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Immensity of Gods Infinite Goodness

DVRodriguez2021-02-27T06:27:11-05:00

God, and His infinite perfections, is always the starting point of our religion. For example, He always teaches us the truth. His patience and kindness is unfathomable. God bestows His graces so liberally; yet man remains terribly unappreciative. God is disposed to give us whatever we need, if we but turn to Him with faith. The more we become aware of how good God is, the more our hearts shall be inflamed with love for Him. So what are the obstacles to God’s word and grace taking root in our hearts? The devil. The weakness of our mind, heart, and will. [...]

Immensity of Gods Infinite GoodnessDVRodriguez2021-02-27T06:27:11-05:00

The Rematch

DVRodriguez2021-02-27T07:26:00-05:00

Our Lord is driven into the desert by the Holy Ghost to pray, to fast, and to train for upcoming demonic temptations. The desert is a harsh environment for man, but Christ thrives therein. He embraces forty days and forty nights of complete fast in order to reverse the defeat of Adam in the Garden. Christ calls out the devil for a rematch. Adam lost in the early rounds and satan sought to defeat this New Adam with the exact same tactics. He attacks the lower appetites, then tries for vainglory, and finally the pride of life (which caused his own [...]

The RematchDVRodriguez2021-02-27T07:26:00-05:00

God Loves the Cheerful Alms Giver

DVRodriguez2021-03-02T04:53:28-05:00

A perfect Lent requires prayer, fasting and giving alms. Our Lady at Lourdes and the Angel at Fatima insisted upon a three-fold ‘Penance! Penance! Penance!’ The Archangel Raphael reminds Tobias, “Prayer is good with fasting and alms more than to lay up treasures of gold: For alms delivereth from death, and the same is that which purgeth away sins, and maketh to find mercy and life everlasting” (12:8-9). The world undergoes terrible temptations towards materialism. In fact, the grave crisis we face is due in no small part to men failing to piously use their wealth to combat evil and support [...]

God Loves the Cheerful Alms GiverDVRodriguez2021-03-02T04:53:28-05:00

The Mass Must Instill Deep Reverence for God

DVRodriguez2021-02-17T17:53:39-05:00

The foundation of the Catholic Religion is a very deep reverence for the supreme majesty of the true God. As Catholics, we must be filled with this reverence. At the start of the year, leading into Lent, the Church presents us with examples par excellence of those who rightly adore Jesus as our God and King. More than anything else, it is the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass which imbues this profound reverence for God within us. And a lack of this reverence lies at the root of the grave crisis in the Church, in families, and in society. Insufficient reverence [...]

The Mass Must Instill Deep Reverence for GodDVRodriguez2021-02-17T17:53:39-05:00

Lenten Spirituality of St Francis de Paola

DVRodriguez2021-02-16T07:37:37-05:00

St Francis Paola (1416-1507), an extraordinary miracle worker, founded an order of Franciscan hermits: The Minims. They were to be ‘minimal’ in their possessions and diet and in the eyes of the world. They also took a fourth vow: to perpetually live in accordance with the Church’s ancient Lenten discipline. Theirs was a lifelong fast and abstinence from meat and all animal products. St. Francis required this rigor as a heroic act of mortification and to make reparation for the laxity that had entered into Christians’ lenten practices — in the 15th century! He knew that any austerity can be embraced [...]

Lenten Spirituality of St Francis de PaolaDVRodriguez2021-02-16T07:37:37-05:00

Love Your Cross

DVRodriguez2021-02-15T06:36:45-05:00

What if this was your last Lent? It may be, so make it count! Love Lent and deepen your appreciation for it. Lent is a time to practice loving God more than self; a time to place neighbor before self; a time to love soul more than body. Man has the ability to merit by his sufferings because he has a body. Thus, Lent is a time to voluntarily embrace all our crosses, that we not be caught off guard by anything the world, flesh and the devil might throw in our path. If we flee from the cross, then we [...]

Love Your CrossDVRodriguez2021-02-15T06:36:45-05:00

Gender Confusion within Gods Sanctuary

DVRodriguez2021-02-15T06:36:23-05:00

The liturgical revolution has turned God’s sanctuary into a place that mirrors the grave errors of our day. Ancient tradition established seven steps leading to the priesthood (minor and major orders). Yet in 1972, Paul VI suppressed the minor orders and subdiaconate or turned them into “lay ministries.” Women then began to assume “lay ministerial roles” - even within the sanctuary. Francis is now accelerating this liturgical collapse with his revolutionary change that women may be permanently enrolled in the office of lector and acolyte. The next obvious step is to ordain women to the diaconate. If women can receive the [...]

Gender Confusion within Gods SanctuaryDVRodriguez2021-02-15T06:36:23-05:00

To Love Fasting

DVRodriguez2021-03-30T07:22:20-04:00

When it comes to fasting, one’s internal disposition is of key importance. Let us therefore keep its benefits in mind. By fasting we obey God and please Him. This penance, greatly advocated in Scripture, gains the forgiveness of sins and averts divine punishment. Fasting is cleansing, lends clarity to the mind, and bridles the tongue. It disciplines us to say no to our self-will. Fasting helps us avoid sin and strengthens us against the devil’s temptations. It even prepares us to fulfill our vocation and enables us to help other members of the Mystical Body of Christ. So pray to love [...]

To Love FastingDVRodriguez2021-03-30T07:22:20-04:00

Bendiciones Navideñas

DVRodriguez2021-02-09T06:35:13-05:00

Es muy significativo que al comenzar el año, por los cuarenta días de Navidad (25 diciembre - 2 de febrero), estemos mirando la imagen de la Sagrada Familia con el fin de inspirarnos a nosotros a imitarlos con mayor fidelidad. Noten como Jesús comienza su obra salvadora en una boda. Su primer milagro publico es por medio de la intercesión de la Virgen María. La Madre de Dios siempre nos aconseja ‘Haced lo que Jesús os dirá’ (solución de cualquier problema matrimonial y familiar). También es tiempo en cual los hogares reciben gracias especiales por medio de la bendición de la [...]

Bendiciones NavideñasDVRodriguez2021-02-09T06:35:13-05:00

Tres Verdades del Matrimonio

DVRodriguez2021-02-11T08:04:18-05:00

Con su encarnación y nacimiento, el Hijo de Dios dio origen a la más santa de todas las familias. Consideren tres realidades fundamentales tocante el matrimonio y la familia que Cristo nos enseña por medio del misterio navideño. [1] El matrimonio es sumamente sagrado. [2] El matrimonio existe para producir vida, específicamente ‘la vida en Cristo.’ [3] La sagrada familia es el modelo para todos los matrimonios y familias. Les doy dos recomendaciones de cómo vivir más fiel a estas verdades: [i] Todas las heridas que afectan nuestras vidas se deben a pecados contra el matrimonio. Por eso, rueguen mucho por [...]

Tres Verdades del MatrimonioDVRodriguez2021-02-11T08:04:18-05:00