One Minute Reflection – 17 January – “The Month of the Holy Name of Jesus and the Holy Family” – St Anthony Abbot (251-356) – Ecclesiasticus 45:1-6; Luke 12:35-40 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/
“Blessed are those servants, whom the Master, on His return, shall find watching.” – Luke 12:37
REFLECTION – “The end of every Monk and the perfection of his heart, directs him to constant and uninterrupted perseverance in prayer. As much as human frailty allows, it strives after an unchanging and continual tranquillity of mind and perpetual purity. On its account, we tirelessly pursue and ceaselessly apply ourselves to every bodily labour and also, to contrition of spirit …
Therefore, so that prayer may be made with the fervour and purity, it deserves, the following should be observed in every respect.
Firstly, anxiety about fleshly matters should be completely eradicated. Then, not only the concern for but in fact, even the memory of affairs and business, should be refused all entry whatsoever; detraction, idle speech, talkativeness and buffoonery, should also be removed; the disturbance of anger, in particular and of sadness, should be entirely destroyed and the harmful shoot of fleshly lust and of avarice, should be uprooted …
And thus, when… there has taken place a cleansing purgation such as we have spoken of which is perfected in the purity of simplicity and innocence, the unshakable foundations of deep humility should be laid which, can support a tower, which will penetrate the heavens. Then, the spiritual structure of the virtues must be raised above it and the mind must be restrained from all dangerous wandering and straying, so that thus, it might gradually begin to be elevated to the contemplation of God and to spiritual vision.” – St John Cassian (c360-435) Priest, Monk, Theologian, Writer, Founder, Father. Disciple of St John Chrysostom (Conferences 9 1&3).
PRAYER – May the intercession of the Blessed Abbot Anthony, commend us, we beseech Thee, O Lord, so that what we do not deserve by any merits of our own, we may obtain by his patronage. Through tJesus Christ, Thy Son our Lord, Who lives and reigns with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen (Collect).
AnaStpaul 
How can someone profess being a “total” Catholic yet not adhere to Holy Mother Church since the Second Ecumenical Council?
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Long story short – I adhere to every teaching of the One True Church of Christ. Heretics cannot be Popes and Dogma cannot be altered. Saints cannot be demoted and deleted. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass cannot become the heretics supper … etc etc etc. Please do write me if you wish to talk. Many thanks and many blessings from Heaven 🙏 anasaintpaul@gmail.com
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The Holy Gospel According to St. Matthew 16:18
“And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build My Church, and the Gates of Hell shall not prevail against It.”
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Indeed, therefore, the thing parading itself as the Catholic Church in the Vatican CANNOT BE the Catholic Church as if it were, the GATES OF HELL would have prevailed, for the CATHOLIC CHURCH COULD NEVER PERMIT DIVORCED PERSONS TO RECEIVE THE HOLY EUCHARIST, NOR COULD THE TRUE CHURCH OF CHRIST bless PERVERTS in the SANCTUARY COULD only be SATANIC!
The above are just 2 diabolical and evil examples of what that thing in the Vatican is doing and this new person (Prevost) seems as bad as Bergoglio. SEDEVANCANTISM IS THE ONLY WAY!
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