Quinquagesima Sunday: The Secret to a Holy Lent — Do Everything for Love of God

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As we enter Quinquagesima Sunday, the Church gives us the final and most important key before Lent begins: charity — the love of God — must be the motive behind everything we do. Fasting, almsgiving, prayer… none of it matters if it is not done for love of God. Drawing from St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Francis de Sales, St. Alphonsus Liguori, St. Augustine, and St. John of Avila, this sermon explains: Why Lent can become 40 days of pride How to avoid naturalistic self-improvement Christianity The true meaning of temperance, fortitude, justice, and prudence The blindness caused by sin The power of the Morning Offering Why the Our Father and Hail Mary are the perfect daily prayers How the Passion of Christ wins our love Why Jesus would have suffered for you alone The saints teach us clearly: Perfection consists in loving God with our whole heart. If we begin Lent with the end in mind — eternal union with God — then every sacrifice becomes meaningful. Let this Lent not be about weight loss, productivity, or pride. Let it be about love. “In this is charity: not as though we had loved God, but because He hath first loved us.” — 1 John 4:10 0:00 – Support iCatholic Mobile 0:24 – Introduction & Quinquagesima Sunday 1:11 – Begin with the End in Mind 1:31 – Why Lent Can Become Pride 2:04 – St. Francis de Sales on True Perfection 3:15 – The Four Cardinal Virtues as Forms of Love 4:43 – The Purpose of Fasting, Almsgiving & Prayer 5:14 – Spiritual Blindness & False Wisdom 6:21 – The Hierarchy of Lenten Practices 8:29 – The Morning Offering Explained 9:58 – The Power of the Our Father 11:12 – Our Lady’s Fiat as Morning Offering 12:02 – Offering Your Crosses for Souls 13:39 – The Way of the Cross: The School of Love 14:02 – Why Christ Chose to Suffer 15:18 – He Would Have Done It For You Alone 16:06 – Make These 40 Days Count Please 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 🔴 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 #CatholicLent #Quinquagesima #TraditionalCatholic #LatinMass #LoveOfGod #StThomasAquinas #CatholicSermon #WayOfTheCross #CatholicMen #CensusFidelium #SpiritualGrowth #MorningOffering #PassionOfChrist

Topics

• Love & Compassion
• Holiness