Father David Nix, Author at Padre Peregrino

17 06, 2015

Sons of Thunder

By Father David Nix|2015-07-10T13:26:32+00:00June 17th, 2015|Theology|

By a strange turn of events, I have to spend a day in Istanbul while trying to get home from Spain—even though it's the opposite direction. The reason this is especially strange is because these two countries were evangelized by the brothers James and John, sons of a Galilean fisherman named Zebedee. These two men became first century Apostles of Jesus Christ. Jesus nicknamed them "Sons of Thunder" because of their attitude towards life. After His resurrection, Our Lord sent St. James to Spain and St. John to Turkey (with His own Blessed Mother.) I flew from James' land to John's land today, and I'm tryıng to navigate a keyboard set up for the Turkish language at 9pm here in the city [...]

17 06, 2015

Istanbul, Turkey

By Father David Nix|2015-06-19T21:48:24+00:00June 17th, 2015|Updates|

The above are two pictures of the Hagia Sophia, one from the outside (that I didn't take) and one from the inside (that I did take). It was a Church made in 337, become a mosque in the 15th century and now just a museum. So sad. On a lighter note, I've never seen more special-meal options than Turkish Aiırlines offers: Asian Vegetarian Meal Baby Meal Bland Meal Child Meal Celebratory Cake Diabetic Meal Fruit Platter Meal Gluten-Free Meal Non-vegetarian Hindu Meal without beef Kosher Meal Low-Calorie Meal Low-Fat Meal Low-Salt Meal Muslim Meal Non-Lactose Meal Raw Vegetarian Meal Seafood Meal Vegan Meal Vegetarian Jain Meal Vegetarian Lacto-Ovo Meal Vegetarian Oriental [...]

13 06, 2015

Pilgrimage 5 of 5

By Father David Nix|2015-10-15T19:00:57+00:00June 13th, 2015|Theology|

When I lived in a hermitage in Arizona called Merciful Heart Hermitage I was befuddled about why my hermit buddy named it Merciful Heart and then spoke so much of the Heart of the Father. "We only know of the Sacred Heart, not of the heart of the Father," I silently thought. But one day, in this very hermitage, I was reading the Gospel of St. John, and I noticed that the chest of Jesus (upon which the Apostle John listened to the heartbeat of love at the last supper) was the same Greek word (κόλπον ) as found much, much earlier in John 1:18: No man hath seen God at [...]

12 06, 2015

Santiago De Compostela, Spain

By Father David Nix|2015-06-21T07:54:35+00:00June 12th, 2015|Updates|

All Pilgrims have arrived safely!

11 06, 2015

Santiago, Spain (on the way to)

By Father David Nix|2015-06-10T17:08:34+00:00June 11th, 2015|Updates|

Students getting some help from animals

10 06, 2015

Pedrouzo, Spain

By Father David Nix|2015-06-10T16:52:19+00:00June 10th, 2015|Updates|

Less than 24-hours to Santiago...

6 06, 2015

Sarria, Spain

By Father David Nix|2015-06-06T07:12:47+00:00June 6th, 2015|Updates|

23 of 23 pilgrims still alive! A thunderstorm knocked out internet, so sorry for all followers up to this point. If we walked without stopping, it would be about 23 more hours to go, per the map below. However, we'll probably arrive our final destination on 11 June, Thursday afternoon (Thursday morning in the US of 'Merica.)

6 06, 2015

Pilgrimage 4 of 5

By Father David Nix|2015-10-15T19:00:16+00:00June 6th, 2015|Theology|

When I think of angels in adoration of the Blessed Trinity, I think of how the angels´ adoration is: cosmic, undulating, unified to an inter-galatic degree of gyrating glory, power, light and effusion. Then I wonder: How could I praise God like that? Hands up? Sing louder? Better music? Everything except the Mass actually comes up short in reality, and even then the full glories of the Mass are not known except to a few saints, this side of the veil. Why exactly are we left in dust and ashes on earth while the angels know quite easily how to orbit God in weightless joy, combined with all the weight [...]

1 06, 2015

Astorga, Spain

By Father David Nix|2015-06-01T05:14:12+00:00June 1st, 2015|Updates|

23 pilgrims are approaching the goal of Santiago, Spain...but still 11 days and 254 km out (exactly 10 million inches today, I accidentally found out on my units-conversion-app.)

30 05, 2015

Pilgrimage 3 of 5

By Father David Nix|2015-10-15T18:58:05+00:00May 30th, 2015|Theology|

The Church Fathers compared the Jews´ time in the desert to a Christian's pilgrimage on earth. This is to ultimately lead them to the Promised Land. For us, earth is training ground to be able to enter the eternal Promised Land, but the Old Testament shows that the giants to be defeated are too great for natural powers to conquer. It takes supernatural power to enter the land of milk and honey...not because milk and honey are hard to obtain, but because of the enemies that block us. This is why sanctifying grace is so important to enter into heaven. Grace is not the "Price of admission," wrote Frank Sheed, [...]

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