From Evangelical to CATHOLIC! (Anti-Catholic joins Catholic Church!)
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- From Evangelical to CATHOLIC! (Anti-Catholic joins Catholic Church!) Sophia shares her Catholic conversion story from being a hardcore evangelical anti-Catholic who hated Catholicism to founding the truth of the Catholic Church.
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The Catholic faith is beautiful. So glad I converted
Amen!🙌❤️
@@CatholicTruthOfficial you know this came to mind concerning Protestantism parallel with culture.
Do you think that many Americans are Protestants because of its origin and America being a Protestant nation?
I have a Cuban neighbor and he’s super American patriotic and that’s cool and all but he is also a Protestant and I think he’s Protestant because America is a Protestant nation not because he knows anything about Protestantism but to simply be covered on the all American culture.
And Catholicism is seen as Spanish Italian and Latin American and so many Protestants feel like your guest,”it’s all about an identity thing more so than actually following the truth.”
Idk.. this is my theory.
Same.
@@JWellsUp
A very interesting observation 👍
I am an Australian cradle Catholic who has observed from afar the USA all my life. My major observation is that the North American British colonies (including Australia) were founded by protestant anti-Catholics. And so to be “American” is to be protestant.
I sadly also observe that protestant sectarianism is not about Jesus, but is all about “protesting” against the Catholic Church, so negative.
Beautiful it is. Whether it's true is a different question entirely. I find Orthodoxy beautiful too. But whether Orthodoxy is true is a different question entirely. :)
I've noticed that people who leave the Catholic church do so because they are angry about the demands of the faith and often want to do something sinful that the church decrys. People who come into the Catholic church do so out of love and awesome joy at the truths of the church. After 50 years as a Protestant I am overjoyed to find the true Church!
We share a similar background
They very often have a favorite sin. Sex, selfishness, re-marriage, "obligation" to worship God. One day they will no longer be able to tell God to "Talk to the hand"
Yes, I heard a story about my aunt. Her daughter (my cousin) came out as lesbian in her teen years, then all of a sudden my aunt became not only anti Catholic, but agnostic bordering atheist. She's really into the occult, and it saddens me so much, because apparently she used to be a "super catholic" and really involved in the church. It would seem she left for the reasons you state, that she wanted the freedom to live in her sin and accept the sin of her daughter's lifestyle. I don't think think there's any turning back for her, but I'll continue to pray for her, I'm so worried about her soul.
Amazing
@@GardenMinistry. Until her last breath there is hope. Resistance takes strength. She is strong now and resists God and His grace. But, as odd as it sounds, pray for her weakness: it is then that God remains powerful and her resistance will collapse.
Ex-evangelicals are always thankful.
Ex-Catholics are always bitter.
@@rexfordtugwelljr a lot of ex Catholics leave because the priest scolded them or something happened at church. Almost always is out of spite why they leave Catholicism.
@@JWellsUp A lot of 'something' happened at church. So far the catholic church has payed out $3 billion for things that happened at church.
Weak Catholics become protestants but strong protestants become Catholics and become stronger Catholics
Agree!😂
@@JWellsUp
I had a coworker tell me exactly that years ago. Only he was so bitter he became atheist.
I grew up in the Baptist Church, and I converted this past Easter vigil.
It honestly is so annoying and heartbreaking the amount of hate Protestants, especially evangelicals, give to Catholicism. I grew up hearing misconceptions of the Catholic Church but didn’t always pay much attention to them, and it’s only now that I’m Catholic do I see that absolute vitriol that many Protestants have.
I will always love and respect my Baptist roots, but I will also defend the ancient Church. I’m so glad this woman found discernment, praise the Mighty Living God.
What misconceptions are they.?? Take a read of the Gutenberg Martyrs. They are not fairy stories. That is what this so-called pagan church is about. you are OK if you agree with them if not woe betide anyone who disagrees.
I’m studying but I still don’t find anything supporting the intercession of the saints or praying to saints. Or that the saints or the dead is aware of our daily life. Any support for these would be helpful
Perhaps these might help understanding physically dead, but truly alive in Christ:
Matthew 12:26-27
Luke 9:30
Luke 23:43
John 11: 23-26
Hebrews 12:1
Revelation 5:8; 8:3-4
Whathappened: what about the Protestants murdering Protestants ever since the dawn of the Reformation. They not only burned each other's Bibles and works, but they burned each other as well. People doing bad things doesn't disprove the church itself. Otherwise Judas would have disproven the church.
Eugene, thank you for the comment. All prohibitions against talking to the dead were in the Old Testament because Jesus had not died or risen yet. Therefore, people died and were rotting in the grave. They couldn't hear you. They were not conscious. There was no way to talk to them unless you practiced some black magic or something, or you conjured up their spirit like Saul did.
However, Jesus is alive. He conquered sin, shattered death, and is alive forever, more in glory. In Mt. 27:52, It says that the graves of those who had died broke open and they were walking around. So these people are not dead any more, thanks to Christ, but are alive and not in the grave. Everyone who follows him are alive forever in heaven (Rev. 6:9) and perfected in his life and righteousness. Therefore, they are not dead in the grave but are alive in heaven, which is a big difference. Even the bible shows people in heaven taking our prayers before God. (Rev. 5:8; 8:3-4)
I became Catholic in 2020 and have never looked back. I’m a former non denominational Protestant who used to be saying that Catholics pray to dead saints. I know better now. Since being Catholic, I have gotten a deeper understanding of God and Christ. I’m not ever going to apologize for being Catholic.
Didn't you notice? You just have to open your mind, think outside the box and use your common sense to know that protestantism defies simple logic.Bible was not available until one thousand and five hundred years later(no such thing as sola scriptura because no bible to read!), protestantism came up the same date, and before all that, Catholic church existed, where literate or non-literate Christians learned of the gospel.
Welcome Home!
Amen. Welcome home. Thank you so much for sharing. It's just amazing how many Protestants and anti Catholics share their stories about finding Christ more in and through the Catholic church. How many of them just find Freedom and peace after they do some research and pray about it. I imagine this can be scary for people who are not open to God and truth.
@@DadoMac Yes, you are so right, common sense is all you really need to dismiss sola scriptura! Plus, where is it written than it must be written at all? Where did Christ say, be sure to write all this down? Where did Christ write anything except in drifting sand? Is the Great Mandate to go out to the entire world handing out bibles? It's so comical to see earnest protestant movies always trying to get in frame some Apostle busily writing everything down even though there's no warrant for scene in the bible, lol. Kind of reminds me of how everybody's ignoring the real people in front of them while attending to a secondary or removed reality through their phone. Who would split his attention off of Jesus Himself to take notes? Do we think the Apostles didn't know about "being in the moment" unlike us moderns? Blessings!
Exactly. One person said that most people interpret the Bible from an American point of view, in English, 2000 years removed when, in fact, the Bible was written by Jews, for Jews, in a Jewish worldview, and we need to enter into that to understand it.
A so called non denom protestant is still a denom if they actually existed. You have the holy Catholic Church. You have 48,000 protestant CULTS
Catholicism is so family, loving, logical and reasonable. I am so grateful to God for keeping me in His Holy Catholic Church.
Sure, but don't abuse us.
Priests raping little boys?
@OzCrusader if a person is headed for Destruction it is not mean or cruel to tell them so.
AMEN!!!
@@darrellt5627
Who is headed for destruction? Anyone we know?
Love this. I was anti Catholic up until April of this year, watching James White, and other ant-Catholics and by God's grace I'm planning on Coverting this next year Lord willing! Once I let go of my bitterness toward the church I was drawn right in to the beauty and truth. And this channel has been a huge blessing along the way, thank you Brian. I ask for prayers for my family who are not planning on converting that they also may see the beauty and truth! God bless.
Didn't you notice? You just have to open your mind, think outside the box and use your common sense to know that protestantism defies simple logic.Bible was not available until one thousand and five hundred years later(no such thing as sola scriptura because no bible to read!), protestantism came up the same date, and before all that, Catholic church existed, where literate or non-literate Christians learned of the gospel.
Keep praying, say the rosary if you can, it works for me, I'm sure it will for your family..
I’m a cradle Catholic from Africa. I promise to pray for you and your family. I’m sorry. It sounds like a lonely journey, but you’re prepared to do it, because you believe it is the Truth. Just keep loving your family, pray for the grace to be faithful and in His time, He will make a way. Be blessed🙏🏾✝️
Matthew, thank you for sharing your story. We are so happy for you and rejoice. We definitely will pray for you and your family. May God bless you abundantly on your journey. We hope our videos can continue to help and inspire you.
@@marydantu1102 Thank you very much. Thankfully my brother converted and he got me interested In the claims of Catholicism and my dad is going back to the Catholic Church so I’m very grateful for that! Thank you for your prayers and advice it means a lot.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial Thank you very much.
I was an evangelical until the age of 51. I love my Catholic faith and would never go back.
Amen!🙏🏻
After studying Church history and reading the Bible I came back to Catholicism following years of atheism and exploring other faiths. I'm here to stay. Hello from the Russian Greek Catholic Church.
Welcome home!
Feelings. She never said ONE WORD about The holy ghost or quoted one Scripture!!! Rarely if ever said JESUS
@@TriciaPerry-mz7tcI don't want to be negative to our sister here but the devil has access to our "feelings".
I admire her reservation about repeating the lord's name though, as this is a practice I also learned in Catholic formation 60 years ago.
Protestants in particular have zero reservation about including the holy name as often and frequently as possible everywhere. Disappointingly now copied by many Catholics. Like the orans position at Mass, a pentecostal practice, not in the Roman Missal.
I further notice boo remorse for the destruction of our sacramentals, the rosaries and statues.
I pray this woman will steady herself and grow in the faith.
@@TriciaPerry-mz7tc more than you know - who knows in the bottom of someone's heart.
Our heart is a temple of God.
There God stays in our heart, so keep it cleans.
Just remind Matt 15:19
Tricia, very judgmental since she attributes it all to Jesus. We are praying for you are your deep, deep hurts that make you lash out at everyone all around you. We love and pray for you.
As I am in the process of converting to Catholicism from a non-denominational/Baptist background, Sophia’s story is so relatable. When she said “it was fear that Catholicism was right..”That’s so true. I grew up on Protestantism being the only right way and that Catholics worship Mary and are bounded by Rome. But I was invited to a Christmas Mass December of last year and fell in love with the history and traditions of the Catholic Church. I found a lot of Protestantism is driven by hate and misinformation. I could have never envisioned myself becoming a Catholic. Yet, by the grace of God, here I am.
That's what's so frustrating and sad that it's so driven by hate and misinformation, and they don't seem to care. They claim to follow God but don't act like they follow him when it comes to Catholicism. That's why we pray for them a lot.
I was recently confirmed in the Roman Catholic Church and I give thanks to God for guiding me to his church. I love Mass and am in peace. Thank you God for everything.
Amen, amen, amen!! Praise God!
❤wonderful for u
Welcome Home, to the Catholic Church! It's just Catholic. Not "Roman" Catholic. You're a Catholic in the Latin Rite, sometimes called Roman Rite. "Roman Catholic" is an erroneous label.
God bless you and welcome home!
@@1Hope4AllI’m actually not so sure about that. I’ve seen the term “Roman” used in official Church documents before.
I mean...you helped convert me to Catholicism from lifelong Lutheranism
🙌🙌 Praise God! Thank you Jesus!
Welcome home!
@@BensWorkshop thank you! My conversion story was very similar, except I didn't break rosaries or statues since...I mean let's be honest that's some psycho stuff lol but I love apologetics, and spent the last few years frying Mormons and JW online like eggs over easy. A few months ago I started getting into it with Roman Catholics (which was not the norm for me). I kept getting accused of misrepresenting their beliefs. True, I didn't know much about the RCC, but I didnt have to because they were so OBVIOUSLY statue-worshiping, polytheistic heretics. So, in fairness, I decided I'd learn more about their damn religion then they know, that way they couldn't accuse me of misrepresenting them! So I ordered Crossing the Tiber, and Rome Sweet Home. After picking both my soul and my brain up off the floor, I ordered the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Then about 15 other books. Then read Aquinas, Clement, Polycarp, Irenaeus, Ignatius, Justin Martyr, Augustine, and more.
I immediately contacted my family and pastor and informed them I was attending RCIA in the fall.
@@88BuckMeister An host look is an honest look. You have shown where it leads. You should tell your story to people like Bryan or Eddie Trask or Cordial Catholic (or all 3)
@@BensWorkshop 4 months ago, I was a very well catechised, lifelong, highly dedicated, and thoroughly convinced Protestant. Today, I confess with my lips that Christ did not leave a book, he left a church. That's clear. And that church is, always has been, and always will be the Holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church. And in over 2000 years, the gates of hell have not overcome it.
A protestant-became-catholic mostly ends up loving God more. Catholicism is the truth.
Thank you Bryan for your channel. I always imagine you being the commander of an army who lifts up everyone's spirit before a battle.
Jesus is the only truth.
@@BingoNamo-gb8pz of course.
Interesting I was former Evangelical Free, Now I am Catholic though ethnically Jewish. Like Miss Presser I came to Catholicism from St. Edith Stein.
I came to Catholicism from Judaism too.
st. Edith Stein aka Blessed Theresa of the Cross is one of my favorite saints!!!
I LOVE St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross/ St. Edith Stein!!
@@AndrewIsrael-id2qrwelcome home 🙏
Welcome home 🙏
When I became Catholic I realized this is the real deal. Saints are real. The power of God is with this church. Knowing Jesus is with you at confession and adoration you can feel it. So glad I'm not non denominational Christian anymore.
That’s the word I also always came back to: real. Catholicism felt real to me. I can experience it with all five senses. It’s not all just spiritual.
@@Shskfjekdnf38587 yeah, I like how the Catholic church does exorcisms because spiritual warfare with the demonic is also real. My previous Christian pastor downplayed demonic possession in modern times when I heard that I knew something was wrong and started my research and found the Catholic church was always there from the beginning.
Prayers that soon all humanity will be converted into the Catholic Church 🙏🏼♥️📿
That will NEVER happen. They may join the One World religion. which will be part of the RCC.
She can't name names but I can. John MacArthur.
She ought to be very grateful to God for her husband. He is the rock that she needed to find truth.
@GEORGE40251 I say we pray for all of them. One demon during exorcism described hell in an even worse image than a lake of fire.
He said it would be eternity in solitary confinement, alone with your inconsolable regret.
Dave Hunt
Yes, John McArthur is the lead evangelical apologist to counter the Catholic faith. I can’t listen to him. I don’t like him as a person and as an apologist. He reminds me of the Pharisees.
John MacArthur is a mini anti Christ.
@@margokupelian344John MacArthur is a mini anti Christ.
Wow! I’ve heard some Anti-Catholic comments at Protestant churches, but have never heard or seen anything about somebody burning books or breaking Rosaries. The “Saved” comment is a real thing. People would ask you when you were saved. My response was “about 2000 years ago “
Right
I never liked the question "Are you saved"
@Z25MikeD, Where have you been. Worse, they do a lot of this during Mass!
@Z25MikeD, Where have you been. Worse, they do a lot of this during Mass!
@@puttytat007, I never saw this being said by a Catholic, I saw it in the Protestant side of things
Thank you so much Brian for these videos you interviewed my husband about 6 months ago David Finkle and I feel like Sophia is telling my story LOL I was very much against it and ask God on a daily basis holding the Bible and in tears that I would not be deceived and every time I opened the Bible he showed me the truth August 25th I start classes to get confirmed and I'm on a journey home too please pray for me and our children and our family thank you so much for all you do for the kingdom of God ❤
Godspeed you on your journey Home! Happy for you, welcome!
I ill pray for you on your journey home!
Exjwlaura - Love the name! :) But also, awesome!!!!! So glad to hear it. That's amazing! Someday, you will be telling your story! : D
We will definitely pray for you and your family!
@@CatholicTruthOfficial 🙏 Amen✝️
@exjw - Praying for you as you traverse this journey! Take it nice and slow as you plumb the depths of Catholicism through your Inquiry and RCIA classes. Pray as you go as well, for the enemy is threatened when ANYONE steps on the threshold of the Catholic faith. Be aware that you may have interference as you get through your conversion journey. Do not be afraid! Jesus and the Blessed Mother are with you each step of the way. Faithful Catholics will undergird you with strengthening prayers as you discover the magnificent profound beauty and love of our Lord Jesus Christ found only in the Catholic Church! Welcome Home! God bless you in your journey toward your Catholic Confirmation which will be absolutely amazing!! 🙏🙏✝️🕊️
Catholic cradle
Became a 'Christian'
Tried to smash a few statues, threw away my Rosaries
At work a woman was dying , no one could find her Rosary.
I ended up buying cheap plastic Rosaries so that we wouldn't have the issue again.
Started looking into The Rosary history.
Returned to The Catholic Church.
12 months later I was blessed to be able to pray the Rosary with both my parents as they died within 4 months of each other.
Have consecrated myself to Our Lady and St Joseph.
And am constantly buying and giving away Rosaries.
Many to non Catholic Christians, and always with a pamphlet on how to pray The Rosary.
God uses our past to improve our future
Amen! Thank you for sharing.
Dd you know prayer beads are of pagan origin?
A true prodigal! Heaven celebrates!
@@HAL9000-su1mz You mean purgatory celebrates. Catholics don't make it straight to Heaven.They have to pay for the sins Jesus couldn't forgive.
@@johnbrowne2170 Did you know numbers and mathematics are of pagan origin? Did you know philosophy is or pagan origin? Did you know theater is of pagan origin? Did you know trousers are of pagan origin? Did you know poetry is of pagan origin? Did you know Koine Greek the language of the Gospels is of pagan origin? Did you know the cross and crucifixion are of pagan origin?
Makes me reminisce my family’s conversion a few years ago from being a Pentecostal worship leader to (Eastern) Catholicism and choir directing!
So glad to hear it! Praise the Lord!
Welcome home!
It’s the Pentecostal CULT. Then you have the orthodox CULTS
Pray for my wife who is evangelical Protestant. She continues to believe the lies she is being told about catholicism
Would she be open to watching any of our videos? We will pray for her.
Pray and show her a good, loving heart.
I'm going to share something with you. I too heard a lot of lies about Catholics and I believed them. Especially when people would show me Scriptures. If your wife is against Catholicism, showing her Catholic material won't convince her. I read Catholic material and I just thought they were a bit fanatic. It took first and foremost, God in my life.
This is what helped me. I heard the lie about "good works religion". Catholics had to earn their salvation through works. Then I read "Message to Christian Workers," by D.L. Moody. Read that sermon. It will blow your mind. I know D.L. Moody is not Catholic, but he realized that every human is a tree, and like trees, we bear fruit. We either bear Fruits of the Spirit, or Fruits of the Flesh. Jesus said the Holy Spirit is like wind because wind never stops moving. The Holy Spirit is active, and because He is active, He wants to work for God. Because the Holy Spirit is living inside me, I can't be a couch potato. After reading that sermon, I thought, "My goodness! The Catholics are right!"
You see, everything started in the Catholic church. But if you go straight to the origin, many Protestants are prejudiced and don't want to look at it. Just keep praying for your wife.
Im exMormon and have no roots in evangelical Christianity but my mom and sister took that path after leaving the silliness of mormonism and my mom is at the hatred level of antiCatholocism. I hope someday she has a similar conversion to the true faith.
Your testimony amd story was inspiring, thank you!
Maybe pray about sending her this video and asking her thoughts on it. Either way, we will pray for them. God bless you.
I was brought up Catholic and began to study it more intently to answer my Protestant and Jewish (and eventually my Muslim and Hindu friends). But the more I studied the more God’s Grace put fire in me to love him more and love studying his word and creation more. I love Christ and I love his Church - the Catholic Church
Amen amen! Praise God!
It's as Steve Ray said in Keith Nester's conversion story, if you feel the pull of the Church: "you either convert now or run to the opposite side as far as possible because it will drive you crazy"
I can't imagine being in protestant shoes of learning about the Church Fathers and having their identity shaken. I will pray for them in their anxiety, specifically. Praise God for her journey and her desire for the Truth! Thank you for this interview
Imagine if you will, living 40 years since birth, being raised antiCatholic and never felling love for that 40 years and I don’t mean in a figurative way, I mean in a very serious, diagnosable, mentally ill kind of way, which is incurable and a living hell on earth.
Now imagine being completely healed of that condition at your first Catholic mass, at the consecration and feeling love for the first time in your life at 40 years old.
It’s earth shattering, it’s I’m on a new planet I didn’t know existed.
@@frekigeri4317 Wow. That is INCREDIBLE! What a story to tell. How did you even make it through the doors of a Catholic church having been raised so anti-catholic?
@@bluecomb5376 with much fear and trembling, I assure you. It felt like I was entering a dragons den, even though I had intellectually accepted Catholicism on many points.
But to back up, I had spent about a decade having God move me from one Protestant denomination to another. 10 years of listening to about 40-60 hours of Protestant podcasts a week, while studying scripture, KJV Bible lol, prayer and regular fasting. I would go to up 6 different churches a week. A short stint going to an Orthodox Church helped as well. I worked on a college campus, so I could take world religions classes, Biblical Hebrew, Old Testament era comparative religion studies, etc. I was a grounds keeper, so I basically worked the entire time alone while listening to my mp3 player.
God had taken me through Protestantism and showed me the errors, I couldn’t remain in a denomination if I found an error in their theology. In the end, Catholicism was all I had left or start a new denomination, which I couldn’t bring myself to even try to do. I needed to find the Church that matched the theology I had been taught by the Holy Spirt, which happened to be the last place I would have even dared to look.
I had a broken windshield wiper on my vehicle at work. So, I got a different vehicle that day. It was a new truck and came with a free year of satellite radio. So, I decided that was the day I would start listening to catholic teaching. It was the feast of the conversion of Saint Paul which peaked my attention, as I had been pulled out of atheism by an act of God very similar to Paul’s experience. I was effectively an atheist by high school and spent a long time as such.
So, feast of the conversion of Saint Paul, ewtn, the whole day is conversion stories and then came on, John Martignoni, Catholic apologist, I ended up going home and downloading all his stuff at the time and jamming it on my mo3 player. I hit play the next morning and didn’t stop till I had run through everything.
Everything I had accepted to be true without a doubt over the last decade, was already Catholic and everything I had learned about Catholicism as a kid, was a lie. I had been absolutely betrayed by everyone that had ever told me anything about what Catholicism taught. They brainwashed me while claiming Catholics were all brainwashed. They had served me strawman arguments and hadn’t even attempted to debunk actual Catholic arguments.
My conversion has ultimately cost me everything, family, friends, my wife, my children, all gone, no contact whatsoever. I forgave my parents and they disowned me. My wife cheated and left me, turned my kids against me, etc.
I wouldn’t change anything though, I’m free of a living hell on earth the likes of which I wouldn’t wish on my worst of enemies. Living without love is a hunger and thirst that is just pain, unrelenting pain.
People with reactive attachment disorder, typically commit suicide if they haven’t accidentally overdosed. It’s horrible.
WOW!!! Praise the good Lord!! May God continue to continue blessing you.
Sadly, I see a lot of mental illness associated with anti-Catholicism, and just extremism in general. SO glad God healed you! Thank you Jesus.
@@CatholicTruthOfficialmy illness wasn’t from antiCatholicism, it is attributed to neglect as an infant, typically found in infants warehoused in orphanages. It stems from a lack of proper emotional attachment to a parent or caregiver. But thank you for your kind words.
Praise God!
I was received into the Church this Easter, coming from an anti-Catholic, evangelical background, so I totally identify with your journey.
My first night of RCIA, I commented on how exhausting it is to find the most biblical, most accurate pastor to follow, only to find another one who is even more biblical and better at preaching, only to find another one, etc. etc.
I was so tired of trying to define every doctrine according to what *I* determined was right.
Thanks be to God for giving us an authoritative Church! Pray for our shepherds!
100%. Ascot hansen, it's so free and not have to reinvent the wheel 10,000 times.
I have researched just about every main religion. I have settled on the Catholic faith as being the truth of it all! The Catholic faith is so rich and so beautiful. I am doing RCIA this fall and I’m SO EXCITED about it!!! I loved this video because I can relate so much. I used to believe the Catholic Church was evil and all that. Not anymore. It’s going to be my home!!
We are so excited for you also! That's amazing! I'm so glad you were coming home.
THIS is a true seeker. Heaven rejoices!
May our dear Lord bless, guide and protect you on your journey home.🙏♥️
THAT LADY IS LOVED SO DEARLY BY OUR LORD JESUS
Amen!
I am CofE Protestant. However I say The Most Blessed & Holy Rosary everyday without fail! I ❤ Our Blessed Lady & ❤ Our Dear Lord. God Bless you All. Xxx
You have the holy Catholic Church. You have 48,000 protestant CULTS. You have the Anglican CULT. You have the Cult of England NOT church
Are you in unity with the Pope and are you subject to him and all the dogmas of the Catholic church. The Catholic church demands that you know. It has some difficult to nail down means by which a non-Catholic may be saved, but it's for a very few who they consider redeemable.
@@ralf547incorrect. In Lumen Gentium, the Catholic Church teaches that non-Catholics may be saved if through no fault of their own, they didn’t know of Jesus, the gospel or his Church but they lived their lives sincerely following the dictates of their conscience as best they could doing God’s will. Those who know the truth of the Catholic Church and how essential it is to our salvation but refuses to enter it will not be saved.
@@mayannsteinbeisser5228 First of all, in Hebrews 11 God's Word says we must first have faith before we can please God. So Catholicism is wrong in saying anyone can do anything that pleases God and would enter the Kingdom without knowing the Gospel. I left Catholicism but place all my trust/faith in Jesus as my savior. I know the "truth" of Catholicism but reject some of that "truth" that isn't truth at all and has no impact on my salvation. I'm not invincibly ignorant. But I am saved. If you think it's necessary to be united to the Catholic church and subject to the Pope, then you have an additional savior and Jesus isn't sufficient. That's saying Jesus isn't the only way to the Father.
@@ralf547 from what you just said, I’m convinced you were either poorly catechized as a Catholic and/or you bought into anti-Catholic propaganda by some Protestants. You have committed the grave sin of apostasy by turning your back on the Church that you were baptized into, the one Jesus’ founded. I urge you to repent and come back home for your eternal salvation.
I believe Jesus is Son of God, our Savior. It is from this faith in Jesus that I believe he founded the Catholic Church as the means by which he saves us through the supernatural grace contained in the 7 sacraments and also through her doctrines and dogmas that form and guide us in our mortal and spiritual life. Just to give a short explanation why I said that, I’ll talk about one of the sacraments, baptism and how it saves. This stems from what Jesus said to Nicodemus in John 3:5, “Amen, Amen, I say to you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit”. and 1 Peter 3:21 says, Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience.” Also, in Acts 2:38-41, “Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” This is why we believe baptism is more than just a symbol. It actually saves a person because the water washes away his sin and the Holy Spirit enters into him which then enables him to enter God’s kingdom.
As for doctrine and dogma, you made it sound like they’re really awful and burdensome and so we should eschew them. I happen to think differently. I love the teachings and dogmas of the Church. They’re profoundly beautiful and speaks of the depth of God’s love for us. Take the dogma of Communion of Saints for example. Members of the Church form the Mystical Body of Christ and so we are deeply connected to each other. Not even death can separate us. Saints, therefore are empowered by God to hear our prayers and intercede for us in heaven. No different than when we ask a friend or a pastor to pray for us.
I’m from Poland. Now when im 50 I’m so thankful to God that I had a easy start because I was raised where everyone are catholic
It’s very difficult to find a truth. To find it you need a lot of humility
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God Bless this woman for her honesty and may God heal her wounds. Amen
The demons throw a huge tantrum when they get figured out and begin to know their time is short.
I am so grateful the Lord led me to the Catholic Church! I had no idea what I was missing! All praise to God! Thank you to Catholic Truth for helping me understand true Catholic teaching and helping prepare me for the attacks from others due to my conversion. God bless.
Amen amen!!
I grew up with lies about the Catholics and while I myself didn’t hate (felt bad for, wary of, yet somewhat fascinated by) them, my family certainly did and so, when I met my Cradle Catholic husband, I was very happy to learn that he had a genuine relationship with Christ and could even respect some of his beliefs… but I fully intended to “convert” him to “TRUE Christianity”. My parents were worried that Satan would use him against me (and to their minds that’s what happened) but in reality, because I am also very enthusiastic about apologetics and history, as I started friendly debates with both him and my father-in-law especially, I started to realize that I didn’t know as much as I thought I did and so I had to do some digging… and after learning I’d been lied to, I started digging more, going further back in history and going deeper into the actual beliefs and traditions of the Catholic Faith and I came to a point where I had to admit that this was indeed the Church founded by Christ. But then what? I still had some issues with Mary and some other stuff but during this time, in fact, even before, I’d grown tired of the denominational wars… I’d left my long time evangelical church, I had issues with the Baptists and Methodists and while my grandfather was a (retired) Wesleyan pastor with a good heart, I couldn’t say the same of the others, including the one who took over the church he’d built with his own hands, and while I did some church hopping (while still dating, my husband went to a church with me and some family ONCE and he and I at least left feeling very icky), I’d kind of stopped going because there was nowhere I felt that true worship was happening. Nowhere I felt at home anymore. So… I started going to church with my husband and in-laws and while pride got in the way for awhile, I finally had to admit that the beauty and the reverence was undeniable. So, back to where I’ve run out of protests against the Catholic Church… I start researching orthodoxy as my husband was born/baptized Byzantine (though his family had started to attend the Roman rite) so it was close and perhaps a compromise, I looked up “how to acknowledge Catholic teachings but still just be a Christian”… There was this fear still about actually converting… couldn’t I admit they were right but still be “just Christian”? My husband never pushed or pressured me. We talked of course but we both loved the Lord and that was enough… Honestly, I got in more heated debates with his dad and I have thanked him for that because between my need to research to stay on my game with him and just feeling…left out at Mass as everyone else received communion but me which rankled (then I had to ask myself “why if it’s just symbol?”) and seemed to have/know something I didn’t… I was still a little uncomfortable with the veneration of Mary but I’d pretty much sorted out the rest like confession, purgatory, papal authority (papal succession had been extremely interesting to follow), indulgences, infant baptism, praying to saints for intercession, etc. and I found myself asking “why would/should a Christian become Catholic” and I kept getting the same answer: “The Eucharist”. That was frustrating but thank God for Scott Hahn and others like him (and you)! I finally looked at all I’d learned and realized that I had so many reasons to accept the Catholic Faith as TRUTH and claim it as my own and no reasons not to other than fear and maybe still a little pride. So, I offered them up to God. I asked him to take away my fear, rid me of my pride, let me see the truth… and help me understand Mary and her role… I also asked for Mary to reveal herself to me… and she did! It’s hard to put into words but at a time where I needed a mother most, she was there for me and as we Catholics always say, she does indeed always point us back to her Son! I finally asked to join RCIA (though everyone joked that I could have taught it myself and was a very helpful resource lol) and armed with my new understanding of what the Eucharist truly is, after a very cathartic confession experience, with my husband and in-laws supporting me (my FIL ended up being my sponsor which was perfect and brought us closer together) while my own family turned their backs, I finally came HOME! I was welcomed with such joy, I experienced the overwhelming feeling of rightness and peace as I proclaimed my faith and truly received Christ’s Body and Blood! This was TRUTH! This was everything God had been preparing me for and leading me to all along. I am so thankful that I trusted Him and followed His guidance! Now I’m the “Super Catholic” who is still passionate about evangelizing and sharing the TRUTH of our Faith with others years after my conversion. I think that many converts are so passionate because they know what it’s like to live without the fullness of faith... without the Eucharist, the Source and Summit of our Faith! Not all but many CCs take it for granted. That’s why we absolutely need a Eucharistic revival! Better catechesis! More Catholics ready and willing to share and defend their faith! Lord, Your will be done!
Beautiful testimony. Blessings
Many from anti Catholic convert to Catholic Church, good morning from here,glad to heard from you this morning Bryan, GBU always Bryan 🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤❤ welcome to sweet home for sister.
Amen!
Lately, Sir Bryan Mercier getting all sorts of conversion stories like this..
Many Protestant and Anti-catholics are getting their eyes open for the truth.
And many more of these to come.
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Cardinal Burke's novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe is playing a huge part, I believe!
@@bluecomb5376 It started before that. The Holy Spirit is on the move. Cardinal Burke's Novena is sure to help. He is throwing coal into the firebox of the locomotive as are we all who are praying the Novena with him.
Amen! As each one converts, family and friends will take notice of the spiritual transformations occurring, and Jesus and the Blessed Mother are welcoming new Converts daily!! Contrary to some public opinions that the Catholic Church is struggling…it is growing! Thanks be to God!
True. Lots of Protestants are coming to the Catholic Church lately! Bryan has some great interviews lately.
@@bluecomb5376 Good point!! Cardinal Burke is a very holy man. So many of us are saying this Novena.
I loved when you said “Mary will cry if you worshiped her instead of Jesus “
That’s so true and I have never thought about it that way.
Converts are amazing. I love listening to conversion stories. They have strengthened my own faith.
Its true.
In 2006 for the second time mother Mary came to me answer my question (in a dreamt).
She said "No, you dont worship me but Jesus"
Its a simple sentence but having a depth meaning.
As my question to The Lord - why people thinking Catholic worship to Mary.
The second appearence of her to me such a nun and I describe it so gently soft, motherly, young and strickly straight educated me.
How i wonder people used to say Mary is dead person - not holy - a sinner etc.
Praise The Lord🙏 God bless you & family.
???? SO why do you's say (hail Mary) if this isn't worship ???? What is it.
I admire this young woman for having the courage to and conviction to go through the process of conversion. I too am a convert from 2018 and I agree with her about having finally found peace with my faith. The Catholic Church isn't perfect, but Christ is there, front and center, every mass, every day, around the world.
What a beautiful testimony.
Mike and other anti-catholics inspired me to look into what Catholicism teaches because it didn't sound right. It seemed more reasonable to learn from the source. St. Irenaeus of Lyons was a big influence on me.
On a different note please pray for my sister. She's dealing with OCD and anorexia. She's seeking help from a Protestant pastor who believes that mental health doesn't exist (very John MacArthur influence) and tells her that she's in sin because she has OCD and anorexia. This is significantly impacting her mental health and our family. All my family members are anti-Catholic, and my sister thinks Catholics aren't saved."
We will definitely pray.
That's really sad.
@CatholicTruthOfficial Thanks. it's a really difficult time.
@@josh39684 i suggest you bring her to an exorcist priest and have diagnos, demon oppression and possessions sre real.
Praying for the healing of all those who are suffering from mental illness. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. If you can take her to the Anointing of the Sick. I was healed through the Anointing of the Sick in a Mass. "Reach out to Jesus with Faith". Remember the woman who suffered hemmorhage for 12 years. Bishop Baron has a brilliant sermon about this including the rasing of the dead of Jairus' daughter because of Jarius' faith. Have faith..❤
Didn't you notice? You just have to open your mind, think outside the box and use your common sense to know that protestantism defies simple logic.Bible was not available until one thousand and five hundred years later(no such thing as sola scriptura because no bible to read!), protestantism came up the same date, and before all that, Catholic church existed, where literate or non-literate Christians learned of the gospel.
Keep praying, say the rosary if you can, it works for me, I'm sure it will for your family..
Thank you Bryan for another excellent guest and witness.
I went to a Calvary chapel service with my brother and his wife. She's protestant, he's a non practicing Catholic.
The visiting "pastors" sermon was half Catholic bashing, the other half was Bible alone promotion (Sola Scriptura) and literally emphasizing NOT reading any Church History, Early Church, Church Father's. Really attempting to dumb down the "audience", stating, "look at the Apostles, they were just dumb illiterate fisherman".
It was obvious to me, as a well informed practicing Catholic, this effort to keep the protestant congregation he was preaching to, ignorant of The Truth of Church History, The Early Christian Church, and The Church Established by Jesus Christ Himself, was a desperate attempt to keep people from learning and "God forbid", ever coming to the knowledge that The One True Church is The Catholic Church.
I truly believe some of these pastors are sincere and well intentioned, but misled, misdirected zeal. Repeating what they were taught.
But I KNOW, some are knowingly, deliberately, vengefully, hatefully teaching anti Catholic brainwashing, because their true motives are money, power, postion and spreading hatred.
As the guest shared, the fear that The Catholic Church is The True Church is too much to bare, and that their whole world, their identity, everything they have known and believed, has been a lie, is just too overwhelming.
PRIDE!!!
GREED!!!
JEALOUSY!!!
FALSE WITNESS!!!
BLASPHEMY!!!
These protestant "pastors", are robbers, truly wolves in sheep's clothing.
It saddens my heart beyond belief what Luther and Calvin and others have done. Leading souls away from The One True Church, The One Holy Catholic Apostolic Church.
May God have mercy on their souls.
Gods love is conditional AND unconditional... "If you keep my commandments".. "If you eat my flesh and drink my blood"... "As you forgive you will be forgiven"... etc
I used to be very intimidated by the accusations that were made by pritestants until one day
I started to look up the scriptures that they threw at me for myself and discovered with awe, that they were actually misrepresenting what the scriptures actually said. Then it dawned on me that the things they were attacking as "evil" or "unbiblica" were right there in the bible....yep and although many of them did not realize these things were in the bible, it was also the case thay many of them knew these things were in the bible and were deliberately ignoring them and being dishonest
Naw you finally bought into.their lies.. Nobody hate the Catholic Church. We hate their lies and ACCURSED DOCTRINE.
IT'S A LIE
The Catholic apologists secret: Read the whole chapter in the Bible being referred to. It's a little weird and scary how easy it is.
@@atrifle8364 we catholics do just that, and unlike protestants, we have a complete and correct bible because the bible was produced by the catholic church, not the protestant church and our version was mpt altered by Luther. Never assume that someone else knows less than you do, b cuz you might be wrong
Do you know why they, protestant pastors, do that? Because they are instruments of Satan used to attack the One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic Church and to lead unsuspecting souls to his Hell. They may not realize that they are working for Satan, deceived and blinded by Satan's lies. May God have mercy, open their eyes, and grant them understanding so that they may repent, convert, and come to the Only Fold (John 10:16) instituted by Our Lord for their salvation. Amen!
As an Evangelical myself before I became Catholic, I did not experience that type of vitriol. In fact, as a Protestant Evangelical, I would argue with some Protestants and defend the Catholic Church. My attitude toward the Catholic Church when I was Protestant was that the Catholic Church is a Christian Church that contained error, but I believed that about all denominations.
I am not a lukewarm Catholic or a modernist as I attend the Latin Mass. I still have Protestant friends who appreciate some Catholic spirituality and will even attend Catholic events with me. It is sad that there are people like James White, Dave Hunt and Mike Gendron who cause anger and vitriol based on nonsense.
That word nonsense seems unjustified how about laying some of that nonsense out.
I have found there is a mixture of truth and error. Pointing out errors is not nonsense. it then opens for debate. Catholic Truth i.e Byron Mercer to him his Truth is Truth. if his Truth is not Truth. can we dispute it?
Now catholic truth has control of this site. if he controls the comment through manipulation for those with alternative views and indisputable facts to support why they disagree with his Truth. Would you say that was dishonest? Most of those who put up the CC as the only way, use this buffer to prevent comments that would otherwise contradict that position.
Late Mother Angelica 👩 claimed that ex Protestants become great Catholics. Scott Hahn, Stephen Ray, John Martignoni were Protestant. Ray Shoeman was Jewish ✡. Daniel Ally was Muslim ☪️. They converted! Add another! ⛪
Also, Jimmy Akin, Tim Staples, Dave Anderson and many more.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial Yes 👍 Good 👍 that you added to the chain ⛓. It increases daily! 😃
Al Kresta who recently passed away, Dr. John Bergsma, Keith Nester, Michael Lofton, Eric Ybarra, Suan Sonna, Trent Horn, Candace Owens
What she is saying about worship leaders is so true. I played in the worship band at my church, but what I realized much later after being Catholic was that worship leaders use the same formula as Led Zeppelin to “worship.” Then there is the whole Bible alone, but then not believing everything in the Bible, but that is a different story. I’m glad you found the Catholic Church!
Amen! We are so glad too! What do you mean by Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin IV starts off fast and hard, then it gets slow and softer, then it ends with a slightly harder song. Led Zeppelin III starts off fast with the immigrant song, then slows down. Both of these albums are exactly what goes on in a “worship” (I used quotes is because the Mass is what is worship) service. It uses one’s emotions to make you feel like you’re worshipping. The worship team is a part of what actually brought me into the Church. I ended up realizing worship is sacrifice, and when I went to my first traditional service (the Anglicans) I realized that I didn’t have to feel any certain way to worship God. This is something that I would love to explain more, but it’s too long for a yt comment. I did go over it a little on the miss happy Catholic channel on the protestant trad video.
eyes wide open, bruh!
God bless her soul.. wow.. let’s heal the divide. We are meant to be one holy apostolic family… Christ wants us to be universal and one! Ave Maria ❤
Your smile tells it all, you've really found The Truth, welcome to the Catholic Church, welcome Home ❤
Who would think they have the right to attack The Church in that way??? I would sadly not turn the other cheek if someone went for my rosary!
St Louis Dr Montfort knocked out 3 men who were making fun of the blessed mother. So... :)
@@CatholicTruthOfficial 😊😊
Absolutely loved hearing Sophia’s story. Thank you. ❤ God willing I’ll be baptised into the Catholic Church after completing upcoming RCIA. Glory to Jesus Christ. 🙏✝️
Praise God!! Prayers for you! Let us know when you come home.
Wishing you God's blessing and protection.
another great testimony! Praise be to God!
Welcome Home Sister to the One Holy True Catholic Church Our Lord Jesus founded more than 2000yrs ago.
Thank You Brother Bryan for bringing her on to give her testimony.🙏🏻
Beautiful story. Welcome, Sophia. God bless you and your family.
I'm 66, and I was born into evangelical Protestantism. One could expect the obligatory "the Catholics are lost and don't know Jesus" sermons on a regular basis, and hateful things as well.
Late in life I had enough of that world, walked away, was received into the Eastern Orthodox Church ☦️, and never looked back. My niece followed, walked away from evangelical Protestantism, was received into the Roman Catholic Church, met and married her husband there, and never looked back. Both of us thank the lord for having been led out of evangelicalism, and for not abandoning our faith.
We're seeing exponential growth in my little Antiochian Orthodox parish in the midwest, with young families, but particularly with men, especially young men. Many are disaffected evangelical Protestants, but we've been seeing an increase of many who have no faith traditions.
The Eastern Rite Catholic Church, and the sole TLM Catholic Church in my city is seeing this same phenomena as well.
I can say unequivocally that evangelicals pick off low hanging fruit from the Catholic and Orthodox Church, but I can equally say unequivocally that these were often those not serious about their faith, not well catechized, and wanted the "DIY church of me".
As modernity ravishes the evangelicals (which it is), the Catholic and Orthodox Churches will be the recipients of disaffected laity and clergy, and especially the young.
You're right about all of that, the ignorance, the low-hanging fruit, it's all very sad. It is very sad that so many people are so deceived without even knowing or caring. But I'm so glad that you and so many like you have found peace and Truth only I've got out of that. Thank you for sharing.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial What is your take on how there is such an abundance of low-hanging fruit (poorly catechized Catholics) especially in the last 50-60 years which is the timeframe I hear over and over again from various sources. I fall right into the middle of that timeframe. Was it the modernists who infiltrated the Church and taught so poorly? People knew their faith better in generations past, with little money and fewer resources. Now we have the internet and an abundance of books to learn the truth from, but in the 60's and 70's there was also more available than they had in decades prior to that too. It just doesn't make sense. I hope this might be an idea for a video, because it's probably complex.
Great interview. I actually bought my wife Scott Hahn’s book 3 years ago in hopes she would read it. She still hasn’t and I’m not the type to pressure someone to read a book against their will or force anything, but I have a strong feeling she’s purposely avoiding it because she doesn’t want to be convinced. So pray for her.
Jacob Prasch offered to debate Scott Hahn's and he refused. You could read the Gutenberg Martyrs I found many good reasons there to not come back,
Keep praying for her brother! And have monastic people (nuns, priests) pray for her too! My mom did that to me with her nun friends back home and I came back home to the Catholic Church.
Forcing her is one thing, but a friendly reminder or encouragement wouldn't hurt. ;-)
Scott Hahn hated the fact that he was trying to force faith on his father, who was on his deathbed, but it paid off because he ended up accepting Jesus on his deathbed. Just a thought.
I am a devoted Catholic and I am one of many in my church choir and it is also a God bless Talent that we are using for God
Satan HATES Our Lady Virgin Mary…sooooo of course she was destroying Rosaries and Scapulars 😪😪😪
thank you brian for pointing out that in the church there is never a need to defame our protestant brothers. instead any time i have seen anyone talk of protestants it is with a heart of generosity and wanting to give them the fullness of faith because of a beauty that is unmatched.
Why is it always evangelicals that have the most traumatic religious experiences. 🥺
Pray it for conversions of these souls! ✝️🙏
Amen! ❤ I converted in 2020. Was a lifelong Methodist. I used to take Mary off the crucifix because I mistakenly thought they were putting Mary above Jesus. Then in my 20's I was drawn to a book my aunt had about Medugorje....and from then on Mary began to lead me Home to the Catholic faith. I started to learn all I could through the Catholic network on TV. And various prayer books. Eventually, also like Paul, I had no choice but to convert! Truth is Truth and there is no escaping it! Mary brought me closer to Jesus than ever and I have a much stronger faith now, and am continuing to learn and grow! Praise be Jesus!❤
Yes! Praise be to Jesus! Thank you, Lord! You're grace is good! You are faithful!
Thank you for sharing!
May Catholics be fervent Catholics!
Yes! There are so may lukewarm Catholics and Catholics in name only. May God have mercy, help them to come to their senses, and become faithful and fervent members of the Church. Amen!
Excelent testimony.😍thank you , welcome home 😇Thank you for sharing your testimony, Love it.
What a wonderful video! Welcome home sister!🥰
I do feel like I was trying to to earn my salvation more as a Protestant Pentecostal as a Catholic I just enjoy the ride and love Jesus
She was an Anticatholicism as an Apostle Paul was persecuted Catholic Church. Amazing Jn10;16
Huh?
Saul to Paul story
The funny thing is that this is exactly what every Catholic says to Protestants. All she had to do was listen to her husband. That had to be painful to have your wife have to read all these books instead of just trusting her husband and going to church
Sometimes people have to take their own path. Sometimes people have to make it their own.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial yeah I understand it’s literally called pride. We all have it. Her husband is saintly. I’m really was surprised she barely mentioned him or apologized I don’t get the sense she even realizes how little she’s considered him.
Great conversion story. Indeed many people who leave the church are truly hateful. We can only have one truth and not many. Christ left only one church and its the catholic church. Welcome home Sophia and continue being passionate with the Lord and his church.
Amen! In Africa? The most alive, fervent Catholics are in Africa - the future of the faith.
I know that feeling of being torn up as I read the Church Fathers. I came from a devout Protestant background, and the cognitive dissonance was off the map. The Lord helped me through it, and my wife and some of my family were able to join the Church last year. Glory be to God!
As mother Angelica said. Catholic gets the best protestants whilst protestant gets the worst catholic 😂
All those who seek the TRUTH will find it. Thank God for you wanted to know the TRUTH and you found it. I praise and thank my God for I am a crafle Catholic and I am proud of it.
Are you saying Catholicism is the truth????
Isn't JESUS CHRIST the way, the truth and the life? Is he a liar?
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Of course Jesus Christ is the truth, and Jesus Christ jar of the Catholic Church which was the Catholic Church true.
Read the Bible says that Jesus is the head from the church is the body. They have an unbreakable unity, so you can't have one without the other.
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I grew up Catholic, marginally. I like to say that I am a lifelong convert to the Faith, because I made a conscious decision to be Catholic, after really studying the history of the Church Jesus founded. My greatest thrill was to sponsor a convert to Catholicism. God’s mercy is so tremendous! Praise to Jesus!
Amen!
She is right, it's a drumming up of emotions, people are emotionally lead. I was charismatic for a while, Became Conservative Non-Denominational, even staying in charismatic churches, and Evangelicalism is very emotional lead. I got burnt out by it.
I, Bryan, I used to be charismatic as well for a long time, and it helped me immensely to come to know Jesus into free me from many things. But it has to be done correctly and you have to have an informed theology, not just remaining on emotionalism and feel good spirituality. Sadly, this is not found in many Protestant churches.
Ironically, I was thinking of doing a video on this topic soon. Kind of the differences.
@CatholicTruthOfficial I'd be grateful for that kind of video! I'm Catholic, guess you could say a charismatic one - not sure what it means because I am not involved in the movement in the strict sense rn, but I believe that all Catholics should be charismatic. But it doesn't mean a specific kind of spirituality but being led by the Holy Spirit and using the gifts that He gives each of us.
I've been thinking about this a lot, observing non-Catholic Charismatic Christians. Since they don't have a Magisterium, they often end up either basing their discernment on their experiences - chasing the feeling of "presence of God" which is very dangerous as it can be misleading, or telling people to go to their Bibles but giving up on a reliable way to interpret it, thus inevitably giving up on knowing the objective truth. Without a clear teaching, they are bound to end in different problems and getting off tracks. I learn from them a lot, I love them, but this is very disturbing. I am so grateful for the teaching of the Catholic Church and the wisdom accumulated through the two millenia.
@CatholicTruthOfficial and of course, this leads to imbalanced focus on pastors and their teaching.. everyone follows the most charismatic ones and listens to what they say, but each pastor teaches differently. I can't imagine how stressful it must be, having questions and being left with having to rely on the pastor that I like the most for answers. How do I know he's having the right understanding of things? I think in Evangelicalism, people end up following personalities because there is no objective source of teaching to turn to.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial , you should have seen the video VaticanCatholic released exposing the charismatic movement. It scary what these guys do!!
@@barborazajacova7633 , I've had false prophets tell me things that were not found In The Bible, that caused so much confusion. I've been called son of hell and not a Christian for not speaking in babbling tongues. Because I Took The Time To Read my Bible, I've been treated as untouchable, and I don't like that. It's a very stressful place to be.
Blessings to Both of you Brian and Sophia 🙌🏻🙏🏻🙂
We welcome you home with wide open arms❤
This is so crazy to hear..I have literally been feeling like this for the last year. I felt like it was me focused. I everything she said is right on point. And the last 5 months I’ve been looking into being a Catholic and have visited mass. Do a lot of listening as well. The only thing taking me so long is that I’m trying to know who I am. Like her, I wasn’t myself. Evangelical was my false identity and I’ve become so tired.
So glad to hear that! May God continue to lead and guide you. If you ever want any help or have questions, or want to do a Zoom call, just let us know. God bless and guide you.
“I just know Jesus and the Church are one”
St Joan of Arc
Thanks be to God ✝️
The grace of God is beautiful. The greatness of God can do all things, I am glad she is catholic now
The Catholic faith is so full of rich history, art, and architecture like no other religion.
The truth will make honest people vomit the lies they once’s believed 😁 Welcome to your Fathers only true Church.
God bless your authentic Catholic conversion!
Welcome back home! Thank you for the testimony and the video as well!
Amen.They were praying the Rosary (48 minutes)for you and most Catholics every day...Love that part..🙏🌹🌹🌹Deo Gratias.Ave Maria.🌹🌹🌹🙏
It's interesting that her husband got anxiety going to various types of churches, too. It was like a dual testimony for her and her husband.
I wish i could be super confident in one church or denomination, like they are really correct in everything and without mistakes..
But for now i feel like God's will for me is simply to be with him in a prayer or adoration and to follow him instead of listening all debates 🙈😅
Im Catholic God bless you All guys !!
My ex did the same thing from telling me I didnt know the Bible, to I didnt want to listen to God, to throwing away pictures, books, the Council Of Trent, etc.. stmts like "Ithought you wanted to listen to God" or Don't you want to do Gods work. There was no rational conversations, there was no studying or reading history.. zero evidence besides personal interpretation of Cherry picked scripture..
Very sad indeed. It's almost like a cult-like mentality but they're not even allowed to think for themselves.
Sophia, you are so seweet ! I'm glad you got the truth. May God bless you and your family abundantly!
A challenging story for every Christian to get to know more about his faith and not just to settle for less.
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Brilliant 👍 I'm a catholic revert in from England.
Heyyy! Welcome home!
Well done!
I grew up with so much anti Catholic rhetoric too. Former preachers kid, church of Christ. I received my sacraments on April 16,2022. I love the Catholic faith ❤ And it was our Blessed Mother that called my heart so long ago when I was at my worst. And you are so right Brian. We converts don’t hate our protestant background. I love to sing loud during mass and I still write down each Homily:) You have helped me grow in my faith:) Thank you for your ministry! God Bless You:)
Welcome home!!! Thank you for sharing, and you are most welcome! God bless you.
Girl YES! At 7:09. I felt the same way about trying to work harder…because there is no path to holiness…we were all just trying to keep on the happy face.
GOD BLESS THIS BEAUTIFUL WOMAN AND UR CHANNEL 😊😊😊❤❤❤ BLESSINGS ALL THE WAY FROM MONTERREY MÉXICO 🙏🏻
Praying for the conversion of all the sinners 🙏
Great 🎉conversion story.
Welcome home!
And being articulate about your faith is both touching and impressive!
I loved hearing this conversion story! I'm about to go through RCIA starting in September, and prior to that I would have considered myself to be non-denominational (my parents claimed to be Baptist but we did not attend church). I had a close friend introduce me to Catholicism and I initially was not interested. However, once I started to research more and I went to a second mass, I ended up deciding to become Catholic. I always love hearing where other people come from and learning different people's views. Have a nice day everyone and God bless!
Good bless you too! Thanks for watching!
“IF” you have not already, please consider going to Adoration of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament (also known as “Holy Hour”). Call your local parish and find out when they offer it. Then, just go and sit in silence in Christ’s Presence. Take your bible. Read scripture, pray, contemplate. Tell the Lord of your search for truth, of your doubts, worries, even fears. Then, be as patient with Him as He has been with you. When you receive the grace to know that HE IS THERE, you will be forever changed. Miracles occur in Christ’s presence - of that I can personally attest.
Welcome brothers and sisters to the church founded by our Lord Jesus Christ!
I was against it for years then learned more about it and converted to catholic thanks to god for guiding me the right way
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Great story, glad she found her way home.