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Problems of Fatherhood

DVRodriguez2020-11-13T21:49:50-05:00

One of the root causes of today's troubles is not 'color' but other factors. The lack of virtuous fatherhood, both inside and outside the Church, is at the top of the list. Fatherhood issues are at the root of many deadly and grave disorders. King David indicates in Psalm 77 that bad fathers can work such havoc as to call down the anger of God. The prophet Malachi indicates how this can be prevented by another Elias re-establishing an orderly fatherhood. Today's chaos will only be resolved once proper fatherhood is re-established. (1) Let us cease blaming our fathers for our [...]

Problems of FatherhoodDVRodriguez2020-11-13T21:49:50-05:00

Reasons Why God Allows Evil Times

DVRodriguez2020-11-13T21:49:50-05:00

Why does God allow evil? This mystery of iniquity induces many to doubt God's goodness / existence. If evil is only considered by itself, then it is terribly ugly and detested. But when seen in light of the whole, the saint perceives how it is needed for completeness. We must be tested, crushed, ground, and tried by fire. Some will fall. Some will be victorious. Yet the victory exceeds the losses endured and brings about greater glory. This world is designed to bring about the greatest beauty / glory possible. This requires true sacrifice. God allows evil because He made us for [...]

Reasons Why God Allows Evil TimesDVRodriguez2020-11-13T21:49:50-05:00

Recover the Majesty of God

DVRodriguez2020-11-13T21:49:50-05:00

Christ our Savior made a great sacrifice to which all are invited. But many make excuses, having more 'important' things to do. Consider our situation today. So many have 'Covid related excuses' for canceling or missing Mass. God desires us to give Him glory and make Him first in our life. The most important way we do this is by uniting ourselves to the glory that only Christ can give God, and that is the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. If the Mass is set aside, it is impossible to give just and due glory to God! Yet we are 'too [...]

Recover the Majesty of GodDVRodriguez2020-11-13T21:49:50-05:00

Baptism not Transhumanism

DVRodriguez2020-11-13T21:49:50-05:00

Some elitist secular humanists are dreaming of a futuristic 'bionic man' who does not suffer, is filled with knowledge and has immortality. Yet this "transhuman" would not be divine; he'd be more like a 'walking smart phone.' The false promise of such an 'evolved being' reminds us of satan seducing Eve, 'You will be like gods.' No, such an artificial 'evolution' would make us more akin to preternatural demons. On the other hand, the baptized Catholic IS filled with the Holy Ghost and participates in the Divine Nature itself. Through grace, we don’t become simply spirits or angels, but we become divinized. At every Baptism, the Holy Ghost comes [...]

Baptism not TranshumanismDVRodriguez2020-11-13T21:49:50-05:00

Hold Fast to Tradition

DVRodriguez2020-11-13T21:49:50-05:00

Over the last few months, everything has appeared in a state of fluidity and uncertainty. Random protocols are made and revised, often making little sense. Those who favor the destruction of God's order, such as communists, thrive by promoting conflict and revolution. They leave men's souls in troubled unrest. The Holy Ghost, on the other hand, provides peace amidst trials and tribulations. Whereas fallen man, spurred by the spirit of evil, entrenches himself in error and sin on account of stiff-necked pride, the Spirit of God leads man to an immobility in divine Wisdom beyond his nature. Through Him, the Christian is unflinching in [...]

Hold Fast to TraditionDVRodriguez2020-11-13T21:49:50-05:00

The Fundamental Duty of Man

DVRodriguez2020-11-13T21:49:50-05:00

Christ is present and lives in the Most Holy Eucharist. Under the impulse of His divine Love, He ceaselessly renews His Sacrifice. This Sacrament is the very soul of the Church. From this source the Church draws and has all her strength. From the rising to the setting of the sun, there should be no cessation of the Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving [the Mass] which man owes to God. Indeed, man's chief duty and supreme dignity is to participate in the Eucharistic sacrifice. This is all Catholic teaching from the popes. Listen to it with faith, begging our Lord to [...]

The Fundamental Duty of ManDVRodriguez2020-11-13T21:49:50-05:00

The Valiant Woman

DVRodriguez2020-11-13T21:49:50-05:00

In Proverbs, Solomon asks “Who shall find a valiant woman?” Ultimately, Solomon is speaking of the Catholic Church. Commenting on Lamentations, St. Albert notes it too refers to the search for a valiant woman, a kind of test which reveals and purifies. We can find this woman, but do we value her? The saints teach the whole world was created by God for the sake of the Church. The Church is the goal of all things and there is no salvation without her. All things are willed, or permitted, by God for the good of the Church. When Our Lord speaks of a treasure hidden in a field, [...]

The Valiant WomanDVRodriguez2020-11-13T21:49:50-05:00

Great Gift and Responsibility of Motherhood

DVRodriguez2020-11-13T21:49:51-05:00

God's best gifts come from above. They are perfect and unchanging. They make us more like Him. We are to conform our lives to them. Motherhood is one such gift. It is sacred and unchanging. However, our fallen world is doing much to try to change, devalue, even destroy motherhood. It is so great a gift that God provides us with two spiritual mothers: Our Lady and the Church. It is through them that God chooses to transmit His life (grace) to us. A mother [1] gives life and she [2] nourishes life. She must also strive to [3] bring the life of [...]

Great Gift and Responsibility of MotherhoodDVRodriguez2020-11-13T21:49:51-05:00

Compare Fatima with Today

DVRodriguez2020-05-15T06:30:38-04:00

Reflect upon the Message of Our Lady of Fatima because the words which Our Lady spoke on this first apparition, exactly 103 years ago, are extremely relevant today. Her conversation with Sr. Lucia is strikingly different to what we hear from Church leaders today. Tyranny and totalitarianism have descended upon us. We are witnessing things Our Lady warned would occur if we would not obey.

Compare Fatima with TodayDVRodriguez2020-05-15T06:30:38-04:00

Come to Me and I Will Refresh You

DVRodriguez2020-05-14T00:26:22-04:00

What has happened to our Catholic Faith that we have fallen into this present abyss? How can some speak as if taking our Lord in the Eucharist away is the will of God? The very words of Christ run counter to this. He promised to remain with us always in the Holy Eucharist - to nourish and strengthen us. He calls all who labor and are burneded to come to Him, always and everyday, and He shall refresh us. Compare the words we hear today from our prelates with those of the saints and teaching of Pope Leo XIII. The Mass [...]

Come to Me and I Will Refresh YouDVRodriguez2020-05-14T00:26:22-04:00