Wages ought not to be insufficient to support a frugal and well-behaved wage-earner. Pope Leo XIII More Quotes by Pope Leo XIII More Quotes From Pope Leo XIII The devotion which God sends to the succor of His Church and of the nations at the present time is the devotion to the Most Holy Eucharist. It is the highest of all devotions. Pope Leo XIII holy-eucharist church devotion It is not the part of prudence to neglect that which antiquity in its long experience has approved and which is also taught by apostolic authority. Pope Leo XIII neglect taught long The first law of history is to dread uttering a falsehood; the next is not to fear stating the truth; lastly, the historian's writings should be open to no suspicion of partiality or animosity. Pope Leo XIII law writing history It is an in, a grave evil and a disturbance of the right order, for a larger and higher organisation, to arrogate to itself functions which can be performed efficiently by smaller and lower bodies. Pope Leo XIII government evil order The fact that God gave the whole human race the earth to use and enjoy cannot indeed in any manner serve as an objection against private possessions. Pope Leo XIII race use earth Heart of Jesus, burning with love for us, inflame our hearts with love of Thee. Pope Leo XIII burning heart jesus The Church of Christ, therefore, is one and the same forever. Pope Leo XIII church forever christ With reason, then, the common opinion of mankind, little affected by the few dissentients who have contended for the opposite view, has found in the careful study of nature, and in the laws of nature, the foundations of the division of property, and the practice of all ages has consecrated the principle of private ownership, as being pre-eminently in conformity with human nature, and as conducing in the most unmistakable manner to the peace and tranquility of human existence. Pope Leo XIII wisdom views law We have seen that this great labor question cannot be solved save by assuming as a principle that private ownership must be held sacred and inviolable. The law, therefore, should favor ownership, and its policy should be to induce as many as possible of the people to become owners. Pope Leo XIII wisdom law people The sacred rites, although not instituted specifically for proving the truth of the dogmas of the Catholic Faith incontrovertibly, are effectively the living voice of Catholic Truth, the oft-sounded expression of it. For that very reason the true Church of Christ, even as she shows great zeal to guard inviolate those forms of divine worship - since they are hallowed and are not to be changed - sometimes grants or permits something novel in the performance of them in certain instances. This she does especially when they are in conformity with their venerable antiquity. Pope Leo XIII catholic voice expression The twentieth century must be a century of the Blessed Sacrament if it means to be a century of resurrection and of life Pope Leo XIII resurrection blessed mean The Eucharist is source and pledge of blessedness and glory, not for the soul alone, but for the body also.... In the frail and perishable body that divine Host, which is the immortal body of Christ, implants a principle of resurrection, a seed of immortality, which one day must germinate Pope Leo XIII one-day principles soul There are three influences which appear to Us to have the chief place in effecting this downgrade movement of society. These are-first, the distaste for a simple and laborious life; secondly, repugnance to suffering of any kind; thirdly, the forgetfulness of the future life. Pope Leo XIII three simple suffering For what concerns diversity of rites in the sacred liturgy, the Apostolic See has always made its position clear: not only it does not condemn diversity, but it eagerly and willingly grants to each nation the right to keep and preserve the legitimate customs and traditions of its forbears. Pope Leo XIII sacred diversity doe We are convinced that the Rosary, if devotely used is bound to benefit not only the individual but society at large. Pope Leo XIII rosary individual benefits We have said that the State must not absorb the individual or the family; both should be allowed free and untrammelled action so far as is consistent with the common good and the interest of others. Rulers should, nevertheless, anxiously safeguard the community and all its members; the community, because the conservation thereof is so emphatically the business of the supreme power, that the safety of the commonwealth is not only the first law, but it is a government's whole reason of existence. Pope Leo XIII safety government law For when men know they are working on what belongs to them, they work with far greater eagerness and diligence. Nay, in a word, they learn to love the land cultivated by their own hands, whence they look not only for food but for some measure of abundance for themselves and their dependents. All can see how much this willing eagerness contributes to an abundance of produce and the wealth of a nation. Pope Leo XIII land men hands Inasmuch as the domestic household is antecedent, as well as in idea as in fact, the family must necessarily have rights and duties which are prior than those of the Community and founded more immediately in nature. Pope Leo XIII family nature rights You are not to be looked upon as holding the true Catholic faith if you do not teach that the faith of Rome is to be held Pope Leo XIII teach rome catholic The Rosary offers an easy way to present the chief mysteries of the Christian religion and to impress then upon the mind. Pope Leo XIII rosary christian mind
