CPX 54: The Angelus
Prayer part 12 in the Catechism of Pope St. Pius X (CPX) p. 57 Q/A #12-15. This is the last section of prayer before we move onto the sacraments in CPX. This is a short one today. Also, a thanks and tax-deduction note to donors can be found here, or at by clicking this direct URL link. (https://padreperegrino.org/2021/02/tax1/) […]
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Fatima, Portugal and Abortion
In 1917, towards the end of World War I, Mary (the Mother of God) appeared to three shepherd children (including the future Sr. Lucia) in the small town of Fatima, Portugal to speak of God's honor, the Rosary, the state of the Church, the state of Communism that was coming and heaven and hell. There were three secrets that had to do with: 1. A vision of souls in hell. 2. The Immaculate Heart of Mary and the annihilation of nations. 3. "In Portugal, the dogma of the faith will always be preserved, etc." That third secret was written down by Sr. Lucia later in her convent. Many people have asked for decades: What does "etc." refer to? Does this mean the Catholic faith would be lost in the hearts and minds of all Catholics across the globe except for [...]
VLX 54: Christ On Fasting
Mt 9:14-17. Is fasting just something for the Old Testament folks? https://youtu.be/NgHH7RXLQl4
A Thank You and Tax-Note to My Donors
Dearest Benefactors, Ave Maria! Thank you so much for your donations to me. As we approach tax season, please know that Peregrino Hermitage Ltd is a 501c3 non-profit. Its Federal tax ID is #83-4544433. For anyone who donated in 2020, you should be receiving an email from me on your total donations in 2020 very soon. If you don't, please email me at the email-address found on my donation page. According to my rule of life, I have been trying to pray a few hours a day and do online catechesis a few hours a day. This commitment (and lack of virtue) has delayed my responses to your snail-mail and your email. I just opened all your Christmas donations just before Ash-Wednesday! Most of this was my fault, but my PO Box (also found on my donation page.) was [...]
CPX 53: The Hail Mary Part 2
Prayer part 11 in the Catechism of Pope St. Pius X (CPX) p. 56 Q/A #7-11. Was it sappy poetry or philosophically true when Archbishop Fulton Sheen wrote of Mary that she was “the Woman whom even God dreamed of before the world was made”? https://youtu.be/Y8UxEvsufuA
Real Union Within the Catholic Church
With all these accusations of "schismatic" and "conspiracy theorist" being hurled from normy Catholics to traditional Catholics, let's see what St. Thomas Aquinas has to say: “The sin of unbelief, which fundamentally severs a man from the unity of the Church, simply speaking, makes him to be utterly unfit for receiving this sacrament of the Eucharist because it is the sacrament of the Church's unity.”—St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica 3.80.5ad2 This means that sins against the Deposit of the Faith unchanged from Apostolic times is more what separates a Catholic from worthiness to receive the Eucharist than fighting for reform within the hierarchy. (In fact, fighting for Church reform comes from union with the Eucharist, at least when done in charity.) The above quote from St. Thomas Aquinas also shows that com-union among Catholics is based in supernatural faith in the deposit [...]
VLX 53: Jesus Calls Matthew
Mt 9:9-13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJImqIn6omI
Replacement Morality and Risk Aversion
One of the effects of Fatima's foreboding "errors of Russia" is women in the workplace, which is tantamount to feminism. Feminism has changed the landscape of Catholic morality not only in specific areas of sterilization, contraception and abortion, but also in general areas of morality. For example, it has flattened any transcendent morality into an imminent morality of paranoid risk aversion. (A woman acting feminine is not the same as acting effeminate, so don't even try to call this a "misogynistic" post.) Last week, I walked out of a semi-enclosed marketplace drinking a cup of coffee. Naturally, the mask was below my chin. As I was about to exit out of two doors, a big 25 year old woman backed away in fear of my maskless face, and changed her mind on holding the door for me (something I guess [...]
CPX 52: The Hail Mary, Part 1
Prayer part 10 in the Catechism of Pope St. Pius X (CPX) p. 55 Q/A #1-6. (Mariology graph h/t to the Church Fathers, Dr. Scott Hahn and Catholic Answers.) https://youtu.be/FwBMSxDtuGg
How Good Catholic Teens Are Getting Groomed by Online Predators (It’s Not How You Think.)
All parents should watch the below 7-minute video to see not so much how bad girls get trafficked but rather how good girls get trafficked. It is called The Dangers of Social Media (Child Predator Experiment) and it has over 61M views. This channel belongs to Coby Persin who is not a trafficker himself, but is fronting as a trafficker fronting as good teen-boy to meet a good teen girl: https://youtu.be/6jMhMVEjEQg However, unlike the above video, the person on the other end of your kid's FB app is usually not a good-man fronting as a trafficker. Rather, he is a real trafficker. It was brought to my attention twice this past week that Catholic families I know in real life had their teens groomed by online predators. The FBI caught one of the predators in an investigation, and the second situation will hopefully include an [...]