St. J. Pelczar
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“If one does not pray, he is either a devil or a beast” – St. Bishop J. Pelczar on prayer
Prayer is therefore an act of spiritual life, for all the faculties of the soul participate in it: memory, as it recalls God’s perfections, works, and gifts; reason, as it contemplates them; the heart, as it is moved by feelings; and the will, as it makes resolutions. Without God’s grace, we could not pray properly, Continue reading
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Hide your merits, lest you easily lose them – St. J. Pelczar
The Value of Our Deeds Before God – On Good and Evil Motives – St. Joseph Sebastian Pelczar III. How to Conduct Oneself Regarding the Motive Before an Action?** We have spoken thus far about motives in general; now we will apply this teaching to specific cases. When we undertake to perform some good action, the Continue reading
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The Value of Our Deeds Before God – On Good and Evil Motives – St. Joseph Sebastian Pelczar
I. The Importance of Motives I have called a good motive and simplicity the window of the spiritual house. What is a motive? It is, as it were, the internal spring of action that prompts or influences a particular deed. For example, if I give alms to obtain God’s grace or, conversely, to gain human Continue reading
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Illness a school for the soul – For patience in illness (Saint Joseph Pelczar)
Illness sanctifies the soul, because it purifies it from imperfection and makes it sensitive to the influence of God’s grace. In order to imprint a seal on wax, it is necessary first to soften it over the fire; so if the soul is to be marked with God’s seal and perfected in virtue, it must… Continue reading
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How to be patient in suffering? – Bp. S.Pelczar
The means of acquiring patience. Thus we have passed through a wide field of sufferings; – how many painful and heavy crosses the Lord put on the shoulders of the sons of Adam. Doubtless you, too, are not free from them, and so you also need patience, but how will you acquire it? ASK FOR Continue reading
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Only one religion can be true – St. J. S. Pelczar
We are confronted with the objection: All religions are based on truth and give man some rule of life: is it not right, then, to leave him to his will what religion he wishes to follow? This is not right, for as God is one and truth one, so only one religion can be true; Continue reading
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What is the purpose of life? – St. Joseph S. Pelczar
if we had made both family and nation and all mankind happy: if we do not serve God, we are nothing and do not live at all, because our life is not life, but an illusion and a dream, followed by a terrible awakening. Unfortunately, such is the life of many. For some live only… Continue reading
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Benefits of agreeing with God’s will – St. Joseph Pelczar
Why do people feel unhappy ? Here it is simply because they either want what God doesn’t want, or they don’t want what God wants; and as a wooden cross is formed when one tree goes across another: so a spiritual cross most often has its origin from here, that human will is opposed to… Continue reading
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Let us build the Church in souls on the rock of our faith. God is Spirit and we should worship Him in spirit and truth. Now in the times of apostasy of the Catholic Church administration, when very often we do not have access to real priests, this is very important. It will allow us not only to survive, but also to strengthen our faith. The truth, even if it is hard for us, always comes from God. Let’s not live in a lie. The father of lies is Satan. Let us remember this. The truth is the determinant by which I am guided when I write for several years on the Polish website I founded http://www.niewolnikmaryi.com and it will be the same here – in the English version.
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