I love you Fr Mike. You’ve helped me tremendously on my path out of atheism, to the kingdom of God.

@jamesleodelacruz

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah join the squad

@pearlescobar9449

2 жыл бұрын

Hooray!😄

@UnOrthodox_Christian

2 жыл бұрын

Amen ❤️, how are you doing, Harrison?

@stephenyosef1731

2 жыл бұрын

i know it is pretty randomly asking but do anyone know a good website to watch new tv shows online ?

@alejandroxzavier5154

2 жыл бұрын

@Stephen Yosef flixportal =)

love this ~~~ St. Augustine: "When it comes to the Saints, we give them "dulia" which means honor, veneration. When it comes to Mary, we give her "hyperdulia" which is this even more honor and veneration. When it comes to God, we give him "latria" which is worship. And worship belongs to him alone. "

@whiskerandojoe

5 жыл бұрын

Worship is synonymous with veneration. When you are giving your attention to something and adoring it, and focusing on it more than God, that's idolatry

@Sera_Reading

5 жыл бұрын

@@whiskerandojoe no, it's not.

@onofrerigor3161

5 жыл бұрын

@jaylevin, apply WORSHIP sincerely only to God. Don't overdo Veneration attributed only to Mary and Saints. Your sincerity and intentions MATTERS.

@onofrerigor3161

5 жыл бұрын

Intentions.Matters: 1) Worship- To God. 2) Veneration-To Mary 3) Honor- To Saints

@onofrerigor3161

5 жыл бұрын

IDOLATRY is done overdoing something. Example: 1) HONOR a Saint by praying for him before a statue or picture, MENTALLY? 2) It becomes IDOLATRY when you pray, wipe the Statue with kerchief and even kiss it to be true.

I’m a Protestant moving towards the Catholic faith and this channel has been integral in stretching my mind / making me think and dig into His Holy Word. Love it.

@HonkyRythm35

Жыл бұрын

Same!

@mitchyoungandassociates

Жыл бұрын

Same here!

@empackmanmueller1725

11 ай бұрын

@tonyhector that is awesome! Father mike is amazing. I would recommend Scott Hahn, Jon bergsma, Keith Nester, Peter Creeft. The lambs supper by Scott Hahn is an amazing book, its a book about what the mass is. Also home with sweet Rome is a great book. Will be praying for you, as my wife who converted says "the catholic church is a treasure chest I've been searching my whole life". May God bless you abundantly and our holy mother draw you closer to him.😊

@HonkyRythm35

11 ай бұрын

@@empackmanmueller1725 I think I’m on my fourth week of going to Mass. I am trying to pray the rosary at least once a day and if the Lord keeps moving me in this direction my wife and I are starting the RCIA classes in September so that we can convert and take the sacraments.

@empackmanmueller1725

11 ай бұрын

@@HonkyRythm35 that is awesome! As you go to mass just observe the fullness of the mass. I would recommend scott hahn book the lambs supper. A book that details what the mass is. Also Keith Nester a convert has an awesome channel and talks about what to expect. Also his convert guide book is awesome. My wife a recent convert enjoyed it. Also Catholic answers website and app are awesome resources too. Godbless you and your family as you find the fullness and love of the Catholic faith. Keep us posted on your journey..godbless

It is such a pleasure to listen to a man who so clearly loves his profession! His enthusiasm is contagious!

@heismightytosave527

5 жыл бұрын

Jim Ivey can you answer me why would pope Benedict would have topless male dancers as his entertainment? Look it up if you like the testimony of pope Benedict, this is who he is, a pervert. Lord forgive them they know not what they do.....OR DO THEY???🙏🏻🙏🏻✝️🇮🇱🙏🏻🙏🏻

@DarkAngel-cj6sx

2 жыл бұрын

A calling and not a profession

@jimivey6462

2 жыл бұрын

@@DarkAngel-cj6sx Actually, both. He was clearly called and I heard rumors that the Church pays priests these days. He certainly “professes” the Good News.

@crossbearer6453

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimivey6462 the church gives allowances to priests for everyday necessities. They always did this. You should confirmed your rumors instead of spreading it as if it’s fact

@jimivey6462

2 жыл бұрын

@@crossbearer6453 I was making a pun on “professional” with the word “profess”. I believe humor is a gift from God that helps us cope with life’s challenges and helps us to share joy with one another.

When protestants claim that we "worship" Mary and the saints, they are claiming to know our thoughts and intentions, which they do NOT know. We Catholics worship GOD And we HONOUR Mary and the saints for their service to God and for the example they set for us to show us that we too can acheive holiness.

@auntbertha2077

4 жыл бұрын

@@thegospel1668 1. LUKE 1:48 tells us that all generations will call Mary Blessed. Which church calls her the BLESSED Virgin Mary, and treats her accordingly? Catholic or Protestant??? The answer is that We Catholics are doing what is right and what is Biblical. 2. We Can and do go directly to Jesus but Intercession of Mary and the saints is valid and Biblical: ➨ INTERCESSION OF MARY & THE SAINTS IN THE BIBLE: ... The Protestant claim that we are forbidden to speak to / pray to Mary and the saints is NOWHERE in the Bible. In fact, the following scriptures were copied (by me) directly from the Protestant version of the Bible: ... ➨INTERCESSION of a holy person on our behalf: ● JOB 42:8 8 Now therefore take seven bulls and seven rams, and GO TO MY SERVANT JOB, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and MY SERVANT Job SHALL PRAY FOR YOU, FOR I WILL ACCEPT HIS PRAYER NOT TO DEAL WITH YOU ACCORDING TO YOUR FOLLY; for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has. ➨INTERCESSION of MARY: At the wedding feast at Cana, it was Mary who asked Jesus to help the wedding party. ➨INTERCESSION OF THE SAINTS: Rev 5:8 The prayers of the Saints are offered to Jesus the lamb. ➨ JOHN 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. ➨The KING Honours his mother's request: ● 1 KINGS 2:20: Then she said, “I have one small request to make of you; do not refuse me.” And the king said to her, “Make your request, my mother, for I will not refuse you.” ● The Claim that Saints are among the dead, and we are forbidden to contact them is ALSI false: ➨SAINTS ARE NOT AMONG THE DEAD: They share in the ressurrection of Jesus: (Protestants attack Biblical saints while they follow dead reformers) ● LUKE 23 v 39-43...Jesus told the good thief "today you will be with me in paradise" ● REV 19 v 14...when Jesus returns he will be accompanied by his heavenly armies of saints. ● 2 COR 5 v 8...Paul tells us that to be absent with the body is to be with the Lord. ● JOHN 11 v 25-26...Jesus said I am the ressurrection and the life, he who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives, believing in me will never die. ● MATTHEW 27: 52 -53: When Jesus was raised from the dead Many were raised up with him. 53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. ● LUKE 1619-30 The story of the rich man and Lazarus show The Rich man, Lazarus and Abraham, all concious and interacting with each other even though they have physically died. ● REV 6:10 The souls of the martyrs are before the throne of God, crying out for justice. (they are conscious and actively petitioning God) ● HEB 12:1-3 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, ● MATT 17:1-13 ...At the Transformation of Jesus, he is seen speaking to Moses and Elijah, further showing that Holy ones of God are not among the dead. ➨HONOURING MARY: LUKE 1:48: All generations will call Mary Blessed. We Catholics are the ones who call her the BLESSED Virgin Mary and treat her accordingly. ➨NOWHERE does the bible permit protestants (or anyone else) to Scrutinize & monitor the prayers of other people, nor to judge their sincerity or their salvation. 3. "BORN AGAIN" We are "born again" through BAPTISM. The protestant belief that you must "ask Jesus into your heart" in order to be born again is nowhere in the bible, but the following scripture IS: ➨BORN AGAIN: How are we born again?:... ● JOHN 3:3-7 Jesus said, "Unless a man is born of water (baptism) & the spirit, he will not see the kingdom of God"

@auntbertha2077

4 жыл бұрын

@@thegospel1668 I'm going to repeat 3# here in case you didn't read all the way through my reply to you. ➨BORN AGAIN: How are we born again?:... ● JOHN 3:3-7 Jesus said, "Unless a man is born of water (baptism) & the spirit, he will not see the kingdom of God"

@auntbertha2077

4 жыл бұрын

@@thegospel1668 BTW, "The Gospel", Protestants did not produce the gospel, or the bible. BOTH came from the Catholic church many centuries before the Protestant revolt ever took place and both the gospel and the bible INCLUDE MARY Too. Furthermore, Jesus gave authority of his church to PETER (first Pope) Not to any protestant reformer: PETER Is head of the church: (not Luther or any other "reformer") ✦ MATT 16:13-19: Jesus gives keys of the Kingdom to PETER and builds his church upon PETER. ✦ ACTS 15:7-12: "After much debate had taken place, PETER got up and said to them, “My brothers, you are well aware that from early days God made his choice among you THAT THROUGH MY MOUTH THE GENTILES WOULD HEAR THE WORD OF THE GOSPEL AND BELIEVE." ✦ JOHN 21:15-19: Jesus tells PETER to "Feed my sheep" ➨The True Church is a TEACHING CHURCH: (To TEACH is to impart knowledge that is not oresently known....not in writing) ✦JOHN 14:26-31 26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall TEACH you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. ✦JOHN 16:14: "When the Spirit of truth comes He will guide you to all truth." ✦ Acts 8:26-40 King James Version (KJV) 30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? 31 And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him. ★★★

@auntbertha2077

4 жыл бұрын

@@thegospel1668 Forgive me if I doubt your claim that you know the true Mary of the bible, since the Protestant faith does everything they can to deny that she is even a part of the gospel story, that is recorded in the bible, but instead pretend that she isn't even there. Let me show you MORE scriptures that you skip over to make your claims: LUKE 1:24-49 God's own messenger, The Angel Gabriel greeted Mary with: "Hail full of grace (purity) The LORD is with thee" Grace is the pure state that God imparts to human beings by which we are saved. The LORD is WITH Her, but you ignore her anywhere, pretending that she has no part in the gospel and is insignificant, even though the bible makes it clear that GOD chose her. In these same passages, it tells us (LUKE 1:48) that "all generations will call her blessed" Which church calls her the BLESSED Virgin Mary, Catholic or protestant???? Queenship: Rev 12:1 A great sign appeared in the heavens, a woman clothed with the sun, the moon under her feet, and on her head a CROWN of 12 stars. (denoting queenship as she appears in the heavens) As you continue to read in Rev 12. you will see that this woman is the woman who gives birth to the male child that will rule the nations. The Child therefore is JESUS and so the WOMAN is MARY. Rev 12:17 The dragon wages war against the woman and protestants (who are following Martin Luther instead of Jesus) do the dragon's work. Jewish tradition tells us that the MOTHER of the King holds the title of QUEEN: King Solomon had between 700-1000 wives, yet his MOTHER sat on his right as QUEEN and she interceded between the people and the King. Solomon told his mother: "I will deny nothing to you. MARY is ALSO Mother of the King....a more powerful King than Solomon was and she holds that same position and also intercedes between the3 people and the King. I have ALREADY Shown you from the bible that you (claim to) believe in that her intercession and the intercession of the saints is valid and biblical. Skipping over the scriptures that you don't like does not give you accurate truth

@auntbertha2077

4 жыл бұрын

@@thegospel1668 ONE scripture does not "cancel out" ANOTHER Scripture, no matter how much you want it to. The ones I showed you ARE STILL VALID. Protestants believe the bible...,.......until you show them scriptures about Mary (and honouring her) Saints (and their intercession) confession, penance, good works, The Eucharist, Images that were used in the temples, etc etc etc. Then they stop believing and start arguing with what they are shown, and everything protestants attack can be found in the bible.

I just wanna say I'm not Catholic, I'm Protestant but I love your channel and despite our differences I see you all as brothers in Christ. As long as we agree that Christ is the only way and you only follow the Bible and no other doctrines, you're Christians and I refuse to let Satan divide us..

@juanespino2405

4 жыл бұрын

Theres a big misunderstanding actually but at the end of the day we follow god alone

@ignazioaffanni2987

4 жыл бұрын

This is the point :division is exactly what Satan wants.

@richardradice3391

4 жыл бұрын

if you want to no division then I'd have to ask, when will you be coming home?

@savedbygrace8867

4 жыл бұрын

Richard Radice stop praying to mary,stop telling your sins to a priest,stop eating a flour and water wafer and claiming it is the body and blood of JESUS,stop praying to statues,to the dead,stop praying rosarys to mary, JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY,not mary,not the pope,not your dead saints,not your dead relatives.

@Herberberber

4 жыл бұрын

@@savedbygrace8867 you non Catholics are so crazy.

I have friends and coworkers, even protestants, who when going through hard times have asked me to pray for them or to keep them in my prayers. I never turn them away or tell them to go and pray directly to God. On the contrary I will absolutely help and pray for them.

@franklinstahl3711

4 жыл бұрын

Are you the Jesse I know?!!

@johnjones8494

4 жыл бұрын

Are all your friends that ask you to pray for them alive? Because Mary and all the saints aren’t. Ecclesiastes 9:5 the dead know nothing

@franklinstahl3711

4 жыл бұрын

John Jones, the Jesse I know believes the Bible and Ecclesiastes like you and I.

@sillybearss

4 жыл бұрын

John Jones Isn’t our God is the God of the living? (Mark 12:27)

@johnjones8494

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! That’s my point. Praying to Mary or dead saints is in vain. They lived, died and were born in sin just like us.

I like to pray directly to Jesus. Yes, I can pray with someone for something but for myself, in my alone time, I pray to Jesus.

@M4th3www

2 жыл бұрын

We also pray to Jesus (in the meaning you're attributing to praying)! When we "pray" (I'm using quotes bc normally protestants do'nt know the right meaning) we're asking for the intercession to come to Jesus

@colten7484

2 жыл бұрын

@@M4th3www where in scripture does it say to "ask for the intercession to come to Jesus?"

@M4th3www

2 жыл бұрын

@@colten7484 Hello my friend, Saint Paul talks about intercession in Ephesians 6:18-19, 2 Thessalonians 3, Colossians 1:9 and so on. If you read the original passages in greek (the language the New Testament was written) he uses the word saints, precisely what we do. also, Remember: 1 intercession means praying for one another, when I ask for someone to pray for me (a canonized saint for example) I'm asking for his intercession. 2 the Bible came through the Church, not the contrary. One can use the Sacred Scriptures to defend heretic positions. All the heresies were created utilizing the Bible. That's why the Church founded by Christ, upon Peter, and guided by the Holy Spirit, defines what is right about some theological topics. If it wasn't the Church, Christians would defend nowadays that Jesus wasn't divine, these was the heresy of the Arians (who used only the Scriptures to base all of their interpretations). However, the Church saw this heresy and pointed out. In the end, if you base all your interpretation in the Bible, without the magisterium guided by the Holy Spirit, you'll have a problem defining what is the right or wrong interpretation. Hope I have helped, if not you can always read the Catechism of the Catholic Church, there you'll have the all the teachings and their base in the Bible.

@prince2132

2 жыл бұрын

@@M4th3www For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus. 1 Timothy 2:5 There is only one mediator bro. It's Jesus Christ himself. Our prayers are to the Father. Think of how Jesus taught us to pray. No person who died was able to hear our prayer. They do not have any special power to hear our prayers like Jesus. God said I will not give my glory to anyone. The Holy spirit gave glory to Jesus only because he is the God.

@megan1445

2 жыл бұрын

@@M4th3www Taken up to heaven she did not lay aside *this saving office* but by her manifold intercession continues to bring us the *gifts of eternal salvation...* Therefore, the Blessed Virgin is invoked in the Church under the titles of Advocate, Helper, Benefactress, and *Mediatrix!* [CCC 969] Saving office and gifts of salvation? What!!! Mediatrix is a feminine form of “mediator.” The Catholic church claim Mary mediates the Divine grace. Well, the Word of God says this about our Mediator: For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, *the Man Christ Jesus,* (1 Timothy 2:5) NKJV Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. *No one comes to the Father except through Me.* (John 14:6) NKJV

Father Mike - Thank you. As a Protestant getting closer to crossing the Tiber, this was a great explanation. Furthermore, it is perfectly consistent with all other Catholic explanations I have discussed or read, again giving credence to the Catholic stance.

@Nolongeraslave

2 жыл бұрын

What about bleeding and crying statues? What about Eucharistic miracles? I am sure these things are more, much more and they carry an air of deep deceit. Good luck across the Tiber.

@maxwellstevens9562

2 жыл бұрын

Christ gave us an example of prayer in Matthew 6:9-13. Christ is the utmost perfect example of living life by the Spirit. Christ prayed directly to the father, not to abraham, or moses, or king david, but to God Himself. The term "saints" in the bible defines a righteous person. Christ is the one who interecedes for us Romans 8:34. Christ defeated death, but the saints did not. Praying to saints for intercession is praying to the dead. Hebrews 4:16 says we have access to Gods throne of grace to receive mercy and help in times of need. 1 Timothy 2:25 says ONLY Christ is the mediator between God and men. Therefore mary, agnes, patrick, etc. cannot mediate for us. Hebrews 7:25 says “He is able to save completely those who come to God through Him, because He always lives to intercede for them”. The bible is explicit about people on earth praying for them, but there is not ONE verse in the bible asking for the prayers of those in heaven. The bible says nowhere that "saints" can hear our prayers in heaven. The bible DOES say that when a necromancer conjured the spirit of the prophet samuel he said “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?”. Praying to saints is idolatry.

@joshua2400

Жыл бұрын

@@maxwellstevens9562 Agreed with the premise that Christ is our mediator between God and man, and the best part is Jesus is the eternal God AND fully man thanks to His coming through physical birth God is our mediator 😊 its one thing to ask someone to pray for you like a friend or loved one, but we are not praying to them so that they may intercede, as God is our intercessor 😊

@maxwellstevens9562

Жыл бұрын

@@joshua2400 is the Virgin Mary omnipotent? Did she gain the power to hear everyone’s prayers and see everyone when she entered heaven? Only God is omnipotent. When did Mary or any of the other “saints” receive that power that only God has? Never.

@maxwellstevens9562

Жыл бұрын

@@joshua2400 asking a friend to pray is one thing because they’re physically here with us. A Saint can’t hear everyone’s prayers like God can. Saints and the Virgin Mary are not omnipotent. There is too much glorification for the righteous men and not enough for the ONE who made them righteous.

My father's 2 dogs escaped and my dad was very, very distraught. I prayed to God and to St. Anthony to intercede and ask our Lord Father Jesus Christ that my dad's dogs be found. My dad found him the next day and called me and told me it was like a miracle, because Harley was on his way to a main road. Only one was found and I pray that the other is found soon, but it was been 2 months. But I believe that St Anthony indeed intercede for me and asked Jesus about my dad's dog. And God graciously allowed my dad to have his Harley back. I hope wherever Chevy is, he can get back to my dad, or at least know what happened to him.

Thanks for explaining this so well! Protestants are always confused by this aspect of Catholicism and honestly I find it hard to explain to them even though I was born and raised in the holy mother church

@Richardcam1989

3 жыл бұрын

you are confused by the catholic system

@UnOrthodox_Christian

3 жыл бұрын

I feel like a lot of times in the Catholic Church there is a tendency for its leaders to just expect people to follow traditions before explaining why things are the way they are

@littleterra9777

2 жыл бұрын

@@UnOrthodox_Christian it is simple just like a child growing up and its parents teaches it with good things and bad things and when they are old enough they can finally understand and know why

@UnOrthodox_Christian

2 жыл бұрын

@@littleterra9777 yep. We are given a solid foundation and the time to learn and understand things because everyone works at a different pace

@littleterra9777

2 жыл бұрын

@@UnOrthodox_Christian exactly now you have answered the question you yourself couldn't answer there you go😊

Father did a great job here. As a convert to the Catholic faith, I would also clarify the term "pray." Because Protestants don't pray to the saints, they have lost the secondary meaning of "pray" in their vocabulary. Because they only pray to God, praying is automatically only equated with latria in their minds. So if one says, "Pray to Mary, she will help you." They interiorly (at least) stiffen with horror at what is being suggested. However, Catholics always use and understand the meaning of the word "pray" (in whatever grammatical form), when referring to the saints, as its possible second dictionary definition and that is "to ask." Most Protestants have heard lines from Shakespeare at some point in their life. They would do well to recall hearing the expression, "I pray thee....", which today we would say, " I ask you..." Catholics have simply retained the secondary use of "pray", where as, Protestants have not.

@23lESHt0WN12

3 жыл бұрын

As I started reading your comment I stopped at just the first sentence you wrote. Matthew 23:9 is all I’m going to say. Big Catholics red flag....

@marcosadrian20

5 ай бұрын

Your committing idolatry, there’s no scientific or gramatical way to explain it, you kneel before idols of people that have long passed way, you pray to these things, you hang images and statues of them in your house yet you try to justify it by making new words

@brockbrewer1721

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much. I’m a Protestant who has been learning about Catholicism. My main thought holding me back was the topic of “praying to the saints” Fr. Mike and your comment very much helped me wrap my head around this topic with a new outlook

@user-sd8vy1yb4r

24 күн бұрын

you are full of lies. you don't pray to mary or the saints, you pray to God alone.

I'm always amazed at the things people believe about Roman Catholicism. Someone even accused me of praying TO the Pope! They didn't really believe me when I explained that no, we pray FOR the Pope. Of course, there is always the anti-Mary thing. So many believe Our Blessed Mother was just some random girl.... as though God would not have taken care in creating the woman who would birth and raise His Son! Now THAT'S just crazy talk, in my opinion.

@Prancer1231

6 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, some of them actually think we worship the pope. Many of them do, in fact.

@quickrat3348

6 жыл бұрын

Many religions and ideologies need a common enemy, which is usually depicted as evil, usually almost cartoonish, with lies. Communism and fascism, for instance, did this against liberal democracy. Protestantism is based on the belief that the Catholic church is evil. It is quite difficult to remove this from the main Protestant denominations. However, it rarely happens the other way around. Never heard a Catholic priest saying "Protestants are Devil's tool because they hate St. Mary". However, in my experience, there are many Protestants that are just normal Christians, that do not feel anti-Catholic, but just brothers. Which is how I feel, by the way.

@onofrerigor3161

5 жыл бұрын

Lard, the Almighty God Bless you always. Keep up. You are on the right path to the LORD.

@philb7675

5 жыл бұрын

I've encountered the same thing. I've seen people refer to the Blessed Mother as a witch, an idol or even a "doorway" through which Christ passed. Unbelievable. They refuse to listen to facts. Instead they are firmly entrenched in their hatred of the Catholic faith.

@heismightytosave527

5 жыл бұрын

Phil B why do you think we hate you truly I pray all Catholics read God word, it will set you free from doing good work to get to heaven, IT IS FINISHED AT THE CROSS!

I question Catholacism like any honest Catholic, but the argument that we worship saints has always blown mind. Ask any knowledgeable Catholic if they worship saints and you will hear a resounding NO. But Protestants insist and insist that we do for some reason. If a Catholic says they don't worship saints, they don't. That's it. Nobody can accidentally worship something, so why continue to push this point after you have heard EVERY competent Catholic deny saint worshipping?? Worship comes from the heart and soul and is completely intentional. WE DON'T WORSHIP SAINTS!

@user-ew8tf3qp3o

5 жыл бұрын

Jerrieme Stebbins this link is full of lies

@wakeupcall8188

5 жыл бұрын

Jerrieme Stebbins Brother do your self the favour Read bible Read Church Father’s Read catechism Go to Holy mass Ask with open heart Then come back and we talk You don’t have to apologise God bless you on your journey to truth

@julestaylor6145

5 жыл бұрын

Simple Man then take them out of the place you worship, it would stop a lot of arguments, and just to be on the safe side, I know I am. Glory toGod

@wakeupcall8188

5 жыл бұрын

Jules Taylor Sister problem is this you are not on safe side because they are only in your head heart and mouth as material we worship and for that reason material for judging us without checking what is truth While in our places for worship they are just reminders or decorations as God commanded to decorate temple and Ark of Covenant So please sister give god all glory and come back to his Church to be one as Jesus prayed for us God bless

@MsPinklady75

4 жыл бұрын

Satan always instructs his followers to lie when non Catholics ask questions!

To be religious as children of God, Jesus Christ commanded us to love one another - not to fight and destroy each other.

@jameswilliams4950

5 жыл бұрын

That is easier said than done.

@onofrerigor3161

5 жыл бұрын

Jonathan, I'm a Catholic and very proud to be, because God is always with me.

@onofrerigor3161

5 жыл бұрын

Poor Jonathan, DON'T JUDGE SO YOU WON'T BE JUDGED. (pity the creature like you)

@onofrerigor3161

5 жыл бұрын

Jonathan, DON'T TRY TO DESTROY religion by hating them. BETTER LOVE THEM, TO FOLLOW GOD'S COMMAND. UNDERSTOOD?

@user-ew8tf3qp3o

5 жыл бұрын

Jonathan Soko stop lying

I love catholic people with all my heart I have catholic family i love as well.

@savedbygrace8337

3 жыл бұрын

Why ???

@pammiesingkho1786

3 жыл бұрын

Same here-- Mahal na Mahal ko lahat ng catolico even those Christians whose hearts is much like Mother Theresa n Poon Nazareno. 😃💕💕💕

@barbaradelpino4020

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for loving ❤ us Catholics instead of being a hater. Lots of hating and disrespectful anti-Catholics out there 😒 ...

@danielrodriguez5165

2 жыл бұрын

Just say you love people in general. Catholicism eventually leads into Santeria for most people and they call it tradition.

@joshuajohnson118

2 жыл бұрын

@@barbaradelpino4020 Very true. The world needs a lot less hate and division, and a lot more love and union with each other.

Fr. Mike. I have found your videos to be very educational and informative. I'm a Presbyterian, and I know very little about Catholicism, and you've helped me understand Catholic practices and doctrine that is often misunderstood by protestant denominations.

@ibachmike3

7 жыл бұрын

Ben Mello misunderstanding is a misnomer, purposely misconstrue is closer to the mark.

@fpp144

7 жыл бұрын

Ben Mello and you have picked a great person to educate you. Few are as good as him. Also check out Mark Hart. Another great speaker who if you do NOT laugh while watching his talks, not even Jesus can save you....(just kidding! Although Truth be told Mark Hart is very funny)

@allanlindsay8369

7 жыл бұрын

Ben Melo, greetings Ben, not only Catholic practices and doctrine "misunderstood", but purposely twisted and warped to suit certain agendas and make traps for fools. How the Catholic Church has stayed the pace in the face of relentless persecution, misinformation, unmitigated attacks and hate, is a miracle in itself substantiating Our Lord's words, "The gates of Hell will never prevail". Blessings and peace.

@robertanic7799

7 жыл бұрын

why not praying to God directly, as if saints are better listeners than God or God will have more mercy if you pray to saint? I pray to Father or Jesus Christ always.

@purplelme928

7 жыл бұрын

Robert Anic, Fr. Mike is explaining what we believe as Catholics. All believers/followers of Christ are our brothers & sisters in him. Our family in heaven can intercede/ pray for us, just as we ask our earthly family & friends pray for us when we ask. He is trying to dispel misconceptions that other Christian denominations think about our Catholic practices. God bless you!🙏🏻

Man, I see truth and purity in your eyes. Thanks for shining Christ the way you do. God bless!

Keep fighting the good fight, Fr. Mike! Excellent explanation on the subject matter! God bless! 🙏

Thank you as a Catholic I appreciate this!!! God is good!!🙏

@cardora1967

2 жыл бұрын

Christians pray to the Crist son of the living God . sorry but catholics are just praying to the pope .Research the holy word of God you'll see

@Aguir_99

2 жыл бұрын

@@cardora1967 once again misinterpretation reading the Bible wrong is a sin so please stop it.

@thekid6244

Жыл бұрын

@@cardora1967 Catholics are Christians, all are Christians it doesn’t matter what church, if you truly believe in god with all your heart and believe Jesus died for your sins, you are a Christian

@keekee6464

Жыл бұрын

@@Aguir_99 it's not misintertation. Mike goes around what the Bible plainly teaches. He's got a very enthusiastic personality. That's great veery nice and persuasive but I've read the Bible around 40 times..the Bible teaches that you speak and ask directly from the source not to go around through others to ask him or encourage him.. It never says that, not once. Mike is misguiding his followers. And THAT is wrong. Feelings do not matter - God's plain words do. Are you going to stand before Mike, Pope or Mary?? Nope God himself. Pray to Him only. In plain English. I say this because I care and all in a respectful tone ❤️🙏

@noahgaming8833

Жыл бұрын

@@keekee6464 John 20:23

I am from Poland. This is the simplest and the best explain this subject i ever met. Very good job.

@trebor650

5 жыл бұрын

Ciesze sie ze potwierdzasz wartosc nauczania tego kapłana.

@noelserrao9680

5 жыл бұрын

Read Exodus 20:20

@jaystreet4004

5 жыл бұрын

Except the bible says that the dead saints cant hear prayers.

@user-ew8tf3qp3o

5 жыл бұрын

Jerrieme Stebbins where?

@pelayocampeador3896

4 жыл бұрын

Bóg z tobą

I remember a good friend of mine told me an analogy to tell people if they accuse us of worshiping saints and or Mary. Say you went to a concert. At that concert there was a musician playing, say, the trumpet. It is beautiful and at the end you along with the rest of the audience give your applause. But who do you applaud? The musician or the instrument? It should be the musician. In the analogy God is the musician and the saints is the trumpet. God/the musician works through the saints/trumpet. Without God/the musician the saint/trumpet is just an ordinary person or piece of brass. Now Jesus, Jesus is a singer. He is a musician working through himself.

@fpp144

7 жыл бұрын

Joseph Christian yes I am planning on being a priest. Thank you brother. I will pray for you as well 😁😁😁

@fpp144

7 жыл бұрын

tim spangler I have not seen that video of which you are talking about. Would you please send me a link?

@Evija3000

6 жыл бұрын

Except when it's Stradivari violins :D Although even then we'd have no idea how good they are without a musician. :D

@samnikole1643

6 жыл бұрын

no you dont worship them! You just pray to them and count 53 hail maries because you are too stupid yo pray directly to God? Who are you lting to pagan? Did you know your confession boot is bagan babylonian? Your rosary is pagan hindu, yoyr mary is actually the pagan " queen of heaven" that God hates! and your stupidity to believe that a fake church member can slap you and you recieve the Holy Spirit of God? Are you insane or just too lazy to think on your own? Do you realize satan is making a fool out of you? And you are completely stupid to buy this garbage?

@allanlindsay8369

6 жыл бұрын

Future Priest Patrick, greetings, and incidentally I hope you are sincerely en route to the priesthood and make for a Holy Priest (as your name seems to suggest), a Priest overflowing with the Holy Spirit. Our Lady told one Saint what Joy her Divine Son has prepared for his faithful Holy Priests, is beyond all imagining, so go and unhesitatingly and Joyfully grasp your vocation with open arms; this life is little more than the blink of an eye and is over before you know it! Then I would like to add this, God in his infinite Love and having created the human family turns the Church itself into a Universal Holy Family, he provides a loving Mother in the form of Our Blessed Lady and his great and faithful followers become our very own Brothers and Sisters in Christ, his Love knowing no bounds then allows for such brothers and sisters as they would in any "human" family to help their siblings by prayer and powerful intercession. What family is not richer for having a Loving caring maternal Mother and Loving caring brothers and sisters? Any Church without Our Blessed Lady is akin to a family without a Mother. Those who deny Our Lady and the Saints have not grasped the extent of God's Love and care, indeed they attempt to essentially curtail it and in doing so deny themselves access to a part of his everlasting Love and they are all the more poorer for having done that.

Wow! I'm protestant but ive never heard such a great explanation

@invincible4554

3 жыл бұрын

Apostolic Nuncio to Kekistan why are you Protestant? Why are you catholic? Jesus did not come tot bring religion but he came to brine the kingdom. 2 different thing.

@invincible4554

3 жыл бұрын

Apostolic Nuncio to Kekistan I know but the church was not to be a religion.

@GOD_IS_GOOD_AMEN

3 жыл бұрын

@@invincible4554 LM10 is my favourite player!!! And I have a quick question for you, and that is, can you give me an explanation about the kingdom? Because we as catholics believe in that.

@publiusii4246

3 жыл бұрын

Same I'm an atheist that grew up baptist and I was reminded just recently of the question I had as a child upon hearing the story of the golden calf and why the catholics were worshipping idols. Decided hey I have the internet now I can find out.

@GOD_IS_GOOD_AMEN

3 жыл бұрын

@@publiusii4246 glad you want to find out, and I am happy to tell you we catholics do not worship idols because we only worship God!

Feels like a lot of people are anticatholic these days. Really sad

@mikeykanstenpoyy6523

3 жыл бұрын

Catholicism is paganism do your research instead of relying on people baby feeding bs stop being lazy

@pidersman1017

3 жыл бұрын

@Kevin The patriot Not necessarily, though there are many branches, u must see WHY they seperated in the first place. But of course, it takes study and time

@cvb79

3 жыл бұрын

Kansnan Poyy just literally proved your point perfectly 😂 What are they doing on Catholic videos? GO AWAY! This isn't your space. You're not going to change anybody's mind here, all you're doing is trying to start arguments and spread lies and hate. EVERYTHING you said is false and we don't care what untruths you've been told. I think we know our own religion better than you do.

@mikeykanstenpoyy6523

3 жыл бұрын

@@cvb79 Jesus taught us to call out fake prophets and frauds I believe in Jesus and not mother mary which is what catholic’s believe please study before attacking me

@cvb79

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikeykanstenpoyy6523 Don't you dare try to tell me about my own faith. You are so misinformed. Do some research.

Thanks Father Mike for your insights on saints.Our catholic saints performed heroic virtues in the faith.The best analogy I have ever heard of catholic saints came from a Jewish convert the catholic faith! He explained that in America saints are like baseball players who were elevated in the Baseball Hall of Fame.Players excelled at their postions in baseball and righty so honored for their achievements the same way the catholic church honors it's saints for excelling at their faith.

@ernestflores9352

5 жыл бұрын

for real the hall of fame stick to scripture

@alecg.8401

4 жыл бұрын

Why do you call him father? I was raised Catholic for 25 years. Nothing in the Bible says this. Nothing says to pray to Mary. Jesus said pick up your cross and follow him. Repent and have faith in him and you’ll be saved. Study scripture. Not man

@SaintCharbelMiracleworker

4 жыл бұрын

@@alecg.8401 You mean the Bible that the Catholic Church gave to the world? Why do you trust the CC to choose the correct gospels, letters and epistles to put in the Bible but not for anything else? You are ignorant of the English language, scripture, the history of the faith and Catholicism. Raised Catholic doesn't mean you knew anything about the faith as you have clearly demonstrated. What do you call your biological father, surely you don't introduce him as "my father" as that is that what God forbid"? This is what happens when heretics interpret Sacred Scripture in a vacuum. Priests in the old testaments were always the father of the house. If you look up the meaning of "pray", there are two meanings, one is to ask, which is what we do when we ask the Saints to pray for us. Protestants think praying and singing is worshipping God, its praising and communicating but it's not worshipping God, most Protestants worship a book given to them by the Catholic Church. The only way of worshipping God is through the Mass (Catholic) or via Liturgy (Eastern Orthodox) everything else is an anathema.

@stephen_a3733

4 жыл бұрын

Alec G. Another analogy I would like to use is “think of the saints as a sports “coach” a coach gives you advice (the saints diary’s and letters) a good coach works with you and helps you hone your skills, a good coach leads you down the path to success, and a good coach tells you what you are doing wrong.” The saints are our “coaches” in this short pilgrimage in this big world to help lead us to our salvation.(as well as scripture which is where we get our teachings from) And i also think it is important to study both scripture and the saints. But most people don’t simply because of the lack of catechesis.

@darthlinathegreat7489

4 жыл бұрын

Alec G. You are not a Catholic my church teaches us that Mary and the saints intercedes for us, and i believe in what my church teaches not this false doctrine of hate against my Savior!

Again, as a protestant, I am enormously grateful for you commentaries. I am still not in total agreement with prayer to saints, but I think it is a huge misunderstanding when Protestants claim that Catholics worship saints. I totally agree with you there.

@Prancer1231

6 жыл бұрын

Saints are no different than prayer partners. The saints in heaven are righteous. The prayer of a righteous man availeth much. It's the body of Christ. The Bible says to make intercessions for each other. Christ is the mediator but we are to make intercessions. That includes Mary and the saints and their prayers are more effective because they are perfected.

@joshuabenton3785

6 жыл бұрын

You know, I never thought about it like that. So the idea is a righteous person's prayer overcomes much? And being these saints are perfected, they are more righteous than us, making their prayers more effective? Interesting. Is that why many people pray to the saint rather than to Christ, fearing their prayers will not be treated in the same way as, let say, Mary's?

@jemuzu0944

5 жыл бұрын

@@joshuabenton3785 oh yeah he never replied.

@unknowninfamous2346

5 жыл бұрын

RefusesCookies if you know the bible, what say Luke 11 27-28 when He replied ? Matthew 12 46-48 when told his mother and brothers were outside wanting to speak with him. He never put anyone on a pedestal except the Father. We know the only way to the Father is directly through Jesus and nobody else. So if you truly understand the bible, it’s the true followers of Gods will that are the saints. Not people canonized by a denomination. The church of Christ are the believers not a building.

@josemiguelramos4487

4 жыл бұрын

So catholic’s don’t worship Saints, but do they worship Mary?

Excellent! Love this short & beautiful explanation! Thank You JESUS!!

I went to a Catholic Church for the first time last night. And it felt familiar although I hadn't been before. I would be what you would call Protestant. I actually went to an Seventh Day Adventist Church but ended up separating myself from them as I disagree with some of their beliefs. I'm now neither Protestant or Catholic, but as of late I have been drawn to Catholicism. So only time will tell what will be. God bless all.

@cyrusdipper-ra461

4 жыл бұрын

You might as well study history and theology of both sides. RCC and Protestant but to specific Reformed Protestant theology because there are atleast hundreds or even thousands of protestant denomination on which just appeared after Roman Catholic protestants came into existence. It is very important to consult the bible when trying to see or understand if a certain religion or denomination is a true church and if you have some questions about Roman Catholic Protestants you can directly pm me onfacebook and we can discuss about a few things here and there. Godbless you and may Gods grace be with you on your search for his glory 😇

@Jordan-1999

4 жыл бұрын

@@cyrusdipper-ra461 Thanks for the offer, but I believe the Catholic church to be the true church. Infact it was the only Christian church until protestantism came and separated us all. God be with you brother.

@Jordan-1999

4 жыл бұрын

@@thegospel1668 Never give up seeking truth. Truth is found in Jesus our Lord and I will cherish the knowledge till my last breath. I've been to Church a few more times for mass. I have never taken part personally in communion as of yet. To my surprise I found out that Catholics only Worship God. I have never seen anyone personally worship any statues. Only time will tell, as there seems to be two sides of the same coin at play here. On one side you have Protestants and non Catholics view on Catholicism and on the other side you have Catholics view on Catholicism. My search continues in seeking God. God bless.

@Jordan-1999

4 жыл бұрын

@@thegospel1668 So you're not religious? If you're not religious, then what are you? I'm personally a Christian and a Christian is what you call someone who follows Christ... and that religion is called Christianity. But also like you I believe the truth is found in Jesus and I believe the word of God to be true. If you're not religious, then do you not have a Bible? Since non religious people follow their own thing. Or do you mean that you're just non denominational? I'm genuinely interested.

@Jordan-1999

4 жыл бұрын

@@thegospel1668 Ok that's interesting. I always thought theology was important because so many people tend to interpret verses differently. Also do you go to Church?

I just want to say that I’m so happy I found this channel. I’m a very devoted Catholic, but my Father and step mother are both just Christian. Their reasons for not being Catholic involve thinking that we worship saints. It has been very hard for me to hear their complaints about the Catholic faith. This channel makes me feel so much better and not so alone. Thank you 🙏

@Tbird5500

4 жыл бұрын

Catie Cat catholic are christians

@angelosophy

11 ай бұрын

You do worship saints. Hindus use the same logic to justify their idolatry. You bend your knee to blocks of wood and stone. Read Jeremiah. You dont contend with my words here.

Thank you Father Mike, from one mike to another. Father Mike represents the present future of the church. Serious, energetic, and most important having fun and laughter, while, living within the light of the Lord. Thank you for this easy explanation, for what seems sometimes a difficult question.

@obeyjesus1973

6 жыл бұрын

Michael de los Santos Hello, Christ said don't call anyone father (Matthew 23:9) please don't call him that

@user-dj1ck1sr1f

9 ай бұрын

1. Moses erected a Temple/sanctuary according to the pattern shown to him by God. The representation/ shadow of Heavenly Temple in which Jesus ministers ( Exodus 25:8)( Hebrews 9:1-2) Indeed there were statues in the temple of cherubims in the Most holy place and people could not see them, only the high priest once a year. The Cherubims represented the real/ live ones in heaven . The whole purpose of that temple was for sacrifices to cleanse peoples sins. When Christ came, the veil was torn and declared it is finished, no more sacrifices. This alludes to the fact that those statues no longer apply after Christ death. Jesus has fulfilled all what was represented by them. This means that a reference to the old Temple statues as a basis for statues in the Christianity world after the cross is on wrong footing. John 2:19-21 Same way when Moses made a bronze snake (Numbers 21:9), This pointed to Jesus (John 3:14) so when He died on the cross, our eyes are on a Living Jesus not a statute of Jesus. Israel had back to back rebellions against God concerning worshipping idols, Hosea 4:17. Idolatry is a sin that God had been whipping Israel for. Are we spared??? 2.Veneration of the so called saints and their place as mediators significantly removes Jesus form the intercessory role ( Romans 10:8, 1 John 2:1-2, Hebrews 8:1-2, 1Timothy 2:5. So any removal of Holy things or Person that God ordained replaced with anything = Sacrilege= idolatory (Romans 2:22) In addition, the place that the statues occupy and serve is that of the Holy Spirit responsible for bringing the heavenly atmosphere at a place where true worship occurs ( John 4 : 23-24). Again this is Sacrilege. ie Statues So anything that replaces a Holy thing or individual is an idol. King Josiah ( 1 Kings 23:1-7) destroyed all statues in the Temple and God was pleased with Him. Idolatory is a sin that renders one to be eternally lost ( Revelation 21: 8, Rev 22:15, 1 Corinthians 6:9)

Fr. Mike you are an absolute delight. Your words are so clear and to the point. Your smile and goodwill make all your words carry weight that cannot be replicated by a dull, dry lecturer. Praise God for your gift of teaching.

Your analogies have always been brilliant and so easy to understand, Fr. Mike.

I love this. A truly passionate and interesting lesson

"DON'T JUDGE SO YOU WON'T BE JUDGED." I'm a Catholic and attest to the fact - that I ADORE, PRAISE AND GLORIFY GOD BUT NOT THE SAINTS. We ask forgiveness of our sins to God but not to saints. Yes we honor the saints and also seek their intercession for our needs, but we dont adore them. Question: Do you adore your picture hanged on the wall? Not of course. We display our pictures on the wall as remembrance but not for adoration. Please dig it farther.

@reflexionesdelabiblia6711

5 жыл бұрын

It says to judge with righteous judgement. To be sure to stoo doing whatever the sin is before you tell another not to do it. It also says "are you not your brother's keeper?" Meaning we are to help one another not fall into sin or to help pull them out of it.

@migueljaime7079

4 жыл бұрын

How certain are you that that painting is not just some demon in disguise? That's why we should only worship in spirit, statues, paintings, are of this world like it or not. Blessings and I hope truth will find you soon

@Richardcam1989

3 жыл бұрын

Jesus is your intermediate, not mary. You are fooled by the catholic system. Please repent from it. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of ANY thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

@st.martinlutherofwittenber5523

3 жыл бұрын

Prayer is a form of worship.

@littleterra9777

2 жыл бұрын

Why do you protestant always contradict with our beliefs? God also governs us not satan and not you

You're so awesome Fr. Mike! You are a beautiful painting created by God, and by complimenting His painting, I am only praising God all the more!

Thanks for this message. It helped me out a lot. God bless!🙏🏼

Thanks Fr.Mike for this video, I have shared it with my colleague who was a former catholic , but now has joined Born Again group, so whenever he asks me any doubts ,I send him a link of one of your explainer videos on Catholic faith and beliefs. God bless you Fr. Mike

@cardora1967

2 жыл бұрын

Christians pray to the Crist son of the living God . sorry but catholics are just praying to the pope .Research the holy word of God you'll see

@Aguir_99

2 жыл бұрын

@@cardora1967 Catholics do not pray to Mary as if she were God. Prayer to Mary is memory of the great mysteries of our faith (Incarnation, Redemption through Christ in the rosary), praise to God for the wonderful things he has done in and through one of his creatures (Hail Mary) and intercession (second half of the Hail Mary).

@Aguir_99

2 жыл бұрын

@@cardora1967 now you do your research and may god bless you and open your eyes to the truth and misinterpretation is a sin.

@user-dj1ck1sr1f

9 ай бұрын

1. Moses erected a Temple/sanctuary according to the pattern shown to him by God. The representation/ shadow of Heavenly Temple in which Jesus ministers ( Exodus 25:8)( Hebrews 9:1-2) Indeed there were statues in the temple of cherubims in the Most holy place and people could not see them, only the high priest once a year. The Cherubims represented the real/ live ones in heaven . The whole purpose of that temple was for sacrifices to cleanse peoples sins. When Christ came, the veil was torn and declared it is finished, no more sacrifices. This alludes to the fact that those statues no longer apply after Christ death. Jesus has fulfilled all what was represented by them. This means that a reference to the old Temple statues as a basis for statues in the Christianity world after the cross is on wrong footing. John 2:19-21 Same way when Moses made a bronze snake (Numbers 21:9), This pointed to Jesus (John 3:14) so when He died on the cross, our eyes are on a Living Jesus not a statute of Jesus. Israel had back to back rebellions against God concerning worshipping idols, Hosea 4:17. Idolatry is a sin that God had been whipping Israel for. Are we spared??? 2.Veneration of the so called saints and their place as mediators significantly removes Jesus form the intercessory role ( Romans 10:8, 1 John 2:1-2, Hebrews 8:1-2, 1Timothy 2:5. So any removal of Holy things or Person that God ordained replaced with anything = Sacrilege= idolatory (Romans 2:22) In addition, the place that the statues occupy and serve is that of the Holy Spirit responsible for bringing the heavenly atmosphere at a place where true worship occurs ( John 4 : 23-24). Again this is Sacrilege. ie Statues So anything that replaces a Holy thing or individual is an idol. King Josiah ( 1 Kings 23:1-7) destroyed all statues in the Temple and God was pleased with Him. Idolatory is a sin that renders one to be eternally lost ( Revelation 21: 8, Rev 22:15, 1 Corinthians 6:9)

Now a ask: WHY not Hate Other? Because 1) We Love God. 2)We love our Family. 3)We love our neighbors. 4)We love all the Creation of God. 5)We love Heaven.

@jemuzu0944

5 жыл бұрын

Love love love. Do you know him?

@manfromrome7710

4 жыл бұрын

Charooot!!! Haha..

@allcrisdevera6610

3 жыл бұрын

@@manfromrome7710 Pilipino ka?

@manfromrome7710

3 жыл бұрын

@@allcrisdevera6610 oo

So amazingly put! Thank you so much Father!!!

God bless you! I was a bit lost for a while there. This has helped put a lot into perspective. Thanks be to God!

I'm an ex Protestant and have been Catholic now for 4 years. I find that there are a lot of Protestants that really don't understand, nor attempt to understand, the beliefs of the Catholic church. I also find that there are many that want to call out Catholicism as a cult and we are not true believers. It is vital that we deeply understand and zealously defend our faith. For it is under attack from all sides, even from our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ.

When we pray for others, we are not functioning as mediators, but as intercessors. It is not the same thing.

Thanks Father Mike so much, this is the best explanation I have heard so far

This was amazing. Thank you 😩

The best explanation I've ever heard on this topic.

@jamesleodelacruz

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah

Love the painter/ painting analogy... right on Father!

Oh Thank you so much father Mike!!!🙌🏽...I have learnt sooo much about our faith...I was so excited when I discovered you contribute to the success of the hallow app! Thank you again🥺🥺

Thank you, Fr. Mike! This has helped me explain more about the veneration of the saints to our children! God bless!

@angelosophy

11 ай бұрын

Veneration is a synonym for worship. If you bend your knee to lifeless blocks of wood and stone, you are committing idolatry. Read Jeremiah if you dont believe me.

Pretty message. I am a radical Catholic from Nigeria. This are exactly answers I am always ask to give in my community as a Catechist. And thank God Bible has answer to all.

@cardora1967

2 жыл бұрын

Christians pray to the Crist son of the living God . sorry but catholics are just praying to the pope .Research the holy word of God you'll see

@MsDianachick

2 жыл бұрын

@@cardora1967 The way they have to over explain is a huge red flag. Going around in circles…”yeah it says to not create graven images…but the church decided it was okay” 🤦🏽‍♀️

@michaelreyes8182

2 жыл бұрын

Where in the written Biblical evidence for infant baptism, baptism by sprinkling, prayers for the dead and to the dead, the canonization of saints,, limbo, the celibacy of the priesthood, the sale of indulgences, the worship of images, the rosary, the immaculate conception, Mary as meadiatrix, Mary as the mother of God, the assumption of Mary, the perpetual virginity of Mary, the observance of Sunday, Lent, auricular confession, among other things? The answer is found in the Roman Catholic view of tradition.

@crossbearer6453

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelreyes8182 I can rebuke and prove all you’ve written but I’ll sum it up. Scripture alone and by faith alone came with Protestants who changed the Bible to fit their viewpoint. Not Catholics. The early church ( which was Catholic) Brought about the Bible. On what authority??? Apostolic accession You can continue to watch some Catholic videos for more understanding Hope this helped

@michaelreyes8182

2 жыл бұрын

@@crossbearer6453 to your first comment, I wish you could. I'm not so proud I can't receive a good rebuke. But the fact is, papal doctrines CANNOT stand on Scripture alone thus, the need of 'traditions'' propped up by ''Apostolic accession''. Did you know that the written Word mingled with (traditions) was strongly condemned by our Lord at his first coming? It's true. The Jewish view of tradition in the days of Christ was composed of three interconnected elements. In their view, there was an original Deposit of truth revealed by God which was composed of two sources: [1] The written revelation and [2] The unwritten traditions. At first the written revelation was given a position of higher authority than the unwritten traditions, but in the course of time the unwritten traditions were placed on the same level as the written Scriptures and in the time of Christ, the unwritten traditions had assumed a position of even higher authority than what Moses actually wrote. Read Mark 7. Thats just a sample of the tradition's Christ had to meet, always rebuking them (traditions) referring all back to the Written Word. One could say with confidences..Our Lord believed and taught ''solo scriptora'' by these constant rebukes of traditions, why? Because traditions have a way of trampling on the written word. Notice.....(Mark 7) 5''Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with un washen hands? 6'' He answered and said unto them, Well hath Isaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. 7 ''Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men''. 8 ''For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men''.. My brother the papal view on the traditions todays is exactly that of the Jews! Would you like more evidences?

Revelation 5:8 speaks about elders in heaven handing out prayers to the feet of the lamb which is Jesus

This is AMAZING!!!! thank you sooo much!! 💙 I thank God for you.

@user-dj1ck1sr1f

9 ай бұрын

1. Moses erected a Temple/sanctuary according to the pattern shown to him by God. The representation/ shadow of Heavenly Temple in which Jesus ministers ( Exodus 25:8)( Hebrews 9:1-2) Indeed there were statues in the temple of cherubims in the Most holy place and people could not see them, only the high priest once a year. The Cherubims represented the real/ live ones in heaven . The whole purpose of that temple was for sacrifices to cleanse peoples sins. When Christ came, the veil was torn and declared it is finished, no more sacrifices. This alludes to the fact that those statues no longer apply after Christ death. Jesus has fulfilled all what was represented by them. This means that a reference to the old Temple statues as a basis for statues in the Christianity world after the cross is on wrong footing. John 2:19-21 Same way when Moses made a bronze snake (Numbers 21:9), This pointed to Jesus (John 3:14) so when He died on the cross, our eyes are on a Living Jesus not a statute of Jesus. Israel had back to back rebellions against God concerning worshipping idols, Hosea 4:17. Idolatry is a sin that God had been whipping Israel for. Are we spared??? 2.Veneration of the so called saints and their place as mediators significantly removes Jesus form the intercessory role ( Romans 10:8, 1 John 2:1-2, Hebrews 8:1-2, 1Timothy 2:5. So any removal of Holy things or Person that God ordained replaced with anything = Sacrilege= idolatory (Romans 2:22) In addition, the place that the statues occupy and serve is that of the Holy Spirit responsible for bringing the heavenly atmosphere at a place where true worship occurs ( John 4 : 23-24). Again this is Sacrilege. ie Statues So anything that replaces a Holy thing or individual is an idol. King Josiah ( 1 Kings 23:1-7) destroyed all statues in the Temple and God was pleased with Him. Idolatory is a sin that renders one to be eternally lost ( Revelation 21: 8, Rev 22:15, 1 Corinthians 6:9)

Perfectly explained. Thank you Fr Mike

Bowing, kissing the feet of, and prayer are forms of worship. When you do these things you go beyond veneration, and are worshiping the saints. My problem with praying to the saints is that Jesus specifically taught us how to pray. And when he taught us how, he said to pray to God the Father. Not Mary. Not the Saints. Just God the Father.

@tietosanakirja

6 жыл бұрын

Also when Cornelius kneeled in front of Peter. Peter told him to get up, saying: "I'm only a man like you". [Apostols 10:26]

@danwotsa4522

5 жыл бұрын

Correct I agree with you brother👍

@morelmaster

5 жыл бұрын

tietosanakirja No, the Bible says Cornelius fell at Peter's feet and "worshiped him" Not the same as what you said at all.

@canthandlethetruth2055

5 жыл бұрын

yes Jesus is not the Father. worship only the father. if you worship Jesus who was a man then your committing. Blasphemy

@morelmaster

5 жыл бұрын

Can'tHandleTheTRUTH Well, right from the birth of Jesus he was worshiped, "As soon as the Magi laid eyes on the infant Christ, “they bowed down and worshiped Him” (Matthew 2:11). And another example, Just after Jesus amazed the disciples by walking on water, “those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, Truly you are the Son of God"(Matthew 14:33). You need more examples? Are you a Jehovah's Witness by chance?

Wait, you’re telling me those 33,000 non denominational churches with a motivational speaker in an empty room with Christmas lights is explaining why his church looks the way it does?

God bless you Fr Mike! Big love from the Big Apple🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Thanks, great explanation, and may God bless you.

Unfortunately, Father, many of the false impressions that those anti-catholic people (I was one for 20 years before I saw the truth of Catholicism) carry around come directly from poorly catechized Catholics. I also think that there are some of those other poorly catechized Catholics that are in error and do pray TO saints. Example: St. Anthony. People pray TO St. Anthony to help them find things. They do not ask St. Anthony to pray to Jesus that they find the thing, but to help personally. And when the item is found, they thank Anthony, and not Jesus. Again, St. Micheal, DEFEND us in battle. We seek MICHEAL' S defense from him. We are not asking him to pray for us. And we are not asking Jesus to send Micheal. Our faith is so amazing and beautiful, and I thank you, Father Mike for doing your part to clear this up.

@kimfleury

7 жыл бұрын

Saint Anthony is my best human friend who isn't Divine or Conceived without Sin. Yeah, I ask him directly for his help, with recognition that he's only allowed to help me by the grace of God. It all comes from God. The same with asking St. Michael to defend us...which is only asking him to carry out the mission God gave him, after all. Consider the line in the St. Michael Prayer, "And do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, *by the power of God*, cast into hell satan and all the evil spirits that prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls."

@Grumpy27n23

7 жыл бұрын

KA Fleury and you have proven my point.

@berwynsigns4115

5 жыл бұрын

Yes we pray to saints. Why is that wrong.

@outdoordad1656

5 жыл бұрын

As a Protestant, my grief with the idea of Saints is two-fold. I understand that Catholics do not consider what they do praying to Saints (in many cases) but I do. If I pray to Saint Anthony and some one in China prays to Saint Anthony, he could not hear those prayers unless he was in two places at the same time. That is omnipresence, which is a characteristic I reserve for the Lord alone. My second grief is that I consider all Christians that have passed to be Saints. I cannot earn Sainthood. I gain Sainthood via my salvation and justification in Christ. But that ultimately is the division between us! Thank you all for being respectful and welcoming in this discussion. God bless.

@jesuslovesyou-mattsmith1502

5 жыл бұрын

Pray to Jesus directly not some saint

Thank you Fr. Mike. I have been Lutheran all of my life, and believe we are the closest of the protestants to our Catholic brothers and sisters. I have lately thought a lot about Mary, mother of God. Although we acknowledge her in our liturgy and other things, I wish we did more to honor her. Maybe I'm not comfortable with 50 Hail Mary's for the 5 mysteries right now, but I feel we don't give enough praise to her, her life, and her sacrifice when she hsd to see her Son on that cross sacrificing himself for all of us. Please think of me and pray I get more clarity, I dont believe I would do myself harm being a bit more Catholic, but the thought of changing at my age is a bit scary and a daunting task. Thank you for your time.

@alonzor557

7 ай бұрын

The Catholic church is the church that Jesus Christ established

So very much enlightening, Father Mike. Thank you for your words.

@user-dj1ck1sr1f

9 ай бұрын

1. Moses erected a Temple/sanctuary according to the pattern shown to him by God. The representation/ shadow of Heavenly Temple in which Jesus ministers ( Exodus 25:8)( Hebrews 9:1-2) Indeed there were statues in the temple of cherubims in the Most holy place and people could not see them, only the high priest once a year. The Cherubims represented the real/ live ones in heaven . The whole purpose of that temple was for sacrifices to cleanse peoples sins. When Christ came, the veil was torn and declared it is finished, no more sacrifices. This alludes to the fact that those statues no longer apply after Christ death. Jesus has fulfilled all what was represented by them. This means that a reference to the old Temple statues as a basis for statues in the Christianity world after the cross is on wrong footing. John 2:19-21 Same way when Moses made a bronze snake (Numbers 21:9), This pointed to Jesus (John 3:14) so when He died on the cross, our eyes are on a Living Jesus not a statute of Jesus. Israel had back to back rebellions against God concerning worshipping idols, Hosea 4:17. Idolatry is a sin that God had been whipping Israel for. Are we spared??? 2.Veneration of the so called saints and their place as mediators significantly removes Jesus form the intercessory role ( Romans 10:8, 1 John 2:1-2, Hebrews 8:1-2, 1Timothy 2:5. So any removal of Holy things or Person that God ordained replaced with anything = Sacrilege= idolatory (Romans 2:22) In addition, the place that the statues occupy and serve is that of the Holy Spirit responsible for bringing the heavenly atmosphere at a place where true worship occurs ( John 4 : 23-24). Again this is Sacrilege. ie Statues So anything that replaces a Holy thing or individual is an idol. King Josiah ( 1 Kings 23:1-7) destroyed all statues in the Temple and God was pleased with Him. Idolatory is a sin that renders one to be eternally lost ( Revelation 21: 8, Rev 22:15, 1 Corinthians 6:9)

Made me understand past misunderstandings. Gives me great joy. Praise Jesus!

Fr. Mike, what happens after we die? I really want to know. Do we immediately go to judgement or do we sleep until Jesus' return?

@michaelcorbalis9860

7 жыл бұрын

I believe the Church says that we're immediately judged, but I'm going to give this a thumbs up because I'd love to see this video.

@loganweber7488

7 жыл бұрын

TheLHShowChannel ultimately, we don't know because we haven't died. We know that Jesus speaks of a cleansing fire, like refining gold, which is where we as Catholics believe in purgatory. Purgatory is that "place" if you would like to call it, where we are cleansed of our remaining sins, where we are perfected so to speak; only those who are sinless can enter the kingdom of heaven. But I am only a pre-theologian, and I have much to learn, and I would be interested to see what Fr. Mike has to say too. hope this helps, peace.

@allanlindsay8369

7 жыл бұрын

TheLHShowChannel, greetings. Carefully study of Our Lord himself often provides the answer to many questions, so when hanging on the cross he said to the Good Thief, "Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise." Therein lies your answer. Though we can construct a theological debate if Paradise is truly Heaven or a precursor, but what does any of that matter? You are with Our Lord - you need for nothing else.

@johnmckenya828

7 жыл бұрын

TheLHShowChannel I pray the latter

@d.h.5407

7 жыл бұрын

TheLHShowChannel Each of us judged immediately upon death (particular judgment). see the Catholic Catechism online.

God alone Is Whom we worship and we Catholics do that and I agree with Fr. Mike. Thank You Jesus!

Thank you, I have been searching for the answer to the questions you answered. Amen.

@myahlevy2269

3 жыл бұрын

Roman Catholics attempt to “bypass” these clear Scriptural principles by claiming they do not “worship” Mary or saints, but rather that they only “venerate” Mary and the saints. Using a different word does not change the essence of what is being done. A definition of “venerate” is “to regard with respect or reverence.” Nowhere in the Bible are we told to revere anyone but God alone. When forced to admit that they do, in fact, worship Mary, Catholics will claim that they worship God through her, by praising the wonderful creation that God has made. Mary, in their minds, is the most beautiful and wonderful creation of God, and by praising her, they are praising her Creator. For Catholics, this is analogous to directing praise to an artist by praising his sculpture or painting. The problem with this is that God explicitly commands against worshiping Him through created things. We are not to bow down and worship the form of anything in heaven above or earth below (Exodus 20:4-5). Romans 1:25 could not be more clear: “They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator―who is forever praised. Amen.” Yes, God has created wonderful and amazing things. Yes, Mary was a godly woman who is worthy of our respect. No, we absolutely are not to worship God “vicariously” by praising things (or people) He has created. Doing so is blatant idolatry. Prayer is an act of worship. When we pray to God, we are admitting that we need His help. Directing our prayers to anyone other than God is robbing God of the glory that is His alone.

Wow!!! Perfect explanation, Perfect sense!! Thank you, may God continue to guide you 🙏

Brothers and Sisters, let's be UNITED in Adoring, Loving and Praising God forever-as members of ONE CHURCH. AMEN.

@UglyKidJoe-xn3gm

5 жыл бұрын

Tats all we need..Amen.. Emmanuel 🙏

Amen. Im proud to be a catholic Ave Maria

@Richardcam1989

3 жыл бұрын

God loves the humble.

@Odo-so8pj

3 жыл бұрын

Praise God. Not Mary.

@ryanbasel9986

3 жыл бұрын

@@Odo-so8pj catholics do not worship mary, friend. when will you learn

@Odo-so8pj

3 жыл бұрын

@ChristoFascist 69 If only I was just talking about Ave. 🙄. We're not bound by the law but I are called to take head of it.

@Odo-so8pj

3 жыл бұрын

@ChristoFascist 69 No I was disappointed that he didn't say Praise God our father. Or thank you Jesus You know bible stuff. Catholics seem to worship saints and Mary more than Our father and Christ. They most certainly prioritise Mary when it comes to praises.

Fr. Mike Thank you so much for this video. It was really informative.

Thank you so much for explaining that so succinctly! So blessed!

Giving honor and respect to someone doesn’t mean praying to them god is the one with the power

@NevetsWC1134

2 жыл бұрын

What does praying mean

This video is extraordinary. I always have long discussions with my Protestant friends; they believe that we blaspheme against Jesus when we ask for any saint's intercession. Thanks for the clear explanation that we neither do worship nor substitute Jesus' mediation with the saints'. God bless you.

@cfG21

4 жыл бұрын

Proof of intercession of saints Hebrews 12:1-2 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. Matthew 18:16 15If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. 16But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ Other passages that takks about the same as the two verses Matthew 26:65 Luke 24:48 Acts 1:22 Acts 2:32 Revelations 5:8 shows the saints bring our prayers to God stating "8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints" Revelations 6:9-11 shows dead saints pleading for live ones stating "9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled." Revelations 12:10-12 shows dead saints talking to the people of earth saying how Jesus conquered the devil saying "10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. 12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time." The saints cry out in unison in heaven in Revelations 19:1-8. Luke 15:7,10 Jesus said that the Angel's and saints in heaven are aware what happens on earth stating "7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance." Luke 20:36 says that saints are equal to the angels stating "Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection." 1 Timothy 2:1 talks about INTERCESSIONS AND PRAYING FOR each other by stating First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people James 5:16 also talks about preying g for each other and confessing Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working Ephesians 6:18 Colossians 1:9 Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 Are other examples of praying for each other. Tobit 12:12-15 talks about asking others who intercede to God for you by bringing your prayers to God When thou didst pray with tears, and didst bury the dead, and didst leave thy dinner, and hide the dead by day in thy house, and bury them by night, I offered thy prayer to the Lord. 13 And because thou wast acceptable to God, it was necessary that temptation should prove thee. 14 And now the Lord hath sent me to heal thee, and to deliver Sara thy son's wife from the devil. 15 For I am the angel Raphael, one of the seven, who stand before the Lord It is clear by the scriptures that God allows others to pray to Him for you because we still ask God directly for help.

@matthewr1900

4 жыл бұрын

The Biblical definition of a Saint is a follower of Christ. When they pass away, they go to Heaven. There is no Biblical evidence that they can even hear us. Prayer is only to be directed to God, as deceased people cannot see or hear us.

@myahlevy2269

3 жыл бұрын

Roman Catholics attempt to “bypass” these clear Scriptural principles by claiming they do not “worship” Mary or saints, but rather that they only “venerate” Mary and the saints. Using a different word does not change the essence of what is being done. A definition of “venerate” is “to regard with respect or reverence.” Nowhere in the Bible are we told to revere anyone but God alone. When forced to admit that they do, in fact, worship Mary, Catholics will claim that they worship God through her, by praising the wonderful creation that God has made. Mary, in their minds, is the most beautiful and wonderful creation of God, and by praising her, they are praising her Creator. For Catholics, this is analogous to directing praise to an artist by praising his sculpture or painting. The problem with this is that God explicitly commands against worshiping Him through created things. We are not to bow down and worship the form of anything in heaven above or earth below (Exodus 20:4-5). Romans 1:25 could not be more clear: “They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator―who is forever praised. Amen.” Yes, God has created wonderful and amazing things. Yes, Mary was a godly woman who is worthy of our respect. No, we absolutely are not to worship God “vicariously” by praising things (or people) He has created. Doing so is blatant idolatry. Prayer is an act of worship. When we pray to God, we are admitting that we need His help. Directing our prayers to anyone other than God is robbing God of the glory that is His alone.

@christsum1

2 жыл бұрын

@@myahlevy2269 St. Augustine: "When it comes to the Saints, we give them "dulia" which means honor, veneration. When it comes to Mary, we give her "hyperdulia" which is this even more honor and veneration. When it comes to God, we give him "latria" which is worship. And worship belongs to him alone. " They are not dead, as @Schyler Jariel said, They are alive with Jesus. With all due respect Myah, please read and do your research first, try exploring the early church fathers and their letters. God bless.

@MsDianachick

2 жыл бұрын

@@christsum1 See, you don’t even understand what happens after death according to scripture. Once we die, in the Bible it says we know nothing. How can we even intercede after we die, when we “know nothing”?

Thank you Fr. Mike for making the concept about saints and the various aspects surrounding it crystal clear to me/us . Your answer to one question answered many of questions. 🙏

@user-dj1ck1sr1f

9 ай бұрын

1. Moses erected a Temple/sanctuary according to the pattern shown to him by God. The representation/ shadow of Heavenly Temple in which Jesus ministers ( Exodus 25:8)( Hebrews 9:1-2) Indeed there were statues in the temple of cherubims in the Most holy place and people could not see them, only the high priest once a year. The Cherubims represented the real/ live ones in heaven . The whole purpose of that temple was for sacrifices to cleanse peoples sins. When Christ came, the veil was torn and declared it is finished, no more sacrifices. This alludes to the fact that those statues no longer apply after Christ death. Jesus has fulfilled all what was represented by them. This means that a reference to the old Temple statues as a basis for statues in the Christianity world after the cross is on wrong footing. John 2:19-21 Same way when Moses made a bronze snake (Numbers 21:9), This pointed to Jesus (John 3:14) so when He died on the cross, our eyes are on a Living Jesus not a statute of Jesus. Israel had back to back rebellions against God concerning worshipping idols, Hosea 4:17. Idolatry is a sin that God had been whipping Israel for. Are we spared??? 2.Veneration of the so called saints and their place as mediators significantly removes Jesus form the intercessory role ( Romans 10:8, 1 John 2:1-2, Hebrews 8:1-2, 1Timothy 2:5. So any removal of Holy things or Person that God ordained replaced with anything = Sacrilege= idolatory (Romans 2:22) In addition, the place that the statues occupy and serve is that of the Holy Spirit responsible for bringing the heavenly atmosphere at a place where true worship occurs ( John 4 : 23-24). Again this is Sacrilege. ie Statues So anything that replaces a Holy thing or individual is an idol. King Josiah ( 1 Kings 23:1-7) destroyed all statues in the Temple and God was pleased with Him. Idolatory is a sin that renders one to be eternally lost ( Revelation 21: 8, Rev 22:15, 1 Corinthians 6:9)

Love this explanation. Thank you Father 🙏🏻

As a Protestant, this was very informative.

@cardora1967

2 жыл бұрын

Christians pray to the Crist son of the living God . sorry but catholics are just praying to the pope .Research the holy word of God you'll see

@shounihillys1902

Жыл бұрын

@@cardora1967 For* the pope, not to the pope, stop lying

Wow! Thank you Fr. Schmitz for explaining that. I always thought that there is no way Catholics actually worship Saints. I'm Protestant but hearing you explain how you can ask for help from our brothers in heaven, almost makes me want to be Catholic.

@keekee6464

3 жыл бұрын

Michaels case on praying to the saints is interesting and persuasive but NOT biblical. No where does it say to pray to the saints, disciples, if so please show? This teaching is added, and as for him saying the "christian" church approves anything, this does not make it right to God. We should be careful when going on our own as a way to offer up some sort of service to God, again let's not be like Aarons sons, who offered up an unauthorized offering before the LORD, who then consumed them with fire. God is VERY particular and he mediates on our behalf always for everything no one else. No one else can hear you but him..so why pray to someone who cannot hear Mary included. Praying to the saints and bowing before made statues isn't as innocent as you may think. Look at how jealous God gets and how particular he is in everything. Included adding to his words, warnings ⚠️ till the very end of the Bible, of not adding to what He taught. In which their religion has and does. Not good.

@cvb79

3 жыл бұрын

@@keekee6464 This video is literally about how we DON'T pray to saints, are you feeling alright? 😂

@loremaster234

3 жыл бұрын

@@cvb79 Why mock? Keyana is challenging Catholics to produce Scriptural support for this practice. If you cannot defend it, then how can you practice it?

@cvb79

3 жыл бұрын

@@loremaster234 There's literally a whole video about it above! Are you stupid? I don't need to answer to you.

@joeydownunder2976

2 жыл бұрын

You won’t regret it. The Eucharist is everything.

Great explanation, Father Mike! Thank you!

Thank you so much Fr Mike. You have cleared up big questions I have had recently. I had reached out for answers to priests but had no replies but the Lord brought your video forward without me searching for it. God bless you Fr, thank you 🙏✝️

This is very helpful. I have been trying to explain this to my non-Catholic boyfriend. Hopeful this will help.

@BrandonBeckham

2 жыл бұрын

Did it help?

I find this subject fascinating I’m not really religious raised southern/independent Baptist (Ive has disagreements on certain things) and the catholic faith has always interested me there is a strange quality to it not bad but strange thank you it’s very informative

Thank you very much for this clear and easy explanation, Father Mike.

Beautiful video, God bless 🙏

I'm a protestant, I don't want man made explanation, can you give verses in the Holy Bible that states that we should pray to Mary or Saints? JOHN 14.6

@unknowninfamous2346

5 жыл бұрын

John B I can think of one that might straighten up beliefs of Mary. Luke 11 27-28..

@dayflaubert

5 жыл бұрын

There are no verses telling us to pray to saints, my friend. The church comes before. It was the church that came up with the bible in 393 aC... The saints are not apart from Jesus, death won't apart us from God. When you ask for a friend to pray for you, you are doing the same. The thing is that everything we have comes from God, the power, the conscience, the presence (existance). For example: when you have the power, the ability to do something, ypu borrow it from God, from His essence (omnipotent). And this works with everything. Another example: when God lets people know things ahead from their time, God is alowing them to participate on His CONSCIENCE (He knows all: omnisciente). Etc. In heaven this material wall doenst exist anymore, so saints (as mentioned in the apocalipse like father Mike mentioned) pray for us and God let them know things we dont know. In eternity there is NO TIME or BODIES. Saints share a much deeper relation with God. For example Virgen Mary know a lot of things and she actually hears us, not because she is a godess, but because GOD allowed her to listen. Before Jesus died He gave His mother to all of us as a mother... it is so simple

@unknowninfamous2346

5 жыл бұрын

Day Flaubert or the testimonials from near death experiences all explain that when you pass to the other side you instantly have a unlimited knowledge. Anything you want to know the answer is given to you instantly. You are without veil to know your fate.

@dayflaubert

5 жыл бұрын

@@unknowninfamous2346 yeah, but those testimonials are pure experience and we should rely on the Holy Spirit guiding the only Church. But yes, some must tell the truth, idk.

@giovannimartini6405

5 жыл бұрын

We should ask others to pray for us (1 Thes 5,25) (James 5,16). We believe saints are as alive (or maybe more alive) than fellow Christians on earth (Lk 20,38) (Jn 3,36), so we ask for prayer to them.

Thanks for teaching us father...God bless us and i'm proud to be Catholic.

@mib6611

4 жыл бұрын

We are so blessed and have all of our spiritual needs covered.

@johnjones8494

4 жыл бұрын

Number one pride is a sin. But to listen to these false prophets constantly add to the Word of God. You can only understand by reading the Bible yourself and have a personal relationship with Jesus. Not Mary, or any other “saints” A lot of the catholic religion goes straight against the Word

Thank you so much for explaining this so clearly and in such lovely way. I love making various rosaries and chaplets, and your narrative is a great inspiration.

Thank you so much for this video Father. I pray God blesses you many times over and to anyone reading this right now!

Obrigado pelas legendas em Português ❤️

I am a cradle Catholic and this is explained excellently as we try to teach others we are up against so much! Pray for hardened hearts and Divine Mercy Chaplet!

@angelosophy

11 ай бұрын

This is explained in the same way Hindus explain their idol worship. Hes preaching hinduism. Full Stop n

@user-dj1ck1sr1f

9 ай бұрын

1. Moses erected a Temple/sanctuary according to the pattern shown to him by God. The representation/ shadow of Heavenly Temple in which Jesus ministers ( Exodus 25:8)( Hebrews 9:1-2) Indeed there were statues in the temple of cherubims in the Most holy place and people could not see them, only the high priest once a year. The Cherubims represented the real/ live ones in heaven . The whole purpose of that temple was for sacrifices to cleanse peoples sins. When Christ came, the veil was torn and declared it is finished, no more sacrifices. This alludes to the fact that those statues no longer apply after Christ death. Jesus has fulfilled all what was represented by them. This means that a reference to the old Temple statues as a basis for statues in the Christianity world after the cross is on wrong footing. John 2:19-21 Same way when Moses made a bronze snake (Numbers 21:9), This pointed to Jesus (John 3:14) so when He died on the cross, our eyes are on a Living Jesus not a statute of Jesus. Israel had back to back rebellions against God concerning worshipping idols, Hosea 4:17. Idolatry is a sin that God had been whipping Israel for. Are we spared??? 2.Veneration of the so called saints and their place as mediators significantly removes Jesus form the intercessory role ( Romans 10:8, 1 John 2:1-2, Hebrews 8:1-2, 1Timothy 2:5. So any removal of Holy things or Person that God ordained replaced with anything = Sacrilege= idolatory (Romans 2:22) In addition, the place that the statues occupy and serve is that of the Holy Spirit responsible for bringing the heavenly atmosphere at a place where true worship occurs ( John 4 : 23-24). Again this is Sacrilege. ie Statues So anything that replaces a Holy thing or individual is an idol. King Josiah ( 1 Kings 23:1-7) destroyed all statues in the Temple and God was pleased with Him. Idolatory is a sin that renders one to be eternally lost ( Revelation 21: 8, Rev 22:15, 1 Corinthians 6:9)

@angelosophy

9 ай бұрын

You bend your knees to blocks of stone. All the explanation of the world cannot do away with that fact. And that fact does not care about your feelings. God knows what you’re doing, and He hates it.

God bless you, Fr. Mike! and God bless us, brothers and sisters From Vietnam

I have struggled for a long time to understand saints, even though I have grown up being Catholic, but this has really truly helped. It was the biggest difficulty for me in my faith. Thank you so much for making this video! Have a blessed day!

@ConservativeCatholic2000

Жыл бұрын

God bless you for not becoming a Protestant

@angelosophy

11 ай бұрын

He used the same logic that Hindus use to justify their idolatry. Stop bending your knee to lifeless blocks of wood and stone. Pray to God. There is one mediator between God and man. You have direct access to the high priest in Heaven. Why squander it?

This was phenomenal. I am not Catholic, and have always had a negative view of Catholics, and their images. You have cleared this up so much. Keep up the good work!

@gabrieldietz1866

Жыл бұрын

It’s still extremely weird for the living to pray for the dead to pray for them…. Like nothing in scripture hints that they can even hear what we say to them. We know Jesus can hear us, so why ask for the prayers of the dead? It makes no sense. I wouldn’t go as far as to call it heresy, but it’s definitely a strange practice

@angelosophy

11 ай бұрын

He used the same logic that Hindus use to explain their idoaltry. The only thing this cleared up is that catholics are obstinate in their idol worship. They bend their knees to lifeless blocks of wood and stone, yet theyve been given a direct example in the bible of how abhorrent that practice is. Please do no be deceived by this wolf in sheeps clothes

I love saints.. they remind us what we should aspire too with their life example... I am devote to St. Anthony of Padua and I love Padre Pio's story... what can I say... yes... they are like big brothers to look at as examples, which brings me way close to GOD... by the grace given to them, I can aspire to the same

@migueljaime7079

4 жыл бұрын

Some people love more the saints, whom they have never met than they do their own family members or friends...

@littleterra9777

2 жыл бұрын

@@migueljaime7079 indeed for they are our brothers and sisters in Christ

@littleterra9777

2 жыл бұрын

@@migueljaime7079 indeed for they are our brothers and sisters in Christ

@veronicaguardiola9273

Жыл бұрын

I still don’t truly understand because we should aspire to be like Christ not saints

Dear Fr., this is by far the best and direct explanation I've come across. Please do pray for my vocation.

Thank you for this great explanation

If you would like, pray the St. Jude prayer for his intersection in times of hardships

@loremaster234

3 жыл бұрын

Or perhaps we should simply pray directly to Christ Jesus our Lord who lives within us?

God bless you Father Mike. :)

Thanks for the great video

Thank you Fr Mike, you have helped me in my spiritual journey !!

I love saint stories. They were such Nobel people.

Fr. Mike i cant believe how bad i misunderstood this issue. God Bless

@dominic5520

5 жыл бұрын

The blind leading the blind!

@juanluna6171

5 жыл бұрын

@@dominic5520 Explain more please.

@dominic5520

5 жыл бұрын

Jun C MATT 15:14,”LET THEM ALONE ,THEY BE BLIND LEADERS OF THE BLIND,AND IF THE BLIND LEAD THE BLIND THEY SHALL BOTH FALL INTO THE DITCH”.have one of your handlers explain it to you.

Thank you Fr. Mike

Yes! thank you for explaining this, a lot of other churches don't understand this