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Pope St. Gregory the Great: “… keep the rule of justice, putting aside respect to any man’s person.” (Book 2, Letter 18)
St. Peter Canisius (16th century), on the sin of sodomy: “This horrible and abominable sin Saint Peter and Paul do reprove – yes nature itself abhors it – and the Scriptures also declare the greatness of so foul a wickedness… this vice which can never be sufficiently detested… which sin if it be committed… the very earth is polluted with such horrible and abominable lusts… and God’s wrath is very much provoked against the people.” (Summa Doctrinae Christianae)
“And God seeing that the wickedness of men was great on the earth, and that all the thought of their heart was bent upon evil at all times, it repented him that he had made man on the earth. And being touched inwardly with sorrow of heart, He said: I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth, from man even to beasts, from the creeping thing even to the fowls of the air, for it repenteth me that I have made them. But Noe found grace before the Lord.” (Genesis 6:5-8)
2 Corinthians 4:3-4- “And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine unto them.”
Pope St. Gregory VII: “Let your mind meditate daily upon the lessons of the holy scriptures by which the assertions of the heretics are confuted and the faith of holy church is defended against the members of the devil who are trying to overthrow the Christian religion by their manifold devices.” (To The Clergy, Monks, and Laypeople of Vallombrosa, 1073)
Pope St. Gregory VII: “Divine scripture testifies that an equal punishment is due to those who commit an evil and to those who assent to it [Rom. 1:32].” (To The Clergy and Laity of Germany, 1075)
St. Louis De Montfort (1710): “… inasmuch as our good works pass through the hands of Mary, they receive an augmentation [increase] of purity, and consequently of merit, and of satisfactory and impetratory value. On this account they become more capable of solacing the souls in purgatory and of converting sinners than if they did not pass through the virginal and liberal hands of Mary. It may be little that we give by our Lady; but, in truth, if it is given without self-will and with a disinterested charity, that little becomes very mighty to turn away the wrath of God and to draw down His mercy.” (True Devotion to Mary #172)
St. Ephraim (350): “… we are anointed in Baptism, whereby we bear His seal.”
James 4:7- “Be subject therefore to God, but resist the devil, and he will fly from you.”
St. Jerome (390): “God made us with free-will, neither are we drawn by necessity to virtue or vice; else where there is necessity [and not free-will], there is neither damnation nor reward.”
“Labor not for the meat which perishes, but for that which endures unto everlasting life…” (John 6:27)
“He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.” (1 Timothy 6:15-16)
Pope Leo XIII (1896): “There is no duty which Christ and His Apostles more emphatically urged by both precept and example than that of prayer and supplication to the Almighty. The Fathers and Doctors in subsequent times have taught that this is a matter of such grave necessity, that if men neglect it they hope in vain for eternal salvation. Everyone who prays finds the door open… ask, seek, knock (Mt. 7:7).” (Fidentem piumque animum #2)
Saint Bede the Venerable (c. 720): “Just as all within the Ark were saved and all outside of it were carried away when the flood came, so when all who are pre-ordained to eternal life have entered the Church, the end of the world will come and all will perish who are found outside.” (Hexaemeron)
“One night the sacristan saw St. Thomas Aquinas praying in the chapel and saw him elevated several cubits in the air. The sacristan heard a voice from the crucifix speaking to Thomas, ‘Well hast thou written of me, Thomas, what reward wilt thou receive?’ ‘None other than Thyself, O Lord,’ replied the saint.”
Pope Innocent III (1215): “If any bishop is negligent or remiss in cleansing his diocese of the ferment of heresy, then when this shows itself by unmistakable signs he shall be deposed from his office as bishop and there shall be put in his place a suitable person who both wishes and is able to overthrow the evil of heresy.” (Fourth Lateran Council, Constitution 3)
St. Francis Xavier (1548): “Let your conversation with the Portuguese be always about sacred things, such as relate to the salvation of souls and to advancement in virtue. Speak to them in private as well as in public about Death, Judgment, the punishments of Hell and of Purgatory, urging them to frequent the sacraments of Penance and Communion, and to keep the Ten Commandments of God’s law…”
“Remember this and stand firm, recall it to mind, you transgressors, remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done…” (Isaiah 46:8-10)
St. Peter Canisius (16th century): “It is a shocking thing that Christians are not marvelously ashamed, who pollute themselves with filthy lust in the sight of God and His angels, whereas they have consecrated in Baptism their bodies and members as pure temples to the Holy Ghost, and to Christ our Lord.”
“Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite.” (Psalm 147:5)
St. Ambrose (390): “True repentance is to cease to sin.”
St. Aphraates (336): “But still, it is for us a certainty that our Lord Jesus is God, the Son of God; and the King, the Son of the King; Light from Light; Creator, and Counsellor, and Guide, and the Way, and the Savior, and the Shepherd, and the Gatherer, and the Gate, and the Pearl, and the Lamp.”
On the incredible transformation in Mexico following the apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe: “The nine million baptisms between the apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe and the death of Juan Diego and Bishop Zumarraga in 1548 created large Christian communities throughout most of central Mexico… The churches were decorated by Indian artists with frescoes and sculptures – a universe removed from the horrors they had painted and carved in the days of the Hummingbird Wizard [the satanic god of the Aztecs].” (Carroll, A History of Christendom, Vol. 4, p. 625)
2 Peter 3:10- “But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.”
St. Francis Xavier (1544): “Those words of our Lord, He that is not with Me is against Me, will make you understand how destitute we here are of any friends to aid us in bringing this people to Jesus Christ. But we must not despond, for God at the end will render unto each one according to his deserts, and it is very easy for Him, when He pleases, to accomplish by means of a few what seemed to require the work of many… And how severe are the punishments which God at last inflicts on His enemies, we see well enough, as often as we turn our mind’s eye to the inextinguishable furnace of hell, whose fires are to rage throughout all eternity for so many miserable sinners.”
Pope Pelagius II, epistle (1) Quod ad dilectionem, 585: “If anyone, however, either suggests or believes or presumes to teach contrary to this faith, let him know that he is condemned and also anathematized according to the opinion of the same Fathers… Consider therefore the fact that whoever has not been in the peace and unity of the Church, cannot have the Lord.” (Denz. 246)
Mark 4:16-17: “… these are the ones sown on rocky ground… who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy. And they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away.”
Pope Julius III, Council of Trent (1551): “If anyone denies that in the sacrament of the most holy Eucharist there are truly, really, and substantially contained the body and blood together with the soul and divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ, and therefore the whole Christ, but shall say that He is in it as by a sign or figure, let him be anathema.” (Can. 1 on the Eucharist)
St. Alphonsus (c. 1755): “God, says St. James, resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble (James 4:6). The Lord has promised to hear the prayers of all… [But] The proud he hears not; according to the Apostle, he resists their petitions. But to the humble he is liberal beyond measure… ‘Give me, O Lord’, exclaims St. Augustine, ‘the treasure of humility’… St. Teresa relates of herself, that the greatest graces that she received from God were infused into her soul when she humbled herself most before the Lord in prayer.”
Pope Leo XIII, Satis Cognitum (# 5), June 29, 1896: “The Church of Christ, therefore, is one and the same for ever; those who leave it depart from the will and command of Christ, the Lord – leaving the path of salvation they enter on that path of perdition… He who observes not this unity observes not the law of God, holds not the faith of the Father and the Son, clings not to life and salvation.”
Our Lady of Fatima (1917): “I want you to come here on the thirteenth of next month, and to continue praying the Rosary every day in honor of Our Lady of the Rosary… because only she [Our Lady of the Rosary] can help you.” (July 13)
Pope Pius XI (1930): “… [since] men do not reap the full fruit of the Sacraments which they receive after acquiring the use of reason unless they cooperate with grace, the grace of matrimony will remain for the most part an unused talent hidden in the field unless the parties exercise these supernatural powers and cultivate and develop the seeds of grace they have received.” (Casti Connubii #41)
Mark 4:16-17: “… these are the ones sown on rocky ground… who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy. And they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away.”
St. Ephrem (350): “We know from the Gospel that there are various places of torment. For it has been revealed to us that there is exterior darkness (Mt. 8:12), and so it follows that there is also interior darkness (Mk. 5). The fire of Gehenna is another place, the abode of weeping and gnashing of teeth (Mt. 25:30). Another place speaks of the worm that dieth not (Mk. 9:43). We read in another place of the pool of fire (Apoc. 19:20), and again of tarturus, of unquenchable fire (Mk. 9:42, 44)… The depths of the earth is another place. The hell where sinners are tormented, and the depths of hell, a more fearful place. The wretched souls of the damned are distributed throughout these places of punishment, each one according to the nature of his sins.”
“Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth: where the rust, and the moth consume, and where thieves dig through, and steal. But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven: where neither the rust nor the moth doth consume, and where thieves do not dig through, nor steal.” (Matthew 6:19-20)
Pope Gregory XVI (1841): “… what the Church has always thought about marriages between Catholics and non-Catholics is more than abundantly clear. Indeed she has always considered such marriages to be illicit and destructive both because of the disgraceful sharing in sacramental matters involved and because of the ever present danger of the Catholic spouse and improper upbringing of offspring.” (Quas Vestro #1)
St. Alphonsus (c. 1755): “In the year 1611, in the celebrated sanctuary of Mary in Montevergine, it happened that on the vigil of Pentecost the people who thronged there profaned that feast with balls, excesses, and immodest conduct, when a fire was suddenly discovered bursting forth from the house of entertainment where they were feasting, so that in less than an hour and a half it was consumed, and more than one thousand five hundred persons were killed. Five persons who remained alive affirmed upon oath, that they had seen the mother of God herself, with two lighted torches set fire to the inn.” (The Glories of Mary, p. 659.)
Pope Leo XIII (1888): “… where a law is enacted contrary to reason, or to the eternal law, or to some ordinance of God, obedience is unlawful, lest, while obeying man, we become disobedient to God.” (Libertas #13)
Padre Pio (1912): “They [the demons] hurled themselves upon me, cursing me and beating me severely, while they threatened to destroy me if I did not change my mind as regards our relations [communications]. This is the war that is waged on me still. The devil wants the absolute ending of all my relations and communications with you. He threatens that if I obstinately refuse to pay attention to him, he will do things to me that the human mind could never conceive.” (Letter to Padre Agostino, Oct. 14)
“And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house: and many of the Corinthians hearing, believed, and were baptized. And the Lord said to Paul in the night, by a vision; Fear not, but speak, and hold not thy peace: Because I am with thee: and no man shall set upon thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.” (Acts 18:8-10)
Padre Pio (1915): “Peace is simplicity of heart, serenity of mind, tranquility of soul… Peace means order, harmony in our whole being; it means continual contentment springing from the knowledge of a good conscience; it is the holy joy of a heart in which God reigns. Peace is the way to perfection, indeed in peace is perfection to be found.” (Oct. 7, to Padre Agostino)
Pope Pius IV (1565), Council of Trent: “I steadfastly hold that a purgatory exists, and that the souls there detained are aided by the prayers of the faithful…” (Denz. 998)
St. Louis De Montfort (1710): “Where Mary is, there the evil spirit is not. One of the most infallible marks we can have of our being conducted by the good spirit is our being very devout to Mary, thinking often of her and speaking often of her.” (True Devotion to Mary #166)
Pope Leo XIII (1890): “… he scatters… who gathers not with the Church and with Jesus Christ, and all who do not fight jointly with Him and with the Church are in very truth contending against God.” (Sapientiae Christianae #17, Jan. 10)
“St. Vincent Ferrer says, that it would be a greater miracle if habitual evil-doers had a good end than to raise the dead to life. What sorrow, what repentance, can he conceive at the hour of death, who until then has loved sin?” (St. Alphonsus)
Pope Leo XIII, Apostolicae Curae, Sept. 13, 1896: “When anyone has rightly and seriously made use of the due form and the matter requisite for effecting or conferring the sacrament he is considered by that very fact to do what the Church does. On this principle rests the doctrine that a sacrament is truly conferred by the ministry of one who is a heretic or unbaptized, provided the Catholic rite be employed. On the other hand, if the rite be changed, with the manifest intention of introducing another rite not approved by the Church, and of rejecting what the Church does, and what by the institution of Christ belongs to the nature of the sacrament, then it is clear that not only is the necessary intention wanting to the sacrament, but that the intention is adverse to and destructive of the sacrament.”
“And Stephen being full of the Holy Ghost, looking up steadfastly to heaven, saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. And he said: ‘Behold I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.’ And they crying out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and with one accord rushed violently upon him. And casting him out of the city, they stoned him…” (Acts 7:55-57)
Pope Leo XII, Charitate Christi (#11), Dec. 25, 1825: “That monstrous crime of blasphemy, for instance -- who would ever have believed that it could be heard among Christians? And yet there is almost no region now where oaths are not taken rashly, and the holy and terrible name of God is used irreverently in every land. Some even dare to blaspheme Him whom the angels glorify. With fiery zeal, search out and attack this impiety which so greatly injures God.”
Padre Pio (1915): “Jesus likes to give himself to simple souls; we must make an effort to acquire this beautiful virtue of simplicity and to hold it in great esteem. Jesus said: Unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven (Mt. 18:3).” (July 10, to Padre Agostino)
St. Francis De Sales (c. 1602): “At the Council of Nicaea (325) the first who subscribed [signed the documents] are Hosius, Bishop, Vitus, and Modestus, priests, envoys of the Holy See. And in truth, how could these two priests have come to subscribe before the Patriarchs except because they were holding the place of the Supreme Patriarch? [Pope St. Sylvester I]”
Proverbs 13:3 -“He that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his soul: but he that hath no guard on his speech shall meet with evils.”
Pope Innocent III, Eius exemplo, Dec. 18, 1208: “We believe that preaching is exceedingly necessary and praiseworthy… But in all places where manifest heretics remain and renounce and blaspheme God and the faith of the holy Roman Church, we believe that, by disputing and exhorting in all ways according to God, we should confound them, and even unto death oppose them openly with the word of God as adversaries of Christ and the Church.” (Denz. 426)
Padre Pio (1915): “May Jesus and Mary assist you always and may they give your words the power to convert and to stem the headlong rush of many souls towards the precipice.” (Feb. 23, to Padre Agostino)
Pope Pius IX, Vatican I, ex cathedra: “If anyone shall not accept the entire books of Sacred Scripture with all their divisions, just as the Sacred Synod of Trent has enumerated them, as canonical and sacred, or denies that they have been inspired by God: let him be anathema.” (Can. 4 on Revelation, Denz. 1809)
Pope Innocent IV (1254): “Moreover concerning fornication which an unmarried man commits with an unmarried woman, there must not be any doubt at all that it is a mortal sin, since the Apostle declares that ‘fornicators as adulterers are cast out from the kingdom of God’ (1 Cor. 6:9).”
Exodus 20:7 “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain, for the Lord shall not leave unpunished him who takes his name in vain.”
St. Alphonsus (1755): “(St.) Robert Bellarmine relates that having gone to assist a certain dying person, and having exhorted him to make an act of contrition, the man replied that he did not know what contrition was. Bellarmine endeavored to explain it to him; but the sick man said: ‘Father, I do not understand you; I am incapable of these things.’ And thus he died, ‘leaving clear signs of his damnation,’ as is recorded in the writings of Bellarmine. The just punishment of the sinner, says St. Augustine, will be, that having forgotten God in his lifetime, he shall forget himself in death.”
Pope Leo X, Exsurge Domine, June 15, 1520, The Errors of Martin Luther, # 23: “Excommunications are only external penalties and they do not deprive man of the common spiritual prayers of the Church.” – Condemned.
St. Robert Bellarmine: “… the first sin of our first parents [was] not infidelity but nothing other than pride.” (De Amissione Gratiae et Statu Peccati, Book 3, Chap. 4)
Pope St. Gregory VII: “… show that you… are zealous in the observance of the Christian religion… so that after the sea of this life you may avail to come tranquilly to the harbor of perpetual calm and eternal blessedness, by the gift of the Redeemer Himself, our Lord Jesus Christ, who with the Father and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, God throughout all eternity. Amen.” (June 1076)
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