Theology – Padre Peregrino

30 05, 2023

Spiritual Warfare in the US Military
Spiritual Warfare in the US Military

Spiritual Warfare in the US Military

By guest|2023-05-30T04:08:13+00:00May 30th, 2023|Theology|

From Fr. David Nix: Robert Green was my parishioner when I was a parochial vicar at a traditional parish on the East Coast. As the inside cover of his new book reads, Robert "has become one of the Navy's most vocal figures in the fight against the unlawful implementation of the military COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Banned from his building and fired from his position leading a 650-person unit, he is the author of numerous impactful internal Navy complaints, multiple whistleblower reports to Congress, and a key source of evidence for ongoing Federal Court cases related to the military vaccine mandate." Following Memorial Day, I believe this blog was best to [...]

25 05, 2023

A Tale of Two “Sisters”
A Tale of Two “Sisters”

A Tale of Two “Sisters”

By Father David Nix|2023-05-25T14:30:45+00:00May 25th, 2023|Theology|

As much as I dislike placing a blasphemous image of a "Sister of Perpetual Indulgence" (top left) next to a real saintly nun (Sister Mary Wilhelmina Lancaster OSB above to the right) it has to be more than coincidence that the two biggest stories in the US Catholic world this week both have to do with women religious. The top left is a group of men mocking female-religious in Los Angeles. The top right is a real Benedictine foundress of a female congregation found incorrupt in Missouri just this week, May 2023. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (SPI henceforth, also top left pic) are a group of men who dress up in [...]

23 05, 2023

How to Offer Yourself at Holy Mass
How to Offer Yourself at Holy Mass

How to Offer Yourself at Holy Mass

By Father David Nix|2023-05-20T01:18:49+00:00May 23rd, 2023|Theology|

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, [...]

18 05, 2023

“I Will See You Again.”
“I Will See You Again.”

“I Will See You Again.”

By Father David Nix|2023-05-18T12:53:14+00:00May 18th, 2023|Theology|

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 [...]

16 05, 2023

One of the Original “Canceled Priests”
One of the Original “Canceled Priests”

One of the Original “Canceled Priests”

By guest|2023-05-19T18:05:11+00:00May 16th, 2023|Theology|

The top left is the late Fr. Enrique Tomas Rueda and the top right is the late Bishop Bonaventure Broderick. Both are, in some sense, among the original "canceled priests." I re-publish this tragic but inspiring account of Fr. Rueda written with the permission of Remnant Newspaper. Tu Es Sacerdos in Aeternum—by Thomas Ryan I hadn’t heard from Fr. Rueda in at least two months when an email message, forwarded multiple times, showed up in my inbox last month indicating he’d died. In time, I would learn there was some rather bizarre news associated with that of Father’s passing. Fr. Enrique Tomas Rueda was a native of Havana, Cuba. In fact, he’d [...]

11 05, 2023

Complacency and Gratitude
Complacency and Gratitude

Complacency and Gratitude

By Father David Nix|2023-05-13T06:13:21+00:00May 11th, 2023|Theology|

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 [...]

8 05, 2023

Things We Lost in the Fire
Things We Lost in the Fire

Things We Lost in the Fire

By Father David Nix|2023-05-08T14:15:14+00:00May 8th, 2023|Theology|

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 [...]

5 05, 2023

The Apostolic Pardon
The Apostolic Pardon

The Apostolic Pardon

By Father David Nix|2023-05-05T18:03:58+00:00May 5th, 2023|Theology|

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 [...]

4 05, 2023

The Catechesis of Tradition
The Catechesis of Tradition

The Catechesis of Tradition

By Father David Nix|2023-05-04T15:13:00+00:00May 4th, 2023|Theology|

The above is a picture from the international Eucharistic Congress in 1926 at Soldier Field in Chicago. The faith and devotion in the picture seems obvious. I was at this night of entertainment in Rio De Janeiro in 2013 before the final "World Youth Day Mass" the following morning. However, great faith also appears present at the above picture at the Evening Vigil before the final Mass at World Youth Day in Rio De Janeiro in 2013. In fact, many more people were in Rio than at the Eucharistic Congress in 1926. Also, the Eucharist was exposed in a huge monstrance for probably a longer time Rio than [...]

2 05, 2023

When Can You Judge Another?
When Can You Judge Another?

When Can You Judge Another?

By Father David Nix|2023-05-03T01:59:03+00:00May 2nd, 2023|Theology|

When can you judge another? The short answer is that you can never judge another's intention, but you are required to judge the object of another's deeds when he interacts with you or tries to teach you. You are especially required to judge the object of another's deeds when his attempts at influencing you will affect your salvation or the salvation of those who are entrusted to you. Consider some quotes from Our Lord and the saints: Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.—Mt 7:1-6 When some monks [...]