Certainly, it is difficult to make the demands of the Gospel understandable to secularized people. But this pastoral difficulty must not lead to compromises with the truth.
To live without faith, without a patrimony to defend, without a steady struggle for truth – that is not living, but existing.
Assuredly, the word of truth can be painful and uncomfortable. But it is the way to holiness, to peace, and to inner freedom. A pastoral approach which truly wants to help the people concerned must always be grounded in the truth. In the end, only the truth can be pastoral.
The Eucharist is "the source and summit of the Christian life."
Celibacy is always, shall we say, an affront to what man normally thinks. It is something that can be done, and is only credible, if there is a God and if celibacy is my doorway into the kingdom of God.
We are told that the apostates in the Vatican will be releasing postage stamps in honour of the arch-heretic Martin Luther.
Given the accelerated pace at which Bergogli's sodomy-pushing henchmen are attacking the faith, by this time next year I would almost be surprised if they haven't got around to having postage stamps featuring/honouring Lucifer himself.
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