All Saints: Become “All Flame”: Take Up Your Cross to Say Yes to God

About this sermon

In the Byzantine/Melkite tradition, the Sunday after Pentecost is the Sunday of All Saints—a powerful reminder that the same Holy Spirit who descended as tongues of fire now purifies, illumines, and unites us to God. This homily explains: Why All Saints is placed right after Pentecost How the fire of the Spirit purifies like gold and transforms ordinary people into saints What St. Paul and the Desert Fathers (Abba Joseph & Abba Lot) teach about holiness Practical ways to take up your cross: guarding your tongue, daily prayer, repentance, sacraments Why the Church proclaims, “Holy things for the holy”, and how Baptism, Chrismation, Confession, and the Eucharist actually make us holy over a lifetime If you’ve ever wondered how to grow in holiness in the middle of traffic, hard conversations, and busy schedules, this talk shows the simple, concrete steps to let God’s grace set your life ablaze. 📖 Mentioned: the Publican’s Prayer Book, “cloud of witnesses” (Hebrews 12). 00:00 Welcome & opening blessing 00:20 Why All Saints follows Pentecost 01:06 Fire: destructive—or purifying & transformative? 02:12 What makes a saint: cooperation with grace 02:31 St. Paul’s witnesses & the cost of fidelity 03:21 Desert Fathers story (Abba Joseph & Abba Lot) 05:04 Holiness in relationships: overcoming self-love 06:08 “Take up your cross” in daily habits 07:43 Sacramental life: Baptism, Chrismation, Confession, Eucharist 08:31 “Holy gifts for the holy” — you’re holy & becoming holy 09:01 Prayer beyond Sunday: lifting heart and mind to God 10:42 “Lord, have mercy”: the Jesus Prayer & the saints’ help 11:18 Close of the Pentecost season; pilgrim life begins anew 11:57 Becoming light for the world 12:25 Doxology & Amen #AllSaints #Pentecost #HolySpirit #Theosis #Holiness #Saints #Melkite #ByzantineCatholic #EasternCatholic #OrthodoxSpirituality #Homily #Sermon #Christianity #DesertFathers #JesusPrayer #Catholic #Liturgy #Gospel #Faith #ChristianLife For more from this parish please visit https://www.youtube.com/@stjohnmelkite & 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 🔴 YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 🔴 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 #heaven #allsaints #catholic #jesus #religion

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• Discipleship
• Jesus Christ