God bless! I'm a recent convert to Catholicism from Protestantism. This is beautiful and I appreciate your channel. Great to see us not at each other's throats like the devil wants. May the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit bless you, guide you, and keep you.

Austin has such a gift as an interviewer who can extract information without competing with his interviewee. His humble, gentle manner allows him to teach using his interlocutors as his instruments. The Holy Spirit at work. Thank you. Always a delight.

What a lovely, thoughtful interview! Prior Peter emanates love and peace, thanks for taking the time to share him with us.

I'm an Orthodox Christian, but I recently came across Fr Boniface Hicks, a Benedictine monk, he struck me as such a beautiful soul. You should interview him

Austen: after 5 years monastic experience (Franciscan) one can well imagine my spiritual anxiety when I listen to you and others explain what Catholics believe. I jump up and down shouting … “there’s more to it than that”, “that’s only half it”, it’s the love god has for all creation that allows humans to carry the body and blood of Christ out in a dynamic incarnation of Jesus Christ the son of god to others. I often say our faith is not only for ourselves. True . I’m stuck being passionate about catholic stuff. Oh well…

I really appreciated this interview. We've incorporated some aspects of monasticism into our own home. We have three set times for prayer, morning, evening and night. And we often jave what we call "quiet time" which is a period of about an hour when we go about our activities in silence. No TV, tablets etc during this time. Lastly we have a set time for cleaning up usually before night prayer which precedes bed time.

@GospelSimplicity

2 жыл бұрын

I love that!

Can't wait for this interview. I watched him give you a tour. He's such a gracious priest. Hope I'll hear his conversion and vocation story/ies on this video.

@GospelSimplicity

2 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

Wow. This was fantastic. Austin your questions were right on 👏 I really appreciate your final question as I’m a mother to a young child, but feel so drawn to religious life. But I can’t because I’m a mum. I really really appreciate that you asked that question for those of us who yearn for more but cannot enter the monastic/religious life for various reasons. Also, I appreciate your level of respect and care you give when asking questions, you always check that you are using the correct terms, your very polite and dignified. I’m so pleased you were able to experience the monastery! Wow! Thank you for your on going videos and also all the best with your upcoming wedding 💐

@reneeharagsim4720

2 жыл бұрын

Ditto to your post.❤

@GospelSimplicity

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words and encouragement!

@thetruthwithproof8802

2 жыл бұрын

A Simple Question For The Christians, Can God Be Deceived By Satan The Temptation of Christ is a biblical narrative detailed in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke. After being baptised by John the Baptist, Jesus was tempted by the devil for 40 days and nights in the Judaean Desert. During this time, Satan came to Jesus and tried to tempt him This verse is enough to prove Jesus is not God

@viviennedunbar3374

2 жыл бұрын

How is the fact that Jesus who was FULLY MAN and FULLY GOD was tempted as all humans are? He did not submit to Satan but experienced what humans experience.

Prior Peter is awesome! And you're great, Austin for doing this! Thank you so much! 🙏🏽 I loved this! ❤️ 🙏🏽 *THE JESUS PRAYER:* 🙏🏽 Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, Have mercy on me, a sinner.

@GospelSimplicity

2 жыл бұрын

You're so welcome!

Can't wait, Father seems like a really good guy and I'm very interested in Benedictine monks

St Benedict and the Benedictine Rule is thoroughly Orthodox as well. There are Benedictine Western rite Orthodox monasteries too. In the rule it pays homage to the Great St Basil. As well as recommending the reading of St Cassian who brought to the west what he learned among the desert dwellers in Egypt.

@GospelSimplicity

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed! That's why, if you saw the tour video, he mentioned that even Catholic monasteries prefer icons over statues

@coryclark8577

2 жыл бұрын

Yup! There was even a Benedictine monastery on Mount Athos for a few hundred years after 1054.

What a suprise. I spent many happy days at Chist in the Desert in the 1990's, but have hardly been back in this century, so I didn't even know there was a daughter house in Chicago. Quite a different environment.

I have so much respect for Catholic monks! These people really dedicated their lives to God!

Dear Austin, I always enjoy your interviews. You are very thoughtful in your questions and I love watching you on your journey. Thank you for taking us along for the ride. I grew up Catholic and converted to Orthodoxy about 12 years ago at age 33 when I too also went on my journey. This video was nice to see since its been a long time since I have been in a Benedictine monastery here in Atchison KS. I have not been to any Orthodox monasteries here in the US, but there are quite a few. I have only visited some in Romania as that is where my wife is from. I just wanted to bring to your attention St. Anthony's monastery in Arizona if you are not already aware of it. It seems to be truly a miracle for such paradise to be constructed in the desert. I included a link below to a video about the monastery and about the monk, Elder Ephraim, who came from Mt. Athos and established it. He also established 17 more around the US after this one. There are so many videos about this Elder who will definitely become a Saint in the Orthodox church some day. kzread.info/dash/bejne/dKOJpJumidC0cdY.html God Bless and thanks for all you do. In Christ, Joshua

@GospelSimplicity

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing some of your story and this link!

@1Hope4All

2 жыл бұрын

Come back to the Catholic Church. It's the Church that Jesus built on Peter the rock.

@TheFeralcatz

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget that Saint Benedict was Orthodox as well. We have an Orthodox Benedictine Monastery in Colorado under the Antiochian Jurisdiction.

@joshuagilmore7522

2 жыл бұрын

@@1Hope4All my dear brother. In Matthew 16:18, the word “rock” refers to Peter’s confession of faith, and not to Peter himself, despite the fact that Peter/rock is a play on the word for rock in Aramaic [cephas] and Greek [petros]. The keys to the kingdoms given to Peter are the keys given to all of who confess that Christ is the son of God, the Messiah. As we read in 1 Corinthians 10:4, “...they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ,” Who alone is the very foundation, or true Rock, upon which stands the Church. It is on Jesus Christ, the Rock, that the Church’s unchanging faith and confession is firmly rooted. You can early church fathers saying the same. I orthodoxchristiantheology.com/2016/01/28/matthew-1618-papal-infallibility-and-patristic-interpretations/ The interpretation the Catholic Church gives is not how the early church operates nor saw it. Not for 1000 years did the bishop of Rome appoint or try to appoint bishops in east.

@marieegypt7091

2 жыл бұрын

I was Catholic also and a member of a monastic order before converting to Orthodoxy. St. Anthony's is a holy place and the grace there is palpable. It's an experience like none other.

Thank you for a thoughtful interview. Your style and humility make it a joy to listen to. I liked to length of this as well.

@GospelSimplicity

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Such a charming and wise man.

Thank you for this video. Loves this video and your tour video. I was really fascinated by all the thought taken and meaning behind the structures, icons and stained glass Windows. Fascinating.🙏🏻

I received my certification in Spiritual Direction through Benet Hill Benedictine Monastery and thank you for this interview-lots of good info to get people curious 🙏🕊Love your channel!

Wow, can't wait! 🙏🏽👍🏼

@GospelSimplicity

2 жыл бұрын

Hope you like it!

Very good interview. Informative with very good questions. You also have a way about you that is open and inquisitive. I learned a lot form this interview.

Great work as always, keep it up. God bless

@GospelSimplicity

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Austin, seu canal é fantástico! Abraços do Brasil :)

You're so articulate. Your questions were beautifully put together. Nice work. God bless you more.

Love your openess to learning ^_^ Catholic here and happy to learn and see what your viewpoint is ^_^

Beautiful, thank you :)

Outstanding interview. A very authentic man of God.

Greetings from New Zealand Austin. You are so respectful to people. God be with you.

@GospelSimplicity

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Ora et Labora, that's the way to go!

There was much less debate than I expected from the title! XD

Thank you very interesting as a Catholic learning about a monastic experience…..

Thanks!

What a beautiful video. Wish it was 3x longer. Is there going to be a part 2 or 3 Austin? Like Father's conversion and vocation stories?

@GospelSimplicity

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately this was all the time he had available that day

Monks are an indication that a religion can be taken seriously.

He says his only direct superior is the Pope. But we all know he really answers to Captain Picard.

I woke up at 3:30 today, not of my own volition or desire, and I'm struggling at 7:45 pm. Props to long hours!

Looks like another good one. I'm curious, have you ever interviewed anyone from the Anglican Ordinariate? It's a group (rite) of Anglicans whove reverted to Catholicism but who still celebrate the English high mass.

@GospelSimplicity

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think so. I once interviewed a former anglican priest who became Catholic, but I don't actually think he serves in the Anglican Ordinariate. I could be wrong about that though

@1Hope4All

2 жыл бұрын

@@GospelSimplicity More than likely, he's just Catholic. If he was Anglican Ordinariate, he would've made that very clear to you without you even asking. They want to make that clear to people.

@JohnBoysGold

2 жыл бұрын

@@GospelSimplicity kzread.info/dash/bejne/k6JkuZJup9m_frA.html

@LadyMaria

2 жыл бұрын

Hi again! I used to wish they had that here. Then I found out that they did but the Parish folded. Figures.

@JohnBoysGold

2 жыл бұрын

@@LadyMaria Haha. Hello. I actually wasn't aware of it until recently when a Norbertine priest told me that there was one here in California. I need to go. BTW have you seen the Jewish Catholics channel? You'd like it.

You should watch that: Into Great Silence

You would go visit a byzantine catholic monastery, we have one in Wisconsin

@GospelSimplicity

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe one day!

Hi Austin, I was wondering if you'd invite Francis Chan to talk with you. I'm so blessed by him. I feel like he'd make the time if he could.

@GospelSimplicity

2 жыл бұрын

I've invited him on twice but he's never been available

Alright, Austin. You have 7 days to look up Commander Riker from Star Trek. Because when I start making more Riker jokes, and you don't get them, I won't be held responsible.

@GospelSimplicity

2 жыл бұрын

On it!

@GospelSimplicity

2 жыл бұрын

I think I see it!

@actsapologist1991

2 жыл бұрын

@@GospelSimplicity : Excellent!

@myronmercado

2 жыл бұрын

@@GospelSimplicity this is hilarious. 🤣

The greatest that ever lived; He had no servants, yet they called Him Master. He had no degree, yet they called Him Teacher. He had no medicines, yet they called Him Healer. He had no army, yet Kings feared Him. He won no military battles, yet He conquered the world. He had no crime, yet they crucified Him. He had no need, yet He forgave them as they mocked. He was buried in a tomb, yet He lives today. His name is Jesus Christ and He is the saviour of the world.

Pray for me

18:00 wouldn't it be awesome if that guy was an apparition of St. Benedict. Austin just sensed him.

oh wow they've kept the prime? interesting

Interview David Bentley Hart

@GospelSimplicity

2 жыл бұрын

I've tried

@TommyGunzzz

2 жыл бұрын

Please do not. He's a heretic lol

@davidreads2985

2 жыл бұрын

He’s a brilliant heretic

@TommyGunzzz

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidreads2985 lol. Brilliance is a veneer if you aren't speaking truth. He's a perennialists who says the councils are wrong, etc but claims to be Orthodox. It's like being a Byzantine or Eastern Catholic, lots of contradictions. Are you Orthodox? Protestant?

Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt once sneaked out of a White House event, commandeered an airplane, and went on a joyride to Baltimore.

Pray for Ukraine! 🇺🇦

@mariab.774

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, we are praying for you!

@TheFeralcatz

2 жыл бұрын

I am praying for Putin's swift and decisive victory.

@catholiccrusaderdeusvult9949

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheFeralcatz we are talking about innocent peoples lives. Regardless of your political views, try to be a little bit sensitive when writting coments

@catholiccrusaderdeusvult9949

2 жыл бұрын

Definetly Praying for the Ukrainian people, May our Lord protect the innocent

@22grena

2 жыл бұрын

Pray for Russia and prayer for an America and Ukraine free of Zionist control

I thought Catholic monasticism was basically dead and gone? After spending time in Mt Orthodox it is hard to call anything else monasticism anyway.

@GospelSimplicity

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely not dead and gone. Perhaps far from its peak though

@michellemcdermott2026

2 жыл бұрын

It's not dead it's growing

Title sounds like the beginning of a joke.

@GospelSimplicity

2 жыл бұрын

I achieved the life goal of making a monk laugh, so who knows, maybe you're not too far off?

Unfortunately, there's an implicit, unhealthy, one-sided, power relation going on here that undermines any kind of ecumenical endeavour. You should have allowed yourself to be interviewed by a monk - if only for balance and to mitigate against any impression of bigotry. But that did not seem to occur to you, which is a pity.

@carlpeterson8182

Жыл бұрын

I do not think that is fair. I do not see either party thinking there was some weird power disparity. There is clearly no bigotry here.

CONTENT SUGGESTION: Since Luther was an Augustinian friar, I suggest visiting Augustinian communities in your area. Since you're in Illinois, you may check around Illinois, Michigan and Oklahoma. Maybe St. Rita of Cascia High School in Chicago would work (not that I know who are currently assigned there, since I'm from the Philippines 😅), but you may also consider other communities and schools like Merrimack College (Boston) and Villanova University (Philadelphia) 💘 Here are their websites and ministries in the US. Hope these help: ORDER OF SAINT AUGUSTINE Province of St. Augustine (California): www.californiaaugustinians.org/ Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel (Chicago): www.midwestaugustinians.org/ Province of St. Thomas of Villanova (Villanova, PA): www.augustinian.org/