The Need for Penance to Get Perfect Contrition | Your Soul Has Scars ~ Fr. Anthony Mary, F.SS.R.

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“Show me Thy ways, O Lord, and teach me Thy paths…” This powerful traditional Catholic sermon reflects deeply on perfect contrition, penance, purgatory, and the need to restore the beauty of the soul through repentance. Drawing from vivid analogies, lives of the saints, stories of Saint Vincent Ferrer, the devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus, Lourdes, and Fatima, this sermon urges the faithful to rediscover the true meaning of sorrow for sin and the call to holiness. Father explains the difference between imperfect contrition (fear of hell) and perfect contrition (sorrow for having offended God), and why perfect contrition is necessary to enter Heaven without passing through Purgatory. The sermon beautifully illustrates how our souls—damaged by mortal sin—must be healed, purified, and restored to the innocence we had at Baptism. This homily also includes an inspiring story of a penitent who received a miraculous grace of perfect contrition, an exhortation to the devotion of the Holy Face, and a touching encouragement for children receiving their First Holy Communion—including a testimony from a 75-year-old man who never committed a mortal sin after his First Communion because of a simple but powerful daily practice of praying three Hail Marys. Perfect for Advent reflection, this sermon encourages Catholics to renew their devotion, seek deeper sorrow for sin, unite themselves more perfectly with Christ, and practice daily penance with love. For more on these religious & to support them, please visit https://papastronsay.blogspot.com/ 00:00 – Introit: “Show me Thy ways, O Lord…” 00:41 – Introduction: A disconnect in how we live the Faith 01:15 – The reality of purgatory and reparations 01:55 – Mortal sin as a wound: the motorcycle analogy 02:44 – What our souls look like after sin 03:45 – Why holy souls need our prayers 04:31 – Imperfect vs. perfect contrition 05:52 – Story of Saint Vincent Ferrer and the penitent 07:48 – The grace of perfect contrition and avoiding purgatory 08:54 – Why Jesus demands contrition 09:52 – The call of Lourdes and Fatima: “Penance, penance, penance!” 11:23 – Devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus 12:40 – Restoring the soul’s beauty through reparation 13:45 – Advent: making acts of contrition 14:52 – The necessity of perfect contrition at death 15:54 – Advice for First Holy Communicants 16:17 – Testimony: A 75-year-old who never committed mortal sin 17:07 – The power of praying three Hail Marys daily 17:52 – The beauty and mystery of Holy Communion 18:40 – Final blessing #Catholic #TraditionalCatholic #CatholicSermon #PerfectContrition #Purgatory #HolyFace #CatholicHomily #LatinMass #CatholicFaith #CatholicTeaching #CatholicSpirituality #Penance #Advent #Fatima #Lourdes #SaintVincentFerrer #Confession #CatholicDevotion #FirstHolyCommunion 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 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. 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/ 🔴 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" = 🔔 ▶️ 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 ▶️ 8. Follow on iTunes: 🔴 https://podcasts.apple.com/u

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• Repentance