St. Thomas Aquinas says "prayer has its... efficacy of obtaining from faith and confidence." (2.2q.83,a.15) St. Gertrude agrees with St. Thomas that "unlimited confidence" is of key importance according to Tan Books: Blind trust in God’s mercy, unlimited confidence in His love , is one of the secrets to obtain sanctity. The Holy Fathers have always taught that the measure of our hope and confidence is the measure of the graces which we receive from heaven . They have realized that, through our unreserved confidence, God is most honored and glorified. Nothing will be denied to an unlimited confidence. Our Lord revealed: “It is impossible that anyone should not receive all that he has believed and hoped to obtain. It gives Me real pleasure when men hope great things from Me and I will always grant them more than they expect.” Saint Gertrude understood that confidence is the key which opens the treasures of the infinite mercy of God. To her confidence alone she attr...
Mozambique Bishop Osório Citora Afonso was killed after gunmen entered his residence and opened fire weeks after he warned that Christians were being killed by Islamist insurgents.
Catholic bishop shot dead at home after warning against anti-Christian violence Pray an Our Father now for reparation for the sins committed because of Francis’s Amoris Laetitia and for the restoration of the Church. Stop for a moment of silence, ask Jesus Christ what He wants you to do now and next. In this silence remember God, Father, Son and Holy Ghost – Three Divine Persons yet One God, has an ordered universe where you can know truth and falsehood as well as never forget that He wants you to have eternal happiness with Him as his son or daughter by grace. Make this a practice. By doing this you are doing more good than reading anything here or anywhere else on the Internet. The Catholic Monitor The Catholic Monitor https://www.thecatholicmonitor.com I ask all The Catholic Monitor readers to also pray for the end of this war . Watch " Trump Calls Putin To Get Iran War Offramp! w/ Scott Ritter " on YouTube : ... Read...