Evils of our Day

Idolatry of Technology

DVRodriguez2020-02-18T06:23:05-05:00

Our lack of mortification prevents us from receiving grace and drawing sufficiently near to God. Too often, our appetites, passions and desires are unruly and out of control. We can only rein them in by dying to our selves. Lent is a privileged time for us to grow spiritually by practicing such penance. Perhaps the most pervasive manner in which we indulge our passions, seeking ease and entertainment, is through technological gadgets. Through technology, man easily avoids his duties of state and can escape from reality into a virtual world. Why not take the challenge of giving our 'tech rewards' for [...]

Idolatry of TechnologyDVRodriguez2020-02-18T06:23:05-05:00

Despair Patience Blood

DVRodriguez2020-01-07T06:30:09-05:00

Many are expressing frustration at the state of affairs in the Church and the world; the problems seem institutionalized and intractable. It is as if the devil is taunting us: “Give up! These problems can't be fixed. I own this world." In response we must turn to the One Who shed His Blood, for it is His Precious Blood which conquers evil and can bring about all healing. Thus, we must remain utterly confident, full of faith and patience, in this dark night. DO NOT DESPAIR! You may think there are problems stemming from sin in your life, and those around [...]

Despair Patience BloodDVRodriguez2020-01-07T06:30:09-05:00

Immovable Column

DVRodriguez2019-12-15T07:55:15-05:00

In a Roman piazza near the famous Spanish Steps, stands a high and beautiful marble column of the Immaculate Conception. It is fittingly located in front of the office of the Propagation of the Faith. Right away we see a connection. If we want to preserve our faith, then be devoted to this Woman. The column was dedicated to honor Pius XI's proclamation of the Immaculate Conception and its prophetic statues and base reliefs provide a deeper explanation of the Church's teaching on this dogma. Yet there is more, for in ancient times this column had been dedicated to Minerva, the [...]

Immovable ColumnDVRodriguez2019-12-15T07:55:15-05:00

Journey to Tradition

DVRodriguez2019-12-06T15:08:16-05:00

A personal testimony of Fr. Rodriguez's "conversion," that is, how he came to discover and adhere exclusively to the traditional Roman Mass. He considers this the greatest grace of his priesthood and hopes it may inspire laity, and especially brother priests, on a path of authentic Catholicism. Important elements were his awareness of the crisis in the Church, the desire to be a holier priest, and a love for the Mass. He explains many other details but reminds us to 'brace ourselves' for persecution. This is a path of carrying the Cross out of love for Christ and His Church, of [...]

Journey to TraditionDVRodriguez2019-12-06T15:08:16-05:00

Church vs Occult Connectivity

DVRodriguez2019-11-18T05:26:56-05:00

There is lots of talk about how everything in the world is 'interconnected.' As with so many things, there is a good and true connectivity and also an evil and deceptive connectivity. Through His One Holy Catholic Church, God does establish a universal connectivity, which goes even beyond this world. His connections are ordered, based upon grace, and are imminently vertical. The Church's one Faith, one Priesthood, and Sacraments establish and maintain this connection. The devil's interconnections are horizontal, based on earthly things (e.g. environmentalism, animism, false brotherhood). God's is like a ladder; the devil's is like a spider’s web. The [...]

Church vs Occult ConnectivityDVRodriguez2019-11-18T05:26:56-05:00

Avoid Halloween

DVRodriguez2019-11-14T06:25:35-05:00

The late Fr. Gabriel Amorth wrote in his last book: “As in the Church, some of the official rites (of Satanism) required are tied to particular feast days. The most important [for them] is Halloween. It is considered the Magic New Year. Therefore it is necessary to understand the extreme danger for our children and youth who participate in the feast of Halloween…” The Vigil (Eve) of All Saints (Hallow) does have Catholic roots which we must emphasize and recover - such as doing penance, honoring the Saints and praying for those in Purgatory - but for the sake of our [...]

Avoid HalloweenDVRodriguez2019-11-14T06:25:35-05:00

Heresy of Apollinarianism and the Tilma

wpengine2024-12-20T12:26:04-05:00

We have reason to rejoice in our Holy Mother: The Church and Our Lady. Mary is the perfect type of the Church. The miraculous tilma of Guadalupe points to numerous truths about the Church: She is divine, she is alive, Jesus lives in her, she is indestructible, she is sweet even as she corrects and reproves. We also recently celebrated Pope St. Damasus (+384), who battled an anti-pope, upheld the Sacred Scriptures, and condemned heresy. He defended the Person of Christ and His two natures. These truths dispel today's popular errors that animals may be resurrected, redeemed or have eternal souls.

Heresy of Apollinarianism and the Tilmawpengine2024-12-20T12:26:04-05:00

Devil Gains Power by being Enthroned

svfonline2019-10-28T23:19:41-04:00

Whenever God wants to restore some fallen thing - a person, a nation, the world - He sets about establishing, as it were, a home base, or we might say a sort of supernatural homing beacon to attract His graces. Yet the devil apes God and likewise wishes to establish his "home bases" upon persons, places, and even the Church. The devil prefers to create his 'homing beacons' by sacrilegiously profaning sacraments and sacramentals, which calls down God's wrath upon men. The devil gains greater permission to corrupt and seduce when he is enthroned, and increased power if it be a sacred place. His chains are loosened even [...]

Devil Gains Power by being Enthronedsvfonline2019-10-28T23:19:41-04:00

Devil Co-Existing with a Pagan Goddess

svfonline2019-10-28T22:09:53-04:00

God has established an irreconciable enmity between Our Lady and satan (cf. Gen 3:15). The can be no 'co-existence' between Christ the King and Baal. Where Christ reigns, there His Mother reigns. If the devil wishes to usurp Christ, he must first attempt to replace His Queen Mother. Consider the Amazonian idol recently enthroned in the Vatican. She is a queen goddess of 'mother earth' depicted as a dragon or a woman with serpents entertained who demands worship and blood sacrifice. In this image we see the woman and satan now reconciled, according to the 'spirit of the age' so favored [...]

Devil Co-Existing with a Pagan Goddesssvfonline2019-10-28T22:09:53-04:00

Great Power in the Rosary

svfonline2019-10-28T21:50:45-04:00

We are living in an age of apostasy: God's Law has been rejected, Christ and His Church have been rejected. What do we most need? - The Rosary! It is a most powerful means of dissipating heresy, extinguishing vice, spreading virtue, imploring the divine mercy, and obtaining Our Lady's protection. It is fitting to recall this on the 102nd Anniversary of the Miracle of the Sun, when Our Lady revealed herself as "Our Lady of the Rosary." In praying the Rosary, we should specifically ask for the graces to be [1] confirmed in the faith, [2] protected aging the disease one error, [3] and increased in strength [...]

Great Power in the Rosarysvfonline2019-10-28T21:50:45-04:00