The Three Divisions of Western Catholicism
I wish there were not divisions in Christianity, but there are. I wish there were not any divisions in Catholicism, but there are. In this article, I'm going to show the roots of the three factions of Western Catholicism as found in recent Church history. This is not to further divide, but so that readers may better understand the motivations of such groups. It's also to teach the first group listed below how to better evangelize the other three groups. Traditional Catholics are those I usually label Apostolic Catholics because their roots in both doctrine and liturgy go back historically to what Jesus Christ gave to the Apostles. This group was nearly wiped out by "the changes" to doctrine and liturgy that took place in the 1960s. However, tradition was salvaged at a great cost by a few bishops, priests [...]
Three Heresies in “Dignitas Infinita.”
The newly-invented "DDF" just released Dignitas Infinita. It has many heresies, but we'll just tackle a few below: Error 1: "The glorious Christ will judge by the love of neighbor that consists in ministering to the hungry, the thirsty, the stranger, the naked, the sick, and the imprisoned, with whom he identifies (cf. Mt. 25:34-36). For Jesus, the good done to every human being, regardless of the ties of blood or religion, is the single criterion of judgment."—DI #12. Truth #1: The interesting thing is that I "called it" even before it came out. In a recent Video Lectio Divina I did on Matthew 25, I explained how modernist heretics are correct that we will be judged on how we treated the poor but it is a total heresy to say that the corporal works of mercy are the "single [...]
VLX 148: Mt 26:1-13. “In Memory of Her.”
-Donate: https://www.padreperegrino.org/donate/ -Telegram: https://t.me/padreperegrino -R.:: https://rumble.com/c/c-1209063 *** The Gospel: When Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples, “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.” Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people.” Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he reclined at table. And when the disciples saw it, they were [...]
The Eclipse, the Annunciation and God’s Glory
We clergy must return to being God-centered instead of man-centered. Maybe Monday will be the day.
“Faith in Film” Part 1
On the YouTube channel Avoiding Babylon, I have been joining my friends Anthony and Rob to have a Catholic discussion about a good movie (some of which are Catholic and some of which are not.) We usually do this on the last Thursday of the month, and we call it our Faith in Film series. Tap the top left of any box to leave my site for their channel: A Man for All Seasons: https://www.youtube.com/live/AJPHVDXgMTo?si=k0VDHCLzlSQO3zOe Padre Pio: Miracle Man: https://www.youtube.com/live/ZfsEaoRaGJw?si=T0om0DW-ykVqdDrb The Island (Russian): https://www.youtube.com/live/ckRRjQH1H44?si=B-emZoX8IddCPRSR I Confess by Hitchcock: https://www.youtube.com/live/CQmKIfyW2hk?si=1FJXXpRqZEp5IWUO Hacksaw (Live): https://www.youtube.com/live/ykWpdUgPQSA?si=RWb4xHa9TDcLOHQk Hacksaw (Pre-recorded) https://youtu.be/JxZP5rDT208?si=N73mfb5tunu1jCGu The Mission: https://youtu.be/u_xa21-gBWQ?si=8eDE1xbp4bK1o9Fa Becket: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhFSh84d1TQ&t=6716s For Greater Glory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry9T9q--oh4
Expiation of Your Era’s Sins
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. I have wondered for a long time if good Catholics in any given period in history have to “take the hits” (so to speak) of that specific era in which they live. In other words, if Medieval Catholics were physically very cold, it is no wonder that saints like St. Francis of Assisi had to face to cold as a poor beggar. If Christians in Muslim lands had their throats slit, it is no wonder that many saints offered just such a decapitation for the conversion of Muslims. We know through the writings of numerous saints that their glory in heaven will not [...]
The Resurrection of the Church
On Palm Sunday, a donor and friend texted me an excerpt from The Familiar Explanation of Christian Doctrine written by Rev. Michael Müller, C.SS.R in 1876. I know we all have a tendency to skip long "copy-and-pastes" on blogs we visit, but I really hope you read this Question/Answer on the indefectibility of the Catholic Church, for you will see: As Christ raised Himself by His Divine Power, so also, Jesus Christ will raise us out of this Church crisis. Familiar Explanation of Christian Doctrine” by Rev. Michael Müller, C.SS.R., 1876 Lesson VII.—The Roman Catholic Church Cannot Be Destroyed Q. What is the world in which we live? A. It is the temple of God Q. What forms the carpeted floor of this temple? A. The earth, with all its thousands of flowers. Q. What forms the vaulted dome? A. [...]
RCT 37: The Members of the Catholic Church.
The Roman Catechism of Trent (RCT) p.102-105. The Creed, Article IX, Section B. *** -My site: https://www.padreperegrino.org -Donate: https://www.padreperegrino.org/donate/ -Telegram: https://t.me/padreperegrino -Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1209063
Slavery to Sin Becomes Broken Bonds in Tradition
When your son asks you in time to come, "What is the meaning of the testimonies and the statutes and the rules that the Lord our God has commanded you?" then you shall say to your son, "We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt. And the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. And the Lord showed signs and wonders, great and grievous, against Egypt and against Pharaoh and all his household, before our eyes. And He brought us out from there, that He might bring us in and give us the land that He swore to give to our fathers. And the Lord commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that He might preserve us alive, as we are this day."—Dt. 6:20-24. As I am re-reading the [...]
Are Irreverent Masses Binding On Sundays?
The most common question I receive from my readers is: "Do I have to attend a Novus Ordo Mass on a Sunday when there is no Traditional Latin Mass nearby?" I was going to title this article that very question, but then I realized that question is only sixty years old. Then I thought to title this article: "Is it a mortal sin to skip an irreverent Mass on Sunday if I can't get to a reverent Mass?" but that was too long. I then realized the entire topic of the Third Commandment was at stake. What does Church history tell us before 1960? Dr. Peter Kwasniewski emailed me the pdf to his article normally behind a paywall on his Substack that delves into much older and broader questions of when the Sunday Mass obligation is not binding on lay [...]