Humility at the Holy Mass: The Confiteor, Grace, and the Path to Salvation

About this sermon

In this powerful sermon on humility, we explore the Church’s teaching that everything is grace — a dogma defined against Pelagianism and Semi-Pelagianism — and how our cooperation with grace determines our salvation. Drawing from St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Benedict, and the profound prayers of the Traditional Latin Mass, this sermon focuses especially on the meaning of the Confiteor and how the Holy Mass forms our souls in humility. Why did the Publican go home justified while the Pharisee did not? Why must we strike our breast three times? What does humility truly mean? Why does God resist the proud but give grace to the humble? The liturgy teaches us through posture, repetition, and sacred symbolism that: We are nothing without God. Every good we have is received. Humility is the foundation of the spiritual life. Pride ruins even good works. Mercy flows to those who accuse themselves. From the Blessed Virgin Mary to St. Michael, St. John the Baptist, Sts. Peter and Paul, and all the saints — each shows us that sanctity begins in humility. As Scripture says: “He who humbles himself shall be exalted.” May this meditation on the Confiteor help us grow in true contrition, gratitude, and reverence at Holy Mass. “O God, who dost manifest Thy almighty power most chiefly in sparing and showing mercy…” 0:00 – In the Name of the Father 0:18 – Everything Is Grace (Against Pelagianism) 1:02 – God the First Cause, Man the Instrument 1:30 – St. Thomas Aquinas on Humility 2:01 – The 12 Steps of Humility (St. Benedict) 2:30 – The Liturgy as Teacher of Souls 3:14 – The Publican vs. The Pharisee 4:22 – The Confiteor and Posture of Humility 5:12 – Bent Toward the Dust: What Humility Means 5:50 – Striking the Breast: True Contrition 6:46 – Christ Emptied Himself 7:35 – Confession Comes Before Glory 8:01 – Confessing to Almighty God 8:57 – The Humility of the Blessed Virgin Mary 10:15 – St. Michael and the Fall of the Angels 11:41 – St. John the Baptist: “I Must Decrease” 12:52 – Sts. Peter and Paul on Weakness and Grace 14:52 – Pride Ruins Even Good Works 15:50 – Public Confession and the Last Judgment 17:17 – Interceding for One Another 18:15 – Forgiveness in Family Life 19:02 – God’s Power Shown in Mercy For more (& the links to books) please visit https://www.corpuschristifssp.com/20210801/sermon & 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/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 🙏🏻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 🔴 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.us/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 ▶️ 8. Follow on iTunes: 🔴 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sensus-fidelium-catholic-podcast/id1477010758 #Catholic #TraditionalLatinMass #Humility #Confiteor #EverythingIsGrace #StThomasAquinas #CatholicSermon #CatholicTheology #Grace #LatinMass #CatholicFaith #StBenedict #SpiritualLife #CatholicTeaching

Topics

• Grace
• Humility
• Salvation
• Holiness