Father David Nix, Author at Padre Peregrino

24 04, 2025

The Angel and the Earthquake at the Resurrection
The Angel and the Earthquake at the Resurrection

The Angel and the Earthquake at the Resurrection

By Father David Nix|2025-04-24T13:21:45+00:00April 24th, 2025|Theology|

Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified."—Mt 28:1-11 Why was there an earthquake at the Resurrection? Fr. Lapide writes: "Firstly, [...]

22 04, 2025

The Women at the Resurrection
The Women at the Resurrection

The Women at the Resurrection

By Father David Nix|2025-04-22T12:10:24+00:00April 22nd, 2025|Theology|

The above is M. Chrisman's Easter Vigil fire pit. Today we are going to consider some questions regarding the women of the Resurrection. The Patristic answers will follow. How is it possible that the women had both joy and fear at the tomb? St. Jerome writes: "A twofold feeling possessed the minds of the women, fear and joy—fear at the greatness of the miracle, and joy in their desire for Him that was risen.” Why weren't the women going to the tomb to anoint Our Lord afraid of the Roman soldiers guarding it in the first place? Fr. Lapide gives a surprising answer: "It is very probable that they were [...]

21 04, 2025

VLX 167: Mt 28:1-10. “He Has Risen!”
VLX 167: Mt 28:1-10. “He Has Risen!”

VLX 167: Mt 28:1-10. “He Has Risen!”

By Father David Nix|2025-04-14T00:45:57+00:00April 21st, 2025|Podcasts, Sermons, Talks|

-My site: https://www.padreperegrino.org -Telegram: https://t.me/padreperegrino *** Gospel: Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he [...]

17 04, 2025

The Character, Grace and Power of Holy Orders
The Character, Grace and Power of Holy Orders

The Character, Grace and Power of Holy Orders

By Father David Nix|2025-04-17T20:58:44+00:00April 17th, 2025|Theology|

Today is Holy Thursday, 2025. Today, Jesus Christ established both the Holy Priesthood and the Holy Eucharist in the Upper Room with the Apostles all present. Unfortunately, most modernists today think of the priesthood as a means to an end, namely, getting the Eucharist as fast as possible. But the first Mass had nowhere stated on some neon sign in front of the Cenacle "All welcome at this place." The fact is that most of Christ's most faithful disciples were not even invited to that first Holy Mass. And not even all the Apostles at the Last Supper were saved. Most people today do not understand the sacrifice with which [...]

15 04, 2025

St. Anastasia and the Sign of the Cross
St. Anastasia and the Sign of the Cross

St. Anastasia and the Sign of the Cross

By Father David Nix|2025-04-15T20:47:20+00:00April 15th, 2025|Theology|

p/c St. Anastasia, by America Needs Fatima. In the early 2000s, when I was in Rome, I went looking for a chapel of perpetual-adoration in which I could pray at night. The only one I found was the Basilica of St. Anastasia, located between the Circus Maximus and the Palatine Hill. Unlike the museumesque secularism that pervades most Roman Churches during the day, this quiet adoration chapel of St. Anastasia was always filled at night with faith-filled Romans, few as they might have been in that quiet chapel with a monstrance lit up flickering candles. The Basilica is still open. However, that perpetual-adoration chapel of St. Anastasia was closed down [...]

14 04, 2025

RCT 56: Baptism and Godparents.
RCT 56: Baptism and Godparents.

RCT 56: Baptism and Godparents.

By Father David Nix|2025-04-09T00:28:31+00:00April 14th, 2025|Podcasts, Sermons, Talks|

The Roman Catechism of Trent (RCT) p.178-186. The Sacraments, ep. 8 -My Site: www.padreperegrino.org -Telegram: https://t.me/padreperegrino -Emergency baptism for lay people to do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOY3cDtF4gA

10 04, 2025

Where Do Suicides Go According to the Catholic Church?
Where Do Suicides Go According to the Catholic Church?

Where Do Suicides Go According to the Catholic Church?

By Father David Nix|2025-04-10T11:17:18+00:00April 10th, 2025|Theology|

Then when Judas, His betrayer, saw that Jesus was condemned, he changed his mind and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders, saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” They said, “What is that to us? See to it yourself.” And throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple, he departed, and he went and hanged himself.—Mt 27:3-5. There are two things that kill the soul: despair and false-hope.—St. Augustine, Sermon 87 Let me say at the outset of this article that I have had friends commit suicide. So, I don't like writing this. But a major corrective needed to be [...]

8 04, 2025

Annulment Correction Post
Annulment Correction Post

Annulment Correction Post

By Father David Nix|2025-04-08T21:39:55+00:00April 8th, 2025|Theology|

p/c New Liturgical Movement. A Correction on the Proper Interpretation of Matthew 19:9 The explosion of annulments and accompanying civil divorces (with second “marriages”) among Catholics, especially in the United States since Vatican II, is an underreported yet monstrous crisis that is destroying the fabric of American Catholic families and jeopardizing eternal souls. This is why I take this topic seriously, as should you. I previously wrote an article entitled “Is There a Scriptural Basis for Annulments?” In that article, I noted that modernists in the Catholic Church, who tend to promote the issuance of Decrees of Nullity (annulments), wrongfully rely on the “exception clause” contained in Matthew 19:9 to [...]

8 04, 2025

“Peregrinus Sum Apud Te.”
“Peregrinus Sum Apud Te.”

“Peregrinus Sum Apud Te.”

By Father David Nix|2025-04-08T01:39:57+00:00April 8th, 2025|Life|

Last week, on the second anniversary of my Mom's passing, I went to my sister's Byzantine Catholic Church for Vespers of St. Andrew of Crete. My brother-in-law sang the litanies as you can hear in the audio example below. Vespers was three hours long, as it went through all of Salvation History. In the litanies that night, every person compared himself to each sinner of the Old Testament and New Testament. I sang in Byzantine tones that I myself was worse than each one of those Biblical sinners. So did everyone else in that little Eastern Catholic Church. We made nearly 300 nose-to-ground prostrations, begging for God's mercy. But it [...]

7 04, 2025

VLX 166: Mt 27:57-66. His Own New Tomb.
VLX 166: Mt 27:57-66. His Own New Tomb.

VLX 166: Mt 27:57-66. His Own New Tomb.

By Father David Nix|2025-04-01T23:32:36+00:00April 7th, 2025|Podcasts, Sermons, Talks|

-Donate: https://www.padreperegrino.org/donate/ -Telegram: https://t.me/padreperegrino -Gospel: When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus. He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away. Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb. The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, [...]

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