Do Catholics Worship Saints?
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- Father Mike Schmitz wants to address some confusion regarding Catholics’ veneration of saints. In this video, he explains how-far from idolatry or paganism -statues, paintings, and icons of the saints are reminders of what God can do in someone’s life. Therefore, honoring the saints doesn’t take away from the glory we give God. It actually brings him greater glory.
You may also like the article “Why Pray to Mary and the Saints?” (media.ascensionpress.com/2015...)
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@tonyhector that is awesome! Father mike is amazing. I would recommend Scott Hahn, Jon bergsma, Keith Nester, Peter Creeft. The lambs supper by Scott Hahn is an amazing book, its a book about what the mass is. Also home with sweet Rome is a great book. Will be praying for you, as my wife who converted says "the catholic church is a treasure chest I've been searching my whole life". May God bless you abundantly and our holy mother draw you closer to him.😊
@@empackmanmueller1725 I think I’m on my fourth week of going to Mass. I am trying to pray the rosary at least once a day and if the Lord keeps moving me in this direction my wife and I are starting the RCIA classes in September so that we can convert and take the sacraments.
@@HonkyRythm35 that is awesome! As you go to mass just observe the fullness of the mass. I would recommend scott hahn book the lambs supper. A book that details what the mass is. Also Keith Nester a convert has an awesome channel and talks about what to expect. Also his convert guide book is awesome. My wife a recent convert enjoyed it. Also Catholic answers website and app are awesome resources too. Godbless you and your family as you find the fullness and love of the Catholic faith. Keep us posted on your journey..godbless
When protestants claim that we "worship" Mary and the saints, they are claiming to know our thoughts and intentions, which they do NOT know. We Catholics worship GOD And we HONOUR Mary and the saints for their service to God and for the example they set for us to show us that we too can acheive holiness.
@@thegospel1668 1. LUKE 1:48 tells us that all generations will call Mary Blessed. Which church calls her the BLESSED Virgin Mary, and treats her accordingly? Catholic or Protestant??? The answer is that We Catholics are doing what is right and what is Biblical.
2. We Can and do go directly to Jesus but Intercession of Mary and the saints is valid and Biblical: ➨ INTERCESSION OF MARY & THE SAINTS IN THE BIBLE: ...
The Protestant claim that we are forbidden to speak to / pray to Mary and the saints is NOWHERE in the Bible. In fact, the following scriptures were copied (by me) directly from the Protestant version of the Bible: ...
➨INTERCESSION of a holy person on our behalf:
● JOB 42:8 8 Now therefore take seven bulls and seven rams, and GO TO MY SERVANT JOB, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and MY SERVANT Job SHALL PRAY FOR YOU, FOR I WILL ACCEPT HIS PRAYER NOT TO DEAL WITH YOU ACCORDING TO YOUR FOLLY; for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.
➨INTERCESSION of MARY: At the wedding feast at Cana, it was Mary who asked Jesus to help the wedding party.
➨INTERCESSION OF THE SAINTS: Rev 5:8 The prayers of the Saints are offered to Jesus the lamb.
➨ JOHN 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
➨The KING Honours his mother's request:
● 1 KINGS 2:20: Then she said, “I have one small request to make of you; do not refuse me.” And the king said to her, “Make your request, my mother, for I will not refuse you.”
● The Claim that Saints are among the dead, and we are forbidden to contact them is ALSI false:
➨SAINTS ARE NOT AMONG THE DEAD: They share in the ressurrection of Jesus: (Protestants attack Biblical saints while they follow dead reformers)
● LUKE 23 v 39-43...Jesus told the good thief "today you will be with me in paradise"
● REV 19 v 14...when Jesus returns he will be accompanied by his heavenly armies of saints.
● 2 COR 5 v 8...Paul tells us that to be absent with the body is to be with the Lord.
● JOHN 11 v 25-26...Jesus said I am the ressurrection and the life, he who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives, believing in me will never die.
● MATTHEW 27: 52 -53: When Jesus was raised from the dead Many were raised up with him. 53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
● LUKE 1619-30 The story of the rich man and Lazarus show The Rich man, Lazarus and Abraham, all concious and interacting with each other even though they have physically died.
● REV 6:10 The souls of the martyrs are before the throne of God, crying out for justice. (they are conscious and actively petitioning God)
● HEB 12:1-3 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,
● MATT 17:1-13 ...At the Transformation of Jesus, he is seen speaking to Moses and Elijah, further showing that Holy ones of God are not among the dead.
➨HONOURING MARY: LUKE 1:48: All generations will call Mary Blessed. We Catholics are the ones who call her the BLESSED Virgin Mary and treat her accordingly.
➨NOWHERE does the bible permit protestants (or anyone else) to Scrutinize & monitor the prayers of other people, nor to judge their sincerity or their salvation.
3. "BORN AGAIN" We are "born again" through BAPTISM. The protestant belief that you must "ask Jesus into your heart" in order to be born again is nowhere in the bible, but the following scripture IS:
➨BORN AGAIN: How are we born again?:...
● JOHN 3:3-7 Jesus said, "Unless a man is born of water (baptism) & the spirit, he will not see the kingdom of God"
@@thegospel1668 I'm going to repeat 3# here in case you didn't read all the way through my reply to you.
➨BORN AGAIN: How are we born again?:...
● JOHN 3:3-7 Jesus said, "Unless a man is born of water (baptism) & the spirit, he will not see the kingdom of God"
@@thegospel1668 BTW, "The Gospel", Protestants did not produce the gospel, or the bible. BOTH came from the Catholic church many centuries before the Protestant revolt ever took place and both the gospel and the bible INCLUDE MARY Too. Furthermore, Jesus gave authority of his church to PETER (first Pope) Not to any protestant reformer:
PETER Is head of the church: (not Luther or any other "reformer")
✦ MATT 16:13-19: Jesus gives keys of the Kingdom to PETER and builds his church upon PETER.
✦ ACTS 15:7-12: "After much debate had taken place, PETER got up and said to them, “My brothers, you are well aware that from early days God made his choice among you THAT THROUGH MY MOUTH THE GENTILES WOULD HEAR THE WORD OF THE GOSPEL AND BELIEVE."
✦ JOHN 21:15-19: Jesus tells PETER to "Feed my sheep"
➨The True Church is a TEACHING CHURCH:
(To TEACH is to impart knowledge that is not oresently known....not in writing)
✦JOHN 14:26-31
26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall TEACH you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
✦JOHN 16:14:
"When the Spirit of truth comes He will guide you to all truth."
✦ Acts 8:26-40 King James Version (KJV)
30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
31 And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
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@@thegospel1668 Forgive me if I doubt your claim that you know the true Mary of the bible, since the Protestant faith does everything they can to deny that she is even a part of the gospel story, that is recorded in the bible, but instead pretend that she isn't even there.
Let me show you MORE scriptures that you skip over to make your claims:
LUKE 1:24-49 God's own messenger, The Angel Gabriel greeted Mary with: "Hail full of grace (purity) The LORD is with thee" Grace is the pure state that God imparts to human beings by which we are saved. The LORD is WITH Her, but you ignore her anywhere, pretending that she has no part in the gospel and is insignificant, even though the bible makes it clear that GOD chose her. In these same passages, it tells us (LUKE 1:48) that "all generations will call her blessed" Which church calls her the BLESSED Virgin Mary, Catholic or protestant????
Queenship: Rev 12:1 A great sign appeared in the heavens, a woman clothed with the sun, the moon under her feet, and on her head a CROWN of 12 stars. (denoting queenship as she appears in the heavens) As you continue to read in Rev 12. you will see that this woman is the woman who gives birth to the male child that will rule the nations. The Child therefore is JESUS and so the WOMAN is MARY.
Rev 12:17 The dragon wages war against the woman and protestants (who are following Martin Luther instead of Jesus) do the dragon's work.
Jewish tradition tells us that the MOTHER of the King holds the title of QUEEN: King Solomon had between 700-1000 wives, yet his MOTHER sat on his right as QUEEN and she interceded between the people and the King. Solomon told his mother: "I will deny nothing to you. MARY is ALSO Mother of the King....a more powerful King than Solomon was and she holds that same position and also intercedes between the3 people and the King.
I have ALREADY Shown you from the bible that you (claim to) believe in that her intercession and the intercession of the saints is valid and biblical.
Skipping over the scriptures that you don't like does not give you accurate truth
@@thegospel1668 ONE scripture does not "cancel out" ANOTHER Scripture, no matter how much you want it to. The ones I showed you ARE STILL VALID. Protestants believe the bible...,.......until you show them scriptures about Mary (and honouring her) Saints (and their intercession) confession, penance, good works, The Eucharist, Images that were used in the temples, etc etc etc. Then they stop believing and start arguing with what they are shown, and everything protestants attack can be found in the bible.
I just wanna say I'm not Catholic, I'm Protestant but I love your channel and despite our differences I see you all as brothers in Christ. As long as we agree that Christ is the only way and you only follow the Bible and no other doctrines, you're Christians and I refuse to let Satan divide us..
Theres a big misunderstanding actually but at the end of the day we follow god alone
This is the point :division is exactly what Satan wants.
if you want to no division then I'd have to ask, when will you be coming home?
Richard Radice stop praying to mary,stop telling your sins to a priest,stop eating a flour and water wafer and claiming it is the body and blood of JESUS,stop praying to statues,to the dead,stop praying rosarys to mary,
JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY,not mary,not the pope,not your dead saints,not your dead relatives.
@@savedbygrace8867 you non Catholics are so crazy.
love this ~~~ St. Augustine: "When it comes to the Saints, we give them "dulia" which means honor, veneration. When it comes to Mary, we give her "hyperdulia" which is this even more honor and veneration. When it comes to God, we give him "latria" which is worship. And worship belongs to him alone. "
Worship is synonymous with veneration. When you are giving your attention to something and adoring it, and focusing on it more than God, that's idolatry
@@whiskerandojoe no, it's not.
@jaylevin, apply WORSHIP sincerely only to God. Don't overdo Veneration attributed only to Mary and Saints. Your sincerity and intentions MATTERS.
Intentions.Matters:
1) Worship- To God.
2) Veneration-To Mary
3) Honor- To Saints
IDOLATRY is done overdoing something. Example:
1) HONOR a Saint by praying for him before a statue or picture, MENTALLY?
2) It becomes IDOLATRY when you pray, wipe the Statue with kerchief and even kiss it to be true.
It is such a pleasure to listen to a man who so clearly loves his profession! His enthusiasm is contagious!
Jim Ivey can you answer me why would pope Benedict would have topless male dancers as his entertainment? Look it up if you like the testimony of pope Benedict, this is who he is, a pervert. Lord forgive them they know not what they do.....OR DO THEY???🙏🏻🙏🏻✝️🇮🇱🙏🏻🙏🏻
A calling and not a profession
@@DarkAngel-cj6sx Actually, both. He was clearly called and I heard rumors that the Church pays priests these days. He certainly “professes” the Good News.
@@jimivey6462 the church gives allowances to priests for everyday necessities. They always did this. You should confirmed your rumors instead of spreading it as if it’s fact
@@crossbearer6453 I was making a pun on “professional” with the word “profess”. I believe humor is a gift from God that helps us cope with life’s challenges and helps us to share joy with one another.
I like to pray directly to Jesus. Yes, I can pray with someone for something but for myself, in my alone time, I pray to Jesus.
We also pray to Jesus (in the meaning you're attributing to praying)! When we "pray" (I'm using quotes bc normally protestants do'nt know the right meaning) we're asking for the intercession to come to Jesus
@@M4th3www where in scripture does it say to "ask for the intercession to come to Jesus?"
@@colten7484 Hello my friend, Saint Paul talks about intercession in Ephesians 6:18-19, 2 Thessalonians 3, Colossians 1:9 and so on. If you read the original passages in greek (the language the New Testament was written) he uses the word saints, precisely what we do.
also, Remember:
1 intercession means praying for one another, when I ask for someone to pray for me (a canonized saint for example) I'm asking for his intercession.
2 the Bible came through the Church, not the contrary. One can use the Sacred Scriptures to defend heretic positions. All the heresies were created utilizing the Bible. That's why the Church founded by Christ, upon Peter, and guided by the Holy Spirit, defines what is right about some theological topics. If it wasn't the Church, Christians would defend nowadays that Jesus wasn't divine, these was the heresy of the Arians (who used only the Scriptures to base all of their interpretations). However, the Church saw this heresy and pointed out. In the end, if you base all your interpretation in the Bible, without the magisterium guided by the Holy Spirit, you'll have a problem defining what is the right or wrong interpretation.
Hope I have helped, if not you can always read the Catechism of the Catholic Church, there you'll have the all the teachings and their base in the Bible.
@@M4th3www For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus.
1 Timothy 2:5
There is only one mediator bro. It's Jesus Christ himself. Our prayers are to the Father. Think of how Jesus taught us to pray. No person who died was able to hear our prayer. They do not have any special power to hear our prayers like Jesus. God said I will not give my glory to anyone. The Holy spirit gave glory to Jesus only because he is the God.
@@M4th3www
Taken up to heaven she did not lay aside *this saving office* but by her manifold intercession continues to bring us the *gifts of eternal salvation...* Therefore, the Blessed Virgin is invoked in the Church under the titles of Advocate, Helper, Benefactress, and *Mediatrix!* [CCC 969]
Saving office and gifts of salvation? What!!! Mediatrix is a feminine form of “mediator.” The Catholic church claim Mary mediates the Divine grace. Well, the Word of God says this about our Mediator:
For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, *the Man Christ Jesus,* (1 Timothy 2:5) NKJV
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. *No one comes to the Father except through Me.* (John 14:6) NKJV
My father's 2 dogs escaped and my dad was very, very distraught. I prayed to God and to St. Anthony to intercede and ask our Lord Father Jesus Christ that my dad's dogs be found. My dad found him the next day and called me and told me it was like a miracle, because Harley was on his way to a main road. Only one was found and I pray that the other is found soon, but it was been 2 months. But I believe that St Anthony indeed intercede for me and asked Jesus about my dad's dog. And God graciously allowed my dad to have his Harley back. I hope wherever Chevy is, he can get back to my dad, or at least know what happened to him.
Father did a great job here.
As a convert to the Catholic faith, I would also clarify the term "pray." Because Protestants don't pray to the saints, they have lost the secondary meaning of "pray" in their vocabulary. Because they only pray to God, praying is automatically only equated with latria in their minds. So if one says, "Pray to Mary, she will help you." They interiorly (at least) stiffen with horror at what is being suggested. However, Catholics always use and understand the meaning of the word "pray" (in whatever grammatical form), when referring to the saints, as its possible second dictionary definition and that is "to ask." Most Protestants have heard lines from Shakespeare at some point in their life. They would do well to recall hearing the expression, "I pray thee....", which today we would say, " I ask you..." Catholics have simply retained the secondary use of "pray", where as, Protestants have not.
As I started reading your comment I stopped at just the first sentence you wrote. Matthew 23:9 is all I’m going to say. Big Catholics red flag....
Your committing idolatry, there’s no scientific or gramatical way to explain it, you kneel before idols of people that have long passed way, you pray to these things, you hang images and statues of them in your house yet you try to justify it by making new words
Thank you very much. I’m a Protestant who has been learning about Catholicism. My main thought holding me back was the topic of “praying to the saints” Fr. Mike and your comment very much helped me wrap my head around this topic with a new outlook
you are full of lies. you don't pray to mary or the saints, you pray to God alone.
Father Mike - Thank you. As a Protestant getting closer to crossing the Tiber, this was a great explanation. Furthermore, it is perfectly consistent with all other Catholic explanations I have discussed or read, again giving credence to the Catholic stance.
What about bleeding and crying statues? What about Eucharistic miracles? I am sure these things are more, much more and they carry an air of deep deceit. Good luck across the Tiber.
Christ gave us an example of prayer in Matthew 6:9-13. Christ is the utmost perfect example of living life by the Spirit. Christ prayed directly to the father, not to abraham, or moses, or king david, but to God Himself. The term "saints" in the bible defines a righteous person. Christ is the one who interecedes for us Romans 8:34. Christ defeated death, but the saints did not. Praying to saints for intercession is praying to the dead. Hebrews 4:16 says we have access to Gods throne of grace to receive mercy and help in times of need. 1 Timothy 2:25 says ONLY Christ is the mediator between God and men. Therefore mary, agnes, patrick, etc. cannot mediate for us. Hebrews 7:25 says “He is able to save completely those who come to God through Him, because He always lives to intercede for them”. The bible is explicit about people on earth praying for them, but there is not ONE verse in the bible asking for the prayers of those in heaven. The bible says nowhere that "saints" can hear our prayers in heaven. The bible DOES say that when a necromancer conjured the spirit of the prophet samuel he said “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?”. Praying to saints is idolatry.
@@maxwellstevens9562 Agreed with the premise that Christ is our mediator between God and man, and the best part is Jesus is the eternal God AND fully man thanks to His coming through physical birth
God is our mediator 😊 its one thing to ask someone to pray for you like a friend or loved one, but we are not praying to them so that they may intercede, as God is our intercessor 😊
@@joshua2400 is the Virgin Mary omnipotent? Did she gain the power to hear everyone’s prayers and see everyone when she entered heaven? Only God is omnipotent. When did Mary or any of the other “saints” receive that power that only God has? Never.
@@joshua2400 asking a friend to pray is one thing because they’re physically here with us. A Saint can’t hear everyone’s prayers like God can. Saints and the Virgin Mary are not omnipotent. There is too much glorification for the righteous men and not enough for the ONE who made them righteous.
I have friends and coworkers, even protestants, who when going through hard times have asked me to pray for them or to keep them in my prayers. I never turn them away or tell them to go and pray directly to God. On the contrary I will absolutely help and pray for them.
Are you the Jesse I know?!!
Are all your friends that ask you to pray for them alive? Because Mary and all the saints aren’t. Ecclesiastes 9:5 the dead know nothing
John Jones, the Jesse I know believes the Bible and Ecclesiastes like you and I.
John Jones Isn’t our God is the God of the living? (Mark 12:27)
Absolutely! That’s my point. Praying to Mary or dead saints is in vain. They lived, died and were born in sin just like us.
Thanks for explaining this so well! Protestants are always confused by this aspect of Catholicism and honestly I find it hard to explain to them even though I was born and raised in the holy mother church
you are confused by the catholic system
I feel like a lot of times in the Catholic Church there is a tendency for its leaders to just expect people to follow traditions before explaining why things are the way they are
@@Cathodoxism it is simple just like a child growing up and its parents teaches it with good things and bad things and when they are old enough they can finally understand and know why
@@littleterra9777 yep. We are given a solid foundation and the time to learn and understand things because everyone works at a different pace
@@Cathodoxism exactly now you have answered the question you yourself couldn't answer there you go😊
I'm always amazed at the things people believe about Roman Catholicism. Someone even accused me of praying TO the Pope! They didn't really believe me when I explained that no, we pray FOR the Pope. Of course, there is always the anti-Mary thing. So many believe Our Blessed Mother was just some random girl.... as though God would not have taken care in creating the woman who would birth and raise His Son! Now THAT'S just crazy talk, in my opinion.
Oh yes, some of them actually think we worship the pope. Many of them do, in fact.
Many religions and ideologies need a common enemy, which is usually depicted as evil, usually almost cartoonish, with lies. Communism and fascism, for instance, did this against liberal democracy. Protestantism is based on the belief that the Catholic church is evil. It is quite difficult to remove this from the main Protestant denominations. However, it rarely happens the other way around. Never heard a Catholic priest saying "Protestants are Devil's tool because they hate St. Mary".
However, in my experience, there are many Protestants that are just normal Christians, that do not feel anti-Catholic, but just brothers. Which is how I feel, by the way.
Lard, the Almighty God Bless you always. Keep up. You are on the right path to the LORD.
I've encountered the same thing. I've seen people refer to the Blessed Mother as a witch, an idol or even a "doorway" through which Christ passed. Unbelievable. They refuse to listen to facts. Instead they are firmly entrenched in their hatred of the Catholic faith.
Phil B why do you think we hate you truly I pray all Catholics read God word, it will set you free from doing good work to get to heaven, IT IS FINISHED AT THE CROSS!
I question Catholacism like any honest Catholic, but the argument that we worship saints has always blown mind. Ask any knowledgeable Catholic if they worship saints and you will hear a resounding NO. But Protestants insist and insist that we do for some reason. If a Catholic says they don't worship saints, they don't. That's it. Nobody can accidentally worship something, so why continue to push this point after you have heard EVERY competent Catholic deny saint worshipping?? Worship comes from the heart and soul and is completely intentional. WE DON'T WORSHIP SAINTS!
Jerrieme Stebbins this link is full of lies
Jerrieme Stebbins
Brother do your self the favour
Read bible
Read Church Father’s
Read catechism
Go to Holy mass
Ask with open heart
Then come back and we talk
You don’t have to apologise
God bless you on your journey to truth
Simple Man then take them out of the place you worship, it would stop a lot of arguments, and just to be on the safe side, I know I am. Glory toGod
Jules Taylor
Sister problem is this
you are not on safe side because they are only in your head heart and mouth as material we worship and for that reason material for judging us without checking what is truth
While in our places for worship they are just reminders or decorations as God commanded to decorate temple and Ark of Covenant
So please sister give god all glory and come back to his Church to be one as Jesus prayed for us
God bless
Satan always instructs his followers to lie when non Catholics ask questions!
To be religious as children of God, Jesus Christ commanded us to love one another - not to fight and destroy each other.
That is easier said than done.
Jonathan, I'm a Catholic and very proud to be, because God is always with me.
Poor Jonathan, DON'T JUDGE SO YOU WON'T BE JUDGED. (pity the creature like you)
Jonathan, DON'T TRY TO DESTROY religion by hating them. BETTER LOVE THEM, TO FOLLOW GOD'S COMMAND. UNDERSTOOD?
Jonathan Soko stop lying
I love catholic people with all my heart I have catholic family i love as well.
Why ???
Same here-- Mahal na Mahal ko lahat ng catolico even those Christians whose hearts is much like Mother Theresa n Poon Nazareno. 😃💕💕💕
Thank you for loving ❤ us Catholics instead of being a hater. Lots of hating and disrespectful anti-Catholics out there 😒 ...
Just say you love people in general. Catholicism eventually leads into Santeria for most people and they call it tradition.
@@barbaradelpino4020 Very true. The world needs a lot less hate and division, and a lot more love and union with each other.
Again, as a protestant, I am enormously grateful for you commentaries. I am still not in total agreement with prayer to saints, but I think it is a huge misunderstanding when Protestants claim that Catholics worship saints. I totally agree with you there.
Saints are no different than prayer partners. The saints in heaven are righteous. The prayer of a righteous man availeth much. It's the body of Christ. The Bible says to make intercessions for each other. Christ is the mediator but we are to make intercessions. That includes Mary and the saints and their prayers are more effective because they are perfected.
You know, I never thought about it like that. So the idea is a righteous person's prayer overcomes much? And being these saints are perfected, they are more righteous than us, making their prayers more effective? Interesting. Is that why many people pray to the saint rather than to Christ, fearing their prayers will not be treated in the same way as, let say, Mary's?
@@joshuabenton3785 oh yeah he never replied.
RefusesCookies if you know the bible, what say Luke 11 27-28 when He replied ? Matthew 12 46-48 when told his mother and brothers were outside wanting to speak with him. He never put anyone on a pedestal except the Father. We know the only way to the Father is directly through Jesus and nobody else. So if you truly understand the bible, it’s the true followers of Gods will that are the saints. Not people canonized by a denomination. The church of Christ are the believers not a building.
So catholic’s don’t worship Saints, but do they worship Mary?
Fr. Mike. I have found your videos to be very educational and informative. I'm a Presbyterian, and I know very little about Catholicism, and you've helped me understand Catholic practices and doctrine that is often misunderstood by protestant denominations.
Ben Mello misunderstanding is a misnomer, purposely misconstrue is closer to the mark.
Ben Mello and you have picked a great person to educate you. Few are as good as him. Also check out Mark Hart. Another great speaker who if you do NOT laugh while watching his talks, not even Jesus can save you....(just kidding! Although Truth be told Mark Hart is very funny)
Ben Melo, greetings Ben, not only Catholic practices and doctrine "misunderstood", but purposely twisted and warped to suit certain agendas and make traps for fools. How the Catholic Church has stayed the pace in the face of relentless persecution, misinformation, unmitigated attacks and hate, is a miracle in itself substantiating Our Lord's words, "The gates of Hell will never prevail". Blessings and peace.
why not praying to God directly, as if saints are better listeners than God or God will have more mercy if you pray to saint? I pray to Father or Jesus Christ always.
Robert Anic, Fr. Mike is explaining what we believe as Catholics. All believers/followers of Christ are our brothers & sisters in him. Our family in heaven can intercede/ pray for us, just as we ask our earthly family & friends pray for us when we ask. He is trying to dispel misconceptions that other Christian denominations think about our Catholic practices. God bless you!🙏🏻
I'm an ex Protestant and have been Catholic now for 4 years. I find that there are a lot of Protestants that really don't understand, nor attempt to understand, the beliefs of the Catholic church. I also find that there are many that want to call out Catholicism as a cult and we are not true believers. It is vital that we deeply understand and zealously defend our faith. For it is under attack from all sides, even from our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ.
I went to a Catholic Church for the first time last night.
And it felt familiar although I hadn't been before.
I would be what you would call Protestant.
I actually went to an Seventh Day Adventist Church but ended up separating myself from them as I disagree with some of their beliefs.
I'm now neither Protestant or Catholic, but as of late I have been drawn to Catholicism.
So only time will tell what will be.
God bless all.
You might as well study history and theology of both sides. RCC and Protestant but to specific Reformed Protestant theology because there are atleast hundreds or even thousands of protestant denomination on which just appeared after Roman Catholic protestants came into existence. It is very important to consult the bible when trying to see or understand if a certain religion or denomination is a true church and if you have some questions about Roman Catholic Protestants you can directly pm me onfacebook and we can discuss about a few things here and there. Godbless you and may Gods grace be with you on your search for his glory 😇
@@cyrusdipper-ra461
Thanks for the offer, but I believe the Catholic church to be the true church.
Infact it was the only Christian church until protestantism came and separated us all.
God be with you brother.
@@thegospel1668
Never give up seeking truth.
Truth is found in Jesus our Lord and I will cherish the knowledge till my last breath.
I've been to Church a few more times for mass.
I have never taken part personally in communion as of yet.
To my surprise I found out that Catholics only Worship God.
I have never seen anyone personally worship any statues.
Only time will tell, as there seems to be two sides of the same coin at play here.
On one side you have Protestants and non Catholics view on Catholicism and on the other side you have Catholics view on Catholicism.
My search continues in seeking God.
God bless.
@@thegospel1668
So you're not religious?
If you're not religious, then what are you?
I'm personally a Christian and a Christian is what you call someone who follows Christ... and that religion is called Christianity.
But also like you I believe the truth is found in Jesus and I believe the word of God to be true.
If you're not religious, then do you not have a Bible?
Since non religious people follow their own thing.
Or do you mean that you're just non denominational?
I'm genuinely interested.
@@thegospel1668
Ok that's interesting.
I always thought theology was important because so many people tend to interpret verses differently.
Also do you go to Church?
I just want to say that I’m so happy I found this channel. I’m a very devoted Catholic, but my Father and step mother are both just Christian. Their reasons for not being Catholic involve thinking that we worship saints. It has been very hard for me to hear their complaints about the Catholic faith. This channel makes me feel so much better and not so alone. Thank you 🙏
Catie Cat catholic are christians
You do worship saints. Hindus use the same logic to justify their idolatry. You bend your knee to blocks of wood and stone. Read Jeremiah. You dont contend with my words here.
Thanks Father Mike for your insights on saints.Our catholic saints performed heroic virtues in the faith.The best analogy I have ever heard of catholic saints came from a Jewish convert the catholic faith! He explained that in America saints are like baseball players who were elevated in the Baseball Hall of Fame.Players excelled at their postions in baseball and righty so honored for their achievements the same way the catholic church honors it's saints for excelling at their faith.
for real the hall of fame stick to scripture
Why do you call him father? I was raised Catholic for 25 years. Nothing in the Bible says this. Nothing says to pray to Mary. Jesus said pick up your cross and follow him. Repent and have faith in him and you’ll be saved. Study scripture. Not man
@@alecg.8401 You mean the Bible that the Catholic Church gave to the world? Why do you trust the CC to choose the correct gospels, letters and epistles to put in the Bible but not for anything else? You are ignorant of the English language, scripture, the history of the faith and Catholicism. Raised Catholic doesn't mean you knew anything about the faith as you have clearly demonstrated.
What do you call your biological father, surely you don't introduce him as "my father" as that is that what God forbid"? This is what happens when heretics interpret Sacred Scripture in a vacuum.
Priests in the old testaments were always the father of the house. If you look up the meaning of "pray", there are two meanings, one is to ask, which is what we do when we ask the Saints to pray for us.
Protestants think praying and singing is worshipping God, its praising and communicating but it's not worshipping God, most Protestants worship a book given to them by the Catholic Church. The only way of worshipping God is through the Mass (Catholic) or via Liturgy (Eastern Orthodox) everything else is an anathema.
Alec G. Another analogy I would like to use is “think of the saints as a sports “coach” a coach gives you advice (the saints diary’s and letters) a good coach works with you and helps you hone your skills, a good coach leads you down the path to success, and a good coach tells you what you are doing wrong.” The saints are our “coaches” in this short pilgrimage in this big world to help lead us to our salvation.(as well as scripture which is where we get our teachings from) And i also think it is important to study both scripture and the saints. But most people don’t simply because of the lack of catechesis.
Alec G. You are not a Catholic my church teaches us that Mary and the saints intercedes for us, and i believe in what my church teaches not this false doctrine of hate against my Savior!
Wow! I'm protestant but ive never heard such a great explanation
Apostolic Nuncio to Kekistan why are you Protestant? Why are you catholic? Jesus did not come tot bring religion but he came to brine the kingdom. 2 different thing.
Apostolic Nuncio to Kekistan I know but the church was not to be a religion.
@@invincible4554 LM10 is my favourite player!!! And I have a quick question for you, and that is, can you give me an explanation about the kingdom? Because we as catholics believe in that.
Same I'm an atheist that grew up baptist and I was reminded just recently of the question I had as a child upon hearing the story of the golden calf and why the catholics were worshipping idols. Decided hey I have the internet now I can find out.
@@publiusii4246 glad you want to find out, and I am happy to tell you we catholics do not worship idols because we only worship God!
Now a ask: WHY not Hate Other? Because
1) We Love God.
2)We love our Family.
3)We love our neighbors.
4)We love all the Creation of God.
5)We love Heaven.
Love love love. Do you know him?
Charooot!!! Haha..
@@manfromrome7710 Pilipino ka?
@@allcrisdevera6610 oo
I am from Poland. This is the simplest and the best explain this subject i ever met. Very good job.
Ciesze sie ze potwierdzasz wartosc nauczania tego kapłana.
Read Exodus 20:20
Except the bible says that the dead saints cant hear prayers.
Jerrieme Stebbins where?
Bóg z tobą
I remember a good friend of mine told me an analogy to tell people if they accuse us of worshiping saints and or Mary. Say you went to a concert. At that concert there was a musician playing, say, the trumpet. It is beautiful and at the end you along with the rest of the audience give your applause. But who do you applaud? The musician or the instrument? It should be the musician. In the analogy God is the musician and the saints is the trumpet. God/the musician works through the saints/trumpet. Without God/the musician the saint/trumpet is just an ordinary person or piece of brass. Now Jesus, Jesus is a singer. He is a musician working through himself.
Future Priest Patrick Dope anology. You actually gonna be a future priest bro? Ill pray for you success good for you homie!
Joseph Christian yes I am planning on being a priest. Thank you brother. I will pray for you as well 😁😁😁
tim spangler well if you love Jesus than you can know that you do right?
tim spangler I have not seen that video of which you are talking about. Would you please send me a link?
Except when it's Stradivari violins :D Although even then we'd have no idea how good they are without a musician. :D
Thank you as a Catholic I appreciate this!!! God is good!!🙏
Christians pray to the Crist son of the living God . sorry but catholics are just praying to the pope .Research the holy word of God you'll see
@@cardora1967 once again misinterpretation reading the Bible wrong is a sin so please stop it.
@@cardora1967 Catholics are Christians, all are Christians it doesn’t matter what church, if you truly believe in god with all your heart and believe Jesus died for your sins, you are a Christian
@@Aguir_99 it's not misintertation. Mike goes around what the Bible plainly teaches. He's got a very enthusiastic personality. That's great veery nice and persuasive but I've read the Bible around 40 times..the Bible teaches that you speak and ask directly from the source not to go around through others to ask him or encourage him.. It never says that, not once. Mike is misguiding his followers. And THAT is wrong. Feelings do not matter - God's plain words do. Are you going to stand before Mike, Pope or Mary?? Nope God himself. Pray to Him only. In plain English. I say this because I care and all in a respectful tone ❤️🙏
@@keekee6464 John 20:23
Keep fighting the good fight, Fr. Mike! Excellent explanation on the subject matter! God bless! 🙏
Man, I see truth and purity in your eyes. Thanks for shining Christ the way you do. God bless!
Love the painter/ painting analogy... right on Father!
Fr. Mike you are an absolute delight. Your words are so clear and to the point. Your smile and goodwill make all your words carry weight that cannot be replicated by a dull, dry lecturer. Praise God for your gift of teaching.
Excellent! Love this short & beautiful explanation! Thank You JESUS!!
Revelation 5:8 speaks about elders in heaven handing out prayers to the feet of the lamb which is Jesus
Pretty message. I am a radical Catholic from Nigeria. This are exactly answers I am always ask to give in my community as a Catechist. And thank God Bible has answer to all.
Christians pray to the Crist son of the living God . sorry but catholics are just praying to the pope .Research the holy word of God you'll see
@@cardora1967 The way they have to over explain is a huge red flag. Going around in circles…”yeah it says to not create graven images…but the church decided it was okay” 🤦🏽♀️
Where in the written Biblical evidence for infant baptism, baptism by sprinkling, prayers for the dead and to the dead, the canonization of saints,, limbo, the celibacy of the priesthood, the sale of indulgences, the worship of images, the rosary, the immaculate conception, Mary as meadiatrix, Mary as the mother of God, the assumption of Mary, the perpetual virginity of Mary, the observance of Sunday, Lent, auricular confession, among other things? The answer is found in the Roman Catholic view of tradition.
@@michaelreyes8182 I can rebuke and prove all you’ve written but I’ll sum it up. Scripture alone and by faith alone came with Protestants who changed the Bible to fit their viewpoint. Not Catholics. The early church ( which was Catholic) Brought about the Bible. On what authority??? Apostolic accession You can continue to watch some Catholic videos for more understanding
Hope this helped
@@crossbearer6453 to your first comment, I wish you could. I'm not so proud I can't receive a good rebuke. But the fact is, papal doctrines CANNOT stand on Scripture alone thus, the need of 'traditions'' propped up by ''Apostolic accession''. Did you know that the written Word mingled with (traditions) was strongly condemned by our Lord at his first coming? It's true. The Jewish view of tradition in the days of Christ was composed of three interconnected elements. In their view, there was an original Deposit of truth revealed by God which was composed of two sources:
[1] The written revelation
and
[2] The unwritten traditions.
At first the written revelation was given a position of higher authority than the unwritten traditions, but in the course of time the unwritten traditions were placed on the same level as the written Scriptures and in the time of Christ, the unwritten traditions had assumed a position of even higher authority than what Moses actually wrote. Read Mark 7. Thats just a sample of the tradition's Christ had to meet, always rebuking them (traditions) referring all back to the Written Word.
One could say with confidences..Our Lord believed and taught ''solo scriptora'' by these constant rebukes of traditions, why? Because traditions have a way of trampling on the written word. Notice.....(Mark 7)
5''Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with un washen hands?
6'' He answered and said unto them, Well hath Isaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
7 ''Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men''.
8 ''For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men''..
My brother the papal view on the traditions todays is exactly that of the Jews! Would you like more evidences?
You're so awesome Fr. Mike! You are a beautiful painting created by God, and by complimenting His painting, I am only praising God all the more!
Oh Thank you so much father Mike!!!🙌🏽...I have learnt sooo much about our faith...I was so excited when I discovered you contribute to the success of the hallow app! Thank you again🥺🥺
"DON'T JUDGE SO YOU WON'T BE JUDGED." I'm a Catholic and attest to the fact - that I ADORE, PRAISE AND GLORIFY GOD BUT NOT THE SAINTS. We ask forgiveness of our sins to God but not to saints. Yes we honor the saints and also seek their intercession for our needs, but we dont adore them. Question: Do you adore your picture hanged on the wall? Not of course. We display our pictures on the wall as remembrance but not for adoration. Please dig it farther.
It says to judge with righteous judgement. To be sure to stoo doing whatever the sin is before you tell another not to do it. It also says "are you not your brother's keeper?" Meaning we are to help one another not fall into sin or to help pull them out of it.
How certain are you that that painting is not just some demon in disguise? That's why we should only worship in spirit, statues, paintings, are of this world like it or not. Blessings and I hope truth will find you soon
Jesus is your intermediate, not mary. You are fooled by the catholic system. Please repent from it. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of ANY thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
Prayer is a form of worship.
Why do you protestant always contradict with our beliefs? God also governs us not satan and not you
Thank you Fr. Mike. I have been Lutheran all of my life, and believe we are the closest of the protestants to our Catholic brothers and sisters. I have lately thought a lot about Mary, mother of God. Although we acknowledge her in our liturgy and other things, I wish we did more to honor her. Maybe I'm not comfortable with 50 Hail Mary's for the 5 mysteries right now, but I feel we don't give enough praise to her, her life, and her sacrifice when she hsd to see her Son on that cross sacrificing himself for all of us. Please think of me and pray I get more clarity, I dont believe I would do myself harm being a bit more Catholic, but the thought of changing at my age is a bit scary and a daunting task. Thank you for your time.
The Catholic church is the church that Jesus Christ established
God bless you! I was a bit lost for a while there. This has helped put a lot into perspective. Thanks be to God!
Thanks for this message. It helped me out a lot. God bless!🙏🏼
Giving honor and respect to someone doesn’t mean praying to them god is the one with the power
What does praying mean
I love this. A truly passionate and interesting lesson
Your analogies have always been brilliant and so easy to understand, Fr. Mike.
Thanks Fr.Mike for this video, I have shared it with my colleague who was a former catholic , but now has joined Born Again group, so whenever he asks me any doubts ,I send him a link of one of your explainer videos on Catholic faith and beliefs. God bless you Fr. Mike
Christians pray to the Crist son of the living God . sorry but catholics are just praying to the pope .Research the holy word of God you'll see
@@cardora1967 Catholics do not pray to Mary as if she were God. Prayer to Mary is memory of the great mysteries of our faith (Incarnation, Redemption through Christ in the rosary), praise to God for the wonderful things he has done in and through one of his creatures (Hail Mary) and intercession (second half of the Hail Mary).
@@cardora1967 now you do your research and may god bless you and open your eyes to the truth and misinterpretation is a sin.
1. Moses erected a Temple/sanctuary according to the pattern shown to him by God. The representation/ shadow of Heavenly Temple in which Jesus ministers ( Exodus 25:8)( Hebrews 9:1-2)
Indeed there were statues in the temple of cherubims in the Most holy place and people could not see them, only the high priest once a year. The Cherubims represented the real/ live ones in heaven . The whole purpose of that temple was for sacrifices to cleanse peoples sins. When Christ came, the veil was torn and declared it is finished, no more sacrifices. This alludes to the fact that those statues no longer apply after Christ death. Jesus has fulfilled all what was represented by them. This means that a reference to the old Temple statues as a basis for statues in the Christianity world after the cross is on wrong footing. John 2:19-21
Same way when Moses made a bronze snake (Numbers 21:9), This pointed to Jesus (John 3:14) so when He died on the cross, our eyes are on a Living Jesus not a statute of Jesus. Israel had back to back rebellions against God concerning worshipping idols, Hosea 4:17.
Idolatry is a sin that God had been whipping Israel for. Are we spared???
2.Veneration of the so called saints and their place as mediators significantly removes Jesus form the intercessory role ( Romans 10:8, 1 John 2:1-2, Hebrews 8:1-2, 1Timothy 2:5. So any removal of Holy things or Person that God ordained replaced with anything = Sacrilege= idolatory (Romans 2:22)
In addition, the place that the statues occupy and serve is that of the Holy Spirit responsible for bringing the heavenly atmosphere at a place where true worship occurs ( John 4 : 23-24). Again this is Sacrilege. ie Statues
So anything that replaces a Holy thing or individual is an idol. King Josiah ( 1 Kings 23:1-7) destroyed all statues in the Temple and God was pleased with Him.
Idolatory is a sin that renders one to be eternally lost ( Revelation 21: 8, Rev 22:15, 1 Corinthians 6:9)
Thank you Father Mike, from one mike to another. Father Mike represents the present future of the church. Serious, energetic, and most important having fun and laughter, while, living within the light of the Lord. Thank you for this easy explanation, for what seems sometimes a difficult question.
Michael de los Santos
Hello, Christ said don't call anyone father (Matthew 23:9) please don't call him that
1. Moses erected a Temple/sanctuary according to the pattern shown to him by God. The representation/ shadow of Heavenly Temple in which Jesus ministers ( Exodus 25:8)( Hebrews 9:1-2)
Indeed there were statues in the temple of cherubims in the Most holy place and people could not see them, only the high priest once a year. The Cherubims represented the real/ live ones in heaven . The whole purpose of that temple was for sacrifices to cleanse peoples sins. When Christ came, the veil was torn and declared it is finished, no more sacrifices. This alludes to the fact that those statues no longer apply after Christ death. Jesus has fulfilled all what was represented by them. This means that a reference to the old Temple statues as a basis for statues in the Christianity world after the cross is on wrong footing. John 2:19-21
Same way when Moses made a bronze snake (Numbers 21:9), This pointed to Jesus (John 3:14) so when He died on the cross, our eyes are on a Living Jesus not a statute of Jesus. Israel had back to back rebellions against God concerning worshipping idols, Hosea 4:17.
Idolatry is a sin that God had been whipping Israel for. Are we spared???
2.Veneration of the so called saints and their place as mediators significantly removes Jesus form the intercessory role ( Romans 10:8, 1 John 2:1-2, Hebrews 8:1-2, 1Timothy 2:5. So any removal of Holy things or Person that God ordained replaced with anything = Sacrilege= idolatory (Romans 2:22)
In addition, the place that the statues occupy and serve is that of the Holy Spirit responsible for bringing the heavenly atmosphere at a place where true worship occurs ( John 4 : 23-24). Again this is Sacrilege. ie Statues
So anything that replaces a Holy thing or individual is an idol. King Josiah ( 1 Kings 23:1-7) destroyed all statues in the Temple and God was pleased with Him.
Idolatory is a sin that renders one to be eternally lost ( Revelation 21: 8, Rev 22:15, 1 Corinthians 6:9)
Unfortunately, Father, many of the false impressions that those anti-catholic people (I was one for 20 years before I saw the truth of Catholicism) carry around come directly from poorly catechized Catholics. I also think that there are some of those other poorly catechized Catholics that are in error and do pray TO saints. Example: St. Anthony. People pray TO St. Anthony to help them find things. They do not ask St. Anthony to pray to Jesus that they find the thing, but to help personally. And when the item is found, they thank Anthony, and not Jesus.
Again, St. Micheal, DEFEND us in battle. We seek MICHEAL' S defense from him. We are not asking him to pray for us. And we are not asking Jesus to send Micheal.
Our faith is so amazing and beautiful, and I thank you, Father Mike for doing your part to clear this up.
Saint Anthony is my best human friend who isn't Divine or Conceived without Sin. Yeah, I ask him directly for his help, with recognition that he's only allowed to help me by the grace of God. It all comes from God. The same with asking St. Michael to defend us...which is only asking him to carry out the mission God gave him, after all. Consider the line in the St. Michael Prayer, "And do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, *by the power of God*, cast into hell satan and all the evil spirits that prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls."
KA Fleury and you have proven my point.
Yes we pray to saints. Why is that wrong.
As a Protestant, my grief with the idea of Saints is two-fold. I understand that Catholics do not consider what they do praying to Saints (in many cases) but I do. If I pray to Saint Anthony and some one in China prays to Saint Anthony, he could not hear those prayers unless he was in two places at the same time. That is omnipresence, which is a characteristic I reserve for the Lord alone. My second grief is that I consider all Christians that have passed to be Saints. I cannot earn Sainthood. I gain Sainthood via my salvation and justification in Christ. But that ultimately is the division between us! Thank you all for being respectful and welcoming in this discussion. God bless.
Pray to Jesus directly not some saint
The best explanation I've ever heard on this topic.
Yeah
So amazingly put! Thank you so much Father!!!
Feels like a lot of people are anticatholic these days. Really sad
Catholicism is paganism do your research instead of relying on people baby feeding bs stop being lazy
@Kevin The patriot Not necessarily, though there are many branches, u must see WHY they seperated in the first place. But of course, it takes study and time
Kansnan Poyy just literally proved your point perfectly 😂 What are they doing on Catholic videos? GO AWAY! This isn't your space. You're not going to change anybody's mind here, all you're doing is trying to start arguments and spread lies and hate. EVERYTHING you said is false and we don't care what untruths you've been told. I think we know our own religion better than you do.
@@cvb79 Jesus taught us to call out fake prophets and frauds I believe in Jesus and not mother mary which is what catholic’s believe please study before attacking me
@@mikeykanstenpoyy6523 Don't you dare try to tell me about my own faith. You are so misinformed. Do some research.
This video is extraordinary.
I always have long discussions with my Protestant friends; they believe that we blaspheme against Jesus when we ask for any saint's intercession.
Thanks for the clear explanation that we neither do worship nor substitute Jesus' mediation with the saints'.
God bless you.
Proof of intercession of saints
Hebrews 12:1-2
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Matthew 18:16
15If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. 16But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’
Other passages that takks about the same as the two verses
Matthew 26:65
Luke 24:48
Acts 1:22
Acts 2:32
Revelations 5:8 shows the saints bring our prayers to God stating
"8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints"
Revelations 6:9-11 shows dead saints pleading for live ones stating
"9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled."
Revelations 12:10-12 shows dead saints talking to the people of earth saying how Jesus conquered the devil saying
"10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time."
The saints cry out in unison in heaven in Revelations 19:1-8.
Luke 15:7,10 Jesus said that the Angel's and saints in heaven are aware what happens on earth stating
"7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance."
Luke 20:36 says that saints are equal to the angels stating
"Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection."
1 Timothy 2:1 talks about INTERCESSIONS AND PRAYING FOR each other by stating
First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people
James 5:16 also talks about preying g for each other and confessing
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working
Ephesians 6:18
Colossians 1:9
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
Are other examples of praying for each other.
Tobit 12:12-15 talks about asking others who intercede to God for you by bringing your prayers to God
When thou didst pray with tears, and didst bury the dead, and didst leave thy dinner, and hide the dead by day in thy house, and bury them by night, I offered thy prayer to the Lord.
13 And because thou wast acceptable to God, it was necessary that temptation should prove thee.
14 And now the Lord hath sent me to heal thee, and to deliver Sara thy son's wife from the devil.
15 For I am the angel Raphael, one of the seven, who stand before the Lord
It is clear by the scriptures that God allows others to pray to Him for you because we still ask God directly for help.
The Biblical definition of a Saint is a follower of Christ. When they pass away, they go to Heaven. There is no Biblical evidence that they can even hear us. Prayer is only to be directed to God, as deceased people cannot see or hear us.
Roman Catholics attempt to “bypass” these clear Scriptural principles by claiming they do not “worship” Mary or saints, but rather that they only “venerate” Mary and the saints. Using a different word does not change the essence of what is being done. A definition of “venerate” is “to regard with respect or reverence.” Nowhere in the Bible are we told to revere anyone but God alone.
When forced to admit that they do, in fact, worship Mary, Catholics will claim that they worship God through her, by praising the wonderful creation that God has made. Mary, in their minds, is the most beautiful and wonderful creation of God, and by praising her, they are praising her Creator. For Catholics, this is analogous to directing praise to an artist by praising his sculpture or painting. The problem with this is that God explicitly commands against worshiping Him through created things. We are not to bow down and worship the form of anything in heaven above or earth below (Exodus 20:4-5). Romans 1:25 could not be more clear: “They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator―who is forever praised. Amen.” Yes, God has created wonderful and amazing things. Yes, Mary was a godly woman who is worthy of our respect. No, we absolutely are not to worship God “vicariously” by praising things (or people) He has created. Doing so is blatant idolatry. Prayer is an act of worship. When we pray to God, we are admitting that we need His help. Directing our prayers to anyone other than God is robbing God of the glory that is His alone.
@@myahlevy2269 St. Augustine: "When it comes to the Saints, we give them "dulia" which means honor, veneration. When it comes to Mary, we give her "hyperdulia" which is this even more honor and veneration. When it comes to God, we give him "latria" which is worship. And worship belongs to him alone. " They are not dead, as @Schyler Jariel said, They are alive with Jesus. With all due respect Myah, please read and do your research first, try exploring the early church fathers and their letters. God bless.
@@christsum1 See, you don’t even understand what happens after death according to scripture. Once we die, in the Bible it says we know nothing. How can we even intercede after we die, when we “know nothing”?
Thanks, great explanation, and may God bless you.
Thanks Father Mike so much, this is the best explanation I have heard so far
God alone Is Whom we worship and we Catholics do that and I agree with Fr. Mike. Thank You Jesus!
I love saints.. they remind us what we should aspire too with their life example... I am devote to St. Anthony of Padua and I love Padre Pio's story... what can I say... yes... they are like big brothers to look at as examples, which brings me way close to GOD... by the grace given to them, I can aspire to the same
Some people love more the saints, whom they have never met than they do their own family members or friends...
@@migueljaime7079 indeed for they are our brothers and sisters in Christ
@@migueljaime7079 indeed for they are our brothers and sisters in Christ
I still don’t truly understand because we should aspire to be like Christ not saints
Wow!!! Perfect explanation, Perfect sense!! Thank you, may God continue to guide you 🙏
Thank you for this great explanation
Brothers and Sisters, let's be UNITED in Adoring, Loving and Praising God forever-as members of ONE CHURCH. AMEN.
Tats all we need..Amen.. Emmanuel 🙏
Wow! Thank you Fr. Schmitz for explaining that. I always thought that there is no way Catholics actually worship Saints. I'm Protestant but hearing you explain how you can ask for help from our brothers in heaven, almost makes me want to be Catholic.
Michaels case on praying to the saints is interesting and persuasive but NOT biblical. No where does it say to pray to the saints, disciples, if so please show? This teaching is added, and as for him saying the "christian" church approves anything, this does not make it right to God.
We should be careful when going on our own as a way to offer up some sort of service to God, again let's not be like Aarons sons, who offered up an unauthorized offering before the LORD, who then consumed them with fire.
God is VERY particular and he mediates on our behalf always for everything no one else. No one else can hear you but him..so why pray to someone who cannot hear Mary included.
Praying to the saints and bowing before made statues isn't as innocent as you may think. Look at how jealous God gets and how particular he is in everything. Included adding to his words, warnings ⚠️ till the very end of the Bible, of not adding to what He taught. In which their religion has and does. Not good.
@@keekee6464 This video is literally about how we DON'T pray to saints, are you feeling alright? 😂
@@cvb79 Why mock? Keyana is challenging Catholics to produce Scriptural support for this practice. If you cannot defend it, then how can you practice it?
@@loremaster234 There's literally a whole video about it above! Are you stupid? I don't need to answer to you.
You won’t regret it. The Eucharist is everything.
Fr. Mike Thank you so much for this video. It was really informative.
God bless you Fr Mike! Big love from the Big Apple🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
As a Protestant, this was very informative.
Christians pray to the Crist son of the living God . sorry but catholics are just praying to the pope .Research the holy word of God you'll see
@@cardora1967 For* the pope, not to the pope, stop lying
I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”
Revelation 22: 8-10
Worship is so sacred that cannot be given to anyone else but of God alone...
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all...
(1 Timothy 2:5)
No in the bible that dead people and souls of saints can be a mediator/intercessor between the living people and God. It is Christ alone can do that.
Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? Job 5:1
And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints Rev 5:8
Sectarian always trying to twisting the scriptures to further their agenda there you have it is in the scripture sectarian
Thank you so much for this video Father. I pray God blesses you many times over and to anyone reading this right now!
Thank you so much for explaining this so clearly and in such lovely way. I love making various rosaries and chaplets, and your narrative is a great inspiration.
Reading comments that disagree with what Fr is saying just shows that people choose ignorance. What Fr said makes complete sense logically and scripturally and yet there’s still people that choose to ignore the explanation. At this point it’s willful ignorance.
When we pray for others, we are not functioning as mediators, but as intercessors. It is not the same thing.
Thank you, Fr. Mike! This has helped me explain more about the veneration of the saints to our children! God bless!
Veneration is a synonym for worship. If you bend your knee to lifeless blocks of wood and stone, you are committing idolatry. Read Jeremiah if you dont believe me.
Made me understand past misunderstandings. Gives me great joy. Praise Jesus!
Obrigado pelas legendas em Português ❤️
Amen. Im proud to be a catholic Ave Maria
God loves the humble.
Praise God. Not Mary.
@@Odo-so8pj catholics do not worship mary, friend. when will you learn
@ChristoFascist 69 If only I was just talking about Ave. 🙄. We're not bound by the law but I are called to take head of it.
@ChristoFascist 69 No I was disappointed that he didn't say Praise God our father. Or thank you Jesus
You know bible stuff.
Catholics seem to worship saints and Mary more than Our father and Christ. They most certainly prioritise Mary when it comes to praises.
Thank you so much for explaining that so succinctly! So blessed!
Thank you so much Fr Mike. You have cleared up big questions I have had recently. I had reached out for answers to priests but had no replies but the Lord brought your video forward without me searching for it. God bless you Fr, thank you 🙏✝️
Wait, you’re telling me those 33,000 non denominational churches with a motivational speaker in an empty room with Christmas lights is explaining why his church looks the way it does?
I was raised Catholic, and I've wondered this question for far longer than I left the church. I don't regret my choice for leaving the Catholic church, but I respect this viewpoint highly. But I should clarify I was so caught up in "what religion is truth" for a while that I forgot to realize JESUS is truth, and we ALL have access to it regardless of the religion we're in. Which is why I don't stick with a specific one, and I don't like religious "traditions", I'm always for learning biblical truth, and if I'm wrong about something I've read, I don't want to hang onto my misunderstanding as a traditional thing. Sometimes it takes being a Catholic, a Seventh Day Adventist, a Baptist, an Evangelist etc, to realize we're all brothers and sisters just dividing ourselves, but all doing our best to live for Christ in our own ways.
Perfectly explained. Thank you Fr Mike
This was amazing. Thank you 😩
I find this subject fascinating I’m not really religious raised southern/independent Baptist (Ive has disagreements on certain things) and the catholic faith has always interested me there is a strange quality to it not bad but strange thank you it’s very informative
This is very helpful. I have been trying to explain this to my non-Catholic boyfriend. Hopeful this will help.
Did it help?
Great explanation, Father Mike! Thank you!
Thank you Fr. Mike for making the concept about saints and the various aspects surrounding it crystal clear to me/us . Your answer to one question answered many of questions. 🙏
1. Moses erected a Temple/sanctuary according to the pattern shown to him by God. The representation/ shadow of Heavenly Temple in which Jesus ministers ( Exodus 25:8)( Hebrews 9:1-2)
Indeed there were statues in the temple of cherubims in the Most holy place and people could not see them, only the high priest once a year. The Cherubims represented the real/ live ones in heaven . The whole purpose of that temple was for sacrifices to cleanse peoples sins. When Christ came, the veil was torn and declared it is finished, no more sacrifices. This alludes to the fact that those statues no longer apply after Christ death. Jesus has fulfilled all what was represented by them. This means that a reference to the old Temple statues as a basis for statues in the Christianity world after the cross is on wrong footing. John 2:19-21
Same way when Moses made a bronze snake (Numbers 21:9), This pointed to Jesus (John 3:14) so when He died on the cross, our eyes are on a Living Jesus not a statute of Jesus. Israel had back to back rebellions against God concerning worshipping idols, Hosea 4:17.
Idolatry is a sin that God had been whipping Israel for. Are we spared???
2.Veneration of the so called saints and their place as mediators significantly removes Jesus form the intercessory role ( Romans 10:8, 1 John 2:1-2, Hebrews 8:1-2, 1Timothy 2:5. So any removal of Holy things or Person that God ordained replaced with anything = Sacrilege= idolatory (Romans 2:22)
In addition, the place that the statues occupy and serve is that of the Holy Spirit responsible for bringing the heavenly atmosphere at a place where true worship occurs ( John 4 : 23-24). Again this is Sacrilege. ie Statues
So anything that replaces a Holy thing or individual is an idol. King Josiah ( 1 Kings 23:1-7) destroyed all statues in the Temple and God was pleased with Him.
Idolatory is a sin that renders one to be eternally lost ( Revelation 21: 8, Rev 22:15, 1 Corinthians 6:9)
This was phenomenal. I am not Catholic, and have always had a negative view of Catholics, and their images. You have cleared this up so much. Keep up the good work!
It’s still extremely weird for the living to pray for the dead to pray for them…. Like nothing in scripture hints that they can even hear what we say to them. We know Jesus can hear us, so why ask for the prayers of the dead? It makes no sense. I wouldn’t go as far as to call it heresy, but it’s definitely a strange practice
He used the same logic that Hindus use to explain their idoaltry. The only thing this cleared up is that catholics are obstinate in their idol worship. They bend their knees to lifeless blocks of wood and stone, yet theyve been given a direct example in the bible of how abhorrent that practice is. Please do no be deceived by this wolf in sheeps clothes
I am a cradle Catholic and this is explained excellently as we try to teach others we are up against so much! Pray for hardened hearts and Divine Mercy Chaplet!
This is explained in the same way Hindus explain their idol worship. Hes preaching hinduism. Full Stop n
1. Moses erected a Temple/sanctuary according to the pattern shown to him by God. The representation/ shadow of Heavenly Temple in which Jesus ministers ( Exodus 25:8)( Hebrews 9:1-2)
Indeed there were statues in the temple of cherubims in the Most holy place and people could not see them, only the high priest once a year. The Cherubims represented the real/ live ones in heaven . The whole purpose of that temple was for sacrifices to cleanse peoples sins. When Christ came, the veil was torn and declared it is finished, no more sacrifices. This alludes to the fact that those statues no longer apply after Christ death. Jesus has fulfilled all what was represented by them. This means that a reference to the old Temple statues as a basis for statues in the Christianity world after the cross is on wrong footing. John 2:19-21
Same way when Moses made a bronze snake (Numbers 21:9), This pointed to Jesus (John 3:14) so when He died on the cross, our eyes are on a Living Jesus not a statute of Jesus. Israel had back to back rebellions against God concerning worshipping idols, Hosea 4:17.
Idolatry is a sin that God had been whipping Israel for. Are we spared???
2.Veneration of the so called saints and their place as mediators significantly removes Jesus form the intercessory role ( Romans 10:8, 1 John 2:1-2, Hebrews 8:1-2, 1Timothy 2:5. So any removal of Holy things or Person that God ordained replaced with anything = Sacrilege= idolatory (Romans 2:22)
In addition, the place that the statues occupy and serve is that of the Holy Spirit responsible for bringing the heavenly atmosphere at a place where true worship occurs ( John 4 : 23-24). Again this is Sacrilege. ie Statues
So anything that replaces a Holy thing or individual is an idol. King Josiah ( 1 Kings 23:1-7) destroyed all statues in the Temple and God was pleased with Him.
Idolatory is a sin that renders one to be eternally lost ( Revelation 21: 8, Rev 22:15, 1 Corinthians 6:9)
You bend your knees to blocks of stone. All the explanation of the world cannot do away with that fact. And that fact does not care about your feelings. God knows what you’re doing, and He hates it.
So very much enlightening, Father Mike. Thank you for your words.
1. Moses erected a Temple/sanctuary according to the pattern shown to him by God. The representation/ shadow of Heavenly Temple in which Jesus ministers ( Exodus 25:8)( Hebrews 9:1-2)
Indeed there were statues in the temple of cherubims in the Most holy place and people could not see them, only the high priest once a year. The Cherubims represented the real/ live ones in heaven . The whole purpose of that temple was for sacrifices to cleanse peoples sins. When Christ came, the veil was torn and declared it is finished, no more sacrifices. This alludes to the fact that those statues no longer apply after Christ death. Jesus has fulfilled all what was represented by them. This means that a reference to the old Temple statues as a basis for statues in the Christianity world after the cross is on wrong footing. John 2:19-21
Same way when Moses made a bronze snake (Numbers 21:9), This pointed to Jesus (John 3:14) so when He died on the cross, our eyes are on a Living Jesus not a statute of Jesus. Israel had back to back rebellions against God concerning worshipping idols, Hosea 4:17.
Idolatry is a sin that God had been whipping Israel for. Are we spared???
2.Veneration of the so called saints and their place as mediators significantly removes Jesus form the intercessory role ( Romans 10:8, 1 John 2:1-2, Hebrews 8:1-2, 1Timothy 2:5. So any removal of Holy things or Person that God ordained replaced with anything = Sacrilege= idolatory (Romans 2:22)
In addition, the place that the statues occupy and serve is that of the Holy Spirit responsible for bringing the heavenly atmosphere at a place where true worship occurs ( John 4 : 23-24). Again this is Sacrilege. ie Statues
So anything that replaces a Holy thing or individual is an idol. King Josiah ( 1 Kings 23:1-7) destroyed all statues in the Temple and God was pleased with Him.
Idolatory is a sin that renders one to be eternally lost ( Revelation 21: 8, Rev 22:15, 1 Corinthians 6:9)
Thank you very much for this clear and easy explanation, Father Mike.
Great video, I’m just not sold on the proof offered that they intercede for us. The scriptures offered were Revelation 4-8, and I read them and didn’t see the saints interceding, only worshiping. The closest you get is when those who had been martyred ask how long it will be until their blood is avenged. That’s it. I’m not really sold on the idea that they can hear our requests for prayer. At most it seems they might have a general idea of what’s going on on earth. Although I like the idea of my spiritual brothers and sisters being with Christ in heaven, I would need more Scriptural justification for asking them to pray for me. The apostle Paul always instructed believers to pray for each other and to pray for him and to pray for the earthly authorities, but not once did he instruct them to ask the saints in heaven for their prayers. Nor does he ever indicate that he does so. Nor does any other New Testament author say anything like this. It doesn’t seem that such an idea originated with the original apostles.
Continue reading the Word of God! Catholicism was created by Satan and Jesus did not enlist any co-workers. This guy in the video is a huge liar!!
I agrre on your stance. There is no valid evidence that God told us we can tell our requests to a righteous person who died. What I do know is that Jesus said only God is good and that all have sinned and fallen short of His glory. To me, that means if I ask a saint something I am relying on another flesh as myself to ask God Most High when Jesus told us that He wants us to abide in Him and He in us.
Try reading and researching testimonies about Saints' and Mama Mary's intercession, you'd be amazed. God is really so good
How would Paul pray to saints in heaven if there weren't any yet? Acts isn't even really scripture if you want to get into it. They were the teachers and the 12 got to come together and decide what was from God and what wasn't. Jesus never mentioned anything about gentiles being Circumcised or not being. That was later in acts where they came together.
God created the Communion of Saints. It is part of how all of existence works. Avail yourself of this gift. Find out who your patron Saints are and learn about them. Venerate them. Ask them to help and guide you and they will. And they will use you to do God's work on earth. The Communion of Saints is very powerful. You are on the team of many patron saints and they each have many people on their teams. It is a complex web like network. Become an active part of it. Participate. The saints are building battalions who will return with Jesus and fight for Jesus at the Second Coming. Luke says Jesus will return with the Saints. My own family corresponds to a group of saints who lived about 800 yrs ago. The coincidences are so many that it can not be a coincidence. The Communion of Saints is a real phenomena. When the Saints come marching in you are going to want to be part of that number. Start getting to know your patron Saints now and building your network.
Fr. Mike i cant believe how bad i misunderstood this issue. God Bless
The blind leading the blind!
@@dominic5520 Explain more please.
Jun C MATT 15:14,”LET THEM ALONE ,THEY BE BLIND LEADERS OF THE BLIND,AND IF THE BLIND LEAD THE BLIND THEY SHALL BOTH FALL INTO THE DITCH”.have one of your handlers explain it to you.
Dear Fr., this is by far the best and direct explanation I've come across. Please do pray for my vocation.
Thank you, I have been searching for the answer to the questions you answered. Amen.
Roman Catholics attempt to “bypass” these clear Scriptural principles by claiming they do not “worship” Mary or saints, but rather that they only “venerate” Mary and the saints. Using a different word does not change the essence of what is being done. A definition of “venerate” is “to regard with respect or reverence.” Nowhere in the Bible are we told to revere anyone but God alone.
When forced to admit that they do, in fact, worship Mary, Catholics will claim that they worship God through her, by praising the wonderful creation that God has made. Mary, in their minds, is the most beautiful and wonderful creation of God, and by praising her, they are praising her Creator. For Catholics, this is analogous to directing praise to an artist by praising his sculpture or painting. The problem with this is that God explicitly commands against worshiping Him through created things. We are not to bow down and worship the form of anything in heaven above or earth below (Exodus 20:4-5). Romans 1:25 could not be more clear: “They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator―who is forever praised. Amen.” Yes, God has created wonderful and amazing things. Yes, Mary was a godly woman who is worthy of our respect. No, we absolutely are not to worship God “vicariously” by praising things (or people) He has created. Doing so is blatant idolatry. Prayer is an act of worship. When we pray to God, we are admitting that we need His help. Directing our prayers to anyone other than God is robbing God of the glory that is His alone.
I am Scots-Irish American,i have been to Scotland 13 times and have seen Protestant hatred of Roman -Catholics first hand,we are Roman Catholic,we love our blessed mother,I'm sure Jesus would approve of you hating his mother,we love our Pope,Peter being the first Pope,we love our praying our rosary,we love our saints, we don't idolize them,Jesus is most important,to my Catholic brothers and sisters lets always stand and defend our faith,I'm ready to hear more lies and hatred from the haters
HailHail Coybig maybe you do not idolize them. go to centeal america or mexico and you will see them idolized.
HailHail Coybig read letter to jwremias in the appicryoha and you will see the catholics in other regions doing just that.
meli sol huh?
I have a medium-sized bust of George Washington. I don't worship him. Ha, ha.
But I have a large picture of Jesus on the Cross by our front door. A reminder as I step out into the world to do my best. I don't worship the picture or the frame it's in.
Those who hate Catholics are so sad. My dad is protestant and hated my Catholicism. At a very young age he would voice his hatred. I've faced this all my life and it hurts. But now I just worry about his soul. He doesn't ever go to his church, etc.
Anyway, I am getting off track. No, the Catholic church does not worship empty statutes or pics. It is a reminder of that saint from long ago and we should pray. Pray without ceasing.
I think people should learn about their faith and others. I've missed seeing open hearts to learning more. I must say that i learned so much at RCIA. I was really happy to learn about the women of the bible during that time. Another criticism from my brothers was Eve...and it hurt me to be a girl. All the healing I have gone through just brings me closer to Jesus. God bless.
By the way I have shut off notifications to any responses. So, if you try to respond to me I won't get anything. Cheers.
So now you mean you are in a true Protestant community, that is nonsense, don't get lost! get back to the true Church to the very end soon. If you can....
Thanks for teaching us father...God bless us and i'm proud to be Catholic.
We are so blessed and have all of our spiritual needs covered.
Number one pride is a sin. But to listen to these false prophets constantly add to the Word of God. You can only understand by reading the Bible yourself and have a personal relationship with Jesus. Not Mary, or any other “saints” A lot of the catholic religion goes straight against the Word
This is AMAZING!!!! thank you sooo much!! 💙 I thank God for you.
1. Moses erected a Temple/sanctuary according to the pattern shown to him by God. The representation/ shadow of Heavenly Temple in which Jesus ministers ( Exodus 25:8)( Hebrews 9:1-2)
Indeed there were statues in the temple of cherubims in the Most holy place and people could not see them, only the high priest once a year. The Cherubims represented the real/ live ones in heaven . The whole purpose of that temple was for sacrifices to cleanse peoples sins. When Christ came, the veil was torn and declared it is finished, no more sacrifices. This alludes to the fact that those statues no longer apply after Christ death. Jesus has fulfilled all what was represented by them. This means that a reference to the old Temple statues as a basis for statues in the Christianity world after the cross is on wrong footing. John 2:19-21
Same way when Moses made a bronze snake (Numbers 21:9), This pointed to Jesus (John 3:14) so when He died on the cross, our eyes are on a Living Jesus not a statute of Jesus. Israel had back to back rebellions against God concerning worshipping idols, Hosea 4:17.
Idolatry is a sin that God had been whipping Israel for. Are we spared???
2.Veneration of the so called saints and their place as mediators significantly removes Jesus form the intercessory role ( Romans 10:8, 1 John 2:1-2, Hebrews 8:1-2, 1Timothy 2:5. So any removal of Holy things or Person that God ordained replaced with anything = Sacrilege= idolatory (Romans 2:22)
In addition, the place that the statues occupy and serve is that of the Holy Spirit responsible for bringing the heavenly atmosphere at a place where true worship occurs ( John 4 : 23-24). Again this is Sacrilege. ie Statues
So anything that replaces a Holy thing or individual is an idol. King Josiah ( 1 Kings 23:1-7) destroyed all statues in the Temple and God was pleased with Him.
Idolatory is a sin that renders one to be eternally lost ( Revelation 21: 8, Rev 22:15, 1 Corinthians 6:9)
Thank you Fr Mike, you have helped me in my spiritual journey !!
Glory be to The Father, Glory be to The Son and Glory be to The Holy Spirit. Amen.
Mary shows God's awesomeness! Glory be to God and Ave Maria!
God bless you, Fr. Mike!
and God bless us, brothers and sisters
From Vietnam
Love this explanation. Thank you Father 🙏🏻
Every time my family loses something, they immediately pray to st Anthony. This is ridiculous
Hi!
I always had that question. They say "we ask them to intercede for us" but, dont they pray to each different saint for certain things?
Misplaced items? Healing? Thats a massive difference to asking them to take their prays to God on their behalf and actually asking a saint for healing which is only from GOD!
Yet they candy coat it when asked why or how.
Its such a vague way they explain it and it feels extremely wrong when u delve deeper into what they actually practice?
@@garethsutherland9649 it’s 100% wrong. When the disciples asked Jesus how should we pray, he taught them the our father, not the Hail Mary. He also didn’t tell them to pray to saints.
Amazing video! I'm currently going to a nondenominational Christian School and I get soooo many questions about why us Catholics "worship saints". I hate that I do this, but when I'm asked this, I laugh really hard. The other person is like "What the heck is going on with her?!"
Thank you for everything you're doing, father. To be honest, you're my favorite person on TH-cam hands down, if I could meet anyone on earth it would probably be you. I don't know if you realize this but you have a very fascinating personality in general. Keep doing what you're doing!
Love from a teen in Florida💕
Ps: #askfrmike
I don't know if anyone else knows what I'm talking about, but many people are accusing Catholics of being apart of some big cult... Fr. Mike, can you please answer and hopefully debunk this idea?
Ella D-
people are calling Catholicism a cult because it IS~!!!! If you would simply stop listening to deceivers like Mike, stop going to Mass, stop bowing to Mary, etc., repent for the sins of Catholicism and ask God to show you if you are in a cult - God WILL show you! Who knows - that may be exactly what God is doing right now by bringing honest people into your life to question your beliefs. Perhaps that is God influencing you to evaluate the corrupt environment of your cult.
You say you laugh really hard...is that because you have no answers. If you are practicing something that doesn't make sense enough to simply explain it with confidence - that is a good indicator that something is terribly wrong.
Jesus promises peace. You will never find that in your man made cult.
June Dickerson do u come on here to insult catholics or just come on here to make your self feel better,
The Catholic church is the church that Jesus started, Peter was the rock,do yourself a favor stop hating Catholics and pray for yourself .We are not a cult ,we are the original followers of Jesus,get a life,we love you Father Mike
I found this interesting.
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Catholicism is the original church. The roots of Christianity. All other denominations spun off the catholic church roughly 1500 years after Jesus started it. It's the universal church. Catholic literally means universal in greek. The first catholic mass was the last supper. If Catholicism was a cult, all of Christianity is a cult. I would think that is all the truth necessary to prove its not some sort of cult. Peace :)
June Dickerson This was the hatred in your heart I was referring to. God isn't the one telling you these things. God isn't the one trying to jump start division and hatred over what He started, I promise. Again, I just pray you find a way through your hatred before you have to meet Him holding it, some day.
Thanks for the great video
Yes! thank you for explaining this, a lot of other churches don't understand this