AdMaioremDeiGloriam

✝️🇬🇧 To the only God our Saviour through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory and magnificence, empire and power, before all ages and now and for all ages. Amen.

[AdMaioremDeiGloriam @NLFMBT]

In the order of grace established by Divine Wisdom, God ordinarily communicates Himself to man only through Mary -- St. Thomas Aquinas

[That Trad Gal @thattradgal]

The Catholic Church has saints whose bodies don’t decay, their blood, that has liquified for 600 years, and Eucharists that bleed.

Woe to those who have seen mighty works and still refuse to believe.

[☩ 𝕁𝕄𝕋 ☩ @SecretFire79]

The @ symbol on your keyboard, which powers every email address on Earth, was invented by Catholic monks🇻🇦

In the Middle Ages, before the printing press existed, every book in Europe had to be copied out by hand. The men who did the copying were almost entirely monks, working in the scriptoriums of Catholic monasteries. They spent their days bent over parchment, writing one word at a time by candlelight.

To save time and precious parchment, the monks invented hundreds of abbreviations and shorthand symbols. One of them was the @. They created it as a shorthand for the Latin word "ad," meaning "toward" or "at," by drawing the letter "a" and curving the tail of the letter "d" around it.

The symbol survived for centuries in religious manuscripts. The earliest known use of the @ in history is found in a Christian manuscript from 1345 held today in the Vatican Apostolic Library, where it appears as the first letter of the word "Amen."

From there it spread to merchant ledgers across Europe, then to typewriters, and in 1971 it was chosen by the engineer Ray Tomlinson to separate a username from a domain in the world's first email.
A symbol born in a Catholic monastery now connects billions of people every day across the globe.

[Hughes de Payens 🇻🇦✝️📿 @hdpayens]

The Didache was written before most Christians had a "Bible."

It had baptism rites. Eucharistic prayers. Bishops. Deacons. Fasting rules. A full liturgical calendar.

The structure Protestants call "Catholic invention" was already running.

A thread.

[Fr. Jeff Fasching @JefferyFasching]

I cannot show you my God, not because there is no God to show, but because you have no eyes to see Him…

St. Augustine.

[AdMaioremDeiGloriam @NLFMBT]

@mihonoburbon92 @robertsirico St Claire, was one of the greatest saints that has ever lived. This lady is not St Claire.
St Claire was performing a miracle, defeating the Muslims with the HolySacrament. There are no historical records saying she used to do this often or in normal times, because she never did

[AdMaioremDeiGloriam @NLFMBT]

@robertsirico @MichaelsRosary @Catholicizm1 Then don’t.

[MrCasey @MrCasey62]

“At the end of the day, there are no apologies for being Catholic. We are followers of Jesus Christ.”

[St. Padre Pio Quotes @PadrepioSaint]

• St. Padre Pio says:

"Confession is the soul's bath. Even a clean and unoccupied room gathers dust; return after a week a you will see that it needs dusting again."

#photo: Padre Pio hearing confessions.

[AdMaioremDeiGloriam @NLFMBT]

Happy Father’s Day!

[Dana Rachel 🇻🇦 @thyflameoflove]

“The greatest male saint who ever lived was not a deacon, not a priest, not a bishop, not a pope, not a hermit, not a monk... He was a husband, father and worker.”
— St. Josemaría Escrivá

📅 Father’s Day is June 21.

And the greatest male saint who ever lived was not a priest, a bishop, a pope, or a famous preacher.

He was a husband, a father, and a worker.

St. Josemaría Escrivá was speaking about St. Joseph.

That should make every man stop and think.

St. Joseph never preached a sermon. He never wrote a book. He never performed a recorded miracle. Scripture does not preserve a single word he spoke.

Yet God chose him to protect Jesus and Mary.

Matthew calls him “a just man” (Matthew 1:19). He worked with his hands. He provided for his family. He obeyed God when it was difficult. He stayed when it would have been easier to leave. He protected his family when danger came.

The world tells men that greatness is money, power, influence, or recognition.

God chose a carpenter.

Many fathers feel invisible. They work, sacrifice, provide, and wonder if anyone notices. St. Joseph reminds us that Heaven sees what the world ignores.

The man entrusted with raising the Son of God was not chosen because he was famous.

He was chosen because he was faithful.

💬 In a world that celebrates successful men, have we forgotten how to honor faithful fathers?

A father somewhere may need this reminder on Father’s Day.

[Father V @father_rmv]

The Sacred Heart of Jesus Surmounted by a Flaming Cross

1. St. Margaret Mary saw the Sacred Heart of Jesus surmounted by flames in the midst of which a Cross was raised on high. These flames and this Cross were the symbol of the infinite love of Jesus. Let us reflect a little. God, immeasurably happy in Himself, wished to communicate a share in His happiness to men, whom He created in a state of earthly happiness. He was offended by men and, when He saw that they were heading for destruction, He sent His Eternal Word to them. The Word took a human nature and became our brother; He preached the way to Heaven and gave us the means to achieve it. More than this, He offered Himself as a divine victim of expiation for ours sins. Having been condemned by those whom He had come to show the way, He died upon the Cross and shed all His blood for our salvation.

Pagans of all times have called this “the folly of the cross.” In fact, it is the miracle of the infinite love of God for humanity. Let us remember, however, that, although His love and goodness are infinite, so also is His justice. It is an overwhelming miracle of love on the part of God that He became man and died for us. It will be our own downfall if we fail to co-operate with this miracle of love.

The same Jesus Who died on the Cross for us and revealed His Heart, pierced and flaming with love, will one day appear with the same glorious sign of the Cross as our Supreme Judge. Then He will say to the wicked: “Depart from me, accursed ones, into everlasting fire!”

God’s justice is as infinite as His charity. We must choose either the way of the Cross, the way of love and goodness to which the Sacred heart of Jesus invites us, or the way of sin, which leads to the gulf of ruin and the final condemnation of the Supreme Judge. This is the tremendous choice we have to make.

2. This flaming Heart surmounted by a Cross represents not only the infinite love of Jesus, the obedient victim of love, but indicates also that if we wish to follow our divine Redeemer as far as Heaven, our true country, we must follow Him along the path of love and of the Cross. There is only one way of perfection, and that is the way of the Cross.

Jesus has told us this and has set us an example. “If anyone wishes to come after me,” He said, “let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.” (Luke 9, 23) He gave us an example by allowing Himself, innocent though He was, to be burdened with our sins. He staggered as far as Calvary beneath the weight of the Cross and there He shed His Precious Blood to the last drop. We must take the road of the Cross also. If we do not love our own cross, we do not love the Cross of Jesus. The Saints looked for humiliation and suffering in order to prove their love for Jesus. We must at least accept with resignation those sufferings and humiliations which Providence has allotted to us. We must embrace our cross daily and carry it with faith and love in the footsteps of Jesus. The Cross is the standard of Christ; it is the ladder which leads to Heaven. If anyone does not want to have anything to do with it, he does not want to have anything to do with Jesus.

3. Sweetest Jesus, be not my Judge, but my Saviour. (Antonio Cardinal Bacci)

[AdMaioremDeiGloriam @NLFMBT]

@UcheMaryOkoli @Juan110975 Maybe to the pagans. The only worship acceptable to God is the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. He’s told us how to worship Him.
I love this Nigerian dancing, and Gid loves it too, I’m sure, but outside of the context of the Mass.

[Christ The King @Catholic_State]

Ephesians 2:11–22: The death-warning stone barrier in Herod's Temple was the perfect image of the Old Covenant's Jewish ethnic order. Christ destroyed both the sign and reality, opening the New Covenant to the Gentiles. Full analysis: Chrysostom, Aquinas, Lapide, Council of Florence.

https://t.co/xzxBDRvCOx

[Trad West @trad_west_]

Geologists confirmed that the Earth shook during the Crucifixion

[Dana Rachel 🇻🇦 @thyflameoflove]

"Holiness is not for wimps and the cross is not negotiable, sweetheart, it's a requirement."
- Mother Angelica

Mother Angelica didn't sugarcoat the Christian life. She knew that following Jesus would cost us something.

When she said, "Holiness is not for wimps and the cross is not negotiable," she was reminding us that suffering, sacrifice, and self-denial are not optional parts of being a disciple. Jesus Himself said, "Whoever wants to follow Me must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow Me" (Luke 9:23).

The cross looks different for each of us. It may be forgiving someone who hurt you. Staying faithful in a difficult marriage. Carrying an illness. Fighting temptation. Choosing what is right when it would be easier to give in.

The saints became saints not because life was easy, but because they kept saying yes to God when it was hard.

We live in a world that tells us comfort is the goal. Jesus tells us holiness is the goal. And sometimes the road to holiness passes through a cross before it reaches a resurrection.

What is one cross in your life that you've been trying to avoid carrying?

Someone you know may need this reminder today more than you realize.

[Memento Mori @TempusFugit4016]

"When you begin to read or listen to the Holy Scriptures, pray to God thus: "Lord Jesus Christ, open the ears and eyes of my heart so that I may hear Thy words and understand them, and may fulfill Thy will." Always pray to God like this." - St. Ephrem

[Brian Burgess @Burgess7281975]

“Where Peter is therefore, there is the Church. Where the Church is there is not death but life eternal. …Although many call themselves Christians, they usurp the name and do not have the reward.”

Saint Ambrose of Milan
Ora Pro Nobis

[☩ 𝕁𝕄𝕋 ☩ @SecretFire79]

Meditate on that before bed tonight🇻🇦

[Memento Mori @TempusFugit4016]

"We read in the life of S. Ephrem, that, when he was entering a certain city, he prayed to God that he might fall in with something that should edify him. A harlot met him, and stared so hard at him, that he asked with great severity why she acted so immodestly; and he received this answer, 'Let woman look upon man, for from him was she made, but let man fix his gaze upon the earth, of which he was formed.' The man of God felt that the rebuke was just, and, being deeply touched by it, gave thanks to God because he had received from a harlot a lesson so salutary." - Cornelius a Lapide

[Trad West @trad_west_]

Brazilian doctor wrote "Go to Church", "Take care of yourself" & "Exercise" in antidepressant prescription.

[Mr. Whale @CryptoWhale]

1988 | 🇬🇧 David Irving:

“While going through British archives, one can find a handwritten note from the head of Britain’s psychological warfare department which states: ‘We must be careful about lies concerning Nazi gas chambers, because in the end they will be exposed.’”