Two Reasons the Coup is Not Complete
Not long ago, I wrote an article about why leftists promote the "errors of Russia." The "errors of Russia" is obviously leftism, which Mary warned against at Fatima. In that article, I cite Jack Posobiec and Tucker Carlson, for they show that Marxism has killed 100 million people in the name of compassion. This has happened everywhere from Cambodia to Czechoslovakia. We also in the United States have been on the precipice of a communist coup for several decades, but we haven't gone over the precipice. Why? Many people will say "God." Of course, I agree with this, as everything falls under Divine Providence. However, I believe that (besides China) the United States has become the most evil empire on the planet. (I was a huge patriot several years ago, so it pains me to write that.) Our country of [...]
VLX 156: Mt 26:69-75. “Before the Rooster Crows.”
-Donate: https://www.padreperegrino.org/donate/ -Telegram: https://t.me/padreperegrino Gospel: Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. And a servant girl came up to him and said, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.” But he denied it before them all, saying, “I do not know what you mean.” And when he went out to the entrance, another servant girl saw him, and she said to the bystanders, “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.” And again he denied it with an oath: “I do not know the man.” After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, “Certainly you too are one of them, for your accent betrays you.” Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know the man.” And immediately the rooster crowed. And Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, “Before [...]
Courage in the Immaculate Heart of Mary
There's a lot of people on the good side of the Church crisis who strangely still choose silence under pretext of prudence. Decent priests may say things like, "I won't preach against the heresy coming from the Vatican because I don't want to be removed from my congregation," or "I'll offer the Traditional Latin Mass secretly, but I can't be public about it because then it will harm my parish in the long run," or "I'll be suspended if I really say what I think about the papacy." Lay people may say things like, "I know I should correct my boss for taking Our Lord's name in vain, but I can't lose my job," or "I know my priest preached against the true faith but I don't want to correct him because it will harm my family's long-lasting legacy [...]
Advice to Parents by St. Alphonsus
The following is "Advice to Parents," by St. Alphonsus Liguori, Saint and Doctor of the Church: The gospel tells us, that a good plant cannot produce bad fruit, and that a bad one cannot produce good fruit. We learn from this, that a good father brings up good children. But, if the parents are wicked, how can the children be virtuous? Our Lord says, in the same gospel, Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? (Matt. 7:16). So, it is impossible, or rather very difficult, to find children virtuous, who are brought up by immoral parents. Fathers and mothers, be attentive to this sermon, which is of great importance to the eternal salvation of yourselves and of your children. Be attentive, young men and young women, who have not as yet chosen a state in life. If [...]
RCT 45: The Resurrection of the Body pt 3.
The Roman Catechism of Trent (RCT) p.128-136 The Creed, Article XI, Section C. -Donate: https://www.padreperegrino.org/donate/ -Telegram: https://t.me/padreperegrino -Music Bumpers thanks to Benedictines of Queen of the Apostles https://benedictinesofmary.org
A Marian View To the Church Crisis
Towards the end of an article at Tradition in Action, Dr. Marian T. Horvat, Ph. D wrote the following about Mary's own Triumph at the Cross. I will put Dr. Horvat's words in below italics and my own commentary in this bold-orange font. But at the same time that her own heart was pierced with sorrow, she told Ven. Mary of Agreda, she was given a deep understanding of the mystery of that final affront, that is, that from this last pouring forth of the Precious Blood and water, a new Church issued forth that would spread out through the whole world. And she composed a canticle of praise of Her Divine Son and a prayer that the graces and blessings of the Redemption should spread over the whole human race for all times. While many traditional Catholics have rightly [...]
The “Pontifical Academy for Life” Now Allows Euthanasia?
Photo Credit at top: "Pontifical Academy for Life." A new article at Crux is titled Vatican loosens stance on food, water for patients in vegetative state. It reports on the "Pontifical Academy for Life" which just released an 80 page pamphlet in Italian nearly eliminating past parameters on end-of-life issues. Shockingly, even the USCCB admits that pamphlet contains "an evolution of church teaching" on end-of-life issues. If by "evolution" we mean a moral descent beneath how pagans know how to treat their elders, then that is accurate. Now, according to Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the "Pontifical Academy for Life," (all three words being false by this point) their end-of-life care comes down to “reducing at least that component of disagreement that depends on an imprecise use of the notions implied in speech" because “the statements that are sometimes [...]
VLX 155: Mt 26:59-68. “They Spit in His Face.”
-Donate: https://www.padreperegrino.org/donate/ -Telegram: https://t.me/padreperegrino Gospel: Now the chief priests and the whole council were seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death, but they found none, though many false witnesses came forward. At last two came forward and said, “This man said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to rebuild it in three days.’” And the high priest stood up and said, “Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?” But Jesus remained silent. And the high priest said to him, “I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.” Jesus said to him, “You have said so. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man seated at the right [...]
How To Detach While Loving People
Lay folks are getting more and more into Carmelite theology. And that is a great thing. Carmelite theology is all about detaching from creatures in order to attach to the Creator. For a Carmelite priest like St. John of the Cross, this was ascetically difficult but strategically simple: Detaching from creatures will automatically make a soul in grace cling more closely to the Creator. Thus, a monk can live alone with The Alone. What Eastern Rite Christians call askesis is to detach from all creatures (people, food, pets, comforts, pleasures, locations) in order to go deeper into the prayer life. Some of the greatest authors on this topic of ascetical theology include the Desert Fathers. Every old-school canonized saint was a master of the ascetical life, even if they were married saints. But how can married people do this? How can [...]
Tucker Stumbles Across Fatima
Tucker Carlson recently had on his show the former Navy-man Jack Posobiec. Jack frequently attends the Traditional Latin Mass. Tucker seems to be on his way to Catholicism, or at least is taking his Christianity very seriously these days. I set the time stamp in the above video around 1:43:00 in a chapter called "The Subversion of Christianity." Part of their conversation goes like this: Jack: "And so maybe the fact that communism kills 100 million people actually is the point of communism. And it's not equality, justice, diversity, DEI, peace, land, bread... What if the point actually is the killing?" Tucker: "And maybe if the victims are disproportionately Christian, which they have been always, from French Revolution to present, maybe the actual point is opposing Christianity. Maybe your real enemy is Jesus. I'm just thinking. I mean if [...]