If your marriage is like this, your perfection will rival the holiest of monks.
“Never speak to your wife in a mundane way but with compliments, with respect and with much love. Tell her that you love her more than your own life, because this present life is nothing, and that your only hope is that the two of you pass through this life in such a way that in the world to come, you will be united in perfect love.
Say to her, ‘Our time here is brief and fleeting, but if we are pleasing to God, we can exchange this life for the Kingdom to come. Then we will be perfectly one both with Christ and with each other, and our pleasure will know no bounds. I value your love above all things, and nothing would be so bitter or painful to me as our being at odds with each other. Even if I lose everything, any affliction is tolerable if you will be true to me.’
Show her that you value her company, and prefer being at home to being out at the marketplace. Esteem her in the presence of your friends and children. Praise and show admiration for her good acts; and if she ever does anything foolish, advise her patiently. Pray together at home and go to Church; when you come back home, let each ask the other the meaning of the readings and the prayers. If your marriage is like this, your perfection will rival the holiest of monks.”
St John Chrysostom
If you're currently on your way to becoming a Catholic, I strongly recommend this video for you.
It's about how a strong Protestant became a Catholic because he hated talking about Mary. (7 mins vid) 😎
Did you know?
Gregory Baum was a Jewish convert to Catholicism who became a priest. He was one of the architects of Vatican II.
He drafted Nostra Aetate to declare the Old Covenant still valid and end the church’s mission to convert Jews.
He left the priesthood afterwards.
Three Latin phrases you need to know for the crusade ahead:
1) Deus vult – “God wills it.”
2) Christus regnat – “Christ is King.”
3) Non nobis, domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam – “Not to us, O Lord, but to your name be the glory.”
>24-year-old Catholic student walking across France on a pilgrimage to cathedrals
>Stops in a park in Annecy
>See a man trying to attack babies in strollers
>Police aren't there
>Henri charges the attacker using only his heavy hiking backpack as a shield
>Blocks the knife strikes, chases the man away from the kids
>Keeps engaging him until police arrive
>Asked why he did it: "I am a Catholic. I followed my instinct to protect the weak."
This is what a true Christian warrior looks like
On March 25, God created Adam.
On March 25, Abraham offered Isaac on Mt. Moriah.
On March 25, Moses crossed the Red Sea.
On March 25, the angel Gabriel announced to Mary that she would be the Mother of God.
On March 25, Christ, the new Adam, died for our sins.
O Blessed Day!
Happy Feast of Saint Joseph!
Joseph is the foster father for all Christians. If you are lacking your biological father or feel abandoned by a spiritual father, priest, bishop, et al., know that Saint Joseph is very near to you. If you belong to Christ, you belong to Joseph.
Therapy was invented in the 19th century
Confession has existed for over 2,000 years...
It's when you examine your conscience, name what you did wrong, receive absolution, and make it right
Freud took the structure, removed the resolution, and charged by the hour