I Will Heal Their Breaches - The September Ember Days

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What are the Ember Days, and why does the Church need them today? This sermon explores the traditional September Ember Days as a spiritual apprenticeship through which Catholics learn to possess the mind and heart of Jesus Christ. True active participation in the Sacred Liturgy is more than performing an external function. It means uniting our hearts and souls to Christ as He offers Himself to the Father. Through the prayers of Ember Friday, the Church teaches five essential practices: thanking God for His blessings, seeking deeper conversion, making atonement for sin, performing penance, and praying for the sanctification of the clergy. Drawing upon the Mass texts, Sacred Scripture, St. Bede and St. Gregory the Great, this sermon explains how prayer, fasting and almsgiving heal the barrenness and “spiritual arthritis” caused by sin. These ancient practices are not gloomy remnants of the Middle Ages—they are remedies given to restore individual Catholics and the Church as a whole. Embrace Christ’s yoke, imitate His prayer and penance, and learn to possess the mind of Christ. Please like, subscribe and share this sermon with someone seeking a deeper Catholic spiritual life. 0:00 “Have this mind among yourselves” 0:22 Christian life as an apprenticeship 1:02 True participation in the Sacred Liturgy 1:25 Five special prayers of the Ember Days 2:12 Lessons from the Ember Friday Mass 2:29 Thanking God for His blessings 2:54 Seeking conversion and sorrow for sin 3:30 Making atonement for our sins 4:02 Penance through fasting and abstinence 4:34 Praying for the sanctification of the clergy 5:08 The apostolic origin of the Ember Days 5:34 How Ember Days give the Church traction 6:00 Their disappearance and restoration 6:37 Learning to possess the mind of Christ 7:25 Healing the soul through prayer and penance 8:23 Why the Church needs these practices 8:30 St. Bede and St. Gregory the Great 9:03 The barren fig tree and fallen humanity 9:35 Is fasting merely medieval? 10:16 Restoring Catholics and the universal Church 11:02 Taking Christ’s yoke upon ourselves For more please visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb2y3k3e8HFH0RBhzuBXabA & remember to say 3 Hail Marys for the priest #EmberDays #CatholicFaith #Penance #SacredLiturgy #PrayerAndFasting #CatholicTradition #Philippians2 #CatholicHomily #CatholicSpirituality #SanctificationOfClergy #ConversionAndPenance 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 ✝️ SUPPORT THE MISSION 🙏 Donate https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ 📬 Free Catholic Newsletter https://sensusfidelium.com/newsletter/ 📰 Read on Substack https://sensusfidelium.substack.com/ ──────────────────── 📺 WATCH & READ 📺 Sensus Fidelium App https://sensusfidelium.tv/ 📚 Sensus Fidelium Press https://sensusfideliumpress.com/ 👕 Official Merchandise https://sensusfidelium.com/merchandise/ ──────────────────── 🤝 PARTNER WITH US 📣 Advertise on Sensus Fidelium https://sensusfidelium.com/advertise-with-sensus-fidelium/ 🎤 Invite Steve Cunningham to Speak https://sensusfidelium.com/speaking/ ⛪ Parish Formation & Consultation https://sensusfidelium.com/for-parishes/ ──────────────────── 🌎 CATHOLIC COMMUNITY ✝️ Trusted Catholic Businesses https://sensusfidelium.com/catholic-businesses/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 Visit SJOA’s Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/SJOAOberlin/ Visit SJOA’s website here: https://sjoaoberlin.com/

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• Healing