St. Vincent Ferrer Podcast

Christ the King commands us to be faithful to truth and to life. Archbishop Vigano has written an open letter which I strongly urge you to read. The potential evil of the vaccine far outweighs the potential good. Human babies are being murdered in the continued production of the vaccine. This scamdemic is filled with misinformation, lies, evil, and death. We have to oppose this vaccination agenda with all our strength. What can you do? Recognize the extreme situation we are in. Look to Christ the King on the Cross. Make an act of faith: He is the truth, we follow Him.

A basic rule of the spiritual life is to imitate Jesus and Mary. Marian devotion is not something “invented” by Catholics. Rather, Christ requires it — for He Himself gave His Sorrowful Mother to us at the foot of the Cross. We can never fully appreciate her sorrows for we can’t fathom the depth of her love for her Son. However, we can pray for many graces to be more like Jesus and Mary: to hate sin and to ensure insults and ridicule with patience as they did. Pray for the grace to love Jesus and suffer for Him as Our Lady did. Today there are many opportunities for us to suffer for Jesus… and many more are headed our way.

God speaks to you in the lessons for Mass. Today, God calls you to practice four specific virtues: Humility, Meekness, Patience and Charity. These are the four virtues which Our Lord most clearly exhibits in His Passion. You are called to walk worthily in your vocation, and although we have different vocations, each Christian is called to deny himself and carry his cross daily.

The holy name ‘Mary’ has many meanings. Three notable ones which demand our reflection are: Enlightener, Star of the sea, and Sea [of all graces]. Heed St. Bernard’s advice: “In dangers, doubts, and difficulties, think of Mary. Call upon Mary. Let not her name depart from thy lips; never allow it to leave your heart.” This continual reliance upon Our Lady is the hallmark of a good and faithful Catholic. An excellent aid for meditating more upon Our Lady is the Marian Creed written by St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows. Always do you best to pray the name of Mary with love and devotion, and to console her more on account of all she suffered for our salvation.

Keep your Nativity Scene up until Feb 2 so as to continue looking upon the Holy Family – our exemplar model. Families should also strive to imitate the Three Kings, who offered gifts of love, prayer and mortification. By the command of Christ, marriage is meant to give rise to a people, fellow citizens with the saints in Heaven, who render fitting worship to the true God. Marriage is a sacrament and it symbolizes exalted mysteries, such as the union of Christ and His Church. Husband and wife must strive to subject themselves to God and hold their passions check. Chastity, humility and obedience must be practiced by all in family life. Let us also consider Catholic teaching and some good advice on the very relevant topic of vaccines. This is illustrative of the massive crisis in truth.

At the year’s start, for forty days, we look upon the Holy Family in the manger scene. At the Wedding at Cana, Christ establishes marriage as supremely sacred (man can’t alter it). A great tragedy is that so many misguidedly think they, or ‘their love,’ is the foundation of their marriage. Wrong! On account of our fallen condition, we have very little genuine and sincere love (symbolized by having no wine). Christ is the foundation of marriage; pray Him to bring His divine love into your marriage. Seek our Lady’s intercession, and keep her words in your heart throughout the year: “Do whatever He tells you.” Consider as well the beautiful Epiphany blessing which the Church gives homes only during the Christmas season — that health, chastity, the victory of virtue, goodness, humility, gentleness, obedience and thanksgiving to God will abide in your home. When God gives a blessing, one must cooperate with His grace. Then, despite the darkness all over the world, the Catholic family shall be a light of thanksgiving and glory to God.

The Church is most united in all her three parts when she is at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. This is because what unites us is Christ – His Sacrifice, His Grace, His Eternal Love made manifest at Mass. The Church Triumphant adores God and the Lamb. The saints in Heaven do what we do at Mass, only they do it perfectly. The greatest thing we can do for the Church Suffering is offer our Holy Mass as devoutly as possible for them. We will grow in our appreciation and love for the Mass by increasing our awareness of the mysterious and marvelous ways that we are united to the entire Church at Mass. We venerate and honor the saints in four basic ways: [1] by praying to them and invoking their intercession; [2] by celebrating their feasts; [3] by reverencing their images and relics; [4] and by imitating their virtues. All the saints had purity, humility, and above all a great love of God. Consider some of the great saints best known for their devotion to Mary and Her Immaculate Heart.

Many profess to believe in Jesus, but few really do. To truly believe in Jesus one must profess Him as King. This means everything, without exception, must be subject to Him and serve Him. Christ must be king of your personal life: mind, will, heart, body, marriage, family, job… All power proceeds from God and whoever holds the right to govern receives that power from God. Thus, every state and public official must submit to Christ the King. Christ has entrusted His Church with the task to teach, rule and guide souls to Heaven. Nothing takes precedence over this mission and no authority has the right to impede it. To deny these truths is a betrayal of Christ. Humanly speaking it is impossible for us to convert the world to accept the teaching of Christ’s kingship. And it won’t even happen within the Church without the recovery of the Traditional Latin Mass. Nevertheless, do your best to conform your thoughts, words and acts to His social kingship. Faithful participation in the Church’s true worship (public prayer) will help you grow in the Church’s true faith.

Devotion to the Precious Blood is devotion to Jesus Christ who has redeemed us; to His sacred passion, death and five holy wounds. This is a central aspect of the mystery of Christ, essential to our knowing and loving Him. The shedding of our Savior’s Precious Blood [1] washes away our sins, [2] reconciles us to God, and [3] makes us holy. It provides abundant grace to help us hate sin and fight against sin with all our strength. Thou hast redeemed us O Lord in Thy Blood. The mercies of the Lord I will sing forever.

Frequently invoke the Holy Ghost, imploring Him to enlighten your mind, inflame your heart, and strengthen your will. He is the never ceasing font of truth, love and grace. He is the Author of all supernatural gifts and nothing good begins without His help. Now there is a tremendous battle going on between the Spirit of God and the spirit of the world, of the flesh, and of the devil. The spirits contrary to God must be cast out if the Holy Ghost is to abide in us. One who saturates himself with these evil spirits extinguishes the Holy Ghost from his soul. If at any moment your faith or fervor wavers, immediately begin to pray [a novena] to the holy Ghost. Pray constantly for the Holy Ghost to guide you; for this is not easy.

Christ is present and lives in the Most Holy Eucharist. Under the impulse of His divine Love, He ceaselessly renews His Sacrifice. This Sacrament is the very soul of the Church. From this source the Church draws and has all her strength. From the rising to the setting of the sun, there should be no cessation of the Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving [the Mass] which man owes to God. Indeed, man’s chief duty and supreme dignity is to participate in the Eucharistic sacrifice. This is all Catholic teaching from the popes. Listen to it with faith, begging our Lord to increase your faith. For if you believe it, you will value the Mass and Eucharist above everything else, even more than your own life. Likewise you will recognize that what is taking place in the Church today with regards to the cessation of Mass and Sacraments is not Catholic. This is not just an attack upon Holy Mother Church, but even more so, it is an attack upon the Supreme Majesty and Authority of God Himself!

Reflect upon the Message of Our Lady of Fatima because the words which Our Lady spoke on this first apparition, exactly 103 years ago, are extremely relevant today. Her conversation with Sr. Lucia is strikingly different to what we hear from Church leaders today. Tyranny and totalitarianism have descended upon us. We are witnessing things Our Lady warned would occur if we would not obey.

God’s best gifts come from above. They are perfect and unchanging. They make us more like Him. We are to conform our lives to them. Motherhood is one such gift. It is sacred and unchanging. However, our fallen world is doing much to try to change, devalue, even destroy motherhood. It is so great a gift that God provides us with two spiritual mothers: Our Lady and the Church. It is through them that God chooses to transmit His life (grace) to us. A mother [1] gives life and she [2] nourishes life. She must also strive to [3] bring the life of grace to her children, by imitating Mary and the Church. The Mass and the Holy Eucharist are two other great gifts of God. Motherhood is intimately bound with them. Sadly, what is happening right now is a direct attack on the Church and her motherhood. Mothers are called to admonish, implore and exhort their children to believe and revere the Sacred Mysteries of Christ, with the constancy of unwavering faith, and with interior devotion and worshipful piety, so that her children will receive Holy Communion frequently. How else will our souls be kept alive and our minds remain in the sounds of faith?

What has happened to our Catholic Faith that we have fallen into this present abyss? How can some speak as if taking our Lord in the Eucharist away is the will of God? The very words of Christ run counter to this. He promised to remain with us always in the Holy Eucharist – to nourish and strengthen us. He calls all who labor and are burneded to come to Him, always and everyday, and He shall refresh us. Compare the words we hear today from our prelates with those of the saints and teaching of Pope Leo XIII. The Mass and Holy Eucharist are the center of our life and every good thing comes therefrom. All Catholics are encouraged to: [1] Recognize the gravity of the situation, do penance, and recover the Traditional Latin Mass. [2] Assist at the Traditional Latin Mass, even if you have to travel 3-4 hours, and pray the Rosary. [3] Do everything you can to grow in your devotion to the Holy Eucharist.

Two brief daily sermons. “If you desire consolation in every labor .. desire to live and die with Jesus and Mary.” – Thomas a’Kempis. Rejoice with Mary, Weep with Mary! Pray with Mary! Seek Jesus with Mary! Be more conscious of this as you pray the Holy Rosary, especially during this month of Mary.

St. Catherine (1347-80) was granted numerous divine revelations and experiened a mystical marriage with Our Lord. She spent her life in healing others and bringing souls to Christ. She even helped bring the pope back to Rome from Avignon and end the so-called Babylonian Captivity (1309-1377).

Let us marvel at the mystery of Holy Mass and believe, love and adore Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist. Consider: (1) The connection between the Incarnation and the Eucharist. It is through the Eucharist that Christ continues to make present this greatest of blessings – God amongst us. (2) How at Mass and through the Eucharist, Jesus is shielding the world from the just wrath of God. To abandon or cancel the Mass for human considerations, to think ‘we can just make do until the Mass returns,’ is simply not Catholic. Such reactions betray a lack of faith. But do not be overly concerned about what others are doing. You can only control what you do. Use this as an opportunity to grow in your desire for Mass and the Holy Eucharist, and to strive to love God above all else. 

St. John teaches that true faith in Jesus Christ conquers the world. The Easter Gospels are replete with examples of belief that Jesus is God. Moreover, true faith in Jesus must necessarily be a Eucharistic faith. Our human nature wants to “see” and understand, but this Mystery is beyond human limits. Many profess to be Christians but do not believe, even many Catholics. When urged to go see a Eucharistic Miracle, St. Louis IX remained before the Blessed Sacrament explaining, “Let those who do not beleive by faith go and see. I believe more firmly than if I saw Christ with my eyes!” Would that we all had such faith! Believe more in the Eucharist than in what the news reports, the government decrees, or even what your own eyes see. Hear great professions of Eucharistic faith, and ask, “Do I really beleive?” It is clear that in the last fifty years we Catholics have been deriving little grace from the Holy Eucharist. The greater our faith, contrition, adoration, reverence and love, the greater grace we will derive from the Eucharist!

Four brief Easter week sermons.  The Easter Octave overflows with grace to increase our Faith, especially in the Sacrifice of the Mass and Holy Eucharist. Meditation with the ecuharistic prayers composed by St. Thomas Aquinas brings a greater depth of understanding and sheds greater light upon how terrible it is that Masses for the faithful have been cancelled. * Mary Magdalene lamented ‘They have taken away my Lord.’ We are living in such times. After Vatican II, modernists replaced the high altar with a table, removed crucifixes and tabernacles from the center of the catholic sanctuary, and destroyed communion rails and statues. Now even the Mass has been removed. May your greatest desire be to seek and find Jesus in the Mass and receive Him in Holy Communion with the most perfect dispositions. * It is essential for every person to adore God, not just priests. This is what we do at Holy Mass. Man can’t live without rendering God true adoration and receiving spiritual nourishment. This is most essential!

Two brief Easter week sermons.  This Easter Octave, take time to reflect upon the readings of Holy Mass. They clearly show the Risen Lord is different and His disciples are now called to know Him in a deeper way, which is primarily by faith. Jesus is present through [1] the ministry of His Apostles, particularly Peter; [2] the Scriptures explained by Him; and [3] in the Holy Sacraments. Apart from these, one cannot come to truly know Christ. Our Lord’s greatest desire is to remain with us and to nourish us. The Christian’s greatest desire should be stay with Jesus, Mane nobiscum! In the Holy Eucharist, God IS WITH US. Do we truly believe this?

“Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, Who was crucified.” On Easter morning, despite their fears, the holy women went to the tomb to seek Christ – because they loved Him! This is the vocation of every Christian: to constantly seek and love Him more. ‘Going to the tomb’ is a beautiful description of the Catholic Mass, for the altar mystically represents the tomb. So ask yourself, which is greater: fear you have or your love for Christ? St. Thomas’ faith was enlivened by touching the Sacred Wounds, signs of Christ’s passion. We must be willing to sacrifice and suffer in order to seek Christ and grow in His love. Yet one can’t truly find and love Him apart from the Mass, the Cross.

Two brief holy week sermons. Christ’s sacrifice unto death is His greatest act of love for us. A responding act of fervent love by the faithful, in Mary Magdalene, is seen in today’s gospel. May the sweet odor of our Christian charity fill the world.  Every single grace that ever comes to us was merited by Christ in His Passion and Death. Pray for these five graces: (1) to hate sin, (2) to patiently endure wrong, (3) for meekness and humility in trails, (4) to love enemies, (5) and to pray for persecutors.

As Catholics, we affirm the Kingship of Jesus Christ. We also commemorate His passion and death. And these two go together, as we so clearly see in the Mass of Palm Sunday. Now to affirm Christ as King, we must be united to His Passion. This is why so many souls do not truly acknowledge His Kingship, because they are unwilling to follow Him in His passion and death. Yet we beleive ‘Christ conquers, Christ reigns, Christ commands.’   This has many implications. Let us consider some especially relevant right now. Does our reaction to the threat of COVID-19 reflect our firm belief that Christ is our Lord God and King?