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18 11, 2024

VLX 160: Mt 27:27-31. A Crown of Thorns.

By |2024-11-18T23:01:10+00:00November 18th, 2024|Podcasts, Sermons, Talks|

-The temple mount is not where the world thinks it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tzom66XhZ8 -Donate: https://www.padreperegrino.org/donate/ -Telegram: https://t.me/padreperegrino Gospel: “Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor's headquarters, and they gathered the whole battalion before him. And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head. And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and [...]

14 11, 2024

Forgiveness vs. Reconciliation

By |2024-11-14T16:29:59+00:00November 14th, 2024|Theology|

Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.—Jesus crucified in St. Luke 23:34. And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.—St. Stephen, Protomartyr in Acts 7:60. On Dr. Taylor Marshall's show, he and I discussed Narcissism in 2023.  On that episode, we discussed the importance of saying "I'm sorry" and "I forgive you."  After that show, I heard an excellent talk by an exorcist where he explained that small offenses should be forgiven without formal reconciliation.   For medium offenses, the victim should still forgive the offender [...]

12 11, 2024

Diversionary Scapegoating in the Catholic Church

By |2024-11-12T14:38:57+00:00November 12th, 2024|Theology|

The top-left is the late Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex-offender who was the nexus point for many elite celebrities before his death.   The top-right is Former-Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick, a convicted sex-offender who was also the nexus point for many elite bishops before he was laicized.  There are many commonalities between the two criminals besides child-abuse. The crossover we are going to discuss today is something I label "Diversionary Scapegoating."  Diversionary Scapegoating is when a delinquent group conveniently blames all of its crimes on one person (a criminal already busted) so as to divert the public's eyes from the criminal activity of that very same group.  In regards to [...]

11 11, 2024

RCT 49: The Definition of a Sacrament.

By |2024-11-12T05:04:52+00:00November 11th, 2024|Podcasts, Sermons, Talks|

-The Roman Catechism of Trent (RCT) p.147-150 -Sacraments, ep. 1. -Definition: “A Sacrament is a visible sign of an invisible grace, instituted for our justification.” -St. Mary of Egypt: https://www.padreperegrino.org/2018/01/maryegyptfull/ -Donate: https://www.padreperegrino.org/donate/ -Telegram: https://t.me/padreperegrino

9 11, 2024

A Sociology Lesson Outside the Two Masses

By |2024-11-09T00:27:17+00:00November 9th, 2024|Life|

Many years ago, before I entered seminary, I remember hearing about a conservative priest who went to dinner at the home of his more progressive parishioners.  Before or after dinner, one of the spouses said to the priest, "Why don't you relax and take your collar off?"  The priest replied, "Why don't you relax and I keep the collar on?" I thought that was quite a funny zinger when I heard the story about 25 years ago.  But now I wonder why a conservative priest would ever spend time with progressive parishioners unless his goal was to convert them.  And I don't think talking to them that way is going [...]

7 11, 2024

Would Kamala’s Persecution Have Benefited Christians?

By |2024-11-07T17:48:38+00:00November 7th, 2024|Theology|

Yesterday, on the 6th of November 2024 at 2:24 EST, Mr. Donald Trump was officially predicted to be the President of the United States for the third time (2016, 2020 and 2024.)  The middle of those was obviously stolen.  Yes, I am a 2020 "election-denier."  But that is not the topic of today's article.  The topic of today's article (only to be tackled in the second half of this article) is to evaluate the assertion that certain Catholics (from left to right on the spectrum of theology and politics) have made, namely, that it would have been better for Kamala to become President so we could have gotten "done and [...]

4 11, 2024

VLX 159: Mt 27:20-26. Pilate Scourges Jesus

By |2024-11-04T15:30:07+00:00November 4th, 2024|Podcasts, Sermons, Talks|

-Donate: https://www.padreperegrino.org/donate/ -Telegram: https://t.me/padreperegrino -Gospel: Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus. The governor again said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said, “Barabbas.” Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” They all said, “Let Him be crucified!” And he said, “Why? What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the more, “Let Him be crucified!” So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the [...]

3 11, 2024

On The Indefectibility of the Catholic Church in this Crisis

By |2024-11-04T02:59:16+00:00November 3rd, 2024|Theology|

Perhaps the only reason that a true Catholic with a good will and a functioning intellect would fear coming to the same conclusion on the papacy as Archbishop Viganó did would be the indefectibility of the Catholic Church.  Fr. John Hardon SJ explains that indefectibility essentially promises that the Catholic Church "will always remain the institution of salvation, founded by Christ. This affirms that the Church is essentially unchangeable in her teaching, her constitution, and her liturgy. It does not exclude modifications that do not affect her substance, nor does it exclude the decay of individual local churches or even whole dioceses." But could that decay include the Pope?  Of [...]

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