Consideration on St. Anne by Bishop Challoner, 1807

 

Consider first, that what gives us the highest idea of the supereminent sanctity of St. Anne, and of her blessed husband St. Joachim, is that they were chosen by the decrees of heaven to be the parents of that Immaculate Virgin who was to bring forth the Saviour of the world, and to be the mother of God. O what grace did they not receive, to qualify them to furnish this virgin spouse to the Spirit of God, and this virgin mother to the Son of God! What a saint-like, what a heavenly education did they not give to their blessed child! How perfectly did they make good thereby that sentence of their divine grandson, that 'the tree is to be known by its fruit!' What reverence then, what esteem, what affection, what devotion do we not owe to this blessed couple! All the time children of Christ have ever loved His mother and considered her as their mother; how then can we do otherwise than love also these two great saints to whom we stand indebted for such a mother!

                                                               

Consider 2ndly, from the lesson or epistle that is read on the feast of St. Anne, (out of Prov. xxxi.,) the properties of a valiant, that is, of a wise and virtuous woman, as all perfectly agreeing in this great saint: particularly her perpetual attention to do good, and not evil, all the days of her life; her unwearied industry in acquiring the spiritual riches of all virtues, and storing up a treasure for eternity; her diligence in the exercise of works of mercy and charity, &c. 'Strength and beauty are her clothing,' saith the wise man, speaking of her interior, 'and she shall laugh in the last day:' even in that day when the foolish admirers of worldly vanities shall all be sad and sorrowful. 'She hath opened her mouth to wisdom, and the law of clemency is on her tongue:' by her being ever prudent in her words, and charitably compassionate in excusing the defects of her neighbours. 'She hath looked well to the paths of her house, and hath not eaten her bread idly:' by a serious application to keep herself always well employed, and to see that all under her charge are orderly. Such was St. Anne, such ought all Christian matrons to be: of such as these the Spirit of God adds, in the conclusion of the chapter, 'Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain:' the woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates. Yes, the Lord himself shall give her the eternal reward of the fruit of her hands and the gates of the heavenly Sion shall resound with her praises for ever.

Consider 3rdly, from the gospel of this day, that excellent treasure which St. Anne found and made her own, by giving up all things else to purchase it for herself. 'The kingdom of heaven,' says our Lord, Matt. xiii. 44, 'is like unto a treasure hidden in a field, which when a man hath found he hideth it, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.' The kingdom of heaven, in this and other passages of the gospel, is understood of the kingdom of God within us, by His grace in the soul; that kingdom by which he lives and reigns in our interior, by faith, hope, and love, and the spirit of recollection and prayer. Now this kingdom of God in our souls is a treasure indeed, of infinite value, which enriches us by the possession of God Himself, here by grace and hereafter in glory. This treasure is hidden from the children of the world, who are strangers to the value of it, and have a very mean idea of the happiness of a spiritual and internal life; but the children of God, whose eyes are open to the truth, discover this inestimable treasure: and spare neither pains nor cost to get it into their own possession; they even sell all they have to purchase it; that is, they give up their humours, their passions, their worldly affections, their sensual inclinations, their own will, and everything else that opposes so great a happiness; and thus they themselves become God's kingdom. Thus they begin to enjoy a heaven upon earth.

Conclude to seek first the kingdom of God in thy soul, above all things, and all other things shall be added unto thee: thou shalt also be reimbursed, with infinite advantage, whatever thou hast expanded in the purchase of it; and all good things shall come to thee along with it.

Saint Mary Magdalen can obtain the gift of true repentance for all those who invoked her

 

1 John 3:6

No one who abides in him sins; no one who sins has either seen him or known him.

Saint Mary Magdalene washed the feet of Our Lord Jesus Christ with her tears and wiped them with her hair.

John 11:2

 Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was ill.

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How Our Lord Pierced Magdalen’s Heart During the Passion


Revelations of St. Mechtilde
The Love of the Sacred Heart

Chapter 9 – How Our Lord Pierced Magdalen’s Heart During the Passion

Faithful souls followed our Lord when the disciples took flight. Later on, the Sacred Heart was to ask for consolation to repair so many injuries and so much ingratitude, but first it loaded them with great graces. The most highly privileged was Saint Mary Magdalen: she was also the most loving.

On the day of Saint Mary Magdalen’s feast, Mechtilde saw our Lord sweetly folding the humble penitent to His Sacred Heart. Mechtilde was astonished, remembering the words, “and incorruption brings near to God” (Wisdom 6:20) and here was Magdalen! But our Lord reassured Mechtilde: “The intensity of love that she bore Me on earth,” He said, “is the measure of the union which associates her with Me in heaven.”

And Mechtilde cried: “Oh, dearest Lord, teach me how I may praise you as the loving Saint does.” Our Lord replied: “You must do it in the five wounds that love imprinted in her soul at the time of My Passion. When I was hanging on the Cross and near the end, seeing My eyes, which had so often looked with mercy on her, about to close in death, Magdalen’s heart was pierced as with a sharp arrow. She also saw death about to close My ears which had so often listened to her petitions; she witnessed the sorrow and tears of My Mother whom she tenderly loved for My sake. She then received another wound in her breast which was moved by compassion. She then saw My lips, which had so often said kind words to instruct and console her, above all those words Your faith has made you safe, go in peace (Luke 7:50), grow white in death and become incapable of speech. She again felt her heart pierced. Shortly afterwards, seeing My Heart and being moved again to great love for Me, her heart was pierced again. And at last, when she saw Me, her life, her joy and all her treasure, without whom she seemed unable to live, dead and laid in the tomb, her soul dying, so to speak, by the violence of its love, succumbed under inexpressible sorrow.”

Mechtilde saw Magdalen standing before our Lord. Her burning heart shone with the brightness of the sun and illumined her whole body. Heaven showed her that this fire had been kindled in Magdalen’s heart for the first time when she heard Christ say: “Thy sins are forgiven thee, go in peace” (Luke 7:50). It was so strong in her that from that time all her thoughts and actions were changed into it. Mechtilde also understood that in every soul consumed by divine love all its actions, thoughts, or sufferings, like branches thrown into the fire, are changed into the fire of love and increase it constantly by feeding it. If also other combustible matter, such as venial sin, is thrown in it is also consumed and destroyed. This soul would be entirely aflame, and on leaving the body the evil spirits would not dare to approach it. But they who are not burning with this fire, I mean divine love, whatever they may do, will not be able to destroy their sins. The evil they do will weigh them down and be a heavy load at the hour of death.

According to this doctrine, with what a great love must Magdalen’s heart have been filled! This holy fire had been enkindled on the day she was forgiven, but it had grown every day while she followed Jesus, listened to His words, and imitated His virtues. What had it become after she had received the five wounds in her heart at the time of the Passion? What was it after our Lord’s appearance to her on the morning of the Resurrection? What was it at the end of Magdalen’s life after her long years of penance in the Cave of Saint Baume?

She is one of the lovers of the Sacred Heart and her mission is to gain for it disciples from amongst the lost sheep. And Mechtilde teaches us how it is done: “She seemed to see, springing from our Lord’s feet, two trees covered with leaves and fruit, signifying the fruits of penance that Magdalen gathered, and distributed with joy to all who sought her help.” Mechtilde understood that she had obtained at our Lord’s feet the privilege of obtaining for all those who invoked her the gift of true repentance, and Saint Mary Magdalen said to her: “Every one who gives thanks to God for the tears I shed over the feet of Christ, and for my having washed those sacred feet and wiped them with my hair; and who praises Him for the love He then poured into my soul and heart, so in flaming me that I could never again love anything else; and begs tears of true repentance and the infusion of divine love, will see our Lord listen willingly, because of my merits, to his pious requests. Before death his sins will be forgiven and he will increase in the love of God.”

Sinful souls who have sullied your hearts like Magdalen, do you not feel great comfort in hearing such words? You, too, can reach the Heart of God. You can also burn with the same love as Magdalen and receive the same wounds!

Prayer to Saint Mary Magdalen

I give you thanks, O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, for all the tears that Blessed Mary Magdalen shed at Your feet, for washing them with her hands, wiping them with her hair, and for the love with which you so entirely inflame her body and soul, filling her heart so that she never loved any other thing than Thyself. Therefore, I beg of Thee, Lord Jesus, that by her great merits you would grant me the tears of true repentance and fill me with Your divine love, so that before death all my sins may be forgiven by Thee, Jesus, Saviour of the World, King of glory, who lives and reigns with the same God, Father and Holy Spirit, world without end. Amen.

Biden's anti-Catholic government corrupts young people with the support of Bergoglio's sect

Jorge Bergoglio, in collusion with Joe Biden, defies the divine Natural Law that prohibits homosexuality and its perverse variants.

Biden Asst. Health Secretary Levine: 'Empower' Youth to Get 'Gender-Affirmation Treatment' (breitbart.com)

Evil: Biden's Transvestite Assistant Secretary of Health Dr. Levine Says We Need to "Empower" Children to go On Puberty Blockers (VIDEO)

Biden's Tranvestite Assistant Health Secretary Richard Levine and Gender Fluid "Pup Handler" Sam Brinton Attend French Ambassador's Bastille Day Party (thegatewaypundit.com)

Biden's New Gender-Fluid Drag Queen Staffer Defended Underage Gay Prostitution

'A Drag Queen for Every School': The New Democratic Platform | CNSNews

From Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) ‘What America Is All About’: Nancy Pelosi Calls It ‘An Honor’ To Appear On Drag Queen Show | The Daily Wireyour freedom of expression of yourselves in drag is what America is all about” to the president’s alphabet soup extremism, the campaign ads from Pride Month almost write themselves.

Nancy Pelosi on Ru Paul's Drag Race: 'Your Freedom of Expression of Yourselves in Drag Is What America Is All About' (breitbart.com)

“All the civil governments will have one and the same plan, which will be to abolish and do away with every religious principal to make way for materialism, atheism, spiritualism and vice of all kinds. Our Lady of La Salette

Our Lady of la Salette “ Rome will lose the Faith and become the seat of the Antichrist.”

Bergoglio promotes the acceptance of homosexuality and the abomination of transgenderism, in defiance of Catholic morality and in rejection of God's Law. 

Evil Bergoglio praises nun for opening ‘trans home’ for men claiming to be women  with their homosexual partners, calls them ‘girls’ - LifeSiteNews 

Child abuse: Bergoglio's nun promoter of Transvestism in Argentina endorses "trans children"

....there are some who prostitute even their own children and wives, and some are openly mutilated for the purpose of sodomy. (Saint Justin Martyr. First Apology, Ch. 27)

Bergoglio promotes a gay NGO of Transvestites activists that operates in a Catholic monastery in Neuquén-Argentina, that promote gender ideology.

Evil Bergoglio calls woman with sex-change operation a ‘man' and calls partners ‘married’ - LifeSiteNews

Related:

Judge blocks Biden admin.'s LGBT discrimination directives for schools in 20 states

“Sex Change”: Biological Impossibility and Revolt Against God - TFP.org

Bergoglio is scheduled to partake in a pagan shamanic 'cleansing' ritual with indigenous people during his Marxist visit to Canada

Bergoglio rehabilitates paganism

Paganism is Being Enforced by the State in Canada, Thanks to Jorge Mario Bergoglio

Apostate Bishop participating in the pagan “smudging” ceremony at the Vatican. 

Bergoglio will again publicly deny the Catholic faith and mock the priesthood.

Bergoglio violates the First Commandment. 

Exodus 20:3 “You shall have no other gods before me.

Sins that violate the First Commandment are superstition, idolatry, witchcraft, sacrilege, atheism, and tempting God.

The First Commandment of God is transgressed:

By opposing religion.
By worshipping idols.
By superstitions.
By invoking spirits.

Bergoglio continues obstinately in his Marxist class struggle against God and against the Church, rehabilitating heretics and pagans.

For a Shaman to perform a pagan 'cleansing' ritual means that Bergoglio humiliates the priesthood and papacy instituted by Jesus Christ.

He substitutes the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for a pagan Marxist parody.

The Catechism teaches that the most important sacramentals are three: blessings, consecrations and exorcisms (1671-1673).

St. Vincent of Lerins: All novelty in faith is a sure mark of heresy. 

Baltimore Catechism:

How does a Catholic sin against faith? A Catholic sins against faith by apostasy, heresy, indifferentism, and by taking part in non-Catholic worship.

Bergoglio to participate in a Pagan Shamanic Cleansing Ritual with indigenous peoples during his visit to Canada

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Pagan rituals are planned for Francis' July 24-29 trip to Canada where he will apologise for “abuse crimes” that never happened.

In Edmonton's Sacred Heart Church, an "elder" will perform a smudge ritual before Francis' eucharist. The smoker will enter the church ahead of Francis with a bowl of smouldering cedar, sage, sweetgrass and tobacco.

Father Cristino Bouvette (Calgary Archdiocese) who has an Italian mother and an indigenous father and is assisting in planning Francis' Eucharists and prayer services admitted to CruxNow.com (July 15) that those rituals are “outside of any particular Catholic expression of faith” but "certainly not contrary to it.”

The goal is to show a "recognition" of these rituals and to make the church “more hospitable” to welcome Francis by “a ritual of purification.”

Update 7/18/22  Bergoglio describes his trip to Canada as a 'penitential pilgrimage'. Let's call it what it really is: an anti-Catholic trip that has the objective of defaming the Church, profaning the Mass and denying the true faith.

In Colombia, the anti-Catholic Marxist Bergoglio maliciously spread the hoax of the anti-Spanish black legend in defense of the pagan traditions of the idolaters.

Bergoglio will once again publicly deny the Catholic faith and mock the priesthood by participating in a pagan indigenous 'purification' ritual during his Marxist visit to Canada.

With this act of public apostasy, Bergoglio reneges on the priesthood and reneges on the baptismal promises. It is an act of denial of Christ and faith. By participating in the pagan shamanic ritual, in his public denial of the faith the apostate Bergoglio will confirm the idolatrous indigenous in their superstitious pagan practices.

Bergoglio hates the Catholic priesthood

The Wanderer: «Also, let us not forget that, as the pontiff himself has said, his theological mentor was Lucio Gera and his “theology of the people”, according to which “the people” are not subject to being evangelized but subject to evangelize. It is understood in this way, beyond the undeniable populist eagerness, that Bergoglio's first gesture to look at the fateful Vatican loggia 13/3/13 has been to ask for the blessing of the people. And that also explains why he ordered a survey of the people to know his opinion about the family and other questions of sexual morality. The people teach»

St. Vincent of Lerins: Let whoever attempts to disseminate anything other than what we have received be anathema.

John 5:43 I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me; if another comes in his own name, you will accept him.

Father E. Sylvester Berry,
eminent, 20th Century scripture scholar
“. . .Antichrist and his prophet will introduce ceremonies to imitate the Sacraments of the Church. In fact there will be a complete organization - a church of Satan set up in opposition to the Church of Christ. Satan will assume the part of God the Father; Antichrist will be honored as Savior, and his prophet will usurp the role of Pope. Their ceremonies will counterfeit the Sacraments . . .” Published in 1921 (37 years before the pivotal 1958) by Father E. Sylvester Berry in his book, The Apocalypse of St. John.

Again he repeats this message in his following work:

"The prophecies of the Apocalypse show that Satan will imitate the Church of Christ (Catholic Church) to deceive mankind; he will set up a church of Satan in opposition to the Church of Christ. Antichrist will assume the role of Messias; his prophet will act the part of Pope, and there will be imitations of the Sacraments of the Church. There will also be lying wonders in imitation wrought in the Church."Published in 1927 by Father E. Sylvester Berry in his book, The Church of Christ: An Apologetic and Dogmatic Treatise.

Father Herman B. Kramer (1884-1976) 

New Sacraments:

 "The False Prophet may institute secret rites, through which the followers of Antichrist will be advanced by degrees into the deeper mysticism of his cult. A sort of diabolical sacramental system would thus be instituted conferring the graces of Satan and consecrating people to the service of the Beast." page 325 The Book Of Destiny

Bergoglio calls statues ‘Pachamamas’ and apologizes for their removal from church

Saint Thomas Aquinas explaining Romans 1 points out that the Sodomites are idolaters.

With Bergoglio's approval, the Anglican lesbian 'priestess' Emelie Teresa Smith desecrates the church of Santa Maria in Traspontina with pagan cults

"God tolerates no example of conduct more from others than from priests when He sees those, whom He ordains for the improvement of others, give example of their own depravity." (Pope St. Gregory the Great, Doctor of the Church)

“[The vice of sodomy] leads to error, totally removes truth from the deluded mind... It opens up Hell and closes the gates of Paradise.” St. Peter Damian

The Code of Canon Law of 1917 states that we Catholics have a duty to reject error and heresy and everything that works against faith:

Canon 1325.1 - “The faithful are bound to profess their faith openly whenever under the circumstances silence, evasion, or their manner of acting would otherwise implicitly amount to a denial of the faith, or would involve contempt of religion, an offense to God, or scandal to the neighbor.” 

Bergoglio´s ‘Querida Amazonia’ spreads the topographic heresy

Instead of confirming them in our Catholic faith, Bergoglio has made the Bergoglian priests practice paganism. Jesuit wants “to learn” from indigenous people.

Bergoglio supports an indigenous 'priest' who continues to practice paganism

1 Corinthians 16:22 
If any man love not our Lord Jesus Christ, let him be anathema, maranatha.

Pagan Altar

St. Robert Bellarmine: "A manifest heretic is not a Christian, as is clearly taught by St. Cyprian, St. Athanasius, St. Augustine, St. Jerome, and others."

St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

"It is absurd for a heretic to say that he believes in Jesus Christ. To believe in a person is to give our full consent to his word and to all he teaches. True faith, therefore, is absolute belief in Jesus Christ and in all He taught. Hence, he who does not adhere to everything Jesus Christ has prescribed for our salvation does not have any more of the Doctrine of Jesus Christ than the pagans, Jews and Mohammedans."

Bergoglio's meeting with Scholas Occurentes includes Pachamama rituals

Galatians 1:8

 But even if we or an angel [messenger] from heaven should proclaim to you a gospel contrary to what we proclaimed to you, let that one be accursed!