Awake, O Sleeper: On Spiritual Slumber and the Reign of Feelings ~ Fr. Perricone

About this sermon

In this powerful Advent homily, we are reminded that Holy Mother Church—animated by the Holy Spirit—knows the human soul more deeply than we know ourselves. Drawing from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans, the sermon explores the urgent call to “rise from sleep”, not bodily sleep, but the sleep of the soul. This spiritual sleep occurs when we allow feelings to govern our lives instead of truth, grace, and right reason. Using insights from St. Thomas Aquinas, the homilist explains how the emotions, though good, must be guided by the intellect and strengthened by the life of grace. Otherwise, we fall into a spiritual emphysema—a suffocation of the soul. This homily is perfect for Advent preparation, spiritual renewal, and anyone striving to break free from the tyranny of feelings to follow Christ wholeheartedly. 🙏 May this message inspire you to wake from spiritual slumber and seek God with renewed fervor this Advent season. 00:00 – Sign of the Cross & Introduction 00:34 – Holy Mother Church Knows the Human Soul 01:03 – The Holy Spirit as the Soul of the Church 01:32 – How the Church Builds Civilization and Culture 02:01 – The Epistle for the First Sunday of Advent 02:13 – “The Hour to Rise From Sleep” – St. Paul 02:46 – What Is Spiritual Sleep? 03:02 – When the Soul Can No Longer See or Hear Christ 03:33 – Beginning the New Liturgical Year Awake 03:44 – The Sleep Governed by Feelings, Not Truth 04:01 – St. Thomas Aquinas on Intellect and Will 04:47 – The Role of Emotions Under the Intellect 05:11 – When Feelings Are Properly Ordered 05:39 – How Feelings Take Over and Put the Soul to Sleep 06:10 – Spiritual Emphysema: Losing the Breath of Grace 07:09 – Everyday Examples of Feeling-Driven Choices 07:41 – The Progression of “I Don’t Feel Like It” 08:31 – The Danger of Total Surrender to Feelings 08:40 – “Rouse Up Your Power and Save Us” – The Advent Collect 09:13 – Recognizing Our Addiction to Feelings 09:37 – The Defeat of Spiritual Narcotics 10:01 – Final Blessing and Closing https://www.youtube.com/@MyDearCatholicFriends https://www.fatherperricone.com/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 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.com for Gueranger, Saint of the Day, Apologetics, Meditation by the Saints, Scripture Study and more. ▶️ 3. Subscribe to Other Video Platforms 🔴 SensusFidelium.TV - https://sensusfidelium.tv/@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" = 🔔 ▶️ 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 🔴 Truth Social - @SensusFidelium ▶️ 8. Follow on iTunes: 🔴 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sensus-fidelium-catholic-podcast/id1477010758 #Catholic #Advent #Homily #TraditionalCatholic #CatholicSermon #SpiritualLife #RiseFromSleep #SaintPaul #CatholicTeaching #Aquinas #Grace #Truth #CatholicChurch #LatinMass #SensusFidelium