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Of Lent
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Major Catechism of Saint Pius

35 D. Which is Lent?
R. Lent is a time of fasting and penance established by the Church by apostolic tradition.
36 D. For what purpose is Lent established??
R. Lent is established:
1. to make us aware of the obligation we have to do penance throughout our lives, of which, according to the Holy Fathers, Lent is the figure;
2. to imitate in some way the rigorous forty-day fast, that Jesus Christ did in the desert;
3. to prepare ourselves through penance to celebrate Easter in a holy way.
37 D. Because the first day of Lent is called Ash Day?
R. The first day of Lent is called Ash Day, because the Church places the sacred ashes on the heads of the faithful on that day.
38 D. Because the Church at the beginning of Lent uses to impose sacred ashes?
R. At the beginning of Lent, the Church uses to impose sacred ashes, so that we remember that we are composed of dust, and with death we must reduce ourselves to dust, we humble ourselves and do penance for our sins while we have time. Read More
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Lent
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Giuseppe Federici Study Center – For a new onset

Lent
“The observance of Lent is the bond of our militia; with it we distinguish ourselves from the enemies of the Cross of Jesus Christ; with it we ward off the scourges of divine wrath; with that, protected by heavenly help during the day, we fortify ourselves against the princes of darkness. If we abandon ourselves to such relaxation, it is all to the detriment of the glory of God, to dishonor of the Catholic religion, at risk for Christian souls; nor should there be any doubt that such negligence cannot become a source of misfortune for peoples, of ruins in public affairs and misfortunes in private affairs" (Constitution Non ambigimus of Benedict XIV, 30 maggio 1741).
Major Catechism of Saint Pius
Fasting and abstinence
source – http://www.centrostudifederici.org/la-quaresima-3/
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Discipline of fasting and abstinence
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temptationsSince the Constitution "Repent" of the 1966 of Paul VI and the "New Canon Law" of 1983 of John Paul II have no legal value, the discipline observed under the pontificate of Pius XII is still in force (according to the Canons 1250-1254 of the Benedictine canon law of the 1917, modified by the Decree from the S. Congregation of Rites of 16 September 1955 and from the S. Congregation Council of 25 July 1957).
The current law for the faithful of the Latin rite is therefore the following:
– THE LAW OF FASTING obliges all the faithful who have accomplished the 21 years old and have not yet started their 60th year.
– THE LAW OF ABSTINENCE from the flesh obliges all the faithful to start from 7 completed years.
IL FAST consists of having only one meal a day and two small lunches during the day (moralists quantify in 60 grams in the morning and 250 grams in the evening; the evening meal is always lean).
L’ABSTINENCE prohibits the use of meat, of meat extract or broth, but not that of eggs, dairy products and any animal fat condiments. Read More
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Month of March: the Sacred Mantle to Saint Joseph
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Giuseppe Federici Study Center – For a new onset

Month of March: the Sacred Mantle to Saint Joseph
The month of March is traditionally dedicated to Saint Joseph: we recommend a booklet that can encourage devotion to the Patron Saint of the Universal Church.
The Sacred Mantle in honor of the Patriarch Saint Joseph, Sodalitium Book Center (14 pages, 3,00 euro).
The Sacred Mantle is a particular homage paid to Saint Joseph, to honor His person and to deserve His patronage. It is advisable to recite these prayers for 30 consecutive days, in memory of the thirty years of life lived by Saint Joseph in the company of Jesus Christ, Son of God. The graces that are obtained from God are numberless, resorting to Saint Joseph. Saint Teresa of Avila (1515 – 1582) he left these illuminating words written: “Who wants to believe, do the test, that he may be persuaded."
source – http://www.centrostudifederici.org/mese-marzo-sacro-manto-san-giuseppe/
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Mons. Benigni and Mons. Guérard des Lauriers
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Giuseppe Federici Study Center – For a new onset
Mons. Benigni and Mons. Guérard des Lauriers

Il 27 February marks the anniversary of the death of Monsignor Umberto Benigni (1934) and of Mons. Guérard des Lauriers, o.p. (1988). We remember them with some documents that we point out to readers.
Video: “Homage to Msgr. Umberto Benigni, founder of the Sodalitium Pianum, on the 80th anniversary of his death". Speaker: Don Francesco Ricossa (Roma, 1° March 2014):
Video: “Omaggio to Monsignor Guérard of the Laurels, o.p.”:
Mons. Benigni and Mons. Guérard des Lauriers: interview with Don Ricossa
Reprint of the Social History of the Church:
source – http://www.centrostudifederici.org/mons-benigni-mons-guerard-des-lauriers/
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Editorial news: the Roman Lenten stations
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Giuseppe Federici Study Center – For a new onset

Press release no. 17/19 of the 26 February 2019, San Leandro
Editorial news: the Roman Lenten stations
P. Placido Lugano, osb, “The sacred Roman stations in Lent and the octave of Easter”, Sodalitium Book Center, pages. 118, euro 10,00.
Introduction: The Lenten stations in Rome
1. The sacred time of Lent, in the current discipline of the Church and according to the spirit of its liturgy, it is a time of retreat that every Christian must spend in solitude in union with the divine Redeemer Jesus Christ, attending to penance and mortification, especially in the form of fasting, and to all the exercises of the spiritual life. It begins with Ash Wednesday, in which the Church invites her children to bow their heads under the austere sentence pronounced in heaven by God against rebellious man : Remember, oh man, that you are dust and to dust you will return; and ends with the Easter Vigil, in which the resurrection of the Redeemer comes to cheer the souls who have suffered the voluntary privations of penance. Lent prepares the believing people to commemorate the Passion of Jesus and to celebrate with Him the Hallelujah of victory.
2. Established, Lent, in memory of the forty days of fasting of the Redeemer, it is dedicated in a particular way to penance, to education and preaching. The liturgical prayers of Lent speak mainly of fasting and mortification; ma, after the fourth week they begin to mention the Passion : because the only mortification, made of penance and abstinence, it is a worthy preparation to celebrate the memory of the Passion of the Man-God with a purified soul, which characterizes the last fortnight of Lent. The Epistle and the Gospel contain the spiritual food for instruction and preaching; the prayers, begging for mercy and forgiveness, move to do penance for the sins committed. Various traces still remain in the Roman Missal of the ancient discipline relating to public penitents for their reconciliation and that for converts from paganism (catechumens), who were preparing to receive the grace of baptism at the Easter Vigil.

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Either we believe or we don't believe. If we believe the Gospel cannot be contradicted
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It is a dogma of faith proclaimed by the Fourth Lateran Council under Innocent III that «The universal Church of the faithful is unique and outside of it absolutely no one can be saved». How on earth did Innocent III come up with being so rudely uninclusive, so blatantly biased, so obtusely certain that there is a true and a false, that good and evil exist and that he knows them? The concept that good and evil exist and how to actually establish them should be the ABC of any religion, without which you might as well just let it go. The pillar on which religion is based is called dogma, everything that is built on top of this initial pillar. Contrary to the new Church 2.0, all whipped cream and cotton candy, Christianity has an initial pillar which is made of granite, this pillar is the figure of Jesus Christ, which is not debatable and is not debatable and cannot be contradicted. Indeed Christianity, before being a religion, it was a historic event. Cristo, the third day, he was resurrected yes or no. If he has risen, we are right and the others are wrong, if he hasn't risen, the others are right and we are the ones who made the mistake. The fact that we can both be right about an event that either occurred or did not occur is contrary to the reality principle., which is a very cultured way of saying it's rubbish. Read More

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Available numbers 148 Sursum Corda of the day 17 February 2019
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Number Index 148 Give Up Hearts, 17 February 2019
– Press release number 148. The story of the adulterous woman;
– Comment by Mgr. Garofalo to the story of the adulterous woman;
– Prayer to Saints Faustino and Giovita, Martyrs;
– Orations on Valentine's Day, Priest and Martyr;
– Some miraculous facts about Baby Jesus, part 6.
source – https://www.sursumcorda.cloud/settimanale/indici-sursum-corda.html

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The Time of Septuagesima
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Major Catechism of Saint Pius, The sixtieth of the fiftieth
(In the 2019: 17 February, 24 February e 3 March)
29 D. Which under the Sundays which are called Septuagesima, the sixtieth out of the fiftieth?
R. They are called Septuagesima Sundays, sexagesima and quinquagesima the seventh, sixth and fifth Sunday before that of Passione.
30 D. Why does the Church leave out the Alleluia in the divine offices from Septuagesima Sunday to Holy Saturday?, and uses purple vestments?
R. From Septuagesima Sunday to Holy Saturday, the Church leaves out the Alleluia in the divine offices, which is a voice of joy, and uses purple vestments, which is the color of sadness, to distance the faithful from the vain joys of the world with these signs of sadness and to inspire them with the spirit of penance.
31 D. What things does the Church propose for us to consider in the divine offices of the weeks of septuagesima, the sixtieth out of the fiftieth?
R. In the divine offices of the week of Septuagesima the Church represents to us the fall of our ancestors, and their just punishment; in those of the sexagesima week it represents the universal flood sent by God to punish sinners; then in the first three days of the quinquagesima week it represents the vocation of Abraham, and the reward given by God to his obedience and faith. Read More

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St. Thomas: Submission of the Emperors to the Church of Rome
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• After these events (cfr. Up Hearts n° 145 and previous ones), Julian having been killed during the war with the Parthians, peace was restored to the Church by his brother Jovian, Catholic man; but he reigned for a short time. But a remarkable fact is found in the Emperors, from then until Charlemagne: they were almost all obedient and respectful to the Church of Rome, for his primacy, both with regards to the spiritual domain, as defined by the holy Council of Nicaea, both for the temporal one. Therefore Pope Gelasius was able to write to Emperor Anastasius that, as history teaches, the Emperor depends on the judgment of the Pope, and not vice versa. Valentinian too – who was the immediate successor of Jovian – (to what we learn from ecclesiastical history) he said in the imminence of the election of the Archbishop of Milan: «Place in the pontifical seat a person to whom we who govern the empire can sincerely bend our heads, and receive warnings when we make mistakes as men, as we receive medicine from a doctor". Read More

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