VLX 160: Mt 27:27-31. A Crown of Thorns.
-The temple mount is not where the world thinks it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tzom66XhZ8 -Donate: https://www.padreperegrino.org/donate/ -Telegram: https://t.me/padreperegrino Gospel: “Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor's headquarters, and they gathered the whole battalion before him. And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head. And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him and led him away to crucify him.”
Five Pitfalls of Traditionalism with Dr. Taylor Marshall
Today, we discuss five pitfalls of moving from modernism to traditionalism (without regretting the move at all.) https://www.youtube.com/live/_0N-Lx64_pQ?si=L4N-7BT5CJTs6rJv
Forgiveness vs. Reconciliation
Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.—Jesus crucified in St. Luke 23:34. And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.—St. Stephen, Protomartyr in Acts 7:60. On Dr. Taylor Marshall's show, he and I discussed Narcissism in 2023. On that episode, we discussed the importance of saying "I'm sorry" and "I forgive you." After that show, I heard an excellent talk by an exorcist where he explained that small offenses should be forgiven without formal reconciliation. For medium offenses, the victim should still forgive the offender rather quickly, but an apology might be in order. However, for large offenses, while forgiveness should be forthcoming within the heart of the victim (with or without an apology from [...]
Interesting Uber Ride
An interesting conversation with a man from Afghanistan about religion in a 20 minute ride to DIA.
Diversionary Scapegoating in the Catholic Church
The top-left is the late Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex-offender who was the nexus point for many elite celebrities before his death. The top-right is Former-Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick, a convicted sex-offender who was also the nexus point for many elite bishops before he was laicized. There are many commonalities between the two criminals besides child-abuse. The crossover we are going to discuss today is something I label "Diversionary Scapegoating." Diversionary Scapegoating is when a delinquent group conveniently blames all of its crimes on one person (a criminal already busted) so as to divert the public's eyes from the criminal activity of that very same group. In regards to the top-left, that group is US celebrities. The elite and the mainstream media are now willing to admit that Jeffrey Epstein was a very bad man. Now MSNBC looks concerned about [...]
RCT 49: The Definition of a Sacrament.
-The Roman Catechism of Trent (RCT) p.147-150 -Sacraments, ep. 1. -Definition: “A Sacrament is a visible sign of an invisible grace, instituted for our justification.” -St. Mary of Egypt: https://www.padreperegrino.org/2018/01/maryegyptfull/ -Donate: https://www.padreperegrino.org/donate/ -Telegram: https://t.me/padreperegrino
Would Kamala’s Persecution Have Benefited Christians?
Yesterday, on the 6th of November 2024 at 2:24 EST, Mr. Donald Trump was officially predicted to be the President of the United States for the third time (2016, 2020 and 2024.) The middle of those was obviously stolen. Yes, I am a 2020 "election-denier." But that is not the topic of today's article. The topic of today's article (only to be tackled in the second half of this article) is to evaluate the assertion that certain Catholics (from left to right on the spectrum of theology and politics) have made, namely, that it would have been better for Kamala to become President so we could have gotten "done and over" the coming-persecution of Catholics. We are going to see how wrong (and deceived) these Catholics are. But first, let's review a few items. Supernatural refers to the things of [...]
VLX 159: Mt 27:20-26. Pilate Scourges Jesus
-Donate: https://www.padreperegrino.org/donate/ -Telegram: https://t.me/padreperegrino -Gospel: Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus. The governor again said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said, “Barabbas.” Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” They all said, “Let Him be crucified!” And he said, “Why? What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the more, “Let Him be crucified!” So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this Man's blood; see to it yourselves.” And all the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!” Then he released [...]
On The Indefectibility of the Catholic Church in this Crisis
Perhaps the only reason that a true Catholic with a good will and a functioning intellect would fear coming to the same conclusion on the papacy as Archbishop Viganó did would be the indefectibility of the Catholic Church. Fr. John Hardon SJ explains that indefectibility essentially promises that the Catholic Church "will always remain the institution of salvation, founded by Christ. This affirms that the Church is essentially unchangeable in her teaching, her constitution, and her liturgy. It does not exclude modifications that do not affect her substance, nor does it exclude the decay of individual local churches or even whole dioceses." But could that decay include the Pope? Of course, it could not include a valid Pope. What then is going on in Rome? Mr. Matthew McCusker at Lifesite News points to several pre-Conciliar theologians who show that indefectibility [...]
Catholic Numbers Tank Globally
Before Vatican II, numbers of Catholics across the globe were exploding. Consider just a few stats regarding American Catholics as listed in the Index of Leading Catholic Indicators: In 1930, the USA had 27,000 priests, but by 1965 that number nearly doubled, bringing the total number of American priests to 58,000. In 1930, the United States had 20,203,702 Catholics. By 1965, that number had sky-rocketed to 45,640,619. This means Catholics were not just reproducing, but making many converts. By 1965, American priests, nuns and lay people had built the world's largest conglomerate of hospitals, universities, high schools, grade schools and charitable organizations ever seen in the history of a young country. After Vatican II, Index of Leading Catholic Indicators reveals the following about the Catholic Church in the United States: In 1965, there were 1.3 million infant baptisms, but by [...]