In Brazil, lot of old churchs has a roof painted as a heaven. The reason is that: in church, mass or celebrations, is an antecipation of heaven's experience.

@LS-ei7xk

3 жыл бұрын

My church has that, too.

@Super-wv5si

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds nice

It's very easy to understand. Some African priest said it with a kind African accent: "You don't have to go to mass, you get to go to mass"

"It's so easy to approach the holy table, and there we taste the joys of paradise." - St. Pius X

I go to church for my love of the Mass . I go for myself I don't care who is saying the Mass. If you don't like the priest or some of people there. You go because Jesus loves you and He wants there

@fl5337

3 жыл бұрын

Said very well!

@alhilford2345

3 жыл бұрын

AMEN

So early, hope everyone is well and may I ask prayers for my fathers recovery ❤️

@marcihf217

3 жыл бұрын

Praying for him

@humanoidwolf

3 жыл бұрын

Praying

@marcelandroid697

3 жыл бұрын

🙏

@billiejodix4560

3 жыл бұрын

Prayers

@GratiaPrima_

3 жыл бұрын

🙏🏻

I love to go to church. I am just 13 From a lay Dominican

@jetlinjacob6137

2 жыл бұрын

God bless you brother!

My favorite foreign priest...🤗🤗 Greetings from Brazil, Father Casey 🙏🙏🙏

I’m trying to re ignite my faith and I’m soon going to start going to church and I’m looking forward to it 😊

@alhilford2345

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome home!

@lindaeaton8367

3 жыл бұрын

Yes and welcome!

@Davidjune1970

Жыл бұрын

Watch Scott Hahns video “Lambs supper - Eucharist in scripture”. If that doesn’t light a fire for you to attend mass I don’t know what will.

As a kid I went to church every week, it was in the early sixties. Sometimes we went to the "High Mass" at 11AM, but my father preferred "Early Mass" at 7:30 AM. The people that attended High Mass were of a kind. World War II was over, and welfare slowly was increasing. Church and especially the High Mass was a place of gossip, whispered noise, and judgment. Did you well enough in our recovering economy? It wasn't such a long time since this war was over, and some ran that steeple chase a bit slower than did others. What about that old repaired coat the neighbor was wearing, just awkward wasn't it? And, speaking of, look at his shoes. It really was a shame that he was sitting there, among those fine people, who arrived in big cars, while the "shameless" neighbour came through the rain after a 2 hours walk. He'd got no car, he'd got no bike. He didn't even have an umbrella. So embarrassing to see him showing his poverty to the Allmighty! He was not supposed to join the after-mass coffee party. Of course he officially was invited, but he was simply ghosted. That was pretty much what High-Mass was about. I don't make this up. I was there, and it happened right before my eyes. But there was an Early Mass as well. down in the crypt. People who attended that mass had to wake up earlier. There was no noise, nobody whispered gossip in that half-dark crypt. Woolen coats smelled like rain. People were already silent, kneeling in prayer, before the bell rang to mark the beginning of the celebration.. Before the Eucharist there was this joyful moment: "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give you." People then shook hands, exchanging honest smiles, kind smiles, whishing each other a genuinely intended peace. Nobody was judgmental, people just prayed. The collected donations of those early few equalled the sum of the fine and definitely richer lot at the High Mass. I think my father did well, choosing to attend the Early Mass over the gossip-meeting.

@batwoman1847

3 жыл бұрын

I loved reading through all this, thank you Frank😊

@frankrault3190

3 жыл бұрын

@@batwoman1847 Thanks for your kind comment! 😊

@judyknapp6176

3 жыл бұрын

I too preferred early mass . My mother seemed to like the 9:30 , on a few occasions we went to the high mass which I did not enjoy because of they sang EVERYTHING , & I was not a good singer but still to me the singing was terrible , it reminded me of opera . Very boring ! I guess I wasn’t classy enough 🤷‍♀️

@frankrault3190

3 жыл бұрын

@@judyknapp6176 Yes. Fortunately there's lots we can hear in silence... Never boring...

I love that you brought up “go to church bc an hour a week is the least you can do” bc that’s what I was taught when I was little and it made mass a chore. I feel like things changed when I started seeing the importance of it and the strength given through the Eucharist.

@AR18123

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve had a similar experience! I always thought of it as just going to church on Sunday. But now, after my recent conversion of faith, I no longer call it church and have called it Mass ever since. Just as you said, Mass is so special because it’s Christ’s True Church and we are able to receive him in the form of the Holy Eucharist!

My life is boring without church these days.

@jameskelly3129

3 жыл бұрын

Then go to church.

@user-vi4oj4de7q

3 жыл бұрын

The problem is the church I go to is dead spiritualy

@helenebach3440

3 жыл бұрын

@@jameskelly3129 I cannot go to my church at the moment it is a sanitized masked socially distanced nightmare where the priests hands you over the eucharist like a box of chips

@jameskelly3129

3 жыл бұрын

@@helenebach3440 That's really bad that you're church is like that. Might I suggest you find another, more conservative Catholic Church? Maybe a church with the latin mass.

@LS-ei7xk

3 жыл бұрын

@@jameskelly3129 Yeah-- where they don't bother to mask during this pandemic!

People say why go to church, God is everywhere. Yes God is everywhere in spirit. But the only place where God is there physically in body (Eucharist) as well as in spirit is at the Mass.

@reintaler6355

3 жыл бұрын

I do my best to believe that God is present at Loftus Road but let's just say they don't make it easy for me...

@SuperrBoyful

3 жыл бұрын

Reintaler... scripture says a simple prayer to ask the Lord. “I believe Lord, help my unbelief.”

@reintaler6355

3 жыл бұрын

@@SuperrBoyful Apologies, I was just playing around with the OP; Loftus Road is the home stadium of the team in his avatar, a team I do not like. I am sincerely sorry for spraying jokes in this serious and sacred environment.

@jula5417

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed 😇

My mother and I just had this conversation this morning (in Portuguese) lol. We all grew up going every Sunday. Now, as adults it's seems the ways that we was raised didn't continue into their own married lives. The doors are always open.

Going to Mass by tradition is one thing; going by conviction is something else entirely. You want to go to Mass because you want to give time to Christ and ask Him to give you what He wants to give you. It's like going to visit a dear loved one; He greets you and invites you in to sit down and exchange words with Him. He wants to hear your heart speak. And like many important visits to loved ones, you end up at the table where you share additional intimacy by sharing a meal. In this case, He gives us his Body and Blood. Then we go forth to witness to our world around us. That is going to church by conviction. Praise to our Lord Jesus !

Go to church as you will find peace there that the world can not provide. ♡

@GratiaPrima_

3 жыл бұрын

Amen

You go, Fr. Casey. Just the shot in the arm needed during this fast of the Nativity (Advent for Catholics). Blessings, Fr.

The community of the church, and the different ministries. Something that is missing at the moment sadly.

Church , U can say , it's a spiritual spa for our souls , every week ." A shot in the arm " I like that , lol !!!!!

Yes, the Mass is where we go to heaven and sing holy, holy, holy to the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. It’s heaven! It’s my favorite too. I just did a video about the Mass myself. My friends from my Baptist days can’t understand why I would find it worshipful and not boring. So I explained, lol. Yours is more succinct, Fr Casey, thanks!

"Taste of the kingdom oh heaven" thats why its not boring....Eucharist is life-giving celebration..

@1865Cowboy

3 жыл бұрын

Eucharist is bread. It’s made bread. It stays bread. Eucharist didn’t shed its blood on the cross. Christ said it is finished. Hebrews 10:11-14

@jeremysmith7176

3 жыл бұрын

@@1865Cowboy "While they were eating he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, and said, 'Take it; this is my body. Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, and they all drank from it. He said to them, “This is my blood of the covenant, which will be shed for many'." (Mark 14:22-24). I'll take Jesus' words.

@1865Cowboy

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeremysmith7176, Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” John 4:13-14 Have you been thirsty? Does this mean you haven’t drank of the water Jesus has offer? If you have thrist, does this mean you don’t have eternal life? Since you like to take the words of Jesus, what did He mean when he said, “It is finished?” Did Jesus imply everything is finished or only slightly finished and there is stuff you still need to do?

@jonflores5319

3 жыл бұрын

@@1865Cowboy for you non believers..but for us true Christians its a life giving bread and a wine saving life..,

@jonflores5319

3 жыл бұрын

@@1865Cowboy you pretend to be all knowledgable but knows nothing about the scripture..so your saying that Christ is a liar..brother humility will save your soul..not your expertise in the bible...in the cross Lord Jesus die in humility...

I guess I've been thinking of it all wrong, because when someone asks me why I go to church - although I know it is mainly because of the Eucharist - but to non-Christians, I have explained it like this: imagine you had a friend that whenever you asked a favor of him, he always tried to be there for you. But when he invited you to his house, you didn't feel like going (because it wasn't much fun), or you had other things you wanted to do. I accept his invite several times a week now, and am so glad he's still inviting me after all the years that I disappointed him.

I dont attend Masses but I love going to church during my rest day... I'm not really sure but when I'm there, talk to Him even if He doesn't reply (Physically), I can feel the comfort. And I keep doing it. God, how great thou art...

Yes, it should be a taste of Heaven but could also a living hell: being neglected, ignored, isolated and rejected. We lost a very devoted brother this week who suffered from years of depression. Priests and those who run fellowships need proper training on how to handle people suffering from mental illness. I confess I mistreated people who recovered from mental illness back in school days. Frankly, none of us know how to deal with returning brothers and sisters after the treatment. We failed 20 years ago, we fail again today. May the Lord forgive us of our foolishness, selfishness, ignorance, indifferences etc. And may the Holy Spirit enlighten us with knowledge, wisdom, empathy to really make the Holy Communion the dining table where Jesus share Himself and nourish us, body, heart and soul. Amen.

@LS-ei7xk

3 жыл бұрын

Agree. I know a lot of people feel left out of the Church, for one reason or the other.

Beautiful sharing Fr Casey!!!! Thank you and peace be with you always 🙏🏻

I miss going, and I regret not going for so long.

@harryfaber

3 жыл бұрын

At the moment, it is difficult, our local parish church does not have a service, but we have been welcomed in the church at our local convent. Due to the 'current situation', all are welcome, and whilst it is not entirely to my taste, it is a joy every week to receive the Eucharist. The sisters have gone out of their way to make all us 'strangers' welcome, even making sure that I am greeted in English.

I love going to church. Since I lost my job I have the opportunity to go daily which is a total blessing. I’m going to miss it tremendously when I have to go back to work.

I’ve always thought that I get to go, rather than have to.

Thank you Fr. Casey, your videos have taught me so much about my faith!

Beautifully put. Thank you Fr. for being a Shepard to us and for all you do🙏🏼

The Eucharist is a taste of heaven. Indeed, to keep participating in the Sacrament is like training ourselves how it is to live in communion with God in heaven.

I can’t find the words to describe how great this video is. Fantastic work as always Brother!

Thanks Father Casey. You words will be great to share.

I truly enjoy your videos! People need to hear this

On point. I will share this to my two sons who stopped going to church.

Just great Father! I love going to Mass each week and after listening to you I better understand why.

This channel is good for my soul

Just beautiful!!

I agree, I hated it as a child, but now it feels so great every time I go! It is wonderful, especially on Saturday night when the sun goes down!

Watching this, I remembered the Parable of the Two Sons. One declared he would go to the vineyard but didn't, another said he would not, but went there in the end

Thank you Br. Casey

It's the peace of being in God's house and my commitment to God that motivates me to go to church everyday. Thanks for the video

Great job. I live your videos

Thanks so much father. Your wisdom surpasses your age.

How beautiful that is! " Going to church is a taste of Heaven" " preparing us to one day taste the fullness of the Kingdom." Thanks Fr Casey...God bless you!

Well said. It shows respect for the brothers and sisters too. It sustains. It helps us. It gives us a chance to serve and be served. Thanks brother.

I go to worship my Lord and Savior and to pass on the values of the church to my son. My family has been watching mass on live stream on Sundays. It is not ideal but it will have to do until we can attend in person.

@fld9266

3 жыл бұрын

Same here . Loving Irish Dominicans from cork . I’m in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

This is the most satisfactory response I ever heard

You are so sweet Fr Casey

Thanks father but I love attending you're Mass at least online, greetings from uganda Africa

I really want to go to church. I am missing it. As soon as this pandemic is over I will go again. You always have such a great way of explaining things. In mass we taste a bit of heaven. Never thought of it that way but there definitely is some truth to it.

Because it is Right and Just

Excellent! Even in these days when we prayerfully “attend” Mass virtually we are in touch with Our Lord and His People. Yet, I am glad to be able to actually celebrate the Mass with others present.

I agree with you father Casey

An excellent point, Father! Telemass just isn't the same.

@jameskelly3129

3 жыл бұрын

Telemass is bordering on being sacrilegious. It undermines the sacredness of the mass. Just think, when someone is watching the mass on TV, what stops them from grabbing a handful of potato chips?

@CantusTropus

3 жыл бұрын

@@jameskelly3129 The fault then would lie in the individual, though.

Very clear.

I know for me personally, quarantine and not getting to physically go to Mass for a few months made me appreciate getting to go to Mass much more. While I'm not a fan of having to wear a mask when I go (because it feels like a physical barrier between me and God), I recognize it's better than not getting to go at all.

I go to church because I actually enjoy the presence of jesus and his people

Because it's more than just a reason to get married and an appointment with the Sacraments. It's my reminder of the gift that my family put all that time into teaching me to love God, and be loved by Him, too.

I love going to mass, and make an event of it and bring my mother who is getting older. Her and I go to lunch and spend quality time together, she loves listening to the ceiling at our parish. Something she engrained in me at a very young age I now get to share with her as she gets older!!!

Before the pandemic I went to church up to 3 times a week. Weekday Masses and the Sunday Mass. I miss going to church; the liturgy, the prayers, singing psalms, great music. I'm Lutheran and I also appreciate hanging out in Ecumenical circles with my brothers and sisters of the Niceno-Constantinopolitan worldwide church.

"Know the faith, so that you can the faith" Thank you Father ❤ Love from the Philippines ❤

Really well explained😊👍

@ggboiz5257

3 жыл бұрын

He's a Heretic! Explained this so poorly. Read the Baltimore Catechism or something, but don't trust him

I have moderate to severe mental health issues that make paying attention difficult and being social incredibly challenging. Going to church is difficult and I feel like I'm not really doing much of anything. I find it easier to worship online and do study on my own. It isn't perfect but it works for me.

@gregorsamsa7681

3 жыл бұрын

You may hear diverse opinions, but I believe that as long as you are making an effort to commune with God, however that manifests itself for you is peripheral, within reason of course.

@jameskelly3129

3 жыл бұрын

I understand why you might think that, but that is no excuse to not go to mass.

@godisinchargesueowl8599

3 жыл бұрын

Hi ,an option would be just going in, at the time of the Eucharist to receive Him ? God bless . Pray for healing ,Jesus Christ does miracles !

@fionarrestless3130

3 жыл бұрын

@@godisinchargesueowl8599 miracle - I have a job, a home, a family, and a life that is better than I could've ever dreamed of. Miracle - I have resources through the internet and study to do work arounds so that I am truly present in my faith life. It's hard to communicate just exactly how worthless the physical experience is for me - it truly is just a body going through the motions while I rewrite the homily in my head and practice small talk I know I'll be engaging in 20 minutes or so. These work arounds are miracles! And what makes you think I haven't prayed?!? I've prayed for decades and feel my prayers have been answered. I haven't given up . Just because my fathlife looks different than yours doesn't make it any less valued.

@godisinchargesueowl8599

3 жыл бұрын

@@fionarrestless3130 Well all this is awesome ! I never saw you in a bad light ! It's OK for Catholics and Christians to encourage each other ,inviting prayer in! As for the 20 min Eucharist it was just a tip ! I wish you more miracles. God bless you for being so privileged ! Praise be Jesus Christ !

To meet Eucharistic Christ through the Liturgy and the Word

I am a devout catholic, I used to attend mass (almost everyday when I can) before the pandemic. I am not able to attend a single mass since the pandemic began and I live in a remote island in the Philippines (a tourism place). The logistics makes it impossible. I never had a prayed answered this year (2020), at least not by utility. Even the prayers that I DESPERATELY need. Even when I over-tithed by credit card:( I am stuck in a remote location and I LITERALLY missed my economic aid. God is not helping me either. I think that going to mass. Receiving the Holy Eucharist, Sacrament of Confession is VERY VERY important. Prayers and (over)-tithes does not seem to suffice that much. This is written Dec 27,2020.

Fills us with God's grace! 😍😍😇😍😍

Good one

Thank You LORD

It can be as simple as church being a serene beautiful place that allows you to reflect in a deeper more meaningful way.

Talk about the history of the rosary and why we pray the rosary

Very helpful videos. Thank you so much. What do you think Heaven is really like? Any ideas?

I live in south carolina, and I attend mass on Sundays. Even during this pandemic. My church has 6 different hours of the day to attend holy Mass. Every other pew is blocked off so we are sitting 6 feet away from eachother. Most people wear masks. There's an overflow center adjacent, so if our church is at capacity, people can still watch the mass from a giant screen there and partake in the same holy eucharist. Our priests give us communion by hand not tongue, they use sanitizer when handling items, no wine or holy water right now for obvious reasons. There are lots of changes implemented to continue mass as safely as possible. If you are still flying on airplanes, going to school in person, or eating out at restaurants and gatherings, but are still not going to church for one hour a week using the "pandemic" as an excuse, then you need to reevaluate your priorities.

@helenebach3440

3 жыл бұрын

The situation at church is exactly why I am no longer attend. I want to go to church not to a sanitized nightmare

@GardenMinistry.

3 жыл бұрын

@@helenebach3440 it is not a "nightmare" at all. It is God's house. When I go to Mass all I feel is peace, no anxiety over the pandemic. I think the word "nightmare" that you used is the devil filling your head with anxiety to go to our Lord's house. Thats what he wants.

@helenebach3440

3 жыл бұрын

@@GardenMinistry. I have no anxiety whatsove.r It is the opposite I cannot stand what our parish turned God's house into because of a flu. I cannot stand that hand sanitizing, the right distance "please keep apart", masks, no singing, created out of fear by some very anxious members of our parish and the "marshalls" that enforce it I cannot praise God in this atmosphere of a lie which I do not share. It totally distracts me from God while shivering in the well ventilated church in winter. Children should stay away. This is not a welcoming place at all. So we celebrate sing and praise God at home with our children as good as we can and terribly miss our old mass

Love the end, it challenges me.

I've struggled with church during the pandemic. Before life got turned upside down, I was actively involved in music ministry- in one church (my home parish) I volunteered in the choir, and in another I was hired to play my violin for one weekend liturgy per week. As someone with musical talent, I have always enjoyed sharing my gift by adding to the music at liturgy. The pandemic has changed all of this, however. My diocese has limited the musicians at Mass to those who play piano/organ and (if necessary) a cantor. Additionally, the bishop has dispensed Catholics from attending Mass for the past year, although Mass at each of the parishes I am involved with have continued offering liturgy in person and streamed online. There are restrictions on how many can be in the church (as I'm sure there are in many other places), and despite this I have felt uneasy attending for personal health reasons. For Advent 2020 and for Lent 2021, I have resolved to stream weekend liturgy at home, as I have drifted during Ordinary Time. This has also made me question over the past few months that if going to Mass was only to sing or play violin, why was I even going? I've been Catholic my whole life, and even spent some time in religious formation as a young adult. I believe in everything the church offers, but not attending Mass in any form that has taken in the last twelve months hasn't left me wanting. I have hopes that my pendulum will soon swing back the other direction and I will feel inspired to attend again when the threat of covid ends.

I mean if the kingdom of heaven is literally within us, then all we have to do is attend church within ourselves - literally every moment of every day! Thanks for the encouragement!

Sometimes i dont attend church. not being against it or anything, its just those sundays where youre too tired to get going. it can become a rut. and after a while, i miss it. i feel the void and I have to fill it again. I like that he called it a taste of heaven. as a christian, i think i naturally feel the need to have that. fellowship is important.

Why go to Church? 1. To attend Mass a. For the liturgy of the Word b. For the liturgy of the Eucharist c. To worship in communion with other fellow Catholics 2. To pray before the true presence of Jesus in the Tabernacle and spend quite time before our creator, our Lord and Saviour 3. To attend church run courses 4. To clean the House of God

Asking that people please apply their daily sufferings to me for my Salvation as well as asking people to fast for me. Was away from the Church for awhile and I may in need of others penitential mortifications. Please also apply your indulgences to me, Casey Thomas McKee a sinner and please ask Jesus to have mercy on me.

I love attending the mass. I feel blessed after communion with Christ through the Holy Eucharist....and my burden is light.

Yes this is what the experience of church *ought* to be.

💕⚘💕⚘💕⚘💕⚘💕⚘💕⚘ Blessings from 🇦🇪( UAE) 🌷🌷🌷

Dear Father Casey, First, great video. I honestly love these and it makes me stronger in my Faith. And second, do you know Latin? Thank you, Another Catholic

A protestant Christian challenging a Catholic Monk is like a Karate teacher from suburbia challenging a Shaolin Warrior. RIP Protestant! 😅

@jeremiahong248

3 жыл бұрын

@Jacob Wilson. Well said ...from a Catholic convert of Chinese descent !

Hallelujah

Another inspiring sermon by a charismatic friar, and I want to believe and follow, I really do, but then a critical voice arises in my head telling me to curb my enthusiasm. If you look closely, you will see that fundamental reasons of why people stop going to the church remain unaddressed in this video. The speaker says (in paraphrase) that the motivation to attend the mass should be rooted in the desire to catch a glimpse of eternity, of what the life in heaven with God and the saints will be like. Exactly! And that's one of the main reasons why the attendance is dropping, especially among the younger generation: this vision of human destiny is rightfully unappealing because it is not true to who we are and what makes us human. Yes, it is good for us to have a sacred time at a place of worship once a week and to be involved in a loving community on a meaningful mission, but we also need to play, to create, to struggle, to explore, to have a trade, to learn new things, to face interesting challenges and to grow through them. Yet nothing from that list is on the offer in the traditional view of heaven. I wonder if Fr. Casey himself would find it boring after a while if there is nobody left to evangelize through KZread and nothing else to do but worship on and on and on. Perhaps, as St. Paul says, we will be raised entirely new creatures who would enjoy being so truncated, but who can blame us now in the present state for wanting to be more than perpetually agreeable, transfixed, asexual, worshipful, single-purpose automatons? But I still believe that Christianity can be saved from itself by developing more plausible and dignifying visions of eschatological fulfillment that would actually make people genuinely excited about. There are, of course, other reasons of the waning church attendance, too many to name in this comment.

@LS-ei7xk

3 жыл бұрын

Wow. That gives me a lot to think about! But I think heaven is where we find ourselves, in God. Or is it God, in ourselves? Either way, and perhaps both ways. Would you actually be bored if you discovered your Creator? It would be an endless love fest. Those of us who believe God is actually, physically present in the Eucharist receive a "taste" of that, here on Earth. You don't need to be a "perpetually agreeable, transfixed, asexual, worshipful, single-purpose automaton"; that's just how this package was presented to you. God loves you if you are none of those things. Find a relationship with God that isn't so surface.

@radiantedj3452

3 жыл бұрын

@@LS-ei7xk I like your mystical take on it. Unfortunately, the package you quoted seems to be very strongly implied by the traditional imagery of heaven and continues to inform the popular perception. In particular, I take an issue with the exclusively church-worship analogy of life in God conveyed by the video and the Christian doctrines at large. You must admit that, no matter how spiritually filling, the Catholic Mass (and other Christian liturgies) has a limited focus and engages only a part of who we are. It is probably a good thing that Sunday services end after an hour or so and people move on to their daily lives where they meet their other important human needs . I contend that relying on any single analogy, even that of a theocentric love fest, truncates not only humanity but also divine possibilities. An endless love fest sounds quite hellish to me.

@LS-ei7xk

3 жыл бұрын

@@radiantedj3452 I see your point. And I shouldn't have used that term "love-fest". Shades of the 1960s, and yes, I guess it would be boring! Sorry. It would have to be more than that. But words are limiting. I agree that just focusing on words or actions without any experience of love to go with it would be tortuous or unfulfilling. So I guess that's why "hell" was invoked. I don't know-- I am a convert, and I had mystical experiences with the Eucharist. Otherwise, I probably wouldn't have converted, and I probably wouldn't bother.

@radiantedj3452

3 жыл бұрын

@@LS-ei7xk Although you are right about the limitation of words, no apologies are needed for using the word "love-fest". It is an apt description of what the Gospel of John, the Song of Songs, the Medieval mystics, and some big names in theology have talked about in reference to intimacy with God. In that tradition, I also believe that agape-love and eros should not be radically separated. In fact, it is a very appropriate description of my own religious experiences as well. I only had a problem with "endless" (in the sense of excluding other types of experience) and the exclusive preference for a single metaphor, even if it is something as awesome as the Eucharist. My point was simply that the fullness of existence in God ("heaven") is more adequately described by a varied range of mental states and activities. We should take our clues from Dante's "Paradiso," which in turn draws on rich traditions, where "heaven" is multi-layered and multi-faceted and involves not only direct encounters with God and other spiritual beings, but also an exciting adventure in the divine Cosmos. I just wish there were more sermons based on that. Furthermore, our metaphors for heaven should not be limited to Ancient and Medieval sources or even exclusively Christian ones. And even secular culture, with its breath-taking creativity, provides exciting pointers. Even in heaven, not everything is about God directly, which, paradoxically, is an expression of God's infinite kenotic generosity and respect for human freedom and individuality.Or at least I hope so. Anyway, thank you for this conversation and blessings on your spiritual journey!

@LS-ei7xk

3 жыл бұрын

@@radiantedj3452 Thank you, too. You have given me a lot to think about. I believe there will always be that tension between the "sacred" and the "profane". Unfortunately, the Church has other things to think about now; where are the theologians? Would the Church listen to them? Change occurs slowly in a bureaucracy.

I'd love for Fr. to do an episode on the beef between St. Jerome and St. Augustine

It is right and just

Hey Fr. Casey. Could you do a video on EXEGESIS AND HERMENEUTICS. It would be highly appreciated. Thanks

Couldn't agree more. Just a bit disconcerting that the institution changes the rules as times pass, while claiming infallibility and unchanging dogma when it comes to teaching. Not the same thing I know, but the inconsistency between theory and application does bring into question the motivations of the institution.

Amen!!

Skipping mass is materially mortal sin - a violation of the third commandment. Therefore if anyone is culpable for such skipping, one will forfeit their state of grace.

@GardenMinistry.

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, and my understanding is that it's considered a mortal sin because the act of skipping drives you away from God, not closer. Thus, it's mortal sin. I feel guilty even skipping when I'm sick, I notice a negative effect in how the rest of my week goes when I haven't been to church or partaken in the eucharist. When I go regularly I feel like I'm walking a straighter righteous path.

@LS-ei7xk

3 жыл бұрын

@@GardenMinistry. You shouldn't feel guilty about missing Mass when you're sick. For one thing, you're not spreading germs; therefore, it is an act of charity not to go. Am I right Fr. Casey?

It's going to be nearly 11 months since I have gone to church due to this pandemic,. Situation is still bad, hope everything gets better soon . Is it just me who is waiting for the church to get open and commit a good confession and to take the Holy Eucharist ?. I'm attending the daily holy mass on TV or yt. But yeah, it's still incomplete without the Holy communion . 🙏 God bless y'all

Good commentary. I feel it lacked emphases of the most essential part of the Mas however, i.e the Eucharist, Christ's REAL Presence and our participation in His eternal sacrifice for the salvation of souls, and the need for us to consume (worthily cf 1 Cor 11:27) the sacrifice (John 6:53), the true Lamb of God ( John 1:29 John 3:16).

Getting to Heaven is my goal and staying out of hell is my other goal. I just hope to get to purgatory and just be good, helpful, faithful and so many other good things. But once and a while I fail. And going to church and listening to God is very helpful.

That last bit at the end is particularly prescient

10/10 video

I can't *physically* go to church everyday because of my job, but thanks to EWTN Radio I can listen every morning at 7am while I'm driving my semi - and later in the day on Spotify via the Canadian national broadcast mass. No excuses for me!

🙏🏽

It's like walking around eggshells trying to answer this. Given that a person has the appropriate Catholic formation (understanding of the celebration of the Eucharist, etc...) , And knowing first-hand attending mass can be boring sometimes but not always (who's guilty of having fallen asleep during homily 😅😅) or most everyone being tied up with work and family chores ... personally I love going to church, to pray, meditate with the Blessed Sacrament, time can actually fly in silence. Having observed other faiths doing their own Sunday services like Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church, Various Gospel Churches in the south, I noticed how even the young participate in their services wholeheartedly. other faiths have found a way to make their Sunday services upbeat, immersive, inviting and with no monotonous 20-minute homilies. Maybe us Catholics can do something to make going to church (for mass specifically) more inviting and more upbeat without diluting the essence of Eucharistic Celebration. maybe shorten homilies to 5 minutes or less by being direct to the point. Doing away with verbosity. I've attended Sunday masses that cover all that substantial taking about 20 minutes. It's actually refreshing, I can do all the mundane tasks of home and work life while being able to go to church several times a week! Like fr Casey said, "a taste of heaven"...it gives us the sustenance spiritually and temporally, to live. Going to church is non-negotiable.

For others church must feel like heaven but unfortunately it feels like hell to me. I’m pretty different from others so many people in the church and the priest see me as the spawn of satan. I honestly dislike the church but I love god and Jesus. It’s just like a uncomfortable place to be at when I’m in the church. I just wanted to speak out how I feel about the church through my experience.

@lilveem0624

3 жыл бұрын

That's pretty rough. Wish you good luck with those people