16 05, 2024

Forgiveness Makes You Invincible

By |2024-08-31T03:30:51+00:00May 16th, 2024|Theology|

And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified Him, and the criminals, one on His right and one on His left.  And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide His garments. And the people stood by, watching, but the rulers scoffed at Him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!”—Lk 23:33-35. We often [rightly] associate Christ's forgiveness of His enemies with the above chapter from St. Luke.  As Christ is undergoing the most exquisite torture of the Roman Empire, He maintains [...]

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15 05, 2024

Fourteen Years a Priest

By |2024-05-15T12:59:41+00:00May 15th, 2024|Life|

Cum his qui oderant pacem, eram pacificus.—Psalm 119:7. Today is the 14th anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood.  I am often reminded there is only One High Priest, Jesus Christ.  We ministerial priests share in that priesthood both ontologically and by suffering as Christ suffered. The above picture was taken before or after a trial several years ago in Washington DC after one of our arrests for peacefully counseling inside an abortion center with Red Rose Rescue (RRR.) We do counseling inside abortion centers to stop the immediate threat of babies about to be killed with the understanding our peaceful protest will probably lead to arrest. The above picture [...]

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14 05, 2024

“Catholics Shall Have No Weapons.”

By |2024-05-26T17:56:04+00:00May 14th, 2024|Theology|

Featured image The Battle of Le Mans, p/c In the Vendee. Most of you know about the Resistance of the Vendée, a group of fervent Catholics who valiantly fought with weapons against the leaders of the French Revolution.  This is partly because the French Revolution was killing priests and nuns, as well as doing other unspeakable atrocities.  From a human point of view, the Vendée lost the war.  But traditional Catholics will always honor them as martyrs for the faith. Later, the French Revolution became the precursor to every communist revolution from Cuba to Cambodia.  As I have written before, I estimate that communism killed 14x the amount of people [...]

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9 05, 2024

Is Homeschooling the Ideal?

By |2024-05-09T12:28:51+00:00May 9th, 2024|Theology|

Since however the younger generations must be trained in the arts and sciences for the advantage and prosperity of civil society, and since the family of itself is unequal to this task, it was necessary to create that social institution, the school. But let it be borne in mind that this institution owes its existence to the initiative of the family and of the Church, long before it was undertaken by the State. Hence considered in its historical origin, the school is by its very nature an institution subsidiary and complementary to the family and to the Church. It follows logically and necessarily that it must not be in opposition [...]

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7 05, 2024

The Second Commandment by St. Alphonsus Liguori

By |2024-04-30T12:11:10+00:00May 7th, 2024|Theology|

Many good Catholics today have now become acutely aware of sexual sins (the Sixth and Ninth Commandment) as well as the First Commandment (partly due to public violations of this like the worship of the Pachamama statue near the Vatican a few years ago.)  In light of this, I believe that the most underrated of all Commandments is the Second Commandment.  Keep in mind that the Ten Commandments given on Sinai come in order of importance.  Thus, the misuse of the Holy Name of Jesus is one of the worst sins one can commit.  We look to the doctor of the Church, St. Alphonsus Liguori, to consider the weight of [...]

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2 05, 2024

Archaeologism Part II: Not Real Archeology

By |2024-05-04T12:30:52+00:00May 2nd, 2024|Theology|

In Archaeologism Part I, I demonstrated that Popes from 1786 to 1947 condemned the heretics projecting Protestant notions of liturgy onto the early Church under pretext of "archeology" or "Church history."  This modernist fad is also called "antiquarianism." Realize first that Pope Pius XII basically warned the faithful not to believe the Holy Spirit was less active in guiding the Church of the Middle Ages than the Church of the Primitive Ages.  Secondly, he wanted us to realize the Holy Spirit does not change His directives in liturgy or doctrine. But on top of this,  I personally believe the modernists executing "archaeologism" (saying the early Church had no complex rites, [...]

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