Liturgy

Hail O Adorable Cross

DVRodriguez2025-04-29T20:20:40-04:00

Easter is the greatest day of the year for we celebrate Christ’s great victory. Yet the resurrection only comes by means of the cross. His cross is the source of all grace and blessings. The liturgy provides many examples of this, such as the Exsultet, the Paschal Candle, the Easter Sequence, and the Veneration of the cross. Keep in mind these two truths: [1] Jesus can never be separated from His cross. [2] in the cross is salvation. We must believe and live by these truths!

Hail O Adorable CrossDVRodriguez2025-04-29T20:20:40-04:00

Easter Vigil

DVRodriguez2025-04-17T06:58:25-04:00

Preparation for Easter by discussing the history, liturgy and theology of the three major parts of Holy Saturday's Easter Vigil, according to our immemorial Catholic Tradition (pre-1955).

Easter VigilDVRodriguez2025-04-17T06:58:25-04:00

Good Friday

DVRodriguez2025-04-16T15:22:57-04:00

Preparation for Easter by discussing the four singular parts of the sacred liturgy on Good Friday, according to our immemorial Catholic Tradition (pre-1955). Talk by Fr. James Mawdsley

Good FridayDVRodriguez2025-04-16T15:22:57-04:00

Maundy Thursday

DVRodriguez2025-04-13T23:54:56-04:00

Preparation for Holy Week. Father explains how all the rites of this sacred day point to, are unified by, the Holy Eucharist. This includes the Reconciliation of Penitents, Consecration of Holy Oils, Institution of the Holy Eucharist, Vespers, Stripping of Altars, Washing of the Feet, and Nocturnal Adoration at the Altar of Repose.

Maundy ThursdayDVRodriguez2025-04-13T23:54:56-04:00

Palm Sunday

DVRodriguez2025-04-13T16:10:35-04:00

Preparation for Holy Week. Father explains the history, prayers, and theology behind the most important rites of the pre-1955 Palm Sunday liturgy. This includes the Blessing of Palms, the Procession with Palms, and the Mass.

Palm SundayDVRodriguez2025-04-13T16:10:35-04:00

Guided by the Feasts of the Church

DVRodriguez2024-11-13T06:23:39-05:00

Too often we want to know or experience directly what Heaven is saying to us. (This leads some to give undeserved attention to unapproved private revelations.) Instead, put more faith in what, without any doubt, comes from God. He speaks to us through the Church's feasts. For example, in these past weeks God is speaking to us about the importance of Christ's Kingship, venerating the saints, aiding the poor souls, pondering the Four Last Things, and growing in faith, hope, and charity. It is so important that you make a greater effort to live based on the Faith, not on secular [...]

Guided by the Feasts of the ChurchDVRodriguez2024-11-13T06:23:39-05:00

Good Friday Prayer for the Jews

DVR Fatima2024-03-25T11:19:24-04:00

Let us pray also for the perfidious Jews: that our God and Lord would remove the veil from their hearts; that they also may acknowledge our Lord Jesus Christ. 'Amen' is not responded, nor is said 'Let us Pray', or 'Let us kneel', or 'Arise', but immediately is said: AImighty and everlasting God, who drivest not away from Thy mercy even the perfidious Jews: hear our prayers, which we offer for the blindness of that people; that, acknowledging the light of Thy truth, which is Christ, they may be rescued from their darkness. Through the same Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Our [...]

Good Friday Prayer for the JewsDVR Fatima2024-03-25T11:19:24-04:00

The True Roman Rite

DVRodriguez2023-04-17T07:55:55-04:00

The Roman Empire's Fall sent shockwaves throughout the world. The unthinkable had occurred. Then God sent a holy man - St. Benedict - to revitalize a continent in darkness. The Benedictines most important work was true divine worship. Today another great fall threatens: the collapse of the Roman Liturgy. No one should dare touch its essentials, for fidelity to the liturgy is fidelity to Christ and confession of the True Faith. But we have witnessed a liturgical rupture. Tradition is the guiding principle for all Christian Liturgy. It is handed down, not artificially constructed. It originates from Christ and is guided [...]

The True Roman RiteDVRodriguez2023-04-17T07:55:55-04:00

Exterior Devotion and Interior Piety

DVRodriguez2023-03-10T06:27:09-05:00

There is a vast difference in how the majority of Catholics live Christmas and Septuageisma. As tradition was abandoned, many forgot the liturgical seasons. In seeking to restore Catholicism, let us not be content with exterior devotions. That is only a first step. Have an authentic interior observance of prayer and of these great Mysteries. Consider how the Son of God made Himself entirely subject to His human Mother – and willingly remains obedient to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Exterior Devotion and Interior PietyDVRodriguez2023-03-10T06:27:09-05:00

All Time Belongs to Christ

DVRodriguez2022-04-03T06:01:06-04:00

Time belongs to God. It is not ours to do with as we wish. Time is meant to be used in the service of God and to save our immortal soul. We need much conversion with regards to how we think about time. This is why the Church gives us the Liturgical Year. Every day is focussed upon one of its three great cycles. Do you best to live according to the liturgical year. The better you do this, the more you draw upon the graces you need for salvation. As brief examples, consider how you view and live Septuagesima and [...]

All Time Belongs to ChristDVRodriguez2022-04-03T06:01:06-04:00