This is Theology and Current Events (TCE) #32 and is taken mostly from St. Vincent of Lerins on how to Navigate a Church Crisis. -All quotes from St. Vincent of Lerins are found at New Advent at https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3506.htm. -This podcast is my reading of my own blog here https://padreperegrino.org/2021/11/lerins/ https://youtu.be/3V959H1AJtQ
Many Catholics think that "Catholic" means "universal," and they are correct, but they make the mistake of thinking this is universal not through history but just today in this current Church crisis. We look to the great saint and doctor of the Church of the 5th century, St. Vincent of Lerins, for how to navigate a Church crisis when many bishops believe and teach different things. St. Vincent of Lerins was one of the very, very few bishops who fought against the global 5th century heresy of Arianism believed by 99% of the bishops of his day. We will see below in his writings why "Catholic" does not mean [...]
Catechism of Pope St. Pius X (CPX) p. 107-108 Q/A 8-13 CPX 33: The Eastern Rites https://youtu.be/600fkzBHdBc Ratum non Consummatum https://canonlawmadeeasy.com/2013/12/19/canon-law-marriage-consummatum/ https://youtu.be/JPbHysJL26Q
And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of His mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of His coming. The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and [...]
Mt 13:53-58 - Act of Faith: O my God, I firmly believe that Thou art one God in Three Divine Persons, Father, Son and Holy Ghost. I believe that Thy Divine Son became Man, and died for our sins, and that He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe these and all the truths which the Holy Catholic Church teaches, because Thou hast revealed them, Who canst neither deceive nor be deceived. - Act of Hope: O my God relying on Thy almighty power and infinite mercy and promises, I hope to obtain pardon of my sins, by the help of Thy grace, and Life Everlasting, [...]
Theology and Current Events (TCE) #31 is on the spirit of the antichrist and the false-prophet. "By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God."—1 John 4:2-3a. https://youtu.be/3kLDjScZk4g
Catechism of Pope St. Pius X (CPX) p. 106-107 Q/A 1-7 *** -NCR article at https://www.ncregister.com/blog/never-stop-buying-flowers -Moscow aerial at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEPzWnYGVUc -Support my work here: https://padreperegrino.org/donate/
Above top left is my friend, Msgr. Philip J. Reilly, a priest of the diocese of Brooklyn who has saved tens of thousands of babies from abortion. Above top right is a man who he helped convert, Dr. Bernard Nathanson MD who killed 75,000 babies before being baptized a Catholic. The good news of the blog post will eventually get to these two men. But first, I want to admit that I was going to write a blog post on these two men. The top left (second set of pictures) is Nazi doctor, Josef Mengele. Wikipedia says of him that he was "known as the Angel of Death (German: Todesengel), [...]
Mt 13:44-52 https://youtu.be/_HMF8joHtV4
Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came up to Him with her sons, and kneeling before Him she asked Him for something. And He said to her, “What do you want?” She said to Him, “Say that these two sons of mine are to sit, one at Your right hand and one at Your left, in Your kingdom.” Jesus answered, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?” They said to him, “We are able.” He said to them, “You will drink My cup, but to sit at My right hand and at My left is [...]
