I am from Durango, Mexico. This month we had four priests and a deacon ordained. Keep up the faith, pray, go to mass and participate of Christ's sacrifice. He will never abondon his church, that is his promise.
As a convert I am addicted to confession. I do not know how do without the Sacraments period. The way the Truth and the Life. Thank you Jesus Christ of Nazareth
Here in Warren Michigan, I asked a priest if he could hear my confession. He said I needed to make an appointment to which I agreed. He didn't see me follow him into the church office to make that appointment and I heard him say to the secretary "I don't have time to listen to shit" then he turned around and saw me. He didn't know what to say because I guess I took him by surprise, so he just walked into a back room and I left shocked in disbelief at what he said and somewhat heartbroken at the same time.
I was appalled by your comment. When I reverted to the faith, I can’t imagine how that would have been possible without the sacrament of confession. Thankfully, I live near a parish where confession is offered frequently. It is a TLM parish.
That's just sad. An encounter like that would lead me to wonder about 2 things: 1. Why did this man choose to be a priest? 2. Is he even Catholic at this point? Sounds like a prime example of a "hireling."
I used to live around 9 mile and Hoover. Then moved to 10 and Ryan, back in the 70s. No longer there. I am appalled at his action and words. I wonder what others think of what he said. I'd write a letter to his bishop and find another church. I wonder what church you attend. I was baptized at St. Clements church on Van Dyke in 1969. It is called something else now.
I remember recently you reported that the Pope was not allowing TLM trained seminary grads to be ordained, and they've been waiting 2 years. The growth of TLM Mass attendance by youth is on the rise, so why is the Pope forbidding TLM in Parishes? The youth are a potential source of new clergy. It all seems intentional and counterproductive to a thriving Church.
Visiting Germany last year, it was disheartening to learn that nation wide it had become the practice for many priests to hear confessions by appointment only.😢
In watching this video, I remember that one Sunday, the deacon preached a really good “Catholic” sermon. By “Catholic” I mean one that wasn’t concerned with political correctness. Needless to say, someone complained to the bishop and the pastor got a call from him to talk to the deacon. I truly believe that there are some “Catholics” who would complain to the bishop, if Jesus Himself were to preach to them and He said something that rubbed them the wrong way. Bishops are not doing anyone any favors by bowing down to the “god of political correctness”. All they are doing is censoring the truth, which is what the devil wants. There can be no true repentance on our part if we don’t know the truth about ourselves. Is there something about ourselves that needs to be addressed? When we stand before God for judgement, you can bet He will not be “politically correct”.
It is high time that bishops stop worrying about the coffers and start worrying about saving souls. Sadly, so many bishops cancel good priests simply for speaking the WORD OF GOD. These bishops would rather get the money CINOs give to the parishes than tell them the truth of God. Jesus will NOT judge the bishops by how financially wealthy the parish is but will want to know how many souls were saved by strong faithful priests who were allowed to properly tend his sheep. There's a reason why so many saints have had visions of many clergy lining the road to hell.
Not sure of the accuracy, but an Irish friend of mine has told me that the Dominicans had 17 seminarians last year in Ireland, all with an interest in their Traditional Dominican Rite. (about 20 diocesan in entire country) There is hope, Ireland and elsewhere, the future lies in tradition. Have hope and support traditional seminarians where you can.
Thank you, brother, another good show. A church I attended in my youth has had the confessional removed in favour of a handicap washroom. It's easy to see how important confession is when great saints like St. John Vianney and Padre Pio practically lived in one. Padre Pio is known to have said we should go to confession once a week even if nothing mortal has been done - after all, we dust a room once a week. When you start skipping sacraments you are in great big trouble. Feast of the Assumption of our Lady is tomorrow. Everyone, please go to the Mass if you can, and pray that our Blessed Mother raise up many holy priests. Pray for the Church. Ave Maria.
The thing with Ireland is that if you're anyway traditional in NO seminary you will be weeded out. You have to fly under the radar. Vocations are higher in the likes of ICKSP.
6 new ordained Franciscans in Kerry this week , 5 on the way , 12 Dominicans also in the process of ordination , the times news paper soooo secular . Only tiday at mass we clapped for this brilliant news. Contemplative orders most certainly have rising vocations … I live in Ireland . I think diocesan priests are on the wane . But thank God not contemplative . God bless them.
Here in Florida on the west coast on the gulf, our priest hears confessions every Friday after the 8:30 Mass and every Saturday before the 4:00 Mass. He is always available and loves his job being a Holy Priest. I am retired so I am able to go to Mass more than just Sundays. I try to go at least 4 times during the week. I feel very Blessed to be able to go that often.
Since the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass has been abandoned for the pro-testant “supper”, focused on man as the “center and king” of life on earth, the faith is dying. The only corrective that will work is a return to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and the Theology it proclaims.
Fortunately the FSSP Parish that I attend has 3 Confession times Daily Monday thru Saturday. It is the only Parish that I know of that has Confession available every day. So there is no excuse for the Parishioners to not make it to Confession. Today is the Assumption of Our Lady. A Day Of Obligation.
Ave Maria Mr Stine. I heard a homily from a traditional priest once where he said you can see something is wrong in the church when the communion line is long and the confessional line is short. Well I guess he didnt imagine there are places where there is no confessional line just a communion line. This is so true..its a bd sign.
"The New Pentecost" was/is a disaster, and as long as the Church follows the synodal path, it will continue to hemorrhage members. At the moment, Ireland typifies that failure. Yesterday's podcast was a joyful reminder that things are looking up regarding seminarians/young priests. Trouble is, we have so very few in Ireland. St. Patrick, please pray for us.🙏
@@AsturGalicia We have 4 SSPX priests here already and they do trojan work. It would be wonderful if more could come. They are badly needed. Also ICKSP in Limerick
@@marywoolley3329one of the SSPX priests were previously in South Africa and he together with the other priests work incredibly hard and have a deep love for Our Lord and Our Lady which can be seen by their dedication and passion for guiding the faithful to a deeper love for Our Lord and encouragement for us to strive to become saints on our pilgrim journey.
As a german: Confession is almost dead, but there is nothing new about it. In the post-concilliar 70-80s many of the priest actually communicated that confession was abandondend and is not anymore necessary. Every convert or revert in current times is also rediscovering confession, thank be to god i live nearby a parish which offers daily mass and confession and regular adoration. But at this point you have to actively search for these parishes, otherwise you might end up with any imaginable sacrilege, like women preaching or lections from literally non bible books! (i`ve seen it all...)
You know, there was a time in the mid-20th Century, back when every parish had "the box," when not only Catholics went to the confessional, but a surprising number of non-Catholics went there. It was about the only place in mass society outside of the psychoanalyst's office where one could find somebody who would listen to the guilty and shameful things he or she keeps hidden from others. Now, of course, we know that a confession shouldn't be treated like a therapy session. But the people off the street just wanted somebody who would listen to their fears and anxieties, and wasn't going to ask them to book an appointment or hand over some large fee. From what I understand, unless there was a huge line, the priests seldom kicked these people out. They couldn't give them a formal, sacramental absolution, of course. But they would hear what these people had to say, maybe give them some advice, sympathy, or reassurance, or maybe a prayer or a blessing before sending them on their way...hopefully better than when they came there. The anonymous, walk-in confessional was probably one of the best public relations and evangelization tools the Church had. Because it brought in people at their most troubled seeking answers that the Church is well equipped to provide. I can't say how many bystanders snuck into a confessional one day, and eventually became full Roman Catholics in the fullness of time, but the number is not zero. But, even if these bystanders didn't become Catholics, they would at least have good feelings about the Church for making such a resource available to them. If the Church these days is motivated by worldly pragmatism, then there are worldly and pragmatic reasons to make open, anonymous confession a priority.
The novus ordo churches in my area offer 1/2 hour slot for confession a week. When I left the novus ordo the Latin mass churches offer confession 1/2 hour before all masses and if there are multiple priests offer confession up until the consecration.
Mr. Stine, as a comparison, in my early years, there would be many full pews, with many confessionals, for up to 3 hours at a time. Priests visited homes, hospitals and went to the factories, and industrial areas offering confessions. As you well know, this great apostasy was foretold, and now we're bearing the consequences. Thank you for speaking out, from Adelaide, Australia.
The collapse of a false religion is to be expected! Where would I go Lord- to the Latin Mass !! Full of children, young people and the elderly too! And best of all Christ is there!!
I'm Irish myself. I think I actually know who the single seminarian is. And if it's the man I'm thinking of, it's significant that he's FSSP. As for the Gardiner Street church mentioned as being subsumed into its neighbouring parish, you won't be surprised to hear that was a Jesuit church.
Most Latin parishes have confession 30 minutes prior to mass. My parish has confession before mass if theres a line father hears confession after mass. Confession is also heard at 1pm every Saturday and first Saturdays it’s before mass after mass and at 1pm and we have ONE priest!! Yet Rome wants to shut down the traditional mass!!!
I was looking for a church in my diocese here in Orange County, Ny. We are a part of the NY Archdiocese. I was conflicted with time so I found a parish that could accommodate me in the Town of Monroe. They had chairs set up in the back for you to sit in if you didn't want to stand in the line. I'm sitting there and I look up at the altar. Looking back at me is a Jansenist Crucifix. I won't go back there again.
Love the Blessed Mother! Never, ever let go of her guiding hand that will lead us to Jesus. Pray as never before - especially the Rosary (daily) for her intentions. Love her.
This really surprises me because I have at least 12 Catholic churches within 15 minutes of me and every one of them has confession every weekend at the least I live in Lancaster County PA my main Church is in Columbia PA.. it's really sad to hear the state of things.
Do not leave the church. It has been prophesied that 2 churches will arise, the public church and the true church which will go underground but will resurrect smaller but much holier
Other important factors in the decline of the Faith and the number of faithful are contraception AND secular and worse Catholic colleges and universities that completely destroy the values of young people raised in practicing Catholic families. I have seen this personally very close to home in a growing number of young people formerly devout practicing Catholics.
The church I go to has a priest from a missionary in Africa. We don't have enough priests in America, so missionaries come to the USA. This just feels unreal. Wow. 😢
Buffalo NY diocese here. We had 1 ordination last year. However, this one priest happens to be assigned to my home church. He is very traditional, which surprised me. The faithful will be smaller in number but stronger in faith. We have hard times ahead, but the faith will survive.
I met a young priest from a diocese in Tennessee and he was in the process of trying to join the FSSP. He is more traditional than the older priests of the FSSP, which surprised me. Listening to him talk I would have thought he had been formed in a traditional order. Unfortunately he said something during a legion of Mary meeting that one of the members didn't like so that person reported him to the local bishop and the bishop removed him from the position and subsequently because of that incident the FSSP denied his application. My guess that they did that because they don't want to rock the boat.
In addition, the R1 for foreign priests is being restricted, so that some of them must return home and others having their work visa delayed for years. Lawsuits are proceeding in some parishes.
The highest amount of Catholics in countries are not in the west. Lebanon, Nigeria, Colombia and Phillipines to name four.The other one is also an African country I believe
The sacrament of confession, of regular and frequent confession, constitutes the bottom rungs of the ladder of salvation. Without it the faithful are lost.
Very bad in Nova Scotia Canada. We live in the rural area half hour to the city Halifax. We just lost two catholic churches closed. Shortage of country preists. We don't have confession. About three times a year.
How true! At Knock Shrine recently at the end of Mass, a visiting priest read out a new, long drawn out and tedious prayer to Our Lady of Knock, in which the clergy most certainly had a hand. And towards the end of the prayer addressed to Our Lady were the words, "We the children of Vatican II...." Doesn't that say something about the mindset of the clerical authors? Should we wonder that there is an apostasy when the clergy and their bishops are at least passively complicit?
Many Catholics are hanging on by a thread. Not being spiritually fed by the priests, milk toast homilies, refusing to talk about the sins of the Church while reminding the laity of their sins. It all seems so hypocritical. I feel betrayed and abandoned. Sadly, in my last parish, I was abandoned by a priest when I was in need of spiritual guidance and so was a friend of mine when she made an appointment for confession. The priest walked in and said he had a financial meeting and could only give my friend a few minutes. It sometimes feels like the hierarchy owns the Church, and we should do what they say and not as they do.
They don’t want to hear confessions because they don’t go to confession themselves because a lot of them are not in a state of grace due to their own habitual sins. Like breeds like.
I attended a procession today with an outdoor mass, Having earlier attended the Latin Mass i was absolutely astounded at the casuality with which the Eucharist was being passed like sharing sweets. One of the priests must have been in a hurry to be somewhere else, as he joined the E G Ms in rushing to fill as many hands as possible in the shortest time. A few people recieved on the tongue from an older priest. I left thinking, "These poor people have no idea of the majesty of the Catholic faith". And I don't wonder why, The modern priests appear not to know or couldn't care less about the true faith. May God forgive me but thats my honest opinion . Ave Maria.🙌
It is the “springtime” in the church because people starved to death in the spring. All the winter reserves were used up and all the seeds saved were used for planting. The energy requirement to till and plant for the future harvest left the farmer weak and with no food, sickly and that’s when many deaths occurred. The strong survive!
Its happening in the diocese of Buffalo NY. Merger of 5 in just 1 area. They say due to money which is probably true but shortage of priests is adding to the issue
Total collapse of attendence at Mass, and Confession almost nonexistent. Although I don't remember the exact number of church closings: Diocese of Detroit has gone from 500+ parishes down to approx. 200, and Diocese of Pittsburgh has gone from 300+ to approximately 100. Lack of parishioners means less money coupled with lack of priests. Lack of priests means they have more Masses and that takes priority to Confessions. Equally, most NO parishes I see that have confession have it for 30-45 minutes before Mass. How does a thousand parishoner parish attend a 30-45 minute confessional period?
Spot on so true - trouble is that the lethargy spreads like the description in CS Lewis' Screwtape Letters, where Screptape writes in his letter to Wormwood : the road to hell is wide and the walk is soft - you hardly notice you are on it! I think we who are not (yet)🎉taken in, we know, but we are practically anaestisized by the bland softness of the road to hell?
The vocation, the call to the priesthood, is service to the domestic church, the family, Christ's flock. The urgency to megalomaniacal, imperial administration of parochial infrastructure has become the primary formation of seminarians. The building is the church, the pastor is the landlord. What family would encourage their sons to join this elite, antisocial, sinwrangling comptroller union? The present ministerial priesthood is an enemy of the family. This needs to be openly confessed -- from the top (Bishop of Rome) down. Let the clerics confess, openly, and plead for forgiveness. Thanks, Anthony.
Immediately after Vat ll, Confession was laughed at. Priests said they were bored with listening to our "laundry lists" of sins. I don't think my ecumenical new church even had confessionals. Had a basketball court right behind the last pew though.
What's the point in publicizing the Eucharist if Communion is not worthily received? Why didn't the organizers of the recent Congress stress repentance and Confession?
Another detail to be considered is that mass attendance is extremely low in Germany, so if nobody is going to the Mass, they most certainly won’t be going to confession.
Anthony Thank you for sharing the articles you do, and for your research. It is factual grounding in an environment where hyperbole has become the norm.
Thank you for spotlighting this story! It feels like the clock is ticking toward something very unpleasant! Even if enrollment increased 100% , there would not be enough priests to maintain the status quo. I blame progressivism and the rejection of Scripture.
I have been to different parishes in my community for confession. A couple of years ago we would wait 2hrs to have our confession heard, and the line would wrap around the church into the foyer every 1st Friday of the month. Incredible! The priest would ask for help from other parish priests or retired priests. Now, after moving the priests around, the new priest put a time cap on 1st Friday confessions. So, when I know confessions are being heard and there start times, I show up 30-40mins early.
Just as I cannot recommend any of my young family members to join the U.S. Armed Forces at this point, nor can I recommend any young man to join any seminary except for the TLM.
Female ordination would be too big a jump to make, but i believe there is another solution: married parish priests. That would solve most problems here AND have historical precedent.
Not everyone carries their cell phone and I sometimes for get it, and some don't have a cell phone but the church is not as full now as it was before covid. Weekdays and Sundays.
Where I live in the US the diocesan parishes each only have 1 priest and in half of those parishes the priests are foreigners. If it wasn't for an excess number of foreign priests, many of the parishes wouldn't have priests at all. However, there is a parish run by the FSSP in my area and it has three American priests. It's obvious what the problem is, young men don't want to be a priest and put themselves through dealing with these modernist bishops and laity nor do they want to perform the new mass. My brother want's to be a priest, but he said the only way he'll become a priest is if he can join a traditional order, which he is trying to do right now. He said there is no way he would ever be a diocesan priest, and I think he represents the attitude of most young men interested in the priesthood.
I was struck by this while listening today 16 But because thou art lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will begin to vomit thee out of my mouth. The Holy Bible, Translated from the Latin Vulgate (Re 3:16). (2009). Logos Bible Software. The Church is lukewarm and is being vomited out. So goes the Church, so goes the world.
How many discerners, or those who want to pursue vocation, are turned away from seminary before they even get there? You got data on this, Stine? PS: Happy Feast of the Assumption to you all!
Lapsed Catholic here. Interested in going again but the papacy is chaired by a heretic. What does this say about the church and how do you think I should proceed?
Having a mortal sin on your soul, is there any other sacrament more important than the sacrament of confession? For a two week period this summer, local parishs had priests only saying Mass because of their vacations or health issues. I needed to have my confession heard! Went to another parish but was an eye opener for me and what may come.
I think there also another factor. An that is far too many churches have been adopteding politics. Particularly the kind with a multi colored flag. Just about every church I come across expect one has that flag. And that flag is a very affective way of driving traditional Christians away. I go to the one with out it.
Simple answer, the Church should return to being Catholic, not run away form it. Orthodox dioceses, even with the Novus Ordo, draw seminarians. And the Latin Mass orders are also drawing vocations.
With regard to Ireland, I can tell you in all honesty, if you are a traditionally minded young man, you will not be accepted into the priesthood, I know many who were refused on account of their traditional views.
I'm not surprised to hear this. I was told that 30 men applied to enter seminary in Dublin but only one was accepted. What could possibly be wrong with the 29 not accepted? Half a dozen or even 10, but 29? The mind boggles....
I am deeply grieved. I converted to Catholicism. I was born and raised Episcopal. That church went off the tracks a few decades ago. It is now stunningly secular. There is a break away conservative church that tries to follow the older ways. But in the early 1990's when I left, there was no such outfit near me. I have seen the same things happening here. I guess the radicals follow similar game plans. This is not the Church I converted into in 1994. I believe that gates of hell quote that is frequently banded about is misunderstood. I don't believe the Catholic church is standing. It has been conquered by wolves in sheep's clothing. I also believe it would be a sin for me to support such a corrupted and decadent organization. God opened my eyes, and since I do understand, I would be sinning if I remained. I don't know enough to use the word sedevacintism. I do see that overt changes began with Pope John XXIII. I will just call it the corruption of the faith. If you want to call me names, have at it. Frankly my dears, I don't give a d***.
Is it lack of leadership or …. Lack of faith? Do many clergy even believe that Christ is the Son of God? Do they believe in the real presence? Do they believe- or even know- the basic teachings of our Faith? Do they have ANY kind of deep spiritual life themselves?
I am from Durango, Mexico. This month we had four priests and a deacon ordained. Keep up the faith, pray, go to mass and participate of Christ's sacrifice. He will never abondon his church, that is his promise.
As a convert I am addicted to confession. I do not know how do without the Sacraments period. The way the Truth and the Life. Thank you Jesus Christ of Nazareth
Here in Warren Michigan, I asked a priest if he could hear my confession.
He said I needed to make an appointment to which I agreed.
He didn't see me follow him into the church office to make that appointment and I heard him say to the secretary "I don't have time to listen to shit" then he turned around and saw me.
He didn't know what to say because I guess I took him by surprise, so he just walked into a back room and I left shocked in disbelief at what he said and somewhat heartbroken at the same time.
That's Awful.! Basically they don't have time for the repentant sinner, those Who Jesus is looking for. 🤦🤷
I was appalled by your comment. When I reverted to the faith, I can’t imagine how that would have been possible without the sacrament of confession. Thankfully, I live near a parish where confession is offered frequently. It is a TLM parish.
I am so sorry that you have been treated so badly.
I am appalled by the priests attitude to this Sacrament.
That's just sad. An encounter like that would lead me to wonder about 2 things:
1. Why did this man choose to be a priest?
2. Is he even Catholic at this point?
Sounds like a prime example of a "hireling."
I used to live around 9 mile and Hoover. Then moved to 10 and Ryan, back in the 70s. No longer there. I am appalled at his action and words. I wonder what others think of what he said. I'd write a letter to his bishop and find another church. I wonder what church you attend. I was baptized at St. Clements church on Van Dyke in 1969. It is called something else now.
This report about Ireland is heartbreaking. It makes me sad as it is the country of my heritage. Praying for 🇮🇪.
I agree with you Brother!
@@miryambarnabas2424 Hi, MirY'am! I'm your sister! God bless and keep you, my friend 🧡
Same! Many of my ancestors came from Ireland. 🙏🙏🙏
Pray for the Return to Tradition of Church, Country and Family! Nothing is impossible with God!
I am “blessed” to have confession offered every day, before Mass. Thank you, Anthony. Ave Maria 🌹
Amen! Helen! Am delighted for you! ❤
Me too it is wonderful. He is a great Priest.
I remember recently you reported that the Pope was not allowing TLM trained seminary grads to be ordained, and they've been waiting 2 years.
The growth of TLM Mass attendance by youth is on the rise, so why is the Pope forbidding TLM in Parishes? The youth are a potential source of new clergy. It all seems intentional and counterproductive to a thriving Church.
Visiting Germany last year, it was disheartening to learn that nation wide it had become the practice for many priests to hear confessions by appointment only.😢
I wonder if it’s because they are assigned multiple parishes and you have to make an appointment because they can’t have a regular time?
@@elizabethv_royalsfan Sometimes it's just being too busy with the world.
where have you been in germany?
That could certainly discourage people from making a necessary confession with the removal of anonymity.
It is also practiced in the Philippines.
In watching this video, I remember that one Sunday, the deacon preached a really good “Catholic” sermon. By “Catholic” I mean one that wasn’t concerned with political correctness. Needless to say, someone complained to the bishop and the pastor got a call from him to talk to the deacon. I truly believe that there are some “Catholics” who would complain to the bishop, if Jesus Himself were to preach to them and He said something that rubbed them the wrong way. Bishops are not doing anyone any favors by bowing down to the “god of political correctness”. All they are doing is censoring the truth, which is what the devil wants. There can be no true repentance on our part if we don’t know the truth about ourselves. Is there something about ourselves that needs to be addressed? When we stand before God for judgement, you can bet He will not be “politically correct”.
Well said my friend.
It is high time that bishops stop worrying about the coffers and start worrying about saving souls. Sadly, so many bishops cancel good priests simply for speaking the WORD OF GOD. These bishops would rather get the money CINOs give to the parishes than tell them the truth of God. Jesus will NOT judge the bishops by how financially wealthy the parish is but will want to know how many souls were saved by strong faithful priests who were allowed to properly tend his sheep. There's a reason why so many saints have had visions of many clergy lining the road to hell.
It’s always a bad sign when you see “Confession by appointment” advertised in a parish.
I wish you had this message in multiple languages because we all need to hear this in every country in every part of the world.
Not sure of the accuracy, but an Irish friend of mine has told me that the Dominicans had 17 seminarians last year in Ireland, all with an interest in their Traditional Dominican Rite. (about 20 diocesan in entire country) There is hope, Ireland and elsewhere, the future lies in tradition. Have hope and support traditional seminarians where you can.
Thank you, brother, another good show.
A church I attended in my youth has had the confessional removed in favour of a handicap washroom.
It's easy to see how important confession is when great saints like St. John Vianney and Padre Pio practically lived in one. Padre Pio is known to have said we should go to confession once a week even if nothing mortal has been done - after all, we dust a room once a week.
When you start skipping sacraments you are in great big trouble.
Feast of the Assumption of our Lady is tomorrow. Everyone, please go to the Mass if you can, and pray that our Blessed Mother raise up many holy priests.
Pray for the Church. Ave Maria.
Many holy traditional priests. Let's pray for that.
The thing with Ireland is that if you're anyway traditional in NO seminary you will be weeded out. You have to fly under the radar. Vocations are higher in the likes of ICKSP.
6 new ordained Franciscans in Kerry this week , 5 on the way , 12 Dominicans also in the process of ordination , the times news paper soooo secular . Only tiday at mass we clapped for this brilliant news. Contemplative orders most certainly have rising vocations … I live in Ireland . I think diocesan priests are on the wane . But thank God not contemplative . God bless them.
You ‘clapped’ at Mass?
Pope Benedict: “when there is applause in church you know the liturgical sense has died”.
Here in Florida on the west coast on the gulf, our priest hears confessions every Friday after the 8:30 Mass and every Saturday before the 4:00 Mass. He is always available and loves his job being a Holy Priest. I am retired so I am able to go to Mass more than just Sundays. I try to go at least 4 times during the week. I feel very Blessed to be able to go that often.
Collier county here…. New Churches going up all the time here!
Plenty of priest, even Traditional Latin Mass daily ….
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To God be the Glory
Since the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass has been abandoned for the pro-testant “supper”, focused on man as the “center and king” of life on earth, the faith is dying. The only corrective that will work is a return to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and the Theology it proclaims.
Winner Winner !
Chicken Dinner !
Go Back To The Council Of Trent Where We Stood On Firm Ground
Hear! Hear!
Amen. Well said.
It sounds more like winter than springtime.
Fortunately the FSSP Parish that I attend has 3 Confession times Daily Monday thru Saturday. It is the only Parish that I know of that has Confession available every day. So there is no excuse for the Parishioners to not make it to Confession.
Today is the Assumption of Our Lady. A Day Of Obligation.
Ave Maria Mr Stine. I heard a homily from a traditional priest once where he said you can see something is wrong in the church when the communion line is long and the confessional line is short. Well I guess he didnt imagine there are places where there is no confessional line just a communion line. This is so true..its a bd sign.
"The New Pentecost" was/is a disaster, and as long as the Church follows the synodal path, it will continue to hemorrhage members. At the moment, Ireland typifies that failure. Yesterday's podcast was a joyful reminder that things are looking up regarding seminarians/young priests. Trouble is, we have so very few in Ireland. St. Patrick, please pray for us.🙏
I agree with you Mary!🙏🏼
Pray for the FSSPX coming to Ireland in great numbers. It will be like St. Patrick's all over again. 😅
@@AsturGalicia We have 4 SSPX priests here already and they do trojan work. It would be wonderful if more could come. They are badly needed. Also ICKSP in Limerick
@@marywoolley3329one of the SSPX priests were previously in South Africa and he together with the other priests work incredibly hard and have a deep love for Our Lord and Our Lady which can be seen by their dedication and passion for guiding the faithful to a deeper love for Our Lord and encouragement for us to strive to become saints on our pilgrim journey.
As a german: Confession is almost dead, but there is nothing new about it. In the post-concilliar 70-80s many of the priest actually communicated that confession was abandondend and is not anymore necessary. Every convert or revert in current times is also rediscovering confession, thank be to god i live nearby a parish which offers daily mass and confession and regular adoration. But at this point you have to actively search for these parishes, otherwise you might end up with any imaginable sacrilege, like women preaching or lections from literally non bible books! (i`ve seen it all...)
Priests saying confession isn’t that necessary or important anymore is like a paramedic saying that defibrillators aren’t important.
God help our poor German brethren.
You know, there was a time in the mid-20th Century, back when every parish had "the box," when not only Catholics went to the confessional, but a surprising number of non-Catholics went there. It was about the only place in mass society outside of the psychoanalyst's office where one could find somebody who would listen to the guilty and shameful things he or she keeps hidden from others.
Now, of course, we know that a confession shouldn't be treated like a therapy session. But the people off the street just wanted somebody who would listen to their fears and anxieties, and wasn't going to ask them to book an appointment or hand over some large fee. From what I understand, unless there was a huge line, the priests seldom kicked these people out. They couldn't give them a formal, sacramental absolution, of course. But they would hear what these people had to say, maybe give them some advice, sympathy, or reassurance, or maybe a prayer or a blessing before sending them on their way...hopefully better than when they came there.
The anonymous, walk-in confessional was probably one of the best public relations and evangelization tools the Church had. Because it brought in people at their most troubled seeking answers that the Church is well equipped to provide. I can't say how many bystanders snuck into a confessional one day, and eventually became full Roman Catholics in the fullness of time, but the number is not zero. But, even if these bystanders didn't become Catholics, they would at least have good feelings about the Church for making such a resource available to them.
If the Church these days is motivated by worldly pragmatism, then there are worldly and pragmatic reasons to make open, anonymous confession a priority.
The novus ordo churches in my area offer 1/2 hour slot for confession a week. When I left the novus ordo the Latin mass churches offer confession 1/2 hour before all masses and if there are multiple priests offer confession up until the consecration.
Mr. Stine, as a comparison, in my early years, there would be many full pews, with many confessionals, for up to 3 hours at a time. Priests visited homes, hospitals and went to the factories, and industrial areas offering confessions. As you well know, this great apostasy was foretold, and now we're bearing the consequences. Thank you for speaking out, from Adelaide, Australia.
The Church is done without the time being shortened. "But for the sake of the elect, the time will be shortened."
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Good Morning Anthony..i am from New Brunswick Canada and in my city apsa
The destruction of priesthood is because V2 church doesn’t teach the faith
We had a young father who did 8 masses on Sunday. 😮
The collapse of a false religion is to be expected! Where would I go Lord- to the Latin Mass !! Full of children, young people and the elderly too! And best of all Christ is there!!
I'm Irish myself. I think I actually know who the single seminarian is. And if it's the man I'm thinking of, it's significant that he's FSSP. As for the Gardiner Street church mentioned as being subsumed into its neighbouring parish, you won't be surprised to hear that was a Jesuit church.
My DS was just ordained. Novus Ordo but loves tradition. The good news is that the seminarians I've net are fairly traditional too.
Most Latin parishes have confession 30 minutes prior to mass. My parish has confession before mass if theres a line father hears confession after mass. Confession is also heard at 1pm every Saturday and first Saturdays it’s before mass after mass and at 1pm and we have ONE priest!! Yet Rome wants to shut down the traditional mass!!!
I so agree with you about Vatican 2.
I was looking for a church in my diocese here in Orange County, Ny. We are a part of the NY Archdiocese. I was conflicted with time so I found a parish that could accommodate me in the Town of Monroe.
They had chairs set up in the back for you to sit in if you didn't want to stand in the line. I'm sitting there and I look up at the altar. Looking back at me is a Jansenist Crucifix. I won't go back there again.
How did it differ from a Catholic crucifix? Looking up on google, a Jansenist cross is indistinguishable from a Catholic crucifix.
I don't know what a jansenist crucifix is !
Love the Blessed Mother! Never, ever let go of her guiding hand that will lead us to Jesus. Pray as never before - especially the Rosary (daily) for her intentions. Love her.
Anthony the Irish people I spoke to said the MCCarrick type coverups devastated the faith there
This really surprises me because I have at least 12 Catholic churches within 15 minutes of me and every one of them has confession every weekend at the least I live in Lancaster County PA my main Church is in Columbia PA.. it's really sad to hear the state of things.
No organization, much less Christ's true Church, thrives as it undernines its mission/values.
Do not leave the church. It has been prophesied that 2 churches will arise, the public church and the true church which will go underground but will resurrect smaller but much holier
Bingo! Reject heresy & seek the truth.
Well, I don’t take my phone to Mass, I leave it home
Good idea
Other important factors in the decline of the Faith and the number of faithful are contraception AND secular and worse Catholic colleges and universities that completely destroy the values of young people raised in practicing Catholic families. I have seen this personally very close to home in a growing number of young people formerly devout practicing Catholics.
I guess we really do have to hit rock bottom…what a sad, frightful notion….and we aren’t there yet!
Dire indeed 😱.
Excellent show as always - thank you 🔥👏😎.
God bless, Ave Maria 🙏⛪⚓👑.
Watch Mass at the SSPX Seminary in West Virginia. It may made you feel better.
The church I go to has a priest from a missionary in Africa. We don't have enough priests in America, so missionaries come to the USA. This just feels unreal. Wow. 😢
Buffalo NY diocese here. We had 1 ordination last year. However, this one priest happens to be assigned to my home church. He is very traditional, which surprised me. The faithful will be smaller in number but stronger in faith. We have hard times ahead, but the faith will survive.
I met a young priest from a diocese in Tennessee and he was in the process of trying to join the FSSP. He is more traditional than the older priests of the FSSP, which surprised me. Listening to him talk I would have thought he had been formed in a traditional order. Unfortunately he said something during a legion of Mary meeting that one of the members didn't like so that person reported him to the local bishop and the bishop removed him from the position and subsequently because of that incident the FSSP denied his application. My guess that they did that because they don't want to rock the boat.
We will know them by their fruits…
In addition, the R1 for foreign priests is being restricted, so that some of them must return home and others having their work visa delayed for years. Lawsuits are proceeding in some parishes.
Four to eight percent rings very true.
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The highest amount of Catholics in countries are not in the west.
Lebanon, Nigeria, Colombia and Phillipines to name four.The other one is also an African country I believe
Poland.
The sacrament of confession, of regular and frequent confession, constitutes the bottom rungs of the ladder of salvation. Without it the faithful are lost.
My diocese has been well with new priests.
Very bad in Nova Scotia Canada.
We live in the rural area half hour to the city Halifax.
We just lost two catholic churches closed.
Shortage of country preists.
We don't have confession.
About three times a year.
with all the evil that is running amuck in the world, there is a deafening SILENCE from the pulpit at every Mass. The very definition of lukewarm..
I wonder how many traditional minded men were turned away from the seminary by the diocese simply becaues they had the oder of Tradition. Curious.
it seems we will need to pray for the Catholic Bishops in Germany to convert from Lutheranism back to the true Faith
How true! At Knock Shrine recently at the end of Mass, a visiting priest read out a new, long drawn out and tedious prayer to Our Lady of Knock, in which the clergy most certainly had a hand. And towards the end of the prayer addressed to Our Lady were the words, "We the children of Vatican II...."
Doesn't that say something about the mindset of the clerical authors? Should we wonder that there is an apostasy when the clergy and their bishops are at least passively complicit?
But what are we going to do about it?
Many Catholics are hanging on by a thread. Not being spiritually fed by the priests, milk toast homilies, refusing to talk about the sins of the Church while reminding the laity of their sins. It all seems so hypocritical. I feel betrayed and abandoned. Sadly, in my last parish, I was abandoned by a priest when I was in need of spiritual guidance and so was a friend of mine when she made an appointment for confession. The priest walked in and said he had a financial meeting and could only give my friend a few minutes. It sometimes feels like the hierarchy owns the Church, and we should do what they say and not as they do.
They don’t want to hear confessions because they don’t go to confession themselves because a lot of them are not in a state of grace due to their own habitual sins.
Like breeds like.
I attended a procession today with an outdoor mass, Having earlier attended the Latin Mass i was absolutely astounded at the casuality with which the Eucharist was being passed like sharing sweets. One of the priests must have been in a hurry to be somewhere else, as he joined the E G Ms in rushing to fill as many hands as possible in the shortest time. A few people recieved on the tongue from an older priest. I left thinking, "These poor people have no idea of the majesty of the Catholic faith". And I don't wonder why, The modern priests appear not to know or couldn't care less about the true faith. May God forgive me but thats my honest opinion . Ave Maria.🙌
The Diocese of Scranton PA has been closing and merging Parishes for decades!
2,200,000,000 are ready
It is the “springtime” in the church because people starved to death in the spring. All the winter reserves were used up and all the seeds saved were used for planting. The energy requirement to till and plant for the future harvest left the farmer weak and with no food, sickly and that’s when many deaths occurred. The strong survive!
The Holy Spirit doesn't seem to hang around, woke churches
Its happening in the diocese of Buffalo NY. Merger of 5 in just 1 area. They say due to money which is probably true but shortage of priests is adding to the issue
Total collapse of attendence at Mass, and Confession almost nonexistent. Although I don't remember the exact number of church closings: Diocese of Detroit has gone from 500+ parishes down to approx. 200, and Diocese of Pittsburgh has gone from 300+ to approximately 100. Lack of parishioners means less money coupled with lack of priests. Lack of priests means they have more Masses and that takes priority to Confessions. Equally, most NO parishes I see that have confession have it for 30-45 minutes before Mass. How does a thousand parishoner parish attend a 30-45 minute confessional period?
Spot on so true - trouble is that the lethargy spreads like the description in CS Lewis' Screwtape Letters, where Screptape writes in his letter to Wormwood : the road to hell is wide and the walk is soft - you hardly notice you are on it! I think we who are not (yet)🎉taken in, we know, but we are practically anaestisized by the bland softness of the road to hell?
The vocation, the call to the priesthood, is service to the domestic church, the family, Christ's flock. The urgency to megalomaniacal, imperial administration of parochial infrastructure has become the primary formation of seminarians. The building is the church, the pastor is the landlord. What family would encourage their sons to join this elite, antisocial, sinwrangling comptroller union? The present ministerial priesthood is an enemy of the family. This needs to be openly confessed -- from the top (Bishop of Rome) down. Let the clerics confess, openly, and plead for forgiveness. Thanks, Anthony.
Any Consecrated Host received in the hand is a sacrilegious communion, and that happens throughout the entire world everyday
Immediately after Vat ll, Confession was laughed at. Priests said they were bored with listening to our "laundry lists" of sins. I don't think my ecumenical new church even had confessionals. Had a basketball court right behind the last pew though.
I’m sorry that you don’t have good priests. We’re lucky we have priests that encourage confession and make themselves available all the time
Haven’t they recruited from South America in the US? Couldn’t they recruit to Ireland, as well?
What is the status of confession in the USA? In my experience, poor.
What's the point in publicizing the Eucharist if Communion is not worthily received? Why didn't the organizers of the recent Congress stress repentance and Confession?
Salve Australia down this path a little as some don’t have confessional so l go elsewhere Very sad that they don’t bother to help with deaf
Another detail to be considered is that mass attendance is extremely low in Germany, so if nobody is going to the Mass, they most certainly won’t be going to confession.
Anthony
Thank you for sharing the articles you do, and for your research. It is factual grounding in an environment where hyperbole has become the norm.
The Rhine flows into the Tiber
Thank you for spotlighting this story! It feels like the clock is ticking toward something very unpleasant! Even if enrollment increased 100% , there would not be enough priests to maintain the status quo. I blame progressivism and the rejection of Scripture.
Any "ordination' of women would mean invalid Eucharist which it a primary goal of the enemy.
We must unburden ourselves by what has been according to the teachings of the Ayatollah Kamala 🤗
😂 This made me spray coffee out of my nose this morning 😂 We need some humor in this dark world.
I have been to different parishes in my community for confession. A couple of years ago we would wait 2hrs to have our confession heard, and the line would wrap around the church into the foyer every 1st Friday of the month. Incredible! The priest would ask for help from other parish priests or retired priests. Now, after moving the priests around, the new priest put a time cap on 1st Friday confessions. So, when I know confessions are being heard and there start times, I show up 30-40mins early.
Just as I cannot recommend any of my young family members to join the U.S. Armed Forces at this point, nor can I recommend any young man to join any seminary except for the TLM.
Female ordination would be too big a jump to make, but i believe there is another solution: married parish priests. That would solve most problems here AND have historical precedent.
I don’t know that would solve any problems.
Not everyone carries their cell phone and I sometimes for get it, and some don't have a cell phone but the church is not as full now as it was before covid. Weekdays and Sundays.
Except St John Cantius in Chicago
Ok. YOU go enter Church Leadership
Can't. I'm married. Besides, it's not my vocation
@@ReturnToTradition there are special dispensations for married men.
I know a Priest who is married and has 3 wonderful children.
Where I live in the US the diocesan parishes each only have 1 priest and in half of those parishes the priests are foreigners. If it wasn't for an excess number of foreign priests, many of the parishes wouldn't have priests at all. However, there is a parish run by the FSSP in my area and it has three American priests. It's obvious what the problem is, young men don't want to be a priest and put themselves through dealing with these modernist bishops and laity nor do they want to perform the new mass. My brother want's to be a priest, but he said the only way he'll become a priest is if he can join a traditional order, which he is trying to do right now. He said there is no way he would ever be a diocesan priest, and I think he represents the attitude of most young men interested in the priesthood.
I was struck by this while listening today
16 But because thou art lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will begin to vomit thee out of my mouth.
The Holy Bible, Translated from the Latin Vulgate (Re 3:16). (2009). Logos Bible Software.
The Church is lukewarm and is being vomited out. So goes the Church, so goes the world.
How many discerners, or those who want to pursue vocation, are turned away from seminary before they even get there? You got data on this, Stine?
PS: Happy Feast of the Assumption to you all!
Lapsed Catholic here. Interested in going again but the papacy is chaired by a heretic. What does this say about the church and how do you think I should proceed?
Come back to the Church and Mass. We've had terrible popes before
Having a mortal sin on your soul, is there any other sacrament more important than the sacrament of confession? For a two week period this summer, local parishs had priests only saying Mass because of their vacations or health issues. I needed to have my confession heard! Went to another parish but was an eye opener for me and what may come.
Every report is dire these days
I think there also another factor. An that is far too many churches have been adopteding politics. Particularly the kind with a multi colored flag. Just about every church I come across expect one has that flag. And that flag is a very affective way of driving traditional Christians away. I go to the one with out it.
Simple answer, the Church should return to being Catholic, not run away form it. Orthodox dioceses, even with the Novus Ordo, draw seminarians. And the Latin Mass orders are also drawing vocations.
Thank you, God bless! 🙏 Amen. To me the letter you read is very alarming!
The Lord Jesus Christ will appear first to those who love His appearing. That moment will come quickly as our Lord has said, "Behold I come quickly."
With regard to Ireland, I can tell you in all honesty, if you are a traditionally minded young man, you will not be accepted into the priesthood, I know many who were refused on account of their traditional views.
@@jameswatson9641 how depressing.
@@bernieoconnell5515 Sadly, it is.
I'm not surprised to hear this. I was told that 30 men applied to enter seminary in Dublin but only one was accepted. What could possibly be wrong with the 29 not accepted? Half a dozen or even 10, but 29? The mind boggles....
I am deeply grieved. I converted to Catholicism. I was born and raised Episcopal. That church went off the tracks a few decades ago. It is now stunningly secular. There is a break away conservative church that tries to follow the older ways. But in the early 1990's when I left, there was no such outfit near me.
I have seen the same things happening here. I guess the radicals follow similar game plans. This is not the Church I converted into in 1994.
I believe that gates of hell quote that is frequently banded about is misunderstood. I don't believe the Catholic church is standing. It has been conquered by wolves in sheep's clothing.
I also believe it would be a sin for me to support such a corrupted and decadent organization. God opened my eyes, and since I do understand, I would be sinning if I remained.
I don't know enough to use the word sedevacintism. I do see that overt changes began with Pope John XXIII. I will just call it the corruption of the faith. If you want to call me names, have at it. Frankly my dears, I don't give a d***.
Is it lack of leadership or …. Lack of faith? Do many clergy even believe that Christ is the Son of God? Do they believe in the real presence? Do they believe- or even know- the basic teachings of our Faith? Do they have ANY kind of deep spiritual life themselves?