Giuseppe Federici Study Center – For a new onset
THE TIMELINESS OF THE MESSAGE OF THE VIRGIN MARY
For some time we have been hearing about statuettes of the Madonna weeping blood: public opinion, Catholic and non-Catholic, she was disturbed or astonished by it.
Regardless of what personal beliefs may be regarding these manifestations, they lead us to reflect on the meaning that such realities have always had in the history of Christianity.
Leaving the final judgment on recent events to the legitimate ecclesiastical authorities, we observe that, already in the last century, the Holy Virgin, in apparitions recognized as authentic by the Church, he entrusted messages and prophecies to visionaries which then promptly occurred.
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by Editorial Staff
[Premises on true religion and social order] Even the unbelievers say that divine revelation would be contrary to the peace of the republics, since she would forbid the Church to tolerate any other religion that does not follow revelation; and this would be the cause of a thousand seditions and discords among peoples. Therefore they cannot suffer the evangelical dogma, that outside the Catholic Church there is no health. This is how Rousseau writes (Emil. t. 3. p. 172): “God forbid that I ever preach to men the cruel dogmas of intolerance, and that leads them to hate their neighbors, telling others; you will be damned”. Adds in the same place: “Intolerance is a horrible dogma, what a weapon against each other, and makes them enemies of the human race”. So the deists would like our Catholic Church to allow ecclesiastical tolerance, with which the people were made to believe, “that every good man, in any religion that lives, can save himself”: thus speaks the named Rousseau in the letter on page. 86.
They say that religion must be regarded as a national law, a law of pure external politics (as Rousseau himself writes in the aforementioned letter), which consequently does not oblige, that as long as one resides in the country where such a law is in force. Beautiful rule of believing and operating! From this it would follow, than a Christian, if he dwells among Christians, must believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God, and Savior of the world: if among the Turks, must believe that Jesus Christ is but a miserable precursor of Muhammad: if among the Jews, an impostor and seducer. But all this belief would be external, since according to the deists internally everyone can believe what they want; and behold, with the dogma of tolerance, a public school of hypocrisy opened, abominated by the Gentiles themselves, who after having forced the Christians through torments to renounce the faith, they then mocked them and despised them, if those out of weakness denied it. Besides, according to the deists, tolerance is based on the interest of the state and the government police, it follows that, the reasons for the interest and the police changing over time, we will change the dogma of tolerance together; hence those who previously had to tolerate each other, over time they will no longer be tolerated. So the dogma, by unbelievers judged essential to religion for the common good of peace, it will be a variable law over time? Therefore the essential dogmas of religion are also variable? Read More
Of Holy Week in general45. Because the last week of Lent is called holy?
The last week of Lent is called holy, because in it the memory of the greatest mysteries brought about by Jesus Christ for our redemption is celebrated.
46. What mystery is remembered on Palm Sunday?
On Palm Sunday we commemorate the triumphant entry that Jesus Christ made into Jerusalem six days before his passion.
47. For what reason did Jesus Christ enter triumphantly into Jerusalem before his passion??
Before his passion, Jesus Christ wanted to enter Jerusalem triumphantly, as had been predicted:
1. to animate his disciples, thus giving them clear proof that he was going to suffer spontaneously;
2. to teach us that with his death he would triumph over the devil, of the world and of the flesh, and that it would open the entrance to heaven for us.
48. What mystery is celebrated on Holy Thursday?
On Maundy Thursday the institution of the Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist is celebrated.
49. What mystery is remembered on Good Friday?
On Good Friday we remember the passion and death of the Savior.
50. Which mysteries are honored on Holy Saturday?
On Holy Saturday the burial of Jesus Christ and his descent into limbo are honored and after the sign of the Gloria we begin to honor his glorious resurrection.
51. What must we do to spend Holy Week according to the mind of the Church?
To spend Holy Week according to the mind of the Church we must do three things:
1. combine fasting with greater internal concentration, and a greater fervor in prayer;
2. meditate continually with a spirit of compunction on the sufferings of Jesus Christ;
3. assist if you can, to the divine offices with this same spirit.
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