“Some say they are not bound by the doctrine which teaches that the Mystical Body of Christ and the Roman Catholic Church are one and the same thing. Some reduce to a meaningless formula the necessity of belonging to the true Church in order to gain eternal salvation. Others finally belittle the reasonable character of the credibility of Christian Faith. These and like errors, it is clear, have crept in among certain of our sons who are deceived by imprudent zeal for souls or by false science.” SoulCharacterBodyChristianCertainOrderChristChurchTeachClearSonEternalGainsCatholicSalvationErrorsBoundsDoctrineReasonableBelongingFormulasMeaninglessMysticalDeceivedCredibilityZealCatholic ChurchChristian FaithBelittleBody Of ChristRoman CatholicRoman Catholic Church Author:Pope Pius XII
“Sport, properly directed, develops character, makes a man courageous, a generous loser, and a gracious victor; it refines the senses, gives intellectual penetration, and steels the will to endurance. It is not merely a physical development then. Sport, rightly understood, is an occupation of the whole man, and while perfecting the body as an instrument of the mind, it also makes the mind itself a more refined instrument for the search and communication of truth and helps man to achieve that end to which all others must be subservient, the service and praise of his Creator.” MenGivingMindEndsWholeCharacterHelpingBodySportsAchieveCommunicationDevelopmentIntellectualUnderstoodPraiseInstrumentsCreatorSensesGenerousCourageousEnduranceOccupationLoserSteelGraciousRefinedSubservientPenetration Author:Pope Pius XII
“But the knowledge and love of our Divine Redeemer, of which we were the object from the first moment of His Incarnation, exceed all that the human intellect can hope to grasp. For hardly was He conceived in the womb of the Mother of God, when He began to enjoy the Beatific Vision, and in that vision all the members of His Mystical Body were continually and unceasingly present to Him, and He embraced them with His redeeming love” FirstsHumansMomentsBodyMotherEnjoyVisionObjectsDivineMembersAnd LoveIntellectMysticalWombExceedIncarnationRedeemerRedeemingRedeeming Love Author:Pope Pius XII
“The good of our soul is more important than that of our body; and we have to prefer the spiritual welfare of our neighbor to our bodily comforts. . . If a certain kind of dress constitutes a grave and proximate occasion of sin, and endangers the salvation of your soul and others, it is your duty to give it up.” IfsGivingKindImportantSoulBodySpiritualCertainSinDutyComfortDressesSalvationNeighborGravesOccasionsYour SoulWelfareModesty Author:Pope Pius XII
