Do I Always Have to Choose the "Best?"
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- Опубликовано: 11 ноя 2022
- Fr. Pine answers a surprisingly illuminating philosophy question: are we morally obligated to always do what's best? In other words, should we feel guilty for not doing the most extreme "good" thing we should do in every situation.
Pine reminds us that every moral decision should be made in context; that we should seek holiness in the sane and mundane. Remember, God gives us abundant resources to reach holiness. Seek Him more fully every day in your proper way and you will be spotless before Him.
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What a great PINEts with Aquinas episode!
I'll see myself out now.
I love how to-the-point Fr Pine is.
Father Pine is on the WRONG TRACK! But rather, “ what does God want me to do right now?” Saint Catherine of Sienna, pray for Father Pine, and us.we can receive ONCE, NOT TWICE!
@@granmabern5283 Code of Canon Law Can. 917 “A person who has already received the Most Holy Eucharist can receive it a second time on the same day only within the eucharistic celebration in which the person participates, without prejudice to the prescript of can. 921, §2.”
@Granma Bern do you care to reform your statement in light of Canon Law?
That’s what I love about Dominicans and one of the many reasons I want to become one.
Thank you so much Fr Pine! You really helped to shed light onto an anxiety of mine. I've been struggling with the whole concept of "how to attain heaven". It's been an anxiety of mine, and I've even been afraid to pick up the bible or listen to priests. I've been praying for the souls in purgatory, and my mother told me that it's Satan that causes such fears. It like this: I been afraid. Afraid of comitting sins. In the sense that - I've been too afraid to watch a movie or laugh at jokes or listen to a song or to talk because I've been afraid it will lead me to sin. Now - I can breathe. Thank You Fr. Pine and THANK YOU Matt!
Even monks in the monastery know that it's not healthy to pray 12 hours a day which is why they divide the time up between working and praying. Life is a balancing act.
Well, of the sit down and meditate variety certainly but many a monsestary considers their work time a time of prayer as well. Prayer is a wide concept
Ora et Labore.
ever heard of anchorite?
Praying at all times isn't so much literally kneeling and reciting prayers non stop, it's more a habitual practice and piety of praying daily, regardless of how you *feel* about it; and and habitual practice of doing all things for the glory of God and recalling His presence as often as possible; ideally at all times.
Did you know that's how a rudimentary alarm clock was invented, so monks wouldn't miss out on getting up at some ungodlily hour to pray. - and we all know much we like alarm clocks?
Thank you Fr. for that reminder "God is for you and not against you".
This is helpful for me. I'm not type-A and often feel like I fail because I'm not high energy or don't have have intense drive or ambition. I'm always wondering if I'm doing God's will or if I'm missing his plan because I haven't accomplished very much.
I am not a type-A either. Growing up, I felt shamed for not being chatty enough since society favors the personality type. God has given us a variety of personalities for a reason.
@@relentlessrhythm2774 the world favors chattiness but the bible doesnt seem to! how many wisdom scriptures are there about loose lips sinking ships? a qiuet tongue is a blessing
This discussion calls to mind The Good Place, especially when you discussed the "buy local" question. I think many of us think of moral obligations as this web of consequences that we somehow have to untangle in order to consider any action good or evil. We are like the characters in The Good Place, constantly worrying and regretting how our decisions adversely affect people across the world from us. Now, it's not wrong to consider those people and care about them and try to do them good, but it's so essential to have a hierarchy in one's own life that places God, family, and vocation higher than those other concerns. We must discern whether our overly scrupulous purchasing decisions, or even prayer habits, are hurting our family financially or taking time away from them, for example. Very good and helpful discussion, Fr. Pine!
God bless you Fr. Pine. Thanks for helping us to keep growing in our knowledge and love of God.
I am reading Prudence by Father Pine, beautiful work.
Man i really need to read that book
shipping is more expensive than the book, Kenya bro
We bless wine and beer, which makes it spiritually good for you.
Good video, thanks and God bless you!
Thank you Fr. Gregory
Thanks Father
Thank you for teaching us the principles and arguments Fr Pine
Everything was explained so well. Thank you😊
This is a topic which I've thought about quite a lot recently. Timely video, Fr. Pine!
How about talking one day about the superstar saint sharbel biggest miracle maker in church history? Americans need that.
😊 thsnks
Thank you Father! This is helpful. Hope you're enjoying your slice of the good in this great creation God is unfolding :)
Do your best, but follow the Holy Spirit, and also cut yourself some slack. Discipline is important but know that you're not going to get everything done perfectly everyday. God calls us to things differently.
Thank you. I struggle with this most of all. Need to find balance and sensibility and stop treating myself like I’m expected to be a saint here and now
Good advise!
@@jessecoffins8832 I had certain prayers etc. I had wanted to do this week and for various reasons (it was a nutty week), it just didn't happen...besides some quick, short prayers. But I did do good in other ways this week so it is what it is. I'll try better next week. That's what God is asking. Keep trying and do what you can. Sometimes I think God allows these things to see how we handle them.
This is good
this is suprisingly helpful for discernment LOL
A true Christian worships in whatever he does
Father Pint 😎
It's not important really, but if you find yourself looking for those tapestry/weaving words: warp and weft/woof.
9:18 Given that a pint of beer contains c. 3 cl. pure alcohol, it is a diuretic.
It is in that quantity already a diuretic, but not a strong laxative.
Given that not peeing well before going to sleep entails a probability of waking up at three _ante_ meridiem or earlier and lying awake to when cars and people start to stop you from "sleeping late" ... guess if beer has some health benefits?
Very relevant question! Very beautiful answer! Thanks, Father Pine.
I am wondering though: what does he mean that Jesus was given in his humanity only 'quasi' infinite grace? Wouldn't it be fully infinite?
I'm realizing I'm replying to an old post, but I think he made a reference to condescension.
Which is a fascinating topic I suppose. Like in the Transfiguration, the two disciples up in the mount with Christ literally could not even raise their heads. Day to day, Christ limited his almost- terrifying greatness.
Edit: Maybe not? I'm not well versed on this. Condescension is about God reining in His greatness in His speech and appearance so as to be not only relatable, but possible to behold. The Son was not entirely contained in Christ, yet the Son was Christ. But the Son remained in Heaven the whole time as well. This is trinity stuff, and in fact required for all this to work.
An example of God's frightening power (1 Kings 19):
"And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; 12 and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice. 13 And when Eli′jah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave."
The winds, the earthquakes, the fires, those were nothing. That whisper, however, terrified Elijah. Go read the whole passage if you wish.
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It's an extra monthly video with some sort of topic relating to growth in the spiritual life! If you have a specific question for Fr. Pine you might want to check out supporting the Godsplaining podcast and asking a question for their monthly Livesplaining stream.
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Did anybody catch the first podcast he mentioned, The ???? Institute?
Augustine? I don't recall what he said, but I have heard of an Augustine Institute.
Genuine question: why do we call priests “father?” God clearly condemns this in the Bible. I’m Catholic, but I feel that the church is becoming more and more like the Sanhedrin during Jesus’s time. The church is so focused on its own tradition and trying to fit into modern times than actually studying scripture and pursuing the highest truth.
Matthew 23:9
King James Version
9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
I am grateful for any insight you may have. I’m just a fellow Christian seeking the truth.
He also says call no man teacher, but we don’t have a problem calling people teachers. He was using a figure of speech insinuating we should not elevate people to a status held for God
I think if you study scripture you’ll find that the Catholic Church is the most in line with scripture! I recommend going to the “Catholic truth” channel and watching some of his videos. I also recommend listening to the Catholic Culture Audiobooks podcast where you can listen to the earliest Christian’s such as Ignatious of Antioch, Justin Martyr, the didache, etc. I think you’ll find that Catholic tradition is the tradition of the apostles
Call no mere mortal man the origin and source of true authority and instruction. They are stewards of our Heavenly Father’s authority and instruction.
Is that helpful? And it’s not only Catholics that use a paternal title for clergy. It’s an apostolic tradition. Saint Paul in scripture tells a congregation to regard him as their father. “Pope” is “papa”. The Coptic church, which separated from Rome over 1,500 years ago, also has a “pope”. The Orthodox have patriarchs, another fatherly title.
If our clergy are focused on little insignificant problems while neglecting love of God and neighbor, we are becoming like the Scribes and Pharisees. Not because we call priests a paternal name.
Jesus is speaking in hyperbole, otherwise all Catholics would be blind and have their hands cut off because He said to do that too. He used many different techniques in his teaching apart from parables, like hyperbole, allegory and even puns in the original aramaic. A strictly literal reading of Scripture is more of a protestant thing, the Church recognizes 4 ways to interpret a passage: literal, allegorical, moralistic and eschatological.
Im a bit confused by what you mean by saying the church has no interest in studying scripture. What exactly are you referring to? The rosary is a daily practice of meditating on scripture just as one example.
Let me put one thing like this. "Hidden" .... when a priest tells something like that in some sense to me, I get worried.
And here I say "in a sense" because in a certain sense, you did not make the video for me, whether you did so in another sense or not.
A writer doesn't flourish or get able to support a family by remaining hidden. If someone had tried to stop your parents from even getting started by stopping people from hearing of the bookstore (including stopping them from registering it and so), that might have been a problem.
I hope it is helpful to note, I think you misunderstand his use of the word "hidden."
@@nightyew2160 hope I do, but I'd be more reassured if my reader count went up above 3000 per day and if an editor contacted me for blog to book publisshing, concerning my blogs.
In my experience, it's better to stay at home on Sunday than go to the Mass where people/or priest only are agressive, have evil eye or nurse hatred in their hearts.
Such a place/church is the devil's sinagoge and certain people should be very careful not only of their Masses but also of every one of such.
May I ask where you are from? Where I live people do not often bring up evil eye and such
Well, every mass has the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist... that's literally the most amazing thing ever we can have, and this of course outweighs anyone else at mass. That being said, even so, we owe assent to our priests anyway and we also must not have evil suspicion towards others either, such as saying people who carry evil in their hearts, because this is either rash judgment, which would be sinful, or even if true, it would be gossip to tell others these people are bad. We also of course have our Sunday obligation, which means we are bound to, so can never say it's better to stay home, and finally, it's good to always receive our Lord in the Eucharist even from "bad" priests, because it witnesses to others that the sinfulness of a priest does not affect this and it witnesses to the priest that you recognise this and respect both his authority and ability to perform consecration regardless.
@@AnastasiaR
Well, it's excellent if there's nothing wrong with your church (community).
But , there's lots of things that could/should be checkd out first and only than proclaimed good and recommendable.
@@suzanakranjcina5143 I wasn't saying there's nothing wrong in my church. Im just curious because in the US no one talks about the evil eye so I was wondering if you were from somewhere else. Obviously you don't have to be specific or share at all. Your comment just struck me as unique and interesting
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Holy Mass is an obligation where the Church really is.
So, it's not a rare case that church community became devil's sinagoge and I don't see any reason to attend something like such, what's more, that kind of place can be really, really dangerous for certain population.