https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-w2c5e-1863008 On the feast of St. John Damascene, the Church honors a great defender of the Incarnation who upheld the veneration of sacred images amid persecution. His witness, rooted in love for truth and beauty, echoes the healing Christ who restores the withered and fevered in today’s Lenten Gospels. At the stational church of SS.... Continue Reading →

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-adn65-185d960 ✠Jerome explains how desire, though made for God, became disordered after the Fall. The issue isn’t desire itself, but our will grasping selfishly at wealth, pleasure, or recognition. Spiritual maturity comes through discipline, virtue, and reordering the heart toward God. Saints teach us not to deny desire, but to elevate it. In doing so,... Continue Reading →

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-e6hz7-185d94f ✠Jerome's second Lenten conference explores the battle against the false self—formed by pride, laziness, and fear. This rebellion shows in the mind (doubt, distraction), senses (comfort-seeking), and will (clinging, fear of surrender). True holiness comes not through effort alone, but through grace—given in prayer, sacraments, and Our Lady’s help. Victory comes by surrendering, not... Continue Reading →

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-y7vkn-185d84e In his Lenten conference, ✠Jerome of the Old Roman Apostolate, emphasizes self-knowledge as the foundation for true conversion. He urges the faithful to confront illusions, acknowledge their need for grace, and embrace redemption. Lent, he explains, is a time for inward reflection leading to genuine transformation and renewed commitment to one’s Christian vocation.