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See these books, and essays or articles or posts, that offer advice to persons who are newly baptized into or reconciled with the Holy Catholic Church of our divine Lord Jesus Christ: catholicebooks.wordpress.com/2026/04/06/lis…

Révérend Père Bernard-Marie Maréchaux - La réalité des apparitions angéliques #Angéologie Dans ce traité édifiant, le R. P. Maréchaux propose une étude complète sur l'existence et l'action des anges dans l'histoire du salut et dans la vie des saints. tinyurl.com/5btaptjj

See this online text: “From Mission to Mission: Missionary Experience from the Korean Catholic Church”, by Michael Hak-Hyeon Kim, At: catholic.crs.cuhk.edu.hk/Main/wp-conten… Posted on: catholicebooks.wordpress.com/2025/07/20/onl…

@thinkingwest Great thread. Add (also per Toynbee): External proletariat coming in to exploit and exacerbate divide of elite and internal proletariat Deus vobiscum

“Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder,” according to 20th-century historian Arnold Toynbee. He claimed every great culture collapses internally due to a divergence in values between the ruling class and the common people…🧵

@PresbyInn Mostly true. Though as to both institutions and material culture, one must add Catholic Christian work in Southwest, Florida, Louisiana; and Secularist work in 20th century. God bless you

Protestants built America.

The Dignity and Responsibility of Being a Christian 1. It is a great dignity to be a Christian. By Baptism we become sons of God, heirs to Heaven, temples of the Holy Spirit, and members of the Mystical Body of Jesus, which is the Church. God's grace raises us to the supernatural order and makes us, as St. Paul expresses it, sharers in the divine nature. By the sacrament of Confirmation the Holy Spirit fortifies our faith and gives us the strength to resist the temptations of the devil and to fight like loyal soldiers for the triumph in ourselves and in others of the kingdom of Jesus Christ. The sacrament of Penance is our plank of salvation in the shipwreck of sin. Although we are all wretched sinners, by this gift of the divine mercy we can recover our lost innocence and return to the grace and friendship of God. Moreover, in order to prevent us from falling back into sin, Jesus gives us Himself in the Blessed Eucharist, which is called by St. Thomas the greatest miracle of His infinite love. (Opusc. 57) But this is not all. If it is our vocation to form a family, God consecrates our union at the altar and gives us the graces necessary to sanctify it so that it may produce a good Christian family. If God has called us, on the other hand, to become spiritual fathers of the souls redeemed by His Precious Blood, He raises us to this high dignity by the sacrament of Holy Orders. Finally, when we shall have come to the end of our mortal lives, the priest will be still by our side to wash away by the sacrament of Extreme Unction the last traces of sin and to comfort us in our passage to eternity. The whole life of a Christian is a chain of favours which accompany him from the cradle to the grave. We should be grateful to God for the goodness with which He has treated us and continues to treat us. We should co-operate generously with His gifts by recognising the lofty honour it is to be a Christian and by living in accordance with this dignity. 2. This exalted dignity carries with it grave obligations. The most important is to avoid sin. Who would dare to take the Crucifix and fling it in the mud? “You are the body of Christ,” St. Paul tells us, “member for member.” (Cf. 1 Cor. 12:27) A man who surrenders himself to sin, therefore, throws the body of Christ into the mud and profanes the temple of the Holy Spirit. If we sincerely appreciate our dignity as Christians we cannot possibly give way to sin and destroy in ourselves the great work of the Redemption of Christ. We should, moreover, practise virtue. We should live in and for Jesus, like St. Paul, who said “For to me to live is Christ...” (Phil. 1:21) Every day we must travel further along the difficult road of self-denial and love. We must keep going forward, higher and higher towards the summit of perfection. “You are to be perfect,” Jesus tells us, “even as your heavenly Father is perfect.” (Mt. 5:48) Even this is not enough, however. A genuine Christian is not satisfied with avoiding sin and sanctifying himself, but he tries by every means at his disposal, by word, action, good example and sacrifice, to spread the kingdom of Christ among his fellow-men. 3. Let us examine ourselves particularly on the duties of our state and see if we are fulfilling them generously. Not only are we obliged to obey the commandments of God and the precepts of the Church, but each of us must carry out also the obligations attached to his position in life. Naturally, they vary from person to person. Let us remember that God gives each of us the graces necessary for his state and that we shall have to account for the way we have used these before the Eternal Judge. The man who has received a lot will have to account for a lot. Perhaps we have received a very large share of graces. If so, besides the general duties attached to the dignity of being Christians, we have other important obligations which, as Christians, we must carry out generously. (Antonio Cardinal Bacci)

@jimbretzke Briefly: Both sides partly correct, but at times omitted needed nuances. Re original issue: Conclusion correct that major POTUS decisions were wrong & his reply was disordered; but Papal reasoning lacked classic balance & his call to action was improper. God bless.

Cardinal McElroy contra Bishop Barron, Trump, Johnson, et al.: Why the Catholic Church can and should judge the morality of the Iran war americamagazine.org/faith-and-reas…

@honryuin291 Possibly bec Protestantism rejected participation (including via merit, offering up suffering). But I think Catholic Christianity empasized participation via devotions & theology, united Augustinian actual grace + Eastern theosis, both Romans & 1Corinthians. God bless

カトリックは信心行の黙想やロザリオまた善行の勧めで、内的に聖化が進むのでギャプをそれほど痛感しないが ﾌﾟﾛﾃｽﾀﾝﾄは全ての行いを否定、聖体拝領もしないので、観念だけの信仰になり聖化を感じることができない。 だから次のステージである再臨や千年王国などに期待をかけるようになります。

排他的でリーガル・フィクション的な贖罪論（刑罰代償説）のキリスト教が、日本に広まらなくてむしろ（正常）よかったと思います。 日本におけるリバイバルとは、他宗教（仏教・神道）の中に普遍的なキリストを見出すことにあります。

@honryuin291 That's my weak attempt to summarize, among others: Ratzinger, Introduction to Christianity Danielou, Salvation of the Nations Aquinas, Treatise on Grace, in Summa Fransen, Divine Grace & Man Adam, Spirit of Catholicism Pohle & Preuss, Grace Actual & Habitual God bless you.

@honryuin291 Thus Shinto points to divinity & logos spermatikos, Buddhism points to problem of alienation, and Christ divine Logos fulfils one & resolves the other, though salvific Person & action that unites & redeems; thru the Church recreates; and at the end recapitulates.

"Mozart’s... Requiem in D minor, K. 626, under the baton of Christoph Ehrenfellner. Performed by... festival choir and.... (Capella Colombo) in the Minoritenkirche, Vienna, with soloists Nicola Proksch, Anna Manske, Jan Petryka and Jan Martinik" youtu.be/FKGjVMIALJo?si…

See this online text: “The Call to Mercy: Veritatis Splendor and the Preferential Option for the Poor”, by Prof. Miguel J. Romero, Th.D. catholicebooks.wordpress.com/2025/12/06/onl…

See this legally free ebook & audiobook: The Catholic Church and Conversion, by G.K. Chesterton catholicebooks.wordpress.com/2023/01/25/fre…

See this legally free ebook: Early History of the Catholic Church in Oceania, by the Rt. Rev. Jean Baptiste François Pompallier catholicebooks.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/fre…

See this online text: “Conscience and the Relation between Truth and Pastoral Practice: Moral Theology and the Problem of Modernity”, by Professor David L. Schindler, Ph.D. catholicebooks.wordpress.com/2021/07/06/onl…

"In this episode, we cover an incredible apparition of Our Lady and St. John—the most ancient recorded in the writings of the Church Fathers—to St. Gregory Thaumaturgus, a great Church Father and bishop of the ancient Catholic Church." youtu.be/NTS9eivOs7A?si…

"Those who enter the Church through OCIA probably know more about the Catholic faith than at least 75 percent of their co-religionists. If you’re a cradle Catholic, don’t let that discourage you. If you’re a convert, don’t let it make you feel proud – or frustrated."

See this legally free ebook: Indulgences: Their Origin, Nature, and Development, by Alexius M. Lépicier catholicebooks.wordpress.com/2012/05/22/fre…