VLX 59: The Harvest is Plentiful
Mt 9:35-38 https://youtu.be/afb7gnBoGfk
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“They Wash Not Their Hands.”—Mt 15:2
Yesterday's Gospel in the Traditional Latin Mass reads: Then came to [Jesus] from Jerusalem scribes and Pharisees, saying: "Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the ancients? For they wash not their hands when they eat bread." But He answering, said to them: "Why do you also transgress the commandment of God for your tradition?"—Mt 15:1-2 (DRB) St. Jerome comments on this in Matins: The stupidity of the Pharisees and Scribes is something extraordinary. (Mira pharisæórum scribarúmque stultítia.) They rebuke the Son of God because He doth not observe the traditions and commandments of men for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. It behoveth us to [...]
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CPX 58: Q and A with Fr. David
Everything from Pope Benedict XVI to Malachi Martin to coffees and teas. https://youtu.be/JyWzRBm4NMk
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Round His Standard
The Irish World War I chaplain, hero and Jesuit priest called Fr. Willie Doyle SJ (seen above) once said: "I have long had the feeling that, since the world is growing so rapidly worse and worse and God has lost His hold, as it were, upon the hearts of men, He is looking all the more earnestly and anxiously for big things from those who are faithful to Him still. He cannot, perhaps, gather a large army round His standard, but He wants every one in it to be a hero, absolutely and lovingly devoted to Him; if only we could get inside that magic circle of generous souls, I [...]
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VLX 58: Jesus Heals a Mute
Mt 9:32-34 https://youtu.be/0mubaNY0p5E
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CPX 57: Which Sacraments Are Most Necessary for Salvation?
Catechism of Pope St. Pius X (CPX) p. 60-62 Q/A #19-30. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDF0B2zrR7A
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Flying Kites on Clean Monday
An author at The Greek Reporter writes: "For Greek Orthodox Christians, Clean Monday marks the beginning of the 40-day fast before Easter; tradition dictates that the faithful start abstaining from eating animal products and fly a kite. Clean Monday is a cleansing of the body in preparation for the holiest period of Greek Orthodoxy and the flying of a kite is an effort to reach the Divine. Having your gaze fixed in the sky for as long as the kite flies is spiritual and mental elevation." That last line might sound a little hokey, but deeper is something a Russian Orthodox priest texted me at this time last year: "We [...]
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TCE 13: Freemasonry and ‘Black Lives Matter’ with David Gray
Fr. David asks David Gray about his conversion from high-level freemasonry to non-dom Christianity and then his conversion to Catholicism. We discuss 'Black Lives Matter' and the state of the African-American family in the 21st century as communism approaches. https://youtu.be/YII7VvLX5vU
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RIP: COVID-Vaccine Deaths in Colorado
I'm on a group text with a couple dads here in Colorado. One of them is a firefighter/paramedic in the same area in which I grew up. He texted on the group text yesterday: Also, I guy I work with who’s wife is a firefighter with [Town-X] fire and a medic, just told me that two shifts (out of three) have had 6 cardiac arrests, in the past 48 hours, of patients over 70 who have all had their second Covid shot within 12-24 hours of them going into cardiac arrest. That’s insanely abnormal, to put it mildly. And my buddy’s wife believes in, and has already received, the [...]
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VLX 57: Which Bible Translation Is Best?
This is a VLX interlude where we look at the differences between formal vs. dynamic translations in the Bible-translation world. We then evaluate the pros and cons of four different Bible translations:1) Douay–Rheims Bible; 2) English Standard Version Catholic Edition; 3) New International Version; 4) the New American Bible. https://youtu.be/D-iiSldt1Ss