L.E.N.T = Let Everyone Now Try

Ask the Lord to help you pray, fast and give alms with purity of intention this Lent. May God bless you all for your viewership!
Here's the link to the quote from St. Peter Chrysologus, which Fr. Tony Stephens references in this homily:
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This Homily was given by Father Tony Stephens, CPM, on February 11, 2024 at the Chapel of Divine Mercy in Auburn, KY at the 10:00am Mass. We welcome anyone who would like to attend in person...806 Shaker Museum Road Auburn Kentucky 42206. May God bless you all!
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  • @luisgerardoluevanosmedina433
    @luisgerardoluevanosmedina4333 ай бұрын

    We Need More Traditional Priest, Like The FATHERS Of MERCY !👍💪🙏⛪

  • @michelemcdermott75
    @michelemcdermott753 ай бұрын

    Thank you Father Stephens- nothing mentioned in my church about Lent or Fasting. Hence I count on The Fathers of Mercy❤️🙏 Thank You.

  • @MariadeLourdesAniesSanch-ze7hf

    @MariadeLourdesAniesSanch-ze7hf

    3 ай бұрын

    I like change please Jesus

  • @user-gu1jk4qn6b
    @user-gu1jk4qn6b3 ай бұрын

    Probably the best Pre-Lenten homily I've ever heard. God Bless you.

  • @kimpozon8230
    @kimpozon82303 ай бұрын

    My dream of being bullied and trying to be cool on my dream yet no ones wanted to be my friend. And i stand alone in the darkness of my dream. Alone in the destruction. This dream made me to watch this video. And to prepare me for what life throws at me. I hate satan for destroying everything in my life and only God give me hope in my hopelessness. My anxiety is no more because God save me from stress . GOD love us for what ever and who ever we are. Even how hard life could be, God can make a way. I believe this Lent prepare us to accept Jesus. As we empty ourselves we are freeing ourselves to receive him in our life. Let your suffering offer it to God and God will give what you need. Pray and sacrifice teaches us to walk with Jesus and to be real Christian not hypocrites .. fasting is a way to prepare us and teaching us how to repent. Not allowing temptation to enter our heart and mind. Our flesh is weak through fasting we are training our soul to prevent that temptation away from our mind and heart. Pray so that the devil may not deceive you. Pray so that your family will be protected by the spirit of evil. Accept Jesus as we empty ourself and accept him in our heart and mind

  • @albieinangelus921

    @albieinangelus921

    3 ай бұрын

    Agree, and I know how much I NEED Lent. I have made lots of mistakes. I know how to start over again and again and again. We as Catholics must learn to start over.

  • @joemac6172
    @joemac61723 ай бұрын

    Lord, prepared me not only for this lent season but all the days of my life to do your will which is to love you to put you first at all times and to grow my spiritual life with you and in you 🙏❤️🇺🇸🇵🇹

  • @cheraybisaya
    @cheraybisaya3 ай бұрын

    Thank you Father. May God give me the grace to be more discipline not just this lent but allthroughout my journey in this life!

  • @Saintvanillagorilla
    @Saintvanillagorilla3 ай бұрын

    “If you ask for yourself what you deny to others, your asking is a mockery” this is a good truth

  • @LevGrandSorcerer

    @LevGrandSorcerer

    3 ай бұрын

    I agree with this myself, correct amswer, others are just as important as oneself.

  • @andyrae7265
    @andyrae72653 ай бұрын

    As someone recently trying too regain my Catholic Faith , this was amazing too hear , people are calling out for this sort of ministry to be remembered our rules and duty of days gone by ,anyway just wanted to say thank you so much Father May the Good Lord bless you and all the wonderful Fathers of Mercy ❤I'd love too see it here in Scotland, Amen ❤️‍🔥🙏

  • @markomonstar4526
    @markomonstar45263 ай бұрын

    Amén amén! Let us walk with our Lord Jesus Christ and our Blessed Mother in this pilgrimage of Lent. Be gone satan!

  • @ofeliacaballero5857
    @ofeliacaballero58573 ай бұрын

    Thank you for your very enlightening and encouraging homily, Fr. Stephen. Your truly guiding us in our Lenten journey beginning Ash Wednesday to be with Jesus, the center of every Catholic Church celebration. Our life must be anchored in Him because He is our only Savior sent by God the Father in heaven. God bless you and prayers for all children of God. Happy Lenten journey!

  • @cliffbarber1642
    @cliffbarber16423 ай бұрын

    Great homily father. Second time today I have heard John 16:33. Thank you for helping me properly plan for my own Lenten conversion!

  • @mvprayer8572
    @mvprayer85723 ай бұрын

    Thank you for great explanation to prepare for this Lent. God bless you.

  • @catholiclife9304
    @catholiclife93043 ай бұрын

    Dear Father Tony, you just left St. Giannas and we LOVED having you!!!!!

  • @humbertojrdelossantos3628
    @humbertojrdelossantos36283 ай бұрын

    amen 🙏 thank you Father GOD BLESS USALL🙏

  • @irenedsouza794
    @irenedsouza7943 ай бұрын

    Thank you fr 🙏 Amen for the homily talk.

  • @bryanrisi8828
    @bryanrisi88283 ай бұрын

    Clever, bless young

  • @SuzanneHoffOgawa
    @SuzanneHoffOgawa3 ай бұрын

    Thank you, Father!

  • @FulvioGa
    @FulvioGa3 ай бұрын

    Amen

  • @antoniodias6459
    @antoniodias64593 ай бұрын

    Very unique insights to begin with Season of Grace. Prayer, Fasting and Almgiving three means to grow in right relationship with God.

  • @catholiclife9304
    @catholiclife93043 ай бұрын

    God bless you!!!!

  • @niz392
    @niz3923 ай бұрын

    Fantastic homily, Ty 😊

  • @Catholicmillennial
    @Catholicmillennial3 ай бұрын

    Thanks Father👊

  • @carissahanson9887
    @carissahanson98873 ай бұрын

    Thank you very much for this talk.

  • @josephbyrne7864
    @josephbyrne78643 ай бұрын

    Thank you and God bless you Father!

  • @treezmathew
    @treezmathew3 ай бұрын

    Beautiful sermon

  • @luisalopez9142
    @luisalopez91423 ай бұрын

    Thank you

  • @maxmiregwa6731
    @maxmiregwa67313 ай бұрын

    Amen and Amen!

  • @mohancharles3158
    @mohancharles31583 ай бұрын

    Amen! Praise be to God! Best wishes from Colombo Sri Lanka with love for all the people of good will!😖🌹

  • @johanneskazemi7657
    @johanneskazemi76573 ай бұрын

    Amen🕯📿🙏🕊❣️⛪️✝️

  • @cyndarshan895
    @cyndarshan8953 ай бұрын

    Amen. Praise be to Jesus our Lord.

  • @spyroluver0951
    @spyroluver09513 ай бұрын

    fantastic

  • @myrafernandes9286
    @myrafernandes92863 ай бұрын

    Thankyou father for giving the talk of our lent. May Lord jesus bless u and guide u.

  • @carissahanson9887
    @carissahanson98873 ай бұрын

    It does make sad because I've been sick for years. I was not aware but now I am no longer allowed to fast from food or even meat because of my medical stuff. Sometimes I could substitute I must more than three a day. I do try to pray sometimes I know I need to more. The advice since I've been sick is to give it God& souls 🙏.

  • @deogratias9442
    @deogratias94423 ай бұрын

    சேசுவுக்கே புகழ்... மரியாயே வாழ்க 🙏

  • @kothyb
    @kothyb3 ай бұрын

    L.E.N.T = Let Everyone Now Try (Amazing)

  • @ladyanne8139
    @ladyanne81393 ай бұрын

    Very very well said about fasting during Lent. ... Our home was a home filled with fasting.... as I married and had my own family. Fasting as my husband and I were raised continued. ...❤❤

  • @antonyjosephine494
    @antonyjosephine4943 ай бұрын

    Great.. Glory to God 🙏

  • @patriciaduia9791
    @patriciaduia97913 ай бұрын

    Take part with you from India🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤

  • @WashingtonDC99
    @WashingtonDC993 ай бұрын

    Jesus Christ Son Of The Living God help us to open our eyes and heart to God Almighty only. Amen. Thank God for all His faithful Priests. Deo gratias. 😇🙏❤

  • @susanparker767
    @susanparker7673 ай бұрын

    ✨🙏🏼✨

  • @annie7264
    @annie72643 ай бұрын

    My husband & I do not eat meat on Fridays all year.

  • @thehappyroom5673
    @thehappyroom56733 ай бұрын

    Amen 🙏

  • @endtimes2028
    @endtimes20283 ай бұрын

    There is no mother church but only the body of Christ Yeshua our high Priest the only begotten Son of thr FATHER YAHWEH who we are members in Him Amen. Meaning Reconciliation Ceation

  • @endtimes2028
    @endtimes20283 ай бұрын

    We shall know the end from the beginning, as of the Destination from the Meaning with the ages of Reconciliation, Creation, Teaching , Guiding and Choice in between. For our LORD GOD has created all things and rested on the 7th day, HE has given the completion number of 7, with 7 feast days to observe, 4 being spring feast and 3 being of fall feasts, which 4 has being fulfilled and 3 is not, surely the 5th is a time of warning and a time of instruction for direction with the 6th to follow as two will be in the field one will be taken and the other will be left, as the weeds will be separated from the wheat, the weeds will be consumed by fire as the wheat will be gathered into the store house, ready for the first fruits to enter into the LORD"s day HIS 7th day rest, the Sabbath of Sabbaths and the Jubilee of Jubilees, the promised land, the day of the LORD as a day in heaven is a thousand years on earth. Those whom repent towards the FATHER and put faith in LORD YESHUA become one in HIS rest on the 7th day the feast of Tabernacles

  • @elisamarro7356
    @elisamarro73563 ай бұрын

    Where do u connect yo fr simone's blòg

  • @iloveyellow7214
    @iloveyellow72143 ай бұрын

    I shared the important pointers in this video to my fellow friends and I was mocked, ridiculed, and laughed at. Its funny how human we are. I took it all and just went on my day. Its fine 😆. Jesus' 40 days in matthew 4:1-11 is way challenging. This is fine. Thank you Father for sharing🙋🏻‍♀

  • @albieinangelus921

    @albieinangelus921

    3 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the encouragement.

  • @markaraujo06
    @markaraujo063 ай бұрын

    If this rev truthfully 99trillion % polygraph honestly loves me & care about my human being must prove to care to miracle help & support me one or more usd thousand dollars per week for life no excuse

  • @teresa.tells.it.like.it.is.2
    @teresa.tells.it.like.it.is.23 ай бұрын

    Ummmm. . .Father, I mean no disrespect, but teenagers between ~13 and ~18 should not fast from food because they need the nutrients because of hormonal changes that fluctuate too wildly. I suggest that teenagers fast from media or video games (etc.), and then eat ONLY nutritional meals, and no "junk" food as part of the "fasting" routine. Please ask a nutritionist if you think that I am incorrect. Be safe. Continue your journey with Our Lord. Thank You for your service. 🛡️✝️🛡️

  • @michaelhaywood8262

    @michaelhaywood8262

    3 ай бұрын

    Those in that age group are only bound by abstinence [no meat, but fish/shellfish permitted] not by fasting, the same applies to those, who like me are at the other end of life [60+].

  • @teresa.tells.it.like.it.is.2

    @teresa.tells.it.like.it.is.2

    3 ай бұрын

    @@michaelhaywood8262 Okay, thank you for pointing to the distinction between abstinence and fasting. ✝️

  • @gerarddevita-xl5ji
    @gerarddevita-xl5ji3 ай бұрын

    Where is lent mentioned in the Bible ? Man made obligation. To each his own. No thanks.

  • @gerardopenajr.3123
    @gerardopenajr.31233 ай бұрын

    Not Take

  • @marianorberg3410
    @marianorberg34103 ай бұрын

    Honestly the church allows way too much food when fasting…

  • @suzannequinlan1129
    @suzannequinlan11293 ай бұрын

    Matthew 23:8-12 “Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven. And do not be called teachers; for One is your Teacher, the Christ. But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant.”

  • @mcq31mc

    @mcq31mc

    3 ай бұрын

    I do not follow

  • @kristapsbogdanovs2366

    @kristapsbogdanovs2366

    3 ай бұрын

    😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

  • @abrahamj19

    @abrahamj19

    3 ай бұрын

    Do not panic because they bear the name fathers. They are not fathers of any humans but the fathers of Catholic spiritual knowledge.

  • @suzannequinlan1129

    @suzannequinlan1129

    3 ай бұрын

    @@abrahamj19 which is in direct opposition to The Word of God. As is the ENTIRE Catholic religion 🔥

  • @suzannequinlan1129

    @suzannequinlan1129

    3 ай бұрын

    @@abrahamj19 only Catholics need to panic 🤔

  • @pineapplep1
    @pineapplep13 ай бұрын

    Should be speaking about WEF takeover of world not Lent

  • @peteherrera1502
    @peteherrera15023 ай бұрын

    Good Friday, the Friday before Easter, with Easter Sunday being where people hide easter eggs and then the children hunt for them and find them has nothing to do with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Just like Christmas has nothing to do with the birth of Jesus Christ and is all about giving gifts and not about worshiping Jesus Christ. Easter Sunday and good Friday are traditions of man and are not biblical. The Catholic church says that Easter is the celebration of Christ's resurrection from the dead (which is a lie as Jesus said to do Holy communion in Remembrance of His death and resurrection). And Easter is celebrated on Sunday, (and God said that we are to Remember to keep the Sabbath day Holy, not Sunday) and the catholic church marks that week as the end of Holy Week, (((which is another lie as Only God can make something Holy and I find no scripture saying he made a week Holy). (The 7th day Sabbath is the only day God made Holy)) and the end of Lent, (Lent is not biblical as there is no scripture to support that tradition) and the Roman Catholic Church says the last day of the Easter Triduum (Holy Thursday, (Thursday is not a Holy day since God never blessed that day or made it Holy. Again, The Only day God made Holy was the 7th day, weekly Sabbath Day of rest.)) The Roman Catholic church says Good Friday and Easter Sunday is the beginning of the Easter season of the liturgical year. (is what the Roman Catholic church says. which is a tradition, and is not biblical. www.catholic.org/lent/easter.php?fbclid=IwAR2HChiYy0jXpcPIZfCHdm0ZQGmaHNAnGXbsAGU1VaiEVLqYxYQkvJKckrc There is no where in the bible that says that we are celebrate easter Sunday or good friday. These are pagan traditions of the Roman Catholic Church. Easter, in the Roman Catholic Church tradition is always on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox. www.catholic.org/lent/easter.php Holy Communion is what Jesus said to do in remembrance of his death and resurrection. 1 Corinthians 11:24-25 And when Jesus had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. 25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, this cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as often as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. And there was nothing good about the pain and suffering that Jesus went through and had to endure and go through who suffered more than we can imagine and died around 3 PM on Friday which is on preparation day, which is the day before the Sabbath. And Jesus is risen. Mat 26:39 And He went a little farther, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou wilt.” But then how would the scriptures be fulfilled.

  • @gerarddevita-xl5ji
    @gerarddevita-xl5ji3 ай бұрын

    No thanks.

  • @mirandamarie84

    @mirandamarie84

    3 ай бұрын

    Awww is someone a bit proud?

  • @aquiestoy7114
    @aquiestoy71143 ай бұрын

    Amen