QuickPod: Planned Parenthood Conversation
Re-cap of a conversation outside Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains. https://rumble.com/embed/v10y5ir/?pub=e5jg1
A Common Misunderstanding Of Trafficking
When I tell people that I have given spiritual direction to organizations working for the restoration of child sex-slaves and even have friends associated with those on the front lines of international rescue using automatic weapons, the most common response I get is: "Oh, you see, my city has the highest rate of child trafficking because this interstate runs through it!" This response is getting really tiresome. Firstly, these can't all be true considering how many people have told me about "their city" and "that interstate." Secondly, this response shows that most people think child sex-trafficking has mostly to do with moving children around for single-time events (like the Super Bowl.) Yes, every beginner in the anti-trafficking world gets a lot of mileage on the Super Bowl. I want to sigh and shake my head and say to them all, [...]
VLX 109: Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon
Mt 17:14-21 https://rumble.com/embed/v10brgz/?pub=e5jg1
“All Human Conflict is Ultimately Theological.”—Cardinal Manning
Michael Knowles frequently quotes the 19th century British Cardinal Manning who said "All human conflict is ultimately theological." I had an experience of this yesterday afternoon. I put up the following Tweet... ...and then countless leftists piled on me with unspeakably filthy reply Tweets. Although I recently blogged here about how we on the right are all too quick to say any of our enemies are "possessed," many of the replies were so dark that I had to come to the conclusion that they were not coming from "bots" but from real people who are highly obsessed or even possessed by demons. But what does this have to do with politics? Again, Cardinal Manning said "All human conflict is ultimately theological." This quote-Tweet of my Tweet (from someone who goes by "demon mode" in her handle) solved a riddle I [...]
When One Island Converted the Other (and Vice Versa)
St. Patrick was a Celt of Roman Briton (possibly Wales?) and was taken as a slave to Ireland by the Irish themselves. As a young man, he then escaped Ireland and returned to the land of his birth. But after a small conversion on a moral matter, he gave his entire life to Christ, was ordained a priest (and later a bishop) and then he returned to his land of slavery to convert them. St. Patrick nearly-singlehandedly converted the entire Island of Eire to Jesus Christ and the Roman Catholic Church. Very early on in the history of Christianity in the UK, the UK still needed a huge conversion. Up until recently, I had erroneously believed that by the end of the 6th century, all of England was Christian. Reading ON SAINT COLUMCILLE [521-597] by Raymond O’Flynn, we find the following account [...]
CPX 108: On Hope and Charity
Catechism of Pope St. Pius X (CPX) p.143-145 Q/A 37-55. https://rumble.com/embed/vzj4sh/?pub=e5jg1
Beginning Evangelization: Brown Scapulars or Miraculous Medals?
Happy Easter, Christ is Risen! Please be aware that the email-notification app on this blog no longer works, so you'll just have to check this front-page Theology Section and the Life Updates every week. Also, don’t forget to subscribe to all my talks and videos at Padre Peregrino on Rumble. The Miraculous Medal (the silver necklace above on the chain) was engraved in the 19th century at the indication of St. Catherine of Laboure when the Mother of God asked these to be made. God promises actual graces through Mary's hands to anyone who wears these. Because these are actual graces, these graces can be received by even non-baptized souls. The Scapular is the brown necklace above. The Scapular was given from the Mother of God to St. Simon Stock as essentially a Carmelite habit to be worn by for Catholic lay [...]
VLX 108: He Will Restore All Things
Mt 17:9-13 https://rumble.com/embed/vzaben/?pub=e5jg1
QuickPod: Three Types of Christians
We look at Catholic and Orthodox and Protestant as the three major categorizations of Christians. https://rumble.com/embed/vzaadz/?pub=e5jg1
Can I Eat in a Place with Idols?
"May I eat in an ethnic restaurant with pagan idols up as long as I'm not eating there because of the idols?" The short answer to this is: If you have kids and/or want to stay on the safe-side, just avoid such restaurants, especially since there are so many options of restaurants and markets without idols out there. But what about a Catholic missionary living in India who has the choice between buying flour with a ganesh on it or entering a restaurant with a shiva in it or just starving to death? I know the tough-guy trad-answer is "Just starve to death." However, the Saints, Fathers and Doctors give a little more nuanced answer, so as to not give too much credit to idols (eg demons) in the first place, especially after Christ has totally conquered death for the Christian. [...]