Training for Heaven: The Spiritual Athlete’s Guide – Feb 01 – Homily – Fr Maximilian W
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Fr. Maximilian M. Warnisher gives the homily for the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Feb 01, 2026), expounding on the virtue of humility as the "truth" of our total dependence on God, and contrasting it with the pride of modern self-sufficiency.
Drawing parallels to the rigorous training of an athlete, the message encourages us to nurture the theological virtues and persevere through the Beatitudes to achieve the ultimate prize of eternal life.
Recorded at Our Lady's Chapel, New Bedford, MA.
Ave Maria!
Mass: 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sunday
Readings: - http://usccb.org/bible/readings/020126.cfm
1st: zep 2:3; 3:12-3
Resp: psa 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10
2nd: 1co 1:26-31
Gsp: mat 5:1-12
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