Resistance Podcast #263: Worried About Rome? Pope? Bishops? The Fr. Mateo October Challenge of 2023

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Feeling overwhelmed by the latest headlines out of Rome? In this talk, Steve (Sensus Fidelium) puts today’s noise in perspective with a wild slice of Church history—the Cadaver Synod—and then turns to what actually helps: prayer, penance, and Father Mateo’s October Night Adoration in the Home for reparation to the Sacred Heart. What you’ll learn Why doom-scrolling and hot takes don’t change Rome—but reparation does The Cadaver Synod (897): Formosus, Stephen VI, Sergius III… and how the Church survived Frank Sheed’s laser-focus: Christ is the point How to avoid being scandalized (St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Francis de Sales) Practical game plan: Night Adoration at home, First Fridays, the Rosary, Confession, and praying for the Pope Resources mentioned Book: Jesus, King of Love (Fr. Mateo) — Night Adoration in the Home Frank Sheed quotes on staying with Christ in the Church St. Isaac the Syrian on the power of night prayer Take the October Challenge Choose one hour between 9pm–6am for Night Adoration at home Can’t do an hour? Start with 15–30 mins Pray for the Pope, the Church, your family, and conversions Keep it simple: image of the Sacred Heart, candles, Rosary, Acts of Reparation 0:00 Intro & why not to feed the outrage machine 1:52 What everyone’s talking about—noise vs. action 5:22 Search the headlines vs. search your soul 6:29 History check: the Cadaver Synod explained 12:50 Chaos, invalidations, and how the Church endured 16:24 Can popes be wrong? What papal infallibility does/doesn’t mean 17:52 Boat-in-a-storm analogy: stay on board 20:17 The Pope can’t change what’s essential to salvation 20:50 Stay close to Our Lady; Rosary & scapular 21:57 What is scandal? How not to be scandalized 24:41 Guard your media diet: no “ecclesiastical porn” 27:03 Frank Sheed: Christ is the point 32:15 Nothing a pope says/does should drive you from the Church 33:40 October Night Adoration Challenge (Fr. Mateo) 36:03 How it spread; quality over quantity 40:54 Pius XI on Night Adoration in the Home 41:58 What Night Adoration looks like in a family 43:36 Discipline, sleep, and realistic asceticism 46:52 Do the hidden work—no need for applause 47:35 St. Isaac the Syrian on night prayer power 48:18 Start small: 15–30 mins if needed; practical tips 49:23 Kiss the wounds: prayers of reparation; pray for the Pope 49:42 Final call: pay the price—reparation over tweets https://sensusfidelium.com/2023/09/28/worried-about-the-church-papacy-bishops-christ-is-the-point/ #Catholic #SensusFidelium #PopeFrancis #ChurchHistory #CadaverSynod #SacredHeart #NightAdoration #Reparation #FirstFriday #TraditionalCatholic #FrankSheed #PrayForThePope #Rosary #ChristTheKing #AvoidScandal 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 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 🔴 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 ▶️ 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

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