65 Pentecost 5th Sunday

Take My Heart and Change It

DVRodriguez2024-07-23T13:24:05-04:00

Most Catholics never learn what it truly means to participate at Mass or having a true conversion of heart. The Sacred Heart is instrumental in these matters. He manifests His love to us especially from the crib in Bethlehem, the Cross on Calvary, and the Holy Eucharist in every church. Yet this Heart which loves without limit is not loved in return. At Mass, look to share the sentiments of the Sacred Heart. Pray for the grace to change your heart!

Take My Heart and Change ItDVRodriguez2024-07-23T13:24:05-04:00

The Chief Duty of Man

DVRodriguez2023-08-20T11:56:06-04:00

To participate in the Eucharistic Sacrifice is man's chief duty and supreme dignity. And not in an inert and negligent fashion, but with such earnestness and concentration as to have a profound union with Christ the High Priest. Take this teaching to heart! Because most Catholics today are clueless about it. In fact, this is one of the reasons why the Church is enduring such a terrible crisis. The first step is to know this, the next is to believe it. The Traditional Latin Mass shows this in many ways, the New Mass does not. Devotion to the Sacred Heart and [...]

The Chief Duty of ManDVRodriguez2023-08-20T11:56:06-04:00

Three Classes of Men

DVRodriguez2023-08-13T06:14:54-04:00

In his Spiritual Exercises, St. Ignatius provides a powerful meditation on three classes of men. Which one are you? Do you strive to eliminate sin from your life? Do attachments prevent you from attaining your heavenly goal? Do you implement the means necessary to get rid of attachments? Or do you want both: God and your earthly goods. If so, you constantly rationalize your self-indulgence. Yet sanctity is radical. It is complete indifference. Nothing matters but God. This is the challenge before you. How do you respond to Christ the King? He calls you to follow Him in everything! Have you [...]

Three Classes of MenDVRodriguez2023-08-13T06:14:54-04:00

Precious Blood and Catholic Devotions

DVRodriguez2022-09-26T00:26:16-04:00

Hear O Lord my voice with which i have cried to Thee. Abel's blood cried to Heaven for vengeance. All these prayers are fulfilled and perfected in Christ's Precious Blood, which has infinite power to save, protect, heal and sanctify. Adore the Precious Blood, especially every time you are at Mass. Meditate upon how inanimately connected it is to all our Catholic devotions. Pray the Chaplet of the Holy Wounds or the Rosary of the Five Wounds. Strive for the two greatest fruits of this devotion!

Precious Blood and Catholic DevotionsDVRodriguez2022-09-26T00:26:16-04:00

Tuy and the Great Mysteries of Our Faith

DVRodriguez2021-08-22T11:48:39-04:00

What does it mean to express true belief in God, in the Holy Trinity? To accept the Truth of Who God Is, for example, means we whole-heartedly believe in Corpus Christi, the Sacred Heart, the Precious Blood, and the Immaculate Heart. The Church's liturgical year imprints these great mysteries of the Faith upon our minds and hearts. They are reinforced by our piety and prayer (e.g. by praying the monthly litanies of the Church). They are reaffirmed by God and Our Blessed Mother for our times in the Message of Fatima. The spectacular Vision of Tuy highlights these mysteries and reveals [...]

Tuy and the Great Mysteries of Our FaithDVRodriguez2021-08-22T11:48:39-04:00

Take Back the Moral High Ground

DVRodriguez2021-07-12T09:05:08-04:00

In any battle, it is more advantageous to hold the higher ground. John the Baptist held moral superiority over adulterous Herod. John's preaching based on divine authority trumps the opinions of fallen men. Yet today's cultural war suffers from a revolutionary inversion. Church leaders ceded the high ground by choosing to dialogue with the world, trumpeting tolerance and coexistence. Religious indifference and moral ecumenism dominate our pulpits. The anti-prophets now demand affirmation and approval of heinous sins, while condemning and silencing all opposition. They are moral crusaders fully committed to their cause while the Church weakly whispers and compromises. One may [...]

Take Back the Moral High GroundDVRodriguez2021-07-12T09:05:08-04:00

Which Blood Shall be Shed

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

Ours is a culture of death because so many seek to solve 'problems' by resorting to violence and death. Revolutionaries seek to inflame anger; thereby increasing violence and killing. This makes us liable to much judgment (the wrath of God) and deserving of chastisement. Expect more of the same as long as the causes of anger in man's heart remain far from being resolved. In humility, we should admit that we too are infected, to some degree, by revolutionary anger. And all these problems are not unrelated to the Holy Mass, to its power and purpose. For if we do not bring our [...]

Which Blood Shall be ShedDVRodriguez2020-11-13T21:49:50-05:00

Mysteries of the Precious Blood at Holy Mass

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

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 MassDVRodriguez2020-11-13T21:49:50-05:00

From Visible Signs to Sublime Mysteries

svfonline2019-08-05T05:41:31-04:00

An extremely important aspect of the Holy Ghost's mission is that He teaches all truth. He helps us truly know who Christ is and to truly love Him. The most important way He does this is through the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. We are to use the visible signs at Mass to grow in our Faith in the invisible mysteries. If we remain only at the level of the visible, at what we understand with our human reason, then we are missing the most important things at Mass! Sadly, all the changes introduced into the Mass after Vatican Two have [...]

From Visible Signs to Sublime Mysteriessvfonline2019-08-05T05:41:31-04:00

Precious Blood Truly Present and Shed Now

svfonline2019-07-27T12:30:55-04:00

The Church dedicates the month of July to the Precious Blood so that we will grown in our devotion and love for It, and pray for all the many graces that It brings. It is the special office of the Blood of our Savior "to plead" - to plead to the Father for grace, mercy, and the forgiveness of sinners. Salvation is only through the Precious Blood, for there is no washing of sin except in our Redeemer's Precious Blood. Unlimited it its power! This Blood merits all good things for every single soul, including the magnificent graces of high sanctity. [...]

Precious Blood Truly Present and Shed Nowsvfonline2019-07-27T12:30:55-04:00