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The Five First Saturday Devotion [ 5 December 2025]

The Continuing Desecration of the Church [ 15 September 2025]

RECAP: Genesis Creation & First Councils - Conference [13 April 2025]

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MOST RECENT SERMONS

Apostle of Divine Love View description ▼ The feasts of Christmastide emphasize Jesus as our Savior, Teacher, and King. St. John, whom we honor on December 27, was the son of Zebedee and Salome and brother of James. He was the youngest apostle, the disciple whom Jesus loved - because of his purity. St. John was the only Apostle at the foot of the Cross. Our Lord entrusted His own Mother to him. St. John teaches us what it means to love. God’s love for us should be the foundation of our life, our most firm conviction motivating all we do. St. John’s gospel is the most ‘theological’ and he emphasizes the divinity of Christ. His gospel includes seven “I AM” statements by Jesus, all of which identify Him as God. December 28, 2025 by Fr. Michael Rodríguez
First Consequence of Christ's Kingship View description ▼ Christ is king of all. This does not change. His words resound until the end of the ages. He commands us to teach and baptize all nations. If we neglect –worse, betray– this command, how can we possibly believe He is King? Yet even those ruling His Church reject and scorn His kingship. As an example, consider the Vatican’s gathering of world religions on October 28, 2025. Few Catholics even realize how diabolical was the message delivered by Leo XIV. Take seriously how the Catholic Faith has been lost, even in the Church. We ned to pray and make a much greater effort to make Christ the King of your life. November 2, 2025 by Fr. Michael Rodríguez
Be Not Wise in Your Conceits View description ▼ We humans are weak, think our way of seeing things is always right, don’t want to own up to our own faults, and seek to force our plan for life upon others. We resort to evil means to reach a sought after good, then justify our actions that are not right. We do this in small things and it becomes a habit in our soul. We are blinded to our own faults and can’t see how our way of acting destroys the peace in our family, parish, and society. This pride of man also prevents God from speaking to our souls. The only way towards healing –and peace– is know Christ is the answer. We must desire His grace, approach Him humbly, obey His authority, and trust His goodness. January 25, 2026 by Fr. Iakobus
Why Are Our Marriages Unhappy? View description ▼ Our Lord performed His first public miracle at the Wedding of Cana. He elevated marriage to a sacrament, meaning it became a stable state of life which produces grace. He did this at the request of His Mother. The overabundance of wine represents grace and great joy. All society benefits from this, not only the married couple. Yet we have deviated from how Christ has instituted marriage. Even Catholic Canon Law has confused the proper ends of marriage. NFP is used by so many Catholics, but it easily fosters a spirit of selfishness and pleasure that runs contrary to marriage. The only way to have a happy marriage is to live in conformity with how God created marriage. January 18, 2026 by Fr. Iakobus
Our Lady Speaks with Symbols View description ▼ Our Lady appeared to two children at La Salette in 1846. She was weeping bitterly and gave mankind a powerful message. Much of her message is conveyed through the symbolism she uses: light, a mountain, hammer, pincers and more. Our Lady sorrows not just for sin but for our lack of repentance. Her symbols—the fading crucifix, the roses of charity, and the chains of sin—are not just historical details, but urgent calls to the modern world for reconciliation and prayer. Our Lady’s suffering is redemptive. She is the messenger that accompanies and leads us to God. And Mary herself is the very way to Christ. December 7, 2025 by Fr. Linus Clovis

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FLASHBACK: SERMONS

Chair of St Peter at Rome View description ▼ The cathedra in St. Peter’s Basilica holds the relics of the chair (throne) from which St. Peter taught. In antiquity, the formal position for official teachers was to sit. The Church formerly celebrated the Chair of Unity Octave from today’s feast of St. Peter’s Chair to the Conversion of St. Paul. These were days specifically marked my prayer for the conversion of various non-Christians and the return of lapsed Catholics, schismatics and heretics. The Church is always ONE, this is one of her essential marks; a property given to her by God which can never be taken from her. Pope Boniface VIII analogously described it as the seamless garment of Christ made by His Mother which could miraculously grow (Unam Sanctam, 1302). Outside of this one Roman Catholic Church, the Mystical Body of Christ, there is no salvation. This sermon dispels many errors so common today, especially those having to do with false ecumenism.
St Athanasius and Why Atheism is Growing View description ▼ St. Athanasius explains that there are at least three ways man can come to know God without fail: (i) creation, (ii) saints, and (iii) divine revelation. Today, all three have been displaced by imaginings of modern man and the crafty devices of the devils. Consequently, a vacuum exists, allowing atheism to rise, while occultism and Islamism fill in the gaps. How important it is, then, for us to see the harmony of God's Creation, to strive to be holy and follow good priests, and to study our Holy Catholic Faith. In this way, atheism will not be allowed to grow in us and around us ... with the atheist given the chance to once again know God! See text of sermon.
Chair of St. Peter at Antioch View description ▼ Two brief daily sermons. * The teaching office of St. Peter and his successors points us to Christ, for it is Christ who entrusted the Church with the mission of preserving, preaching and transmitting, until the end of time, His teaching - integrally and faithfully. By virtue of baptism, each one of us has the responsibility of persevering in this saving doctrine. Many Catholics are confused regarding the Church's dogma on the pope's teaching authority, so here we briefly review it. * Blessed ashes are a holy symbol of three spiritual exercises: [1] Sorrow and contrition for one's sins; [2] Penance and mortification; and [3] Meditation on death.

RECOVER AND RESTORE TRADITION

Fatima and The Latin Mass


VIDEOS


MONTH OF THE HOLY NAME

[January] Litany of the Holy Name - Pray this litany with Fr. Rodriguez. For an audio-only version of this litany, click HERE. Text can be downloaded HERE.


Fatima Today

The Great Revolution Against God - Episode 46
Third and final conference in the series The King, The Lady and Russia
Listen to the audio only versions which contain additional material
Inexorably Moving Towards NWO and The Great Revolution Against God

The King, The Lady, and Russia

PART ONE
Only She Can Help Us by David Rodríguez
Audio only version has additional material.
PART TWO
Attack on Christ and His Vicar
Audio only version has additional material.

Scripture and Tradition

Jews, Masons, and the Smoke of satan – Infiltrating Church through HN
by Fr. James Mawdsley
Standing for Christ on Good Friday
by Fr. James Mawdsley

Personal Testimony

In this episode of Hope in the Desert, Fr. John Lovell interviews David Rodríguez. They discuss the impact of a priest's cancellation on his family and community, their respective experiences in seminary formation, and the problem of bishops no longer being true spiritual fathers, but becoming instead absent, even abusive, 'fathers'. This interview was originally published at pelicanplus.com

Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus


Prayer prescribed by Pius XI for the Feast of Christ the King.
[Read the encyclical Quas Primas, 1925]

Most sweet Jesus, Redeemer of the human race, look down upon us humbly prostrate before Thy cross.  We are Thine, and Thine we wish to be; but to be more surely united to Thee, behold, each one of us this day freely consecrates himself to Thy most Sacred Heart.  Many, indeed, have never known Thee; many, too, despising Thy precepts have rejected Thee.  Have mercy on them all, most merciful Jesus, and draw them to Thy Sacred Heart. Be Thou King, O Lord, not only of the faithful who have never forsaken Thee, but also of the prodigal children who have abandoned Thee; grant that they may quickly return to their Father’s house lest they perish of wretchedness and hunger.

Be Thou King of those whom heresy holds in error or discord keeps aloof; call them back to the harbor of truth and the unity of faith, so that soon there may be but one fold and one Shepherd.  Be Thou King of all those who even now sit in the darkness of idolatry or Islam, and refuse not Thou to bring them into the light of Thy kingdom.

Finally, turn Thine eyes of pity upon the children of that race, which was for so long a time Thy chosen people; and let Thy Blood, which was once invoked upon them in vengeance, now descend upon them also in a cleansing flood of redemption and eternal life.

Grant, O Lord, to Thy Church assurance of freedom and immunity from harm; give peace and order to all nations, and bring it to pass that from pole to pole the earth may resound with one cry:  Praise to the divine Heart that wrought our salvation; to It be honor and glory for ever and ever.  Amen.