I really like to watch these videos cuz i'm Brazilian and it's very useful and easy to learn English while i'm watching a really good content about catholicism, I want to be a catechist in my parish to and your channel is helping me a lot. Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷

@tiagosantana4193

Жыл бұрын

I'm also Brazilian and I've been learning English on this channel. God bless your vocation bro

@bernardevillaw3410

Жыл бұрын

330,000 little boys in France were raped by 3,000 catholic pedophile priests, and it barely made the news, because people EXPECT that from catholics. Jesus said child rape was UNFORGIVABLE (Matt 18:6-14), and everyone who supported it will get eternal damnation. That means every catholic. If you join this club, you go to hell, according to Jesus.

@timcapes5000

Жыл бұрын

Parabens! 😊

@parkjul718

11 ай бұрын

my question sounds classic, but yet i can't understand the monotheistic of the concept of trinity. does this concept sound monotheistic to you? or do the christians have different grasp of monotheism? why jesus forbid people to give him reverence as what people give to God? why jesus laments the absent of God in the cross? why it is forgiveable to speak against him, but against the holy spirit is otherwise? even when i accept jesus as god, i can't see the identicality of him and other aspects of holy trinity. when you want to conforms the holy trinity with monotheism, you have to see and show the identicality of the three aspects of holy trinity, right?

@scygnius

10 ай бұрын

@@parkjul718 One God Three Persons

"...I'm not talking about people who fell on the floor because some televangelist blew a kiss at them or something like that..." made me chuckle.

@esze8807

Жыл бұрын

I chuckled even harder when I saw an online video of catholic putting his life at risk trying to save a burning image of a “saint” while others screamed “sacrilege!” But somehow we are to accept the lie that Catholics don’t worship “saints”.

@Multipurpose_Bagel

Жыл бұрын

One of these days, some Catholic is going to come along who is sick and tired of explaining to you Pharisees that the "saints" are simply all the people who are in Heaven, and just as they do, we worship God alone. They will also be tired of explaining the difference between prayer and worship, which are wrongfully lumped together. Instead of explaining for the thousandth time the self-regurgitating lie that others tell themselves, they'll just say "You know what? Believe whatever you want. See where turning your back on God and His Sacraments leads." But I don't think that Catholic would be doing his job very well, so it might be better to actually take what he might say to heart, and instead of listening to all the sycophantic voices online about it, why not actually invest some time in prayer on it and even go talk to people at a parish about it? Happy Easter!

@noahgaming8833

Жыл бұрын

@@esze8807 would you like it if I burned pictures of your family or anything that meant anything to you that it showed? Ok then

@esze8807

Жыл бұрын

@@Multipurpose_Bagel Maybe that catholic will do something that you nor any other catholic presently does, which is cite chapter and verse where Christians are instructed to pray to “saints”. Maybe he or she will explain why is it that when I have visited cathedrals what I hear is praise to dead saints. Some of these Catholic Churches have songs in which they worship their saints. Any communication with the dead, even praying, is forbidden in the Old Testament and not taught in the New Testament. You know what other thing that fictional catholic can do? Is tell us why do Catholics insist on spreading the false doctrine of the purgatory. Where in the Bible does it mention or even describe such a place? Also while that mystical person is at it, maybe that catholic can explain why does your church teach the everlasting virginity of Mary, her supposed immaculate conception, and that she was taken up to heavens in BODY and spirit despite the Bible not supporting any of it. Your kind should be the last one calling others Pharisees. Your church is grounded on false traditions while ignoring biblical truth. Just like, oh yes, the Pharisees.

@Multipurpose_Bagel

Жыл бұрын

@@esze8807 With love, when you use phrases like "your kind", it's all the more telling you can't even read a comment that has nothing to do with doctrine, or scripture, or tradition, - in this case it was about one line in the video I found humorous - without trying to stone someone. Are you this much of a buzzkill in person? :P To answer your question, God is the source of all creation, through whom all other forms of being come into existence. He also does not stand opposed to what He created, rather He delights in all creation, and invites that creation to partake in Him and His designs. Meaning, we can give credit and honor to other things, without somehow lessening our love and recognition of God. God is not petty, or in need of our worship. We do so because we need it. For lack of a better word, saints are simply people who "cooperate" with God's grace in whatever manner was best and fitting to each, better than the rest of us. We can ask them for guidance in the same way they received it. There's no secret ingredient or special worship of them. Notice, nobody is saying you have to ask saints for help or prayers. As I said, God simply delights in us playing an active role in His Church through His graces. The saints are simply humble examples of those graces at work. Again, proper understanding of this requires - requires - you to quit telling yourself all prayer is worship, because it isn't. but if you are not willing you soften your stance, then that's between you and God. Have a blessed Easter.

Spectacular video! Thank you Brian!

Brian, this was a great video! I love your icons!

Great video Brian. Well said. God Bless. 🙏🏻

I think you are doing an awesome job here on your channel. Sharing your videos. Thank you.

Struggling with my faith, I was raised Catholic and I've been having the urge to get back to church but struggle with some things and this is one of them. Thank you for this.

@brandonedwards1181

5 ай бұрын

Read the bible friend. Sounds like you are struggle with your religion and not your faith, remember you can have relationship with the lord and not have religion. Pray and read the gospel, start reading John and pray for wisdom and guidance so that you may glorify him. Good luck

@dherpin4874

5 ай бұрын

Look up Father Ripperger and Dr Brandt Petrie

@Michael-pw2td

5 ай бұрын

​​@@brandonedwards1181 I think I'll stick with the religion Jesus started and wants us to follow. You can't see that because you're using your private interpretation of scripture. You'll remain in error until you accept the interpretation of the Holy Spirit entrusted to his Catholic Church.

@VestalNumbre

4 ай бұрын

So so .why though I believe in the Bible.All Scripture is inspired of God+ and beneficial for teaching,+ for reproving, for setting things straight,+ for disciplining in righteousness,+ 17

@Michael-pw2td

4 ай бұрын

@VestalNumbre "All" does not mean "only". And "beneficial" does not mean "sufficient".

This is an amazing video. I watched two videos on the same subject and I can assure you, from what I've seen, your argument is the most comprehensive and clear to understand. The fact that you continue you to tie it all back in to Jesus Christ and scripture is what really convinces me. This is genuinely such a helpful resource! Thank you so much for taking the time to make it!

Thank you for this. This was extremely insightful.

Not gonna lie bud, when I was Roman Catholic and prayed a daily Rosary/ Sacred heart devotion, I was generally much more resistant to temptation. Wondering now if I've lost something I should've kept. Pray for me?

As a Confessional Lutheran, thank you so much for explaining this topic very well. And using scripture, I’ve never heard the scriptures used like that in context to explain. Thanks again

@kasperthesen6401

8 ай бұрын

😊😊

@kasperthesen6401

8 ай бұрын

😊😊😊😊

As a Protestant, I greatly appreciate how detailed yet comprehensive your videos are! One question that I’ve thought of regarding the intercession of the saints is to what extent do you perceive omnipresence and/ or omniscience as divine attributes? If my understanding of it is correct (and if not definitely correct me!) a saint is able to intercede for all who pray to them, so theoretically for potentially hundreds or thousands of people at the same time? Would that not ascribe to them the ability to hear/see all or be present in multiple places at the same time? And if that is the case, would that not be a divine characteristic that is being attributed to them? Perhaps there’s an aspect of this I’m not fully understanding, I would love to hear your perspective! Blessings 🤍

@snokehusk223

Жыл бұрын

Saints or to be precise all people in Heaven have a beautific vision which they gain from God. I believe that is the reason.

@BrianHoldsworth

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words! This is somewhat of a mystery, but you could speculate that they do not exist in time. Time means change and they no longer experience change the way we do. They have become their final selves, no longer in transition. As such, they have all eternity to simply be. Time would be irrelevant to them. Further, it's likely that this is God's power operating through them. They aren't themselves omniscient, but in communion with God, they, perhaps, share in his divine power.

@Fiona2254

Жыл бұрын

Also remember that all they do is because God allows them. They help because it’s part of God’s plan. It’s only His will at work

@jordydinga1167

Жыл бұрын

There is an issue with how people view omniscience or omnipresence. They basically view them in additive way. For them, being omniscience is to know the sum of everything and being omniscient is to be in the sum of all places. And since God alone is omniscient and omnipresent, then no one else can be in every place and know for the thoughts of every human being at once. A better view of those attributes will be as qualitative. Omnipresence means the presence is without limit and omniscience means the knowledge is without limit. For exemple, if God grants an individual the ability to know everything about each creature at once, that person will still not being omniscient because even though his/her knowledge would be very important, it would still be limited. The sum of finite knowledge doesn't equal infinite knowledge. In order for that person to be omniscient, he/she should also know all about God as God himself, which is impossible since the infinite creature can never absorb the infinite. The same is true for omnipresence. God is "present" in everything that exists because he is the source of being, no being can exist or sustain by itself without God. So even if a creature was present in every place on earth or in the inverse, inside the mind of every creature, he/she wouldn't still be omnipresent because he or she cannot be present in God as God is present in himself since God is infinite. Another issue is that people use a bad reasoning to conclude that the intercession of saints requires omnipresence/omniscience. The reasoning is something like: God is omniscience and omnipresent Thus, God can hear our prayers even in mind Therefore, it is necessary to be omniscient /omnipresent to hear prayers Saints in heaven don't need to be omnipresent or omniscient, they only need to be aware of the prayers of their brethren/or those who ask for their intercession. They only need to be united to them. Another attribute of God that people really don't consider is omnipotence. God does what he wants. Uniting the Church of heaven to their brethren in this life is not something out of his reach. If He wants it, he will make it happen. Actually, a good argument can be made for that union from Hebrews 12,22-24: But what you have come to is Mount Zion and the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem where the millions of angels have gathered for the festival, .with the whole Church of first-born sons, enrolled as CITIZENS OF HEAVEN. You have come to God himself, the supreme Judge, and to the SPIRITS OF THE UPRIGHT WHO HAVE BEEN MADE PERFECT ; and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to purifying blood which pleads more insistently than Abel's."

@alightinthedarkages9494

Жыл бұрын

​@@BrianHoldsworthExcellently put that they do not experience time the way we do. It's possible that in the afterlife there are multiple dimensions of time, an idea that actually explains a LOT of Scripture as well as near death experiences. Picture time down here as flowing along a line, that for all practical purposes we cannot deviate from, nor even make the line bend. Now imagine that line on the surface of a sphere, and in the perpendicular direction to the line is another line representing a second time dimension. One could travel initially along the first line, then deviate into the orthogonal direction awhile (amassing experiences there separate from those on the main timeline), and then eventually loop back onto the main shared pathway. I think about that a lot, it explains many mysteries. Just my two cents.

Your never fail to inspire, Brian. Always keep it up!

@bernardevillaw3410

Жыл бұрын

Shame Jesus didn't inspire you. 330,000 little boys in France were raped by 3,000 catholic pedophile priests, and it barely made the news, because people EXPECT that from catholics. Jesus said child rape was UNFORGIVABLE (Matt 18:6-14), and everyone who supported it will get eternal damnation. That means every catholic. If you're in this club, you go to hell, according to Jesus.

I want to become a Catholic because god showed me in a dream that Catholics where in the right. It’s kinda hard to believe because I grew up Protestant and was taught Catholics aren’t Christian’s. I finally just prayed to god and he answered me in a dream that was so odd that I knew it was from him. It’s just hard to believe and I can’t deny it anymore. It’s been my own experience

@annaalollz

Жыл бұрын

Can you elaborate on that dream? What do you remember?

@axomorlora3625

Жыл бұрын

Now you will start praying to Mary right by putting her statue in front

@devilsandchargersfan385

10 ай бұрын

Don’t over think it there’s not much of a difference except for the performance and extra rules that catholics have (that are not in the Bible fyi) . It doesn’t matter what church you pick just make sure the focus of your faith is primarily on Jesus. There’s just no point to pray to the “saints” or apostles they have literally no power they’re just people who love Jesus. They’re no different than you and I. Know that only Jesus has the power to answer your prayer. Ps I have no hate for Catholicism I grew up it. I didn’t find my faith until someone actually taught me what it was saying in a Christian church called Calvary chapel.

@Tomislvo

10 ай бұрын

@@devilsandchargersfan385there is a big difference my friend we have all the right teachings and we are the true church Christ established! And most importantly we have the eucharist where the real presence of our Lord Jesus Christ is!

@hygravity956

10 ай бұрын

@@axomorlora3625 it’s just my experience. Find one religious group or person that has it all right and then judge me

thank you for the best explanation that I've heard

Thank you, I've been searching high and low for this kind of explanation, you really gave it a nice one, but I don't know if I'm dumb and can't understand the concept of praying to them, but it was illuminating, thanks. Also because erery other catholics gets bothered answering this question.

Truely Illuminating piece. To my knowledge no body explained the topic better than you. 🎉

@josephcade3541

3 ай бұрын

The Vatican 2 documents explained : Without understanding the following you will never be able to understand the documents. I will list here, what the documents consist of, by name and by title. But you will never find the list of these names inside the documents this is deliberate. For the purpose of concealment. But what you will find in every paragraph of every page the “definition” of the terms listed. Therefore the Vatican two documents consist of “definition” only: Without understanding the following you will never be able to understand the documents. I will list here, what the documents consist of, by name and by title. But you will never find the list of these names inside the documents this is deliberate. For the purpose of concealment. But what you will find in every paragraph of every page the “definition” of the terms listed. Therefore the Vatican two documents consist of “definition” only: 1) Indifferentism 2) Syncretism and Synthesis 3) Immanent 4) Transcendentalism 5) Individualism 6) Existentialism, naturalism 7) Stoicism 8) Pantheism 9) Evolution 10) The Sciences such as historian sociology psychology critic… If you look up Saint Pope Pius 10 Encyclical “ Pascendi Dominici Gregis” you will find he new about Vatican 2 and wrote a detailed comprehensive explanation of Vatican 2, listing in detail more than half of the items above listed, and he even explains, in example, how it is meant to diminish Jesus Christ and the one true church and desecrate all seven sacraments and to leave the door open for more of modernism and Progressive changes in the future. He is not alone !!! Pius 10 on the Errors of Modernism, Pius 9 his Syllabus of Errors and Pope Gregory 16 in his Encyclical “Mirari Vos” see #19 on the waldensians,the Beghards,the Wycliffites, and all the popes condemned the documents of Vatican 2 and the Synod of Pistoia and warned the faithful with excommunication, anathema if you don't reject the Vatican two documents, and church, and embrace the one true traditional Catholic Church, the depository of faith, before the end of your life. As you examine these terms and then read the Vatican two documents you can clearly see the “definition” of all the above listed terms, but not the terms themselves, and the evil,and that it is no longer Catholic but a new religion that will lead you straight to hell !!! The Vatican II documents : briefly 1) Christ is united with each man in the Incarnation before Jesus was even born (Gaudium et Spes #22) 2) Protestant religions are a means of salvation and all other denominations. (Unitatis Redintegratio #3) 3) non-catholics made lawfully receive Holy Communion and the sacraments of the church.(Orientalium Ecclesiarum #27) 4) Muslims and Catholics together worship the same God (Lumen Gentium #16) 5) the Catholic church is united with those who don't accept the Catholic faith or the papacy. Lumen Gentium #15) 6) some people above the Age of Reason don't believe in God through no fault of their own. Lumen Gentium #16) 7) and the Buddhism man search the highest illumination. (Nostra Aetate #2) 8) all things on earth should be related to man as their Center and Crown. (Gaudium et Spes #12). Then what are we to do you ask ? If you are a true Traditional Catholic then you are supposed to do what the Blessed Virgin Mary told us to do, in these evil times, that she described at Fatima, in the “Third Secret”. Not the fake phony Third Secret that John Paul II falsified and Rewritten, along with the fake Lucia !!! But the real true Third Secret of Fatima. You are also to do what the Blessed Virgin Mary told us to do at La Salette, France and again at Our Lady of Good Success, who described in great detail what is to happen to the Catholic church at the end of the 20th century and she was 100% right !!! What do we do then ? what did she say to do ? She said, to say the Traditional Rosary, not the rosary of John Paul II, the Traditional Rosary !! 15 decades, everyday or 5 decades on Monday, 5 decades on Tuesday, and 5 decades, on Wednesday. Since the Mass is the greatest prayer of all !!! you get the Saint Andrews missile (and no other missile) but the St Andrews missile, and you say Mass every Sunday (you're not able to consecrate) but you can still say the prayers of the Mass !!! From only the Saint Andrew's missile!! You can say the rosary, the Seven Sorrows of Mary, the Stations of the Cross, all at home. Have nothing to do with today's fake Catholic Church!!! NOTHING !!! This means all Vatican 2 priests and parishioners also the sspx, sspv, cmri, fssps… It will be a mortal sin and send you straight to hell if you go to any of these groups who support and embrace “Invincible ignorance” and also “baptism of desire and blood” that the Traditional Catholic church teaches against !!! Subjective v.s Objective heresy !!! You can be in the soul of the church and not be a member heresy these groups, the sspx and others Embrace these heresies !!! along with using the St Joseph's missile (THIS IS A condemned missile) if anyone, even the Pope, tells you that it's not a condemned missile they are - A - Liar !! don't believe them, they're a liar and a Heretic !!! Heretics will send you to Hell !!! You say your prayers at home, you stay at home, and you say your prayers at home, the Traditional prayers of the church and you say them every day. You read the Bible the Catholic Bible and no other since all other Bibles have been Rewritten with attacks againt Mary !!! and study the lives of the Saints of the church, and stay away from newly written or revised books on the market today !!! Don't buy any books on the market after 1960 !!!! What about confession and all that ? You confess your sins to God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost using the prayers in the St Andrews missile, in the confessional which is in the back of the book, or you say one of the seven penitential Psalms along with the act of contrition. That's your confession, at home where you are safe both in body and soul !! For baptism you do the same at home with the proper, Matter, Form and Intent !!! But whatever you do have nothing to do with the Vatican 2 Church sspx, sspv, fssp…. even if it's empty do not go in it !!! Judgment day is almost here. P.S.- the Most Holy Family Monastery is a good resource me and my colleagues have kept a close eye on them for over 20 years I highly recommend them. God Love You

Protestant here, thanks for clearing this up

@orangemanbad

Ай бұрын

Just curious. How can you be a Protestant in the internet age when it’s so easy to debunk? Honest question.

@thomastome8396

Ай бұрын

My friend im a catholic and and i barely understand the whole praying to saint things because i never did, neither did my parents or grandfather. Granted, as a kid i barely paid attention in Sunday school so i honestly dont remember how the intercession of saints makes sense or why we do it.

@benjaminallen6269

Ай бұрын

@@orangemanbad What would some of that proof be? (i assume you mean proof that God and or Jesus isnt real)

@orangemanbad

Ай бұрын

@@thomastome8396 that’s quite simple. Because the Bible tells us the angels and saints carry our prayers to God. And also because the Bible tells us (and shows us) that Christ is not the God of the dead but the living. So we believe when we ask saints to pray for us they do so just as if you ask your friend to pray for you and they do. Why would you ask someone to pray for you but not a living saint? We also see the saints alive with Christ in the New Testament.

@orangemanbad

Ай бұрын

@@benjaminallen6269 absolutely not. I was a Protestant but learned christianity and became Catholic. My point was how can anyone be Protestant today? It’s way too easy to debunk. There’s a reason why there was only Catholic orthodoxy for 16 centuries. Protestantism is obviously a false religion.

Thank you, I needed this.

My main question about Catholicism, is that the basis for the Church’s foundation, is the verse from Matthew when Jesus says “And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church.” If Jesus spoke in not so straightforward terms, why then not believe he meant the fact that he either changed Simon to Peter, because of his authority, or the fact that he called him out of his Sin, to be reborn because of his authority, that is the foundation. Not literally Peter and his beliefs or faith is the rock and foundation… Jesus’ use of the word Rock is found again in his sermon on the mount where he says “Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine is like a wise man who has built his house on the rock,” which indicates that it’s the word of God that is the rock, not Peter himself. That’s what I struggle with is that the interpretation of Matthew 16:18-19 that was agreed upon by a group of people is the basis for the Church who practice things so closely resembling Jewish Law and Greek and Roman traditions, where does Jesus or Paul say that we should pray to the Saints? Where does He say we should pray to Mary? Where does He say that we should make a worship ritual for the relics of His? His chalice, His crown of thorns? Even the Old Testament states that worship and prayer are to be directed at the one God. It seems as though these practices of praying and worshiping these items and people are hitting the bullseye, just on the wrong target. Hopefully you can help shed some clarity on this for me.

@darryldavis436

2 ай бұрын

Jesus taught us how to pray in the lord's prayer, Catholics say it every day at mass, they really shoud know. Jesus said: pray our Father which is in heaven. He didn't say pray to my mom or my Apostles. Timothy 2:5,6 Jesus is the mediator between God and men. On the subject of the rock, I believe it was what Peter said that is what the church would be built on. And I believe it is Christianity that is Jesus's Church he spoke about. And Jesus has alot of Christian Churches.

@DYLANANDRE

2 ай бұрын

@@darryldavis436 yes. I find it odd too, that if the Catholics really believe that Peter is the rock… then how come Peter betrayed the Gospel in Antioch by segregating himself from the non Jewish Christians which made Paul, who was given the task of spreading Christianity outside of the Jews, check Peter and call him a hypocrite? I’d argue in saying Paul was the leader of the Apostles, after Jesus’ resurrection, not Peter. Paul straight up checked everyone.

@darryldavis436

2 ай бұрын

Catholics use Peter so they can have a connection with the Apostles and their own denomination of Christianity, but I am unsure if Peter ever was a pope. The Romans killed Peter and Paul. And I know he would Never want people to bow down to him and kiss his hand like they do the pope. Acts 10:25 -26 Cornelius fell down at Peter's feet and Peter said: stand up, I too am a man. Catholic are Christians, but twist the word around to fit their needs.@@DYLANANDRE

@MiguelLopez-gg6rw

2 ай бұрын

@@DYLANANDREYes Peter was checked by Paul, Peter was human and sinned, just as all Popes are human and sinned as well, doesn’t take his authority away, and as for the “Rock” we see in the Old Testament Abraham is also referred to as the “rock” not just God.

@redbird9000

Ай бұрын

Thank you for your sound doctrine.

God bless you for the clear information you gave us.

I am Catholic and I am struggling understanding some things in the church like this. I was trying to find explanation to back my beliefs. I was wondering these exact same things. This helped a ton to strengthen my catholic faith. Thanks Bud.

as someone who was raised catholic and never really believed, the saints were always my favorite part of the catholic religion, especially asking patron saints for help always made me feel better

I’ve been thinking about going from being Protestant for Catholic for a while and this has helped clear up my main issue. It’s still a new topic for me, and one that’s a bit nerve wracking to try, but I appreciate your video. Thanks!

@kgebhardt1187

2 ай бұрын

Pray and read scripture. May the Almighty lead you to truth and understanding. He will light your path if you ask ❤✝

Very valuable veido .Thanks and God bless you.

Thank you for the thorough explanation.

I enjoyed this message! I never really understood why Catholics prayed to saints until I saw this. I've been taught that it's idolatry or a form of putting something before God, basically making someone else a mediator besides Jesus. Now I understand that it's actually like asking a fellow brother or sister in Christ for help, like a prayer request (not forgiveness of sins). Even though I don't agree with some of the things you say, you do give an honest and humble insight of a lot of information that not many people are willing to share (I see this as a learning process and opportunity). Thankyou! John 13:34 “A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.”

@angelicalee6

Жыл бұрын

Many of us catholics are tired to explain and only to fall on deaf ears. Catholicism is all about The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit. Everything is about what Our Lord established. We believe Him, the Saints are in paradise.

@axomorlora3625

Жыл бұрын

Don't believe those catholics they are lying always catholicism is all about Mary and praying to her such as hail Mary prayer this is the first thing the catholics do in the church praying to Mary first but not GOD

@angelicalee6

7 ай бұрын

@@stephenmeehan8927 I don’t read bots. 🤷‍♀️

@John_the_Paul

2 ай бұрын

I’m so glad someone finally listened. Hopefully all of us Christians can grow closer in our faith.

The Concrete Confessional blog, whose author was raised Roman Catholic, just dropped an article called "Why This Atheist Is Headed Back to Church." Very interesting reading no matter which side of the fence you're on.

Thank you for the clear explanation! ❤

Great video. I am really curious what is the piece of music which you play at the intro and outro of your videos it's beautiful

@Sathrandur

Жыл бұрын

'The Love of God' by Paul Jernberg.

This comment comes with respect and maybe I can get questions answered from Catholic brothers and sisters in Christ on some of my concerns. I am a Lutheran and I also hold the saints at a very high level of respect and admiration.I have heard Catholics say “praying for intercession is like asking a friend for prayer” and “the saints are alive and not dead” and I understand their argument there. My hesitation of prayer to the saints comes from not the act “on paper” so to speak, but how the act is actually played out. The saints have their own(for lack of a better word) “specialty” . You might pray to one saint for healing, another for strength and patience, another because you can’t find your car keys… and the act of asking the saints for intercession during your prayer to God tends to look as if it’s played out as a Polytheistic style of prayer. ( I know it’s not but it APPEARS that way… especially with all the specialties that these saints are given) but another concern is when you look into prayer journals of many ancient Catholics… numerous of prayers are said to many saints and the majority appear to be to Mary, it gives the appearance that God is given the back burner while Mary and the saints are receiving the glory for answered prayers when it’s in fact God that answers these prayers. Like I said I say this in respect to Catholics but I fear that the argument of “don’t you ask your fellow Christian’s to pray for you?” Doesn’t gut deep enough Into the issues that Protestants tend to see In prayer to the saints… feel free to talk, explain, enlighten if you will… but let’s be respectful.

@dherpin4874

5 ай бұрын

Maybe consider looking at it this way. God did not need the dirt to create Adam, He did not need the ark to save Noah, He did not need Abraham to establish His people, He did not need Moses as I deliver His people, He did need the apostles to start the Church, and He did not need The Most Blessed Virgin Mary to come into the world. However, God is perfect, and by His perfect will He chose these means to manifest His Glory. Now with the Saints everything is elevated because the saints or “in” Christ, this elevates saints to an incomprehensible level higher than any chosen person of God preceding the unification of Our Lords mystical Body. This is by far not a comprehensive response but only an introduction to the idea. Consider these verses Romans 12:4-6 “For as in one body we have many members, and all the members do not have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith” 1 Corinthians 12:26-27 “If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together. Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.” Those who are in Christ glorify Christ, honoring those in Christ honors Christ. Without Christ no saint, no not one, could do a thing for you (including finding your car keys).

Great points. Christ the one Mediator and Head intercedes, therefore the members of His Body participate in His intercession. Thus these members call upon one another for intercession, even calling upon members who have gone to be at Home with their Head, for they remain mutually united in His Body.

All this being said, I think we could help ourselves by not saying things like “I prayed to St. X and asked him to help me love people better”. I think it’d be less scandalous to Protestants (and more theologically accurate) to say things like, “I asked St. X to pray that I love people better”. The latter uses intercessory language while the former seems to imply that the saint is the one you expect to make you more loving.

@bar8665

11 ай бұрын

As a protestant I appreciate that.

@leannewheeler5351

8 ай бұрын

Yes.

@Phantom-xp2co

7 ай бұрын

Common saints prayer are in fact requests: "Oh Holy Mary, pray for us"

@thegreypilgrim2849

6 ай бұрын

​@@stephenmeehan8927You can't read, can you?

@dherpin4874

5 ай бұрын

@@stephenmeehan8927 context matters…. Do you pray outside of your “closet” or in front of anyone? If so then you are violating Mathew 6:6 as well. However, I would think right about now you are not taking that verse as literal as you were when “protesting” Catholicism. If you believe praying to the saints is not praying to God then I would recommend you spend more time contemplating how it is we are able to call God Father and be “in” the Body of Christ. Lastly, not all traditions are of man and for man, if so you would have to get rid of a great many things like birthdays, Christmas, the Bible, and so on. Again, I would think you are holding those verses a little more loosely than when you were using them to “protest” the Church. Context matters, and you will not understand the context of scripture if your goal of scripture is to “protest” Catholicism and not seek the truth of scripture. Not a personal attack because you are in a belief system that is by its namesake a religion of protestantism which as a faith based on being anti Catholic (instead of pro gospel/truth)

Here is the problem I have, you didn’t really give much justification for prayer to the saints. It seems like your primary justification is miracles associated supposedly with deceased saints. You also made a claim that demons can’t heal to justify these miracles as verifiable. I don’t see the strength in that argument, certainly God can heal but we know also that demons can perform miracles seemingly equal to God. I personally think a demon could heal someone if they want and I think this is why you will sometimes hear stories even among pagans of healing. Point being to attribute miracles to a dead saint that was prayed to is unverifiable and when these miracles happen how could you possibly test the origin. This is why it is better to just pray to God, then we know the source of these things when they happen. We don’t have to assume and ask who performs the miracle because we prayed to God and He answered.

@Cris-xj8nm

6 күн бұрын

It’s not praying to them it’s asking them to pray for you

@kylesilva4063

5 күн бұрын

@@Cris-xj8nm how could you ask them to pray for you without praying to them? When the act is done do people not close their eyes, bow their heads, and close their hands together?? That seems like praying to them. Otherwise why not just simply pray to God alone? We know the Saints pray for us in heaven so they are not unaware but pray to God cast your anxieties on Him. This is the encouragement of scripture, and scripture no where encourages us to pray to any but God.

@Cris-xj8nm

4 күн бұрын

@@kylesilva4063 the majority of my prayer is to the lord at the end I just slip in and ask my brothers in sisters in heaven to pray for me as well

Thank you buddy, giving me ammo to help out at work

Thank you Brain. As a protestant this has been a question of mine. Why was Saul wrong in trying to communicate with the dead Samuel? (1 Chronicles 10:13). (1 Samuel 28:7-19) ** Samuel is a saint, based on the criteria at 8:52. He did intercessory prayer for his people (1 Samuel 7:7-8; 1 Samuel 9:6-10) and God heard him. But once Samuel died (1 Samuel 28:3) being called from the spirit realm was a disturbance for Samuel (1 Samuel 28:15) and a contributor for Saul's demise. How is Samuel's case different from calling on other saints who passed on? ** You are right (5:22) , God is the God of the living. When a believer dies, his body is dead but his spirit is with the Lord. (2 Corinthians 5:6) But they are not alive as Christ is alive and interceding for us ( Romans 8:34). Since he rose from the dead, he has eternal priesthood unlike other priests that died and can not continue their intercession ( Hebrew 7:23-24). So, the question is where in the bible do we find the saint's continued intercession once their spirit has passed on? ** Isaiah 8:19 says "When someone tells you to consult mediums and spirits, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?" - The spirit's sainthood does not seem to have an exception because the comparison is between talking directly to God vs using spirits or mediums. if there are specified exceptions, could you please state where in the bible it is? ***As for Jesus (6:17); Jesus is God. Him ordering where the spirit of a human be (on earth or the spirit realm) is his prerogative as God. He brought the spirit of Lazarus from the dead (the spirit realm to his body) and similarly he called on Moses and Elijah to appear. But in the case of the sear in 1 Samuel 28; I do not believe it is her demonic spirit who brought forth Samuel but God who finally decided to rebuke Saul. I could be wrong but I believe that neither demons nor humans have the authority to tell the spirit of a saint where to be but God. If it is otherwise, could you please give an example from the bible? - In both Jesus's and the sear's case; the spirits appeared at the location where they were called, implying that they were limited by space. So from where in the Bible can their presence to all who call on them be inferred? - Also in line with brothers praying for other brothers James 5:14-16 says "Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord." The Question is, if praying to the dead closer to God is a better approach, why does James say call on the elders and not mention the prayer to the saints in the spirit realm? Lastly, Was Saul wrong because he used a sear instead of praying to Samuel himself? ** The sear used a demonic spirit to call on the dead so it is clearly wrong. And we are told to pray in the Spirit in Ephesians 6:18. So if the argument is that we use the spirit of God unlike her, my question is as such, Is not the spirit already in the role of intercesion in our behalf in Roman 8:26? - So why ask the interceding Spirit to get us in communication with the saints to take his role as an intercessor? Would it not be like sending a messenger to another parity to give him back the message he is sent to deliver? If you have read this far, Thank you and I would greatly appreciate the reply. Thank you for your time.

@Jay-oj4hj

6 ай бұрын

Only God knows whose names are in the book of life. It’s not up to “the church” to decide who is a saint.

@diego1590

19 күн бұрын

​@@Jay-oj4hjexactly the same church you say has no power Jesus says that its the pillar and ground of truth, his bride and whatever they loss and bound in earth will be lost and bound in heaven...

Amen brother. Shalom from malaysia

@EasternOrthodox101

Жыл бұрын

Amen brother🙏Dear and beloved Malaysians, you are the descendants of Abimael, son of Yoktan the Hebrew, in the line of Shem☦🇷🇺❤🇲🇾

What was the chant used at the beginning?

Thank you so much. There are really no priests online that have made a case for praying to Mary or the Saints

Raised Catholic ✋️ I agree with you sir. Good to hear a well exlpained explanation. ❤

Out of all videos on this subject, this is the best. As a confessional Lutheran who has a lot of qualms with the RCCs theology but one area that I can’t seem to find biblical evidence against is saintly intercessions. Christ is my ultimate mediator and intercessor but asking the Lord Jesus and the Saints to cheer me on in my race of holiness seems evident to me in Hebrews 12:1. The cloud of witnesses cheers me on and I ask them to cheer me on alongside my Lord

Thanks for this, on a journey myself to understand this topic more. I have a question though, I have read in a number of other places that some catholics do call venerating a form of worship, just not the same type of worship which is to be given to God. Might you be able to talk on this a little? Also, how do we know that those who have died are indeed in heaven? and is heaven even a present thing, or a thing in the future?

I hope every priest can explain like this.....because up until now i don't understand why we have fiestas for saints.....

This was solid, brother. Thank you.

even if Mary and the saints that passed away are concious after death, God still commanded us to not communicate with the dead, God calls those who passed away as the dead and HE said not to inquire of the dead.

@Jesus3ITrustinThee

8 ай бұрын

Intercessory prayer for the saints dead on earth (but alive in Christ in heaven) and on earth is all throughout scripture “First of all, then, I URGE THAT ENTREATIES AND PRAYERS, PETITIONS AND THANKSGIVINGS, BE MADE ON BEHALF OF ALL MEN . . . 3 THIS IS GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD OUR SAVIOR, 4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth." 1 Tim 1, 3; “ *PRAY AT ALL TIMES IN THE SPIRIT, WITH ALL PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION. TO THAT END KEEP ALERT WITH ALL PERSEVERANCE, MAKING SUPPLICATION FOR ALL THE SAINTS *…” - Ephesians 6:18. 16 If ANYONE sees his brother sinning, if the sin is not deadly, HE SHOULD PRAY TO GOD AND HE WILL GIVE HIM LIFE. This is only for those whose sin is not deadly. There is such a thing as deadly sin, about which I do not say that you should pray. 17 All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that is not deadly. - 1 John 5:16-17. “Therefore, SINCE WE ARE SURROUNDED BY SO GREAT A CLOUD OF WITNESSES, let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us and persevere in running the race that lies before us” - Hebrews 12:1. “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.” - James 5:16. “Brethren, join in following my example, and OBSERVE THOSE WHO WALK ACCORDING TO THE PATTERN you have in us.” - Philippians 3:17. "1 [a]When he had finished all his words to the people, he entered Capernaum.[b] 2 A centurion[c] there had a slave who was ill and about to die, and he was valuable to him. 3 WHEN HE HEARD ABOUT JESUS, HE SENT ELDERS OF THE JEWS TO HIM, ASKING HIM TO COME AND SAVE THE LIFE OF HIS SLAVE. 4 They approached Jesus and strongly urged him to come, saying, “He deserves to have you do this for him, 5 for he loves our nation and he built the synagogue for us.” 6 And Jesus went with them, but WHEN HE WAS ONLY A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE HOUSE, THE CENTURION SENT FRIENDS to tell him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof.[d] 7 Therefore, I did not consider myself worthy to come to you; but say the word and let my servant be healed. 8 For I too am a person subject to authority, with soldiers subject to me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come here,’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” 9 When Jesus heard this he was amazed at him and, turning, said to the crowd following him, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.” 10 When the messengers returned to the house, THEY FOUND THE SLAVE in good health." Luke 7:1-10; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but THE SPIRIT HIMSELF INTERCEDES FOR US with groanings too deep for words; and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because HE INTERCEDES FOR THE SAINTS ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD.” - Romans 8:26-27 “2 And he was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun and his clothes became white as light. 3 And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, conversing with him.” - Mt. 17:2-3; “When He had taken the book, the FOUR LIVING CREATURES AND THE TWENTY-FOUR ELDERS fell down before the Lamb, EACH ONE HOLDING A HARP AND GOLDEN BOWLS FULL OF INCENSE *WHICH ARE THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS* ”- Revelation 5:8b. “HE WAS GIVEN A GREAT QUANTITY OF INCENSE TO OFFER, ALONG WITH THE PRAYERS OF ALL THE HOLY ONES, ON THE GOLD ALTAR THAT WAS BEFORE THE THRONE. 4 The smoke of the incense along with the prayers of the holy ones went up before God from the hand of the angel.” - Rev 8:3b-4.

@srich7503

7 ай бұрын

Does that include rebuking satan?

@bikesrcool_1958

Ай бұрын

Didn’t God say all the dead in him are alive in him?

Let’s go!!!!!! Amen bro!

I adore your posts

vaery well explained!!

We are told to confess to each other not religious priest .

Hello Brian. Great video. However, I think there’s a point that may be confusing to some. You said that we are only allowed to pray to saints that we know are in heaven, then you give examples of people who prayed to saints before their canonization. I realize this is part of the process but if I were Protestant I think I would see this as a contradiction. How is it that we are allowed to pray for someone’s intercession prior to having confirmation of their sainthood? Hope this question made sense.

@BrianHoldsworth

Жыл бұрын

Yes, that is confusing and worth clarifying. Once the Church has assessed that the candidate lived a faithful and holy life, they are declared worthy of veneration. This often happens organically at a local level because of their intimate familiarity with the candidate. There can arise a cult of veneration which the Church then recognizes as legitimate.

@Fiona2254

Жыл бұрын

Prayers aren’t ever wasted.

What is the song that plays for your intro

@bergensteiger7615

Жыл бұрын

I was wondering the same thing

@Sathrandur

Жыл бұрын

'The Love of God' by Paul Jernberg.

I've been curious about the differences in Catholics and Protestant's for a while now and want to thank you for your videos. I agree wholeheartedly with your points about the body of Christ needing to love each other and that we shouldn't be attacking each other. This is where I really see us Protestants fall apart - we love infighting - which is not helpful. Though I would say it's also not helpful for you to make disparaging remarks towards Pentecostals. Please take all of my criticisms here with love, as that's how they're intended. I've watched other videos, read blog posts, and looked through the comments you've responded to as well as the scriptures you've listed supporting the claims, and I just don't see the support for praying to the dead. The analogy about asking another brother to pray for you falls flat when there's such a massive difference in asking a living person versus a dead person to do something for you. If the saints are closer members of His body and we're asking, that still falls flat. The foot doesn't ask the shoulder to ask the head - it goes straight to the head. Saying Jesus communicated with Elijah, so we can pray to the dead, doesn't make sense. It would mean that if Elijah appeared to you in a vision you could talk to him, not that you should be aiming your prayers to him. The most compelling part (to me anyway) is the miracles you talked about upon praying to the saints.

@lux-veritatis

8 ай бұрын

Old response but to address your point Catholics don’t see the saints as dead, they are alive in heaven. God is the God of the living. We are granted eternal life, that’s the whole point. Rev 7:15-17 “They (saints in glory) are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple; and He who sits on the throne will dwell among them…for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters.…” Saints are a part of the living Christian community and Catholics feel deeply close to them in the same way as a friend or family member. How horrible would it be to not speak to your family members or give them any love and honor just because they were in a different place you couldn’t see. Catholics believe that they still care about us and pray for us even though they are in heaven now so we must not forget them too. In the same way Jesus wants us to treat others with kindness and love we treat saints the same because they are in the body of Christ and a part of our community.

@dherpin4874

5 ай бұрын

@stephenmeehan8927 context matters…. Do you pray outside of your “closet” or in front of anyone? If so then you are violating Mathew 6:6 as well. However, I would think right about now you are not taking that verse as literal as you were when “protesting” Catholicism. If you believe praying to the saints is not praying to God then I would recommend you spend more time contemplating how it is we are able to call God Father and be “in” the Body of Christ. Lastly, not all traditions are of man and for man, if so you would have to get rid of a great many things like birthdays, Christmas, the Bible, and so on. Again, I would think you are holding those verses a little more loosely than when you were using them to “protest” the Church. Context matters, and you will not understand the context of scripture if your goal of scripture is to “protest” Catholicism and not seek the truth of scripture. Not a personal attack because you are in a belief system that is by its namesake a religion of protestantism which as a faith based on being anti Catholic (instead of pro gospel/truth)

@ChildishSoap

Ай бұрын

​@@dherpin4874you've sent this exact same reply multiple times now

@dherpin4874

Ай бұрын

@@ChildishSoap a question to ask is is the answer relevant, not has it been used before. Wouldn’t you agree?

Thanks Brian ! For anyone interested I made a video addressing this same topic on my channel

I'm a Lutheran wondering about praying to saints and when he put all the puzzle pieces together, something just clicked. I've been jumping around denominations for a while now seeing each of their benefits and issues. This may be my final resting place between switching denominations.

Praying to saints is soo weird. It is like sitting on a dinner table with your family, and never adressing your grandfather directly, but always asking other family members to relay your words to your grandfather. Meanwhile your grandfather is sitting right next to you......

@BrianHoldsworth

8 ай бұрын

Except we do pray to God constantly. We just also talk tot he people around the table too.

@Jesus3ITrustinThee

8 ай бұрын

Asking or praying to saints to pray for you you, is not different than asking others here on earth to pray for you. You do it out of faith and union in the body of Christ for one another. It is not a requirement for salvation to ask for prayers or make prayers to one another for prayers to be made. But, it can be a blessing. In your analogy would it be weird also to only talk to your grandfather while ignoring everyone else also? Maybe. Pauls says “I urge, then, first of all, that PETITIONS, PRAYERS, INTERCESSION AND THANKSGIVING BE MADE FOR ALL PEOPLE . . . 3 This is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4 who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.” - 1 Tim 2:1, 3-4. (NIV); “ *PRAY AT ALL TIMES IN THE SPIRIT, WITH ALL PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION. TO THAT END KEEP ALERT WITH ALL PERSEVERANCE, MAKING SUPPLICATION FOR ALL THE SAINTS *…” - Ephesians 6:18. 16 If ANYONE sees his brother sinning, if the sin is not deadly, HE SHOULD PRAY TO GOD AND HE WILL GIVE HIM LIFE. This is only for those whose sin is not deadly. There is such a thing as deadly sin, about which I do not say that you should pray. 17 All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that is not deadly. - 1 John 5:16-17.  Saints in the body of Christ, his church, include those who have died before us in Christ as well as those alive on earth at the time.  The Saints do not stop praying for one another. “Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and IN MY FLESH I DO MY SHARE ON BEHALF OF HIS BODY, WHICH IS THE CHURCH, IN FILLING UP WHAT IS LACKING IN CHRIST’S AFFLICTIONS.” - Colossians 1:24. “Therefore, SINCE WE ARE SURROUNDED BY SO GREAT A CLOUD OF WITNESSES, let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us and persevere in running the race that lies before us” - Hebrews 12:1. “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.” - James 5:16. “Brethren, join in following my example, and OBSERVE THOSE WHO WALK ACCORDING TO THE PATTERN you have in us.” - Philippians 3:17. “When He had taken the book, the FOUR LIVING CREATURES AND THE TWENTY-FOUR ELDERS fell down before the Lamb, EACH ONE HOLDING A HARP AND GOLDEN BOWLS FULL OF INCENSE *WHICH ARE THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS* ”- Revelation 5:8b. “HE WAS GIVEN A GREAT QUANTITY OF INCENSE TO OFFER, ALONG WITH THE PRAYERS OF ALL THE HOLY ONES, ON THE GOLD ALTAR THAT WAS BEFORE THE THRONE. 4 The smoke of the incense along with the prayers of the holy ones went up before God from the hand of the angel.” - Rev 8:3b-4.

@cruznature7545

3 ай бұрын

Can you tell grandpa to pass the salt please.

@j.p.vanbolhuis8678

3 ай бұрын

@@BrianHoldsworth sure, sure, But now imagine this. Grandpa is sitting next to you. You tell your mother: Can you ask Granpa to do this to me You tell your father: Oh please forward this message to Granpa You tell your sister: Tell grandpa of such and so problems i had You tell your nephew: Tell granpa i thank him. All the while Grandpa is sitting next to you.

@KevinNordstrom

2 ай бұрын

Catholics don't understand the concept that the vail was torn that separated us from God. We now have direct access to the father because of christ finished work on the cross. There is no mediator between us and God anymore. We can go in prayer straight to Jesus and God Himself and talk directly to Him for forgiveness, prayer request, or simply talking to Him. Any other teaching and prayer to the dead is unbiblical and idolatry.

What's the music in the intro

@Sathrandur

Жыл бұрын

'The Love of God' by Paul Jernberg.

This helped me so much. I chose to be baptized again as a Christian last year. But since that time, I have wrestled with questions about praying to saints, how to find the right fellowship and how the traditions and rituals of Catholicism that I grew up with could remain in my Christian life. This brief video answered so many questions by citing passages in the Bible that some may "gloss over." I just Subscribed. Thank you, and God bless.

@savagemode.

9 күн бұрын

Sea 🕵rch️ for this : Can saints in heaven hear our prayers ? By "The Counsel of Trent" It will help you more to understand about this situation.

@savagemode.

9 күн бұрын

🕵 for this : Can saints in heaven hear our prayers ? ★By "The Counsel of Trent" It will help you more to understand about this case.

Praying for one another and praying to saints aren't the same.

What's the intro music?

@dominusalicorn3684

Жыл бұрын

The description answers that Paul Jernberg

@Sathrandur

Жыл бұрын

Specifically, 'The Love of God' by Paul Jernberg.

11:43 I have heard dissimilar stories about both cases. The French nun, some relapse. The Latina, some delay.

I never understand the problem Protestants have with the intercession of the saints. Even before my conversion from Protestantism to Catholicism, this issue has always seemed straight forward and easy to grasp. To deny the intercession of the saints is to be logically inconsistent with biblical data and what it entails.

@j.kimmer1509

11 ай бұрын

How does one know if that one saint is in heaven? Are you sure? I know Jesus hears my prayers...why would i go to a creation when i can talk to the Creator? moronic, demonic.

@Jay-oj4hj

6 ай бұрын

Asking dead believers for intercession is not biblical. Necromancy is different from asking alive believers for intercession

I've never heard or said an Intercession prayer that didn't end with who the prayer was directed to; the Father, Son and the Holy Ghost. As I've understood it in my flawed understanding is that the prayer to Father, Son and Holy Ghost to the Saint we're trying to emulate in our Faith to Christ so our Actions are matching our Hearts.

3:56 No, God hears every prayer.

@hyperspaceexplorer5594

10 ай бұрын

That was a facepalm moment. Is he stating that God will have a higher likelihood to answer a prayer if more people or even people in "authority" initiates/joins that prayer?

@Phantom-xp2co

7 ай бұрын

​@@hyperspaceexplorer5594well the Bible more or less says "a praier of a pious person is powerful". And a Saint is indeed a pious person.

@hyperspaceexplorer5594

7 ай бұрын

@@Phantom-xp2co but who has the authority to declare who is a saint?

@thegreypilgrim2849

6 ай бұрын

​@@hyperspaceexplorer5594The Church.

@hyperspaceexplorer5594

6 ай бұрын

@@thegreypilgrim2849 Who is the Church?

Thank Jesus for man like this who defend our Holy Catholic faith

I was raised a Catholic, until…I actually seriously started to read the Bible. We can read in Scriptures that Lord Jesus commanded the Apostles to first preach the Gospel to the Jews, and after also to the Heathen or Gentiles (but never vise versa!). I found out in Scriptures who of the Apostles for the first time went to Rome .. and it wasn't Peter. In the Book of Acts it says in Chapter 28 the following: 16 "And when we came to Rome, the Centurion delivered the Prisoners to the Captain of the Guard: but Paul was allowed to live in a house, by himself, with a Roman Soldier that kept him. 17 And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the Chief of the there living Jews together: and when they came together, Paul said to them: "Men and Brethren, though I have committed nothing against our people, our customs, or against our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans 18 who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of guild in me. 19 But when the Jews spoke against that verdict, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had made any accusations against my Nation. 20 For this Hope (the Gospel of Jesus Christ) therefore I have called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because for the Hope of Israel I am bound with these chains. 21 The Chief of the Jews said to Paul: "We neither received letters out of Judaea concerning you, neither any of the Brethren that came from there shewed or spoke any harm of you. 22 But we desire to hear of you what you think: for concerning this sect, we know that it is spoken against everywhere". The Roman Catholic Church claims that it was Peter who went to Rome first to preach the Gospel there first and that it was Peter who founded the Church there. Question: who lies? God,... or the Roman Catholic Church ? And what about the Letter in the Bible from Paul to the Congregation of Galatians where it says this in Chapter 2? From verse 7 we read the following: 7 "But on the contrary, when they saw that the Gospel of the Uncircumcision (Gentiles) was committed unto me, as the Gospel of the Circumcision (Jews) was unto Peter; 8 for He that gave Peter power effectively to the Apostleship of the circumcision (again: the Jews), the Same was Mighty in me toward the Gentiles. 9 And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the Grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we (that are Paul and Barnabas) should go unto the Heathen, and they unto the Circumcision. Again dear Catholics: who lies? Gods Word, or the Roman Catholic Church? Bible, the book of Acts, Chapter 5, verse 29 : Then Peter and the other Apostles answered and said: “We ought to obey GOD - rather than man” !! Since the Roman Catholic 'church' claims to be well-read on scriptures, then please point me in the direction of where in the Bible it says to pray to a woman, or to a rosary, or to dead “saints.” Please show me where it says to call any mortal sinful man (the pope) your father. Please show me where the Bible says anything about purgatory, or paying indulgences (buying yourself into heaven - is God corrupt ?). Please show me where Mary was sinless. Why is it that Catholics worship Mary still as a virgin when Lord Jesus had half brothers and half sisters? Please show me where it says to confess your sins to a fellow sinful man so that he may forgive them? Show me the name pope in the Bible? Where does the Bible say the pope is the “vicar of Christ” on earth? Show me where it says that a preacher must be unmarried? It was the pagan ROMAN Emperor Constantine who was in fact the first “Pope” and he didn't allow for the common people to have Bible Scriptures...to keep believers ignorant, as the Catholic Church still does. Later pope’s started the ‘inquisition’ because the book printing machine was invented and people like William Tyndale could spread the Bible to the common people: he was burned to dead for that, and so were hundreds others who did the same and because they denounced the VALSE doctrines of Rome, and they were called heretics and witches by the Roman Catholic “church”- they were tortured, burned to dead - and murdered !!! GET OUT OF THIS FALSE CHURCH !!! The Roman Catholic “church” is a continuation of the old Roman PEAGAN Empire: it never went away as it disguised itself as a Christian Church. Read Revelation, Chapter 17: verse 7 and 8…please read, dear brothers and sisters.

@BrianHoldsworth

Ай бұрын

If you didn't read the Bible growing up, then you weren't raised in a robustly Catholic way. Catholic teaching is very clear that we are to read and study the Bible (Dei Verbum, Vatican II). It isn't surprising that when you found a community of committed Christians you were drawn to it.

Where does the Bible say we can pray to the saints that have died physically?

@racheld4184

3 ай бұрын

It doesn't. Catholics just say we can ask for saint intercession because Jesus said those who have died in Him are alive; and that if we pray to those who are alive in heaven they can hear us somehow.

@felixgilberto25

3 ай бұрын

@@racheld4184 Where is this in the Bible?

@racheld4184

3 ай бұрын

Catholics use Mark 12:27 to justify praying to the saints when this verse has nothing to do with prayer.@@felixgilberto25

@KevinNordstrom

2 ай бұрын

​​@@felixgilberto25 it's not. It's idolatry.

@John_the_Paul

2 ай бұрын

@@KevinNordstrom no it isn’t

regarding your commentary about communion with the dead, obviously people who do that dont view the dead as being died but alive in spirit form right? so what actually the prohibition means? and im curious about why sometimes people ask another to pray for him. Are they in the condition of sinful or what, such that they are undeserved to face the god and communicate with him?

This a throw - back ( carry over) from or practice ,from the Romans when they would pray to deities, or demigods and this practice carried over during the time Romans where becoming Christians. In fact the Roman families would ( depending on wealth) would have smaller rooms where they would have shrines set up for their lesser - gods, churches in the past ( some yet) were they will have egress build where they had saints displayed where one could be pray to. you can see the parallel in this as to praying to the patron Saint of travel ( Saint Christopher ) and the romans and their god of travel (Mercury)

As a protestant, I want to say this is a really good explanation

Very interesting video. Understand the "Why" behind to "Do". When challenged on the topic of why praying to the saints. It seems that Brian have a clever way to distract viewers from explaining why. First he reduce from "pray" to "communicate", then mentally manuver from "the already dead" to be included in "all humanity", then "the dead" to "the living" by saying the saints are resurected which is possible. After that is just bolstering to make church authority has the "key" to kingdom of heaven by succession from Peter. My question is Why do you need to be in constant communication with the "already dead aka saints which only God know exactly who and we dont?

Him saying that throwing stones at the church is throwing stones at Christs body doesn’t hold that much weight, when the Church circumvents scripture and resorts to venerating men and man made rules that aren’t found in the Bible.

If I pray to anyone then I worship that person....period!!

@Jesus3ITrustinThee

8 ай бұрын

A prayer is a request. We do not worship courts when we file a prayer of petition in a jurisdiction, or use the phrase "pray tell" common language. It is only weird because you are only used to using the word "pray" in a single situation today, when throughout history we made requests all the time for one another. Pauls says “I urge, then, first of all, that PETITIONS, PRAYERS, INTERCESSION AND THANKSGIVING BE MADE FOR ALL PEOPLE . . . 3 This is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4 who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.” - 1 Tim 2:1, 3-4. (NIV) “ *PRAY AT ALL TIMES IN THE SPIRIT, WITH ALL PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION. TO THAT END KEEP ALERT WITH ALL PERSEVERANCE, MAKING SUPPLICATION FOR ALL THE SAINTS *…” - Ephesians 6:18.

@Red22762

8 ай бұрын

The Bible says you only pray to the Father through the Son.....period!@@Jesus3ITrustinThee

@Jesus3ITrustinThee

8 ай бұрын

@@Red22762 Scripture then please

@Jay-oj4hj

6 ай бұрын

@@Jesus3ITrustinThee. Matthew 6:9-13 You can pray to Jesus and the Holy Spirit but ultimately you should be praying to the Father in Jesus’s name by the power of the Holy Spirit.

@Jesus3ITrustinThee

6 ай бұрын

@@Jay-oj4hj Thank you. The Our Father is no doubt an ancient and grace-filled prayer that is prayed daily in the Mass worship, and in the Divine Office of praying the psalms daily at different hours of the day. Another ancient prayer of the Church is the Jesus Prayer, derived from Luke 18:9-14, which has a rich tradition among Orthodox Catholics, and the Sanctus is prayed during daily Mass service from Rev. 4:8.

I’m still confused. Why is Jesus not sufficient? I see no need to pray to saints or Mary. I don’t see instructions for this in Scripture either.

@bettyberkey1047

3 ай бұрын

He is sufficient ! He said "I am the Way,the Truth, and the Light. No man comes to the Father but through me. " John 14:6 When He was about to die on the cross, His last words were It is finished...meaning He had now bridged the gap between God and man. He IS enough and He is sufficient !! He alone can save...

@bettyberkey1047

3 ай бұрын

I realized I misquoted the scripture... it's Way,Truth,and Life....though He is the light also...:)...

@Cklert

17 күн бұрын

James 5:16 "Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed"

When I talk to Protestants about statues I like to ask them if they think the statue of Lincoln, Martin Luther King or any courageous and respected person is warranted. It is beneficial to have the statue? Isn't it normal, even important, to have a permanent reminder of this person who most likely was directed by the Holy Spirit to change the world for the better? What if we witnessed someone attempting to destroy the statue? Would we intervene? Then I ask: Who do they think deserves a statue more, Lincoln or Mary?

You have to assume that the Saints are omnipresent.

Talking to the dead is necromancy

@dutchintahiti

Ай бұрын

The Saints are eternally alive in Christ, and that is also our goal as christians.

At the church I grew up going to

I’m a protestant, I enjoy your content and prospective.

@natgenesis5038

8 ай бұрын

So you just betray Martin Luther 🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️

@dherpin4874

5 ай бұрын

@@natgenesis5038 by what biblical authority does anyone owe martin luther loyalty? He invented sola scriptura, so by his own man “made tradition” please explain where the Bible’s prophetic word says that God will not build His church on Peter and the apostle, or that the gates of hell will prevail against the Church, and in 1500 years God will send martin luther to set things straight (which by the lutherans don’t even hold to all of his teachings much less all of protestantism). By any evidence at all where the Bible says martin luther will be the guy to cling to with is anti faith of “protestantism”. Understand I call it an anti faith because by its very namesake that is what it is, a faith based on protesting Catholicism (not preaching the gospel but protesting).

They are Intercessors on our behalf in prayer, depending on the Saint and their heavenly gift. As churches we intercess in prayer for the sick, the dying, those going through hard times. As Catholics We can ask for intercession in prayer from, Our Lady, The Saints and Angels. Asking for help isn't a sin. Asking direction from our Brethern in Christ, the Saints and Our Lady and the Angels is just asking for inspiration, help, direction and Aid along with and Ultimately To Or Lord God Through Christ. I'm not going to bother Our Lord when all I need is some direction as to what goes with pumpkin in a recipe for soup! 😊 I hope that answers some questions on our belief in our spiritual intessors on our behalf in heaven.

@Jay-oj4hj

6 ай бұрын

So you assume that prayer bothers God and that He can’t answer the small prayers?

I have a question. Would Moses or Noah be considered saints?

@Notreallyhereanymore

8 ай бұрын

Pretty much, David is

@John_the_Paul

2 ай бұрын

Probably. If they’re in heaven then they’re a saint.

Is there any verse in the Bible that tells us to ask for prayer from those who are already in heaven?

@srich7503

7 ай бұрын

The closest I know is Heb 12:1

@B_Clemethy

7 ай бұрын

@@srich7503How exactly is that verse close?

@srich7503

7 ай бұрын

@@B_Clemethy apparently its not to you. Just as the Trinity is not in the Bible at all to many. 🤷🏽‍♂️

@cfree4434

7 ай бұрын

​@@srich7503The word Trinity is not but the meaning is..Genesis 1:26 Let Us make man in Our image. The Bible specifically states that we're made it the image if God. Genesis 1:27. Us is plural so this shows the plurality of God which is the Trinity...God the Father, God the Don, and God the Holy Spirit.

@srich7503

7 ай бұрын

@@cfree4434 exactly! You have answered the question above.

Amen

I’m Protestant and I’m very happy with you for sharing this information….. Naah bro you didn’t refute anything 💀

What about martyrs who were martyred by the RCC? Does that count?

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You accidentally equivocate the terms for death in this. When God says not to talk to the dead he is talking about trying to talk to people no longer alive on this earth. Thats the point in the prohibition. Of course they may be alive spiritually otherwise there would be no point talking to them. But the Bible expressely forbids trying to talk to people after they have died on this earth.

What I realized that when a Catholic prays to the saints they usually say “ (saint name ) I pray to you to heal so & so “ but when you ask someone to pray for you they say “ lord ; father ; god I pray to you to heal so & so “ that’s what I’m confused . I understand what your saying but they wording with the pray part is getting me confused. I hope you understand what I mean lol

@pinkgreenmelon2209

Ай бұрын

No, most of the time it is (saint’s name) pray for us. If you hear it that way then you must be mistaken

"Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong. Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few." -Ecclesiastes 5:1-2 If the saints are with God in heaven, aren't they just as far away as he is?

I got my faith again

In my country i have heard catholic prayers, susch as (im directly translating) -ivory tower, ask mercy for us -golden palace, ask mercy for us -arc of covenant, ask for us My translation might not be on point, But this are undoubtebly inanimate objects? If not blasphamous it at least seems stupid to pray such prayers. Or can enyone explain that too me

@John_the_Paul

2 ай бұрын

I’ve never heard these before. Do you know the name of the prayers?

I still don't get it. Why pray to the saints instead of praying directly to Jesus/God. Why wouldn't God hear your prayer directed to him or why would He prefer to hear the prayer you prayed to a saint?

@ChosenProverb

2 ай бұрын

Asking a Saint to pray for you is the same as asking a friend to pray for you. As it is written, "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." James 5:16

@ChosenProverb

2 ай бұрын

Asking someone who is in the prescence of God to pray for you grants us comfort, peace, and strength.

@saltymarah7

2 ай бұрын

​@OneHeavennn I want to know how you confess your sins and pray together with a Saint, who is supposedly in heaven.

@user-qh4dr1vy9d

2 ай бұрын

@@ChosenProverb no one asks me things as they do to the saints

@ChosenProverb

2 ай бұрын

@@user-qh4dr1vy9d Well.. that's sad that no one's asked you to pray for them my friend.

So sad catholic church has so many un inlical doctrines but i am glad to see so many Xatholics dicing into scripture and realizing the bad doctrines of Catholic church. Its crazy how they say they oray to saints but not worship....no where in the Bible either does it say to pray to seceased Saints not one example but Catholic church uses Apocryoha but Apocryoha conteadicts scrupture!

I think there’s plenty of valid criticism. Not saying it’s worship but I’ve seen plenty of Catholics lacking in gospel knowledge and getting distracted with saints and Vatican drama. Iron needs to sharpen iron. Catholics need more apologetics like this to further educate others, and also at the same time be cognizant of their time spent away from the Holy Trinity, regardless of intent

@gabriela29ish

Жыл бұрын

Your absolutely right. As a Catholic I can understand the criticism.

Brian, what do you think of papal texts like "Therefore, when she (Mary) comes to the throne of her Divine Son, she pleads as an intercessor, she prays as a handmaiden, but commands as a mother" (Pius VII, "Tanto Studio") or about those prayers and songs in which Mary is called "the only hope of sinful man"? Isn't it simply blasphemy and idolatry to speak of Mary as "ordering her Divine Son" and "the only hope of sinful man"? I am not asking now about the very meaning of asking Mary for prayer intercession or about her certain privileges, but I mean precisely these specific formulas related to the Mother of God, which sound as if Mary was to be elevated above the Lord Jesus.

@noahgaming8833

Жыл бұрын

No not really, she does so in the wedding feast at Cana.

At the mount of Transfiguration was Jesus talking to idols? I think not.

If you bow down, kneel, and pray, say a name , you are calling to a being you are fixing to worship. So you are worshipping a being, be it Saint of whoever. We are to pray to Jesus and no other. It's in the Bible. SO it's either not in a Catholic Bible or you did not read the way Jesus told people how to pray and to whom to pray to.

@BrianHoldsworth

Жыл бұрын

None of what you just said is in the Bible.

@princessbrenda2484

11 ай бұрын

@@BrianHoldsworth the Lord’s Prayer is a model of how prayer should be given to us by Jesus. It’s all directed to GOD. None of it is directed to any saint, Angel of the Virgin Mary.

The arguments in this video are not very strong when it comes to praying to saints. If anyone has a bible passage that details this please share

The Bible teach us to pray TO GOD and pray FOR one another, TO GOD. Notice our prayers are always TO GOD! NO where in the Bible, where we find the teachings of Christianity, does it say to pray TO someone who has passed or TO someone who is alive on this earth. "PRAYING TO" is always TO GOD. This is easy for any student of the Bible. All the examples and teachings about prayers are TO GOD. There is not one example or teaching in the Bible where we are directed to Pray TO saints who are dead or live, period. There are plenty of scripture supporting us to pray FOR one another, but not TO one another. Praying TO those who have passed is a false doctrine taught by the catholic church, sorry to say. There is not Biblical foundation for it. GOD Bless. JESES IS LORD.

I have a question about praying to the saints in heaven... I haven't seen any biblical evidence that anyone in heaven other than God, Jesus, and his angels can see or hear us, so how do the saints intercede for us if they are in another [heavenly] realm??

@dherpin4874

5 ай бұрын

In Christ our way is made perfect. He is are model and our guide. Matthew 17:3 “And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Eli'jah, talking with him.” Just note, Jesus did not conjure them as 1-that would be necromancy, and 2-necromancy only works with the demonic. However in prayer they appeared to Him (much like the apparitions of The Blessed Mother). Additionally the rich man (who died) prayed to Abraham (who also died) for Lazarus (who also died) to go and intercede on behalf of his father and brothers (living). Remember of all the people Our Lord Jesus raised only one did he call by name, “Lazarus”!

We know that nothing unrighteous can enter heaven. (cf. Rev 21:27). Since the saints are in heaven, they must be righteous. And since the prayers of the righteous are powerful and effective, the prayers of the saints must be powerful and effective. So, the real question is not "Why?" but "Why not?" ask our brothers and sisters to join with you in prayer for your needs.