Christ’s Vicar himself has revealed God’s will to us, and I carry out this order with greatest faith.... Remember, dear brothers and sisters, that you are being given the opportunity to show heroic obedience to the holy Church.
Obedience to the teachings and doctrines of the Holy Catholic Church, is true obedience to God.
Franciscan friar Blessed Emmanuel Ruiz and his companions were tortured and killed for their faith in 1860. Little else is known about them, but the testimony of their lives speaks volumes.
And Mary said, 'Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word.' And the angel departed from her - Luke 1:38
Blessed Joseph Gerard wrote about the people he served: “We must love them, love them in spite of everything, love them always.”
