Theology and Current Events 25: Is it permitted to forge paperwork to circumvent unjust laws? **** For longer moral theology analyses on the topic of deceit, see: -Catholic Answers: https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/is-lying-ever-right -Matt Fradd with Dr. Janet Smith: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQmmLqSuavA https://youtu.be/a24gP8xlYNg
We often hear the phrase "Truth is a person, not a concept." I do like this phrase because it is a reference to Jesus Christ. Of course, it was Jesus who said I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.—John 14:6. But I fear that the phrase "Truth is a person, not a concept," is now being commandeered to place emotions over doctrine. I fear that some people who say that phrase are moving towards a state of placing their own personal emotions towards Christ over Christ's doctrine as established by the Catholic Church, especially as what is found in [...]
Catechism of Pope St. Pius X (CPX) p. 86-87. Q/A 25-35...with a special section on nine ways of being an accomplice to another's sin. - Pneumonic to memorize: C-CAP: Contrition, Confession, Absolution, Penance. - 15 Mortal Sins Catholics Are Missing in Their Confessions (blog): https://padreperegrino.org/2019/08/mortalsins/ - Tips on making a good confession video: https://youtu.be/QICKUkEj5WM - How to Make A General Confession video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u1ZjJMBTiw https://youtu.be/FmgXrPlo_H8
by Guest Writer “Man is a rope,” Zarathustra cries out to the crowd, “fastened between animal and Superman – a rope over an abyss.” -- Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra “If you stare too long into the abyss, then it stares back at you.” -- Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil I read a lot of Nietzsche in college. While it has been years since I last picked up one of his works, I’ve been reflecting on his image of the abyss lately, following several “red pill” moments in the world and the Church that left me questioning whether there is any institution left worth trusting, if there is any [...]
Mt 12:9-14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8xLylnX7is
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Steve Cunningham the founder of "Sensus Fidelium" and I look at the 10 planks of how Karl Marx suggested society be changed: 1. Abolition of Property in Land and Application of all Rents of Land to Public Purpose. 2. A Heavy Progressive or Graduated Income Tax. 3. Abolition of All Rights of Inheritance. 4. Confiscation of the Property of All Emigrants and Rebels. 5. Centralization of Credit in the Hands of the State, by Means of a National Bank with State Capital and an Exclusive Monopoly. 6. Centralization of the Means of Communication and Transport in the Hands of the State. 7. Extension of Factories and Instruments of Production Owned [...]
With the tension between Apostolic Catholics and modernist heretics reaching fever pitch this month, we have to return to the warning issued over 100 years ago by Pope St. Pius X on modernism, which he called "the synthesis of all heresies." Yes, I know we all get tired of hearing the term "modernism is the synthesis of all heresies." But we still have to stop and remind ourselves constantly that opposing modernism is not tantamount to opposing digital expressions of the Gospel or even opposing new "packaging" of the old-school Gospel in a digestible fashion to modern ears. Rather, we must remember that modernism is opposing that which attempts to [...]
Catechism of Pope St. Pius X (CPX) p. 85-86. Q/A 19-24: The effects and the necessity of the sacrament of penance and the disposition to receive it properly. - The pneumonic to memorize is C-CAP: Contrition, Confession, Absolution, Penance. - 15 Mortal Sins Catholics Are Missing in Their Confessions (blog): https://padreperegrino.org/2019/08/mortalsins/ - Tips on making a good confession (video): https://youtu.be/QICKUkEj5WM - How to Make A General Confession (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u1ZjJMBTiw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4_TwgPVd1M
If we wish to proceed securely in all things, we must hold fast to the following principle: What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines. For I must be convinced that in Christ Our Lord, the bridegroom, and in His spouse the Church, only one Spirit holds sway, which governs and rules for the salvation of souls. For it is by the same Spirit and Lord who gave the Ten Commandments that our holy Mother Church is ruled and governed.—St. Ignatius of Loyola, Spiritual Exercises, Rules for Thinking with the Church #13 St. Ignatius of Loyola is one of my favorite saints. In [...]
