Baltimore Catechism No. 3 - Lesson 12

LESSON TWELFTH: On the Attributes and Marks of the Church

Q. 517. What is an attribute?

A. An attribute is any characteristic or quality that a person or thing may be said to have. All perfections or imperfections are attributes…

Baltimore Catechism No. 3 - Lesson 1

LESSON FIRST: On the End of Man.

Q. 126. What do we mean by the "end of man"?

A. By the "end of man" we mean the purpose for which he was created: namely, to know, love, and serve God.

Q. 127. How do you know that man was created…

Baltimore Catechism No. 1

LESSON FIRST: ON THE END OF MAN

1. Q. Who made the world?

A. God made the world.…

THE HOLY NAME OF JESUS: HISTORY, PRACTICES, DEVOTIONS AND PRAYERS

The name…

NOVENA TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY…

Holy Child Mary of the royal house of David,…

Oh JESUS, Thou didst declare that Thy Kingdom is upon the earth, but not of the earth; it is a spiritual, supernatural Kingdom, the Kingdom of…

O most gentle Heart of Jesus, ever present in the Blessed Sacrament,

ever consumed with…

O Immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of Our Lord Jesus and our…

 Novena to Saint Francis Xavier…

NOVENA FOR THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION…

NOVENA TO SAINT NICHOLAS…

As rational beings we should have a distinct object in view in all our actions. By performing even the most trivial act from the motive to please our dear Lord, and to do His holy Will, it may become meritorious. These acts must not be contrary to the Commandments of God and His holy Church, and the person performing them must be in the state of grace.



People who are working…

This heroic act in behalf of the souls in Purgatory consists in a voluntary offering made in their favor to the Divine Majesty, by any one of the faithful, of all works of satisfaction done by him in his life, as well as of all the suffrages which shall be offered for him after his death. By this offering he forgoes in their behalf only that special fruit which belongs to himself, so…

Holy Church, our good and tender mother, most ardently desires that her children be admitted to the beatific vision of God, and incessantly offers pious supplications, during the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and the Divine Office, to obtain mercy for the suffering souls, thereby teaching us to think of them frequently; for to the end of time there shall be souls in the flames of Purgatory…

"With what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again." (Matth.vii.2.) It will readily be seen that this word of the Divine Savior are applicable to the assistance we should render to the souls departed.



The learned Cardinal Cajetan says: "Those who in this life forget the departed, will, hereafter, in my opinion, be deprived in Purgatory of all participation in good…

"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy." (Matt.v.7.)



Theologians assert that those who bestow mercy upon the suffering souls shall themselves find great relief and assistance in Purgatory. They consider active charity towards the holy souls a mark of predestination to eternal happiness. It is true, says St. Thomas Aquinas, that he who satisfies for the…

According to St. Paul, the Apostle, the honor and glory of God should be the principle motive of all our actions: "Whether you eat or drink, or whatsoever you do; do all things for the glory of God" (1 Cor. x. 31) "The glorification of God ought to be our special aim in our works, most particularly in out acts of charity for the dead; and justly so, for, by delivering these holy…