Father David Nix, Author at Padre Peregrino

10 06, 2025

Hero in a Vacuum of Hope
Hero in a Vacuum of Hope

Hero in a Vacuum of Hope

By Father David Nix|2025-06-10T12:44:13+00:00June 10th, 2025|Theology|

Between WWI and WWII, Germans proudly sang their patriotic anthem Die Wacht am Rhein translated as "The Watch on the Rhine." It contains the famous line, Lieb Vaterland, magst ruhig sein (seen in picture above) meaning "Dear Fatherland, be at peace." That is, Germans believed that despite the loss of WWI, they could find the right captain to lead them to peace and victory. Everything was going to be fine... at all costs. Alhough there is much debate to this day on how many Germans actually believed Hitler's initial threats to the Jews, the fact is that it didn't matter to most German gentiles. They were ready for a win, [...]

9 06, 2025

“Peregrino Ignatian Path” (PIP): Intro B.
“Peregrino Ignatian Path” (PIP): Intro B.

“Peregrino Ignatian Path” (PIP): Intro B.

By Father David Nix|2025-06-07T01:29:39+00:00June 9th, 2025|Podcasts, Sermons, Talks|

-Rule #23: “Thinking with the Church.” -The Suscipe prayer of St. Ignatius of Loyola (with which we will start every podcast): “Take, Lord, receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will. All I have and call my own, You have given all to me. To You, Lord, I return it. Everything is Yours: do with it what You will. Give me only Your love and Your grace, that is enough for me.”

5 06, 2025

“Man Cannot Be Happy in This Life.”—St. Thomas.
“Man Cannot Be Happy in This Life.”—St. Thomas.

“Man Cannot Be Happy in This Life.”—St. Thomas.

By Father David Nix|2025-06-06T13:15:45+00:00June 5th, 2025|Theology|

In the Summa I-II Question 5, St. Thomas writes "On the contrary, It is written (Job 14:1): 'Man born of a woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries.' But Happiness excludes misery. Therefore man cannot be happy in this life." We're going to see why this is actually good news by looking at quotes from that part of the Summa. If you only read my X profile, you might think I'm a dark pessimist. But only a couple friends and family members know the deepest part of my soul: I am actually a hopeless optimist who has trusted too many people who betrayed me and the [...]

3 06, 2025

Rearranging the “Pontifical Academy For Life.”
Rearranging the “Pontifical Academy For Life.”

Rearranging the “Pontifical Academy For Life.”

By Father David Nix|2025-06-03T12:45:10+00:00June 3rd, 2025|Theology|

In 2016, Archbishop Paglia (top left) was named the "President of Pontifical Academy for Life" by Francis. Despite the pious names, both were in favor of contraception and assisted suicide. Now in summer of 2025, real Catholics were thrilled to find out that Leo would replace Paglia with someone else. However, the excitement was short-lived as he replaced him with Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro (top right) who also promotes these pro-death dogmas. Ed Pentin at CNA even reports that Pegoraro "was the longtime deputy of its outgoing president." Chris Jackson wrote on his Substack about their similar view towards assisted-suicide: "In 2022, Pegoraro publicly justified assisted suicide as a 'lesser evil' [...]

2 06, 2025

RCT 59: Baptism as Regeneration.
RCT 59: Baptism as Regeneration.

RCT 59: Baptism as Regeneration.

By Father David Nix|2025-05-28T19:50:49+00:00June 2nd, 2025|Podcasts, Sermons, Talks|

The Sacraments, ep. 11. -My Site: https://www.padreperegrino.org -Emergency baptism for lay people to do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOY3cDtF4gA

29 05, 2025

Relief Comes From Unanticipated Quarters.
Relief Comes From Unanticipated Quarters.

Relief Comes From Unanticipated Quarters.

By Father David Nix|2025-05-29T17:04:37+00:00May 29th, 2025|Theology|

Editor's Note: This piece is from Mike, a husband, father and convert to the Catholic faith. Mike is a retired SEAL officer who spent many years at SEAL Team Six. He attends the Traditional Latin Mass. On a Sunday night in October, 1989, Hell Week began. Gunfire, flash-bangs, yelling, confusion: all designed to induce the maximum stress and chaos among us SEAL trainees. It continued non-stop for the next 4-1/2 days. Attrition was about 70%: a typical rate. I was a 22 year old Navy ensign leading a “boat crew” of six fellow trainees. About 48 hours into Hell Week (it was Tuesday evening), we paddled our inflatable rubber boats [...]

27 05, 2025

Damage-Control for a Material Heretic
Damage-Control for a Material Heretic

Damage-Control for a Material Heretic

By Father David Nix|2025-05-27T20:46:11+00:00May 27th, 2025|Theology|

The traditional Magisterium of the Catholic Church listed nine ways to being an accessory to another’s sin: 1. By counsel 2. By command 3. By consent 4. By provocation 5. By praise or flattery 6. By concealment 7. By partaking 8. By silence 9. By defense of the ill done. In traditional Catholic morality, we usually apply the above to matters of sexuality, gossip or finances. And we should. But have we ever thought of what it means to cover for another’s heresy under pretext of “giving the benefit of the doubt” to a "Catholic" teaching error? St. Thomas Aquinas teaches that heresy is “any deviation from the rectitude of [...]

26 05, 2025

“Peregrino Ignatian Path” (PIP): Intro A
“Peregrino Ignatian Path” (PIP): Intro A

“Peregrino Ignatian Path” (PIP): Intro A

By Father David Nix|2025-05-27T20:46:59+00:00May 26th, 2025|Podcasts, Sermons, Talks|

The Supremacy of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and the Holy Spirit's gift of Counsel. **** -Rules of Discernment: https://www.padreperegrino.org/2025/01/allrules/

22 05, 2025

Six Different Attitudes to the TLM
Six Different Attitudes to the TLM

Six Different Attitudes to the TLM

By Father David Nix|2025-05-22T13:14:42+00:00May 22nd, 2025|Theology|

One hundred years ago, Catholics were Catholics. Some were good Catholics and some were bad Catholics. But we didn't have political terms like "liberal Catholic" or "conservative Catholic." All Catholics one hundred years ago were traditional Catholics because that's all there was. However, Vatican II fractured Catholics all over the world. Now, every Catholic needs an adjective to describe where he is on a spectrum. Of course, Jesus Christ never designed it to be that way. As much as I dislike political terms, we will—for the sake of brevity—look at six common die-hard attitudes towards the TLM using terms that are found on that spectrum from left to right. Following [...]

20 05, 2025

Why Does God Allow Temptation?
Why Does God Allow Temptation?

Why Does God Allow Temptation?

By Father David Nix|2025-05-20T10:55:24+00:00May 20th, 2025|Theology|

Today, we're going to look at St. Thomas Aquinas on why God allows temptations. Below in black italics will be quotes from St. Thomas' Summa, part one, Question 114. As usual, my commentary will be in orange below. St. Thomas: I answer that, Two things may be considered in the assault of the demons---the assault itself, and the ordering thereof. The assault itself is due to the malice of the demons, who through envy endeavor to hinder man's progress; and through pride usurp a semblance of Divine power, by deputing certain ministers to assail man, as the angels of God in their various offices minister to man's salvation. Nix: The [...]

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