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Joseph Sciambra Asks Fr. David Nix: “Why Should I Stay in the Catholic Church?”

My friend, Joseph Sciambra, recently aired this interview of the two of us on his YouTube channel. A little backstory on Joseph: After escaping 15 years of a flamboyant pagan lifestyle in the heart of San Francisco, Joseph converted back to his original faith of baptism, Catholicism. He eventually made his way back to confession and even the Traditional Latin Mass, which he still attends today. However, as a man who was abused by a priest at the age of 16 years old, Joseph has been very vocal about his temptation to leave the Catholic Church. We discuss the difficult topic of adult survivors of priest-child sex scandals, all the while trying to avoid the all-too-common answers he hears all the time why he should stay at the superficial level.

By |September 19th, 2020|

VLX 24: Mt 5:13-20: The Sermon on the Mount Part 1

How do we reconcile “Let your light shine before others” with “when you give to the needy sound no trumpet before you”? We have a Patristic answer on that one. We also do an Ignatian meditation on how the boy Jesus lived Jewish tradition starting at TS 12:15. https://youtu.be/E3v8c9M81Ps  

By |September 15th, 2020|

Part 3 of My Commentary on Archbishop Viganò’s September 2020 Letter

This is the third part of an analysis I wrote on a recent letter from Archbishop Viganò to a layman. Archbishop Viganò's words are in italics.  My words are in bold orange font below. AB. Viganò's full letter without my additions can be found here.  Dear Mr. Kokx, 1 Sept 2020 ...continued from part 2... It is therefore not a question of working from within the Church or outside it: the winemakers are called to work in the Lord’s Vineyard, and it is there that they must remain even at the cost of their lives; the pastors are called to pastor the Lord’s Flock, to keep the ravenous wolves at bay and to drive away the mercenaries who are not concerned with the salvation of the sheep and lambs. Indeed, there are some bishops who are concerned with the salvation [...]

By |September 14th, 2020|
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