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Death to Sin New Life in Christ View description ▼ During the Easter Octave, the Church provides readings which prefigure baptism. Why? Because, as the Church Fathers teach, baptism is a practical consequence of the Resurrection. Every single day we must make efforts to be faithful to our grace of baptism, to guard our faith and to live by it, so that it may continue to grow. As long as our earthly pilgrimage lasts, we must pursue this double work of dying to sin and living for God. This is our call in Baptism. This is why Christ died and rose. April 12, 2026 by Fr. Michael Rodríguez
Adore the Lord with Gifts View description ▼ "We have seen His star in the east and come [with gifts] to adore Him" (Mt 2:2). This is a summary of our life as Catholics. The star represents God's grace, the Truth which God reveals, the holy Catholic religion, and Heaven. The 'gifts' by which we adore Him are conversion (myrrh), reparation (frankincense), and consecration (gold). Our Lord chose to be born, and live, in a family that we might have a perpetual example for our marriages and families. Ask Him for the grace and virtues you need to more closely model the Holy Family January 11, 2026 by Fr. Michael Rodríguez
Why Did Jesus Rise from the Dead? View description ▼ The Resurrection is the most important of all Jesus’ miracles. If we believe the testimony of men, of our own eyes and ears, then we should place even more trust in the words of God and of His Church. Christ’s resurrection definitively shows to all the world that He is God. It makes us look forward to our own resurrection and to prepare well for it. It motivates us to rise from the death of sin to a new and holy life. With renewed vigor, let us live for Him, obey Him, serve Him, and love Him who is our Life. April 5, 2026 by Fr. Michael Rodríguez
Don't Be Discouraged View description ▼ God brings good out of all things, even the sin of Thomas. By his act of disbelief, God shows the credibility of the Catholic Faith. Do we believe our Faith is the victory that has overcome the world or do we get discouraged by all the evil in the world? The Faith is an unchanging road map that shows us how to get to Heaven. It is not complicated. And Jesus is in charge of all things. This brings us great peace. For if we are faithful, we will rise with Christ, no matter what happens in the world. April 12, 2026 by Fr. Iakobus
Blood of Martyrs in Morocco View description ▼ When Jesus sends His disciples, He tells them the task will not be easy and they should expect suffering. Yet He will give them the strength to endure and bear testimony before jew and gentile. St. Francis’ sent friars on mission into lands seized by muslims. Their witness inspired the great St. Anthony, Pope Marcellus I rejected a false mercy and insisted man make reparation for sin. He was in turn exiled and killed by the State. Today’s heroic saints provide powerful models for us to imitate and invoke. January 16, 2026 by Fr. Linus Clovis

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How a Priest Found Tradition and the Latin Mass View description ▼ Fr. John Lovell interviews Fr. Michael Rodríguez on the podcast, Hope in the Desert. Fr. Rodríguez is well-known as a fervent advocate for the restoration and recovery of Catholic Tradition. He discusses how he came to discover traditional doctrine and the venerable and ancient Roman liturgy. He identifies ignorance and lack of faith as key factors which impair the progress of many Catholics. Thus, he encourages study and prayer. Father's journey underscores the importance of the principle: lex orandi, lex credendi.

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The Authority Interprets the Scriptures View description ▼ Jesus proclaims the Resurrection and authoritatively interprets the Scriptures. He gives this power to His Apostles. Then we see St. Peter, and St. Paul preach the resurrection and interpret the Scriptures. Phillip the Deacon does the same for the Ethiopian eunuch (in a passage with parallels the Road to Emmaus). Following the Resurrection, there is a miraculous growth in faith and the grace of conversion. The devil attempts to take people away from Christ by providing scriptural interpretations that conflict with the Church’s teaching. Study the faith well and work towards the conversion of others.
Rogation Days View description ▼ 474 A.D. The Roman Empire is on the verge of collapse. Gaul suffers Barbarian attacks, natural disasters, and demonic activity. Many think the world is ending. Bishop Mammertus of Vienne calls for three days of prayer, fasting, litanies, and processions. These become the Rogation Days, offered to appease God’s wrath and to gain blessing for agricultural pursuits. These days help provide a Christian view of the world and oh, how we need them today.
Catholic Sun in Eclipse View description ▼ The Holy Ghost unveils and teaches what has already been revealed. No novelties. No new doctrines. We are living in an occult moment in history. The Church is undergoing a passion. Yet take heart, the martyrs teach us that Jesus — the Truth — is worth dying for. We are Catholics and must behave as Catholics, discerning what our souls, and those for whom we have care, are exposed to. Always nourish your soul with supernatural truths of the faith so as to live and die for the Lord. Read Sermon Here.

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How a Priest Found Tradition and the Latin Mass
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Fr. John Lovell interviews Fr. Michael Rodríguez on the podcast, Hope in the Desert. Fr. Rodríguez is well-known as a fervent advocate for the restoration and recovery of Catholic Tradition. He discusses how he came to discover traditional doctrine and the venerable and ancient Roman liturgy. He identifies ignorance and lack of faith as key factors which impair the progress of many Catholics. Thus, he encourages study and prayer. Father's journey underscores the importance of the principle: lex orandi, lex credendi.

Fatima: Why the Time is NOW

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Fatima: Why the Time is NOW
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Series: Holocaust Narrative

HN1 - Is "Fear of the Jews" Ruling the World? No More.
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HN3 - Extermination Camp? Homicidal Gas Chambers? Majdanek> Vanishingly Improbable.
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HN2 - Twists to Gas Chamber Accounts in WWII Germany and Austria
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HN4 - The Impossible Genocide at Treblinka, Sobibor & Belzec. Re-Examining the Holocaust.
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HN10.3 - How The Jewish Question Can Be Answered by Church and State

My Crucified Love

The prayer from the sermon given on the First Sunday of Lent in 2018

My crucified Love, my dear Jesus! I believe in Thee, and confess Thee to be the true Son of God and my Savior. I adore Thee from the abyss of my own nothingness, and I thank Thee for the death Thou didst suffer for me, that I might obtain the life of divine grace.

My beloved Redeemer, to Thee I owe all my salvation. If I have not loved Thee in times past, I love Thee now; and I desire nothing but to love Thee with all my heart. But without Thy help I can do nothing. Since Thou dost command me to love Thee, give me also the strength to fulfill this Thy sweet and loving precept. Thou hast promised to grant all that we ask of Thee. Confiding, then, in this promise, my dear Jesus, I ask, first of all, pardon of all my sins; and I repent, above all things, because I have offended Thee, O Infinite Goodness! I ask for holy perseverance in Thy grace till my death. But, above all, I ask for the gift of Thy holy love. Ah, my Jesus, my Hope, my Love, my All, inflame me with that love which Thou didst come on earth to enkindle!

Enlighten me, that I may understand more and more how worthy Thou art of our love, and that I may know the immense love Thou hast borne me, especially in giving Thy life for me. Grant, then, that I may love Thee with all my heart, and may love Thee always; that, living always and dying in Thy love, I may come one day to love Thee with all my strength in Heaven, never to leave off loving Thee for all eternity.

O Mother of beautiful Love, my advocate and refuge, Mary, who art of all creatures the most beautiful, the most loving, and the most beloved of God, and whose only desire it is to see Him loved! Ah, by the love thou bearest to Jesus Christ, pray for me, and obtain for me the grace to love Him always, and with all my heart! This I ask and hope for from thee. Amen.