The Lamb, the Friend, and the Lion: Understanding Christ’s Three Advents

About this sermon

Prepare your heart for the holy season of Advent with this powerful and deeply moving sermon on the three advents of Our Lord Jesus Christ—His coming in the flesh, His coming now in grace, and His future coming in glory as Judge of all. Drawing from the wisdom of the Church Fathers, saints, and Dom Prosper Guéranger, this sermon explores: The meaning and purpose of Advent Why the Church focuses on the Final Judgment at the start of Advent How the liturgy uses signs, symbols, hymns, and colors to move our souls How Christ comes to us as Lamb, Friend, and finally as Lion The essential call to repentance, conversion, and spiritual preparation How to cooperate with grace during this season The role of the Blessed Virgin Mary in preparing us for the coming of Christ Identifying and overcoming your predominant faults Entering Advent with renewed hope, not discouragement As the Church guides us with violet vestments, sacred silence, and anticipation, we are invited to prepare not only for the birth of the Infant King, but also for the moment when we will stand before Him as Judge. May this sermon help you draw nearer to the Christ Child, deepen your love for the Incarnation, and ready your soul for His glorious return. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 00:00 – Opening Prayer 00:27 – Hail Mary 00:43 – Two Methods the Church Uses to Teach the Faith 01:13 – Transition to Advent and Liturgical Signs 01:30 – The Three Advents of Christ 02:24 – Christ’s Appearances: Lamb, Friend, and Lion 02:55 – Why the Church Focuses on the Final Judgment in Advent 03:33 – Dom Prosper Guéranger on Advent Warnings 04:18 – Christ Rejected in Our Time 04:35 – Personal Reflection: The Sinner Within 05:01 – Purpose of Advent: Repentance and Preparation 05:31 – Why the Judgment Is Central to Advent 05:56 – Christ’s Life as Preparation for Judgment 06:24 – Parallel Between Christ’s Birth and His Final Coming 07:01 – How the Liturgy Moves the Soul 07:51 – Meaning of Advent’s Sacred Signs 08:21 – Joy Within the Penitential Season 08:34 – How to Respond: Penance and Purpose 09:19 – Cooperating with Grace in a Fallen World 10:06 – The Role of the Blessed Virgin Mary 11:01 – Growing Each Advent in Virtue 11:46 – Identifying Your Major Spiritual Obstacle 12:18 – Hope in the Incarnation 12:50 – Mary’s Profound Preparation 13:08 – Responding to the Call of the Child Jesus 13:21 – Closing Prayer Their quarterly magazine Dowry here: https://fssp.co.uk/category/dowry/ Seminary blog: http://fsspwigratzbad.blogspot.com/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 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" = 🔔 #Advent #CatholicSermon #CatholicHomily #TraditionalCatholic #LatinMass #ThreeAdvents #ChristTheKing #Incarnation #Judgment #AdventSeason #CatholicLiturgy #Guéranger #PrepareTheWay #CatholicFaith #CatholicSpirituality

Topics

• Relationships
• Friendship
• Jesus Christ