Fatima

The Holy Ghost is the Power of God

DVRodriguez2021-08-02T14:57:19-04:00

The Holy Ghost has infinite power. He is frequently symbolized as the 'Mighty Hand' or 'Finger' of God. He multiplies, perfects, confirms, and establishes grace in man. He seeks to guide the faithful Christian. Yet in addition to the True Faith and True Worship, one needs humility and docility to be attentive to His promptings. The Holy Ghost awakens in us an urgency to fight against the world, the flesh, and the devil. He reminds us that the devil goes about as a roaring lion (or monstrous serpent) seeking to devour us. As an example, consider Sister Lucia's "Vision of Tuy," [...]

The Holy Ghost is the Power of GodDVRodriguez2021-08-02T14:57:19-04:00

Mission of Grace and Truth

DVRodriguez2021-06-05T06:59:58-04:00

The mission of the Holy Ghost is to give testimony of Jesus by leading men into all truth and bestowing that grace which divinizes souls, forming Jesus Christ in them. But He does not do this work alone. He does it in union with the Blessed Virgin Mary. This pattern is clearly seen at the Incarnation and at Pentecost. He descends in response to Mary's prayer, faith and love. With the Holy Ghost, Our Lady forms Christ in souls, enabling one to think and act like her Son. With the Holy Ghost, Our Lady always witnesses to the truth. For example, [...]

Mission of Grace and TruthDVRodriguez2021-06-05T06:59:58-04:00

Holy Communion and Fatima

DVRodriguez2021-05-13T18:41:04-04:00

The mission of the Holy Ghost is to bring Christ's work of redemption to fulfillment. He brings to souls the grace merited by Our Savior in His Passion and Death. He judges the world as to wether one believes and accepts - or rejects - Christ. Just as our Lady cooperated uniquely with Christ in Redemption, so she cooperates uniquely with the Holy Ghost in His mission, particularly through her apparition at at Fatima. She comes to warn the world of sin and judgment. She also brings the grace of her Son in a beautiful and special way, through devotion to [...]

Holy Communion and FatimaDVRodriguez2021-05-13T18:41:04-04:00

A Most Accurate Statue of Our Lady

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

In the 1940s, Fr. Thomas McGlynn was contracted to carve the large statue destined to go over the main doors of the Basilica at Fatima. In order to make the statue as accurate as possible, he met and spoke with Sr. Dores (Sr. Lucia as a Dorothean sister). Fr. McGlynn later published his book in 1951, entitled The Vision of Fatima. Many interesting details are presented in this book. For example, we learn something about the personality of Sr. Lucia, that Pope Pius XII's 1942 consecration was insufficient, and that there may be more about Russia that was not published. Our [...]

A Most Accurate Statue of Our LadyDVRodriguez2020-11-13T21:49:50-05:00

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

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

Have Recourse to Mary

svfonline2019-10-28T15:59:03-04:00

How to survive the widespread apostasy? In part two of his three-pronged plan, Pope Leo XIII encourages Catholics to follow the example of our holy fathers and all our tradition by turning in a special way to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Given the evil of our times, all the popes for nearly a century repeatedly insisted that Catholics have recourse to Our Lady and her intercession. God Himself confirmed this papal exhortation by sending Our Lady to Fatima and requesting devotion to her Immaculate Heart. This devotion entails a particularly intense turning to the Mother of God and should be practiced [...]

Have Recourse to Marysvfonline2019-10-28T15:59:03-04:00

Temptation in a Crisis of Authority

svfonline2019-10-22T07:29:25-04:00

We are currently enduring a grave crisis in authority. Our Lady forewarned this in the Vision of the Third Secret of Fatima. As if in a mirror, Sr. Lucia saw a ‘bishop in white.' He is not acting as the pope ought and Sr. Lucia does not refer to him as the pope. Then she does see the pope: he is martyred, followed by all the ranks of the Church in proper order. Understandably in this crisis, a great temptation is for the laity to lead themselves. Instead it is highly advisable that the laity find a good trustworthy priest (a [...]

Temptation in a Crisis of Authoritysvfonline2019-10-22T07:29:25-04:00

The Devil Has Intensified His Constant War

svfonline2019-10-11T07:10:40-04:00

St. Augustine teaches that "Our enemies are ever on the alert to work our ruin and we are ever forgetful of our salvation." Religious are especially consecrated for this battle against the world, the flesh and the devil; yet we too must wage it continually. St. Michael aids us, for one of his principal offices is to wage incessant war against the arch fiend, satan. The devil is the father of lies and a seducer. In particular, he wishes to seduce religious and the hierarchy of the Church. He traps men by cloaking his evil with good and leading them to think he is not [...]

The Devil Has Intensified His Constant Warsvfonline2019-10-11T07:10:40-04:00

Reverence for God and Truth

svfonline2019-10-03T07:00:20-04:00

Central to the Message of Fatima is God's will to make the Blessed Virgin Mary known and loved through devotion to her Immaculate Heart. Two very important devotions to the IHM are the First Saturday Devotion and Consecration to the IHM. This consecration is diametrically opposed to the three great sins of our time: blasphemy, heresy, and impurity. It is a marvelous way of helping the soul recover reverence for God, the truth, and purity. The one who consecrates himself to the IHM strives to keep in his heart the five dominant spiritual dispositions so proper to the Heart of Mary.

Reverence for God and Truthsvfonline2019-10-03T07:00:20-04:00