Pius V Quotes

Catholic history tells us the Holy Rosary has been prayed continually by Catholics since the 13th century thanks to St. Dominic who received this preferred prayer directly from Our Blessed Mother. St. Pope Pius V in the 16th century taught, “After having devised it (the Rosary), Dominic and his sons (the Dominicans) spread this form of prayer throughout the Church. The faithful welcomed it with fervor, were soon set on fire by this meditation and were transformed into other men; the darkness of heresy receded; the light of the faith reappeared . . .

I owe it to truth to say and affirm without fear of error that the Mass codified by St. Pius V - and not invented by him, as some often say - expresses clearly these three realities: sacrifice, Real Presence, and the priesthood of the clergy . . . The established customs have not been made at random, they cannot be overthrown abruptly abolished with impunity.

Jak zdůrazňuje Pius XII., každá generace má své způsoby vyjadřování, které nejsou doslovně pravdivé, přesto však jim všichni rozumí a přijímají je v jejich obrazném smyslu. Jako příklad stačí uvést „až naprší a uschne“, „visí nad ním Damoklův meč“, „danajský dar“ aj. Nikdo netvrdí, že „až naprší a uschne, udělá to“, že „nad někým visel zavěšen meč, jehož majitelem je nějaký pan Damokles“, ani že „ten dar pochází od nějakých Danajů“. Podobně když hovoříme o titánské vzpouře nebo o Odysseově cestě, netvrdíme, že věříme v existenci Titánů či Odyssea. Analogicky to platí i o Písmu. Když Ježíš hovořil o Jonášově znamení, neznamená to ještě, že Jonáš musel existovat. Podobně jako my se zajímal o Jonáše coby literární postavu, vzor, příklad, který všichni znali, a který byl tedy velmi názorný.

In preparing and instructing men in the teachings of Christ the Lord, the Fathers began by explaining the meaning of faith. Following their example, we have thought it well to treat first what pertains to that virtue.

Paul III and Blessed Pius V declared that the Rosary was given to the faithful in order that they might have spiritual peace and consolation more easily.

You ask if St. Dominic was really the institutor of the Rosary, you declare yourselves perplexed and full of doubt upon the subject. But what account do you make of the decisions of so many Sovereign Pontiffs of Leo X., of Pius V., of Gregory XIII. , of Sixtus V., of Clement VIII. , of Alexander VII., of Innocent XL, of Clement XL, of Innocent XIII., of Benedict XII I., and of many others, who are all unanimous in declaring the Rosary to have been instituted by St. Dominic himself?

Finally the faithful are to admonished to acquiesce in the simple and absolute will of God. Let him, who thinks that he occupies a place in society inferior to his desserts, bear his lot with patient resignation; let him not abandon his proper sphere, but abide in the vocation to which he has been called. Let him subject his own judgement to the will of God, who provides better for our interests that we can even desire ourselves. If troubled by poverty, by sickness, by persecution, or afflictions and anxieties of any sort, let us be convinced that none of these things can happen to us without the permission of God, who is the supreme Arbiter of all things.