Posted on 05/31/2012 6:11:05 AM PDT by Kaslin
Indeed.
Abandonment to Divine Providence
Section XII. The Triumph of Humility. Next » SECTION XII.—The Triumph of Humility.
To the souls which are faithful to Him, God promises a glorious victory over the powers of the world and of hell.
If the divine action is hidden here below under the appearance of weakness, it is in order to increase the merit of souls which are faithful to it; but its triumph is none the less certain.
The history of the world from the beginning is but the history of the struggle between the powers of the world, and of hell, against the souls which are humbly devoted to the divine action. In this struggle all the advantage seems to be on the side of pride, yet the victory always remains with humility. The image of the world is always presented to our eyes as a statue of gold, brass, iron, and clay. This mystery of iniquity, shown in a dream to Nabuchodonosor, is nothing but a confused medley of all the actions, interior and exterior, of the children of darkness. This is also typified by the beast coming out of the pit to make war, from the beginning of time, against the interior and spiritual life of man. All that takes place in our days is the consequence of this war. Monster follows monster out of the pit, which swallows, and vomits them forth again amidst incessant clouds of smoke. The combat between St. Michael and Lucifer, that began in Heaven, still continues. The heart of this once magnificent angel, has become, through envy, an inexhaustible abyss of every kind of evil. He made angel revolt against angel in Heaven, and from the creation of the world his whole energy is exerted to make more criminals among men to fill the ranks of those who have been swallowed up in the pit. Lucifer is the chief of those who refuse obedience to the Almighty. This mystery of iniquity is the very inversion of the order of God; it is the order, or rather, the disorder of the devil.
This disorder is a mystery because, under a false appearance of good, it hides irremediable and infinite evil. Every wicked man, who, from the time of Cain, up to the present moment, has 92declared war against God, has outwardly been great and powerful, making a great stir in the world, and being worshiped by all. But this outward semblance is a mystery. In reality they are beasts which have ascended from the pit one after another to overthrow the order of God. But this order, which is another mystery, has always opposed to them really great and powerful men who have dealt these monsters a mortal wound. As fast as hell vomits them forth, Heaven at the same time creates fresh heroes to combat them. Ancient history, sacred and profane, is but a record of this war. The order of God has ever remained victorious and those who have ranged themselves on the side of God have shared His triumph, and are happy for all eternity. Injustice has never been able to protect deserters. It can reward them only by death, an eternal death.
Those who practise iniquity imagine themselves invincible. O God! who can resist You? If a single soul has the whole world and all hell against it, it need have no fear if, by abandonment, it takes its stand on the side of God and His order.
The monstrous spectacle of wickedness armed with so much power, the head of gold, the body of silver, brass, and iron, is nothing more than the image of clay; a small stone cast at it will scatter it to the four winds of Heaven.
How wonderfully has the Holy Spirit illustrated the centuries of the world! So many startling revelations! so many renowned heroes following each other like so many brilliant stars! So many wonderful events!
All this is like the dream of Nabuchodonosor, forgotten on awaking, however terrible the impression it made at the time.
All these monsters only come into the world to exercise the courage of the children of God, and if these are well trained, God gives them the pleasure of slaying the monsters, and sends fresh athletes into the arena.
And this life is a spectacle to angels, causing continual joy in Heaven, work for saints on earth, and confusion to the devils in hell.
So all that is opposed to the order of God renders it only the more to be adored. All workers of iniquity are slaves of justice, and the divine action builds the heavenly Jerusalem on the ruins of Babylon.
Incorrect. Mr. and Mrs. Obama just don't care. When it comes to abetting the moral decay that breeds more brats for the welfare state they will let nothing get in their way.
we need to push the message to them. NO resting, no sitting back thinking O has destroyed his chances. No rest, no stop until he is OUT,
I didn’t put all Catholics in the same pot. I said “There are people who worship him”. They’re Catholic, Jew, Baptist, atheist, etc.
As of now the polls show it’s way more than 40% of America who worship at the altar of obama-ism. Some of those are Catholic.
Now thankfully the Church is finally seeing first hand the godless nature of liberalism and how it does not respect freedom of religion or moral teachings.
Are you talking about the same Catholic Church that gave us Liberation Theology?
I had that thought, too.
It's no wonder that one of Zero's flaming commie Chicago buddies, Father Pfleger, has not been excommunicated.
Well RJ, you have struck the nail squarely on the head. As the Church begins to feel the prick of statist intrusion into her affairs, will the Church also take note of the immorality of Pelosi, et. al.? Will the Church pull the sword of excommunication and smite those putative Catholics who publicly spurn her precepts and dogma? If not, the Church is merely sabre-rattling...
Can you magic me up a yacht while you're at it?
"Two years ago, we made history together by finally passing health reform, and because we passed this law, insurance companies will now have to cover basic preventive care--
things like prenatal care, mammograms, contraception--at no extra cost."~Michelle Obama
Dictator Clinton discovered the NRA has clout. Now Dictator Obama discovers the Catholic church has even more clout.
The Great Obama Blunder
2009-2012
Abandonment to Divine Providence
Section XII. The Triumph of Humility.
But because they haven't, I don't.
The Catholic church has turned a blind eye to these obvious heretics and as far as I can see, will continue to do so. The Catholic church has enabled these Obama supporters, not disciplined them.
Oops, thank you! I’m usually pretty good about double checking the links but I’m getting rusting since I haven’t had time to post much lately.
Amen and not to soon.
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