Sunday, August 12, 2018
1191-1195: Uh, Duh.... Red Alert....Uh.... from Lincoln County Watch
By Anna Von Reitz
Yes, people, you read it here first.
The British Government has been
colluding with traitorous and/or clueless American politicians for
decades to undermine our country --- and they have been doing it one
baby at a time.
They have been falsifying our political status records and seeking to "genocide" all Americans on paper.
You are not recorded as an American baby. You are registered as a British "citizen" --- a subject of the Queen.
And if you don't wake to hell up and take action and I mean --- really
TAKE ACTION NOW -- you won't have a country left. You will lose it all,
everything your forefathers fought for.
We will be nothing but a backwater British Territory.
And you won't have a leg to stand on because you stood there like a dumb
cow and didn't do anything about it even after you were told what was
going on and how to correct the records.
I repeat.... I repeat....I repeat....
Go to my website www.annavonreitz.com and scroll down to Article 928 and use the examples given there to lay claim to your Good Name and birthright political status.
And then, get busy! Start your county jural assembly and get involved in your State Jural Assembly and do it ASAP!
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They have been falsifying our political status records and seeking to "genocide" all Americans on paper.
You are not recorded as an American baby. You are registered as a British "citizen" --- a subject of the Queen.
And if you don't wake to hell up and take action and I mean --- really
TAKE ACTION NOW -- you won't have a country left. You will lose it all,
everything your forefathers fought for.
We will be nothing but a backwater British Territory.
And you won't have a leg to stand on because you stood there like a dumb
cow and didn't do anything about it even after you were told what was
going on and how to correct the records.
I repeat.... I repeat....I repeat....
Go to my website www.annavonreitz.com and scroll down to Article 928 and use the examples given there to lay claim to your Good Name and birthright political status.
And then, get busy! Start your county jural assembly and get involved in your State Jural Assembly and do it ASAP!
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There Isn't "A" Republic. Period.
By Anna Von Reitz
There isn't "a" Republic and there never has been.
There is a Federation of fifty (50) State
Republics.
Anyone who talks about "a" Republic is talking
about a foreign, mostly French-sponsored commercial corporation.
And they are trying to deceive you, once again,
into mistaking their commercial corporation for your lawful government.
Explain that there are fifty "republican states"
and never a single "Republic". And if they won't listen and won't stop spreading
garbage and deceit, denounce them as traitors, because that is what they are.
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HOW Stupid Are We?
By Anna Von Reitz
After being taken in by British fraudsters for 150 years I don't think I can make an argument for American intelligence overall.
I can make an argument for American
honesty --- honesty that couldn't imagine the depths of depravity, bad
faith, selfishness, and greed that our British "Allies" have displayed.
I can make an argument for the open, trusting nature of Americans.
I can make an argument for American generosity and bravery.
But the Devil will take advantage of
your virtues just as quick as he will take advantage of your vices, so I
guess this is part of the lesson to be learned.
Anyway, here we are after a hundred
and fifty years of being screwed senseless by the Brits and the
now-repentant Catholic Church.
We now know -- for sure -- that our
political status records have been deliberately falsified to identify us
as British citizens and subjects of the Queen.
We know that this fraud began in
earnest under the treasonous administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
and that every American baby's political status has been faked since
the 1930's.
This gigantic lie and attempted
genocide-on-paper stands as one of the worst crimes in recorded history,
a bunko operation of staggering proportions---- one that has adversely
impacted the entire world.
And we still have Americans standing
around scratching their butts and arguing about whether or not they
have to respond and how they should respond if they do.
Let's see.....your identity has been
stolen. Your credit has been stolen. Your land has been stolen. You
have been mis-identified as a British Citizen. And you've been left to
pay off trillions of dollars of THEIR debt.
Can I suggest that, yes, you do have to do something about it?
Otherwise, the rest of the world will assume that you secretly enjoy getting screwed sideways and robbed and left for dead.
And if you like it, well, hey.... who is to say otherwise?
I have just been informed that there
are arguments raging through the National Assembly groups and even
among members of the Michigan General Jural Assembly about doing or not
doing the paperwork to reclaim your birthright political status.
It seems that some people think it's
okay for British citizens to take part in American Jural Assemblies.
Some people think its not necessary to declare your political status as
an American.
This, even after the whole situation
has been blown open for all to see, even after they have been told ---
"Hey, the record says you are a British citizen."
I am here to tell you that it's not okay for Brits to serve on an American Jural Assembly.
If you find anyone in your Jural
Assembly who hasn't recorded their political status, they are to do so
immediately, and if they refuse they are to be kicked out without
further ceremony.
I am here to tell you that not only
can you get into trouble -- as a British citizen--- for taking part in
an American Jural Assembly, but the validity of the actions of your
Assemblies can be tainted and called into question if you allow any such
wishy-washy.
Its time to pledge your lives, your
fortunes and your sacred honor--- or stay home and squat as a British
tenant on your own land.
Every single member of your Jural
Assembly needs to do the paperwork to reclaim their Good Name and
political birthright and if they don't, they have no business being
involved.
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A Further Note About Copyrights
By Anna Von Reitz
Like most everything else, there are private
copyrights and public copyrights, copyrights that apply to businesses, and
copyrights issued as patents.
The Continental Congress established the patent
copyright of the name The United States of America --- the unincorporated
version --- on September 9, 1776. This is the name of the Federation of the
sovereign States of the Union.
The Federation is not a sovereign entity in and of
itself, but it acts as a sovereign government in behalf of the States. It is a
Holding Company held under sovereign patent.
The Federation naturally operates in the realm of
international trade, but can operate just as well in the realm of international
commerce.
So in addition to the patent copyright issued in
1776, the unincorporated Federation of States doing business as The United
States of America holds an American Common Law Copyright under the Copyright Act
of 1790. Both.
This makes it inexcusable for other countries like
Scotland and France to mess around issuing charters to corporations infringing
on our name, and it also makes it inexcusable for Keith Livingway and "the State
of Delaware" and the Roman Catholic Church to infringe on it so as to promote
confusion and identity theft and bogus commercial
claims.
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More Blind Staggers.....
By Anna Von Reitz
Today, I get a message from a reader asking about this:
Yes,
yet more "Blind Staggers" from people who are half-asleep and unaware
of the past and unable, therefore, to deal with the present or chart the
future.
Here's my reply to this latest bit of nonsense from "reign of heaven" and Keith Livingway and his Band of Merry Men:
The problem has been renegade
employees failing to "recognize" us and failing to do their duty, and
instead seeking to line their own pockets and trying to rob us of our
birthrights ---both material and immaterial birthrights.
We own the copyright to the name "The United States of America" --- unincorporated version -- under the 1790 Copyright Act.
Anyone who doesn't know this already
and who is suing President Trump for "peace" at this late date
obviously doesn't have a clue and needs to be cut short with all their
claims and actions.
I have said it before and I say it
again --- Keith Livingway is basing all his claims on false assumptions
and information. He is acting as a pirate stealing from other pirates
who came before him and trying to make that into a valid claim to own
our country.
It's complete utter whackjob
insanity and against the actual law on every continent. The Maxim of
Law is--- "Possession of property by pirates does not change
ownership."
The name "The United States of
America" as it applies to any entity public or private, incorporated or
unincorporated, belongs to us and has belonged to us since September 9,
1776 and no amount of commercial fraud, infringement, or deceit can
change that.
Run like an antelope away from
anything to do with Keith Livingway and his groupees. They may or may
not have good intentions, but they don't know the history and don't
have a leg to stand on either lawfully or legally.
And given the crazy things they have
alleged and done in the past, and the fact that they are trying to
"out-pirate pirates" it is not beyond the realm of possible that they
will get themselves and their followers in real trouble.
Piracy done in ignorance is still
piracy, after all, and infringement against the copyright of a sovereign
government is infringement of a very, very serious kind. If you can
get a $250,000 fine for copying a movie, imagine what can happen when
you infringe on the copyrighted name of a sovereign nation?
Red flag, folks. And yes, these are
the same numbnutz play actors who issued a "warrant" for my arrest and
made up all sorts of bogus claims about me. This should indicate again
how irresponsible and basically out of touch they are.
Anyone who wants to know about the
three (3) Presidential Declarations of Peace with respect to the land
and soil jurisdiction States and the People of this country, they are
fully detailed with dates and references in our book, "You Know
Something is Wrong When.....an American Affidavit of Probable Cause"
---- along with a lot of other useful information.
When I was in college there were a
lot of weird religious cults making the rounds. Remember Reverend
Moon? And Eckankar? And the Church of Slack? Without an exception,
the kids who were susceptible to this nonsense were the ones who didn't
know their own scriptures or didn't know anything (or bother to find
out) about the scriptures of others.
It's the same thing with this situation now.
We have all these gurus who know
part of the story, like Hartford Van Dyke, who knows all about Federal
Code, and we have all those with "deeply held beliefs" ---- like Keith
Livingway---- who are simply ignorant of law and history and wrong.
These people who have only part of
the story or only their own "beliefs" to go on, are dangerous no matter
what their intentions are, because they mislead others and get people to
do things that are in fact harmful.
This whole situation is outrageous
enough all on its own. We don't need to embellish it with any fantasy
claims like Keith or add to the confusion by focusing on foreign
governments and their affairs. And we don't need any more good people
going to jail because they followed Pied Pipers.
Nobody who has followed my advice has gotten in trouble because of it.
The Colorado Nine trespassed against the Federales in spite of my most earnest appeals and efforts to warn them.
Destry Payne talked to me for months and had every opportunity to do his paperwork --- and didn't.
People --- even my friends --- make
wrong choices, don't do their homework, get confused, and suffer when
they follow bad leaders. It doesn't matter if the Pied Piper is a
Federal Agent or an ignorant Patriot. Either one is just as bad, and
just as much to be avoided.
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Instruction on the Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost
Rev. Fr. Leonard Goffine's
The Church's Year
The Church's Year
The Introit of the Mass is the prayer of a troubled soul, entreating God for assistance against its enemies:
INTROIT Incline
unto my aid, O God: O Lord, make haste to help me: let my enemies be
confounded and ashamed, who seek my soul. Let them be turned backward
and blush for shame, who desire evils to me. (Ps. LXIX) Glory be to the
Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, as it was in the
beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
COLLECT Almighty
and merciful God, of whose gift it cometh that the faithful do Thee
homage with due and laudable service: grant, we beseech Thee, that we
may run without stumbling to the attainment of Thy promises. Through our
Lord Jesus Christ Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the
Unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end, Amen.
EPISTLE (II
Cor. III. 4-9.) Brethren, such confidence we have through Christ
towards God: not that we are sufficient to think any thing of ourselves,
as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God, who also hath made us
fit ministers of the New Testament, not in the letter, but in the
spirit: for the letter killeth: but the spirit quickeneth. Now if the
ministration of death, engraven with letters upon stones, was glorious,
so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of
Moses, for the glory of his countenance, which is made void: how shall
not the ministration of the Spirit be rather in glory? For if the
ministration of condemnation be glory, much more the ministration of
justice aboundeth in glory.
EXPLANATION St.
Paul speaks in the epistle, from which this extract is taken, of the
conversion of the Corinthians, which he accomplished not by his own
ability, but with the help of God, who made him a minister of the New
Testament, a teacher of the true religion of Christ. The New Testament
by the grace of the Holy Ghost recalls the sinner from the death of sin,
reconciles him to God, and thus enlivens and makes him pleasing to God;
whereas the letter of the Old Law, which contains more eternal
ceremonies and fewer commandments, changes not the man, but rather
destroys him, that is, threatens with death the transgressor of the law
instead of freeing him from sin and reconciling him to God, thus
permitting him to die the eternal death. St. Paul preached the true
religion of Christ, which vivifies, justifies, and sanctifies man. If
the ministry of Moses was so glorified by God, that his countenance
shone, when he returned from Mount Sinai, where God gave him the law,
how much more dignified and glorious must be the ministry of the New
Law. Learn from this to esteem the office of preaching, and be humble
like St. Paul, who trusted not in himself but in God, to whom he
ascribed all honor.
GOSPEL (Luke
X. 23-37.) At that time, Jesus said to his disciples: Blessed are the
eyes that see the things which you see. For I say to you that many
prophets and kings have desired to see the things that you see, and have
not seen them; and to hear the things that you hear, and have not heard
them. And behold a certain lawyer stood up, tempting him, and saying:
Master, what must I do to possess eternal life? But he said to him: What
is written in the law? how readest thou? He answering, said: Thou shalt
love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul,
and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as
thyself. And he said to him: Thou hast answered rightly: this do, and
thou shalt live. But he, willing to justify himself, said to Jesus: And
who is my neighbor? And Jesus answering, said: A certain man went down
from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, who also stripped
him, and having wounded him, went away; leaving him half dead. And it
chanced that a certain priest went down the same way, and seeing him,
passed by. In like manner also a Levite, when he was near the place and
saw him, passed by. But a certain Samaritan, being on his journey, came
near him: and seeing him, was moved with compassion. And going up to
him, bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine; and setting him upon
his own beast, brought him to an inn, and took care of him: and the next
day he took out two pence, and gave to the host, and said: Take care of
him, and whatsoever, thou shalt spend over and above, I, at my return,
will repay thee. Which of these three, in thy opinion, was neighbor to
him that fell among robbers? But he said: He that showed mercy to him.
And Jesus said to him: Go, and do thou in like manner.
Why does Christ call His disciples blessed?
Because
they had the happiness which so many patriarchs and prophets had
desired in vain, namely: of seeing Him and hearing His teaching. Though
we have not the happiness to see Jesus and hear Him, nevertheless we are
not less blessed than the apostles, since Christ pronounces those
blessed who do not see and yet believe. (John XX. 29.)
What, besides faith, is necessary for salvation?
That we love God and our neighbor, for in these two commandments consists the whole law. (Matt. XXII. 40.)
Who is our neighbor?1
Every
man, be he an acquaintance or a stranger, poor or rich, of our faith or
of another; for the Samaritan did not ask the one who had fallen among
robbers: Who and whence are you? but considered him his neighbor, and
proved himself as such by his prompt assistance.
How should we love our neighbor?
As
we love ourselves, that is, we should wish him everything good, and
when in necessity do to him as we would wish others to do to us, and, on
the contrary, not wish nor do to him anything that we do not wish to be
done to ourselves. In this way the Samaritan loved his neighbor, and in
this he was far superior to the priest and the Levite.
How can we especially practice love for our neighbor?
By the spiritual and corporal works of mercy. [See instruction for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost.] Besides
which we must rejoice at the spiritual and corporal graces of our
neighbor, which God communicates to him; we must grieve for his
misfortunes, and, according to the example of St. Paul, (I Cor. I. 4.)
have compassion for him; we must bear with the faults of our neighbor,
as St. Paul again admonishes us: Bear ye one another's burdens, and so
you shall fulfil the law of Christ. (Gal. VI. 2.)
Why should we love our neighbor?
We
should love him because God commands it; but there are also other
reasons which should induce us to do so. We are not only according to
nature brothers and sisters in Adam, but also according to grace, in
Christ, and we would have to be ashamed before animals, if we would
allow ourselves to be surpassed in the love which they bear one to
another; (Ecclus, XIII. 19.) all our neighbors are the image and
likeness of God, bought by the blood of Jesus, and are adopted children,
called to heaven, as we are; the example of Christ, who loved us, when
we were yet His enemies, (Rom. V. 10.) and gave Himself for us unto
death, ought to incite us to love them. But can we be His disciples, if
we do not follow Him, and if we do not bear in us the mark of His
disciples, i. e. the love of our neighbor? (John XIII. 35.). Finally,
the necessity of the love for our neighbor ought to compel us, as it
were, to it; for without it, we cannot be saved. He that loveth not,
says St. John, abideth in death, (I John III. 14.) and he that loveth
not his brother, whom he seeth, how can he love God whom he seeth not?
(I John IV. 20.) because he transgresses one of the greatest
commandments of God, and does not fulfil the law. (Rom. XIII, 10.)
What is necessary to make the love of our neighbor meritorious?
It
must tend to God, that is, we must love our neighbor only in and for
God, because God commands it, and it is pleasing to Him. For to love our
neighbor on account of a natural inclination, or self-interest, or some
other still less honorable reason, is only a natural, animal love, in
no wise different from the love of the heathens; for the heathens also
love and salute those who love and salute them in turn. (Matt. V. 46.)
PETITION.
O my God, Father of mercy! give me a loving and compassionate heart,
which will continually impel me to do good to my neighbor for Thy sake,
so that I may merit the same from Thy mercy.
What is understood from this day's gospel in a higher and more spiritual sense?
According
to the interpretation of the Fathers, our father Adam, and hence the
whole human race is to be understood by the one who had fallen among
robbers. The human race, which through the disobedience of Adam fell
into the power of Satan and his angels, was robbed of original justice
and the grace of God, and moreover, was wounded and weakened in all the
powers of the soul by evil concupiscence. The priest and The Levite who
represent the Old Law, would not and could not repair this misfortune;
but Christ, the true Samaritan, embraced the interests of the wounded
man, inasmuch as He poured the oil of His grace, and the wine of His
blood into the wounds of man's soul, and thus healed him, and inasmuch
as He led him by baptism into the inn of His Church, and there entrusted
him to His priests for further care and nursing. Thank Christ, the good
Samaritan, for this great love and care for you, and endeavor to make
good use of His blessings by your cooperation.
INSTRUCTION ON THE MOST HOLY SACRAMENT OF
EXTREME UNCTIONHe bound up his wounds pouring in oil and wine. (Luke X. 34.)
EXTREME UNCTIONHe bound up his wounds pouring in oil and wine. (Luke X. 34.)
The
conduct of the Samaritan in regard to the wounded man may be viewed as a
figure of the holy Sacrament of Extreme Unction, in which Christ, the
true Samaritan, by means of the holy oil and the prayer of the priest,
His representative, dispenses His grace to the sick for the welfare of
the soul and often of the body, provided the sick place no obstacle in
His way.
Is Extreme Unction a Sacrament?
Yes; because it was instituted by Christ, and by it grace is conveyed to the sick through an outward sign.
Did Christ institute this Sacrament?
He
did, for He sent His disciples to anoint the sick with oil and heal
them, as the Evangelist writes: Going forth they preached that men
should do penance: and they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil
many that were sick, and healed them. (Mark VI. 12,13.) We must believe
that this unction was not invented by the apostles, but ordained by the
Lord. This is confirmed by the Council of Trent, which says: (Sess. XIV.
C. I.) "This sacred Unction of the sick was instituted by Christ our
Lord, as indicated by St. Mark, but recommended to the faithful and
promulgated by the Apostle St. James, a relative of our Lord." "Is any
man," he says, "sick among you? let him bring in the priests of the
Church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name
of the Lord: and the prayer of faith shall save the sick man: and the
Lord shall raise him up: and if he be in sins, they shall be forgiven.
(James V. 14,15.) St. James could not have said this, if he had not
known the institution and command of Christ: to it apostolic and
uninterrupted tradition also gives testimony.
What is the external sign of this Sacrament?
The anointing with holy oil, which is blessed by the bishop on Holy Thursday, and the prayer of the priest.
What graces does this Sacrament produce in the sick man?
The
Catechism of the Council of Trent enumerates the following: first, it
remits sins, especially venial sins. Its primary object is not to remit
mortal sin. For this the Sacrament of penance was instituted, as was
that of baptism for the remission of original sin; secondly, it removes
the languor and infirmity entailed by sin, with all other
inconveniences. The time most seasonable for the application of this
cure is, when we are visited by some severe malady, which threatens to
prove fatal; for nature dreads no earthly visitation so much as death;
and this dread is considerably augmented by the recollection of our past
sins, particularly if the mind is harrowed by the poignant reproaches
of conscience; for it is written: "They shall come with fear at the
thought of their sins, and their iniquities shall stand against them to
convict them." A source of alarm still more distressing is the awful
reflection, that, in a few moments, we shall stand before the
judgment-seat of God, whose justice will award that sentence, which our
lives have deserved. The terror inspired by these considerations
frequently agitates the soul with the most awful apprehensions; and to
calm this terror nothing can be so efficacious as the Sacrament of
Extreme Unction. It quiets our fear, illumines the gloom in which the
soul is enveloped, fills it with pious and holy joy, and enables us to
await with cheerfulness the coming of the Lord; thirdly, it fortifies us
against the violent assaults of Satan. The enemy of mankind never
ceases to seek our ruin: and if it be possible to deprive us of all hope
of mercy, he more than ever increases his efforts, when he sees us
approach our last end. This Sacrament, therefore, enables the recipient
to fight resolutely and successfully against him; fourthly, it effects
the recovery of health, if advantageous to the sick person.
What intentions must the sick man have, in order to gain these graces?
Since
the Sacraments work the more powerfully the better the preparation made
by those who receive them, and since by this Sacrament those sins are
remitted which we have forgotten, or have not sufficiently known, the
sick man should, therefore, receive beforehand, if it be possible, the
holy Sacrament of Penance and the blessed Eucharist; or if this cannot
be done, he should make an act of perfect contrition, and have the wish
to confess if possible. He should, therefore, not defer the reception of
this Sacrament to the last moment, when the violence of sickness has
already taken away the use of his reason and senses, but he should ask
for this Sacrament whilst yet enjoying the use of reason, so that he may
receive it with devotion and salutary result.
Is this Sacrament necessary for salvation?
No;
yet we should not neglect in case of sickness to partake of the
excellent fruits of this Sacrament since the Council of Trent teaches:
"To despise so great a Sacrament would indeed be a great sin, an insult
to the Holy Ghost." (Sess. XIV. C. 3.)
Can we receive this Sacrament more than once?
We
can receive it as often as we are in danger of death by sickness; but
we must bear in mind that we can be anointed only once in the same
sickness.
Why is this Sacrament called Extreme Unction?
Because
among all the Sacraments which our Lord and Saviour ordained in His
Church, this one is the last we are to receive. But from this it does
not follow, as so many believe that one who receives this Sacrament must
die soon, but it will rather become a means of salvation for their
souls, and if it be for their eternal welfare, will also restore their
bodily health.
What does the priest do when he enters the house of the sick person?
He
wishes peace to the house, and prays that God may send His angels to
protect its inmates, that He may drive away the enemy, console the sick,
strengthen and give him health.
Why does the priest sprinkle the sick person with holy water?
To
remind him that he should implore of God the forgiveness of his sins,
with tears of contrition, in order to dispel the influence of the evil
spirit.
Why does the priest exhort those present to pray while he administers the Sacrament?
That God may grant through their prayers whatever may contribute to the welfare of the sick man's body and soul.
For what does the priest pray when he imposes his hands on the head of the sick person?
He
begs that God, through the imposition of hands and by the intercession
of all the saints, may take the sick person under His protection, and
destroy the power of the devil, who attacks one particularly in the hour
of death.
What does the priest say at the anointing with oil?
He
begs that God, through this unction and through His gracious mercy, may
forgive the sick person all the sins which he has committed with his
five senses. At the same time the sick person should, in a spirit of
humility and with a repentant and contrite heart, implore of God the
forgiveness of all his sins.
Why does the priest present the sick person a crucifix to kiss?
To
remind him that, like Jesus, he should suffer with patience, and place
his whole confidence in the infinite merits of the Crucified, and be
willing to suffer and die for love of Him. For this reason the crucifix
ought to be presented often to the dying person.
What should the sick person do after he has received the Sacrament of Extreme Unction?
He
should use all his remaining strength to thank God sincerely for the
benefit he has received, commend himself to the wounds and the blood of
Jesus, and meditate with quiet recollection on death and eternity.
How
consoling does our holy Catholic Church appear in the continual use of
this Sacrament! Having, like a tender mother, received man by holy
Baptism under her maternal care; by holy Confirmation given him the
necessary weapons against sin, heresy, and infidelity; by the holy
Sacrament of Penance purified him from stains and sins; and by the
blessed Eucharist nourished him with the bread of life, enriched him
with virtues, and secured him against falling, she does not desert him
even in the last, all-important moment of death. In that dangerous hour
when the dying person, forsaken by all, often by his most intimate
friends, or looked upon with fear, lies on his bed of pain, when behind
him time ceases and before him a certain, though unknown eternity opens
itself, when Satan brings all his resources into play, in order to ruin
his soul, and the thought of the coming judgment makes the heart
tremble, - in this terrible hour the faithful mother, the Catholic
Church, does not abandon him; she sends the priest, her servant, like a
consoling angel to his couch, to encourage the sufferer and strengthen
the fearful with the divine word, to cleanse the sinner and reconcile
him with God by the Sacrament of Penance, to fortify the weak and
nourish him with the bread of life, to strengthen the combatant with the
holy oil, thus providing him with all the means of grace which Jesus
obtained for His Church, to conduct his soul before the face of the
eternal Judge, there to find grace and mercy.
Considering
this, dear Christian, should you not feel happy to be a member of this
Church, should you not thank God continually, and adhere faithfully to a
Church, in which it is indeed not so pleasant to live, as in the bosom
of irreligion, but in which it is good to die!
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