Quotes from Ralph Martin

Realistically, Francis says, there will probably be falls along the way, but God can use even these to deepen our humility. Imperfections and venial sins cannot deprive us of spiritual life; it is lost only by mortal sin. Fortunately for us, in this war we are always victorious provided that we are willing to fight.27

Although the creature loves less, being a lesser being, yet if it loves with its whole heart (Mt. 22:37) nothing is lacking, for it has given all.

Rather than lead people to a "liberated happiness," these laws are destined to lead people to a pitiful darkening of the mind, a weakening of the will, and slavery to sin.

There are others who have passed through life and arrive at the end point of death with only a commonplace love, and were never very perfect. These embrace my mercy with the same light of faith and hope as those who were perfect. But these have this light imperfectly, and because they are imperfect they reach out for mercy, considering my mercy greater than their own guilt.

the true apostle is on the lookout for occasions of announcing Christ by word, either to unbelievers to draw them towards the faith, or to the faithful to instruct them, strengthen them, and incite them to a more fervent life…. (DLA, 6)

This is why charity, the mother, has given obedience patience as a sister and has so joined the two together that the one can never be lost without the other. Either you have both or you have neither.

And whoever loves much will have great sorrow; therefore those whose love grows will know more sorrow.

Our understanding of human history will always be inadequate unless we realize that, as Paul puts it, "we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers" (Eph 6:12).

Today our "leading universities" are the locus of the most amazing brainwashing in leftist ideology and the most amazing violators of academic freedom and freedom of speech.

Therefore God sends upon them a strong delusion, to make them believe what is false, so that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. (2 Thes 2:3-12)

Now is the time when mercy is being extended to the world, but this time will come to an end and the Lord will return in glory to judge the living and the dead. Whether or not we are alive at the Lord's return, we need to be ready to meet Him at any moment. No one knows the day or the hour, not only of the Lord's return, but of the length of our own lives.

Law and truth are defined by power groups in favor of their ideologies, products of their darkened minds. Tolerance has come to mean tolerance for everyone who agrees with me and hostility towards those who disagree.

Which of us can live uprightly and perfectly even for one hour, an hour free from fruitless talk and careless work?17

Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is easy, that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and those who find it are few…. Not everyone who says to me, "Lord, Lord," shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. (Matt 7:13–14, 21)

He mentions two events in particular: the great rebellion or apostasy and the removal of the restraint on evil and lawlessness.

there is a misconception that Vatican II endorsed a less than faith-filled approach to Scripture. This is certainly not the case.

Indeed, one of the most insistent messages of both Testaments is that there are two ways set before the human race: one way leads to life; the other way leads to death. This is not just a theoretical possibility or an empty warning. The witness of the entire Bible—and indeed of all of human history—is to the actual historical realization of choice for and against God.

of God and his Word and sexual sin and disorders. Romans 1 gives a devastating account of the downward descent into sexual confusion and disorder that flows from a rejection of God and a willful suppression of the truth that he has revealed to all mankind. The rejection of God's Word regarding sexuality and its purposes in the name of "fulfillment" not only assaults Christian values but produces a harvest which is miserable in simply human terms.

And so when you perceive that you are being humiliated, look on it as the sign of a sure guarantee that grace is on the way

frequently used to justify a "broader" view of how many will be saved appears in the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church or Lumen Gentium (LG).

In essence, contemplative prayer is a communication with God that isn't simply our own mental or affective effort, but has at least some dimension of "givenness" by God, some infusion of light or love or presence that transcends our own efforts.

Whenever the Spirit intervenes, he leaves people astonished. He brings about events of amazing newness; he radically changes persons and history. This

Thus if the mind does not rely upon itself, but is strengthened by the Word, it can gain such command over itself that no unrighteousness will have power over it" (Ps. 118:133).

Francis says we should make reasonable efforts to refute lies that are being told about us, but if our efforts are not effective, we should simply go on with our lives trusting in God to care for us, continuing to humble ourselves. If He permits our reputation to be taken away from us it will either be "to give us a better one or to make us profit by holy humility, of which a single ounce is preferable to a thousand pounds of honor.