The City on a Hill Is Countercultural.
You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.—Our Lord Jesus Christ in Saint Matthew 5:14-16. Young Christians today claim they want an “aura” that “goes hard.” That’s good, but then why do boomer Catholic influencers still insist on being relevant? Older Catholic influencers may claim their “humanity is a bridge to Christ” yet their goofy “New Evangelization” is frequently just a lame attempt at being funny and relatable. They justify expensive colognes, off-color jokes and a constant attitude of [...]
Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost.
From Gal 5 and Mt. 6.
Race Relations Part 2: The Church.
p/c NYT. Middle-Eastern military-aged men entering Spain. In part 1, Race Relations Part 1: The State, we discussed "dialectical racism" at the level of the State, namely, the deceit of modern Marxists to overturn Western civilization under the pretext of being "non-racists." Today, we will see how something similar happens within (or rather, against) the true Catholic Church. Neo-modernists often cloak their heresy of religious indifferentism (the error that all religions lead to heaven) under a fake missionary spirit so as to remain immune from criticism from the right. Section A will be The Problem and Section B will be The Solution. At the risk of being self-centered, I am going to write about my own personal experiences. One reason I am going to do this is because the left often accuses us on the right of being dogmatic without [...]
Race Relations Part 1: The State.
It's not 'reverse racism.' It's just racism. If it didn’t take the Holy Name of Jesus in vain, I would say that Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino would be one of my top ten favorite movies. The main character, Walt Kowalski is played by Eastwood in that 2008 flick (see picture above.) Walt is a grumpy old white man disgusted by the shallowness and selfishness of his children and grandchildren. Meanwhile, he has good friends of many different races to whom he shows affection by endless racial slurs against them. They happily return the favor with insults to him. Real men often show affection by ripping on each other. Spoiler alert: Walt then befriends his neighbors, a Hmong family in the ghetto of Detroit. Walt (who would appear to be “a racist” if you only judged him on his vocabulary) ends [...]
RCT 82: Holy Orders 2.
-Minor Orders -The Roman Catechism of Trent (RCT) p. 345-350 -The Sacraments, ep. 34. -My Site: https://www.padreperegrino.org
Was the Immaculata Pre-Existent?
Did Mary exist before time? No... But the blueprint for her Immaculate body and soul was planned above all time in the mind of God. Some people new to the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) might be surprised that the Old Testament reading in many of the Masses in honor of Our Lady seems to imply she was pre-existent. The Latin reads: Ab initio et ante sæcula creata sum, et usque ad futurum sæculum non desinam, et in habitatione sancta coram ipso ministravi.—Ecc 24:14. Or, in English: From the beginning, and before the world, was I created, and unto the world to come I shall not cease to be, and in the holy dwelling place I have ministered before him.—Sirach 14:14. First, we must understand that these Masses are in honor of Our Lady. We Catholics do not sacrifice to Mary. [...]
Projecting Transient Errors On Past Orthodoxy.
Many serious Christians today (Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants) are interested in discovering how the early Christians lived and worshipped. Many scholars today astutely investigate the early Church, considering the first three centuries following the Passion and Resurrection of Christ before all else. This investigation into the early Church is highly laudable, especially when using primary sources. Of course, authentic research into any form of history must refrain from both cherry-picking and excluding evidence that might be contrary to a desired outcome. But heretics have always attempted to foist their own errors upon the early Church in order to pretend like their new theories are, in fact, very old. In other words, founders of new ecclesial communities in every age have always acted like their novelties were inspired by the Holy Spirit in the early Church. Of course, their interlocutors will [...]
Assumption Sermon by Fr. David Nix.
The glory and honor of Mary in body and soul. The glory and honor of the traditional Catholic in 2026. -Donate = https://www.padreperegrino.org/donate/ -Telegram: https://t.me/padreperegrino
The Laity Will Not “Save” The Church.
Who is going to save our Church? Not our bishops, not our priests and religious. It is up to you, the people. You have the minds, the eyes and the ears to save the Church. Your mission is to see that your priests act like priests, your bishops act like bishops and your religious act like religious.—Archbishop Fulton Sheen. Let’s dissect the quote above a bit. Firstly, Bishop Sheen was wrong to insist any man on earth will "save" Christ's Church. He was wrong since only Christ will save His Church from the current madness. Now, of course, I’m the last priest on earth to say this will be done in some magical way without cooperation of real people on earth. Obviously, what Our Lady of Good Success predicted, namely, the complete restoration of the Catholic Church, will require a [...]
RCT 81: Holy Orders 1.
-The Roman Catechism of Trent (RCT) p. 339-345 -The Sacraments, ep. 33. -My Site: https://www.padreperegrino.org