CPX 76: Examination of Conscience
Catechism of Pope St. Pius X (CPX) p. 86-87. Q/A 25-35...with a special section on nine ways of being an accomplice to another's sin. - Pneumonic to memorize: C-CAP: Contrition, Confession, Absolution, Penance. - 15 Mortal Sins Catholics Are Missing in Their Confessions (blog): https://padreperegrino.org/2019/08/mortalsins/ - Tips on making a good confession video: https://youtu.be/QICKUkEj5WM - How to Make A General Confession video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u1ZjJMBTiw https://youtu.be/FmgXrPlo_H8
Staring Too Long Into the Abyss
by Guest Writer “Man is a rope,” Zarathustra cries out to the crowd, “fastened between animal and Superman – a rope over an abyss.” -- Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra “If you stare too long into the abyss, then it stares back at you.” -- Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil I read a lot of Nietzsche in college. While it has been years since I last picked up one of his works, I’ve been reflecting on his image of the abyss lately, following several “red pill” moments in the world and the Church that left me questioning whether there is any institution left worth trusting, if there is any firm ground left to stand upon. Can it be that every governmental, health, corporate, and mainstream media institution around the world is conspiring to withhold inexpensive life saving treatments, falsify [...]
VLX 76: Healthy Like the Other
Mt 12:9-14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8xLylnX7is
Production Schedule
Reminder that these are my weekly production goals: Monday: VLX (Video Lectio Divina) found on both YouTube and all podcast apps. Search Padre Peregrino. Tuesday: Blog here Wednesday: CPX (Catechism of Pius X) found on both YouTube and all podcast apps. Search Padre Peregrino. Thursday: Blog here Friday: Occasionally, TCE (Theology and Current Events) found on YouTube and all podcast apps. Saturday: Occasionally, See Life Update blog on pull-down section called Life.)
TCE 24: 10 Planks of the Manifesto
Steve Cunningham the founder of "Sensus Fidelium" and I look at the 10 planks of how Karl Marx suggested society be changed: 1. Abolition of Property in Land and Application of all Rents of Land to Public Purpose. 2. A Heavy Progressive or Graduated Income Tax. 3. Abolition of All Rights of Inheritance. 4. Confiscation of the Property of All Emigrants and Rebels. 5. Centralization of Credit in the Hands of the State, by Means of a National Bank with State Capital and an Exclusive Monopoly. 6. Centralization of the Means of Communication and Transport in the Hands of the State. 7. Extension of Factories and Instruments of Production Owned by the State, the Bringing Into Cultivation of Waste Lands, and the Improvement of the Soil Generally in Accordance with a Common Plan. 8. Equal Liability of All to Labor. [...]
Four Aspects of Modernism
With the tension between Apostolic Catholics and modernist heretics reaching fever pitch this month, we have to return to the warning issued over 100 years ago by Pope St. Pius X on modernism, which he called "the synthesis of all heresies." Yes, I know we all get tired of hearing the term "modernism is the synthesis of all heresies." But we still have to stop and remind ourselves constantly that opposing modernism is not tantamount to opposing digital expressions of the Gospel or even opposing new "packaging" of the old-school Gospel in a digestible fashion to modern ears. Rather, we must remember that modernism is opposing that which attempts to squash Divine Revelation that was destined to reach all nations. The modern synthesis of all heresies is sneaky, so we have to consider four important but hidden differences between the [...]
CPX 75: Confession 3
Catechism of Pope St. Pius X (CPX) p. 85-86. Q/A 19-24: The effects and the necessity of the sacrament of penance and the disposition to receive it properly. - The pneumonic to memorize is C-CAP: Contrition, Confession, Absolution, Penance. - 15 Mortal Sins Catholics Are Missing in Their Confessions (blog): https://padreperegrino.org/2019/08/mortalsins/ - Tips on making a good confession (video): https://youtu.be/QICKUkEj5WM - How to Make A General Confession (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u1ZjJMBTiw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4_TwgPVd1M
Rule for Thinking With the Church #13
If we wish to proceed securely in all things, we must hold fast to the following principle: What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines. For I must be convinced that in Christ Our Lord, the bridegroom, and in His spouse the Church, only one Spirit holds sway, which governs and rules for the salvation of souls. For it is by the same Spirit and Lord who gave the Ten Commandments that our holy Mother Church is ruled and governed.—St. Ignatius of Loyola, Spiritual Exercises, Rules for Thinking with the Church #13 St. Ignatius of Loyola is one of my favorite saints. In fact, the historical Jesuits are possibly my favorite religious order. However, modern Jesuits twist the above quote from their founder to justify a capricious obedience to the hierarchy in a [...]
Stop Groveling Under the Table
The new document was correct about one thing: There's only ever been one Roman Rite. https://twitter.com/FrDaveNix/status/1417114763734122500?s=20
VLX 75: Making Life Decisions
Mt 12:1-2 ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA’S RULES FOR THINKING WITH THE CHURCH: #367.13 If we wish to proceed securely in all things, we must hold fast to the following principle: What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines. For I must be convinced that in Christ Our Lord, the bridegroom, and in His spouse the Church, only one Spirit holds sway, which governs and rules for the salvation of souls. For it is by the same Spirit and Lord who gave the Ten Commandments that our holy Mother Church is ruled and governed. ST. IGNATIUS’ DISCERNMENT OF SPIRITS: 314. I. In the case of those who go from one mortal sin to another, the enemy is ordinarily accustomed to propose apparent pleasures. He fills their imagination with sensual delights and gratifications, the more [...]