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9 10, 2021

First Year of Solemn High Masses
First Year of Solemn High Masses

First Year of Solemn High Masses

By Father David Nix|2021-10-09T15:16:09+00:00October 9th, 2021|Life|

There are a few different ways to offer the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM): 1) The Solemn High Mass (which is the standard from the early Church, even though it is the most ornate. See picture above for an example.) The Solemn High Mass requires three clerics (priest, deacon and sub-deacon) as well as many acolytes and a choir. (A Pontifical High Mass is a Solemn High Mass with a bishop as the main cleric.) 2) The Missa Cantata, which requires a priest, several servers and a choir. (Thus, it is less ornate than the Solemn High Mass.) 3) The low Mass which can be offered by a priest with no [...]

26 09, 2021

Life Update 2021.09.25

By Father David Nix|2021-09-28T22:03:06+00:00September 26th, 2021|Life|

This summer, I was blessed to be the chaplain for a couple weeks on the set of an upcoming movie by Metanoia Films called Cabrini. They filmed it in New York State (not NYC.) It is a big-screen-targeted movie on the life of St. Francis Xavier Cabrini and much of it takes place in lower Manhattan around the turn of the century. The set above is part of the re-creation of Five Points where St. Cabrini served the Italian immigrants of New York City. (Not that I think anyone should watch Godfather 2, but I believe the set above of Cabrini rivaled that of Coppola's 1974 movie.) The director Alejandro [...]

4 09, 2021

Life Update 2021.09.04

By Father David Nix|2021-09-04T17:55:40+00:00September 4th, 2021|Life|

Why am I am hermit with so much sacramental need in the world? For one, bishops do not want a priest who will exclusively do the old sacraments. Just a couple years ago, I (quite accidentally) ended up having a quick espresso with the Archbishop of Military Services. I knew I would never see him again, so I gave him an offer that had been mulling around in my heart for a long time: I told him that I would go anywhere in the world he sends me—even to the front lines—as a priest and paramedic to serve US troops. I said I was in good standing, but I only [...]

21 08, 2021

Rule of Life Approved
Rule of Life Approved

Rule of Life Approved

By Father David Nix|2024-11-02T17:45:18+00:00August 21st, 2021|Life|

The above is the renewal of my rule of life under the Archdiocese of Denver from 26 July 2021 to 30 June 2024. I blurred out my chancery's seal so as to prevent online hackers from copying it. But more interesting: Notice that first date in reference to the life of the Latin Mass world in the Church. Now, some people ask me: Why does a hermit maintain some external apostolates? Isn't this more the life of a monk-missionary than a hermit? Yes. But I give two reasons here: 1) I struggle with insomnia, I may do my several hours of prayer one day at a different time from the [...]

10 07, 2021

Life Update 2021.07.10

By Father David Nix|2021-08-09T04:43:23+00:00July 10th, 2021|Life|

I was recently thinking about being an ex-paramedic and my desire to work with mercenaries involved in the rescue of child slaves. Mercenaries rescuing child-slaves is not something only found in the congregations of the Middle Ages like the Trinitarians or the Mercedarians or the Knights Hospitaller. The fact is that today there are Catholic organizations of laymen dedicated to rescue Christians kidnapped by Muslims. However, due to the corrupt situation found in the leadership in both Church and State, these modern mercenaries must work around the Catholic hierarchy and around European and African governments, not with them. In other words, these Catholic mercenaries fly under the radar of both [...]

26 06, 2021

Life Update 2021.06.26
Life Update 2021.06.26

Life Update 2021.06.26

By Father David Nix|2021-06-18T21:05:11+00:00June 26th, 2021|Life|

The Overton Window of Evangelization The Overton Window is described by Wikipedia as "the range of policies politically acceptable to the mainstream population at a given time. It is also known as the window of discourse. The term is named after American policy analyst Joseph P. Overton, who stated that an idea's political viability depends mainly on whether it falls within this range, rather than on politicians' individual preferences." Notice that the enemies of Christ have changed their strategy the past two years. What was seen as unthinkable just two years ago is now promoted by the left as not only acceptable but necessary. For example, "Critical Race Theory" taught [...]

5 06, 2021

Life Update 2021.06.05
Life Update 2021.06.05

Life Update 2021.06.05

By Father David Nix|2021-05-27T18:15:45+00:00June 5th, 2021|Life|

This is the 19th century Papally-approved prayer I keep laminated in my Roman Breviary to pray before hearing confessions: Da mihi, Domine, sedium tuarum assistricem sapientiam, ut sciam judicare populum tuum in justitia et pauperos tuos in judicio. Fac me ita tractare claves regni coelorum, ut nulli aperiam cui claudendum sit, nulli claudam cui aperiendum sit. Sit intentio mea pura, zelus meus sincerus, charitas mea patiens, labor meus fructuosus. Sit in me lenitas non remissa, asperitas non severa; pauperem ne despiciam, diviti ne adulor. Fac me ad alliciendos peccatores suavem, ad interrogandos prudentem, ad instruendos peritum. Tribue, quaeso, ad retrahendos a malo solertiam, ad confirmandos in bono sedulitatem, ad promovendos [...]

29 05, 2021

Life Update 2021.05.29

By Father David Nix|2021-05-29T00:01:07+00:00May 29th, 2021|Life|

Red Rose Rescue I didn't realize that my second arrest for peacefully counseling inside a baby-killing center was on the internet, but someone sent this to me yesterday: https://youtu.be/QRI6nW-UQ5Q

22 05, 2021

Life Update 2021.05.22

By Father David Nix|2021-05-22T00:52:19+00:00May 22nd, 2021|Life|

p/c to @MrsCasey6 on Twitter. (It's not me at the altar.) A Little Thank You to My Donors... I was talking to a friend today complaining how I am having trouble getting my swimming legs for my 15 resolutions a day on prayer and apostolate and personal health. As I was complaining, I was explaining that I no longer have any excuse of living homeless or not being sure where my money was coming from. I complained how bad I was at emails and letters and that I no longer had any excuses. This good friend told me to rest in the Lord, explaining that going from major amounts [...]

8 05, 2021

Life Update 2021.05.08

By Father David Nix|2021-05-26T04:18:17+00:00May 8th, 2021|Life|

Why Online Church Reform? I learned French, Spanish and Portuguese to go to the mission. Why now am I a hermit who prays several hours a day and now works at Church reform online? In my last non-Latin Mass assignment for my home diocese, I was hearing 10-40 hours of confessions a week, less than a golf shot from a large State University. Most of my penitents were University students and I'd sometimes hear confessions past midnight. I had no iPhone (only a flip-phone) and I had no FaceBook, Twitter, blog or podcast. I had no desire for social media. However, approximately one complaint per month against my orthodox doctrine [...]