Vainglory vs. Humility: A Call to Sound Doctrine – Jun 06 – Homily – Fr Bernard
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Fr. Bernard M. Salter, FI gives the homily on Saturday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time (Jun 06, 2026), contrasting the vainglory of the scribes with the humble total trust of the poor widow who gave all she had, urging complete self-gift to God rather than mere surplus, and calling adherence to the Church's magisterium amid modern myths and self-invented truths.
Index
00:00 - Introduction: God Wants Our Whole Hearts
00:51 - The Scribes and the Trap of Vainglory
02:06 - The Widow's Humility and the Little Way
03:33 - Giving from Surplus vs. Giving Ourselves
05:03 - Living a Complete Gift of Self
05:53 - St. Paul's Warning Against False Teachers
07:23 - Adhering to the Unchanging Truth of the Church
Scriptural and Catechetical Resources
Mark 12:44 – The widow gives her whole livelihood – https://airmaria.com/go/umgrjb
2 Timothy 4:3 – Warning against rejecting sound Christian doctrine – https://airmaria.com/go/uCVtDJ
CCC 2544 – Poverty of heart requires complete abandonment – https://airmaria.com/go/vHbUmM
CCC 85 – The Magisterium authentically interprets God's word – https://airmaria.com/go/Mu7ktE
CCC 2513 – Purity of intention seeks God's glory – https://airmaria.com/go/kA59GN
Pope Francis 2024 – Humility requires acknowledging poverty and trusting God fully. – https://airmaria.com/go/cCEQkZ
Church – Humble-mindedness enables living for God and gaining wisdom. – https://airmaria.com/go/Nhy7XA
Church – Vainglory arises from craving human approval and honors. – https://airmaria.com/go/WZQTXs
Pope Francis 2024 – Vainglory with envy seeks to be admired by all. – https://airmaria.com/go/m7ZnwP
Church – Earthly glory blocks spiritual growth toward God's glory. – https://airmaria.com/go/9yRPz7
Ave Maria!
Mass: Saturday 9th Week of Ordinary Time - Wkdy
Readings: - http://usccb.org/bible/readings/060626.cfm
1st: 2 Timothy 4:1-8 - The Good Fight
Resp: Psalms 71:8-9, 14-15, 16-17, 22 - Prayer in Time of Old Age
Gsp: Mark 12:38-44 - The Widow's Mite
More on the Readings: https://airmaria.com/r?m=1618
Also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wShk7Ed5tBo
