(Ephesians 5:8)
Parents, leaders, and educators, we have a mission, a duty to lead children's souls toward the Light which will be their guide and their happiness. In order to illuminate the way that lies before each one of us, once a week we invite you to discover some of the words of certain wisemen and witnesses, measuring their worth by the words of St. Thomas Aquinas: “Do not consider the one who speaks, but whatever good you hear from him, confide it to your memory.” (from The Sixteen Ways to Acquire the Treasure of Knowledge by St. Thomas). Happy reading!
In the name of your families and of France, prepare and bring about the coming of the Reign of God and the Heart of Jesus in your country.
PIE XII (1876-1958)
Eugenio Pacelli, pope from 1939 to 1958
“Raise your eyes, worthy representatives of a nation that boasts the title of eldest daughter of the Church, and look at the great examples that have gone before you; raise your eyes and admire these splendid cathedrals that remain among you a living symbol of the Catholic Church in whose bosom you have grown up. Better still, enter God’s cathedral with a firm step, venerate the saints on its altars, fall on your knees before God who awaits you at the tabernacle, renew your profession of faith, pledge to Him once again your most perfect fidelity, and rest assured that, in so doing, you will be fulfilling your vocation as men, as Christians, as Frenchmen. If an ill wind blows from the outside, if lies, greed and incomprehension plot evil, if it seems to you that you too have become victims, look at your rehabilitated heroes, your rebuilt cathedrals, and you will be convinced once again that the last victory is always that of faith, of the holy faith, which nothing can destroy and of which the Catholic Church is the sole repository. French Catholics, worthy representatives of a nation that has always found in its Catholic title the strongest stimulus to write the most glorious pages of its history! From the towers of your cathedrals fall the low or joyful notes of the bells, like the dew that descends on the earth to refresh and fertilize it; from the generous soil of that garden of Europe which is France, germinate the heroes of the fatherland and of the faith, who, for love of their mother, if her defense requires it, know how to fight, suffer and die in the certainty that the laurels of triumph will never fail those who accept to sacrifice themselves for a great and just cause. And while it may seem for a moment that iniquity, lies and corruption triumph, all you have to do is remain silent for a few moments and raise your eyes to heaven, to imagine Joan of Arc’s legions returning, banners unfurled, to save the fatherland and save the faith.”
PIE XII (1876-1958)
Eugenio Pacelli, pope from 1939 to 1958
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