Who Is the “Man of Lawlessness”?
Under inspiration of the Holy Spirit, the Apostle Paul wrote this to the Thessalonians about the man of lawlessness: Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to Him, we ask you, brothers, not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. Do you not remember that when [...]
Six-Aspects of Modernism
"Modernism" is not an adaptation of some ancient Gospel to a needy modern man. Neither is modernism living a healthy Catholicism that simply rejects a rad-trad time-warp. Rather, modernism is "the synthesis of all heresies, "as Pope St. Pius X has written, and we know heresy leads to hell. What are these heresies? I have included two or three aspects of modernism in past writings, but as I now want to include up to six deadly aspects found at the heart of modernism: A Man-Centered Religion: Modernism replaces a vertical-religion for a horizontal-religion. One example of this is how the Mass of the modernist faces man, not God. Or, at the level of moral theology, modernism inverts the two Great Commandments, placing what is "pastoral" ahead of the 10-commandments. These aren't pie-in-the-sky examples. This clash is seen any weekend at [...]
God’s Goodness and the Permission of Evil
The average amount of time someone spends reading my blog is about 90 seconds at one sitting, according to the WordPress stats. So, if you only have 90 seconds, please read the three paragraphs Compendium of Theology by St. Thomas Aquinas below, as it's some of his most beautiful theology I have ever read. Then, if you have time, read my commentary in orange. God’s permission of evil in the things governed by Him is not inconsistent with the divine goodness. For, in the first place, the function of Providence is not to destroy but to save the nature of the beings governed. The perfection of the universe requires the existence of some beings that are not subject to evil, and of other beings that can suffer the defect of evil in keeping with their nature. If evil were completely eliminated from things, they [...]
TCE 51: A Rescuer of the Trafficked.
Today I interview Gabe, a man who rescues kids from child-sex-slavery in the Caribbean with a professional organization that goes undercover. Most astonishing is the age of the children he is rescuing. "TCE" stands for "Theology and Current Events."
Will the Antichrist Work Real-Miracles or Fake-Miracles?
For false-christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.—St. Matthew 24:24 Will the false prophets towards the end of the world be working real miracles or false miracles? Our Lord says they will certainly appear to be "signs and wonders" performed by the enemies of His Kingdom. But they will not be actual miracles. They will be closer to magic than miracles. We will consider the Old Testament and St. Thomas Aquinas to see why magic is not the same as miracles. When God asked Moses to free His people from the slavery of the Egyptians, Moses works many miracles to convince Pharaoh to "Let my people go" presumably so God did not have to strike down the first born of Egypt during the first Passover. [...]
Letter from a Notre Dame Grad to His Alma
From Padre: I'm a Boston College grad and my alma is obviously the rival of Notre Dame. But one of my closest friends is named Shane who graduated ND just before I graduated BC in 2000. Below is his witty reply to an initial reply regarding his concern about the upcoming Drag Queen show at ND. Shane allows for much more leeway on academic freedom than I would, but his reply also has the bite of a Neil McCaffrey Sr. from the 1980s: [Dear ND Lady,] Actually, that's funny because when Billy Joel was banned from performing [at Notre Dame], I believe he was later brought in to perform in a "seminar" Ah ha! It became educational! Many souls were saved! We laughed at the sophistry of it. But we mostly laughed because 8000 bodies full of hormones were [...]
VLX 137: Mt 22:41-46. “The Lord Said to My Lord.”
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“Your Commandments Are Weapons.”—St. Augustine
We are in a very interesting time in Church history when some Catholics have a great desire to recognize the spiritual warfare into which they have been born. Yet, other Catholics seem interested in legalistic loopholes about how everyone (including themselves) has no responsibility towards their salvation. They hold this because the erroneously believe that either everyone is saved -or- anyone who can prove reduced-culpability or invincible-ignorance is thereby saved. There might even be overlap between these two groups! In other words, there may be Catholics doing binding prayers against demons who are at the same time looking for excuses not to keep the Commandments. But Our Lord Jesus said "If you love me, you will keep my commandments." (Si diligitis me, mandata mea servate.—St. John 14:15.) Do we see that invitation as merely transactional or as the fulness of [...]
RCT 26: Christ Rose from the Dead.
The Roman Catechism of Trent p. 68-70 The Creed, Article V, Section B. -My site: www.padreperegrino.org -Rumble Channel (backup subscribe): https://rumble.com/c/c-1209063
What is the Third-Secret of Fatima?
What is the Third Secret of Fatima? The full Third Secret has not been released by the Vatican, but even many moderate Catholics today know it's more than the shooting of Pope John Paul II or a LARPing tale of future-crossbows on a Vatican hill. Last week, I blogged here on Malachi Martin regarding the Jesuits, so I decided to quote him on Fatima today, too. Although I have seen Martin's quotes in more places than one, they are nicely compiled in one spot by Gloria TV. So, I simply reproduce their article here: Father Malachi Martin (reader of the Third Secret of Fatima) Interview with Bernard Janzen 1992, The Kingdom of Darkness: Janzen: In our discussion earlier you just touched on the subject of Satan's assault on the papacy. Perhaps we could have a brief discussion about that. Martin: [...]