Within The Octave Of The Ascension: Human Respect | The Sin of Pleasing Men Over God ~ St. Alphonsus

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St. Alphonsus Liguori delivers a powerful sermon for the Sunday Within the Octave of the Ascension on the danger of human respect — the fear of ridicule, rejection, or persecution that leads souls away from God. Drawing from Sacred Scripture, the saints, and the example of Our Lord Jesus Christ, St. Alphonsus exposes how worldly approval causes countless souls to abandon virtue, remain silent before sin, and compromise the Gospel. He warns that friendship with the world often becomes enmity with God. In this sermon: ✠ Why human respect destroys souls ✠ Why true Christians are hated by the world ✠ The danger of being ashamed of Christ ✠ How worldly mockery leads many into sin ✠ Examples from the saints who conquered fear of men ✠ Why persecution is part of authentic Christian life ✠ How to overcome fear, shame, and public ridicule “Whosoever shall be ashamed of Me and of My words, of him the Son of Man shall be ashamed.” — Luke 9:26 This timeless sermon is especially relevant in our modern age, where Catholics are pressured daily to compromise truth for acceptance. 00:00 – Gospel Text: “Whosoever killeth you…” 00:25 – Introduction: The danger of human respect 01:20 – First point: Why human respect destroys souls 02:00 – Avoiding intimacy with scandalous sinners 02:41 – Human respect causes souls to imitate sin 03:02 – St. Augustine ashamed not to be wicked 03:47 – Pilate condemns Christ through fear of men 04:03 – The shame that brings sin vs. glory 04:40 – Why true Christians are persecuted 05:20 – The world hates virtue and holiness 06:17 – All who live godly lives suffer persecution 07:02 – Christ persecuted by the world 07:25 – The wisdom of the world vs. the Cross 07:56 – “How can a man fear to be a Christian?” 08:13 – Christ will reject those ashamed of Him 08:47 – Fear of ridicule and hypocrisy 09:03 – Crucified to the world with St. Paul 09:30 – The vanity of worldly riches and honors 10:05 – Violence against self to conquer fear 10:13 – St. Mary Magdalene conquers human respect 10:43 – St. Francis Borgia despises worldly shame 11:09 – Christ mocked upon the Cross 11:42 – Blessed are those hated by men 12:20 – Ignore the contempt of the wicked 12:56 – Apostles rejoice in suffering for Christ 13:12 – Moses chooses reproach over worldly riches 13:36 – Answering worldly friends and mockers 14:14 – “It is better to obey God than men” 14:46 – Publicly correcting sin when necessary 15:13 – St. John the Baptist rebukes Herod 15:30 – The wicked will recognize their folly at judgment #Catholic #TraditionalCatholic #StAlphonsus #HumanRespect #CatholicSermon #Ascension #CatholicFaith #JesusChrist #LatinMass #CatholicTeaching https://sensusfidelium.com/meditations/st-alphonsus/st-alphonsus-sermons-for-every-sunday-of-the-year/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 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 🔴 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" = 🔔 ▶️ 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 🔴 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-f

Topics

• Repentance
• Resurrection