How God Heals the Soul and Body | Theosis, Baptism, and the Eucharist

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During Great Lent in the Byzantine tradition, the Church commemorates St. Gregory Palamas, the great defender of the theology of theosis — participation in the divine life of God. In this powerful homily we explore: • The meaning of holy relics in Christian tradition • The miracle of St. Nectarios and the healing power of grace • Why God’s grace transforms even the body • The Gospel of the Paralytic and spiritual paralysis • The connection between baptism, confession, and the Eucharist • How prayer, fasting, and almsgiving cooperate with divine grace St. Gregory Palamas taught that God's uncreated energies transform the human person — not only the soul, but even the body. This is why the saints’ relics become instruments of God’s healing power. Great Lent is the season where we allow Christ to heal our spiritual paralysis so that we may become participants in the divine life. The darker the world becomes, the brighter Christians must shine. “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” – John 1:5 00:00 Christ Is In Our Midst 00:19 Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas in Great Lent 00:35 What Are Holy Relics? 00:58 Miracles Through the Saints 01:07 The Miracle of St. Nectarios 01:49 Where the Power of Relics Comes From 02:20 St. Gregory Palamas on God’s Grace 02:39 Moses and the Glory of God 03:08 St. Stephen’s Radiant Face 03:24 The Incarnation Makes Theosis Possible 04:04 What Is Theosis? 04:27 The Gospel of the Paralytic 05:35 Why Christ Forgives Sins First 06:04 Baptism and the Beginning of the Christian Life 07:05 Christ Proves His Divinity by Healing 07:43 Living as a New Creation 08:17 Spiritual Paralysis in Our Lives 09:17 Our Deep Spiritual Sickness 09:44 Confession, Anointing, and the Eucharist 10:21 Cooperating With God’s Grace 11:01 Why God Doesn’t Always Give What We Ask 11:40 Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving 12:13 What We Do With Our Bodies Affects Our Souls 13:06 Living the Transformation in Daily Life 14:16 The Christian Response to Evil 15:11 The World Is Dark — Christians Must Shine 15:31 Continuing the Lenten Journey 16:02 Healing Spiritual Paralysis 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 #Catholic #Orthodox #GreatLent #StGregoryPalamas #Theosis #HolyRelics #ChristianTheology #CatholicTeaching #OrthodoxChristianity #LentR

Topics

• Baptism
• Communion
• Healing