Fr. Michael Rodriguez

Mártires Navideños

DVRodriguez2025-01-23T14:33:58-05:00

En el misterio de la epifanía Jesús revela su gloria: Él es Dios y nuestro Rey. El Divino Niño tambien se revela como nuestro Salvador derramando su Preciosa Sangre y dándonos la gracia de vivir y morir por Él. Como discípulos de Cristo, estamos llamados a creer en Él y a ser fieles a sus enseñanzas (que son las enseñanzas de la Iglesia). Todos los mártires dieron su sangre por la verdad; nosotros debemos estar dispuestos a sufrir por la verdad. La Iglesia honra a muchos mártires en este tiempo: SS. Pedro y Pablo, San Sebastián, Santa Inés, Santa Prisca, San [...]

Mártires NavideñosDVRodriguez2025-01-23T14:33:58-05:00

Doce Misterios de la Santa Infancia

DVRodriguez2025-01-20T20:50:56-05:00

La Navidad es gran fiesta del Corazón de María. De este corazón, mar vasto de gracias y un horno inmenso de amor, nació la Luz del mundo, el Salvador. El Niño Dios nos da el Corazón de su Santísima Madre para que podamos experimentar la inmensidad de su amor y corresponder a su amor a ejemplo de la Virgen María. Así tendremos compasión de los sufrimientos de Nuestro Señor, por ejemplo, los que padeció en los misterios de su infancia. Nuestro gran anhelo debe ser expresado por la oración de San Luis de Montfort: «Que no tenga otro corazón que el [...]

Doce Misterios de la Santa InfanciaDVRodriguez2025-01-20T20:50:56-05:00

Fiesta de Amor y del Corazón de María

DVRodriguez2025-01-19T13:30:48-05:00

Durante la Navidad, hagamos el esfuerzo de considerar el amor inmenso que nuestro Salvador nos ha tenido al querer nacer pobre, rechazado y desconocido. A cambio, hagamos cuatro peticiones encaminadas a aumentar nuestro amor por Él. Pidamos la gracia de obedecer, agradar y desear sólo a Dios y de aceptar su voluntad en todos los asuntos. La Navidad es también una gran fiesta del corazón de María. Porque la Encarnación se debe en gran parte al amor, al deseo, a la humildad, a las oraciones y a la santidad del Corazón de María. Ahí tenemos el modelo de cómo debemos amar [...]

Fiesta de Amor y del Corazón de MaríaDVRodriguez2025-01-19T13:30:48-05:00

Twelve Mysteries of the Holy Infancy

DVRodriguez2025-01-18T13:56:56-05:00

The Light of Christ comes to us through the Heart of Mary, which is a vast sea of grace and an immense furnace of love. As Christians, our mission is to love Jesus and His Church with the same love as Our Lady. So let us reflect – with Mary – upon the Divine Child in the mysteries of His infancy. In these mysteries, Christ offers us salvation and His divine love. Yet they are also filled with His sufferings. Contemplating them moves us to sorrow and compassion; to share in the love of Mary for Her Son. "O Mary, may [...]

Twelve Mysteries of the Holy InfancyDVRodriguez2025-01-18T13:56:56-05:00

Save Us Most Holy Theotokos

DVRodriguez2025-01-11T14:47:31-05:00

God came unto His own and His own received Him not. Mary and Joseph spend these days in contemplation and expectation; what about the multitude? The vast majority of Catholics live the Christmas season in a pagan way. We are too busy in worldly affairs; Mary and Joseph were totally focused on Christ. If we reflect and focus on Jesus, with a sincere and holy disposition, He sanctifies us. In giving us His Mother, He is imprinting upon our souls love of Him after the example of the Heart of Mary.

Save Us Most Holy TheotokosDVRodriguez2025-01-11T14:47:31-05:00

Christmas Petitions

DVRodriguez2025-01-01T16:03:27-05:00

This Christmas Season, make the same petitions as the saints. Thus will you better understand what it means to truly love Jesus. St. Alphonsus repeatedly prayed to obey God alone, to seek to please God alone, and to desire God more and more (even while others crave worldly goods and fortunes). May God dispose of me and my affairs as He wills. St. Louis de Montfort constantly prayed for the grace to imitate the Immaculate Heart of Mary. It was her heart which hastened the Incarnation, bringing the True Light to men. Reflect upon the fact that Christmas is a great [...]

Christmas PetitionsDVRodriguez2025-01-01T16:03:27-05:00

Prepare for He is Near

DVRodriguez2025-01-05T11:27:37-05:00

We rejoice in the Lord because He is near. But we must also prepare for He is coming. God Himself teaches us that preparation is extremely important. The entire Old Testament is a great example of God's preparation. We could say preparation is one of the grand laws of the divine economy. This entire week, to prepare well, we beg God to move our hearts: "Stir up our hearts O Lord to prepare the ways of Thine Only Begotten Son." How well are we preparing?

Prepare for He is NearDVRodriguez2025-01-05T11:27:37-05:00

Fr. Rodríguez’s 28th Anniversary

DVR Fatima2025-02-02T11:13:06-05:00

Father Michael Rodríguez - 28th Ordination Anniversary Thou art a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek. - Hebrews 7:17 8 December 2024. On this day, Father offered Our Blessed Mother, the Immaculate Conception, twenty-eight white roses. - One rose for each year of his priesthood; - White in honor of her perfect purity. Thou art all fair, O Mary, and the stain of Original Sin is not in thee. Thy garments are white as snow, and thy face is like the sun. Thou art the glory of Jerusalem; thou art the Joy of Israel; thou art the Honor of [...]

Fr. Rodríguez’s 28th AnniversaryDVR Fatima2025-02-02T11:13:06-05:00

Value Grace Above All Else

DVRodriguez2024-12-20T08:59:36-05:00

The Immaculate Conception is a singular example of the infinite power of God's grace and how God grants grace to overcome sin. She gives us the perfect example of what it means to "put on Christ." In this mystery, we see the full grandeur of God's grace. Make it personal! God's grace can overcome any difficulty, temptation or sin which plagues you. This feast dispels a heresy, promoted by Bregoglio, that at times our "best effort" is a sin, or that God might ask of us a sinful act (in Amoris Lætitia). With God's grace you can always grow in holiness. [...]

Value Grace Above All ElseDVRodriguez2024-12-20T08:59:36-05:00

Revístete del Señor Jesucristo

DVRodriguez2024-12-11T20:48:21-05:00

Al darnos a su Hijo, Dios no podía darnos nada más. Y Él nos lo da todo. Dios nos conceda este tiempo de adviento para que cambiemos. Esfuérzate para que sea un tiempo santo. No vivas el adviento como los demás. ¡Vívelo con fe! Contempla el Sagrado Corazón que ha amado tanto y que se ha entregado por completo y no ha escatimado nada. ¿Cómo respondo? Conforma tu voluntad a la de Cristo. Deja que Cristo reine sobre ti. No desperdicies esta temporada llena de gracia. O Dios, une mi corazón al Tuyo y mi voluntad a la Tuya.

Revístete del Señor JesucristoDVRodriguez2024-12-11T20:48:21-05:00