St. Vincent de Paul (19 July): Patron of all Charitable Associations

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St. Vincent de Paul is remembered as one of the greatest saints of charity in Church history—but his understanding of charity is often misunderstood today. In this homily, we reflect on the two great loves that shaped the life of St. Vincent de Paul: the formation of holy priests and the service of the poor. Pope Leo XIII named him the patron of charitable associations because he showed that authentic Christian charity always begins with the love of God. True charity is not mere philanthropy or social activism. As St. Vincent taught, we love the poor because we first love Christ. Every act of mercy becomes an opportunity to bring souls closer to eternal salvation. The homily also highlights the inspiration St. Vincent gave to Blessed Frédéric Ozanam, founder of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, reminding us that Christian love must always be rooted in grace and directed toward God. May St. Vincent de Paul pray for priests, seminarians, and all those called to serve Christ in the poor. 00:00 – Sponsor: Real Estate for Life 00:23 – Opening Prayer 00:30 – Feast of St. Vincent de Paul 00:45 – Patron of Charitable Associations 00:54 – His Two Great Loves 01:16 – The Mission of Holy Priests 01:53 – "A Holy Priest Makes a Holy Parish" 02:32 – Serving Christ in the Poor 03:12 – Charity Must Always Begin with God 03:50 – More Than Social Work 04:14 – The Twofold Commandment of Charity 04:49 – Without God There Is No Charity 05:35 – Christian Love vs. Philanthropy 06:07 – Evangelizing Through Charity 06:53 – Blessed Frédéric Ozanam 07:19 – The Society of St. Vincent de Paul 07:37 – Charity vs. Mere Humanitarianism 07:55 – The Mother as the Image of Charity 08:47 – Living Authentic Christian Love 09:05 – Loving Souls for Eternal Salvation 09:31 – Final 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 🔴 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 #StVincentDePaul #Catholic #CatholicChurch #Charity #ChristianCharity #SocietyOfStVincentDePaul #BlessedFredericOzanam #CatholicHomily #Priesthood #Mercy #CorporalWorksOfMercy #SpiritualWorksOfMercy #Saints #TraditionalCatholic #Faith #LoveOfGod #ChristianLife #Gospel #CatholicTeaching #SensusFidelium

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