St. John Baptist De La Salle (15 May): Spiritual Childhood

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In today’s powerful Catholic homily, we reflect on the memorial of Saint John Baptist De La Salle, founder of the Brothers of the Christian Schools and a great defender of Christian education for children and the poor. Drawing from the Gospel where Jesus teaches that “the greatest in the kingdom of God is the one who becomes like a little child,” this sermon explores the profound spirituality of spiritual childhood. What does it mean to become like a child before God? This reflection explains the Catholic understanding of humility, trust, obedience, and simplicity through the example of Christ Himself — the Child of Bethlehem. Inspired by the spirituality of St. Thérèse of Lisieux and rooted deeply in the Gospel, this message calls Christians to embrace humility and total trust in God. If you desire deeper holiness, greater humility, and a more childlike trust in God the Father, this sermon offers timeless wisdom for the spiritual life. Support Pro-Life Real Estate: 👉 https://realestateforlife.org 00:00 – Support Pro-Life Causes Through Real Estate for Life 00:22 – Opening Prayer 00:30 – Memorial of St. John Baptist De La Salle 00:51 – Christian Education and the Care of Children 01:17 – Jesus Welcomes Little Children 01:42 – Who Is Greatest in the Kingdom of God? 02:15 – The Meaning of Spiritual Childhood 03:05 – St. Thérèse and the Little Way 03:30 – Spiritual Childhood Is Not Childishness 03:48 – Jesus as the Child of Bethlehem 04:20 – Preserving Humility Throughout Life 04:58 – The Challenge of Remaining Childlike 05:25 – Trusting God as Our Father 06:07 – Spiritual Childhood in Christian Life 06:22 – Humility as the Foundation of Holiness 06:52 – Becoming Like Jesus Through Humility 07:09 – The Greatest in Heaven Are the Humble 07:27 – Final Reflection and Blessing For more please visit https://www.themarianfranciscans.org/ Please sign up at this link https://lifecrusade.org/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 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 ▶️ 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 #Catholic #CatholicHomily #SpiritualChildhood #JesusChrist #Humility #SaintJohnBaptistDeLaSalle #TraditionalCatholic #CatholicFaith #StTherese #LittleWay #ChristianLife #CatholicTeaching #GospelReflection #Prayer #ChildlikeFaith