St. Teresa’s Pierced Heart & St. Joseph Calasanz: The Battle for Souls and Children

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St. Teresa of Avila experienced one of the most extraordinary mystical events in Catholic history: the transverberation of her heart, when an angel pierced her with a fiery spear and filled her with an overwhelming love of God. Her experience points toward the highest mansion of the Interior Castle—the mystical marriage of the soul with Christ. But this sermon also turns to St. Joseph Calasanz, the great Catholic educator who dedicated his life to poor and abandoned children. He founded schools for those society considered unworthy of an education, welcomed the disadvantaged and disabled, promoted mathematics and science, and endured controversy, betrayal, corruption, and even the suppression of his own religious order. His story carries an urgent lesson for today. Our society is filled with children who may not be physical orphans but are increasingly spiritual, moral, and cultural orphans. They need parents, teachers, priests, and faithful Catholics willing to defend truth and take responsibility for what is being taught in our schools. The saints remind us that holiness requires both union with Christ and service to His children. May St. Teresa of Avila and St. Joseph Calasanz intercede for our families, teachers, schools, and children. 🙏 Please like, subscribe, and share to help spread the Catholic Faith. 00:00 – Introduction 00:30 – Feast of the Transverberation of St. Teresa of Avila 00:54 – The Interior Castle and the seven mansions 01:25 – St. Teresa enters mystical marriage with Christ 01:40 – The angel and the fiery spear 02:19 – Pain transformed into spiritual sweetness 03:00 – Teresa’s ecstasies and union with God 04:10 – Why humility determines spiritual progress 04:34 – The extraordinary condition of Teresa’s heart 05:28 – The lesson of mystical union with Christ 06:01 – St. Joseph Calasanz and Christ’s children 06:34 – Schools for Rome’s poor and abandoned children 07:30 – Educating 1,000 orphans 08:10 – Opposition to educating the poor 08:58 – Education regardless of class or background 09:38 – Teaching children with special needs 10:03 – Science, mathematics, and Galileo 11:08 – Abuse, corruption, and protecting children 11:51 – How corruption destroys religious institutions 12:31 – Calasanz’s order is suppressed 12:54 – Vindication after his death 13:35 – Working faithfully until the end 13:44 – The spiritual orphans of the modern world 14:23 – Why Catholics cannot surrender the schools 15:03 – Catholic schools and curriculum 15:17 – What can ordinary Catholics do? 15:34 – Final lesson from Teresa and Calasanz 15:58 – Blessing https://sensusfidelium.us/the-liturgical-year-dom-prosper-gueranger/august/august-27-st-joseph-calasanctius-confessor/ https://www.olmcfssp.org/index.php/olmc Please remember to say 3 Hail Marys for the priest 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 ✝️ SUPPORT THE MISSION 🙏 Donate https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ 📬 Free Catholic Newsletter https://sensusfidelium.com/newsletter/ 📰 Read on Substack https://sensusfidelium.substack.com/ ──────────────────── 📺 WATCH & READ 📺 Sensus Fidelium App https://sensusfidelium.tv/ 📚 Sensus Fidelium Press https://sensusfideliumpress.com/ 👕 Official Merchandise https://sensusfidelium.com/merchandise/ ──────────────────── 🤝 PARTNER WITH US 📣 Advertise on Sensus Fidelium https://sensusfidelium.com/advertise-with-sensus-fidelium/ 🎤 Invite Steve Cunningham to Speak https://sensusfidelium.com/speaking/ ⛪ Parish Formation & Consultation https://sensusfidelium.com/for-parishes/ ──────────────────── 🌎 CATHOLIC COMMUNITY ✝️ Trusted Catholic Businesses https://sensusfidelium.com/catholic-businesses/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴

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