Monday, July 13, 2015

THE SWORD OF PUNISHMENT [SERMON DELIVERED BY BISHOP CLEMENS AUGUST COUNT OF GALEN (JULY 13, 1941)]




Stamp from Deutsche Post AG from 1996, 50th anniversary of the death of Clemens August Graf von Galen


The state can take action with honesty and any prospect of enduring success, against the misuse of power by those whom chance has made stronger, against the oppression of the weak and their debasement to the mean employments of a slave, only if those who hold the powers of the state submit in reverence to the royal majesty of Justice and wield the sword of punishment in the service of Justice alone.

- The Blessed Clemens August Graf von Galen


            Please go to this previous blog post to read the full sermon.

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