Wednesday, April 22, 2020

And if in our days we look sorrowfully into the future, and if the enemy presses hard upon our mother, the Church, she too, will arise from the grave of oppression.  That this will be the case every century testifies; the deeper they dig her grave, the tighter they seal and close it, the more gloriously has she ever arisen from the grave, and the more victoriously does she unfurl her flag.  Her founder, who rose from the grave today, has said: "The gates of hell shall never prevail against her."  And this founder proclaims joyfully to the redeemed world today: "All hail, Conqueror of Golgotha, Conqueror like unto non other!  Alleluia!  St. John Vianney

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