Meditation

Precious Blood of Jesus

DVR Fatima2024-09-12T07:23:43-04:00

From the sermon Seven Petitions to the Precious Blood (Tenth Sunday after Pentecost) Precious Blood of Jesus, shed at the circumcision, make me chaste of mind, heart and body. Precious Blood of Jesus, shed in the agony of the garden, grant me to love above all things the holy and adorable will of God. Precious Blood of Jesus, shed in the scourging at the pillar, inspire me with a keen sorrow for my sins and a love of suffering. Precious Blood of Jesus, shed in the crowning with thorns, grant me a love of humiliations. Precious Blood of Jesus, shed in [...]

Precious Blood of JesusDVR Fatima2024-09-12T07:23:43-04:00

Holy Mary, Mother of Sorrows!

DVR Fatima2024-09-12T07:28:54-04:00

From the sermon Four Virtues for Spouses (September 19, 2021) Holy Mary, Mother of sorrows, whose heart was piercedwith a fresh sword of grief at every Station on the Way of the Cross,obtain for us, we beseech thee, O most loving Mother, a perpetual remembrance of our Blessed Savior’s cross and death, and a true and tender devotion to all the mysteries of His most holy Passion. Obtain for us the grace to hate sin, even as He hated it in the Agony of the Garden; to endure wrong and insult with all patience, as He endured them in the judgment [...]

Holy Mary, Mother of Sorrows!DVR Fatima2024-09-12T07:28:54-04:00

Regina Caeli

DVR Fatima2024-05-02T10:37:34-04:00

An ancient Easter Prayer and Hymn - heard at the start of the sermon The Crucified One is Risen. O Queen of Heaven. Rejoice, alleluia.For He whom thou wast worthy to bear, alleluia, has risen.As He said, alleluia. Pray for us to God. Alleluia.Rejoice and be glad, o Virgin Mary. Alleluia.For the Lord is truly risen. Alleluia. Let us pray, O God, who by the resurrection of Thy Son,our Lord Jesus Christ, hast been pleased to give joy tothe whole world, grant, we beseech thee, that throughthe intercession of the blessed Virgin Mary, His mother,we may attain the joys of eternal [...]

Regina CaeliDVR Fatima2024-05-02T10:37:34-04:00

Christ’s Passion and Our Lady

DVRodriguez2024-04-01T10:24:02-04:00

Christ's Passion and Death is what saves us. These final two weeks of Lent – Passiontide – are privileged weeks. The Church calls us to reflect upon Our Lord's Passion and the unique role fulfilled by the Holy Mother of God. No exercise is more profitable for our sanctification. St. Bonaventure, St. John Eudes, St. Bridget of Sweden, Ven. Maria of Agreda and the benedictine monk John Lydgate serve as helpful guides.

Christ’s Passion and Our LadyDVRodriguez2024-04-01T10:24:02-04:00

Spiritual Communion

DVRodriguez2024-03-22T15:52:33-04:00

My Jesus, I firmly believe that Thou art present — Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity — in the Blessed Sacrament of the altar. Lord, I believe, help my unbelief. Lord, increase my faith. [pause] I love Thee above all things and desire Thee in my soul. Yet my love is weak and inconstant, strengthen my love evermore. [pause] Since I cannot now receive Thee under the sacramental veil, I beseech Thee, with a heart full of love and longing, to come spiritually into my soul. [pause] As though Thou wert already there, I embrace Thee and unite myself wholly to Thee; [...]

Spiritual CommunionDVRodriguez2024-03-22T15:52:33-04:00

My Crucified Jesus

DVR Fatima2024-03-08T10:32:08-05:00

From a sermon given on Passion Sunday My Crucified Jesus, I devoutly kiss and adore the most holy Wound of Thy right hand, and pray Thee to bless my soul, and after death to open to me the gates of Heaven. Glory be to the Father . .. My Crucified Jesus, I devoutly kiss and adore the most holy Wound of Thy left hand, and pray Thee to deliver me from all evil, whether of the body or of the soul, and most especially from the unhappy fate of the wicked who shall stand at The left hand at the Day [...]

My Crucified JesusDVR Fatima2024-03-08T10:32:08-05:00

Seven Last Words

DVRodriguez2023-05-01T11:08:09-04:00

There is nothing more conducive to the attainment of salvation than to think every day on the pains which Jesus Christ suffered for love of us. One way to do this is to meditate upon His final words from the Cross. By these words, it is clear that His death brings us seven magnificent graces.

Seven Last WordsDVRodriguez2023-05-01T11:08:09-04:00

His Death on the Cross

DVRodriguez2023-04-17T07:04:58-04:00

Jesus takes up His Cross. The Via Dolorosa. Pilate left perplexed. Lessons from St. Joseph. Our Lord's tears of joy. The confusion of satan. Our Lady's role standing at the foot of the Cross.

His Death on the CrossDVRodriguez2023-04-17T07:04:58-04:00

Peter Judas and All Abandon Christ

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

Meditation of the events once Our Lord is arrested. Peter's dilemma and denial. What of the other Apostles? Caiaphas rejection of God.

Peter Judas and All Abandon ChristDVRodriguez2023-04-17T07:04:04-04:00

The Last Supper and Betrayal

DVRodriguez2023-04-17T07:04:40-04:00

Meditation upon events from Holy Thursday. Friendship with our Lord and the Sacrament of Charity. Christ looks at Judas, the Betrayer. The agony in Gethsemane. The battle between Christ and satan.

The Last Supper and BetrayalDVRodriguez2023-04-17T07:04:40-04:00