RCT 17: The Incarnation
Roman Catechism of Trent (RCT) p. 44-46. The Creed, Article III, Part B: "The Incarnation." Production Update and Pilgrimage Info: https://www.padreperegrino.org/2023/04/production-update/ https://rumble.com/embed/v2h805u/?pub=e5jg1
“Let Nothing Disturb You” (Full Prayer)
Below is my own English translation of Let Nothing Disturb You, originally in the Spanish as Nada Te Turbe (far below) by the 16th century nun, St. Teresa of Avila. Let Nothing Disturb You Let nothing disturb you, nothing shake you. Everything passes, God does not change. Patience obtains everything. Whoever has God lacks nothing. Only God suffices. Elevate your thoughts to the heavens above. Let nothing distress you, nothing disturb you. Follow Jesus Christ with a big-heart, and come what may let nothing disturb you. Do you see the glory of the world? It's vain-glory. Nothing is stable, everything passes. Aspire unto the heavens which last forever. Faithful and rich in promises— God never changes. Love that which merits an immense goodness. But there is no pure love without patience. Confidence and a living faith maintain the soul. He [...]
The Feast Day for Two Early Papal-Martyrs
One of the most interesting arguments I hear against traditionalists these days goes something like this: "The lifestyle and liturgy of the early Christians was much more like that of modern charismatics than that of modern traditionalists." I too believed such silly arguments for a long time in my Catholic formation. Of course, there's mountains of evidence against such an assertion. The Roman Breviary for today's saints is just one such piece of evidence. Pope Saint Soter was martyred around AD 174 or 177. Pope St. Pope Caius (aka Gaius) was martyred in AD 296. Notice what the old Roman Breviary says about today's saints, but also notice what it also says about the lifestyle and liturgy of the very early Roman Christians: Soter, a countryman of Fondi in Campania, succeeded the holy martyr Anicetus. It was he who ordained that [...]
Avoiding Decisions in Desolation, Part 2: Specifics
p/c Daily Wire. In early 2023, Jordan Peterson (above left) interviewed Chloe Cole (above right) with probably well over 10 million listens across all forums. Chloe is an 18 year old woman who suffered gender-dysphoria and began to chemically "transition" at the age of 12. At the age of 15, she had a double-mastectomy that she described on this interview as "barbaric." She is now suing her surgeons and Kaiser Permanente of California as they proceeded into mutilating surgeries when she was not able to give informed-consent. Obviously, she could not give informed-consent to a mutilating reproductive surgery firstly because it was a mutilating sexual surgery and secondly due to her age and psychological desolation at the time. The first half of the two-hour interview was brilliant. However, I am not going to link the interview because in the second hour, [...]
Avoiding Decisions in Desolation, Part 1: Generalities
Five years ago, Sensus Fidelium produced a talk I gave called Making Decisions Without Fear based on the teaching of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Today we're going to delve much deeper into that oft-quoted parable of St. Ignatius "Don't make decisions in desolation." That is correct. But the original version from the saint goes like this: In time of desolation, we should never make any change, but remain firm and constant in the resolution and decision which guided us the day before the desolation, or in the decision to which we adhered in the preceding consolation. For just as in consolation the good spirit guides and counsels us, so in desolation the evil spirit guides and counsels. Following his [the evil spirit's] counsels, we can never find the way to a right decision.—Spiritual Exercises Rule I.5. Let's unpack this. First, [...]
The Resurrection, Truth and Compromise
In Christ's Passion, we see what we ought to suffer for the truth, and in His resurrection, what we ought to hope for in eternity.—St. Thomas Aquinas. Jesus Christ died for love of every man and woman and child who would ever live, and this was done on occasion of our many sins throughout time. But if you look at the above quote from St. Thomas Aquinas, you see that the more immediate and historical cause of Christ's death was His defense of "the truth." That is, Christ would not compromise on the truth of His Father's religion or liturgy. The Sanhedrein had been targeting Christ for at least two years, but we learn in the Gospels, especially those of Passiontide, that the Pharisees' hatred was greatly fed by Christ's raising of Lazarus and His cleansing of the Temple. Again, [...]
Funeral Sermon for my Mom
My last podcast was what I preached at a Requiem TLM in Holy Week. This podcast is the funeral sermon I preached at my parents' parish at a Mass in English (which I did not offer, but rather sat in choir.) I thank from the bottom of my heart our auxiliary bishop and the twenty priests of my Archdiocese who attended either the Vigil or the funeral Mass for my mother.
O Crux Ave, Spes Unica!
With the death of my mother, and amidst praising God for what seemed like a very good death graced to her, I have done a lot of thinking about the Cross and the Resurrection. While it is true that many saints indicate that those closest to Jesus seem to suffer the most on earth, we also must remember that everyone (regardless of religion) will face much pain and suffering and death on this planet. If everyone suffers, then why is Christianity so unique? It is unique because it is the only world-religion that allows us to praise God in the fiery-furnace, in the storm, even from the cross. That might seem sentimental or remind you of an evangelical praise song, but I have been doing a lot of thinking about world-religions' answer to suffering. Buddhism comes closest to having an [...]
Sermon At My Mother’s Requiem Mass
My mother, Claire Nix, fell asleep in the Lord on the third of April 2023. I was there with my whole family. This is the sermon I gave two days later. Please say an Our Father for my mother.
Commandments and Traditions
The Gospel found in the Traditional Latin Mass for the Wednesday of the third week of Lent includes this excoriation from Our Lord Jesus Christ to the Pharisees: Then came to Him from Jerusalem scribes and Pharisees, saying: "Why do Thy disciples transgress the tradition of the ancients? For they wash not their hands when they eat bread." But He answering, said to them: "Why do you also transgress the commandment of God for your tradition? For God said: 'Honour thy father and mother: And: He that shall curse father or mother, let him die the death.' But you say: 'Whosoever shall say to father or mother, The gift whatsoever proceedeth from me, shall profit thee.' And he shall not honour his father or his mother: and you have made void the commandment of God for your tradition (mandatum Dei propter traditionem [...]