Father, even as scattered you claim to be, your delivery is more clear than any Protestant pastors I have listened to in my years as a Protestant. I thank God for my conversion to the Roman Catholic church!
This is what I needed to hear. I’ve been struggling with work bullying and as much as I try and keep my mind from plummeting into worry, anxiety, fear, border line despair, etc. Every Sunday I almost shut down in anticipation of my work week to come. I always try and offer my suffering up to the Lord, but it’s not easy to obtain the relief and peace I’m looking for. This talk really helped and I plan on re listening to this. Thank you.
I'm up against the same at a new job w no relationships w anyone and adversaries all around. I'll pray for you and you can pray for me! Thanks Be to God
United we travel under His One Holy name to gather up others because our journey is the same Be beacons of truth to light the way along the narrow road to heaven where Jesus promises lay We will stumble and we will fall but we will lift and raise each other through the greatest LOVE of ALL Then at our journeys end met by the promise of ALL time we will be blessed to spend eternity in the arms of the Divine May God bless and protect you Always 🙏🥰
Rita Melendez nice! My wife is from Ireland. Born in Edenderry, raised in Dublin, now resides in Canada with me :). I’ll keep you in my prayers as well. God bless.
please please please pray for my me i have been very far from God i have been in a state of confusion likely because of my very grave past sins and i deeply lack a lot of emotional capacities and mental awareness my mindset is deeeply distorted i have a very strong pride and think i am holy and need a good confession i
Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet daily...God will restore you because of His unfathomable Mercy. Trust and believe in God's love for you. That's why he allowed his Son to suffer and die for you. Embrace Holy Mother Mary into your heart because it pains her more to have any of her children separated from the Triune God. I entrust you to mother Mary and the Arch Angels...God bless you immensely. Remember, the Sacrament of confession is extremely healing.
This happens constantly and you must trustingly in faith pray your rosary daily with your husband and entrust your son to Mary. Just be loving and compassionate to your son. You will convert through prayer and faith, not by badgering him to come back. Trust in Divine Mercy and have peace in your heart. Entrust your son daily to Holy Mary, St. Joseph and the 3 Arch Angels.
I was dealing with some horrible temptations at all times but more persistent while I was in church or praying or Adoration .. For a very long time.. I spoke with my confessor and once I spoke about it it has diminish considerably... Persevering is the key with the Grace of God. Viva Cristo Rey
You are very easy to listen to. Thank you. I struggle listening to drs these days. Medicine makes us more sick. I remember a story about St Francesco of Fatima being told by Our Lady that drs would lose their grace to diagnose because of greed.
THIS IS WHAT DIFFERENTIATES CATHOLICISM TO PROSPERITY CHRISTIAN denominations TEACHINGS! And that’s why they say CATHOLICS ARE ALL ABOUT “suffering!” Thank you so much!💜
I love my Lord. But I suffer from severe depression. If anyone can offer a prayer for me that I feel joy I once felt. God bless you. My family is giving up on me.
I will pray for you 🙏 but know this, you are not alone in this journey. It's one moment at a time trusting in God. And when you do this everything is in God hands God bless you 🥰
Look into Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. It has helped a couple people with deep depression I know a lot. Insurance should pay for it. In the meantime, accept your suffering and offer it as penance. Never quit praying.
Kindly consider praying an additional holy Rosary to your current daily one, for the loving intentions of our Blessed Mother - she will be ever so grateful. God bless you.
Truely well explained the essence of our existence.... never quite understood the warring of spirit and flesh untill this talk... Realised it needs to sink deep into me....been replaying this a no of times... God bless Fr. Anthony 🙏
I was listening to this talk for ten minutes and suddenly this friar’s voice - I recognised it! I didn’t even see the reference to the Marian Friars - oh Friar we still miss you here in England! May God bless you! So wonderful to hear your voice again🙏🏽 God bless all listening to you too🤗
Unless you deny yourself, take up your cross and follow me you cannot be my disciple. Mk. 8:34. It is very counter cultural in our day, but it is essential as Jesus, our Lord has made clear. Thank you, Fra Anthony for reminding us of this truth.
O, Jesus Christ, who saves the repenting sinners from ethernal death, save me too. For at least 25 years I have been letting myself be temptated by the devil; desireing romance and eroticism like some crazy lunatic. It is so shameful. And that is what causes my suffering, and suffering for other people as well. I am terribly sorry for that. Get rid of this sin, is what I want.
The message is correct and beneficial, it's just the packaging that needs work. "Hatred of self" isn't literal, it's hyperbolic in the same vein as Christ saying to love God and hate your parents. The key thing is that Self-discipline and willingness for self-denial are good, and self-control is fruit of the Spirit. Having preferences or even intense desires for enjoyable things isn't sinful - it's just we need to be nuanced and in control of ourselves as well, having the willingness to set them aside for a greater good to ourselves and others if need be, and practicing self-denial is a good way to be enabled for this. In the end, all good things come from God, including our freedom to choose what isn't sinful and what we prefer, as well as self-discipline and self-control.
He had to do it this way in order for God to answer my question that was troubling my mind. If my love is toxic is my hate than healthy? Maybe i would not have clicked on the video if it said self denial. Thank you for adding the nuance.
I needed to hear this I am struggling through such unhappiness over my mistakes in life, I have punished myself and have given into this. I am so grateful for this teaching
Patti Can yes. We are supposed to pray an act of contrition. I do. Not as much as I should tho. I’ve began praying the rosary too. Supposed to do it daily but I also fail at that.
No matter what mistakes we have made, they are done and can't be undone. The true blessing is that if we love God and repent, then we ARE ALL GOOD ENOUGH to keep seeking the love of God in our lives. Reminding of ourselves of the past is wasting time that can be spent loving God. Seek the Kingdom not self pity. Then you will know true joy.
This is the type of stuff we should be hearing at mass every week...thank you Brother Anthony and may God bless you with much suffering in this life so you get to escape Purgatory in the next 😉
Yesterday i asked myself: If my love is toxic is my hate than healthy? This is because my ex send me a video after ignoring me for months trying to tell me i am codependent and therefor my love is toxic. Now i hear an explanation telling me yes it is healthy and it is such a relief to hear. Are we not depended if we want a hug or a conversation? Is it bad when have a difficulty being alone for weeks? Than i go to the shop walking past signs saying: come alone. I get so depressed of seeing these posters. An other poster say: In principle one person per family. It shows two people and one has e a red cross trough one of the persons head. It is where you must pay so you cant miss it. Thank you so much for being a channel that is always lifting me up and give me hope.
There is worldly hatred of self (that is, your soul) that is unhealthy, then there is saintly hatred of self (that is, your flesh) that is. As fr. explains in the beginning of the video. So there is bad hatred of others, and good hatred of others. Be careful not to confuse the two (in either category) Luke 14:26: "If any one comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple." But _in the same time_ we are to love even our enemies! And we lie if we say we love God and hate our own brother (1 John 4:20), so what does Jesus mean by hate? Well in the synoptic Matthew 10:35 we find these words: "Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; " So, clearly we are not to hate others' souls. Jesus does not hate souls. Jesus died for all, and God wants all to be saved! We are to hate our attachment to people (and things, and ourselves) that would take precedence over our love for God. True love comes from Him who is Love, and as st. Paul says, it is, among other things, "patient" "it does not seek its own interests", "does not brood over injury", "bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things". That is to say, true love will definitely give up being with a person if it is to help them get to heaven. If you _require_ something from your partner, that's not of love. Your partner, nay, God through your partner, should provide you with certain things, but if God should allow they they do not, then you should bear it, and God will turn this curse into a blessing for you. You should be able to renounce yourself in this regard also. You should still love them and work on their salvation (nay, God through you), but should accept that they may not return this love. We are fallen creatures, what we really need is God. For us who are a part of the Bride, Jesus is our true Bridegroom. Jesus says there is no marriage between people in heaven. And note that I'm really talking about marriage. "Dating" as promoted by the world is mostly just occasion for sin. I think your post is about dating, so I would suggest looking up courting on Sensus Fidelium. For men also how to raise a man. And Fr. Ripperger's series on marriage. Above all, do not allow _any_ intimacy, not even if you are most frighten of loss. God is what you really want and He is all you need, and He knows what's best for you and _wishes_ best for you, so trust Him not yourself, not the lies of the devil. "Worst" case scenario you die "alone" as the world would put it, united to the Bridegroom. May it be so if God wishes, or may it be that we suffer for someone if He wishes that. May it not be the option He does not wish! God forbid!
Excellent! Thank you so very much! Need to hear more like this teaching. It clearly puts things into perspective & gives an understanding why we may feel a particular way after some event/hardship, etc. Ex. No happiness comes if/when we loose our patience, instead angry at self. Whereas, if we can endure gracefully through an unfair situation there is peace within. Will save this video to go back & listen to again & again. Especially, in these trying days in our nation gives us "training" , too, to endure joyfully whatever trials the future may hold & realize they may come our way so that we grow more in virtue. Gives a clear, unseeming purpose why trials may come our way. So blessed are we in our Catholic faith!
Yes, a holy hatred of self. We hate that which is evil in us. Our evil inclinations, our pride, our perverse will. We hate that which is disordered in us...Our tendency to love excess in pleasure, comfort, luxury, always wanting to do our own will, despising others, etc...We hate the fallen Adam in us or the “old man” that St. Paul speaks of. The old man must die first if we our to reclothe ourselves in the new and heavenly Man who is Our Lord Jesus Christ. And this takes a holy hatred of self. This is the violence we have to do to ourselves that our Lord speaks of in the gospel. It’s a violence done to our fallen nature we inherited after original sin that penetrates to our very bone marrow. Only in this can way can we participate in Our Lords resurrection. If this is not done in this life it must be done in the next in purgatory. Only there the suffering will be much greater and we cannot merit an increase in glory, charity, nor in the knowledge, understanding, or fruition of God.
Think of this practice of self denial as extra credit. Those simple pleasures or discomforts may not be sin, but the Christian who denies himself is like the student who receives full scholarship to a prestige college, in our case... Heaven. The rest of the college applicants may get some scholarship but they are tormented with hard work to pay the rest of their tuition, much like purgatory. Many will be denied even acceptance. Think about how rare it is for students to receive the full scholarship, its even more rare for Christians to get into Heaven because many don't want to put in the extra work, self denial of pleasures because we wanna fraternize, indulge over doing extra homework.
I have a bedroom but I preference to live and sleep In the small hermitage on my parents property. I sleep not on bed but on a sofa not long enough for me and I've done this for going into 5 years and I love it. I have no electricity or lights and i love this. I sleep with door screen open and I am safe. I have air-conditioning but don't use it as it will weakened me same for heaters. Holy Poverty is a must to have more of God! I use the grass for toilet at times, to save water. Oops now my secrets out! The less of material we have, the more God gives Himself . I live in a city I Australia
please please please pray for my me i have been very far from God i have been in a state of confusion likely because of my very grave past sins and i deeply lack a lot of emotional capacities and mental awareness my mindset is deeeply distorted i have a very strong pride and think i am holy and need a good confession i
Love others as you love yourself! Isn’t this in conflict? How do we explain hating ourselves? Is it like the spirit of poverty? Where we humbly let go and totally trust in God’s Providence and Mercy?
It’s a holy hatred of self. We hate that which is evil in us. Our evil inclinations, our pride, our perverse will. We hate that which is disordered in us...Our tendency to love excess in pleasure, comfort, luxury, always wanting to do our own will, despising others, etc...We hate the fallen Adam in us or the “old man” that St. Paul speaks of. The old man must die first if we our to reclothe ourselves in the new and heavenly Man who is Our Lord Jesus Christ. And this takes a holy hatred of self. This is the violence we have to do to ourselves that our Lord speaks of in the gospel. It’s a violence done to our fallen nature we inherited after original sin that penetrates to our very bone marrow. Only in this can we participate in Our Lords resurrection. If this is not done in this life it must be done in the next in purgatory. Only there the suffering will be much greater and we cannot merit an increase in glory, charity, nor in the knowledge, understanding, or fruition of God.
Part 4 familiar with how it feels to be treated badly for no reason so even if someone hurts me it makes absolutely no sense for me to hurt them they hurt them no matter what they have done to me because it doesn't help the situation and only adds more pain to it not only that but I will just feel extremely guilty later And I already feel extremely uncomfortable even imagining giving them a taste of their own medicine so much so I feel like I'm being molested in the spirit And it is so uncomfortable for me to even think of these things I definitely don't plan on doing them and so many people in my life had tries To treat me like I'm not allowed to exist and I'm not allowed to talk out loud about my actual personality traits because there is something wrong with me if they are actually truthful to what I say because if I dare say them out loud then that means I'm being self righteous Because unable to say these things and tell the truth about myself Because people automatically get butt hurt and feel conviction for the ways they have chosen to live and take it out on me because they chose to make choices I didn't want to make throughout their life, So I'm not allowed to acknowledge my existence nor am I allowed to acknowledge who I am as a person because if I have chosen to make better choices Then they have morally, How dare I think I'm allowed to do that , That is how they think they literally think how dare I, A lot of people think you're faking it because most people do fake it, But when they realize you're not faking it they hate you even more Acting as if God gave you gifts and not them, And this yet again is another example of someone beaten By the idiotic immoral ideals of someone who is a glutton of meat and thinks with a flesh mind more so than they ever do with a spiritual mind, Because someone who actually thinks with a spiritual mind Would not ever think such a thing just because someone Has chosen to be a good person and has remained as such because they enjoy it, It takes a lot of work to be able to hold fast to these things that we all receive as Children when it comes to positive personality traits but not everybody wants to hold on to them because they would rather give in and take the easy way out and treat people bad whenever they want to instead of being strong and doing what is right like Jesus taught us so everybody who does exactly what Jesus taught they absolutely hate them and treat them as if God Loves them more which is complete and utter garbage because he loves us all the same and it is not his fault how we end up as people it is our own faults, Dimension when you hold fast to your good personality traits and sound morals You end up being treated by garbage that isn't even worth being called trash , My entire life I have literally been hated for absolutely no reason and none of it made any sense whatsoever until I learned about narcissism and the demonic depths within it. Man is so hypocritical and so quick to lie and Change things up and pick and choose what he is comfortable with, But he is so willing to sabotage the life of another if he sees that someone worked harder than they did when it comes to spiritual warfare, Because deep down everybody knows to maintain sound morals bound morals and good traits within your personality and entire Being it takes extreme strength that nobody of any physical strength could ever reach, To do this takes a spiritual and Supernatural type of strength that is not easily Taken but has to be worked for and earned. These people that have maintained the good things about them they've had as a child, They have literally had to spend their entire lives dealing with being hated for absolutely no reason not only that but most of them literally can't help but being who they are because its the only thing that makes sense, To lack an empathy is to lack in intelligence, There is a reason why God is so intelligent it is far beyond what we will ever understand but he is also so loving it is far beyond what we will ever comprehend or understand, Intelligence and empathy go hand-in-hand which is why these people of true empathic nature end up the individuals that are true prophetic individuals of God, And narcissistic individuals will often times try to imitate them and act like They are the ones who earned their way there And they will purposely Learn exactly how to imitateAny type of empathic individual they come across because they know when they come across a empathic individual because it is the exact opposite of them. I do not care what doctors teach about how they say everyone has narcissistic tendencies because these doctors do not know everyone on the planet in a personal way to be able to say such a ignorant thing, Not only that but not only is that such a negative and unrealistic way to go about things as psychologists or in psychology in general, But these are the same people who see religion as a thing that makes people act irrationally and Makes them do ridiculous ritualistic things, This is a simple window into how idiotic and immoral man has chosen to become thinking that hes actually intelligent when hes actually the opposite. Worldly intelligence is not intelligent at all, It is only what man "perceives" as extremely intelligent. In the same way people have different religions and "perceive" their own version of God When in reality there is right end there is wrong and there is how a loving father would be who loves both of his children whether it be daughter or son as exactly the same and does not pick favorites, And there is a different between a father who is a phony and loves one child more than the other which is called a narcissist and is not what God would be. I am never again in my life going to run with the perception of God that man has before I ever listened to God directly 1st. I learned my lesson and I will never ever disrespect him in this way again. In the name of Jesus Christ may everybody who come across this comment learn the truth and love of Jesus Christ, RE'EH!!!!! ESPHPHATHA BE OPENED !!!! SO BE IT, SO SHALL IT BE, AMEN
Fantastic Shepherd! This Priest ALWAYS tells us GOD'S TRUTH no matter how much it hurts! TRUE CHARITY. A REAL SOUL-SAVER. Thank you, Father!⚘ I beg THE HOLY FAMILY & THE HOLY TRINITY to keep us ON THE LONG NARROW ROAD IN THE HOLY PERFECT WILL OF OUR LORD GOD, this I pray IN THE MOST SACRED NAME OF JESUS Our Eternal Savior, Amen!!! ♥️💙💚
Where is he at? I’ve been like steaming to this priest for months now and now he’s in Louisiana talking about hurricanes? I live in lake Charles. I would have loved to hear him speak
In 2005 God gave me fibromyalgia which is a chronic pain and neurological disease. My skin burns often with constant pain in all muscles, tendons and even the cartilage in my ears. It is 2024, so next year will be 20 years of CONSTANT pain. My pain medicine helps me be functional to my 3 bots and husband. QUESTION: Should I not take my pain medicine in order to "hate myself?" Thanks.
"We had a brother in the friary ..." Did he leave? That friar that broke stuff all the time probably needed deliverance. The evil one (angel of light) can "appear" humble about it. Attention getting.
Is it a fault to be contrarian of human respect? Some people want me to be loyal to them, but I don’t care enough. I’ve also thought about how being contrary makes you almost child-like which draws you closer to God if you don’t deny the grace he offers.
Excellent sermon. I have one question: are we obligated to take of ourselves (so as to avoid common hazards of the physical world)? I know that it is dangerous to drive over the speed limit-am I ignoring God's will by doing so?
Wow, just wow... so rich in spiritual life! Even with my wounds... I press foward in the supernatural to my supernatural vocation. God Bless all who struggle with depression and mental disorders. May they take to heart and hear this truth. 🙏🏽 Anyone know when the date of this talk was?
@LadyK-my8pe I agree but if you look at all the lives of the saints, in many of not all those situations, they could've done something but instead suffered through it all in silence and even asked for more of the same suffering and humiliation be sent their way. How do you discern where & when to act & when not to, to share in the injustice HE suffered in His passion and in the cross?
Hail Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then most gracious advocate thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this, our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Oh clement, oh loving, oh sweet Virgin Mary. Pray for us oh Holy Mother of God, that we be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Amen.
Wow! You open up the scripture in a way that was always there when I read it and still missed. The path that god lays out for us through our suffering is so misunderstood. I am so grateful to see through the eyes of a saint. I thought I knew god but now I see him. Thank you ☺️
The only thing that keeps bothering me is that the friar boasted about how hot it was where he lived especially wearing the robes and told the people of Louisiana that they shouldn’t have ac. And they are in KY, far cry in the summer from Louisiana.
He wasn't taking about religious statues in regards not caring if they get pulled down...l think this talk was given before they turned on the Churches...if that's what you meant?
Father, even as scattered you claim to be, your delivery is more clear than any Protestant pastors I have listened to in my years as a Protestant. I thank God for my conversion to the Roman Catholic church!
This is what I needed to hear. I’ve been struggling with work bullying and as much as I try and keep my mind from plummeting into worry, anxiety, fear, border line despair, etc. Every Sunday I almost shut down in anticipation of my work week to come. I always try and offer my suffering up to the Lord, but it’s not easy to obtain the relief and peace I’m looking for. This talk really helped and I plan on re listening to this. Thank you.
I'm up against the same at a new job w no relationships w anyone and adversaries all around. I'll pray for you and you can pray for me! Thanks Be to God
United we travel under His One Holy name to gather up others because our journey is the same Be beacons of truth to light the way along the narrow road to heaven where Jesus promises lay We will stumble and we will fall but we will lift and raise each other through the greatest LOVE of ALL Then at our journeys end met by the promise of ALL time we will be blessed to spend eternity in the arms of the Divine May God bless and protect you Always 🙏🥰
Kristen Marie I will pray for you, thank you and God bless.
I will keep you both in my prayer. Greetings from Dublin, Ireland...God bless you both...
Rita Melendez nice! My wife is from Ireland. Born in Edenderry, raised in Dublin, now resides in Canada with me :). I’ll keep you in my prayers as well. God bless.
Pray for me brothers and sisters.
God bless you.🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
please please please pray for my me i have been very far from
God i have been in a state of confusion likely because of my very grave past sins and i deeply lack a lot of emotional capacities and mental awareness my mindset is deeeply distorted i have a very strong pride and think i am holy and need a good confession i
God give you peace in His Divine Will.
Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet daily...God will restore you because of His unfathomable Mercy. Trust and believe in God's love for you. That's why he allowed his Son to suffer and die for you. Embrace Holy Mother Mary into your heart because it pains her more to have any of her children separated from the Triune God. I entrust you to mother Mary and the Arch Angels...God bless you immensely. Remember, the Sacrament of confession is extremely healing.
Blessed you are in H S name.
Pray for me, my son & my husband. My son left the church and I pray he returns to God.
Ave Maria!
This happens constantly and you must trustingly in faith pray your rosary daily with your husband and entrust your son to Mary. Just be loving and compassionate to your son. You will convert through prayer and faith, not by badgering him to come back. Trust in Divine Mercy and have peace in your heart. Entrust your son daily to Holy Mary, St. Joseph and the 3 Arch Angels.
Let go and let God. Trust in Jesus and surrender everything and everyone to Him. Give Him complete control through Momma Mary. ❤🙏🏻
I returned to the Church after 16 years, my mother and father never ceased praying for me. Make an appeal to our Blessed Mother for her intercession.
I've been dealing with some pretty persistent nasty temptations for entire days for weeks. Thanks for reminding me to keep going for the kingdom
I was dealing with some horrible temptations at all times but more persistent while I was in church or praying or Adoration .. For a very long time.. I spoke with my confessor and once I spoke about it it has diminish considerably... Persevering is the key with the Grace of God. Viva Cristo Rey
You have a great channel thank you!
Please God more holy friars like this one 🙏
You are very easy to listen to. Thank you.
I struggle listening to drs these days. Medicine makes us more sick. I remember a story about St Francesco of Fatima being told by Our Lady that drs would lose their grace to diagnose because of greed.
THIS IS WHAT DIFFERENTIATES CATHOLICISM TO PROSPERITY CHRISTIAN denominations TEACHINGS!
And that’s why they say CATHOLICS ARE ALL ABOUT “suffering!”
Thank you so much!💜
True Suffering > False Happiness
I love my Lord. But I suffer from severe depression. If anyone can offer a prayer for me that I feel joy I once felt. God bless you. My family is giving up on me.
Start saying your rosary daily....print a booklet to show you how. Its easy and will change your life. Goto eucharistic adoration weekly.
I will pray for you 🙏 but know this, you are not alone in this journey. It's one moment at a time trusting in God. And when you do this everything is in God hands God bless you 🥰
I will pray for you. Something that helps me is reading books by Fr. Jacques Phillipe, "Interior Freedom" or 'Searching for and Maintainig Peace"
Pray to St Dymphna and ask her to assist you with your depression. She will help you mate, all you need to do is ask.
Look into Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. It has helped a couple people with deep depression I know a lot. Insurance should pay for it. In the meantime, accept your suffering and offer it as penance. Never quit praying.
Kindly consider praying an additional holy Rosary to your current daily one, for the loving intentions of our Blessed Mother - she will be ever so grateful. God bless you.
Truely well explained the essence of our existence.... never quite understood the warring of spirit and flesh untill this talk... Realised it needs to sink deep into me....been replaying this a no of times... God bless Fr. Anthony 🙏
I was listening to this talk for ten minutes and suddenly this friar’s voice - I recognised it! I didn’t even see the reference to the Marian Friars - oh Friar we still miss you here in England! May God bless you! So wonderful to hear your voice again🙏🏽 God bless all listening to you too🤗
I actually thought he was english at first.
What's his name? I would be nice to put a name to a voice. I always hear his wonderful talks on here 🙏🏻
Friar Anthony @@heidim7065
Perfect joy: conformity to the cross of Christ. To be Christ like. Thank you for this gem.
Thank you for this!
Unless you deny yourself, take up your cross and follow me you cannot be my disciple. Mk. 8:34. It is very counter cultural in our day, but it is essential as Jesus, our Lord has made clear. Thank you, Fra Anthony for reminding us of this truth.
I have only watched 10 minutes, but this has already helped me so much!
O, Jesus Christ, who saves the repenting sinners from ethernal death, save me too. For at least 25 years I have been letting myself be temptated by the devil; desireing romance and eroticism like some crazy lunatic. It is so shameful. And that is what causes my suffering, and suffering for other people as well. I am terribly sorry for that. Get rid of this sin, is what I want.
This was incredible...thank you 🙏🏼
This talk is a little treasure. Thank you!
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Little treasure lets be honest this is the only treasure worth pursuing
The message is correct and beneficial, it's just the packaging that needs work. "Hatred of self" isn't literal, it's hyperbolic in the same vein as Christ saying to love God and hate your parents. The key thing is that Self-discipline and willingness for self-denial are good, and self-control is fruit of the Spirit. Having preferences or even intense desires for enjoyable things isn't sinful - it's just we need to be nuanced and in control of ourselves as well, having the willingness to set them aside for a greater good to ourselves and others if need be, and practicing self-denial is a good way to be enabled for this. In the end, all good things come from God, including our freedom to choose what isn't sinful and what we prefer, as well as self-discipline and self-control.
Very well reasoned and said. God bless you this day.
He had to do it this way in order for God to answer my question that was troubling my mind. If my love is toxic is my hate than healthy? Maybe i would not have clicked on the video if it said self denial. Thank you for adding the nuance.
Ave Maria!!! God bless Fra. Anthony and the Marian Friars Minor.
I needed to hear this I am struggling through such unhappiness over my mistakes in life, I have punished myself and have given into this. I am so grateful for this teaching
You aren’t alone. I punish myself over my past as well. God Bless.
Me too.
aren't we supposed to PRAY for contrition... the old missals say so, the new way of thinking is that we forget it ? confused
Patti Can yes. We are supposed to pray an act of contrition. I do. Not as much as I should tho. I’ve began praying the rosary too. Supposed to do it daily but I also fail at that.
No matter what mistakes we have made, they are done and can't be undone. The true blessing is that if we love God and repent, then we ARE ALL GOOD ENOUGH to keep seeking the love of God in our lives. Reminding of ourselves of the past is wasting time that can be spent loving God. Seek the Kingdom not self pity. Then you will know true joy.
This is the type of stuff we should be hearing at mass every week...thank you Brother Anthony and may God bless you with much suffering in this life so you get to escape Purgatory in the next 😉
this is teaching od Saint Cathrine of Sienna from her book "Dialog"
Amen
Amen
Let this be my comfort,, by afflicting me with sorrow, he spare me not
Love these talks of Friar Anthony about the true spirit of the Franciscans .
Yesterday i asked myself: If my love is toxic is my hate than healthy? This is because my ex send me a video after ignoring me for months trying to tell me i am codependent and therefor my love is toxic. Now i hear an explanation telling me yes it is healthy and it is such a relief to hear. Are we not depended if we want a hug or a conversation? Is it bad when have a difficulty being alone for weeks? Than i go to the shop walking past signs saying: come alone. I get so depressed of seeing these posters. An other poster say: In principle one person per family. It shows two people and one has e a red cross trough one of the persons head. It is where you must pay so you cant miss it. Thank you so much for being a channel that is always lifting me up and give me hope.
There is worldly hatred of self (that is, your soul) that is unhealthy, then there is saintly hatred of self (that is, your flesh) that is. As fr. explains in the beginning of the video. So there is bad hatred of others, and good hatred of others. Be careful not to confuse the two (in either category)
Luke 14:26:
"If any one comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple."
But _in the same time_ we are to love even our enemies! And we lie if we say we love God and hate our own brother (1 John 4:20), so what does Jesus mean by hate?
Well in the synoptic Matthew 10:35 we find these words:
"Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; "
So, clearly we are not to hate others' souls. Jesus does not hate souls. Jesus died for all, and God wants all to be saved! We are to hate our attachment to people (and things, and ourselves) that would take precedence over our love for God. True love comes from Him who is Love, and as st. Paul says, it is, among other things, "patient" "it does not seek its own interests", "does not brood over injury", "bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things". That is to say, true love will definitely give up being with a person if it is to help them get to heaven.
If you _require_ something from your partner, that's not of love. Your partner, nay, God through your partner, should provide you with certain things, but if God should allow they they do not, then you should bear it, and God will turn this curse into a blessing for you. You should be able to renounce yourself in this regard also. You should still love them and work on their salvation (nay, God through you), but should accept that they may not return this love. We are fallen creatures, what we really need is God. For us who are a part of the Bride, Jesus is our true Bridegroom. Jesus says there is no marriage between people in heaven.
And note that I'm really talking about marriage. "Dating" as promoted by the world is mostly just occasion for sin. I think your post is about dating, so I would suggest looking up courting on Sensus Fidelium. For men also how to raise a man. And Fr. Ripperger's series on marriage.
Above all, do not allow _any_ intimacy, not even if you are most frighten of loss. God is what you really want and He is all you need, and He knows what's best for you and _wishes_ best for you, so trust Him not yourself, not the lies of the devil. "Worst" case scenario you die "alone" as the world would put it, united to the Bridegroom. May it be so if God wishes, or may it be that we suffer for someone if He wishes that. May it not be the option He does not wish! God forbid!
Thank you friar Anthony ❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏
Does anyone know this Friars name ? Thank you. Amazing talk
Friar Anthony of the Marian friars minor in Kentucky. They have a RUclips channel. It's great
Thankyou Father God Bless you.
Roy
India
Thanks! How do we hear more Fr. Anthony’s talks, or even go to a retreat that he may facilitate?
This made an impression on me👍
Amazing. Sorely needed. Looking forward to pleasing God netter. ❤️
Lovely priest, God bless you fr, always!
God bless the traditional faithful. 💪✝️❤
Thank u!
Excellent! Thank you so very much! Need to hear more like this teaching. It clearly puts things into perspective & gives an understanding why we may feel a particular way after some event/hardship, etc. Ex. No happiness comes if/when we loose our patience, instead angry at self. Whereas, if we can endure gracefully through an unfair situation there is peace within. Will save this video to go back & listen to again & again. Especially, in these trying days in our nation gives us "training" , too, to endure joyfully whatever trials the future may hold & realize they may come our way so that we grow more in virtue. Gives a clear, unseeming purpose why trials may come our way. So blessed are we in our Catholic faith!
1:01:51 but if you are truly humble, do you even want to be a hero, or be applauded, even in the Kingdom...?
Thanks Good Video
Wowed by this Father, thanks to you and God bless.
Yes, a holy hatred of self. We hate that which is evil in us. Our evil inclinations, our pride, our perverse will. We hate that which is disordered in us...Our tendency to love excess in pleasure, comfort, luxury, always wanting to do our own will, despising others, etc...We hate the fallen Adam in us or the “old man” that St. Paul speaks of. The old man must die first if we our to reclothe ourselves in the new and heavenly Man who is Our Lord Jesus Christ. And this takes a holy hatred of self. This is the violence we have to do to ourselves that our Lord speaks of in the gospel. It’s a violence done to our fallen nature we inherited after original sin that penetrates to our very bone marrow. Only in this can way can we participate in Our Lords resurrection. If this is not done in this life it must be done in the next in purgatory. Only there the suffering will be much greater and we cannot merit an increase in glory, charity, nor in the knowledge, understanding, or fruition of God.
Divine timing ?
Think of this practice of self denial as extra credit. Those simple pleasures or discomforts may not be sin, but the Christian who denies himself is like the student who receives full scholarship to a prestige college, in our case... Heaven. The rest of the college applicants may get some scholarship but they are tormented with hard work to pay the rest of their tuition, much like purgatory. Many will be denied even acceptance. Think about how rare it is for students to receive the full scholarship, its even more rare for Christians to get into Heaven because many don't want to put in the extra work, self denial of pleasures because we wanna fraternize, indulge over doing extra homework.
Friar, thank you so much! This is so vital & full of wisdom. I pray we all follow this way of God to God for God with God in God for Eternity, amen!
Does anyone know the name of the friar painting in the thumbnail?
i think it’s St. John of the Cross
Who is this Friar? Is he based in New Orleans. I love his homilies.
I have a bedroom but I preference to live and sleep In the small hermitage on my parents property. I sleep not on bed but on a sofa not long enough for me and I've done this for going into 5 years and I love it. I have no electricity or lights and i love this. I sleep with door screen open and I am safe. I have air-conditioning but don't use it as it will weakened me same for heaters. Holy Poverty is a must to have more of God! I use the grass for toilet at times, to save water. Oops now my secrets out! The less of material we have, the more God gives Himself . I live in a city I Australia
please please please pray for my me i have been very far from
God i have been in a state of confusion likely because of my very grave past sins and i deeply lack a lot of emotional capacities and mental awareness my mindset is deeeply distorted i have a very strong pride and think i am holy and need a good confession i
will pray- get to confession as soon as you can
Phenomenal sermon, beautiful servant of God this friar, does anyone know his name? Bless him Lord
Love others as you love yourself! Isn’t this in conflict? How do we explain hating ourselves? Is it like the spirit of poverty? Where we humbly let go and totally trust in God’s Providence and Mercy?
It’s a holy hatred of self. We hate that which is evil in us. Our evil inclinations, our pride, our perverse will. We hate that which is disordered in us...Our tendency to love excess in pleasure, comfort, luxury, always wanting to do our own will, despising others, etc...We hate the fallen Adam in us or the “old man” that St. Paul speaks of. The old man must die first if we our to reclothe ourselves in the new and heavenly Man who is Our Lord Jesus Christ. And this takes a holy hatred of self. This is the violence we have to do to ourselves that our Lord speaks of in the gospel. It’s a violence done to our fallen nature we inherited after original sin that penetrates to our very bone marrow. Only in this can we participate in Our Lords resurrection. If this is not done in this life it must be done in the next in purgatory. Only there the suffering will be much greater and we cannot merit an increase in glory, charity, nor in the knowledge, understanding, or fruition of God.
Part 4
familiar with how it feels to be treated badly for no reason so even if someone hurts me it makes absolutely no sense for me to hurt them they hurt them no matter what they have done to me because it doesn't help the situation and only adds more pain to it not only that but I will just feel extremely guilty later And I already feel extremely uncomfortable even imagining giving them a taste of their own medicine so much so I feel like I'm being molested in the spirit And it is so uncomfortable for me to even think of these things I definitely don't plan on doing them and so many people in my life had tries To treat me like I'm not allowed to exist and I'm not allowed to talk out loud about my actual personality traits because there is something wrong with me if they are actually truthful to what I say because if I dare say them out loud then that means I'm being self righteous Because unable to say these things and tell the truth about myself Because people automatically get butt hurt and feel conviction for the ways they have chosen to live and take it out on me because they chose to make choices I didn't want to make throughout their life, So I'm not allowed to acknowledge my existence nor am I allowed to acknowledge who I am as a person because if I have chosen to make better choices Then they have morally, How dare I think I'm allowed to do that , That is how they think they literally think how dare I, A lot of people think you're faking it because most people do fake it, But when they realize you're not faking it they hate you even more Acting as if God gave you gifts and not them, And this yet again is another example of someone beaten By the idiotic immoral ideals of someone who is a glutton of meat and thinks with a flesh mind more so than they ever do with a spiritual mind, Because someone who actually thinks with a spiritual mind Would not ever think such a thing just because someone Has chosen to be a good person and has remained as such because they enjoy it, It takes a lot of work to be able to hold fast to these things that we all receive as Children when it comes to positive personality traits but not everybody wants to hold on to them because they would rather give in and take the easy way out and treat people bad whenever they want to instead of being strong and doing what is right like Jesus taught us so everybody who does exactly what Jesus taught they absolutely hate them and treat them as if God Loves them more which is complete and utter garbage because he loves us all the same and it is not his fault how we end up as people it is our own faults, Dimension when you hold fast to your good personality traits and sound morals You end up being treated by garbage that isn't even worth being called trash , My entire life I have literally been hated for absolutely no reason and none of it made any sense whatsoever until I learned about narcissism and the demonic depths within it. Man is so hypocritical and so quick to lie and Change things up and pick and choose what he is comfortable with, But he is so willing to sabotage the life of another if he sees that someone worked harder than they did when it comes to spiritual warfare, Because deep down everybody knows to maintain sound morals bound morals and good traits within your personality and entire Being it takes extreme strength that nobody of any physical strength could ever reach, To do this takes a spiritual and Supernatural type of strength that is not easily Taken but has to be worked for and earned. These people that have maintained the good things about them they've had as a child, They have literally had to spend their entire lives dealing with being hated for absolutely no reason not only that but most of them literally can't help but being who they are because its the only thing that makes sense, To lack an empathy is to lack in intelligence, There is a reason why God is so intelligent it is far beyond what we will ever understand but he is also so loving it is far beyond what we will ever comprehend or understand, Intelligence and empathy go hand-in-hand which is why these people of true empathic nature end up the individuals that are true prophetic individuals of God, And narcissistic individuals will often times try to imitate them and act like They are the ones who earned their way there And they will purposely Learn exactly how to imitateAny type of empathic individual they come across because they know when they come across a empathic individual because it is the exact opposite of them. I do not care what doctors teach about how they say everyone has narcissistic tendencies because these doctors do not know everyone on the planet in a personal way to be able to say such a ignorant thing, Not only that but not only is that such a negative and unrealistic way to go about things as psychologists or in psychology in general, But these are the same people who see religion as a thing that makes people act irrationally and Makes them do ridiculous ritualistic things, This is a simple window into how idiotic and immoral man has chosen to become thinking that hes actually intelligent when hes actually the opposite. Worldly intelligence is not intelligent at all, It is only what man "perceives" as extremely intelligent. In the same way people have different religions and "perceive" their own version of God When in reality there is right end there is wrong and there is how a loving father would be who loves both of his children whether it be daughter or son as exactly the same and does not pick favorites, And there is a different between a father who is a phony and loves one child more than the other which is called a narcissist and is not what God would be. I am never again in my life going to run with the perception of God that man has before I ever listened to God directly 1st. I learned my lesson and I will never ever disrespect him in this way again. In the name of Jesus Christ may everybody who come across this comment learn the truth and love of Jesus Christ, RE'EH!!!!! ESPHPHATHA BE OPENED !!!! SO BE IT, SO SHALL IT BE, AMEN
Fantastic Shepherd! This Priest ALWAYS tells us GOD'S TRUTH no matter how much it hurts! TRUE CHARITY. A REAL SOUL-SAVER. Thank you, Father!⚘
I beg THE HOLY FAMILY & THE HOLY TRINITY to keep us ON THE LONG NARROW ROAD IN THE HOLY PERFECT WILL OF OUR LORD GOD, this I pray IN THE MOST SACRED NAME OF JESUS Our Eternal Savior, Amen!!!
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Wow. Wow. Wow. This is a decent dose of motivation!
I'm so far away from discerning a 'Holy Hatred' of self. I can imagine it tho. 9:50 good stories hehe
Where is he at? I’ve been like steaming to this priest for months now and now he’s in Louisiana talking about hurricanes? I live in lake Charles. I would have loved to hear him speak
Thanks so much for posting this 😇
Who is he? I want to listen to more of his teachings
In 2005 God gave me fibromyalgia which is a chronic pain and neurological disease. My skin burns often with constant pain in all muscles, tendons and even the cartilage in my ears. It is 2024, so next year will be 20 years of CONSTANT pain. My pain medicine helps me be functional to my 3 bots and husband.
QUESTION: Should I not take my pain medicine in order to "hate myself?"
Thanks.
A+ FATHER 🌹
Thank you that was a nice word. Effeminate.
Jambalaya? Gumbo? Is this from a church in Louisiana?
He was here in Abita Springs.
What book is being read
To come to know & properly love yourself you must come to know Jesus. To come to know & love others you must see Jesus in them
Thank you so much for this! I’m going to try and reset my intellect with these guidelines to govern my will 👋
Money is a way to ESCAPE the hardships of life. A hiding apparatus...for the weak.
"We had a brother in the friary ..." Did he leave?
That friar that broke stuff all the time probably needed deliverance. The evil one (angel of light) can "appear" humble about it. Attention getting.
This was hard to listen to, but extremely valuable.
He laugh like my husband 😂
Thank you w
Very much for all
God bless you 🙏
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Is it a fault to be contrarian of human respect? Some people want me to be loyal to them, but I don’t care enough. I’ve also thought about how being contrary makes you almost child-like which draws you closer to God if you don’t deny the grace he offers.
Safety has become a new religion and fear its virtue.
Thumbs up. What else does Friar Anthony have out there besides this and his talk on grace??
Excellent sermon. I have one question: are we obligated to take of ourselves (so as to avoid common hazards of the physical world)? I know that it is dangerous to drive over the speed limit-am I ignoring God's will by doing so?
I stopped speeding when I heard a priest explain that breaking the rules of the road is disobeying authority and is sinful.
This is an amazing talk. Thank you so much.
I don't want to go to Purgatory. I want to go straight to Heaven & be with Jesus & Mama Mary with God the Father & all the angels & saints! ♥️
Hilarious cutting story. 🤣
Wow, just wow... so rich in spiritual life!
Even with my wounds... I press foward in the supernatural to my supernatural vocation.
God Bless all who struggle with depression and mental disorders. May they take to heart and hear this truth. 🙏🏽
Anyone know when the date of this talk was?
Participating in the cross.... does it include being ripped off and allowing such injustice to happen even if something can be done about it?
@LadyK-my8pe I agree but if you look at all the lives of the saints, in many of not all those situations, they could've done something but instead suffered through it all in silence and even asked for more of the same suffering and humiliation be sent their way. How do you discern where & when to act & when not to, to share in the injustice HE suffered in His passion and in the cross?
Pray not 4 me!
Anakin?
Hail Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then most gracious advocate thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this, our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Oh clement, oh loving, oh sweet Virgin Mary. Pray for us oh Holy Mother of God, that we be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Amen.
Amen.🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
Wow! You open up the scripture in a way that was always there when I read it and still missed. The path that god lays out for us through our suffering is so misunderstood. I am so grateful to see through the eyes of a saint. I thought I knew god but now I see him. Thank you ☺️
The only thing that keeps bothering me is that the friar boasted about how hot it was where he lived especially wearing the robes and told the people of Louisiana that they shouldn’t have ac. And they are in KY, far cry in the summer from Louisiana.
Any good books that go over this topic more in depth? thanks
St Therese of Lisieux is a good example, in the best sense.
Cm
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True Joy
Overcoming our passions. I truly needed to hear this
Incredible patience from the Father, with rude people phones going off
The more humility I try to have and the more I fast the more sins I commit. So what am I doing wrong?
Nothing. Be patient with yourself.
Whenever you sin, you being shown where your weaknesses are. You can then focus on strengthening yourself in those areas.
Pray that America will become a real Hero. Like the Priest is pointing out.
I pray that we get a job that allows us to build a Catholic foundation and in a location where we can attend a pious church.
Thank you for this & God Bless you!!
Beautiful. Thank you
Holy things representing God a the saints should be treated with respect as if it were the person being represented.
He wasn't taking about religious statues in regards not caring if they get pulled down...l think this talk was given before they turned on the Churches...if that's what you meant?
I trip over everything and anything!
Lord Have Mercy On Us All
do you wear a mask?
This is very good for my soul. Thank you.
Yeah just to not get berated however its retarded to
wear it at home not to mention in online conferences.
Conviction and condemnation.
God bless you Father
Good job Father. We need this.
Great stuff
Amen
Thank you.