Love Without Consolation: The Hidden Lesson of the Holy Family ~ Fr. Perricone

About this sermon

In this powerful sermon for the Feast of the Holy Family, we are guided by St. Aelred of Rievaulx into a profound meditation on true love of God, spiritual dryness, and the ordinary path of sanctity. Drawing from St. Aelred’s 12th-century treatise On Jesus at Twelve Years Old, the sermon contrasts the sorrow of Our Lady and St. Joseph at losing the Child Jesus with the joy and reverence of the doctors of the Law who encountered Him in the Temple. While moments of spiritual consolation and joy do occur, the Church teaches that they are not the norm. Most of the Christian life is lived in aridity, when love is expressed not through emotion but through faithful obedience and sacrifice. As St. Thomas Aquinas reminds us, love is not an emotion — it is an act of the will. True love is proven precisely when it costs us something and brings no sensible consolation. The Gospel quietly concludes the Christmas season with a striking truth: “And He went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them.” The Creator of Heaven and Earth chose hidden obedience, ordinary labor, and silent virtue — showing us that the ordinary becomes extraordinary when done for the love of God. This sermon is a call to embrace: Daily obedience Unnoticed sacrifice Faithfulness without feeling Because the only drama that pleases Almighty God is love, sacrifice, and virtue. 00:00 – Opening Prayer 00:16 – St. Aelred of Rievaulx and the Holy Family 00:44 – Jesus at Twelve Years Old 01:16 – The Doctors of the Law Encounter Christ 02:06 – Holy Affection and Reverence for Our Lord 02:28 – Emotional Consolation in the Spiritual Life 03:36 – Spiritual Dryness (Aridity) 04:27 – Loving God Without Emotion 04:47 – St. Thomas Aquinas on True Love 05:21 – The Lesson of the Holy Family 05:48 – Christ’s Hidden Obedience at Nazareth 06:34 – Ordinary Life Made Holy 06:58 – What Truly Pleases God https://www.youtube.com/@MyDearCatholicFriends https://www.fatherperricone.com/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 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.com 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 🔴 Truth Social - @SensusFidelium ▶️ 8. Follow on iTunes: 🔴 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sensus-fidelium-catholic-podcast/id1477010758 #CatholicSermon #HolyFamily #TraditionalCatholic #SpiritualDryness #LoveIsAnActOfTheWill #StAelred #StThomasAquinas #CatholicVirtue #HiddenLife #Nazareth #CatholicTeaching #CatholicFaith

Topics

• Love & Compassion
• Children & Family
• Holiness