The Sin of Presumption
Daily Rosary Meditations | Catholic Prayers
Dr. Mike Scherschligt
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🗓️ 16 August 2022
⏱️ 23 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Movement of the Holy Family. |
| 0:03.0 | Welcome to our Rosary Meditation. |
| 0:06.0 | St. Ignatius of Loyola said, |
| 0:09.0 | the greatest consolation he received was from gazing at the sky and the stars and the sea. |
| 0:15.0 | He did this often and for quite a long time. |
| 0:19.0 | Well, today I received a great consolation |
| 0:22.4 | from being alone with God, |
| 0:24.9 | hiking to the top of a mountain, |
| 0:26.9 | and then just sitting there, |
| 0:28.8 | gazing at the beauty he made for a long time. |
| 0:35.1 | Let's begin in the name of the Father and the Son of the Holy Spirit. |
| 0:38.3 | It's called to mind all those we've promised to pray for. |
| 0:43.3 | We've been meditating on hope, and there are two sins that kill hope, despair and presumption. |
| 0:53.3 | Presumption means thinking of heaven as automatic. despair and presumption. |
| 0:57.5 | Presumption means thinking of heaven as automatic. |
| 1:03.9 | An incredible number of Christians have somehow diluted themselves into thinking that they and everyone they care about |
| 1:08.3 | is somehow guaranteed to get into heaven. |
| 1:12.2 | We see this a lot at funerals. |
| 1:15.4 | Instead of praying for the soul of the deceased, we just assume they're in heaven right now. |
| 1:21.8 | We get the idea that God just gives everybody a pass for all the selfishness, all the neglect, the wasted life, |
| 1:31.3 | and all the vices they showed. |
| 1:34.2 | And we do this largely because it makes us feel totally secure about our own prospects. |
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