En defensa de la Acción Católica, CAPÍTULO ÚNICO, * Prediquemos la mortificación y la Cruz
A los que piensan que el Nuevo Testamento nos ha abierto la era de una vida espiritual sin luchas…
En defensa de la Acción Católica, CAPÍTULO ÚNICO, * La predicación de verdades severas
Cómo hablaban los apóstoles de las penas que merecemos después de la muerte, en el infierno o purgatorio
En defensa de la Acción Católica, CAPÍTULO ÚNICO, * Como nuestro Señor, no retrocedamos ante el fracaso aparente en la práctica de la franqueza apostólica
Ser apóstol es vivir de la lucha, no del aplauso
En defensa de la Acción Católica, CAPÍTULO ÚNICO, * La Táctica del Terreno Común
Sin declarar nuestra Fe por palabras y obras, no estaremos haciendo apostolado, porque estaremos ocultando la luz de Cristo
In Defense of Catholic Action, Part IV, Chapter 5 – The “Workshops”
The Doctrine We Refute In the Encyclical in which he condemned the Catholic youth association called Le Sillon, the Holy Father Pius X, after exposing the egalitarian and liberal nature of the group’s doctrines, showed the repercussions of that tendency in the various spheres of its activity. When he dealt with the methods of […]
In Defense of Catholic Action, Part IV, Chapter 4 – Neutral Associations
In close connection with the preceding subject is the problem of inter-denominational or neutral associations. The Terms of the Problem As everyone knows, certain class associations like unions, beneficent associations, etc. can assume two different aspects. They can show themselves clearly Catholic or dilute their Catholic nature behind some merely temporal title. Which of the […]
In Defense of Catholic Action, Part IV, Chapter 3 – The “Apostolate of Infiltration”
“Apostolate of Infiltration” Another subject intimately related with the question of the “common ground” strategy is the so-called “apostolate of infiltration.” Let us clarify this notion. As the term shows, “apostolate of infiltration” is a form of proselytism that consists in an apostle stealing into non-Catholic ambiences and working there to conquer souls. A vast […]
In Defense of Catholic Action, Part IV, Chapter 2 – The “common ground” tactic
The “Common Ground” Tactic and Religious Indifferentism One can never over emphasize the fact that the above-described tactic is praised and recommended not only for use in individual talks, but also in newspapers, magazines, lectures, placards and in a word, in every promotional activity of Catholic Action. Some circles of Catholic Action worry exclusively […]
In Defense of Catholic Action, Part IV, Chapter 1 – How to present catholic doctrine
There Is a Great Variety of Souls A first observation that occurs to anyone dedicated to the study of souls is the immense variety that the Creator established among them. The human soul is one of the most beautiful and outstanding works of creation, and as God established such a great diversity in the beings […]
En defensa de la Acción Católica, CAPÍTULO ÚNICO, * La idolatría de la popularidad
La impopularidad fue el premio del Divino Maestro, el cual predijo como inevitable la existencia de enemigos a sus fieles