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MOST RECENT SERMONS

Do You Act Based on Faith? View description ▼ Baptism and Faith are themes central to Easter (as is the Holy Eucharist). We must understand Faith as a supernatural virtue, knowing it rests on the authority of God, not our own reason or experience. Far too often we speak, act, dress, select our entertainment guided not by faith, but by our opinions or those of the world. This is a fatal mistake. Offer reparation, not because it is logical, but out of faith. Be faithful in prayer, not because you see its effects, but out of faith. Always carry the Faith in your mind and heart. May 3, 2026 by Fr. Michael Rodríguez
The Great Importance of Conversion View description ▼ The Church Fathers and Doctors indicate the true meaning of the Christmas is conversion! In fact, continual conversion is the foundation of the spiritual life. The Holy Eucharist, Confession, and all the Sacraments have conversion as a central element. Yet everyone us greatly struggles to change. So like the three kings, bring you gifts to adore the Christ Child. Offer your charity and consecration (gold of Melchior), your prayer and reparation (incense of Caspar), and your mortification and conversion (myrrh of Balthasar). Believe and live according to this truth: God became like us that we might become like Him. January 18, 2026 by Fr. Michael Rodríguez
Conversion Comes from the Passion View description ▼ “Having joy set before Him, Jesus endured the Cross” (Heb 12:2). Jesus’ joy is the salvation of souls, the establishment of His Church, and the fulfillment of His Father’s will. We must participate in His Passion to share His joy. Only by continually turning to His passion —considering the horror of sin and Jesus’ infinite love— will we receive the graces for true conversion. All of Christ’s virtues and teachings shine forth with greater clarity in His passion. If we carry those we love in our heart and memory, how much more should we do so for Our Lord? March 15, 2026 by Fr. Michael Rodríguez
Grow in Faith for a Little While View description ▼ Jesus prepares and strengthens His disciples to live by faith. The faith is our path to salvation. Too often our faith is weak; we are tempted to think evil is too strong or we wish we did not live in this time. Instead of trying to escape where God has placed you, strive to grow daily in faith. You do this by living a basic Catholic life. You must get to know God. And you must desire Heaven. If we live for Christ, then sufferings endured will win many graces. Your sorrow will only last a little while, for then God will turn it into everlasting joy. April 26, 2026 by Fr. Iakobus
St Paul the Hermit and Detachment View description ▼ Paul’s parents died and his brother-in-law defrauded him. He retreated into the desert. In the silence of a cave he saw clearly the vanities of this world. Paul lived a life of simplicity and peace, supported only by the providence of God. Many years later his solitude was discovered by St. Anthony, who witnessed his miraculous death. Every disciple must detach from the deceit and dangers of the world to follow Christ. Yet living with Christ is eternal life — beginning here and now. May the example of the saints be a constant help and encouragement to us. January 15, 2026 by Fr. Linus Clovis

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PODCAST SPECIAL: FREEMASONRY

PAME-098N Two Kingdoms

This is the first part of the conference on Leo XIII's encyclical exposing freemasonry, Humanum Genus (1884). For the entire talk, get the course Popes Against Modern Errors.

FLASHBACK: SERMONS

Ambassadors in the Embassy of Christ View description ▼ Consider the image of an embassy to represent the Church. We are ambassadors for Christ the King. Yet for many centuries now we have been losing ground and raising the white flag of surrender: to Galileo and geocentrism, to Darwin and evolutionism, to Spinoza and rationalistic interpretations of the Scriptures, to ecumenical ecclesiologies, and even to jettisoning our liturgical patrimony. Now it seems the Church will abandon even the most basic morals enshrined in Natural Law. Let us pray to the Holy Ghost that we may once again truly be a Church Militant.
Heresy of Neo-Marcionism View description ▼ Marcion of Sinope (d. 160) promoted a heresy that the "God of the OT" was different from the "God of the NT." He argued that the wrathful OT God must be separate from the all-forgiving, all merciful God of the NT. Thus, for Marcion there was a certain opposition of the God of past times with the God of present times. Marcionism has resurfaced in our day as various efforts have been made to explain away the“harsh and disciplinarian" ways of the "Church of old" with the more "lenient, merciful and accepting ways" of the "Church in our modern times." God the Holy Ghost, the soul of the Church, reveals the lie behind such heretical thinking. We cannot truthfully say that a doctrine no longer has to be believed or practiced, or that disciplines approved and practiced for centuries are now wrong. What the previous Catholic generations held as sacred, must remain sacred and great for us too. (Read text of sermon.)
True Catholic Moral Teaching View description ▼ The six magnificent works of the Holy Ghost are: [1] Beauty, order and harmony of nature. [2] The Blessed Virgin Mary. [3] The Incarnation of the Son of God. [4] The Holy Catholic Church. [5] The salvation and sanctification of souls. [6] The glorification of the elect in Heaven. Knowing these helps us discern between what comes from God and what comes from the spirit of the world, the flesh, and the devil. Father provides Jesus Christ and His Church's true teaching on natural law and homosexuality, despite what any human authorities in the Church say. This sermon took place two days before Fr. Rodríguez spoke at the El Paso City Council, and act which received national attention.

RECOVER AND RESTORE TRADITION

Maximizing Your Use of This Website

Brief Orientation of this Website
Brief Orientation of website for Donors

Fatima and The Latin Mass

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VIDEOS

Month of the Holy Ghost

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

Fatima: Why the Time is NOW

Behold Christ the King ... Or Lose Western Civilization
Fatima: Why the Time is NOW
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Special Interview

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.

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.