Theology

25 04, 2023

“Let Nothing Disturb You” (Full Prayer)
“Let Nothing Disturb You” (Full Prayer)

“Let Nothing Disturb You” (Full Prayer)

By Father David Nix|2023-04-21T14:20:00+00:00April 25th, 2023|Theology|

Below is my own English translation of Let Nothing Disturb You, originally in the Spanish as Nada Te Turbe (far below) by the 16th century nun, St. Teresa of Avila. Let Nothing Disturb You Let nothing disturb you, nothing shake you. Everything passes, God does not change. Patience obtains everything. Whoever has God lacks nothing. Only God suffices. Elevate your thoughts to the heavens above. Let nothing distress you, nothing disturb you. Follow Jesus Christ with a big-heart, and come what may let nothing disturb you. Do you see the glory of the world? It's vain-glory. Nothing is stable, everything passes. Aspire unto the heavens which last forever. Faithful and [...]

22 04, 2023

The Feast Day for Two Early Papal-Martyrs
The Feast Day for Two Early Papal-Martyrs

The Feast Day for Two Early Papal-Martyrs

By Father David Nix|2023-04-22T15:09:42+00:00April 22nd, 2023|Theology|

One of the most interesting arguments I hear against traditionalists these days goes something like this: "The lifestyle and liturgy of the early Christians was much more like that of modern charismatics than that of modern traditionalists." I too believed such silly arguments for a long time in my Catholic formation. Of course, there's mountains of evidence against such an assertion. The Roman Breviary for today's saints is just one such piece of evidence. Pope Saint Soter was martyred around AD 174 or 177. Pope St. Pope Caius (aka Gaius) was martyred in AD 296. Notice what the old Roman Breviary says about today's saints, but also notice what it also [...]

20 04, 2023

Avoiding Decisions in Desolation, Part 2: Specifics
Avoiding Decisions in Desolation, Part 2: Specifics

Avoiding Decisions in Desolation, Part 2: Specifics

By Father David Nix|2023-04-20T04:36:04+00:00April 20th, 2023|Theology|

p/c Daily Wire. In early 2023, Jordan Peterson (above left) interviewed Chloe Cole (above right) with probably well over 10 million listens across all forums. Chloe is an 18 year old woman who suffered gender-dysphoria and began to chemically "transition" at the age of 12. At the age of 15, she had a double-mastectomy that she described on this interview as "barbaric." She is now suing her surgeons and Kaiser Permanente of California as they proceeded into mutilating surgeries when she was not able to give informed-consent. Obviously, she could not give informed-consent to a mutilating reproductive surgery firstly because it was a mutilating sexual surgery and secondly due to her [...]

18 04, 2023

Avoiding Decisions in Desolation, Part 1: Generalities
Avoiding Decisions in Desolation, Part 1: Generalities

Avoiding Decisions in Desolation, Part 1: Generalities

By Father David Nix|2023-04-18T17:04:55+00:00April 18th, 2023|Theology|

Five years ago, Sensus Fidelium produced a talk I gave called Making Decisions Without Fear based on the teaching of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Today we're going to delve much deeper into that oft-quoted parable of St. Ignatius "Don't make decisions in desolation." That is correct. But the original version from the saint goes like this: In time of desolation, we should never make any change, but remain firm and constant in the resolution and decision which guided us the day before the desolation, or in the decision to which we adhered in the preceding consolation. For just as in consolation the good spirit guides and counsels us, so in [...]

13 04, 2023

The Resurrection, Truth and Compromise
The Resurrection, Truth and Compromise

The Resurrection, Truth and Compromise

By Father David Nix|2023-04-13T15:02:20+00:00April 13th, 2023|Theology|

In Christ's Passion, we see what we ought to suffer for the truth, and in His resurrection, what we ought to hope for in eternity.—St. Thomas Aquinas. Jesus Christ died for love of every man and woman and child who would ever live, and this was done on occasion of our many sins throughout time. But if you look at the above quote from St. Thomas Aquinas, you see that the more immediate and historical cause of Christ's death was His defense of "the truth." That is, Christ would not compromise on the truth of His Father's religion or liturgy. The Sanhedrein had been targeting Christ for at least two [...]

11 04, 2023

O Crux Ave, Spes Unica!
O Crux Ave, Spes Unica!

O Crux Ave, Spes Unica!

By Father David Nix|2023-04-11T10:29:24+00:00April 11th, 2023|Theology|

With the death of my mother, and amidst praising God for what seemed like a very good death graced to her, I have done a lot of thinking about the Cross and the Resurrection. While it is true that many saints indicate that those closest to Jesus seem to suffer the most on earth, we also must remember that everyone (regardless of religion) will face much pain and suffering and death on this planet. If everyone suffers, then why is Christianity so unique? It is unique because it is the only world-religion that allows us to praise God in the fiery-furnace, in the storm, even from the cross. That might [...]

30 03, 2023

Commandments and Traditions
Commandments and Traditions

Commandments and Traditions

By Father David Nix|2023-03-27T02:18:09+00:00March 30th, 2023|Theology|

The Gospel found in the Traditional Latin Mass for the Wednesday of the third week of Lent includes this excoriation from Our Lord Jesus Christ to the Pharisees: Then came to Him from Jerusalem scribes and Pharisees, saying: "Why do Thy disciples transgress the tradition of the ancients? For they wash not their hands when they eat bread." But He answering, said to them: "Why do you also transgress the commandment of God for your tradition? For God said: 'Honour thy father and mother: And: He that shall curse father or mother, let him die the death.' But you say: 'Whosoever shall say to father or mother, The gift whatsoever proceedeth [...]

28 03, 2023

Pachamama and the Plagues of Egypt
Pachamama and the Plagues of Egypt

Pachamama and the Plagues of Egypt

By Father David Nix|2023-03-27T18:18:42+00:00March 28th, 2023|Theology|

Have we already forgotten the men who put a Pachamama idol in the Vatican? Have we forgotten the bishops and Cardinals who were complicit in this First Commandment violation through their resounding silence? As we will see, there are Biblical patterns that make sense of the fact that the people currently promoting pagan worship in the Catholic Church are the same ones overturning traditional worship. First of all, consider the fact that the word "Paschal" (Easter) has the same roots as "Passover." The Oxford Dictionary explains that "Paschal" was originally Middle English from the Old French taken from the ecclesiastical Latin paschalis. This word came from the similar Greek and [...]

21 03, 2023

Regaining Purpose After Lockdowns
Regaining Purpose After Lockdowns

Regaining Purpose After Lockdowns

By Father David Nix|2023-03-20T19:09:29+00:00March 21st, 2023|Theology|

The Journal of the American Medical Association has an article titled "Addressing the Long-term Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children and FamiliesA Report From the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine." Regarding this article, the Richmond Times-Dispatch ran the stats from this on "Deaths among children and teens." Notice the upsurge of suicides and other poisonings (intentional or unintentional, often unknown to even the medical examiner) during lockdowns: The Richmond Times-Dispatch then comments on the above stats of children and teens: "Deaths of American children and teens spiked between 2019 and 2021, the result of increased car wrecks, shootings and drug overdoses, according to a Virginia Commonwealth University survey [...]

16 03, 2023

Good Catholics Need to Tackle the Hard Topics More
Good Catholics Need to Tackle the Hard Topics More

Good Catholics Need to Tackle the Hard Topics More

By Father David Nix|2023-03-16T18:26:58+00:00March 16th, 2023|Theology|

Here's seven reasons why we conservative and traditional Catholics must be more "political," not less, for "political" issues are more connected to evangelization than most people realize: 1. The Social Reign of Christ the King. Traditional Catholicism is built on the notion of no separation of Church and State. (Yes, you read that correctly.) That doesn't mean that we want a Catholic version of an Islamic Theocracy. Nor has the Catholic Church ever believe in forced-conversions (not even in the days of the Inquisition.) But just as nature abhors a vacuum, so do politics. Absent a group of leaders remaining under the Standard of Christ, we will be under the [...]