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Instructions in Christian Doctrine

Friday, August 6th, 2010

the “Little Sermons on the Catechism” by Cardinal Corsi.

XXI. The Effects of Holy Communion

As regards our passions, that other source of our weakness, it is certain that if the holy Eucharist does not wholly deliver us from them, it at least alleviates their violence and subdues them. Hence St. Bernard said to the faithful: “If some of you no longer experience the violent emotions of anger, of envy, of intemperance, ascribe it to the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ which you have received in holy Communion.” For the sensual passion in particular, which is by far the most violent and most dangerous of our enemies, this Sacrament is a powerful bridle. For it is specially ordained to heal the mortal wounds inflicted by the evils of concupiscence, and to moderate its fire. The immaculate Flesh of Christ imparts its purity to ours; His pure Blood purifies our blood which has been corrupted by sin.

Finally, the holy Eucharist purifies us from our daily faults, whereby are not understood grievous sins, which, as a rule, are only wiped out through the Sacrament of Penance, but those lesser faults into which we fall daily. The Council of Trent assures us that the holy Eucharist has the power to efface the same. So, therefore, the holy Eucharist preserves in us the spiritual life by removing or suppressing everything that tends to destroy it.

Furthermore, corporal food not only preserves the life of the body, but fortifies, strengthens, and develops it, so the Eucharistic Bread not only preserves the soul from death, but causes it to acquire virtue upon virtue and to increase in holiness. Hence, in holy Scripture, it is prefigured in that mysterious bread which the Angel presented to Elias in the wilderness. This bread gave to the Prophet such extraordinary power that he, without partaking of any other food, journeyed for forty days and forty nights unto the summit of Mount Horeb. What an impressive picture of the strength with which the holy Eucharist inspires us to walk upon the path of the Lord, and upon the difficult road of our pilgrimage, unto the Kingdom of Heaven.

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response to “Pius XII’s Efforts to Save Jewish Culture Revealed”

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

An article was sent to me by an anonymous reader who tried to put forward the argument that the Catholic Church, in the person of Cardinal Pacelli prior to becoming Pope Pius XII, helped “non-Aryan Jews”, including non-Catholic Jews.

See article

I have news for you: the Catholic Church is committed to humanitarian aide for all peoples in times of great distress and conflict!

Regardless of the position taken by the author at Zenit, objective evidence shows that the Catholic Church took immediate response to the needs of the Jewish people during the WWII era. The Catholic Church is morally upright in her corporal and spiritual works of mercy to all peoples regardless of their religious views, that would include the Jews and their religious heritage.

The argument put forward by Novus Ordo Catholics is so bad that they misrepresent the Catholic position entirely.

All of a sudden ‘ecumenism’ and ‘religious liberty’ become truths fallen from heaven, dogmas of the faith! “See? What Pius XII did is evidence that he was a relativist and an anti-pope according to your position! Therefore, your position is flawed and cannot be true, hence Vatican II teachings are saved!”

The truth couldn’t be any more to the contrary.

The argument falls in line with the same argument of that misrepresentation of the Church’s position in regards to evangelization of peoples and culture, contrary to popular opinion and myths harbored by anti-Catholic sentiments. It’s the argument put forth by people who dislike the Catholic Church from the perspective of the history of the Conquistadors and of many sinners who, in the name of Christianity and of the Church, destroyed peoples’ culture and identity.

The Catholic Church holds them to be sinners for their actions and worldliness.

But the Church has had many sinners who perhaps had the true faith but nevertheless remained inanimate without true charity. These men and conquerors have accomplished great feats, out of which God brought the natives to the means of salvation.

The idea that the Catholic Church is all about the death and destruction of non-Catholics and their cultural identity is greatly absurd! The Church, in persons of ecclesiastical diplomats hold their culture and heritage to belong them rightfully, who are the heirs and possessors to the traditions and past of their forefathers.

The Church would like to hold those artifacts, from the Old Law which brought about the New Law and has been superseded by it, contrary to Vatican II teachings, to be worthy of preservation and human respect, minus the Talmud and subsequent false traditions which later crept into modern-day Judaism.

It is based on the moral principle of justice that these things be protected from misused and disused, and the Church cannot deny its great religious history from orthodox Judaism during the Time of Jesus Christ.

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Frank M. Rega’s heresy in “Padre Pio on Salvation Outside the Church”, part 2

Monday, July 5th, 2010

We have demonstrated that “Salvation Outside the Church” is untenable. Such idea comes from the human mind which relied on itself not on God’s truth, for God does not contradict Himself and He doesn’t change His Mind… If you believe that the Catholic Church was divinely instituted then you would readily admit that the infallible dogmas of the Church are truths fallen from Heaven proposed for our belief and that bind our conscience without reservation.

Pope Pius X, Lamentabile, The Errors of the Modernists, July 3, 1907, #22: “The dogmas which the Church professes as revealed are not truths fallen from Heaven, but they are a kind of interpretation of religious facts, which the human mind by a laborious effort prepared for itself.”- Condemned

Pope Pius IV, Council of Trent, Iniunctum nobis, Nov. 13, 1565, ex cathedra: “This true Catholic faith, outside of which no one can be saved… I now profess and truly hold…”

Pope Eugene IV, Council of Florence, Session 8, Nov. 22, 1439, “The Athanasian Creed”, ex cathedra: “Whoever wishes to be saved, before all things it is necessary that he holds the Catholic faith. Unless a person keeps this faith whole and undefiled, without a doubt he shall perish eternally.”

Going back to the article entitled “Padre Pio on Salvation Outside the Church”, the last time we left off was on the account of Adelaide McAlpin Pyle, a Baptized Protestant and Padre Pio supposedly said “She will be saved because she has faith.” We are assuming that Padre Pio knew what he was saying, perhaps having the foreknowledge that she would be converted to God at the end of her life, then there is no doubt what is meant here is that she has the life of grace, the faith that was bestowed upon her at the moment of her baptism and exercised throughout her life. Now, the faith has to be living to be sanctifying. If it was the case, then she was in the state of grace while erroneously believing in her false Protestant position due to invincible ignorance. Again, Padre Pio had certain gifts, but he could not see everything.

He was liable to be wrong as well.

Going to the case of King George V of England, a Baptized Protestant, there’s nothing wrong with prayers for a conversion of a soul at the end of its life. We are bound to pray for the conversion of everyone to God, whether Catholic or non-Catholic. Why should Padre Pio not pray for George V while he was on his death bed? Would you miss the opportunity to ask the grace of God to save that soul?

Now to the case of Julius Fine, an Unbaptized Devout Jew, the requirement is the same. There has to be faith, and that faith has to be living. How much exposure he had with the Catholic Church, whether he was ignorant of the Catholic Religion is for God to decide. But assuming that he did not know the Talmud, perhaps he himself was not aware of the teachings in it, but lived as an honest and upright Jew and obeying the laws of God, then we can believe he was found to be on God’s good side.

But it doesn’t matter, these accounts do not justify us to deny the Catholic Truth, and unbelief would be the opposite to our salvation. These stories do not save us, why wager your soul on Padre Pio’s remarks and his close associates’ fallible and human accounts.

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The importance of the Catholic Religion part 1

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

Why is it necessary to follow a religion?

Man by nature is religious. However, in order for man to follow a religion, it must be true. The hallmark of the true religion is the authenticity of its teachings.

The Christian religion not only purports to be true, it is certified by God Himself.

The Christian worldview is a miracle in and of itself. God, who had first created the world for His own glory, did so so that man, His own children, should find sole happiness in possession of Him.

Ever since the Fall of man in Paradise, there has been constant battle between the good and the bad, between light and darkness, between the spirit and the flesh.

As if God has left man to himself, finding his way out of the chaos, man is left with his own purpose to find meaning of his own existence.

In the ages prior to the Coming of Christ, man found solace and meaning through the truths of natural religion.

However, natural religion could not find complete fulfillment for man, precisely because man is directed toward a supernatural end.

All the creation of religions prior to the Coming of Christ, had a defect, one or two, or even more. Many were evil in practice.

The Jewish Religion was the only promise made between God and the Israelites to make ensure that they did not become unfaithful to Him by following false gods.

The Jewish Religion was the only true religion of that time.

Moses

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