VLX 115: Fraternal Correction
Mt 18:15-20 1. Jeff Cavins' talk on forgiveness: https://www.lighthousecatholicmedia.org/store/title/the-hidden-power-of-forgiveness 2. The Wounded Heart to help sex-abused: https://theallendercenter.org/store/products/the-wounded-heart/ 3. Fr. Ripperger on demons' and socialists' psychology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeXsTgqBKeY 4. Dr. Ramani YT channel on avoiding Narcissists: https://www.youtube.com/c/DoctorRamani 5. Donor changes on my blog: https://www.padreperegrino.org/2022/07/chgdonor/ 6. My Rumble Channel: https://rumble.com/c/c-1209063 7. My BitChute Channel: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/SKzBnAOMwjuO/ https://rumble.com/embed/v19xcxj/?pub=e5jg1
“I Delivered My Child.”
by guest writer, Melody Lyons, found at The Essential Mother. Thirteen years ago I delivered our little Matthew Athanasius at home on the Feast of St. Maria Goretti. He was born too soon at 14 weeks in his intact amniotic sac. 2-3 inches of perfection. All his little fingers and toes visible. I knew he had died after symptoms declined and we confirmed via non-medical ultrasound. I’d never lost a baby before so I called L&D at a local Catholic hospital to find out what their protocol was. The nurse said… “Just come in and we will do a D&C.” I asked her what they do with the baby. She said: “Oh honey, we just throw it away. It’s just a bunch of tissue. You wouldn’t see anything anyway.” "Can I have the remains even if it’s just tissue?” “No sweetie. [...]
Is Reason Accessible Without Christ?
The easiest way to explain to a sensitive post-modern mind why not all "good people" go to heaven but only those in sanctifying grace probably comes from St. Thomas Aquinas. He simply explains that natural virtue from a person can not get him to the supernatural goal, namely, the Beatific Vision of the Blessed Trinity. Being a "nice person" can't get you to heaven since getting to heaven means truly being holy enough to gaze upon God. Think about that. St. Augustine realized there was no chance of salvation unless Christ be the center of one's life, probably because he saw the darkness he once walked in as a pagan. Of course, no one can know the doctrine of the Trinity without Divine Revelation. However, a few "high pagans" have been known to reject polytheism and realize some basic philosophical [...]
RCT 1: Intro (Part A)
Roman Catechism of Trent (RCT) presents its introductory podcast to a several-year project of commentary on the "Catechism of the Council of Trent." This 16th century catechism is the only infallible catechism produced by the Catholic Church. Pope Clement XIII wrote that the Roman Catechism contains "that teaching which is the common doctrine of the Church, from which all danger of doctrinal error is absent." This podcast is presented by Fr. David Nix on the Padre Peregrino channel. *** Update for donors: https://www.padreperegrino.org/2022/07/chgdonor/ https://rumble.com/embed/v198zfh/?pub=4
TCE 45: Dating Advice to Young Catholics
Theology and Current Events (TCE) #45 is "Dating Advice to Young Catholics." It's based on my recent blog post: https://www.padreperegrino.org/2022/06/courting/
The Dark Night of the Soul: What It Is Not.
In seminary, my favorite professor taught both ascetical and Carmelite theology. I agree with him that St. John of the Cross was probably not a sullen melancholic. St. John is made out to be today as a debby-downer (especially by us perman-grin Americans) because he writes so much about detachment. But even a cursory study of the life of St. John of the Cross reveals his high levels of energy, not only towards the ascetical life, but even the evangelical life of helping the townsfolk outside his 16th century monastery in Spain. St. John of the Cross' pathway of the Nada, Nada, Nada is where we arrive at the apex of Mount Carmel to find only the honor and glory of God, the Todo, Todo, Todo. But this is quite a process. We do not earn the love of God, [...]
How Conservative Family Lines Went Woke
Really, the full title of this blog should be How Conservative Family Lines Went Woke In Just a Few Generations. It didn't happen overnight. This is not a blog post to cheer on the right and condemn the leftists. It's to ask how our every country in the West went from being civilized to uncivilized in less than 100 years. You all know my theological answers on this, on how "politics is downstream of politics" and how "every grace and error flows from the altar." I also now admit that Vatican II was not the root of modernism, but was just the "coming out" party for modernism. But at the family level, why did traditional families born in the 1940s produce mild liberals in the 1960s who then produced rage-filled leftists in Generation Y and Z? Most American historians show [...]
VLX 114: The One and the Ninety-Nine
Mt 18:11-14 To donate: https://www.padreperegrino.org/donate/ https://rumble.com/embed/v17plsa/?pub=e5jg1
“Ecclesia Dei Adflicta” Turns 34 Years Old
June and July mark some bittersweet anniversaries in the traditional movement. It was on 30 June 1988 that Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre and Bishop Antonio de Castro Mayer did episcopal consecrations without the approval of Rome. Pope John Paul II quickly wrote a document called Ecclesia Dei Adflicta, meaning "On the Afflicted Church of God." This is a barely-veiled reference to imply that Archbishop Lefebvre himself was "afflicting the Church of God" by consecrating bishops without the Pope's approval. Three weeks later, on 18 July 1988, the FSSP was founded with the approval of Rome to remain both canonically regular and maintain the old-rite sacraments. I believe one of the main fulcrum points in these events of 1988 was Pope John Paul II's motu proprio entitled Ecclesia Dei Adflicta. Today, 2 July 2022, is the 34th anniversary of that document. The paragraph I [...]
QuickPod: Planned Parenthood post-RvW Being Overturned
9 minutes on contraception vs. abortion as well as how to get involved in the pro-life movement after the Supreme Court handed the decision on abortion "laws" to the individual states. https://rumble.com/embed/v18361v/?pub=e5jg1