St. John of God, Confessor (8 March) ~ Dom Prosper Guéranger

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March 8 in the traditional Catholic liturgical calendar honors St. John of God, the great apostle of supernatural charity and founder of the Hospitaller Order of St. John of God. In this reading from Dom Prosper Guéranger’s The Liturgical Year, we learn how St. John of God transformed his life through the grace of God and devoted himself completely to the care of the sick, the poor, and the suffering. His life demonstrates the profound truth that true charity must flow from love of God. As Guéranger explains, the world’s philanthropy cannot replace the supernatural charity that sees Christ Himself in the poor. After a powerful conversion, St. John of God founded hospitals in Granada and personally carried the sick on his own shoulders. His heroic charity even led him into a burning hospital to rescue patients, miraculously emerging unharmed. Because of his extraordinary service to the suffering, Pope Leo XIII declared St. John of God the heavenly patron of hospitals and the sick. During Lent, the Church presents saints like St. John of God as models of mercy, charity, and sacrificial love for our neighbor. May his example inspire us to serve Christ in the poor and to practice the works of mercy with a heart filled with divine charity. St. John of God, pray for us. 0:00 Introduction – The Lesson of Charity 0:17 Charity as the Duty of the Season 0:48 Love of Neighbor and Love of God 1:10 The Failure of Mere Philanthropy 1:33 True Charity Comes from God 2:03 Why He Was Called John of God 2:34 Birth and Early Life in Portugal 2:49 Conversion and Return to Holiness 3:11 Extreme Penance and Humility 3:29 Founding Hospitals in Granada 3:46 The Hospitaller Order Begins 4:01 Care for the Sick and the Poor 4:24 The Miraculous Hospital Fire 4:56 His Virtues and Devotion 5:13 Final Illness and Holy Death 5:34 Miracles After Death 6:00 Patron of Hospitals and the Sick 6:17 A Life of Charity and Miracles 6:50 Charity vs. Worldly Philanthropy 7:15 Seeing Christ in the Poor 7:46 Prayer for True Christian Charity 8:02 Prayer to St. John of God https://sensusfidelium.com/the-liturgical-year-dom-prosper-gueranger/march/march-8-st-john-of-god-confessor/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 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 #StJohnOfGod #CatholicSaints #SaintOfTheDay #CatholicChurch #DomProsperGueranger #TheLiturgicalYear #CatholicFaith #Lent #CatholicTradition #WorksOfMercy