VLX 146: Mt 25:14-30. “The Parable of the Talents.”
-My site: https://www.padreperegrino.org -Donate: https://www.padreperegrino.org/donate/ -Telegram: https://t.me/padreperegrino Gospel: For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. So also he who had the two talents made two talents more. But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money. Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me five talents; [...]
The Scarcity Principal on the Deposit of the Faith
Knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the Precious Blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.—1 Pt 1:18-19. The above quote from Sacred Scripture shows that the Most Precious Blood of Jesus Christ is objectively of infinite value to our salvation from sin, death, hell and demons. But many Catholics today subjectively take the shed-blood of Jesus for granted. As I have written before, a diocesan bishop once admitted to me that 80% of the Catholics in his Archdiocese received Holy Communion in a state of mortal sin every Sunday. And I agree with him. (I have no problem with him admitting that to me, except the casual manner in which he presented it.)) Earlier this year, I [...]
Fr. Leo: Denver’s Priestly Martyr of the 20th Century
The Martyrdom of Father Leo Heinrichs OFM, by David Gabler, citing the February 1908 edition of the Denver Catholic Register: Father Leo Heinrichs woke up the morning of Feb. 23, 1908, and prepared for the 6 a.m. Mass at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish in Denver. While he normally said the 8 a.m. Mass, Father Leo asked his vicar, Father Wulstan Workman, if he would switch on account of a meeting he had later that morning. It was the last Mass the Franciscan priest ever celebrated. While distributing Holy Communion, an Italian immigrant named Giuseppe Alia approached the altar rail, and knelt down to receive Holy Communion as given to him by Father Leo. However, upon receiving it, Alia spit the Sacred Host out into his hand and threw it in the face of Father Leo. As the Eucharist fell [...]
TCE 55: The History of Catholic Rules on Fasting with Matt Plese
Did you know that the Catholic rules on fasting changed every few hundred years even before Vatican II? Mr. Matthew Plese may be the greatest historian alive today on the ascetical practices of past ages of Christianity. He joins us today to explain the changes of Catholic Rules on Fasting in this Theology and Current Events (TCE) #55. (If you make it to the end, I can almost guarantee you'll find our 100 minutes of ascetical theology worth it.) -My site: https://www.padreperegrino.org -Donate to me: https://www.padreperegrino.org/donate/ -Mr. Plese’s site: https://acatholiclife.blogspot.com -St. Nicholas Telegram channel for fasting Catholics: https://t.me/c/1759540558/6158
IVF Kills Thirty Children For Every One That Survives
In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) is defined by Yale Medicine as "a procedure that involves retrieving a woman's eggs and a man's sperm sample and combining the two in a laboratory dish." Most Catholics in the pro-life movement are against IVF because "IVF replaces the marital act with a laboratory act and that an affront to the dignity of a child who is conceived." While that is true, the main reason we should be against IVF is not a violation of the 6th Commandment, but rather a violation of the 5th Commandment: IVF eradicates many embryos (new individuals) to yield only a few living children. A Catholic woman named Jenny Vaughn has a blog called Catholic Sistas in which she courageously shared her conversion story following the IVF procedures done by her and her husband. She wrote: The doctor had retrieved [...]
The Two Biggest Evils: Abortion and Trafficking (Video)
I join Fr. Philomeno and the Marian Franciscans at Radio Immaculata to discuss the two greatest threats to children in the world right now: https://www.youtube.com/live/nOs_2IDK57s?si=R79m63wlmCJ5gsHK
Christ’s Revelation Is Built Upon Natural Law
Top-left: St. Thomas Aquinas. Top-right: Person at funeral for trans.-person at St. Patrick's Cathedral in NYC, p/c Time Magazine. Recently, someone asked me about the Catholic Church's teaching on "transgenderism." Before we get to theology, we must realize that certain members of society identify as "transvestite." Transvestite means "one who has changed clothes." It is obviously possible to change your clothes, whether this be for ordered reasons (like a certain male-martyr described in the ancient Roman Martyrology who dressed up as a woman to save a Christian woman in a Roman prison in order to replace her) or for disordered reasons, like a man erroneously believing he is a woman. But to go transgender is biologically impossible. Here is why: There are between 36,000,000,000,000 and 100,000,000,000,000 cells in the human body. Each of 30+ trillion cells has a genome containing [...]
15 Signs of a Toxic Spiritual Director
Recently, a friend emailed me her concerns surrounding a traditional Catholic priest our age who insists he must be the director of various women we know. We agreed he manifests at least half of the following 15 signs of toxic-religion as seen in PsycheCentral: It begins with dichotomous thinking, dividing people into two parts. Those who agree with the narcissists beliefs and those who don’t. Interestingly, only the narcissist is the judge and jury of who belongs on which side. Your opinion is insignificant. Then the narcissist makes fun of, belittles, and shows prejudice towards other beliefs. This tactic is done to remind you that if you change your views, you will be treated likewise. Suddenly the narcissist becomes elitist and refuses to associate with people or groups they consider impure or unholy. They prefer isolation and insist you do [...]
RCT 35: The Holy Spirit, The Life-Giver.
The Roman Catechism of Trent (RCT) p.95-98 The Creed, Article VIII, Section C. -My site: https://www.padreperegrino.org -Donate: https://www.padreperegrino.org/donate/ -Telegram: https://t.me/padreperegrino
TCE 54: Liz Yore on Open Borders.
Anti-Trafficking expert Liz Yore (who worked side-by-side with the FBI for years when they were good) discusses Biden’s open-borders with Fr. David Nix on this episode of Theology and Current Events (TCE) #54.