As my old Franciscan novice master used to say: the only end times you need to worry about are your own. And we're all facing our end times.

@praveenkumar-yo1xg

Жыл бұрын

What does it mean?

@GardenMinistry.

Жыл бұрын

Amén, this is why we should always be ready. ❤️

The best decision I ever made was to become a Catholic. It has made me a better woman, wife and mother💕 My greatest joy has been to be able to co-create with Our Lord through my marital union with my wonderful husband to make more in his image and likeness! Praise be Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and forever ✝️♥️🙏🕊🎉

@christinahhh3

Жыл бұрын

Alicia I feel the exact same way!!!💜🙏🏼 God bless you sister in Christ!!!

@johnharkness6304

Жыл бұрын

Wow, beautiful few lines 👍🏻❤

@VinNord

Жыл бұрын

It's not about the religion...religion won't save anyone, not your church, your pastors, your bishops, the pope, the priests, your good works, BUT by Jesus Christ alone....

@johnharkness6304

Жыл бұрын

@@VinNord We know very well the Lord Jesus saves, and only He. Tell us something we don't know. We also know He founded a Church (gospel of St Mathew) not churches, A Church. Cheers.

@christinemcguiness9356

Жыл бұрын

God bless you🙏

4:10 PLEASE DON'T add in dramatic music to these clips. I just want to listen to the discussion. Let the drama of the truth being discussed carry its own weight.

@aldo_0032

Жыл бұрын

or at the very least turn it down. You can barely hear the discussion.

@SuperZebezian

Жыл бұрын

@@aldo_0032 They really don't need to innovate with their format or how they upload their clips (in my opinion). I guess turning down the volume is an OK compromise if this is the direction they really want to go, but I'd rather just cut the music out entirely.

@irishman.

Жыл бұрын

agree 100%. It's completely distracting & Unnecessary.

@SuperZebezian

Жыл бұрын

@@SteubenThursday I appreciate the willingness to try new things. In terms of adding music, I'd abstain from it. Stitched-in related clips that add to the discussion are good, like at 2:05.

@gearoidmacamhlaoibh7424

Жыл бұрын

Yes, PLEASE drop the music -- it's really hard (maybe just for us oldies) to hear the discussion.

Not every catholic church follows the German bischops, there are pockets of churches who faithfully follow Our Lord. Not all German bishops agree with the others either...Pray for us...

@doneuplikeakipper6512

Жыл бұрын

Are you German?

@martinospitaletta8198

Жыл бұрын

The Catholic Church in Germany consists mainly of apostates and they preach the same as the Unitarian Universalists but using a more Christian language. The problem lies deeper: The Catholic Church markets her unity as a proof for her truth. But that unity between neoorthodox and liberal Catholics is an illusion for liberal Catholics are not even Christians. If Pope Francis will not act, the German church will fall completely into heresy. In Germany, there are 85% of bishops liberal promoting homosexuality.

@the2ndcoming135

Жыл бұрын

👉🏽🤴🏽

@the2ndcoming135

Жыл бұрын

@@doneuplikeakipper6512 🤣

@CrankyGrandma

Жыл бұрын

I feel like the Holy Father is exposing an evil that had been hiding in the shadows. The faithful in Germany now have to be stronger and stand for truth. Light and dark will become more obvious. It’s all purification. In what appears a heavy blow may actually be a blessing. His is purifying us.

“Therefore keep watch , because you do not know the day or the hour.” I had a great Catholic priest teacher who said “If you are picking weeds in your garden and someone comes walking down the street crying ‘THE END IS NIGH!’Just keep picking weeds.”

Hahaha, "think of Canada." "I try not to." As a Canadian, I appreciated that comment!

@sblyde1

Жыл бұрын

Guess I should have read the comments before I commented lol (see above). Looks like others noticed that one too. Maybe it's just because I've only been Catholic for just over a year-ish (officially anyway), but I have to say that little remark at 5:02 smarted a bit for me as a Canadian. We need Catholics in other nations to think of Canada and pray for us. The Church here is in a battle just as anywhere else on the globe, and the larger narrative in the media about the increasing liberalism and apostasy doesn't detract from the fact that the invisible Church and the Catholics who, as Ralph said, "know the voice of the true Jesus Christ," continue to wage that battle fiercely and daily. Please don't hear a rebuke here, simply a comment about how I heard Matt's remark and my initial response. Blessings to you.

@DWNY358

Жыл бұрын

Quebec, once a bastion of Catholicism, has now become one of the most secular, non-religious states or provinces in North America

Matt, Thursday & PWA team, I'm appreciating the editing effort being put into these more recent clip videos (stitching in, mixing background audio, etc.). It's not unnoticed! Keep up the good work.

@stephaniecarrico651

Жыл бұрын

Ha just came here to say I couldn't focus on the clip bc the music was too loud 😅maybe it was just me.

@melbatoast1315

Жыл бұрын

​@@stephaniecarrico651 same! Mr. Martin is too soft spoken for this loud music.

@mdw908

Жыл бұрын

@@stephaniecarrico651 I totally agree. Music is too loud.

@vujsa

Жыл бұрын

No need for the editing tricks, they're distracting.

@chrisvalenzuela7911

Жыл бұрын

I think the music is a little much and unnecessary honestly. Would be better without it imo.

Dear Matt, I’m Francisco from Portugal. Keep the good fight. I will pray for you and your family. Thank you for the good job!

I keep my eyes open for “signs of the times” but try to focus more on whether I’m ready to meet God face to face TODAY. After all, even if Christ’s 2nd coming is next week, I have no guarantee I’ll live to see it. In a way, our “end times” are a perpetual now.

I’m in England and I can confirm. - since I said it myself only the other day - that the Catholic Church definitely is becoming increasingly Anglican.

@stephenjohnson9632

Жыл бұрын

And just like the Anglican Church, it will go into schism. The faithful will be small in number and will join forces with the faithful of the Orthodox and Protestants while the fraudulent “Catholics” will join forces with the unfaithful Orthodox and Protestants.

@rg1whiteywins598

Жыл бұрын

But so is the orthodox church regarding divorce. Houston, we have a mess.

@CrankyGrandma

Жыл бұрын

Trust the Holy Spirit. We’ve survived massive and popular heresy before. There will be a small core of faithful who will then grow. All through history this has happened. But God prevails.

he is not wrong. These times call for full awareness and faith i am grateful for conversations like this. Thank you

My (great)grandparents thought it was the end of times during WW2 when they experienced Nazi persecution. Won't get worse than that.

@CrankyGrandma

Жыл бұрын

I fear it can get even worse than that. Which is terrible. But Christ is true even (maybe especially) in the darkness. The light shines in the darkness and the darkness cannot overcome it. But I think we will go even darker

the music makes it hard to hear the dialogue

I think Matt is having a conversion to a deeper level of the faith. I’m just getting that sense over the last little while. He has been a blessing for a long time. I appreciate this increased depth. Roll up your sleeves, here we go!

Ralph Martin sounds rather protestant in his approach. (discerning right from wrong instead of submitting to church authority)

Every day is the 'End Time' for someone. That's where the focus should be.

The music editing gave me goosebumps. Glad to see production touches like that on these clips!

When discussing the Great Apostasy around 5:02, Matt, when Ralph was pointing out places that used to be Catholic and have walked away, he said, "think of Canada," and you said quietly that you try not to. I'm a Canadian and chose to become Catholic in the midst of the first Covid lockdowns, and I need to gently (but perhaps a bit sternly) ask you to please think of us, and ask your viewers to think of us and pray for us. So many Canadian Catholics likely watch Pints with Aquinas, find freedom through STRIVE21, and seek the eternal continuation of Conservative Catholic values. I chose to become Catholic because the Church of Rome seems to be the only one that has the WHOLE truth, and the only one OFFICIALLY keeping its values intact, despite the fact that some deep cracks in some of the clergy's theological and philosophical solidity can be detected (including perhaps even the Holy Father's). I know it was maybe just a bit of a flip response on your part, but it hurt a little, and so I'll ask for you and your viewership to consider Canada and pray for her and the Church within her borders. We need your prayers as desperately as the Church in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. And I will pray for you as well, brother. Bless you for all you do to advance the faith and herald the coming Kingdom.

@elijah33smith

Жыл бұрын

15% weekly mass attendance in Ontario, sad. Canada, like many nations (France) is guilty of apostasy.

@mtmurime9907

Жыл бұрын

I will absolutely be praying for all of you. A whole half of my family is Canadian and continues to hold on to the faith. As long as there are faithful laity and priests (Fr. Mark Goring and his order are a good example) there is hope. God Bless you brother!

@jacobmatthew23

Жыл бұрын

Catholics are wrong bro

@DFSLJC

11 ай бұрын

I just converted this year from “born again” Christian to the Roman Catholic Church for all the reasons in your comment and I have all the same fears.

@DFSLJC

11 ай бұрын

@@jacobmatthew23lol… I’m going to reconvert then bro. Good lookin up

This was a very good response to the question. I find it comforting. We were made for these times.

Marvelous exposition from brother Martín, congratulations 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Amazing, as always!!! Thanks be to God for two of the people I admire most!! 🛐

Matt, I would love to see you get deep into the scriptures like Ralph described. (currently working on that myself)

Scary in some ways, but if we know Jesus and His voice, trust that we’ll be okay!!!

@Wonderpattypatty

Жыл бұрын

Amen!!! 💯🙌❤️🙏

Yes we are coming closer to the end! Jesus is coming soon. Jesus! I PRAISE you! Even as I’m struggling providing for my children. I will keep faith. I won’t allow the devil to manipulate my spirit. Please pray for me. Since covid I can’t seem to get back on my feet. I lost my job for declining the vaccine. I declined due to my health conditions. I suffer from lupus, and heart disease. I’m now waitressing and so thankful to be working but I’m not making nearly enough to get by. I have two beautiful boys both are autistic. I’m overwhelmed because they require so much from me. I recently started homeschooling them because they were having so many issues with bullying. I feel so alone. It’s only because of the kindness of strangers I still have a place to call home. I’m fearful because every month is a struggle to not end up on the streets with my boys. Jesus hear my cries I’m so tired of not being able to afford simple things like food and clothes for my children. I will keep faith I believe in Jesus and I know he will provide. Amen! ❤

@pattikoski2130

Жыл бұрын

Do you live in Maryland by any chance?

Excellent. Thank you.

I was an Episcopalian. I converted to the Catholic fairh. God either is or He isn't. Jesus is my Lord or He isn't. I know that my job as a Christian is to defend life. I know that it is my job to defend the Truth. One truth is that men are not women and women are not men. Prayer, Meditation and paying attention to what is written in the Bible is most important. There are 10 Commandments. God bless this site.

@praveenkumar-yo1xg

Жыл бұрын

Keep doing and bring more ppl to Christ

Yes we are all in the end times! We all get to meet our maker in less than 80 years give or take

The ad at the end 😂😂😂😂 very anticlimactic Thursday veeeery anticlimactic

Consider this…one of the arguments we Catholics have used against non-Catholics is that they want to be their own pope. They want to decide what is the truth, and what is not…are we now in the same position?

I love these conversations

The servent in the house must be ready for the return of the master, lest he get caught sleeping.

Excellent.

Ralph Martin is a very holy man. When Ralph Martin speaks openly about the state of the current Church like this then alarm bells better be going off in your head.

“The man of lawlessness” sometimes sounds like a general shift in the state of being for the common man than it is any individual

@anthonyhulse1248

Жыл бұрын

yes, there's always been lawless men, but it's more widespread now.

@steelytemplar

Жыл бұрын

​@Anthony Hulse I am skeptical of the idea that our society is more lawless than, say, the American West during the 19th century or the East End of London during the 19th and early 20th centuries, just to name a couple. We might be seeing more lawlessness in our local areas now than we have during our lifetimes in our own, but that doesn't make it uniquely bad. For that matter, I'm not even seeing any noticeable increase in lawlessness where I live, though I hear about it in places like New York City and San Francisco.

No music, please.

Good short video.. Sr. Martin Made a lot of sense in this video.. He didn't sugar code anything. 👍🏻☝🏻🫡🙌🏻🫶🏻👌🏼🕊🍞🍷✝️⛪️📖

We need true faith and deep courage.

Ralph sounds like a protestant. At 1:00 he says that we're going to have to decide who we can trust and who we can believe and who we can follow. Essentially, he's saying that we all have to become our own pope. We don't have to decide anything of the sort. The Holy Spirit has always protected, is protecting, and will always protect and guide the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. All we have to do is to follow the Church founded on St. Peter by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

I think Mr Martin's analysis is very Western centered. Just because the US is going through a rough time politically and socially, and the Church is having problems in the West generally, doesn't mean that we're in the end times. The Church is flourishing in big parts of Africa and Asia for example, and the kind of depravity we can observe in the West is not prevalent in other areas of the world. Jesus did the unexpected at every turn, and I wouldn't be surprised at all if the time of His return will play out the same way.

The easy Biblical answer is: it isn’t our business. Only God the Father knows the exact timing of the end. We aren’t supposed to obsess over the times. We are supposed to spread the Gospel to the ends of the Earth. If you want the end to come faster, share Jesus with someone today.

For the editor: The interspersing of relevant images and video clips could work, but I would definitely nix the background music. It's completely unnecessary and takes away from the conversational vibe that I've come to love from PWA.

I really like the touch of adding the clip from the Jesuitical podcast

Powerful

A good book on the end times is Lord of the world by Robert Hugh benson, I highly recommend it

Every generation seems to think we are in the end times. People during WWII probably thought the same thing.

@kingofcelts

Жыл бұрын

Hmm, I know what you mean and I sort of agree! However, there's a niggling in the back of my mind about the great apostasy. I'm at the half century mark in my life and the fall I've witnessed here in Ireland has been unbelievable, truly unbelievable. We were the first country in the world to actually vote in Abortion and that was just after Gay marriage. Now, we on the great trans train. My beautiful Country is unrecognisable..

@themonsterunderyourbed9408

Жыл бұрын

Revelations is a cycle.

@MonicaMoraal

Жыл бұрын

​@@kingofceltsGod commits abortions without consent if the wife has been unfaithfull to her husband, numbers 5:27-28

@sandraelder1101

Жыл бұрын

Yes but some generation is going to be right.

@angiew2324

Жыл бұрын

​@@MonicaMoraal That's a gross misunderstanding of Scripture at best, at worst it's an intentional manipulation of the Word of God in order to justify the evil of abortion. That said, even if it were true that God "commits" abortion, He is God! He has the authority to decide when someone lives & dies, as humans we do not unless it's in self-defense or defense of someone else - and an abortion is NEVER in self-defense or defense of someone else because that baby is an innocent party that had no part in any crime at all.

i think every generation since Jesus has thought this is it

@Jayce_Alexander

Жыл бұрын

But our generation is seeing it backed up by data and demographics. 😕

0:38 Can anyone tell me the name (and artist) of this painting.... it's beautiful

powerful

How do we save our children from choosing a homosexual lifestyle when Church leaders don’t back that up? I can only pray and sacrifice and leave it in Jesus’s hands. The amount of sadness we faithful feel is sometimes too much. We have to suffer it for Jesus though.

@themonsterunderyourbed9408

Жыл бұрын

Honestly, homosexuality isn't the worst thing anymore. Imagine the state taking your children away from you, pumping them full of hormones, making them sterile and chopping up their private parts and then brainwash them to hate you and God. Oh, you don't have to imagine it, it's already happening in some places.

@Klonkus

Жыл бұрын

Maybe don't be an overbearing mother and coddle your kids until they're 25

I love your videos, Matt! Love your guests. But the music was a bit distracting.

POPE BENEDICT XVI: Jesus “does not describe the end of the world, and when he uses apocalyptic images, he is not acting the prophet. On the contrary, he wants to stop his disciples of every epoch from being curious over dates and forecasts, and wants to give them the key to... the right road to walk today and tomorrow to enter into eternal life.” While Catholics believe the Bible is inspired by the Holy Spirit and that it is true, one cannot take individual biblical quotes or passages and say each one is literally true.”

Every day we come closer to the end. All we can do is practice faith and obedience in the face of adversity. But event X happening now doesn’t mean the end times any more than past events (some of them worse than what we ever experienced) are signs of it. Our Lord said nobody can know the day. So, when we are aware of our own failings, that is the time to repent. When we are aware of others failings, let us practice charity in response, remembering Our Lord’s words about beams and splinters.

@steelytemplar

Жыл бұрын

Amen! Concern about the "end times" profits us nothing in terms of our faith. There is nothing that the knowledge of coming "end times" would change in regard to how we should live our faith lives. Meanwhile, becoming overly anxious of the matter might actually cause our faith lives to suffer.

I am simply yours lord Jesus Christ ❤️🙏

I am a Canadian Roman Catholic. I am deeply disturbed by the comments at the 5 min mark. Are you both saying that the Roman Catholic Church is apostate in Canada? And, if you believe that, then " I try not to" (think of Canada) is a generalization which I find hurtful to this part of the Body of Christ. We are struggling each and every day to shine our Light to the world. Pray with us as brethren, yes, even to point out where we may be falling. But do it as Our Lord and Saviour did it for all. Respectfully, and with love, Patrick

@matthewcauthorn9731

Жыл бұрын

Come on hypersensitive, of course the Church in Canada in a large part is in Apostasy. Stand firm!

Return to authentic true tradition. Mv

As an Orthodox Christian, I pray daily for the restored unity of the See of Peter with Holy Orthodoxy.

Regarding the unrestraining of evil. It seems to have been happening for a while now, especially since the middle of the previous century, but there has been a profound change I think since just before the COVID-19 pandemic.

“For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes. But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pains. Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name. And at that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another. Many false prophets will arise and will deceive many. And because lawlessness is multiplied, most people’s love will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be proclaimed in the whole world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.” (Matthew‬ ‭24‬:‭7‬-‭14‬ ‭LSB‬‬)

Doesn't this indicate there's something to be said for "low-church" Christianity? These days it is the bureaucracy that seems to be getting in the way, as the high-church strains turn down paths I find myself unable to follow. As a US Protestant, I'm highly conscious of the deficits of my own tradition. I'm quite sympathetic towards Catholicism, I love the mass, and have thought of converting, but so few of my Catholic friends know their Bibles. The real dangers of Protestant fundamentalism aside, it is really a spectacular achievement of Protestantism to get Bibles available for anyone to read. Scripture is plain on the important things. We must believe this. It is my hope that we are moving towards greater ecumenicism to stand strong against the evil one. Really appreciate this channel and its content.

@whenpiratesattack

Жыл бұрын

You don’t convert or decide your fate on your friends’ deficient of faith or character. You enhance yours and bring them with you. Join the faith and join a layman order to help teach the Catholic truths to others from the Bible. God be with you.

Please no music. I stopped watching because it was so distracting. The show stands alone brilliantly. The bells, whistles, and music are not needed.

@michaelanthony4750

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. I couldn't concentrate on what they were saying.

@joelrobertsonmusic

Жыл бұрын

I thought it was great. I hope they keep it.

@Iceland874

Жыл бұрын

It’s only distracting if you allow it to be. What if our country falls to communism and they try to brainwash you? Be strong and learn to focus. God bless you. Deo gratias.

You are in the end times but not the one you think. It’s called your own personal apocalypse and it’s return is eminent. Life is short and it is shorter than you think.

God help us. Remove these false bishops and cardinals from your church keep us safe from Satan's plans.

Christ built His Church upon St Peter, not schismatics. This isn't just 2023, it's the 2023rd year of our Lord. Act like it. All the time. Also: nice edit.

a powerful point but playing epic music during a video to highlight the words of a speaker is a big pet peeve of mine

I affirm this word from Dr Martin. There is no doubt that the Church is splitting between those who are the faithful remnant and anti-church and anti-Gospel, creating their own Golden Calf. We know what happens after that.

So they got the gift of Tranfiguration. All of them. They were eating in a village outside Jerusalem and nobody knew in which house. :)) Amazing story. Great warriors. Absolutely great.

The music was really distracting

This is why we need to take care of the liturgy. In the Anglican church people divide into parishes based on the form of liturgy they prefer - unlike Catholic church the 'high' church tends towards liberal and the evangelical towards conservative. I don't like to even use these words, but I believe it's essential that we celebrate all forms of liturgy in a single parish. And keep dialogue and praying with one another going. It also concerns me that social media is a divisive force where theological / pastoral discourse disintegrates into a place where differences are emphasised . For sure there are important issues at stake but thank God, in England at the moment our parishes are holding together and I don't see what seems (on the basis of these kinds of programmes) to be happening in the US.

Clip’s still powerful without the added music 👍 I’m afraid lawlessness could go much further than now. History has horrifying examples. But there is definitely a turning away from Christ happening on an almost global scale. We are the salt of the Earth. But what happens when salt loses its saltiness?

Ralph..".i mean think of Canada " Matt..."oh,I try not to" Aahaahaha funny but true

@den8863

Жыл бұрын

“God keep our land, glorious and free.”

When our blessed Lord called us sinners, we went away changed, not our Lord.!

I’m not trying to start a fight, but I’m pretty sure you just made the case for Orthodox ecclesiology and against the absolute necessity of Rome’s inerrancy. “Anti-church” and “anti-Pope” seems like the theological get out of jail free card for when the inerrant church…is in error. 🤷‍♂️ and Matt’s a smart guy, he knows this and can see the move. He was asking the right questions.

@whenpiratesattack

Жыл бұрын

What do you mean by this? As the Pope being an ineffectual leader or something else?

Kindly said, I think it's a good idea to add backgroud music. Please keep in mind, however, to have the background music low, because it took away my attention from the vital speech by Ralph Martin. May God bless you all!

💙🙏💙

That was interesting, but the music was distracting. I checked to see if something was playing on my computer but realized it was you.

Wouldn't it be nice to have the simple teaching of the Augsburg confession that the true church is not an institution but is found wherever the gospel is faithfully preached and the sacraments properly administered? You guys seem like genuine Christians and it's encouraging to see our Catholic brothers and sisters coming more and more to read the word of God. Something protestants gave their lives for.

I wonder if another requirement that would need to bet met before the end times is union between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church? Or, at the very least we would come to the others' aid if needed.

Please drop the music

no offense but the music is not good. it is distracting imo. never thought some music would start playing on pwa lol

I find that the further our world descends into evil and madness, the stronger my faith in God becomes. I don't understand how you can lose faith in God while the rest of the world proves you can't put any faith in it. Thar being said, i still struggle with sin on a daily basis and pray I can overcome it.

What would the great apostasy look like, where infallible magisterial teachings are contradicted and new beliefs, under the guise of “development of doctrine”, are disseminated?

Whether we are in the end times or not we are in our end times, each of us is mortal and sinful and we should worry about that instead of the end of the world. People have been trying to predict the end of the world for hundreds of years. Also every heretical group in history has had an “ends times” apocalyptic angle to it. Just something to think about.

@Molly-sv9yn

Жыл бұрын

When things start accelerating we need to have the eyes to see what’s going on around us and to warn those in our lives.

Serious question: why can’t the pope excommunicate the German bishops and appoint new bishops who are not schismatic? Why can’t he excommunicate McElroy for rejecting Church teaching and appoint a faithful bishop? Why do we have to accept the schisms that weaken the faith of those who believe?

My greatest fear is that if the church itself has apostasy within it, myself and many others who desire to follow Jesus at any cost will not have the capacity, intellectual or otherwise, to discern truth from lie.

@rolandmartinez613

Жыл бұрын

That is a fear of mines as well.

@sblyde1

Жыл бұрын

"Intellectual or otherwise..." I assume by "otherwise" you mean the spiritual maturity and level of faith that nurtures the connection between the Christian and the Holy Spirit dwelling in him or her which enable the believer (intellectual or otherwise) to recognize the voice of the real Jesus Christ and differentiate it from the voices of the world, the flesh, and the devil. If that's what you meant, I might suggest that your "fear" here is a legitimate concern that came into your mind because the Lord wants His Church to be aware of the truth, to know it, and to speak it. Maybe you're being called to nurture that capacity for discernment in yourself and become someone whom others can seek help from in nurturing that capacity in themselves.

@steelytemplar

Жыл бұрын

The Church is protected from teaching error in its dogma. You will never find heresy in the Catechism.

@steelytemplar

Жыл бұрын

@@francikeen The vast majority of the authoritative and infallible teaching of the Magisterium is not in the form of Ex Cathedra Papal declarations. Church dogma is usually defined through Councils. As for the Catechism, St. Pope John-Paul II declared that the Catechism is a sure norm for the faith. So, if you want to go by Papal teaching on faith and morals, there you are. On a matter of faith and morals, the Pope said we were to follow the Catechism as a sure norm.

@steelytemplar

Жыл бұрын

@@francikeen No, Ex Cathedra is a very specific thing. There have only been two such declarations - the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Mother and the Assumption of the Blessed Mother. I don't know the formal requirements for such declarations, but I do known there have only been the two. Regardless, speaking on a clear matter of faith and morals, Pope Saint John-Paul II declared the Catechism to be a sure norm for the faith. That means we can trust it per his authority.

Don't trust, pray and we'll be okay.

O Canada! Our home and native land! True patriot love in all thy sons command. With glowing hearts we see thee rise, The True North strong and free! From far and wide, O Canada, We stand on guard for thee. God keep our land glorious and free! O Canada, we stand on guard for thee. O Canada, we stand on guard for thee. O Canada! Where pines and maples grow. Great prairies spread and lordly rivers flow. How dear to us thy broad domain, From East to Western Sea, Thou land of hope for all who toil! Thou True North, strong and free! God keep our land glorious and free! O Canada, we stand on guard for thee. O Canada, we stand on guard for thee. O Canada! Beneath thy shining skies May stalwart sons and gentle maidens rise, To keep thee steadfast through the years From East to Western Sea, Our own beloved native land! Our True North, strong and free! God keep our land glorious and free! O Canada, we stand on guard for thee. O Canada, we stand on guard for thee. Ruler supreme, who hearest humble prayer, Hold our dominion within thy loving care; Help us to find, O God, in thee A lasting, rich reward, As waiting for the Better Day, We ever stand on guard. God keep our land glorious and free! O Canada, we stand on guard for thee. O Canada, we stand on guard for thee. Us Canadians should sing the fourth verse more often. Maybe that would be a catalyst in saving the nation.

I’m a gay Catholic. (either way child of God) Straight people will never understand our plight. Understanding and mercy towards us, who are doing our best in our faith is necessary to save the souls of the same sex attracted.

@kwazooplayingguardsman5615

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Are you abstaining from the disorder that afflicted you or not? if so, you have my commendation and honor, if not, then I can only repudiate you.

The drama music is too loud. :) Have to reallly focus on what your guest says in order to hear him. Please turn it down a bit next time. Thanks !

God help us.

We must know our faith & adhere to it. We may not be able to trust our bishops. We’ll need to follow the teaching of the Church because the bishops will not live the faith. As in the days of Jesus when He said to do as the Pharisees taught from the “seat of Moses”, but not as they lived because they were hypocrites.

I just find it so hard to believe we're in the end times. Everyone around me seems to believe it, but that makes me think we're not. I really don't understand why it's so hard to believe

@christygarcia4843

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You don’t have to believe we’re in the end times. It’s more important to be ready for your own end and to help prepare others for their particular judgment. More souls for the everlasting kingdom of God!

@steelytemplar

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I don't see any reason to believe that we are in the end times. Looking at history and particularly Church history can really give you a sense that our era is not unique in presenting terrible trials for humanity and the Church. Imagining what it must have been like for Catholics during events like the French Revolution, the Black Death, or the Second World War, it is not hard to conceive of those times - without the benefit of hindsight - seeming to be the worst of all times. So, also, as we are concerned for Church and society, we can think about great and widespread heresies like Arianism and Protestantism. Or, for that matter, the tremendous sundering of the faithful between East and West in the Great Schism. It's easy to see our own era as the worst because we live in it, we know its evils well, and we don't have the hindsight to know how it all will turn out. But, in reality, we've faced great evils before and likely will again - quite possibly long after our own mortal lives have run their course. I see no reason that to say that, when Christ returns, humanity won't be travelling between the stars and living on many different planets. Or it could be tomorrow. I certainly don't know the day or the hour, following what Christ said about the subject.

@themonsterunderyourbed9408

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​@@edm-london1660 There's no such thing at "alt-right" anymore. Stop watching CNN. The MSM calls all Christians knotzees.

@lucdubras

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As Christy said, you don't have to believe it. We should approach this matter with great care and with prudence, it's doubtful whether we can check all the boxes yet. The Great Apostasy - maybe; on the one hand there definitely has been a massive loss of faith across the western world but don't forget: the Western world isn't the whole world. Unrestrained lawlessness - I think it can still get a lot worse and "persecution" so far has been relatively mild in the West, we know way harder scenarios than what we're seeing right now. I also couldn't point to a great number of false miracles at the current moment. I think we shouldn't underestimate the situation but also judge the circumstances critically and cautiously.

Ok, i do agree with Catholics Morals but Salvation if a Gift from God! You must receive the gift God has made for us!

There will be an intervention, all right.

Canada 😢 😢

The church may be the only people who hold on to the original church. It's hard to believe that Rome can fail and they sitting on top of all the Original writings of the apostles.

Not a Catholic, but amen

I would like to know the opinion of Ralph Martin on Benedict being that restraint? that`s what I´ve heard an historian to tell. Other say it is the mass, the holy sacrifice...

When cardinal McElroy is the bishop at your diocese ….

Music? 😂

Since 2000 yrs, we are at rhe End Times.