Fr. Michael Rodriguez

Judas Has Plenty of Company This Christmas

DVRodriguez2022-01-13T15:17:01-05:00

There is much confusion over what it means to love Jesus. It is not primarily about feelings, thoughts, or scriptural interpretation. The Apostle of Love teaches us the essentials. To love Jesus we must keep His commandments and we must love our neighbor (emphasis on the Spiritual and Corporal Works of Mercy). Ask Baby Jesus for the grace to love Him above everything. Far too many Catholics are willing to sacrifice Christ to maintain friendships and family ties. Even our Shepherds - those who should love Jesus most - are betraying Him. Given that belief in Christ means belief in the [...]

Judas Has Plenty of Company This ChristmasDVRodriguez2022-01-13T15:17:01-05:00

Have a Great Desire to Love and Suffer More

DVRodriguez2022-01-11T12:42:55-05:00

One Holy Communion worthily received suffices to detach the soul from this earth and inflame it with the love of God. So strive to receive Our Lord worthily. Have a pure heart. Your life will change for the better the more you believe in Our Lord - Truly Present in the Holy Eucharist - and the greater your desire to receive Him with increased love, devotion, faith and a willingness to follow Him whatever the cost.

Have a Great Desire to Love and Suffer MoreDVRodriguez2022-01-11T12:42:55-05:00

Am I Not Here Who Am Your Mother

DVRodriguez2022-01-07T08:19:24-05:00

Our Lady of Guadalupe's most precious words (1531) are remarkably similar to the words Pius IX employed for the ending of his infallible definition of the Immaculate Conception (1854). Her apparition and the dogma serve the same purpose. It's not coincidental that these two feasts closely follow one upon the other (Dec 8, Dec 12) - or that they celebrated during Advent. 2000 years ago Jesus came to Bethlehem, and then 500 years ago He came to the Americas: to bring light and salvation. Yet He does so through the powerful intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary. He has established His [...]

Am I Not Here Who Am Your MotherDVRodriguez2022-01-07T08:19:24-05:00

Nothing is Hopeless

DVRodriguez2025-02-05T11:12:08-05:00

The first example we receive of honoring Our Lady comes from the angel - who was sent by God Himself. The marvelous prayer of the Hail Mary is given to us by God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. A practical consequence of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception is that in dangers, difficulties, doubts and fears we turn to Mary. Fly with utter confidence to Her!

Nothing is HopelessDVRodriguez2025-02-05T11:12:08-05:00

Grace of the Immaculate Conception For Us

DVRodriguez2021-12-31T08:34:07-05:00

How grateful we are that God granted Our Lady the singular privilege of being Immaculately Conceived. This Mystery manifests God's infinite power and marvelous mercy. In Her, sin is utterly crushed. By this grace we, who are not sinless, can fight more courageously and tenaciously against sin. By the grace of the Immaculate Conception, pray for [1] hatred of sin, [2] growth in God's grace, and [3] purity in heart, mind and body.

Grace of the Immaculate Conception For UsDVRodriguez2021-12-31T08:34:07-05:00

Let the Law of Your Life Be Christ

DVRodriguez2022-01-01T13:55:38-05:00

The same Jesus born in Bethlehem comes to us in Holy Communion. He is mystically born anew in every Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. And if He comes, it is for a purpose. He wants us to be prepared to welcome Him. Through Holy Communion, Jesus is born, develops and perfects Himself within us. Believing this - and acting in accordance with this belief - is central to our belief in Jesus Christ. If we love God and have faith in the Eucharist, then we must live so as to as to receive Him worthily and in a spirit of reparation [...]

Let the Law of Your Life Be ChristDVRodriguez2022-01-01T13:55:38-05:00

Be Prepared to Meet Thy God

DVRodriguez2021-12-03T11:07:10-05:00

As best you can, stay focussed throughout this Advent on the three comings of our Savior Jesus Christ. It is perhaps during this season that one most dramatically sees how far the Catholic faithful are from the Catholic Faith. Jesus is calling us and we don't hear. Keep the celebrations for the Christmas season (after Dec 25). During Advent, focus on prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Pray novenas, litanies, Las Posadas, and other Christmas devotions. Consider the powerful symbolism of the Miraculous Medal. Come to the chapel, the Blessed Virgin awaits you.

Be Prepared to Meet Thy GodDVRodriguez2021-12-03T11:07:10-05:00

The Angels Reflect Gods Perfections

DVRodriguez2021-11-30T09:36:27-05:00

God created the angels for His glory, for their happiness, and to help us in saving our souls. The angels appear repeatedly in Sacred Scripture and the Lives of the Saints. They are a great marvel of God's invisible creation: living images of God's Infinite Beauty who reflect His Divine Perfections. Yet so often we neglect them and fail to render that which is due to them. Consider seven things our Guardian Angels do for us. Pray to the angels frequently and may they strengthen your faith!

The Angels Reflect Gods PerfectionsDVRodriguez2021-11-30T09:36:27-05:00

Cristo Rey Contra el Virus y Vacuna

DVRodriguez2022-06-11T13:05:04-04:00

El reino de Cristo es el reino de la verdad y la vida. Pero el 'Gran Restablecimiento', promovido por los gobiernos y líderes mundiales dentro de nuestra amada Iglesia, es un estado de mentiras y muerte. El arzobispo Viganò ha escrito una carta abierta que le insto encarecidamente a leer. Son pocos hoy los que proclaman la verdad, pero el arzobispo explica que lo que está sucediendo es un crimen contra la humanidad y una acción satánica contra Dios. Tenemos que oponernos a esta agenda de vacunación con todas nuestras fuerzas. ¿Qué puedes hacer? Reconozca la situación extrema en la que [...]

Cristo Rey Contra el Virus y VacunaDVRodriguez2022-06-11T13:05:04-04:00

St Martin of Tours

DVRodriguez2021-11-20T13:28:06-05:00

Holiness consists in following and imitating Christ and His saints. Consider the life of St. Martin of Tours, a great bishop and confessor. Though born of pagan parents, he had a burning charity for Christ. He destroyed many pagan temples, converted many, and opposed heresies. He built many churches and insisted the faithful act reverently therein. St. Martin performed many miracles, even raising the dead. He practiced intense mortification and is a founder of Western Monasticism. Christian Europe held great celebrations on his feast (Martinmas) and the penitential aspect of Advent traces its origins to St Marin's Lent. May his life [...]

St Martin of ToursDVRodriguez2021-11-20T13:28:06-05:00