Too many priests, nuns, sisters, laity fight the purification of the predominant fault. Virtues are not released because one is in a prison of the self. Garrigou-Lagrange has this table to help us see and combat sin and vice in our souls.
from Ch22 of "The Three Ages of the Interior Life" - Fr R. Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P.
| Inordinate love of self | Pride | in regard to self | Vain glory, from which come: disobedience, boasting,
hypocrisy, contention through rivalry, discord, singularity, stubbornness. Acedia (sloth), hatred of spiritual things, whence are born: malice, rancor, pusillanimity, discouragement, spiritual torpor, forgetfulness of the precepts, seeking after forbidden things. |
| in regard to one's neighbour | Envy, from which spring: hatred, detraction, regard calumny, joy at the misfortune of another, to sadness at his success. Anger, whence come: disputes, fits of passion, , insults, contumely, blasphemy. |
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| Concupiscence | of the eye's | Avarice, whence proceed: perfidy, fraud, deceit, perjury, itch to acquire and excessive anxiety to keep, harshness, hardness of heart. | |
| of the flesh | Gluttony, which engenders: improper jokes, buffoonery,
impurity, foolish conversation, stupidity. Lust, whence proceed: spiritual blindness, poor judgment, impetuosity (of decision), inconstancy, love of self even to hatred of God, attachment to the present life which destroys hope of eternal life. |
| Virtues | Theological | Charity | toward God and the gift of wisdom | disgust for spiritual things |
| towards one's neighbour and mercy | envy, discord, scandal | |||
| Hope | confidence, abandonment, and the gift of fear, opposed to presumption | presumption despair |
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| Faith | and the spirit of faith, and the gifts of understanding and knowledge | infidelity, blasphemy, blindness, culpable ignorance | ||
| Cardinal | Prudence | docility to good counsels and the gift of counsel | imprudence and negligence, carnal prudence, cunning | |
| Justice | and the connected virtues of religion (gift of piety), penance, filial piety, obedience, gratitude, veracity, fidelity, liberality | injustice, impiety, superstition, hypocrisy, lying | ||
| Fortitude | and the gift of fortitude, with magnanimity, patience and perseverance | rash boldness, cowardliness, and pusillanimity | ||
| Temperance | sobriety and chastity, with meekness and humility | intemperance, lust, anger, pride and curiosity | ||
Contrary Vices
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Before conquering our predominant fault, our virtues are often, to speak more properly, natural good inclinations rather than true and solid virtues that have taken root in us. Prior to victory over this fault, the fountain of graces is not yet adequately opened on our soul, for we still seek ourselves too much and do not live sufficiently for God.
Because of the rise of the occult, witchcraft is increasing, as well as satanism, as we see in the current battle in Oklahoma. These two serious and damning sins come from the table above of seeking out forbidden things.
The laxity of priests not speaking of the dangers of the occult and not addressing the great sin of rebellion, the primordial sin of satan, has created a lax attitude among Catholics regarding the connection between witchcraft and disobedience, witchcraft and lust, and the worst connection, witchcraft and abortion.
Witches sacrifice babies as do satanists. Sorry to bring this up, but anyone one who has spiritual eyes can see this in today's world.
I came across a horrible quotation from one of the original Anglican womynpriests, or priestesses, which clearly shows the connection. Ms. Carter Heyward, one of the Philadelphia Eleven, said this, a direct connection between witchcraft and abortion.
"If women were in charge, abortion would be a sacrament, an occasion of deep and serious and sacred meaning."
I bring this up because I began to notice something about a certain drugstore chain in America in the Midwest. Women in more than one store of this famous chain were sporting tattoos with symbols of wicca. First of all, I moved my pharmaceutical account from that chain. Then, I began to think as to why so many wiccas (I saw about eight) would be hired by this chain in the pharmacy department.
It came to me that these wiccas participate in glorifyimg and encouraging and causing abortions by passing out contraceptives which are abortifacients. They are participating in their horrible sacrament. Do not kid yourselves on this fact. God wanted me to see this in order to understand how prevalent this sin is and how anyone with the predominant fault of pride could fall into such darkness.
If you have any youth in your family messing about with the occult, realize how serious the connected sins are and the underlying predominant fault. Sadly, the above quotation is from a woman who has worked in the Episcopalian church for many years, and who has been highly instrumental in teaching and publishing.
Do not kid yourself as to the horrible danger of Catholics who support the womynpriest movement. One reason why God created the patriarchal, male line of priests was to make a break from the ancient pagan religions and witchcraft which had women "priestesses". To raise men back up to the role and call of Adam is part of the reason for the male priesthood and the fact that the man is the head and priest of his family. Where there is a problem of the woman ruling the house over the man, there could be a predominant fault of pride, and the sin of rebellion in that woman. A long time ago, I saw this in a family, where the woman not only ruled the family and the husband let her, taking a weakness of his and letting it run him. Sadly, one of the boys became a homosexual as a result of this false nurturing. My guess is that this is not unusual.
Neo-paganism may be the fastest growing religion in America. This weakens the Church from within. I would not have to write these types of posts if priests had not stopped preaching on sin and corruption of the soul.
Pray for God to remove all rebellion and pride, lust, greed, gluttony, anger, avarice, sloth from your soul, mind, heart. Pray for the purification of the Dark Night. The Church needs people who know themselves and know God.
The Church needs saints.
This was a difficult post to write. I do not like looking at evil. But, we all must come to this honesty.
to be continued....