Act of Contrition
My God, I am sorry for my sins with all my heart.
In choosing to do wrong and failing to do good,
I have sinned against you whom I should love above all things.
I firmly intend, with your help, to do penance, to sin no more,
and to avoid whatever leads me to sin.
Our Savior Jesus Christ suffered and died for us.
In His name. My God have mercy.
This is the priest who died on the Titanic to hear confessions and administer last rites.
Given the opportunity to board a lifeboat on two separate occasions, Father Thomas Byles firmly declined. He chose instead to stay behind, absolving sins and consoling the doomed passengers.
Following the vessel's collision with the iceberg, he assembled the remaining crowds on the aft deck.
Those who lived through the disaster recalled him standing bravely amid the panic, listening to confessions, granting collective absolution, and reciting the Rosary right up until the ocean claimed the stern.
This is the type of story we should elevate, heroic virtue. May the Lord bless us with more holy men possessing the courage of Father Thomas Byles.
AVE MARIA, CHEIA DE GRAÇA,
o Senhor é convosco,
bendita sois vós entre as mulheres
e bendito é o fruto do vosso ventre, Jesus.
Santa Maria, Mãe de Deus,
rogai por nós pecadores,
agora e na hora da nossa morte.
AMÉM!
Iraqi Catholic priest Fr. Ragheed Ganni, who was killed by Islamic State terrorists in Mosul in 2007 for refusing to close his church, is on the path to sainthood.
He reportedly replied, “How can I close the house of God?” before being shot.
Abortion didn’t come from compassion.
It came from fear.
Fear of responsibility.
Fear of sacrifice.
Fear of inconvenient truth.
And fear always demands a victim. In this case, the smallest human being in the room.
@TaylorRMarshall I’m really tired of having the debate over James. The ONLY way to end this debate is for the Vatican to call this out and make the decision to stop this nonsense. He’s making the Catholic church’s stance a more confusing one to outsiders and to those looking to enter the faith.