VLX 91: Jesus Feeds Five Thousand
Mt 14:13-21 https://youtu.be/d7rrS29RUH0
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11, 2021
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11, 2021
TCE 33: The “Greater Good” Is Not a Catholic Moral System
TCE (Theology and Current Events) #33 tackles when we should make decisions for “the greater good.” Does the end ever justify the means? Of course not. *** This podcast is a reading of my blog here https://padreperegrino.org/2021/11/greatergood/ quoting -Pope John Paul II’s Veritatis Splendor at https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_06081993_veritatis-splendor.html -and “Conservative Momma” on FB at https://www.facebook.com/100044275487132/posts/435424134610099/?d=n https://rumble.com/embed/vmr0hp/?pub=4
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11, 2021
The “Greater Good” is Not a Catholic Moral System
Eugenics, the notion that the strong can kill the weak, is built on the philosophy that population reduction may have to be done for the greater good of society. It's built on the part of Darwinian evolution called natural selection and survival of the fittest. Under this philosophy, the Nazi Holocaust was simply a moral attempt to cleanse their own society of weaker Jews "for the greater good" of society, as they Nazis might say. Why then do so many on the left today say that we have to make decisions on COVID "for the greater good"? Now, in their defense, libs do not want another holocaust. And proportionate decisions [...]
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11, 2021
CPX 90: Matrimony 3
Catechism of Pope St. Pius X (CPX) p. 108-110 Q/A 14-26 *** -15 Mortal Sins Catholics Are Missing: https://padreperegrino.org/2019/08/mortalsins/ https://youtu.be/7oD90-cvAjw
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11, 2021
Men’s Groups: A Suggestion
Who is more chatty, men or women? You probably can guess my answer at face-value. But when you throw a single variable in there, and change it just a little bit, for example: “Who is more open about problems with new friends?” I believe the answer is: men. You see, if you started a women’s Bible Study, you would be lucky if you could get fellow women to open up about, say, internet temptations within three months of that Bible study getting together. But if you started a men’s Bible Study, the men would be open about internet problems that very first night. I mean it: That very first night [...]
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11, 2021
The Marriage of Faith and Reason
The collect in the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) for St. Albert the Great today reads: O God, Who made blessed Albert, Your Bishop and Doctor, eminent in the submission of human wisdom to divine faith, grant us, we beseech You, so to follow the path of his teaching that we may enjoy perfect light in heaven. This is such a beautiful prayer because it captures what a genius St. Albert was in matters of both human wisdom (called humána sapiéntia in the TLM collect today, now called "science") as well as matters of divine faith (called divínæ fídei in the TLM today, also called Divine Revelation.) As you know in 2021, [...]
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11, 2021
VLX 90: Death of John the Baptist
Mt 14:1-12 https://youtu.be/bWPCeLzf6xA
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11, 2021
How Hard Is It To Avoid Heresy?
Consider a putatively-conservative Roman Catholic archbishop who invites his priests to pray with Lutherans in a Lutheran community building. This really happened. But because this bishop is "pro-life," he is considered "conservative" by most of his laity. Thus, most mainstream Catholics will pretty quickly forgive a bishop inviting their own Catholic priests to a Lutheran prayer service. That is, if they even think there's anything to forgive in that. I think the attitude among most of the laity today is basically: Well, I make mistakes in my vocation, so I can't judge my superiors who make mistakes in their vocations. Fair enough. There's some humility in that attitude. But there's [...]
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11, 2021
Does a Roman Priest Need Permission to Offer the Roman Rite?
In the 16th century, Pope St. Pius V wrote that no "superiors" can ever push "secular priests" or "religious" to be "coerced to alter" the Traditional Latin Mass, for the Council of Trent showed that it has its roots in Apostolic times. The following is a quote from Quo Primum from Pope St. Pius V. This document is part of the ordinary Magisterium that has been considered infallible and unchangeable. It entirely binds the Roman Catholic priest to never offer anything except the traditional Roman Rite, frequently called the Tridentine Mass: Furthermore, by these presents [this law], in virtue of Our Apostolic authority, We grant and concede in perpetuity that, for [...]
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11, 2021
TCE 32: How to Navigate a Church Crisis
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