Thought for the Day – 1 September – Meditations with Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971)
The Problem of Evil
“In his second letter to the Thessalonians, the Apostle Paul speaks of the Anti-Christ, “the man of sin … the son of perdition, who opposes and is exalted above all that is called God…” “Already,” he says, “the mystery of iniquity is at work” (Cf 2 Thess 2:3-7).
From the beginning of the Church’s history until the present time, it has always been the same.
There always have been and always will be, men who do evil, not from human weakness but, from motives of malice, so diabolical as to present something of a mystery to us.
These can be called Anti-Christ because, they seem to be incarnations of the devil, the spirit of iniquity.
They delight in spreading error, in corrupting minds and, in persecuting the Church.
They are steeped in all kinds of baseness and nothing pleases them better, than to succeed in inducing the young and the innocent, to follow them in their sinful ways.
For this purpose, they employ all the advantages of modern technical progress has to offer – the press, the cinema, the radio and television.
In short, they use God’s gifts in their commercialisation of sin, in order to draw souls away from Him.
The realisation of this terrifying fact, provokes two questions.
(1) How can such evil be permitted by God, Who made man for Himself and redeemed him with the Blood of His only-begotten Son?
(2) What steps can we take to control this alarming and universal deluge of evil?
St Augustine answers the first question by pointing out, that the infinite and good God created us without any assistance from ourselves, but does not will to save us without our co-operatikon, since He has endowed us with the gift of liberty.
Moreover, He prefers to draw good from evil, rather than to prevent the evil itself.
We must answer the second question ourselves, remembering that we have a serious obligation to combat evil in ourselves and in our fellow-men.
What have we done up to now and what do wqe propose to do in the future?”
Antonio Cardinal Bacci
AnaStpaul 
Having fought the sins of pride I now fight against DOUBT in which even the slightest particle can lead to ruin. Strength, oh Lord, or else my discernment will be ineffective. I am weak my God make me strong.
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Dear Hughie as all sins come from PRIDE perhaps that battle is not yet won?!?
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I doubt it is won. *-)
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The Vatican II revolution encourages doubt, as well as confusion & other negative emotions. The man whom increasingly more Catholics are believing to be not Pope Francis but Antipope Francis is doing everything he can to add to those negative emotions, as well as loss of faith in the Church. But the true Church is the Church adhering to tradition in all things. I recommend https://novusordowatch.org for the answers to many questions & doubts. And we must pray the rosary every day. It has been given more power in our time to give us from Our Most Holy Queen & Mother all the graces we need to overcome every evil of the devil & of his human agents serving him, & all doubts contrary to our holy Catholic faith.
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Oh Darrell – the world and its immense evils, powered by satan and the growing free-masonic satanist ideology has long overcome the Church. Bergoglio and the many new and past minions, are the agents of anti-christ – even the prophet of anti-christ.
I thank you for your constant inspiration.
Novus Ordo Watch is good – although they often desist (on public forums) from attacking the contentious issues of our time – where people so desperately need guidance!
God’s grace be with you 🙏
Ana
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