Overcoming Anxiety and Growing in Holiness | Trusting God Amid Chaos

About this sermon

In this powerful continuation from All Saints Day, Father explores how God calls each of us to holiness through imitation of Christ — both in His divine and human nature. Discover how to stay in a state of grace, keep God’s commandments out of love (not guilt), and overcome anxiety through trust in divine providence. Drawing wisdom from St. Francis de Sales, St. Alphonsus Liguori, and Frank Sheed, this homily dives deep into: The right motive for keeping the commandments Why shortcuts to holiness never work The deadly spiritual effects of anxiety How to find peace in today’s Church and world Learn how to trust in God’s perfect plan, grow in sanctity, and find peace even amid spiritual chaos. 🙏 “Let not your hearts be troubled… I will not leave you orphans.” — John 14:18 🕒 Timestamps: 0:00 – Introduction & Review of All Saints Day theme 0:32 – God’s love and our call to holiness 1:05 – The state of grace and divine adoption 2:00 – Grace flows through Christ into the Church 2:35 – How to imitate Christ’s divine and human nature 3:15 – Problem 1: Guilt as the wrong motive for holiness 4:20 – Love, not guilt, should motivate obedience 5:30 – Problem 2: Rationalizing sin and shortcuts to heaven 6:10 – No shortcuts to sanctity – trusting God’s perfect plan 6:50 – Problem 3: Anxiety – the great spiritual sickness 7:20 – St. Francis de Sales on the evil of anxiety 8:00 – How the devil works through anxiety 8:45 – Three sources of anxiety 9:10 – #1: The state of the Church 10:00 – Cardinal Ratzinger on the crisis in the Church 11:00 – Frank Sheed: The Church as the means, not the end 12:40 – Why not to lose hope in the Church 13:10 – Trust in God: “I will not leave you orphans.” 14:30 – #2: The state of society – modern Sodom and Gomorrah 15:20 – “He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.” 16:00 – #3: Personal struggles and crosses 16:30 – St. Alphonsus: God’s will is for our good 17:10 – Finding peace through conformity to God’s will 18:00 – Avoiding unnecessary anxiety and media stress 18:50 – Turning anxiety into trust and prayer 19:20 – Asking Our Lady for peace and trust 20:00 – Final exhortation: Love Him and trust Him For more please visit http://www.veritascaritas.com/ & remember to say 3 Hail Marys for the priest #CatholicHomily #CatholicFaith #OvercomingAnxiety #TrustInGod #CatholicSermon #Holiness #Saints #StFrancisDeSales #StAlphonsus #FaithOverFear #CatholicChurch #SpiritualGrowth #DivineProvidence #ImitateChrist #CatholicInspiration 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 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. BitChute --- https://www.bitchute.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium/ ▶️ 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/ 🔴 Sensus Fidelium Twitter: https://https://twitter.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔

Topics

• Faith
• Anxiety & Worry
• Holiness
• Overcoming Obstacles