Fr. Michael Rodriguez

During Eastertide, the Church exhorts us to renew our baptismal vows and walk in the light of Christ. This means: [1] Live according to the faith. In humility, be grateful to God that He has given you grace and light. Be especially grateful and humble that you are able to see the terrible attack undermining the faith. [2] Examine yourself, scrutinize how you are renouncing the world, and detach from all that is not God. [3]Give thanks to God when you are humiliated, ostracized, rejected and persecuted. Rejoice when you suffer and are humiliated; there is the joy of Easter! Pray the Litany of Humility.

Our Lord did not come to us independently, but Jesus came in the flesh through a family. It is never just Jesus, but rather, “Jesus Mary and Joseph”. The Holy Family teaches us, especially by their example, that holiness is loving God with a pure love; for which chastity is indispensable. This virtue is so important, particularly in our time, which has forgotten the purpose of marriage. The Holy Family shows us what it means to love God with our whole heart, mind and soul. A prayer from the Raccolta teaches us to ask for five graces from the Holy Family: two for the faith and three for [...]

The Holy Ghost is the Spirit of Truth. He comes to give us wisdom so that, above all else, we may seek the treasures of Heaven: grace, merit and glory. This is the goal of Easter and why now is a privileged time to pray a novena for an increase in the Holy Ghost’s Gifts. Yet the evils of our time stem from a widespread subversion of the primary truths on which society is based. Most men pursue the false pleasures of the world and are either ignorant of the life to come, or recklessly reject it. This means most men, even if [...]