QUOTATION: Chameleon Catholics

I cannot understand how people change their fashions and manners depending on the place. It is said that polypi become assimilated to the rocks to which they adhere and become one in colour with the rocks. Similarly, [some Christians] lay aside the inspiration of the assembly. And after departure from it, they become like others with whom they associate. Nay, in laying aside the artificial mask of solemnity, they are proved to be what they secretly were. After having paid reverence to the discourse about God, they leave behind what they have heard. Outside of the assembly, they foolishly amuse themselves with ungodly playing and romantic quavering, occupied with flute-playing, dancing, intoxication, and all kinds of frivolity.

--St. Clement of Alexandria.

QUOTATION: Abortion

Is it surprising that today we have become so morally blind (for wickedness blinds) that we save the baby whales at great cost... and murder millions of unborn children?

--Alice von Hildebrand, The Privilege of Being a Woman

QUOTATION: Pride

The pedant interprets the simplicity and the humility of the wise man as ignorance.

--St. Josemaria Escriva

QUOTATION: Church and State

Religion, of its essence, is wonderfully helpful to the State. For, since it derives the prime origin of all power directly from God Himself, with grave authority it charges rulers to be mindful of their duty, to govern without injustice or severity, to rule their people kindly and with almost paternal charity; it admonishes subjects to be obedient to lawful authority, as to the ministers of God; and it binds them to their rulers, not merely by obedience, but by reverence and affection, forbidding all seditions and venturesome enterprises calculated to disturb public order and tranquillity, and cause greater restrictions to be put upon the liberty of the people. We need not mention how greatly religion conduces to pure morals, and pure morals to liberty. Reason shows, and history confirms the fact, that the higher the morality of States, the greater are the liberty and wealth and power which they enjoy.

--Pope Leo XIII, Libertas Praestantissimum, 1888

QUOTATION: Being True Catholics

We live in a time when the Church is called to be a believing community of resistance. We need to call things by their true names. We need to fight the evils we see. And most importantly, we must not delude ourselves into thinking that by going along with the voices of secularism and de-Christianization we can somehow mitigate or change things. Only the Truth can set men free. We need to be apostles of Jesus Christ and the Truth he incarnates.

--Archbishop Charles J. Chaput