Forgotten Truths To Set Faith Afire!

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) The most evident mark of God’s anger, and the most terrible castigation He can inflict on the world, is manifest when he permits His people to fall into the hands of a clergy who are more in name than in deed, priests who practice the cruelty of ravening wolves rather than the charity and affection of devoted shepherds. They abandon the things of God to devote themselves to the things of the world, and instead of their saintly call to holiness, they spend their time in profane and worldly pursuits. When God permits such things it is a very positive proof that he is thoroughly angry with His people, and is visiting His most dreadful wrath upon them.  St. John Eudes    [This is just one of the stirring quotations 1200 in my book,  Forgotten Truths to Set Faith Afire! - Word to Challenge Inspire, and Instruct .]

(Image Source - Trappist Caskets ) The Holy Mass would be of greater profit if people had it offered in their lifetime, rather than have it celebrated for the relief of their souls after death. Pope Benedict XV

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) The Mass is the center and kernel of Catholic worship; without it our faith would die, as it does in those who willfully miss their obligation of attendance at Mass. Those who have so often tried to stamp out the Church have understood this well, for they have always advocated abolishing the Mass. Yet with the Mass we have 'the power of God and the wisdom of God' which nothing can restrain. For the Holy Eucharist is not only a sacrament, it is also a sacrifice, the renewal of the Sacrifice of Mount Calvary, whereby the infinite fruits of that sacrifice are applied to our souls. Father Desmond Murray, O.P.   [This quotation is just one of the 1200 in my book,  Forgotten Truths to Set Faith Afire! - Word to Challenge Inspire, and Instruct .]