Judas, an Apostle of Christ, “one of the twelve,” as the Evangelists sadly observes, was led down to the abyss of iniquity precisely through the spirit of greed for earthly things.

- Pope Pius XI Encyclical Ad Catholici Sacredotii, n. 49

“Poor Judas! Above seventeen hundred years have elapsed since he has been in Hell, and his Hell is still only beginning.”

- St. Alphonsus Liguori: Consideration XXVII, The Eternity of Hell

“the betrayal of Judas was an act of infinite sacrilege, perpetrated directly against the very Person of Christ and God. Wherefore it is exceedingly probable that Judas abides in the deepest pit of Gehenna, near to Lucifer”

Fr. Lapide Cornelius: Comentary on Matthew 26:24

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"The mind serving God justly rules the body, and in the mind itself, reason subject to God justly rules over desire and vices; When man doesn't serve God, what justice can be thought to exist in him? Since not serving God, the mind or reason can in no way justly rule over vice"

St. Augustine

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Pat Buchanan in 2002:

“The H-1B program, expanded to benefit Silicon Valley, under which 200,000 professional workers are brought in yearly, should be suspended. In 2000 and 2001, U.S. high-tech workers lost tens of thousands of jobs. College grads cannot find the jobs they thought would be there. To bring in foreign workers to compete with our own jobless citizens is to betray our own workers and their families. We should put Americans first.”

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Who both killed the Lord, he says— but, perhaps, they did not know Him—assuredly they did know Him. What then? Did they not slay and stone their own prophets, whose books even they carry about with them? And they did not do this for the sake of truth. There is therefore not only a consolation under the temptations, but they are reminded not to think that (the Jews) did it for the truth's sake, and be troubled on that account. And drove out us, he says. And we also, he says, have suffered numberless evils. And please not God, and are contrary to all men; forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles, that they may be saved. Contrary to all men, he says. How? Because if we ought to speak to the world, and they forbid us, they are the common enemies of the world. They have slain Christ and the prophets, they insult God, they are the common enemies of the world, they banish us, when coming for their salvation. What wonder if they have done such things also to you, when they have done them even in Judæa? Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles, that they might be saved. It is a mark of envy therefore to hinder the salvation of all. To fill up their sins always. But the wrath has come upon them to the uttermost. What is to the uttermost? These things are no longer like the former. There is here no return back, no limit. But the wrath is near at hand. Whence is this manifest? From that which Christ foretold. For not only is it a consolation to have partakers in our afflictions, but to hear also that our persecutors are to be punished. And if the delay is a grievance, let it be a consolation that they will never lift up their heads again; or rather he has cut short the delay, by saying, THE wrath, showing that it was long ago due, and predetermined, and predicted.

- St John Chrysostom

He sends out his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.

Psalm 147:15

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“In the new order, Socialism will triumph by first capturing the culture via infiltration of schools, universities, churches, and the media by transforming the consciousness of society.”

Antonio Gramsci

Ordo amoris, or the order of affections, is the order of priorities we have: what is most important and what is least important:

Those who are closer to you deserve a more intense love
St. Thomas Aquinas writes:

>Accordingly we must say that friendship among blood relations is based upon their connection by natural origin, the friendship of fellow-citizens on their civic fellowship, and the friendship of those who are fighting side by side on the comradeship of battle. Wherefore in matters pertaining to nature we should love our kindred most, in matters concerning relations between citizens, we should prefer our fellow-citizens, and on the battlefield our fellow-soldiers. Hence the Philosopher says (Ethic. ix, 2) that “it is our duty to render to each class of people such respect as is natural and appropriate.“

Each friendship deserves priority in the matters that pertain specifically to them

>If however we compare union with union, it is evident that the union arising from natural origin is prior to, and more stable than, all others, because it is something affecting the very substance, whereas other unions supervene and may cease altogether. Therefore the friendship of kindred is more stable, while other friendships may be stronger in respect of that which is proper to each of them.