RCT 19: The Hidden Mysteries
The Roman Catechism of Trent {RCT} p. 48-50. The Creed, Article III, Part D - My site: www.padreperegrino.org - Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1209063 *** https://rumble.com/embed/v2lq94w/?pub=e5jg1
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How to Offer Yourself at Holy Mass
As many of you know, the three parts of sacrifice as found in both the Old Testament and New Testament is 1) The offering and 2) The slaying and 3) the consummation of the victim. Regarding the second of those three, most of the Catholic world is unaware that the dual-consecration of the body and the blood entails the slaying. St. Gregory Nazianzus wrote, "The priest sunders with unbloody cut the body and blood of the Lord, using his voice as a sword." Keep in mind that St. Gregory was the Archbishop of Constantinople in the 4th century. That means he is very early and very Eastern in Church history, [...]
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Where Does Donor-Money Go?
Peregrino Hermitage Limited (PHL) is the charity I run. PHL is approved by the Catholic Church, the Federal Government and the State of Colorado as a 501(c)(3.) We have a board of directors. My diocese provides me with health insurance and dental insurance. However, as I am not in parish life, I must raise my own salary for room, board and ministry expenses. "Ministry expenses" include that which is necessary to teach the Catholic faith online to tens of thousands of Catholics (and non-Catholics) every month. Except Zelle donations (which go to my personal account) all your donations to PHL on my Donate Page (whether online or via snail-mail checks) go to [...]
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05, 2023
What’s In a Habit?
When I left diocesan life, but obviously remained a priest, it was time to design a habit. One question I got a few times was "Why don't you just model your habit after one religious order or another?" It's a pretty innocent question, but I would have to explain to people that it would be the equivalent of "stolen valor" in the military. The Franciscan habit is not just a way to look pious or homeless. The Dominican habit is not just a way to look clean or erudite in learning. The Carmelite habit is not just a way to look deep or quiet. All of these habits carry the [...]
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“I Will See You Again.”
A little while, and you will see me no longer, and again a little while and you will see me.—St. John 16:16 John 16 is one of the most intimate chapters of the New Testament. Jesus has just washed the feet of the Apostles (chapter 13) and then we have several chapters of Him explaining at the Last Supper the Father's love for the Son and the Son's love for His own Apostles. This is just before the arrest of Jesus Christ. As most of you know, St. John spends nearly half of his Gospel on the Triduum prayer and the Passion and Resurrection, and a large part of this [...]
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VLX 131: Mt 21:23-32. “By What Authority?”
My site: www.padreperegrino.org Communion in the Hand in the Early Church? https://taylormarshall.com/2011/01/did-church-fathers-practice-communion.html https://rumble.com/embed/v2k8mjm/?pub=e5jg1
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Complacency and Gratitude
The above is a picture I look of the art behind the main altar of the new Immaculata Church in St. Mary's, Kansas. While walking around the town of St. Mary's last week, and while praying in the new Immaculata Church, I started to wonder about all the Things We Lost in the Fire which was the title of last blog post regarding the history of the past 100 years in St. Mary's, Kansas and even the last 100 years of the Catholic Church at-large. The former seems to have been a microcosm of the former, especially in her demise under the Jesuits. But the renewal of the former (under [...]
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RCT 18: The Virgin Birth and “The Chosen”
The Roman Catechism of Trent {RCT} p. 46-48 The Creed, Article III, Part C. - Life Update: https://www.padreperegrino.org/2023/04/production-update/ - My Chosen blog: https://www.padreperegrino.org/2021/04/chosenblasph/ - Benedictine Sisters singing: https://benedictinesofmary.org - Rumble channel (subscribe, please:) https://rumble.com/c/c-1209063 https://rumble.com/embed/v2hys9i/?pub=e5jg1
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Things We Lost in the Fire
As seen in the picture I took above, I visited the new Immaculata Church in Kansas. The new $42M Church was consecrated (dedicated to God) on the third of May, 2023. The Immaculata was built by the SSPX. They are canonically-irregular but not schismatic. Remember that in 2009 Pope Benedict XVI lifted the putative-excommunications previously placed on their bishops. Even the current Vatican recognizes all their Masses as valid, and even all their confessions as both valid and licit. Although I have no desire (nor intention) to leave my Archdiocese and apply to the SSPX, I very much admire their adherence to keeping the ancient Catholic faith during this time of near-global [...]
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The Apostolic Pardon
What are "Last Rites"? "Last Rites" is simply a compound-noun indicating the sacraments you hope to receive on your deathbed. First, the priest hears your confession. Then, you receive your final Holy Communion (aka Viaticum, literally "food for the journey.") Then, the priest gives you "extreme unction" (a Latin/English compound-noun simply meaning "anointing at the extreme—or end—part of your life.") After all of this, but before the Final Commendation of the Soul (of which I wrote about here for my mother) the dying person receives the Apostolic Pardon. (I also gave this to my mother, but didn't write about it in the above-linked blog post because most of you already [...]