5 11, 2020

Catholic Civil Attorney On Ballot Harvesting

By |2020-11-05T23:45:15+00:00November 5th, 2020|Theology|

A Catholic civil attorney with whom I went to high school wrote this: Dear Father Nix, In light of the current events and controversies surrounding the current presidential election, I wanted to take this opportunity to briefly share with you my experiences with mail ballot voting. In my roll as a civil attorney, I have represented several parties who challenged elections due to irregularities with voting by mail ballot. These experiences have allowed me to gain some knowledge about voting by mail ballot and the numerous problems that go along with such a scheme. It’s interesting to note that it is usually the Democrat Party that has pushed the voting [...]

31 10, 2020

Our Lady of Guadalupe, Margaret Sanger and Hillary Clinton in March 2009

By |2020-11-01T05:51:53+00:00October 31st, 2020|Theology|

On Thursday, the 26th of March 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, Mexico.  The above framed image (on the left) of Mary, the mother of Jesus, was miraculously imprinted by heaven upon the tilma of St. Juan Diego, a 16th century saint in Mexico.  According to a Catholic News Agency (CNA) article Hillary Clinton asked the rector of the Basilica, Msgr. Monroy (in the above picture) "Who painted it?"  He responded, "God."  Hillary Clinton seems to have laughed. (See video at end of blog post.) On Friday, the 27th of March, 2009, the very next day, Hilary Clinton then [...]

29 10, 2020

A Catholic Layman’s Prediction for Election Week

By |2020-10-29T23:10:01+00:00October 29th, 2020|Theology|

Today, a layman informally texted me his predictions for election week.  He certainly did not mean the following as prophetic, but I thought it read as so plausible and accurate that I asked him for permission to publish, and he agreed:  - Votes counted by evening of the election show Trump wins in a landslide. - Day after Trump declares victory late night / early morning. - Mainstream media (MSM) issues pre-written press releases condemning Trump for declaring victory since “all votes aren’t counted” - MSM articles have overt statements that Trump is a dictator and must be stopped. - Rioting starts in DC, NYC, Minneapolis and LA day after [...]

15 10, 2020

Jesus Returns to the USCCB

By |2020-10-15T16:43:10+00:00October 15th, 2020|Theology|

This is a modern re-writing of Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Grand Inquisitor" as found in his 1880 novel "The Brothers Karamazov." When Our Lord returned to 3211 4th Street in the northeast quadrant of the District, He was not placed in a dungeon.  The USCCB secretary took him to one of the sterile but well-lit classrooms.  In a professional manner, she told Him that He could sit anywhere.  She added on the way out the door, "And thank you for your patience until the bishop arrives." She turned with a pursed smile and re-entered her office near the main-entrance of the USCCB.  The classroom door closed softly but firmly behind her.  Our [...]

13 10, 2020

Myth Busting: St. Francis of Assisi and Private Property

By |2020-10-13T13:37:10+00:00October 13th, 2020|Theology|

St. Francis of Assisi (one of my favorite saints) is again being twisted into a communist and a pacifist.  To dispel this, you can read the gold-standard biography by St. Bonaventure called The Life of St. Francis of Assisi.  In the 20th century, GK Chesterton wrote St. Francis of Assisi.  He recounts this unusual interaction: "The good Bishop of Assisi expressed a sort of horror at the hard life which the Little Brothers lived at the Portiuncula, without comforts, without possessions, eating anything they could get and sleeping anyhow on the ground. St. Francis answered him with that curious and almost stunning shrewdness which the unworldly can sometimes wield like a club [...]

10 10, 2020

Why Traditional Congregations Allow Alpha Males to be Obedient To Beta Males (and vice versa)

By |2020-10-11T17:18:55+00:00October 10th, 2020|Theology|

I recently read this from Harvard Business: "Highly intelligent, confident, and successful, alpha males represent about 70% of all senior executives. As the label implies, they’re the people who aren’t happy unless they’re the top dogs—the ones calling the shots. Although there are plenty of successful female leaders with equally strong personalities, we’ve found top women rarely if ever match the complete alpha profile. Alphas reach the top ranks in large organizations because they are natural leaders—comfortable with responsibility in a way nonalphas can never be. Most people feel stress when they have to make important decisions; alphas get stressed when tough decisions don’t rest in their capable hands. For them, [...]

5 10, 2020

Resisting the Spiritual Arm of the New World Order

By |2020-10-06T12:40:12+00:00October 5th, 2020|Theology|

In a recent letter found on Marco Tosatti 's blog, Archbishop Viganò writes: "In recent days it has been reported in the news that the Jesuits in America have received grants of nearly two million dollars (over four years) from George Soros, and it seems that the same agreement between the Holy See and the Chinese Communist regime has been financed by large annual donations from Beijing to the Vatican coffers that are in a disastrous state. The fact that the Church fell prostrate before the lockdown, suspending liturgical celebrations and closing churches all over the world, has led to considerable collateral economic damage, for which Chinese donations and the [...]

2 10, 2020

Bell-Curve Catholicism

By |2020-10-02T13:56:35+00:00October 2nd, 2020|Theology|

So-called "Middle-of-the-Road" Catholics are becoming increasingly distressed at their own defectors to the camp of the “far left” of Fr. James Martin SJ and the camp of the “far right” of Dr. Taylor Marshall.  These Middle-of-the-Road Catholics are concerned at how many “pro-life Catholics” will still vote for Biden, especially as a new group of “defectors to the left" listens to the likes of Fr. James Martin. Such clergy of the far-left discount the notion of being a “one-issue voter” on abortion as we approach the election.  For this reason, liberal "pro-life Catholics" may have no problem voting for Biden because of other issues they dislike about Trump. But the [...]

24 09, 2020

Part 4 of My Commentary on Archbishop Viganò’s September 2020 Letter

By |2020-09-24T05:33:10+00:00September 24th, 2020|Theology|

This is the fourth and final part of the analysis I wrote on a recent letter from Archbishop Viganò to a layman. Archbishop Viganò’s words are in italics below. My words are in orange bold font. Dear Mr. Kokx,                   1 Sept 2020 ...continued from part 3... But in order to deserve the immortal glory of Heaven we are called to rediscover – in an emasculated age devoid of values such as honor, faithfulness to one’s word, and heroism – a fundamental aspect of the faith of every baptized person: the Christian life is a militia, and with the Sacrament of Confirmation [...]

14 09, 2020

Part 3 of My Commentary on Archbishop Viganò’s September 2020 Letter

By |2020-09-15T13:59:07+00:00September 14th, 2020|Theology|

This is the third part of an analysis I wrote on a recent letter from Archbishop Viganò to a layman. Archbishop Viganò's words are in italics.  My words are in bold orange font below. AB. Viganò's full letter without my additions can be found here.  Dear Mr. Kokx, 1 Sept 2020 ...continued from part 2... It is therefore not a question of working from within the Church or outside it: the winemakers are called to work in the Lord’s Vineyard, and it is there that they must remain even at the cost of their lives; the pastors are called to pastor the Lord’s Flock, to keep the ravenous wolves at [...]

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