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Catholic Virtues

	St. Anne in the Old & New World - Part 3 The popular pilgrimage sites of St. Anne d'Auray & St. Anne de Beaupre
	Charlemagne Discovers the Relics of St. Anne - Part 2 A miracle reveals an underground crypt that guarded this great treasure
	The Efficacy in Heaven of Good St. Anne - Part 1 The more we love St. Anne, the more we please her Daughter
	St. Peter’s Sword How to be a true counter-revolutionary
	St. Therese of the Child Jesus, Expiatory Victim Her Little Way is a great & simple path for everyone
	Penitential Psalms Part 1 - The Repentent Heart Calls for Mercy Mercy comes only after the admiration of God's justice Part 2 - Supplication of the Sinner Punished by God David pleads for mercy despite his misery Part 3 - Public Sinners Comes to Church to Make Penance Difference between the medieval & modern Lenten spirit Part 4 - How Does Grace Invite a Sinner to Convert? When he considers the seriousness of his sin Part 5 - The Joy that Comes from Penance A confidence born from the enthusiasm for God's purity Part 6 - De Profundis: The Prayer of the Afflicted Soul A well-argued plea calling on the mercy and honor of God
	Aromas of Heaven, Odors of Hell & Lukewarm The lukewarn despise whole truth &vy moral duty
	The Duty to Fight Part 1 - A War for the Reign of Christ The duty to fight in the spiritual &poral spheres Part 2 - The War that Jesus Christ Came to Bring 'I call you to fight against Communism & Progressivism' Part 3 - Accepting or Rejecting the Call to Fight We will answer for it at our Judgment
	True & False Paths to Happiness Part 1 - True & False Paths to Happiness False roads men take to find happiness Part 2 - Happiness & Our Final End Immolation for a purpose vs. egoism Part 3 - The Happiness of an Idealistic Child First innocence gives rise to certainties about God Part 4 - The Concept of First Innocence Maintaining the first equilibrium & harmony God gave the soul Part 5 - Calmness, an Integral Part of Innocence The good child has a natural openness & calm way of seeing the world Part 6 - The Fight Is another Dimension of Innocence The first battle appears: To hold to the ideal or fit in the world Part 7 - Innocence Reaches its Plentitude as One Matures True innocence is sagacious and astute Part 8 - Innocence in Centuries Past The Middle Ages conserved this spirit Part 9 - Is It Possible to Recover Innocence? The Restoration Prayer to Our Lady Part 10 - Fulfilling Our Own Model Ideal From the first innocence of childhod to old age Part 11 - Sacral Contemplation, the Antidote to Secularism Correct contemplation of the temporal order Part 12 - Finding the Sacral in the Temporal Sphere Understanding the distinction between sacral & sacred Part 13 - A Well-Ordered Temporal Society Is a Symbol of God The secular onslaught of modern society opposes its sacralization Part 14 - Relativism Destroys the Opposition between Good & Evil Evil is related to error & ugliness; it leads to Atheism Part 15 - Admiring the Superior & the Inferior Admiration is a window to reach the pinnacle of reality Part 16 - We Assimilate What We Admire At the end of the path of admiration is God Himself Part 17 - The Link between Reality & the Symbol The bridge between the visible & the invisible is the symbol Part 18 - The Search for the Profound Meaning of Things The symbolic meaning leads us upward to God Part 19 - The Symbolic Character of All Aspects of Reality To be open to symbols is a condition for spiritual progress Part 20 - Nausea of Normalcy & Thirst for the Absolute Seeking the absolute in all things natural & supernatural Part 21 - Different Ways to Seek the Absolute By removing oneself from creatures or by contemplating them Part 22 - False Absolutes that Lead Man Astray Man wrongly seeks the absolute in satisfying his vices **Part 23 - Awakening the 'Roar' of the Absolutes in Man The broken modern man needs to re-discover the absolutes Part 24 - The 'Fourth Way' of St. Thomas Wakens the Thirst for God Men ascend by degrees in the contemplation of God Part 25 - The Pyramid of Archetypes that Lead to God 'I want more' - a continuous movement of a Catholic soul Part 26 - The Essential Role of Archetypes How higher persons set the tone for a Catholic society Part 27 - Catholics Should Make Exercises of Transcendence Seeking in everyday things the infinite perfections of God Part 28 - An Exercise of Transcendence: The Castle of La Mota Three steps we can take to reach the Absolute Part 29 - Transparency & Transcendence: Nuances & Distinctions Seeing the deepest meaning in persons & things around us Part 30 - Certain Aspects of Reality Are Best Expressed by Art** Even photos can transcend reality & express profundities Part 31 - The Splendors of Mystery The sublimities of mystery lead to the contemplation of God Part 32 - A God without Mysteries Would Not be God They make us feel our nothingness before God Part 33 - The Harmonious Symphony of the World of the Possibles Imagining things that do not exist but could exist Part 34 - The World of the Possibles When the Messiah became a possible for Our Lady Part 35 - A Transcendent Vision of Reality: The Transphere Imagining the cone of Mount Fujiyama Part 36 - Mythical Men of the Transphere Three persons who transcended reality & became myths Part 37 - Man Must be Open to the Splendors of the Transphere The eminent actions of men resonate in the transphere
	Thirst for Souls Part 1 - Presuppositions to Understand the Thirst for Souls Three possible positions to take toward others Part 2 - Different Types of Egoism & Sociability The interested man & the Calvinist Part 3 - Types of Romantic Affection Reflected differently in the German and Latino spirits Part 4 - Disordered & Ordered Way of Contemplating Nature One leads to self-adoration, the other to admiration of the Creator Part 5 - Contemplation of a Spiritual Nature One human soul is worth more than all material things Part 6 - The Beauty of a Spiritual Soul How souls are only things of true value in this world Part 7 - The Thirst for Souls Is the Key of the Apostolate Helping souls to fulfill their resemblance of God
	The Vocation of Lay Celibacy Part 1 - The Answer for a Broken World The restoration of the Church & Christendom relies on lay celibacy Part 2 - Virginity, the Angels & Our Lady The greatest weapon of Our Lady against the Devil is virginity Part 3 - Virginity, Original Sin & Marriage In Paradise virginity was a greater adornment than the crown of kings Part 4 - Calvin: The Celibate Vocation Is 'Intolerable' The hatred against lay celibacy is common among Protestants Part 5 - Objections: St. John Chrysostom Is Wrong on Marriage His opinion was confirmed in the way the Word of God became flesh Part 6 - Objections: Conception through the Word Is Not Catholic Christ generates His children through the word in the Sacraments Part 7 - Objections: Conception thorough the Word Is against Natural Law The pollination of plants is effected without sexual contact Part 8 - Objections: The Marital Act Has Nothing Impure in It A sentiment of dishonor and shame is linked to it Part 9 - Historical Precedents for Lay Celibacy Saints who chose to be single & fight for the Church Part 10 - Models of Lay Celibacy in History Saints who prove the single state is not due to 'failed circumstances' Part 11 - St. Rose of Lima: Lay Celibate by the Wish of Our Lady Her virtue practiced at home inspires Lima and all of Peru
	The Personality of St. Therese of Lisieux Part 1 - St .Therese’s Photograph: First Impressions Purity, baptismal innocence & an internal reflective order Part 2 - Her Gaze and Her Contemplative Soul Her gaze hovers in a sphere much more superior than normal thoughts Part 3 - Childhood: The Principal Stage of Her Life How would we react to this extraordinary soul?
	Trio of Counter-Revolutionary Virtues Part 1 - Spain’s Fervor in the Civil War & Its Decadence The short life of the zeal rekindled by the Spanish Civil War Part 2 - The Lack of Vigilance and the Role of 'White Heresy' The trio of counter-revolutionary virtues must be applied to oneself first Part 3 - Applying Mistrust, Vigilance and Pugnacity toward Others The Reign of Mary will be short-lived without vigilance
	Gaining the Kingdom of Heaven through True Charity Sermon for the 2^nd Sunday after Pentecost
	Souls Gentle without Weakness & Strong without Brutality Analyzing the physiognomies of a great Abbot and strong Bishop
	The Government of the Good Shepherd Sermon for the 2^nd Sunday after Easter
	Characteristics of a Man of Faith Sermon for the 20^th Sunday after Pentecost
	Audacity of Heresy & Chivalrous Humility Sermon for the 16^th Sunday after Pentecost
	Is the Guardian Angel Less Intelligent than the Devil? A romantic art depicts the good angel as soft, insipid & unintelligent spirits
	The Heroism of Our Lord in the Garden of Gethsemane A model of Catholic heroism that perseveres to the end
	The Crusader Spirit Part 1 - True Love Is Proved by Dedication & Combativity The Crusader spirit every man is called to have Part 2 - Today the Sepulcher of Christ Is the Catholic Church The obligation to fight error in the Church Part 3 - The Crusader's Defense of Orthodoxy Entering the arena with a combative spirit
	The Beauty of Suffering Last thoughts of Lyle J. Arnold shortly before his death
	Three Souls, One Page The confidence in Our Lady we need for the fight
	The Chastity of Malchus - Part 1 St. Jerome reports his early life as a son, a monk and a slave
	The Chastity of Malchus - Part 2 Malchus escapes from slavery and the persecution of his master
	An Unknown Prophecy of St. Therese She foresees the errors of a materialist science
	Be Wise as Serpents and Simple as Doves The animal world has lessons for man
	This Is a Pre-Life Forming a character worthy of eternal happiness
	‘Everything Is Reflected in the Eyes’ Analyzing the gazes of Dom Gueranger and St. Philip Neri
	Is Holiness Sentimental Softness or Strength of Soul? Two different ways of presenting St. Therese of the Child Jesus
	Courage and Dedication Analysis of two quotes by Machiavelli
	The Unparalleled Virtues of the Mother of God Her virtues surpasse that of the ensemble of saints
	Living the Spirit of Reparation Without fighting the enemies of the Church our reparation is incomplete
	Monsieur Louis Martin, His Humiliation and Suffering "The greatest trial that can fall upon a man"
	Last Years of Monsieur Louis Martin Celine writes to Carmel: "Our Papa is in Heaven"
	Alphonse Ratisbonne’s Conversion - Part 1 The account of Baron Theodore de Bussieres, who witnessed it
	Alphonse Ratisbonne’s Conversion - Part 2 The afermath of the apparition and its effect on his soul
	How to Guard Holy Purity Cardinal Bacci's guidelines for the fight against impurity
	God’s Justice and Judas - Part 1 Commentary on "Judas, Will you betray the Son of Man with a Kiss?"
	God’s Justice and Judas - Part 2 Finding the balance between justice and mercy
	Wisdom: the Queen of Virtues Wisdom inspires man to discern the ensemble of creation
	Series on Purity Part 1 - First Principles on Purity Sins against the 6th & 9th Commandments; why they are forbidden Part 2 - Divorce, Free Love & Damaged Children Disastrous results on the number of children and their formation Part 3 - Prejudices against Chastity and Virginity Complacence for the adulterous man and rigor for the "old maid" Part 4 - Why Impurity Leads to a Materialist Spirit The lowest of the senses, the sense of touch, is most dominant Part 5 - The Material Man vs. the Spiritual Man The practice of purity forms a man acquainted with superior thoughts Part 6 - The Strength, Glory & Fecundity of Chastity A chaste soul irradiates harmony, becoming an element of civilization
	The Military Virtues Every Catholic Must Have The enthusiasm for the fight members of the Militant Church should have
	St. Cyricus and St. Julitta, Models of Catholic Heroism The non-sentimental joy of the mother when her son preceded her in martyrdom
	Nobility and Accessibility: Keys of the Catholic Charity Princess Mathilde of Belgium gives us a charming example
	St. Philippine Duchesne: Failures Became Her Success Her life and difficult apostolate in America
	The Lesson of Lourdes on Suffering The many miracles there encourage us to accept physical and spiritual afflictions
	The Self-Mastery of St. Therese of the Child Jesus How she controlled her temperament and bad tendencies to achieve santicty
	Perseverance in Prayer Thirty-nine years of prayer are crowned with the graces requested
	Suffering and Resignation The testimony of a mother who lost her child
	The Grace of Contrition and the Reign of Mary We need to repent from our revoluionary sins in order to rebuild Christendom
	The Sniper and the Novissima Meditating on the last things prepares us to die at any moment