Samuel
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“The Gospels and the Communist Manifesto are on the wane; the world’s future lies in the power of Coca-Cola and pornography.”
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“By the light which the Holy Ghost will give you by His dear Spouse, Mary, you will understand your own evil, your corruption, and your incapacity for anything good, which is not God’s free gift to us, either as Author of nature or of grace. In consequence of this knowledge, you will despise yourself. You will only think of yourself with horror. You will regard yourself as a snail, that spoils everything with its slime; or a toad, that poisons everything with its venom; or as a spiteful serpent, only seeking to deceive. In other words, the humble Mary will communicate to you a portion of her profound humility, which will make you despise yourself, despise nobody else, but love to be despised yourself.”
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“It has been an established custom in the Church that the more devout a person is, the more prompt he is to oppose innovations”
― The Commonitory: For the Antiquity and Universality of the Catholic Faith Against the Profane Novelties of All Heresies:
― The Commonitory: For the Antiquity and Universality of the Catholic Faith Against the Profane Novelties of All Heresies:
“Every attendance at Mass leaves me without comfort or edification. I shall never, pray God, apostatize but church-going is now a bitter trial.”
― A Bitter Trial: Evelyn Waugh & John Cardinal Heenan on the Liturgical Changes
― A Bitter Trial: Evelyn Waugh & John Cardinal Heenan on the Liturgical Changes
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