VLX 2: How to Meditate on the Bible Like the Saints Did
On today's podcast, you can learn the two ways of mental prayer (mediation on the Gospels) from St. Bruno and St. Teresa of Avila.
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07, 2020
CPX 2: Page One of the Catechism of Pope St. Pius X
Today's podcast begins the catechesis and commentary on my new series titled, "Catechism of Pope St. Pius X."
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07, 2020
Why Mother Cabrini Would Not Want Herself to Replace Columbus on the Colorado Calendar
CNN recently reported, “Colorado passed legislation Tuesday to replace Columbus Day with Cabrini Day because bill sponsors say it doesn't represent their community members. The first Monday of October will now honor Frances Xavier Cabrini, who according to the bill, is the woman responsible for creating 67 schools, hospitals, and orphanages in the United States and South and Central America throughout her lifetime. Sen. Chris Hansen, one of the bill's sponsors, told CNN that Cabrini is a local Colorado hero because of the work that she did. Chicago and New York join Colorado in honoring Cabrini with a shrine dedicated to her, Rep. Adrienne Benavidez, another one of the bill's [...]
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07, 2020
CPX 1: Introduction to the Catechism of Pope St. Pius X
Today's podcast introduces the coming series on the online catechism that I will be teaching. The catechism will be taught in one year on this series.
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07, 2020
VLX 1: The Importance of Mental Prayer (Catholic Meditation)
Today is the premiere of my Catholic meditation channel. Below you can listen on video+audio on YouTube or below that: audio alone (see podcast links.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ULVNNcviao
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07, 2020
Earthly Things Part 2: The Days of Lawlessness
Many prayerful Catholics have been noticing that much of 2 Thessalonians 2 seems to be materializing over the past few years. In fact, it seems prophesies from the Old Testament are being fulfilled. One older friend of mine who is a covert from evangelical Protestant to Catholic believes the "abomination of desolation" (Dan 9:27 and Mt 24:15) was the placement of the Martin Luther statute into the Vatican in October of 2016 (nearly four years ago): Consider also how a priest friend of mine recently pointed out that 2 Thess 2:10 asserts that a group of people during a global "rebellion" will "refuse to love the truth and so be [...]
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07, 2020
An Albanian Convert Speaks on Totalitarianism and Catholicism
On today's podcast we have an Albanian immigrant to the USA (also a convert from Islam to Catholicism.) He speaks about Muslim and Marxist regimes and he recounts why he later became an American and even later a traditional Catholic. Michael is a bit of a living “Josip” from Michael O’Brien’s “Island of the World." Bumper music credit to Byzantine Chant Albanian-Agni Parthene.
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06, 2020
Earthly Things: Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz8wXNUdMO8 Consider four current issues of "debated" truth: 1) In the above video, Sean Hannity names numerous racist things that Joe Biden said starting at minute 3:30. This includes terms like "racial jungle" and "predators on our streets." Biden even describes South Asians as having a "slight Indian Accent..at 7-11 or Dunkin' Donuts." This is not to mention Biden's newest goof of telling a black radio host that unless he vote for him, "You ain't black." Of course, President Trump has never said anything remotely close to this racist (before or during his presidency. ) 2) In the below tweet, I mention a medical fact that many young women in first [...]
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06, 2020
To Die in Sanctifying Grace Podcast
Today's podcast looks at three New Testament clues to what it means to die in sanctifying grace. The featured image on the blog section of this podcast is a picture I took in Haiti. The original name for this podcast was: "According to Catholicism, what must you do to be saved." However, I thought that sounded too subjective whereas the answers I give are objective: Those who die in sanctifying grace are saved and those who die in mortal sin go to hell. We skip the loopholes to look at the meat and potatoes of getting your family to heaven.
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06, 2020
How To Use This Blog
There are now six sections to my blog: Theology (default reading when you put in "pilgrim priest" or "padre peregrino" to the url); Talks (Please see the longer description at the bottom of this post); Life (I just started monthly stories about myself); Español (rarely updated); About Padre (my permanent bio with an ever-changing Twitter feed) and Donate(now seeking one-time and monthly donors.) You can find these six-sections at the top of your desktop or laptop screen: Or, if you read my blog on your phone, the pull-down menu bar is here: Then, select one of the six: TALKS: My new teaching channel got delayed due to my commentaries on [...]