VLX 86: Hidden From the Foundation of the World
Mt 13:33-34 - Lapide Free Online: http://www.catholicapologetics.info/scripture/newtestament/Lapide.htm - Lapide Gospels Hardback: https://loretopubs.org/cornelius-a-lapides-commentary-on-the-four-gospels.html?sef_rewrite=1 - Thanks to the Benedictine Monks for music bumpers at https://clearcreekmonks.org - You can support my work here: https://padreperegrino.org/donate/ https://youtu.be/YDBwXFYgTMI
Does Excommunicating Pro-Abortion Politicians Do Anything?
The new Code of Canon Law in Can. 1398 explains that anyone who "procures" an abortion is automatically (latæ sententiæ) excommunicated. That is, anyone who participates in an abortion (mother, father, driver, doctor, nurse, etc.) is excommunicated by the very act of abortion (without a need of a penal declaration from a bishop.) Hence, it was automatic. Now, there is some debate if a pro-abortion politician who publicly promotes abortion is also ex-communicated automatically, for Canon 1329 speaks of circumstances "where a number of persons conspire together to commit an offense." Either way, the local bishop is required to publicly state the excommunication of a pro-abortion politician for the sake of politician's soul and for the sake of all those who are scandalized by that pro-abortion person receiving communion, but most of all because the bishop needs to obey the [...]
An Alternative Religious-Exemption Form
A Catholic lawyer I know recently wrote a religious exemption that I found to be short and strong that I wish to share below. Each employee will need to personalize their letter based on the specific job. Keep in mind that your employer is not necessarily required to give anyone an exemption, but they should at least consider the request and work with you. The below form is not legal advice. It is only a form letter with some interesting new suggestions that individual Christians may want to consider. Every employee's job, personal conscience, and situation is going to be different. If you need specific advice about your situation, then you should contact an a lawyer in your state or country who is familiar with employment discrimination law. Furthermore, you should contact your own local priest or pastor for his appraisal [...]
To Banish the TLM to the Catacombs
Recently, I heard a middle-aged exorcist give a talk about how all the elderly exorcists in the world agree that something happened in 1963 that tanked the power of the Church in exorcisms. The middle-aged exorcist did not say what this event was. I asked his friend, and his friend suspected it was this event that happened in 1963, reported even [barely] by Wikipedia: "Windswept House describes a satanic ritual – the enthronement of Lucifer – taking place at Saint-Paul's Chapel inside Vatican City, on June 29, 1963. The book gives a depiction of high-ranking churchmen, cardinals, archbishops and prelatees of the Roman curia, taking oaths signed with their own blood, plotting to destroy the Church from within. It tells the story of an international organized attempt by these Vatican insiders and secular internationalists to force a pope of the [...]
CPX 85: Holy Orders 1
Catechism of Pope St. Pius X (CPX) p. 104-105 Q/A 1-8. Thanks to the Benedictine Monks for music bumpers at https://clearcreekmonks.org https://youtu.be/885IDeby2lA
Dream of a Restored Church
I frequently think that the return of Christ may be imminent, especially since it seems much of Matthew 24 has been fulfilled in the past 100 years and how much of 2 Thess 2 has been fulfilled in the past 10 years. But a dream (literally a dream) this past week pumped the breaks on that expectation. I decided against writing that entire dream here in my blog, and I certainly don't claim it was a private revelation, but I can say that the joy, peace, truth, love and light in the life of Catholics in that dream reminded me of the following approved private revelations on the restoration of the Catholic Church: Our Lady of Fatima to the three children: "In the end, My Immaculate Heart will triumph. The Holy Father will consecrate Russia to Me, and she will [...]
VLX 85: The Weed and the Mustard Seed
Mt 13:24-32 Thanks to Benedictine Monks for music bumpers at https://clearcreekmonks.org https://youtu.be/XL6lreR69fY
QuickPod: Hobos on Highways
Meditation on Mt 22 and two different 16th century saints. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZWthpSbslI
TCE 29: Uncancelable
Captain Emily Rainey returns to talk about her very recent adventures in getting forcibly removed from a North Carolina school meeting for refusing to take part in what the Holy Theotokos calls “The Errors of Russia.” https://youtu.be/XyW1tOgkb54
My Servant, Who Suffers a Great Deal for the Faith
Guest Author: Andromeda Prologue: Until today, I had never heard of Professor Albert Drexel (1889-1997). He was born in Hohenems, in the Voralberg Province of Austria and was the third of five brothers, who, like him, were all priests. He was ordained in 1914. He held three doctorates in philology (i.e. study of language, strongly connected to the study of etymology). A week or so ago, I had started to formulate a desire to implore help from The Mother of God, namely, in the form of a visible sign that I could clearly understand. Knowing the seriousness of such a favor, and with childlike hope, I let it sit, and only once more during the week thought about what it was exactly that I was asking for. Then, at Holy Mass this afternoonFriday of Michaelmas Embertide, Feast Day of Our [...]