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Today we discuss how to identify the true Church. The true Church is that one which is most persecuted by the world, and which has received God's seal in the form of miracles. The true Church is that one in which the successor of St. Peter is to be found. The true Church is known by the following four marks: she is One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic. Petition: https://lifepetitions.com/petition/urge-u...

The hierarchy of the Church is very important.  Our Lord chose specific men as His Holy Apostles. To only those Apostles was given the authority to teach and act with the authority of God on earth.  The ministers of the Church fall into three classes of dis tinct dignity and power: bishops, priests, and deacons (Council of Trent, 23 c. 4. Can. 6). This hierarchy was in force in the time of the apo...

The Catholic Church is indestructible; i.e., it will remain till the end of the world, for Christ said : " The gates of hell shall not prevail against it " (Matt. xvi. 18) . Of all the persecutors of the Church none have succeeded against it, and some have come to a fearful end. When the Church is in the greatest need, Christ ever comes to its help, either by miracles or by raising up saintly men....

Christ laid the foundation of the Church when, in the course of His teaching, He gathered a number of disciples, and chose twelve of these to preside over the rest and one to be Head of all. The Church first began its life on Pentecost, when some three thousand people were baptized. Soon after the descent of the Holy Ghost the apostles began to preach the Gospel throughout the world, in accordance...

Petition: https://lifepetitions.com/petition/urge-u-s-bishops-to-publicly-excommunicate-joe-biden.  The bishops are the successors of the apostles. The priests are the assistants of the bishops. A Catholic is one who has been baptized and professes him self to be a member of the Catholic Church. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-uncensored-catholic--5855002/s...

Petition: https://lifepetitions.com/petition/urge-u-s-bishops-to-publicly-excommunicate-joe-biden 1. Christ conferred on St. Peter the primacy over the apostles and the faithful by the command : " Feed My lambs, feed My sheep ; " by giving over to him " the keys of the kingdom of heaven," and by special marks of distinction. 2. St. Peter was Bishop of Rome for some twenty-five years and died Bisho...

Petition: https://lifepetitions.com/petition/urge-u-s-bishops-to-publicly-excommunicate-joe-biden NINTH ARTICLE OF THE CEEED : THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND ITS INSTITUTION. The Catholic Church is a visible institution, founded by Christ, in which men are trained for heaven. The Church prepares man for heaven by carrying out the threefold office which Christ conferred upon her; the...

The Holy Ghost maintains and guides the Catholic Church. The Holy Spirit secures the Catholic Church from de struction (Matt. xvi. 18), and preserves it from error (John xiv. 16). The Holy Ghost supports the rulers of the Church in the duties of their office (Acts xx. 28), and especially the Vicar of Christ, the Pope. The Holy Ghost raises up in times of danger for the Church able champions of her...

The Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost and the Extraordinary Graces. The Holy Ghost gives to all who have sanctifying grace the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, that is, seven virtues of the soul, by which it easily responds to His light and inspirations. The Holy Ghost gives to many graces of a rarer kind; for instance, the gift of tongues, of miracles, of prophecy, of dis cernment of spirits, of visio...

Sanctifying Grace. When the sinner co-operates with actual grace, the Holy Ghost enters his soul and confers on it a brightness and beauty which claim the friendship of God. This indwelling beauty of the soul is due to the presence of the Holy Spirit and is called " sanctifying grace." Usually, however, the Holy Spirit makes His entry on the reception of the Sacraments of Baptism or Penance. When...

EIGHTH AETICLE OF THE CREED : THE HOLY GHOST. THE GRACE OF THE HOLY GHOST IS NECESSARY TO US. The Holy Ghost is the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity, and is therefore God Himself. The Holy Ghost dispenses the graces which Christ merited by the sacrifice of the cross. Hence the assistance of the Holy Ghost is absolutely neceisary for salvation. ACTION OF THE HOLY GHOST. The Holy Ghost influences...

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Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Jesus Christ solemnly declared before the high priest that He was the Son of God (Matt. xxvi. 64). God the Father called Jesus Christ His Son on the occasion of His baptism in the Jordan and of the transfiguration on Mount Thabor (Matt. iii. 17; xvii. 5). Jesus Christ is God Himself. That Jesus Christ is God we learn from His own words and from those of His apostles...

In this episode we continue to discuss Jesus. What Truths follow from the Mystery of the Redemption? Christ is true God and true man; hence we call Him the God-man. In Christ there are two natures, human and divine, which despite their intimate union are quite distinct. In Christ there is only one person, and that person is divine. Read about my new book: https://judsonc.substack.com/p/announcing-...

In this episode we continue to discuss Jesus. THE PERSON OF THE REDEEMER The Incarnation of the Son of God. The second divine person became man in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary by the action of the Holy Ghost at the moment of the Annunciation. The Father of Jesus is therefore God the Father in heaven; Joseph, the spouse of Mary, is only the foster-father of Jesus. The Incarnation of the Son...

In this episode we continue to discuss Jesus. The Exaltation of Christ Immediately after the death of Christ His soul went down in triumph into the place where the souls of those justified under the Old Law were detained (Fourth Council of Lateran). On Easter Sunday before sunrise Christ rose glorious from the tomb by His own almighty power. Forty days after His resurrection Our Lord ascended into...

In this episode we continue to discuss Jesus. The Suffering of Christ. On the Sunday preceding the feast of Easter Christ made a solemn entry into Jerusalem and taught in the Temple during the days following. On Holy Thursday evening Christ ate the Pasch with His disciples, instituted the Blessed Sacrament, and then went out to the Mount of Olives, where He suffered His agony and bloody sweat. On...

In this episode we continue to discuss Jesus. The Public Life of Christ. When Christ was thirty years old, He was baptized by John in the Jordan (Matt. iii. 13), and fasted forty days in the desert, where He was tempted by the devil (Matt. iv.). Christ taught for about three and a half years, gathered some seventy-two disciples, and from these chose twelve apostles. Christ proved His divine missio...

In this episode we continue to discuss Jesus. JESUS OF NAZARETH IS THE REDEEMER OR CHRIST Jesus of Nazareth is the Redeemer, because all the proph ecies have their fulfilment in Him, Jesus of Nazareth is the Messias, because the kingdom founded by Him on earth has been enduring. Jesus Himself claimed the name of Redeemer. The angels announced Him as the Redeemer. THE LIFE OF CHRIST Christ was born...

In this episode we continue to discuss Jesus. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE REDEEMER The Redeemer lived some nineteen hundred years ago and remained thirty-three years on the earth. (written in 1890) The work of the Redeemer was confined for the most part to Palestine. Read about my new book: https://judsonc.substack.com/p/announcing-my-new-book My substack newsletter for The Uncensored Catholic is: h...

In this episode we continue to discuss Jesus. PREPARATION OF MANKIND FOR THE REDEEMER. God chose for Himself a special nation, and prepared it for the coming of a Redeemer; this chosen people was the seed of Abraham, usually called by the name of Israelites, or Jews. The other nations of the earth were prepared for the coming of the Redeemer by contact with the chosen people, or by the in fluence...

In this episode we begin to discuss Jesus. 1. THE REDEMPTION Our Lord Jesus Christ, Our Redeemer, has freed us from the evil consequences of sin. THE PROMISE OF THE REDEEMER. Immediately after the Fall God promised man a Redeemer. Two thousand years later God promised to Abraham that the Redeemer should be one of his descendants. At a later time God sent the prophets, and through their mouth foret...

In this episode we discuss Original Sin. God imposed on man in paradise a precept; He forbade him to eat the fruit of one of the trees which stood in the midst of the Garden of Eden. Man allowed himself to be led astray by the devil, and trans gressed the precept of his Creator. The transgression of the precept of God had disastrous con sequences; man lost sanctifying grace, and all his supernatur...

In this episode we discuss the creation and nature of man. The Creation of Man. God made the body of man out of the dust of the earth, and breathed into him a living soul. 2. The first human beings that God created were Adam and Eve. THE SOUL OF MAN. The soul of man is made in the image of God, since it is a spirit like to God. 2. The soul of man is immortal, i.e., it can never cease to exist. THE...

In this episode we discuss the nature of angels, what they are and how we are to relate to them. This is a very important episode that could really help with dialogue between Catholics and Protestants. 1. The angels are pure spirits. 2. All the angels whom God created were, at the beginning, in the grace of God and well pleasing to Him. But many of the angels sinned through pride, and were cast do...