Upon his return to Assisi, Pietro took to calling his son Francesco ("the Frenchman"), possibly in honor of his commercial success and enthusiasm for all things French.[16] Since the child was renamed in infancy, the change can hardly have had anything to do with his aptitude for learning French, as some have thought.[2 From English wikipedia
4:32...”Pregnant with the presence of God...it’s in the yes moments”... first time I’ve listened to these guys and I am blown away!!! I will now look at those little/big interruptions in a whole new light!
I caretake my dad and so I also have a bell. I can totally relate! I try to offer it up for souls in purgatory since they can't do it for themselves. But wow that bell is tough. I know it's God time so I ask God to help me make it time with Him.
Daniel W. Sonntag I also caretake my dad, and man, it’s hard, it’s difficult. But with the blessing of our Holy Mother Mary and the grace of the Lord each time is an opportunity to say yes. And I’m sure a lot of purgatory souls are very grateful and praying to God for you. God bless brother
I’m deeply moved and feel that the Lord is speaking to me through your message. Thank you Brothers, and may the Lord continue to bless you both in your ministry in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour.🙏🏻
I don't usually make plans because I'm too confused about what to choose so I'm putting this in Your hands Lord. My husband. Our lives with You. Our Family. My soul.
How to be a saint?I was reading that it lies in “the moments”. We can all engage with the moment and holiness,or presence of God if we develop moment to moment awareness. it is nice to realise we can be a saint for a moment ,instead of thinking it is all beyond us and that saints are a special breed ,doing something unattainable for us lesser mortals. Thanks for the videos. They are inspiring and uplifting.
How to say yes to take 10. Lol We are made to make mistakes we are not perfect and if we were and didn’t make any mistakes we wouldn’t need God!! It’s hard just to say yes to weakness and to struggle and to suffering but this is exactly what it takes to be in a relationship with God!! God bless you guys!!
This gave me an idea to set an alarm on my phone for midday prayer. Because, like you said, " I'm a busy person, I've got things to do". In other words, we put prayer off and never do it!
True! It’s just like the story of the Prodigal Son’s brother: he lived in the Promised Land with the Father and was tempted to envy his brother, and was completely unaware that his brother was returning in poverty from a famine infected land, completely unaware that far away hills are never greener, As Saint Mother Theresa said: your own Calcutta is where you are right now, with whatever it is that God is putting in front of you. ☺️
Profound. He makes me take those pauses always. I've prayed and been nearly done when he has called me to slow down to take a few extra moments. I've noticed lately when this happens, my day becomes profoundly better. He knows for sure when you need Him most.
Loved your thoughts men! Religious struggle with getting to prayer too? We're all human. Yes, we all should pay attention to the ordinary moments in life. Those simple moments should never be overlooked. They can be the most blessed! Which friary do you reside in. Newark? My great Aunt was a nun there before your order moved into the monastery. May God bless both of you.
Those sirens at 5:26 are a distraction from the video, but they have a purpose, which is what the brothers are explaining. I think the brothers did that on purpose.😉
Thank you fathers for the videos! Can you please pray for my husband's convertion and our marriage , he did his sacraments to marry me. But now he gets angry whit anything that has to do with our faith God bless you.
Muchas gracias por estas maravillosas reflexiones padres!!! Thanks so much for this wonderful thoughts Frs. I’ll interrupt my everyday life to do this Lord time during my work day or free time day. Gracias 🙏🏻 ✨✨
So perfect! I just came off a 3 day silent retreat. The bell was our only constant--no cell phones, no clocks. Helped keep us on tract with our prayers. Thanks for sharing!
It would be nice if all Catholics could pray communally on a daily basis like Muslims aspire to do. I would certainly look forward to that. Away from Holy Mass and post-missal fellowship, I feel like a tiny Catholic island in the middle of an ocean of secularism and micro-Protestantisms.
zx DUFF-M0DZ xz, maybe you're angry a lot because you are in the wrong position in your life. I think you may be called to be a friar. You will have peace all the time? Happy Easter in advance.
Thank you brothers got me thinking today , the times set when everyone is to pray , would you consider this prayer being in the flesh or in the spirit. For example scripture says in John 14 verse 17 . The spirit of God , Holy Spirit dwells within in us joined together as one .1 Corinthians 6 v17 The BELL calling us all to prayer cannot be the one which our ears hear , that would be of our flesh , but rather the real bell should constantly be ringing within our spirit not of ourselves , but from the Holy Spirit within us urging us through the love of God almighty to prayer.
What I love about this series is that you guys are always so down to earth, despite your religious life. So relatable. I enjoy hearing about your daily routines.
My twin sons who are 14 years old and they love your videos. They look for Father Mark Mary abd brother Malachy each morning before school. As a mom, I am encouraged and hope you keep making videos. I think the topics are helping my young sons cling to the love of Jesus. Please keep making them.
In this Lenten season of 2022, I vowed to spend my evening hours, before retiring to bed, to spend time in prayer and also some sort of meditation to bring me closer to God....like watching videos from Ascension presents, instead of scrolling RUclips. God 'interipted' me in this moment to bring me here to this specific video. I say 'yes' to it and have been contemplating how the story of Fr. Groschel in the van can relate to me this evening, watching this video. Thank you , both, for being so down to earth, for those of us learning to be enlightened, and at the same time, for being so in tuned with Our Lord in Heaven, that you can point the way for us .
I should set an alarm for myself throughout the day! Wow! Yes, the noonday prayer is so difficult 😩 I’m in the middle of daily chores OR it’s a chance to sit and sneak in some tv time. Encouraging that y’all struggle too! Will be praying for y’all. Blessings.
What if you get kidnapped and thrown in a van? Do you say yes or try to escspe? What if you become homeless? Do you say yesb amd live that way until you die? Or do you try to get a better job? Ehat dirs it even meanto say yes? What if you are currently on the way to get an abortion you shpuld say no to that. I don't understand what this video us trying to say.
It's easy to say yes to Christ. Jesus said if you love me keep my commandments. Jesus wrote the 10 commandments with his finger and Jesus actually took the 10 commandments of stone and put them in your heart did Jesus make an enormous mistake and only put nine in what happened to the Sabbath
I kept skipping over all my notifications from this channel for some reason but no matter what I watched it wasn’t fulfilling so I went back and played the first video and I already love this channel but I really love the Friars. They are so down to earth. And turns out I was getting a message and needed them as I had a personal problem that was about to come to light and thanks to watching I was able to just put my trust in God and things went well. God bless and please keep posting.
I'm a morning person so it also means i need to go to bed relatively early. But my husband is a night owl and that's when he wants me doing things. If i say yes to these "bells" i am exhausted the next day. if i say no i feel bad and miss out on an opportunity. What do i do?!!
could you do a video of a typical day in the religious life? Such as the daily work you do, the prayer you engage in, and the little interruptions you attend to
Why did Brother Malachy decide not to be a priest after all the training he had. What are the differences between the brotherhood and the priesthood? Thank for these teachings. 🙏💖
Hey Father Mark and Brother Malachi, great seeing this vid (as always) and both of you again. Hi from St. Bernadette’s in Brooklyn. No coincidences where God is concerned! I’ve been really concentrating this lent on the Lord’s will and my cooperation with him. And here you are talking about what I need to hear! Somebody left a booklet in the back of the church written by St Alphonse Liguori titled “Uniformity With God’s Will”, a Great read, and Father Groshel’s comment to Brother Malachi was a summation of that Booklet. I’m praying for you guys, please pray for all of us who want to be intimately united to the will of God, Cross and All!
"I have a small brain and a small perspective, and a real strong opinion about what's good for me. But I also trust that God has a much better opinion about what's good for me." Thank you to you both for helping me develop the message I'm giving to a group of high-schoolers! So much good insight in this video.
Yes, Father God pls. Send your Holy spirit to always give us the strength to go on to our vocation. In following you... Thank you for keeping us inspired in fire in faith everytime you share us with your video's.
what happens If god appears in front of you as if the father was letting you know that he's there and nobody can interrupt that interaction. and yet its an interruption from the the distractions of the world or sin. would Jesus have prayed for that? would the Holy Spirit have guided you? is It a chance to meditate in prayer? that moment seems to stop me in my tracks and allows me to acknowledge god and let my next thoughts be a prayer to him instead.. any onions from
Happy to be interrupted by the Lord today, though i did not feel like it at first. The Lord asked me to go to the Blessed Sacrament, I had no idea why there was a random feeling in me to go there. When I got there, He whispered for me to comfort a crying woman. I felt chills all over my body and felt like crying too. The message He asked me to give to the woman was a message I never knew I needed to hear too, that He never forsakes His people.
Whren God interrupts my day i go with it. No matter what im doing, if God sends me on a different path, im excited to do it. I speak from personal experience.
I’m here seeking some advice if anyone could help me. I’m 16, raised catholic my entire life. I am extremely depressed, to the point of being almost suicidal, and not once in my entire life have I received a single sign from God. I prayed every day growing up, including when my depression started. However I never received an answer nor did I receive any proof that God is really up there. The only thing keeping me alive is weed, (which I’m sure is going to get me a lot of hate because Catholics seem to always be against it. It’s a medicine, not just a drug) anyways that’s not the point. Point is, I’m having a hard time believing God is even real after all the praying and going to mass. Why would he let me suffer so incredibly much? Oh well, I’ll just light up this blunt cause that’s the only thing that’s here for me. God isn’t and no one else is.
Blake Yarberry everyday we are alive is a sign from God that He loves us and gives us a new chance In life. I don’t know what your issues are and the cause for your depression but I assure you that turning to weed won’t make your situation better. Suicide is not an option either. It is the devil’s way of letting you forget how much Jesus sacrificed for your salvation. Maybe weed will numb your feelings but it sure will not solve your problems. I too have my experience of praying and going to Mass feeling as if it is not doing me any good. But God acts in ways which are a mystery for us. Continue praying and always go near Him. Trust that He is working on your life. Go and confide in someone but always let the first conversation be with God. He is there for you. Let Him take charge of your life. God bless you.
Blake Yarberry, the Bible says we should never ask God to prove Himself to us. We need to have faith that He exists. The good thing is that you are honestly seeking. A lot of people give up long before you. Their loss. Jesus very often says "your faith has healed you". Did all those people who were healed by Jesus ask him to prove that He was God before asking to be healed by Him? No, they had faith first, and it was rewarded. I myself have been healed from internal stomach bleeding in one day (not medically possible), after praying in front of the blessed sacrament, so I know Jesus is God. Have you heard of the 'miraculous image of Our Lady of Guadalupe'? Google that. Have you considered talking to a priest? The younger the priest, the better, though any priest will do. It helped me a lot to understand our faith and overcome addiction. Make an appointment at the church office for "spiritual direction" with the priest. Make a good confession before, and you won't be afraid to meet. Tell him your problems and I am sure he will guide you amongst all the 'noise' in this world. Trust me, there's a lot of 'noise' and all of us Catholics are continually struggling with it. What God is calling us to, is not what the world is calling us to. There are some medicinal properties to weed, but if not used to cure a disease, it can become problematic - that's what fellow Catholics are warning you about - it's not hate, it's actually concern for your well-being (though they might not know everything about weed). Also, talk to your parents about your suicidal tendencies. They might be unknowingly contributing to those tendencies but probably love you more than you think. They are probably dealing with their own problems not realizing yours. Finally, remember that Jesus had to suffer and die before He could rise. If He was God and had to suffer, what about us? No pain, no gain right? I can honestly say that its harder for younger people, but if there's no God in this world and we still have so many problems, what have we got to lose? If we continue to truly seek, it will work out in the end. Catholicism is a life-long journey that we are all going on.
Hi I'm Geraldo Roman a Buddhist monk For 20 years and I need Help God calling me the follow his ways my vocation is my calling to become a Franciscan renew not a Buddhist monk what to serve God he telling me to follow the gospel so please I need help from one of your brothers
Bro: “I had enough time to grab just a little bit of coffee before morning prayers”
Bro: “That’s clutch Bro”
- Saints in the making
Im in the process of converting from the Protestant church to the Catholic Church Please keep me in prayer!
Welcome aboard (oh, no, wait - that's my day job). Welcome home!
Sending you a lot of love. Welcome home.
Mike Pedigo May the Holy Spirit guide you! Read the book Rome sweet Home Dr Scott Hahn.
@@mansasedanu-kwawu5122 Thank you !
@@paulmiller3469 Thank You!
If you were from Paris would you be French Friars ? Little joke for you. Very little. God Bless.
And here i am, eating french fries right now as i reply to your comment lol
Upon his return to Assisi, Pietro took to calling his son Francesco ("the Frenchman"), possibly in honor of his commercial success and enthusiasm for all things French.[16] Since the child was renamed in infancy, the change can hardly have had anything to do with his aptitude for learning French, as some have thought.[2
From English wikipedia
4:32...”Pregnant with the presence of God...it’s in the yes moments”... first time I’ve listened to these guys and I am blown away!!! I will now look at those little/big interruptions in a whole new light!
As a wife and mom, I've been so annoyed lately at the constant pull from whatever I'm doing. Thank you for the reminder :)
You guys are absolutely awesome!!! Love your episodes together! 😍😍
I believe if you keep your faith, you keep your trust, you keep the right attitude, if you're grateful, you'll see God open up new doors...
Is it just me or do I listen to these like podcasts?
Invitation not interruption. This is just fantastic. God is calling me. What an honor ❤
I caretake my dad and so I also have a bell. I can totally relate! I try to offer it up for souls in purgatory since they can't do it for themselves. But wow that bell is tough. I know it's God time so I ask God to help me make it time with Him.
Daniel W. Sonntag I also caretake my dad, and man, it’s hard, it’s difficult. But with the blessing of our Holy Mother Mary and the grace of the Lord each time is an opportunity to say yes. And I’m sure a lot of purgatory souls are very grateful and praying to God for you. God bless brother
@@schweitzer1 yes, time after time is a gift to say yes, exactly
Daniel W. Sonntag hi that’s awesome , I can relate as a care giver too! The bell is also Gods call for you! So much grace to you
I’m deeply moved and feel that the Lord is speaking to me through your message. Thank you Brothers, and may the Lord continue to bless you both in your ministry in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour.🙏🏻
How do you make God laugh ?
Tell him your plans
I don't usually make plans because I'm too confused about what to choose so I'm putting this in Your hands Lord.
My husband. Our lives with You. Our Family. My soul.
Inspiring, as always! Thank you, Fathers. God bless you!
Amen! Powerful teaching!
"pregnant with the presence of God"
*realizes la Virgen de Guadalupe is in the background*
Thanks!
How to be a saint?I was reading that it lies in “the moments”. We can all engage with the moment and holiness,or presence of God if we develop moment to moment awareness.
it is nice to realise we can be a saint for a moment ,instead of thinking it is all beyond us and that saints are a special breed ,doing something unattainable for us lesser mortals.
Thanks for the videos. They are inspiring and uplifting.
I wanted to like it a thousand times! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 awesome! Thanks a million! God bless you guys!❣️
How to say yes to take 10. Lol We are made to make mistakes we are not perfect and if we were and didn’t make any mistakes we wouldn’t need God!! It’s hard just to say yes to weakness and to struggle and to suffering but this is exactly what it takes to be in a relationship with God!! God bless you guys!!
Yes, we are all on a journey of discovery and if we keep our eyes on Jesus, we might just get that chance to to be His hands!
This gave me an idea to set an alarm on my phone for midday prayer. Because, like you said, " I'm a busy person, I've got things to do". In other words, we put prayer off and never do it!
Love your work
Love you guys in Christ. You always amaze me with your stories. Thank you for being part of my life and in the lives of others. God bless you all
True! It’s just like the story of the Prodigal Son’s brother: he lived in the Promised Land with the Father and was tempted to envy his brother, and was completely unaware that his brother was returning in poverty from a famine infected land, completely unaware that far away hills are never greener,
As Saint Mother Theresa said: your own Calcutta is where you are right now, with whatever it is that God is putting in front of you. ☺️
Thank you so much for being so real! I really appreciate your honest advice!
Awesome as usual! Thank you!!
Profound. He makes me take those pauses always. I've prayed and been nearly done when he has called me to slow down to take a few extra moments. I've noticed lately when this happens, my day becomes profoundly better. He knows for sure when you need Him most.
Loved your thoughts men! Religious struggle with getting to prayer too? We're all human. Yes, we all should pay attention to the ordinary moments in life. Those simple moments should never be overlooked. They can be the most blessed!
Which friary do you reside in. Newark? My great Aunt was a nun there before your order moved into the monastery. May God bless both of you.
Those sirens at 5:26 are a distraction from the video, but they have a purpose, which is what the brothers are explaining. I think the brothers did that on purpose.😉
Yes!! Even though it was in the pass I still prayed for them. Just shows how often we can do very simple prayers for others in our daily lives.
😎 thank you see guys are Catholic Underground
You 2 are funny 😂😂😂 Keep up the great videos 👍
Thank you fathers for the videos!
Can you please pray for my husband's convertion and our marriage , he did his sacraments to marry me. But now he gets angry whit anything that has to do with our faith
God bless you.
This is me and parenting, bell is always calling.
Muchas gracias por estas maravillosas reflexiones padres!!!
Thanks so much for this wonderful thoughts Frs.
I’ll interrupt my everyday life to do this Lord time during my work day or free time day.
Gracias 🙏🏻 ✨✨
Lol! “ That’s clutch dude!”
I love you guys. You're awesome!
So perfect! I just came off a 3 day silent retreat. The bell was our only constant--no cell phones, no clocks. Helped keep us on tract with our prayers. Thanks for sharing!
Hallelujah!
I love how real you guys are, we all struggle the same way in different ways, if that makes any sense.
Great video Thank you GOD BLESS 🕇 🌹 🌼 🕇
It would be nice if all Catholics could pray communally on a daily basis like Muslims aspire to do. I would certainly look forward to that. Away from Holy Mass and post-missal fellowship, I feel like a tiny Catholic island in the middle of an ocean of secularism and micro-Protestantisms.
John Rigali how about liturgy of the hours? Try Magnificat.com.
Honestly i have alot of anger and i hack people but this is peaceful and beautiful😇😇😇😇😇
zx DUFF-M0DZ xz, maybe you're angry a lot because you are in the wrong position in your life. I think you may be called to be a friar. You will have peace all the time? Happy Easter in advance.
@@7discerning you too homie
Thank you brothers got me thinking today , the times set when everyone is to pray , would you consider this prayer being in the flesh or in the spirit.
For example scripture says in John 14 verse 17 .
The spirit of God , Holy Spirit dwells within in us joined together as one .1 Corinthians 6 v17
The BELL calling us all to prayer cannot be the one which our ears hear , that would be of our flesh , but rather the real bell should constantly be ringing within our spirit not of ourselves , but from the Holy Spirit within us urging us through the love of God almighty to prayer.
What I love about this series is that you guys are always so down to earth, despite your religious life. So relatable. I enjoy hearing about your daily routines.
This was a great video btw, filled with insights.
I agree- speak to me in today’s vernacular.
My twin sons who are 14 years old and they love your videos. They look for Father Mark Mary abd brother Malachy each morning before school. As a mom, I am encouraged and hope you keep making videos. I think the topics are helping my young sons cling to the love of Jesus. Please keep making them.
In this Lenten season of 2022, I vowed to spend my evening hours, before retiring to bed, to spend time in prayer and also some sort of meditation to bring me closer to God....like watching videos from Ascension presents, instead of scrolling RUclips.
God 'interipted' me in this moment to bring me here to this specific video. I say 'yes' to it and have been contemplating how the story of Fr. Groschel in the van can relate to me this evening, watching this video.
Thank you , both, for being so down to earth, for those of us learning to be enlightened, and at the same time, for being so in tuned with Our Lord in Heaven, that you can point the way for us .
Thank you so much for this. Amazing how God speaks to us all. This message is wonderful.
At 5:06 "The grass is alway greener on the other side of the hill" because there is more manure on that side of the hill.
I should set an alarm for myself throughout the day! Wow! Yes, the noonday prayer is so difficult 😩 I’m in the middle of daily chores OR it’s a chance to sit and sneak in some tv time. Encouraging that y’all struggle too! Will be praying for y’all. Blessings.
I was just save by the bell right after watching this. My alarms to get ready for daily Mass went off five minutes after watching this. Haha
This gave me a lot to think about...thank you brothers and God Bless!
Thank you for a timely reminder that I need to constantly try to remember that every moment can be a yes to God.
What if you get kidnapped and thrown in a van? Do you say yes or try to escspe? What if you become homeless? Do you say yesb amd live that way until you die? Or do you try to get a better job?
Ehat dirs it even meanto say yes? What if you are currently on the way to get an abortion you shpuld say no to that.
I don't understand what this video us trying to say.
Not yes to everything that happens; yes to God. Natural law, virtue, and prudence factor into that.
They look more like Orthodox Priests than Catholic Priests with those beards.
Its UNIVERSAL brother..
I alway's say yes too god :)
I love you guys. Everything you say is just terrific. Hugs from Spain
Oh man that was so good (,: thank you Padres!
This was refreshing to watch! Especially today, it was a real emotional roller coaster. Thank you for sharing!
It's easy to say yes to Christ. Jesus said if you love me keep my commandments. Jesus wrote the 10 commandments with his finger and Jesus actually took the 10 commandments of stone and put them in your heart did Jesus make an enormous mistake and only put nine in what happened to the Sabbath
Hi Fr Mark Mary, could you explain the words you speak to close your videos. I want to say them with you.
I kept skipping over all my notifications from this channel for some reason but no matter what I watched it wasn’t fulfilling so I went back and played the first video and I already love this channel but I really love the Friars. They are so down to earth. And turns out I was getting a message and needed them as I had a personal problem that was about to come to light and thanks to watching I was able to just put my trust in God and things went well. God bless and please keep posting.
I'm a morning person so it also means i need to go to bed relatively early. But my husband is a night owl and that's when he wants me doing things. If i say yes to these "bells" i am exhausted the next day. if i say no i feel bad and miss out on an opportunity. What do i do?!!
Your honesty is encouraging and helps us to know we just need to keep trying when those challenging moments occur. TY both!
could you do a video of a typical day in the religious life? Such as the daily work you do, the prayer you engage in, and the little interruptions you attend to
Why did Brother Malachy decide not to be a priest after all the training he had. What are the differences between the brotherhood and the priesthood?
Thank for these teachings. 🙏💖
He might be in the process ... Fr Mark-Mary was Br Mark-Mary when this series began :)
He was just ordained this weekend to the priesthood!
i like how the franciscans grow their beards. the jesuits are always clean-shaven.
I love the message guys.
But the beards aren't quite as epic as Father Mike, but getting there
Yep, good to be all out for God. Buen camino! No turning back on Him...
Poco a poco ❤
NEEDED THIS!!! ❤️❤️❤️
I had both Fr Benedict and Fr Andrew as my mentors in seminary. They are awesome 👏
Saved
By the 🔔
Everytime a bell rings an angel get a pair of wings!
Love this! Keep inspiring! 🙏🏽😇
Love your honesty and just how you keep it real!!!
Hey Father Mark and Brother Malachi, great seeing this vid (as always) and both of you again. Hi from St. Bernadette’s in Brooklyn. No coincidences where God is concerned! I’ve been really concentrating this lent on the Lord’s will and my cooperation with him. And here you are talking about what I need to hear! Somebody left a booklet in the back of the church written by St Alphonse Liguori titled “Uniformity With God’s Will”, a Great read, and Father Groshel’s comment to Brother Malachi was a summation of that Booklet. I’m praying for you guys, please pray for all of us who want to be intimately united to the will of God, Cross and All!
"I have a small brain and a small perspective, and a real strong opinion about what's good for me. But I also trust that God has a much better opinion about what's good for me."
Thank you to you both for helping me develop the message I'm giving to a group of high-schoolers! So much good insight in this video.
Yes, Father God pls. Send your Holy spirit to always give us the strength to go on to our vocation. In following you... Thank you for keeping us inspired in fire in faith everytime you share us with your video's.
Amen, right now the presence of God.
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Thanks such great words to help us realize that holy lives are very much in the ordinary! 🙏🏽 keep praying and thank you.😇
what happens If god appears in front of you as if the father was letting you know that he's there and nobody can interrupt that interaction. and yet its an interruption from the the distractions of the world or sin. would Jesus have prayed for that? would the Holy Spirit have guided you? is It a chance to meditate in prayer? that moment seems to stop me in my tracks and allows me to acknowledge god and let my next thoughts be a prayer to him instead.. any onions from
Happy to be interrupted by the Lord today, though i did not feel like it at first. The Lord asked me to go to the Blessed Sacrament, I had no idea why there was a random feeling in me to go there. When I got there, He whispered for me to comfort a crying woman. I felt chills all over my body and felt like crying too. The message He asked me to give to the woman was a message I never knew I needed to hear too, that He never forsakes His people.
Thank you
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You guys are super relatable, awesome
I keep thinking of how you were talking about "going all in" like a poker game...it's a great visual. Thanks Fathers!
Thank you fathers for your wisdom. We have to take advantage of every little situation to create holly momements 🙏🏼
Whren God interrupts my day i go with it. No matter what im doing, if God sends me on a different path, im excited to do it. I speak from personal experience.
I really dig hearing Br. Malachy.
I’m here seeking some advice if anyone could help me. I’m 16, raised catholic my entire life. I am extremely depressed, to the point of being almost suicidal, and not once in my entire life have I received a single sign from God. I prayed every day growing up, including when my depression started. However I never received an answer nor did I receive any proof that God is really up there. The only thing keeping me alive is weed, (which I’m sure is going to get me a lot of hate because Catholics seem to always be against it. It’s a medicine, not just a drug) anyways that’s not the point. Point is, I’m having a hard time believing God is even real after all the praying and going to mass. Why would he let me suffer so incredibly much? Oh well, I’ll just light up this blunt cause that’s the only thing that’s here for me. God isn’t and no one else is.
Blake Yarberry everyday we are alive is a sign from God that He loves us and gives us a new chance In life. I don’t know what your issues are and the cause for your depression but I assure you that turning to weed won’t make your situation better. Suicide is not an option either. It is the devil’s way of letting you forget how much Jesus sacrificed for your salvation. Maybe weed will numb your feelings but it sure will not solve your problems. I too have my experience of praying and going to Mass feeling as if it is not doing me any good. But God acts in ways which are a mystery for us. Continue praying and always go near Him. Trust that He is working on your life. Go and confide in someone but always let the first conversation be with God. He is there for you. Let Him take charge of your life. God bless you.
Blake Yarberry, the Bible says we should never ask God to prove Himself to us. We need to have faith that He exists. The good thing is that you are honestly seeking. A lot of people give up long before you. Their loss. Jesus very often says "your faith has healed you". Did all those people who were healed by Jesus ask him to prove that He was God before asking to be healed by Him? No, they had faith first, and it was rewarded. I myself have been healed from internal stomach bleeding in one day (not medically possible), after praying in front of the blessed sacrament, so I know Jesus is God. Have you heard of the 'miraculous image of Our Lady of Guadalupe'? Google that. Have you considered talking to a priest? The younger the priest, the better, though any priest will do. It helped me a lot to understand our faith and overcome addiction. Make an appointment at the church office for "spiritual direction" with the priest. Make a good confession before, and you won't be afraid to meet. Tell him your problems and I am sure he will guide you amongst all the 'noise' in this world. Trust me, there's a lot of 'noise' and all of us Catholics are continually struggling with it. What God is calling us to, is not what the world is calling us to. There are some medicinal properties to weed, but if not used to cure a disease, it can become problematic - that's what fellow Catholics are warning you about - it's not hate, it's actually concern for your well-being (though they might not know everything about weed). Also, talk to your parents about your suicidal tendencies. They might be unknowingly contributing to those tendencies but probably love you more than you think. They are probably dealing with their own problems not realizing yours. Finally, remember that Jesus had to suffer and die before He could rise. If He was God and had to suffer, what about us? No pain, no gain right? I can honestly say that its harder for younger people, but if there's no God in this world and we still have so many problems, what have we got to lose? If we continue to truly seek, it will work out in the end. Catholicism is a life-long journey that we are all going on.
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I just go an interruption this coming week - thanks this spoke to me directly.
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Good point!
Thanks u frs for all ur efforts! God bless ya'll! 🙂🙏
Hello brothers! How to say yes without conditions in a modern world where everything seems like sins in a routine?
mmm, I needed this, thank you
Hi I'm Geraldo Roman a Buddhist monk For 20 years and I need Help God calling me the follow his ways my vocation is my calling to become a Franciscan renew not a Buddhist monk what to serve God he telling me to follow the gospel so please I need help from one of your brothers
Thanks. The Lord be with you ☘☘☘
prayer rope on your wrist warmed my heart....
Cuando llegaremos?
I guess that depends on us and our cooperation with God. 🤔