I think one thing that helped me stay in my faith as a child was having questions answered.

@GardenMinistry.

2 жыл бұрын

Good point! As a mom of 2 littles, I plan to keep the conversation continually open with them to answer their questions as they mature, or help them find those answers, as I have. My prayers every night go out to them, to stay in the Faith and build on their relationship with God forever. The devil will find any way to lead them astray, it's going to be a lifelong battle.

@HolyKhaaaaan

2 жыл бұрын

The thing that kept me Catholic was not just having questions answered, the being taught how to find and deduce answers to questions. I learned critical thinking from the Catholic Church.

I read St Thomas Aquinas to answer my kid’s questions. Lol. My 6 year old asks so many detailed questions. We can’t just memorize things or read a story without all the metaphysical questions. God has used my four kids to give me the catechesis I never got.

As a mom of boys 7 and 8…thank you. We pray the rosary nightly and read lives of the saints so yay I’m doing something right. However, I’m afraid the biggest thing not being done on a large scale basis but must be done is to instill in our children the true presence in the Eucharist, and grace is the sacraments. If they ever stray from the faith, I hope this foundation brings them back. I started teaching CCE at my parish with that as my mission.

@Daqueri22

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! I've said a million times that no matter what issues or questions I've had arise I can never not believe that Jesus is truly present in the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar. Go, momma!!

@marycherek1092

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, Annie! Thanks so much for your comment! I am teaching a 6th grade catechism class and have been unimpressed with the text I've been given. I must tell them (and show them with good videos) about the Eucharist and the reality of the Passion of our Lord. I also teach them prayers and "Jesus I trust in you" in the knowledge that just like myself - if they know the prayers the Holy Spirit will prompt those prayers when they need them. Love Fr Pine, but he's a bit too above the real essentials, I think.

Dear Father, I left the faith, even though my parents spent lots of money on educating me in Catholic schools. I married out of the faith and with seeds planted prior to this I left so I wouldn't have to put up with my husbands criticism. My husband is a historian by nature and I began to realize that wars have been fought over religion and if I didn't inform myself and teach our children about religion, there would be aspects of life and living that they would not understand. It wasn't until I began to read our Catholic story not just in tradition, but also the Bible that the pieces came together. As a child, the Bible in our home collected dust and it was the same in school. Imagine my surprise when in my late 30's I realized that the Mass and the Eucharist were in the Bible. To realize that the Bible....along with our traditions was the story of humanity was a huge turning point for me. I'm back in full force, my husband is a convert to the faith, struggling, but on the Catholic journey with me. My children have left the faith, I pray they return.

Young people will be affected by their peers. If we want to reliably pass on the faith, we'll have to make sure they have catholic friends.This requires stable high trust communities (this is more important than moving around in order to optimise the career and personal development of the individual hard working hard worker). The perspective cannot just be the strategy on the family level, but perhaps even more on the local level. This is probably also the only way to give kids from broken families a chance.

@nicholaspostiglione3948

2 жыл бұрын

Lol most of my Catholic friends growing up in Catholic School are now atheist. A few became evangelical Protestants and only 10 from my class of 70 still go to mass at least once a year.

@curiousatheist

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. I haven't had any friends in church and it sucked me into the world. I think having friends in same faith is crucial for children otherwise they will find friends in the world

Father I usually love your insight but as a former protestant I saw hundreds of ex Catholics come through the doors of the churches I attended. The biggest issue is they didn't have a relationship with Jesus and didn't really know Him. As a convert as I look at the richness of the Church I cry because the Church is full of Jesus how could they not know him? Catholic kids must also have well rounded and grounded basic understanding of fundamental theology probably not until high school but I think should be required. So to you list cultivate their personal relationship with Jesus and teach basic theology in high school.

@johnpaul3362

2 жыл бұрын

I believe Father Pine's reference to prayer partially covers your concern. Adoration and prayerful reading of scripture has helped me the most. I don't think either of these are stressed enough in homilies. It's sort of something that you have to respond to the Spirit in order to develop. I agree that it is truly unfortunate that many Catholics don't emphasize the personal relationship more. If one is aware that all is directed towards a loving walk with Jesus, I think that the Catholic practice becomes so much more beautiful, (the scriptures are His Word and revelation of Himself to us, He is with us to love, sustain and heal us in the Eucharist, He is present here on earth to be adored in adoration chapels around the world, His life along with His mother and our Mother Mary are gently observed and participated in throughout the recital of the rosary, He is "refracted" and modeled within His saints, etc.) Other Christians certainly do miss out on the "fullness" of the Catholic faith. I think, however, that more is needed than mass attendance and participation. One must respond to the drawing and gentle pulling into a deeper relationship with the Lord by the Holy Spirit. It certainly does all begin with the belief in the true Presence. Without which, why bother attending Mass when one can go to other Christian churches that seem more emotionally supportive and fun?

@tabiripetrovich517

2 жыл бұрын

And you are a100% right

@kelechukwuanozyk7605

2 жыл бұрын

Personal relationship with Jesus is achieved through consistent prayers, the sacraments and reading spiritual books such as Bible, Life of the saints etc

@michaeldulman5487

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, mate. Relationship with Christ is key. I think the most important thing for me growing up wasn't theological formation, but the examples of Catholics around me, especially my pastor. Even though people asked me theological questions I couldn't answer, I never seriously questioned my faith because the witness to Christ by my pastor was so strong.

@carrlafleurfamilyaccount8575

8 ай бұрын

Most cradle Catholic are/were poorly catechized and don’t know they have such a gift.

I just bought a set of Butler's lives of Saints for a new Catholic school here in CA......so happy I could do this!! I'm 66 years old, and just now reading it for the first time....soooooooooo inspiring!!

Thank you so much for this video. My baby is 21 months and I have another on the way. I often worry about how to give them the best environment to become not only good Catholics but great saints. This video has helped me so much!

My mom instilled this in me at a young age. I credit this method and the Latin Mass to my faith I still have today. I would also add the Baltimore Catechism!!

As a mom of 2 girls, I am trying to practice my faith and have them pray morning offerings prayer and one Our Father one Hail Mary and one Glory Be in the morning when I take them to school and before work, then we pray again at night and read bible in a year with Father Mike’s podcast. I consecrated them to Jesus thru Mary at every consecration at Mass, and have them go to First Saturday Masses and confession every few months. I have no tv in my house and try to limit their internet access but they attend public schools and it is still challenging especially when my spouse is nonbeliever. I’m overwhelmed sometimes and by the end of the day I said: Dear Lord, please take care of my kids because they are yours first !

I’m walking with faith. We all must aspire to be like Jesus. Recently I was fired because I declined the vaccine but I just wanted to consult my doctor first because I’m battling lupus and I’m already on a ton of medications and in so much pain. I’m a single mother, with two children. I’ve spent all my savings durning the shut down. The only reason we still have our home and food is because the kindness of strangers. God works through ppl. I have faith I believe our Heavenly Father will provide! I’m hoping my story will bring more awareness to what’s happening because of these mandates.

@TheTreasa07

2 жыл бұрын

Praying for you!

@tabiripetrovich517

2 жыл бұрын

This sounds extremely hard. I hope you find people who can give you a hand

@MFV77

2 жыл бұрын

Praying for you! God bless you….

Thank you for your Priesthood Father Pine. May God continue to bless you and your vocation. 🙏

I think praying the family Rosary and just teaching the why behind what we believe is huge. Most people leave the Church I think because they don’t believe and how can they believe if they aren’t taught well? I left the faith for awhile I believe because I wasn’t taught the why behind the what. Praying the family Rosary I believe was the beginning of my devotion to it. It taught me that there was power and something special about the rosary even if I didn’t understand it at the time. I got away from the faith for awhile and the first thing I did to get back was to pray the Rosary daily. It saved my soul and maybe my life. I probably wouldn’t have started praying it to come back to God if it wasn’t taught to me and practiced as a kid with my family.

@RestingJudge

2 жыл бұрын

Teaching the "why" is huge. I'm teaching confirmation this year & these kids don't even seem to know the basics of the faith.

@joecardone4887

2 жыл бұрын

@@RestingJudge Ya it’s amazing and God bless you man! I think even most Catholic school kids aren’t taught the basics well. It’s no wonder Saint Pope John Paul 2 was so adamant about the importance of faith being taught and practiced in the family.

@kevinkelly2162

2 жыл бұрын

@@joecardone4887 The basics have changed over the years. Nowadays you need to teach kids never to be alone with a priest and if he touches you scream as hard as you can.

Thank you father. With chastity I also believe that teaching our kids how to dress appropriately is great. Explaning the importance of taking care of their bodies and not bringing unwanted attention to oneself is crucial. We listen to the daily Gospel reflections it made a great progress as well. Yes i have asked to use the phone for what is intended and we gather a talk as a family. Mainly letting them speak for them feel comfortable and open up to us. Praying the Rosary is also great. And we will get back into the Saints kids stories. 💕📿🙏🤗

Strong points for a firm foundation in bringing up Catholic kids. Thank you Father!

It all starts with an encounter with Christ. A deep intimate relationship with Our Lord. We explain it. We model it. Reading scripture. Pondering the Word of God in silence. Lots of prayer. Praying both the rosary and spontaneous prayer. Then once we have accompanied them to building this strong foundation with Christ, then we can introduce them to the Saints and discuss all the holy virtues. But it should always start with an *intimate encounter* with Jesus. - from a Catholic convert of 11 years and mom of 3

"Sins against chastity dull the mind and deaden the heart."

Catholic elementary school can also be beneficial. Schools partners with parents in education and faith formation. In Switzerland 🇨🇭 in a lot the cantons catholic schools are private and expensive. God bless you Fr Gregory. 🙏 🙌

@tabiripetrovich517

2 жыл бұрын

In hungary the catholic schools are funky...lately a seventh- grader (13 year-old) got really bad. Hitting kids, kicking, spitting, bullying others etc. The oarents got together and petitioned that this boy shoukd be removed from this catholic school. The local priest made a homily about it that parents should have a lent and pray for this boy instead of working on his removal - a lit of parents took it hard and left the church

Very helpful Father Gregory, thanks and God bless.

Yet another wonderful video of wisdom!! Thank you Fr. Greg!

Lots of great things to ponder here. Thanks Fr. Pine. :)

I think it is very insightful Fr that you mentioned not going too deep too early. My 14 year old started asking questions, which got me excited because I love apologetics. But I gave a deep answer that she wasn't ready for. She needed the more basic stuff. And a prayer life. Please pray for us.

great short video, separate from podcast! thank you for your feature Father!

Enjoyed this. Definitely something concrete to work on. My lesser 2 cents; Strive to be a saint (pray, frequent the sacraments, study, live it out) and let no one have more substantive time with your kids than you and your spouse. Parents blame the priest, the school, the catechist…all the while skipping church for soccer practice, tv and movies more than prayer or spiritual reading, and being more concerned about grades and college applications than the spiritual state of their children. Those other influences are important…yours is quite vital. If Christ is 2nd, 3rd, 4th in your habits…kids see it. Actions speak louder than words.

God Bless you Father!

Before watching the video, I'd think it's: bring them to Church, connect them in a Catholic community, and answer their questions (teach them well).

Great tips

I found stories of saints called the saints Chronicles. They're in a comic book style and are really interesting!

This is something I think about all the time. Our oldest is only 3 now, but I wonder all the time how do we raise kids to love their faith and keep their faith without shoving it down their throats and give rules that will protect them, but that they won’t resent us and hate their faith.

I’m a fan of Catholic school. ❤️

So tough to think about it and I don't even have a wife, nor kids yet (or gf- deeply pray the income will be good enough). But we must produce saints. God bless.

God bless everyone raising children in this heathen world

Could you do one about "How to raise teens Catholic in today's world?" I am having an extremely hard time with this. My son who is 13 is rejecting everything what he has been taught since a baby. 😭💔 💔💔 don't know if he does it to oppose me or indeed he doesn't believe. The truth he doesn't want to go to a youth group, go to Mass, get confessed, prepare for Confirmation. 😭😭😭 don't know what to do. 🤯

Catechesis of the Good Shepard!

I think what worked for those of us who are already adults won't work the same for children these days, because they have so many other sources from which to draw. Prayer and no smartphones are good advices. I think also talking with them and knowing what their friends say, what questions they have is important. Maybe they can't study metaphysics the way an adult can, but kids do have questions around those themes, and the answers are often evasive or extremely dumbed down. They learn to believe that matters of the soul don't really matter, or they start listening to alternative explanations that might lead them to leave the faith in the long run.

Having experienced spiritual abuse, yet continuing a relationship with Jesus and His church, I agree with these 3 points. However, I would add that family prayer should be fun and flexible enough that it happens every day but might be shorter or done in comfy clothes some harder days. It should feel familial and bonding without being oppressive. 2- protecting chastity MUST be done in conjunction with the child, so that they understand what they're choosing NOT to engage in. It's a balance of privacy and social allowance but also helping them understand that engaging in unchaste attitudes or behaviors has real consequences long term. 3- lives of the saints were NOT picture perfect, so don't present them as such. Otherwise, it will feel as if no one gets to be a saint, especially not me.

@kevinwoplin9322

2 жыл бұрын

The Saints became perfect....they were made perfect by allowing God to do his will in them

Love this 🥰

Pine with Aquinas. Get it?

You're a fan of Louis De Wohl! Whoopdie doo! I'm a big fan of the guy myself. Though his books are for adults. Easily the best catholic novelist out there!

@JustUsCrazyBoyz

2 жыл бұрын

@Rachel James Warning. His books are for adults. It has lots of violence and sex. It's great for mature Catholics. But they're professionally written and on your toes narratives.

@LibbyKautz

2 жыл бұрын

Michael D. O'Brien is also great! Same with being for adults.

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I'd add a 4th thing, namely, ignore or eliminate from your life anyone who hinders or judges your decision to raise your children as you wish.

@Run.Ran.Run1

2 жыл бұрын

@@MS-qy4sx yes, of course. My relationship with the faith has waxed and waned over the years, so criticism or silence has been my MO for the most part. Now I pick my battles as I re-embrace my beliefs more than I do the actual Church itself.

@Run.Ran.Run1

2 жыл бұрын

@Rachel James I'm constantly running the prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel through my head (for reasons other than this too).

I looked up that 'Six o'clock Saints' book up, and on Amazon there's only one copy, for $7000 !!! ^_^

@welcometohudson2828

2 жыл бұрын

15k now. Yikes

We deff need better catechism teachers ... the classes are very very poor

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Louis deWohl. Ignatius Press. "Set All A Fire".

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How do I see.the whole.video.instead.of these.clips

Discuss contemporary social and moral issues with them. They will eventually get exposed to them and influenced by them. Present the faith rationally and allogorically as they outgrow their childish fantasy views of the faith.

“Give the cat [I mean] kid…”

Wouldn't teaching the truth that Catholic actually means UNIVERSALIST AS IN PHILIPPIANS 2 SAYS EVERY KNEE ON EARTH WILL BOW TO THE KING OF KINGS TO THE GLORY OF GOD THE FATHER?

"What's the most effective way of evangelizing and chatechizing our kids?" In your 3 most important ways you do not mention studying God's Word. That should be placed first alongside with prayer. That's what we do in our home. In fact that's all we do. It works. It would appear that the study of God's is practically non existent in the Roman Church. I grew up in a Catholic home and such was the case. Please correct me if I am wrong.

@vituzui9070

2 жыл бұрын

We study the Bible but simply giving the Bible to read to children is not the most effective way to catechize them. As a Catholic kid, I was educated with the Bible among other things, but I didn't understand the Bible and if my parents had used the Bible as the only way to catechize me then I fear I wouldn't even be a Christian anymore.

Born and raise Roman i will never teach this junk to my son. He's Christian now and love Jesuschrist .

Kids will gravitate to scripture if you will teach it. Metaphysics? Aquinas? Not sure why. It’s about Christ in your life.

Ease to raise them catholic.. pray to idols, which the Bible tells not to.. baptize them little, they don't know what's going on..and repite prayers which the Bible tells you not to..

Woe to those Catholic households where, despite the best-laid plans for coordinated indoctrination, a child confesses having “homosexual inclinations.” A mother known to me, let us call her Gloria, had a son of seventeen who confessed to having “queer” inclinations. She then passed through many stages of grief. First, angry denials: “No child of mine could possibly be gay!” And threats: “Remember your teaching, son. Sexual sins are always mortal. Repent and confess them to a priest or, God forbid, you will go to hell. “ Second, there comes bargaining with God: “God, how could you have permitted this? I have been a true believer and have supported your true Church all my life. What must I do to get this unwanted sickness in my child’s life reversed?” Thirdly, some months down the line after Gloria’s ceaseless prayers and novenas did not get the miracle anticipated, self-doubt emerges: “Where did I go wrong? Or my husband? Or his teachers?” Then, the son leaves home and travels over a thousand miles away: “For the first time, I can breathe freely without my mother continually hounding me and prying into every aspect of my private life.” With this absence, Gloria becomes emotionally fragile. She breaks down in tears multiple times each day and, invariably, whenever anyone asks about her son. She seeks therapy. Then she unexpected finds great solace in a support group of parents of homosexual children. For the first time, she hears from parents who have arrived at the point where they accept the sexual orientation of her children. She is horrified initially, but then she comes to realize that this acceptance enables parents to return to a supportive relationship with their children after a period of judgment and estrangement. As a result of this realization, she then avoids her parish priest entirely because she doesn’t any longer want to hear “any judgments he might have regarding the conduct of her son.”[i] Gloria gradually stops going to her parish church entirely because she cannot any longer tolerate the “self-righteous pity” expressed by certain “busy-bodies who are praying for Tony’s (not his real name) conversion and return to the Church.” Her son writes a letter of a few pages each month. At the end of three years, he writes a long letter describing how he first met “a courageous and sensitive young man” and how, over the course of time, they gradually became friends and lovers and “have pledged their undying love to each other.” Then, for the first time in years, he acknowledges that he missed his mother and, if and only “if she would agree to accept him as gay and to bless the love he has for his partner,” then both of them would want to explore how they might visit for a few days right after Christmas. Gloria is ecstatic! At this point, Gloria is entirely ready to accept her son “just as God created him, no more and no less.” This readiness came from her association with members of her support group. As she became at ease with their positive assessment of homosexuality, she at the same time became resentful of how the teaching of the Catholic Church had pitted her against her son. “Even before his leaving,” she said, “I should have been blessing him every day and assuring him that I will be there for him in whatever path God calls him-whether as a gay or as a straight.” To this very day, she cannot understand how “bishops and priests teach us that loving our Creator and loving our neighbor are the heart of Jesus’ message and then, turn around, and teach my son that his deepest desires for intimacy are ‘disordered’ and teach gullible parents like myself that I must condemn love-making between same-sex partners because it is always[ii] a mortal sin.” In fact, she tells those who hear her whole story that “those parents [in her support group] who seldom went to church taught her more about the depth of God’s love than those Catholics who went to church weekly and taught God’s hatred for homosexual love-making.”

@mollysampson534

2 жыл бұрын

What is the point you are trying to make?

@kirakira1212

2 жыл бұрын

Gloria sounds like your typical cradle Catholic who doesn't know much about of her faith, so she in turn made God into this wish making machine and if her demands in forms of prayers are not answered, would turn her back on him. Cause how dare he not listen me! I've seen Catholic parents handle this situation well and their lgbtq children opted to live a life of chastity instead. Some even married those of the opposite ex (I bet their bi to begin with) Some ex communicated their children, and some left the Church. So I dunno, it really depends on a case to case basis

Kids skould not be brainwashed into religion. Nor atheism, by the way.

“Let’s say your around a priest…try to delay the time your child is touched by father…” haha!

Why does this guy want to get you to entrust kids to him?

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