The Fruits of Repentance

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A new homily is up for the 4th week of Advent on the Fruits of Repentance.

The Audio can be found here
4th week of Advent Homily: The Fruit of Repentance
The Text of the Homily can be found here
Homily : Fruit of Repentance

One of my favorite sections
"A man must make up his mind, when he comes to serve God after serving the devil, that he has got an uphill road to travel; if he does not, he will not persevere. Labor and suffering, self-denial and mortification, he has to face these manfully. His consolation, his happiness, as well as his strength, have got to come from God. If one understands this he will seek that happiness and that strength again where he first found it—in confession and Communion. But if he does not, if he thinks that all will go right now without any more trouble, his old nature and habits will claim their dues, and he will soon be back in his sins again.

Yes, we must cut right down to the root of sin if we wish to bring forth the fruits of penance, and must make up our minds to suffer the pain that this cutting will bring. Occasions of sin must be avoided, appetites must be denied, contempt and ridicule must be faced; we must pray, we must struggle, we must resist even to blood; we must put our former life to death, that Christ may live in us."
 
My favorite analogy for a repentant life-style (“living right,” a term from my holiness, pentecostal childhood) is flying. I am not a licensed pilot, but I have spent hours playing flight simulator programs, and I learned early on that to get away from the earth’s surface (hell, in my analogy), an expenditure of energy is required. If I take off, climb to 1000 feet, and then turn the engine off, I am going down. Period. In the same way, if I turn off the effort that I had been putting forth to live a holy life, I will not continue at the same level. I will go down.
 
That is a good analogy, I also like Venerable Fulton Sheens

“Dead Bodies Float Downstream”
 
Great Homily and Analogy! I think we all need to realize that conversion and repentence are lifelong processes, and not done deals or finished contracts in a second.
 
domNoah said:
That is a good analogy, I also like Venerable Fulton Sheens

“Dead Bodies Float Downstream”
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Also good. Ya wanna go upstream, ya gotta paddle. Otherwise, you’re going over the waterfall :bigyikes:
 
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