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14 08, 2025

Conquering Death Upon the Burial Site of Adam.

By |2025-08-12T22:11:19+00:00August 14th, 2025|Theology|

I didn't publicize this much on social media, but I took July 2025 as a retreat in the Holy City of Jerusalem.  I knew that (due to the war) there wouldn't be many tourists there.  And I was right.  I lived in the Old City with some Eastern Catholics, only about 250 meters from the Church of the Resurrection (aka the Church of the Anastasis, aka the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.) The above picture is the stunning view from my balcony at night.  From that balcony I could see everything from the Anastasis to the Mount of Olives.  The grey dome in the middle of the picture is the [...]

12 08, 2025

Cardinal Newman and “the Development of Doctrine.”

By |2025-08-12T12:11:17+00:00August 12th, 2025|Theology|

John Henry Cardinal Newman was a 19th century British convert from Anglicanism to Catholicism.  In full transparency, I should be clear that today I am not going to assess his controversial views of the inerrancy of Scripture or evolution. Also, the topic of whether Newman be a good candidate for a future valid canonization is better tackled by the WM Review here. Today, I am only going to assess his teaching on the "Development of Doctrine" and what that means for Catholics in the 21st century. As a Jesuit-educated 20 year old in the late 1990s, I had been told by many in my life at that point that all [...]

7 08, 2025

What If an Apostle Had Denied the Crucifixion?

By |2025-08-07T03:55:58+00:00August 7th, 2025|Theology|

Many traditional priests tell lay people to mind their own sins, not the Church crisis. Similarly, many anonymous traditional accounts online who stood against the last Vatican regime now promote the current one. The overlap between the two groups of trads is this: Don't pay attention to the new Church crisis. Yet both groups still (thankfully!) espouse the analogy that as Christ the Bridegroom had to go to Calvary, so also must the Catholic Church (as Christ's bride) go through her final Passion. However, that puts us in a very awkward situation, because the same people who tell us the crisis ended following the 2025 Conclave can point to no [...]

5 08, 2025

AI and the Final-Deceit.

By |2025-08-01T19:04:17+00:00August 5th, 2025|Theology|

The only R-rated movie my Dad ever took me to in the theatre as a kid was Terminator 2.  To this day it remains one of my favorite movies, except for the misuse of Our Lord's name, which is thankfully infrequent in the movie.   It is still one of my favorite movies because there is something Biblical about its apocalyptic import.  We watch the unbelieved prophet (and his mother) warning humanity about the self-destruction towards which they are cruising.  The kid John Connor asks, "We're not gonna make it, are we? People, I mean." The Terminator replies, "It's in your nature to destroy yourselves." Of course, theologically, it's not [...]

4 08, 2025

PIP 3: Rules #5-6.

By |2025-08-14T22:48:31+00:00August 4th, 2025|Podcasts, Sermons, Talks|

-Fr. David Nix continues "Peregrino Ignatian Pathway" (PIP) #3. Today we discuss rules no. 5 and 6 of discernment from the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. -Suscipe prayer of St. Ignatius: “Take, Lord, receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will. All I have and call my own, You have given all to me. To You, Lord, I return it. Everything is Yours: do with it what You will. Give me only Your love and Your grace, that is enough for me.”

29 07, 2025

Who Became the Head of the “Church of England”?

By |2025-07-31T09:24:07+00:00July 29th, 2025|Theology|

Question: Who became the head of the Church of England after the death of King Henry VIII? Answer on AI: "After Henry VIII (top-left) died in 1547, his son Edward VI (top-right) succeeded him as the head of the Church of England. During Edward VI's reign, England became more Protestant, and policies were enacted to enforce Protestant doctrine." Answer in reality: Both after and before the death of King Henry VIII, the head of the “Church of England” remained the Roman Catholic Primate of England, provided he never defected to heretical Anglicanism. You see, when a heretic like Henry VIII hijacks the Catholic Church in his region, it does not [...]

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