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27 02, 2021

Life Update 2021.02.27

By |2021-04-30T14:59:11+00:00February 27th, 2021|Life|

Changing My Habits This is what I looked like in a Roman Collar for most of my priesthood: Here's an example of the vestments I wore when I was doing Mass in English (and other languages) in 2015: After Holy Mass in the Basilica of St. James of Campostella in Santiago, Spain after finishing the Camino in 2015. Here's an example of the vestments I wore after switching to the Traditional Latin Mass: After Holy Mass at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Jacksonville, Florida. This was my last active assignment (2018) before becoming a diocesan hermit. My first religious habit as a hermit was [...]

8 02, 2021

Life Update 2021.02.08

By |2021-04-18T04:43:21+00:00February 8th, 2021|Life|

Three things today: 1. My PO Box went down but it is now back in business.   You can find it on my donate page. 2. Two unexpected diversions to my normal life of prayer was when a) a Catholic filmmaker invited several of us priests out for a super-charging retreat to his place in California... Mel Gibson, myself and Fr. Jim Altman spent four days in Southern California at Mel's place with a few other priests in January 2021. ...and b) after a wedding in Dallas I got to spend a morning (and later) an evening with Dr. Taylor Marshall:   3. Please note that even though I'll be [...]

26 01, 2021

Life Update 2021.01.26

By |2021-01-27T16:45:56+00:00January 26th, 2021|Life|

There's no way I can refute every calumniation of me found online. Thankfully, I am daily losing more and more bitterness and learning to pray for my enemies. So, I am writing this blog post about my past not as an act of bitterness to those pastors in my Rear View Mirror, but rather as something my readers might find interesting. As many of my readers know, there are rumors out there that I failed at parish life and that is why I became a hermit. There are rumors that I was kicked out of all these parishes for being mean to people. The email I discovered from 2012 disproves [...]

5 01, 2021

Life Update 7: A First-Hand Look at Eugenics in 2021

By |2021-01-05T01:52:58+00:00January 5th, 2021|Life|

I recently stopped by for confession at an old Capuchin parish just north of downtown Denver.  It is traditionally a parish on the border of an African-American neighborhood and a Mexican neighborhood.  Holy Mass is offered in English and Spanish. As I went inside to look for the older Capuchin who was going to hear my confession, I noticed that they were setting up for a funeral. I went up to the casket to pray and I saw it was an open-casket funeral.  A young Mexican man, perhaps 18 years old, had died.  I prayed for his soul. I then went to the back of the Church where the Franciscan [...]

22 12, 2020

Life Update 6: Hermit Credentials

By |2020-12-23T14:18:56+00:00December 22nd, 2020|Life|

St. Philip Neri used the ripped up pieces of his diploma as ribbons in his Roman Breviary. That is how much worldly-honors meant to him! However, his friend St. Ignatius of Loyola was much more astute in answering questions against his character.  Alas, I am going to take St. Ignatius' approach in this blog post. Recently, a young woman on Twitter publicly tweeted to me: "Did you really go to BC? Which year did you graduate?"  I answered her with a picture of my diploma.  Now, it turns out she was very friendly to me, but I think many people out there wonder how I could have have been the [...]

13 11, 2020

Life Update 5: New Life and Turn Arounds

By |2020-11-13T04:08:29+00:00November 13th, 2020|Life|

The above featured image is a picture of my first nephew born recently (after three beautiful nieces being born to my sister and my sister-in-law.) The below is a extemporaneous video I made the day after "the election" and also when we here in Colorado lost Proposition 115 in our attempt to stop late-term abortions.  The below is a short, encouraging video to show the two "turn arounds" we had in front of that large Planned Parenthood in Denver. It also shows that God answers all our prayers and penances and that God reigns: https://twitter.com/frdavenix/status/1324064677589000192?s=21 (You may need to unmute the above video at the bottom left of the Periscope [...]

26 09, 2020

Life Update 4: California Missions

By |2021-08-25T04:57:41+00:00September 26th, 2020|Life|

Mission One The last time I was in California was last year, but several trips are worth recounting here that shaped my ten years of priesthood.  First, during the summer of 2012 (when I had been a priest for only two years) I led a group of university (and barely post-university) students on a trip called Bike for the Unborn (BFU) where we rode our bikes up the missions of Southern and Central California to raise money for the unborn and their plight in this country.  By "missions," I mean we visited the ancient Churches founded by Bl. Junipero Serra, the great Spaniard Franciscan known as the "founder of California."  That [...]

28 08, 2020

Life Update 3: Evangelization with Miraculous Medals

By |2020-09-22T19:09:05+00:00August 28th, 2020|Life|

What is Marian Evangelization? If I were on a flight, perhaps 20 years ago (this was shortly after my conversion, you see) I might share the Gospel with a person next to me on the airplane as if I were to answer to God for that soul in my particular judgment.  In other words, I would share the Gospel with the hopes by the time they landed they were willing to accept Jesus as Savior.  I might even throw heaven and hell in there... I don't regret that zeal.  (In fact, I wish I had more of it now.)  Now, I don't even regret the approach, for the Holy Spirit [...]

1 08, 2020

Life Update 2

By |2020-08-23T21:22:54+00:00August 1st, 2020|Life|

As a diocesan hermit, I should be praying about five hours in the morning and working about five hours in the afternoon.  I am finally getting closer to this schedule.  That includes prayer for all my donors who keep me alive. As most of you know, I am now putting up a video a day.  On Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday I release a 15 minute video on Ignatian Prayer walking through the Gospel of St. Matthew.  This is called VLX (Video Lectio Divina.)  Then, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I release my doctrinal series, the Catechism of Pope St. Pius X (CPX) which is also about fifteen minutes a day. [...]

26 06, 2020

Life Update 1: Monk-Missionary Life Has Begun

By |2020-06-28T17:13:30+00:00June 26th, 2020|Life|

The featured image above in this new section of my blog "Life" was a recent shot of me when a friend asked me to do the old rite holy water and holy salt blessing while we were praying at the abortion center.  This was before the "clients"seeking abortion showed up.  These would be those "clients" who we lovingly ask to leave the abortion center.  Certain mornings are now our day of prayer and counseling Denver's Stapleton "Planned Parenthood" with my friend Kevin.  At this horrible facility, they kill 10,000 babies a year.  While my friend does the sidewalk counseling, I pray the Divine Office (old Roman Breviary) and walk the [...]

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