Well, if he dies before us we’ll be morally obligated to start his petition for sainthood under this pretense! His book on prayer alone is enough consolation for years to come.
32:28 "We don’t go to confession so that we never go to confession again. Confession is part of our relationship with God. I’m always bringing my weakness, my need for healing, the places in my heart that are still imperfect and just need His love." Important words for me, especially as a perfectionist. Thank you.
I love how Matt talks about his wife ❤️ My parent’s don’t have a great marriage, and Matt gives me hope that not all marriages are like the one I grew up around. It’s so beautiful to hear him talk about his wife so lovingly.
All marriages are a cross to bear. Some people definitely have heavier ones than others but the heaviness makes little difference when you carry it with joy.
This is easily the best three hours I have spent in years. I have been hitting a wall, hard, with my faith as a newly converted Catholic because I know I am struggling to open my heart due to past traumas. This was a fabulous episode to get out of my own head. Ohh and that prayer exercise please cut that into a short so I can keep coming back time and time again!
At 17 I enlisted and found myself over seas serving my country. The things I saw and did built a strong layer of stone over my heart. I got out and joined law enforcement which didn’t help the situation. It only hardened it further. All the while I had a longing for God, but I never felt worthy of being in his presence. After hearing this I found myself crying which I’m not very comfortable with. I found my defenses coming up hard, but the grace was just to much for my defenses to over come. Thank you Matt for all you do.
Brilliant, Our Lady said, Harden not your Heart. Our Lady’s Mantle 46 day Rosary helped me a lot. ( get the booklet) and Fatima Crusade with Fr. Pilari for online support.
Listening to Matt and Fr. Boniface is so beautiful but also breaks my heart. I've never heard men speak like this.... It brings me to tears and I don't know how to get through this video. Especially when Matt talks about how beautiful his children are when they confess to him. Makes me weep for my children and my own childhood.
If there is someone passing messages onto Fr Boniface about how the prayer went, please tell him it was a divine intervention I desperately needed at this time, and thank you.
I went to Mass last evening after the meditation and seeing Jesus on my couch, in my heart was so beautiful. I still see him there today. I can’t always sit with Him but he is there for me all the time. Thank you so much.
Thank you Matt for bringing Father Boniface on once again. I have listened to this two going on three times and I am humbled by the opportunity to meditate on what he shares. In my prayers for spiritual direction, it is a blessing to have talks like this to dwell on; Thank you.
Matt, I’m driving home listening and at about 30:00 in I am weeping, listening to hall talk about vulnerability and communion, and how you want so much for your child. I as a daughter and wife and mother am sobbing for how beautiful all these things are. I treasure the expression of these thoughts in a format like this. I am not alone. We are not alone. Thank you for your conversations and that we can listen.
The prayer exercise was very beautiful, it was an oasis of living water. Thank you Father Boniface and Matt. I have ordered ‘The Fruit of Her Womb’. I am an Anglo Catholic from Sussex, England.
@@paulgemme6056this one is so old and tired. Jesus used the literary form of hyperbole to make his point that we must not seek to exalt ourselves, we've got no business trying to make ourselves important. He didn't mean literally never use the word father, and we know that for several reasons. St Paul "For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel". If it was a forbidden word how could St Paul have made such a mistake? The next verse says call no one teacher. Are you going to go around policing the little second graders at your neighborhood school? The origin of the word doctor has the meaning of teacher. Have you never addressed your physician as Doctor? If you have, looks like you have a problem under a literal interpretation of this verse. And what about the people that just a hundred years ago or less called their actual fathers "father"? Dad hasn't always been the default norm. This is also such an English language centered issue. We don't really have a good sense whether father is the perfect translation. What if the word used in the original could have been daddy just as well as father? What about languages where there may not be alternatives and there is only one word for father? How would their translations treat the situation? Are they just doomed to say parent instead? I doubt it. American protestants always have such an ethnocentric, English focused tunnel vision of scripture. It's so frustrating when y'all get pedantic about singular words like English is the only thing that matters instead of the big picture message
“For I became your Father though Christ Jesus in the gospel”- St. Paul of Tarsus 1 Corinthians 4:15 If Jesus isn’t being hyperbolic then we’d be required to follow this law to the T and not call our earthly fathers our fathers.
@@aidanlisney5546 Never read anywhere in the bible where anyone ever called the Apostle Paul father. No one ever prayed to Paul, like Paul could intervene for them. There is only one mediator between the born-again believer and our heavenly Father. Christ Jesus alone.
@@scroogemcduckismyspiritanimal If we are not to make ourselves important why do some people treat the pope and priests like they are more important than others.
Beautiful interview! Their vulnerabilty and tenderness are food for the soul. The mystical diary of the Servant of God, Luisa Piccarretta are all about Jesus living in us. Her writings are so beautiful for anyone interested.
Thanks, Matt and Fr. Boniface, for the great discussion and the quotes from The Context of Holiness! The life of St. Thérèse demonstrates that healing and holiness aren't about becoming someone with more self-sufficiency to overcome temptation but becoming *little* ... someone who knows his or her littleness and brokenness, denies that voice to be self-reliant, and relies entirely on God and the transformative grace that comes from doing His will in the midst of our brokenness. Our wounds, like Jesus's on the Cross, are the contexts of our own transformations that will bring God glory! God bless!
As a recent revert to Catholicism (from the cradle), with 15 years as a psychotherapist and many more years studying philosophy, psychology, and spirituality, I was recently connected with a spiritual director and will begin work on November 30th. I am so very, very excited to begin this new journey, and feel I may be called into spiritual direction at some point. I’ve found PWA to be such a great place to find reassuring and humbling conversations. Thank you and may God bless you, Matt and Father Boniface!
When it comes to those "instant gratification" expectations, we as a society really need a reset on what is realistic and kind when it comes to our expectations of others. People's perspective is shrinking rapidly and its tough to know where to try and draw that boundary. I love that they discussed the struggle to desire to be charitable vs draining yourself to the requests of others.
Thank you for this extraordinary spiritual guidance from Fr. Boniface. Truly, appreciate the video chapters to pinpoint particular segments. Thank you Matt for all you do!
I love when Fr Bonafice is on, speaking about IFS was nice to hear. I have found this particular form of therapy very helpful and easily integrated with Catholic spirituality. Thank you for having him as a guest.
Comments on communion and solitude around 55:28 remind me of the Les mis line “to love another person is to see the face of God”. This is a beautiful conversation
1:14:39 “Christians baptized into the womb of Mary until they are born into eternal life.” Hit me like a ton of bricks as I thought about what being “born again” might really symbolize. Mary’s been on my mind a lot this week.
Thank you so much for this. What a blessed 3 hours. I cannot stress enough how important it is to have a spiritual director. I am blessed and honored to know him and have him as my SD.
1:47:05 Matt going “yum, yum, yum” to bourbon with 57% alcohol while Father Boniface just widens his eyes after he tries it is the very good laugh I needed today
This is the video I really needed to see. I feel so full of joy and faith. Praise God! I have just started Spiritual Direction - we touched on a lot of these points in the video. Fr Boniface is wonderful. For too long I have found myself beating myself up for my tendencies/sins which in turn I just essentially stop praying and cut god off until I need him. I don’t know whatever has caused this to start happening to me in recent years but this is one great spiritual hug, I could almost hear God in my head saying ‘Yes, I have been trying to say this to you for years, I’ve got you and I love you!’. Nearly been brought to tears. How beautiful. GOD IS GOOD GOD IS LOVE 🔥 ❤️
I just did the prayer of descent. Jesus came in and sprawled out on the couch. I sat next to him, tense and prim, trying to be good. So telling. I think I need to trust that I can relax and let my hair down and just be the mess that I often am and that that's ok. I feel like I go through a lot of life like that, tense and trying hard to be good.
25:22 this was a powerful quote section. I remember when I heard Matt talk about in Locals. It was very powerful marking so I can come back. (Hopefully someone else finds it useful)
Wow! Ok, focus on the Lord...stop trying, focusing on me…. “Trust in and rely confidently on the Lord with all your heart And do not rely on your own insight or understanding.” Proverbs 3:5 AMP How-to allow my weaknesses to assist others…. “It is the Lord who goes before you; he will be with you and will never fail you or forsake you. So do not fear or be dismayed.” The Reading of the Law.” Deuteronomy 31:8
Thanks Matt for talking about the Context of Holiness. It’s been on my to read list for a while and I recently bought it due to your conversation with Mother Iliana, bought her book as well, and I’m slowly going through it. It’s been great so far!
Timestamp: 1:24:00 Great part about listening and accompanying someone! "A lot of times when we speak about vulnerable things, we don't always have the language, and we stumble a little bit, if somebody else is ready to jump in with their own story and change the subject, we will never have the trust that we need to open up these tender places."
Fr Pine is above my ADHD head…. 😂. I need those who can simplify and get to the point! I continually try to listen to Fr Pine… but always mentally wander off a few minutes in…. 😳
I was deathly afraid of my abusive parents and NEVER told them anything. when I was 12, told them if they didn't lay off me, I'd kill myself, that's how depressed and desperate I was. My mother said, "I never want to hear MY CHILD say something like that", effectively, making it about HER. When I was 14, I attempted to end my life.
According to the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible, the verse that says "do not call someone father" is found in Matthew 23:9, which reads: "And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
I like the idea that we carry an island of the work of Christ, grace and ‘Eden’ inside us in order to be lights in a dark world but I think the phrase “I’m Jesus” maybe takes that a step over the line of where the world it going to look at us as delusional rather than representatives of Christ. I’m not Jesus..but I’ve tasted and found that He is good, I’m filled with His Spirit and I carry Him around in me…but I never confuse my sin stained carcass with the one and perfect savior, Son of God.
This was beautiful, very helpful for me. Thank you. P.S. Matt love that idea about not punishing the kids for a night and getting them to open up. I’m going to try that myself.
Our Father Lord God, the Holy King, Holy Mighty God Who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy Will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen. Hail Mary, Full of Holy Grace, The Lord God is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, the Lord Jesus Christ. Holy Mary, Mother of Lord God, pray for us sinners, spread the effect of grace of Thy Flame of Holy Love over all of humanity, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Honor and Glory be to the Holy Father, and to the Holy Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Holy Angels of Lord God, the Holy King my guardian dear, To whom Holy Lord God's holy love commits me here, Ever this day, be at my side, To light and guard, Rule and guide. Amen. St. Michael the Archangel, pray for us. Defend us in battle. Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. May Holy Lord God, the Holy King rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Holy Prince of the heavenly hosts, by the power of Holy Lord God, the Holy King thrust into hell Satan, and all the evil spirits, who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen. . O glorious prince St. Michael, the Archangel, chief and commander of the heavenly hosts, guardian of souls, vanquisher of rebel spirits, servant in the house of the Divine King and our admirable conductor, you who shine with excellence and superhuman virtue deliver us from all evil, who turn to you with confidence and enable us by your gracious protection to serve the Holy Lord God, the Holy King more and more faithfully every day. Amen. Act of Contrition O my Lord God, the Holy King I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of heaven, and the pains of hell; but most of all because they offend Thee, my Lord God, the Holy King Who are all good and deserving of all my holy love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Thy holy grace, to confess my sins, to do penance, and to amend my life. Our Holy Lord and Savior Jesus Christ suffered and die for us in his name my Lord God, the Holy King have mercy. Amen. I believe in the Lord God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and earth; and in the Lord Jesus Christ, His only Holy Son Our Holy Lord God, Who was conceived by the Holy Lord God, the Holy Spirit, born of the Holy Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into Hell; the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into Heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of the Lord God, the Father almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Lord God, the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the Holy Communion of Holy Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and life everlasting. Amen.
It's not only a general German practice to repeat the mystery in each Hail Mary after the name of the Lord Jesus. It is also how we Hungarians pray the rosary. I remember how surprised I was realising it's not a thing in other nations' practice.
For children, ages 4 through to 10, there is the Family of Faith books, one for parents, one for the child. They're fun, insightful, full of knowledge and brings the family together
Love the episode. Tbh. i don’t like the added stuff, like the picture of WhatsApp getting messages, or the quotes. They divert the attention from what the interviewee is saying.
if you are looking for ways to grow your faith and serve God you can always ask your priest or the Legion Of Mary at your parish and they probably have all kinds of options of things you could do to build up your community and your faith at the same time.
What was Fr. Boniface saying around 30:00 about a group demonstrating how to pray for healing for a miracle? It seems un-Catholic to me to expect that we can demonstrate how to wield God’s power like a presentation at a conference. Does anyone have more info on those encounter school of ministry intensives?
I was struck by the same comment. I don't know anything about them though. My assumption was that they would pray and the form of healing would be up to the Spirit. But we are called to make healing prayer as Christians
I think it would be very interesting to get Justin Marler on here for a conversation. He’s a guitarist who helped found the pioneering doom metal band Sleep, before leaving the music industry to become an Orthodox monk in the 90’s for 6 years. During which time he created an iconic zine called “Death to the World” which fused heavy metal aesthetics with the teachings of the church. He has since returned to life as a layman. I know he’s not catholic, but i think his story and journey are fascinating, and while he’s done a couple interviews, I think this would be the most interesting space to hear him recount his tales.
Matt, I love the idea of Jubilee Days. I have done it once or twice and got my son to confess a thing or two and he was joyful it was off his chest. My one question I have is how do you have that develop into your kids always willing to tell the truth? I can see my kids just always want to wait for those days and then there isn't ever any justice or discipline?
So often I feel like I need or would like/love a spiritual Director. The thought comes to me that perhaps I should take classes to become a spiritual Director because of the need. Does that make any sense?
the section starting '2:27:50 to about 2:33:50 gave me some confirmation in discerning a matter from september. I knew, but it's helpful to hear someone else put the experience into words.
Matt cracks me up with his story of the Ukranian monastery. He vowed that he'd be kind to cats. How is that lofty or sublime? Lol 😂 It's fun watching him crack up Fr Boniface- those are the best moments. Oh yeah, Fr Boniface is pretty awesome too. 😄
Please if you will choose the best expert you can on JRR Tolkien and do a show. If you would. If you have done 😢this please do it again. Your friend Baloo!
Answer to supporting the priest question there is the 7 sisters apostle which is people pray 1 day week 7 or more people of course and they pray an hour a day for the priest I have it last for a year you can do it longer of course not shorter plunger and I have seen miracalls it is so good for a priest I recommend it with all my heart
1:42:10 Well, regarding money, in many parts of Europe we often don't use nor have cash (being paid by the employer directly to a bank account), so it's reasonable for a church to have donation options via some digital way. I have a friend who serves as a missionary priest in France (I think he leads about 6 parishes now). And while I'm terrified by the thought of the state being the owner of churches, especially with such an anti-catholic government as France has, my friend explained that it became sort of a blessing (God bringing good from a bad situation). Old churches need a lot of investment to keep them in good condition and the country is obliged to conserve them. With such a little number of parishioners it would be impossible to gather necessary funds - and the churches built after the act of claiming the churches by the country (because of this they are Church of France's possession) do face this problem gravely. Of course there are many risks connected with this situation (demolition, transforming churches into disrespectful places etc.), but for now a lot depends on the fact if the parish is actually alive and priest's decisions.
Hey Matt, when is Fr Boniface going to read the Rule of St Benedict for Hallow? Here is a link to it on RUclips: ruclips.net/video/JpvRDhy0RS0/видео.html When you guys were talking about spiritual devotions and the one's that Benedictines keep, all I could think about is how it is The Liturgy and The Rule that help the heart ascend to Jesus. Either way take and God bless.
Fr Boniface is the living equivalent of a hug.
That is so accurate. Is there already a patron saint of hugs? Because if not here he is.
Well, if he dies before us we’ll be morally obligated to start his petition for sainthood under this pretense! His book on prayer alone is enough consolation for years to come.
That’s an amazing metaphor. I’m gonna use that someday
Hi @@aidanlisney5546 is this Personal prayer?
Right! He's so so nice and kind.
32:28 "We don’t go to confession so that we never go to confession again. Confession is part of our relationship with God. I’m always bringing my weakness, my need for healing, the places in my heart that are still imperfect and just need His love."
Important words for me, especially as a perfectionist. Thank you.
I feel you @angrypotato_fz
Todays movies, with minor exceptions, are mostly crap.
Wonderful to read this about Confession 🤔🙂.
I love how Matt talks about his wife ❤️ My parent’s don’t have a great marriage, and Matt gives me hope that not all marriages are like the one I grew up around. It’s so beautiful to hear him talk about his wife so lovingly.
Same here, let's pray for all Catholic marriages that are struggling!
And pray for other marriages. Divorce is very hurtful especially to children
All marriages are a cross to bear. Some people definitely have heavier ones than others but the heaviness makes little difference when you carry it with joy.
This needs to be mentioned: your name here is hilarious and I pray the Lord blesses you immensely 😂🙏
@@AntOfEgypt Thank you 🤣 I always pray that my username brings a smile to someone’s face - it still makes me laugh! :)
This is easily the best three hours I have spent in years. I have been hitting a wall, hard, with my faith as a newly converted Catholic because I know I am struggling to open my heart due to past traumas. This was a fabulous episode to get out of my own head. Ohh and that prayer exercise please cut that into a short so I can keep coming back time and time again!
Glory be to God!
Thank you for that. 🙏🏼 I was contemplating the 3-hour podcast, but you changed my mind. ❤
I'm finally listening and having the same exact thoughts.
Someone who knows how can listen is the most important prerequisite
At 17 I enlisted and found myself over seas serving my country. The things I saw and did built a strong layer of stone over my heart. I got out and joined law enforcement which didn’t help the situation. It only hardened it further. All the while I had a longing for God, but I never felt worthy of being in his presence. After hearing this I found myself crying which I’m not very comfortable with. I found my defenses coming up hard, but the grace was just to much for my defenses to over come. Thank you Matt for all you do.
Brilliant, Our Lady said, Harden not your Heart. Our Lady’s Mantle 46 day Rosary helped me a lot. ( get the booklet) and Fatima Crusade with Fr. Pilari for online support.
Listening to Matt and Fr. Boniface is so beautiful but also breaks my heart. I've never heard men speak like this.... It brings me to tears and I don't know how to get through this video. Especially when Matt talks about how beautiful his children are when they confess to him. Makes me weep for my children and my own childhood.
If there is someone passing messages onto Fr Boniface about how the prayer went, please tell him it was a divine intervention I desperately needed at this time, and thank you.
This may be the most beautiful interview I've heard on Pints with Aquinas. Thank you, Matt. Thank you, Fr. Boniface. ❤
"My weakness is always a near occasion of communion." How beautiful is that! Thank you, Fr. Boniface, God bless you!
I went to Mass last evening after the meditation and seeing Jesus on my couch, in my heart was so beautiful. I still see him there today. I can’t always sit with Him but he is there for me all the time. Thank you so much.
Thank you Matt for bringing Father Boniface on once again. I have listened to this two going on three times and I am humbled by the opportunity to meditate on what he shares. In my prayers for spiritual direction, it is a blessing to have talks like this to dwell on; Thank you.
I can listen to his voice allllll day! It gives me great calm and peace.
Yeah, same here. ❤
Matt, I’m driving home listening and at about 30:00 in I am weeping, listening to hall talk about vulnerability and communion, and how you want so much for your child. I as a daughter and wife and mother am sobbing for how beautiful all these things are. I treasure the expression of these thoughts in a format like this. I am not alone. We are not alone. Thank you for your conversations and that we can listen.
Thank you for this video. Only 18 minutes in and I'm pausing because the Lord is helping me heal areas I didn't want to admit
The prayer exercise was very beautiful, it was an oasis of living water. Thank you Father Boniface and Matt. I have ordered ‘The Fruit of Her Womb’. I am an Anglo Catholic from Sussex, England.
My favorite phrase: people seeking Mercy always receive Mercy ♥️
Very grateful to Father Boniface and Saint Vincent’s Archabbey for their spiritual guidance! Much love from a Benedictine Oblate
Matthew 23:9
And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
-Jesus Christ
@@paulgemme6056this one is so old and tired.
Jesus used the literary form of hyperbole to make his point that we must not seek to exalt ourselves, we've got no business trying to make ourselves important.
He didn't mean literally never use the word father, and we know that for several reasons.
St Paul "For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel". If it was a forbidden word how could St Paul have made such a mistake?
The next verse says call no one teacher. Are you going to go around policing the little second graders at your neighborhood school?
The origin of the word doctor has the meaning of teacher. Have you never addressed your physician as Doctor? If you have, looks like you have a problem under a literal interpretation of this verse.
And what about the people that just a hundred years ago or less called their actual fathers "father"? Dad hasn't always been the default norm.
This is also such an English language centered issue. We don't really have a good sense whether father is the perfect translation. What if the word used in the original could have been daddy just as well as father? What about languages where there may not be alternatives and there is only one word for father? How would their translations treat the situation? Are they just doomed to say parent instead? I doubt it.
American protestants always have such an ethnocentric, English focused tunnel vision of scripture. It's so frustrating when y'all get pedantic about singular words like English is the only thing that matters instead of the big picture message
“For I became your Father though Christ Jesus in the gospel”- St. Paul of Tarsus 1 Corinthians 4:15
If Jesus isn’t being hyperbolic then we’d be required to follow this law to the T and not call our earthly fathers our fathers.
@@aidanlisney5546 Never read anywhere in the bible where anyone ever called the Apostle Paul father. No one ever prayed to Paul, like Paul could intervene for them. There is only one mediator between the born-again believer and our heavenly Father. Christ Jesus alone.
@@scroogemcduckismyspiritanimal If we are not to make ourselves important why do some people treat the pope and priests like they are more important than others.
PWA has been such a blessing in my faith journey and Fr. Hicks is such a wise, beautiful, gentle soul. Sending love from San Diego.
Beautiful interview! Their vulnerabilty and tenderness are food for the soul. The mystical diary of the Servant of God, Luisa Piccarretta are all about Jesus living in us. Her writings are so beautiful for anyone interested.
Thanks, Matt and Fr. Boniface, for the great discussion and the quotes from The Context of Holiness! The life of St. Thérèse demonstrates that healing and holiness aren't about becoming someone with more self-sufficiency to overcome temptation but becoming *little* ... someone who knows his or her littleness and brokenness, denies that voice to be self-reliant, and relies entirely on God and the transformative grace that comes from doing His will in the midst of our brokenness. Our wounds, like Jesus's on the Cross, are the contexts of our own transformations that will bring God glory! God bless!
Fr. Boniface, thank you!! Such a beautiful and helpful episode. You radiate Christ's love and peace.
I could listen to Father Boniface Hicks all day, he speaks directly to my soul
There's a radio station for that :)
I know! That’s how I found him over a decade ago now 😄
He's brainwashed
I like the three hour spiritual lesson episodes.
As a recent revert to Catholicism (from the cradle), with 15 years as a psychotherapist and many more years studying philosophy, psychology, and spirituality, I was recently connected with a spiritual director and will begin work on November 30th. I am so very, very excited to begin this new journey, and feel I may be called into spiritual direction at some point. I’ve found PWA to be such a great place to find reassuring and humbling conversations. Thank you and may God bless you, Matt and Father Boniface!
When it comes to those "instant gratification" expectations, we as a society really need a reset on what is realistic and kind when it comes to our expectations of others. People's perspective is shrinking rapidly and its tough to know where to try and draw that boundary. I love that they discussed the struggle to desire to be charitable vs draining yourself to the requests of others.
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Thank you for this extraordinary spiritual guidance from Fr. Boniface. Truly, appreciate the video chapters to pinpoint particular segments. Thank you Matt for all you do!
Like soft refreshing rain on my crusty soul and heart.
I love when Fr Bonafice is on, speaking about IFS was nice to hear. I have found this particular form of therapy very helpful and easily integrated with Catholic spirituality. Thank you for having him as a guest.
Matthew 23:9
And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Comments on communion and solitude around 55:28 remind me of the Les mis line “to love another person is to see the face of God”. This is a beautiful conversation
I am in tears at listening to Freud’s revelation that we will always struggle with our weaknesses.
1:14:39 “Christians baptized into the womb of Mary until they are born into eternal life.” Hit me like a ton of bricks as I thought about what being “born again” might really symbolize. Mary’s been on my mind a lot this week.
Thank you for welcoming protestants!
Thank you so much for this. What a blessed 3 hours. I cannot stress enough how important it is to have a spiritual director. I am blessed and honored to know him and have him as my SD.
1:47:05 Matt going “yum, yum, yum” to bourbon with 57% alcohol while Father Boniface just widens his eyes after he tries it is the very good laugh I needed today
"GaooOh easy, pahdre" 😂
This is the video I really needed to see. I feel so full of joy and faith. Praise God! I have just started Spiritual Direction - we touched on a lot of these points in the video. Fr Boniface is wonderful. For too long I have found myself beating myself up for my tendencies/sins which in turn I just essentially stop praying and cut god off until I need him. I don’t know whatever has caused this to start happening to me in recent years but this is one great spiritual hug, I could almost hear God in my head saying ‘Yes, I have been trying to say this to you for years, I’ve got you and I love you!’.
Nearly been brought to tears.
How beautiful.
GOD IS GOOD
GOD IS LOVE 🔥 ❤️
I just did the prayer of descent. Jesus came in and sprawled out on the couch. I sat next to him, tense and prim, trying to be good. So telling. I think I need to trust that I can relax and let my hair down and just be the mess that I often am and that that's ok. I feel like I go through a lot of life like that, tense and trying hard to be good.
Other idols are much more demanding than following God. Amen to this
Glory to Jesus Christ
Glory forever.
I needed to hear this today so badly!! Thank you 🙏
I am not a practicing catholic, but Iive in the area that his radio broadcasts and my husband and i are avid listeners - truly, truly beautiful.
25:22 this was a powerful quote section. I remember when I heard Matt talk about in Locals. It was very powerful marking so I can come back. (Hopefully someone else finds it useful)
What a sweet and wise priest bless him
Such a beautiful prayer experience at about 1 hour!
Yes! I was at work and just stopped, closed my eyes, and it brought me a peace that was unreal!
I go to Saint Vincent’s. Father Boniface is a fantastic man & priest!
Wow! Ok, focus on the Lord...stop trying, focusing on me….
“Trust in and rely confidently on the Lord with all your heart And do not rely on your own insight or understanding.”
Proverbs 3:5 AMP
How-to allow my weaknesses to assist others….
“It is the Lord who goes before you; he will be with you and will never fail you or forsake you. So do not fear or be dismayed.” The Reading of the Law.”
Deuteronomy 31:8
This talk is so so good; it's like receiving my own spiritual direction as I listen. Just cannot Love it enough!
Thanks Matt for talking about the Context of Holiness. It’s been on my to read list for a while and I recently bought it due to your conversation with Mother Iliana, bought her book as well, and I’m slowly going through it. It’s been great so far!
Absolutely wonderful talk!! May God Bless you both!!
I absolutely love your LOVING hands Father! They are so Christ Like that I’m drawn in to your heart 🙏
Is it just me or you can see the soul and love in Fr Boniface' s eyes?
Wow!
“Tell me about your struggle “
“I can relate because of my own challenges “
“But tell me about your struggles “
Thank you so much!!!
Timestamp: 1:24:00 Great part about listening and accompanying someone!
"A lot of times when we speak about vulnerable things, we don't always have the language, and we stumble a little bit, if somebody else is ready to jump in with their own story and change the subject, we will never have the trust that we need to open up these tender places."
I would love to see a conversation between Father Boniface Hicks and Father Gregory Pine. For some reason.
Fr Pine is above my ADHD head…. 😂. I need those who can simplify and get to the point! I continually try to listen to Fr Pine… but always mentally wander off a few minutes in…. 😳
This would be a 🐐 meetup
I love Fr Boniface because at the National Eucharistic Congress he took the Monstrance with the Blessed Sacrament around so people could be close.
I needed this articulation. Wonderful. Thank you.
I was deathly afraid of my abusive parents and NEVER told them anything. when I was 12, told them if they didn't lay off me, I'd kill myself, that's how depressed and desperate I was. My mother said, "I never want to hear MY CHILD say something like that", effectively, making it about HER. When I was 14, I attempted to end my life.
❤🙏 hoping you are healing, growing in God's love.
I'm so glad Matt has discovered Wodehouse!!! His comedy is brilliant
Eh wot?
Hi Fr. your course about prayer at St. Paul center was beautiful. Thank you. 🙏❤️
Only father that will teach me is our father GOD. He alone
Peace be with you! Jesus is the Prince of Peace!
According to the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible, the verse that says "do not call someone father" is found in Matthew 23:9, which reads: "And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Jesus said,” I am the Way, the Truth, and the Light.”
Matt you are a natural voice master. Your talent is masterful and amazing. I love listening to you.
I like the idea that we carry an island of the work of Christ, grace and ‘Eden’ inside us in order to be lights in a dark world but I think the phrase “I’m Jesus” maybe takes that a step over the line of where the world it going to look at us as delusional rather than representatives of Christ. I’m not Jesus..but I’ve tasted and found that He is good, I’m filled with His Spirit and I carry Him around in me…but I never confuse my sin stained carcass with the one and perfect savior, Son of God.
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This was beautiful, very helpful for me. Thank you.
P.S. Matt love that idea about not punishing the kids for a night and getting them to open up. I’m going to try that myself.
Context of Holiness is a brilliant book! SO good.
thank you !
Our Father Lord God, the Holy King, Holy Mighty God Who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy Will be done,
on earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Hail Mary,
Full of Holy Grace,
The Lord God is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Holy Mary, Mother of Lord God, pray for us sinners,
spread the effect of grace of Thy Flame of Holy Love over all of humanity,
now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Honor and Glory be to the Holy Father,
and to the Holy Son,
and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning,
is now,
and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
Holy Angels of Lord God, the Holy King
my guardian dear,
To whom Holy Lord God's holy love
commits me here,
Ever this day,
be at my side,
To light and guard,
Rule and guide.
Amen.
St. Michael the Archangel, pray for us.
Defend us in battle.
Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil.
May Holy Lord God, the Holy King rebuke him, we humbly pray,
and do thou,
O Holy Prince of the heavenly hosts,
by the power of Holy Lord God, the Holy King
thrust into hell Satan,
and all the evil spirits,
who prowl about the world
seeking the ruin of souls. Amen. .
O glorious prince St. Michael, the Archangel,
chief and commander of the heavenly hosts,
guardian of souls, vanquisher of rebel spirits,
servant in the house of the Divine King
and our admirable conductor,
you who shine with excellence
and superhuman virtue deliver us from all evil,
who turn to you with confidence
and enable us by your gracious protection
to serve the Holy Lord God, the Holy King more and more faithfully every day. Amen.
Act of Contrition
O my Lord God, the Holy King
I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee,
and I detest all my sins,
because I dread the loss of heaven, and the pains of hell;
but most of all because they offend Thee, my Lord God, the Holy King
Who are all good and deserving of all my holy love.
I firmly resolve, with the help of Thy holy grace,
to confess my sins, to do penance,
and to amend my life. Our Holy Lord and Savior Jesus Christ suffered and die for us in his name my Lord God, the Holy King have mercy.
Amen.
I believe in the Lord God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and earth;
and in the Lord Jesus Christ, His only Holy Son Our Holy Lord God,
Who was conceived by the Holy Lord God, the Holy Spirit, born of the Holy Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended into Hell; the third day He rose again from the dead;
He ascended into Heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of the Lord God, the Father almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Lord God, the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the Holy Communion of Holy Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and life everlasting.
Amen.
It's not only a general German practice to repeat the mystery in each Hail Mary after the name of the Lord Jesus. It is also how we Hungarians pray the rosary. I remember how surprised I was realising it's not a thing in other nations' practice.
For children, ages 4 through to 10, there is the Family of Faith books, one for parents, one for the child. They're fun, insightful, full of knowledge and brings the family together
How do find a spiritual director when you live in the middle of nowhere and your church is not very active?
24:00 quote from Fr. Matt Foley, Carmelite, about how working on ourselves can be an “insidious mask for self-hatred.”
*insidious mask of self-hate
Love the episode. Tbh. i don’t like the added stuff, like the picture of WhatsApp getting messages, or the quotes. They divert the attention from what the interviewee is saying.
I agree! When did they start doing that? Nobody likes that, Thursday.
Agree!!!!
I love internal family systems
Love conquers all!
Oh my goodness, this is pure GOLD. Can Fr Boniface please write a book? (Has he?) Thank you for this episode...
Edit** lol, I asked about him writing a book before I got to that part! Hooraaaay!
He has written many books and has a wonderful podcast
Im glad you like it Matt! We handpicked it. Its a farm to bottle 1:47:32
if you are looking for ways to grow your faith and serve God you can always ask your priest or the Legion Of Mary at your parish and they probably have all kinds of options of things you could do to build up your community and your faith at the same time.
Can’t wait to watch this!
My homie Sarah Lopez is probably even more excited than I am
What was Fr. Boniface saying around 30:00 about a group demonstrating how to pray for healing for a miracle? It seems un-Catholic to me to expect that we can demonstrate how to wield God’s power like a presentation at a conference. Does anyone have more info on those encounter school of ministry intensives?
I was struck by the same comment. I don't know anything about them though.
My assumption was that they would pray and the form of healing would be up to the Spirit. But we are called to make healing prayer as Christians
Beautiful!!! 🙏💕
I think it would be very interesting to get Justin Marler on here for a conversation. He’s a guitarist who helped found the pioneering doom metal band Sleep, before leaving the music industry to become an Orthodox monk in the 90’s for 6 years. During which time he created an iconic zine called “Death to the World” which fused heavy metal aesthetics with the teachings of the church. He has since returned to life as a layman.
I know he’s not catholic, but i think his story and journey are fascinating, and while he’s done a couple interviews, I think this would be the most interesting space to hear him recount his tales.
Matt, I love the idea of Jubilee Days. I have done it once or twice and got my son to confess a thing or two and he was joyful it was off his chest. My one question I have is how do you have that develop into your kids always willing to tell the truth? I can see my kids just always want to wait for those days and then there isn't ever any justice or discipline?
This guy was great 🎉
Hello any help please ❤ trying to buy hubby a gift from your store! Coupon code?
So often I feel like I need or would like/love a spiritual Director. The thought comes to me that perhaps I should take classes to become a spiritual Director because of the need. Does that make any sense?
the section starting '2:27:50 to about 2:33:50 gave me some confirmation in discerning a matter from september. I knew, but it's helpful to hear someone else put the experience into words.
Peace
Matt cracks me up with his story of the Ukranian monastery. He vowed that he'd be kind to cats. How is that lofty or sublime? Lol 😂
It's fun watching him crack up Fr Boniface- those are the best moments. Oh yeah, Fr Boniface is pretty awesome too. 😄
amen
2:18:00 couldn't help but think of Jesus asking Thomas to put his hand in Jesus' side...holes made in his body for our wounds to be placed in.
Yes, it is in the Proverbs I think.
Please if you will choose the best expert you can on JRR Tolkien and do a show. If you would. If you have done 😢this please do it again. Your friend Baloo!
I've seen him a few times.
My introduction to Fr. Hicks. So enjoyed this interview but I wish Matt would not have interrupted him so much.
Answer to supporting the priest question there is the 7 sisters apostle which is people pray 1 day week 7 or more people of course and they pray an hour a day for the priest I have it last for a year you can do it longer of course not shorter plunger and I have seen miracalls it is so good for a priest I recommend it with all my heart
The 9 months he learned about Mary he was a “ baby in the womb “ just noticed that was the time it took for Father so interesting
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1:42:10 Well, regarding money, in many parts of Europe we often don't use nor have cash (being paid by the employer directly to a bank account), so it's reasonable for a church to have donation options via some digital way.
I have a friend who serves as a missionary priest in France (I think he leads about 6 parishes now). And while I'm terrified by the thought of the state being the owner of churches, especially with such an anti-catholic government as France has, my friend explained that it became sort of a blessing (God bringing good from a bad situation). Old churches need a lot of investment to keep them in good condition and the country is obliged to conserve them. With such a little number of parishioners it would be impossible to gather necessary funds - and the churches built after the act of claiming the churches by the country (because of this they are Church of France's possession) do face this problem gravely. Of course there are many risks connected with this situation (demolition, transforming churches into disrespectful places etc.), but for now a lot depends on the fact if the parish is actually alive and priest's decisions.
Out of the pan , into the FIRE
Hey Matt, when is Fr Boniface going to read the Rule of St Benedict for Hallow?
Here is a link to it on RUclips: ruclips.net/video/JpvRDhy0RS0/видео.html
When you guys were talking about spiritual devotions and the one's that Benedictines keep, all I could think about is how it is The Liturgy and The Rule that help the heart ascend to Jesus. Either way take and God bless.
Thursday, you’re great but the sporadic images are distracting 🤪