Fr. Michael Rodriguez

It’s the middle of Lent and we all need an exhortation. Father reminds us that we must be motivated by love for God, love for the Blessed Mother, and love for the Faith. In the midst of our great crisis, there is a monumental battle for the marriage and family, a battle for truth and Catholic worship, and a battle for souls - with eternal consequences. He asks us to pray three Hail Mary’s, specifically for [1] the grace to see, [1] the grace to value the soul, and [3] the grace to fight for the Faith, with charity, patience and [...]

Two brief sermons from the recent Fatima Conference - Only one thing is necessary - not honors, riches or pleasures – but that we save our souls. This is why Our Lady came to Fatima: to contribute mightily to the salvation of souls. - We are living in a time of almost total darkness with a myriad of diabolical attacks against the sanctity of marriage, including divorce, contraception, abortion, sodomy, radical feminism, and absent men. God has willed to bring salvation to our times through the Immaculate Heart of His most holy Mother. The immense charity and grace which fill Mary’s heart are health and salvation for every single marriage and family on the [...]

Jesus is the Truth. He always speaks the truth. So why it is that so many do not believe Him? We lack Faith. Today we begin our Lenten mission with the goal of growing in faith. What a blessing to make these spiritual exercises during Passiontide, a time of an immense outpouring of grace to believe in Christ. And still the majority who witnessed Our Lord’s Passion and Death were not moved to belief. So let us instead imitate the father in Mark’s gospel and fervently pray: “Lord I believe, help my unbelief.” The just man liveth by faith and without faith it is impossible to please God. [...]