Theology

7 03, 2022

Replacement Morality

By Father David Nix|2022-03-07T04:46:15+00:00March 7th, 2022|Theology|

Saturday Night Live recently had a skit go viral. In the skit, several middle-aged progressive NYC couples are all at a dinner in a restaurant and they begin to gently admit they were wrong about everything-covid. It’s actually funnier than most of the stuff from the past few years because it’s based on the truth. Truth is apparently allowed on SNL again. At first I found this skit funny, but then it hit me: It’s not funny at all. Leftists are going to want conservatives to laugh with them about how wrong they were on everything covid and we on the right are supposed to forget about it because we’re [...]

3 03, 2022

Sr. Lucy of Fatima and Russia Part 2

By Father David Nix|2022-02-26T16:42:28+00:00March 3rd, 2022|Theology|

The following used to be on the archives of The Fatima Center and it was published when Sr. Lucy of Fatima was still alive. I saved it to my Evernote years ago. I do not know why it was removed, nor do I know if all of the information can be verified. But even if Sr. Lucy had no "replacement" and if she actually lived until 2005 (both highly contested premises by many traditional Catholics) then I believe the following looks solid enough to be back on the internet again and it helps explains if Russia was ever consecrated by a Pope: Chronology of Four Cover-up Campaigns: Silencing of Sister Lucia [...]

1 03, 2022

Sr. Lucy of Fatima and Russia Part 1

By Father David Nix|2022-02-26T16:38:19+00:00March 1st, 2022|Theology|

Here are some letters from Sr. Lucy, the visionary of Our Lady of Fatima:

24 02, 2022

Travel Tips for Catholics (and Others)
Travel Tips for Catholics (and Others)

Travel Tips for Catholics (and Others)

By Father David Nix|2022-02-23T14:28:23+00:00February 24th, 2022|Theology|

Obviously, there are a million websites telling you how to travel. But this "Pilgrim Priest" is going to give you a few new tips you may not have known: Ahead of Time: Find out which countries require vaccines and masks not only to tour, but also to land in their country. Also, your passport may not be enough. Make sure to get travel-visas ahead of time. (Just before my very first flight to Brazil in seminary, I got stopped on the way from Denver to Rio De Janeiro in Atlanta, not knowing I needed a visa to enter Brazil. I had to fly back to Denver and re-book everything. Since [...]

22 02, 2022

Are Trads Mean?

By Father David Nix|2022-02-22T13:34:41+00:00February 22nd, 2022|Theology|

I recently stayed with traditional priest who, although Western and a bit older than me, reminded me of a Holy Fool of the East. A Holy Fool in Russian is called юродивый or a yurodivy and it's its own class of saint. The Holy Fool makes you think he is stupid, but in fact—it's you he reveals as stupid. The Eastern Church's holy fool is not insane as the name implies to Western eyes, but is rather an indomitable lover of God who makes you re-think your own arrogance through his prophetic actions in your life. (The older Latin priest I stayed with had little idea he was like the [...]

17 02, 2022

Ex Opere Operato vs. Ex Opere Operantis

By Father David Nix|2022-02-16T02:10:47+00:00February 17th, 2022|Theology|

Fr. John Hardon SJ is quoted at The Fatima Center defining these two sacramental terms: Ex opere operantis is a term mainly applied to the good dispositions with which a sacrament is received, to distinguish it from the ex opere operato which is the built-in efficacy of a sacrament properly conferred. The above is an excellent definition of those two sacramental terms that always must be considered in a balance. Most amateur theologians today are pretty good at knowing the principle of ex opere operato, namely, that a priest in mortal sin still validly confects the sacraments (provided he say the correct words.) This is good that amateur theologians know this. But most amateur [...]

15 02, 2022

The Book of Jude for Today

By Father David Nix|2022-02-16T01:07:29+00:00February 15th, 2022|Theology|

Jude is one of two books in the Bible that is so short that it is numbered not according to chapter and verse, but rather verse only. It seems Jude is particularly applicable to today. We'll look at a few verses with St. Jude's words in Scripture in italics and my commentary in bold: Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.—Jude 3 The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. So, if 1920s Catholicism looked like medieval Catholicism, [...]

10 02, 2022

Mary: The Missing Key to Courage
Mary: The Missing Key to Courage

Mary: The Missing Key to Courage

By Father David Nix|2022-02-08T23:07:51+00:00February 10th, 2022|Theology|

Then He said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.—Jn 19:27 Even though Sacred Tradition outside Scripture proposes some accounts of Apostles having wavering courage after Pentecost (for example, the famous story of St. Peter fleeing Rome under persecution as Christ appears to him to say Quo Vadis? at which point Peter returns to Rome to be crucified) we know that for the most part, the pre-Pentecost Apostles have numerous failures in courage whereas the post-Pentecost Apostles have nearly unchecked success in their cooperation with the Holy Spirit's gift of fortitude as 11 of the 12 of them approach [...]

8 02, 2022

Is Water Baptism Necessary for Salvation?
Is Water Baptism Necessary for Salvation?

Is Water Baptism Necessary for Salvation?

By Father David Nix|2022-02-05T02:13:37+00:00February 8th, 2022|Theology|

Is water baptism necessary for salvation? The first Pope (St. Peter) wrote under inspiration the following: Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, Who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to Him.—1 Peter 3:21-22. The Catholic Church has interpreted this as water baptism being ordinarily necessary for salvation. However, there are some extraordinary circumstances to consider. The Church also teaches officially that baptism by blood (martyrdom) is sufficient for salvation [...]

3 02, 2022

Clone Protocol 66
Clone Protocol 66

Clone Protocol 66

By Father David Nix|2022-01-31T00:52:48+00:00February 3rd, 2022|Theology|

This is going to be my nerdiest blog-post to-date, but it gets to the priesthood and the current Church crisis. Despite the abysmal acting, I have to admit that I really like the Star Wars prequels (released 1999-2005.) In the third of those three, Revenge of the Sith, Chancellor Palpatine orders "Clone Protocol 66" or "Order 66" (see above picture) and Wookieepedia describes it: "Order 66, also known as Clone Protocol 66, was a top-secret order identifying all Jedi as traitors to the Galactic Republic and, therefore, subject to summary execution by the Grand Army of the Republic. The order was programmed into the Grand Army clone troopers through behavioral modification [...]