A Religion of Second Chances: Ending the Year with Faith, Hope & Charity

About this sermon

As we close the liturgical year and prepare to begin a new one, this powerful homily reminds us of the Catholic faith as a religion of second chances, rooted in repentance, renewal, and the transforming gifts of the Holy Spirit. Drawing from St. Paul’s Letter to the Colossians, the sermon explores the roles of knowledge, understanding, and wisdom, and how these divine gifts support the theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity. We are invited to examine our lives, confront our failures, and commit to a deeper spiritual program in the year to come. Through patience, long-suffering, sacramental grace, prayer, and virtue, we learn how to embrace the crosses given to us — not with despair, but with joy, gratitude, and trust in God’s will. This homily also reflects on: – The tension between past promises and future glory – The gifts of the Holy Spirit that guide our spiritual progress – The difference between patience and longanimity – How beginners, proficients, and advanced souls suffer with holiness – The call to please God in all things, not merely avoid sin – The ultimate hope of hearing: “Well done, good and faithful servant.” 🕒 Timestamps 00:00 – Opening Invocation 00:21 – Ending the Liturgical Year & Second Chances 01:00 – Examining Our Year: Failures & Omissions 01:57 – Preparing for Judgment & the Second Coming 02:25 – St. Paul’s Teaching from Colossians 02:58 – Knowledge, Understanding & Wisdom 03:53 – The Gifts of the Holy Spirit Explained 04:53 – Hope as Anchored Tension (Past & Future) 05:40 – Faith & the Gift of Understanding 06:30 – Charity as the Queen of Virtues 07:02 – Wisdom as Participation in the Mind of Christ 07:14 – Patience & Longanimity 08:01 – Short-Term vs. Long-Term Suffering 09:00 – Aquinas: Three Levels of Carrying the Cross 10:02 – The Ordinary Means of Salvation 10:54 – Sacramental Grace, Prayer, & Virtue 11:16 – Giving Everything to God 11:58 – The Call to Please God in All Things 12:54 – Asking the Right Spiritual Questions 13:16 – Conforming Our Minds to Christ 13:34 – Final Encouragement & Closing Invocation For more from this parish please visit https://institute-christ-king.org/milwaukee-sermons & please remember to say 3 Hail Marys for the priest 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 Support Catholic Businesses here - https://sensusfidelium.com/catholic-businesses/ Sensus Fidelium Press - https://sensusfideliumpress.com/ Sensus Fidelium Apps - https://sensusfidelium.tv/ Support Sensus Fidelium - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 Follow the Institute of Christ the King on... Facebook: facebook.com/ICKSP Twitter: twitter.com/ICKSP Instagram: instagram.com/ICKSP 🙏🏻PLEASE HELP OUR CHANNEL GROW 🙏🏻 ▶️ 1. Become a Channel Patron: https://www.patreon.com/SensusFidelium ▶️ 2. Visit the website https://www.sensusfidelium.us for Gueranger, Saint of the Day, Apologetics, Meditation by the Saints, Scripture Study and more. ▶️ 3. Subscribe to Other Video Platforms 🔴 SpiritusTV - https://spiritustv.com/@SensusFidelium 🔴 BitChute --- https://www.bitchute.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium/ 🔴 Rumble --- https://rumble.com/c/c-298311 🔴 My Catholic Tube - https://mycatholictube.com/videos/sensus-fidelium-channel/ 🔴 LBRY.tv --- https://lbry.tv/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 ODYSEE - https://odysee.com/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 UGETube - https://videos.utahgunexchange.com/@Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 BrandNewTube - https://brandnewtube.com/@SensusFidelium 🔴 GabTV - https://tv.gab.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 GloriaTV - https://gloria.tv/Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 Brighteon - https://www.brighteon.com/channels/sensusfidelium ▶️ 4. Paypal, Bitcoin, Anedot, Stripe, Square & PO Box donations - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ ▶️ 5. YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 Please "Like" our videos so that Youtube shares it to others by clicking the "Like" thumbs-up under the video = 👍🏻 ▶️ 6. Please share this video 📲, and help others find Christ inside the Catholic Church! Please share this video on Facebook and Twitter using the share button. ▶️ 7. Follow on Social Media: 🔴 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SensusFidelium/ 🔴 Twitter: https://https://twitter.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 Parler: https://parler.com/profile/Sensusfidelium/posts 🔴 SP3RN: https://www.sp3rn.com/community/pages/14-sensus-fidelium 🔴 GAB: https://gab.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 Bastyon: https://bastyon.com/sensusfidelium 🔴 GETTR: https://gettr.com/user/sensus_fidelium 🔴 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sensusfidelium/ 🔴 Telegram: https//t.me/RealSensusFidelium ▶️ 8. Follow on iTunes: 🔴 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sensus-fidelium-catholic-podcast/id1477010758 #Catholic #Homily #Sermon #LiturgicalYear #FaithHopeCharity #HolySpirit #CatholicTeaching #TraditionalCatholic #CatholicFaith #CatholicChurch #SpiritualGrowth #ChristianWisdom #CatholicSermon #ThomasAquinas #GiftsOfTheHolySpirit #

Topics

• Faith
• Hope
• Giving