What Should Catholics Do?
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- Опубликовано: 26 окт 2023
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As many of you know now, I recently had the privilege of being a guest on Matt Fradd’s Pints with Aquinas Podcast/RUclips channel and I finally have been able to listen to it all the ay through. As I did so, I was a little bothered by something - which is that Matt kept asking a question that I would start to answer and then, maybe the conversation would head in another direction or maybe I just didn’t feel confident in answering it to the extent that it required. But whatever the reason, I don’t feel like I answered it very well.
So I wanted to take some time to answer it now after having given it a little more thought. So, the question was, “What do we do now?” What he specifically meant was, in examining all the discouraging and distressing news in the world and especially in the Church, with the synod, with corruption scandals, with the rehabilitation of known serial abusers in the Church - if you’re in the habit of paying attention to Church news, which I am to a certain degree, there’s just so much that could cause one someone to lose their faith or their hope, and so what should we do about that? What should our response as lay people be?
And I don’t think he meant, what should people with a platform do about it. I think he just meant what should your average, pew sitting faithful Catholic layperson do?
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A BBC comedy years ago had the line, "Why do politicians spend so much time talking about saving the planet? Because it's easier than fixing the National Health Service." You are spot-on!
I’m a 71 year old cradle Catholic who has had a very deep love for the Church and Divine Mercy all of my life. Today I have to stop myself from being constantly angry as I see Satan filling young minds up with all sorts of ideologies that will make them feel like ‘nice’ people and tell them that God isn’t needed. I very much like this young man, he has a good and genuine heart.
Thanks Brian. What many Catholics fail to remember is that the church dogmas - 255 at my last count -- are inerrant and no other church, EO included, has all of them. Therefore, in today's craziness, stay the course! Jesus will always protect his church. Trust in him.
Catholics need to uplift other Catholics! amazing video as always Brian.
Wise words as always.
Amen! Thank you Brian for your work. You certainly give our family hope. God bless your family and your work🙏.
Thank you for being honest and transparent. Your videos, as of late, have been really intriguing and convicting.
Dude, Thank you for this video. So, genuine and real. IME, Pride is hidden deeply when it comes to defending and navigating our faith sometimes. I love how you set it aside here and really thought this video through. Peace be with you and your family.
Thank you for your thoughtful comments. I appreciate the approach of your channel.
Well put, Brian! I’m going to be significantly reducing my time online and reading the news…but I won’t be cutting your channel 😊👊
Extremely good advice, Brian!!! God bless you!!! ❤🙏🙏🙏
I just want to thank you for coming back to this topic and answering it. I have personally just been repeating to myself "Jesus, I trust in you" as much as I can, and praying that God's will be done as he wants it done. Nothing that happens thousands of miles away, is going to be anything I can cpersonally change, unless our Lord tells me what he wants me to do. So again, thank you so much for clarifying everything. I loved you on "Pints" and I hope you get to go back again!
Wise advice , look after your spiritual life to do the good you can to make a change in your life and those you come into contact with , we have enough battles to fight within our own daily grind to work on that …
Epiphany I had during this we all have a broom, a shovel, or a towel. We all possess a means of cleaning up our little part of the world. People are drawn to the peace that surrounds a person like that. As our family or ministry blossoms others will come to see the source of our part and want that too. God bless you!
People ask me all the time “what do you think about ‘x’ ‘y’ ‘z’ happening in such and such state or such and such country?” And I always say, “Man, for most of human history I wouldn’t have had access to any of this information, not until we’ve created this artificial world where everyone can know about everything happening anywhere. I have to concern myself with right here and now, and pray that evil be vanquished over there, whoever is wrong. I don’t know who’s right, Israel or Palestine. I don’t know, and I’m not going to waste my life researching countless hours just to build a potentially wrong opinion about something I’m not living in that’s half a world away. Let the leaders do it. I’m worried about my sanctity and that of my family’s and local community.”
Wow. AMAZING insights. Thank you! :)
Our circle of influence is much much smaller than our circle of interest.
Paul met the Greeks, even before teaching them the Faith, he said that they had Justice.
Thanks Brian. God Bless