Our Times Are the Best Times for Our Salvation

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https://www.tanbooks.com/ type SF15 at Checkout for 15% off Traditional minded Catholics ought to be careful in describing our times in the Church and in the world in completely pessimistic ways, as if our times…the era in which we live…were the worst period ever in human history. We like to paint the past as if it were some golden age, whereas our present life is supposedly only filled with woes. But this would be a very incorrect evaluation. Since the fall of Adam, mankind has never been promised a life filled with security and peace…a perpetual springtime in the life of the Church is not guaranteed. We…as well as our ancestors…have lived in a fallen world…in a valley of tears. The great Church Father and Doctor of Grace, St. Augustine, once observed: Is there any affliction now endured by mankind that was not endured by our fathers before us? What sufferings of ours even bear comparison with what we know of their sufferings? And yet you hear people complaining about this present day and age because things were so much better in former times. I wonder what would happen if they could be taken back to the days of their ancestors—would we not still hear them complaining? You may think past ages were good, but it is only because you are not living in them…From the time of that first Adam to the time of his descendants today, man’s lot has been labor and sweat, thorns and thistles. Was the world-wide flood a part of this golden age where outside of 8 people, the rest of mankind drowned in the waters? Have we had to deal with the likes of an Arian Crisis where 95% of bishops literally denied the divinity of Christ? Do you really think that the priestly scandals of today involving impurity and abuse were somehow unknown to Catholics of previous ages say the times of St. Peter Damien…or St. Vincent Ferrer…or St. Joseph Calasanz? Read about these past ages…they weren’t a springtime either. Does the covid situation in any way equal the Black Death where 50% of Europe succumbed to the bubonic plague including large numbers of priests which left the laity without Mass in some cases and without proper catechesis? It seems that we tend to exaggerate our troubled times while forgetting that men of the past had to persevere through a lot worse. And even if you were to look back to the golden age of Eden itself…before the fall…in that paradise with Adam and Eve…did they really have it better than we have it? They were immortal and without suffering…true…but we have the Word Made Flesh…substantially present upon our altars and in the tabernacle. They had the Tree of Life, but we have the Saving Victim…God in the Flesh…hanging from the Tree of the Cross…O happy fault…O necessary sin of Adam which brought to us so great a Redeemer. For more please visit http://reginaprophetarum.org/#/ & remember to say 3 Hail Marys for the priest ***Donations to Sensus Fidelium is 501(c)3 tax deductible*** 🙏🏻PLEASE HELP OUR CHANNEL GROW 🙏🏻 ▶️ 1. Become a Channel Patron: https://www.patreon.com/SensusFidelium ▶️ 2. Visit the website https://www.sensusfidelium.us for Gueranger, Saint of the Day, Apologetics, Meditation by the Saints, Scripture Study and more. ▶️ 3. BitChute --- https://www.bitchute.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium/ ▶️ 4. LBRY.tv --- https://lbry.tv/@SensusFidelium:c ▶️ 5. UGETube - https://videos.utahgunexchange.com/@Sensus%20Fidelium ▶️ 6. Paypal, Bitcoin, Anedot, Stripe, Square & PO Box donations - https://sensusfidelium.us/donate-support/ ▶️ 7. YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 Please "Like" our videos so that Youtube shares it to others by clicking the "Like" thumbs-up under the video = 👍🏻 ▶️ 8. Please share this video 📲, and help others find Christ inside the Catholic Church! Please share this video on Facebook and Twitter using the share button. ▶️ 9. Follow on Social Media: 🔴 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SensusFidelium/ 🔴 Sensus Fidelium Twitter: https://https://twitter.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 ▶️ 10. Follow on iTunes: 🔴 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sensus-fidelium-catholic-podcast/id1477010758

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• Salvation