RCT 13: The Holy Name of Jesus
The Roman Catechism of Trent (RCT) p. 35-38 The Creed, Article II, Part B. https://rumble.com/embed/v23uh8a/?pub=e5jg1
Revisiting “Santa Muerte”
On my video called Theology and Current Events (TCE) #41 I was joined in early 2022 by Armando Valenzuela to discuss the Mexican “devotion” called “Santa Muerte.” Mr. Valenzuela is a former police officer and special-agent from the Los Angeles Police Department. One thing Armando made clear (and no one can accuse him of "racism" since he's half-Mexican and half-Pima Indian) is that the Santa Muerte devotion is not an old Mexican devotion based in Catholicism, but a new diabolical act of worship of the demon of death introduced into the country by Mexican drug cartels. Or, more likely, as we will see later, it is a return of the Aztec demons. On our podcast and video, Amando described going to a small Santa Muerte temple in Los Angeles. (Notice this "devotion" has spread beyond Mexico.) A man heavily involved [...]
Third Sunday After Epiphany Sermon
Sunday Sermon Series S1E8. *** - VLX 43 on the Leper: https://youtu.be/Lv0jbH4ZmXQ - VLX 44 on the Centurion: https://youtu.be/gsSH4fi5Zyc
Why (and How) to Baptize a Miscarried Baby
The following was written by Alana M. Rosshirt in a 1958 production of Marriage: The Magazine of Catholic Family Living. Please open the pdf here to read about importance of baptizing miscarried babies, and how to do it. Also, free to print it. Although the above pdf is the main thing that I hope you will read in this blog post, I want to mention a few more things about baptism. The following canons from the new code of Canon Law (released in 1984 under Pope John Paul II) reveal some of the most overlooked parts of the theology and practice of infant baptism. Keep in mind that that the following has nothing to do with miscarried babies. Especially pay close attention to the fact that full-term babies who are dying who have Catholic (or even non-Catholic) parents can and should [...]
The Four “C’s” of a Good Confession
Before going to confession, remember to never bring your phone in the confessional (as a phone even in airplane-mode may be hacked by the government or another enemy.) Rather, write out your sins on a piece of paper that you may wish to bring into the confessional. Then, begin your confession by saying to the priest your state in life (married, single, priest religious) and then say how long it's been since your last confession (one week, one month, one year, etc.). Say, "I accuse myself of the following sins..." as you keep in mind the traditional Four C's of Making a Good Confession: Clear. Someone recently told me about an account in Fr. FX Shouppe's book The Dogma of Hell where a penitent purposefully obfuscated his confession of a mortal sin and ultimately went to hell for it being considered [...]
VLX 125: To Drink the Cup
Mt 20:20-28. https://rumble.com/embed/v234aoq/?pub=e5jg1
Second Sunday after Epiphany
Sunday Sermon Series (SSS) S1E6. This weekend's sermon links of the wedding feast of Cana to a favor given in the life of 19th century converted-Jew Hermann Cohen (later become Fr. Augustine-Mary of the Blessed Sacrament, Carmelite.) Transalpine Redemptorists: http://papastronsay.blogspot.com/2011/10/text-of-letter-prophesied-to-father.html?m=1
The Four Lacunæ of the “New Evangelization”
The "old evangelization" is better than the "new evangelization" not because old things are better (which is generally true) or that human-nature is more fallen than it was in the 16th century (which is also probably true) but because of two other specific reasons: 1) The "old evangelization" goes back to Apostolic times where the ascetical life of union with Christ drove the exterior life of spreading the Catholic Faith (unlike the "new evangelization" that is reliant on people being relevant and "contagious.") 2) The old-evangelization worked, unlike the new evangelization. Even promoters of the new evangelization admit that in the United States, for every convert coming in the front-door to the Catholic faith, we lose four or five Catholics through the back door. Crisis Magazine recently showed attendance at the TLM is growing, unlike... ...mainstream Catholicism where weekly attendance [...]
The Bridge Given to St. Catherine of Siena
Some leftist "Catholics" now call traditional Catholics names like "Pelagians." Pelagianism is the 4th century heresy that one could be saved by good works alone with no need for grace. It's very ironic that leftists call traditionalists "Pelagians" since we are always confessing our sins to obtain the grace of forgiveness. But the other reason it's ironic that leftists call traditionalists "Pelagian" is because nearly every lefty-Catholic is a Pelagian by virtue of their own theology. Here's why: Most lefty-Catholics believe that following one's own conscience is enough to be saved, even if you die a pagan or Jew or Muslim. That is exactly the same definition as Pelagianism, but with a new twist, namely, that one can be saved by one's conscience, not by Jesus Christ. But this is why Pope St. Pius X said that modernism was "the [...]
“He is to Be Accused by His Subjects.”—St. Isidore
I do not want this blog to turn my readers into "heresy hunters" since recognizing heresy is not enough to obtain eternal life. Also, there is so much heresy in current "Catholics" (both lay and clergy) that your "heresy hunting" would become an exhausting effort. But this blog is worth writing because there is an odd gnostic-myth floating around Catholic circles today that a heretic in the hierarchy can only be recognized by either a group of Cardinals or an obsolete battery of canonical trials. While it is true that the saints seem to delineate between "material heresy" (small points) and "manifest heresy" (obvious heresy) the latter is held by saints to be easily-identified by your average faithful lay-man or lay-woman living in sanctifying grace. To believe secret wisdom on recognizing orthodoxy belongs to a shifty group of Cardinals is [...]