A Resurrection Unto Death
Wonder not at this; for the hour cometh, wherein all that are in the graves shall hear the voice of the Son of God. And they that have done good things, shall come forth unto the resurrection of life; but they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment.—St. John 5:28-29 In the above passage, Our Lord Jesus Christ describes an important part of the Creed, namely, that on the Day of Judgment (the last day of humans on earth before "the new heavens and the new earth") Christ will return and we will all begin the resurrection of the body. What will happen to everyone? Everyone in Purgatory will get their bodies back and they'll go with their bodies to heaven. Everyone in heaven will get their bodies back to glorify God. As they glorified God in their [...]
Non-Compromise Always Has One End
Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.—2 Tim 3:12-13. The word for "all" above in Greek is πάντες or pantes in the Latin alphabet. Just like the English above, all obviously means everyone. That is, every single person who desires to live a pious life in Christ will be persecuted, even if they are not looking for it. When seen from the point of view of heaven, this is more of a promise than a threat! Notice also that imposters will go from "bad to worse." That is why it's funny how many people are praying for the main imposter foisted upon the Catholic Church over the last 13 years. Of course prayers are going to [...]
RCT 55: The Matter and Form of Baptism.
The Roman Catechism of Trent (RCT) p.170s. The Sacraments, ep. 7. -Emergency baptism by me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOY3cDtF4gA -Donate: https://www.padreperegrino.org/donate/ -Telegram: https://t.me/padreperegrino -CNA invalid 1: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/45574/detroit-man-thought-he-was-a-priest-he-wasnt-even-a-baptized-catholic -CNA invalid 2: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/45849/invalidly-baptized-oklahoma-priest-baptized-and-re-ordained%C2%A0
Threats Against the Seal of Confession
Recently, LifeSite News published disturbing news: "The Washington state Senate passed legislation to throw priests in jail for almost a full year for maintaining the Seal of Confession. Senator Noel Frame, a Democrat, is on her third attempt to force priests to divulge what they hear during Confession if it concerns abuse." Notice the last four words above: if it concerns abuse... Keep in mind we in the traditional Catholic world have been fighting clergy-abuse of children. That means those of us who defend the seal of confession are not looking for a "work-around" in hiding child-abuse when the predator is lay or clergy. In fact, in past articles, I have been highlighting the fact there has been 5–10x under-reporting in dioceses regarding the priest-on-child scandals, as seen in the official reports of Pennsylvania and Illinois with mountains of pages [...]
Detachment from Vice Is Attachment to God
When you see "a Theology of Attachment" as the title of this article, you probably think I'm going to tell you what to give up for Lent. It's too late for that. Rather, I'm simply going to compare that which Satan clung to and that which Mary clung to. (And yes, I know I just ended a sentence in a preposition, but remember what GK Chesterton wrote: "A preposition, I may remark in passing, is about the best thing in the world to end a sentence with.") Satan's Attachments: St. Thomas Aquinas wrote: "But [satan] desired resemblance with God in this respect---by desiring, as his last end of beatitude, something which he could attain by the virtue of his own nature, turning his appetite away from supernatural beatitude, which is attained by God's grace. Or, if he desired as his [...]
VLX 165: Mt 27:51-56. The Veil of the Temple.
Gospel: And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split. The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised, and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many. When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, “Truly this was the Son of God!” There were also many women there, looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him, among whom were Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
Jesse Romero Interviews Fr. Nix on Pro-Life Trial.
For our peaceful pro-life witness inside an abortion center, we were arrested in 2019 but sentenced in 2025. My good friend Jesse Romero interviews me about the trial and sentencing. The original video to their Jesus911 interview is seen here:
The “New Evangelization” Has Officially Failed.
Mr. Eric Sammons of Crisis Magazine tweeted the above graph and commented: "From a high of 172,581 new converts in 1999, we only had 72,212 in 2022—a 58% decline." In other words, the Catholic Church in the United States boasted 173k converts in 1999 but that number dropped to 72k in 2022. Obviously, a drop in 58% of converts-per-year is a catastrophic loss for a Church that claims to be missionary. Furthermore, the Pew Study center released the above graph on the Catholic Church. It reveals that for every convert welcomed into the front door of an American Catholic parish, over eight Catholics leave through the back door. How strange, then, that videos at Catholic Youth Conferences will often feature a slick young priest mocking dour, bad-news Catholics (like me) by saying something sarcastic on the camera like, "This is [...]
Duress or Necessity in Civil Law
Even some pro-lifers do not understand why we with Red Rose Rescue do counseling to abortion-minded couples not only outside the abortion center (where I go every month) but also occasionally inside the abortion center (which I have only done twice in my life—both times resulting in arrest, even though our actions on the inside of the killing center were always peaceful and respectful.) Because I have never blocked entrance to an abortion mill (something my friends who are more courageous than me have indeed done) I have only been charged in the past with trespassing. However, some pro-lifers believe this is imprudent and even increases buffer zones for the pro-life counselors who would stay on the outside of the clinic day-in and day-out. I understand this opposition. The analogy we use to justify Red Rose Rescue goes like this: [...]
Respect of Egos Part 2: Discernment and Obedience
Part One: Respect of Egos was about St. Thomas Aquinas' warnings against "respect of persons" which I consider to be an avoidance of "Respect of Egos." This leads into today's article on having fortitude of character. Many of you are probably familiar with the Milgram experiment in 1961 where normal Americans involved in a psychological experiment were pressured into delivering lethal doses of electricity to other Americans involved in that experiment. At least, they believed these were lethal doses of electricity... but they were not. The experiment (linked above) was rather a test on the would-be electrocuters to determine how many people would deliver a lethal dose of 250 volts to another person allegedly in the experiment. In this Milgram experiment, the scientists believed less than 0.8% of Americans off the street would deliver a lethal dose. To their shock [...]