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What Was Confession Like for the Early Church? Cyprian of Carthage Responds!
Sinners may do penance for a set time, and according to the rules of discipline come to public confession, and by imposition of the hand of the bishop and clergy receive the right of Communion. [But now some] with their time [of penance] still unfulfilled . . . they...
Who Goes to Heaven and Who Goes to Hell? St. Athenagora’s (177 A.D.)
For if we believed that we should live only the present life, then we might be suspected of sinning, through being enslaved to flesh and blood, or overmastered by gain or carnal desire; but since we know that God is witness to what we think and what we say by night...
“Women who use drugs to bring on abortion commit murder…”
What man of sound mind, therefore, will affirm, while such is our character, that we are murderers? . . . When we say that those women who use drugs to bring on abortion commit murder, and will have to give an account to God for the abortion, on what principle should...
St. Justin Martyr on the Indissolubility of Marriage
Concerning chastity, [Jesus] uttered such sentiments as these: “Whosoever looks upon a woman to lust after her, has committed adultery with her already in his heart before God.” And, “If your right eye offend you, cut it out; for it is better for you to enter into the...
Why Is Mass On Sunday Important? St. Justin Martyr Responds
But Sunday is the day on which we all hold our common assembly, because it is the first day on which God, having wrought a change in the darkness and matter, made the world; and Jesus Christ our Savior on the same day rose from the dead. St. Justin Martyr (First...
The Disobedience Of Eve And The Obedience Of The Virgin Mary
[Jesus] became man by the Virgin so that the course that was taken by disobedience in the beginning through the agency of the serpent might also be the course by which it would be put down. Eve, a virgin and undefiled, conceived the word of the serpent and bore...
Did Early Christians Believe In Hell? St. Justin Martyr Responds
But, as we said above, wicked devils perpetrated these things. And we have learned that only those are deified who have lived near God in holiness and virtue; and we believe that those who live wickedly and do not repent are punished in everlasting fire. St. Justin...
What Did Early Christians Believe About The Real Presence In the Eucharist?
We call this food Eucharist, and no one else is permitted to partake of it, except one who believes our teaching to be true and who has been washed in the washing that is for the remission of sins and for regeneration and is thereby living as Christ enjoined. For not...
“A man who governs his passions is master of the world…”
“A man who governs his passions is master of the world. We must either command them or be enslaved to them. It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.”
“Arm yourself with prayer rather than a sword…”
Arm yourself with prayer rather than a sword; wear humility rather than fine clothes.
“It is love alone that gives worth to all things.”
"It is love alone that gives worth to all things."
Christ Has No Body But Yours | St. Teresa of Ávila
Christ has no body but yours, No hands, no feet on earth but yours,Yours are the eyes with which He looksCompassion on this world,Yours are the feet with which He walks to do good,Yours are the hands, with which He blesses all the world.Yours are the hands, yours are...
Let Nothing Disturb You
Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing make you afraid. All things are passing. God alone never changes. Patience gains all things. If you have God you will want for nothing. God alone suffices.
“You Say You Are Anxious About The Future…”
“You say you are anxious about the future, but don’t you know that the Lord is with you always and that our enemy has no power over one who has resolved to belong entirely to Jesus?”- St. Padre Pio
What To Do If You Can’t Pray
"If you can talk with the Lord in prayer, talk to Him, offer Him your praise; if, due to great weariness, you cannot speak, do not find displeasure in the ways of the Lord. Stay in the room like servants of the court do, and make a gesture of reverence. He will see...
“From the beginning, Christianity has been the religion of reason…”
From the beginning, Christianity has understood itself as the religion of the Logos, as the religion according to reason... It has always defined men, all men without distinction, as creatures and images of God, proclaiming for them...the same dignity. In this...
“But since God had commanded me to go…”
"But since God had commanded me to go, I must do it. And since God had commanded it, had I had a hundred fathers and a hundred mothers, and had I been a king's daughter, I would have gone."
Unanswered Prayers
There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
St. Elizabeth Of The Trinity Shares How She Feels About Her Vocation
"I can't find words to express my happiness. Here there is no longer anything but God. He is All; He suffices and we live by Him alone."- ST. Elizabeth Of the Holy TRinity
“You have made us for yourself, O Lord…” | St. Augustine
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“In the evening of life…”
“In the evening of life, we will be judged on love alone.”- St. John of the Cross Amazon Affiliate links help the ministry of Catholic-Link at no additional cost to you! Thank you!
“Spread love everywhere you go…” | Mother Teresa Quote
“Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.”- Mother Teresa *Amazon Affiliate links help the ministry of Catholic-Link at no additional cost to you! Thank you!...
The Fruit Of Silence Is Prayer
“The fruit of silence is prayer, the fruit of prayer is faith, the fruit of faith is love, the fruit of love is service, and the fruit of service is peace.”- Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Peace begins with…
"Peace begins with a smile."