Theology

26 03, 2021

“Take Away Both Our Place and Our Nation”
“Take Away Both Our Place and Our Nation”

“Take Away Both Our Place and Our Nation”

By Father David Nix|2021-03-27T12:53:44+00:00March 26th, 2021|Theology|

From today's Gospel in the Friday of Passiontide we read: So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council and said, “What are we to do? For this Man performs many signs. If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation."—John 11:47-48 As Passion week ramps up its tension against Jesus, we are given a rare glimpse into the mind of the Jewish hierarchy today in the 1st century. We know the Pharisees were already willing to kill Jesus out of jealousy, but today we are given an additional reason: They [...]

25 03, 2021

The Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary

By Father David Nix|2021-03-25T17:30:18+00:00March 25th, 2021|Theology|

Should lay people pray the Roman Breviary? As far as the old-school Roman Breviary as found in the featured image above, I would say no. Why would I say no? Because it is 8 "canonical hours" of the Psalms on repeat all day long and most of us pray it in Latin. It takes 2-3 hours a day and we pray all 150 Psalms a week in Latin. 2-3 hours of Latin prayers is appropriate for a hermit like me, but probably not for a lay person like most of you. However, if you insist on a couple of the old-school canonical hours, there is a good app that has [...]

23 03, 2021

Why the Left’s Fake Moral-Panic Is Directly From Hell
Why the Left’s Fake Moral-Panic Is Directly From Hell

Why the Left’s Fake Moral-Panic Is Directly From Hell

By Father David Nix|2021-03-24T17:28:09+00:00March 23rd, 2021|Theology|

Even Washington Post admits that "both Hitler and Stalin were outdone by Mao Zedong. From 1958 to 1962, his Great Leap Forward policy led to the deaths of up to 45 million people – easily making it the biggest episode of mass murder ever recorded." Mao Zedong killed more people than Hitler. Remember that as you read this blog post. Mao Zedong was a master of turning people-against-people under the pretense of moral purification. One of these sanctimonious moral issues that meant nothing to Mao (but allowed him to keep killing people while looking holy) was the plight of African-Americans. He wrote this pamphlet you can still find on Amazon: One [...]

18 03, 2021

Stockholm Syndrome Part 2
Stockholm Syndrome Part 2

Stockholm Syndrome Part 2

By Father David Nix|2021-06-12T16:56:27+00:00March 18th, 2021|Theology|

We've already covered a kind of Stockholm Syndrome being brought on by the State here. Now we will look at the Church. This week, the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) answered in the negative to the question Does the Church have the power to give the blessing to unions of persons of the same sex? This might seem an orthodox response (and it is) but the CDF ironically quoted Amoris Laetitia (the 2016 document allowing divorced and remarried to receive Holy Communion without confession or annulment) by then saying, “There are absolutely no grounds for considering homosexual unions to be in any way similar or even remotely analogous [...]

16 03, 2021

Fear of Death Makes You Subject to Lifelong Slavery
Fear of Death Makes You Subject to Lifelong Slavery

Fear of Death Makes You Subject to Lifelong Slavery

By Father David Nix|2021-03-16T21:20:07+00:00March 16th, 2021|Theology|

Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death, He might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.—Heb 2:14-15 Wikipedia reports that the Black Death or Bubonic Plague between 1346 to 1353 left 70M-200M dead "and it is estimated to have killed 30% to 60% of Europe's population." Thus, a real plague is one where one out of every two people you know is dead. Imagine 50% of your neighbors dead. Imagine 50% of your family members dead. Imagine 50% [...]

11 03, 2021

“They Wash Not Their Hands.”—Mt 15:2
“They Wash Not Their Hands.”—Mt 15:2

“They Wash Not Their Hands.”—Mt 15:2

By Father David Nix|2021-03-14T02:53:50+00:00March 11th, 2021|Theology|

Yesterday's Gospel in the Traditional Latin Mass reads: Then came to [Jesus] from Jerusalem scribes and Pharisees, saying: "Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the ancients? For they wash not their hands when they eat bread." But He answering, said to them: "Why do you also transgress the commandment of God for your tradition?"—Mt 15:1-2 (DRB) St. Jerome comments on this in Matins: The stupidity of the Pharisees and Scribes is something extraordinary. (Mira pharisæórum scribarúmque stultítia.) They rebuke the Son of God because He doth not observe the traditions and commandments of men for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. It behoveth us to [...]

9 03, 2021

Round His Standard

By Father David Nix|2021-03-16T15:26:39+00:00March 9th, 2021|Theology|

The Irish World War I chaplain, hero and Jesuit priest called Fr. Willie Doyle SJ (seen above) once said: "I have long had the feeling that, since the world is growing so rapidly worse and worse and God has lost His hold, as it were, upon the hearts of men, He is looking all the more earnestly and anxiously for big things from those who are faithful to Him still. He cannot, perhaps, gather a large army round His standard, but He wants every one in it to be a hero, absolutely and lovingly devoted to Him; if only we could get inside that magic circle of generous souls, I [...]

4 03, 2021

Flying Kites on Clean Monday
Flying Kites on Clean Monday

Flying Kites on Clean Monday

By Father David Nix|2021-03-05T18:21:14+00:00March 4th, 2021|Theology|

An author at The Greek Reporter writes: "For Greek Orthodox Christians, Clean Monday marks the beginning of the 40-day fast before Easter; tradition dictates that the faithful start abstaining from eating animal products and fly a kite. Clean Monday is a cleansing of the body in preparation for the holiest period of Greek Orthodoxy and the flying of a kite is an effort to reach the Divine. Having your gaze fixed in the sky for as long as the kite flies is spiritual and mental elevation." That last line might sound a little hokey, but deeper is something a Russian Orthodox priest texted me at this time last year: "We [...]

2 03, 2021

RIP: COVID-Vaccine Deaths in Colorado

By Father David Nix|2021-03-02T13:07:36+00:00March 2nd, 2021|Theology|

I'm on a group text with a couple dads here in Colorado. One of them is a firefighter/paramedic in the same area in which I grew up. He texted on the group text yesterday: Also, I guy I work with who’s wife is a firefighter with [Town-X] fire and a medic, just told me that two shifts (out of three) have had 6 cardiac arrests, in the past 48 hours, of patients over 70 who have all had their second Covid shot within 12-24 hours of them going into cardiac arrest. That’s insanely abnormal, to put it mildly. And my buddy’s wife believes in, and has already received, the [...]

25 02, 2021

Trudeau: You Must “Quarantine in Designated Government Facilities.”
Trudeau: You Must “Quarantine in Designated Government Facilities.”

Trudeau: You Must “Quarantine in Designated Government Facilities.”

By Father David Nix|2021-02-25T12:34:05+00:00February 25th, 2021|Theology|

On Monday this week (22nd of February 2021) Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minister of Canada, tweeted the above two tweets. Notice that for Canadian travelers who test negative for COVID-19: You have to quarantine at home. Then, notice that for Canadian travelers who test positive for COVID-19: "You'll be required to immediately quarantine in designated government facilities." So the COVID-positive and the COVID-negative both have to quarantine now? Canada is now approaching a fully totalitarian state. However, this time it is not under the pretense of national economics (like Russia and China in the 20th century) but rather under the pretense of national health. Then put into the mix [...]