Msgr. Shea: Salvation for Pharisees

Msgr. James Shea shows how Israel’s purification from outward idolatry set the stage for Christ’s deeper battle against the Pharisee spirit within us—self-righteous independence from God—calling listeners to spiritual warfare in the mind, where humility (modeled by Mary) lets God dismantle e...

Msgr. James Shea shows how Israel’s purification from outward idolatry set the stage for Christ’s deeper battle against the Pharisee spirit within us—self-righteous independence from God—calling listeners to spiritual warfare in the mind, where humility (modeled by Mary) lets God dismantle entrenched “strongholds,” restore divine sonship, and teach us to receive everything as gift rather than achievement.