Agreed! Preaching THE TRUTH is the difference between "PEOPLE-Pleasing." ... OR ... Pleasing GOD. AnyOne who is "OFFENDED" by hearing "THE TRUTH", needs to hear MORE OF IT!
I love the fact that Father uses his Homilies to instruct. Most Catholics not only do not know what the Church teaches, and many of them do not believe what the Church teaches.
@@phil4v8 Somehow I missed this comment. Do you want a link to the Catechism of the Catholic Church? I apologize if I misunderstand, so please clarify.
Absolute truth.Here in Sri Lanka at certain occasional masses the Father politely announces none Catholics should not receive the holy communion.God bless you all!
What a marvellously clear sermon! A gentle humour throughout, proper Catholic doctrine and an easily understandable exposition. What lucky parishioners, and (I never thought I would say this) thank God for the internet that I, in the UK, can benefit from this. Deo Gratias!
Hello, Fr. John! After listening to some of your shared homilies, I would like to thank you for they were simply said but profoundly explained. These things are the basic teachings of the Church which are often overlooked or assumed to have been understood by all Catholics. Again, thank you and may you continue to bless many especially through your homilies. May God bless you more! ( I am a cradle Catholic from the Philippines.)
Thank you Father I pray for those Catholics who received communion with no preparation. Thank you for telling the truth to all people ❤️🙏🏼 Praying for you 🙏🏼❤️
God Bless you Father. you're in my morning and night prayers... what a warrior you are for the Holy Catholic Church! keep preaching the truth.. I love that you're a man of sacrifice that you belong to Christ your whole priesthood.. I ask Mother Mary to wrap her mantle love and protection around you and the Holy Angels to always protect you ...thank you for your yes to the priesthood.. thank you for the beautiful homily you put out teaching only the truth of the Catholic Church... I ask Saint John Vianney the cure of ARS Saint Padre Pio St Pius the X always to intercede for you before the throne of God all the days of your life..Amen
Amen. May Our Lady keep Fr John in her loving protection and lead him more closely to the Sacred Heart Our Lord Jesus Christ. I think he is a heroic disciple of Our Lord.
I remember as a young lad serving on the altar thinking why are the nuns not allowed in here while the Mass is on just because I had a set of testicles. Thank God for Vatican II
tim spangler please keep watching these Catholic teachings hopefully you won't let your pride get in your way and you would head back home to the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ god bless you
Its a shame when real true Catholic teaching has to be prefaced as "controversial" by a priest in his own church. God bless you father !!! Defend the faith!
Dear Father As a true catholic I had to become 67 years old to ever hear this. No priest in my neighbourhood ever preaches this. I learned so much about our catholic faith I didn't know before thanks to priests like yourself and father Marc Göring. It's so sad that I had to turn to you tube to find holy priests like yourself. I prayed for holy priests a time ago and I thank the Lord I found them on you tube. We in Belgium desperately need priests like yourself who teach us the truth without being afraid to offend anybody. It's such a clear, beautiful explanation with true concern for one's soul. May I ask you, dear Father, to pray for holy priests in our country, who teach us the Truth about every aspect of our catholic faith. May the Lord bless you abundantly. I'll keep you in my prayers. Lovely greetings from Zutendaal (Belgium)
Are you talking about Pope Benedict XVI 's document Dominus Jesus? It was one of his most controversial writings. Pope Benedict XVI, in my opinion, is one of the most learned in the Catholic church. His books are so beautifully written and he explains God's Love and Mercy in such a beautiful way. I feel he is a hidden treasure in the Catholic church. Also, wouldn't it be proper to say a non catholic should not receive communion because they are not a baptized Catholic? What do I know, just wondering.
The rythum method is a form of birth control that is allowed. It does leave the chance of conception open as all married in union with Jesus in the Church have to do. Too many forms of birth control are accomplished after conception. That abortion and a mortal sin. If this isn't taught properly or if taught and not followed by the couple, the possibility of an abortion and mortal sin is high.
You're not catholic that's why . And the father was explainig that protestants do not understand the church teachings. The point is that if you could understand the commitment, the respect a man must show towards a woman a Cristian life is not sex at all ir only. It's a Holly sacrament from which humans continue God's work , but very few understand that and many of us make that possible wlthout knowing
God Bless you Father. I enjoy listening to your homilies. Thank you for doing what you do. Youre clearly a strong defender of our faith but present it with love and truth as our Lord did. Peace brother.🙏
May 2020 Just saw this video. I'm encouraged to see those lite-catholics get their bitter medicine to cure their modernism infection. The Body an Blood of our Lord are sacred and who ever participates by receiving Him is acknowledging all our Catholic beliefs and practices as truth. Thanks for your loyalty to our true faith.
Thank you Father for your clarity and your unscripted homilies. Unscripted in that they apply to real life and from your heart. God bless you and your work.
Those 5 letters you received from so called Catholics so uneducated and seldom attend mass. Non Catholics may never receive Holy Communion. The Bishop should have the courage to stand up for you! Good for you Father..." Amen.
If anybody's wondering what the Catholic Church believes here is a quick answer and FYI we say it all together at every Mass The Nicene Creed I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the father before all ages. God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; through him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven, and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was buried, and rose again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen.
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Paddy, you've said it all about faith in God, Christ and the Holy Spirit for all Christians and this is always recited by Catholics. Meanwhile some Christians who reject this Creed want to classify themselves more Christian than Catholics. Rather unfortunate.
so beautiful to hear you dear Rev. Father. Hail Mary full of grace the lord is with you; Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb JESUS. Holy Mary Mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. May our Lady guide you and protect you under her mantle.
Amen. Stay strong, father. The nincompoop bishops of The Church have invited The Prince of Lies inside. Pray, learn the faith, and courageously proclaim it.
Closed Communion (members only) protects the sanctity of the sacrament or ordinance and protects the non member from the dire consequences of receiving the elements in an ignorant or unworthy fashion.
Not much to understand, leave your brain at the door then believe and do anything we tell you. I however don't have a problem with his message, I'm not unconvinced there isn't more he isn't telling, but have no problem with it as it was.
People nowadays look at the Eucharist as some sort of right that is owed to them. Some sort of reward for coming to mass I guess. And even most Catholics nowadays have no idea that Jesus is truly present in the Blessed Sacrament.
One of the reasons I "hate" attending weddings and funerals is inevitably some non-Catholic relative goes to communion, (EVEN IF YOU TALKED TO THEM or not) and when some poor priest has the temerity to make an announcement about it, he takes it in the neck. Personally I believe that prior to each communion taking place at every mass it should be required to state a few words from St. Paul along with a brief clarification due to among other things, the generally world-class lousy catechesis, and the tepid level of conversion among the lay people, and mostly because of the rather scandalous way intermarriage has occurred and the way it is summarily approved of, I am not aware even if the local Ordinary makes any official approval about it anymore. Until we get serious nothing will change.
I've been checking out mass at a local catholic church, and I already knew that I shouldn't go up for communion, but I feel like people keep giving me dirty looks or being weird about the fact that I don't go up. It's really embarrasing and makes me feel like I shouldn't even be there, which is sad because I'm planning to start attending RCIA next month, but I don't know if I can keep going there if the parishioners are so unfriendly... : (
Go to RCIA! You won't regret it! Mass is not where we would socialize - it is of course where solemn worship takes place. Catholics are very friendly and loving - especially in parish activities - but we are very introspective and in prayer during mass. Actually, nobody really is watching each other - and if I don't confess a sin, I too can't go to communion and I miss out on receiving Jesus ... which motivates me to go to confession - get BACK into a state of grace, AND NOT DO IT ANYMORE!! Jesus commands us forcefully and repetitively to eat his body and drink His blood. Not an option to say he really didn't mean it! I will say prayers you persevere and follow through with RCIA. The Catholic Church is divinely instituted (Jesus is founder and intended ONLY ONE CHURCH, not many) but the reality is, from the very beginning to the present day - and from top to bottom - it can from time to time be infiltrated by weak humans - and can be variously filled with huge sinners, cowards - AND most importantly - SAINTS. We don't enter and stay in the Catholic Church for any other reason than it is the fullness of the truth of Jesus Christ. It is the Church of Christ. We follow Jesus and his saints - and church teaching (which CANNOT DECEIVE) - and we lament and must correct the sinners from the bottom to the top - who grieve the Holy Spirit and harm the Body of Christ. Yes, Jesus knew EXACTLY what he was doing when he picked Mary to be his mother as THE perfect disciple - sinless and never to be equalled in goodness by any created human then, before or since... as well as those twelve imperfect men - to lead the church - sinners, deficient, slow to understand, afraid, and even a traitor. A seeming "disaster" from the beginning with the death of Christ - but Jesus promised that the Gates of Hell would not prevail against His Church - and in 2000 years the Catholic faithful keep growing in number worldwide. Each Catholic is a member of the Apostolic family of Christ, with the mission to spread WHOLE truth of Christ's love...to all others: non-christians, on-fire and luke-warm Protestants, and to our own luke-warm or poorly-practicing Catholics (who think they have the intellect or ability to pick and choose what they want to believe AS INDIVIDUALS - apart from AUTHORITY ... they do not!!). We pray for you, and for all - to include ourselves - to FUSE with Christ...in the ONLY church he founded...
Well I'm still doing RCIA, but I'm looking at other parishes too. Also, I'm not saying I expect mass to be social hour, but it seems weird to me that people would stare at me and awkwardly try to walk through me when there's not room in the aisle with the kneeling thing down and I'm right at the open end of a 4 person row, so it would be way easier for them to just go through the 2-person row in front of us than intentionally make a scene and walk on/through me as if I don't exist. And afterward I look over and I'm getting dirty looks from some other lady. I haven't been back since. I've still been planning on doing RCIA, and I've started trying to keep up with daily readings, but that experience just gave me the clear sign that I'm NOT WELCOME AT MASS until/unless I can go up for communion, which is really sad to me. It makes me glad that I have a different parish right by where I work where I'll go for daily mass. I was also trying to look into parish boundaries for an excuse to go somewhere else, but I'm pretty sure this one that's closest to me is probably the one whose boundaries I'm in. Which reminds me, on a somewhat unrelated note, why is it virtually impossible to find the parish boundaries? I only even found out it's a thing because the parish by my work has a map tucked away in their website that I stumbled upon.
There is a total lack of reverence for Jesus in the Eucharist in the new Mass. If you go to a Byzantine mass or traditional Latin Mass one of the first things that you notice is the deep deep reverence for Jesus in the Eucharist.
To unite under beliefs that are not according to God's word is denying Christ. It is not possible to ever unite when we have error and truth facing each other.
What did the Popes and Saints have to say about ecumenism prior to Vatican II: "Such attempts can nowise be approved by Catholics, founded as they are on that false opinion which considers all religions to be more or less good and praiseworthy, since they all in different ways manifest and signify that sense which is inborn in us all, and by which we are led to God and to the obedient acknowledgment of His rule. Not only are those who hold this opinion in error and deceived, but also in distorting the idea of true religion they reject it, and little by little, turn aside to naturalism and atheism, as it is called; from which it clearly follows that one who supports those who hold these theories and attempt to realize them, is altogether abandoning the divinely revealed religion." -Pope Pius XI, Encyclical Mortalium Animos, par. 2, 6 January 1928 "I saw many pastors cherishing dangerous ideas against the Church. . . . They built a large, singular, extravagant church which was to embrace all creeds with equal rights: Evangelicals, Catholics, and all denominations, a true communion of the unholy with one shepherd and one flock. There was to be a Pope, a salaried Pope, without possessions. All was made ready, many things finished; but, in place of an altar, were only abomination and desolation. Such was the new church to be, and it was for it that he had set fire to the old one; but God designed otherwise." -from Life and Revelations of Anne Catherine Emmerich, Vol. 2, pp. 352-353 More truly Catholic Resources combating Ecumenism: Pope Pius IX, Apostolic Letter Iam Vos Omnes (1868) Pope Pius IX, Instruction to Anglican Puseyites on True Religious Unity (1865) Pope Leo XIII, Encyclical Praeclara Gratulationis Publicae (1894) Pope Leo XIII, Encyclical Satis Cognitum (1896) Pope St. Pius X, Letter Our Apostolic Mandate on Society and Interreligious Cooperation (1910) Pope Pius XI, Encyclical Mortalium Animos (1928) Pope Pius XII, Canonical Warning on Attending Ecumenical Gatherings (1948) Pope Pius XII, Instruction on the Ecumenical Movement (1949)
+Mona Lisa I don't mean to be like most protestants, even though I don't go by religion, because it places rules, restrictions, and regulations on how we worship and praise the one true God, and on our spirituality, I just wanted to inform my sister in Christ Jesus that the Lady of Fatima is actually a false apparition, and here's why. -Mary, Jesus' mother was never a white woman. -Her "Immaculate Heart" is not the only way that would lead you to God. Jesus is. -No scapular, amulet, or sacramental, worn with faith, can save you from burning in the flames of hell, only faith justifies salvation, but remember, faith without works is dead. -She is not sinless, for we all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. She needed a Savior. God bless, and I hope that which I spread would help lead others to the truth, for you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free, Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, seek first the Kingdom of God, and finally, A sk S eek K nock Ask, believe, and receive! 😇📖⛪
Dorian Catalon Religion is not about rules, but there are rules, because God has willed it that way from the beginning. God has laws, the Church just enforces them. Heaven (the Church Triumphant) is a hierarchy, just as the Church here on earth (the Church Militant) is. 1. Our Lady comes to all her apparitions appearing as the ethnicity of the peoples she is visiting. In Mexico, when she came as Our Lady of Guadalupe, she looked Mexican. When she came to La Salette, she looked French. She was in her time on earth and now maintaining her body in heaven, dark skinned of a 1st century Jewish woman. 2. Just as only through Mary, Jesus, the Christ was brought into this world, only through the Most Holy Virgin and her Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart, does one draw near to the Eternal Godhead - Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 3. First, I recommend reading why the Council of Trent condemned the Protestant error of Faith alone and how we are justified, because many Protestants don't actually know what the Church teaches about Justification. www.thecounciloftrent.com/ch6.htm And regarding the Brown Scapular and Sacramentals I also think you should learn what the Church really teaches. 4. The Virgin Mary took on humbly and with great fidelity and faith in Our Heavenly Father the will to bear the Christ in her blessed womb. She was born preserved from original sin by being Immaculately Conceived in St. Anne's womb. She also never committed sin because she followed the WHOLE law... so James 2:10 doesn't apply with Mary. On Mary being saved - Yes, she did need a saviour, and she was the mother of that Saviour. And she was the first to admit it: "My spirit rejoices in God my Saviour". She never sinned; that is true. But that is not to say that she did not need a Saviour. How could she be sinless without a Saviour? The problem that comes up here is how everyone thinks about the salvific power of God as running along our man-made timeline. It doesn't. God exists outside of time because he created the earth and time (Genesis), and thus, to say that Mary could be born without sin even before her Son, who made that very thing possible, was born is not nonsense. Jesus Christ is, after all, the "Lamb of God who was slain from the foundation of the world." And by "foundation," we mean beginning, and by "world," we mean universe. Thus, Christ, being God, sacrificed himself before the universe was ever made, because with God, there is no time. And thus, Mary can be saved by her Son's sacrifice even before she is born! Jesus is also, however, man, and thus he died on the Cross at a certain place on the earth at a certain point along our timeline. Sit benedicat tibi.
Jacob Snell 1-As I said before, I am not pushing my beliefs, I just want others to develop an understanding on spiritual things, and not on the flesh, the mindset, and also to draw closer to God, so that He may draw close to us. But if God is already in us, then he is already drawn closest to us, fully. 2-The Catholic Church does teach that outside of their Church, one cannot be saved. Although recently I have found out about something called "seperated brethren", so would you be able to tell me the true meaning of what this oxymoron is? I call it an oxymoron because if the RCC was supposedly the only true church, then why does it references other denominations in the quote I made, and why would true believers, followers, and worshipers in the Holy Trinity be seperated from a church that is alledged to be the only church Jesus founded? 3-Also, I want to add that the original greek, and possibly Hebrew written translations of the biblically compiled books originates to the 70-72 Jewish scholars, but later was translated by John Wigley, I think that is his name, but correct me if I'm wrong because idk if that is the actual person who translated the Bible into English, but was then persecuted by the RCC and killed. Also, the Roman Catholic Church banned the public of reading the divinely inspired library (the Bible, in laymen terms 😊). 4-There are others in the Bible who obeyed the full law, but they weren't sinless, because we all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, including Mary, now I do honor her for being chossn to be the blessed mother of God incarnate, but she is not an eternal mother. She is a creation. If Mary was sinless, why wouldn't she born of a Virgin. The Immaculate Conception, when you would look deeper into it, sounds like Mary is the daughter of God born of two parents, unlike the truth of the incarnation, which states that Jesus was born of one physical parent. Jesus did not have to be born by two sinless people to be both God and man, in fact, to be God and man, Jesus had to endure death, and that in itself proves that the wages of sin is Death, and the curse of Adam is death as well. In actuallity again, Jesus was both human nature and supernatural nature. Since he was human nature, he had to endure hunger, temptations, death (for his chosen ones), and also grieving the lost of loved ones. So this all points back to Mary, because if Mary wad also a holy, pure, virgin creature, then why would the consequences of Adam fall onto Jesus. Factual biblical knowledge and understanding proves that Mary had sin. She had to receive the Holy Spirit and be born again in the upper room, with the apostles. 4-I just received something from reading the Bible. Jesus is our Sabbath rest, we are each individually a church, a temple, since God lives in us. Church is not just a physical place, we cannot conjure the Holy Spirit, we can although release the Holy Spirit into the atmosphere when we gather as a congregation united in Jesus' name. Jesus said that whenever two or more are gathered in His name, He is in their midst. We as born again believers, followers, and worshippers of Christ Jesus have to certainly be assured that we all together are in communion with God, known as the communion of the saints. God is not a part time God, he is a full time Divine Trinitarian being, which means that we must be full time worshipers and praise Him full time, everyday 24/7. Our purpose here on Earth is to lead, guide, and aid to the evangelization of non-believers, as well as to be set on the one, true, holy, and only foundation, which is Jesus Christ. Thank you again for the feedback, I understood it and I appreciate the answers everyone has given me on RUclips. God bless you all, peace. 😇📖⛪ Btw, I wouldn't use the peace sign emoji because that would represent the cross of Nero, who despised Christians.
Thank you, Father, Don't discourage by these people. We all know in the Bible Jesus speaks of the truth nothing but the truth. May our Lord guide and protect you from all evils. Keep up the good work. 🙏🙏🙏
To get a license or certificate of any sort you need to do a course and then pass an exam. Well isn't that about the same thing with a belief system? I totally agree. We all need clarity in regards to rules and regulations! You can't be a member of the Catholic Church unless a person agree to all what the Church teaches, then if a person wants to join or become a member of the Catholic church then he or she has to go through the same process as going to TAFE or University, learn what the church teaches and represents, have baptism, holy communion and then confirmation !
I never thought I'd see the day, I actually don't have much of a problem with what he said. I'm not entirely sure I 100% believe there isn't more to it, but I will take his answer at face value until proven otherwise.
2nd point. There were no protestants when St. Paul said this. He is speaking about not receiving Communion when you are in a state of mortal sin. How many Catholics go to Communion when they have serious since on their souls? They need to go to confession before walking up to that alter.
S Paul does not talk about sin in Corinthians, He talks about not being in union with each other, and so having offended the very reason they came together "COMMUNION"
In the end when we all stand before God, He’s not going to care if we’re Catholic or non-Catholic. The only thing that will matter is if we’ve been born again by the saving grace of His son. I often wonder what an impact Christians -not Catholics or Protestants- could have on a lost and dying world if we would only join hands.
You could erase the schism of 500 years ago by coming back home, back to the only church established for you by God and not man. Would love to have you back and then we have strength in unity.
Born again means water and spirit baptism that’s what the Bible says when Jesus taught nicodemus. Trusting in Jesus is not being born again that’s man made traditions.
@@michaeldavid330 Trusting in Jesus as our Savior and dedicating our lives to following Him is the whole significance of what the water and spirit baptism represents.
this is why so many people, including myself, won't become Catholics!! We as Protestants LOVE the old-school Catholicism but are so fed up with wishy-washy, liberal, politically correct Catholics!! What gives?
Jim Rixon I am seeing signs of a revival. I was a cradle Protestant 20 years, then left the faith for 18 years. I became Catholic this year. Priests such as Ft. Hollowell are becoming more visible. Even the Pope seems to be growing tired of the leftist lobby pressuring Rome to fall in line with the world. It is hard to understate how courageous these orthodox priests have to be. The whole world hates authentic catholicism, which was one of the best indicators that they should be seriously considered for having the Truth.
It hasn't left. The faith hasn't changed, society has. Want the Latin Mass? Find one. Want Mass in English with solid preaching? Father is an example of what is available.
I believe the Church of the future will look and act much more like the Church of the past. The Church (like our Lord was) is being crucified. Most of the apostles have left us. Peter has denied us. What comes next is death. After: Resurrection. Glory.
Paul is speaking to the Church. The Church was only Catholic then. People, Catholics are not the same as other Christians, we are being transformed by the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of God through the Holy Eucharist ! Embrace the Truth !
O honor you father for telling the truth. No less than our Lord said, it's either you are hot or cold, there is no in between. It's either yes or no, more than that belongs to the devil. It clearly states that we have to take side. I believe there is no gray areas on your sermon. Thanks and God bless to your ministry and will be praying for you.
Fr John is a brilliant educator and witness. I admire his inner strength, his intelligence and his faithfulness to Our Lord's teachings. Keep up the good work, Father. We support you.
We believe in the Word of God. Read the Bible and you will know the truth. Do not be deceived by the hyper grace and hyper mercy. Amen! I love others, but I follow Christ only! He is my salvation and through him I know love ❤️
Isn't amazing how Catholic Churches are still surviving/existing despite the criticisms it had received, and how unified the churches are (Roman/Latin and the Eastern Catholic) given its diversity. On the other hand, Protestant churches are increasing overtime with its thousands of denomination. If Catholic Church didn't exists, then there would be no Protestant Churches. Just sayin.......
Father John, How insightful and articulate. I have a question, what do you think about bishops and priests for not giving communion to catholic politicians and other public figures who promote abortion, same sex marriage and other vices? Thank you.
How in the Name of God can this be described as articulate ? This man's slovenly speech has no place in the house of God.He stutters his way through broken and disjointed sentences,pausing halfway through a sentence to start a new chord. If you are unable to master your own mother tongue sufficiently dexterously to compose full sentences without grasshoppering from fragmented thought to disjointed and unrelated thread ,interspersed with Wows and My Gosh's .it is time to withdraw gracefully . What an embarrassment is this man.! I do not believe he accomplished one grammatically correct sentence in the whole of this unedifying diatribe . Perhaps he is more accomplished in Spanish or Latin ?
I think a lot of catholics also need to know that if they missed last week's mass the church asks them not to take communion unless they go directly after that mass .....
Fathers like you and a handful of others like Sensus Fidelium are leading us to the truth and salvation I moved to a small town in San Bernadino California about three years ago As an illustration to give more credence to your homily I’ll give you an example of how bad the changing Catholic all inclusive teachings of Vatican II are here! My neighbor asked me ( post vat II Catholic’s) AL why don’t you just go to this Baptist Church Accross the street they serve just as much food as they do at St Francis.? All churches are the same now!
Interesting explanation. I am Roman Catholic but I find non Christian unity when referring to divorced people. Question: Are divorced Catholics allowed to receive communion? It seems every Catholic priest has a different answer.
This article should be quite helpful: www.catholic.com/quickquestions/may-a-person-who-is-divorced-but-not-remarried-receive-communion. Send me a message if you have any questions.
Vincent Torrieri As long as you are in the state of grace you can receive communion. If you are divorced and civilly "re-married" or living in a state of sin, for example, engaged in sexual activity outside of marriage, then you are not in the state of grace and thus should not receive communion.
I want him to correct one thing. “Non Catholics can’t take communion”. I am an orthodox christian and we take communion. He should have said If anyone doesn’t accept Christ or doesn’t belong to any a Christian a denomination should not take it.
Harry Nalbandian I'm with you on this one I am a Catholic and I have often been troubled with this fact I don't exactly understand it but it is one of those Catholic rules that I'm sure if you look into the reason why it will make sense to you as I also need to do it seems a little unfair to only allow Catholics to receive communion but at the same time Catholics are only allowed to receive communion if they are in a state of grace which means they have committed no mortal sins which is why I always go to Saturday mass for sure because it's right after confession LOL that's about the only time I am 100% sure I am in a state of grace LOL
Was Judas in the "State of Grace" when Jesus shared at the Last Supper? even though He knew Judas was going to betray Him? also Peter who was going to deny Him?
Frank Vella that is a good one... I would have to say with Judas it would have been a sin because he knowingly had already sinned ... in a way... Against our Lord but only the Lord knew that Peter was going to deny him three times and Peter was not aware of what he was going to do in the future so for Peter I think he was in a state of grace and it was not a sin for him to receive communion but Judas was not in a state of grace so it was a sin for him to receive communion
Unity in the eucharist here in earth. We hv 1000s of differences here on earth but in heaven there is unision & no division. I wonder whose teachings on earth is recorded in heaven
The only reason any Catholic would be offended by the teaching on communion is because they either don't know the teaching or don't care. Either is sad.
I am an Anglican who believes it is the body of Christ and I have thought about it so therefore surely I should be able to take communion in a Catholic Church or have I misunderstood your teaching
In the second part of the teaching the priest cites Paul's teaching about discerning the body of the Lord or bring judgement upon oneself. Discerning the body is not just recognizing the Lord in the consecrated bread and wine. When we receive the Eucharist, the Lord Jesus physically becomes a part of us and we are physically united to him. We are also united to each other. The body of the Lord is the Church. We cannot receive the Eucharist if there is an impediment. Sin is one such impediment because sin separates me from God. I a Catholic, cannot receive communion if I have sinned and have not gone to confession and received absolution. Another impediment is division between the churches. While we may believe much of the same things there is a serious rift that separates Catholics and Protestants. Until that rift is healed there is no real unity and we cannot share communion. Not only is a Protestant required to abstain from receiving communion in a Catholic Mass. As a Catholic, I am not allowed to receive communion in a Protestant church. Only when we achieve a true reconciliation can we become one church and then we can share a real communion. We must strive to make that happen.
Wait a minute-- a bishop received complaint letters from 5 "Catholics" who don't seem to understand what the Catholic church ACTUALLY TEACHES, and were upset at hearing the truth from a faithful priest. And how did that bishop respond? Did he defend the priest? Did he take the opportunity to instruct those 5 dissident Catholics, to clarify what the Church actually teaches? And where is that bishop today (2018, in the middle of the latest round of scandals involving the hierarchy)?
As always, a Right-On Homily, Father. Those Catholics who wrote that letter to the Bishop about your straight-to-the-point homily are, quite simply, ignorant snowflakes. There are far too many of them. Michael Voris calls them Church of Nice. Pax et Bonum … from Manchester, England.
The problem here is, that the doctrine Paul teaches is contrary to Roman Catholicism! This is a precise example, how the RCC twists Holy Scripture! Paul warned us in Galatians 1:6 about this!
@@bridgefin To explain God's grace revealed to Paul to my grandchildren took about 10 minutes, the same grace to penetrate an indoctrinated Catholic mind is nearly impossible, BIAS prohibits it in multiple layers! How do i now? You are conversing with one!
Three years have passed and we now know that there are a group of heretical German bishops who are actively working to change Church doctrine to give the Eucharist both to Protestants married to Catholics and to the divorced remarried Catholics without annulments.
Shouldn't be, but many Catholics don't believe, others want to be politically correct instead of evangelizing and teaching those of other faiths what we do believe. Pray for the parishioners who complain.
Say you invite someone who is non Catholic, is it possible for them to receive a blessing? Say, as in someone who has not gotten their confirmation yet? Something I wish my neighbor had done when introducing me to the Catholic Church.
FATHER you are NOT a herrtic..the HOLY EUCHARIST is to me the most solemn part of mass..I have missed so many communion because I was NOT in a state of grace..CONFESSION is hard to do but it TRULY MENDS the relationship between u and the LORD
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I love your honesty. The Church needs to be fearless in her teachings. Don't preach to not offend, preach what is true.
Anyone who states the truth i bound to offend. Did Jesus worry about that? Absolutely not.
So true Fr. John...non catholics or even Catholics should know the real presence of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist.....
Agreed! Preaching THE TRUTH is the difference between "PEOPLE-Pleasing." ... OR ... Pleasing GOD.
AnyOne who is "OFFENDED" by hearing "THE TRUTH", needs to hear MORE OF IT!
I love the fact that Father uses his Homilies to instruct. Most Catholics not only do not know what the Church teaches, and many of them do not believe what the Church teaches.
Gabe Pettinicchio : I totally agree. I wish our homilies were like this
Love the fact that you seem to know about the catholic fact yet you dont say what you know.
100% agree
@@phil4v8 Somehow I missed this comment. Do you want a link to the Catechism of the Catholic Church? I apologize if I misunderstand, so please clarify.
Having someone who is strong in faith and communicates that well helps us to learn right from wrong!
I could listen to this guy talk all day. So knowledgeable. Great voice.
HighlyMedicated , If, I was highlymedicated I could as well.
I love listening to Fr John too. His talks and classes are so clear and brilliant. And he has authentic personal holiness.
Thank u Father John .May our loving God ever bless u.
I cannot believe how rebellious some of my fellow Catholic Christians can be at times! Very nice Father.
Absolute truth.Here in Sri Lanka at certain occasional masses the Father politely announces none Catholics should not receive the holy communion.God bless you all!
Father John, well said! You are awesome and a true blessing!
We need more prist like this one. God bless his soul.
What a marvellously clear sermon! A gentle humour throughout, proper Catholic doctrine and an easily understandable exposition. What lucky parishioners, and (I never thought I would say this) thank God for the internet that I, in the UK, can benefit from this. Deo Gratias!
Thank you father. A beautiful homily, clearer teachings of our catholic faith.
God bless you.
Hello, Fr. John! After listening to some of your shared homilies, I would like to thank you for they were simply said but profoundly explained. These things are the basic teachings of the Church which are often overlooked or assumed to have been understood by all Catholics. Again, thank you and may you continue to bless many especially through your homilies. May God bless you more! ( I am a cradle Catholic from the Philippines.)
Nothing sounds controversial here. It's just genuine Catholicism.
Thank you Father I pray for those Catholics who received communion with no preparation. Thank you for telling the truth to all people ❤️🙏🏼 Praying for you 🙏🏼❤️
I'm grateful that you had say this in your homily and uploaded it for the world to understand what we catholics believe. thank you Father Hollowell.
God Bless you Father. you're in my morning and night prayers... what a warrior you are for the Holy Catholic Church! keep preaching the truth.. I love that you're a man of sacrifice that you belong to Christ your whole priesthood.. I ask Mother Mary to wrap her mantle love and protection around you and the Holy Angels to always protect you ...thank you for your yes to the priesthood.. thank you for the beautiful homily you put out teaching only the truth of the Catholic Church... I ask Saint John Vianney the cure of ARS Saint Padre Pio St Pius the X always to intercede for you before the throne of God all the days of your life..Amen
Amen. May Our Lady keep Fr John in her loving protection and lead him more closely to the Sacred Heart Our Lord Jesus Christ. I think he is a heroic disciple of Our Lord.
My take on this is some CATHOLICS need to learn what the Church teaches...probably the same Catholics who took out the Communion rail and the statues.
Wow, Timmy. I guess you Catholic bash everywhere. You are committed in destroying the Church, aren't you? --- Good luck with that, my friend.
When did the rails of exclusion first appear?
Frank Vella . ?
I remember as a young lad serving on the altar thinking why are the nuns not allowed in here while the Mass is on just because I had a set of testicles. Thank God for Vatican II
tim spangler please keep watching these Catholic teachings hopefully you won't let your pride get in your way and you would head back home to the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ god bless you
Fr John Hollowell a Catholic superhero
A brief who lives what he preaches.
Prayers from Michigan.
What a great sermon Father! We need more like this 🙏🏼♥️
I wish our current Pope would make church teachings clearer instead of making it seem as if everything is up for change.
So we have here a Papisa... What a surprise!
Fr John you are frank and you tell it like it is thank you for doing so
Hermoso sermón, padre que Dios lo bendiga siempre y le dé fuerzas para seguir con su apostolado
6:46 don't let it get you down father,focus on getting your message across.
Its a shame when real true Catholic teaching has to be prefaced as "controversial" by a priest in his own church. God bless you father !!! Defend the faith!
Dear Father
As a true catholic I had to become 67 years old to ever hear this.
No priest in my neighbourhood ever preaches this.
I learned so much about our catholic faith I didn't know before thanks to priests like yourself and father Marc Göring. It's so sad that I had to turn to you tube to find holy priests like yourself.
I prayed for holy priests a time ago and I thank the Lord I found them on you tube.
We in Belgium desperately need priests like yourself who teach us the truth without being afraid to offend anybody.
It's such a clear, beautiful explanation with true concern for one's soul.
May I ask you, dear Father, to pray for holy priests in our country, who teach us the Truth about every aspect of our catholic faith.
May the Lord bless you abundantly.
I'll keep you in my prayers.
Lovely greetings from Zutendaal (Belgium)
father greats from portugal GOD give you courage you are a real catholic priest
Thank you Father John. God bless you
Thank you Fr. John, this is the second time I’ve watched this homily. Thank you most sincerely. 🙏✝️☘️
Are you talking about Pope Benedict XVI 's document Dominus Jesus? It was one of his most controversial writings. Pope Benedict XVI, in my opinion, is one of the most learned in the Catholic church. His books are so beautifully written and he explains God's Love and Mercy in such a beautiful way. I feel he is a hidden treasure in the Catholic church. Also, wouldn't it be proper to say a non catholic should not receive communion because they are not a baptized Catholic? What do I know, just wondering.
If you want to teach something really controversial, give a homily on why you can't use birth control. People will get up and walk out of Mass.
Steven Shaw: True. Very sad but very true.
The rythum method is a form of birth control that is allowed. It does leave the chance of conception open as all married in union with Jesus in the Church have to do. Too many forms of birth control are accomplished after conception. That abortion and a mortal sin. If this isn't taught properly or if taught and not followed by the couple, the possibility of an abortion and mortal sin is high.
You're not catholic that's why . And the father was explainig that protestants do not understand the church teachings. The point is that if you could understand the commitment, the respect a man must show towards a woman a Cristian life is not sex at all ir only. It's a Holly sacrament from which humans continue God's work , but very few understand that and many of us make that possible wlthout knowing
@@tomwolf8721 true. Perhaps a better way to put it is artificial birth control.
So what if they do.You’re suppose the truth like Jesus did.No priest should have an agenda.
God grant you fortitude, Father. Well said from start to finish.
Thank you so much, father, we need this homilies!!! God bless you, u r in my prayers!
Bety at Bakers field, Ca
That was perfect. Thankyou Father.
Thank you Father Hollowell. God bless you!
God Bless you Father. I enjoy listening to your homilies. Thank you for doing what you do. Youre clearly a strong defender of our faith but present it with love and truth as our Lord did. Peace brother.🙏
May 2020
Just saw this video.
I'm encouraged to see those lite-catholics get their bitter medicine to cure their modernism infection.
The Body an Blood of our Lord are sacred and who ever participates by receiving Him is acknowledging all our Catholic beliefs and practices as truth.
Thanks for your loyalty to our true faith.
Thank you! When we are upfront and honest with people in a loving way, we can create the foundation of friendships and new Catholics.
Thank you Father for your clarity and your unscripted homilies. Unscripted in that they apply to real life and from your heart. God bless you and your work.
Those 5 letters you received from so called Catholics so uneducated and seldom attend mass. Non Catholics may never receive Holy Communion. The Bishop should have the courage to stand up for you! Good for you Father..." Amen.
Thank you father for that clarification. You've explained it so that I can relay it to others.
If anybody's wondering what the Catholic Church believes here is a quick answer and FYI we say it all together at every Mass
The Nicene Creed
I believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.
I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the Only Begotten Son of God,
born of the father before all ages.
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation
he came down from heaven,
and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,
and became man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate,
he suffered death and was buried,
and rose again on the third day
in accordance with the Scriptures.
He ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory
to judge the living and the dead
and his kingdom will have no end.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.
I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.
I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins
and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead
and the life of the world to come.
Amen.
Patrick Perkins : AMEN.
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The Nicene Creed with Scripture references ...
Paddy, you've said it all about faith in God, Christ and the Holy Spirit for all Christians and this is always recited by Catholics. Meanwhile some Christians who reject this Creed want to classify themselves more Christian than Catholics. Rather unfortunate.
I have been listening since I saw him, thank God for his teaching
Fr sounds like Fr Rip. Bishops have these events like Tobin had. Yet I can't go to mass/ confession
so beautiful to hear you dear Rev. Father. Hail Mary full of grace the lord is with you; Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb JESUS. Holy Mary Mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. May our Lady guide you and protect you under her mantle.
Amen. Stay strong, father. The nincompoop bishops of The Church have invited The Prince of Lies inside.
Pray, learn the faith, and courageously proclaim it.
Closed Communion (members only) protects the sanctity of the sacrament or ordinance and protects the non member from the dire consequences of receiving the elements in an ignorant or unworthy fashion.
Those complainers obviously don't understand the Catholic faith.
Not much to understand, leave your brain at the door then believe and do anything we tell you. I however don't have a problem with his message, I'm not unconvinced there isn't more he isn't telling, but have no problem with it as it was.
lincolncity9 yes
People nowadays look at the Eucharist as some sort of right that is owed to them. Some sort of reward for coming to mass I guess. And even most Catholics nowadays have no idea that Jesus is truly present in the Blessed Sacrament.
Me? I'd just say Catholic teaching plainly, and then close my lips, clench my teeth, and wait for the impact.
Holy Khan That is so funny it does feel that way a lot right.
I had a very holy priest once who often said very wise words...the Church has become afraid of offending everyone except God.
Watching from Gulf am blessed with ur teaching Fr.
Well spoken. Many cradle Catholics don't fully understand the faith and, sadly, some do not believe the Eucharist is the body of Christ.
Fr. John you are really doing well. continue to do so.
I love this dude's voice.
Dude?
@@henryweaver667 oh, lighten up ;^)
Thank you... for sharing wisdom.. not cotton candy fluff preaching
My answer is very easy and simple. You want Communion in the Church JESUS founded then become a Catholic. AMEN
One of the reasons I "hate" attending weddings and funerals is inevitably some non-Catholic relative goes to communion, (EVEN IF YOU TALKED TO THEM or not) and when some poor priest has the temerity to make an announcement about it, he takes it in the neck. Personally I believe that prior to each communion taking place at every mass it should be required to state a few words from St. Paul along with a brief clarification due to among other things, the generally world-class lousy catechesis, and the tepid level of conversion among the lay people, and mostly because of the rather scandalous way intermarriage has occurred and the way it is summarily approved of, I am not aware even if the local Ordinary makes any official approval about it anymore. Until we get serious nothing will change.
We are our own worse enemy. This is even more pronounced today, than when this homily was first spoken.
I've been checking out mass at a local catholic church, and I already knew that I shouldn't go up for communion, but I feel like people keep giving me dirty looks or being weird about the fact that I don't go up. It's really embarrasing and makes me feel like I shouldn't even be there, which is sad because I'm planning to start attending RCIA next month, but I don't know if I can keep going there if the parishioners are so unfriendly... : (
Go to RCIA! You won't regret it! Mass is not where we would socialize - it is of course where solemn worship takes place. Catholics are very friendly and loving - especially in parish activities - but we are very introspective and in prayer during mass. Actually, nobody really is watching each other - and if I don't confess a sin, I too can't go to communion and I miss out on receiving Jesus ... which motivates me to go to confession - get BACK into a state of grace, AND NOT DO IT ANYMORE!! Jesus commands us forcefully and repetitively to eat his body and drink His blood. Not an option to say he really didn't mean it! I will say prayers you persevere and follow through with RCIA. The Catholic Church is divinely instituted (Jesus is founder and intended ONLY ONE CHURCH, not many) but the reality is, from the very beginning to the present day - and from top to bottom - it can from time to time be infiltrated by weak humans - and can be variously filled with huge sinners, cowards - AND most importantly - SAINTS. We don't enter and stay in the Catholic Church for any other reason than it is the fullness of the truth of Jesus Christ. It is the Church of Christ. We follow Jesus and his saints - and church teaching (which CANNOT DECEIVE) - and we lament and must correct the sinners from the bottom to the top - who grieve the Holy Spirit and harm the Body of Christ. Yes, Jesus knew EXACTLY what he was doing when he picked Mary to be his mother as THE perfect disciple - sinless and never to be equalled in goodness by any created human then, before or since... as well as those twelve imperfect men - to lead the church - sinners, deficient, slow to understand, afraid, and even a traitor. A seeming "disaster" from the beginning with the death of Christ - but Jesus promised that the Gates of Hell would not prevail against His Church - and in 2000 years the Catholic faithful keep growing in number worldwide. Each Catholic is a member of the Apostolic family of Christ, with the mission to spread WHOLE truth of Christ's love...to all others: non-christians, on-fire and luke-warm Protestants, and to our own luke-warm or poorly-practicing Catholics (who think they have the intellect or ability to pick and choose what they want to believe AS INDIVIDUALS - apart from AUTHORITY ... they do not!!). We pray for you, and for all - to include ourselves - to FUSE with Christ...in the ONLY church he founded...
Well I'm still doing RCIA, but I'm looking at other parishes too.
Also, I'm not saying I expect mass to be social hour, but it seems weird to me that people would stare at me and awkwardly try to walk through me when there's not room in the aisle with the kneeling thing down and I'm right at the open end of a 4 person row, so it would be way easier for them to just go through the 2-person row in front of us than intentionally make a scene and walk on/through me as if I don't exist. And afterward I look over and I'm getting dirty looks from some other lady. I haven't been back since. I've still been planning on doing RCIA, and I've started trying to keep up with daily readings, but that experience just gave me the clear sign that I'm NOT WELCOME AT MASS until/unless I can go up for communion, which is really sad to me. It makes me glad that I have a different parish right by where I work where I'll go for daily mass.
I was also trying to look into parish boundaries for an excuse to go somewhere else, but I'm pretty sure this one that's closest to me is probably the one whose boundaries I'm in. Which reminds me, on a somewhat unrelated note, why is it virtually impossible to find the parish boundaries? I only even found out it's a thing because the parish by my work has a map tucked away in their website that I stumbled upon.
There is a total lack of reverence for Jesus in the Eucharist in the new Mass. If you go to a Byzantine mass or traditional Latin Mass one of the first things that you notice is the deep deep reverence for Jesus in the Eucharist.
This homily is as controversial as a constipated evacuation.
To unite under beliefs that are not according to God's word is denying Christ. It is not possible to ever unite when we have error and truth facing each other.
AND Women should not be at the Altar especially serving as an altar boy. Wow, Amen
+John Hollowell - I live under Bishop Tobin! What parish do you work at?
What did the Popes and Saints have to say about ecumenism prior to Vatican II:
"Such attempts can nowise be approved by Catholics, founded as they are on that false opinion which considers all religions to be more or less good and praiseworthy, since they all in different ways manifest and signify that sense which is inborn in us all, and by which we are led to God and to the obedient acknowledgment of His rule. Not only are those who hold this opinion in error and deceived, but also in distorting the idea of true religion they reject it, and little by little, turn aside to naturalism and atheism, as it is called; from which it clearly follows that one who supports those who hold these theories and attempt to realize them, is altogether abandoning the divinely revealed religion."
-Pope Pius XI, Encyclical Mortalium Animos, par. 2, 6 January 1928
"I saw many pastors cherishing dangerous ideas against the Church. . . . They built a large, singular, extravagant church which was to embrace all creeds with equal rights: Evangelicals, Catholics, and all denominations, a true communion of the unholy with one shepherd and one flock. There was to be a Pope, a salaried Pope, without possessions. All was made ready, many things finished; but, in place of an altar, were only abomination and desolation. Such was the new church to be, and it was for it that he had set fire to the old one; but God designed otherwise."
-from Life and Revelations of Anne Catherine Emmerich, Vol. 2, pp. 352-353
More truly Catholic Resources combating Ecumenism:
Pope Pius IX, Apostolic Letter Iam Vos Omnes (1868)
Pope Pius IX, Instruction to Anglican Puseyites on True Religious Unity (1865)
Pope Leo XIII, Encyclical Praeclara Gratulationis Publicae (1894)
Pope Leo XIII, Encyclical Satis Cognitum (1896)
Pope St. Pius X, Letter Our Apostolic Mandate on Society and Interreligious Cooperation (1910)
Pope Pius XI, Encyclical Mortalium Animos (1928)
Pope Pius XII, Canonical Warning on Attending Ecumenical Gatherings (1948)
Pope Pius XII, Instruction on the Ecumenical Movement (1949)
And now even the popes are endorsing these heresies.
+Mona Lisa I don't mean to be like most protestants, even though I don't go by religion, because it places rules, restrictions, and regulations on how we worship and praise the one true God, and on our spirituality, I just wanted to inform my sister in Christ Jesus that the Lady of Fatima is actually a false apparition, and here's why.
-Mary, Jesus' mother was never a white woman.
-Her "Immaculate Heart" is not the only way that would lead you to God. Jesus is.
-No scapular, amulet, or sacramental, worn with faith, can save you from burning in the flames of hell, only faith justifies salvation, but remember, faith without works is dead.
-She is not sinless, for we all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. She needed a Savior.
God bless, and I hope that which I spread would help lead others to the truth, for you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free, Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, seek first the Kingdom of God, and finally,
A sk
S eek
K nock
Ask, believe, and receive! 😇📖⛪
It isn't about the religion, it is about the relationship. We as born again believers, must worship in Spirit and in Truth.
Dorian Catalon Religion is not about rules, but there are rules, because God has willed it that way from the beginning. God has laws, the Church just enforces them. Heaven (the Church Triumphant) is a hierarchy, just as the Church here on earth (the Church Militant) is.
1. Our Lady comes to all her apparitions appearing as the ethnicity of the peoples she is visiting. In Mexico, when she came as Our Lady of Guadalupe, she looked Mexican. When she came to La Salette, she looked French. She was in her time on earth and now maintaining her body in heaven, dark skinned of a 1st century Jewish woman.
2. Just as only through Mary, Jesus, the Christ was brought into this world, only through the Most Holy Virgin and her Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart, does one draw near to the Eternal Godhead - Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
3. First, I recommend reading why the Council of Trent condemned the Protestant error of Faith alone and how we are justified, because many Protestants don't actually know what the Church teaches about Justification. www.thecounciloftrent.com/ch6.htm
And regarding the Brown Scapular and Sacramentals I also think you should learn what the Church really teaches.
4. The Virgin Mary took on humbly and with great fidelity and faith in Our Heavenly Father the will to bear the Christ in her blessed womb. She was born preserved from original sin by being Immaculately Conceived in St. Anne's womb. She also never committed sin because she followed the WHOLE law... so James 2:10 doesn't apply with Mary. On Mary being saved - Yes, she did need a saviour, and she was the mother of that Saviour. And she was the first to admit it: "My spirit rejoices in God my Saviour". She never sinned; that is true. But that is not to say that she did not need a Saviour. How could she be sinless without a Saviour? The problem that comes up here is how everyone thinks about the salvific power of God as running along our man-made timeline. It doesn't. God exists outside of time because he created the earth and time (Genesis), and thus, to say that Mary could be born without sin even before her Son, who made that very thing possible, was born is not nonsense. Jesus Christ is, after all, the "Lamb of God who was slain from the foundation of the world." And by "foundation," we mean beginning, and by "world," we mean universe. Thus, Christ, being God, sacrificed himself before the universe was ever made, because with God, there is no time. And thus, Mary can be saved by her Son's sacrifice even before she is born! Jesus is also, however, man, and thus he died on the Cross at a certain place on the earth at a certain point along our timeline.
Sit benedicat tibi.
Jacob Snell 1-As I said before, I am not pushing my beliefs, I just want others to develop an understanding on spiritual things, and not on the flesh, the mindset, and also to draw closer to God, so that He may draw close to us. But if God is already in us, then he is already drawn closest to us, fully.
2-The Catholic Church does teach that outside of their Church, one cannot be saved. Although recently I have found out about something called "seperated brethren", so would you be able to tell me the true meaning of what this oxymoron is? I call it an oxymoron because if the RCC was supposedly the only true church, then why does it references other denominations in the quote I made, and why would true believers, followers, and worshipers in the Holy Trinity be seperated from a church that is alledged to be the only church Jesus founded?
3-Also, I want to add that the original greek, and possibly Hebrew written translations of the biblically compiled books originates to the 70-72 Jewish scholars, but later was translated by John Wigley, I think that is his name, but correct me if I'm wrong because idk if that is the actual person who translated the Bible into English, but was then persecuted by the RCC and killed. Also, the Roman Catholic Church banned the public of reading the divinely inspired library (the Bible, in laymen terms 😊).
4-There are others in the Bible who obeyed the full law, but they weren't sinless, because we all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, including Mary, now I do honor her for being chossn to be the blessed mother of God incarnate, but she is not an eternal mother. She is a creation. If Mary was sinless, why wouldn't she born of a Virgin. The Immaculate Conception, when you would look deeper into it, sounds like Mary is the daughter of God born of two parents, unlike the truth of the incarnation, which states that Jesus was born of one physical parent. Jesus did not have to be born by two sinless people to be both God and man, in fact, to be God and man, Jesus had to endure death, and that in itself proves that the wages of sin is Death, and the curse of Adam is death as well. In actuallity again, Jesus was both human nature and supernatural nature. Since he was human nature, he had to endure hunger, temptations, death (for his chosen ones), and also grieving the lost of loved ones. So this all points back to Mary, because if Mary wad also a holy, pure, virgin creature, then why would the consequences of Adam fall onto Jesus. Factual biblical knowledge and understanding proves that Mary had sin. She had to receive the Holy Spirit and be born again in the upper room, with the apostles.
4-I just received something from reading the Bible. Jesus is our Sabbath rest, we are each individually a church, a temple, since God lives in us. Church is not just a physical place, we cannot conjure the Holy Spirit, we can although release the Holy Spirit into the atmosphere when we gather as a congregation united in Jesus' name. Jesus said that whenever two or more are gathered in His name, He is in their midst. We as born again believers, followers, and worshippers of Christ Jesus have to certainly be assured that we all together are in communion with God, known as the communion of the saints. God is not a part time God, he is a full time Divine Trinitarian being, which means that we must be full time worshipers and praise Him full time, everyday 24/7. Our purpose here on Earth is to lead, guide, and aid to the evangelization of non-believers, as well as to be set on the one, true, holy, and only foundation, which is Jesus Christ.
Thank you again for the feedback, I understood it and I appreciate the answers everyone has given me on RUclips. God bless you all, peace. 😇📖⛪
Btw, I wouldn't use the peace sign emoji because that would represent the cross of Nero, who despised Christians.
Amen I wish to hear you again
tell it like it is!
Thank you, Father, Don't discourage by these people. We all know in the Bible Jesus speaks of the truth nothing but the truth. May our Lord guide and protect you from all evils. Keep up the good work. 🙏🙏🙏
To get a license or certificate of any sort you need to do a course and then pass an exam. Well isn't that about the same thing with a belief system? I totally agree. We all need clarity in regards to rules and regulations! You can't be a member of the Catholic Church unless a person agree to all what the Church teaches, then if a person wants to join or become a member of the Catholic church then he or she has to go through the same process as going to TAFE or University, learn what the church teaches and represents, have baptism, holy communion and then confirmation !
thx father.. now i know. i'm catholic from indonesia. God bless u
I never thought I'd see the day, I actually don't have much of a problem with what he said. I'm not entirely sure I 100% believe there isn't more to it, but I will take his answer at face value until proven otherwise.
Nate Graham: Read what the Catechism of the Catholic Church has to say about this, if you don't believe Father.
2nd point. There were no protestants when St. Paul said this. He is speaking about not receiving Communion when you are in a state of mortal sin. How many Catholics go to Communion when they have serious since on their souls? They need to go to confession before walking up to that alter.
Steven Shaw :Amen,Amen, if every parishioner is waltzing up for communion, I would be in much more fear for souls than if half stayed seated.
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Paul does not talk about sin in Corinthians, He talks about not being in union with each other, and so having offended the very reason they came together "COMMUNION"
In the end when we all stand before God, He’s not going to care if we’re Catholic or non-Catholic. The only thing that will matter is if we’ve been born again by the saving grace of His son. I often wonder what an impact Christians -not Catholics or Protestants- could have on a lost and dying world if we would only join hands.
You could erase the schism of 500 years ago by coming back home, back to the only church established for you by God and not man. Would love to have you back and then we have strength in unity.
Born again means water and spirit baptism that’s what the Bible says when Jesus taught nicodemus.
Trusting in Jesus is not being born again that’s man made traditions.
@@michaeldavid330 Trusting in Jesus as our Savior and dedicating our lives to following Him is the whole significance of what the water and spirit baptism represents.
this is why so many people, including myself, won't become Catholics!! We as Protestants LOVE the old-school Catholicism but are so fed up with wishy-washy, liberal, politically correct Catholics!! What gives?
Jim Rixon I am seeing signs of a revival. I was a cradle Protestant 20 years, then left the faith for 18 years. I became Catholic this year. Priests such as Ft. Hollowell are becoming more visible. Even the Pope seems to be growing tired of the leftist lobby pressuring Rome to fall in line with the world. It is hard to understate how courageous these orthodox priests have to be. The whole world hates authentic catholicism, which was one of the best indicators that they should be seriously considered for having the Truth.
There are plenty of old-school Traditionalist parishes out there. Maybe someday you'll come home.
It hasn't left. The faith hasn't changed, society has. Want the Latin Mass? Find one. Want Mass in English with solid preaching? Father is an example of what is available.
Mate, why leave Jesus because of Judas?
I believe the Church of the future will look and act much more like the Church of the past. The Church (like our Lord was) is being crucified. Most of the apostles have left us. Peter has denied us. What comes next is death. After: Resurrection. Glory.
Paul is speaking to the Church. The Church was only Catholic then. People, Catholics are not the same as other Christians, we are being transformed by the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of God through the Holy Eucharist ! Embrace the Truth !
O honor you father for telling the truth. No less than our Lord said, it's either you are hot or cold, there is no in between. It's either yes or no, more than that belongs to the devil. It clearly states that we have to take side. I believe there is no gray areas on your sermon. Thanks and God bless to your ministry and will be praying for you.
Fr John is a brilliant educator and witness. I admire his inner strength, his intelligence and his faithfulness to Our Lord's teachings.
Keep up the good work, Father. We support you.
We believe in the Word of God. Read the Bible and you will know the truth. Do not be deceived by the hyper grace and hyper mercy. Amen!
I love others, but I follow Christ only! He is my salvation and through him I know love ❤️
Bravo, Father.
Isn't amazing how Catholic Churches are still surviving/existing despite the criticisms it had received, and how unified the churches are (Roman/Latin and the Eastern Catholic) given its diversity. On the other hand, Protestant churches are increasing overtime with its thousands of denomination.
If Catholic Church didn't exists, then there would be no Protestant Churches.
Just sayin.......
Father John, How insightful and articulate. I have a question, what do you think about bishops and priests for not giving communion to catholic politicians and other public figures who promote abortion, same sex marriage and other vices? Thank you.
How in the Name of God can this be described as articulate ? This man's slovenly speech has no place in the house of God.He stutters his way through broken and disjointed sentences,pausing halfway through a sentence to start a new chord.
If you are unable to master your own mother tongue sufficiently dexterously to compose full sentences without grasshoppering from fragmented thought to disjointed and unrelated thread ,interspersed with Wows and My Gosh's .it is time to withdraw gracefully .
What an embarrassment is this man.!
I do not believe he accomplished one grammatically correct sentence in the whole of this unedifying diatribe .
Perhaps he is more accomplished in Spanish or Latin ?
I was more focused on the content.
So what if he's better with Latin? Grammar police St Paul the Apostle and St Peter in how they wrote Koine Greek. They weren't so eloquent either.
@@Birashanuman Who are you attacking?
This doesn’t seem controversial to me AT ALL, and I’m a convert
I think a lot of catholics also need to know that if they missed last week's mass the church asks them not to take communion unless they go directly after that mass .....
Fathers like you and a handful of others like Sensus Fidelium are leading us to the truth and salvation
I moved to a small town in San Bernadino California about three years ago
As an illustration to give more credence to your homily I’ll give you an example of how bad the changing Catholic all inclusive teachings of Vatican II are here!
My neighbor asked me ( post vat II Catholic’s) AL why don’t you just go to this Baptist Church Accross the street they serve just as much food as they do at St Francis.? All churches are the same now!
I thank you for teaching the non catholics.
Interesting explanation. I am Roman Catholic but I find non Christian unity when referring to divorced people. Question: Are divorced Catholics allowed to receive communion? It seems every Catholic priest has a different answer.
This article should be quite helpful: www.catholic.com/quickquestions/may-a-person-who-is-divorced-but-not-remarried-receive-communion. Send me a message if you have any questions.
Vincent Torrieri As long as you are in the state of grace you can receive communion. If you are divorced and civilly "re-married" or living in a state of sin, for example, engaged in sexual activity outside of marriage, then you are not in the state of grace and thus should not receive communion.
Vincent Torrieri Divorced Catholics may receive Communion but divorced and remarried Catholics may not.
@@georgepenton6023 only if they Go on confessions first before receiving the Holy Eucharist .
I want him to correct one thing. “Non Catholics can’t take communion”. I am an orthodox christian and we take communion. He should have said If anyone doesn’t accept Christ or doesn’t belong to any a Christian a denomination should not take it.
Harry Nalbandian You have to be at a state of Grace to receive communion in the RCC. Grave sins must be confessed before receiving the Eucharist.
Harry Nalbandian I'm with you on this one I am a Catholic and I have often been troubled with this fact I don't exactly understand it but it is one of those Catholic rules that I'm sure if you look into the reason why it will make sense to you as I also need to do it seems a little unfair to only allow Catholics to receive communion but at the same time Catholics are only allowed to receive communion if they are in a state of grace which means they have committed no mortal sins which is why I always go to Saturday mass for sure because it's right after confession LOL that's about the only time I am 100% sure I am in a state of grace LOL
Harry Nalbandian The Eastern Orthodox are in schism from the One True Church and they will surely lose their souls if they don't return.
Was Judas in the "State of Grace" when Jesus shared at the Last Supper? even though He knew Judas was going to betray Him? also Peter who was going to deny Him?
Frank Vella that is a good one... I would have to say with Judas it would have been a sin because he knowingly had already sinned ... in a way... Against our Lord but only the Lord knew that Peter was going to deny him three times and Peter was not aware of what he was going to do in the future so for Peter I think he was in a state of grace and it was not a sin for him to receive communion but Judas was not in a state of grace so it was a sin for him to receive communion
What do our Catholics think of the current Pope?
Is it the path of unity?
What fellowship does light have with darkness? Can 2 walk together who don't agree? You can not serve 2 masters...
Unity in the eucharist here in earth. We hv 1000s of differences here on earth but in heaven there is unision & no division. I wonder whose teachings on earth is recorded in heaven
The only reason any Catholic would be offended by the teaching on communion is because they either don't know the teaching or don't care. Either is sad.
I am an Anglican who believes it is the body of Christ and I have thought about it so therefore surely I should be able to take communion in a Catholic Church or have I misunderstood your teaching
In the second part of the teaching the priest cites Paul's teaching about discerning the body of the Lord or bring judgement upon oneself.
Discerning the body is not just recognizing the Lord in the consecrated bread and wine.
When we receive the Eucharist, the Lord Jesus physically becomes a part of us and we are physically united to him. We are also united to each other. The body of the Lord is the Church.
We cannot receive the Eucharist if there is an impediment. Sin is one such impediment because sin separates me from God. I a Catholic, cannot receive communion if I have sinned and have not gone to confession and received absolution.
Another impediment is division between the churches. While we may believe much of the same things there is a serious rift that separates Catholics and Protestants. Until that rift is healed there is no real unity and we cannot share communion.
Not only is a Protestant required to abstain from receiving communion in a Catholic Mass. As a Catholic, I am not allowed to receive communion in a Protestant church.
Only when we achieve a true reconciliation can we become one church and then we can share a real communion.
We must strive to make that happen.
Wait a minute-- a bishop received complaint letters from 5 "Catholics" who don't seem to understand what the Catholic church ACTUALLY TEACHES, and were upset at hearing the truth from a faithful priest. And how did that bishop respond? Did he defend the priest? Did he take the opportunity to instruct those 5 dissident Catholics, to clarify what the Church actually teaches? And where is that bishop today (2018, in the middle of the latest round of scandals involving the hierarchy)?
Im watching you from purgatory.
Father, Lord Jesus first he separate the lamb from the sheep I think you know what I mean. Thanks
As always, a Right-On Homily, Father. Those Catholics who wrote that letter to the Bishop about your straight-to-the-point homily are, quite simply, ignorant snowflakes. There are far too many of them. Michael Voris calls them Church of Nice. Pax et Bonum … from Manchester, England.
The problem here is, that the doctrine Paul teaches is contrary to Roman Catholicism! This is a precise example, how the RCC twists Holy Scripture! Paul warned us in Galatians 1:6 about this!
Paul was a Catholic before we called ourselves that. There is not distinction between Catholicism and Paul, when Paul is properly interpreted.
@@bridgefin properly wrong
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A man of few words. OK. Prove your claim.
@@bridgefin To explain God's grace revealed to Paul to my grandchildren took about 10 minutes, the same grace to penetrate an indoctrinated Catholic mind is nearly impossible, BIAS prohibits it in multiple layers! How do i now? You are conversing with one!
@@rlrett1
You haven't shown that your understanding of Paul is correct or that it is contrary to Catholic doctrine.
How was any of this remotely "controversial"?
Three years have passed and we now know that there are a group of heretical German bishops who are actively working to change Church doctrine to give the Eucharist both to Protestants married to Catholics and to the divorced remarried Catholics without annulments.
Shouldn't be, but many Catholics don't believe, others want to be politically correct instead of evangelizing and teaching those of other faiths what we do believe. Pray for the parishioners who complain.
I don't understand the thinking of those who think that the Catholic Church has some "duty" to engage in ecumenicalism.
Say you invite someone who is non Catholic, is it possible for them to receive a blessing? Say, as in someone who has not gotten their confirmation yet? Something I wish my neighbor had done when introducing me to the Catholic Church.
Troy Adamson late reply but they can receive a blessing. Absolutely.
Can you still take it if you're going through a huge faith crisis but you really really want to believe?
FATHER you are NOT a herrtic..the HOLY EUCHARIST is to me the most solemn part of mass..I have missed so many communion because I was NOT in a state of grace..CONFESSION is hard to do but it TRULY MENDS the relationship between u and the LORD