Spiritual Deafness: Why We Struggle to Hear the Voice of Christ

Father explains how Christ’s healing of the deaf and dumb man reveals our own spiritual deafness and dumbness caused by the lingering effects of original sin, and how grace, prayer, and our cooperation with God enable us to hear Christ and order our passions toward holiness.

Sermon of Father John A. Perricone on the 11th Sunday After Pentecost, preached at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Hackensack, New Jersey on Sunday, August 9th, 2026.