Are You Saved? The Catholic Answer: Salvation as a Lifelong Journey

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If someone asks you, “Are you saved?”, how do you respond? In this Catholic homily, we explore why salvation isn’t a one-time event but a lifelong relationship of healing and transformation in Jesus Christ. Drawing on today’s Gospel—where Christ restores the demoniacs living among the tombs (cf. Mt 8:28–34)—and the witness of the Fathers of the First Six Ecumenical Councils, we see that getting Jesus right (fully God and fully man) is essential to getting salvation right. Salvation begins in Baptism, is nourished through the sacraments (especially Confession and Holy Communion), and deepens through daily repentance, prayer, and love. It’s not a checkbox—it’s communion with the living God who makes us whole. As a hospital chaplain shares, when someone asks “Are you saved?”, a deeply Catholic answer is: “By the mercy of God, I am being saved—following Jesus in His Church, through prayer, confession, Holy Communion, and daily repentance.” 🕊️ Key themes: Catholic teaching on salvation, healing vs. mere “escape,” Jesus as true God and true Man, the Creed we confess at the Divine Liturgy/Mass, and the call to live what we believe. ⏱️ Chapters below 👍 If this helped you, please like, share, and subscribe. 🛎️ Hit the bell to get new homilies and teachings. 🙏 Comment: How do you answer “Are you saved?” as a Catholic? 00:00 Opening greeting: “Glory to Jesus Christ” 00:33 The question: “Are you saved?” 01:26 What many mean by “saved” (one-time decision) 02:10 Salvation isn’t a moment—it's a lifelong journey 02:43 Gospel image: Jesus restores the demoniacs (healing & wholeness) 03:36 Salvation as being made new in God 04:01 Fathers of the First Six Ecumenical Councils 05:00 Why Jesus must be fully God and fully Man 05:23 How salvation unfolds: Baptism, Sacraments, repentance, love 05:40 Hospital chaplain story: answering the big question 06:46 The Creed we confess at the Divine Liturgy / Mass 07:21 Beyond checkboxes: relationship with Christ 07:38 A Catholic reply to “Are you saved?”—“I am being saved” 08:21 The orthodox (right-believing) faith that saves 08:43 Honoring the Fathers by living the truth 09:39 Invitation to pray: gratitude, clarity, love 10:08 Closing & Amen For more please visit https://www.youtube.com/@steliasbyzantinecatholicch5629 & say 3 Hail Marys for the priest #Catholic #AreYouSaved #Salvation #JesusChrist #Gospel #CatholicHomily #ByzantineCatholic #EcumenicalCouncils #FathersOfTheChurch #NiceneCreed #Sacraments #Baptism #Confession #HolyCommunion #Repentance #Healing #Wholeness #Matthew8 #CatholicApologetics #christianity 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 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/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 🙏🏻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 ▶️ 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 #catholic #chri

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• Salvation