VLX 47: The Son of Man
Mt 8:18-20 https://youtu.be/AxYy9Y-TQnU
Mt 8:18-20 https://youtu.be/AxYy9Y-TQnU
I recently stopped by for confession at an old Capuchin parish just north of downtown Denver. It is traditionally a parish on the border of an African-American neighborhood and a Mexican neighborhood. Holy Mass is offered in English and Spanish. As I went inside to look for the older Capuchin who was going to hear my confession, I noticed that they were setting up for a funeral. I went up to the casket to pray and I saw it was an open-casket funeral. A young Mexican man, perhaps 18 years old, had died. I prayed for his soul. I then went to the back of the Church where the Franciscan [...]
It is nothing short of astonishing that a President of a traditionally Protestant country would name last week as a day dedicated to a Catholic bishop killed by a pre-Protestant state. As most readers already know, President Donald Trump proclaimed "December 29, 2020, as the 850th anniversary of the martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket" here in the United States. Becket received his help from Rome, not from the State. Perhaps Trump recognizes it is quite the opposite for conservative Catholics in the USA today: Many support President Trump, not the current events in Rome. It's a very strange irony that doesn't line up with Becket. But what does line up with [...]
Prayer part 4 in the Catechism of Pope St. Pius X (CPX) p. 49 Q/A #11-14. Music bumpers courtesy of Alyssa Kortright. https://youtu.be/8m_GNQMG9ZI
If the title of this blog post seems like an exaggeration, I will prove it through secular hyperlinks below, all of which you can follow for confirmation. First Genocide: Bill Gates has been a top donor to Planned Parenthood for years. The father of Bill Gates, Bill H. Gates Sr., was on the board of Planned Parenthood. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation brags on their own website when they give $1.7M to Planned Parenthood. In fact, Gates and Gates' Foundation Warren Buffet are listed among the biggest donors to the point that Planned Parenthood's Biggest Donors gave $374M in Four Years. Of course, George Soros is also listed in [...]
The introduction to the Missal of Pope Paul VI defines the Mass as a “sacred synaxis [meal] or assembly of the people of God met together under the presidency of the priest to celebrate the memorial of the Lord.” Notice that in this definition, the term "sacrifice" is missing. In fact, many TLM-writers before me have noticed that the Protestants who helped write the Mass of Pope Paul VI purposefully removed many references to "sacrifice" in the Propers, Prefaces and even the new "Eucharistic Prayers." Their new calendar is also missing references to blood and sacrifice. In the old calendar, the feast of the Circumcision of Jesus was replaced [...]
We point to a Catholic "Extreme-Ownership" even when your leaders let you down. Music bumpers courtesy of Alyssa Kortright. My TCE series stands for "Theology and Current Events." https://youtu.be/PjKiEbYO2uU