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Thought for the Day 10 November 2009

Categorised as Thought of the Day and published Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
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The Church is the oracle of religious truth, and dispenses what the apostles committed to her in every time and place. We must take her word, then, without proof, because she is sent to us from God to teach us how to please Him; and that we do so is the test whether we be really Catholics or no.

From the Discourse ‘The Glories of Mary for the Sake of Her Son’ (1849) Click here for the full text (leaves site)