One thing I wish I had emphasized more in this interview is how much becoming Catholic has strengthened and deepened my relationship with Christ. It is almost impossible to express how much the Catholic faith has deepened and strengthened my love, understanding, and experience of the Lord. When I was LDS I loved Christ as I understood Him, of course - but now I have Christ in the sacraments; Christ in the Saints; Christ in the liturgy; Christ in his body, the church. Jesus promises, "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied." Christ has satisfied all my spiritual and intellectual yearnings with "the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints." There is an infinite supply of grace and wisdom available to me, the complete fulfillment of what was lacking when I was LDS. Of course, the Catholic Church has many problems. Throughout its history it has lurched from crisis to crisis. But the mark of Christ is here, especially in his glorious Saints and martyrs who have constantly been the salt and leaven of the whole world. I don't claim to be any special authority, or to have any particularly strong faith. I don't pretend to be especially saintly or righteous. But I try to live by the words of St. Benedict, who urged his monks in his famous Rule: "prefer nothing to the love of Christ (nihil amori Christi præponere)." I have found him in the Catholic faith. At every Mass I adore and receive him. The scriptures are unfolded to my understanding in ways I never thought possible. My intellect is free to wander in the pastures of truth. As I say in the interview, if you're interested in connecting with me, see the email in the description. I'll do my best to respond.
As a Latter-day Saint, anything that brings you closer to Christ is good. I may think Catholics are mistaken with some stuff, but no one is perfect, we’re all going through one type of preparatory gospel or another, if this is the path of stepping stones that is helping you progress the most, that’s great. Eventually, we’ll all be united again at the 2nd coming of Christ, and I think there will be surprises in store for all of us when the veil is lifted from our eyes.
I'm watching the interview now and want to reassure you that deepened love, faith and understanding is coming across beautifully. Thank you for being vulnerable enough here to talk about your pre-conversion fears. I'm meeting with the father at my local in a few days to discuss joining RCIA, and although I'm positive, in my spirit, it is exactly what I'm meant to do, my mind has started buzzing. My parents are atheists and my best friend is a born- again so I've actually kept it quiet. They'll be falling out of their chairs, lol. God bless you and your family 😊
For anyone who sees this, could you pray for Bridget from Ireland. She's my mother. She's a beautiful God loving woman who has been battling cancer for the past few years. *** She got the all clear the other day. She will be going for follow up checks every 6 months for the next while. Thank you all so much. God is good. God bless you all ♥️
Hail Mary full of grace, blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb JESUS. Holy Mary mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the hour of death Amen
Thank you for this. I am a protestant wife and I am in the process of converting. I am bringing my 7 children, oldest being 10, into the faith myself while my husband is still on the fence, though very supportive of me. I am teaching them the Baltimore Catechism along with praying and going to Mass, but there is still so much to learn as a family. Please pray for my children and especially for my husbands desire to learn more about the faith and heart's conversion. I am in such need of prayers.Thank you!🙏
God bless this family. Jesus is longing for them to come join the Church Jesus founded and learn the fullness of Truth through the Church One Holy Catholic Apostolic Church. My prayers to this family. Bless them, unite them and give them courage. As Jesus said a hundred times in the Scriptures "Be not afraid"❤.
My husband just converted from Protestantism to Catholicism last month. I came back to the True Faith in September this year, started praying Novenas to the Sacred Heart of Mary (Catholic Crusade is a great resource) and the daily Rosary for his conversion, without ever asking him to do it. By the end of October he came to Catholicism on his own, I am immensely grateful for Mary's intercession, every day. We now pray the Rosary every day together, asking for the conversion of all souls. I have faith She can intercede for your husband's conversion as well!
Luke 15:7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. The saints in heaven will be having an absolute party at EIGHT souls much less one, joining Christ's true Church! I'll be praying for your husband. Could you pray for my wife as she has yet to join me in the Catholic Church too?
My old boss was mormon and she was the most kind, empathetic, understanding boss ive ever had. One thing you gotta give to the mormons, most of them are truly kind people.
I've also met mean cruel and unjust Mormons. I've witnessed institutional injustice from members of their church who endorsed the obstruction of justice......In good measure, there is good and bad in every club, clan or church for we are all "made of feet of clay". In the Catholic Church, which has a rich limitless bottomless Treasury from the merits of its Founder Christ Himself, the nice people are not just nice in the cosmetic sense, for they are not meant to stay just at that level. They are, and called to be, as every baptised person is called, to be real saints! "That I may decrease, so my Lord may increase." Saints who follow their Lord in hidden daily loving sacrifice, or heroic martyrdom. Plus the practice of all the cardinal virtues - prudence, temperance, justice and fortitude. That's why they shine even more in adversity, outiside the comfort zone of pleasantry...Because they are connected to the Vine that our Lord is. Every person is compelled by the surpassing charity of Christ, in contrast to selfish gain or vanities....Happy Christmas 🎄
Seems every Mormon I've ever encountered in my life has been a decent person. Clean-cut and no swear words, and always leaves me thinking "I ought to conduct myself more like that person."
The LDS members are wonderful people. Full of caring, and love of family. No one can take away or criticize that beautiful aspect of the Mormon congregation.
Until you really start to address Tenants of The True Faith.. then they have malfunctions. Can go manifest in many ways. The jw go wild after one stray comment of how do you know...
Iii@@DanDeueligual So worth a copy! I grew up in New Mexico. Never once did I question my family’s income. It was never a discussion. We ate homemade meals consisting of meat, potatoes, and vegetables - (which were not an optional choice). No vegetables = no dessert!!! We had chores EVERYDAY, and we did them WITHOUT complaining, because it was expected of us. We never touched anything that did not belong to us. We never opened a refrigerator at anyone's house unless asked to do so. We were taught to respect other peoples property. And we were rewarded for acting properly. We grew up during a time when we mowed lawns, pulled weeds, shoveled snow, babysat, helped with all chores. We by no means were given everything we wanted. We went outside a lot to play, ran with friends, played hide and seek, or went bike riding. We rarely just sat inside. Bottled water was unheard of. If we had a soda, it was a treat. We had to tell our parents where we were going, who we were going with, and be home before dark (if street lights were on meant you were in the yard).. You LEARNED from your parents instead of disrespecting them and treating them as if they knew absolutely nothing. What they said was LAW and you did not question it and you had better know it! We watched what we said around our elders and neighbors because we knew if we DISRESPECTED any grown-up, we would get a real good whooping! It wasn't called abuse, it was called discipline! We held the doors for others and carried the groceries into the house. We gave up our seat for an older person without being asked. You didn't hear swear words on the radio in songs or on TV. “Please and Thank you", were part of our daily vocabulary! The world we live in now is just so full of people who hate and disrespect others. Friends, consider re-posting if you're thankful for your childhood. I will never forget where I came from and only wish children and people nowadays had half the chance at the fun and respect for real life we grew up with! And we were never bored! Copied and pasted (change where YOU grew up).9
My wife let me know more than once that if I convert then she will leave me. I’m still praying on the direction God wants me to go. I still don’t know/understand a lot of things about Catholicism and still haven’t accepted a lot of things but like I said, I’m still praying about it. I do know that whatever happens, I have to go where God leads. Pray for me.
Pray pray pray. God will never lead you astray. Avon’s yourself to him in prayer and let him know everything you think and feel. …. Something that might also help is reading the Catechism of the Catholic Church that tells a lot of what we believe and why! God bless you. You’re in my prayers!
@@VoxClamantisinDeserto-zw2mt LOL, Yes I'm sure you have the truth! The man-made cults of Luther and his lot coming to save us! You sure are entertaining.
Friend, I will pray for you. God asks us to do hard things in order to follow him. Remember the Gospel of Matthew, "And a scribe came up and said to him, 'Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.' And Jesus said to him, 'Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.' Another of the disciples said to him, 'Lord, let me first go and bury my father.' And Jesus said to him, 'Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.' You can be the place Jesus can rest in and lay his head. You can leave those who choose death, because God has called you to eternal life. God bless you friend.
I kindly request all brothers and sisters who see this to pray for my father. My father lives in Turkey and his name is Hasan. He does not know Jesus yet and is struggling with many health issues. He has both psychological issues (paranoid personality disorder) and physical problems. A few months ago, we found out he has nodules in his lungs. Additionally, he has the beginning stages of COPD. Please include my father in your prayers for him to find faith and healing. Loves from Turkey. May the peace of God be upon you ❤
My LDS friends brought me to Jesus. I am so thankful for my relationships with them and for their faith in God. The Holy Spirit opened my eyes and I am forever grateful to be Catholic again!!
When I was on my mission I came across several passages in the BOM that were copied directly from the new testament, this bothered me because we were always taught the new testament had been corrupted so how did the BOM read the same if it had been translated purely and seperately? I asked one of the heads of the department of CES (church educational services) who happened to live in my mission area. His response was "well joseph came across that in the golden plates and decided to just copy over from the new testament to save time" Also the Joseph smith papers were released while I was on my mission (4 first visions that are completely contradictory) and the King Follet Discourse (completely contradictory to the doctrine of Jesus)@@alisterrebelo9013
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is God's and Jesus Christ one and only true church here on earth. Don't leave God's Kingdom for the first apostate Church
God bless you because you mean well. I find it sad that the BOM has zero ancient manuscripts confirming it, not a single authentic second hand copy of it or outside source confirming it... but constantly attacks the bible which has 40,000+ ancient manuscripts confirming its authenticity. Including the dead sea scrolls dated back to 400BC found in the 1940s in Israel. Which all prove that the catholic church didnt change a single verse. I mean we could end this debate right now, let's excavate the hill cummorah which joesph marked in upstate new york and it is a church history site. Lets find the hundreds of thousands of dead lamanites and nephites, the swords and the chariots, the breast plates. Lets dig it up!! The book of mormon fails every test and has been changed thousands of times it used to be highly trinitarian and still has some trinitarian verses remaining. You should watch "Test of a prophet: The bible vs joseph smith" My grandfather was a mormon historian who died in nauvoo, i have an original 1832 book of mormon and can show you how much its changed over the years. It used to be highly trinitarian I'll pray for you, may God lead you home to the church he established and prophesied "And the gates of hell shall not prevail against it" @@dylanwilliams2202
jus one example of an Original 1830 text compared to modern book of mormon 1830: 1 nephi 3 (p.26) "Behold the Lamb of God, yea even the ETERNAL FATHER!" Changed to --> 1 nephi 11:21 "Behold the lamb of God, yea even the SON of the ETERNAL father." Modern verses that still havent changed: Ether 3: 14 "I am Jesus Christ, I am the Father AND the Son. In me shall all mankind have life." Mosiah 16:15 "Teach them that Redemption cometh thorugh Christ the lord, who is the very ETERNAL FATHER. Amen." @@dylanwilliams2202
We can learn a lot from LDS people as they truly seem very kind hearted and family oriented. May God be merciful to all of them and lead to the path of the Truth. 🙏🏻
This was my experience.....I knew the protestant Bible, had been to most denominations and none of them resignated and I knew there was more....then I went to the Catholic Church and fell in love❤❤❤❤!!! It truly is the fullness of truth!! Praise be to God!!
Matt, keep making content like this please. Keep spreading the good news and the beauty of Catholicism. Everybody loves a conversion story! This is your bread and butter.
“And I felt homeless again.” Man that resonates. Thank you so much for sharing your story. As a person raised in a very fundamental pentecostal church, I find great comfort in knowing other people have faced the same feelings and experiences on this often difficult and winding journey to our spiritual home.
I have been a Catholic for 50 years, but I think that we should learn passion and discipline in faith in life from the Mormon Brothers or Jehovah's Witnesses. We really need this, especially here in Europe. Greetings from Poland
It is a truth and a fact that you totally blind, lost, deceived, Godless catholics are indeed brothers with the Godless mormons, and the Godless jehovah's witnesses. You are all brothers and sisters of the lake of fire. Repent!
@@VoxClamantisinDeserto-zw2mtyou seem *very* secure in your own faith given you’ve left over 15 comments with no real substance other than anti-Catholic bigotry. That’s not an effective way to “evangelize.” I’ll pray a rosary for you. 📿
@@pint_pipe_cross ,...Those that see no substance in my comments don't because they are completely spiritually dead and blind. They have no understanding of, nor concern for truth. They are not of the truth. Calling the truth of Gods word anti-catholic bigotry only exposes your totally Biblically illiterate, and spiritually dead state. Speaking the truth of Gods word is absolutely the way to evangelize. Those like you who are not of the truth will reject and ignore the truth of Gods word, and those who belong to God that have ears to hear will hear it. You happen to be one that was created as a vessel of wrath, made to be destroyed as all catholics and mormons are. Please read carefully the book of Jude as it is speaking directly to the catholics and the mormons. Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!
@@VoxClamantisinDeserto-zw2mt I see you are *definitely* secure in your faith since you also think my response (and prayers offered for you) was wrathful, though your comments seemingly are not. I’ll pray a second rosary for you. God Bless. ❤️
@@pint_pipe_cross,....Your fake manmade rosery is an abomination, it is absolute manmade garbage. It only exposes how absolutely lost and ungodly you are. Repent, how long will you remain completely steeped in darkness and deception? Also, did you read the book of Jude?
Isaac, it is amazing how much you love your wife. In words, actions, deeds. I am so proud of you both for navigating your faith in such a respectful way. Thank you for showing that Catholics should love in this way
As a young Catholic, I had always welcomed Mormon missionaries (or other missionaries) to see other views of faith. Nonetheless, reading the Book of Mormon's emphasis on Joseph Smith's experience strengthened me more in my Catholic faith.
Latter-day Saint here, married to a Latter-day Saint. My wife and I realized that the majority of our very close friends are Roman Catholics. I do not ever see myself converting to Catholicism (any more than they can see themselves becoming Latter-day Saints), but we have great love and respect for our Catholic neighbors and friends.
Acts 22:16 ESV - And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.’ Get baptized and wash away your sins rather than possibly die in your sins before Easter or should our Lord return before Easter.
@@reeb9016More specifically this verse was answering the ancient tendency of people to put off baptism until later in life. Our faithful sibling in Christ here is not putting off the baptism but seeking it after a period of preparation (which would be the same for the ancient first Christians)
@@undolf4097 The doctrine of Baptism of Desire will avail you should something unfortunate befall you. I would not worry too much unless you were doing some high risk job like an electrician or mine worker. God bless you and welcome home!
I’ll be praying for you my brother. Our Lord is truly present with us, just as he promised, in the blessed Eucharist. I am a former LDS and have found Jesus in his holy Catholic Church.
Would highly recommend “How the Earliest Christians Worshipped” here on youtube. I feel the apostolic succession argument is easily one of the strongest for Catholicism and seems to disprove LDS teachings on the Great Apostasy, as Paul mentions priests and bishops in the epistles, which is the only real argument as to why mainstream Christianity is false. My family is LDS and I grew up with a lot of those perspectives, and I really have found that Catholicism is the one true Church. It is what the LDS church claims to be, but with true sacraments, thousands of years of theological history, and a rich culture. I hope the best for you, keep looking and I think you will come to the same conclusion. God bless you
@@CatholicKitThanks, very cool, I will check it out. TBH - in my mind at this point I think my burning question is regarding the legitimacy of Catholicism Versus Orthodox Christianity. Most people you find that have truly been down this road have already deconstructed Mainstream Mormonism. Many like me have passed though many belief structures ranging from agnosticism to atheism to paganism and nihilism, in my case I found some comfort and relief in shamanism, which again to be honest, opened me up to prayers of intercession involving the saints and Mother Mary. One thing I think I've got out of this journey is that we are here learning the lessons we need and in some cases different beliefs may indeed be like stepping stones for those that are desiring to know progress towards God. The problem is we do not have the omniscient view that God hadls and it can be difficult to take a step back and have the faith need and trust that God is there and things will turn out OK, not just for ourselves but even more regarding our children and family. I will check out your recommendation. Right now it's like drinking from the firehose. 😅
Keeping you in my prayers. It is important to make an appointment to speak with the priest or someone that can answer your questions. It is so refreshing to know that seeking the truth is welcomed.. Not shunned.
You're doing an amazing job being compassionate and listening and encouraging these conversion stories. I have a lot of unsaved people in my life and you offer me hope and an example.
I grew up in a Catholic family. Converted to LDS at age 18. Still love being LDS. I really enjoyed this conversation. I remember doing some genealogy work, and just being very proud that I come from a long line of believers. Because of my catholic ancestors, my family and extended family has faith in Christ. That was very powerful to me. The Catholic Church has helped both my great grandfather and my grandfather spiritually, when it came time for them to bury their children. This has been their spiritual support for centuries. I disagree with many aspects of Catholic tradition, but I will always be a friend to Catholics and the Catholic Church for the good they’ve done to my family. Without them, we wouldn’t enjoy living under the umbrella of a Christian world view like we do now. And like Isaac Hess said regarding how him and his wife navigate their flavors of Christianity in the home-- they still have so much in common, and so do we. We believe in the parables, the sermon on the mount, the resurrection, and so much more.
I also appreciate the love and respect with which many Catholics and LDS treat each other. However, I personally hesitate to consider LDS a different “flavor” of Christianity because belief of Jesus as a divine deity and member of the Trinity doesn’t exist in LDS, and Jesus’ claims in the Bible can’t be skirted off like that. His claims were huge. It makes me think of C.S. Lewis’ Trilemma argument for Jesus being truly the Lord! If you haven’t heard of it, please look into it! It’s written in ‘Mere Christianity.’
@@Clementine202 we believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God. I'm not sure if it gets more divine than that. Jesus is Lord. In the title page of the Book of Mormon, when explaining one of the purposes of the Book of Mormon, it says "...to the convincing of the Jew and the Gentile that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God...". Now, of course there are differences in how we view the trinity. And of course you believe in your point of view and I believe in mine. And you are welcome to hesitate to consider us a flavor of Christianity. Respectfully, it's not your validation or approval that we are seeking.
Isaac Hess and Stephen Johnson need to start an “On the Journey” podcast (similar to The Coming Home Network’s) which employs a personal apologetic style on how one moves from LDS to Catholic. I didn’t grow up LDS, but I would binge watch that show like I do On the Journey with Matt, Ken, and Kenny!
You have a huge heart Matt. Thank you for these talks. I love your approach when you speak to people. You create a safe environment for people to share their stories.
Catholic for 78 yrs, wriggling w/pope but I TRUST IN JESUS & He will take care of any doubts I have about any man-made "stuff" Eucharist is my salvivic food. THE REAL SAVIOUR
Sometimes when Mormons encounter something that shakes their faith, they don’t go to anyone for help or tell anyone because it feels shameful to have read something that can cause doubt or it just feels shameful to have had any doubt. It’s like a dark secret that you don’t want anyone to find out. That was my experience when I first started to encounter problems with Mormon truth claims.
I think that Mr. Hess seeking a faith tradition that could withstand scrutiny more securely speaks to the pressure he felt to repress his doubts and issues.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is God's and Jesus Christ's one and only true church here on earth. There are no problems with our truth claims.
@@dylanwilliams2202 One of us is right and one of us is wrong. It’s a matter of objective facts, and not a matter of assertion, however powerfully it is put forth. But I have no desire to try to persuade you away from what you believe. I once heard someone say, “It’s a comforting thought the way Christ is so responsive to faith and I believe God values sincerity, so if you are full-blooded, wholehearted, with every level of your being seeking truth, I think we know we have a God who will honor that.” I pray that we will both be committed to truth and seek God with our whole hearts even if the result humbles us to the dust. God bless you.
I know I'm late here man, but I can't tell you how valuable I found this. I've been on a recent journey to find answers that have lead me to the early Church and have gained a appreciation for the discipline and what I immediately recognize as a type of reverence that accompanies traditional religious practices in a way that doesn't seem to widely exist, at least to the same degree, within the bulk of Protestant denominations. This is a anecdotal example of my personal experience in a few different Protestant Churches over about a 20 year period or more, but I don't believe this to be something most Protestants accept or believe to be generally valuable, to the degree it wouldn't often be acknowledged as something worth cultivating within their view of how the Church should be or operate. That may be a bit muddled, but I hope it kind of makes sense. Anyway, I just wanted to add that I not only appreciated the wealth of information, but the manner in which you conducted yourself and handled this discussion, you were a absolute and scholarly gentleman that offered all here a honest picture of these fellow Christians, without the insecure need to mock or belittle even the things you knew would likely be fertile grounds for disagreement. You've earned a follow and I'll be sending others to support you as well. Thank you and God bless.
Just saw three young Mormon missionaries today at the metro today in my country, Malaysia. It'd be inspiring if it isn't also sad (I hope I put it the right way) that these men braved their way to lesser known places in the world for a non-Catholic faith. I simply offered the rosary that I was praying for their conversion and carried on with my business.
These young men and women pay their own way to share their love for their Saviour, they are remarkable . How many youth give two years of their lives to share their love of Jesus Christ,at their own expense.
Thank you Isaac for sharing. I was really touched by your story and journey. It paralleled my own in a few ways that I found particularly moving. I too came to the Catholic church by way of the Orthodox Church. Julian of Norwich also was a key part of my journey with the loss of a child. In my case through a miscarriage. In fact we named the baby Julian. I will continue to pray for you.
To the guest soeaker: Your two health issues could have been linked with chronic anxiety. If youre still dealing with these issues please treat your gut health and treat your anxiety. I experienced similar things after the loss of three of my family members and my dad was also dying. I finally realized my symptoms were anxiety and stress.
You just described our parish in Turku, Finland. Music almost nonexisting(or it would have been better without it) but our prists are just The best. Also from Poland)
Thank you for sharing your journey. I just love to hear intellectual conversions reaching the heart & soul. Praise God ! On a side note, thank you for also sharing the story about the native Americans. It's always brings tears to my eyes when someone realizes that we were & still are a civilized & intellectual people. Maybe not by the common & popular standards of others. As native people, we have survived years & years on our own, in our own way of knowing & living. We are scientists, engineers, doctors & more in our own way. I appreciate you !
@LenaSheppard I honor the Native American peoples and am proud that our Catholic ancestors helped (and protected, in many cases - thinking of St. Junipero Serra) bring Jesus Christ to them. Being of Irish ancestry, I fondly recall that the Cherokee people - who had next to nothing at the time - donated to the starving Irish people. We have much more in common than that which might divide us. Do you know the story of Venerable Mary of Agreda? She bilocated from Spain to Texas, teaching and preparing the Native Americans to receive the Gospel, in the 1700s. May God grant you His peace.
Don't agree it's not your job to convert your spouse. it absolutely is your earthly duty to sacrifice and prayer for your spouse's conversation and salvation
Finally! Something was mentioned on your show that I've actually been to: the Cathedral in Salt Lake City. It is gorgeous. As I recall it was built in 1909. The tabernacle is not only centrally located but stand-alone...way taller that I am.
Great until the end. I cannot comprehend not fighting to keep children away from false teaching. I get that it would put their marriage on some rocky ground, but some fights are worth it. John 4 - the Father seeks those who worship in spirit and truth. That is the message I give to LDS missionaries when they come to hang out at my house. We look at John 4, I openly appreciate their willingness to venture out into the world for what they think is pleasing to God, but then I gently point out they lack the truth. We shouldn't skip that opportunity, even if our spouse isn't a fan of the idea...
Praying for your family Isaac. ❤ May Saint Anthony help your wife and children "find" their way to the Mystical Body of Christ on earth...His Holy Roman Apostolic Catholic Church. God love and protect you all. ❤️
Hail Mary, Full of Grace, The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death. Amen.
LDS guy here. Appreciate the respect shown to the faith. Of course disagree with Isaac's conclusions but I know many (including myself) who have wrestled with similar questions. For some, those questions are cause to leave; for me wrestling through those questions has humbled me, stretched me, but ultimately led to more certainty about God's hand in the LDS faith than ever before. I've had dreams, experiences, dare I say visions, that I cannot deny. To do so would be to blaspheme against the Holy Ghost. But those are personal to me, and I can only speak for myself. I pray that the Lord will be merciful to me as I know I have many weaknesses and failures. As Jordan Peterson emphasizes, being in the house of "Israel" means to "wrestle with God". We all have our own "wrestles" with the Lord and it seems like Isaac is sincerely seeking the truth here. I wish him no ill will and truly hope that he continues to come closer to Christ. I pray that we'll meet at Jesus' feet and worship him together, with the saints, for eternity.
Served some years in the Military and found the LDS folk working with me to be exceptional. They were young and married early and on an enlisted salary raised children, very inspirational. One fellow had spent his mission in Nagoya, Japan, coincidentally, before I served in the military I also taught English in Catholic Schools in Tokyo. If I wasn't Catholic, I think I would definitely have been drawn into the LDS Church, they had great family values.
While they do have great values, I would not join that institution because it is false. Eastern Orthodoxy would be my next option if I ever left Catholicism
While they do have great values, I would not join that institution because it is false. Eastern Orthodoxy would be my next option if I ever left Catholicism
TMD really is the worst pain I personally have ever had. I have the utmost sympathy for a teenager away from home, In a somewhat austere living environment and suffering from TMD.
Just now watched this interview....I'm a Catholic in the SLC area. I'm really impressed with how well it sounds like Isaac and his wife are making a mixed faith marriage work while raising their children. My brother married a woman of the LDS church. He was not active in the Catholic church at the time of their marriage. He later decided to return only to find out he could not get the marriage blessed because even though she has been supportive of his faith journey, she is not willing to consider having children with him, and even if they did have children, she would not agree to raising them Catholic. He has not returned to the Catholic Church since it is too depressing for him to come and be permanently barred from the sacraments. It's encouraging to hear of a Catholic-LDS couple making it work and still raising their children in both churches. My LDS in-laws and I are very close and find many ways to share our faith with each other even if we can't agree theologically on everything.
I don't know how to contact Isaac but please let him know that the next time he is in SLC area please come to St. Mary's in Park City. He is always welcome to the TLM at 3pm on Sundays.
I'm thinking about relocating to Utah, potentially for a job opportunity in Provo. I've heard great things about the Catholic community, particularly in Park City. As someone considering a career move to this area, I'm interested in learning more about the Catholic lifestyle in Provo, especially regarding family life. My husband and I are devout Catholics, attending the traditional Latin Mass, and he's currently shifting his career towards software engineering. We're trying to gauge if Provo is a suitable place for his career prospects and for raising our family in a Catholic environment. We're also curious about the dynamics of the local Catholic community, like at St. Mary's. Are there many young Catholic families there? We're a bit concerned about integrating into an area that might have a predominant LDS (Latter-day Saints) presence. Any insights into the Catholic culture and community in this region would be really helpful.
Come back to the faith. Live a life of virtue. Follow the precepts of the church as a minimum. Learn the love of Christ and teach your wife, by your example and word, the gospel as it was handed down from Christ to his apostles and their successors.
Go to Confession, receive the Eucharist, pray the Rosary, and read Sacred Scripture. I highly recommend looking into “Lectio Divina.” Pray and fast for the conversion of your spouse.
Go to confession every month and then start attending Mass regularly. Pray for the Lord to fill your heart. Keep loving your spouse and being kind and respectful of their beliefs, cherish them for being willing to marry a Catholic. Faith, hope and love are the three great virtues but the greatest of these is love.
As a agnostic (former protestant) who has stumbled onto mormon/christian youtube, this was the most interesting disscussion I've heard. It definatetly piqued my interest in regards to early church history.
Personally, I think secular volunteerism where you actually go out with a focus of helping people in the here and now is the focus, without any mention of a religion. Allows folks from different backgrounds to come together and help, building bridges, gaining insight, and just helping.
I was approached by missionaries, who were great young men, and a couple sisters on missions. I met several times over the year, and even met at their Ward. But the more I studied, and spoke to the LDS members, it was apparent that while LDS has wonderful members and family structures, they clearly follow a totally false doctrine. They are not Christians, in the true sense of the faith. Joseph Smith, was obviously a influential leader in his time, but he was clearly a morally corrupt, manipulative person.
@@cee-emm we've never believed that. There was a time when people of African descent weren't allowed to have the priesthood or participate in some temple ordinances but it was never taught that non-whites couldn't get to heaven.
3:04:10 From the outside looking in, the papacy is the biggest stumbling block to Roman Catholicism. If the pope is so divinely appointed, and infallible, how can one explain all the scandals and contradictions, and the current iteration of the seat??
They started making a determination about a prophets opinion vs revelation at the time of David O’Mackay. They had an issue with general authorities of the LDS church spouting opinion and people taking it as revelation. So, generally the pattern would be if a “prophet” said something like “thus saith the lord” or openly proclaimed a revelation and of course that would need to go into the Doctrine and Covenants (LDS scripture)
Very Interesting! “Line upon line, Precept upon precept.” A line used so frequently by SDAs, Seventh-Day Adventists (I’m ex-SDA). It is burned into my brain. I heard it & woke all the way up immediately. Ellen G White, “Prophetess” & a Founder of SDA has a cousin married to Joseph Smith. Almost Advent Blessings!
I am a Pentecostal protestant. (I love you Catholics, but I’m not converting.) can we just talk about the intense culture that Mormon has around evangelism? For all of us watching, there definitely needs to be some stepping up of the game.
I gave up trying to read the comments because😮 many are sooo long, they mist be cut and pasted 10:49 ... 😢 Also very hard to have to keep track of posters because of the length of them... Scrolling just makes it harder
The _”problem”_ with the epistles is reading and interpreting them *IN CONTEXT.* Paul, Peter, etc. wrote many of the NT books to address certain issues within the recipient churches. Imagine that you were a religious leader addressing an issue with a certain parish. Now imagine that email, telephones, or any modern technology. Now imagine further that you didn’t *KNOW* that your writings would become part of sacred Scripture. How would you write such a letter? You probably wouldn’t write explanatory background material to explain a problem they already knew all too well! You might write (as a Catholic): _”Dear Father xxxx: About that issue with those false teachers, here’s what you need to know …”_
@@SJohnson529 yeah that would probably do it. Something that can be retested over and over again would be great. For something as specific as Jesus or Zeus, it would require a lot. Maybe a first hand sighting and an impressive feat, like Zeus coming out of the clouds and hurling a lightning bolt. Idk though, I’m agnostic, but I’m extremely doubtful about any of the major religions. Any with a god or gods that have wills. Just doesn’t make sense to me. I’m more like to believe in a sort of “oneness” of the universe and all energy. I’ve experienced telepathy multiple times, so it seems more likely that we’re all connected. But Zeus, Jesus, Shiva, these are all just made up characters. The main reason most people believe in Jesus is because they were taught from an early, impressionable age. All of that “I feel the lord’s love” is just the power of our minds, and the ability to hallucinate. Same sort of thing happens with pagan shamans.
Good Lord Jesus Christ bless us and keep us. Amen. St. Bridget of Ireland , pray for us. St. Bridget of Ireland , pray for us. St. Bridget of Ireland , pray for us. St. Bridget of Ireland , pray for us. Thanks be to the Lord God Jesus Christ.
40:11 what Joseph taught in his king follett sermon was that if the veil was rent and you could see God you would see a man sitting on the throne in yonder heavens. He backs this up by reasoning in the Bible that the Son does what the Father did. (If I’m correct he is referencing John 5:19). So as a Latter day Saint, do I think God was a sinner? No. I think the Father was a savior just like the Son, and thus committed no sin. Be that as it may, if we enter into the fullness of God as joint heirs with Christ being full of grace and truth, can we still be considered sinners at that point?
14 Yea, verily I say unto you, if ye will COME UNTO ME YE SHALL HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. Behold, mine arm of mercy is extended towards you, and whosoever will come, him will I receive; and blessed are those who come unto me. 15 Behold, I AM JESUS CHRIST THE SON OF GOD. I created the heavens and the earth, and all things that in them are. I was with the Father from the beginning. I am in the Father, and the Father in me; and in me hath the Father glorified his name.
Isaac if you see this, please let me know where I can get the mouthguard! I have struggled with TMJ for 10 years from grinding my teeth, and I’m eager to try it 😂
Hi there, lucky for you I just came by to check comments. :) I use an NTI-style device, which I wear over my top teeth, though mine is flat on the bottom with nothing protruding, so all my four bottom front teeth make contact simultaneously. This relaxes the jaw muscles when you clench. So _if_ your pain is caused by muscle issues due to clenching, it should help. Beware, though, that it can cause your bite to change. Your molars will super-erupt, and your front teeth may no longer make contact when you close your mouth. This makes biting into food difficult. However, I consider this a fine trade-off to be pain free.
EARLY BIBLE HISTORY Pope Damasus assembled the first list of books of the Bible at the Roman Council in 382 A.D. He commissioned St. Jerome to translate the original Greek and Hebrew texts into Latin, which became known as the Latin Vulgate Bible and was declared by the Church to be the only authentic and official version, in 1546. The Douay Rheims is the only English translation from St. Jerome Latin Vulgate.
Not trying to be disrespectful but if Jesus Christ came down as man and hand picked his disciples and appointed Peter as the rock why do Protestants need all these other men to write interpretations and lead new religions. You either follow Jesus or you’re following something else but it’s not Jesus. He came at the right time and picked the right people
I never knew about the temple recommend card. What a foreign idea to Catholics. Can you imagine if criteria like that was used with Cathedrals or the Vatican? Even just the tithe requirement would be a scandal.
@ 36:00 It's kind of the same principle when Christ gives the commandment to be therefore perfect, even as your father in heaven is perfect. Period he gave a commitment that he knows that literally none of us can obey, because the scriptures state that none are perfect save jesus christ, so why would he command something that he knew we could not be
