St. Scholastica | Sister of St. Benedict | On Prayer, Purity, and Spiritual Warfare (10 February)

About this sermon

On the great Feast of St. Scholastica, sister of St. Benedict and foundress of the Benedictine religious order for women, we reflect on her hidden life of sanctity, prayer, purity, and spiritual authority. Though little is historically recorded about St. Scholastica, St. Gregory the Great preserves for us the famous account of how her prayer brought down a storm, preventing St. Benedict from leaving so they could speak of God throughout the night. This powerful moment reveals the supremacy of charity over discipline, and the immense strength of prayer united to the Holy Ghost. St. Scholastica devoted herself to God from childhood, and at her death, St. Benedict saw her soul ascend to Heaven in the form of a dove, recalling the descent of the Holy Ghost at Christ’s baptism. Her life teaches us innocence, purity, obedience, and complete surrender to God’s will. This sermon also warns against our greatest enemies: pride, vanity, sensuality, laziness — and the external enemies of error, heresy, and spiritual deception that are tearing souls away from Christ and His Church today. Let us invoke St. Scholastica and St. Benedict as our defenders and intercessors as we continue the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, striving for holiness, purity, and fidelity in an age of confusion. 🙏 St. Scholastica, pray for us. ✝️ St. Benedict, defend us. 0:00 – Sign of the Cross & Feast of St. Scholastica 0:25 – Who Was St. Scholastica? 0:55 – Monte Cassino and Benedictine Roots 1:02 – St. Gregory the Great’s Account 1:06 – The Storm That Changed St. Benedict’s Plans 1:41 – The Dove and the Holy Ghost 2:06 – The Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost 2:32 – Death of St. Scholastica (Year 543) 2:53 – St. Benedict Consoles the Community 3:01 – “Jesus Has Taken Her Before Us” 3:36 – Saints as Our Defenders 4:12 – Our Greatest Enemies: Pride, Vanity, Sensuality 4:46 – Errors, Heresies, and Attacks on the Church 5:36 – Dangers Facing Religious Life 6:47 – Invoking St. Scholastica’s Protection 6:55 – Holy Communion, Innocence, and Purity 7:27 – Final Blessing For more please visit http://reginaecclesiae.com & remember to 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. 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" = 🔔 #StScholastica #SaintScholastica #StBenedict #Benedictine #CatholicSaints #TraditionalCatholic #CatholicSermon #LatinMass #HolyGhost #SpiritualWarfare #CatholicFaith #CatholicTradition #ReligiousLife #CatholicPrayer #SaintsOfTheChurch

Topics

• Prayer
• Holiness
• Purity
• Spiritual Warfare