QuickPod: What’s Your Flashpoint of Heresy
Why do small heresies grind peoples' gears as they miss the bigger ones?
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11, 2023
St. Thomas on the Resurrection of the Body
I only recently discovered a treasure from St. Thomas Aquinas called the Compendium of Theology. I first wrote a commentary on his book here a month ago. St. Thomas continues the richness of his teaching today on the resurrection of the body in chapters 151-168. I was going to comment on it like last time, but the teaching of the Angelic Doctor will stand alone today. This is what you and I have to look forward to in both body and soul if we make it to heaven: CHAPTER 151 REUNION WITH THE BODY REQUISITE FOR THE SOUL’S PERFECT HAPPINESS We should note that the disquiet of the will cannot be [...]
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11, 2023
Why Do Rad-Trads Keep “Guessing” Everything Right?
Why do trads keep guessing the outcomes correctly in nearly every issue happening in current events? I usually point out that conservatives and traditionalists understand truth better than liberals and leftists because we put evidence ahead of identity politics. I still think that’s the main reason why we keep “getting it” on so many current events in Church and State. But today, I want to explore some additional reasons. After talking to many traditional Catholics over the past three years, I can say with confidence that over well over 90% of them refused the COVID vaccine. That number may be above 95%. The vaccine is just one of a dozen [...]
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11, 2023
VLX 139: Mt 23:13-36. “Whitewashed Tombs.”
All about parallels between the 1st century and 21st century hierarchies.
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11, 2023
QuickPod: With Gaza Refugees
Streamed from a Greek island with Franciscans serving migrants from Gaza and Syria.
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11, 2023
RCT 28: The Goal of the Resurrection.
The Roman Catechism of Trent (RCT) p. 73-75 The Creed, Article V, Section D Donate: https://www.padreperegrino.org/donate/
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10, 2023
Nuchurch’s “Counter-Syllabus” of Errors.
With providential foresight, Pope Pius IX (top left) saw in the 19th century the heresies that would come upon the Church in the 20th century. So, in 1864, he wrote the Syllabus of Errors. Over one hundred years later, Cardinal Ratzinger (top right, before he was Pope) unfortunately admitted that Vatican II was "a Counter-Syllabus" of Errors. By this, he meant Vatican II was good and the Syllabus' condemnation of heresies was bad, or at least outdated. This is found in his book Principles of Catholic Theology. More specifically, Cardinal Ratzinger said Gaudium Et Spes was a Counter-Syllabus. He meant Catholics needed to get with the times in making peace [...]
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10, 2023
USA: The Country the Mother of God Called “Wild.”
Unless you are a practicing Catholic living in the Great Lakes region of the USA, you probably do not know that an approved Marian apparition happened in the 19th century in Wisconsin. The name of this apparition is Our Lady of Champion, and it was deemed “Worthy of Belief” by the Authority of the Catholic Church and also in 2016 by Bishop Ricken of Green Bay, WI. Adele Brise was a girl born in Belgium in 1831. As a young girl, she lost her sight in her right eye due to an accident. Later, her family moved to Wisconsin with other Belgian settlers. When she was walking through the forest [...]
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10, 2023
TCE #53: Objective Standards for Modesty.
In TCE (Theology and Current Events) #53 I read from a small booklet called “The Marylike Modesty Handbook,” linked here: https://www.stjeromelibrary.org/product/the-marylike-modesty-handbook-of-the-purity-crusade-of-mary-immaculate/1112
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10, 2023
Synod: Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves
As I have written before, narcissism is more than just vanity. For example, the male models in the comedy movie Zoolander are vain. But alas, Derek Zoolander is not smart enough to be a narcissist. (I don't suggest anyone watch a movie as immoral as that, but it was a young-adult favorite of my friends and me.) True narcissism includes much more than the silly vanity of a Hansel McDonald. Due to low self-esteem, the real narcissist begins to manipulate those in his life with calculated gaslighting. Gaslighting is also an over-used term today. It doesn't mean simply winning a debate using evidence. (Evidence is always the pathway to the [...]