Dear Fellow Catholic

08/04/2024

𝗕𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗙𝗜𝗧𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗘𝗨𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗔𝗗𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡

1. A Holy Hour of prayer before the Blessed Sacrament is so important to Jesus that a multitude of souls go to heaven who otherwise would have gone to hell. (Jesus’s revelation to Blessed Dina Belanger)
2. Our Lord hears our prayers anywhere, but He has revealed to His servants that those who visit Him in the Eucharist will obtain a more abundance of grace. (St. Alphonsus Ligouri)
3. ”You can come to me (in Eucharistic Adoration) at any time; I want to speak to you and I desire to grant you grace!” (Jesus to St. Faustina)
4. If souls understood the treasure they possess in the Divine Eucharist the churches would overflow with adorers no less by night than by day. (Blessed Dina Belanger)
5. Restoration, sanctification, transformation, reparation and salvation are the graces being poured out graciously upon us with each Holy Hour we make. (excerpt from “Letters to a Brother Priest”)
6. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is the best time you will spend on earth! (St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta)
7. A thousand years of enjoying human glory is not worth even an hour spent sweetly communing with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. (St. Padre Pio)
8. Let us take time, in the course of the week, to go in and spend a moment with the Lord who is so near. (Pope Benedict XVI).

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29/01/2024

Pope and another controversial statement

26/01/2024

“Do not focus on your old sins, lest the war will be renewed on you.”

— St. Anthony the Great
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The temptation of Saint Anthony,
by David Teniers

📷Marie wiseborn

23/01/2024

The devil appeared to three monks and said to them: If I gave you the power to change something in the past, what would you change?

The first of them, with great apostolic fervor, answered: "I would prevent you from causing Adam and Eve to fall into sin, so that mankind would not be separated from God."

The second, a man full of mercy, said to him: “I would keep you from turning away from God and condemning yourself forever.”

The third of them was the simplest and instead of answering the temptor, he knelt down, made the Sign of the Cross and prayed, saying, "Lord, deliver me from the temptation of what could have been and wasn't."

The demon, yelling loud and trembling in pain, be gone.

The other two, surprised, said to him, “Brother, why did you react like that?” ”

He answered them:

“First: We should NEVER dialogue with the enemy.

Second: NOBODY in the world has the power to change the past.

Third: Satan's INTEREST was not to prove our virtue, but to hold us in the past, so that we neglect the present, the only time God gives us His grace and we can cooperate with it to do His will.

Of all the devils, the one that most detains men and prevents them from being happy is "what could have been and wasn't". The past is left to the Mercy of God and the future to His Providence. But the present is in His love. Live today loving God with all the strength of your heart and those God has given you.

22/01/2024

19/01/2024

Carrying out a penitential act while using the washroom in this parish church😁

18/01/2024

BREAKING NEWS:

Former Catholic Bishop Joseph Strickland Will Receive National Pro-Life Award.

15/01/2024

The CASSOCK is a sign of consecration to God. Its black color is a sign of mourning. The priest is dead to the world, because everything worldly no longer attracts him. It is decorated with 33 buttons on the front, representing the age of Our Lord. There are 5 buttons on the sleeves, representing the 5 wounds of Our Lord. It also features 2 side clips that symbolize the humanity and divinity of Our Lord. The priest wears it with a band around his waist, a symbol of chastity and celibacy. Some have another 7 buttons on the upper arm, symbolizing the 7 sacraments, with which the priest comforts the faithful.
The cassock is also a sacred remedy against vanity. While an ordinary man needs to spend time in front of his wardrobe or the mirror to check if that jacket matches that shirt or if the color of the tie is appropriate, the priest wears the cassock and that's it. You don't even need to ask yourself “what will I wear today?” Your outfit is one! Therefore, it is also a symbol of loyalty and constancy. At baptisms the priest wears the cassock. If it's a wedding: cassock! If it's a birthday: cassock! What if it was a funeral? Cassock! In joy and in sadness, in health and in sickness... it is always the same thing. And it could not be otherwise, since the priest is the representative of Our Lord Jesus Christ who is the same: YESTERDAY, TODAY and FOREVER!!

15/01/2024

I admire Catholics level of unbotheredness. You can criticize their church, their leaders or their faith, they will listen to you until you finish, then they will go to church the next Sunday, eat the Sacrament and go home.

They do believe in miracles but they don’t chase miracle from church to church. Mass is only 1 hr, no time for gossip, you don’t have to over dress to impress anyone.

They don't even have loud speakers in their churches to disturb villagers, they don't hold crusades or go evangelising. If you want to join them, you have to go look for the church yourself, they have no time convincing you to join them. Nor do they have time to preach against other denominations. They don't even have time to recognize visitors for unnecessary greetings.

Minding their business is a full time job.
No time to organize false marriages, no hypocrisy. No need for the priest approval to know you are doing right, personal relationship with God, a relationship that is between you and your Creator and Jesus in your heart, not shouting to prove anything. Quietness no fake falling under anointing or pretending to hear from God and doing the opposite.

They sin daily and practice daily repentance, prayer, devotion and daily meditation. Very disciplined denomination guided by the papal government and Jesuit order.

Credit: Justice okoro

15/01/2024

Modesty is more than a fashion statement. It is a daily decision to dress like a child of God that you are.
Be Modest. Be Feminine.

© Catholic modesty

09/01/2024

The duty of the Pope and Church officials to be faithful to the Tradition of the Church, and not to “demand obedience for their private opinions, and certainly not for teachings and actions that would contradict revelation and the natural moral law.”

- Cardinal Muller

09/01/2024

Hollywood Actor Shia LaBeouf converts to Catholicism on New year's Eve.

The actor portrays Padre Pio in the upcoming Padre Pio film.

06/01/2024

"All are welcome in the Church; but on Christ's terms, not their own."

- Cardinal Francis George

03/01/2024

GLOBAL CATHOLIC STATISTICAL DATA 2023

The Vatican has released the global Catholic statistical report for 2023.

Here are 13 highlights:

1. The Catholic population worldwide increased from 1.358 billion to 1.375 billion, an increase of 16.2 million from 2022.

2. The continent of Africa experienced the biggest increase with 8.3 million embracing the Catholic faith between 2022 and 2023.

3. The total number of Bishops in the world decreased by 23 units to 5,340.

4. Worldwide the number of priests dropped by 2,347. Europe experienced the largest decline, while Africa and Asia experienced increase.

5. Africa had an increase of 1,518 priests.

6. Three countries with significant Mass attendance are Nigeria, Kenya, and Lebanon.

7. Nigeria tops the list. Percentage of Nigerian Catholics that attend Mass weekly is 94%.

8. The global count of permanent deacons increased slightly, but men and women religious experienced concerning decline, especially in Europe and Latin America.

9. Africa had an increase of 205 men religious and 2,275 female religious.

10. Africa shines in vocations to the priesthood. It is the only continent registering an increase in the number of both major and minor seminarians.

11. Africa experienced an increase of 205 major seminarians and 2,053 minor seminarians.

12. In Education, the Catholic Church has 74,000 kindergartens, 10,567 nursery schools, 101,000 primary schools, and 50,000 secondary schools serving the needs of over 65 million children in the world.

13. In Healthcare, the Catholic Church operates 5,405 hospitals, 14,205 dispensaries, 567 l***r hospitals, 15,276 homes for the elderly, 9,703 orphanages, 10,604 marriage counseling centers, 3,287 social rehabilitation centers, and 35,529 other kinds of institutes.

Omokugbo Ojeifo

02/01/2024

Pope Francis encouraged people to find solace in Mary when tempted to be overwhelmed by loneliness and shortcomings.

01/01/2024

HaPpY Theotokos Day

01/01/2024

The Arguments will go again this 2024.

1. That Catholics don't use the old testament, every first reading at Mass is usually from the old testament.

2.Catholics have removed books from the Bible... what I know is the Protestants' Bible is 7 books less.

3.Catholics worship Mary and prioritize her over Jesus, but what I know is when Catholics call Mary, what follows is "pray for us", and Jesus, "have Mercy on us". Pray for me isn't a word of worship✋​, or is it? In the court of Law, I think that's a request and a plea.

4. Catholics pray to God through Mary not Jesus, what I know is at Mass, all prayers are concluded this way:

"we ask this through Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever....Amen".

This 2024...the Holy Spirit will teach all truths.

01/01/2024

It's another whole 366 days in this 2024.

Study your Bible daily.

Say the Rosary daily.

01/01/2024

Happy New year 🎉

30/12/2023

Last post for the year.

Be well aware that the strict necessity of modesty in dress has been the constant teaching of the Church throughout the centuries.

As Fr. Stefano M. Manelli, FFI (once an altar boy for St. Padre Pio), stated in his marvelous book, Jesus Our Eucharistic Love: “A strict insistence on this particular point is a constant in the lives of all the Saints, from the Apostle, St. Paul (telling the woman to wear a veil so that she may not need to have her head appear ‘as if she were shorn’: [1Cor. 11:5-6])...

to St. John Chrysostom, St. Ambrose, etc., down to Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, who would permit no halfway measures, but always insisted on modest dresses clearly below the knees.”

In fact, when coming to confess, if their dresses were lowcut or too short, St. Padre Pio would send the women away, refusing them this Sacrament. As dresses in the 60’s became scantier and scantier, he sent larger and larger numbers of women away. It finally came to pass — since he was sending so many away — that his fellow friars posted a sign on the door of the Church which read:

“By Padre Pio’s explicit wish, women must enter the confessional wearing skirts at least 8 inches below the knee.…”

If those whom he refused asked why he treated them in this manner, he would answer:

“Don’t you know what pain it costs me to shut the door on anyone? The Lord has forced me to do so. I do not call anyone, nor do I refuse anyone either. There is someone else who calls and refuses them. I am His useless tool.”

See you in 2o24😘🙋

30/12/2023

Catholicism is Beautiful! ❤️🙏

When we witness the Mass, we honor and adore Jesus as He is.

We’re not supposed to have drum sets and electric guitars used while the host is transubstantiated into the body and blood of Christ.

We’re supposed to take a moment in silence as the host is elevated and adore God.

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28/12/2023

Rejection upon rejections of Pope's Fiducia Supplicans document: the blessing of same-sex union

28/12/2023

As we March into 2024.

Say your Rosary with all your might.

You will be glad you did.

28/12/2023

"But what is also to the point, let us note that the very tradition, teaching, and faith of the Catholic Church from the beginning was preached by the Apostles and preserved by the Fathers. On this the Church was founded; and if anyone departs from this, he neither is, nor any longer ought to be called, a Christian."

⚜ St. Athanasius

27/12/2023

These monks have been living in the Catholic abbey since it was founded by King Alexander II of Scotland in the year 1230, and wear a white hooded habit instead of the more traditional black or brown.

Monks are at the only inhabited medieval monastery in Britain still used for its original purpose have been preparing for one of the holiest days of the Christian calendar.

The 20 inhabitants of Pluscarden Abbey, which lies six miles south-west of Elgin, have been picking holly, rehearsing music and ceremonies, and making sure their candles are ready for burning on Christmas day.

26/12/2023

"I repeat that the temptations of jealousy, desperation, discouragement, distrust, etc. are works of the devil."

⚜ Padre Pio

26/12/2023

CARDINAL MARX (GERMANY) KNOWS THAT THE PAPAL DECLARATION WILL BE WELCOMED BY MANY EUROPEANS BUT NOT NOT BY MANY AFRICANS. LISTEN TO HIS REACTION:

"Munich Cardinal Reinhard Marx welcomed the papal permission to bless homosexuals and remarried people under certain conditions as a step in the right direction. The writing is a bit off, and the choice of words isn't entirely good either, said Marx on Tuesday in the Munich Presseclub. However, “For us, this may only be a small step. But for some in the global church, it is huge to hear that this could be possible. Some people in Africa will shake their heads.”

26/12/2023

Ther is no excuse: Sedevacantism is a Catholic obligation!

Pope Paul lV, February 15, 1559, Cum Ex Apostolatus Officio:

"If ever at any time it shall appear that... even the Roman Pontiff, prior to his promotion or his elevation as Cardinal or Roman Pontiff, has deviated from the Catholic Faith or fallen into some heresy... the promotion or elevation, even if it shall have been uncontested and by the unanimous assent of all the Cardinals, SHALL BE NULL, VOID AND WORTHLESS...[EVERYONE] SHALL BE PERMITTED AT ANY TIME TO WITHDRAW AT ANYTIME WITH IMPUNITY FROM OBEDIENCE AND DEVOTION TO THOSE THUS PROMOTED OR ELEVATED AND TO AVOID THEM AS WARLOCKS, HEATHENS, PUBLICANS AND HERESIARCHS."

26/12/2023

In his Christmas message, Pope Francis speaks of how the Child Jesus reveals God's tender love for each one of us.

He prays for peace in the Holy Land and elsewhere, and calls for every effort to stop violence and help those who are suffering.