Third Sunday After Epiphany Sermon.
A sermon on Romans 12 and the Holy Spirit’s gift of Knowledge.
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01, 2026
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01, 2026
Hermitage: Base of Operations.
As you know, one of the most common complaints against my life is that "hermits shouldn't travel." Besides the fact that my rule of life has 20 days contemplative and 10 days active life approved every month by my superiors, it's important to look at Catholic Church history on the life of contemplatives to see if there's any precedent to my way of life. We're going to go look way back to the First Millennium of Catholicism to the country whence my ancestors come: Ireland. Raymond O'Flynn in Frank Sheed's book The Saints Are Not Sad wrote about an army of Irish and Scottish monks that left their monasteries and [...]
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01, 2026
Fatima, Darwin and Liturgy
In my last article, Fatima, Darwin and Dogma, we looked at how Darwinian evolution erroneously led most Catholics of the 20th century to believe dogma could evolve like a species. We saw how this was no small part of Mary's dreaded "errors of Russia." So also, if dogma can change overnight, then the liturgy can morph overnight, too. (Of course, we know that the Bible and the Magisterium make it clear that neither a species nor Divine Revelation can evolve. But one false premise, namely, Darwinian Evolution, can strangely affect even the Holy Mass.) Let's ask an important question: Is tradition a living thing? This is a tricky question. If [...]
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01, 2026
Fatima, Darwin and Dogma
The above prelate is Bishop Cuthbert O'Gara, a Canadian-born priest who was a heroic missionary to the Far East in the first half of the 20th century. In 1947, Cuthbert was named bishop of Yuanling in 1947. But in 1951, the holy bishop was arrested by Chinese Communists and imprisoned until his expulsion from the country in 1953. Then, he returned to North America to warn Westerners of the evils of Communism. I only recently learned about him by watching Hugh Owen's Foundations Restored, a Catholic production unveiling the lies of Darwinian Evolution in favor of Biblical creation. Bishop Cuthbert insisted that the teaching of Darwin's evolution was absolutely central [...]
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01, 2026
Second Sunday After Epiphany.
Fr. David Nix’s sermon on Romans 12 and John 2.
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01, 2026
Oath Against Modernism
As many priests are being told they must take oaths in favor of ecumenism, I hereby take the oath against modernism that Pope St. Pius X asked all priests to take: I, Fr. David Nix (above) firmly embrace and accept each and every definition that has been set forth and declared by the unerring teaching authority of the Church, especially those principal truths which are directly opposed to the errors of this day. And first of all, I profess that God, the origin and end of all things, can be known with certainty by the natural light of reason from the created world (see Rom. 1:19), that is, from the [...]
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01, 2026
On American Canceled Priests.
What is a canceled priest? A canceled priest is defined as one canceled for an unjust reason. Thus, the rest of this article does not refer, for example, to priests in prison for harming children. Rather, it applies to solid priests canceled by their bishops for being too conservative… nay, too Catholic. A man named Paul in New England recently wrote me: Could you do a Substack article on how priestly employment works? Can't the canceled priest be hired by a willing dioceses? Or are they black balled? Can a priest transfer to a different dioceses? Can a group of Catholics hire a priest to live in their area? There [...]
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01, 2026
RCT 71: The Effects of Confession.
-The Roman Catechism of Trent (RCT) p. 287-291. -The Sacraments, ep. 23. -How to make a general confession: https://www.youtube.com/live/6u1ZjJMBTiw?si=twH2UgwRYSfELBWh -Donate: https://www.padreperegrino.org/donate/
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01, 2026
Gen Z Has Rejected Vatican II
Before we get to what young Americans want from their Catholic parishes, let's see what old people want. Rachel Maddow of MSNBC recently stated: “I was born and raised in a conservative Catholic family. After having not considered myself [Catholic] for some time, I do consider myself to be back in the faith." She credited this "to Pope Francis and his message of not just empathy but solidarity with immigrants the world over." Democratic politician Christopher Hale then added: "Coming out as a lesbian in her youth, Maddow had drifted from the Church for nearly 30 years. But now, she said, Pope Leo’s witness on issues like immigration has drawn her [...]
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01, 2026
When Someone Disrespects the Holy Name.
Sunday was the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus and this was my sermon. The main thrust of my sermon was that when you use the name of Jesus appropriately, you will attract angels and deflect demons. Inversely, when you use the name of Jesus inappropriately, you will deflect angels and attract demons. Basically, your entire spiritual environment changes based on how you use the most Holy Name of Jesus. In that sermon, I forgot to mention what I do when I hear people abuse the Holy Name. Maybe it was providential I forgot to say that part of my talk, because now I can write an article here [...]