All my family and friends have abandon me because I entered the Church this last Easter. I was alone through the whole process and it was very hard. Still is. Praise the Lord for his strength and mercy, grace and His means of grace.
So sorry to hear that! You should have let us know. You can also check out the coming home network. They are an organization of former protestants, many of whom made the journey alone as well. And they're an entire organization dedicated to helping people like you, supporting you, being there for you, and even giving you the aid you need. So maybe look them up online and even call them if you need. Watch some of the testimonies there for inspiration.
Brother. Christ came with a sword. Stick with love. Because being a true Christian is bearing your cross and still loving those who don’t love you back. And it’s hard.. I can attest to that.
@@OzCrusader I’ve heard of Protestants who believe this and still party. I visited a Baptist Church and the young adults were saying that it is ok to go to the bars. Alcohol and secular music with non believers isn’t a good recipe for salvation but for falling away from grace.
Life long born again believer theologically trained protestant… taking a closer look at the Catholic Church. I want the truth above all things, my heart is open. Please pray for me.🙏🏼
We will absolutely pray for you. If we can help in any way please let us know. If you like these conversion stories, we've had a few others lately that you may be interested in. ruclips.net/video/2SmiSmP6u-o/видео.htmlsi=nuyZuRpqwTKdOvEv ruclips.net/video/Bk9b3njqR90/видео.htmlsi=CsF_Mu3FDxUpXIt1 ruclips.net/video/eY5YsOLUwSQ/видео.htmlsi=E_iu9M7q1hgol8ct
You should (re)read the biographies of George Muller (by AT Pierson) and CT Studd (by Norman Grubb). Ask yourself whether these 2 saints walked with God and whether God honored them. I could name hundreds of others. It's obvious that God is not only in the Catholic church and that one can live a fully devoted, Spirit-filled life without being Catholic.
@@lizatschirret-guth3925that doesn't change the truth. No one can limit what God can do in a person's life, but we can surely limit the full effect of His grace by choosing to not be in the true church and share in the effectiveness of the Sacraments, especially reconciliation and of course the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.
Welcome home little lambs!!!! The Good Shepherd embraces you so much tighter in the Holy Eucharist! And Holy Mother Church welcomes you home to the ONE TRUE FAITH and to its fullness. Keep the fire for the Holy Gospel burning.
They read bible, they read history, they research pretty good and they found the truth. That's should people do to find the truth instead of criticising Catholic Church
Absolutely,, same happened to me. It was absolutely wonderful experience and glad they had it too. It was also slightly horrifying looking back I am surprised I broke and went through with it. Raised very traditional evangelical, and never heard a good thing about Catholics.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial in my mid 20s I had a couple years where I struggled with my faith and living my life in Christ. So I finally told myself I had to do better and so I committed to I was going to read the whole NT through once every 3 months for a year and start learning more about the OT. So I did and treated every single verse with the same importance to make sure I understand paragraphs and chapters in context to my best ability. After about 6 months a visiting pastor spoke at our church and he had went over why there is nothing we could do to assist or effect or salvation. He even mention baptism and obedience, as long as we had faith then we basically checked the box and good to go. Well it didn’t sit well with me because I had been studying scripture that says differently, obviously faith was the requirement but in scripture baptism was important, obeisance, love people and treat them well, an so on with physical actions. After that is when I started to look into the earliest Christians and the history. That is where it started. Till that time I had never even heard of an early church father or that we had writings and teachings from then.
It resonated with me too, but maybe for a different reason. Sadly, neither girl expressed anything about God doing a work of renewal in them and all their sins being gone. I heard them say that they now believe that other things are now equal to God's word (tradition, magisterium) . When you downgrade God's testimony in your heart you have lost the fear of God, the very thing that preserves us. That's why they accepted another gospel so easily.
@@jeromepopiel388 You hear but don’t understand, see but you are still blind. Catholicism is the First Gospel, the True Gospel. Schismatics who made their own so-called churches are lost in a web of confusion, with thousands upon thousands of sects, claiming to hold the truth and agreeing on nothing. The Catholic Sacred Scriptures hold primacy over all doctrine, while the Magisterium and Sacred Tradition are servants, by interpreting and applying Sacred Scripture. Sadly you are mistaken and did not hear correctly. Nowhere does my Catholic Church claim the Magisterium and Sacred Tradition are above Sacred Scripture. Anti Catholic sources may say make these unsubstantiated claims, but you can look all you like and you won’t find any authentic Catholic document saying this.
This resonates deeply with me as a former Jehovah's Witness who transitioned to agnosticism before finally embracing Catholicism this Easter Vigil. My childhood faith devoted an incredible amount of time to criticizing the Catholic Church from the pulpit. Now, as a Catholic, I find that not a single moment is spent criticizing others. I appreciate that genuine worship takes place every Sunday, not just Bible studies. I too have a deep love for the Eucharist, and our little adoration chapel!
@@CatholicTruthOfficial A whole series of things. I had a relative pass away a few years ago, I was agnostic then, and was distraught but not enough to seek God, ironically enough ashes to ashes, dust to dust was in my mind then. Last year, I took a trip to Germany to visit a relative and his GF; honestly it was them AND Octoberfest. Of course I did all the touristy things, sped on the Autobahn, visited castles, and took a trip to Austria. Well, in Austria, we visited the Cathedral in Salzburg. It was the most beautiful building I had ever laid my eyes on. The art was inspirational, the baptismal font was the same font Mozart was baptized in. I was awestruck by the beauty and history and wondered on what could have possessed humans to make such beautiful things. The experience made me yearn for something in my life with deeper roots than what I was accustomed to. Fast forward to the Christmas season, and something in me kept wanting to visit a Catholic church. So, I looked up the nearest one and since Nov-Dec is a bit slow at work, I took the afternoon off to visit. It was somber, dark, only part of the church was lit while the organist practiced Christmas music. I saw the altar, art, Christ on the cross, the stations of the cross, lit candles; it was very solemn and peaceful. I took a minute to browse the missal, and then the hymnal caught my eye. I started flipping through the pages and the first song I landed on was "Stay with me". I thought to myself, now that's funny, that's the same title of the Japanese song by Miki Matsubara, I use it as the ringtone for my wife. I flipped again and landed on "Stand by Me". At that point I was like, okay I get it. I contacted the church office, attended my first Mass (loved the worship), and stayed for RCIA (the people were welcoming and amazing. And the rest, as they say, is history (although there is so much, I could go on about). I have to say, channels like yours, Fr. Mike Schmidt's Catechism in a year, and other apologists like the counsel of Trent, have been incredibly instructive and helpful in supplementing my RCIA classes and catechesis. Your videos on the various heresies are particularly eye-opening and insightful, thanks!
Calvinism is wrong and so is Catholicism. I feel bad for you, you went from one bad belief system to another one. I hope, someday, you will find your way back to a good local Bible believing independent Baptist church.
Former baptist here that turned agnostic. Now im Catholic and by the grace of God found a holy woman and reverted her back to catholic faith attending the latin mass!!!! Im 30 shes 27!!!
good for you, want a prize or something? why does everyone have to share their testimony "i was brainwashed isn't it fantastic" "yeah i was brainwashed too, aren't we great" "yeah god loves us, but better not piss him off eh" "no, obey or burn, that's god's motto" "yeah, obey or burn, that;'s true love" numbskulls.
I was born a Catholic and lived a protestant life .....from age of 12 till about 28.....few " denominations" ... I came back to the church at 28, I am 36 now and discerning to be a Priest and by the grace of God looking forward to the Seminary.... I found a deeper relationship with the Lord as a devout Catholic the Holy Eucharist is the center of my faith. God bless !
Protestants are UTTERLY WRONG for saying the Eucharist is just symbolic. WRONG! WRONG! WRONG! The Eucharist is TRULY the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ. The Eucharist is Jesus Himself. So many catholics have been healed spiritually, emotionally, mentally and even physically by receiving the Eucharist in proper disposition. It means the Eucharist is NOT symbolic but LITERAL Body of Christ.
I absolutely love hearing these conversion stories. A former protestant myself, these stories remind me to pray for our protestant brothers and sisters in Christ, and be ready to welcome them home.
A former protestant myself, these stories remind me to pray for our protestant brothers and sisters in Christ, and be ready to welcome them home. So if they are your brothers and sisters in Christ then all you are doing in inviting them to the roman Catholic church is getting them to accept the false teaching along with the good teaching of the roman Catholic church. It is not a welcom home event as a born again believer is already assured of salvation and an eternal dwelling with Jesus .
These gifted young ladies are soooooo on fire for Jesus and His Catholic Church! Their parish must be awesome! Their deep FRIENDSHIP is a force of nature, supercharged by God’s Holy Spirit!
Your guests enthusiasm is infectious. Welcome home both of you. I came home 24 years ago and my love for Gods Catholic Church will never end. I was an evangelical and because of the constant carping against Catholicism and Catholic Christians I had to leave to save my soul. Pray for them.
It’s refreshing to see the young so passionate for Christ. It’s encouraging that they discovered the truth. May our Blessed Mother and the Church triumphant, guide them forward the protective hands of Jesus Christ as they navigate the trials of this world.
Awesome testimony! I’m a former Protestant too. I got mad when my Catholic husband called me a Protestant, lol i didn’t know I was a Protestant! But now, one year later, after looking into Catholicism, thank God, I’m starting RCIA very soon and I’m super humbled to learn more about the faith and to become Catholic officially❤
Welcome to Christ church, so beautiful and truly for everyone. So many prayers for you will be said. I thank Him every day for loving me. Keep your eyes and heart on the Eucharist. Go to confession once a month. You have a mission to help people come to His church. Pray the rosary, Our Lady will help you. It makes all of us Catholics so happy to have you come home. God bless you.
These two ladies are so wonderful that they made me smile the whole time. As a former Evangelical I can identify with them completely. God bless them both.
I was born Catholic.. then I started going to the Catholic Church until I even became a Seminarian, as an SPS missionary. Following various contestations with my prot brethren, in our very protestant and Muslim country, I started discovering the Catholic Church, more and more. Guess what? I am still a Catholic! and loving it all the way till I meet mummy and daddy in heaven.
PETER as Shepherd and first Pope: Scriptural evidence and the structure of the primitive Church make it absolutely undeniable that Christ chose Peter and that Peter was first among the twelve. Depending on the translation, Peter is mentioned 195 times. The closest is John (the beloved disciple) at just 29 times. The rest even less. Consider: Jesus entered Peter’s house. (Matthew 8:14) Jesus changed Simon's name to Peter. (John 1:42) Jesus gave Peter the keys to the gates of Heaven. (Matthew 16:19) Jesus declared Peter to the the rock. (Matthew 16:18) Jesus made Peter shepherd. (John 21:15-17) Jesus told Peter to strengthen his brothers (Luke 22:32) Jesus paid the Temple tax only for Himself and Peter. (Matthew 17:24-27) Jesus preached from Peter's boat. (Luke 5:3) Jesus told Peter to "Follow me" (John 21:19) Jesus called only Peter to walk on the water. (Matthew 14:29) Jesus predicted Peter's three-fold denial. (Matthew 26:34) Jesus predicted Peter's repentance and three-fold affirmation. (Luke 22:32) Jesus prophesied only Peter's manner of death. (John 21:18-19) Jesus taught Peter forgiveness 70 times 7 times. (Matthew 18:21-22) Jesus spoke only to Peter at Gethsemane. (Mark 14:37) Peter is always listed first of the Apostles. (Matthew 10:2, Luke 6:14, Acts 1:13) Peter was first to confess Jesus as Messiah. (Matthew 16:18) Peter alone spoke at the Transfiguration. (Matthew 17:4, Mark 9:5, Luke 9:33) Peter pointed out the withered fig tree. (Mark 11:21) Peter entered the tomb first - John deferring to him. (Luke 24:12, John 20:3-4)) Peter decided the manner of replacing Judas. (Acts 1:15-26) Peter spoke for the eleven at the Pentecost. (Acts 2:14-36) Peter was released from prison by the Angel. (Acts 12:6-11) Peter spoke for the eleven before the Council. (Acts 4:8-12) Peter held sin bound to Ananias and Sapphira. (Acts 5:1-10) Peter's shadow healed. (Acts 5:15) Peter declared the sin of Simony. (Acts 8:18-23) Peter revealed the salvation of Gentiles to the Church at Jerusalem. (Acts 11:1-18) The Angel told Cornelius to call for Peter. (Acts 10:3-8) The Holy Spirit fell upon the Gentiles as Peter preached to them. (Acts 10:44-45) At the empty tomb, the Angel said, "Go tell His disciples, and Peter." (Mark 16:7) Mary Magdalene ran to tell Peter and the beloved disciple. (John 20:2) The vision of all foods being clean was given only to Peter. (Acts 10:9-16) Peter's words silence the first council in Jerusalem. (Acts 15:7-12) Paul went to Peter to affirm that his Gospel was not in vain. (Galatians 1:18) Peter was given the revelation of the end of the world. (2 Peter 3:10-11) Peter taught that Paul’s words were easily twisted. (2 Peter 3:16) Peter taught that baptism now saves you (1 Peter 3:21) And many other references. One may deny that Peter was primary, but it takes an amazing ignorance or denial of scripture and history to do so.
Jude 11 warned the Orthodox and protestants of Korah's rebellion. Numbers 16: 3 is what they say to the Asher Al Habayit/Royal Steward that the Davidic King left over His church.
@@HAL9000-su1mz You have to work very hard to deny Peter, yet they do. And as Jesus said, if they reject you, they reject me and if they reject me they reject the one who sent me.
Thanks so much. I think these Protestant churches are good. The more they train, the more create a yearning for the search of truth in their followers. That leads them to the Catholic Church... Praise God 🎉
#Brian, Oh my goodness...., these girls are a wealth of information to show a loved one or anybody, to help them see the truth and to come home from protestantism. I'm tickled at one min. and then brought to tears in another. They break it down in such an excited on fire way! 🔥💯🎉 I hope they know just how priceless this podcast is. A blessed tool has been given to us from GOD. I can't wait to show it to my family and friends. If my peeps don't get it after watching these young ladies, I don't think they ever will. However I will pray for them. Bless you all my friends! ❤🙏🕊️💜
Wow these two young girls are on fire Catholic. Welcome home my dear sister in Christ. Spread the Gospel and bring more lost souls to our Lord Jesus Christ. God bless!
John 6 will do it. The Eucharist is amazing. These young women are phenomenal. I think we will hear from them again. Thanks so much for this interview!!
To see such young people earnestly searching for the Truth and so happy when they find it must give all Catholics great Hope for the future in times which are pushing so much satanic evil. You are a great credit to yourselves. God Bless you both.
welcome home my 2 lovely sisters in Christ! am tearing with much joy while listening to your conversion journey back to home. let's continue to pray for more conversion and unity of all Christians and all nations in one Catholic Faith. Lord Jesus, Mama Mary, Papa Joseph and all holy angels and saints, pray for us. Amen
Thank You Jesus for Your One and Only Holy Catholic Church that created the Bible and provides us with the One and Only New Covenant between God and Man which we can only participate in at His Church. Luke 22:20 John 6:53-54 Matt 16:13-20
Amazing! Blessed is our lord Christ Jesus 🙏 I have a similar story. I’m an EX Jehovahs Witness. The early church fathers paved the way for me to go home🙏
The ministry of reconciliation/confession 2 Corinthians 5:11-21 Wow! This is amazing especially from young people on fire for Jesus Christ. Beautiful hearts and I’ll pray for them God will help them grow up to sainthood. Amen
2 Corinthians 2:10: Paul forgave sin IN THE PERSON OF CHRIST. Modern bibles have been altered to read "presence" - by those who deny confession. And modernist Catholics.
@@HAL9000-su1mz yep! The thing is that they don’t want to admit to everything they come across as being Catholic. So they fight tooth and nail to not convert and to avoid ever admitting anything Biblical as Catholic teaching. Their pastors had them deeply brainwashed against Catholicism. That’s cultist mindset.
Thank you so much for the motivation that these young ladies can search for the truth , pray for it, and God answered their faith journey. I am a Catholic father married to a stanch non-denominational mother who not only doesn’t agree with my Catholic tradition but also rejects Catholicism as a whole and can feel somewhat anti Catholic at times. We have a 6 and 3 year old set of daughters going to non denominational church schools and simply want them to know the truth. Please pray for our relationship and that our daughters (including my wife) can see the beauty of the One True and Apostolic Catholic Church and hopefully embrace its teachings. Thank you and God bless your journey in finding pious Catholic men to marry & have the lives God created you to have. Amen!
As a Protestant converting, also married to a Catholic ( he is not a practicing) My story is so long 😂so long story short. So many former Protestant theologians and pastors have really helped me out, Dr John Bergsma, Steve Ray, New St Thomas Institute has a great cheat sheet and Keith Nester, he also has The Rosary Crew. Of course there is Dr Scott Hahn. There are so many converts who are brilliant. Praying for your wife’s eyes to open in the name of The Father The Son and The Holy Spirit ❤️❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
As a Protestant converting, also married to a Catholic ( he is not a practicing) My story is so long 😂so long story short. So many former Protestant theologians and pastors have really helped me out, Dr John Bergsma, Steve Ray, New St Thomas Institute has a great cheat sheet and Keith Nester, he also has The Rosary Crew. Of course there is Dr Scott Hahn. There are so many converts who are brilliant. Praying for your wife’s eyes to open in the name of The Father The Son and The Holy Spirit ❤️❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
The green scapular with 3 daily prayers has been enormously helpful in converting my spouse of similar sentiments to yours. Daily rosary as well! The graces overflow. Took several years but the heart and mind became open
These young ladies are lovely. Thank God for them and their faith. Great discernment ladies. 🌸🌸 🇨🇦 So glad to see our youth go forth in the Catholic faith.
Also, sorry, but I had to say they had this one part exactly right. “You can’t escape the Papacy, you either adopt another or become your own”. Truest words
That was such an insightful remark by that young lady. Hope to use this remark when I encounter objections of this sort. The two young ladies' sharing reaffirms my own Catholic faith. God bless them and keep them safe and may their lights continue to shine brightly for Christ in their journeys ahead.
@@fillup901 It was catholic apologetic The more I discovered Catholic doctrine and theology, the less I was Protestant. At the end prostestantism no longer made sense to me : Sola Scriptura, Bible alone, Faith alone, once saved always saved...
@@yonlee6960 Appreciate the response. I ask because I'm the only non-catholic in my entire family [both sides], but the reason why I became protestant was ironically, the same reason for you becoming catholic. I hope you don't mind me picking your brain, and I promise not to judge. What are your reasons for not supporting sola scriptura?
@@fillup901 Appreciate : "promise not to judge" I'm from France, sorry for my english. About me : I was born in a Protestant family. As a teenager, I was responsible for my youth group in my local church, and then I became one of the leader of my church. It was in 2020 (before covid :)) that I discovered Catholic apologetics. I've red catholic apologetics books, and it deeply affected me. Here is the kind of questions that were raised : - why do I believe that the Bible is the word of God ? How can I know that ? - why do I believe what I believe ? Here's quickly what I found : - Bible : the first time I had a Bible, I didn't ask where it came from. I just believe it was the word of God (because it was the church (my church) that told me so) - Teaching : Trinity, Predestination, Once saved always saved, Faith alone... I believe that because it was also the church. My protestant environment was influenced by Calvinism, which is why every pastor and teacher (including myself) preaches these doctrines. So I realized that what I believed was because the church (my protestant environment) had taught me so. When I was a preacher, people also follow me => my interpretation of the Bible. I realized that I could no longer say : "the Bible teaches trinity, the Bible teaches predestination, the Bible says...", because the "real" reason of these teaching was my calvinism environment and my own interpretation. This led me to think about the Bible, authority, right interpretation... Catholic apologetic response was that the Bible comes from the tradition of the Church (Catholic Church) and that the content of christian faith comes from the teaching of the Catholic Church. So I began to believe that without the tradtion of the church, I cannot know with certainty if the Bible is truly the word of God (who is responsible for selecting the right books ?) and what it really teaches. I began to believe that we need an external authority, established by God, to guide us and to tell us what constitutes the word of God (the canon of the Bible). Note : Luther had rejected several books in the Bible at the 16th century I could no longer say : "I believe the Bible is the word of God and that's all I need". Instead, if I receive the Bible, I must also receive the authority that gave it to me => the Catholic Church, the Church that Jesus founded 2000 years ago. That's how my journey began.
Can definitely relate to the ignorance of church history. Never even cared to think about history before the reformation so Ignatius of Antioch hit me like a truck.
It's interesting to hear that one of them was being warned against saying the Our Father at her Protestant church. Even more interesting is the irony that the same warning was one thing that eventually led her into the Catholic Church. It almost seems as if that Protestant church had been better off not trying to keep her away from the Catholic Church.
This is true in our country. And I was like in my thoughts, “I wonder what is Jesus going to say on that?” He teaches the prayer and suddenly they are offended when they hear this prayer.. and all of that..that is why when I learned something about God. I always take the Humble Mind before I judge anything regarding the bible and the Catholic Church cause without it there will be a lot of confusion. It’s kinda scary that the enemy is using the tactic he did in the temptation of the Lord “about quoting scripture” and manipulate it in something that it is not.
they have such a similar story to me in my journey, especially reading the early church fathers about a year and seven months ago! the Eucharist and baby baptism sealed the deal for me! I’m so grateful for channels like this, but can’t help but think that if RUclips were actually available 25 years ago I probably would’ve never left Catholicism for Protestantism
Great stuff. I was fully initiated into the Catholic Church this past Easter. My wife however remains a Pentecostal. It will be a long journey to bring her into the Catholic family but I am fully embracing the challenge. I have always been a history nut so when I applied my love of history in investigating which church was legitimate it was clear and concise for me that the Catholic Church was indeed Jesus’. At any rate, great video! If this community has any advice for me regarding my wife please comment here!
Praise God! Thank you Jesus. I'm so glad you came into the church. Thank you for sharing. We will pray for your wife. If she ever has any questions and just wants to pick our brains, we'd be happy to talk with her as long as she wants to pick our brain for. We can sit up a phone call or Skype call. It's helped so many in the past.
I’m going through the same situation. I’m a former oneness Pentecostal who was baptized into the Catholic Church this past Easter. It was studying church history that brought me to Christ’s one true Church. My wife remains a oneness Pentecostal and is extremely anti-Catholic. She actually believes Catholics worship the devil and Mary, and there is nothing I can say to convince her otherwise.
I Was Saved Protestant, Was Protestant For Twenty-Two Years, About, I'm Glad I Was Saved Protestant, Because I wouldn't have Known About God otherwise. Towards the end of my days as a Protestant, my life in Protestantism became so frustrating. I Wanted Unity Among Believers Like they Had In The Book Of Acts, And I couldn't find it. All I could find were people who either didn't Read their Bibles, people who cherry picked what they wanted from The Bible, people worshiping preachers, charismatics who placed their private revelation above The Scripture. One day, in 2019, I Went To my First, Divine Liturgy In The Greek Orthodox Church, but I still had questions, I hadn't made the Decision To Be Orthodox. Then In 2021, I almost died. 2022 Comes Along, I hadn't been to a Divine Liturgy in a while, I Went Back, I wished I Had Converted To Orthodoxy sooner, I Decided, This Is It, I Wanna Be Orthodox. This isn't to bash or hate on anybody who's Catholic. Th reason I Converted To Orthodoxy Was Primarily, I personally Saw More Parallels Between The Church Christ And The Apostles Started In Connection With Orthodoxy rather than with The Catholic Church. But It Seems Like Brian who's Hosting This video and I Certainly Agree On Plenty Of Things even though he's Catholic, And I'm Eastern Orthodox, lol! But I got burnt out by the way Protestantism is doing Church.
I resonate with this story so much. For me, I was following another religion similar to Manichaeism and it was following the truth that brought me back to the Catholic faith. I remember reading my former teacher say that the figure who dictated Revelation to John was not Jesus, but Melchizedek and I knew that obviously wasn't the truth (he flat out says, "I was dead and I am alive forever"). He had all sorts of weird views about Communion and other teachings in the Bible and it was my following of the truth that led me to realize what I was learning simply wasn't correct. What the early Church believed about the Eucharist, that it was truly Jesus' body and blood, what they believed about apostolic succession, etc. All these things led me to think maybe the Catholic Church is true. And like Zoe and Wendy said in this interview, I didn't know my pursuit of truth would lead me to the Catholic Church, but here I am today.
The statement that struck me, "I felt I was deceived, lied upon". I can't imagine myself surrendering my core beliefs to few men who decided to make their own religion and teaching versus the early church fathers and 1500 years of sacred tradition. If Protestants will just be honest to themselves, there is no reason to stay Protestants even for a minute. It was all based on lies and deceit.
I love how smart these girls are! Reason and the pursuit of Truth is an avenue through which Christ draws us to the fullness of His Love in the Church! Praying for Zoe and Wendy that they may continue to be strengthened and inspire others in our journey toward Heaven!
So proud of you girls! Although I grew up fundamental Baptist for a few years I was in a church that I knew girls just like yall who would talk about Calvinism and all that stuff. Super excited that yall are Catholic! I hope my friends from the Baptist church could see what yall have seen
Yep! 15:57 this is what I’ve been saying all along. BELIEVE! Jesus in St John 6:27-64 repeats countless times that you must believe that he is the bread from heaven that one must eat to have eternal life. If you don’t believe then your faith ends at St John 6:27 and you walk away in St John6:66
The way I see John 6 is that people left because he kept saying that he must be eaten and he kept pushing it harder.if it was just a symbol or a recreation of the last supper he would have just said I’m joking you guys.
@@lukebrown5395 I counted from St John 6:27-69 Believe 7x Eternal life and life and live 13x not including the life in verse 66. Bread of life 12x Eat 7x
@@lukebrown5395 they left because they didn’t believe. They wanted to have their bellies filled but couldn’t care less about being filled spiritually. Remember that they just had their bellies filled twice with the multiplication of fish and bread. They wanted more of that but whatever with your whole IAM the bread of life discourse. We want food. We are hungry!! So because of their refusal to put aside for a moment the physical to adopt the spiritual they decided to walk away and go back to the works of the law or all 603 Jewish laws Jesus came to free them from.
With so many wonderful converts, it must be the fruits of all our rosaries. "The Most Holy Virgin in these last times in which we live has given new efficacy in the recitation of the Holy Rosary. She has given this efficacy to such an extent that there is no problem, no matter how difficult it is, whether temporal or above all spiritual, in the personal life of each one of us, of our families … that cannot be solved by the Rosary."
Zoe and Wendy you are so adorable! Seriously though, you gave me goosebumps when you spoke about the Eucharist. May the Lord continue to bless you on your journey and may your witness be fruitful!
These are the Catholics that will be the salt the Catholic Church needs. St Luke 18:15 People were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them,* and when the disciples saw this, they rebuked them.g Protestants.. before you answer this post think about which is holy,the water,or God who makes the water holy? So if it’s God who makes the water holy then Jesus touching the infants counted as an automatic baptism. 1 Corinthians 13 You can have faith that moves mountains but if you don’t have love then your faith means nothing.
All my family and friends have abandon me because I entered the Church this last Easter. I was alone through the whole process and it was very hard. Still is. Praise the Lord for his strength and mercy, grace and His means of grace.
So sorry to hear that! You should have let us know. You can also check out the coming home network. They are an organization of former protestants, many of whom made the journey alone as well. And they're an entire organization dedicated to helping people like you, supporting you, being there for you, and even giving you the aid you need. So maybe look them up online and even call them if you need. Watch some of the testimonies there for inspiration.
Brother. Christ came with a sword. Stick with love. Because being a true Christian is bearing your cross and still loving those who don’t love you back.
And it’s hard.. I can attest to that.
If they really believe in Once-Saved-Always-Saved, what's the problem. They think you're still saved, right?
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No! OSAS leads into complacency, where one can sin and think, “My sin doesn’t matter, because I’m saved! Yay!”
@@OzCrusader I’ve heard of Protestants who believe this and still party. I visited a Baptist Church and the young adults were saying that it is ok to go to the bars. Alcohol and secular music with non believers isn’t a good recipe for salvation but for falling away from grace.
Life long born again believer theologically trained protestant… taking a closer look at the Catholic Church. I want the truth above all things, my heart is open. Please pray for me.🙏🏼
We will absolutely pray for you. If we can help in any way please let us know. If you like these conversion stories, we've had a few others lately that you may be interested in.
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You should (re)read the biographies of George Muller (by AT Pierson) and CT Studd (by Norman Grubb). Ask yourself whether these 2 saints walked with God and whether God honored them. I could name hundreds of others. It's obvious that God is not only in the Catholic church and that one can live a fully devoted, Spirit-filled life without being Catholic.
@@lizatschirret-guth3925that doesn't change the truth. No one can limit what God can do in a person's life, but we can surely limit the full effect of His grace by choosing to not be in the true church and share in the effectiveness of the Sacraments, especially reconciliation and of course the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.
Welcome home little lambs!!!! The Good Shepherd embraces you so much tighter in the Holy Eucharist! And Holy Mother Church welcomes you home to the ONE TRUE FAITH and to its fullness. Keep the fire for the Holy Gospel burning.
Amen! 🙌
They read bible, they read history, they research pretty good and they found the truth. That's should people do to find the truth instead of criticising Catholic Church
Amen! They are a great example of being open to God and His grace wherever it leads. And having a hunger for truth.
Absolutely,, same happened to me. It was absolutely wonderful experience and glad they had it too. It was also slightly horrifying looking back I am surprised I broke and went through with it. Raised very traditional evangelical, and never heard a good thing about Catholics.
Then how did you even get started down the track of joining Catholicism and rejecting evangelical?
@@CatholicTruthOfficial in my mid 20s I had a couple years where I struggled with my faith and living my life in Christ. So I finally told myself I had to do better and so I committed to I was going to read the whole NT through once every 3 months for a year and start learning more about the OT. So I did and treated every single verse with the same importance to make sure I understand paragraphs and chapters in context to my best ability. After about 6 months a visiting pastor spoke at our church and he had went over why there is nothing we could do to assist or effect or salvation. He even mention baptism and obedience, as long as we had faith then we basically checked the box and good to go. Well it didn’t sit well with me because I had been studying scripture that says differently, obviously faith was the requirement but in scripture baptism was important, obeisance, love people and treat them well, an so on with physical actions. After that is when I started to look into the earliest Christians and the history. That is where it started. Till that time I had never even heard of an early church father or that we had writings and teachings from then.
Bro summarized my thoughts in the most perfect way.
As a recent Catholic convert from a Protestant calvinist Church this video really resonates with me.
Welcome home to you too! Praise be to God!
May God continue blessing you!
Welcome home. May God bless you and guide you.
It resonated with me too, but maybe for a different reason. Sadly, neither girl expressed anything about God doing a work of renewal in them and all their sins being gone. I heard them say that they now believe that other things are now equal to God's word (tradition, magisterium) . When you downgrade God's testimony in your heart you have lost the fear of God, the very thing that preserves us. That's why they accepted another gospel so easily.
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You hear but don’t understand, see but you are still blind.
Catholicism is the First Gospel, the True Gospel. Schismatics who made their own so-called churches are lost in a web of confusion, with thousands upon thousands of sects, claiming to hold the truth and agreeing on nothing.
The Catholic Sacred Scriptures hold primacy over all doctrine, while the Magisterium and Sacred Tradition are servants, by interpreting and applying Sacred Scripture.
Sadly you are mistaken and did not hear correctly. Nowhere does my Catholic Church claim the Magisterium and Sacred Tradition are above Sacred Scripture. Anti Catholic sources may say make these unsubstantiated claims, but you can look all you like and you won’t find any authentic Catholic document saying this.
This resonates deeply with me as a former Jehovah's Witness who transitioned to agnosticism before finally embracing Catholicism this Easter Vigil. My childhood faith devoted an incredible amount of time to criticizing the Catholic Church from the pulpit. Now, as a Catholic, I find that not a single moment is spent criticizing others. I appreciate that genuine worship takes place every Sunday, not just Bible studies. I too have a deep love for the Eucharist, and our little adoration chapel!
Amazing! What led you to the Catholic Church coming from such an anti Catholic background?
@@CatholicTruthOfficial A whole series of things. I had a relative pass away a few years ago, I was agnostic then, and was distraught but not enough to seek God, ironically enough ashes to ashes, dust to dust was in my mind then.
Last year, I took a trip to Germany to visit a relative and his GF; honestly it was them AND Octoberfest. Of course I did all the touristy things, sped on the Autobahn, visited castles, and took a trip to Austria. Well, in Austria, we visited the Cathedral in Salzburg. It was the most beautiful building I had ever laid my eyes on. The art was inspirational, the baptismal font was the same font Mozart was baptized in. I was awestruck by the beauty and history and wondered on what could have possessed humans to make such beautiful things. The experience made me yearn for something in my life with deeper roots than what I was accustomed to.
Fast forward to the Christmas season, and something in me kept wanting to visit a Catholic church. So, I looked up the nearest one and since Nov-Dec is a bit slow at work, I took the afternoon off to visit. It was somber, dark, only part of the church was lit while the organist practiced Christmas music. I saw the altar, art, Christ on the cross, the stations of the cross, lit candles; it was very solemn and peaceful. I took a minute to browse the missal, and then the hymnal caught my eye. I started flipping through the pages and the first song I landed on was "Stay with me". I thought to myself, now that's funny, that's the same title of the Japanese song by Miki Matsubara, I use it as the ringtone for my wife. I flipped again and landed on "Stand by Me". At that point I was like, okay I get it. I contacted the church office, attended my first Mass (loved the worship), and stayed for RCIA (the people were welcoming and amazing. And the rest, as they say, is history (although there is so much, I could go on about).
I have to say, channels like yours, Fr. Mike Schmidt's Catechism in a year, and other apologists like the counsel of Trent, have been incredibly instructive and helpful in supplementing my RCIA classes and catechesis. Your videos on the various heresies are particularly eye-opening and insightful, thanks!
@@cyphonrider Wow! Thanks for sharing and welcome home. God bless.
Praise God for your journey!
Former Calvinist here. Being catholic now is the ultimate gift to my life
Amen! 🙌🙏🏻
Welcome home. May God bless you and guide you.
They are so cute- they finish each others’ sentences like twins!
Calvinism is wrong and so is Catholicism. I feel bad for you, you went from one bad belief system to another one. I hope, someday, you will find your way back to a good local Bible believing independent Baptist church.
@@eddyk4062 That is just a bare assertion. Where is your Church's authority?
Former baptist here that turned agnostic. Now im Catholic and by the grace of God found a holy woman and reverted her back to catholic faith attending the latin mass!!!! Im 30 shes 27!!!
God bless you and the holy woman you have found: welcome home, Keep the Faith!
*WELCOME HOME*
good for you, want a prize or something? why does everyone have to share their testimony "i was brainwashed isn't it fantastic" "yeah i was brainwashed too, aren't we great" "yeah god loves us, but better not piss him off eh" "no, obey or burn, that's god's motto" "yeah, obey or burn, that;'s true love"
numbskulls.
@@HarryNicNicholas The bitterness: sad for ya.
Absolute CHAD 💪💪💪
I was born a Catholic and lived a protestant life .....from age of 12 till about 28.....few " denominations" ...
I came back to the church at 28, I am 36 now and discerning to be a Priest and by the grace of God looking forward to the Seminary....
I found a deeper relationship with the Lord as a devout Catholic the Holy Eucharist is the center of my faith. God bless !
May God guide you to way He want you to be 🤝🙏🌹
What a beautiful testimony! God bless you !
Protestants are UTTERLY WRONG for saying the Eucharist is just symbolic. WRONG! WRONG! WRONG! The Eucharist is TRULY the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ. The Eucharist is Jesus Himself. So many catholics have been healed spiritually, emotionally, mentally and even physically by receiving the Eucharist in proper disposition. It means the Eucharist is NOT symbolic but LITERAL Body of Christ.
@@miracles_metanoia thank u
@@ceiciliasura3879 thank u
Great seeing the fire and love they have for Jesus and his Church.
I absolutely love hearing these conversion stories. A former protestant myself, these stories remind me to pray for our protestant brothers and sisters in Christ, and be ready to welcome them home.
Amen! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
A former protestant myself, these stories remind me to pray for our protestant brothers and sisters in Christ, and be ready to welcome them home.
So if they are your brothers and sisters in Christ then all you are doing in inviting them to the roman Catholic church is getting them to accept the false teaching along with the good teaching of the roman Catholic church. It is not a welcom home event as a born again believer is already assured of salvation and an eternal dwelling with Jesus .
@@brucewmclaughlin9072 Please do explain in detail what is false about the Catholic Church.
These gifted young ladies are soooooo on fire for Jesus and His Catholic Church! Their parish must be awesome!
Their deep FRIENDSHIP is a force of nature, supercharged by God’s Holy Spirit!
Amen!
These ladies reminded me of how I was when I first got into the Church. I have had similar journeys with them.
the early fathers brought me back to faith,history wont lie.Im happy that i am now active on my catholic faith..
Awesome. So glad to hear it!!
Your guests enthusiasm is infectious. Welcome home both of you. I came home 24 years ago and my love for Gods Catholic Church will never end. I was an evangelical and because of the constant carping against Catholicism and Catholic Christians I had to leave to save my soul. Pray for them.
It’s refreshing to see the young so passionate for Christ. It’s encouraging that they discovered the truth. May our Blessed Mother and the Church triumphant, guide them forward the protective hands of Jesus Christ as they navigate the trials of this world.
I converted from Southern Baptist to Catholic through RCIA this year also. I’m completely confident in my decision.
Welcome home!!
Congratulations! ❤
Praise God for your journey!
Wow, such phenomenal young women! I'm so impressed by their humility and zeal for the faith. God bless them and their beautiful friendship! ❤
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Awesome testimony! I’m a former Protestant too. I got mad when my Catholic husband called me a Protestant, lol i didn’t know I was a Protestant! But now, one year later, after looking into Catholicism, thank God, I’m starting RCIA very soon and I’m super humbled to learn more about the faith and to become Catholic officially❤
That is awesome! God bless you on your journey.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial thank you ! ❤🙏🏻
They are so smart AND spirit filled! Awww thank you for encouraging me, and welcome home ladies!!
Which is wonderful. They are a great example to all. :)
Welcome to Christ church, so beautiful and truly for everyone. So many prayers for you will be said. I thank Him every day for loving me. Keep your eyes and heart on the Eucharist. Go to confession once a month. You have a mission to help people come to His church. Pray the rosary, Our Lady will help you. It makes all of us Catholics so happy to have you come home. God bless you.
Only on the surface it looks good. Lots of cover up😂
@@peterlee6148there is really no cover up. It’s only your conspiracy theory that blinds you
@@peterlee6148lots of protestant scandals also
These two ladies are so wonderful that they made me smile the whole time. As a former Evangelical I can identify with them completely.
God bless them both.
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I was born Catholic.. then I started going to the Catholic Church until I even became a Seminarian, as an SPS missionary. Following various contestations with my prot brethren, in our very protestant and Muslim country, I started discovering the Catholic Church, more and more. Guess what? I am still a Catholic! and loving it all the way till I meet mummy and daddy in heaven.
Awesome! Great testimony! God bless you.
The preeminence of the Apostle Peter is so evident throughout the New Testament. God opens up the scriptures through the Catholic Church
It is evident, for those who have eyes to see.
PETER as Shepherd and first Pope: Scriptural evidence and the structure of the primitive Church make it absolutely undeniable that Christ chose Peter and that Peter was first among the twelve. Depending on the translation, Peter is mentioned 195 times. The closest is John (the beloved disciple) at just 29 times. The rest even less. Consider:
Jesus entered Peter’s house. (Matthew 8:14)
Jesus changed Simon's name to Peter. (John 1:42)
Jesus gave Peter the keys to the gates of Heaven. (Matthew 16:19)
Jesus declared Peter to the the rock. (Matthew 16:18)
Jesus made Peter shepherd. (John 21:15-17)
Jesus told Peter to strengthen his brothers (Luke 22:32)
Jesus paid the Temple tax only for Himself and Peter. (Matthew 17:24-27)
Jesus preached from Peter's boat. (Luke 5:3)
Jesus told Peter to "Follow me" (John 21:19)
Jesus called only Peter to walk on the water. (Matthew 14:29)
Jesus predicted Peter's three-fold denial. (Matthew 26:34)
Jesus predicted Peter's repentance and three-fold affirmation. (Luke 22:32)
Jesus prophesied only Peter's manner of death. (John 21:18-19)
Jesus taught Peter forgiveness 70 times 7 times. (Matthew 18:21-22)
Jesus spoke only to Peter at Gethsemane. (Mark 14:37)
Peter is always listed first of the Apostles. (Matthew 10:2, Luke 6:14, Acts 1:13)
Peter was first to confess Jesus as Messiah. (Matthew 16:18)
Peter alone spoke at the Transfiguration. (Matthew 17:4, Mark 9:5, Luke 9:33)
Peter pointed out the withered fig tree. (Mark 11:21)
Peter entered the tomb first - John deferring to him. (Luke 24:12, John 20:3-4))
Peter decided the manner of replacing Judas. (Acts 1:15-26)
Peter spoke for the eleven at the Pentecost. (Acts 2:14-36)
Peter was released from prison by the Angel. (Acts 12:6-11)
Peter spoke for the eleven before the Council. (Acts 4:8-12)
Peter held sin bound to Ananias and Sapphira. (Acts 5:1-10)
Peter's shadow healed. (Acts 5:15)
Peter declared the sin of Simony. (Acts 8:18-23)
Peter revealed the salvation of Gentiles to the Church at Jerusalem. (Acts 11:1-18)
The Angel told Cornelius to call for Peter. (Acts 10:3-8)
The Holy Spirit fell upon the Gentiles as Peter preached to them. (Acts 10:44-45)
At the empty tomb, the Angel said, "Go tell His disciples, and Peter." (Mark 16:7)
Mary Magdalene ran to tell Peter and the beloved disciple. (John 20:2)
The vision of all foods being clean was given only to Peter. (Acts 10:9-16)
Peter's words silence the first council in Jerusalem. (Acts 15:7-12)
Paul went to Peter to affirm that his Gospel was not in vain. (Galatians 1:18)
Peter was given the revelation of the end of the world. (2 Peter 3:10-11)
Peter taught that Paul’s words were easily twisted. (2 Peter 3:16)
Peter taught that baptism now saves you (1 Peter 3:21)
And many other references. One may deny that Peter was primary, but it takes an amazing ignorance or denial of scripture and history to do so.
Jude 11 warned the Orthodox and protestants of Korah's rebellion. Numbers 16: 3 is what they say to the Asher Al Habayit/Royal Steward that the Davidic King left over His church.
@@HAL9000-su1mz You have to work very hard to deny Peter, yet they do. And as Jesus said, if they reject you, they reject me and if they reject me they reject the one who sent me.
@@BensWorkshop Words to the wise.
Jesus bless you more. Greetings from Peru, thank you for your work.
Thank you and welcome to you all the way from Peru. Dios te bendiga!
Thanks so much. I think these Protestant churches are good. The more they train, the more create a yearning for the search of truth in their followers. That leads them to the Catholic Church... Praise God 🎉
This is why I love our converts. They love God so much & thankfully found the truth in our Church. God bless them! Deo gratias
#Brian,
Oh my goodness...., these girls are a wealth of information to show a loved one or anybody, to help them see the truth and to come home from protestantism. I'm tickled at one min. and then brought to tears in another.
They break it down in such an excited on fire way! 🔥💯🎉 I hope they know just how priceless this podcast is. A blessed tool has been given to us from GOD.
I can't wait to show it to my family and friends.
If my peeps don't get it after watching these young ladies, I don't think they ever will. However I will pray for them.
Bless you all my friends! ❤🙏🕊️💜
Would that so many other catholics, especially young Catholics would have this fire and zeal.
Wow these two young girls are on fire Catholic. Welcome home my dear sister in Christ. Spread the Gospel and bring more lost souls to our Lord Jesus Christ. God bless!
Amen!
John 6 will do it. The Eucharist is amazing. These young women are phenomenal. I think we will hear from them again. Thanks so much for this interview!!
Bryan, interviews like this must just make your day ❤
Welcome home sisters... sisters from another mother..... May you both shine like stars in the darkness
Amen!
Welcome home, sisters🙏
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What a pleasure to listen to the enthusiasm of youth like these young ladies. Bless their hearts.
Amen!
To see such young people earnestly searching for the Truth and so happy when they find it must give all Catholics great Hope for the future in times which are pushing so much satanic evil. You are a great credit to yourselves. God Bless you both.
Amen!
These ladies are echoing my thoughts and words as my husband and I also came into the Catholic church from Protestantism.
Awesome! Welcome! ❤️🙌🙏🏻😇
I love listening to the process. God is good. Welcome home!
Thank you Sisters, your exuberance is contagious.
Thank God you have one another and the Holy Eucharist to sustain you in the difficult days 😇❤️🔥
This is a great interview to see young ladies being strong in faith to find the truth. Welcome home sisters! 🙏 🤲 🎉
welcome home my 2 lovely sisters in Christ! am tearing with much joy while listening to your conversion journey back to home. let's continue to pray for more conversion and unity of all Christians and all nations in one Catholic Faith. Lord Jesus, Mama Mary, Papa Joseph and all holy angels and saints, pray for us. Amen
Thank You Jesus for Your One and Only Holy Catholic Church that created the Bible and provides us with the One and Only New Covenant between God and Man which we can only participate in at His Church.
Luke 22:20
John 6:53-54
Matt 16:13-20
Amazing! Blessed is our lord Christ Jesus 🙏 I have a similar story. I’m an EX Jehovahs Witness. The early church fathers paved the way for me to go home🙏
Amen! Praise God! If you ever want to share your story on our podcast, let us know. Bryan@catholictruth.org
The ministry of reconciliation/confession
2 Corinthians 5:11-21
Wow! This is amazing especially from young people on fire for Jesus Christ.
Beautiful hearts and I’ll pray for them God will help them grow up to sainthood. Amen
2 Corinthians 2:10: Paul forgave sin IN THE PERSON OF CHRIST. Modern bibles have been altered to read "presence" - by those who deny confession. And modernist Catholics.
@@HAL9000-su1mz yep! The thing is that they don’t want to admit to everything they come across as being Catholic. So they fight tooth and nail to not convert and to avoid ever admitting anything Biblical as Catholic teaching.
Their pastors had them deeply brainwashed against Catholicism. That’s cultist mindset.
Thank you so much for the motivation that these young ladies can search for the truth , pray for it, and God answered their faith journey. I am a Catholic father married to a stanch non-denominational mother who not only doesn’t agree with my Catholic tradition but also rejects Catholicism as a whole and can feel somewhat anti Catholic at times.
We have a 6 and 3 year old set of daughters going to non denominational church schools and simply want them to know the truth. Please pray for our relationship and that our daughters (including my wife) can see the beauty of the One True and Apostolic Catholic Church and hopefully embrace its teachings.
Thank you and God bless your journey in finding pious Catholic men to marry & have the lives God created you to have. Amen!
We will definitely pray for you and your family. Keep praying and sacrificing for her and for her eyes to be opened and her heart to be opened.
As a Protestant converting, also married to a Catholic ( he is not a practicing) My story is so long 😂so long story short. So many former Protestant theologians and pastors have really helped me out, Dr John Bergsma, Steve Ray, New St Thomas Institute has a great cheat sheet and Keith Nester, he also has The Rosary Crew. Of course there is Dr Scott Hahn. There are so many converts who are brilliant. Praying for your wife’s eyes to open in the name of The Father The Son and The Holy Spirit ❤️❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
As a Protestant converting, also married to a Catholic ( he is not a practicing) My story is so long 😂so long story short. So many former Protestant theologians and pastors have really helped me out, Dr John Bergsma, Steve Ray, New St Thomas Institute has a great cheat sheet and Keith Nester, he also has The Rosary Crew. Of course there is Dr Scott Hahn. There are so many converts who are brilliant. Praying for your wife’s eyes to open in the name of The Father The Son and The Holy Spirit ❤️❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
The green scapular with 3 daily prayers has been enormously helpful in converting my spouse of similar sentiments to yours. Daily rosary as well!
The graces overflow. Took several years but the heart and mind became open
These young ladies are lovely. Thank God for them and their faith. Great discernment ladies. 🌸🌸 🇨🇦 So glad to see our youth go forth in the Catholic faith.
Amazing conversion and biblical women 🙏📚
Also, sorry, but I had to say they had this one part exactly right. “You can’t escape the Papacy, you either adopt another or become your own”. Truest words
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That was such an insightful remark by that young lady. Hope to use this remark when I encounter objections of this sort. The two young ladies' sharing reaffirms my own Catholic faith. God bless them and keep them safe and may their lights continue to shine brightly for Christ in their journeys ahead.
The Church always need "Disciples of Joy" like these ladies. Thanks 👍👍👍
Welcome, ladies - I was really encouraged by your testimony. It's great to have you in the Church! 🙂 God bless!
Also former protestant here
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What was the reason for your conversion if you dont mind me asking
@@fillup901 It was catholic apologetic
The more I discovered Catholic doctrine and theology, the less I was Protestant. At the end prostestantism no longer made sense to me : Sola Scriptura, Bible alone, Faith alone, once saved always saved...
@@yonlee6960 Appreciate the response. I ask because I'm the only non-catholic in my entire family [both sides], but the reason why I became protestant was ironically, the same reason for you becoming catholic. I hope you don't mind me picking your brain, and I promise not to judge. What are your reasons for not supporting sola scriptura?
@@fillup901
Appreciate : "promise not to judge"
I'm from France, sorry for my english.
About me : I was born in a Protestant family. As a teenager, I was responsible for my youth group in my local church, and then I became one of the leader of my church.
It was in 2020 (before covid :)) that I discovered Catholic apologetics.
I've red catholic apologetics books, and it deeply affected me.
Here is the kind of questions that were raised :
- why do I believe that the Bible is the word of God ? How can I know that ?
- why do I believe what I believe ?
Here's quickly what I found :
- Bible : the first time I had a Bible, I didn't ask where it came from. I just believe it was the word of God (because it was the church (my church) that told me so)
- Teaching : Trinity, Predestination, Once saved always saved, Faith alone... I believe that because it was also the church. My protestant environment was influenced by Calvinism,
which is why every pastor and teacher (including myself) preaches these doctrines.
So I realized that what I believed was because the church (my protestant environment) had taught me so. When I was a preacher, people also follow me => my interpretation of the Bible.
I realized that I could no longer say : "the Bible teaches trinity, the Bible teaches predestination, the Bible says...", because the "real" reason of these teaching was my calvinism environment and my own interpretation.
This led me to think about the Bible, authority, right interpretation...
Catholic apologetic response was that the Bible comes from the tradition of the Church (Catholic Church) and that the content of christian faith comes from the teaching of the Catholic Church.
So I began to believe that without the tradtion of the church, I cannot know with certainty if the Bible is truly the word of God (who is responsible for selecting the right books ?) and what it really teaches.
I began to believe that we need an external authority, established by God, to guide us and to tell us what constitutes the word of God (the canon of the Bible).
Note : Luther had rejected several books in the Bible at the 16th century
I could no longer say : "I believe the Bible is the word of God and that's all I need". Instead, if I receive the Bible, I must also receive the authority that gave it to me => the Catholic Church, the Church that Jesus founded 2000 years ago.
That's how my journey began.
@@fillup901 any thoughts ?
😍 Welcome to the fullness of the truth. Jesus's church.🤩
Can definitely relate to the ignorance of church history. Never even cared to think about history before the reformation so Ignatius of Antioch hit me like a truck.
Haha, Ignatius hits many people like a truck.
These two ladies are amazing and blessed. Everything that happened to them I can attest to. Praise God for all His love and grace.
38:14 I love when she says: The only upside to sin is you can experience God's grace.
Crap! I should be drowning in it!
@@Roman-Labrador According to Luther.
According to luther, but not the bible. However, if you do send a lot and struggle, then God's grace is there for you if you are open to it.:-)
Two beautiful young women, inside and out - the Church is very lucky to have you. God bless you both.
They’re beautiful
Indeed! The joy of the Lord is evident in their lives.
Brilliant girls. May God bless all their endeavors
It's interesting to hear that one of them was being warned against saying the Our Father at her Protestant church. Even more interesting is the irony that the same warning was one thing that eventually led her into the Catholic Church. It almost seems as if that Protestant church had been better off not trying to keep her away from the Catholic Church.
This is true in our country. And I was like in my thoughts, “I wonder what is Jesus going to say on that?”
He teaches the prayer and suddenly they are offended when they hear this prayer.. and all of that..that is why when I learned something about God. I always take the Humble Mind before I judge anything regarding the bible and the Catholic Church cause without it there will be a lot of confusion. It’s kinda scary that the enemy is using the tactic he did in the temptation of the Lord “about quoting scripture” and manipulate it in something that it is not.
Welcome ladies home! It is such a blessing to come to Jesus fully.
God bless you both with your families abundantly.
Wonderful to hear your testimony. Awesome! God bless you both.
they have such a similar story to me in my journey, especially reading the early church fathers about a year and seven months ago! the Eucharist and baby baptism sealed the deal for me! I’m so grateful for channels like this, but can’t help but think that if RUclips were actually available 25 years ago I probably would’ve never left Catholicism for Protestantism
God bless these ladies!
Thank you bro
Great stuff.
I was fully initiated into the Catholic Church this past Easter.
My wife however remains a Pentecostal. It will be a long journey to bring her into the Catholic family but I am fully embracing the challenge.
I have always been a history nut so when I applied my love of history in investigating which church was legitimate it was clear and concise for me that the Catholic Church was indeed Jesus’.
At any rate, great video!
If this community has any advice for me regarding my wife please comment here!
Praise God! Thank you Jesus. I'm so glad you came into the church. Thank you for sharing. We will pray for your wife. If she ever has any questions and just wants to pick our brains, we'd be happy to talk with her as long as she wants to pick our brain for. We can sit up a phone call or Skype call. It's helped so many in the past.
Patience and prayer. Be happy and enthusiastic in your faith and just be a good husband and father. You plant seeds, God does the rest. God bless.
I’m going through the same situation. I’m a former oneness Pentecostal who was baptized into the Catholic Church this past Easter. It was studying church history that brought me to Christ’s one true Church. My wife remains a oneness Pentecostal and is extremely anti-Catholic. She actually believes Catholics worship the devil and Mary, and there is nothing I can say to convince her otherwise.
These ladies are getting more and more beautiful as the interview goes on. I felt like I was seeing angels.
right? I felt the same way.
Welcome home! Beautiful testimony!
God bless this ministry ❤❤❤
Welcome Home, Zoe and Wendy! God bless you abundantly.
God bless you beautiful sisters and welcome home 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Powerful testimony sisters God bless.
I love when a Protestant bully online tells me, a devout Catholic, that I need to find Jesus.
Or, "read the Bible" as if we never thought of that.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial 😎😎😎
You can receive Jesus every day into your body at Mass. How any closer can you get to Jesus than that?
I Was Saved Protestant, Was Protestant For Twenty-Two Years, About, I'm Glad I Was Saved Protestant, Because I wouldn't have Known About God otherwise. Towards the end of my days as a Protestant, my life in Protestantism became so frustrating. I Wanted Unity Among Believers Like they Had In The Book Of Acts, And I couldn't find it. All I could find were people who either didn't Read their Bibles, people who cherry picked what they wanted from The Bible, people worshiping preachers, charismatics who placed their private revelation above The Scripture. One day, in 2019, I Went To my First, Divine Liturgy In The Greek Orthodox Church, but I still had questions, I hadn't made the Decision To Be Orthodox. Then In 2021, I almost died. 2022 Comes Along, I hadn't been to a Divine Liturgy in a while, I Went Back, I wished I Had Converted To Orthodoxy sooner, I Decided, This Is It, I Wanna Be Orthodox. This isn't to bash or hate on anybody who's Catholic. Th reason I Converted To Orthodoxy Was Primarily, I personally Saw More Parallels Between The Church Christ And The Apostles Started In Connection With Orthodoxy rather than with The Catholic Church. But It Seems Like Brian who's Hosting This video and I Certainly Agree On Plenty Of Things even though he's Catholic, And I'm Eastern Orthodox, lol! But I got burnt out by the way Protestantism is doing Church.
Having Him dwell in you.
Hats off to these young women for having an open mind and putting in the time to do the research. Welcome home!
I resonate with this story so much. For me, I was following another religion similar to Manichaeism and it was following the truth that brought me back to the Catholic faith. I remember reading my former teacher say that the figure who dictated Revelation to John was not Jesus, but Melchizedek and I knew that obviously wasn't the truth (he flat out says, "I was dead and I am alive forever"). He had all sorts of weird views about Communion and other teachings in the Bible and it was my following of the truth that led me to realize what I was learning simply wasn't correct. What the early Church believed about the Eucharist, that it was truly Jesus' body and blood, what they believed about apostolic succession, etc. All these things led me to think maybe the Catholic Church is true. And like Zoe and Wendy said in this interview, I didn't know my pursuit of truth would lead me to the Catholic Church, but here I am today.
Praise our good and gracious Lord! Thank you Jesus! Welcome home!!🙌🙏🏻❤️
That has to one of the strangest things I've ever heard.
The statement that struck me, "I felt I was deceived, lied upon". I can't imagine myself surrendering my core beliefs to few men who decided to make their own religion and teaching versus the early church fathers and 1500 years of sacred tradition. If Protestants will just be honest to themselves, there is no reason to stay Protestants even for a minute. It was all based on lies and deceit.
Precious friendship, just beautiful to watch. These two smart, beautiful young ladies so full of joy gives me hope for the future. God bless you both!
Welcome home girls. May God bless you always.
These two young Girls are really fun to listen to. GOD BLESS THEM!
Amen!
God bless both of continue, please keep up the zeal, your family will see your fruits. Really beautiful and smart ladies
Good discussion thanks for uploading with us God bless y’all
Wow! Two intelligent young ladies who found their way home! Gives me so much hope.
Welcome home family to the truth # being catholic for life# shalom from west Africa 🇬🇲
Welcome God bless you both. 🙏🏻🙌🏻🕊🌹
Welcome home two sister🤝Thqnk you a lot Bryan for sharing this testimoni vidio,wishing you much God's blessing Bryan 🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤❤
I Love this it's always amazing to hear this 😊 ❤🙏🏻thanks for sharing
This testimony connects me to God I am a Catholic singer this is the church of Christ
Welcome home ladies! God bless you 🙏 and thank you brother for this channel!
Sending blessings to you all from Vancouver BC
Thank you for watching all the way from British Columbia! God bless you.
I love how smart these girls are! Reason and the pursuit of Truth is an avenue through which Christ draws us to the fullness of His Love in the Church! Praying for Zoe and Wendy that they may continue to be strengthened and inspire others in our journey toward Heaven!
Welcome home our sisters in Christ! Glad to see it! Prayers for both of you.
So proud of you girls! Although I grew up fundamental Baptist for a few years I was in a church that I knew girls just like yall who would talk about Calvinism and all that stuff. Super excited that yall are Catholic! I hope my friends from the Baptist church could see what yall have seen
so great! +JMJ+ thanks, from Australia, the traditional mass is God given! xx
All Catholic Masses are God-given. ;)
Vancouver here,thank you for your testimony
Beautiful! True flames! 🔥🔥
Glory to God. God bless always to you Sir .🙏🙏🙏 ❤️❤️❤️.
Yep! 15:57 this is what I’ve been saying all along. BELIEVE!
Jesus in St John 6:27-64 repeats countless times that you must believe that he is the bread from heaven that one must eat to have eternal life.
If you don’t believe then your faith ends at St John 6:27 and you walk away in St John6:66
The way I see John 6 is that people left because he kept saying that he must be eaten and he kept pushing it harder.if it was just a symbol or a recreation of the last supper he would have just said I’m joking you guys.
@@lukebrown5395 I counted from St John 6:27-69
Believe 7x
Eternal life and life and live 13x not including the life in verse 66.
Bread of life 12x
Eat 7x
@@lukebrown5395 they left because they didn’t believe. They wanted to have their bellies filled but couldn’t care less about being filled spiritually.
Remember that they just had their bellies filled twice with the multiplication of fish and bread.
They wanted more of that but whatever with your whole IAM the bread of life discourse. We want food. We are hungry!! So because of their refusal to put aside for a moment the physical to adopt the spiritual they decided to walk away and go back to the works of the law or all 603 Jewish laws Jesus came to free them from.
Beautiful listening to this two ladies I even in tears😢
With so many wonderful converts, it must be the fruits of all our rosaries. "The Most Holy Virgin in these last times in which we live has given new efficacy in the recitation of the Holy Rosary. She has given this efficacy to such an extent that there is no problem, no matter how difficult it is, whether temporal or above all spiritual, in the personal life of each one of us, of our families … that cannot be solved by the Rosary."
Exmo here! Now I’m on the way to get baptized catholic! Thanks for sharing it ! It touched my heart a lot ❤
God bless you on your journey!
This is excellent news! Welcome home! Thank you so much for sharing your testimony, and for tuning in as well. God bless you!
Zoe and Wendy you are so adorable! Seriously though, you gave me goosebumps when you spoke about the Eucharist. May the Lord continue to bless you on your journey and may your witness be fruitful!
Amen!
These are the Catholics that will be the salt the Catholic Church needs.
St Luke 18:15
People were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them,* and when the disciples saw this, they rebuked them.g
Protestants.. before you answer this post think about which is holy,the water,or God who makes the water holy?
So if it’s God who makes the water holy then Jesus touching the infants counted as an automatic baptism.
1 Corinthians 13
You can have faith that moves mountains but if you don’t have love then your faith means nothing.
Love the RUclips name!
Amen 🙏
@@georgefuentes4112 Thank you!🙏🏻 I’m hopefully welling up to God.
this channel helps strengthen my faith. praise be to God
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So glad! 🙌🙌
Love their stories! 💝 It's very difficult for me when I get judged or criticized for being Catholic. 💔