Pope Leo XII (A.D. 1823 – 1829): “We profess that there is no salvation outside the Church. …For the Church is the pillar and ground of the truth. With reference to those words Augustine says: `If any man be outside the Church he will be excluded from the number of sons, and will not have God for Father since he has not the Church for mother.’” (Encyclical, Ubi Primum )
It is granted to few to recognize the true Church amid the darkness of so many schisms and heresies, and to fewer still so to love the truth which they have seen as to fly to its embrace. -St. Robert Bellarmine
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Benedict XVI: The source of joy is the goodness of God
The source of joy is the goodness of God. Benedict XVI recalled this at the end of the General Audience catechesis on Wednesday, September 2nd, which was held in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall before approximately 8 thousand people .
Eternal Father, I offer You the most precious blood of thy Divine Son,
Jesus, in union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for
all the Holy Souls in Purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in
the universal church, for those in my own home and in my family. Amen
