The Victory of the Cross | Why the Cross Changes EVERYTHING

About this sermon

In this powerful sermon for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, we reflect on the mystery, victory, and transformative power of the Cross of Christ. The Cross is not simply a Roman instrument of death—it is the symbol of God’s triumph over sin, death, and the forces of evil. From the discovery of the True Cross by St. Helena to its celebration in the life of the Church, the Cross remains at the heart of our Christian journey. Father teaches us how to approach the Cross not as foolishness but as the power of God, reminding us that: The Cross is our path to resurrection and new life in Christ. True Christian victory means responding to evil not with anger or violence, but with forgiveness and love. The primary battlefield is the human heart, where we must confront pride, anger, and evil with the weapon of the Cross. Through baptism, we enter into Christ’s death and resurrection, beginning our lifelong walk with Him. Other people are not our enemies—our true struggle is against the powers of darkness. Quoting St. Paul, St. Peter, and the wisdom of the early Church Fathers, this sermon calls us to embrace the Cross daily and to find strength in Christ crucified. 🙏 May we live not by anger and division, but by the peace, mercy, and sacrificial love of Jesus. To Christ our God be glory, now and forever. Amen. 📌 Timestamps (optional for YouTube chapters) 0:00 – Introduction & Opening Prayer 0:40 – Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross explained 2:00 – Why the Cross is victory, not defeat 3:20 – Baptism and life in the Cross 5:00 – The Cross as God’s answer to evil and injustice 7:00 – St. Macarios on the battle in the human heart 9:00 – Scripture reflections: St. Peter & St. Paul 11:00 – Responding with blessing, not anger 12:30 – Christ crucified: wisdom & power of God 14:00 – The Cross defeats darkness forever 15:00 – Closing prayer & glory to God For more please visit https://www.youtube.com/@stjohnmelkite & say 3 Hail Marys for the priest #ExaltationOfTheHolyCross #FeastOfTheCross #ChristianSermon #PowerOfTheCross #OrthodoxChurch #CatholicFaith #Christianity #BibleTeaching #ChristCrucified #VictoryOfTheCross #ChristianLiving #Homily #Sermon 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 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 🔴 SpiritusTV - https://spiritustv.com/@SensusFidelium 🔴 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 ▶️ 8. Follow on iTunes: 🔴 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sensus-fidelium-catholic-podcast/id1477010758

Topics

• Jesus Christ
• Overcoming Obstacles