Supernatural Joy in a Time of Church Crisis, Sermon by Fr. Paul Robinson, SSPX
About this episode
Fr. Paul Robinson discusses the concept of supernatural joy amidst the challenges faced in the Church and life on earth.
In this life, we find ourselves at a midway point between earth and Heaven. We are some years away from the first moment of our existence and we are likewise some years away from our eternal home. As Catholics, we know that, while we are on the journey of this life, we must live it, in some way, like the life to come. Our life on earth now must resemble what our life in Heaven will be for us to be able to enter into Heaven when we die. “As the tree casts its shadow, so does it fall” The essence of what Heaven will be is that we will delight in God. We will be filled with immense joy and happiness by being in the presence of God. Thus, it would seem to mean that we are meant to possess a certain joy and happiness, through God, on this earth. We know that this is one of the characteristics of the lives of the saints. Though they suffered much, they yet possessed in their souls a continual joy. In the Hail Holy Queen, we call this earth a “valley of tears”. We call ourselves “banished children of Eve”. We say that we come to Our Lady “sinful and sorrowful”. We say that we send up our sighs to her “mourning and weeping”. The trials of this life are very real. But they must be also be…
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