✠Jerome explains how desire, though made for God, became disordered after the Fall. The issue isn’t desire itself, but our will grasping selfishly at wealth, pleasure, or recognition. Spiritual maturity comes through discipline, virtue, and reordering the heart toward God. Saints teach us not to deny desire, but to elevate it. In doing so, we gain freedom, peace, and the capacity for true love, service, and holiness.
✠Jerome’s second Lenten conference explores the battle against the false self—formed by pride, laziness, and fear. This rebellion shows in the mind (doubt, distraction), senses (comfort-seeking), and will (clinging, fear of surrender). True holiness comes not through effort alone, but through grace—given in prayer, sacraments, and Our Lady’s help. Victory comes by surrendering, not striving. Lent becomes a path to Easter joy when we die to self and rise with Christ.
In his Lenten conference, ✠Jerome of the Old Roman Apostolate, emphasizes self-knowledge as the foundation for true conversion. He urges the faithful to confront illusions, acknowledge their need for grace, and embrace redemption. Lent, he explains, is a time for inward reflection leading to genuine transformation and renewed commitment to one’s Christian vocation.
