VLX 112: Become Like Children
Mt 18:1-5. https://rumble.com/embed/v156yat/?pub=e5jg1
QuickPod: My Struggle with the Trinity
Live video I did in my car about a theological struggle in high school on the Divinity of Christ. https://rumble.com/embed/v15kpgb/?pub=e5jg1
CPX 111: The Beatitudes
Catechism of Pope St. Pius X (CPX) p.149-151 Q/A 1-15. https://rumble.com/embed/v14gx8a/?pub=e5jg1
Season After Pentecost or “Ordinary Time”?
p/c Star of the Sea, San Francisco. The 1950 Carmelite devotional Divine Intimacy reads: “The Father and the Word, mutually beholding Their infinite goodness and beauty, love each other from all eternity, and the expression of this unitive love is a third Person, the Holy Spirit. As the Word is generated by the Father by way of knowledge, so the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son by way of love. The Holy Spirit is, therefore, the terminus, and the effusion of the reciprocal love of the Father and the Son, an effusion so substantial and perfect that it is a Person, the third Person of the Most Holy Trinity, to whom the Father and the Son, by the sublime fruitfulness of their love, communicate their very own nature and essence, without losing any of it Themselves.”—DI #186. [...]
Was the Church Formed on Good Friday or on Pentecost?
The Church Fathers say that the Catholic Church was formed on Good Friday. Indeed, this is when the water flowing from the pierced Sacred Heart of Jesus was more than symbolic for the water that would one day wash us clean of sin in baptism. Was not the Roman soldier, St. Longinus, washed clean by that very water as he pierced the Sacred Heart of Jesus with his own spear and believed in Him? Furthermore, the Church Fathers teach that the Most Precious Blood that flowed from Christ's pierced heart on the day of His crucifixion is literally the same as the blood that fills the priest's chalice after the consecration at Holy Mass. Hence, we are on firm ground to hold that the Catholic Church's sacraments were formed on Holy Thursday (establishing the Eucharist and Holy Orders) as well [...]
What Happens Spiritually in an Abortion
Gloria Polo, a middle-aged Columbian woman, had a near death experience in May of 1995 when she was struck by lightning in Bogotá. After cardiac arrest (but before God gave her another chance on earth) she saw the effects of all of her life's actions on earth from a spiritual perspective. Her initial sentence (before resuscitation) was hell. I cleaned up a translation from the Spanish and put it on my blog here a few years ago. The entire thing is worth reading. But the section regarding what happens spiritually in an abortion will change you forever. I extricate two parts from her above linked account and quote them verbatim below. The key line to look for in the following text is this: Seals that God has put to impede evil to come out, but that, for every abortion, it [...]
VLX 111: Kings of the Earth
Mt 17:24-27. https://rumble.com/embed/v13fsqr/?pub=e5jg1
Mass of the Ages Part II
Although I think Pope Paul VI got off too easy in Mass of the Ages Part II, they made an excellent video with high production-value. I was honored to be in it again. (Take a look at the comments on YouTube. There's much righteous anger at what was stolen from Catholics' liturgical patrimony.) https://youtu.be/1XctfSR7SS4
Did Jesus Die “For All” or “For Many”?
Jesus died for all: My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world (pro totius mundi.)—1 John 2:1-2. Jesus died for many: And He took a cup, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you, for this is My Blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many (pro multis) for the forgiveness of sins."—Mt 26:27-28. (Notice the Eucharistic prayer uses exclusively pro multis.) This apparent contradiction is solved by the infallible Council of Trent: But though He died for all, yet all do not [...]
CPX 110: The Gifts of the Holy Ghost
Catechism of Pope St. Pius X (CPX) p.147-148 Q/A 1-9 *** THE SEVEN SORROWS OF MARY: 1 Prophesy of Simeon with Fear of the Lord against our Covetousness, "Blessed poor in spirit,.. the kingdom of heaven."-v.3 2 Flight to Egypt with Piety against our Gluttony, "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth."-v.5 3 Loss of Jesus with Knowledge against our Envy, "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted."-v.4 4 Mary meets Jesus with Fortitude against our Sloth "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness."-v.6 5 Crucifixion with Counsel against our Pride, "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy."-v.7 6 Death of Jesus with Understanding against our Lust, "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."-v.8 7 Burial of Jesus with Wisdom against our Anger "Blessed are the [...]