Ascension Sermon 2026.
The two most underrated feasts of our salvation are the Annunciation and Ascension. Both are bookends to the life of Christ. Listen here to hear why. Thanks to the Benedictines of Mary for the music bumpers. You can follow me on Telegram here or donate to me here.
Who Showed Up to Vatican II? Who Didn’t?
My favorite assignment as a parish priest began in 2017 when I was on-loan to the diocese of St. Augustine in Florida. I lived and offered the Traditional Latin Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in downtown Jacksonville. The families who attended my Mass loved not only the Mass, but also the Catholic faith. After Mass, a surprising amount of families would come to the basement of the Cathedral to talk to each other and attend my classes on how to use all the tassels of the layman's Missal for the old Mass. I came to know many of these families. They loved God, the faith, their priests and each other. They were truly Glad-Trads, not Mad-Trads. It was probably my best year as a priest. One evening in the autumn of 2017, there were about 10 [...]
Three Ages of Martyrs.
The men of that [last] generation will have no deeds whatever, but there will come upon them temptation, and those who are worthy in this temptation will be higher than us and our fathers.—St. Ischyrion of Egypt, early Desert Father. Recently, I was thumbing through my friend’s Saint Andrew Daily Missal. The middle of that layman’s missal has a surprising history of the Catholic Church’s saints and martyrs. It describes the early Church saints in these shocking terms: “With very few exceptions, such as St. Gregory the Wonderworker (November 17th), St. Mary Magdalene (July 22nd), St. Martha (July 29th) and St. Petronilla (May 31st) the saints of the first four centuries on the Roman Calendar suffered martyrdom.” That same layman’s missal then labels the First to the Forth Centuries as “The Age of Persecution.” It then lists 27 of the [...]
Finding of the Holy Cross.
Sunday Sermon Series (SSS) continues from Fr. Dave Nix on St. Helena finding the True Holy Cross, and how you can find your own cross. -Donate = https://www.padreperegrino.org/donate/ -Telegram: https://t.me/padreperegrino
Why Do We Need Two Judgments?
Last week, I got this email, and I was given permission to publish it: What does “judge the living and the dead” really mean? We face particular judgement and that is final (correct?). So what happens to the already dead at the second coming? Especially those in hell? Or, as Tom puts it, Why are You coming to judge the already judged? I feel as though I should know this at my age but alas…drawing a blank. Thank you!!! Here was my response: Yes, so Jesus will judge you at your death as worthy of heaven or hell. But at the end of time, He also comes to judge the living and the dead. Let’s look at “the living” first. At the end of time, Jesus will judge those on earth at his Second Coming and each of them will [...]
The USCCB’s Bible Translations.
One can always detect the preferred heresy of the age by what is removed from the Bible. So, before we look at the USCCB’s Bible translations, let’s look at two examples of what heretics over the last 500 years have removed from their own versions of the Bible. 1) The Protestant rebels removed Maccabees because of Purgatory. Maccabees is like the Braveheart of the Old Testament. It's one of the most exciting books of the Bible, so no one should have removed it. But the 16th century heretics like Martin Luther removed 1 and 2 Maccabees because it showed Purgatory and the necessity of sacrifice for the dead. Here's the Bible: Then under the tunic of each one of the dead, they found sacred tokens of the idols of Jamnia, which the law forbids the Jews to wear. And [...]
Third Sunday After Easter Sermon.
-Sermon on St. John 16:16-22 on the Church crisis by Fr. David Nix. -Everything I produce is gratis and add free. You can donate so that all can learn and enjoy at: https://www.padreperegrino.org/donate/
Love and Respect by St. John Chrysostom.
Many couples have been helped by a book called Love & Respect: The Love She Most Desires; The Respect He Desperately Needs. It was written in 2004 by Emerson Eggerichs, a non-Catholic but Christian author. Here’s the basic online description: Women primarily need love, whereas men primarily need respect. Husbands and wives are wired differently, so misunderstandings often arise not from malice, but from missing the other’s core need. According to Eggerichs, the “Crazy Cycle” is when a wife feels unloved, she reacts in ways that feel disrespectful to her husband. In response, he reacts in ways that feel unloving to her, causing a destructive cycle. The “Energizing Cycle,” on the other hand, is when a husband shows love (even without experiencing respect from her.) Then, the wife is likely to respond with respect. Similarly, when a wife shows respect [...]
The Resurrected Bodies of the Elect.
On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.—St. John 20:19-20. Notice in the above passage about the Resurrection, Christ is able to walk through walls (hence, the doors being locked and yet He comes to the disciples.) But the reason we know this is not a ghost passing through the walls is precisely because St. John immediately tells us that Christ then "showed them His hands and His side." This means that Christ's resurrected body is physical, but it has spiritual powers he chose not to [...]
RCT 75: Rules for Confession.
-The Roman Catechism of Trent (RCT) p. 310-312. -The Sacraments, ep. 27. -Donate to my charity here: https://www.padreperegrino.org/donate/