St. John the Baptist’s Approach to the Hierarchy and the Laity
Monday's podcasted sermon is about what St. John the Baptist might say to the Catholic faithful in 2019 who are looking for answers (or excuses) from the hierarchy.
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06, 2019
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06, 2019
RomeCast 9: How Do Catholics Maintain Courage in the Public Forum?
How do Catholics navigate conscience and public courage in a time of doctrinal confusion? In today's RomeCast, we look at some high profile Catholics like Jim Gaffigan, Joseph Sciambra and Justice Thomas, as well as a pro-life priest in Colorado. We also recall the price of telling the truth, as seen in the recently deceased Natacha Jaitt.
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05, 2019
RomeCast 6: Mental State of Awareness in the Catholic Church
On today's podcast, Oz and I discuss peaceful vigilance in lay people approaching both catechesis and priests, and how we want to avoid the two extremes of both negligence and panic.
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05, 2019
RomeCast 5: Socialism in Venezuela and Social Credit in Vatican II
In today's podcast, we discuss a NYT article on Venezuela, Marxism in general and secondly the question that many traditional Catholics get on obedience and authority.
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05, 2019
Glad Trad 6.2: Michael Voris’ 2018 Stories Re-Visited
In today's podcast, we recap the 2018 Church Militant stories of James Grein and the late Fr. Moreno of the diocese of Buffalo, NY.
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05, 2019
World Religions Part III: Real Catholicism is the Only Antidote to Chaos
I attempted to prove in World Religions part I and part II that Catholicism is the only world religion that even claims to deliver lasting fulfillment to modern man. In this blog post, I will attempt to show that an "updated" Catholicism can never do this. Only real Catholicism can serve as "an antidote to chaos" to borrow a term from the best-selling book by Jordan Peterson. Yesterday, I drove from Denver to Chicagoland to be with my grandma for what may be her last month on earth. I am vigiling by her bed with both an iPad to get some work done and the old Collectio Rituum to begin [...]
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05, 2019
Glad Trad 6.1: Michael Voris’ Conversion Story
In today's podcast, we hear the conversion of Michael Voris, founder of Church Militant.
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04, 2019
Did Christ Program the Church to Withstand Every Storm?
Between my initial conversion as a teenager (1997) and about halfway through my nine-years of priesthood (2014) I would probably have been described as a small-fish but bold-agent in the "New Evangelization" of Pope John Paul II. I don't regret those days. I came to know salvation-history through great lay leaders. I saw real miracles in the charismatic movement (as well as some evil things.) As a layman, I had many sins forgiven by priests who did not speak a word of Latin (and some invalid confessions via priests changing the words of absolution.) As much as this blog post might sound primed for a line like "But now I [...]
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04, 2019
Glad Trad Q/A 2: Stefanie Nicholas
Will there be animals in heaven? Is St. Gallen's mafia real? Will the Greek Orthodox unite with Rome? How many Muslims believe in sharia? What about Garabandal? Is there Biblical evidence for Mary as Queen of Heaven and Earth?
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09, 2018
On Schism
Johannesburg, South Africa used to be the gunshot wound (GSW) capitol of the world. Several years ago, I was reading about how a Joburg paramedic was treating a conscious GSW patient. After a body sweep to find the exact number of GSWs, the paramedic found an exit wound in addition to the single entrance wound. Finding the exit wound made the medic exclaim, "This means you're going to live! This means you're going to live!" (Keep in mind that GSW patients frequently survive. Other victims may die hours later in the Operating Room, unlike the movies where the victim always dies on-scene.) I've been very curious about that story for [...]