Blessed Virgin Piety

“This most Holy Synod deliberately teaches this Catholic doctrine and at the same time admonishes all the sons of the Church that the cult, especially the liturgical cult, of the Blessed Virgin, be generously fostered, and the practices and exercises of piety, recommended by the magisterium of the Church toward her in the course of centuries be made of great moment, and those decrees, which have been given in the early days regarding the cult of images of Christ, the Blessed Virgin and the saints, be religiously observed.”

-Lumen Gentium, 67

Spotless House of Prayer

“The house of prayer in which the Most Holy Eucharist is celebrated and reserved, where the faithful gather and where the presence of the Son of God, our Saviour, offered for us on the altar of sacrifice bestows strength and blessings on the faithful, must be spotless and suitable for prayer and sacred functions.”

-Presbyterorum Ordinis, 5

Way of Salvation

“Christ, present to us in His Body, which is the Church, is the one Mediator and the unique way of salvation. In explicit terms He Himself affirmed the necessity of faith and baptism and thereby affirmed also the necessity of the Church, for through baptism as through a door men enter the Church.”

-Lumen Gentium, 14

The Hermeneutic of Continuity

The Hermeneutic of Continuity

Made Necessary by Christ

Whosoever, therefore, knowing that the Catholic Church was made necessary by Christ, would refuse to enter or to remain in it, could not be saved.

Lumen Gentium, 14

Practices of Piety

“Those practices of piety that are commended by the long usage of the Church should be zealously cultivated”

-Optatam Totius, 8

Divine Law

“Further light is shed on the subject if one considers that the highest norm of human life is the divine law-eternal, objective and universal-whereby God orders, directs and governs the entire universe and all the ways of the human community by a plan conceived in wisdom and love.”

Dignitatis Humanae, 3

Humble Obedience

“Religious, therefore, in the spirit of faith and love for the divine will should humbly obey their superiors according to their rules and constitutions. Realizing that they are contributing to building up the body of Christ according to God’s plan, they should use both the forces of their intellect and will and the gifts of nature and grace to execute the commands and fulfill the duties entrusted to them. In this way religious obedience, far from lessening the dignity of the human person, by extending the freedom of the sons of God, leads it to maturity.”

-Perfectae Caritatis, 14

Divinely Instituted

“For the liturgy is made up of immutable elements divinely instituted”

-Sacrosanctum Concilium, 21

Safeguarding

“Special care should be taken to safeguard young people from printed matter and performances which may be harmful at their age.”

-Inter Mirifica, 12