Is there fear (like even fear of God) in heaven? How do we view and value fear? How do we discern whether a fear might be of God or of the enemy? Is fear ever from God? Thank you, GLY!
Our most humble Lord, CHOSE the scourging, thorns and nails; so let us CHOOSE to be “poor in spirit” and He will lead us home to our God. Yes Father, grace and mercy is a CHOICE in the spirit, a lot of the times against our own wills...thank you Father. I went to a cemetery today and prayed a rosary for the souls in purgatory and chose one person there to pray for to get a plenary indulgence so He could be freed and go to heaven. Afterwards I sensed that things in purgatory were a lot better and they were grateful for my prayers. Please encourage people to do the same, as their sufferings are so pitiful. 😔🙏
Thank you Fr. Columba. Please pray for our daughters, Nataly, Nicolette, and Alessia, salvation. They are young adults who have not been baptised. Also, our grand boys, Marcel & Romeo. May Lord Jesus soften their hearts for Him. In Jesus name, amen.
Imagine, if we applied the same concern and effort on our careers or life goals as to our soul. We would be with God’s grace, saints on earth. Hell is forever! THANK U FR. Jordan for putting this in perspective! ✝️🔦
God Bless Father, he tells the truth we have known for ages, but in these selfish times we now live in, we blame God for our distress, instead of blaming our own sinfulness.
Beautiful video. Thank you Fr Columba for sharing this video. Hell can be scary and frightening but it’s useless to think about that. God wants us to focus on his son and Mother Mary and all of the saints and angels. These things will always make us feel happy.
Thank you, Joel. Really glad you enjoyed this video. Totally agree that it’s good not to dwell on Hell to an unhealthy extent (and certainly not if one is prone to over worrying), though it can be good to remember the reality of an eternity separated from God, as it’s a choice we need to reject every day. God bless you! Katie
The two trees really hit home with me. The musical chairs though 😂 oh the memories, the innocence of the games in those days. A very serious message with a sprinkling of chuckles. God Bless this channel.
Hi just love this my grandson will be making his first confession in 10 days time I am going to share with his with his parents so they can share with him and be able to ask questions love it also thank you for helping me see clearly I recently went back to confession for the first time in a long time I had been dithering outside numerous confession boxes for a while and maybe going in but not really confessing but I listen to one of your podcasts and it spoke to me and an opportunity arose and I went in and wow I don’t think I ever felt that good coming out of confession I just could not stop telling people about it my son got tired of me telling him he told me I must have told him at least a dozen times that day sorry for rambling but thank you for helping me see what love is
imost recently discovered you, so i don't have any contributions as far as content (just continue doing what you do), but what i would like to say is that, as a sinner who struggles mightily in this world, your words are grace
If it's true that God is everywhere, then it seems to me to be incredibly gracious of Him to withdraw Himself from a place just so those of His creatures who don't want Him have a place to be. If that makes sense ....
Thank you Father Columbo..sobering thoughts. Ouch but true we should not forget about hell and live our lives pretending that everything is ok. Thanks for reminding us and what you said about love the truth is love in the end its better to hear the truth. God bless you father Columbo and keep us in your prayers.
Hello! Hope you and your helpers are having a good week and doing well. Thank you very much for another great video. You all really help my soul. Thank you again for your wisdom. And we all love you too! :)
Hello, thanks very much for your videos ! I enjoy them from France 😉 Here are some ideas for future ones : what does the Church's social doctrine tell us about non-christian immigration ? Why should we trust and obey Pope Francis ? God bless us all ! May Mary take us all under her cloak ! May St Joseph help us, may St Michael defend all humanity ! Lots of love !
Great video Father, I understand a little bit why hell is necessary for freedom to be real. I just struggle with this because God commands us "to be perfect as He is perfect" and to preach the good news to the ends of the Earth but as you know this is very difficult. My state in life is so different, I don't know how to conform it to the will of God, it might mess everything up. Even with His perfect mercy, I know it doesn't come unless we truly repent I also worry for those who don't care much for things of God because they are going through their own sufferings and didn't get the opportunity to know these things. It seems more like an honest mistake rather than a deliberate rebellion of God. In other words, they didn't know any better
Hi Angeline, that is a great question. Do you mind me asking what you mean by your state in life being different? As for the other parts of your question I totally get it. It’s difficult to fully grasp why God would let some people not know Him. Ultimately we don’t know His plan fully, so we have to live as if Hell is a real possibility for us all (to assume it wasn’t could be disastrous). At the same time, we trust in His mercy. Catholic Answers have a few articles on this topic. Here’s one that may be helpful: www.catholic.com/qa/how-can-atheists-go-to-heaven So, a lot of it has to do with how much we’ve been blessed to know Him and His will. At the same time, with more knowledge (which is a good thing), comes more responsibility to live according to His will, doing good and avoiding evil.
First of all, Father, congratulations on being the musical chairs champion!😄 but seriously, you're right, we don't know when the music will stop for each of us. I had one such experience a few months ago, when I thought it was time for the music to stop for me. It was then that I started praying all the more for the souls in purgatory. Thank you for this video, Fr. Columba, Katie, and the CTM team. God bless.
Thank you @Oyee M for your kind words! And you’re exactly right, sometimes we get a sudden reminder of how short this life is, and maybe it’s the wake up call we need. Or, at least a good reminder. Glad you enjoyed the video, God bless!
Thank you for this. Your loving and gentle delivery is way more convincing than someone yelling and trying to guilt people into their "free choice". My husband and I are Catholic...me by birth and him by conversion from Protestantism and he chose this himself which was to me, a miracle. We have been blessed with 5 children who are now 17 yrs to 27 yrs and I sent all of them this video. I want them thinking on this stuff bcz it is more important than all the distractions out there now. Thank you for helping! May the Lord bless you and keep you 🥰
Our pleasure, Amy. We’re so glad you found this video helpful and even sent it to your family, praise God. We hope you continue to enjoy the series, God bless
Hi Allen, that is so wonderful to hear that you’re currently on an RCIA course. That is a great question and our friends at Catholic Answers have covered it in depth so I will share their article below: www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/is-there-really-no-salvation-outside-the-catholic-church
Which is more important? Thinking about sin or God's glory? I keep making very foolish choices and I'm tempted to give into the sin of despair. Pray for me.
Thank you, Father! I think I may be guilty of asking God to take away my free will: I ask the Holy Spirit every day to give me the grace not to care about my feeling, to persevere till I die, and on some days ask God the Father to take away my free will if it does not conform to His will. It's probably cowardly to ask this grace as then I would not have to battle with my feeling and wants! thank you for everything Father, I really love you and pray for you, Kevin
Hi Kevin, thank you for sharing this with us. I think I can see the pure and good intention which may be behind that prayer, though maybe it could be reworded slightly. Wanting to do God’s will is a good an beautiful thing and it can be frustrating when our broken desires conflict with it and tug us in an opposite direction. So praying for the grace to die to our own will, when it does not align with God’s, is a very good thing. Praying for our free will to go away entirely and permanently won’t be possible as God is love and love can’t be forced and has to be a free choice, so we need that free will in order to choose Him. But praying for our will to die/dampen/shut up (when it doesn’t conform to God’s will), at least metaphorically, is a very good thing indeed. Does that make sense? I hope that helps and God bless you. Katie 🙏
Hey! I wanted to respond because I prayed that prayer. It's not cowardly, it is humble. God hears you and God will answer it better than you can imagine, that is, He won't give you what you're asking for but He will satisfy the desire that made you ask, i.e. the desire for holiness, the desire to follow God with ease, and to rest in God's love. All of those things are actually what God wants to give you in this life. Like it's not supposed to be a strenuous losing battle that you're not strong enough for. God wants you to have that grace, so your prayer is so good. Never be afraid to be perfectly honest with God. Here is what made me ask God to take away my free will, and what He did for me instead. Basically my problem, and I see traces of it in your language, forgive me if I'm off target, was that I believed I had to be good/strong enough to get to heaven. It sounds extremely convincingly close to the truth, but it is actually different in nuanced ways, and it is a perversion of truth. Here is the truth. God is love, and God is goodness. Uncompromisingly. When we will to sin, it's not that we failed God, it's that we acted against love, and love will not compromise what it is, and love will not violate our will. We are created from nothing, like our being is sustained constantly by God. So we CANNOT love without God's grace. We can't resist sin and evil without God's grace. We can't do good works without God's grace. We would all be worse than hitler without God's grace, because we can't make ourselves good any more than we can create ourselves. Sin engenders more sin because it creates obstacles to God's love that He cannot cross without compromising what love is. So God wants to help us, and make it as easy as eating and drinking and breathing, but He is prevented. So how do we pull ourselves out? We don't. We rely on the initiative of grace that God took. Jesus literally took the love of the Father all the way to hell so that the Holy Spirit could reach our hearts wherever we are and lift us higher. Our only job is to say "yes" like Mary. She didn't battle the devil up to the mountaintops and wrest holiness from God and descend victoriously with a cute chubby baby, the Holy Spirit descended upon her, and since she was sinless she recieved God perfectly, and because she is our amazing blessed mother she said "yes," and that was it, it was a done deal. So why do we sin when we love God so much that we tear ourselves to pieces, and it is as easy as saying yes? The answer to that is the devil. A lot of times it starts with trauma, like we are all broken from this sinful world, and it creates pain and desperation and confusion, and that is an opportunity for the devil to tell you a lie. Like say you start out a baby, you love your mom and dad, all your needs are filled, and you are learning about who God through the example of your mom and dad, and what God does through the beauty of creation, and all the amazing things about being alive. But your parents are broken. So say they teach you a flawed version of love. Then that pure part of you that really wants God is confused, and suddenly in a way it is offended by love. Because your developing concept of what love is is not uncompromising, but your true deepest NEED for true love is. Then the devil gets in there and exploits the heck out of that vulnerability. Like he'll tell you God is asking for more than you can give, tell you you can't trust God, you won't be fulfilled if you give up this sin, or at least you'll be unfulfilled until you die and go to Heaven... That is 100% lies. We pray it every day. Thy kingdom come on EARTH as it is in heaven. There is suffering here yes, but suffering with love and peace and joy is not on the same planet as suffering without hope, it barely even counts as suffering because there is complete fulfillment, peace, and light down to the core of your soul, it still is literally heaven. And then you die and there's better heaven. Please don't allow the devil to cause you to think I am being figurative. This earth is not supposed to be miserable. Like when people are unhappy, like their joy is not complete, God has a problem with that, like it's the wedding at Cana and we are out of wine! So what do you do? Go to Mary, and she'll let Jesus know, and then she'll tell you to do whatever He says lol, give Jesus what He asks for, and He will turn it all into wine like on the spot. The reason it doesn't work like that when you're in sin is because of the devil messing up your sense of what God really wants, so you have to learn to recognize when the devil suggests something so you can do the opposite. Sometimes it's unbelievably insidious, like telling you to pray a rosary when you don't have the strength so you get discouraged, or telling you God is asking you not to eat dessert or something. God does ask you to pray and fast but He encourages you towards it, He doesn't frighten, threaten, or chase you towards it. Seriously He doesn't, believe it. God is not the source of fear and distress. That lie is everywhere and it messes with too many good people. The devil only has any strength at all when you believe the lies, so doing the opposite is a hard thing to resolve yourself to do but the worlds easiest thing to actually follow through on. The rule of thumb for recognizing the devil is if a thought causes you to feel an increase in faith, hope, and love, it comes from something good that wants to bring you closer to God. And if it causes you to feel a decrease in faith hope and love, that is something evil that wants to separate you from God. Lol when I learned that it was so unbelieveable because all the critical thoughts that I thought were my conscience were actually evil! And suddenly following God actually became an easy yoke and a light burden, like in real time, not just in comparison to the weight of eternal hell lol. It was like falling in love, except instead of all the love songs making sense, suddenly all the psalms made sense lol. God actually healed me and seriously made me not care at all about sin anymore because like why would I ever want to I'm perfectly fulfilled in every way. I can rest. It is not a battle. He expanded my heart and soul to love more, like I physically feel it. He cured my anxiety and depression lol like I started getting sick from my meds because I stopped needing them. God is like always with me just a lil flame in my heart (sometimes inferno 😳) and He does tiny loving gestures for me that melt my heart, like He cares for my slightest needs in the sweetest way, and He loved me that way even in my darkest times when I was deep in the depths of sin, it's just I couldn't feel Him there because of that sin.
Part 2, sorry, this became a novel lol. There is a horrible side, temporary but surreally painful. God wants to be first in your heart. That's why it's harder to be holy when you are richly blessed. Like if you have children, God wants you to love Him more than your children. Not to love them less, but to love God more. God wants your body and mind and dignity and self worth. He wants everything. Everything you surrender to God, He gives back to you x100, in this life. Goodbye to self-esteem issues, God tells you exactly who you are and He makes sure you know that you are loved with all the fire and passion and desire of our almighty God who IS love, and HE will be your strength. God's love is ALWAYS fruitful. The hard times are when God takes away His blessings, and we are asked to say "yes" to that, which is truly the cross. It brings us into the terror of isolation and brokenness and the poverty of who we are, which is dust, and God feels it with us, and asks us to surrender. It is the garden of gethsemane. All I can say is cling to Jesus and know it will end, and joy will come in the morning. Jesus promised that anything we ask of the Father in His name, He will give us, or else something better that fills those exact desires beyond what we could have conceived of, now, in this age. So don't stop crying out to God. God heals, He does not wound, and He will not break us. God is all good, the pain of this world is redeemed in Christ, and His mercy covers us. The most nonsensical painful things happen in this world, but God takes our wounded, broken hearts and His wounded heart, and joins them together. (I had a moment like that in prayer after my husband left me with no warning, without even telling me why. I love that man more than anyone on earth and and I always will, the pain was enough to destroy me. I was making toast and praying fiercely and incessantly/pesteringly like that woman in the Bible who Jesus ignored for a long time before implying she was a dog lol and finally healing her kid, and God like nudged my heart and I put the butterknife down and closed my eyes and He sucked me into like a dark quiet place inside me, and I showed Him my heart and was like "help, it broke, ow" and it was like that divine mercy image where there were streams of red and white light coming from His heart, and I held out my heart, and He plugged His wounds into my wounds and all the pain was just... ungh mixed with sweetness and sadness and beauty like a knife, like it wasn't gone, but it was utterly redeemed beyond description, like it was bliss. Wine. The goodest wine. Drowning in beauty. God showed me squeaks of what heaven is like here and there, and that was the best one. If good and evil are the black and white silhouette of God, then suffering and mercy/redemption is like dappled light illuminating the breadth of Him, and my God is beautiful... His skin is gilded with the gold of the richest kings... Oh boy I'm like going to bawl just remembering it. Thank you Jesus.) There was this guy who made a really striking cartoon, like it was silly and childlike but so so sad, and the guy who made it said his favorite emotion was happiness mixed with sadness, and I think he intuited something about the heart of God because it is bang on. That is the feeling of suffering love, like not like we suffer and love when we have no hope and no joy, but supernatural suffering love - redemptive suffering love. Idk if this is true but secretly my hope is thats what saints felt when they were totally united to God and just wanted to suffer for Him. I could do that. It was just gut wrenchingly agonizingly just the most beautiful feeling, suffering and mercy. I firmly believe that our suffering is redeemed, as in God is so very good that there will not be anyone who will not praise God when they see what He's done with our pain. When we surrender ourselves, our needs, desires, and loves to God, God will show you the realms of good He has done with our gifts, and in His mercy He will satisfy us. More than we could dream. God's love is excessive, it goes far beyond what is rational or necessary. In the dark it is so hard though... Trusting through the pain that God is mighty and good, and His ways are not our ways... God feels like what you'd feel like taking your child to the hospital and delivering them helplessly to undergo painful medical procedures they don't understand while you watch and cry your eyes out and wish you could explain why this is happening to them, and how much you love them, and how you ache for their healing and feel their every pain for yourself. I think in the agony in the garden Jesus felt the depths of true absolute abominable despair like we have in sin... And submitted, like the ultimate purgatory, total abandonment of everything to the Father. I can't even feel that much to comprehend what He did... Anyways my point is say yes, you need to bring exactly zero strength to the table, this life is pure undeserved gift, but expect purgatory, but it is unbelievably short all things considered, then the pains are over, the child is delivered, the pains are forgotten, and heart rending bliss and joy reign forever
@@Aaalllyyysssaaaaa thank you, I actually printed out your responses and read them during my hour of Adoration, beautiful, God bless you for sharing, Kevin
Choosing is all about the free will. Will I say yes to God or choose to do what I want to do even though I know it’s wrong. Decision is ours. Praying that I choose wisely.
Fr Columba (as a suggestion for a future topic or part thereof), would you help to explain the parable of the weeds among the seeds? Since we don't believe in predestination to hell, who (or what) are the children of the Evil One? Are they people? Or are they the manifestations of evil in every one of us sinners: the deeds of the flesh (Galatians vv 19-20) ? Or ... ?
I would like to ask about things that you can do to find some quiet time... I really find it hard to find a real , physical silence... in my home, in my workplace..in our church...I really want to find real silence. What are your thoughts Fr. Columba.. thanks a lot!
Great question, Anna. And Angeline’s suggestions are dead on. I know this world can be such a difficult place to find silence, and silence is something we all need desperately, especially when trying to hear God. I often find nature to be another wonderful place for silence - a calm beach, forest, mountain, whatever your preference. But of course, nothing can beat a silent Church, particularly an Adoration chapel where you know you should get proper silence. (If needed, make sure you’re going to the Church/chapel out of peak hours every once and a while - getting time on your own in there can be very powerful indeed!). Hope that can help, Katie :)
I just go and sit in front of the tabernacled Jesus in our church before or after Mass or whenever my church is open. I sit as close as I can, sometimes on the floor. Not all churches have Adoration chapels, all have a tabernacle. Quality time and acts of service are my love languages. I just start off with “I love you Jesus and want to hang out with you,” then I listen.
Please provide input on how to control sinful thoughts of all kinds. How do we find the strength to overcome going along with the thoughts that naturally come into the mind.
Counter negative thoughts with “Jesus I trust in you” or a positive thought. Over time, good habits form and the bad thoughts won’t hold so much power. If they’re too intense, there a great therapist in the world that can help with this kind of thing.
@@monks_inthe_moshpit my favorite prayer! That and Thy will be done. I'm hoping for a podcast I can use in CCD as the kids respond really well when they get the information from a priest who's well spoken and down to earth.
@@monks_inthe_moshpit the middle school and high school Youth really respond well to the Franciscans as a whole. I pray some of them respond to the call to serve as a result!
Question. Why can Virgin Mary cry, if she is in heaven? Isn't heaven all happiness? I'm an adult but Since my younger years whenever a friend talked about The Virgin C Crying y discarded out of my mind as untrue. Later I life heard about La Salette where "The Lady" cries... greetings from Mexico
Hi @I Diaz, thank you for your question. To be honest, I’m not entirely sure but I found a forum on this where are you might find some answers. www.catholicforum.com/forums/showthread.php?10021-How-can-Mary-quot-cry-quot-in-Heaven
Father I had been going to church from very young age but I became catholic only for 3 year plus explaining what is moral sin or what are the moral sin. And I don't know the prayer on confession. Thanks u
Hi Peggy, thank you so much for sharing this with us. I believe your questions deserve robust answers, so please see the articles below. I hope they can help! Mortal sin: www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/mortal-and-venial-sin How to make a Catholic Confession: www.universitycatholic.net/resources/how-to-go-to-confession/
Can you please do a video on why catholic priests are called father when Jesus said "call no man" which is exclusively left for our Father in heaven? I don't understand this and haven't heard anyone really explain it well. Also, I heard that one of the Pope's changed the sabbath from Saturday (the seventh day) to Sunday. Is this true?
Hi David, thank you so much for your comment and your questions. It would be great to do a video on that sometime! In the meantime, here are two articles on catholic answers. I find their stuff really helpful when I have questions myself. God bless! Katie www.catholic.com/tract/call-no-man-father www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/from-sabbath-to-sunday
Exactly, it’s all about choice and our free will. Having the tree there was necessary (as an allegory) to give us the opportunity to choose or reject God.
Fr Columba used to live in NY with the friars there but he has since moved to Ireland and then on to the UK where he now lives with one of the CFR communities there.
I’ve always wondered what happens to Jewish people and other religions. Surely, they won’t perish in hell, will they? Surely, Christianity can’t be the only way. Can you please let me know your thoughts on this Father Columba?
God gives everyone a chance to accept Jesus. Have you heard of Divine Mercy prayer. If not look up and read a bit about apparitions to St Faustuna. Divine Mercy prayer is last hope for mankind. I pray this everyday for the dying as Jesus requested prayers for sinners and also the dying. When we as Catholics pray for people we are praying for conversions. I too believe God has mercy on people such as Jews who have lived good lives by His grace he will lead them to the truth, just keep praying, also Rosary especially important, please read about Our Lady of Fatima if you do not know already, Our Lady requested rosary and sacrifice to save people from hell. God bless 🙏
Hi @Loving Life, that is a great question. All salvation comes through Christ in his Church, but it is still possible for all to be saved - including those who by no fault of their own haven’t had the Gospel revealed to them or have grown up with a prejudice against it. This article is great at explaining in more detail: www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/salvation-for-non-christians-explained-sola-scriptura
@@ctmcatholic Thank you, Father. I appreciate your response. If I may, I would also like to ask you another question. Sometimes I feel spiritually fatigued. I will read the gospel, do my Bible study, pray, work on my faith formation, etc., and I wind up feeling completely burned out to the point where I find I need a break. I keep doing this to myself. Any advice? How do you avoid this? I am either all in or burned out or feel completely inadequate. Thank you for your insight, Father.
@@lovinglife439 Hey there, thanks for another great question. Father Mike Schmitz actually answered this in an interview that we did with him so I’ll post the clip here. Hope it can help. God bless ruclips.net/video/vkpadmrt2Vs/видео.html
Thank you for watching! As for your question about non-Christians, Catholic Answers have some good articles on this topic that explain Catholic Church teaching well: www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/who-can-be-saved-0 www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/what-no-salvation-outside-the-church-means www.catholic.com/qa/how-can-atheists-go-to-heaven
@@ctmcatholic I do pray for them and they believe in my prayers anything happy they call me to pray.but they don't want to accept. It is so surprising anything I pray God give me .
@@peggydas1188 I hear you. Don’t stop praying, God blesses our persistence 🙏 And you don’t know the impact you’re having, it’s probably far more than you imagine. In Heaven it will be clear!
Thanks u father .please pray for my brother who have cancer he is in so much pain I praise God also because he is new catholic. But father he is such a simple soul his wife do a lots for the church she is born catholic she even help the mercy home .why is he suffering so much do u think he is facing purgatory here.what type of prayer should I pray for him .I offer mass online alone and pray the rosary to
@@peggydas1188 Hi Peggy, I’m so sorry to hear your brother has cancer, but praise God he has come Home to the Catholic faith. Suffering can be a difficult subject to understand, especially when someone close to us is suffering so much. I find the most helpful way to think of it is in the context of eternity. This life is so, so short compared to the next one, and if suffering in this life can be offered up for the good of our soul and others’, it’s no wonder the Saints have so many positive things to say about suffering. It may help/encourage you to look some of them up. I’ll post one of my favourites below. I hope it can be of some help. God bless you and your family! Love, Katie and Team If God gives you an abundant harvest of trials, it is a sign of great holiness which He desires you to attain. Do you want to become a great saint? Ask God to send you many sufferings. The flame of Divine Love never rises higher than when fed with the wood of the Cross, which the infinite charity of the Savior used to finish His sacrifice. All the pleasures of the world are nothing compared with the sweetness found in the gall and vinegar offered to Jesus Christ. That is, hard and painful things endured for Jesus Christ and with Jesus Christ. --Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Hell exists because it was made as a punishment for the devil and his angels. Considering the magnitude of the evil they have done and will still do before the end, hell is less punishment than they deserve.
Unfortunately that’s not consistent with justice. Important to know the truth. Catholic.com has a few very helpful articles on this; here’s one: www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/are-there-souls-in-hell-right-now
I truly feel blessed by many of the videos featuring Father Columba but I must say that I do not agree with the concepts he presents in this video. In fact, I think that they are potentially damaging to one's sense of God and the spiritual life. It is not in alignment with many other respected Catholic priests and scholars so it is really only one way of interpreting an understanding of the afterlife. A similar issue is the penal substitutionary atonement theory which came later than the previously accepted ransom theory, originating with Origen. When presenting views as though they are the only acceptable view, you limit viewers and constrict their ability to reach out to God. I think we can trust God to reveal what is most needed to each human heart.
Hi Barbara, thank you for your comment, and we’re glad you’ve been enjoying Fr Columba’s videos. Would you be able to point out which concepts in this video you disagree with? We’d love to better understand. God bless, Katie
@@ctmcatholic The topic is complex. To present only one view doesn't help people to learn and grow, to discern. Think of Thomas Merton, Richard Rohr, St. Teresa of Avila, Ilia Delio, Karl Rahner... and consider that fear of an eternal punishment will never reconcile anyone with God or produce a faith that is rich and deep and full of mystery. What if your channel discussed a quote such as this one from Thomas Merton (Seeds of Contemplation) "Hell can be described as a perpetual alienation from our true being, our true self which is in God." Or this one from Karl Rahner "The existence of the possibility that freedom will end in eternal loss stands alongside the doctrine that the world and the history of the world as a whole will in fact enter into eternal life with God. Hell is a necessary, logical possibility but not a certain reality." Thanks and blessings to you also. Much of the content in these talks truly helps people to engage in their faith. However it is hurting world right now and focusing on the love of God to change one's life might lessen the debate about hell and put attention where it most needs to go, to fully immersing ourselves in the love of God and our neighbour as ourselves.
@@artisforusall ok sounds like you are a modernist or into relativism, not a traditionalist at all. Might want to study the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the writings of early Church Fathers who were a tad closer to Jesus in chronology. Or perhaps immerse yourself in Sacred Scriptures. Relying only on current theological schools while the Church is drifting from the Truth could be dangerous. Pope Benedict XVI Would be a safer contemporary to study if you are searching for truth and not just another scholar to tickle your fancy. As a revert I looked at them all, Protestants are notorious for picking their prophets and wandering in the desert. I am so glad the Church has weathered the seas.
@@artisforusall Hi Barbara, thank you for your comment. We appreciate that there are many different ways to try and explain what Hell is like, more than we could have fit into this video. However, unfortunately Hell is a reality and it’s important for us to be aware of that as how we live our lives on this earth determines whether we will end up there, and really know what it is like, or not. Please know we are praying for you, and we hope this can be helpful in sone way. Katie and Team
Hi everyone, we hope you liked this episode! Let us know what you'd like to see Fr Columba talk about in the future. Add your topic suggestions below:
The sin of lust, the sin of despair, Marian apparitions
The healing affect of confession.
I'd love to hear him say the Our Father prayer. Fr Columbas voice is so peaceful.
Is there fear (like even fear of God) in heaven? How do we view and value fear? How do we discern whether a fear might be of God or of the enemy? Is fear ever from God?
Thank you,
GLY!
@@jimjustjim976 Great suggestion, thank you. Have you seen this episode? ruclips.net/video/0OGlEHE-w4U/видео.html
You are such a wonderful spiritual advisor Fr Jordan, this is the first time I understood hell.
Thanks for watching!
God is helping us right now through you, Fr Jordan! Thank you! Lord, please don't ever let me go! Amen!
Thank you for your lovely words. We’ll pass them on to Fr Jordan! God bless you.
Our most humble Lord, CHOSE the scourging, thorns and nails; so let us CHOOSE to be “poor in spirit” and He will lead us home to our God. Yes Father, grace and mercy is a CHOICE in the spirit, a lot of the times against our own wills...thank you Father. I went to a cemetery today and prayed a rosary for the souls in purgatory and chose one person there to pray for to get a plenary indulgence so He could be freed and go to heaven. Afterwards I sensed that things in purgatory were a lot better and they were grateful for my prayers. Please encourage people to do the same, as their sufferings are so pitiful. 😔🙏
Thank you!
I have decided to follow Jesus no turning back 💕💘💕
Praise God!
Thank you Fr. Columba. Please pray for our daughters, Nataly, Nicolette, and Alessia, salvation. They are young adults who have not been baptised. Also, our grand boys, Marcel & Romeo. May Lord Jesus soften their hearts for Him. In Jesus name, amen.
We’ll be sure to pray for them (and you).
Soooo good! It's like nourishment for my soul. Thank you Lord for Fr. Columba! God bless!!😃💛🙏
You are so welcome. God bless.
Imagine, if we applied the same concern and effort on our careers or life goals as to our soul. We would be with God’s grace, saints on earth. Hell is forever!
THANK U FR. Jordan for putting this in perspective! ✝️🔦
Thank you for watching!
God Bless Father, he tells the truth we have known for ages, but in these selfish times we now live in, we blame God for our distress, instead of blaming our own sinfulness.
Beautiful video. Thank you Fr Columba for sharing this video. Hell can be scary and frightening but it’s useless to think about that. God wants us to focus on his son and Mother Mary and all of the saints and angels. These things will always make us feel happy.
Thank you, Joel. Really glad you enjoyed this video. Totally agree that it’s good not to dwell on Hell to an unhealthy extent (and certainly not if one is prone to over worrying), though it can be good to remember the reality of an eternity separated from God, as it’s a choice we need to reject every day. God bless you! Katie
God bless Fr.Jordan
God bless.
You're so funny and excellent teacher at the same time ☺️ thank you so much ✝️🙏✝️
Great stuff again. It seems like Jesus was "reinvented" in the 1970s as some drippy hippy. Love it. Thanks again Father.
Amen!
✝️ 🕊 🙏❤🙏 Amen Lovely FR love listening to you Father God bless you
Thank you for watching!
The two trees really hit home with me. The musical chairs though 😂 oh the memories, the innocence of the games in those days. A very serious message with a sprinkling of chuckles. God Bless this channel.
Thank you! God bless.
Awesome talk, Father as always. God bless you.
Thank you so much! God bless
Amen,God Bless✝️❤️✝️
Hi just love this my grandson will be making his first confession in 10 days time I am going to share with his with his parents so they can share with him and be able to ask questions love it also thank you for helping me see clearly I recently went back to confession for the first time in a long time I had been dithering outside numerous confession boxes for a while and maybe going in but not really confessing but I listen to one of your podcasts and it spoke to me and an opportunity arose and I went in and wow I don’t think I ever felt that good coming out of confession I just could not stop telling people about it my son got tired of me telling him he told me I must have told him at least a dozen times that day sorry for rambling but thank you for helping me see what love is
imost recently discovered you, so i don't have any contributions as far as content (just continue doing what you do), but what i would like to say is that, as a sinner who struggles mightily in this world, your words are grace
Wonderful to hear that! Thank you for being here.
" I want to scare you...for the sense of power' 😄 Brilliant..you can't beat a bit of humour..
If it's true that God is everywhere, then it seems to me to be incredibly gracious of Him to withdraw Himself from a place just so those of His creatures who don't want Him have a place to be. If that makes sense ....
It does make sense! God bless you.
Thank you Father. God bless.
Thank you for watching! God bless.
Awesome video. Thank you for your care for souls.
Thank you, Elizabeth. God bless
thanks Fr. Columba...
Thanks for watching.
Thanks father ..
You're welcome. God bless you!
St. Francis DeSales wrote a great essay of meditations on the "last four things."
Love u father .keep up the good work
Thank you!
Wonderful message. So appreciate the spiritual “training” and encouragement. I enjoy sharing them too. Blessings for your ministry in Him.
Thank you for your kind words Sharon, so glad you’re enjoying the series. 🙏
Thank you so much for these videos. They’ve been a real help to me. 🙏
Glad to hear it! Thank you for watching.
Thank you Father Columbo..sobering thoughts. Ouch but true we should not forget about hell and live our lives pretending that everything is ok. Thanks for reminding us and what you said about love the truth is love in the end its better to hear the truth. God bless you father Columbo and keep us in your prayers.
Thank you for watching! God bless you.
Hello! Hope you and your helpers are having a good week and doing well. Thank you very much for another great video. You all really help my soul. Thank you again for your wisdom. And we all love you too! :)
God bless you!
Thank you! That was great! Very helpful.
So glad to hear that!
Hello, thanks very much for your videos ! I enjoy them from France 😉
Here are some ideas for future ones : what does the Church's social doctrine tell us about non-christian immigration ? Why should we trust and obey Pope Francis ?
God bless us all ! May Mary take us all under her cloak ! May St Joseph help us, may St Michael defend all humanity ! Lots of love !
Thanks for watching and for your suggestions!
Great video Father, I understand a little bit why hell is necessary for freedom to be real. I just struggle with this because God commands us "to be perfect as He is perfect" and to preach the good news to the ends of the Earth but as you know this is very difficult. My state in life is so different, I don't know how to conform it to the will of God, it might mess everything up. Even with His perfect mercy, I know it doesn't come unless we truly repent
I also worry for those who don't care much for things of God because they are going through their own sufferings and didn't get the opportunity to know these things. It seems more like an honest mistake rather than a deliberate rebellion of God. In other words, they didn't know any better
Hi Angeline, that is a great question. Do you mind me asking what you mean by your state in life being different?
As for the other parts of your question I totally get it. It’s difficult to fully grasp why God would let some people not know Him. Ultimately we don’t know His plan fully, so we have to live as if Hell is a real possibility for us all (to assume it wasn’t could be disastrous). At the same time, we trust in His mercy.
Catholic Answers have a few articles on this topic. Here’s one that may be helpful:
www.catholic.com/qa/how-can-atheists-go-to-heaven
So, a lot of it has to do with how much we’ve been blessed to know Him and His will. At the same time, with more knowledge (which is a good thing), comes more responsibility to live according to His will, doing good and avoiding evil.
First of all, Father, congratulations on being the musical chairs champion!😄 but seriously, you're right, we don't know when the music will stop for each of us. I had one such experience a few months ago, when I thought it was time for the music to stop for me. It was then that I started praying all the more for the souls in purgatory. Thank you for this video, Fr. Columba, Katie, and the CTM team. God bless.
Thank you @Oyee M for your kind words! And you’re exactly right, sometimes we get a sudden reminder of how short this life is, and maybe it’s the wake up call we need. Or, at least a good reminder. Glad you enjoyed the video, God bless!
Thank you for this. Your loving and gentle delivery is way more convincing than someone yelling and trying to guilt people into their "free choice". My husband and I are Catholic...me by birth and him by conversion from Protestantism and he chose this himself which was to me, a miracle. We have been blessed with 5 children who are now 17 yrs to 27 yrs and I sent all of them this video. I want them thinking on this stuff bcz it is more important than all the distractions out there now. Thank you for helping! May the Lord bless you and keep you 🥰
Our pleasure, Amy. We’re so glad you found this video helpful and even sent it to your family, praise God. We hope you continue to enjoy the series, God bless
Fr thanks.
New to hearing you preach. Sometimes new tones and approaches clarify things.
Gods love, Peace and protection to you.
Thanks I hit the bell
Thank you for watching! Great to have you here.
Thankyou once again Fr COLUMBA, Father what is your favourite verse in the Bible ?
I'm currently on RCIA and if I die in mortal sin before I'm able to confess (you have to finish RCIA) what happens to me?
Hi Allen, that is so wonderful to hear that you’re currently on an RCIA course. That is a great question and our friends at Catholic Answers have covered it in depth so I will share their article below:
www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/is-there-really-no-salvation-outside-the-catholic-church
This channel is SO amazing!
Thank you! We really appreciate you being here. God bless you!
Father i ordered my book on Spiritual Warfare and the Dicernment of Spirits , by Dan Burke! 🙏🕊🌹
Great! We hope you enjoy it.
Which is more important? Thinking about sin or God's glory? I keep making very foolish choices and I'm tempted to give into the sin of despair. Pray for me.
Sure thing I O, this channel has a video on despair by the way, might help
@@ABB14-11 Oh okay. Do you know what the video is titled? You have a beautiful name by the way
Here’s a link: ruclips.net/video/2g9DuO86p94/видео.html
Thank you, Father! I think I may be guilty of asking God to take away my free will: I ask the Holy Spirit every day to give me the grace not to care about my feeling, to persevere till I die, and on some days ask God the Father to take away my free will if it does not conform to His will. It's probably cowardly to ask this grace as then I would not have to battle with my feeling and wants! thank you for everything Father, I really love you and pray for you, Kevin
Hi Kevin, thank you for sharing this with us. I think I can see the pure and good intention which may be behind that prayer, though maybe it could be reworded slightly. Wanting to do God’s will is a good an beautiful thing and it can be frustrating when our broken desires conflict with it and tug us in an opposite direction. So praying for the grace to die to our own will, when it does not align with God’s, is a very good thing. Praying for our free will to go away entirely and permanently won’t be possible as God is love and love can’t be forced and has to be a free choice, so we need that free will in order to choose Him. But praying for our will to die/dampen/shut up (when it doesn’t conform to God’s will), at least metaphorically, is a very good thing indeed. Does that make sense?
I hope that helps and God bless you. Katie 🙏
@@ctmcatholic Thanks Father, makes a lot of sense and is very helpful, God bless, Kevin
Hey! I wanted to respond because I prayed that prayer. It's not cowardly, it is humble. God hears you and God will answer it better than you can imagine, that is, He won't give you what you're asking for but He will satisfy the desire that made you ask, i.e. the desire for holiness, the desire to follow God with ease, and to rest in God's love. All of those things are actually what God wants to give you in this life. Like it's not supposed to be a strenuous losing battle that you're not strong enough for. God wants you to have that grace, so your prayer is so good. Never be afraid to be perfectly honest with God. Here is what made me ask God to take away my free will, and what He did for me instead. Basically my problem, and I see traces of it in your language, forgive me if I'm off target, was that I believed I had to be good/strong enough to get to heaven. It sounds extremely convincingly close to the truth, but it is actually different in nuanced ways, and it is a perversion of truth.
Here is the truth. God is love, and God is goodness. Uncompromisingly. When we will to sin, it's not that we failed God, it's that we acted against love, and love will not compromise what it is, and love will not violate our will. We are created from nothing, like our being is sustained constantly by God. So we CANNOT love without God's grace. We can't resist sin and evil without God's grace. We can't do good works without God's grace. We would all be worse than hitler without God's grace, because we can't make ourselves good any more than we can create ourselves. Sin engenders more sin because it creates obstacles to God's love that He cannot cross without compromising what love is. So God wants to help us, and make it as easy as eating and drinking and breathing, but He is prevented.
So how do we pull ourselves out? We don't. We rely on the initiative of grace that God took. Jesus literally took the love of the Father all the way to hell so that the Holy Spirit could reach our hearts wherever we are and lift us higher. Our only job is to say "yes" like Mary. She didn't battle the devil up to the mountaintops and wrest holiness from God and descend victoriously with a cute chubby baby, the Holy Spirit descended upon her, and since she was sinless she recieved God perfectly, and because she is our amazing blessed mother she said "yes," and that was it, it was a done deal.
So why do we sin when we love God so much that we tear ourselves to pieces, and it is as easy as saying yes? The answer to that is the devil. A lot of times it starts with trauma, like we are all broken from this sinful world, and it creates pain and desperation and confusion, and that is an opportunity for the devil to tell you a lie. Like say you start out a baby, you love your mom and dad, all your needs are filled, and you are learning about who God through the example of your mom and dad, and what God does through the beauty of creation, and all the amazing things about being alive. But your parents are broken. So say they teach you a flawed version of love. Then that pure part of you that really wants God is confused, and suddenly in a way it is offended by love. Because your developing concept of what love is is not uncompromising, but your true deepest NEED for true love is. Then the devil gets in there and exploits the heck out of that vulnerability. Like he'll tell you God is asking for more than you can give, tell you you can't trust God, you won't be fulfilled if you give up this sin, or at least you'll be unfulfilled until you die and go to Heaven... That is 100% lies. We pray it every day. Thy kingdom come on EARTH as it is in heaven. There is suffering here yes, but suffering with love and peace and joy is not on the same planet as suffering without hope, it barely even counts as suffering because there is complete fulfillment, peace, and light down to the core of your soul, it still is literally heaven. And then you die and there's better heaven. Please don't allow the devil to cause you to think I am being figurative. This earth is not supposed to be miserable. Like when people are unhappy, like their joy is not complete, God has a problem with that, like it's the wedding at Cana and we are out of wine! So what do you do? Go to Mary, and she'll let Jesus know, and then she'll tell you to do whatever He says lol, give Jesus what He asks for, and He will turn it all into wine like on the spot. The reason it doesn't work like that when you're in sin is because of the devil messing up your sense of what God really wants, so you have to learn to recognize when the devil suggests something so you can do the opposite. Sometimes it's unbelievably insidious, like telling you to pray a rosary when you don't have the strength so you get discouraged, or telling you God is asking you not to eat dessert or something. God does ask you to pray and fast but He encourages you towards it, He doesn't frighten, threaten, or chase you towards it. Seriously He doesn't, believe it. God is not the source of fear and distress. That lie is everywhere and it messes with too many good people.
The devil only has any strength at all when you believe the lies, so doing the opposite is a hard thing to resolve yourself to do but the worlds easiest thing to actually follow through on. The rule of thumb for recognizing the devil is if a thought causes you to feel an increase in faith, hope, and love, it comes from something good that wants to bring you closer to God. And if it causes you to feel a decrease in faith hope and love, that is something evil that wants to separate you from God. Lol when I learned that it was so unbelieveable because all the critical thoughts that I thought were my conscience were actually evil! And suddenly following God actually became an easy yoke and a light burden, like in real time, not just in comparison to the weight of eternal hell lol. It was like falling in love, except instead of all the love songs making sense, suddenly all the psalms made sense lol. God actually healed me and seriously made me not care at all about sin anymore because like why would I ever want to I'm perfectly fulfilled in every way. I can rest. It is not a battle. He expanded my heart and soul to love more, like I physically feel it. He cured my anxiety and depression lol like I started getting sick from my meds because I stopped needing them. God is like always with me just a lil flame in my heart (sometimes inferno 😳) and He does tiny loving gestures for me that melt my heart, like He cares for my slightest needs in the sweetest way, and He loved me that way even in my darkest times when I was deep in the depths of sin, it's just I couldn't feel Him there because of that sin.
Part 2, sorry, this became a novel lol.
There is a horrible side, temporary but surreally painful. God wants to be first in your heart. That's why it's harder to be holy when you are richly blessed. Like if you have children, God wants you to love Him more than your children. Not to love them less, but to love God more. God wants your body and mind and dignity and self worth. He wants everything. Everything you surrender to God, He gives back to you x100, in this life. Goodbye to self-esteem issues, God tells you exactly who you are and He makes sure you know that you are loved with all the fire and passion and desire of our almighty God who IS love, and HE will be your strength. God's love is ALWAYS fruitful. The hard times are when God takes away His blessings, and we are asked to say "yes" to that, which is truly the cross. It brings us into the terror of isolation and brokenness and the poverty of who we are, which is dust, and God feels it with us, and asks us to surrender. It is the garden of gethsemane. All I can say is cling to Jesus and know it will end, and joy will come in the morning. Jesus promised that anything we ask of the Father in His name, He will give us, or else something better that fills those exact desires beyond what we could have conceived of, now, in this age. So don't stop crying out to God. God heals, He does not wound, and He will not break us. God is all good, the pain of this world is redeemed in Christ, and His mercy covers us. The most nonsensical painful things happen in this world, but God takes our wounded, broken hearts and His wounded heart, and joins them together. (I had a moment like that in prayer after my husband left me with no warning, without even telling me why. I love that man more than anyone on earth and and I always will, the pain was enough to destroy me. I was making toast and praying fiercely and incessantly/pesteringly like that woman in the Bible who Jesus ignored for a long time before implying she was a dog lol and finally healing her kid, and God like nudged my heart and I put the butterknife down and closed my eyes and He sucked me into like a dark quiet place inside me, and I showed Him my heart and was like "help, it broke, ow" and it was like that divine mercy image where there were streams of red and white light coming from His heart, and I held out my heart, and He plugged His wounds into my wounds and all the pain was just... ungh mixed with sweetness and sadness and beauty like a knife, like it wasn't gone, but it was utterly redeemed beyond description, like it was bliss. Wine. The goodest wine. Drowning in beauty. God showed me squeaks of what heaven is like here and there, and that was the best one. If good and evil are the black and white silhouette of God, then suffering and mercy/redemption is like dappled light illuminating the breadth of Him, and my God is beautiful... His skin is gilded with the gold of the richest kings... Oh boy I'm like going to bawl just remembering it. Thank you Jesus.)
There was this guy who made a really striking cartoon, like it was silly and childlike but so so sad, and the guy who made it said his favorite emotion was happiness mixed with sadness, and I think he intuited something about the heart of God because it is bang on. That is the feeling of suffering love, like not like we suffer and love when we have no hope and no joy, but supernatural suffering love - redemptive suffering love. Idk if this is true but secretly my hope is thats what saints felt when they were totally united to God and just wanted to suffer for Him. I could do that. It was just gut wrenchingly agonizingly just the most beautiful feeling, suffering and mercy. I firmly believe that our suffering is redeemed, as in God is so very good that there will not be anyone who will not praise God when they see what He's done with our pain. When we surrender ourselves, our needs, desires, and loves to God, God will show you the realms of good He has done with our gifts, and in His mercy He will satisfy us. More than we could dream. God's love is excessive, it goes far beyond what is rational or necessary.
In the dark it is so hard though... Trusting through the pain that God is mighty and good, and His ways are not our ways... God feels like what you'd feel like taking your child to the hospital and delivering them helplessly to undergo painful medical procedures they don't understand while you watch and cry your eyes out and wish you could explain why this is happening to them, and how much you love them, and how you ache for their healing and feel their every pain for yourself. I think in the agony in the garden Jesus felt the depths of true absolute abominable despair like we have in sin... And submitted, like the ultimate purgatory, total abandonment of everything to the Father. I can't even feel that much to comprehend what He did... Anyways my point is say yes, you need to bring exactly zero strength to the table, this life is pure undeserved gift, but expect purgatory, but it is unbelievably short all things considered, then the pains are over, the child is delivered, the pains are forgotten, and heart rending bliss and joy reign forever
@@Aaalllyyysssaaaaa thank you, I actually printed out your responses and read them during my hour of Adoration, beautiful, God bless you for sharing, Kevin
Choosing is all about the free will. Will I say yes to God or choose to do what I want to do even though I know it’s wrong. Decision is ours. Praying that I choose wisely.
Choose Him!
Fr Columba (as a suggestion for a future topic or part thereof), would you help to explain the parable of the weeds among the seeds? Since we don't believe in predestination to hell, who (or what) are the children of the Evil One? Are they people? Or are they the manifestations of evil in every one of us sinners: the deeds of the flesh (Galatians vv 19-20) ? Or ... ?
I would like to ask about things that you can do to find some quiet time... I really find it hard to find a real , physical silence... in my home, in my workplace..in our church...I really want to find real silence. What are your thoughts Fr. Columba.. thanks a lot!
Some people have prayer closets, might work
Also, go to an Adoration Chapel! Those places are required to be silent
Great question, Anna. And Angeline’s suggestions are dead on.
I know this world can be such a difficult place to find silence, and silence is something we all need desperately, especially when trying to hear God. I often find nature to be another wonderful place for silence - a calm beach, forest, mountain, whatever your preference. But of course, nothing can beat a silent Church, particularly an Adoration chapel where you know you should get proper silence. (If needed, make sure you’re going to the Church/chapel out of peak hours every once and a while - getting time on your own in there can be very powerful indeed!).
Hope that can help, Katie :)
I just go and sit in front of the tabernacled Jesus in our church before or after Mass or whenever my church is open. I sit as close as I can, sometimes on the floor. Not all churches have Adoration chapels, all have a tabernacle. Quality time and acts of service are my love languages. I just start off with “I love you Jesus and want to hang out with you,” then I listen.
@@barblacy619 That’s beautiful!
Please provide input on how to control sinful thoughts of all kinds. How do we find the strength to overcome going along with the thoughts that naturally come into the mind.
Counter negative thoughts with “Jesus I trust in you” or a positive thought. Over time, good habits form and the bad thoughts won’t hold so much power. If they’re too intense, there a great therapist in the world that can help with this kind of thing.
@@monks_inthe_moshpit my favorite prayer! That and Thy will be done. I'm hoping for a podcast I can use in CCD as the kids respond really well when they get the information from a priest who's well spoken and down to earth.
Here’s hoping they make one along those lines! I think that’d be a great idea
@@monks_inthe_moshpit the middle school and high school Youth really respond well to the Franciscans as a whole. I pray some of them respond to the call to serve as a result!
Cold showers never fail
Question. Why can Virgin Mary cry, if she is in heaven? Isn't heaven all happiness? I'm an adult but Since my younger years whenever a friend talked about The Virgin C
Crying y discarded out of my mind as untrue. Later I life heard about La Salette where "The Lady" cries... greetings from Mexico
Hi @I Diaz, thank you for your question. To be honest, I’m not entirely sure but I found a forum on this where are you might find some answers. www.catholicforum.com/forums/showthread.php?10021-How-can-Mary-quot-cry-quot-in-Heaven
Father I had been going to church from very young age but I became catholic only for 3 year plus explaining what is moral sin or what are the moral sin. And I don't know the prayer on confession. Thanks u
Hi Peggy, thank you so much for sharing this with us. I believe your questions deserve robust answers, so please see the articles below. I hope they can help!
Mortal sin: www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/mortal-and-venial-sin
How to make a Catholic Confession: www.universitycatholic.net/resources/how-to-go-to-confession/
Can you please do a video on why catholic priests are called father when Jesus said "call no man" which is exclusively left for our Father in heaven? I don't understand this and haven't heard anyone really explain it well. Also, I heard that one of the Pope's changed the sabbath from Saturday (the seventh day) to Sunday. Is this true?
Hi David, thank you so much for your comment and your questions. It would be great to do a video on that sometime! In the meantime, here are two articles on catholic answers. I find their stuff really helpful when I have questions myself. God bless! Katie
www.catholic.com/tract/call-no-man-father
www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/from-sabbath-to-sunday
What do you think about this, Father? Why's the tree in the garden? So we can choose NOT to eat from it.
Exactly, it’s all about choice and our free will. Having the tree there was necessary (as an allegory) to give us the opportunity to choose or reject God.
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Father... Are you with the Franciscan Friars in The Bronx NY?. If you are. Please contact me Br. J. C. Santos from St.Ignatius parish in Florida.
Fr Columba used to live in NY with the friars there but he has since moved to Ireland and then on to the UK where he now lives with one of the CFR communities there.
I’ve always wondered what happens to Jewish people and other religions. Surely, they won’t perish in hell, will they? Surely, Christianity can’t be the only way. Can you please let me know your thoughts on this Father Columba?
God gives everyone a chance to accept Jesus. Have you heard of Divine Mercy prayer. If not look up and read a bit about apparitions to St Faustuna. Divine Mercy prayer is last hope for mankind. I pray this everyday for the dying as Jesus requested prayers for sinners and also the dying. When we as Catholics pray for people we are praying for conversions. I too believe God has mercy on people such as Jews who have lived good lives by His grace he will lead them to the truth, just keep praying, also Rosary especially important, please read about Our Lady of Fatima if you do not know already, Our Lady requested rosary and sacrifice to save people from hell. God bless 🙏
Hi @Loving Life, that is a great question. All salvation comes through Christ in his Church, but it is still possible for all to be saved - including those who by no fault of their own haven’t had the Gospel revealed to them or have grown up with a prejudice against it.
This article is great at explaining in more detail: www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/salvation-for-non-christians-explained-sola-scriptura
@@ctmcatholic Thank you, Father. I appreciate your response. If I may, I would also like to ask you another question. Sometimes I feel spiritually fatigued. I will read the gospel, do my Bible study, pray, work on my faith formation, etc., and I wind up feeling completely burned out to the point where I find I need a break. I keep doing this to myself. Any advice? How do you avoid this? I am either all in or burned out or feel completely inadequate. Thank you for your insight, Father.
@@lovinglife439 Hey there, thanks for another great question. Father Mike Schmitz actually answered this in an interview that we did with him so I’ll post the clip here. Hope it can help. God bless
ruclips.net/video/vkpadmrt2Vs/видео.html
What if you find it hard to find time to get to confession?
Perhaps you can contact t your priest and ask if he can meet you at a certain time for confession.
Thanks u father God bless u I love your teaching .do u think non Christian go to hell
Thank you for watching!
As for your question about non-Christians, Catholic Answers have some good articles on this topic that explain Catholic Church teaching well:
www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/who-can-be-saved-0
www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/what-no-salvation-outside-the-church-means
www.catholic.com/qa/how-can-atheists-go-to-heaven
God bless you.
The music could stop at any moment. Confession is beautiful!!!🔥🕊💕
Father some of my family members are not Christian and die not being Christian can I pray for them .
You should pray for them and be a good witness to them everyday.
@@ctmcatholic I do pray for them and they believe in my prayers anything happy they call me to pray.but they don't want to accept. It is so surprising anything I pray God give me .
@@peggydas1188 I hear you. Don’t stop praying, God blesses our persistence 🙏 And you don’t know the impact you’re having, it’s probably far more than you imagine. In Heaven it will be clear!
Thanks u father .please pray for my brother who have cancer he is in so much pain I praise God also because he is new catholic. But father he is such a simple soul his wife do a lots for the church she is born catholic she even help the mercy home .why is he suffering so much do u think he is facing purgatory here.what type of prayer should I pray for him .I offer mass online alone and pray the rosary to
@@peggydas1188 Hi Peggy, I’m so sorry to hear your brother has cancer, but praise God he has come Home to the Catholic faith. Suffering can be a difficult subject to understand, especially when someone close to us is suffering so much. I find the most helpful way to think of it is in the context of eternity. This life is so, so short compared to the next one, and if suffering in this life can be offered up for the good of our soul and others’, it’s no wonder the Saints have so many positive things to say about suffering. It may help/encourage you to look some of them up. I’ll post one of my favourites below. I hope it can be of some help. God bless you and your family! Love, Katie and Team
If God gives you an abundant harvest of trials, it is a sign of great holiness which He desires you to attain. Do you want to become a great saint? Ask God to send you many sufferings. The flame of Divine Love never rises higher than when fed with the wood of the Cross, which the infinite charity of the Savior used to finish His sacrifice. All the pleasures of the world are nothing compared with the sweetness found in the gall and vinegar offered to Jesus Christ. That is, hard and painful things endured for Jesus Christ and with Jesus Christ.
--Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Hell exists because it was made as a punishment for the devil and his angels. Considering the magnitude of the evil they have done and will still do before the end, hell is less punishment than they deserve.
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there is no hell. a God of Love, who is Love, cannot at the same time be a God of Eternal and Infinite torture and punishment. Hell doesn't exist.
Unfortunately that’s not consistent with justice. Important to know the truth. Catholic.com has a few very helpful articles on this; here’s one: www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/are-there-souls-in-hell-right-now
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I truly feel blessed by many of the videos featuring Father Columba but I must say that I do not agree with the concepts he presents in this video. In fact, I think that they are potentially damaging to one's sense of God and the spiritual life. It is not in alignment with many other respected Catholic priests and scholars so it is really only one way of interpreting an understanding of the afterlife. A similar issue is the penal substitutionary atonement theory which came later than the previously accepted ransom theory, originating with Origen. When presenting views as though they are the only acceptable view, you limit viewers and constrict their ability to reach out to God. I think we can trust God to reveal what is most needed to each human heart.
Hi Barbara, thank you for your comment, and we’re glad you’ve been enjoying Fr Columba’s videos. Would you be able to point out which concepts in this video you disagree with? We’d love to better understand. God bless, Katie
@@ctmcatholic The topic is complex. To present only one view doesn't help people to learn and grow, to discern. Think of Thomas Merton, Richard Rohr, St. Teresa of Avila, Ilia Delio, Karl Rahner... and consider that fear of an eternal punishment will never reconcile anyone with God or produce a faith that is rich and deep and full of mystery. What if your channel discussed a quote such as this one from Thomas Merton (Seeds of Contemplation) "Hell can be described as a perpetual alienation from our true being, our true self which is in God."
Or this one from Karl Rahner "The existence of the possibility that freedom will end in eternal loss stands alongside the doctrine that the world and the history of the world as a whole will in fact enter into eternal life with God. Hell is a necessary, logical possibility but not a certain reality."
Thanks and blessings to you also. Much of the content in these talks truly helps people to engage in their faith. However it is hurting world right now and focusing on the love of God to change one's life might lessen the debate about hell and put attention where it most needs to go, to fully immersing ourselves in the love of God and our neighbour as ourselves.
@@artisforusall ok sounds like you are a modernist or into relativism, not a traditionalist at all. Might want to study the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the writings of early Church Fathers who were a tad closer to Jesus in chronology. Or perhaps immerse yourself in Sacred Scriptures. Relying only on current theological schools while the Church is drifting from the Truth could be dangerous. Pope Benedict XVI Would be a safer contemporary to study if you are searching for truth and not just another scholar to tickle your fancy. As a revert I looked at them all, Protestants are notorious for picking their prophets and wandering in the desert. I am so glad the Church has weathered the seas.
@@artisforusall Hi Barbara, thank you for your comment. We appreciate that there are many different ways to try and explain what Hell is like, more than we could have fit into this video.
However, unfortunately Hell is a reality and it’s important for us to be aware of that as how we live our lives on this earth determines whether we will end up there, and really know what it is like, or not.
Please know we are praying for you, and we hope this can be helpful in sone way.
Katie and Team