In the 1970s, three professors (two of whom were Catholic) at the University of Kansas founded the Integrated Humanities Program.
Students studied texts from the Greeks to the theologians of the Middle Ages & more.
It was shut down because too many students became Catholic:
THE SIX DEGREES OF HUMILITY — by Ven. Louis of Granada, a thread 🧵
1st degree: to recognise that all good comes from God.
If there by any good in you at all, it comes from God. So if you do, think or say anything good, know for certain that this proceeds from God.
An altar server in his 70s, named Frank, died whilst serving Mass (just after the Asperges) at the SSPX in Preston.
He collapsed as the prayers at the foot of the altar began + died of a heart attack.
Let us compile a spiritual bouquet. 1 like = 1 hail mary. DM to offer more.
Catholicism is the Religion of the English.
St. Thomas Becket: Catholic
King Alfred the Great: Catholic
King St. Edmund: Catholic
King Edward I: Catholic
King Henry V: Catholic
King Richard the Lionheart: Catholic
Br. Roger Bacon OFM: Catholic
Chaucer: Catholic
Tolkien: Catholic
This (taken 1963) is the Catholic priesthood. A good representation of what priests do above all to our souls: they save them and anchor them in God’s grace.
Please spare a Hail Mary or three for my housemate, who told me that he will become Catholic if I manage to convince him of it being the true religion.
USURY, a 🧵
It is often claimed by opponents of Christianity and of the Catholic Church that the Church no longer holds usury to be a sin, or that she has somehow changed her teachings regarding usury.
That is not true. ITT: an explanation of what usury actually is.
CATHOLICISM: THE ONE TRUE RELIGION, A THREAD 🧵
Part 1: The existence of God
That God exists may be known by light of natural reason. There is no meal without a cook, no book without an author, no creation without a creator. Atheism is an eminently modern phenomenon.
Please pray for the repose of the soul of a child who was in my sister’s class.
He lived with his mother, who got sent to prison for killing her boyfriend.
He then went to live with his father and his girlfriend, who killed him. Six. Years. Old. Head injuries killed him.
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Fr. Guépin, who died suddenly today.
Fr. Guépin entered Écône on the same day as now Bishop Sanborn, and was ordained a priest by Abp. Lefebvre.
His chapel in Nantes is also serviced by Fr. Henry de La Chanonie.
Soon it is All Souls' Day. Reasons to pray for the dead:
— Out of duty to love one's neighbour;
— Our Lord and Our Lady desire that we do so;
— The Holy Souls repay us a thousand times over with their prayers;
— The Holy Souls will lessen our Purgatory in return.
According to Saint Jerome, the souls in Purgatory for whose comfort the priest offers the Holy Mass suffer no torment whilst the Mass is being celebrated.
Tomorrow is the feast of St. Simon of Trent, who was cruelly murdered by members of a certain tribe, and who afterwards shone with many miracles.
Pray for us!
Do not eat like a Pagan.
Invoke the blessing of God upon your food.
Do not seek excessively rich or large quantities of food.
Do not seek excessively expensive food.
For 'in Hell you will learn that there was a God other than your stomach.' (St. John Mary Vianney)
Our Lord did not give you a mouth to utter filth.
Are you to receive Him in Holy Communion in a filthy house?
Cut out: vulgarity, impure jokes, taking Our Lord's Name in vain, saying 'holy [anything]', and anything which you would not say to Our Lady!
God help us
"If My requests are heeded, Russia will be converted and there will be peace; if not, she will spread her errors throughout the world, causing wars and persecutions of the Church."
— Our Lady of Fátima
'If any one denieth, that, in the sacrament of the most holy Eucharist, are contained truly, really, and substantially, the body and blood together with the soul and divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ ... let him be anathema.'
— The Council of Trent
What are your favourite titles of Our Lady? Here are some of mine:
Star of the Sea;
Co-Redemptrix;
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel;
Mother of Good Counsel;
Seat of Wisdom;
Mother most pure;
Gate of Heaven;
Help of Christians
A very merry Christmas to you all.
May the Infant Jesus bless you, may His Holy Mother intercede for you, and may His Foster-Father St. Joseph pray for you so that you may adore the Christ-Child in Heaven forever.
Did you know?
The Carthusians, before the Council, would pray three Offices every single day: the Divine Office, or breviary; the Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary; and the Office of the Dead.
Rest in peace, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre.
Flaws aside— he did something. Which is more than one can say about nearly every other bishop in the world at that time.
Please pray for my younger brother. We had a discussion about religion and the Catholic Faith earlier, and I gave him a small booklet explaining why the Catholic Religion is the true one.
This is something I would have never expected. Please pray for him.
In 1724, Patriarch Cyril VI of Antioch repudiated his schism and entered into communion with the Pope, the principle of unity and visible head of the Church.
Although the schismatics attempted to put in place a rival patriarch, the Melkite Greek Catholic Church was born.
Archbishop Viganò has been excommunicated by a false pope for refusing to recognise his false authority.
This is a badge of honour. I stand – as should every Catholic – with Abp Viganò.
Arizona will now outlaw abortion in every single case except for when the mother's life is at risk. Performing an abortion will be punished by a prison sentence.
DEO GRATIAS!
THE SIX DEGREES OF HUMILITY — by Ven. Louis of Granada, a thread 🧵
1st degree: to recognise that all good comes from God.
If there by any good in you at all, it comes from God. So if you do, think or say anything good, know for certain that this proceeds from God.
Reminder: God ordained that you be born in this time, in your particular family, in your particular country, and in your particular circumstances, because, in these circumstances, you have the best chance of saving your soul.
THREAD: What happened at Vatican II? How ought Catholics to react?
In the early 1960s, the theological equivalent of an atomic bomb was dropped on the Catholic Church. A Council was called, with the express intention of "aggiornamento", of "updating" the Catholic Faith.
Practical ways to honour the Holy Name in your day-to-day life:
1. Bow your head every time you say or hear said the Holy Name of Jesus;
2. Say a Glory Be or 'Blessed be God' at every blasphemy you hear;
3. Say often the sweet Name of Our Saviour with piety and devotion
Race-mixing seems to be a topic in dispute today.
Catholic teaching is this:
(1) Race mixing is not sinful;
(2) Interreligious marriage is gravely forbidden.
Preferring to marry your own race is not sinful. Choosing race over religion is gravely sinful.
That is it. End of.
According to Saint Jerome, the souls in Purgatory for whose comfort the priest offers the Holy Mass suffer no torment whilst the Mass is being celebrated.
A NEW BISHOP FOR THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
On the 30th of November, 2022, Rev. Fr. Germán Fliess will be consecrated a bishop by Most Rev. Donald Sanborn for the Roman Catholic Institute.
Fr. Fliess will be consecrated primarily to take care of the sacramental needs of the faithful.
The Cavalry of Christ was a group of Marian Oblate fathers, who travelled throughout Texas to bring the sacraments to the faithful. They rode on horseback to complete six-week long mission circuits.
The Church has a fire of zeal given to her by her Divine Founder.
There is one God.
His Son, Jesus Christ, was crucified and rose from the dead. His tomb is empty.
He founded a Church. One Church. The true Church.
The Catholic Church.
It spread through martyrs and miracles.
And we have to join it in order to go to Heaven.
During the Second Boer War, a dying Catholic soldier asked for a chaplain.
The nearest priest was 200 miles away, so Lord Roberts sent a train immediately for a priest.
The train was ambushed by Boers, but they saluted it when they heard it was to hear a dying man's confession.