocês. E, com o apoio de todos vocês, vamos resgatar o Brasil. Vem com fé que o Brasil tem futuro!
🇧🇷🚨| ÚLTIMA HORA: En medio de una OVACIÓN MASIVA, Flávio Bolsonaro, hijo del expresidente de derecha Jair Bolsonaro, oficializó su candidatura a la presidencia de Brasil. ¡Brasil jamás volverá a ser comunista!
Fun fact: Mel Gibson Spent 7 years writting the sequel to the Passion of the Christ with help from theologians to ensure biblical accuracy.
The first part comes out May 6, 2027 on Ascension Day
This could be one of the most ambitious Christian films ever made.
🚨URGENTE - Milei fica revoltado por não permitirem sua visita a Bolsonaro e detona Lula
“Não me permitiram visitar meu amigo injustamente preso! Lula se cansou de receber pessoas do exterior quando estava preso!”
Poland refused to accept Muslim immigrants and refugees.
Poland was called “Islamophobic.”
Today, Poland is the safest country in Europe.
Poland has no rape gangs or a single case of Islamic terrorism.
Poland was right.
🇵🇱
Many think Communism is just a political theory. It is not.
Communism is a spiritual weapon of the devil, designed to enslave souls, destroy the Church, and erase God from the hearts of Men.
This is why saints stood up to it.
Why is communism demonic? Because communism begins with atheism. It denies God and His Church.
Man is reduced to a number in the collective.
The State becomes "god". The Church becomes the enemy. This is not just a political theory. Its satanic.
Can a christian be a communist? No. The Church has made this absolutely clear. Pope Pius XII decreed in 1949: Catholics who professed atheistic communist doctrine to be excommunicated as apostates from the Christian faith.
To support Communism is to support a system that seeks to crucify Christ anew, in His Church, in His poor, in His priests.
Socialist and communist regimes have persecuted the Church and its faithful since their inception. From Venerable Cardinal József Mindszenty in Hungary; He was arrested, tortured, drugged, and forced into a show trial. But he never renounced the Faith.
To the Martyrs of Ukraine of 1946 when Stalin outlawed the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
To the modern day where Christians, and the Church, in China, North Korea and Venezuela are persecuted. Just last month Maduro's regime had arrested a Cardinal and confiscasted his passport.
But we know the way to fight it.
In 1917, at the height of WWI, three shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal received a message from Heaven.
Our Lady warned: “Russia will spread her errors throughout the world, causing wars and persecutions. The good will be martyred, the Holy Father will suffer much…”
The “errors of Russia” were not just political. They were spiritual poisons:
>Atheistic materialism
>Class warfare
>Destruction of the family
>Rejection of the Church
>Deification of the State
>Persecution of the faithful
These are the seeds of Communism, and they spread globally.
We are still suffering from these to these day.
Our Lady gave us weapons to use:
>Daily Rosary
>Consecration to her Immaculate Heart
>First Saturdays devotion
>Penance and reparation for sins
She promised: “In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph.”
Father Ripperger: "All other religions have human beings who started them, whereas Christ, who is God, is the only one who started Christianity."
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Hoje estive ao lado do presidente da Argentina, @JMilei , do governador de São Paulo, @tarcisiogdf , e do prefeito de São Paulo, @ricardo_nunessp . Quatro lideranças, um compromisso: menos burocracia, mais liberdade e respeito ao dinheiro do povo.
Father Dan Reehil, a Catholic priest and exorcist, explains that Freemasonic oaths in a family bloodline often cause generational curses and demonic oppression, supported by Scripture on inherited iniquity.
He advises explicitly renouncing every such oath, degree, and covenant in Jesus’ name, receiving the sacraments, and using specific deliverance prayers to break them
Video credit - frdanreehill
Father Chad Ripperger: "We're conditioned to actually believe that when Christ said turn the other cheek we just let people get away with whatever they want.
That is not the case.
We have an obligation to fight for and to protect the Glory of Christ Himself"
Father Ripperger Says This Is How Satan Took Out Adam and Eve
“He looked at me and said, ‘It’s how I took Adam and Eve out. It’s how I’m taking your church out. It’s how I took your government out.’ He said, ‘It’s at the root of every sin and every defect that every human being has.’ Later, he said, ‘It’s the cause of mediocrity in every single human being.' I convince people that they cannot be separated from the particular good. The spiritual warfare, the entire battlefield, is completely controlled by Christ.”
Prominent podcaster Shawn Ryan released his second podcast with Catholic priest Fr. Chad Ripperger after their first episode on spiritual warfare sparked widespread interest in Catholicism, with many viewers saying it inspired them to explore or convert to the faith.
Image: Shawn Ryan