Rule for Thinking With the Church #13
If we wish to proceed securely in all things, we must hold fast to the following principle: What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines. For I must be convinced that in Christ Our Lord, the bridegroom, and in His spouse the Church, only one Spirit holds sway, which governs and rules for the salvation of souls. For it is by the same Spirit and Lord who gave the Ten Commandments that our holy Mother Church is ruled and governed.—St. Ignatius of Loyola, Spiritual Exercises, Rules for Thinking with the Church #13 St. Ignatius of Loyola is one of my favorite saints. In fact, the historical Jesuits are possibly my favorite religious order. However, modern Jesuits twist the above quote from their founder to justify a capricious obedience to the hierarchy in a [...]
Stop Groveling Under the Table
The new document was correct about one thing: There's only ever been one Roman Rite. https://twitter.com/FrDaveNix/status/1417114763734122500?s=20
VLX 75: Making Life Decisions
Mt 12:1-2 ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA’S RULES FOR THINKING WITH THE CHURCH: #367.13 If we wish to proceed securely in all things, we must hold fast to the following principle: What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines. For I must be convinced that in Christ Our Lord, the bridegroom, and in His spouse the Church, only one Spirit holds sway, which governs and rules for the salvation of souls. For it is by the same Spirit and Lord who gave the Ten Commandments that our holy Mother Church is ruled and governed. ST. IGNATIUS’ DISCERNMENT OF SPIRITS: 314. I. In the case of those who go from one mortal sin to another, the enemy is ordinarily accustomed to propose apparent pleasures. He fills their imagination with sensual delights and gratifications, the more [...]
TCE 23: Our Lady of Good Success for Today
What did Our Lady in the 16th century predict for the 20th century? What words of encouragement did she have? Sources: Opening quote from https://www.ourladyofgoodsuccess.com/pages/history TFP link at: http://www.tfp.org/tfp-home/about-our-lady/prophecies-of-our-lady-of-good-success-about-our-times.html https://youtu.be/4o1bYajMO08
“As if the Bride of the Lamb Could Have Two Voices”
Dr. Taylor Marshall spoke today about how Pope Benedict XVI attempted to bifurcate both the Roman Rite and the Papacy. In other words, it seems that the Roman Rite was bifurcated into the “ordinary form” and “extraordinary form” in the 2007 document, Summorum Pontificum and it seems that the Papacy was split into two as a “contemplative Pope” and an “active Pope" as even the Vatican's Archbishop Georg Gänswein has explained it. Such errors of creating new (and impossible) theological realities may be blamed upon what is called a “Hegelian dialectic.” Archbishop Viganò has this criticism of Pope Benedict XVI's philosophy of attempting to create new realities from his own brain: His Hegelian philosophical approach led him to apply the thesis-antithesis-synthesis scheme in the Catholic context, for example, by considering the documents of Vatican II (thesis) and the excesses of the post-conciliar period [...]
Extreme Evil Requires an Extreme Remedy
"They wound; they kill; they go down to hell."—St. Ignatius of Loyola, Spiritual Exercises #108. Leaving a sick call about 10 years into my priesthood, I ran into a gothic-looking fellow. He was about 30 years old and decided to strike up a conversation with me. I didn't have much time to talk, but I realized this would be one of his only interactions with a priest his whole life, so I couldn't brush him off. As usual, I had to listen to someone preach to me. (This is ironically more common than me preaching to someone.) In any case, this guy was a little different. He just wanted to me to agree with him that the world was a lot better than it ever has been in the history of the world: Less wars, less violence, less womanizing, less [...]
CPX 74: Confession 2
Catechism of Pope St. Pius X (CPX) p. 85-86. Q/A 15-18. https://youtu.be/fJ7mYIrUXE4
How To Use a Layman’s Missal at the TLM
If you are new to the TLM, you will hopefully find this blog post very helpful. In late 2017, I taught a class at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Jacksonville, FL on how to use the layman's missal while attending the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM.) People new to the TLM needed some help thumbing through their ribbons in their layman's missal. Now, because of how many people came to the TLM last year, my friend recently suggested this that I do a re-post of my five classes: TLM Class 1 TLM Class 2 TLM Class 3 TLM Class 4 TLM Class 5 Also, St. Francis De Sales wrote about the spiritual side of attending the TLM, especially upon which part of the Passion you are to meditate during the TLM. I also made a video splicing in his [...]
Teamwork in Saving One Soul
There's a couple who listens to my podcast from California, but the wife had to rapidly return to her home state of Louisiana for an emergency: Her uncle (who she described as basically her brother growing up, as they were close in age) was hit by a drunk driver. The drunk driver then ran over his head. Somehow, he surived and was life-flighted to a trauma center in another part of Louisiana. He lived for about 10 days after numerous surgeries. I received a modification to my blog after publication from his niece about what really happened on scene: "You wrote that his head was ran over, which is technically true but what happened was more horrific. My uncle was ran over and trapped under the truck. According to witnesses, the person then drove forwards and backwards numerous times to [...]
VLX 74: Lord of the Sabbath
Mt 12:1-8. Question: “Can Jesus change the Old Testament rules since He is God?” Answer: “Some rules.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW8WCeEdOEQ