Sunday, 26 January 2014
Excellent Sermon on The Site Noted
http://te-deum.blogspot.com/2014/01/fr-perrone-personal-holiness-heroic.html
Thanks to Diane.
I do think that saints can win the day–even now. The Church, you know, will never go down. It’s an unsinkable ship. But there’s no telling how few there may be left in the final rundown.
Thanks to Diane.
I do think that saints can win the day–even now. The Church, you know, will never go down. It’s an unsinkable ship. But there’s no telling how few there may be left in the final rundown.
The Vocation of The Priest's Wife and The Three Marys
Because for many months, I was close to some Ordinariate priests and met and talked with some of the wives when I was in England, even briefly, I observed a key to the mystery of the married Ordinariate priest which I would like to share. I have also met other women in the role of "priest wives".
The Catholic people on the whole are not accustomed to the vicar's wife. Indeed, when we lived in Petersfield years ago, it took the parish several months to accept a married ex-Anglican, now Catholic priest for a pastor. The objections were all based on ignorance and prejudice and in the end, the priest and his wife were not only happily accepted, but greatly loved.
The problem with the normal person in the pew is that these Catholics do not understand that if the husband, who is a Catholic priest has a vocation, his wife has a vocation as well. I understand this vocation of the priest's wife, which is more than being the wife of a man who happens to be a priest, and a mother to his children.
The vocation of the priest's wife consists of the greatest sacrifice a woman can give to the Church, her husband to take on another Bride, the Bride of Christ, which is the Church
The priest's wife is not the first woman in the priest's life She is the third woman in the priest's life, and yet, a great support to his ministry, a point to which I shall return.
The First Woman in the heart of the married priest is the Bride of Christ, the one, true, holy, Catholic and apostolic Church. He is her protector, her guide, her spouse as he is alter Christus.
The Second Woman in the heart of the married priest is the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Theotokos, the Mother of us all. The priest takes her guidance and love and honors her above all women.
The Third Woman is his wife. And, this wife is the servant of the servant. If she is a stay-at-home mom, she organizes the life of the priest so that he can maximize his day of service to the Church. She is not first, ever, and must be scheduled, and disciplined.
If the Third Woman has a job out of necessity, in order to help support the priest and family, as so many now must after losing their pensions, houses, and other goods by converting to the Catholic Church, even having to go back to work to make ends meet, this job is the gift she gives to not only the family, but to the Church, easing the financial burden of a diocese or the Ordinariate.
If the Third Woman is called to be active in the daily workings of the Church, especially if the children are grown and gone, her relationship with the parish will demand her time and gifts, and she will support the work of her husband as he sees fit. I know one priest's wife who does so many things that she is just as busy as he is.
A priest's wife has been called by God to give her husband to the Church, and to the world. She knows that she is called to serve, and to sacrifice the normal comforts of married life.
She will not be rich, or have the normal aspirations of a married woman in the world of the laity, because even though she is lay, she has a vocation to be in the world, and not of the world in a direct manner.
Her world is one like the women who served Christ and His apostles, so that they could live out the vocation of the apostolic call.
I greatly honor the wives of the priests of the Ordinariate and other priest's wives who have come in via different manners into the Catholic Church. May we honor them as we would honor those women at the foot of the Cross.
Like the married women, a mother of a priest sacrifices the time and attention of a son, grandchildren and all the protection and love a son would give to a mother is he were not married to the Bride of Christ. Mothers of priests should understand priest's wives from the perspective of giving up a natural relationship for a supernatural one, as these sons and these husbands do not belong to us, but to God.
"Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary [the wife] of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene." We call these women, Mary Salome, Mary wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene, the Three Marys, or the Three Maries. Mary Salome, wife of Zebedee and mother of the "Sons of Thunder," James and John, aided Christ and His apostles and stood watching the horror of the Passion and Death of Our Lord. Like Mary the Mother of God, she is one of my models
These women ministered to Christ, set aside their own status, their own resources, their own lives for the sake of the Gospel.
So, too, do our sisters who are the wives of our Catholic priests.
Mass in the Age of the Barbarians and the Satanic Based Teen Culture: or Mass in the Age of Peter Pans and the Lost Boys
I worked both in high school, college, and university ministry. Some people may be surprised, but it does not work on the whole.
The creation of so-called age-appropriate settings for Liturgy never existed before the early 1970s. The false dichotomy and the creation of the "youth culture" meant that worldly and even sinful aspects were introduced into the Liturgy. We have seen the abuses at World Youth Day.
I saw all this happening, especially after the NO came into being.
Why does this type of pandering to youth not work?
First, a statistic.
And, of course, I cannot find the poll online after all these years.
A huge falling off of Notre Dame graduates from weekly participation in the Mass on campus, when they graduated, was discovered in a poll some years ago. This poll revealed that those Catholic students who had been active in the weekly Mass were not so after graduation.
The main reason given, in a honest appraisal at the time, was that the students could not make the transition between their "specialized" students Masses and those in the parish.
Why should they? For four years, their sensual appetites for worship centering on them were not only allowed, but encouraged. True worship and the virtue of religion were not taught. Appealing to sensuality and the manipulation of emotions has nothing to do with Sunday worship. Their Masses were "all about me".
The second problem was that these students had not learned to pray. They had active, participatory Masses without the needed learning of reflection and deep prayer. There was a disjoint in the activity of weekly worship and daily prayer-and if there were prayer meetings, again, they were geared not for teaching the six levels of prayer but for "good feelings".
When I was active in both high school, college, and university ministry to students, I learned that the best way to incorporate students into the Church was to teach them proper worship. There could be some slight changes in the non-essentials of the Liturgy, such as in the prayers of the Faithful, but not in the essentials.
One of the most amazingly successful Masses I organized in Canada as the liturgical minister working with the priest chaplain was a Remembrance Day Mass (not done in the States) with the local Catholic Natives singing the songs praising the veterans and giving glory to God for their service. To this day, I have never experienced a more fitting honor to vets than at that Mass. This was not a novelty but an expression of true worship in a culture with Natives.
But, to have something like that as a regular "treat" would not be appropriate.
The entire teen culture is an evil construct of the 20th century. Before the dissolution of our classical school systems, and the too long, dragged out years of useless preparation for adult life, young people were expected to grow up and assume adult responsibilities by 16 in some countries, and 18 in others. They were apprenticed to either their dads or others. They learned to make a living, get married and have children, learning fatherhood and husband-hood in the family.
We have created an underclass by giving in the satan's design to weaken the culture by putting off adulthood too long. I am convinced that youth culture is founded on satanic principles of indulgence, lack of discipline, and the emphasis on emotions. We make all kinds of excuses for this long adolescent which now goes until the thirties and is a false construct of modern society. Satan applauds the huge numbers of peter pans and unmarried youth who only think of themselves.
Two close friends of mine were from extremely wealthy families. But, their fathers made them work in a factory, one in a cookie factory, during the summer, to learn the work ethic. This was not the father's business. They were good Catholics and saw the need for helping their boys grow up and accept responsibility. We must do the same in real worship.
Social scientists and false psychologists want us to believe that young adults are less than capable of responsibility. They have done the same with small children and those of you who have read my Montessori posts and the virtue posts know that young children are capable of high concentration skills and even holiness.
The satanic based teen culture is denying youth the time to become saints. It might be the only time they have to become saints. To be a saint is not to indulge in the feelings and consolations of religious experience. On the contrary....
We have created this false paradise for them and then wonder why they become self-centered adults who do not know how to sacrifice, or be part of a larger community.
Teen Masses and university chaplaincies do not prepare the youth for the word of the Church Militant.
I had three very good priests who worked with me at the high school and university level when I was in ministry. Two saw the rot of the training of chaplains to never really challenge youth, but provide "youth events" which never mentioned sin, the last four things, hell. They deplored with me, and this was in Canada, the introduction of New Age religion into the high schools, and saw the acceptance of the homosexual clergy.
Of course, as I was in charge of retreats, I planned the "real deal" on repentance and salvation.
I did this, and was called into the office, and was told I had no right to talk about sin to my high school students, who attended a wealthy school. Many were on drugs and most were no longer virgins. The administration did not want to save souls, only make money, and keep up the pretense of Catholic education.
I could not be a real Catholic thing, but only "Catholic-Lite". Of course, my days were numbered.
A minister or a teacher can only help was is happening in the home at that age, and not take over the real responsibilities of the parents. The parents will answer before God for not having the domestic church. What we can do in those positions is also teach the adults to take responsibility for their own children.
The other priest I worked with in London, an eminent psychologist, and I could see the danger of "youth Masses". He refused to do them, as he saw, as I did, the damage to the soul and mind of so-called age appropriate Liturgy. It was grow-up time in the Catholic Chaplaincy.
I learned all this the hard way. Notre Dame did as well. Whether the chaplains changed their approach or not after that survey, I do not know.
But, there is only one proper worship for God, and we sin seriously in not teaching this at an early age.
I shall go to the TLM later today, and there are at least 15-20 children under the age of 16 or so. They all behave beautifully. They are not being taught that they are the center of worship, but that God is the center of the Mass.
The last point I want to make is that the Mass is not for evangelization. What I mean is, we do not create an atmosphere of emotional manipulation at Mass in order to bring people to God. This is a Protestant mind-set. Nor is Mass entertainment, and sadly, much new Catholic music is entertainment, not true worship.
The Holy Spirit, through the Mass of the Ages, leads us all to God.
We do our youth a disservice with youth Masses. They will cling to a childish view of themselves and God and not enter into the virtue of religion. We are not preparing saints for the world, but "spiritual children" who have not learned how to stand up to the greatest time of evil ever seen since the days of the barbarians.
One more point. We missed our regular Mass one Sunday in California and had to attend the only one we could find in the evening. We had been travelling. It was a Life Teen Mass. It was horrible.
It was an abomination before the Lord. God forgive me for not knowing what it was all about-this was in 2007.
To see and hear people at the sacredness of Mass in flip-flops, halter tops, and sing Protestant songs was a shock to me. To see and hear the priest speak of feelings and emotions as if he were a summer camp director was disgusting.
God forgive us. This is just plain evil. Tell me what this has to do with the Triune God? This is all entertainment and emotional manipulation and our youth will be swept away by the times to come.
I remind people that the Pope Emeritus said no singing or instrumentals during the Consecration, and that the guitar and piano were not liturgical instruments. Think of why....
And, as clergy and laity, what right to we have to manipulate and impose our sinful natures on to the glorious Mass, the Sacrifice of Christ, the center of our prayer? Think of how we shall be judged for mocking God, for wanting to be God.....
The creation of so-called age-appropriate settings for Liturgy never existed before the early 1970s. The false dichotomy and the creation of the "youth culture" meant that worldly and even sinful aspects were introduced into the Liturgy. We have seen the abuses at World Youth Day.
I saw all this happening, especially after the NO came into being.
Why does this type of pandering to youth not work?
First, a statistic.
And, of course, I cannot find the poll online after all these years.
A huge falling off of Notre Dame graduates from weekly participation in the Mass on campus, when they graduated, was discovered in a poll some years ago. This poll revealed that those Catholic students who had been active in the weekly Mass were not so after graduation.
The main reason given, in a honest appraisal at the time, was that the students could not make the transition between their "specialized" students Masses and those in the parish.
Why should they? For four years, their sensual appetites for worship centering on them were not only allowed, but encouraged. True worship and the virtue of religion were not taught. Appealing to sensuality and the manipulation of emotions has nothing to do with Sunday worship. Their Masses were "all about me".
The second problem was that these students had not learned to pray. They had active, participatory Masses without the needed learning of reflection and deep prayer. There was a disjoint in the activity of weekly worship and daily prayer-and if there were prayer meetings, again, they were geared not for teaching the six levels of prayer but for "good feelings".
When I was active in both high school, college, and university ministry to students, I learned that the best way to incorporate students into the Church was to teach them proper worship. There could be some slight changes in the non-essentials of the Liturgy, such as in the prayers of the Faithful, but not in the essentials.
One of the most amazingly successful Masses I organized in Canada as the liturgical minister working with the priest chaplain was a Remembrance Day Mass (not done in the States) with the local Catholic Natives singing the songs praising the veterans and giving glory to God for their service. To this day, I have never experienced a more fitting honor to vets than at that Mass. This was not a novelty but an expression of true worship in a culture with Natives.
But, to have something like that as a regular "treat" would not be appropriate.
The entire teen culture is an evil construct of the 20th century. Before the dissolution of our classical school systems, and the too long, dragged out years of useless preparation for adult life, young people were expected to grow up and assume adult responsibilities by 16 in some countries, and 18 in others. They were apprenticed to either their dads or others. They learned to make a living, get married and have children, learning fatherhood and husband-hood in the family.
We have created an underclass by giving in the satan's design to weaken the culture by putting off adulthood too long. I am convinced that youth culture is founded on satanic principles of indulgence, lack of discipline, and the emphasis on emotions. We make all kinds of excuses for this long adolescent which now goes until the thirties and is a false construct of modern society. Satan applauds the huge numbers of peter pans and unmarried youth who only think of themselves.
Two close friends of mine were from extremely wealthy families. But, their fathers made them work in a factory, one in a cookie factory, during the summer, to learn the work ethic. This was not the father's business. They were good Catholics and saw the need for helping their boys grow up and accept responsibility. We must do the same in real worship.
Social scientists and false psychologists want us to believe that young adults are less than capable of responsibility. They have done the same with small children and those of you who have read my Montessori posts and the virtue posts know that young children are capable of high concentration skills and even holiness.
The satanic based teen culture is denying youth the time to become saints. It might be the only time they have to become saints. To be a saint is not to indulge in the feelings and consolations of religious experience. On the contrary....
We have created this false paradise for them and then wonder why they become self-centered adults who do not know how to sacrifice, or be part of a larger community.
Teen Masses and university chaplaincies do not prepare the youth for the word of the Church Militant.
I had three very good priests who worked with me at the high school and university level when I was in ministry. Two saw the rot of the training of chaplains to never really challenge youth, but provide "youth events" which never mentioned sin, the last four things, hell. They deplored with me, and this was in Canada, the introduction of New Age religion into the high schools, and saw the acceptance of the homosexual clergy.
Of course, as I was in charge of retreats, I planned the "real deal" on repentance and salvation.
I did this, and was called into the office, and was told I had no right to talk about sin to my high school students, who attended a wealthy school. Many were on drugs and most were no longer virgins. The administration did not want to save souls, only make money, and keep up the pretense of Catholic education.
I could not be a real Catholic thing, but only "Catholic-Lite". Of course, my days were numbered.
A minister or a teacher can only help was is happening in the home at that age, and not take over the real responsibilities of the parents. The parents will answer before God for not having the domestic church. What we can do in those positions is also teach the adults to take responsibility for their own children.
The other priest I worked with in London, an eminent psychologist, and I could see the danger of "youth Masses". He refused to do them, as he saw, as I did, the damage to the soul and mind of so-called age appropriate Liturgy. It was grow-up time in the Catholic Chaplaincy.
I learned all this the hard way. Notre Dame did as well. Whether the chaplains changed their approach or not after that survey, I do not know.
But, there is only one proper worship for God, and we sin seriously in not teaching this at an early age.
I shall go to the TLM later today, and there are at least 15-20 children under the age of 16 or so. They all behave beautifully. They are not being taught that they are the center of worship, but that God is the center of the Mass.
The last point I want to make is that the Mass is not for evangelization. What I mean is, we do not create an atmosphere of emotional manipulation at Mass in order to bring people to God. This is a Protestant mind-set. Nor is Mass entertainment, and sadly, much new Catholic music is entertainment, not true worship.
The Holy Spirit, through the Mass of the Ages, leads us all to God.
We do our youth a disservice with youth Masses. They will cling to a childish view of themselves and God and not enter into the virtue of religion. We are not preparing saints for the world, but "spiritual children" who have not learned how to stand up to the greatest time of evil ever seen since the days of the barbarians.
One more point. We missed our regular Mass one Sunday in California and had to attend the only one we could find in the evening. We had been travelling. It was a Life Teen Mass. It was horrible.
It was an abomination before the Lord. God forgive me for not knowing what it was all about-this was in 2007.
To see and hear people at the sacredness of Mass in flip-flops, halter tops, and sing Protestant songs was a shock to me. To see and hear the priest speak of feelings and emotions as if he were a summer camp director was disgusting.
God forgive us. This is just plain evil. Tell me what this has to do with the Triune God? This is all entertainment and emotional manipulation and our youth will be swept away by the times to come.
I remind people that the Pope Emeritus said no singing or instrumentals during the Consecration, and that the guitar and piano were not liturgical instruments. Think of why....
And, as clergy and laity, what right to we have to manipulate and impose our sinful natures on to the glorious Mass, the Sacrifice of Christ, the center of our prayer? Think of how we shall be judged for mocking God, for wanting to be God.....
Saturday, 25 January 2014
Half a Million in Washington and Now in California
No Media Coverage! About 50K in San Francisco.
@frfrankpavone with #WalkForLife helping to stop the Media #BlackOut @KCBSNews @abc7newsBayArea @KTVU pic.twitter.com/6vyDz0IudM
A reminder from a good tweeter
A little drop of simple obedience is worth a million times more than a whole vase of the choicest contemplation.
St.Mary Magdalene de Pazzi
Great Show
http://www.churchmilitant.tv/fullpreview/?vidID=micd-2014-01-22
Voris is spot on. Contraception is THE problem in the Pro-Life movement.
Voris is spot on. Contraception is THE problem in the Pro-Life movement.
Lies about Ireland
A wise priest told me that the loss of Catholicism in Ireland started over 70 years ago. He was the first priest to be honest about the fact that the pro-abortion, pro-contraception Catholics are not post-Vatican II.
The problem came with the great influence of socialism and Marxism in the new Republican government. The problem as came in with very poor catechesis and the bad seminary training years ago.
The fact is, said this wise priest, that people never moved from a childhood religion to an adult appropriation of the Faith.
This priest said that the scandals were not the cause of the falling off, but the lack of Faith which preceded these.
The weak clergy is part of the lavender mafia. The sexual sins of the clergy and the people, including the acceptance of fornication, divorce, and contraception caused the present weakness.
Do not kid yourselves. Countries, nations take awhile to fall-one thing can cause the final tumble, but the problem is old, very old.
No one in the government who voted for abortion is being denied Communion.
Thank you, Father, for clarifying this issue.
See the labels.
Hmm, I wonder what they talked about.....? Ah, the French!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/francois-hollande/10594841/Francois-Hollande-to-meet-Pope-Francis.html
http://www.france24.com/en/breaking/20140125-hollande-confirms-separation-partner-trierweiler-afp-reports/?ns_campaign=breaking_news&ns_source=twitter&ns_mchannel=reseaux_sociaux&ns_fee=0&ns_linkname=breaking_20140125_hollande_confirms_separation_partner_trierweiler_afp
http://www.france24.com/en/breaking/20140125-hollande-confirms-separation-partner-trierweiler-afp-reports/?ns_campaign=breaking_news&ns_source=twitter&ns_mchannel=reseaux_sociaux&ns_fee=0&ns_linkname=breaking_20140125_hollande_confirms_separation_partner_trierweiler_afp
37 Million Dollars and Ruined Lives
I am, frankly, tired of hearing that the sexual abuses cases are a result of Vatican II. This is simply not true. As a member of a family where four children were sexually abused in the 1930s and 1940s over years by a single priest who has access to hundreds of children, I can assure you this problem is old.
I am also tired of people asking me why my son did not join this diocese.
I am also grieved that some dioceses are still accepting homosexually inclined men into the seminaries, which I know of personally.
The sub-culture is strong and Michael Voris, Michael S. Rose, and others are not exaggerating.
Pray for your Church.
Diocese of Davenport
List of Credible Allegations Against Priests, Brothers and Lay Employees
as of November 2, 2012 1 of 4
Earliest Claimed Abuse
Name
Year of Death
Parish Assignments (other assignments not listed)
Dates
Year of Ordin-ation
Comments
early
Francis Bass
St. Mary, Clinton
1948-1957
1948
Accused of sexual
1950's
St. Joseph, Davenport
1957-1956
abuse of 18 male minors
St. Mary, Eddyville
1966-1967
St. Joseph, East Pleasant Plain
1967-1973
Sacred Heart, Newton
1973-1978
St. Patrick, Iowa City
1978-1981
St. Patrick, Delmar
1981-1992
St. Anne Welton
1984-1992
1948
Herman Bongers
1971
St. Mary, Keokuk
1939-1941
1939
Accused of sexual
St. Joseph, Fort Madison
1941-1943
abuse of 5 male minors
St. Paul, Davenport
1943-1945
St. Bridget, Victor
1962-1965
1963
Bernard Brugman
1965
St. Joeseph, Davenport
1943-1946
1943
Accused of sexual
St. Joseph, Montrose
1950-1951
abuse of 1 male minor
St. Patrick, Charlotte
1963-1965
St. Patrick, Villa Nova
1963-1965
Assumption, Charlotte
1963-1965
early
Sylvester Conrad
2003
St. Patrick, Ottumwa
1952-1958
1952
Accused of sexual
1960's
Our Lady of Lourdes, Bettendorf
1958-1967
abuse of 1 female minor
St. Mary, Weller
1967-1996
St. Peter, Lovilia
1977-1997
1945
Orville DeCoursey
1964
St. Mary, West Point
1931-1932
1931
Accused of sexual
St. Patrick, Charlotte
1937-1938
abuse of 4 male minors
St. Patrick, Villa Nova
1937-1938
Our Lady of Lourdes, Keswick
1938-1948
St. Joseph, What Cheer
1938-1949
St. Mary, Fairfield
1948-1964
1983
Paul Deyo
St. Mary, Clinton
1976-1978
1976
Accused of sexual
St. Mary, Davenport
1988-1991
abuse of 3 male minors
St. Patrick, Iowa City
1991-1992
St. Peter, Cosgrove
1996-1997
St. Mary, Oxford
1996-1997
St. Wenceslaus, Iowa City
1997-2000
1981
Daniel Emrich
"Franciscan Brothers of Christ the King" (lay group)
Accused by 1 male minor
1957
Thomas Feeney
1981
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Davenport
1953-1968
1937
Accused of sexual
St. Anthony, Davenport
1968-1981
abuse of 15 male minors
1955
Fidelis Forrester
unk
St. John, Burlington
1955-1956
unk
Accused of sexual
St. John, Burlington
1961-1963
abuse of 3 male minors
1961
Theodore Geerts
2006
St. Joseph, Fort Madison
1946-1947
1946
Accused of sexual
St. Patrick, Clinton
1947-1962
abuse of 3 male minors
St. Boniface, Farmington
1962-1969
St. Mary, String Prairie
1962-1969
St. Mary, Dodgeville
1969-1969
Diocese of Davenport
List of Credible Allegations Against Priests, Brothers and Lay Employees
as of November 2, 2012 2 of 4
Earliest
Claimed
Abuse
Name Year
of
Death
Parish Assignments
(other assignments not listed)
Dates Year
of
Ordination
Comments
1942 Thomas Hackett 1951 Sacred Heart Cathedral, Davenport 1943-1943 1943 Accused of sexual
St. Joseph, DeWitt 1943-1945 abuse of 3 male minors
Sacred Heart, Fort Madison 1945-1946
1949 Joseph Hines 1992 St. Wenceslaus, Iowa City 1945-1951 1945
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Davenport 1951-1961
Ss. Mary & Joseph, Sugar Creek 1961-1967
St. Joseph, Columbus Junction 1967-1970
St. Mary, Lone Tree 1967-1970
Sacred Heart, Fort Madison 1970-1981
St. Mary, Tipton 1981-1989
1953 James Janssen St. Bridget, Victor 1948-1948 1948 Accused of sexual
St. Paul, Burlington 1948-1950 abuse of 36 male minors
St. Irenaeus, Clinton 1950-1953
St. Joseph, East Pleasant Plain 1953-1953
Sacred Heart, Newton 1953-1956
St. Michael, Holbrook 1958-1958
St. Patrick, Delmar 1959-1959
St. Mary, Davenport 1959-1961
St. Joseph, Fort Madison 1961-1967
Ss. Mary & Joseph, Sugar Creek 1967-1979
St. Mary, Bryant 1972-1979
St. Anthony, Davenport 1979-1980
Ss. Philip & James, Grand Mound 1980-1990
1956 Raymond Kalter 1977 St. Alphonsus, Davenport 1958-1962 1930 Accused of sexual
abuse of 3 male minors
1960 John Kennedy 1989 St. Wenceslaus, Iowa City 1936-1936 1936 Accused of sexual
Immaculate Conception, Petersville 1951-1957 abuse of 2 male and
Assumption, Charlotte 1957-1963 1 female minors
St. Patrick, Charlotte 1957-1963
St. Patrick, Villa Nova 1957-1963
Petersville, Immaculate Conception 1957-1963
St. Patrick, Brooklyn 1963-1968
St. Mary, Wilton 1968-1974
1954 William Kerrigan 1988 St. Mary of the Visitation, Ottumwa 1941-1941 1941 Accused by 1 female
minor
St. Mary, Eddyville 1953-1955
1960's Placidus Kieffer 1984 St. John, Burlington 1963-1969 unk Accused of sexual
abuse of 2 male minors
Early James Lawrence 2008 St. Thomas More, Iowa City 1961-1961 1961 Accused by 1 female
1960s St. Anthony, Knoxville 1961-1966 minor
St. Mary, Eddyville 1971-1972
Sacred Heart, Ft. Madison 1972-1973
St. Irenaeus, Clinton 1973-1984
St. Mary, Bryant 1979-1983
St. Mary, Oxford 1984-1987
St. Mary, Davenport 1987-1993
St. Joseph, Davenport 1987-1995
Diocese of Davenport
List of Credible Allegations Against Priests, Brothers and Lay Employees
as of November 2, 2012 3 of 4
Earliest Claimed Abuse
Name
Year of Death
Parish Assignments (other assignments not listed)
Dates
Year of Ordin-ation
Comments
1988
James Leu
Holy Family, Davenport
1971-1977
1971
Accused of sexual
Sacred Heart, Newton
1977-1978
abuse of 2 male minors
Our Lady of Victory, Davenport
1978-1985
St. Mary, Lone Tree
1985-1988
St. Mary, Nichols
1988-1988
1986
Frank Martinez
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Davenport
1982-1984
1982
Accused of sexual
Sacred Heart, Lost Nation
1984-1985
abuse of 1 male minor
St. James, Toronto
1984-1985
St. Peter, Buffalo
1985-1986
St. Joseph, Bauer
1986-1987
Sacred Heart, Melcher
1986-1987
1943
Carl Meinberg
1975
St. Mary, Iowa City
1940-1967
1914
Accused of sexual abuse of 4 male minors
1973
Walter Phipps
2010
Our Lady of Lourdes School, Bettendorf
early 1970s
not ord-ained
Accused of sexual abuse of 1 male minor
1977
Mark Quillen
"Franciscan Brothers of Christ the King" (lay group)
?
Accused of sexual abuse of 1 male minor and 1 male adult
1958
Donald Redmond
unk
St. John, Burlington
1958-1963
unk
Accused of sexual
St. John, Burlington
1965-1967
abuse of 5 male minors
St. John, Burlington
1974-1984
1977
Bro Francis Skube
"Franciscan Brothers of Christ the King" (lay group)
NA
Accused of sexual abuse of 1 male minor and 1 male adult
1963
Eugene Smith
Ss. Mary & Matthias, Muscatine
1958-1959
1958
St. Mary, Clinton
1959-1959
Ss. Peter & Paul, Clear Creek
1959-1959
St. Mary, Ottumwa
1959-1961
St Mary, Keokuk
1961-1966
St. Anthony, Knoxville
1966-1967
Sacred Heart, Newton
1967-1967
St. Patrick, Burlington
1967-1969
1958
Lawrence Soens
St. Paul, Burlington
1950-1952
1950
St. Bridget, Victor
1954-1958
St. Bridget, Nolan Settlement
1961-1961
St. Patrick, Charlotte; Villa Nova
1975-1978
Assumption, Charlotte
1975-1978
St. Mary, Clinton
1978-1983
Accused by 1 female minor
Accused by 31 male minors
Diocese of Davenport
List of Credible Allegations Against Priests, Brothers and Lay Employees
as of November 2, 2012 3 of 4
Earliest Claimed Abuse
Name
Year of Death
Parish Assignments (other assignments not listed)
Dates
Year of Ordin-ation
Comments
1988
James Leu
Holy Family, Davenport
1971-1977
1971
Accused of sexual
Sacred Heart, Newton
1977-1978
abuse of 2 male minors
Our Lady of Victory, Davenport
1978-1985
St. Mary, Lone Tree
1985-1988
St. Mary, Nichols
1988-1988
1986
Frank Martinez
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Davenport
1982-1984
1982
Accused of sexual
Sacred Heart, Lost Nation
1984-1985
abuse of 1 male minor
St. James, Toronto
1984-1985
St. Peter, Buffalo
1985-1986
St. Joseph, Bauer
1986-1987
Sacred Heart, Melcher
1986-1987
1943
Carl Meinberg
1975
St. Mary, Iowa City
1940-1967
1914
Accused of sexual abuse of 4 male minors
1973
Walter Phipps
2010
Our Lady of Lourdes School, Bettendorf
early 1970s
not ord-ained
Accused of sexual abuse of 1 male minor
1977
Mark Quillen
"Franciscan Brothers of Christ the King" (lay group)
?
Accused of sexual abuse of 1 male minor and 1 male adult
1958
Donald Redmond
unk
St. John, Burlington
1958-1963
unk
Accused of sexual
St. John, Burlington
1965-1967
abuse of 5 male minors
St. John, Burlington
1974-1984
1977
Bro Francis Skube
"Franciscan Brothers of Christ the King" (lay group)
NA
Accused of sexual abuse of 1 male minor and 1 male adult
1963
Eugene Smith
Ss. Mary & Matthias, Muscatine
1958-1959
1958
St. Mary, Clinton
1959-1959
Ss. Peter & Paul, Clear Creek
1959-1959
St. Mary, Ottumwa
1959-1961
St Mary, Keokuk
1961-1966
St. Anthony, Knoxville
1966-1967
Sacred Heart, Newton
1967-1967
St. Patrick, Burlington
1967-1969
1958
Lawrence Soens
St. Paul, Burlington
1950-1952
1950
St. Bridget, Victor
1954-1958
St. Bridget, Nolan Settlement
1961-1961
St. Patrick, Charlotte; Villa Nova
1975-1978
Assumption, Charlotte
1975-1978
St. Mary, Clinton
1978-
Diocese of Davenport
List of Credible Allegations Against Priests, Brothers and Lay Employees
as of November 2, 2012 4 of 4
Earliest Claimed Abuse
Name
Year of Death
Parish Assignments (other assignments not listed)
Dates
Year of Ordin-ation
Comments
1972
Gerald Stouvenel
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Davenport
1972-1975
1972
Accused by 3 male
St. Mary, West Point
1977-1980
minors
St. Joseph, Montrose
1980-1981
St. James, St. Paul
1981-1983
St. Mary, West Point
1983-1991
Church of the Visitation, Camanche
1991-1994
St. Mary, West Burlington
1994-1999
St. Patrick, Burlington
1995-1999
St. Mary, Dodgeville
1995-2000
Ss. Mary & Patrick, W. Burlington
1999-2007
St. Mary, Dodgeville
2004-2007
St. Joseph, Montrose
2007-2007
Sacred Heart, Fort Madison
2007-2007
Ss. Mary & Joseph, Fort Madison
2007-2007
1950's
Louis Telegdy
1995
St. Francis, Mystic
1956-1961
1942
Accused of sexual abuse of 3 male minors
1969
Alphonse Wagner
1974
St. Anne, Welton
1965-1966
1944
Accused of sexual
St. Mary, Bryant
1966-1968
abuse of 2 male minors
St. Patrick, Charlotte
1968-1974
St. Patrick, Villa Nova
1968-1974
Assumption, Charlotte
1968-1974
1962
Richard Welsh
1971
St. Mary, Ottumwa
1952-1955
1952
Accused of sexual
St. Mary, Davenport
1955-1959
abuse of 6 male minors
St. Anthony, Davenport
1959-1966
St. Joseph, Columbus Junction
1970-1970
St. Mary, Lone Tree
1970-1970
St. Peter, Buffalo
1970-1971
1960
William Wiebler
2006
Ss. Peter & Paul, Clear Creek
1955-1957
1955
Accused of sexual
St. Mary, Clinton
1964-1967
abuse of 29 male minors
St. Mary, Iowa City
1967-1969
St. Mary, String Prairie
1969-1971
St. Boniface, Farmington
1969-1971
Our Lady of Lourdes, Bettendorf
1971-1980
St. Mary, Ottumwa
1980-1985
1954
Non-clergy
unk
St. Anthony School, Davenport
1954
NA
Accused by 1 female
maintenance
minor
worker, not
positively
identified
I am also tired of people asking me why my son did not join this diocese.
I am also grieved that some dioceses are still accepting homosexually inclined men into the seminaries, which I know of personally.
The sub-culture is strong and Michael Voris, Michael S. Rose, and others are not exaggerating.
Pray for your Church.
Diocese of Davenport
List of Credible Allegations Against Priests, Brothers and Lay Employees
as of November 2, 2012 1 of 4
Earliest Claimed Abuse
Name
Year of Death
Parish Assignments (other assignments not listed)
Dates
Year of Ordin-ation
Comments
early
Francis Bass
St. Mary, Clinton
1948-1957
1948
Accused of sexual
1950's
St. Joseph, Davenport
1957-1956
abuse of 18 male minors
St. Mary, Eddyville
1966-1967
St. Joseph, East Pleasant Plain
1967-1973
Sacred Heart, Newton
1973-1978
St. Patrick, Iowa City
1978-1981
St. Patrick, Delmar
1981-1992
St. Anne Welton
1984-1992
1948
Herman Bongers
1971
St. Mary, Keokuk
1939-1941
1939
Accused of sexual
St. Joseph, Fort Madison
1941-1943
abuse of 5 male minors
St. Paul, Davenport
1943-1945
St. Bridget, Victor
1962-1965
1963
Bernard Brugman
1965
St. Joeseph, Davenport
1943-1946
1943
Accused of sexual
St. Joseph, Montrose
1950-1951
abuse of 1 male minor
St. Patrick, Charlotte
1963-1965
St. Patrick, Villa Nova
1963-1965
Assumption, Charlotte
1963-1965
early
Sylvester Conrad
2003
St. Patrick, Ottumwa
1952-1958
1952
Accused of sexual
1960's
Our Lady of Lourdes, Bettendorf
1958-1967
abuse of 1 female minor
St. Mary, Weller
1967-1996
St. Peter, Lovilia
1977-1997
1945
Orville DeCoursey
1964
St. Mary, West Point
1931-1932
1931
Accused of sexual
St. Patrick, Charlotte
1937-1938
abuse of 4 male minors
St. Patrick, Villa Nova
1937-1938
Our Lady of Lourdes, Keswick
1938-1948
St. Joseph, What Cheer
1938-1949
St. Mary, Fairfield
1948-1964
1983
Paul Deyo
St. Mary, Clinton
1976-1978
1976
Accused of sexual
St. Mary, Davenport
1988-1991
abuse of 3 male minors
St. Patrick, Iowa City
1991-1992
St. Peter, Cosgrove
1996-1997
St. Mary, Oxford
1996-1997
St. Wenceslaus, Iowa City
1997-2000
1981
Daniel Emrich
"Franciscan Brothers of Christ the King" (lay group)
Accused by 1 male minor
1957
Thomas Feeney
1981
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Davenport
1953-1968
1937
Accused of sexual
St. Anthony, Davenport
1968-1981
abuse of 15 male minors
1955
Fidelis Forrester
unk
St. John, Burlington
1955-1956
unk
Accused of sexual
St. John, Burlington
1961-1963
abuse of 3 male minors
1961
Theodore Geerts
2006
St. Joseph, Fort Madison
1946-1947
1946
Accused of sexual
St. Patrick, Clinton
1947-1962
abuse of 3 male minors
St. Boniface, Farmington
1962-1969
St. Mary, String Prairie
1962-1969
St. Mary, Dodgeville
1969-1969
Diocese of Davenport
List of Credible Allegations Against Priests, Brothers and Lay Employees
as of November 2, 2012 2 of 4
Earliest
Claimed
Abuse
Name Year
of
Death
Parish Assignments
(other assignments not listed)
Dates Year
of
Ordination
Comments
1942 Thomas Hackett 1951 Sacred Heart Cathedral, Davenport 1943-1943 1943 Accused of sexual
St. Joseph, DeWitt 1943-1945 abuse of 3 male minors
Sacred Heart, Fort Madison 1945-1946
1949 Joseph Hines 1992 St. Wenceslaus, Iowa City 1945-1951 1945
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Davenport 1951-1961
Ss. Mary & Joseph, Sugar Creek 1961-1967
St. Joseph, Columbus Junction 1967-1970
St. Mary, Lone Tree 1967-1970
Sacred Heart, Fort Madison 1970-1981
St. Mary, Tipton 1981-1989
1953 James Janssen St. Bridget, Victor 1948-1948 1948 Accused of sexual
St. Paul, Burlington 1948-1950 abuse of 36 male minors
St. Irenaeus, Clinton 1950-1953
St. Joseph, East Pleasant Plain 1953-1953
Sacred Heart, Newton 1953-1956
St. Michael, Holbrook 1958-1958
St. Patrick, Delmar 1959-1959
St. Mary, Davenport 1959-1961
St. Joseph, Fort Madison 1961-1967
Ss. Mary & Joseph, Sugar Creek 1967-1979
St. Mary, Bryant 1972-1979
St. Anthony, Davenport 1979-1980
Ss. Philip & James, Grand Mound 1980-1990
1956 Raymond Kalter 1977 St. Alphonsus, Davenport 1958-1962 1930 Accused of sexual
abuse of 3 male minors
1960 John Kennedy 1989 St. Wenceslaus, Iowa City 1936-1936 1936 Accused of sexual
Immaculate Conception, Petersville 1951-1957 abuse of 2 male and
Assumption, Charlotte 1957-1963 1 female minors
St. Patrick, Charlotte 1957-1963
St. Patrick, Villa Nova 1957-1963
Petersville, Immaculate Conception 1957-1963
St. Patrick, Brooklyn 1963-1968
St. Mary, Wilton 1968-1974
1954 William Kerrigan 1988 St. Mary of the Visitation, Ottumwa 1941-1941 1941 Accused by 1 female
minor
St. Mary, Eddyville 1953-1955
1960's Placidus Kieffer 1984 St. John, Burlington 1963-1969 unk Accused of sexual
abuse of 2 male minors
Early James Lawrence 2008 St. Thomas More, Iowa City 1961-1961 1961 Accused by 1 female
1960s St. Anthony, Knoxville 1961-1966 minor
St. Mary, Eddyville 1971-1972
Sacred Heart, Ft. Madison 1972-1973
St. Irenaeus, Clinton 1973-1984
St. Mary, Bryant 1979-1983
St. Mary, Oxford 1984-1987
St. Mary, Davenport 1987-1993
St. Joseph, Davenport 1987-1995
Diocese of Davenport
List of Credible Allegations Against Priests, Brothers and Lay Employees
as of November 2, 2012 3 of 4
Earliest Claimed Abuse
Name
Year of Death
Parish Assignments (other assignments not listed)
Dates
Year of Ordin-ation
Comments
1988
James Leu
Holy Family, Davenport
1971-1977
1971
Accused of sexual
Sacred Heart, Newton
1977-1978
abuse of 2 male minors
Our Lady of Victory, Davenport
1978-1985
St. Mary, Lone Tree
1985-1988
St. Mary, Nichols
1988-1988
1986
Frank Martinez
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Davenport
1982-1984
1982
Accused of sexual
Sacred Heart, Lost Nation
1984-1985
abuse of 1 male minor
St. James, Toronto
1984-1985
St. Peter, Buffalo
1985-1986
St. Joseph, Bauer
1986-1987
Sacred Heart, Melcher
1986-1987
1943
Carl Meinberg
1975
St. Mary, Iowa City
1940-1967
1914
Accused of sexual abuse of 4 male minors
1973
Walter Phipps
2010
Our Lady of Lourdes School, Bettendorf
early 1970s
not ord-ained
Accused of sexual abuse of 1 male minor
1977
Mark Quillen
"Franciscan Brothers of Christ the King" (lay group)
?
Accused of sexual abuse of 1 male minor and 1 male adult
1958
Donald Redmond
unk
St. John, Burlington
1958-1963
unk
Accused of sexual
St. John, Burlington
1965-1967
abuse of 5 male minors
St. John, Burlington
1974-1984
1977
Bro Francis Skube
"Franciscan Brothers of Christ the King" (lay group)
NA
Accused of sexual abuse of 1 male minor and 1 male adult
1963
Eugene Smith
Ss. Mary & Matthias, Muscatine
1958-1959
1958
St. Mary, Clinton
1959-1959
Ss. Peter & Paul, Clear Creek
1959-1959
St. Mary, Ottumwa
1959-1961
St Mary, Keokuk
1961-1966
St. Anthony, Knoxville
1966-1967
Sacred Heart, Newton
1967-1967
St. Patrick, Burlington
1967-1969
1958
Lawrence Soens
St. Paul, Burlington
1950-1952
1950
St. Bridget, Victor
1954-1958
St. Bridget, Nolan Settlement
1961-1961
St. Patrick, Charlotte; Villa Nova
1975-1978
Assumption, Charlotte
1975-1978
St. Mary, Clinton
1978-1983
Accused by 1 female minor
Accused by 31 male minors
Diocese of Davenport
List of Credible Allegations Against Priests, Brothers and Lay Employees
as of November 2, 2012 3 of 4
Earliest Claimed Abuse
Name
Year of Death
Parish Assignments (other assignments not listed)
Dates
Year of Ordin-ation
Comments
1988
James Leu
Holy Family, Davenport
1971-1977
1971
Accused of sexual
Sacred Heart, Newton
1977-1978
abuse of 2 male minors
Our Lady of Victory, Davenport
1978-1985
St. Mary, Lone Tree
1985-1988
St. Mary, Nichols
1988-1988
1986
Frank Martinez
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Davenport
1982-1984
1982
Accused of sexual
Sacred Heart, Lost Nation
1984-1985
abuse of 1 male minor
St. James, Toronto
1984-1985
St. Peter, Buffalo
1985-1986
St. Joseph, Bauer
1986-1987
Sacred Heart, Melcher
1986-1987
1943
Carl Meinberg
1975
St. Mary, Iowa City
1940-1967
1914
Accused of sexual abuse of 4 male minors
1973
Walter Phipps
2010
Our Lady of Lourdes School, Bettendorf
early 1970s
not ord-ained
Accused of sexual abuse of 1 male minor
1977
Mark Quillen
"Franciscan Brothers of Christ the King" (lay group)
?
Accused of sexual abuse of 1 male minor and 1 male adult
1958
Donald Redmond
unk
St. John, Burlington
1958-1963
unk
Accused of sexual
St. John, Burlington
1965-1967
abuse of 5 male minors
St. John, Burlington
1974-1984
1977
Bro Francis Skube
"Franciscan Brothers of Christ the King" (lay group)
NA
Accused of sexual abuse of 1 male minor and 1 male adult
1963
Eugene Smith
Ss. Mary & Matthias, Muscatine
1958-1959
1958
St. Mary, Clinton
1959-1959
Ss. Peter & Paul, Clear Creek
1959-1959
St. Mary, Ottumwa
1959-1961
St Mary, Keokuk
1961-1966
St. Anthony, Knoxville
1966-1967
Sacred Heart, Newton
1967-1967
St. Patrick, Burlington
1967-1969
1958
Lawrence Soens
St. Paul, Burlington
1950-1952
1950
St. Bridget, Victor
1954-1958
St. Bridget, Nolan Settlement
1961-1961
St. Patrick, Charlotte; Villa Nova
1975-1978
Assumption, Charlotte
1975-1978
St. Mary, Clinton
1978-
Diocese of Davenport
List of Credible Allegations Against Priests, Brothers and Lay Employees
as of November 2, 2012 4 of 4
Earliest Claimed Abuse
Name
Year of Death
Parish Assignments (other assignments not listed)
Dates
Year of Ordin-ation
Comments
1972
Gerald Stouvenel
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Davenport
1972-1975
1972
Accused by 3 male
St. Mary, West Point
1977-1980
minors
St. Joseph, Montrose
1980-1981
St. James, St. Paul
1981-1983
St. Mary, West Point
1983-1991
Church of the Visitation, Camanche
1991-1994
St. Mary, West Burlington
1994-1999
St. Patrick, Burlington
1995-1999
St. Mary, Dodgeville
1995-2000
Ss. Mary & Patrick, W. Burlington
1999-2007
St. Mary, Dodgeville
2004-2007
St. Joseph, Montrose
2007-2007
Sacred Heart, Fort Madison
2007-2007
Ss. Mary & Joseph, Fort Madison
2007-2007
1950's
Louis Telegdy
1995
St. Francis, Mystic
1956-1961
1942
Accused of sexual abuse of 3 male minors
1969
Alphonse Wagner
1974
St. Anne, Welton
1965-1966
1944
Accused of sexual
St. Mary, Bryant
1966-1968
abuse of 2 male minors
St. Patrick, Charlotte
1968-1974
St. Patrick, Villa Nova
1968-1974
Assumption, Charlotte
1968-1974
1962
Richard Welsh
1971
St. Mary, Ottumwa
1952-1955
1952
Accused of sexual
St. Mary, Davenport
1955-1959
abuse of 6 male minors
St. Anthony, Davenport
1959-1966
St. Joseph, Columbus Junction
1970-1970
St. Mary, Lone Tree
1970-1970
St. Peter, Buffalo
1970-1971
1960
William Wiebler
2006
Ss. Peter & Paul, Clear Creek
1955-1957
1955
Accused of sexual
St. Mary, Clinton
1964-1967
abuse of 29 male minors
St. Mary, Iowa City
1967-1969
St. Mary, String Prairie
1969-1971
St. Boniface, Farmington
1969-1971
Our Lady of Lourdes, Bettendorf
1971-1980
St. Mary, Ottumwa
1980-1985
1954
Non-clergy
unk
St. Anthony School, Davenport
1954
NA
Accused by 1 female
maintenance
minor
worker, not
positively
identified
On Darkness and Light
Speaking with some friends yesterday, I mentioned that the reason people either hate us or become testy around us is that when we either go to work, or even to family gatherings, we are like light bulbs walking into a dark room.
The darkness of souls sees the lightness in us and either recoils, or attacks.
We should expect this, and be loving and kind and, most importantly, detached.
It is not US that these people in darkness are attacking or recoiling from, but CHRIST in us.
In fact, we have within us from baptism, the Indwelling of the Holy Trinity.
Can you imagine a soul in the darkness of sin and death, (a soul in mortal sin is a dead soul), facing the light that soul has decided not to follow? And, Dear Reader, there you stand, enlightened by the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
The Light is the Light of Christ's salvation and grace, which too many in Darkness now hate, as these people have chosen the Darkness.
No more do they desire the Light, but either fear it, or hate it, or both. Some, therefore, want to destroy the Light, as it shows them their very souls.
Pray for those people.
Pray that they are open to the Light.
Perfection Again and The Virtues
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Some readers have asked about how to develop the virtues. I have parsed out some of Garrigou-Lagrange's advice in the perfection series. One can also use the labels of virtues.
There is another author I can highly recommend, but his book is difficult to find. The book is The Practice of Christian and Religious Perfection, published at Seville, 1609 by Father Alphonsus Rodriguez. Those of you who were following me after my time in the monastery on Cobh will remember me mentioning him.
I only have access to Vol II at this time, which I am borrowing, but I highly recommend the three volumes which was written not only for clergy, but for the laity.
The beauty of Rodriguez' approach is his practicality. I hope you can find it. There is a kindle book for Vols. I and II, I think. Thanks to readers for the links.
Here is http://wallmell.webs.com/PracticeChristianReligiousPerfectionVol1.pdf
http://wallmell.webs.com/PracticeChristianReligiousPerfectionVol2.pdf
and here is http://wallmell.webs.com/PracticeChristianReligiousPerfectionVol3.pdf
Saints for Life
I have written the perfection series because too many Catholics are not only not preparing for heaven, but not building the Kingdom of God.
If we do not allow God to purge our senses and our spirit, we are merely building our own kingdoms.
We can work, and work, and work in the Church, and the labor could just be ashes.
Unless we set aside our own goals, and unless we are no longer sinning and working on getting rid of concupiscence, we are not building God's kingdom, as we would be too blocked up with ourselves, that the gifts and virtues could not flow through us to the world.
Think of this. God has given you His own life in sanctifying grace. He has given you virtues and gifts. But, none of these are operative unless you are purified.
None can work unless we are humble.
St. Bernard rightly states that in the old Good Friday liturgy, Jews, heretics, and pagans were prayed for, but not the excommunicated Catholics.
Why?
We have been given the greatest gift on earth-membership in the Catholic Church. When we choose sin which is excommunicable, we throw that gift away.
When we choose to live in mortal sin, we cannot enter heaven, nor serve God, until we repent.
When we choose venial sin, we habitually weaken the work of the Church.
When we do not allow God to purify us of the tendency to sin, when we refuse to enter into the purgation of the Dark Night of the Senses and the Spirit, we lose out on entering the great Illuminative State of power and light.
In the Illuminative State, Benedict founded his order, Dominic stopped Albigensianism, Ignatius heard the voice of God teach him the Exercises.
Lasting, creative fruit which is orthodox, and builds up the one, holy, Catholic and apostolic Church, is a sign of the Illuminative State.
Let it happen in your lives or such ministries as you think are "yours" will implode into a pile of dust.
The Pro-Life movement both in England and in the States needs more saints, needs us all to be saints, not merely good media spokespersons, or politicians, or counselors, but saints.
Be a saint for life.
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