Theology

14 09, 2019

The Cross vs. Emotional Fulfillment in Marriage
The Cross vs. Emotional Fulfillment in Marriage

The Cross vs. Emotional Fulfillment in Marriage

By Father David Nix|2019-09-16T00:18:27+00:00September 14th, 2019|Theology|

By Fr. David Nix and Leila Miller As I have said in many sermons and blog posts, Catholics that use contraception have the same divorce rate as the rest of the United States—roughly 50%. Catholics who refrain from contraception have a divorce rate that is only 3%, even when all studies are averaged. But what about those 3% of Catholics who get a divorce while avoiding contraception? Crisis Magazine did a study about 15 years ago to ask why young Catholics who avoid contraception were getting divorces. The answer was one: They did not expect to suffer much in marriage. This blog post is written by my friend and author, [...]

2 09, 2019

Real Men of the Church Take Ownership
Real Men of the Church Take Ownership

Real Men of the Church Take Ownership

By Father David Nix|2019-09-03T02:31:02+00:00September 2nd, 2019|Theology|

Real men take ownership. Cowards blame each other. In the below video, Navy Seal Jocko Willink describes a fire-fight in Iraq that went bad into a situation of deadly friendly-fire. At minute 8, Willink asks: "Who’s fault was this?” One Seal stood up and explained the deadly situation, adding: “…And it was my fault.” But then the next Navy Seal stands up and says: “It was my fault…” The next Navy Seal stands up and says: “No, it was my fault, because…” Again, watch time stamp 8:00 to 9:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljqra3BcqWM Contrast this to the below video from the 1960s where a young Irish priest asks an older Irish priest why [...]

31 08, 2019

3 Apologetics Points
3 Apologetics Points

3 Apologetics Points

By Father David Nix|2019-08-31T14:37:33+00:00August 31st, 2019|Theology|

There are many good books for Catholics to purchase to defend the Catholic Faith while talking to non-Catholics on topics such as the Resurrection of Jesus Christ or the Eucharist or the Immaculate Virgin Mary or even all Scriptural topics including Purgatory. But three debilitating moves for Catholics to use on Protestants while debating on-the-fly are as follows: 1) Disprove Sola Scriptura by reading Scripture Alone? 21 Reasons to Reject Sola Scriptura by Joel Peters. It can be found online or in $2 pamphlets from Amazon. It will take less than an hour to read, and it is undeniably the best little booklet to disprove the erroneous Protestant notion that Divine Revelation is found exclusively in [...]

24 08, 2019

Does God Change His Mind Through Church History?
Does God Change His Mind Through Church History?

Does God Change His Mind Through Church History?

By Father David Nix|2019-08-24T18:29:20+00:00August 24th, 2019|Theology|

Two other titles I threw around for this blog post were, Was the early Church more traditional or charismatic? and Was the Early Catholic Church as Dogmatic as the Medieval Catholic Church? This is a long blog post, but if you follow it carefully to the end, I believe you'll be happy that you did. In the above picture, every domino represents a different century in Church history. I used to believe that liturgy and dogma in Catholic Church history followed an erratic pattern like the above picture of dominos, where every century differed from the next century. Where it is true that the politics of Church history have followed a [...]

17 08, 2019

Why the Restoration of the Catholic Church Must Be Marian
Why the Restoration of the Catholic Church Must Be Marian

Why the Restoration of the Catholic Church Must Be Marian

By Father David Nix|2019-08-17T15:48:23+00:00August 17th, 2019|Theology|

Part I: A Night on the AmbulanceN.B. You can skip Part I if you do not want my real-life account of EMS from 20 years ago that got me thinking about the mystical body of Christ’s “anatomy.” The theology of this blog post is found exclusively in Part II: An Analogy In the Mystical Body. But Part I here does describe an epic fail in my life... While pre-med at Boston College, I worked as an EMT at night. Upon graduation, I returned back to Denver and went to paramedic school while discerning if I should continue in medicine or if I was in fact called to the Holy Priesthood. [...]

10 08, 2019

Can We Evangelize While the Church is Bleeding?

By guest|2019-08-10T04:30:25+00:00August 10th, 2019|Theology|

By Marc Zarlengo Evangelization is not something that was pounded into me as a nominal, half-hearted (uncatechized) Catholic growing up in the 80s and 90s. In fact, I never thought about it. But as someone who has since reconverted to the faith and now attends both the Novus Ordo and traditional Latin Mass (TLM), I am confident that faithful Catholics of all stripes are facing one major common difficulty: How do we evangelize in this current environment of discord and bleeding? It’s a real problem, and we need to deal with it. Our job according the Great Commission is to “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them [...]

3 08, 2019

15 Mortal Sins Catholics Are Missing in Their Confessions
15 Mortal Sins Catholics Are Missing in Their Confessions

15 Mortal Sins Catholics Are Missing in Their Confessions

By Father David Nix|2024-09-01T23:36:37+00:00August 3rd, 2019|Theology|

Part I: Why Do We Need Confession and What Is Mortal Sin? If you know Part I, you can skip to Part II. We are all born in original sin, meaning the status quo of even the cutest baby on earth before baptism has natural goodness but no supernatural goodness. Still, God has a plan of a supernatural beatitude planned for that baby in heaven in both body and soul. Because transmitted original sin separates us all from God, it would take a great sacrifice of a God-man to reconcile any person born in sin: God, because only a pure and blameless and boundless sacrifice can appease an infinite offense [...]

16 06, 2019

Athanasian Creed on the Trinity
Athanasian Creed on the Trinity

Athanasian Creed on the Trinity

By Father David Nix|2019-07-22T01:29:14+00:00June 16th, 2019|Theology|

In the old Divine Office, all of us priests pray during the morning hour called "Prime" the Symbolum Athanasium or Athanasian Creed on Trinity Sunday. (It is prayed even more frequently in ancient editions preceding the 1960 Roman Breviary.) The Creed below is attributed to St. Athanasius of Alexandria in the 4th century, written to distinguish true Catholic-Christians (from Arians who denied the Divinity of Christ.) This Creed on the Father, Son and Holy Spirit begins with the unusual and striking words, "Whosoever wills to be saved..."(Quicúmque vult salvus esse) "before all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholic faith." This is followed by an astonishingly beautiful and powerful treatise on [...]

22 05, 2019

Can a Priest Baptize the Baby of a Same-Sex Couple?
Can a Priest Baptize the Baby of a Same-Sex Couple?

Can a Priest Baptize the Baby of a Same-Sex Couple?

By Father David Nix|2023-08-29T19:17:47+00:00May 22nd, 2019|Theology|

In the photo above, a priest baptizes a baby that will be raised by two women. This took place at St. Cecilia’s in California on 7 May 2017. P/C USA Today’s Desert Sun. When a large homeschooling family brings their 9th baby to be baptized, that infant, at the moment of baptism, dies to the original sin in which it was born, comes out of the water risen with Jesus Christ and is a tabernacle of the Blessed Trinity, now beginning life as a son or daughter of God. When two same-sex guardians bring an infant to be baptized, that infant, at the moment of baptism, dies to the original [...]

18 05, 2019

World Religions Part III: Real Catholicism is the Only Antidote to Chaos
World Religions Part III: Real Catholicism is the Only Antidote to Chaos

World Religions Part III: Real Catholicism is the Only Antidote to Chaos

By Father David Nix|2019-05-18T12:38:36+00:00May 18th, 2019|Theology|

I attempted to prove in World Religions part I and part II that Catholicism is the only world religion that even claims to deliver lasting fulfillment to modern man. In this blog post, I will attempt to show that an "updated" Catholicism can never do this. Only real Catholicism can serve as "an antidote to chaos" to borrow a term from the best-selling book by Jordan Peterson. Yesterday, I drove from Denver to Chicagoland to be with my grandma for what may be her last month on earth. I am vigiling by her bed with both an iPad to get some work done and the old Collectio Rituum to begin [...]