True Catholic Faith: Clarion Call of the Church’s Timeless Teaching

Goodness of God - Bp. Donald Sanborn 27.07.2025 20:04 ↓

Summary Bishop Sanborn refutes the common claim that God cannot be good because evil exists in the world. He explains that God is goodness itself, infinite in perfection, and that creation—including mankind—was made to share in this divine goodness. Despite man’s sin and rebellion, God remains constant in His generosity, mercy, and care. His Excellency highlights Christ's miracle of feeding the mu...

God's Mercy - Bp. Donald Sanborn 01-23-94 26.07.2025 22:52 ↓

Summary Bishop Sanborn meditates on why some prayers are answered (as with the leper and centurion) and others (like Herod’s) are met with silence. He explains that prayer must have four essential qualities to be pleasing and effective before God: confidence, humility, fervor, and faith. He teaches that God always hears prayers for our salvation, but withholds many material or temporal favors eith...

Gluttony - Bp. Donald Sanborn 02-20-94 26.07.2025 17:53 ↓

Here is a comprehensive summary of Bishop Donald Sanborn’s sermon on the capital sin of gluttony: Summary Bishop Sanborn gives a precise and moral-theological explanation of gluttony, the fourth capital sin, defining it as an inordinate love for the pleasures of eating and drinking. He outlines its forms, effects, and when it becomes mortal. He shows how gluttony not only harms the body but enslav...

Fleshpots Of Egypt - Bp. Donald Sanborn 07-21-91 26.07.2025 21:52 ↓

Summary In this solemn and forceful sermon, Bishop Donald Sanborn reflects on the severe consequences that await those who reject God after receiving His grace and being chosen. Drawing from St. Paul’s epistle, he recounts the repeated sins and apostasies of the ancient Hebrews—despite divine favors—and applies these warnings to the modern crisis in the Church and the moral state of Catholics toda...

Few are Chosen - Bp. Donald Sanborn 10-14-01 26.07.2025 13:42 ↓

Summary   The lecture discusses the theological concept that while many are called to salvation, only a few are chosen to attain it, a principle deeply rooted in Sacred Scripture and the teachings of the Church Fathers. It addresses a common objection regarding the small number of traditional Catholics who resist post-Vatican II changes, explaining that history and scripture support the idea that...

Fear of The Lord - Bp. Donald Sanborn 8-16-98 25.07.2025 13:58 ↓

Here is a detailed analysis of Bishop Donald Sanborn’s sermon titled “Few Are Chosen”, delivered on the feast of St. Joachim, Father of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Summary In this powerful sermon, Bishop Donald Sanborn reflects on the virtue of the fear of the Lord, using the example of St. Joachim, the father of Our Lady. He distinguishes holy fear from servile or slavish fear and explains its role...