CPX 85: Holy Orders 1
Catechism of Pope St. Pius X (CPX) p. 104-105 Q/A 1-8. Thanks to the Benedictine Monks for music bumpers at https://clearcreekmonks.org https://youtu.be/885IDeby2lA
Dream of a Restored Church
I frequently think that the return of Christ may be imminent, especially since it seems much of Matthew 24 has been fulfilled in the past 100 years and how much of 2 Thess 2 has been fulfilled in the past 10 years. But a dream (literally a dream) this past week pumped the breaks on that expectation. I decided against writing that entire dream here in my blog, and I certainly don't claim it was a private revelation, but I can say that the joy, peace, truth, love and light in the life of Catholics in that dream reminded me of the following approved private revelations on the restoration of the Catholic Church: Our Lady of Fatima to the three children: "In the end, My Immaculate Heart will triumph. The Holy Father will consecrate Russia to Me, and she will [...]
VLX 85: The Weed and the Mustard Seed
Mt 13:24-32 Thanks to Benedictine Monks for music bumpers at https://clearcreekmonks.org https://youtu.be/XL6lreR69fY
QuickPod: Hobos on Highways
Meditation on Mt 22 and two different 16th century saints. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZWthpSbslI
TCE 29: Uncancelable
Captain Emily Rainey returns to talk about her very recent adventures in getting forcibly removed from a North Carolina school meeting for refusing to take part in what the Holy Theotokos calls “The Errors of Russia.” https://youtu.be/XyW1tOgkb54
My Servant, Who Suffers a Great Deal for the Faith
Guest Author: Andromeda Prologue: Until today, I had never heard of Professor Albert Drexel (1889-1997). He was born in Hohenems, in the Voralberg Province of Austria and was the third of five brothers, who, like him, were all priests. He was ordained in 1914. He held three doctorates in philology (i.e. study of language, strongly connected to the study of etymology). A week or so ago, I had started to formulate a desire to implore help from The Mother of God, namely, in the form of a visible sign that I could clearly understand. Knowing the seriousness of such a favor, and with childlike hope, I let it sit, and only once more during the week thought about what it was exactly that I was asking for. Then, at Holy Mass this afternoonFriday of Michaelmas Embertide, Feast Day of Our [...]
CPX 84: Extreme Unction
Catechism of Pope St. Pius X (CPX) p. 103-104 Q/A 1-6 PEXAP: Penance, Eucharist, eXtreme Unction, Apostolic Pardon Music bumpers thanks to Benedictine Monks at https://clearcreekmonks.org Video bumpers thanks to William Gil. https://youtu.be/59edYPp2POI
How Christians Should Mock Death
“For when one sees human beings, who are weak by nature, leaping towards death, neither shrinking from its corruption nor fearing the descent to hell, but with an eager spirit challenging it and not flinching from torture, but rather for the sake of Christ preferring instead of this present life zeal for death; or if one were to watch men and women and young children rushing and leaping towards death on account of their devotion to Christ, who is so silly or who is so incredulous, or who is so maimed in mind, as to not understand and reason that it is Christ, to whom human beings are bearing witness, who provides and grants the victory over death to each, rendering it fully weakened in each of those having his faith and wearing the sign of the cross?” —St. Athanasius [...]
VLX 84: The Logos of the Kingdom
Mt 13:18-23 “St. Mark Ji Tianxiang: Hope for Addicts” at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bctgh91tgk https://youtu.be/RzVrg10hLqQ
‘The Prophesy of St. Francis’ and the ‘Franciscans of the Immaculate’
This is a prophesy of St. Francis of Assisi. Notice it is sourced at the end: “Act bravely, my brethren; take courage and trust in the Lord. The time is fast approaching in which there will be great trials and afflictions; perplexities and dissensions, both spiritual and temporal, will abound; the charity of many will grow cold, and the malice of the wicked will increase. The devils will have unusual power; the immaculate purity of our Order, and of others, will be so much obscured that there will be very few Christians who obey the true Supreme Pontiff and the Roman Church with loyal ears and perfect charity. “At the time of this tribulation a man, not canonically elected, will be raised to the Pontificate, who, by his cunning, will endeavour to draw many into error and death. Then scandals [...]