Liturgical Year

Mysteries of the Precious Blood at Holy Mass

DVRodriguez2025-07-03T17:16:46-04:00

At Holy Mass, the minds of the faithful are to be raised to the contemplation of the most sublime mysteries which are hidden in this Sacrifice. They are veiled to our physical senses and to our human reason. Yet this contemplation is the most important way by which we participate in Holy Mass. Three marvelous mysteries concerning the Precious Blood hidden in Mass are: [1] The shedding of Christ’s Blood is renewed at Holy Mass. [2] The Precious Blood is sprinkled upon those who are present and poured out upon their souls. [3] The Precious Blood intercedes for us and calls [...]

Mysteries of the Precious Blood at Holy MassDVRodriguez2025-07-03T17:16:46-04:00

Laugh at Evils Short Lived Attempts

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

Saints can laugh in the face of martyrdom. We need their sense of humor. St. Albert describes the Valiant Woman's laughing as a swelling in joy of mind and heart which keeps propriety and grace. The cause of the saints' laughter is rooted in their union with God. There is never any laughing in hell. God allows wicked men to be cruelly chastised by fierce demons because they voluntarily submit themselves to the devil. God devastates every place where idolatry is practiced. We ought to see though, laugh at, and mock the communistic marxist phrases and techniques being used today. This helps us resist their brainwashing, not fall [...]

Laugh at Evils Short Lived AttemptsDVRodriguez2020-11-13T21:49:50-05:00

Shedding of Christ’s Blood

DVRodriguez2025-07-03T17:18:20-04:00

Devotion to the Precious Blood is devotion to Jesus Christ who has redeemed us; to His sacred passion, death and five holy wounds. This is a central aspect of the mystery of Christ, essential to our knowing and loving Him. The shedding of our Savior’s Precious Blood [1] washes away our sins, [2] reconciles us to God, and [3] makes us holy. It provides abundant grace to help us hate sin and fight against sin with all our strength. Thou hast redeemed us O Lord in Thy Blood. The mercies of the Lord I will sing forever.

Shedding of Christ’s BloodDVRodriguez2025-07-03T17:18:20-04:00

We Desperately Need Fortitude

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

Fortitude is the gift of the Holy Ghost that strengthens our will to banish all timidity and human respect; it strengthens the soul to hate sin, to practice virtue, and to prefer contempt, temporal loss, persecution, and even death, rather than to deny Christ by word or deed. By this gift, we are empowered to fight and overcome the enemies of our salvation. Fortitude enables us to fulfill the will of God in the midst of temptations, difficulties, and persecutions. It makes us ready and courageous to undertake the greatest sacrifices for our salvation. Today, we need to grow in fortitude! [...]

We Desperately Need FortitudeDVRodriguez2020-11-13T21:49:50-05:00

Fatherhood is Sacred

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

Christ's entire mission is to reveal the love of God the Father. When He ascends, He leaves [spiritual] fathers in His place. All fatherhood is meant, in some way, to reflect God's holy fatherhood. The father's vocation is to rule, sanctify and teach His family. He leads, protects and provides for his family. Fathers, lead your family to God and to Heaven! This is why God gives the father authority. The father must be the first to pray, to love, to sacrifice and to die to himself. As fatherhood is so essential for salvation, it makes sense that the devil is waging an all-out war [...]

Fatherhood is SacredDVRodriguez2020-11-13T21:49:50-05:00

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

Triple Devotion of the Sacred Heart

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

The Sacred Heart is the symbol of Jesus' infinite love for us poor sinners. Our devotion to the Sacred Heart compsies (1) love, (2) reparation, and (3) imitation. We must seek to never displease Him by sin and always seek to conform our will to His. He told Sr. Margarer Mary that His outraged love desires reparation, so strive to repair offenses with opposing honors. Finally, we should emulate His virtues, such as meekness, humility and patience.

Triple Devotion of the Sacred HeartDVRodriguez2020-11-13T21:49:50-05:00

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

Two Kinds of Levitation

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

Once in speaking on the Holy Trinity, St. John of the Cross levitated up into the air before St. Teresa of Avila. On another occasion, this same saintly friar was called to exorcize a possessed nun. As the community prayed the Gloria Patri, the nun leaped into the air and remained suspended upside down. She was completely inverted. These two levitations, each facing opposite directions, symbolize much of what is possible for man in this life. If we orient ourselves towards God, we perceive His beauty and order in all things -- even our trials and crosses. Yet if we make unto ourselves [...]

Two Kinds of LevitationDVRodriguez2020-11-13T21:49:50-05:00