Former Protestant Pastor tells 3 things that kept him from converting to Catholicism for so long 

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Can you share a bit of how you encountered Mary? ❤

I am a catholic for generation upon generation, always will be. I love Mary 🤩💖, she is Jesus Mother, and my heavenly Mother thank God for that. If you don't understand the meeting of that Blessed Mother, that's ok. I do. Therefore, I will ask her to intercede for me with Jesus. He loves Her too.

@@modestacattaruzza7400 amen

Parent-of RccSeminarian 😲 I love your story. Bet your son will rock in his faith!!!Thank you 🙏 Glory to Jesus Christ the lord of all.

Parent-of RccSeminarian was 8n

Parent-of RccSeminarian - Not meaning anything at all rude here: I truly hope your son is kept safe from the ravenous, predatory homosexuals in the Catholic seminaries. I’ve watched plenty of Church Militant and Patrick Coffin videos, and it’s a huge and terrible problem in the RCC.

i also attend both churches. i was born catholic, stayed catholic, studied catholic theology, but i just wasn't seeing or feeling life in my catholic churches. but Heavenly Father didn't abandon me, He directed me (via youtube, bc that's where i was spend ing most my time) to a pentecostal pastors, and thanks to that i was born again. i read the Bible 3 times now, i love my catholic church more now, but i still attend pentecostal community in my town, bc they just have better sermons, good worship and brotherhood (which CC in my town lacks). and i am open about my catholicsm, often get into talks with them. i hope they will convert one day, and untill that i leave them in God's hands, bc He knows best how to bring people close to Him

The Lord looks out for His lost sheep. He did this through your seminarian son. Welcome back.

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Hi Beth, Did you feel called together? I'm there but my husband is not. We have been married for 32 years and have been strong, faithful followers of Christ.

Love your Mother, Honor Your Mother, especially the Mother of our Lord! God Bless and continued blessings!

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Watch SCOTT Hahn’s conversion story and Steve Ray

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Welcome home 🏠 may you find an easy transition into the Catholic faith. GodBless

@@susluke it’s not easy, it’s a hard tough path, but if you put your faith and trust in Christ he will guide you to the true apostolic church, Proverbs 3:5-6.

Grant Walker, the catholic church is the answer because it is the church of Christ

Why don't they??

I don’t know if that’s true. I left to study Judaism. After all, if I want to emulate Christ, he was a Jew, not Roman. He spoke and prayed in Hebrew. After studying and going deep in Judaism, I feel such a deep connection to God, coming back to Catholicism is an act of love for me, but I do not connect wholly with its teachings like I do Judaism.

@@ntmn8444 You're extremely mislead. The bible says not the be Judaized and you Judaized yourself? Herr derr "I don’t know if that’s true." You don't know much because nothing much is going on in your head; meaning you never knew your faith. For there are also many disobedient, vain talkers, and seducers: especially they who are of the circumcision: Who must be reproved, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. One of them a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slothful bellies. This testimony is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith; Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men, who turn themselves away from the truth. - Titus 1:10-14

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The case of my cousin, he knew n he is highly educated. The deeper truth is, knowledge isn't enough. Faith n obedience help us to be on God's path always. He converted to islam because he wanted to divorce n remarries a young muslim he met in the same university he studied in. It's not the higher truth, better morals or deeper faiths that he embraces islam. Rather, its outrageously the opposite of catholicism. Can we respect a man who held rosaries in his hands once upon a time n now holding lies n deceptions to get out n to argue about our way of praying n living for Christ? What's in his pants control him.

But they take more time to really get settled into the virtues.

Do not pass your judgements on cradle Catholics so fast. Most of the time they follow the rule of having faith as small as a mustard seed. They believe in just being good children of God. Not really bothered to by heart the scriptures. And I have noticed that they feel that they are not worthy. Also to be a Catholic is very, very tough because there is a constant reminder of being cautious from falling into sin.

Cradle Catholic is truly on fire within. Tap and it will ignite. They may not know what exact verse in the bible but the church teaching was taught within and you can see it by the love and action. Even if they sometimes did not know it but they are doing it. They are used to it and forgot the teaching of Church and no one challenge to ask them until a protestant does the rapid questions. That's the time they caught by surprise and fall out of the Church unless Catholics have a realization about their faith. Realization is very important for Catholic. Until Catholics did not realize it we truly need Converts to make Catholics realized the fullness of Catholic faith. Truly American converts are a blessing to all Catholics around the world because they way they express their faith in youtube and the books they made to affirm the Catholic faith. Other than Americans, in my opinion, they are hardcore and tend to not listen or read, unlike Americans. Thanks Keith

lol. It's not a competition.

Through my experience the protestants who converted to catholic are more serious in their new faith than the original catholic

I don't know if it's explainable to a non Catholic what the Eucharist is-- or its glory!!! "On earth as it is in Heaven"..."in the year King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne. Cherubim were stationed at each side..."- Isaiah Isaiah had one of THE MOST BEAUTIFUL visions of the Holiness of the Eucharist!!!

Who was the very first person to abandon the Holy Eucharist?

Are you Luke's father lord Vader?

You can believe what you want but read the New Testament concentration on Paul's letters, what you want is God's Spirit in you not a ritual.

@@fcastellanos57 Catholicism in not a ritual. In fact our Catholic teachings are very close related if to the Bible compared to other Christian denomination/non denominational churches.

Exactly, we need constant guidance and protection. We need the Eucharist. The Devil is always trying to divert us from the right path.

I am so happy for you! Thank you for sharing. You and I have similar thoughts. Welcome home!

And when you read history it is written as a lie just like Catholicism turned the truth to a lie....and they wrote history as a lie also

Christians worship truth.....and mariolatry is a lie....and catholics worship that lie like it is truth which is idolatry

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SIBERGIRL----You love our Blessed Mother AND SHE loves you. God Bless YOU .

I hate confession, but I still go.

@@PInk77W1 No one likes confession till you come out, knowing you are Obeying His words !

John Sheedy very true

Confessing your sins to a man is nowhere in the Bible and is an abomination to the Lord. In 1 Timothy 2:5 it clearly says "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus," [not Mary, not saints, not priests, not the Pope]. Like most Catholics you do not read the Bible and therefore are easily deceived. I'll pray you find truth.

My Conversion Story (part one) I know that not many can remember the first time in their lives when they first heard the name of Jesus. I am privileged to not only remember that time but also the special grace that came with that hearing. In 1944 I was but five years old and at that time our family lived on Chicago's South Side. My mother had a friend that she said she liked ”even though she was Catholic” and even at that age, from the the way that she said it I knew that being a Catholic was not good. When I ask her what a Catholic was she did not give me an answer. This of course made me very curious as I saw this lady as being quite beautiful in not only her appearance but also in a quietness and a gracefulness that seemed to always be about her. At the time her husband was away at war and she was pregnant with their first child. In the spring of that year, for some unknown reason, my mother allowed this lady to take me to Mass. This was the first time that I could remember ever being in any church and I was very impressed with the grandeur of the building. Years later I visited the churches in the area where we lived at that time to try and discover which one it was. I found that it was probably St. Michael the Archangel on South Shore Drive and as I have always had a particular devotion to St Michael I feel that that is the right one. We were seated on the left towards the rear but we could see the alter very clearly and to this day it remains my favorite place to pray in any church. I remember the rich and heavy wood of the pews and the woodwork all about the church and the actions and quiet of the people led me to feel that this was a special place. As Mass started and not knowing what to do or how to act I just followed along by observing a very reverent gentleman seated in front of us... I still pray for and try to imitate him. As I became aware of the priest and the fact that everyone's attention was toward him I of course wondered what was going on. I was very impressed with his vestments as I had never seen anything like them before. It was probably Easter Sunday as the vestments were all white and gold. As time went on everyone began to kneel and as I was about to do the same the lady stopped me and told me that it was okay for me to stand so that I could see. It was about this time that she whispered to me that “Jesus is coming.” I had never heard of this person Jesus but I was looking forward to seeing him and hearing what he would have to say as I knew that he had to be very special because of the way everyone was acting. I also wondered if he would be dressed in a regular suit and would he be wearing a hat or would he have on finer clothes than the man at the alter, although I couldn't imagine anyone being dressed any finer than he was. Page one About this time the lady whispered to me “Jesus is very near!” and so I was watching everything very closely. She then put her arm around me and pointed to the altar and whispered “Jesus is here... do you see him!” Looking at the alter at first I saw no one except the priest but then a sudden awareness took hold and I knew that the Host held high in the priest's hands was Jesus and with that realization, I also became aware of His great love for me. And then, with that realization, there came a wave-like a heat wave or a wave of water, transparent yet viable that is really impossible to describe; it came up from the alter and over near the ceiling and I knew that it was going to come crashing down on me. I was afraid so I ducked back into the pew to try and avoid it. But as I fled a wave of complete love, that I now know was the Holy Spirit, passed over and thru me. It was a wave of unconditional love and it completely enveloped me and enabled me to look deep within myself... at my very soul. In the presence of this love, there was Jesus. I was able to not only feel His love but also to share in His love and to see my soul as it was, pure except for one black spot... or perhaps a better description would be a dark hole that was not pure love and I wanted desperately to conceal this darkness from Jesus and His love but even though I tried I was unable to do so. I knew nothing of the soul or its existence and I certainly didn't know anything about original sin and I hadn't been baptized so I had no idea why there was this blackness but I desperately wished that it wasn't there. What I saw was a real sense of complete and utter blackness to infinity. A place without any light or hope. It was the exact opposite of Jesus' love and friendship. It was all-consuming and full of despair, hate, and evil... it was very terrifying, and I was in fear that I would fall into it and if I did I knew that I would never be able to return. In Scripture God has presented Himself and His love for us as with fire, as in the burning bush or at Pentecost as tongues of fire and the Holy Spirit's purifying fire... this black place was the opposite. It was cold, so much so that I have always felt that the best way to describe any heartless or evil act as being “cold” as the most accurate. Not in words but in a complete and unmistakable knowing Jesus assured me that everything was okay and with that assurance I was able to rest, to be consumed in and by His love. Then somehow I felt that He desired, and in a unique way, had a need of a gift from me. So I looked to my soul for something to give but I had nothing to offer and again He lovingly assured me that it was okay and I was once again able to rest in and be consumed by His love. There was no sense of time as we know it involved in any of this indescribable, all-knowing, complete, and all-consuming love that Jesus unconditionally offered me. Then Jesus started to leave and I begged Him to stay but in an amused yet very gentle and loving way He assured me that He would return and with that assurance I was able to let Him leave. As I said there was no conversation as we know it in any of this, only an absolute complete and unmistakable understanding of each other and of love. It is the greatest peace, joy, and love that I shall ever feel in this life. To be honest it is enough. If I should cease to exist at my death I would still owe God a debt for the love that He showed me and that I felt in just those few moments. ... End of Part One

@@mrbill2600 Part two please

@@learnbibleversethroughpict6027 Part two of three As we left the church I was surprised at how casual everyone was as I assumed that everyone had had the same experience. And riding home I wondered how long it would be until Jesus would return. I could hardly wait. When we arrived home my mother ask if I had been good and the lady said that I had been “a very good boy” and I was very pleased with having been so in her eyes. Since then I have always loved her for taking me to this place of love and showing me Jesus. She is the first of the many souls that I have collected throughout my life that I will love and pray for until the day of my death. After a few days, I became anxious and told my mother that I wanted to go back to church and as you might imagine she got very upset and told me that I couldn't ever return to that church. I remember sitting in the middle of my bed and crying. After all, Jesus said that he would return and I knew that he couldn't lie to me. I just didn't understand why he wouldn't return. This is when I said my first prayer “Jesus I don't understand this, where are you, when will you return?” And with that prayer, I was led to know that even though I didn't understand everything was okay and it was also true that Jesus would return... I wasn't happy but it was enough. So what was I to do? As soon as I could I started to go to church, but my mother made sure that I only went to Protestant Churches and she had my two younger brothers go with me. Our first denomination was the Salvation Army as that is where our neighbors went and my brothers and I would tag along. Well, there was Sunday School and Bible study and it was great. The oldest daughter of our neighbor was our teacher and she was a delight, she once told us she had every intention of dedicating her life to God and I later found out that she had converted to Catholicism and became a Nun. What joyous news that was for me! Then came the Baptist Church, then the Evangelical Church of God, Bible Summer Camp where I was “Born Again” (not baptized but simply accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior). Then onto the Methodist Church where at their monthly communion service the pastor went to great lengths to assure the congregation that this was just a symbol of remembrance of Jesus and that the bread was just bread and that they were only serving grape juice and not real wine. Even at my young and uneducated age I wondered “why not wine?” Hadn't Jesus' first miracle been the changing of water into wine? And at the Last Supper the changing of wine into His very blood. Every Christian would believe the first miracle but not all will or want to believe the second. Then there was the “scandal of the cross.” When the pastor had a simple cross placed on the wall above the communion rail many in the church were upset because it was simply too “Catholic.” For me that was it and although I had great times and learned much about Jesus and His love there was something missing... it was time for me to move on. One of the best things to happen to me in my quest for the Church was that at about the age of ten we moved into a Catholic neighborhood. Almost all of my friends were Catholic; they were tough, stubborn, hardworking, and religious. There was the large Polish Church, St. Stanislaus, at the end of our block just five houses away. There was an Italian Parish no more than three blocks from us and an Irish Parish was just seven blocks... a very Catholic neighborhood. How I loved the sound of the bells, the Church calling the faithful to prayer three times a day every day. I wondered why other Churches didn't have bells or if they did why didn't they ring them? Anyway, when I got into High School I would go to the Public Library almost every evening to do my homework and after that just read... I was finally able to study the teachings of the Catholic Church. I read and re-read everything that I could find about the Church. To me it all made so much sense but even then, because of my Protestant background there were things to overcome and pray about, such as the Catholic devotion to Mary... but I knew that everything would fall into place and I felt a really deep longing to be a part of this Catholic Church. At sixteen I quietly started going to Mass with my school friends. It was easy to follow along as the Masses were so crowded that the young boys had to stand at the side aisles or at the very back and sometimes when it was really crowded outside in the snow or rain. But somehow that made going to Mass even more special. At that time the Mass was in Latin and at St Stanislaus the homilies were usually in Polish but nevertheless, I loved all of it. Everyone, even the priests knew that I wasn't Catholic or Polish but they always made me feel at home, much more than any of the Protestant churches that I had attended or belonged to. My High School football coach was an usher at St. Stanislaus and if he didn't see me at Sunday Mass he would ask me where I had gone to Mass and if I hadn't gone it was no joke, you went to Mass or you ran wind sprints... talk about a tough penance... and without even having gone to confession. But I loved it... a great community of faith... they not only cared but set a great example of living their faith for me to follow. After I reached my eighteenth birthday I knew that it was time for me to do something about joining the Church. My mother knew that I was going to Mass and in an unspoken compromise pushed me into the DeMolay hoping that I would find in the Masonic Lodge my answer as she comes from a long line of Masons. So coward that I proved to be I went along with this until one sunny day in July I was walking down the street in front of the Irish Parish, St. Mary's, and there stood their old and what could be described as “stern” pastor. Now this Priest had a reputation of not being, shall we say, easygoing... but somehow I found myself asking him about joining the Church. He answered in a somewhat gruff voice “The Church or the parish?” I said “The Church.” His reply “Does this involve a girl?” I answered, “No, just the Church.” A stern sizing me up look then “How old are you?” I reply “Eighteen”... He says “Okay, follow me” and we go to the rectory. Looking in his newly ordained assistant's calendar he tells me to come back next Tuesday evening at seven.

@@learnbibleversethroughpict6027 Part three... Now what?… I've never really attended this parish church and I have no idea what this priest that is to give me instruction is like. But Tuesday at seven I was there. I think that we were both a little nervous as well as surprised that I showed up. The assistant priest's name was Father Charlebois and after an hour of getting to know each other and my reason for wanting to become Catholic … which was no more on my part than, “after being Protestant and reading about the Catholic Church I thought that Catholicism might be right for me.” At the end of my interview, he give me a copy of the Baltimore Catechism, told me to study the first chapter, start memorizing several prayers and return next Tuesday at seven. Well, I was on my way... I had already memorized and was praying the prayers and I read through the entire Catechism and I could foresee no problem in becoming Catholic. So our Tuesday night sessions turned out to be him asking me questions and an enlightening discussion of my answers. While we were going through the Catechism in this way we got to know each other and became friends. Reading and studying the Catechism a chapter at a time took six months but those months were great and I also found the pastor to be a stern but loving soul and later a great confessor. I entered the Church by Baptism on Christmas Eve1958 with just my mother and father and my chosen Godparents present (my football coach and his wife). My mother would not allow my two brothers or anyone else to attend and to keep the peace I let her have her way. Later that night at Christmas Midnight Mass I was finally, once again, able to receive the Real Presence of our Lord Jesus Christ into my body and soul... I was not disappointed. I think that only the priests, the Angles, and Saints in heaven and God were aware that this was my First Holy Communion. It was all worth it... finally having Jesus in the Sacrament of the Eucharist was then and is today my greatest joy. And what of my gift to God... I have not forgotten about His wish for a gift. What greater gift can I give to God than my love and prayers for all of my brothers and sisters throughout time and through the Eucharist of His Catholic Church. But there are also special souls. People that I love... that have had an impact on my life, people whose names I may not even know but with whom I somehow feel a special connection, such as the lady that pointed Jesus out to me those many years ago, or years later, another lady who I saw in distress and in need of prayer in a department store, and the list goes on… These souls, and my prayers for them, are my gift to God. God's footnote: A High School friend, who lives in Chicago, posted on Facebook that he and his wife had attended the funeral Mass of a neighbor at St. Michael's Catholic Church. Both my friend and his wife are agnostic and they do not do “church” but they went because they needed to pay their respects as they felt that the way this lady lived her life demanded it. Both were surprised and impressed with the funeral, the Church building, Catholicism, and the love that the family and her friends showed for her and each other. They learned that the lady had always been a member of St Michael's parish, that she was nearly 100 years old, that she was the mother of seventeen children, and that one of her sons was one of the many priests that con-celebrated her funeral Mass. Both were impressed that this huge Church was completely full of family and friends. He said that they were so impressed that they intend to further investigate and inquire into the Church. Was this God's way of letting me know that this holy lady is my unnamed benefactor from so many years ago? I think that this coincidence would not be beyond God's way of letting me know that she now rests in His Holy presence. And that even now she still points to Jesus, and does so for the benefit of all of us.

To whom much is given, much is expected. Sobering truth for all of us.

That's the bottom line!! Thanks for sharing! Welcome home!

Welcome Home brother.

Matheus Silva welcome home to the one Church founded by Jesus Christ Himself ❤️

Man, this is EXACTLY where I’m at right now! I start RCIA on Tuesday, and I’ve still got a LOT of questions, but while I’m not wholly convinced on every point of doctrine, I AM convinced by the sum total of the body of knowledge / faith in the Faith writ-large.

So tell me how did you come to Christ initially.

Amen!

Amen!

Amen. Thank u LORD Jesus

Eucharyst? Did you read the Bible my friend In rhe book of Acts Apostels they share the bread and wine JUST FOR MEMORY !!! Did they say this is Body of Jesus or This is Blood of Jesus ?? Read by yours self you will see where the truth is , greetings

@@man2841 “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you; he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him” (John 6:53-56). In John 6:60 we read: “Many of his disciples, when they heard it, said, ‘This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?’” (It is here, in the rejection of the Eucharist, that Judas fell away; look at John 6:64.) “After this, many of his disciples drew back and no longer went about with him” (John 6:66). Do you think disciples would leave if they thought Jesus didn't mean it. You can believe in Jesus' miracles but you can't believe in transubstantiation?

Thank you for sharing Miguel! I am so proud of you! God bless you. Stay strong!!!

Catholic answers is a good source I know. Also Bishop Barron, though he does Thomas Aquinas teology and can be harder to understand.

Your not alone Miguel. It is for that reason that i look at Keith video's and hear Catholic Answers. It has thought me so much about our religion. Theres a book in Catholic Answers called, " The Protestant Challenge. Its a great book by Carlo Br... In where the top protestant challenges are answered with biblical context and support. It is our duty to educate ourselves with in our faith. So that no doubt in place in our heads by any other denomination, using the bible.

Miguel God bless! Another great source is Bishop Barron, he has a very unique and beautiful way of depicting the faith in his Catholicism series, please watch it! Like he says, this is the fullness of the faith!

Learn your bible and try lots of churches The Catholic Church has many problems Don’t follow some u tube person Start going to church Read the Bible and pray Search for the truth you will find it Until you accept Jesus as your lord and savior and get prayed on in a church you will not understand Jesus said we must be born again to enter heaven a spiritual change Followers of Christ are Christians Jesus was not a Catholic He died a Jew Do you want to follow Jesus or follow a religion Catholics pray and believe in the pope in Italy Catholics spend a lot of time praying to Jesus mom and many Saints or other gods Jesus said I am the only way to the father Pray to me You are young if you really care try other churches ISunday morning tv Evangelicals preach listen to them Try Joel Charles Stanley

Alicja - I'm not Polish but have a great admiration for the Polish people, especially Maximillan Kolbe and St Faustina. I belong to St Stanislaus parish in Nashua New Hampshire. St Stanislaus, Bishop of Krakow is our patron saint. Our parish is staffed by priests of the FSSP which means our parish is dedicated exclusively to the Traditional Latin Mass. Are you familiar with the FSSP? What is the state of the TLM in your part of Poland. God Bless

@@BDDBDD-xp9cx what does the church teach about total dedication to the Latin Mass?

@@wolfthequarrelsome504 didn't the Council of Trent state that certain parts of the Mass must be in Latin?

@@wolfthequarrelsome504 what percentage of the nearly two thousand year history of the Catholic Church wasn't the Church totally dedicated to the Latin Mass???

@@BDDBDD-xp9cx Yes, Maximilian Kolbe was saint and genius. His life was very fruitful. My favourite saints are the King of Poland Jadwiga ( she was king not queen), Andrew Bobola ( his martyrdom was heroic). They two are saints patrons of Poland. I also love Padre Pio ( from Italy), Patric ( Irish). I don't attend to Latin Mass. It is not so popular in Poland. But I love Eucharist very much and I strongly belive in real presence of Jesus with His flesh and blood.

Thank you Robert. Your comment here show you have had an amazing journey yourself. Thank for taking the time to share this with us! God bless you my friend.

welcome home brother!

Why do you talk about loving a church You should be talking about how much you love Jest How you accepted him as your lord and savior Have you had a spiritual experience and been born again Do you see things in a new way

@@waltermromanoff349, because I love Jesus, I love His Church. The Church was Jesus' gift to us. As far as "accepting Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior," that idea and phrasing comes from 19th century American revivalism. It's not part of historical Christianity. However, as to your question whether I have been born again, the answer is "yes." Catholic Christians believe that Jesus meant what He said when He said, "You must be born again." He also said that you must be born of water and spirit. It's not about walking down a sawdust aisle during an altar call to pray a prayer with a pastor. It is far more profound than that.

This is a beautiful testimony, thank you for sharing it-prayers for continued graces as you work out your salvation with fear and trembling. 🙏🙏🙏

Thank you so much! God bless you!

​@@KeithNester I have listened to a few of your testimonys and came to the conviction that it is hard to believe that the Holy Spirit is not with you. I am 71 years old and as a cradle Catholic I learn a lot from you. "You should never judge a Church based on its sinners but rather based on its saints" - spot on. If you ever have the chance to participate in the Holy Mass of the Tridentine Rite (Roman Mass) - I recommend. I greet and wish many God's Graces. A Pole from Sydney.

Władysław Bukowski Thank you so much! I really appreciate that. Is the Roman mass you’re referring to the same as the Latin Mass?

@@KeithNester Our pastor would love to have you come and speak at our parish. I cannot find any way to contact you. Please contact me. Thank you and God bless you, your family and your ministry. www.StAugustineCatholicParish.org

@@KeithNester To my understanding, there are generally two types of Latin Mass, the TLM (Traditional Latin Mass), and the Solemn Latin Mass (Sung). The TLM to my understanding is pre-Vatican II, and was the way Mass was said for centuries. This Mass tends to be the "de-facto" traditional High Latin Mass, which Trad Cats normally attend. I attend the Solemn Latin Mass (Sung), this is a much longer mass than the TLM, where the congregation also responds in Latin, with a Gregorian choir. The antiphon "Asperges Me Domine" which is sung during the initial procession where the priest sprinkles holy water on the congregation, is other-worldly, you literally feel as if you're in God's throne room. Please try and get to either a TLM or a Solemn Latin Mass if you can, once you've attended them a few times, you will not look back. God bless.

13 lovely people Liked my comments. Thanks everyone! I was born on 13 June, my brother Samson John was born on 13 July and youngest brother Shehroz John was born on 13 March. We are Number # 13. God Bless You All. Amen

Stephen John Methodism is fine as well.

@@cinnamondan4984 If it's fine and valid to you then stick to it and be strong in it. God Bless You! The Trinity is the most important Element and We all believe in it.

No catholics are born again because no catholics are baptized in the name of Jesus Christ....that is the only way to become born again is by being baptized in the name of Jesus Christ

The Holy Mass is heaven on earth. Everything said and done is Biblical. They are all there in Ephesians, Mathew, Revelation, ETC. Criticizing another Church out of ignorance is not the best

Jesus said broad is the way that leads to destruction and many there be which go in threat and there are some billion Roman Catholics that have gone down that broad road spoken of!

@Jasho Beam. That is very true., Jesus did say that. And I agree with it wholeheartedly. But how many people identify as Catholic because they were born into it, but they actually aren’t practicing and don’t know Jesus? Just because someone identifies as Catholic, does not mean they’re saved. The way IS narrow, even in the Catholic Church. And food for thought, there are 800 million to 1 Billion Protestants in the world. 🤷🏼‍♀️

@@heatherluvs8666 What Jesus said applies to so called Protestants as well. The only thing is that "Protestants" are no longer protesting as almost all of them have apologised to the Pope including the Lutherans! It is now as it was in the time of Elijah when there were only 7000 that had not bowed the knee to Baal!

So cool @brittanybearmakeup had no idea you were Catholic. Following you now ♥️

@@maritzamendoza4317 lol !!!

Welcome home!!!

I am so happy to hear that!

This is Really True..

Mo Jo that’s basically what they told Jesus 2000yrs ago. As for me I will side with St Maximilian Kolbe St Francis of Assisi St. Thomas Aquinas St. Augustine St. Therese St. Joan of Arc St. Patrick St. Carlos Borromeo Over siding with you. No offense.

Mo Jo I believe St Josephine Bakhita over you. I believe Miguel Pro over you I believe St John Vianney over you I believe St Bernadette over you I believe St Francis de Sales over you I believe St Pius V over you I believe St Clare over you I believe St Teresa of Calcutta over you I believe St Thomas More over you

Beautiful and beyond.

John 6. "Truly Truly i say onto you unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood you will not have life in you." This is the true lamb of God. remember the lambs blood on the doors at the Passover well the Israelites were told to eat the lamb to sustain them. We sustain ourselves sacramentally on the Jesus the Lamb on our journey to the promised land, heaven. We, like Peter, do not question God on this but except that Jesus knows what he's talking about. If everyone would have walked away from Jesus that day he wouldn't have had a following, and no crucifixion. Hence no salvation.

Thank you so much!!

@@rodneyroyal3089 where's in the Bible that written in the Bible?

@@rodneyroyal3089 calendar made by pope Gregory the great but you believe your birthday? How stupid you are...

You want to believe fairy tales Who cares about her birthday You should be praying and worshiping Jesus who died for your sins and who loves you Mary died thousands of years ago The Catholic Church made up everything you know about her. Non of it is on the Bible You worship and pray to Mary you are a pagan cult member Learn your bible Find a pastor and a church that teaches you

@@deybalingit4719 Mary is blessed of ALL women, but she is a HUMAN being.. She awaits the Resurrection with all others who have died in Christ. After Jesus, with Joseph, she had 4 sons and daughters, the Bible says. She isn't a "Perpetual virgin". Mary is not deity. Chosen of God, YES. Highly esteemed - YES!! Any more than that - NO!!

Thank you so much!!

Welcome home brother.

Jay petford : His sacred heart? Not His sacred feet or sacred body or sacred head? What about his mother do u alo go to her to help you? Or to the dead saints? Necromancy!

@@adriandlobo EUCARISTIA: Mt 26,26-28. Mc 14,22-24. Lc 22,19-20 1Cor. 11,23-27

ru-vid.com/group/PL6W8l73x2ggaSlGE2XhFuNtHtcINu-z2_

I know exactly what you mean. I will pray for you.

Thank you Pat! I am blessed to be Catholic!!

I LOVE ONE HOLY CATHOLIC & APOSTOLIC CHURCH!!! fr. Cebu, Philippines

Plaidness - Hi, the Holly Spirit will guide throughout this process, I recommend to watch Scott Hahn videos. Catholic Church is the fullness of the faiths. I always thanks God for the wisdom he gave me to be part of his church founded by Jesus, in the person of Peter Mathew 16,18, the only church that has the true 1 Timothy 3,15.. may God bless you and your family..

@@cristianalfaro9432 Thank you very much for your kind words and your recommendation. I will check out Scott Hahn today.

"Plaidness -- How is confessing your sin to a MAN "Biblical"? "Confess your sin to God and He is faithful and just o forgive you".... God is NOT a man.

@@TheMistysFavs John 20:23 and - we are always confessing to God - even when confessing to a priest.

God will give you the grace. Be yourself and be honest.

That is one of the reasons it is antichrist.....a cold and formal and methodical approach quenches the holy spirit by not allowing them to shout and praise God or doesn't tolerate listebers from hollering amen to the word

dieselcowboy777 I don’t know what church you’ve seen this in, but that definitely does not happen in mine. Please don’t speak for everyone , God Bless

dieselcowboy777 there’s so many ways to worship in the Catholic Church. There isn’t only one specific way.

dieselcowboy777 shouting, dancing, and yelling is blasphemous and a disrespect to God. We are so respectful, quiet, and proper when it comes to praying. Please don’t come here to insult us, you are obviously being used by the evil one. We don’t leave hateful comments on any videos, we keep to ourselves so please do the same. May peace be upon you

@@marja8059 that is s lie out of the pit of hell.... A cold and formal and methodical spirit is an antichrist Spirit...wherever the holy ghost is there is alot of noise and shouting and dancing.... You quench the Spirit of God with your cold and starchy quiet formalism... Having a form of godliness.....and the perverted form is your idea of no emotion and dead religious pew warmer corpse

Amen to that. Thank you for your kind words

The big problem is, that we as former Protestants only know "our" definition of praying. In this case it also means asking. I recommend to read the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

Thank You for your interest Tish ... as a Catholic I recommend Catholic.com ... a popular web site ..

Purgatory, in the Bible, read: Mathew 12, 32: Mateo 5, 25, 26. Lucas 12,58-59 1Corinthians 3,11-15. 1 Pedro 3:19 Judas 23 Malaquias 3,2-3 There are many more. But the Lord is very clear when he says you won't get out if jail until you lay the last cent. (then you will be free)

@@aprendelearncrochet.56 I also suspect the cities of refuge were allegorical for purgatory, as they were cities in the promised land (weren't being exiled), where one paid for inadvertent wrongdoing for an unknown amount of time (until then current Levitical high priest died).

Tish, regarding purgatory, it's just purging our sinful proclivities. Actually a lot of Protestants believe there is such a process, too, though they see it as more instantaneous. But if that's the only difference, then we're arguing about how long something takes... in heaven, which we believe is beyond or outside of time.

Thank you brother!

Thank you so much! I am so happy to hear that. God bless you!

@@KeithNester AMEN

@Bighorn44 None Oh. There are a lot of Filipinos living in the US, I hope one day Light of Jesus (The Feast) reaches your country. As far as I'm concerned we have one in Australia now. I'm not sure where else.

@Bighorn44 None Oh yeah El Shaddai. I don't know if they still exist. They're no longer in the "frontlines" unlike before. Although what we are facing now is the growing protestant group here that is almost the same as the light of Jesus. They also have celebrities joining them, making them famous. They are also more "active" in their discipleship. They know how to ask questions that some Catholics don't know how to answer like Where is that in the Bible? or why do you" worship" Mary? or why do you have a Pope? That's why some Catholics get converted. Another "turn-off" of some Filipinos here are the cardinals, priests and nuns meddling with politics.

@Bighorn44 None aww. thanks so much. English is our 2nd language here. Anyway, yes, let's pray some more. I'll keep your advice. That's why I am also using RU-vid and FB as platforms for my discipleship. I want to be a good influence and to bring my peers back into the Catholic faith and actively do discipleship as well. It should start from me, then my family and friends and their own friends. Please pray for me too. God bless you more! ❤️

That is very profound! Thanks for sharing.

Yay

Sherv De Souza Thank you so much!

Brother I am in the same boat, lets keep going day by day and asking the Lord to keep being there for us and revealing stuff to us! God bless you !

K/McKORMICK----Corruption in MUCH of the heirachy ? I believe the media exploits it and never publishes the fact that abuse is 100 times worse in the Public [ Protestant ] Schools ! Many Catholics are buying the exagerations in the media. There are dozens of videos right here about scandals in the Protestant churches ! No one says anything !

@@johnsheedy461 exactly

I'm in the same boat Julie. I left the Church for a few years right around 2002 when the previous homosexual priest scandal broke. Luckily for me my mother prayed me back into Catholicism. Similar to what St Monica did for St Augustine. My job now is to pray my kids back into the faith. For me this understanding of praying people into faith is rooted in the Gospel verses on the curing of the paralytic in Mt & Mk. This is the story when four guys ripped a whole in the roof and lowered in a man on a pallet. Jesus, recognizes the faith of the men that lowered the paralytic, not the paralytic himself. Through our prayers we need to do the same. Outstanding video discussion of these verses by Marcus Grodi and Matt Swaim on RU-vid . The Coming Home Network RU-vid channel, Deep in Scripture series.

@@BDDBDD-xp9cx Thank you for the references, I will be sure to look them up! I have been praying for each of my kids, sometimes asking for the intercession of the saints you mentioned as well as others, and a rosary for each of them once a week. I learned from a conversation with a priest how to adjust the Hail Mary to make it personal. "Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for _____, now and at the hour of his/her death. Amen". I believe our example helps guide our children too.

I learned more about my faith in my mother’s old Catechism than what was taught at school. That Catechism’s format was the old tried and true Questions and Answers found in the Baltimore Catechism. In university, I discovered the Church Father’s writings which all the more enriched and furthered my knowledge. I was particularly drawn to St. Augustine’s and St. Thomas Aquinas’s works.

Spot on Julie. Need to learn and teach. Had great teachers but in terms of actual catechism I am still a bit wish y wash y got to get it back quick before all the people that still have it have died. Got to live it and pass it on. Xxx

JJ Cevering beautifully said! Welcome home!

This is my journey too! How funny.

JJ Cevering How long were you LDS?

Mormonism has a lot of the same errors that Catholicism has.

-- There is no such things as errors in a religion.

@D V I'll pray for you.

DV----It will be much easier for you if you check [ google ] the J/W people that have investigated the history of the J/Ws. The bible says if a Prophet makes one wrong prophesy, he is a false prophet ! THe J/Ws have prophesied many times, [ dates,] when Jesus would return. Each time they have been wrong ! J/W condemn the RCC., hint, "but all nations shall hate you because you are MY followers". J/W is about 100 years old. The RCC. is 2000 years old !

Thank you brother! Ill check it out!

@@KeithNester you re welcome brother!

Thank you so much!!

DAIN----Hundreds of Protestant ministers Are and Have been converting to the 2000 year old church. Many are starting to take a look at verses in the bible that point directly at the Catholic church. EG: the CHURCH is the AUTHORITY and the CHURCH is the PILLAR and FOUNDATION of TRUTH. Many are seeing for the first time that No Where in the bible does it say "the bible is the only source of truth or authority". Studies by US universities have found No More abuse in the RCC. than in Protestant churches or synagogues. They found abuse is TEN times worse in the general male population and 100 times worse in the Public [ Protestant ] Schools ! Media ? Where is the Media ?

...when people believe Chick tracts and assume that every counterargument, even when using primary sources and accepted history, is a demonic attempt to confuse them from the 'truth' they 'know.'

Candy Clews the only thing Constantine did was making being a Catholic legal and stopping the persecution of the early Christians

CANDY----St. Ignatius of Antioque, as you may know, was consecrated bishop by St. Peter ! His writings have survived. In a letter to another church he said "where Christ is, there is the Catholic Church". God bless you.

Emperor Constantine went nuts during his later years, converted to Arianism and killed Christians. The Bible was compiled 75 yrs after his death

Thank you! God bless

You got that right! God bless you!!

There is massive massive massive corruption that is associated with Catholicism. And the way Catholicism treated them Heretics in Europe led to anti-catholicism in America because my family was impacted by it. The way French Catholic treated its huguenots is disgusting. They came specifically 2 avoid religious persecution in their homelands. So it's a two-way street. Even Mexico has more than a few examples of treating protestantism there and second-class citizens. When I see drug cartels operating in the United States, or the rise of socialism and nitwit thinkers, the growth of gambling joints, beer and drug consumption, and national lotteries. When I see organized criminal gangs. Who pushed all of this cesspool culture? What do you think about Mafia leaders who disguise all the evil they did when they have these elaborate Catholic funerals? Catholicism may have its beautiful statues and nice masses beautiful churches and so forth but it has become a politically correct Institution. It doesn't fight usury and international banking because it has succumbed and been polluted by their agents. No I believe Protestant voices are still very very very necessary. Protestantism is losing butt it is a necessary voice to balance corrupt groupthink in the world we live in.

Homero Sanchez “The Protestant Reformation in England and Ireland” by William Cobbett, a Protestant. Protestants are guilty of genocide, thievery, corruption, and all manner of vice against Catholics. In fact, International Masonry is responsible for persecution of the Catholic faith in Mexico in the early 20th century. Protestantism is merely a hodge-podge of competing and feuding sects that only agree on breaking away from the Catholic Church five hundred years ago. The apostasy of modernism is present in all western religious groups, including the Catholic Church. Viva Cristo Rey!

@@petertherock7340 what happened to my last post did they delete it? Catholicism and protestantism are both corrupt. That is why it is much harder for them to sell their faith to anyone. Catholic Nations have either massive agnostics or very corrupt Practices that can certainly be tied back to the so-called people of faith. I think the Catholic Church does a lot of good things. But when I see these so-called Catholic Nations and all the corrupt they have and then I realized how protestantism has been more and more corrupted in the Modern Age by Lottery, gambling casinos, drugs and alcohol, and mafias - it is so difficult to sell any religion with all that garbage. Is protestantism a bunch of competing sects and some of them very much potential cults? Of course it is. I tried to convert to Catholicism and if it had not have taken so long I would have converted. But I did not and so I guess I live in a type of purgatory and have re-evaluated Christianity that I love but realize it may be headed toward being flushed down the toilet. It obviously can't react to what is going on in the world today because if it is I don't see it.

Homero Sanchez Corruption is not a problem with God, Christ, or Religion per se. Corruption is a fact of sinful human existence since the fall of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. The early Church founded by Christ in the time of Jesus and the apostles was also corrupt. Judas Iscariot betrayed the Lord for 30 pieces of coin. The rest of Church history confirms that the Church is both human and divine. In the Old Testament period the people of God, who received the Law and made a Covenant with YHWH, became apostate, worshipped idols, sacrificed their children to demons, and forsook the Lord their God. At no time did God ever send a single prophet to tell the people: “Leave my Temple! I will choose another people for myself since the children of Israel are wicked!” No, God sent prophet after prophet to the people to warn them: “Return to Me, with all your heart. Keep my covenant and obey my commandments.” When the people continued to disobey the Lord, He sent pagan nations against them to punish them and carry many away captive. Catholics are built for combat with those inside the Church who corrupt themselves and with those outside the Church who oppose Christ. Only the Church in Heaven is perfected. The Church Militant on earth is engaged in battle. By redefining the “church,” Protestants only dug a deeper hole for themselves. If you will not fight, bleed, and die for your King and Savior, then why should you expect a place in His Heaven later? There is no cheap grace for God’s holy Church on earth. Matthew 16: 24. Viva Cristo Rey!

Jesus said I am the only way to the father Pray only to me Why would you pray to his mom He never said to and since she was human and died she can’t hear you she is dead If you think she is a god and can hear you than you are a pagan who believes in more than one god Moon god sun god Mother Goddess worshiping Mother child worshiping Purgatory is paganism Confession is unbiblical Praying to a cross with a body on it is the occult His body is not on a cross He is not a baby He is at the right hand of the father He died for our sins Have you accepted him as your lord and savior Are you a Christian follower of Christ or a Catholic follower of a false religion

Walter! I knew we'd see you here soon :) God bless!

@@waltermromanoff349 that's harsh. We Catholic always have Jesus and we eat his flesh and drink his blood to show you how close we are to him.

Doodle Noodle I see you at Catholci Answer Live lol. Yes I agree rosary heal your soul because i been through it. This people who disagree with you they never try it. It's like u judge a book by its cover lol

@Walter We do not praise her as a God, nor a goddess, our blessed Virgin Mary is his mother whom we ask to intercede for us. Now think about this, when we pray out loud, do you think that only God can hear us? Would you agree that the enemy can hear us too, the bad spirits, etc. If so, how can they hear us if they're dead. With that being said, our blessed Virgin Mother Mary can also hear us. She prays to her son and our God Jesus Christ for us. Who in this world that follows the 10 commandments does not listen to their mother, or do what their mother asks of them? The catholic religion is not man made if we as Catholics have more books in the bible than other religions. That would mean other religions have chose to only believe what they wanted to believe about christianity, and leave out what they refuse to acknowledge. Even in religion, the truth hurts. Because once somebody knows, they cannot act like they didnt hear it, but if they do, then eventually their conscience would eat away at them, until, they either convince themselves otherwise by drilling false facts into their heads or being ignorant. Ignorance is not key, ignorance kills almost as fast as stress does. Which by the way stress is among the top 3 reasons of diseases and death. With knowledge comes responsibility. With responsibility comes consequences. May God bless you friend, and may he grant you the holy spirit and discernment through the holy spirit ❤🙏

Prayers for you