19 07, 2022

Liberty as a Cloak for Malice

By |2022-07-19T23:01:56+00:00July 19th, 2022|Theology|

For so is the will of God, that by doing well you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men, as free, and not as making liberty a cloak for malice, but as the servants of God.—1 Pt 2:15-16. Catholics have been sinning for 2,000 years.  I'm under no illusions that major sin started in the lives of most Catholics only in the 1960s or 1970s.  However, if someone went to confession 100 years ago or 700 years ago or 1500 years ago, the penitent would generally be hard pressed to find a priest (good or bad) who gave a "pass" to his serious sins.  In other words, even [...]

18 07, 2022

VLX 115: Fraternal Correction

By |2022-07-18T19:16:29+00:00July 18th, 2022|Podcasts, Sermons, Talks|

Mt 18:15-20 1. Jeff Cavins' talk on forgiveness: https://www.lighthousecatholicmedia.org/store/title/the-hidden-power-of-forgiveness 2. The Wounded Heart to help sex-abused: https://theallendercenter.org/store/products/the-wounded-heart/ 3. Fr. Ripperger on demons' and socialists' psychology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeXsTgqBKeY 4. Dr. Ramani YT channel on avoiding Narcissists: https://www.youtube.com/c/DoctorRamani 5. Donor changes on my blog: https://www.padreperegrino.org/2022/07/chgdonor/ 6. My Rumble Channel: https://rumble.com/c/c-1209063 7. My BitChute Channel: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/SKzBnAOMwjuO/ https://rumble.com/embed/v19xcxj/?pub=e5jg1  

17 07, 2022

“Disobedience to the Revolutionaries.”

By |2022-07-28T00:54:49+00:00July 17th, 2022|Life|

Last night, I finished a short book by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski called True Obedience in the Church.  Dr. Kwasniewski is seen in the above picture with myself and others at a recent Conference hosted by the Coalition for Canceled Priests.  The Coalition was founded by Fr. John Lovell and Craig Holuj.  Their conference was titled Finding Hope in the Desert, and it was just that:  An encouraging conference to understand true obedience to Apostolic Catholicism when so many in the hierarchy have proved themselves not only heretics, but also apostates.  To any enemies scouring the back-page of my blog, don't worry, I offered no public sacraments there in Wisconsin, even though [...]

15 07, 2022

“I Delivered My Child.”

By |2022-07-15T21:23:15+00:00July 15th, 2022|Theology|

by guest writer, Melody Lyons, found at The Essential Mother. Thirteen years ago I delivered our little Matthew Athanasius at home on the Feast of St. Maria Goretti. He was born too soon at 14 weeks in his intact amniotic sac. 2-3 inches of perfection. All his little fingers and toes visible.  I knew he had died after symptoms declined and we confirmed via non-medical ultrasound.  I’d never lost a baby before so I called L&D at a local Catholic hospital to find out what their protocol was. The nurse said… “Just come in and we will do a D&C.” I asked her what they do with the baby. She said: [...]

14 07, 2022

Is Reason Accessible Without Christ?

By |2022-07-14T17:49:54+00:00July 14th, 2022|Theology|

The easiest way to explain to a sensitive post-modern mind why not all "good people" go to heaven but only those in sanctifying grace probably comes from St. Thomas Aquinas. He simply explains that natural virtue from a person can not get him to the supernatural goal, namely, the Beatific Vision of the Blessed Trinity. Being a "nice person" can't get you to heaven since getting to heaven means truly being holy enough to gaze upon God.  Think about that.  St. Augustine realized there was no chance of salvation unless Christ be the center of one's life, probably because he saw the darkness he once walked in as a pagan. [...]

13 07, 2022

RCT 1: Intro (Part A)

By |2022-07-13T14:55:37+00:00July 13th, 2022|Podcasts, Sermons, Talks|

Roman Catechism of Trent (RCT) presents its introductory podcast to a several-year project of commentary on the "Catechism of the Council of Trent." This 16th century catechism is the only infallible catechism produced by the Catholic Church. Pope Clement XIII wrote that the Roman Catechism contains "that teaching which is the common doctrine of the Church, from which all danger of doctrinal error is absent." This podcast is presented by Fr. David Nix on the Padre Peregrino channel. *** Update for donors: https://www.padreperegrino.org/2022/07/chgdonor/ https://rumble.com/embed/v198zfh/?pub=4

9 07, 2022

To Beloved Donors: Three Small Changes

By |2022-07-10T04:22:18+00:00July 9th, 2022|Life|

In the Roman Canon, after mentioning the Pope and bishop, the priest prayers for his own personal intentions.  The first people I mention every Mass (even if not by name, but sometimes—yes, by name!) is "all of my benefactors both spiritual and material."  I am so thankful to both the person who gave a big donation for my condo all the way down (or rather, up the latter) to the older lady offering suffering for me who gives nothing financial.  I'm not trying to sound pious as I write:  I am more in need of suffering and sacrifice offered for me than money because of the great spiritual attack in [...]

9 07, 2022

The Dark Night of the Soul: What It Is Not.

By |2022-07-09T19:03:43+00:00July 9th, 2022|Theology|

In seminary, my favorite professor taught both ascetical and Carmelite theology. I agree with him that St. John of the Cross was probably not a sullen melancholic. St. John is made out to be today as a debby-downer (especially by us perman-grin Americans) because he writes so much about detachment. But even a cursory study of the life of St. John of the Cross reveals his high levels of energy, not only towards the ascetical life, but even the evangelical life of helping the townsfolk outside his 16th century monastery in Spain. St. John of the Cross' pathway of the Nada, Nada, Nada is where we arrive at the apex [...]

6 07, 2022

How Conservative Family Lines Went Woke

By |2022-07-06T01:39:52+00:00July 6th, 2022|Theology|

Really, the full title of this blog should be How Conservative Family Lines Went Woke In Just a Few Generations.  It didn't happen overnight.  This is not a blog post to cheer on the right and condemn the leftists.  It's to ask how our every country in the West went from being civilized to uncivilized in less than 100 years.  You all know my theological answers on this, on how "politics is downstream of politics" and how "every grace and error flows from the altar."  I also now admit that Vatican II was not the root of modernism, but was just the "coming out" party for modernism. But at the [...]

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