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
How to Sanctify the Lord’s Day.
A while ago, I wrote an article titled Are Irreverent Masses Binding On Sundays? and the first paragraph of it reads: The most common question I receive from my readers is: "Do I have to attend a Novus Ordo Mass on a Sunday when there is no Traditional Latin Mass nearby?" I was going to title this article that very question, but then I realized that question is only sixty years old. Then I thought to title this article: "Is it a mortal sin to skip an irreverent Mass on Sunday if I can't get to a reverent Mass?" but that was too long. I then realized the entire topic of the Third Commandment was at stake. What does Church history tell us before 1960? You can read it at the link above, so I'm not going to repeat my [...]
White Martyrs of Compiègne?
What if you "went big" in your self-offering and petitions while suffering for being a traditionalist in the 21st century? Many of you already know the story of the Carmelite nuns who were executed in the French Revolution at the end of the 18th century. On 17 July 1794, the enemies of the Church led to the guillotine eleven Discalced Carmelite Nuns, three lay sisters and two tertiaries. These holy nuns even went so far as to ask permission of their Mother Superior to die under obedience. They were granted their final request on earth. They offered up their martyrdoms for the Catholic Church and for the end of the Revolution in France. Ten days after their offering and execution, Robespierre was executed himself. This officially ended the "Reign of Terror." Wikipedia explains: In 1794, after the Terror began, the [...]
Angelic Mass for a Reposed Toddler.
What's the difference in a funeral Mass between an adult and a child?
RCT 80: Extreme Unction 2: Administration.
-The Roman Catechism of Trent (RCT) p. 333-338 -The Sacraments, ep. 32. -Donate: https://www.padreperegrino.org/donate/
Ecclesiastical Self-Incriminating Struggle-Sessions.
The above picture is "the governor of Heilongjiang province, Li Fanwu, falling victim to the Cultural Revolution in 1966," (p/c Inside Story of Australia.) Wikipedia describes the history of Communist Struggle Sessions: People non-compliant to the Communists "were forced to wear placards around their necks bearing the words 'Counter-Revolutionary Revisionist' or other similar slogans with their names crossed out. Specific methods of abuse included hair shaving (阴阳头) dunce caps, "jetplane position" (喷气式) (a type of stress position), and verbal and physical attacks... The term 'struggle session' refers to a session of pīdòu (批鬥.) The session is held in public and often attended by a large crowd of people, during which the target is publicly humiliated and subject to verbal and physical abuse, for having 'counter-revolutionary' thinking or behavior." A self-incriminating struggle session is a public humiliation trial used by Communists against [...]
Ninth Sunday After Pentecost Sermon.
“For the idea of making idols was the beginning of fornication, and the invention of them was the corruption of life.”—Wisdom 14:12. But Mary is the compass to lead us to Christ against all diabolical disorientation. -Donate: https://www.padreperegrino.org/donate/