On the need for Christian Truth “We have arrived in at an era in which the world unceasingly solicits our complicity with falsehood. Christian fortitude is the strength of the truth and the strength of our faith, the strength of God’s love, which has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us (Rom. 5:5). Truth is the milieu in which faith and love are experienced authentically. This is why we must create little islands of truth. Each Christian , each school, each parish must become a little island in which all falsehood is banished, a place where we refuse all compromise with the world’s ideology, relativism, and seduction. Human relations must become true and simple again. It is our responsibility to bring the truth everywhere, to occupations, professional, political, and social relations. This is Christian fortitude: rejecting falsehood. The truth will make us free, the truth is our strength!” - Cardinal Robert Sarah in his book: The Day Is Now Far Spent

Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus “Yes, it is by staying close to the inexhaustible and never ceasing font of truth and love, that is, from the glorious pierced Heart of Jesus, that the priest finds the wisdom and the strength to guide his flock according to truth and with love. The Curé d’Ars defined the priest as the love coming from the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The priest who is united to the Sacred Heart will not succumb to the temptation to say to his flock words that are other than those of Christ which have been handed down in an indefectible way by the Church. He will not fall into the temptation to substitute for the words of a doctrine that heals a language that is confused and easily leads to error”. (Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke)

In defence of the Catholic Faith “In the face of growing confusion about the doctrine of the Faith, many , priests, religious and laypeople of the have requested that I make a public testimony about the truth of revelation…” Quoting extensively from the Catechism, Cardinal Müller summarized five key tenets of Catholic doctrine: belief in the ; the nature and authority of the Church; Christ’s presence in the sacraments; the “liberating truth” of moral law; and the reality of hell and promise of eternal life… “Many wonder today what purpose the Church still has in its existence, when even bishops prefer to be politicians rather than to proclaim the Gospel as teachers of the Faith,” Müller wrote… “The role of the Church must not be watered down by trivialities, but its proper place must be addressed,” he said in his summary of the immortal nature of the soul and the judgment each person will face immediately after death… “The task of the of the Church is to ‘preserve God’s people from deviations and defections'” so that they may profess “the true Faith without error,” particularly concerning the Church’s seven sacraments, he said. “Anyone conscious of a grave sin must receive the sacrament of reconciliation before coming to Communion.” Cardinal Müller said that means that divorced and civilly remarried persons, whose sacramental marriage is considered valid before God, Christians who are not in full communion with the Catholic faith, and those who are not “properly disposed” must not receive Communion. Visit: www.manifestooffaith.com and watch the film based on Cardinal Müller’s defence of the Faith

Truth is from Jesus, and not from public opinion… Truth is not necessarily found with the majority, said Cardinal Walter Brandmüller at the conference Catholic Church, where are you going? in . Cardinal Brandmüller underlined that the Catholic sensus fidei (witness of faith by the simple faithful) and the "public opinion" are to different things: “When Catholics en masse consider it legitimate to remarry after , to use contraception or other similar things, this is not a mass witness to the faith, but a mass departure from it.” Wisdom from the Shepherds of Christ’s Church... October Prayer to St. Joseph (after the Rosary)

To you, O blessed Joseph, do we come in our tribulation, and having implored the help of your most holy Spouse, we confidently invoke your patronage also.

Through that charity which bound you to the Immaculate Virgin Mother of God and through the paternal love with which you embraced the Child Jesus, we humbly beg you graciously to regard the inheritance which Jesus Christ has purchased by his Blood, and with your power and strength to aid us in our necessities.

O most watchful guardian of the Holy Family, defend the chosen children of Jesus Christ; O most loving father, ward off from us every contagion of error and corrupting influence; O our most mighty protector, be kind to us and from heaven assist us in our struggle with the power of darkness.

As once you rescued the Child Jesus from deadly peril, so now protect God's Holy Church from the snares of the enemy and from all adversity; shield, too, each one of us by your constant protection, so that, supported by your example and your aid, we may be able to live piously, to die in holiness, and to obtain eternal happiness in heaven. Amen.

A Daily Prayer for Healing Blessed, Jesus, I bow before You, just as I am. I am sorry for my transgressions, I repent of my sins, please pardon me. In Your Name, I forgive all others for what they have done to wrong me. I renounce Satan, the evil spirits and all their evil doings. I give You my entire being. Lord Jesus, now and forever, I invite You into my life Christ. I accept You as my Lord and Saviour. Cure me, change me, strengthen me in body, soul, and mind. Please, Lord Jesus, cover me with Your precious blood and fill me with Your Holy Spirit, I love You Christ. I praise You Jesus, thank You Christ and I shall follow You every day of my life. Amen.