Our Lady of Sorrows

Our Lady of Sorrows Carried Her Cross

DVRodriguez2024-11-21T16:47:42-05:00

When one makes the Sign of the Cross, he professes the two greatest Christian mysteries. In fact, the cross is the primary symbol of the Christian Faith. It is the source of all blessings and cause of all graces. It represents the mystery of Christ and His infinite love. There is no health of soul or hope of eternal life without the cross. Yes, the Cross is the proof that God loves us, but it is also the proof He requires of us to show our love fro Him. We must carry our share of the cross. Has anyone done this [...]

Our Lady of Sorrows Carried Her CrossDVRodriguez2024-11-21T16:47:42-05:00

¡Oh, Virgen Dolorosa!

DVR Fatima2024-09-12T06:52:21-04:00

¡Oh, Virgen dolorosa, Reina de los mártires! Por los méritos detus dolores te pido que me alcances verdadero dolor de mispecados, enmienda completa en las costumbres, y continua yafectuosa compasión de las penas de mi Señor Jesucristo yde las tuyas. Y, pues, que ambos, siendo inocentes, padecierontanto por mí, alcancenme que yo, reo de muerte eterna, sufratambién algo por tu amor. Finalmente, Madre mía, por aquellacongoja que sintió tu amoroso pecho al ver a tu Hijo inclinar lacabeza y expirar en el madero de la Cruz, te pido me obtengasla gracia de una buena muerte. En aquella hora de combate yagonía [...]

¡Oh, Virgen Dolorosa!DVR Fatima2024-09-12T06:52:21-04:00

Holy Mary, Mother of Sorrows!

DVR Fatima2024-09-12T07:28:54-04:00

From the sermon Four Virtues for Spouses (September 19, 2021) Holy Mary, Mother of sorrows, whose heart was piercedwith a fresh sword of grief at every Station on the Way of the Cross,obtain for us, we beseech thee, O most loving Mother, a perpetual remembrance of our Blessed Savior’s cross and death, and a true and tender devotion to all the mysteries of His most holy Passion. Obtain for us the grace to hate sin, even as He hated it in the Agony of the Garden; to endure wrong and insult with all patience, as He endured them in the judgment [...]

Holy Mary, Mother of Sorrows!DVR Fatima2024-09-12T07:28:54-04:00

Our Lady of the Assumption, Ora Pro Nobis!

DVR Fatima2024-08-13T10:07:07-04:00

From the sermon given on the Feast of the Assumption - August 15, 2019 We acknowledge thee and we venerate thee, Most Holy Virgin, Queen of Heaven, Lady and Mistress of the Universe, as Daughter of the Eternal Father, Mother of His well-beloved Son, and most loving Spouse of the Holy Ghost. We rejoice at thy glorious Assumption into Heaven; and now that thou art enthroned as Queen of Heaven and earth, forget us not, thy poor servants. From Heaven thou seest more plainly our miseries; hence thou must compassionate and succor us the more. Make us thy faithful servants on [...]

Our Lady of the Assumption, Ora Pro Nobis!DVR Fatima2024-08-13T10:07:07-04:00

O Immaculate and Sorrowful Heart of Mary

DVR Fatima2024-08-08T14:09:05-04:00

From the sermon given on August 4, 2024 - 11th Sunday after Pentecost. O Immaculate and Sorrowful Heart of Mary, rule over us, together with the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ, Our King. Save us from the spreading flood of modern paganism; kindle in our hearts and homes the love of purity, the practice of a virtuous life, an ardent zeal for souls, and a desire to pray the Rosary more faithfully. O Heart of Mary, Mother of God and our Mother, Heart worthy of the veneration and love of all the Angels and of all men, be thou the way [...]

O Immaculate and Sorrowful Heart of MaryDVR Fatima2024-08-08T14:09:05-04:00

Christ’s Passion and Our Lady

DVRodriguez2024-04-01T10:24:02-04:00

Christ's Passion and Death is what saves us. These final two weeks of Lent – Passiontide – are privileged weeks. The Church calls us to reflect upon Our Lord's Passion and the unique role fulfilled by the Holy Mother of God. No exercise is more profitable for our sanctification. St. Bonaventure, St. John Eudes, St. Bridget of Sweden, Ven. Maria of Agreda and the benedictine monk John Lydgate serve as helpful guides.

Christ’s Passion and Our LadyDVRodriguez2024-04-01T10:24:02-04:00

O Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary!

DVR Fatima2024-02-05T08:30:29-05:00

From the Sermon 'Sorrow and Death' given on February 12, 2017 (Septuagesima Sunday) To thee, O Immaculate and Sorrowful Mother of God, do we have recourse in this supreme hour of mankind’s need, amidst such storms indeed as have never been known, shaking Mother Church to her very foundations. Thou, who standing by the foot of the Cross, didst once share so closely in the sufferings of thy Divine Son, with what compassion art thou not moved today for the suffering of His Mystical Body, the Church! Russia has so spread her errors throughout the world that the human element of [...]

O Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary!DVR Fatima2024-02-05T08:30:29-05:00

Prayers to Our Lady of Sorrows to Better Participate at Mass

DVR Fatima2023-11-07T09:10:47-05:00

Fr. Rodríguez mentioned these prayers in his sermon 'The Fourth Sorrow of Our Lady' given on September 10, 2023 Eternal Father, I unite myself with the intentions and affections of Our Lady of Sorrows on Calvary and I offer Thee the sacrifice which Thy beloved Son, Jesus, made of Himself on the Cross and now renews on this altar: to adore Thee and give Thee the honor which is due to Thee; to thank Thee for the innumerable benefits received; to appease Thy justice irritated against us by so many sins and to make satisfaction for them; to implore grace and [...]

Prayers to Our Lady of Sorrows to Better Participate at MassDVR Fatima2023-11-07T09:10:47-05:00

The Fourth Sorrow of Our Lady

DVRodriguez2023-11-06T06:57:16-05:00

It is ordained by God, from all eternity, that the sorrows of Our Lady be united with the sufferings of Jesus Christ –in the great sacrifice of Calvary– to make reparation for sin. On the Via Dolorosa, Our Lady fell prostrate and adored Her Son with profound reverence. The more she suffered, the more she drew nearer to the Cross. Yet what causes her the most suffering is to see her spiritual children dead. On Calvary there were two altars: one in the body of Jesus and the other in Mary's heart. She sacrificed her soul by compassion. Imitate Our Lady so [...]

The Fourth Sorrow of Our LadyDVRodriguez2023-11-06T06:57:16-05:00

Humility of Intellect and of Will

DVRodriguez2023-11-07T09:45:37-05:00

St. Francis is the first recorded instance of the stigmata. Suffering with Christ –the Cross!– is central to our faith. The Cross is the source of all blessings, the cause of all grace, and the only path to Heaven. Carrying our cross well is what it means to be Catholic. Yet pride leads us to reject the cross. So we must grow in humility. Humility of intellect (an honest acknowledgement of our total dependence on God and of our real incapability of doing anything good without His assistance) makes us faithful to prayer. Humility of will (the readiness of the heart [...]

Humility of Intellect and of WillDVRodriguez2023-11-07T09:45:37-05:00