Audio Sancto

Sermon titled "Outside of the Church There Is No Salvation" given on Sunday May 19, 2013. Size: 10.6 MB; duration: 30:49. Quotes regarding "No Salvation Outside the Catholic Church". Commanded by Christ to be incorporated by Baptism into the Mystical Body and united to Vicar of Christ on earth. Explanation of the desire for Baptism and incorporation. Who will be saved and who will be condemned? What are infidels? Story of Walking Bear. Who are heretics? Ignorance is NOT a means of salvation. Four necessary beliefs: there is only one God Who will reward the good and punish the evil; there are three persons in God, Jesus Christ suffered and died for out sins. Quote from Pope Francis.

Sermon titled "On The Errors of Pentacostalism" given on Sunday May 19, 2013. Size: 5.8 MB; duration: 16:51. "And there appeared on them parted tongues as it were of fire, and it sat upon everyone of them: and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost..." In our times there seems to be much confusion, even within the Church, over what has come to be known as the Charismatic Renewal or the Charismatic Movement, sometimes called Pentecostalism. This movement is a false spirituality which originated outside of the Catholic Church and has numerous negative effects on the Faith, ultimately causing the weakening or loss of the Faith altogether.

Sermon titled "We Must Swim Upstream to Reach Heaven" given on Sunday May 12, 2013. Size: 3.5 MB; duration: 10:12.

Sermon titled "We Must Descend in Order to Ascend" given on Thursday May 9, 2013. Size: 2.8 MB; duration: 08:14. A great meditation on the mystery of the Ascension... how we must descend before we can ascend. How hard that descent can be! But O how the more wonderful will be the ascension! The further we descend...the greater the ascent!

Sermon titled "The Apostolic Origins of Celibacy" given on Tuesday May 7, 2013. Size: 18.4 MB; duration: 53:33. An overview of the discipline of celibacy from the time of Christ and the Apostles through the Papacy of Pope Francis. Quotes from Sacred Scripture, Church Councils, the Fathers and Doctors of the Church, Saints, and Popes up through and including the current Holy Father (Pope Francis).

Sermon titled "Let Our Lord Satisfy Us" given on Sunday May 5, 2013. Size: 7.6 MB; duration: 22:05. Comments by Cardinal Gibbons regarding frequent reception of Holy Communion. Our Lord desires to become one with Him -- it is a favor and it pleases Him to come to us. Let us forget self; have the one thought of pleasing Our Lord. The object of our devotion: an analogy. Comments by Saint Peter Julian Eymard. Make a thanksgiving that is pleasing to Our Lord; have a conversation with Him.

Sermon titled "The Spiritual Danger of Expectations" given on Sunday May 5, 2013. Size: 7 MB; duration: 20:23. One of the dangers in the spiritual life is expectations: forming an expectation of what should be. At best our expectations can blind us to the opportunities God gives us for our mortification and edification. More seriously, achieved expectations make us forget that all of our ability is from God and not our own. Worse yet, un-met expectation can result in anger, bitterness, and an expanding downward spiral into vice. Quotes to ponder: "Everything that may happen to me I will consider as coming from Almighty God for my good; and so without ever murmuring I will always say: God's will be done" (Autobiography of Saint Anthony Mary Claret, p. 169). "I will receive all things from the hand of God, as being sent by Him for my own personal benefit" (Saint Gabriel Possenti).

Sermon titled "Our Prayer Gives God Glory" given on Sunday April 28, 2013. Size: 5.3 MB; duration: 15:22. Gifts of God compared to the gifts of the world. We obtain these gifts of God by prayer. The five qualities of prayer. Sacraments and prayer are the means of grace, Actual and habitual grace. Mental and vocal, private and public prayer. The virtue of religion. Comments of some saints regarding prayer.

Sermon titled "He Shall Convince the World of Sin, Justice, and Judgment" given on Sunday April 28, 2013. Size: 4.4 MB; duration: 12:46.

Sermon titled "A Little While and the Passion of the Church" given on Sunday April 21, 2013. Size: 6.6 MB; duration: 19:17.

Sermon titled "The Symphony of Infallible Teaching" given on Sunday April 14, 2013. Size: 3.8 MB; duration: 10:59.

Sermon titled "The Purpose of Suffering" given on Sunday April 14, 2013. Size: 9.6 MB; duration: 28:00. Anecdotal example of a good shepherd and how that compares to Our Lord, the very best of the good shepherds. We often cannot see the meaning of our suffering. Examples of suffering in our current times; going against the culture. Recommended reading: Why Must I Suffer? This book offers 15 reasons for our suffering. One is for the expiation public and national sins. List of typical national sins and due punishments. Why do the innocent suffer?

Sermon titled "The Annunciation: Earth Lovers and Tree Huggers" given on Monday April 8, 2013. Size: 3.9 MB; duration: 11:22.

Sermon titled "Trust in Our Lord" given on Sunday April 7, 2013. Size: 7.5 MB; duration: 21:50. Review of particular graces attached to the Feast of Divine Mercy Sunday, which in summary consists of total remission of sins and punishment to those who worthily receive Holy Communion on the feast day. Father provides a practical summary of the Little Way of St. Therese of Lisieux. The importance of absolute and complete trust in our Lord, especially in difficult times is asserted.

Sermon titled "Saint Thomas Aquinas on Divine Mercy and Sin" given on Sunday April 7, 2013. Size: 5.8 MB; duration: 16:56.