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True. I guess I should have specified Roman Catholic. End screens fixed! Thanks!

@@southernbella8503 Sometimes it's complicated! Thought I would let you know about the missing end screens otherwise you wouldn't know! May God bless you and guide you! 🙏

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Thank you!

That’s a great question, and I think this is something that shouldn’t prevent you from converting. It’s essentially optional, and the Church doesn’t require you to do it. But the saints see God face to face and have a very special relationship with Him since they already ran their race and showed by their life that they love Him and aligned their will to His. I like to think of it this way: what is more powerful: one persons prayers or two? Why wouldn’t you want more people praying to God for you? It’s like how you ask people on earth to pray for you. What’s the point of asking people to pray for you if you can just pray to God yourself? Because prayer is powerful and the more prayers the better! It’s just like getting more people on your case and more people bringing your prayers to God. As Christians, our role on earth is to bring as many people to heaven with us as possible, and that job doesn’t suddenly end when we die. The saints are still working with God to try and bring us to heaven. Just how God worked miracles through the saints when they were on earth, he continues to work miracles through their intercession in heaven. I think if you realize that Christian’s are still part of the church on earth, in purgatory, and in heaven it might make you feel more comfortable with asking for their intercession. I hope this helps!

@@southernbella8503 thank you for responding, I appreciate it but I got to a different conclusion, but first I'd want to tell you something, although the points you made sound nice, I am sorry to say but they don't make sense at all, when you said "the more prayers the better" what did you meant by that, it's not like we can "stack" prayers, and it's not like if we pray with more people our request would have a higher chance to be granted, God knows and fully hears each and every prayer we do, so I got to this conclusion: the reason we practice saintly intercession is not to "buff" our prayers, but because of the simple reason that it glorifies God, at the book of James we are told to pray for one another (James 5:16) and from what I understand the reason we are recommended to do this is because it unites us in prayer life, or in other words, it makes our way of worshipping God a social activity, and well... because the whole point of saintly intercession is to ask saints to pray for us, I believe that although at its basis saintly intercession could be seen as pointless (which is not), I believe that it glorifies God because as I said, it unites us in prayer life, and by that it could not only benefit our spiritual life, but it probably makes God even more proud of us, and by that could grant us more than just spiritual gifts.

Video on that prayer coming soon! 😁

I think that’s the point. The have the church “accidentally” progress because a man/woman was elected is disrespectful. People flock to the church because it’s different and refuses to change with the times. If the Church was to “progress” with the world, it would no longer be the bulwark of truth and just another modern institution.

@southernbella8503 again its a fictional story, obviously the conclave would never do this in real life, but in the case of this hypothetical scenario Martinez was looked upon by lawrence himself as the appropriate successor. Lawrence throughout the film is seen as a harbinger to the sanctity of the process. Which is why he kept alluding to himself as the "manager". He doesn't openly defy tedesco's traditional views instead he plants himself firmly behind bellini's, the more progressive candidate. I feel we can assume Lawrence had more progressive views. I felt Martinez was the right person for the job when he had his monoluge with the priests in the auditorium you could even see Lawrence in awe of what Martinez says. That was the selling point about how there was no one better for the successor than Martinez. The twist is he is intersex but before we knew that we judged Martinez by his words (the monologue in auditorium) and actions. It's a nice story of don't judge a book by it's cover. Just remember, it's only a movie, again i don't think something like this would slip by the actual conclave. Maybe the message of the movie is to be more open to the good of this world regardless of orientation, religion, or whatever background. I felt it was pro religion/church because it made the church look more open to an ever changing world than it probably is. I agree with you that it can't be so progressive it becomes what you refer to as a "modern institution" but it can't also be stuck in the dark ages, there has to be a middle ground like with everything in life.

I’m so glad to hear you have an open heart! That is one of the most important things when it comes to being aligned with Jesus and being willing to change your life for Him. So Mary isn’t divine; she’s not a God. But she is perfect and never sinned, which is fitting for the person who is to carry and raise the Son of God. Mary is our adoptive Mother since we are all adoptive brothers and sisters of Jesus and one of Jesus’ last acts as he was dying on the cross was to give her to all humanity as our Mother, so we shouldn’t be afraid to ask her for her prayers and aid in staying close to Jesus and doing His Will on earth. She loves humanity and is constantly interceding for us!

What a wonderful post on such a great feast day. We see God as our Father, Jesus as our elder brother which makes Mary our mother too. Thus we are a family. A family of our parent/parents, A family of our own if we are married, and a family in faith. Cardinal Dolan did a homily on it yesterday 12/29/24 which is the Feast of The Holy Family day. You can find in the Mass for yesterday on the St. Patrick Cathedral YT page. 1A. Davidic Kingdom rules placed the mother of the king as queen not the wife or concubines (which they weren't supposed to have but did anyways). 1B. The queen held official role. To be an intercessor between the people and her son. We see this happen at the wedding feast at Cana. While she isn't raised to divinity she is given honor Catholic understanding is to treat scripture in a totality and se Mary in Revelation 11:19-12:1: Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple. There followed flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a violent hailstorm. Two Signs in Heaven: the Woman and the Dragon. A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon beneath her feet, and a crown of twelve stars on her head.

That is great to hear! Welcome to the faith! Being a true follower of Jesus is difficult and your life is going to have to look different from those around you, but there are so many joys that come from following Him, too! One thing about Catholicism that you need to be aware of is that from the outside, it can look very dry and that it has lots of “rule,” but once you start diving deeper into why she has this teaching and that teaching you’ll realize it’s because we have such a rich history and there is so much depth and beauty to the Church and that true freedom is having boundaries so that it’s easier to tend towards the good! I’m glad you enjoyed the video and subscribed (thank you!), and I’ll be praying for you! Fr Mike Schmitz, Catholic Truth, and Pints with Aquinas are amazing Catholic TH-cam channels if you want to check them out as well!

Exactly!

True. The church teaches that the Immaculate Conception of Mary was not strictly necessary but God chose to do it and it was fitting that God should dwell in a vessel never touched by sin.

True. I think Protestants wrongly view Catholics as going overboard in our devotion to Mary, so they make the mistake of going too far in the opposite direction and disrespect and mock her. I can’t imagine a Son who wouldn’t be appalled at such treatment to His Mother.

Catholics are the original Christians. We were called Christians before Protestants even existed.

@ never Christian 😂 always will be catholic! “hail catholic mary” prayed to a dead woman at least 100x’s in one session

That’s a really interesting analogy!

Same to you!

That’s awesome! I think that is definitely more in line with the Church calendar year!

St Anne did, but God sanctified Mary from the moment of her conception. Since Mary isn’t God, her mother’s womb did not need to be sanctified. Like how the Ark of the Covenant was covered with gold inside and out since it was going to contain God, the Lord saw fit to cleanse the womb of Mary as it housed the Son of God. The Immaculate Conception was a grace and wasn’t strictly necessary but God chose to bless Mary as it is fitting and fulfills the old testament. Good question!

I address this in this video: Why Do Catholics Pray to Saints? A Biblical Defense th-cam.com/video/sgn60nBYx1o/w-d-xo.html

Why Do Catholics Pray to Saints? A Biblical Defense th-cam.com/video/sgn60nBYx1o/w-d-xo.html

Nowhere was that even stated.

Why Do Catholics Pray to Saints? A Biblical Defense th-cam.com/video/sgn60nBYx1o/w-d-xo.html

I’m so sorry that is what you got from the video, but I’ll be praying for you that you will have a heart open to the truth of Christ and His Church.

Same to you!

It is beautiful! Thank you!

@ you’re welcome, Have you ever considered becoming a nun?

There is so much going on in your comment that we’ll just have to agree to disagree on this. Merry Christmas, and thanks for watching!

Merry Christmas!

Thank you for watching! Same to you!

I agree that Mary is indeed very favored as she says “all generations will call me blessed.” Jesus did redeem Mary from sin, just before she was conceived.

@ he redeemed everyone from sin

@@southernbella8503 are you redeemed of sin ?

Well that first part is an ancient heresy (ruled that way by CC/EC/OC) about Mary having kids.

Thank you! That’s incredible! Very beautiful!

@ you’re welcome, they’ve got an ordinariate convent in the area, I want to visit, but Baltimore is a bit of a drive from me. It’s also too dangerous a city. I wanted to see the basilica as John Carroll, the nations 1st Archbishops tomb is there, but the church fence is often locked.

If anyone worships idols, I can tell you right now, they’re most definitely not Catholic. 👍🏻

@ if you pray to Mary or her statue then you pray to idols and the dead 💀

Those are awesome ideas! I know, it’s hard. I’ve been Catholic all my life and I still find it hard to hold off celebrating Christmas. I think there’s probably lot than one way to do it. Thanks for watching!

Not explicitly, but there are sources outside the Bible that say he was assumed into heaven after his death. Elijah, Enoch and Moses were all possible my assumed into heaven. aleteia.org/2022/08/15/who-in-the-bible-was-assumed-into-heaven

Welcome from Belgium! I get what you are saying, but America can’t effectively help the rest of the world if our own country is dying. Similar to Christ’s parable of the splinter and plank in the eye, America should worry about fixing our one internal issues so we are better able to help the rest of the world. While that may seem selfish, patriotism is a virtue and there is nothing wrong with wanting to help and improve the people of one’s own country before helping those of another. Once we fix our isn’t issues, we’ll be much better equipped to help other countries! Thank you for watching!

I’m glad you liked the video! Thank you! My faith is not only a love but a passion of mine, so it is a joy for me to learn and study it. I need to look up those books myself!

Beautiful! I learned chant at a summer camp in high school, and I love that the English hymn is notated the same way chant is. Thank you!

@ you’re welcome, Have you ever been to a Byzantine mass? I did once it was beautiful, unlike the Latin rite, they haven’t changed much over the centuries

Thank you!! It looks very similar to the TLM and reverent!

@ you’re welcome, that parish was the 1st in North America to join the ordinariate, it’s in Baltimore Maryland, it used to be an Episcopal church prior to that. Some of them do offer a novus ordo as well, it seems like the divine worship missal, is the way the novus ordo should have been done.

Actually my mistake that’s the ordinariate cathedral in Houston texas. I’m so used to watching masses from their Baltimore church. They have a North American ordinariate, a UK one & one that covers Australia & New Zealand. The St. Peter one covers the USA & Canada. They have their own bishop, who still answers to the pope and is in union with the usccb

That’s sad that that is what you took from the video. Did you even watch it?

@southernbella8503 Yes, I watched the video. However, it always comes down to who a follower of Christ is immersed in. The Gospels, as well as the rest of the New Testament, constantly urge the followers of Jesus to keep their eyes fixed on Him, the Author and Finisher of their faith. A heavenly angel of God told the Apostle John to "Get up. Worship God." If this perfect angel saw it as erroneous to bow before him, how much more those who were less perfect (being humans at one time) should declare the same?

You’re welcome! And thank you for watching!