Why People Call Evil Good and Good Evil | Fr. Chad Ripperger

About this sermon

Fr. Chad Ripperger explains how modern society has lost the ability to judge right from wrong through malformed consciences, bad formation, emotionalism, and sin. Drawing from St. Thomas Aquinas, natural law, Scripture, and Catholic moral theology, Fr. Ripperger examines why people “strain out a gnat and swallow a camel” (Matthew 23:24) while ignoring grave sin and obsessing over lesser issues. In this powerful Catholic sermon, Fr. Ripperger discusses: Natural law and moral reasoning How sin clouds the intellect Why modern culture celebrates evil Malformed consciences and emotionalism The destruction of moral judgment in society Catholic teaching on objective morality The role of the Church’s moral authority Why modern people confuse good and evil This talk is essential viewing for Catholics seeking clarity amid today’s moral confusion and cultural collapse. Please prayerfully share this video to help restore authentic Catholic moral teaching. 00:00 – Introduction: Moral confusion in modern society 00:46 – The Delta flight incident and false moral outrage 02:18 – “She’s a good girl” — confusing niceness with morality 03:03 – Millennials, entitlement, and justice 04:05 – Priests reported for not enforcing mask mandates 05:12 – Losing access to the sacraments and priests 06:53 – “Strain out a gnat and swallow a camel” explained 07:35 – St. Thomas Aquinas and the natural law 07:53 – First category of natural inclination 08:33 – Second category: family and procreation 08:57 – Third category: reason and morality 10:13 – Marriage, adultery, and moral reasoning 11:53 – How sin clouds the intellect 12:34 – Why the will chooses evil under apparent good 14:20 – Intellectual habits formed by repeated sin 14:44 – Historical collapse of sexual morality 16:29 – Sin and malformed consciences 17:32 – Emotionalism distorting moral judgment 18:12 – Bad education and moral formation 19:14 – Moral confusion inside the Church 20:32 – Environmentalism vs moral priorities 21:26 – The Old Testament and moral authority 22:34 – Why God gave the Ten Commandments 23:30 – The necessity of Church tradition and authority 24:19 – Modern consciences “off the rails” 25:20 – Avoiding malformed moral judgment 25:49 – Final blessing For more sermons & lectures please visit http://sensustraditionis.org/ & remember to do the PenanceWare Fr asks for Fr Ripperger's order of exorcists http://dolorans.org/ (C) 2026 Sensus Fidelium 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 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/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 #FrRipperger #Catholic #TraditionalCatholic #NaturalLaw #CatholicTeaching #MoralTheology #CatholicTruth #Christianity #CatholicChurch #FrChadRipperger #CatholicFaith #ThomisticPhilosophy #StThomasAquinas #CatholicSermon #SpiritualWarfare