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As Christ Loved the Church: Saint John Chrysostom on Marriage

SSPX Podcast

SSPX / Angelus Press

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 730 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

The sermon you are about to hear comes from Saint John Chrysostom, one of the great Fathers of the Church and a preacher renowned for his clarity, courage, and pastoral realism. Speaking on marriage and family life, he draws directly from Saint Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians to present a vision that is demanding, countercultural, and deeply humane. Chrysostom does not offer sentimentality or abstraction. He speaks about husbands and wives as they truly are, with their weaknesses, fears, sacrifices, and daily struggles, and he places all of it under the model of Christ and His Church. In an age that often misunderstands authority, love, freedom, and sacrifice, his words remain strikingly fresh. What you will hear is not a theory of marriage, but a call to holiness lived out in ordinary life, where love is proved through patience, self-giving, and fidelity to God. We’d love your feedback on this series! podcast@sspx.org

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the SSPX podcast.

0:15.0

And as we've done the last couple Fridays, we are in between larger series that we've been doing where we normally

0:21.6

release these on the SSPX podcast. We just finished the mass series and we're going to be

0:25.3

starting another mini series coming very soon that we're going to be able to announce.

0:29.0

And then our longer main series of 2026 is coming just a little bit after that. And so in

0:34.6

the meantime, we are going to share another sermon from another giant of Christendom.

0:41.3

Not one of our SSPX priests, although hopefully in the future they'll be considered giants

0:45.3

of Christendom too, but this following sermon is from St. John Christosome, one of the great fathers

0:51.3

of the church, and a preacher renowned for his clarity, courage,

0:57.0

and pastoral realism. Speaking on marriage and the family life, he draws directly from St. Paul's

1:03.0

letter to the Ephesians to present a vision that is demanding, countercultural, and deeply humane.

1:10.4

Christosthum doesn't offer sentimentality or abstraction.

1:14.6

He speaks about husbands and wives, as they truly are,

1:17.9

with their weaknesses, fears, sacrifices, and daily struggles,

1:22.2

and places all of it under the model of Christ and his church.

1:26.1

This sermon was delivered centuries ago, but it is so profoundly

1:29.7

relevant for us today. In an age that often misunderstands, authority, love, freedom, and sacrifice,

1:37.7

these words are strikingly fresh. What you're going to hear is not a theory of marriage,

1:43.4

but a call to holiness lived out

1:45.6

in ordinary life where love is proved through patience, self-giving, and fidelity to God.

1:52.9

And so now here are the words of St. John Christosome.

1:58.2

A certain wise man, when enumerating which blessings are the most important,

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