St. Matthew and the Separation of Church and State
On this feast of St. Matthew, we see what the Church teaches on the Separation of Church and State. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2ngjKKpagw&t=2s
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09, 2020
CPX 26: The General Judgment Part 2
TS 1:00. The Seventh Article of the Creed as found in the Catechism of Pope St. Pius X (CPX) 7.1 p. 25 Q/A #4. "Christ Will Come to Judge the Living and the Dead." https://youtu.be/JJ8mJuSgKVA
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09, 2020
VLX 26. Mt 5:21-37
TS 12:46. The Sermon on the Mount Part 3. We consider the control of the tongue, control of the eyes, and why this is easy to follow when we see the face of Jesus in prayer. https://youtu.be/xOqIo0W2xXM
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09, 2020
Joseph Sciambra Asks Fr. David Nix: “Why Should I Stay in the Catholic Church?”
My friend, Joseph Sciambra, recently aired this interview of the two of us on his YouTube channel. A little backstory on Joseph: After escaping 15 years of a flamboyant pagan lifestyle in the heart of San Francisco, Joseph converted back to his original faith of baptism, Catholicism. He eventually made his way back to confession and even the Traditional Latin Mass, which he still attends today. However, as a man who was abused by a priest at the age of 16 years old, Joseph has been very vocal about his temptation to leave the Catholic Church. We discuss the difficult topic of adult survivors of priest-child sex scandals, all the [...]
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09, 2020
CPX 25: The General Judgment Part 1
TS=2:10. The Seventh Article of the Creed as found in the Catechism of Pope St. Pius X (CPX) 7.1 p. 25 Q/A #1-3. "Christ Will Come to Judge the Living and the Dead." https://youtu.be/1tNwvNtWXSk
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09, 2020
VLX 25: The Sermon on the Mount Part 2
Christ said: "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.” We look first at St. Bruno's method of meditation on Christ as a Jew. Then we switch to the imaginative way of prayer this at TS 9:18. https://youtu.be/5KI_v0Laves
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09, 2020
CPX 24: The Ascension Part 2 of 2
TS 3:40. The Creed 6.2: Sixth Article of the Creed in the CPX Q/A #4-5. 9/16. (TS means both "Time Stamp" and "Theme Switch.") https://youtu.be/0iMw9SCO15s
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09, 2020
VLX 24: Mt 5:13-20: The Sermon on the Mount Part 1
How do we reconcile “Let your light shine before others” with “when you give to the needy sound no trumpet before you”? We have a Patristic answer on that one. We also do an Ignatian meditation on how the boy Jesus lived Jewish tradition starting at TS 12:15. https://youtu.be/E3v8c9M81Ps
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09, 2020
Part 3 of My Commentary on Archbishop Viganò’s September 2020 Letter
This is the third part of an analysis I wrote on a recent letter from Archbishop Viganò to a layman. Archbishop Viganò's words are in italics. My words are in bold orange font below. AB. Viganò's full letter without my additions can be found here. Dear Mr. Kokx, 1 Sept 2020 ...continued from part 2... It is therefore not a question of working from within the Church or outside it: the winemakers are called to work in the Lord’s Vineyard, and it is there that they must remain even at the cost of their lives; the pastors are called to pastor the Lord’s Flock, to keep the ravenous wolves at [...]
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09, 2020
CPX 23: Creed 6.1: Ascension Part 1 of 2
The Sixth article of the Creed as found in the Catechism of Pope St. Pius X (CPX) p. 24 Q/A #1-3. https://youtu.be/gRoWzI7Y63A