Fasting During Advent: Why the Nativity Fast Matters More Than Ever

About this sermon

Glory to Jesus Christ! In this video, we reflect on the beginning of the Philip’s Fast (Nativity Fast)—a sacred season of preparation leading us toward the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ. Father shares a meaningful message about why the Church invites us to fast, how fasting is more than just giving up foods, and how each Christian’s fasting journey must be personally balanced with prayer, work, and spiritual growth. Through relatable examples and pastoral wisdom, we learn how fasting helps us declutter our spiritual life, battle passions, grow in humility, and make room for Christ to be born in our hearts. This reflection reminds us that true preparation for Christmas isn’t found in shopping, lights, or decorations—it’s found in simplifying our lives, increasing prayer, and offering small sacrifices with love. May this season draw us closer to Christ and help us cultivate a deeper spiritual life. 🕯️ Timestamps 00:00 – Greeting: “Glory to Jesus Christ!” 00:24 – Introduction 00:28 – Christmas preparations in stores 00:56 – Entering a new liturgical season 01:11 – The Philip’s Fast begins 01:42 – The purpose of fasting vs. worldly preparation 01:56 – Why the Church calls us to fast 02:26 – Misunderstandings about fasting 03:03 – Firefighter example: balancing fasting & vocation 04:01 – Spiritual father guidance 04:38 – Adjusting fasting to each person 05:05 – The individual nature of struggles 05:43 – Building up strength in fasting 06:13 – Spiritual fruits of fasting 06:26 – St. Isaac the Syrian on fasting 07:06 – Endurance, struggle, and imitating Christ 07:39 – Preparing for Christmas properly 07:53 – How to begin if you're new to fasting 08:00 – The true goal of the fast 08:19 – Encouragement to enter the season with joy 08:31 – Closing: “Glory to Jesus Christ!” For more please visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRavXY4gi2nW-oCv4dez2Xw & 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/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 🙏🏻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 🔴 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" = 🔔 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 #PhilipsFast #NativityFast #ByzantineCatholic #OrthodoxChristian #ChristianFasting #AdventPreparation #NativityOfChrist #CatholicHomily #OrthodoxSermon #PrepareForChristmas #ChristianSpirituality #JesusChrist

Topics

• Christmas
• Fasting