Author: Rev. Francis J. Hoffman

Rev. Francis J. Hoffman

Rev. Francis J. Hoffman, "Fr. Rocky" is the Chairman and CEO of Relevant Radio and a priest of Opus Dei.

Day 9 of Holy Souls Novena: The Last Things: Heaven

November 10, 2025October 22, 2025 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

Before my assignment at Relevant Radio, I did youth ministry – broadly speaking – for thirty-three years. Among other things, I served as Chaplain of Embers Elementary School in the Chicago area; and one day, speaking to second graders about just how wonderful heaven will be – the joy, the wonder, Jesus, Mary and Joseph, […]

Day 8 of Holy Souls Novena: Why are the Souls in Purgatory “poor”?

November 9, 2025October 22, 2025 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

There are just two days left in our Novena for the Holy Souls in Purgatory. Every day I have been sending you these brief articles on these themes because the more you know about your Faith, the more you will love it, and the more likely you will be to practice it. Every day we have […]

Day 7 of Holy Souls Novena: The Last Things: Hell

November 8, 2025October 22, 2025 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

If you thought death and taxes were unpleasant topics, just try thinking about hell. Is hell for real? Yes, it is, because Jesus told us about it many times in the New Testament. Who is in hell? The souls of the damned, that is, Lucifer and his minions. Other than that, we don’t know for […]

Today’s Mass for November 7, 2025

November 7, 2025 Podcasts, Today's Mass

Today’s Mass for Friday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time from the Chapel of the Proclamation in Lincolnshire, IL. https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/b186c27f-c05f-4af5-8068-adf10181d42a/7d37e031-e0f1-4e8d-a521-b38e011ed64d/audio.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttps://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/b186c27f-c05f-4af5-8068-adf10181d42a/7d37e031-e0f1-4e8d-a521-b38e011ed64d/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Day 6 of Holy Souls Novena: The Last Things: Judgment

November 7, 2025October 22, 2025 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

When we die we will be immediately judged by Jesus. If we are in the state of grace, we go to heaven, perhaps spending some time in purgatory first. If we have unrepented mortal sin on our soul, we have already made our choice to flee from God’s love and will spend eternity in Hell. […]

Today’s Mass for November 6, 2025

November 6, 2025 Podcasts, Today's Mass

Today’s Mass for Thursday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time from the Chapel of the Proclamation in Lincolnshire, IL. https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/b186c27f-c05f-4af5-8068-adf10181d42a/6f0d18f2-431d-4786-b9e0-b38d0121b809/audio.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttps://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/b186c27f-c05f-4af5-8068-adf10181d42a/6f0d18f2-431d-4786-b9e0-b38d0121b809/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Day 5 of Holy Souls Novena: The Last Things: Death

November 6, 2025October 22, 2025 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

Death is an unpleasant topic. So are taxes. Both are inevitable, so we better be prepared. Death, Judgment, Heaven and Hell are known as the four Last Things. In Theology, the study of the four Last Things is a course called “Eschatology,” an English derivation of the Greek word that means the “study of the last things.” Jesus Christ’s […]

Today’s Mass for November 5, 2025

November 5, 2025 Podcasts, Today's Mass

Today’s Mass for Wednesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time from the Chapel of the Proclamation in Lincolnshire, IL. https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/b186c27f-c05f-4af5-8068-adf10181d42a/bea20b4a-a4cb-44db-8b5a-b38c0119937c/audio.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttps://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/b186c27f-c05f-4af5-8068-adf10181d42a/bea20b4a-a4cb-44db-8b5a-b38c0119937c/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Day 4 of Holy Souls Novena: The Apostolic Pardon

November 5, 2025October 22, 2025 Articles, Catechesis

It was to St. Peter that Jesus said, “Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” (Mt. 16:19) Then on the night of his Resurrection, Jesus told the Apostles, “Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven.” (Jn. 20:23) The “Apostolic Pardon” is the special pardoning power […]

Today’s Mass for November 4, 2025

November 4, 2025 Podcasts, Today's Mass

Today’s Mass for the Memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop from the Chapel of the Proclamation in Lincolnshire, IL. https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/b186c27f-c05f-4af5-8068-adf10181d42a/230d5ca1-c980-46ab-802b-b38b011ea1e7/audio.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttps://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/b186c27f-c05f-4af5-8068-adf10181d42a/230d5ca1-c980-46ab-802b-b38b011ea1e7/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Day 3 of Holy Souls Novena: The Last Rites: Anointing of the Sick and the Viaticum

November 4, 2025October 22, 2025 Articles, Catechesis

There is nothing more important in the world than to die in the state of grace. If we die in a state of grace, we win everything because we win heaven; but if we die in a state of unrepented mortal sin, we lose everything forever. That’s why the Church and her ministers, the priests, […]

Today’s Mass for November 3, 2025

November 3, 2025 Podcasts, Today's Mass

Today’s Mass for the Memorial of Saint Martin de Porres from the Chapel of the Proclamation in Lincolnshire, IL. Celebrant: Most Reverend Timothy O’Malley. https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/b186c27f-c05f-4af5-8068-adf10181d42a/685a8250-4097-4d3d-95d3-b38a0127f08a/audio.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttps://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/b186c27f-c05f-4af5-8068-adf10181d42a/685a8250-4097-4d3d-95d3-b38a0127f08a/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

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