12-19-2022, 03:45 PM
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During the Modernist crisis, Pope Pius X was approached by some cardinal advisers to reconsider his condemnation of the Modernist heresy.
Shouldn’t he adopt a more conciliatory tone? Wouldn’t the Church be better served by fruitful dialogue? The humble yet Herculean pope famously retorted:
“You want them to be treated with oil, soap and caresses. But they should be beaten with fists.
“You want them to be treated with oil, soap and caresses. But they should be beaten with fists.
In a duel, you don’t count or measure the blows, you strike as you can.” Source
"So let us be confident, let us not be unprepared, let us not be outflanked, let us be wise, vigilant, fighting against those who are trying to tear the faith out of our souls and morality out of our hearts, so that we may remain Catholics, remain united to the Blessed Virgin Mary, remain united to the Roman Catholic Church, remain faithful children of the Church."- Abp. Lefebvre