St. Mark’s and the Pyramids
On why the Son of God chose to die as a slave before rising from the dead, and why modern martyrs will follow in His footsteps on both. (Correction: I said St. Mark's feast is coming up, but it's today.) https://youtu.be/6ufX9jcgrRI?si=soOQvVkg7QHAdL8k
Does a Priest Need a Lay Person at His Mass?
p/c Notre-Dame De Fontgombault Several years ago, as I was switching from the new sacraments to the ancient Roman sacraments, I stopped at a parish in Tampa one afternoon. I asked the parish secretary if I could offer Holy Mass there. She asked who was going to attend my Mass. I said I was alone. She looked bewildered. No youth group? No family of origin traveling with you? The parish secretary only thought of the Mass in anthropocentric terms: If no one was there to receive Holy Communion, why would this priest show up at her parish and try to offer Mass alone? It was as crazy to this lady as if a layman had showed up asking for marriage prep to marry himself. Alas, the poor lady did not understand that the Holy Mass is God the Son offering [...]
Better to Attend a Parish That Lacks Truth? Or One That Lacks Love?
Should you attend a parish that promotes truth or charity? The obvious answer is both. But what if you had to choose? I ask this parish-based question because I have been hearing horror stories lately on some unbelievably mean things that traditional priests have said in the confessional to lay people. Also, we just saw more priest-child scandals explode from the past in the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) world. But the question I am proposing here doesn't have to do with such scandals. Obviously, one must avoid like the plague any parish with a groomer priest. I am talking about something slightly more nuanced than the following dilemma but here's the basics: Should you go to a grumpy TLM parish or a conservative Novus Ordo Mass (NOM) parish that maintains occasional doctrinal errors? If I were to argue for the [...]
Arab Culture and Secularism
How do you maintain your convictions when your culture is smothered? https://youtu.be/1dBSLVT3XSw?si=KMYog_EzwheB0uUy
Bill Maher Admits Abortion is Murder.
Recently on his show, Bill Maher shocked his audience in admitting that pro-lifers are correct: "They think it’s murder—and it kind of is." The audience enters a nervous silence. Then he adds a shocking line: "I’m just okay with that." The audience enters another nervous silence, not sure if he's joking. But he is not. He adds: "There’s 8 billion people in the world. I’m sorry, we won’t miss you.” Wow. Bill Maher ADMITS abortion is “murder” and that he is “okay with that.” “I can respect the absolutist position. I really can... They think it’s murder—and it kind of is. I’m just okay with that. There’s 8 billion people in the world. I’m sorry, we won’t miss you.” When… pic.twitter.com/qldRhuliVE — The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) April 13, 2024 This is not the first time we have seen pro-abortion [...]
Indifferentism on “Abrahamic Religions” From Virgin Most Powerful Radio
Mr. Jesse Romero and Mr. Paul Clay and I discuss: Why do American evangelicals see the need to maintain a strong military state in Israel? Is there one or three "Abrahamic Religions"? The Biblical answer leads into no salvation outside the Catholic Church. Shorty version: https://youtu.be/e9bB4ruUU9Q?si=O_mYAllkUKSy55fi
Fr. David Nix in Patmos: Who Was St. John the Apostle?
Can you be a loving heresy-hunter? https://youtu.be/4XzAemSZR4M?si=XSdy90dGwVnfq7sl
God: Spes Única Mundi
p/c R.P. at Holy Ghost. The pre-55 Easter Vigil's 12th Prophesy (sung before Holy Mass) ends with a prayer naming God as the "Only Hope of the World" (Spes Única Mundi.) I went to that very long vigil on Saturday night at a traditional parish in my area and then on Sunday Morning, I offered my own low Mass in my hermitage. Later that day, I started wondering if I was too heard on modernism. Ultimately, my conclusion was: Yes, in personal conversations. No, in my online apostolate of Church reform. One of the reasons I came to the latter conclusion was thinking about how slowly many of the Eastern Catholics in Turkey in the 7th century became Muslim. Granted, Islam usually converts by the sword, but not always. It wasn't like all the Eastern Christians of Cappadocia just began [...]
RCT 38: The Four Marks of the Church.
The Roman Catechism of Trent (RCT.) The Creed, Article IX, Section C. *** -My site: https://www.padreperegrino.org -Donate: https://www.padreperegrino.org/donate/ -Telegram: https://t.me/padreperegrino -R.: https://rumble.com/c/c-1209063
Live from the Mediterranean: Discussing Dispensationalism
The theology behind US being in the current conflict. https://youtu.be/EM1NAjTL0LU?si=ljvejEqnDGFr_3n6