I remember a priest telling our class 6 decades ago that his first experience in the Heart of Dixie. He was new to a mission in a rural area so he went about introducing himself wearing his Roman collar. He noticed one young boy was looking at his collar. He asked the youth, "Do you know what this is?" pointing at his collar. The young boy said, "Yes sir, kills ticks and fleas up to 3 months".

@SurrenderNovena

4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@Marcia811

4 ай бұрын

😂

@lindaharper2870

4 ай бұрын

That’s Gold 🤣

@lovelast4evergemma508

4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂❤

@metrosea

4 ай бұрын

L 2:51:20 ulllllvlu luv u to v. P o.

My father was a Catholic priest, we were his secret family. While he obviously loved us, you can imagine the pain, shame, and trauma of not being publicly acknowledged by your dad, especially for 4 little girls. Thank you Fr. Malachy, for your fidelity to Christ in your vocation, and thank you for being so honest about your personal struggle with celibacy and chastity as a priest. Hearing you speak so openly and humbly brought my heart a little bit of healing somehow.

@marygomez9240

4 ай бұрын

That was so beautifully expressed. God bless you always!

@BillyBob-jg1gq

4 ай бұрын

That’s hard. I’d love to hear your story and how you reconciled it with your catholic faith (I’m assuming you’re still catholic). You should go on pints!

@jennifermurphy1575

4 ай бұрын

@@BillyBob-jg1gq oh wow that would be terrifying! People tell us we need to write a memoir or something but I'm not convinced our story is interesting enough. How I reconcile my faith...hmm well Jesus just kept pursuing me until I fell in love with Him, nothing more, nothing less!

@kotzie71

4 ай бұрын

Oh your little-girl heart! 🥺

@jeaninabutcher6660

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your pain! God bless you!

I just have to say, as a non-Catholic, I’ve never in my life met a Franciscan or really any kind of Catholic Church figure… this guy is so completely down to Earth and totally not what I would have expected in the best way. What a welcoming personality. You can tell Jesus is working through this man.

@Dre2Dee2

3 ай бұрын

I was lucky enough to meet him in person, super nice guy. An inspiring niceness 😄

@RosieJ7223

3 ай бұрын

I know Fr. Malachy’s family and, although of course they are not perfect, they are REAL and really in love with the Lord. God is working and His grace in Fr. Malachy’s life gives me so much hope. 💙

@brjimbo1

3 ай бұрын

I'm a life professed (26 years), Third Order Franciscan brother. For years I've come up with a quick explanation for non-Catholics and many Roman Catholics to this very day...

@anthonyfowler2623

20 күн бұрын

Franciscans are the best

Fr. Malachy is one of my best friends. We pray together all the time. He is the real deal!

@blancabraden

2 ай бұрын

😂 So awesome!

@littlehummer

Ай бұрын

after watching this, I found a bunch of your videos with him. I love listening to him!! ❤🙏

18:57 "Every place in my heart where I was experiencing anxiety & fear & frustration was a place in my heart where something or someone other than Jesus Christ had become the center." WOW.

The part about his ordination and being a priest during Covid literally moved me to tears. Thank you Jesus for the priesthood, and thank you Fr. Malachy for accepting his call and giving testimony! ❤

Listening to Fr talking about his ordination was such a blessing because my confirmation was bang in the middle of lockdown and Covid in April 2021 in the UK and it was a ceremony stripped back to the absolute bare minimum. For a longtime after I felt very short changed and, yes, cheated. I wasn’t even sure I was properly Catholic. It’s something which I have had to make my peace with but it is refreshing and encouraging to hear Fr Malachy’s words

I could listen to Fr Malachy Napier for hours on end. Thank you

All I have to say is this man has this amazing light and intensity in the very look in his eyes. It’s saintly, or namely, Christ-like. It’s intimidating and you know he is on fire for the Lord just by looking at him and his gaze so to speak. God bless and protect him!! I pray I can have that same zeal in my own life 🙏🙏🥹

@sdiazinc

4 ай бұрын

I saw that light and gaze too which almost pierced into your soul, so much so you lower your gaze because of the intensity of his fixation to the real, beyond the BS. Christ can see through the chasm of sin and death and look at it head on, and sometimes, when you encounter holy people, you bow down like Peter and say, depart from me, for I am a sinful man. And yet, knowing Fr. Malachi, he’d be the first to admit his own imperfections. But he remained true to his sense of the Will of God in his life, which gives him the conviction of being attuned to inauthenticity or a kind of discrepancy in your thinking. He’d probably disagree, and he’d probably be right, which would only further more prove my point that he is a man after the Lord’s own heart and in whose heart the Lord dwells and chooses to manifest himself to others through as well. Or that’s just the fruit of being close to God. Or all of the above.

This had DOZENS of quotes that I could pray about for the rest of Lent. Amazing.

@kathycorkery

3 ай бұрын

Thought you were going to say rest of my life

Wow what a Spirit-filled friar priest. Praise God for his existence, his vocation, and continual adherence to the Gospel in the footsteps of St. Francis.

Oh my, Fr. Napier articulated so many truths of our faith so beautifully. Thank you. May all who watch this video feel the love of the Father.

I should’ve been a priest I was born an orthodox Christian. I hated going to church. My church is basically a social club that happens to do service in the morning without any true faith . No one actually believes in this stuff or at least no one wants to talk about it. Everyone just compares each other and just talks about their own accomplishments like it’s their god. I was this close becoming an atheist in the 8th grade because this was my only understanding of Christianity and I felt so behind compare to everyone else. However, in my deep sorrows and self hatred, I picked up the Bible and I started to read. I finally knew who Christ really was and I fell in love with Him. I constantly researched Christaintiy and compared it to other religions. I became obsessed with philosophy as well. I never learned this growing up in that church. Fast forward to college and I found the Catholic Newman center. This was the first time I found a community that actively talks about Jesus on a daily basis whether in the mass or outside of it. They had tremendous passion just like I did. And even though I was orthodox, I soon became a leader in the Catholic retreats. I’ve became good friends with the priest that was in charge. I never thought I’ll be friends with a priest. At the time however, I was studying for biology. I’m a type of guy who’s very indecisive of what I wanted to with my life. I got this degree because of a vague interest in the human body but didn’t know what to do next. I couldn’t do medicine because my gpa was very low. I took two years off and just said ok fine I’ll just go to pharmacy school because that’s what my brother did. Pharmacy school was extremely tough and worse so through covid. I lost all connection with my friends back in Newman. Three years after that, I’m now 28 years old and unemployed, 250k in debt and I lost passion for this field that is saturated and working conditions are horrible. I’ve come to the realization that while I was studying for biology I would escape to the Newman center because I never actually liked what I was studying just wanted to be with Jesus and His followers. But at the same time I thought I wanted to have some job that made a lot of money and the science of the body was somewhat interesting to me so I picked something in healthcare. The idea of being a priest left disdain because of my childhood in that faithless Orthodox Church. Looking back I should’ve had the guts to convert to Catholicism and switched to studying religion in some capacity. I was afraid I was not going to make money but in hindsight I never really cared about being rich. I just wanted Jesus. Now I live in deep sorrows and regret. I have to make so much money just to pay off my degree. The only beautiful thing that I find solace is that now more than ever I pray so incredibly and intensely to our Lord. I thank God that He has given me an even stronger gift of faith. I also now taking my sins completely seriously. I know now my sin of pornography from the age of 12 has led to these careless decisions. I know God will redeem my wasted time… I just got pray, work , wait, and see what He has in store for me. If you made it this far God bless you forever.

@deniseb8290

4 ай бұрын

What you are describing is a very human experience. Brother, don’t ever feel alone in this life. God has a plan to prosper you and not harm you. Not necessarily to prosper you financially, but in abundant joy.

@jackspurlock9201

4 ай бұрын

May God bless you

@Catholiclady3

4 ай бұрын

God bless you ❤

@LAP-uz1be

4 ай бұрын

He’s got you. Keep praying. God bless you

@kelly17333

4 ай бұрын

You are probably on the verge of a miracle , friend ❤

God Bless you Father Malachy and all the young men who choose to become Priests. May God Bless and Protect you Always !!🙏🙏🙏

Wow, what a beautiful thing that Irish priest said! Have our Blessed Lady to co-sign the check. I too felt the same ways since our Lord has converted and help me to be closer to him. Thank you Lord for ordaining me to listen to this.🙏🏼

More interviews with religious like this 🙏

You have many great interviews. This has been your finest. Exponential help to anyone listening to this. God bless you Matt and Thursday and our beloved Father Malachy! Thanks again. The bit at the end about how to bless and love the poor- so practical and helpful.

Thank you Lord for the gift of priesthood. It was such a touching experience to watch this interview. Thank you Father, thank you Matt

Best episode I've ever watched on your show, thank you Fr. and Matt!

One of the best episodes which I know I will rewatch many times over. Thank you Fr. malachy and God bless you for your beauty and faith❤

When I listen to Pints with Aquinas podcast I feel closer to God. At peace. Blessed. Thank you.

This Father is so beautiful and so passionate. He makes everything about him about Him. Thank you, Lord, for the gift of this man who's broken like me but who unlike me is doing a great job belonging to you. He brings hope to us.

Great interview, well done PWA and Fr Malachy.

My very favorite interview. Love Father Malachy ... and Matt. 😊

This was one of my favorite episodes of Pints. Thank you for introducing us to father

So enjoyed this. I am Catholic& my dream is to visit Lourdes 🙏✝️

Father, you blessed me today with your love and conviction for Jesus. Thank you for the Word.

Franciscans are amazing!!! Pray for us saint Francis!

I can't begin to express how much this interview has blessed me. It felt like I was on holy ground throughout.

Fr. Malachy is so inspirational and though he is on a higher spiritual level than I, he shared ways we all can all get closer to Jesus.

What a great conversation& fr Malachy is a beautiful person. We all must be more humble& give ourselves to Jesus 🙏✝️

He is so pure.

This interview with Father Malachy was sooo very helpful to my soul🙏✨✝️✨🕊️🙏 Thank you💝

Some of my favorite quotes from this talk: “The grace to live the vocation is only there if the call is there.” “I will make my heart, my hermitage.” “Blessed is that brother who receives accusation unjustly, and accepts it, in order to continue to live in communion with his brothers.” -St. Francis “He speaks about this love so sweet that it’s beyond explanation and this pain so deep that he wanted to die.” “The evil of self Will is the same evil that entered into the heart of Adam and Eve when they grasped at this apple and said, non-servit.” “Obedience is the way in which the Lord empties us of ourselves.” Fr. Malachi It’s seems like the biggest message from this talk was: Don’t run away from the tension… don’t run away from the struggle… don’t run away from the pain… beg and pray, and remain in His word, abiding in his love. As the branch is to the vine, be to Christ. “It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.” Shot out to Fr.. Malachi, I used to help him in and out of his habit when he was still in the seminary and tore up his shoulder playing basketball! He’s probably still a hack on the court, lol… much love and respect to him though, a truly genuine man after the Lord’s own heart!

Thank you Father Malachy! When the CFRs open their mouths it’s like a decade of personal 1:1 spiritual direction is downloaded into my soul.

Awesome talk with Fr. Malachy! God bless his Order and his ministry.🙏

"We live in this culture of dispensation." What a quote Matt!

This is the BEST video I've heard from MFradd. I listen to it over and over.. Bless this priest.

Having our Lady as co-signer to our check...love that! Our Lady, pray for us who have recourse to thee!

Wow..his dads comment..big wow❤❤

That was the most beautiful description of St. Francis in parallel with the suffering of Jesus I have ever heard! Definitely will have to return to this multiple times. Great, great episode!

There are some things in life that are so painful, yet also so sweet beyond compare. For me being a mother of 4, and soon to be 5 I think of childbirth. It’s the most painful thing I’ve ever experienced but also the most amazing and beautiful. The moment to hold a new baby is hard to describe. It was so hard for me to understand the first and even second child why God makes us suffer so much to bring new life into the world. But looking at the saints’ suffering and then looking at the cross it makes more sense. We can turn our suffering into love.

Love the CFRs! The real deal

@baseballmomof8

4 ай бұрын

Yes. We support them monthly and it is such a joy.

As a child who grew up Protestant, the only saints I knew about were St. Francis and St. Christopher. But I really didn't know about St. Francis until now. I appreciate this conversation with Fr. Malachy. I never knew that the order of Franciscan Monks were because of St. Francis. I really appreciate his story about La Verna. I did visit La Verna in the year 2000. I had no idea how special it was.

I can relate with the Fr’s ordination since my husband and I were getting married in December of 2020. We had the same restriction of 10 people. We were looking forward to the beautiful traditional celebration with family, priests we love and a choir we sing with. It was heartbreaking resigning ourselves to all the restrictions in NZ like him. As he said it was knowing that it’s going to be stripped and it was painful. We somehow managed to have the celebration we had planned for by the grace of God which I’ll never forget. It made us all the more thankful for the gifts we’re given since we can’t expect what we want all the time.

Wow! What a holy interview. Bless you both! Thank you Jesus for this interview I listened to on GoodFriday,’24. I was not able to attend GoodFriday service tonight but was blesse by Fr Malachy’s testimony. Matt, once again, you ask the best questions. Praise Jesus Christ.

Amazingly worded! Absolutely beautiful! 1:30:15 - 1:32:28

Love what was discussed here. Praise God!

Just got to say how blessed we are to be part of the Catholic Church. I'm reminded of something Fr. Gregory Pine said in a previous Pints with Aquinas about how he loves that the Church has so many different ways to live the religious life and the CFR's definitely is different than a lot of other orders. Very obviously you can see Fr. Malachy's true enthusiasm and piety towards God. Compare this to the rigid monastic system in the East. God is infinite and there are infinite ways to love him.

The fact something not even real affected this ordination so much is really sad, but I’m glad he was able to go through with it. God bless Father Malachy and all priests! Pray for the end to medical tyranny and oppression as well.

I’m going to put this one on repeat. Praise be Jesus Christ!!!

@j2muw667

4 ай бұрын

Same!! Been struggling with my next step in life- and this helped!! (Where to move to.. ) Thank You God for this, so I stop stressing, and just let God lead!)

@baseballmomof8

4 ай бұрын

Yes!!!!!!!

This conversation is Gold!!! When two ADHDers get together amazing things happen! 💯🙌

This was wonderful. Thank you, Fr. Malachy. ❤

This man is amazing God be praised for him God be praised he is a priest‼️‼️

Beautiful authenticity. Thank you.

Wow, I understand the anxiety of Father's ordination. I had to wait until the lockdowns were over to have my Final Profession as a Diocesan Hermit. The Bishop said wait, the Vicar Judicial wanted a big, joyous Mass. So, I waited. Alas, no family would attend. I did happen in my parish church May 2021! Thanks be to God!

His relationship with Jesus ❤

16:12 16:19 - Praise Jesus. How true!!! May we all, me especially, grow in His grace to know and confess our specific sins. May we never be too proud to say we are wretched, without knowing the ways in which we are. Glory to Jesus, my Lord, have mercy on us.❤ Excellent interview. Such a refreshing, joyful man of God. I adore his honesty, humility, vulnerability, and selflessness. He exudes so much joy and love for the Lord, which encourages me to be more honest and vulnerable with the Lord, bc his story is a testament to exactly that. Glory to Jesus.

As a fellow choleric/sanguine combo, this pod really resonated with me. Specifically the theme of becoming still and humbling ourselves to the feet of our Savior. Praise be Jesus Christ!

Many blessings 🎉❤! Father Malachy!!

I was wondering why the algorithm wasn’t showing me Pints anymore (thought maybe you guys weren’t doing videos anymore) and I just went to the channel and found this interview and oh my God… it’s sooooo amazing!! Life giving!! Heart changing!! Words are not enough to express the holiness I feel coming from this man and the church. I’m also attending mass at the St Francis of Assisi parish in my town so it hits different ❤

Fr Benedict was my spiritual father, I pray for him every daily in the Holy Sacrifice & met Fr Malachy at St Malachy's the Actor's Chapel when I was living there the year he entered the CFR's. Congratulations on your priesthood - go deep, Fr brother. +

What a wonderful and inspirational interview! My heart was stirred because I saw a reflection of Jesus in this holy and joyous man! Thank you!

Rolodex of prayers - he is way too young to reference that but it’s an awesome visual for those of us who need a suite of prayers & saints for the right time of the moment!

@RosieJ7223

3 ай бұрын

He’s older than he looks, he got that “youthful Holy Spirit glow” 😂

3 minutes in and I already love the lived-out charism of this priest.

Best episode

Decided to search up Fr Malachi’s story after listening to him in Hallow’s challenge, “Easter with The Early Church”! Thanks for this interview, Matt! 😊

I did not expect to enjoy this episode as much as i did!

Incredible! Please have him on more!

I love that singer Nick Cave (Anglican) considers himself "religious not spiritual." Brothers and Sisters from various Orders and denominations are the most amazing people you'll ever meet. Their whole life is serving God and others and striving to be like Christ.

Oh I can’t wait for this! 🙌

I saw St Francis’ vestments in Assisi. I prayed by his tomb under the Basilica last November. I cried under there. St Francis is my Patron Saint and even when I didn’t know it I was always attracted to the Franciscan Brothers in my school. Later I was away from the church, a “spiritual” idiot who thought she knew very thing. Well Padre Pio, whom I saw in San Giovanni, started showing up everywhere. He bullied me back into church. I hope to make both St Francis and Padre Pio proud for being a guide through my life. Pax Et Bonum brothers and sisters in Christ.

@OliverJ08

3 ай бұрын

When i get confirmed this Saturday, I'm definitely choosing st francis to be my patron saint too

Needed this. Thank you.

@baseballmomof8

4 ай бұрын

Same here.

Wonderful show. Thank you.

Tha k you Fr for sharing your walk with our Savior. We need 1000 more priests doing this in our churches so we are not loosing our children and adults walking away from our faith. How I wish our priests would preach Gods word from the pulpit we would be on fire for God. His word shared and spoken in truth without worrying about who will Be offended would pack our church. Loved this interview praying for all priests. Praying each parish would have 24 hr adoration and know why.

Such a gift... thank you

really well done!!! absolutely spot on 💯

Could you please, please cut the segment where he talks of St. Francis’ life? I wish to share with people who won’t watch the full video at all and he does such a beautiful job explaining it.

+Fr. Benedict Groeschel CFR, Ora pro nobis!

Eeeyyyyyy a fellow Napier!

Very Good!! ❤❤❤

Great conversation. Thanks, Matt and Father Malachy!

Absolutely beautiful

Great show

Father Malachy’s conversation makes me laugh 😆 and cry 😢. We need more Priests like him ❤ You are Our Lady’s favorite Priest ❤😇✝️🙏🏼

Familiar voice, Absolute love for this content, so humbling and reassuring. Thankyou.

Thank you

Great guest!

Thank you for this. Sincerely. \

There's a lot to take away from this discussion but this really stood out to me. 1:25:35 It was a comment in passing but I don't think he realized how much that actually impacted someone coming from an evangelical/pentecostal background. "Speaking in tongues" while I work. It's something that I've been battling with since I started my journey into the Catholic church and not knowing if what I was raised with when it came to speaking in tongues was the "correct way" or if it were heretical or just nonsense. I hadn't spoken in tongues in months because of this. It wasn't something I generally did in public but in private prayer and when prompted by the Spirit. About a week or two ago I was with some of the Catholic young adults that I'd started hanging around and we were having an impromptu worship session and we got to a part of a song where we were just praying and sitting with the Spirit and I just started speaking in tongues to myself for the first time in months without feeling like I was trying to force it, almost started crying because it had been such an important part of my prayer life that I'd let go. So when Father Malachy made that passing comment it kind of confirmed something in me that it was an acceptable action and something that can be done in your faith. It's not a big deal for some, but it meant something to me. Thank you.

@bluecomb5376

4 ай бұрын

Oh my, what a beautiful comment! Please be assured that speaking in tongues is a GIFT from the Holy Spirit and completely acceptable in the Catholic Church! There are many Catholic Charismatic Communities in the States and around the world, actually. They have received papal blessing. I grew up in one of them. Fr. Malachy grew up in another. Being charismatic in your spirituality is one way to express your love of the Lord. You will find that it is not a spirituality for others in the Church but that doesn't mean it is wrong. There are still many Catholics who find it unusual, strange, and perhaps even off-putting, but that is because they grew up with a different spirituality- say Ignatian or Benedictine perhaps. Peace be with you!

@bluecomb5376

4 ай бұрын

You would enjoy the Pints interview with Bishop Scott McCaig

As a Third Order Secular Franciscan, Fr. Malachy brings to mind the purpose and joy of my vocation so beautifully. This has been a good Lent!

This was great!

This interview is amazing! Praise Our Lord God, Jesus Our Heart and the Holy Spirit for the guidance He bestows to those humble enough to follow. Pray all that we as children in God's love surrender to Him.

His voice has " called me out of that tension"

Medjugorje? Been a earching for a rosary as a gift for a young man. Maker of the one I think is right happens to be in Medjugorje. Thanks Holy Spirit.

@hamie7624

4 ай бұрын

Stear clear. Medjugorje is a clearly false apparition

Very honest self effacing interview. Great interview for young men who are discerning a vocation.

Good video

Woah, mind blown about the origin of the word heresies- sides. Wow.

In California you might mention that fellow San Francisco is named for.

So true it’s not something you have to “conjure” up. The Baptism in the Holy Spirit super charges Faith. After I received the baptism in the Holy Spirit in 1974 and went to mass and the priest raised the Host and said The Body of Christ I felt glorious elation. The whole experience of Christ and the Word and faith comes to life. It’s no longer going through the motions. It’s all a real powerful experience in the Trinity ❤✝️