The Forgotten Catholic Devotions We NEED to Restore

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What happened to the Catholic devotions that formed generations of saints? In this powerful traditional Catholic conference, we are taken on a spiritual journey through the “towers of Sion” — forgotten or neglected treasures of Catholic spirituality that helped generations of Christians pursue holiness, resist temptation, remember eternity, and remain close to Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary. Drawing upon Sacred Scripture, the Desert Fathers, St. Alphonsus Liguori, St. Bernard of Clairvaux, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Philip Neri, St. Vincent de Paul, St. Columba, St. John Cassian, and many others, this talk calls Catholics to recover the spiritual inheritance handed down by the saints. One of the first “towers” explored is devotion to the Holy Infant Jesus. The humility and innocence of the Christ Child are not presented as sentimental ideas, but as virtues capable of producing courage, purity, humility, and what the speaker calls a kind of holy daring. The conference then turns toward truths modern man often prefers to avoid: Death. Judgment. Heaven. Hell. Eternity. These eternal truths once occupied an important place in Catholic preaching and spiritual formation. The saints understood that our earthly lives are short and eternity approaches. Remembering death and judgment was therefore not intended to produce despair, but conversion. The talk then recovers another extraordinary treasure of Western Catholic spirituality: the ancient prayer, “O God, come to my assistance; O Lord, make haste to help me.” The conference traces this prayer through St. John Cassian and the Desert Fathers, through the monastic tradition, St. Benedict, Celtic Christianity, and later Catholic saints. It is presented as a simple form of ejaculatory prayer — a short invocation that can be repeated throughout daily life whenever temptation, suffering, distraction, difficulty, or spiritual need arises. Pray while working. Pray when tempted. Pray when afraid. Pray when struggling. Pray throughout the ordinary circumstances of life. “O God, come to my assistance. O Lord, make haste to help me.” 00:00 Introduction 02:40 Opening Prayer — Three Hail Marys 03:42 The Redemptorist Mission & Catholic Tradition 04:46 The “New Iconoclasm” 07:13 Traditional Catholics & the Spiritual Battle 08:41 “Walk Through Sion” — Recovering What Was Lost 10:51 The First Tower: Devotion to the Infant Jesus 12:14 Humility, Purity & Holy Daring 13:38 How Devotion Makes Weak Men Courageous 15:46 St. Alphonsus & the Child Jesus 16:10 The Wounded Infant Jesus 17:28 Rebuilding the Towers for the Next Generation 18:36 The Chequered Towers & Eternal Truths 20:56 Memento Mori — Remember Death 22:06 Death, Judgment, Hell & Heaven 22:45 The Tower of Eternity 24:19 “Work Out Your Salvation” 24:50 St. Francis of Assisi: Heaven & Hell 26:44 The Tower of Crisis 29:03 The Uncertainty of Judgment 29:37 St. Bernard of Clairvaux on Salvation 32:40 The Narrow Gate 34:32 A Forgotten Catholic Prayer Tradition 35:30 St. John Cassian & the Desert Fathers 37:14 “O God, Come to My Assistance” 38:21 How to Practice Continual Prayer 39:27 The Prayer Spreads Through Catholic Monasticism 41:19 A Message for Young Catholics 42:04 Why Catholics Should Practice Ejaculatory Prayer 43:27 St. Philip Neri & the Desert Fathers’ Prayer 43:44 St. Robert Bellarmine on Continual Prayer 44:34 St. Vincent de Paul’s Favorite Prayer 45:00 St. Rose of Lima & St. Alphonsus 47:24 The Final Tower: A Forgotten Marian Devotion 48:24 Our Lady & the Three Hail Marys 49:00 St. Alphonsus on the Three Hail Marys 50:03 The Glories of Mary 50:26 Three Hail Marys Morning & Evening 51:13 Placing Yourself Beneath Our Lady’s Mantle 52:15 Why St. Alphonsus Recommended This to Everyone 53:19 Recover the Lost Towers of Catholic Devotion 54:02 Final Spiritual Advice 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 ✝️ 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/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 #Catholic #Catholicism #TraditionalCatholic #CatholicTradition #CatholicFaith #CatholicChurch #CatholicPrayer #CatholicDevotions #CatholicSaints #TraditionalLatinMass #LatinMass #TLM #CatholicMen #CatholicMasculinity #SpiritualWarfare #Sa

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• Daily Devotionals