Our body is supposed to be the temple of God, where God reigns and lives in our soul. He reigns there when we are obedient to him by keeping his commandments. “If you love me, keep my commandments.” “Jesus answered, and said to him: ”If any one love me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and will make our abode with him.” [John 14:23]. But if we break any one of the commandments in a serious way, God departs from the soul and the devil moves in. Any time we commit a serious sin, we force God out of our heart, and Satan moves in to reign on the throne of our heart instead. What is one of the most serious and common ways of driving God out? It is the sin of immodesty. St. Paul said, “The immodest shall not obtain the kingdom of God.” Gal. 5:19-21. Any time a person commits a sin that says they will not obtain the kingdom of God, that means they have committed a mortal sin. A sin that kills the life of the soul. It’s a mortal wound to the soul. A venial sin is a sin that wounds the soul but does not kill the life within, such as, a little boy stealing a candy bar. St. John speaks of these two different types of sin in his first letter: ‘’ [16] He that knoweth his brother to sin a sin which is not to death, let him ask, and life shall be given to him, who sinneth not to death. There is a sin unto death: for that I say not that any man ask. [17] All iniquity is sin. And there is a sin unto death.” 5:16,17. A sin unto death; a sin not unto death.
However, we want to consider a sin that is commonly “unto death,” and eventually the damnation of the soul. About 400 years ago, the Blessed Mother informed Mother Marianna de Jesus Torres in Quito, Equador, that in the 20th century, there would be “very little innocence in children, nor modesty in women.” There is nothing so obvious as the fulfillment of this prophecy. Again, over a 100 years ago, she warned again through little Jacinta of Fatima, who is now recognized as a saint, “Certain fashions will be introduced that will offend Our Lord very much!” Going on to tell her, “More souls go to hell for sins of the flesh than for any other reason.” Sins of the flesh: Immodesty, lust, fornication, adultery, abortion, illicit movies and corrupt cartoons, pornography, and a few others I don’t even want to mention. Now I ask you, are there many of these going on today? Over a 100 years ago, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton had a vision of a black box in every home corrupting souls, the TV. Now we have internet, and even in the phones, and we give this poisonous device, even to our immature children! What in God’s Name are we thinking?
Just 13 years later, after the Fatima revelations, Pope Pius XI saw a need to issue a Decree on Modesty in 1930. How many of you have heard of it? Ninety-two years ago, and women didn’t run around almost naked like they do now. They didn’t approach the altar rail in mini-skirts and short shorts up to their hips back then. Where is the voice of the clergy, and those who call themselves preachers of the Gospel? Then, about 60 years ago, the Blessed Mother complains about the clergy to Enzo Alocci, who had a statue of the Blessed Mother, which was actually weeping tears of blood over the sins of the world. https://tinyurl.com/2caymbfd
Regina Mundi, (Queen of the World), in home of Enzo Alocci Porto San Stefano, Italy. Weeping tears of blood on October 16, 1972 and other dates. Photo/story from book titled Mary, Why do you cry? Written by Father Albert J. Hebert, S.M.
In her warning, she said a very great chastisement is coming because of our sins, because we refuse to listen to the warnings of heaven, and the clergy never inform us of these things. She said when the chastisement comes, only one quarter of mankind will survive, because “Many find the broad way to death (hell), but few find the narrow way to life (Heaven). St. Matt. 7:13-14. Regarding immodesty in the House of God, which is forbidden in the Decree, and also in Scripture, she had this to say: “Son, go and tell the priests to be stricter towards the faithful, and send away all persons entering the church in indecent dresses, because it is not suitable to come in the presence of the Divine Majesty in such indecency.” Notice she said, “Send them away.” She didn’t say it was okay to let them remain in the House of God and contaminate it with their immodest dress. She didn’t say it was okay to let them come to Holy Communion and commit sacrilege against the Blessed Sacrament. Notice she also speaks of women, because women have a tendency to immodesty more than men. (However, in our time, we also witness a lot of immodesty in men in certain places, gyms, swimming pools, biking, etc). She didn’t say it was okay for the priests to be silent and not say a word. May I remind the clergy that silence implies consent. In the Novus Ordo church, the bishops and the priests have a lot to answer for on the day of judgement! Even in the traditional churches, the Decree is not upheld. The bishops and the priests need to work together to combat this problem. The Militant Church has to combat evil. Else it does not deserve the title, Militant Catholic. You Protestant preachers out there, if you are reading this, what are you doing? On the day of judgement, we are going to see many bishops and priests in hell who led many astray by not correcting them. There are many there already, as confirmed in the visions of Sister Josepha Menendez and Sister Elena Aiello, MotherofGodlibrary.org. To Sr. Aiello, she said, referring to the fires of hell, “See how many priestly souls.” She also warned at Garbandal, Spain, 1965, “Many cardinals, many bishops, and many priests are on the road to perdition, and are taking many souls with them.”
Mary, Why do you cry? (Written by Father Albert J. Hebert, S.M.). Mary, Why do you cry?
Padre Pio and God’s Will Regarding Modesty: ‘’The Church is the house of God. It is forbidden for men to enter with bare arms or in shorts. It is forbidden for women to enter in trousers, without a veil on their head, in short clothing, low necklines, sleeveless or immodest dresses.’’ It is also forbidden by God for the clergy to remain silent: “Cry, cease not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their wicked doings, and the house of Jacob their sins.” [Isaias (Isaiah) 58:1] . They have been silent too long. ‘’His watchmen are all blind, they are all ignorant: dumb dogs not able to bark, seeing vain things, sleeping and loving dreams.’’ Isaias 56:10.
St. John Chrysostom: ‘’ Some false and pernicious ideas on immodest dress prevail in the world and lead into error souls desirous to do right. Remember, therefore, it matters not how many others sin, yours can never be justified before God, and where it is fashionable to sin it is likewise the fashion to go to hell. The choice is always yours to make.’’
His warning to women: ‘‘You carry your snare everywhere and spread your nets in all places. You allege that you never invited others to sin. You did not, indeed, by your words, but you have done so by your dress and your deportment. . . When you have made another sin in his heart, how can you be innocent? Tell me, whom does this world condemn? Whom do judges punish? Those who drink poison or those who prepare it and administer the fatal potion?
You have prepared the abominable cup, you have given the death dealing drink, and you are more criminal than are those who poison the body; you murder not the body but the soul. And it is not to enemies you do this, nor are you urged on by any imaginary necessity, nor provoked by injury, but out of foolish vanity and pride.’’ – St. John Chrysostom, Father and Doctor of the Church
St. Augustine said, “Wrong is wrong even if the whole world is doing it. Right is right even if nobody is doing it!”
Girls with bare legs up to their hips, going to the altar rail. “When she was thrown into the air by a savage bull in the amphi-theatre at Carthage, her first thought and action when she fell to the ground was to rearrange her dress to cover her thigh, because she was more concerned for modesty than pain.”- Pope Pius XII, Allocution to the Girls of Catholic Action, speaking of St. Perpetua
Women and girls in miniskirts and low necklines are indecent: ‘’A dress cannot be called decent which is cut deeper than two fingers breadth under the pit of the throat; which does not cover the arms at least to the elbows; and scarcely reaches a bit beyond the knees. Furthermore, dresses of transparent materials are improper.’’ – The Cardinal Vicar of Pope Pius XI. How many Christian women are in violation?
Sports are taboo, because of the nakedness that is most often portrayed: ‘’We recall that a dress cannot be called decent which is cut deeper than two fingers breadth under the pit of the throat, which does not cover the arms at least to the elbows, and scarcely reaches a bit beyond the knee. Furthermore, dresses of transparent material are improper. (Parents) Let parents keep their daughters away from public gymnastic games and contests; but, if their daughters are compelled to attend such exhibitions, let them see to it that they are fully and modestly dressed. Let them never permit their daughters to don immodest garb.’’ – The Sacred Congregation of the Council (by the mandate of Pope Pius XI), January 12, 1930 A.D.
Obligation of the clergy to instruct the ignorant: ‘’The parish priest and especially the preacher, when occasion arises, should according to the words of the Apostle Paul (2 Tim. iv, 2) insist, argue, exhort and command that feminine garb be based on modesty and womanly ornament be a defense of virtue. Let them likewise admonish parents to cause their daughters to cease wearing indecorous dress.’’ – Decree of the Congregation of the Council (by the mandate of Pope Pius XI), 1930 A.D.
The Pope complains: ‘’One cannot sufficiently deplore the blindness of so many women of every age and condition; made foolish by desire to please, they do not see to what a degree the indecency of their clothing shocks every honest man, and offends God. Most of them would formerly have blushed for those outfits as for a grave fault against Christian modesty; now it does not suffice for them to exhibit them on the public thoroughfares; they do not fear to cross the threshold of the churches, to assist at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, and even to bear the seducing food of shameful passions to the Eucharistic Table where one receives the Heavenly Author of purity. And we speak not of these exotic and barbarous dances recently imported into fashionable circles, one more shocking than the other; one cannot imagine anything more suitable for banishing all the remains of modesty.’’ – Pope Benedict XV.
‘’Women must be decently dressed, especially when they go to church. The parish priest may, with due prudence, refuse them entrance to the church and access to the reception of the Sacraments [each] and every time that they come to church immodestly dressed.’ – General Pastoral Directive, 1915 A.D.
‘’We lament, too, the destruction of purity among women and young girls as is evidenced by the increasing immodesty of their dress and conversation and by their participation in shameful dances.’’- Pope Pius XI
‘’A special danger to morals is represented by public bathing at beaches, in pool and river banks. . . Mixed bathing between men and women, which nearly always is a proximate occasion of sin and a scandal, must be avoided.’’- Cardinal Pia y Daniel
”Girls and women dressed immodestly are to be debarred from Holy Communion and from acting as sponsors at the Sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation; further, if the offense be extreme, they may even be forbidden to enter the church.’’ – Decree of the Congregation of the Council (by the mandate of Pope Pius XI), 1930 A.D. A mortal sin of scandal is committed by women who go about with their bosom immodestly exposed, or who expose their limbs improperly. Also by actors in immodest comedies, and still more by the persons who compose such comedies; also by painters who paint obscene pictures, and by the heads of families who keep such pictures in their houses. The father who speaks obscenely, or blasphemes the saints, in presence of his children, and the mother who brings into her house to live among her daughters young men who are in love with them, or betrothed to them, or other suspected persons, are guilty of a still more grievous sin of scandal. Some mothers say: do not suspect any evil. I answer, that it is their duty to suspect; otherwise they will have to render to God an account of all the sins which may follow.
Woe to that man by whom the scandal cometh. Listen to a horrible thing that happened in the city of Savona in the year 1560. I have read it in the chronicles of the Capuchins, and it is also related by Father Ardia. There was a woman who, even after marriage, did not cease giving scandal. This woman one day fell into a fit, and while she was in a state of unconsciousness, she saw the Lord condemning her to eternal fire. When she recovered the use of her senses, she did nothing but cry out, “Alas! I am damned, I am damned!” A confessor came to comfort her, but she answered, “What have I to do with confession? I am damned.” Then her daughter approached the bed, in order to encourage her, but she cried out: “Ah, accursed child! on your account, too, I am damned: for through you I have given scandal to others.” After these words the devils, in presence of all who were in the apartment, raised her up to the ceiling, and then dashed her so violently against the floor that she instantly expired.”- St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Doctor of the Church
‘’Let your modesty be known to all men. The Lord is nigh.’’ Philippians 4:5
‘’And the king went in to see the guests: and he saw there a man who had not on a wedding garment. And he saith to him: Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? But he was silent. Then the king said to the waiters: Bind his hands and feet, and cast him into the exterior darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few are chosen.” Matthew 22:11-14
“I urge you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, your spiritual worship. Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect.” Romans 12:1-2
Men, bare arms, shorts and tee shirts forbidden. Remember where you’re at, the House of God. Would you walk into the presence of God in the Halls of Heaven dressed that way? “The Church is the house of God. It is forbidden for men to enter with bare arms or in shorts. It is forbidden for women to enter in trousers, without a veil on their head, in short clothing, low necklines, sleeveless or immodest dresses.” – words from a sign on the door of San Giovanni Rotondo, Padre Pio.
“Separate yourselves from these evil men, lest you be involved in their sins.” Numbers 16:26. “Frequent not the company of immodest persons, especially if they be also impudent, as is generally the case; . . . these corrupted souls and infected hearts scarcely speak to any, either of the same or a different sex, without causing them to fall in some degree from purity; they have poison in their eyes and in their breath, like basilisks. On the contrary, keep company with the chaste and virtuous; often meditate upon and read holy things; for the word of God is chaste, and makes those also chaste that delight in it.” – St. Francis de Sales, Doctor of the Church
“Louis of Granada speaks of a young woman whose damnation had no other source than vanity and the desire to please. She led a regular life, but her passion to attract attention by the charm of her beauty was the moving cause of her whole conduct. Having fallen sick, she died, having received all the Sacraments. While her confessor was praying for her soul, she appeared to him, saying that she was damned, and that the cause of her damnation was vanity. “I sought,” she added, “only to please the eyes of men. This passion caused me to commit a multitude of sins; it prevented me from receiving the Sacraments well, and it has led me to everlasting torments.”- Rev. F.X. Schouppe, S.J.
A temple of God is supposed to be a beautiful building erected for the honor and glory of God, that He can be honored and worshiped therein. But if this building were to be contaminated and defiled by cows and horses brought in, it would be a desecration of that temple. If our body is supposed to be God’s temple in the flesh, wherein Jesus Christ can reign in us spiritually, then we should be holy, avoiding sin as much as possible, adorning it with good works and virtue, pleasing to God. But if we sin by all kinds of sin, defiling the soul, we are desecrating our temple of God, contaminating our soul, and driving God out. As Fr. Hugh Thwaites said, “When we commit mortal sin, our soul becomes so obnoxious, God has to move out!” “Jesus is driven from the throne of our heart, and Satan moves in.” – St. Alphonsus. As pastors, teachers, and parents, we have a heavy responsibility to those under our charge, to insure they are being taught properly. If we neglect those under our charge, and they go to hell for lack of instruction, St. John Vianney would tell the parents, “You can be sure you will be there with them.” Blessed Elizabeth Canori Mora foresaw these evils 200 years ago. She had a vision of the little Child Jesus at Christmas time, soaking in his own blood, and she said it was due to the bad habits and teaching of the clergy, parents and teachers to those under their charge. And the problem of grave immodesty is a case in point.
Crisis in the Church: On Christmas Eve 1813, Elizabeth was transported in ecstasy to a place refulgent with light. There she saw countless saints in adoration before a humble manger. The Infant Jesus signaled her sweetly to approach, but on drawing near she saw that He was soaking with His own Blood. “Just the thought of it fills me with horror” she wrote. “But at the same time I understood the reason for such shedding of blood was the bad habits of many priests and religious who do not behave according to their state in life and the bad education given to children by their fathers, mothers and others entrusted with this duty. They, who should increase the spirit of the Lord in the hearts of others by their good example, instead mortally persecute Him with their bad conduct and teachings.”
“Woe to the religious who does not observe his rule! I say the same to the secular clergy and to all people in the world who give themselves to a life of pleasure and who believe in the false maxims of modern ideas.” Pertinent visions of Ven. Elizabeth Mora
On January 16, 1815, Angels showed Ven. Elizabeth many ecclesiastics “who, under the guise of doing good, persecute Jesus Crucified and His Holy Church … Like furious wolves they scheme to unthrone the head of the Church.”
A corrupt Rome devastated: Then she was allowed to see the terrible indignation these wolves aroused in God. “In supreme terror I saw blazing lightning bolts of Divine Justice fall about me. I saw buildings collapsing in ruins. Cities, entire regions and the whole world were in chaos. The only thing to be heard was countless weak voices imploring mercy. The number of dead was incalculable.” What terrified her the most was God’s indignation. She saw Him alone on high, “extremely angry with those who were persecuting Him. In His omnipotent hands were bolts of lightning, His Face was resplendent with indignation, and His gaze alone was enough to incinerate the whole world. Neither Saints nor Angels surrounded Him, only His holy indignation which fell everywhere.” The vision lasted only an instant. According to Ven. Elizabeth, “had it continued for another moment I surely would have died.” End of Mercy, beginning of Justice: On Christmas 1816, Blessed Elizabeth saw Our Lady, who appeared extremely sad and sorrowful. When she asked her why, Our Lady answered: “Behold, my daughter, contemplate such great impiety.” Blessed Elizabeth then saw apostates “brazenly trying to rip the Divine Infant from her arms. In face of this outrage, the Mother of God ceased to ask mercy for the world, but instead called for justice from the Eternal Father. Clothed in His inexorable Justice and filled with indignation, He turned His gaze toward the world. “At that moment all nature entered into convulsions … This will be something so deplorable and atrocious that it will reduce the world to the very depths of desolation.”
The world in revolution & chaos: On the feast of Ss. Peter and Paul, June 29, 1820, she saw St. Peter descending from Heaven robed in papal vestments and surrounded by a legion of Angels. With his crosier he traced a great cross over the face of the Earth, separating it into four quadrants. In each of these, he then brought forth a verdant tree sprouting with life, also in the shape of a cross and resplendent with light. All the good laity and religious fled for refuge from the terrible chastisement under these trees. The number of dead will be countless, cities and provinces destroyed’ She wrote: “O woe! Woe to those unobservant religious who despise their Holy Rules. Alas! They will all perish in the terrible chastisement … as will all who deliver themselves to debauchery and follow the false maxims of the deplorable philosophy of those times!”
Then St. Peter returned to Heaven, and she saw the firmament become a dark blue color, which caused terror just to see it. A caliginous wind blew impetuously everywhere. A vehement howling filled the air, like the frightening roar of a fierce lion. Its horrible echo resounded over the whole Earth. “Terror and fear overtook all men and animals. The entire world was in convulsion and everywhere people mercilessly slaughtered one another. In the time of this bloody fight, the vengeful hand of God will weigh upon these unfortunate souls. In His omnipotence He will chastise the proud for their temerity and shameless insolence. God will use the powers of darkness to exterminate these sectarian, iniquitous and criminal men who plotted to eradicate the Catholic Church, our Holy Mother, to her deepest roots and throw her to the ground. …
“God will laugh at them in their malice, and with a wave of His omnipotent right hand He will punish the wicked. The powers of darkness will be allowed to leave Hell, and these great legions of devils will invade the whole world. They will wreak great destruction, thus executing the orders of Divine Justice, to which these evil spirits are also subject. They will be able to do neither more nor less than what God permits to men and their goods, families, unfortunate towns, cities, houses and palace or any other thing that exists on Earth. …“God will allow wicked men to be cruelly chastised by fierce demons because they voluntarily submitted to the power of the devil and conspired with him to cause damage to the Holy Catholic Church.” The Servant of God saw all those monsters in horrible forms spurt forth from infernal caverns and infest the Earth to do harm and damage everywhere. They devastated all the places where God had been outraged, desecrated, treated sacrilegiously and where idolatry was practice. Not a trace of them was left…
Souls in Hell, What the Saints and Scriptures Say: https://motherofgodlibrary.org/2019/04/
A Careful Father I Want To Be: https://motherofgodlibrary.org/2020/01/