Church Crisis

7 10, 2021

To Banish the TLM to the Catacombs
To Banish the TLM to the Catacombs

To Banish the TLM to the Catacombs

By Father David Nix|2021-10-05T04:03:41+00:00October 7th, 2021|Theology|

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 [...]

5 10, 2021

Dream of a Restored Church

By Father David Nix|2021-10-03T19:49:54+00:00October 5th, 2021|Theology|

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 [...]

30 09, 2021

My Servant, Who Suffers a Great Deal for the Faith
My Servant, Who Suffers a Great Deal for the Faith

My Servant, Who Suffers a Great Deal for the Faith

By andromeda|2022-04-14T01:30:10+00:00September 30th, 2021|Theology|

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 [...]

23 09, 2021

‘The Prophesy of St. Francis’ and the ‘Franciscans of the Immaculate’
‘The Prophesy of St. Francis’ and the ‘Franciscans of the Immaculate’

‘The Prophesy of St. Francis’ and the ‘Franciscans of the Immaculate’

By Father David Nix|2021-10-04T15:12:27+00:00September 23rd, 2021|Theology|

This is a prophesy of St. Francis of Assisi. Notice it is sourced at the end: “Act bravely, my brethren; take courage and trust in the Lord. The time is fast approaching in which there will be great trials and afflictions; perplexities and dissensions, both spiritual and temporal, will abound; the charity of many will grow cold, and the malice of the wicked will increase. The devils will have unusual power; the immaculate purity of our Order, and of others, will be so much obscured that there will be very few Christians who obey the true Supreme Pontiff and the Roman Church with loyal ears and perfect charity. “At the [...]

7 09, 2021

Rivers of Living Water
Rivers of Living Water

Rivers of Living Water

By Father David Nix|2021-09-04T02:23:09+00:00September 7th, 2021|Theology|

Et sustínui qui simul contristarétur, et non fuit: et qui consolarétur, et non invéni.—Ps 68:21 Many people ask me with our crisis in the Church, "What are we to do?" At the risk of sounding saccharine-sweet, I'm going to propose that one of the best things you can do is to give your heart to Jesus to let His heart break in yours here on earth over the state of the Church. If St. Teresa of Avila wrote, "Christ has no hands but yours; Christ has no feet but yours," and since we know that Saul (before becoming Paul) in persecuting the Church was literally persecuting Christ-Himself (cf. Acts 9:4) [...]

19 08, 2021

A Message to Every Good Priest

By Father David Nix|2021-08-19T15:00:06+00:00August 19th, 2021|Theology|

Priests, now in 2021 is not the time for excuses, self-serving insularism or finagling excessive plans for the safety for one's own priestly congregation or personal apostolate. Look, I like being in good standing too, but I have to say: Please stop preserving your faculties at the cost of sacrificing the fullness of the faith from the pulpit in the worst Church crisis in history. It's not the time for priests to cry, whine or play-word games to appease tyrants in the hierarchy or in the globalist government. It is certainly not the time for finding a middle-ground between truth and error, as if the end could justify the means [...]

12 08, 2021

True Obedience vs. False Obedience
True Obedience vs. False Obedience

True Obedience vs. False Obedience

By Father David Nix|2021-08-12T13:57:16+00:00August 12th, 2021|Theology|

As many of you know, I have blogged and podcasted on the following chart many times. If you remember, I usually put the Magisterium as part of "Ecclesial Law" at level 2. However, this was wrong. I have recently been corrected and told that both Scripture and the Magisterium are considered to both constitute Divine Law at level 1 as now seen here: 1. Divine Law ➡️ Eternal Law Found in Scripture and Magisterium 2. Ecclesial Law ➡️ Mutable Rules Set by Rome 3. Particular Law ➡️ Mutable Rules Set by Local Ordinary (bishop) What is included in the Magisterium? Not only does "the Magisterium" include ex-cathedra statements of [...]

10 08, 2021

“Loyal to the Teaching of the Faith”

By Father David Nix|2021-08-09T16:37:50+00:00August 10th, 2021|Theology|

As most of you know, the Archdiocese of New York City prohibited her priests from writing religious exemptions for the "Covid-19 vaccine" for the lay faithful seeking such paperwork. But what few people caught was that the Archdiocese stated that her lay faithful who are "very loyal to the teaching of the faith" are the very ones "acting in contradiction to the directives of the Pope." A friend pointed out to me that the above document does not just assert that traditional Catholics think they are "loyal to the teaching of the faith" but it actually says that they are "loyal to the teaching of the faith." This is not just an "aha, gotcha!" moment found [...]

29 07, 2021

Yes, “Truth is a Person…” but…
Yes, “Truth is a Person…” but…

Yes, “Truth is a Person…” but…

By Father David Nix|2021-08-04T18:28:37+00:00July 29th, 2021|Theology|

We often hear the phrase "Truth is a person, not a concept." I do like this phrase because it is a reference to Jesus Christ. Of course, it was Jesus who said I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.—John 14:6. But I fear that the phrase "Truth is a person, not a concept," is now being commandeered to place emotions over doctrine. I fear that some people who say that phrase are moving towards a state of placing their own personal emotions towards Christ over Christ's doctrine as established by the Catholic Church, especially as what is found in [...]

27 07, 2021

Staring Too Long Into the Abyss

By guest|2021-08-04T18:28:51+00:00July 27th, 2021|Theology|

by Guest Writer “Man is a rope,” Zarathustra cries out to the crowd, “fastened between animal and Superman – a rope over an abyss.” -- Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra “If you stare too long into the abyss, then it stares back at you.” -- Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil I read a lot of Nietzsche in college. While it has been years since I last picked up one of his works, I’ve been reflecting on his image of the abyss lately, following several “red pill” moments in the world and the Church that left me questioning whether there is any institution left worth trusting, if there is any [...]