TCE 44: Liz Yore and the Catholic Church in China
Mrs. Elizabeth Yore and I discuss the 2018 Sino-Vatican contract and the subsequent increase of the persecution of Chinese Catholics. - Liz serves as a coalition partner for Save the Persecuted Christians and she is the Founder of www.yorechildren.com and the Global Center for the Protection of Children. -Follow and Donate to the Cardinal Kung Foundation at www.cardinalkungfoundation.org. https://rumble.com/embed/v13fns5/?pub=e5jg1
A Holy Rivalry
And the angel being come in, said unto her: "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women." Who having heard, was troubled at his saying, and thought with herself, "What manner of salutation this should be?"—St. Luke 1:28-29 I have wondered for awhile why Mary was "troubled" at the announcement of the angel Gabriel. The Carmelite book Divine Intimacy had a meditation yesterday which answers that question with a quote from St. Alphonsus Liguori: "Mary was troubled because she was filled with humility, disliked praise, and desired that God only be praised." Another quote from Divine Intimacy comes from St. Bernard on the topic of the Blessed Virgin Mary's humility: "As no other creature, after the Son of God, has been raised in dignity and grace equal to Mary, so neither has anyone descended so [...]
St. Augustine and the Drunk
Most people who recount the conversion of St. Augustine highlight his former life of sexual sin, and for good reason. But he also had to undergo an enormous detachment from the admiration of the men of his age. Before his conversion, Augustine was the 4th century equivalent of a tenured-professor at a prestigious University in Milan. One day, while walking along, he came across a rather happy-drunk. Unlike the modern tenured-professor who might ask shallow, self-righteous ethical questions (eg Why are there homeless people? Why is he drunk?) Augustine ponders in Book VI of his Confessions as to why this drunk had attained some happiness and he had not: I recall how miserable I was, and how one day you brought me to a realization of my miserable state. I was preparing to deliver a eulogy upon the emperor in [...]
QuickPod: Humility and Boldness in the Trad World
How do we maintain modesty in speech while fighting for the truth? https://rumble.com/embed/v12nunl/?pub=e5jg1
If Evolution is True, Abortion is Only Survival of the Fittest
I am surprised how many modernist Catholics claim to be both "pro-life" and "pro-evolution." They hardly realize the contradiction involved here. Perhaps they believe both stances are "pro-science," but they would only be half correct. Of course, you don't need Catholicism (only common sense) to know it's wrong to kill a baby in the uterus. Neonatology and advances in genetics have made this reality even more undeniable. But again, how can so many Catholics believe they are marrying faith and reason in accepting Darwinian evolution? Such Catholics must be stuck in the minds of the liberal hierarchy of the past 50 years because countless scientists (both Christian and atheistic) have disproved evolution. Even the Jewish computer science expert at Yale, David Hillel Gelernter, wrote a devastating piece against the alleged mathematics of Darwinian evolution in Spring of 2019. So, why [...]
“Not in Our Name.”
This is reprinted with permission of LifeSite News. You will see my signature at the bottom. A group of U.S. intellectuals – journalists, political advisers, and scholars – have signed an open letter to President Joe Biden (see full text below), pleading with him to reject policies which lead to an “intensification of conflict with Russia” and which “could lead to the deaths of millions of innocent people.” The open letter, entitled Not in our name, cites Biden’s recent request to the U.S. Congress for $33 billion in taxpayer funds to support Ukraine militarily in its conflict with Russia. “We reject your heightened escalation of this conflict as dangerous and a provocation,” the signatories state. The letter also references what Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has described as the “serious” risk of nuclear war over the conflict in Ukraine. Among the [...]
QuickPod: Was Jesus Influenced by the Eastern Religions of His Time?
This was another YouTube live I made in my car. https://rumble.com/embed/v11uoj2/?pub=e5jg1
CPX 109: The Cardinal Virtues
Catechism of Pope St. Pius X (CPX) p.145-146 Q/A #56-61. -Music bumpers *gratis* thanks to https://benedictinesofmary.org -More on the Cardinal Virtues by Dr. Taylor Marshall at: https://youtu.be/bFW9r-eaq_c and https://youtu.be/yQs52dDuAVs
The SSPX is Not Schismatic
Although canonically-irregular, the SSPX (Society of Pope St. Pius X) founded by Archbishop Lefebvre (above picture) in the 1970s, is not schismatic. In traditional papal encyclicals, a "schismatic community" is a Christian community adhering to valid sacraments but without recognizing the primacy of place of Rome or the importance of the papacy. An example of this would be the Eastern Orthodox: The Eastern Orthodox have valid sacraments, but many do not realize the primacy of place of Rome (or believe it was transferred due to error a thousand years ago.) In any case, the SSPX has always recognized the papacy and the primacy of Rome. The reciprocal is also true, namely, that every Pope since foundation of the SSPX in the 1970s has recognized the validity of their sacraments. Thus, they do not fit the classic definition of "schism." Not [...]
Pro-Aborts Deface a Catholic Church in Colorado
Shortly following the so-called "leak" that the Supreme Court of the United States may vote to overturn Roe vs. Wade (the non-law saying it was "legal" to kill unborn children from 1973) a group of vandals defaced Sacred Heart of Mary (Boulder County, CO above in featured image) with pro-abortion and anti-Catholic phrases. The news of the possible re-vote and the vandalism both took place in the first week of May 2022. Yesterday, I called the pastor of Sacred Heart of Mary and I was moved that he had such a view of the triumph (not defeat) of the cross in all of these events. After we spoke on the phone, he texted me his thoughts (with permission to publish) that summed up our edifying conversation: "Just like in the Acts of the Apostles: when they spoke the Truth the [...]