From Serpent to Savior: Why the Cross Saves

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Glory to Jesus Christ! — Glory forever. Slava Isusu! On the Sunday before the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, we “hold high the Cross” — the sign of our salvation and the remedy for the snakebite of sin. This homily opens with a powerful World War II story from Dachau: a Catholic seminarian risks his life to protect and repair a roadside cross. From there we look to Scripture: the bronze serpent in Numbers 21:4–9 that foreshadows the Cross; the Gospel’s “great fact, great act, and great compact” in John 3:16–17; and Galatians 6:16 on the “Israel of God.” Christ, though sinless, “looks like” a sinner on the Cross to heal us from sin’s venom. The Church — with her altar, priesthood, and King — calls us to lift high the Cross in our churches, homes, and daily lives. Scripture references: Numbers 21:4–9; John 3:14–17 (esp. v.16); Galatians 6:14–16. Theme: Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Before the Feast). 00:00 Greeting: Glory to Jesus Christ — Glory forever 00:36 Dachau story: defending a roadside cross 03:06 Theme: “Hold High the Cross” (before the Exaltation) 03:28 Numbers 21: the bronze serpent & healing 04:25 Foreshadowing fulfilled: why the Cross saves 05:11 John 3:16 — the great fact, act, and compact 05:48 Galatians 6:16 — the “Israel of God” 06:55 Living under the sign of the Cross (home, church, life) 07:35 Doxology & dismissal For more please visit https://www.youtube.com/@st.johnchrysostombyzantine2197 & say 3 Hail Marys for the priest #ExaltationOfTheHolyCross #HolyCross #Catholic #ByzantineCatholic #Homily #Sermon #John316 #Numbers21 #Galatians #Cross #Faith #Hope #Salvation #Dachau #Persecution #Courage #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 🔴 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

Topics

• Salvation
• Jesus Christ