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T EAT ASIAN
A publication of
Vol. III, No. 7
Traditional Catholics of America, Inc. October 15, 1982
Editor: Fr. Francis E. Fenton, STL
The Vi ue of Hope
– Fr. Francis E. Fenton
Together with faith and charity, hope is one of the person has a tendency to make his own rules and to
three greatest virtues. It is defined as that virtue take portions of the moral law rather lightly If they
whereby we firmly trust that God, who is, and happen to conflict with his own ideas. He
because He is, all-powerful and faithful to His undoubtedly prays from time to time but he could
promises, will in His mercy give us eternal hap- never be accused of overdoing it. He loves God, yes,
piness and the means necessary to obtain that hap- and he certainly wants to save his soul, yes, but he is
piness. Through this supernatural virtue of hope, content to work at these things In moderation,
which a!! and only those possess who are in the periodically assuring himself that God understands.
state of sanctifying grace, we can with confidence And, like the vice of pride from which it proceeds,
look forward to Heaven as our final destiny through, those who are most tainted with the sin of presump-
as we recite in the Act of Hope, "the merits of Jesus tion may. well be the least aware of it.
Christ, our Lord and Redeemer." Mortal sin alone
destroys the life of God in the soul and with it the vir- And then there is the sin against the theological vir-
we of hope. And so we can say, although this Is not tue of hope which is despair, the giving up, or the
the usual significance of the expression, "where loss, of confidence and trust that God will give to us
there's life, there's hope." In other words, the soul all of the help necessary to do His will and to save
free of mortal sin has within it sanctifying grace, the our souls. But the fact is that, whatever we have a
life of God Himself, and so it has as well the moral obligation to do, God gives us the grace to
theological virtue of hope. How exceedingly true, accomplish. If we fail to do God's will in a particular
then, in a supernatural sense, "where there's life, matter, It is simply because we did not, or did not
there's hope." At the moment of death all hope sufficiently, cooperate with the grace of God in one
comes to an end for in Heaven our most ardent way or another. And even if we fail habitually, it is
yearning and longing for happiness are realized to assuredly not the will of God that we give up, that we
perfection, while in hell all hope is abandoned, become discouraged, that we lose heart. Such a
forever lost reaction is or leads to despair and, with it, the loss of
the virtue of hope. Although temptations to despair
The two chief sins opposed to the virtue of hope are may well come our way from time to time, never
presumption and despair. The first of these, must we permit them to gain a foothold or to take
presumption, has its origin in the capital sin of pride root within us. Whatever else may be involved in the
and consists either in a person's taking for granted solution in a particular case, let us, when·tempted to
that he will attain salvation with little or no effort on discouragement, tum at once with humnity and con-
his part, that God will, in effect, take care of fidence to God in prayer who, as Saint ;Paul assures
everything; or in a person's relying upon himself and us, will never permit us to be tempted beyond our
his own efforts in the working out of his salvation strength. Indeed, the words of Holy Scripture are
while ignoring God and His grace in the process. In very much to the point: "Pray always and do not lose
the one case the individual presumes on the heart."
goodness and mercy of God while conveniently
forgetting that the Almighty is likewise all-just and Now it may well be that the sin of despair or at least
that, as Saint Augustine put it, "although God made the temptation to despair is far more prevalent today
us without us, He will not save us without us." In the than in various times past. Surely the pathetic Con-
other case the Individual arrogantly takes for ciliar Church, the innumerable difficulties and
granted that he can handle things pretty well on his problems involved in the preservation of our tradi-
own and really has little need for the help of God in tional Faith, the gross Immorality so rampant in our
the business of getting to Heaven. A presumptuous cont. on next pege
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Principal Christ
nation, the ever advancing threat of Communism –
certainly all of these are a cause of grave concern on Mr. MIian A. Cicak, II Is new principal of our
the part of every informed truly traditional Roman Christ the King School in Springs,
Catholic. And so, concern, anxiety, distress, yes, having that position at the the
and it speaks very poorly for the standards and the current school Clcak was born in
sense of values and the sound judgment of any City, South Dakota in 1947 received his
Catholic who would take these things lightly. But education in Catholic schools a period
grave concern about such matters is one thing; time before such schools came to be Catholic in
despair Is something else again. To give up, to aban- name only. Following his graduation from high
don hope, to despair – the very thought of this, school he served three years in the U.S. Army. In
regardless of the situation, is to be shunned for further studies he earned a degree in religion and
deliberate despair is a sin against one of the philosophy and has a minor in biology as For
greatest of all virtues, the supernatural virtue of the past several years he and his have been
hope. To be sure, in view of the number and gravity members of Our of Victory Chapel in Aurora,
of the difficulties and problems confronting tradi- Colorado. Although Mr. Cicak was asked to become
tional Catholics today – and because of the our school principal on rather brief notice, he readily
apparent absence of any notable success in coping agreed and proceeded to terminate his previous
with them, despite their persistent efforts – tempta- employment a short time later. and his wife,
tions to despair, to succumb to a sense of Rhonda, are presently endeavoring to sell their
hopelessness are bound to come. But the sound home in Aurora so that they and their three pre-
traditional Catholic, recognizing at once the danger school children may take up residence here in
of such temptations, will not allow them to linger Colorado Springs.
but, by the grace of God, will dispel them without
delay. While all temptations Involving the moral law Any school principal who is determined to do an effi-
are dangerous in varying degrees, those relating to cient and conscientious job in that capacity
despair are especially so. assuredly has his work cut out for him. This Is
especially true today in relation to traditional Roman
And so again, despite the very trying circumstances Catholic schools. While such schools are certainly a
in which we traditional Catholics find ourselves vital part of the work of preserving our Faith, their
today in our efforts to preserve our divine Faith, let successful functioning presents a major challenge
even the mere thought of despair be far removed in many respects to those traditional Catholics
from us. Sad and sorrowful though we are at the involved with them. In this apostolate of Catholic
present woeful plight of the Church, God forbid that education the school principal bears one of the
our sadness tum to despair and thereby divert us, primary responsibilities. During the several weeks
perhaps permanently, from the noble apostolate to that have elapsed since the beginning of the current
which we are committed. Rather let us lift up our school year, Mr. Gica.k's loyalty to our Christ the
hearts and souls to the God of all consolation and King School and dedication to the cause of tradi-
take courage from the words of Saint Paul in his tional Catholicism are already well established. May
Epistle to the Romans (8, 18) that "the sufferings of God guide and bless his efforts!
this time are not worthy to be compared with the
glory to come … " Fortified by the great virtue of
hope, may we remain loyal and true to our beloved
Faith until death!
PLEASE NOTE
Following is the address and telephone number of
Christ the King School. They should be used for all
correspondence and telephone calls relating to the
school.
Christ the King School
P.O. Box 6428
Colorado Springs, Colorado 80934-6428
(303) 635-9183
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Father Gulllon Arrival "The Conspiracy of Freemasonry"
Further Delayed
The above is the title of the supplement to the
Father Bernard Guillon of Franceville, France was to September 1, 1982 issue of The Athanasian. It was
be the headmaster of our Christ the King School this mailed some three weeks ago to ail of our newsletter
1982-1983 school year. In the previous issue of this subscribers as well as to those whose subscription
newsletter It was announced that, due to his having expired within the past few months. Written by John
had major ,surgery this past summer, his coming K. Weiskittel (now a teacher at Christ the King
here would be delayed. A few days after the publica- School), this comprehensive and well documented
tion of that issue we received a letter from Father article on one of the paramount enemies of Church
Guillon informing us that his convalescence would and country is deserving of a wide circulation.
be a prolonged one and that, consequently, it would Hopefully, those who have already read it agree that
be a "long, time" before he would be able to it should and so will do their part to assure that wide
join us. He expressed his eagerness to be a circulation. There is so much misunderstanding
part of our and his deep disappointment at regarding the true nature and objectives of interna-
his inability to do so for some indefinite time. His tional Freemasonry and so little current literature on
disappointment Is shared by many. Whether or not the subject. This article can make a distinct and
Father Guillon's health will permit him to come for solid contribution towards the removal of that
any part of the current school year is presently misunderstanding if our newsletter subscribers and
uncertain. If not, we look forward to his coming just others who read it will do their part in helping to
as soon as he reasonably can. Whenever that may assure its wide distribution. "The Conspiracy of
be, he will be most welcome. In the meantime, our Freemasonry" is $1.50 a copy and a discount is
prayers for him will surely continue. available on bulk orders. "Tear away the mask from
Freemasonry, and let It be seen as it really is" (Pope
Leo XIII · 1884).
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