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.

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. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... 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. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... 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. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... 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. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Day 2 of Holy Souls Novena: How can I gain a plenary indulgence for the dead?

November 3, 2025October 22, 2025 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

Did you know that you can gain a plenary indulgence for the souls in purgatory if you visit a cemetery during the “Octave” of All Saints Day? That’s right. Let me explain. First, what’s an “octave”? An ‘octave’ is a one-week celebration of a feast day in the Church. We have ‘octaves’ for Christmas, Easter, and […]

Day 1 of Holy Souls Novena: Want to help your departed loved ones? Pray!

November 2, 2025October 22, 2025 Articles, Family and Kids

Today is All Souls Day, the 2nd of November, and during the month of November the Church remembers the faithful departed. Why? Because once you are baptized, you are a member of the Church for eternity; and even though your body dies, your soul lives forever. On many occasions, Jesus spoke to us about heaven […]

Today’s Mass for October 31, 2025

October 31, 2025 Podcasts, Today's Mass

Today’s Mass for Friday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time from the Chapel of the Proclamation in Lincolnshire, IL. Celebrant: Most Reverend Timothy O’Malley. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Today’s Mass for October 30, 2025

October 30, 2025 Podcasts, Today's Mass

Today’s Mass for Thursday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time from the Chapel of the Proclamation in Lincolnshire, IL. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Today’s Mass for October 29, 2025

October 29, 2025 Podcasts, Today's Mass

Today’s Mass for Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time from the Chapel of the Proclamation in Lincolnshire, IL. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

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