The Virtue of Simplicity | On Truth, Purity of Intention & the Love of God

About this sermon

At that time, the Pharisees sought to trap Our Lord in His speech. Yet Jesus, in perfect wisdom, showed us the power of simplicity — the virtue of living truthfully, without duplicity or cunning. In this sermon, we reflect on: What St. Thomas Aquinas teaches about simplicity vs. cunning. Why Our Lord often refused to answer trick questions directly. How mixed motives weaken our intentions before God. The connection between simplicity, purity of heart, and true charity. St. Francis de Sales and St. Francis of Assisi as models of simple love for God and neighbor. Simplicity is not weakness — it is courage, clarity, and purity of intention. The simple man does few things, but does them well, with one aim only: the love of God. 🙏 May this reflection strengthen your faith and inspire you to live simply in God’s truth. ✨ Chapters 0:00 – Gospel Context: Pharisees seek to trap Jesus 1:00 – St. Thomas Aquinas: Cunning vs. Simplicity 3:40 – Why Christ speaks in parables 5:20 – False dichotomies and trick questions 7:00 – Purity of intention in daily life 9:00 – Doing few things well for God’s glory 11:00 – Simplicity before God produces humility 12:30 – The Legion of Mary and the spirit of simplicity 13:30 – St. Francis of Assisi as an example 14:45 – Seeing immortal souls with simplicity 15:20 – Simplicity prepares us for Heaven Please say 3 Hail Marys for the priest. 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 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 🔴 SensusFidelium.TV - https://sensusfidelium.tv/@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 🔴 Truth Social - @SensusFidelium ▶️ 8. Follow on iTunes: 🔴 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sensus-fidelium-catholic-podcast/id1477010758 #Catholic #Simplicity #Virtue #CatholicSermon #Faith #Truth #Humility #CatholicChurch #GospelReflection #CatholicHomily #StThomasAquinas #StFrancis #LegionOfMary

Topics

• Love & Compassion
• Holiness
• Bible Study
• Purity