The Eclipse, the Annunciation and God’s Glory
We clergy must return to being God-centered instead of man-centered. Maybe Monday will be the day.
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04, 2024
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04, 2024
“Faith in Film” Part 1
On the YouTube channel Avoiding Babylon, I have been joining my friends Anthony and Rob to have a Catholic discussion about a good movie (some of which are Catholic and some of which are not.) We usually do this on the last Thursday of the month, and we call it our Faith in Film series. Tap the top left of any box to leave my site for their channel: A Man for All Seasons: https://www.youtube.com/live/AJPHVDXgMTo?si=k0VDHCLzlSQO3zOe Padre Pio: Miracle Man: https://www.youtube.com/live/ZfsEaoRaGJw?si=T0om0DW-ykVqdDrb The Island (Russian): https://www.youtube.com/live/ckRRjQH1H44?si=B-emZoX8IddCPRSR I Confess by Hitchcock: https://www.youtube.com/live/CQmKIfyW2hk?si=1FJXXpRqZEp5IWUO Hacksaw (Live): https://www.youtube.com/live/ykWpdUgPQSA?si=RWb4xHa9TDcLOHQk Hacksaw (Pre-recorded) https://youtu.be/JxZP5rDT208?si=N73mfb5tunu1jCGu The Mission: https://youtu.be/u_xa21-gBWQ?si=8eDE1xbp4bK1o9Fa
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04, 2024
Expiation of Your Era’s Sins
The men of that [last] generation will have no deeds whatever, but there will come upon them temptation, and those who are worthy in this temptation will be higher than us and our fathers.—St. Ischyrion of Egypt. I have wondered for a long time if good Catholics in any given period in history have to “take the hits” (so to speak) of that specific era in which they live. In other words, if Medieval Catholics were physically very cold, it is no wonder that saints like St. Francis of Assisi had to face to cold as a poor beggar. If Christians in Muslim lands had their throats slit, it is [...]
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04, 2024
The Resurrection of the Church
On Palm Sunday, a donor and friend texted me an excerpt from The Familiar Explanation of Christian Doctrine written by Rev. Michael Müller, C.SS.R in 1876. I know we all have a tendency to skip long "copy-and-pastes" on blogs we visit, but I really hope you read this Question/Answer on the indefectibility of the Catholic Church, for you will see: As Christ raised Himself by His Divine Power, so also, Jesus Christ will raise us out of this Church crisis. Familiar Explanation of Christian Doctrine” by Rev. Michael Müller, C.SS.R., 1876 Lesson VII.—The Roman Catholic Church Cannot Be Destroyed Q. What is the world in which we live? A. It [...]
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04, 2024
RCT 37: The Members of the Catholic Church.
The Roman Catechism of Trent (RCT) p.102-105. The Creed, Article IX, Section B. *** -My site: https://www.padreperegrino.org -Donate: https://www.padreperegrino.org/donate/ -Telegram: https://t.me/padreperegrino -Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1209063
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03, 2024
Slavery to Sin Becomes Broken Bonds in Tradition
When your son asks you in time to come, "What is the meaning of the testimonies and the statutes and the rules that the Lord our God has commanded you?" then you shall say to your son, "We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt. And the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. And the Lord showed signs and wonders, great and grievous, against Egypt and against Pharaoh and all his household, before our eyes. And He brought us out from there, that He might bring us in and give us the land that He swore to give to our fathers. And the Lord commanded us to do [...]
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03, 2024
Are Irreverent Masses Binding On Sundays?
The most common question I receive from my readers is: "Do I have to attend a Novus Ordo Mass on a Sunday when there is no Traditional Latin Mass nearby?" I was going to title this article that very question, but then I realized that question is only sixty years old. Then I thought to title this article: "Is it a mortal sin to skip an irreverent Mass on Sunday if I can't get to a reverent Mass?" but that was too long. I then realized the entire topic of the Third Commandment was at stake. What does Church history tell us before 1960? Dr. Peter Kwasniewski emailed me the [...]
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03, 2024
New Stations of the Cross
These are the Stations of the Cross as written by Fr. Simoulin SSPX. I'm re-publishing it in a slower manner, for I read it too rapidly a few years ago. I hope you can pray it devoutly this time.
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03, 2024
Grab Bag of Q/As on Email
One part of my life is answering the theological questions of friends and benefactors. Below is an email I got from a friend today. I didn't think I'd turn it into a blog post until after I hit "send," but I needed something for my Life-Update section (especially so you know what I do with a small portion of my week.) I think you'll find his two theological questions fascinating: His email: Fr. Nix, Two confusions which have been floating around in my mind for a year or two. I have seen a pamphlet, I think by Fr. A., stating that we can pray now for a suicide victim who [...]
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03, 2024
The Red Guard of Tradition
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.—George Orwell, 1984. Tucker Carlson recently interviewed a Chinese woman named Xi Van Fleet. After Mao's culture revolution, Xi sought and received asylum in the United States in the 1970s. She soon came to love and defend America. This became especially evident when, in 2020, she realized the United States was undergoing a communist revolution, fabricated not upon a conflict of class, but rather that of race. (Fabricated is the operative word in the last sentence.) Although Xi never wanted to be involved in politics in the United States, she spoke at a Loudon Co. (VA) school [...]