The Holy Family for Gender Dysphoria
The first half of this Sunday sermon is truth and the second half is compassion for those struggling with gender-identity disorders. I referenced this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7lxdWxTFyw
Epiphany Sermon
"For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord."—Ephesians 5:8
Christmas Octave Sermon
This sermon was taken from the Christmas "Puer Natus" propers, but it is released today on the Christmas Octave.
Christmas Vigil Mass Sermon
In the old calendar, when Christmas falls on a Monday, the fourth Sunday of Advent is subsumed into the Christmas Vigil Mass, meaning the priest in purple. This will probably be my only sermon posted for Christmas, due to a short one in tomorrow's Missa Cantata. VENI veni, Emmanuel captivum solve Israel, qui gemit in exsilio, privatus Dei Filio. R: Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuel, nascetur pro te Israel! O COME, O come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel, that morns in lonely exile here until the Son of God appear. R: Rejoice! Rejoice! O Israel, to thee shall come Emmanuel! Veni, O Sapientia, quae hic disponis omnia, veni, viam prudentiae ut doceas et gloriae. R. O come, Thou Wisdom, from on high, and order all things far and nigh; to us the path of knowledge show, and teach us in her ways [...]
The Last Jedi and the Priesthood
The Prequels Towards the end of our first year in seminary, we were required to take a 30-day silent-retreat based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. It was the summer of 2005, and we seminarians arrived in Omaha for a month off the grid. We were taken about 45 miles northeast of Omaha to a forest in Iowa, where we would pray along the Nishnabotna River for 30 days in silence. Every day would include four to five hours of meditation on the Gospels (Ignatian mental prayer) as well as daily Mass, Rosary, Divine Office and manual labor. The Spiritual Exercises are truly that: Exercises, not a sleepy retreat. However, because of the intensity of our retreat, they gave us weekends to talk with each other and go to town. One weekend, we went to Omaha to [...]
TLM Class 5
From the consecration to the Leonine prayers.
Padre’s Platinum List
People have been asking me for my favorite books in one single blog post. Here's a short "best-of" list. NB: I hesitantly use Amazon Prime as it does not fulfill Catholic social teaching on subsidiarity. Thus, I'm not going to hyperlink these books. You will have to do your own research to find them. That way, you can use whatever market you want. How to Pray Conversation with Christ by Fr. Rohrbach Best book on Mary The World's First Love by Archbishop Fulton Sheen Best histories of the Catholic Church The History of Christendom by Warren Carroll (long at six volumes coming to about 5,000 pages) Triumph (short, coming to about 500 pages) Best Audio books: Killing Jesus by Bill O'Reilly (Don't worry, you don't have to like his politics to find this is a phenomonal book on the [...]
Gaudete 2017
Family spiritual warfare that is necessary before the peace of heaven.
TLM Class 4
This class goes from the Creed to the Hanc Igitur.
Lead Us Not Into Temptation
There has recently been some debate on the last line of the Our Father: And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.—Matthew 6:13 Should the Our Father read "lead us not into temptation" as it has always been translated or the modern "let us not fall into temptation"? Let's look at the Greek. The Greek of Matthew 6:13a is καὶ μὴ εἰσενέγκῃς ἡμᾶς εἰς πειρασμόν. Word-by-word, it is καὶ (and) μὴ (not) εἰσενέγκῃς (to bring/lead) ἡμᾶς (us) εἰς (into) πειρασμόν (temptation.)—Matthew 6:13 Notice that the verb εἰσενέγκῃς (pronounced ace-in-egg-ace) is the active verb translated as bring or lead. On the other hand, the whole idea of "let us not fall into temptation" is still technically an active verb in the English denotation, but very passive in the connotation. Of course, God tempts no one: Let no one say when he [...]