"Behold, this Child is set for the fall and for the resurrection of many in Israel." (Luke ii. 34).Sermon for the Sunday within the Octave of the Nativity: "In What True Wisdom Consists""But, notwithstanding the greatness of his own misery, the unhappy sinner, reflecting only on the enjoyment of present goods, calls the saints fools, because they seek to live in poverty, in humiliation, and self-denial. But a day will come when sinners shall see their errors, and shall say. “We fools esteemed their life madness, and their end without honour.” (Wis. v. 4.) We fools; behold how they shall confess that they themselves have been truly fools.✅ For the full text transcript, visit: https://mannaofthesoul.blogspot.com/2023/01/sermon-in-what-true-wisdom-consists.htmlPlease remember to pray for all who made these information available to you.Source:"Sermons for all the Sundays in the year" by St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Bishop of St. Agatha and Founder of the Congregration of the Most Holy Redeemer. Translated by Rev. Nicholas Callan. Eighth Edition. Dublin. James Duffy & Sons. 1882Audio: Read by ancientchristian, Librivox https://bit.ly/3OUBz5j✅ Follow:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mannaofthesoulTwitter: https://twitter.com/mannaofthesoul✅ Listen / SubscribeYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@mannaofthesoulSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4cZlrDMREmR3giUJnTp3C3Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/manna-of-the-soul-catholic-audio/id1571060923?mt=2Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81ZTBjNTI0OC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==Thank you for listening and God bless you and keep you!#catholic #catholicpodcast #sermons