CROWNING WITH THORNS

"...and then I will go in to the king, against the law, not being called, and expose myself to death and to danger" (Esther 4:16). "...but as it is they seek after a better, that is, a heavenly country" (Hebrews 11:16). "And He Himself was in the stern of the boat, on the cushion asleep. And they woke Him and said to Him, "Master, does it not concern thee that we are perishing?" Then rising up, he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace, be still!" And the wind fell and

"...if God is for you, who can be against you?" (Pope Leo XIII, 1892) On Freemasonry, Pope Leo XIII Can Catholics be Masons? Sensus Fidelium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

"And hath made of one, all mankind , to dwell upon the whole face of the earth, determining appointed times and the limits of their habitation. That they should seek God, if haply they may feel after him or find him, although he be not far from every one of us . For in him we live and move and are: as some also of your own poets said: For we are also his offspring. Being therefore the offspring of God , we must not suppose the divinity to be like unto gold or silver or stone,

"...the only way by which a religious can become a saint and be saved, is to observe her Rule..." "...every religious who gives bad example by inattention to the Rule does an injury to her own soul and to her fervent companions... so the longer a religious is engaged in the meditation of Jesus crucified, the greater should be her progress in the science of the saints and in Christian perfection ." "...When manifest abuses and relaxation of discipline steal into a convent, it