{"podcast":{"title":"Sermons of Fr Paul Robinson SSPX","slug":"sermons-of-fr-paul-robinson-sspx-1384279","podcast_index_feed_id":1384279,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/frprobinson/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/frprobinson","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/frprobinson/20210301_095507_a4fdbda3f95c25ef39cf64101664946f.jpg","author":"Fr Paul Robinson","episode_count":301,"summary":"Sermons of Fr Paul Robinson SSPX (Society of St Pius X)","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T00:20:26.972995+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sermons-of-fr-paul-robinson-sspx-1384279"},"episode":{"title":"A Boost in Lent, Sermon by Fr. Paul Robinson, SSPX","slug":"a-boost-in-lent-sermon-by-fr-paul-robinson-sspx","published_at":"2026-03-02T02:48:38+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sermons-of-fr-paul-robinson-sspx-1384279/a-boost-in-lent-sermon-by-fr-paul-robinson-sspx","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sermons-of-fr-paul-robinson-sspx-1384279","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/frprobinson/2592279","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/37224/2592279/frprobinson/2026_03_02_02_48_32_db11b69e-761b-4036-9dd7-e304d8ad07f1.mp3","summary":"#sermon #catholic There are two times during Lent when the Church tries to give us a boost and encourage us to persevere in our Lenten practices. One time, of course, is Laetare Sunday, which occurs just after the halfway point of Lent. The other time is today, when we are a quarter of the way through Lent. The fact that the Church tries to encourage us today indicates to us that we should already be feeling a bit worn out by our Lenten resolutions. We should be needing a second wind. If we have not yet made any resolutions for Lent, we must be sure to do so today. If we are finding our resolutions easy, perhaps we should add something to them that is more difficult. For those of us who are worn out, the Church gives us encouragement in the same way that Our Lord chose to encourage the Apostles right before His crucifixion. He did it by becoming transfigured before them. The Church shows us that she really wants to reflect carefully on this episode in Our Lord’s life by giving us the same Gospel two days in a row, for Ember Saturday and today. She only does this one other time, Ember Saturday in Advent and the Fourth Sunday of Advent. This transfiguration is encouraging for us because it shows the glory that will come at the end of our struggles. If we persevere in the Catholic life, if we continue carrying our Cross and being faithful, one day we will enter heavenly glory. Our garments will be as white as snow because of the radiance of our body. Our body will shine brighter than the sun. Just as when there is a contest, the contestants are shown the prize that will be awarded to the winner before they start the contest. Seeing the prize encourages those who are competing. When they are in the midst of the competition, they think about what they will earn if they win…","meta_description":"#sermon #catholic There are two times during Lent when the Church tries to give us a boost and encourage us to persevere in our Lenten practices. One time…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":945,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sermons-of-fr-paul-robinson-sspx-1384279/episodes/a-boost-in-lent-sermon-by-fr-paul-robinson-sspx/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sermons-of-fr-paul-robinson-sspx-1384279/a-boost-in-lent-sermon-by-fr-paul-robinson-sspx.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}