20th Sunday after Pentecost: On The Predominant Passion ~ St. Alphonsus

About this sermon

What is your predominant passion—the disordered attachment that repeatedly draws you into sin? This reading for the 20th Sunday after Pentecost examines the danger of allowing pride, anger, ambition, sensuality, or another ruling vice to govern the heart. Our passions are not evil in themselves. Guided by reason and divine grace, they can serve the good. But when they become our masters, they cloud our judgment and threaten our spiritual life. Drawing on Scripture and the wisdom of the saints, this sermon explains why outward religious observance must be joined to interior conversion. Learn to recognize your predominant fault, resist sinful inclinations early, redirect your affections toward God, and seek the help of Jesus and the Blessed Virgin Mary. “Conquer yourself.” 00:00 Introduction: On the predominant passion 00:25 Passions rightly ordered—and passions that enslave 01:14 “Lord, come down before my soul die” 02:04 The war between flesh and spirit 03:20 Mastering the passions through reason and grace 04:01 Outward devotion and inward disorder 05:23 Master of yourself—or slave of sin? 06:07 Restraining passions with the bridle of reason 08:40 Love of God and disordered self-love 09:04 “Conquer yourself” 10:05 Self-denial and the danger of self-love 11:56 Love, hatred, and their disordered expressions 12:39 Identify your predominant passion 12:47 Saul and the danger of incomplete obedience 14:32 How passion blinds the soul 15:53 Resist before sinful habits take root 16:15 The lesson of the cypress trees 17:04 Redirecting passions toward holiness 17:36 Prayer: the best remedy 18:03 Turn to Jesus and Mary 18:19 Lift your heart toward God and heaven 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 ✝️ SUPPORT THE MISSION 🙏 Donate https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ 📬 Free Catholic Newsletter https://sensusfidelium.com/newsletter/ 📰 Read on Substack https://sensusfidelium.substack.com/ ──────────────────── 📺 WATCH & READ 📺 Sensus Fidelium App https://sensusfidelium.tv/ 📚 Sensus Fidelium Press https://sensusfideliumpress.com/ 👕 Official Merchandise https://sensusfidelium.com/merchandise/ ──────────────────── 🤝 PARTNER WITH US 📣 Advertise on Sensus Fidelium https://sensusfidelium.com/advertise-with-sensus-fidelium/ 🎤 Invite Steve Cunningham to Speak https://sensusfidelium.com/speaking/ ⛪ Parish Formation & Consultation https://sensusfidelium.com/for-parishes/ ──────────────────── 🌎 CATHOLIC COMMUNITY ✝️ Trusted Catholic Businesses https://sensusfidelium.com/catholic-businesses/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 #CatholicSermon #TraditionalLatinMass #SundayHomily #PredominantPassion #SpiritualWarfare #ConquerYourPassions #CatholicFaith #20thSundayAfterPentecost #SelfMastery #SaintAlphonsus #DivineGrace #CatholicTeaching #GospelReflection #Holiness #EternalLife #CatholicWisdom

Topics

• Holy Spirit
• Pentecost