The family was ordained of God that children might be trained up for himself; it was before the church, or rather the first form of the church on earth.
POPE LEO XIIIThe family was ordained of God that children might be trained up for himself; it was before the church, or rather the first form of the church on earth.
POPE LEO XIIIWe are convinced that the Rosary, if devotely used is bound to benefit not only the individual but society at large.
POPE LEO XIIIThe devotion which God sends to the succor of His Church and of the nations at the present time is the devotion to the Most Holy Eucharist. It is the highest of all devotions.
POPE LEO XIIIIt is not the part of prudence to neglect that which antiquity in its long experience has approved and which is also taught by apostolic authority.
POPE LEO XIIIIt is an in, a grave evil and a disturbance of the right order, for a larger and higher organisation, to arrogate to itself functions which can be performed efficiently by smaller and lower bodies.
POPE LEO XIIIThe Rosary offers an easy way to present the chief mysteries of the Christian religion and to impress then upon the mind.
POPE LEO XIIIGod is not only true, but Truth itself.
POPE LEO XIIIOnce the demands of necessity and propriety have been met, the rest that one owns belongs to the poor.
POPE LEO XIIIIt is shameful and inhuman to treat men like chattels to make money by, or to regard them merely as so much muscle or physical power.
POPE LEO XIIICatholics are born for combat.
POPE LEO XIIINothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good.
POPE LEO XIIIEvery man has by nature the right to possess property as his own. This is one of the chief points of distinction between man and the animal creation.
POPE LEO XIIIIt is neither just nor human so to grind men down with excessive labour as to stupefy their minds and wear out their bodies.
POPE LEO XIIIInequality of rights and power proceeds from the very Author of nature.
POPE LEO XIIIThe Church of Christ, therefore, is one and the same forever.
POPE LEO XIIIOur own belief is that the renovation of the world will be brought about only by the Holy Eucharist.
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