Bullies want to frighten or shame you into silence or compliance. Don’t let them.… Read the rest
Author: Jeff Cassman
Preparing for Death
I did an interview recently on the little-known practice of preparing for a good death.
Here are some of the quotes I referenced:
… Read the rest“When once you have departed this life, there is no longer any place for repentance, no way of making satisfaction. Here life is either lost or kept. Here, by the worship of God and by the fruit of faith, provision is made for eternal salvation. Let no one be kept back either by his sins or by his years from coming to obtain salvation. To him who still remains in this world there is no repentance that is too late.” -St Cyprian of Carthage
“If we were required to die twice, we could jettison one death. But man dies once only, and upon this death depends his eternity. Where the tree falls, there it shall lie. If, at the hour of death, someone is living in bad habit, the poor soul will fall on the side of hell. If, on the other hand, he is in the state of grace, it will take the road for heaven. Oh, happy road!” – St John Vianney
“…is not he a fool who seeks after happiness in this world, where he will remain only a few days and exposes himself to the risk of being unhappy in the next, where we must live fore eternity? We do not fix our affections on borrowed goods, because we know that they must soon be returned to the owner. All the goods of
Try a New Examination of Conscience
Sometimes it can be helpful to try a new examination of conscience to ‘poke’ your conscience.
A different series of meditations or inquiries may yield new insights into unconfessed sins.
This is an examination that follows the commandments and the precepts of the Church.
I love this examination from Father Miller, CSsR, which offers a different focus for each month of the year.
This examination was put together by a SSPX priest friend of mine that is very helpful. (This will open a PDF for download).
The book, “Pardon and Peace”, which I recommended in my interview with TradCatKnight is available on Amazon here.… Read the rest
The Little Girl Kept Screaming, “They Kill Babies!”
Something extraordinary happened last Saturday afternoon when we joined a handful of other folks at Planned Parenthood in Nashville to walk around the block seven times and pray. One of my children alerted me to it afterwards.
On our second lap around the abortion mill, a group of local residents gathered outside their apartment complex to yell, scream and throw ice at us. One of the loudest females began screaming, “They don’t kill babies in there” and other such things. She was accompanied by several children ranging in age from perhaps five to late teens and they began chanting with her.
Once the locals heard that the police had arrived and were lined up right around the block, they scurried back into their homes, with the exception of a few young children, one of whom continued to scream at us as we walked by.
Either this girl had heard things incorrectly, or she had lost track of the chant, because instead of yelling, “They don’t kill babies in there”, she was screaming, “They kill babies!” She persisted long after her mother had disappeared.
I don’t know whether she thought she was supposed to yell at us because we were the baby-killers, or if she was just trying to emulate her mother, but it reminded me of the scene from Schindler’s List where the young German girl is screaming at the Jews who were being herded into the Krakow Ghetto.
I struggled to explain some of these things to the younger … Read the rest
Acedia
I’ve talked to a lot of people this year who have admitted to feeling anxious, afraid, uncertain, frustrated and angry over the lockdowns, the culture of fear and submission, and the economic uncertainty unemployment brings. Consider sharing this article.… Read the rest