Priest Answers Questions About the Afterlife
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“When in doubt, trust in God’s mercy.” Absolutely succinct description of a lot of the church.
I majored in English at UC Berkeley, and I love the epic poem “Paradise Lost,” by John Milton. When Milton said, “It is better to reign in hell than to serve in Heaven,” he was speaking through the mouth of Lucifer, in hell, after his fall from Paradise. Milton did not say that for himself, and it is inadvisable to agree with the Devil’s sentiments. Thank you, Fr. Casey. May God bless you.
Thanks Fr. Casey - I learn a lot from your videos. God bless & keep up the good work.
Thank you Father Casey for this and many talks you have covered. Your talks are simple and quite easy to understand. I was a lapsed Catholic for 38 years. Is through watching all these Christian videos talks that give me the confidence to go back to church and confessions. Many thanks from Singapore.
In relation to the question "Is there a moment where it's too late for God's salvation?" brings to mind an old Irish proverb (which any horse enthusiasts will like) - "The mercy of God is to be found between the saddle and the ground."
@@gscam0001 There are several ways in which that may be interpreted. I would be interested to hear what it usually means. And yes I am a horse person.
@@peterbeninger7068I THINK they just said that God's Mercy is.... "equin"ameous 😂
Thank you so much for covering this. It helped so much. God bless 🙏🙏🙏
I have been a Catholic my WHOLE life! And I want to thank you for explaining this to me! 😊😊
I would give up everything for God. I await the day Jesus Christ comes back and I hope to see our Blessed Mother Mary . I need a hug from her
Cradle catholic,but with some doubts sometimes,I don,t worry or think a lot about afterlife,,I think to see again my father,my family,my friends,,but I think Faith is very important in this life,to try to live like a Christian,to avoid bad ways of life,to try to love the others,to have strenght in difficulties and confort in sorrows,My husband died 6 months ago after 35 years of kidneys disease,,our life hasn,t been very easy, but we were together and have had a daughter,my great help and love,Now I have time for me and ,often I go to a great franciscan church in Bologna to attend Mass and Vespers in the late afternoon,I come home very relieved and serene!Excuse my english,I am Italian and I taught French for 40 years,,,for Italian people is easier than English,,,when you put subtitles I can understand very wel,,,only spoken it is difficult
I wouldn't count on 'holding out to the end' and then making an act of contrition with your last breath. God's mercy is great but he's not a fool.
What helpful and sensible answers to many interesting questions. Thank you, Father!
Thank you Father Casey.
I hope my pets are there waiting for me. This is a difficult question, but I trust God has a reward for every creature in His creation.
Wether pets are in heaven is irrelevant as you will be perfectly happy with or without pets. Don't judge your happiness on Earth to what will be in heaven
I hope my cat will be with me, as he is my best friend on earth. I love him like a brother. Ignore others who don't understand our true friendship with our pets.
:) same ♡🐾🙏💙
"You will have all you need" is the common reply.
Some NDE show them and believe them or not, I would like too ; )
Thank you Father. Your answers are always so helpful either as a reminder or as an explanation of topics we never got to.
God bless you, Fr. Casey, you are a true disciple of God. This has eased my heart. Thank you !🙏 ❤
I love your videos, Fr. Casey! Thank you.
Wonderful explanation. I'm Catholic and was told in grade school by a nun that if you had a mortal sin on your soul and died before you were able to get to confession, if you had the firm and sincere intention of going, but was not able to get there you would be okay and not end up in hell. However that doesn't mean we should take any unnecessary risks. I look forward to meeting family members and friends when I pass through those purlly gates. And seeing the Holy Trinity in all Its glory. In actuality God does not send us to heaven or hell, we do that ourselves by our actions. This video gave me the hope I needed and tears to my eyes when thinking of the infinite mercy of God. I love being Catholic.
Bless you Fr Casey
LOL! Talk about timing. I just got a pre-paid funeral plan Advertisement here before this played :)
What kind of stuff did you choose for it?
Also, I think if I did that I would want to try laying in the casket before I pick it.
Just a thought, but please review the documents carefully. My dad did that about 12 years before he died. He was in his late 80s so I'm sure the funeral parlor did think he would last that long. When he passed,.the original funeral director had already passed as well and those that were now in charge said it was only an estimate - not a pre-payment. They did give us a slight discount - but definitely not a full pre-payment as I am presuming my father thought he was signing.
I doubt there's a human being who loved their pet more than I did, but I do not worry abt resurrection for pets. I am concerned for salvation for human beings!
Thank you for clarifying so many of these points for we who are newly Catholic. This would be a wonderful video to be shared in RCIA classes.
The pet question, it'll never be answered until Jesus comes again!!
Yes we won’t know . I miss my kitty so badly . I would be joyful to see him again 🙏
I'm not a Catholic but I do like your videos and keep the videos coming.
FWIW...
You're not a Catholic *yet*. :D
Had a long reply typed out.....
But no, I'm not converting to Catholic.
That being said I'm not going to (try) convert to my way of thinking either.
As stated I like the videos and hope he keeps making them. But it ends at that.
Thanks.
@@jpoppinga8417Follow your conscience.
ST. TERESA OF LISIEUX: “It is not because I have been preserved from serious sin that I lift up my heart to God in trust and love. I am certain that even if I had on my conscience every imaginable sin, I should lose nothing of my confidence, but would throw myself, my heart broken with sorrow, into the arms of my Savior.”
A truly thought provoking video, thank you.
I struggled to get through CS Lewis's The Great Divorce. He says it much more clearly in The Last Battle, which is a much easier read, packed with philosophy and ideas. But one of his points he makes is that hell is ultimately a choice. Aslan demonstrates this to Lucy by trying to rescue the rebel dwarves from the hell they have created for themselves. He takes them out, gives them good food and wine and good things but they refuse to see it, and instantly scurry back to their own hell, fighting one another over what they believe to be worthless scraps. "You see" said Aslan "They will not let us help them. They have chosen cunning instead of belief. Their prison is only in their own minds, yet they are in that prison and so afraid of being taken out that they cannot be taken out."
There is some thought that Stalin could have repented while he was lying on the floor of his dacha after a stroke. That would be something.
Got a funny mental image of him showing up at St Peters gates still drenched in his own urine and everyone inside starts calling him “pee-pee Joe” and makes fun of him about it for the rest of eternity.
That’d be a pretty funny ironic punishment.
Salvation isn't a zero-sum game. Stalin's victory would not be our defeat. And no victory will be "complete" as long as even one soul is lost to damnation, so i would LOVE to learn that Stalin did in fact repent!
The Great Divorce is short and easy to read. The latter part mostly consists of Lewis listening to conversations between a person who was in hell and someone that they know who has been in heaven. The saved individual is trying to convince the other to walk with them toward God, but they all give some reason why heaven probably isn’t that great. Those exchanges are very interesting
Thank you father Casey for another great video.
God bless you amen
Thank you, Father, thank you.
Will you do a part 2? Enjoyed the video!
Thank you for sharing.
I pray that i will go to heaven and hug Christ and thank him for what he did for us. Then i hope that God will allow me to explore creation, all the planets, stars and galaxies. Im so happy that Im Catholic
Never going to happen
i love this idea!
@@Becranyb9ip it might. We honestly don't know. It's up to God.
Yes we who are Catholic are the most blessed. This is the best gift that God has given us. To know Jesus, to love Him and to serve Him. In return, we found peace, joy and salvation. This is the grace of God given to us.
I'm torn between thinking i want to run right up and hug Jesus as soon as I see Him and thinking I'll plant my forehead on the ground and revere Him until He gives me the at-ease command lol. But then i look at my sinful life and realize i frequently fail to revere Him properly now but just as frequently hug Him in prayer, so i think i know which ill choose lol
Why we would want to exclude anyone from Heaven? Rather, let us pray that all may come into heaven:
O my Jesus, forgive us our sins,
save us from the fires of hell;
lead all souls to heaven especially those who are in most need of
Your mercy. Amen
Yes when you die. Always remember that God is also Justice.
Thanks for this video!
Yes. We will see our pets in heaven. That's it.
Thanks so comforting ❤
Very nice video, God bless you father
I really recommend Michael Newton's books. I don't personally think they would conflict with Catholic beliefs, but I'm not sure if any Catholics might think differently.
Interesting observation: Heaven has people who have no evil (or sins) in them because of Purgatory, while Hell has people who have rejected God but nevertheless contain some good.
Yes, because goodness is the state of all things; evil is less of a thing in itself as it the absence of good.
I see, but doesn't that give way to argue that evil is a positive thing (as opposed to an absence of good)? If we understand Purgatory as a place that purges/removes evil, rather than filling you up, if you will, with good, then evil must be a thing in itself.
@@orktv4673They have rejected God who is the source of all good; their definition of good differs from that of God.
Hitler was an animal lover. I would argue that wouldnt get him into heaven. All people are made in the image and likeness of God and are inherently good. Choices we make lead to sin and the disruption of our relationship to god. Ultimately, that relationship can be severed forever at death leading to hell. I like to think of hell as a door locked from the inside, to paraphrase Bishop Barron.
@@BenNelsonillegalnumbers That is a good point. While it's rather pessimistic to think that damned people still have some good in them, that juts underlines the role personal agency plays in our destinies. That said, calling Hell "locked from the inside" strikes me as inaccurate, as this means it should still be unlockable. From the inside or outside, it's locked, and God has thrown away the key forever.
Feliz dia de francisco 800 años estigmas hermano casey.
Thankyou for reading my question re pets. I have hope.
Same 🙏💙
I love NDE that tell they saw pets....I'm a softy and it makes me happy. It has nothing to do with Jesus not being enough, it's adding to the joy.
Jesus rides a white horse in Heaven. So if there is a horse, then there probably are other animals too. I hope to meet my much loved cat Sammy after meeting Jesus.
This was very interesting. Thank you very much
St. Thomas definitely feared Jesus thinking he was a ghost. All that time together, they surely had to mention paranormal at some point!
I've often wondered if ghosts are just flashes of the dead in purgation. As long as we don't seek them with ritual to come back to us I imagine they can reappear as God allows just as Moses and Elijah did on Mt. Tabor with our Lord.
@@RedRiverMan We are supposed to pray on the behalf of the departed! Which as Abraham petitioned G-d for Lot, Moses the Hebrews, etc., we might be the departed last hope! I hope others will pray for me!
I'm gonna bring up the 6 pack abs question next time I see my priest.
This is finally a very good video.
I explain it this way when asked about beloved pets in Heaven. No, Heaven is not for animals, which is why no saint has ever reported ever seeing any animals in Heaven. But Heaven is not our ultimate destination. After the Resurrection the world will be made new and Heaven and Earth will in some mysterious way become one place, one eternal abode. So just as the separation of the body and soul is not permanent, so is neither the separation of animal spirits, souls, what you will, from their bodies permanent. I believe that it is God's plan that the Resurrection applies to all that once lived. If the lion will at that time lay down with the lamb, there must exist a lion and lamb.
I have to agree with you Father regarding "The Great Divorce". Also, it's about the only thing from Lewis that I can follow.😂
Whatever you answer about an afterlife, is whatever you imagine it to be.
Epitaph of a man, long, long ago, who died in a horseriding accident: 'Twixt the stirrup and the groud, grace I sought, grace I found.
People believe in afterlives only as far as it gives them comfort and priests believe in it insofar as it allows them to control people's behaviors.
Free Will is doing what is perfect by God.
My understanding of resurrection is that not the body in the physical sense but a special "resurrection body" will resurrect (I read that decades ago in a book, I think it was Rahner or Ratzinger). The resurrection body represents the entire personality and indivdiuality of a person, not the material - there are no atoms in heaven, not even time. Considering that the individuality of a person is to some extent influenced by the physical gender, in so far the gender is recognisable from the "resurrection body". But there are no classes in heaven, just individuals. That means, the first impression is not, oh, he is tall, a man, has a handicap, but oh, he is he (ignore the gender). The problem is that we talk about a situation which we cannot imagine, no atoms, not even time, just love. And those who do not like that love, who choose to turn away from the love, they are in the hell. Hell is the absence of god and accordingly of any love, total loneliness. How should people living in a time where even the concept of time was not known, explain heaven other than by showing people walking around and being happy? However, it is a nice picture and more intuitive than any discussion of spaces of infinite dimensions beyond our space-time-continuum.
As a catholic I believe we in heaven forget ourselves, our pets and our families and we are going to be focused only to God and Jesus. Because scriptures say, there in heaven are no bad thoughts, no sad memories etc. And every bond with your existence keeps moments of joy and moments of sadness, regret and anger. Because of that I hope for being separated from this valley of tears and being completely focused at god and his glory.
I don't think so... I mean if we forget all of our history, and family, and pets, and friends, would we still really be "ourselves"? I mean, it would be like a person waking up with a total amnesia...What remains of yourself once you forget everything you are and everybody you know? Not much, IMHO..And I can't figure Heaven that way, it doesn't sound a happy place to me. I believe we'll still remember things and people, but memories won't be painful anymoreans we'll have overcome in God all our differences that made our relationships complicated and negative
I thought all children upto the age of 7 are innocent as in the feast of inocents we celebrate in January. Would that not include the unborn?
All are entrusted to God. It is hard to see how children and the unborn would be rejected.
Ask the families at Sodon
Father Casey, I would like to settle a debate between me and my friend. Were angels originally created in heaven or were they also separated from God for their own trial of obedience? If so, what is the original abode called, maybe the angelic/spiritual realm? My take is that initially they were all excluded from the beatific vision, for if they hadn't been, the evil angels couldn't have sinned while being in heaven where the will is perfectly aligned with God forever. After that the good angels were admitted to heaven, whereas the those who rebelled were cast down to hell. Is my thinking correct? Thank you!
I can’t imagine not being with my husband, family and loved ones. That doesn’t sound Like heaven to me. Also, I could never be at peace knowing someone I loved was suffering in Hell. Telling me I would no longer care or would forget about them is not the answer I want to hear. Thanks for your opinions. Everyone has a right to believe in their own way.
'not an answer I want to hear'. That's why Jesus was crucified: Because many did not hear from Him what they wanted to hear. 'Everyone has a right to believe in their own way.' Of course everyone has the right. But this does not make everyone's beliefs rational, or true.
You can't imagine because you already don't think about God and don't live your life for Him. The Earth horizon, the present horizon is the only one that matters to you. You can't imagine something different (don't worry, almost no one does, even among believers). We believe that the ultimate source of love is God, and that our loved ones in our life are just a way we can learn to love and to begin to know love, but they are not the end and ultimate goal of this learning journey. God is. When we learn this and strive for this, we are on the right path. Even if we still love our spouse, children, parents, this love is seen differently: like a stage of our journey towards God, and like people that God put in our life to show us His love.
Purgatory, in this matter, is also the purification from this kind of attachment to creatures, not to forget them or stop loving them, but to loving them through God's love.
Paradoxically, this is a way to love more freely our loved ones, to let them free of being, because we're not attached to them, because our happiness doesn't depend on them anymore.
@@sandorhujber in my opinion your beliefs aren’t “rational or true” but I respect your right to believe as you chose, as you should respect mine. I recently have been watching a lot of Muslim videos. They think their beliefs are the true ones, so do Hindus, Mormons, Jewish, Amish, etc. I didn’t say I was right. I just stated how I feel. Every religion thinks it’s the true way. Nobody really knows. If what you believe brings you peace and comfort then that’s what matters.
@@SharonPadget of course I respect your freedom for belief in whatever manner you see it fit, I am sorry if it seemed that I don't. 'Every religion thinks it's the true way' - obviously. Yet, for example I am well acquainted with Buddhism and Daoism, find them to be very wise, and yet came to the conclusion through deduction and logic, that Christianity (Catholicism to be specific) contains the fullness of truth. Other people (eg. a devout Hindu) might know Christianity, but have come to the conclusion through their own thinking and deduction that Hinduism contains the fullness of truth. The important thing is, that religion can be known rationally and examined rationally, and thus debated rationally. Some beliefs are clearly more logical than others: For example monotheism is simply philosophically more sound than politheism or henotheism. A belief about a flat Earth is clearly inferior to the scientifically proven fact of a geoid/round Earth.
' If what you believe brings you peace and comfort then that's what matters' - I beg to disagree, quite strongly. Belief in Christ has brought me lots of challenges and sometimes considerable discomfort (besides obviously peace and comfort at other times). Holding yourself to a certain moral standard should involve difficulty, hardship and tears sometimes. I don't desire peace and comfort, but Truth. Christ Himself states that he did not come to bring peace, but to bring a sword - a sword between father and son, between sin and truth.
I know that the current Anglo-Saxon cultural mainstream, in general Western thought teaches a self-centered worldview where everything is good if it feels good to the individual, and the only moral commandment is 'just to be nice to one another'. But this is a fake, cheap and parodistic thought about humanity, and neither of the very very wise and ancient religions you mentioned teach such platitudes. Our life should be about so much more than ourselves and our own 'peace and comfort', our desires and good feeling. We are pilgrims here, wanderers, and this is not our final station. It does matter how we behave on this long road, as (again a teaching reinforced by every major religion) we will be judged when it ends.
@@sandorhujber Everyone had 2 parents, all the the good and the bad. So by that standard are all the good and bad in heaven, is the standard their mother wanted them in heaven.
POPE BENEDICT XVI: “People should not fear God, thinking he is always ready to punish, but rather they should love him because he is always ready to forgive.
God is not a relentless sovereign who condemns the guilty, but a loving father whom we must love not out of fear of punishment, but because of his goodness.
The Lord is a God who is just, but always ready to reveal himself as merciful and compassionate.God loves us in a way that we might call “obstinate” and enfolds us in his inexhaustible tenderness. The anger and mercy of the Lord alternate in a dramatic sequence, but love triumphs in the end, for God is love.
God’s passionate love for his people - for humanity - is at the same time a forgiving love. It is so great that it turns God against himself, his love against his justice.”
Just a question: would it be wise to say that someone with unrepentant mortal sin can go to heaven? Since mortal sin requires us making the active decision to choose us over goodness itself, and being unrepentant means actively continuing to choose ourselves over goodness itself, wouldn’t it be impossible to go to heaven since we are still actively choosing something else over ultimate goodness with full knowledge? I’m sure if someone doesn’t have full knowledge, or if someone doesn’t have full will, and ultimately is unrepentant with those conditions, they could go to heaven since we trust in God’s mercy, but actively choosing something over God with full knowledge and full will seems to indicate that this person has rejected the gift of heaven itself. Am I potentially missing/misunderstanding something?
Yes my parish priest used the crucified criminal argument in a similar discussion some time ago - and of course, Hitler’s name came up. I simply don’t understand how people can jump to the conclusion that just because one criminal who perhaps killed a couple of people (we don’t even know that) in his lifetime would be considered by God to be on the same scale as someone who directly eliminated over 6 million and worldwide caused untold more millions of deaths by his actions. In other words, we are assuming that repentance for some sins is equivalent to repentance for what people like Hitler, Stalin, and Mao did. Of course we don’t know how God reasons, but this is another reason why we can’t assume that he puts all of these things on the same scale and treats them all in the same way.
Father I lost my grandma 4 mnths ago and its still very painful.. Especially bc we couldnt even say goodbye. She was a devout Catholic and taught us to praybthe rosary.. My question is.. Is she sleeping now until Jesus comes or is she in heaven already? Im confused bc in the Bible it says we all will be judged (the dead and living) when Jesus comes
I am confused too.
CCC 1861 Mortal sin is a radical possibility of human freedom, as is love itself. It results in the loss of charity and the privation of sanctifying grace, that is, of the state of grace. If it is not redeemed by repentance and God's forgiveness, it causes exclusion from Christ's kingdom and the eternal death of hell, for our freedom has the power to make choices for ever, with no turning back. However, although we can judge that an act is in itself a grave offense, we must entrust judgment of persons to the justice and mercy of God.
Ty caseyyyyyyy 😁
*Fr. Caseyyyyy
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Everyone good human died they back to beginning :’ And the human evil ? The evil is belong to the evil 🙏🙏😇
Father Casey, I am a convert so I can't speak to this from experience, but did the church not hold a position that they referred to as "Limbo" regarding babies? Also, why does so much of the medieval art portray purgatory as a place of flames and suffering? Why do we pray for the people in purgatory? (BTW, I like your explanation a lot better)
Limbo of our Fathers is Church teaching. Limbo of babies is not. The difference may not matter. We pray for the souls in purgatory, which is called an indulgence, as a work of faith. Our prayers bring us and the departed closer to God. 2 Maccabees 12:38 address this.
@@whatsup3270 Thank you - I will look into this.
As far as I understand, after death, if you have a mortal sin on your soul, you go straight to hell. However, physical death and actual death may be different, and there may be means of salvation before the point of actual death, even after physical death.
Father, you teach me about my religion and I feel like I'm opening up more and more. Like a flower receiving more buds. I just did a study on Rudolph Hoss, the commander of Auschwitz. Before he was hung his last words were; I hope that in time God will forgive me
I believe that the Lord could grant him mercy
after a long time in hell
Do you think the greatest mass murderer of all time could be forgiven???
Correction :
If you die with mortal sin on your soul, you will go to Hell.
It’s a Dogma of the Faith.
Go to Confession !
It’s where the Mercy of God is available to you.
❤
Father Casey, I have a very serious question to ask. What if a person loses a limb ( Arm, leg...etc) in a medical setting. I am not sure what happens in such cases ( I am told the limb is incinerated).... what happens after death if that limb is " just discarded" by the medical setting?
I have a thought lingering that pets can maybe partly share in our human nature by having their relations with us, as we can share partly in God's nature by having a relation with Him. I mean, through domestication their appearance and behavior have already become more adjusted to us. Compare a wild wolf with an average pet dog and you see clearly the differences. So maybe they will share also some way in our immortality when they die.
I don’t have six packs abbs now!! I’m in where do I sign up 😂
Father Casey, you don't sound like the priests we had when we were kids, who were very clear about unforgiven mortal sins and the prospects of going to heaven. Were they just meaner priests or we they instructed that way to hold Catholics in fear of damnation if they did not attend mass on holy days of obligation? Also, when the church changed the rule about eating meat on Fridays to not being a mortal sin, did God change His mind and let those who committed that sin to be released from hell or because it was a sin punishable by hell at the time it was committed, are they still in hell? Why did the old priests tell us that there was a great deal of suffering in Purgatory and our prayers had a great deal to do with getting them early release from there and their sufferings. If you are correct, when did this all change? Are you sure you and a lot of priests today aren't just a lot more liberal than the old days? If God doesn't change, why did the church change, if the Catholic Church is the true representative of God?
Lots of good questions, especially for those of us who grew up in pre-V2.
But how can you be sure that they were in Hell? Judgment is God's only, and you CAN NOT be sure that someone is in Hell, no matter what a priest or even the Pope says. The Church can point out that some actions put you out of God's grace, IF they are repeated and done in full conscience, but what happens after death is not Hers to decide. And our understanding of God's will and plans is progressive, so it is understandable that some moral views can change.
@@Laurelin70 I didn't say I was sure they were in hell. If the Church had listened to what Jesus said in the Gospel of Matthew, when He said, "Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, that is what defiles a man." While He was condemning the religious people of His time for teaching as the commands of God those things that were merely the traditions of man. The Catholic church will always be teaching their own traditions as if they were God's commandments as long as they hold that their traditions are more important than the Very Word of God. Even though the Pope says he is the bridge between God and man because he claims to be the Pontiff.
@@richardsemione7012 Ah right. Because there are some Churches that don't teach their traditions like commandments of God? Be aware that even Scriptures ARE traditions, because they were written a long time ago, by different men and in different social and political and technological etc, environment than today, then they were translated and passed on through generations and in different regions of the world. Even if they are divinely inspiired, they still are traditions, because they were not dictated, just inspired. And even if they were dictated by God, they would be translated and adapted and passed on anyway: still traditions.
I believe that God is not beholding to time and space as we are so those who died before Christ would not have been held anywhere
if you are not tempted... and no longer have desire... are you uou in heaven
I'm not a Catholic. I'm curious what is the biblical proof of the existence of Purgatory. Legit asking.
Hello Fr. Casey,
I would like to make a recommendation regarding the way you discuss some of your theological positions. If what you are saying may not be in full agreement with Church Doctrine, I would advise you to be cautious, similar to how you approached the topic of pets in heaven.
One could make a very strong argument that a person who dies with an unrepented mortal sin is unable to enter heaven. There are several New Testament passages that support this idea, and the Church has consistently upheld this stance over time. While your viewpoint is possible, it is not in line with the consensus of Church doctrine.
I beg to differ. This is no different from the Church's teaching on the necessity of baptism: it says that one must be baptized to be saved while at the same time saying that God may save anyone whom he pleases. What I have said is Church teaching without gloss: I clearly state that certain sins are deadly, but that God is not bound by such things and can save whomever he chooses.
Few communications are absolute, Where did God say sins were mortal or venial. Where did God use the word sin. These are human constructs to teach real behaviors.
@@BreakingInTheHabit I understand, but using your own example it is in fact God the Son who states that “unless one is born of water and Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God”. Can God save in a different way? Sure, arguing against it would be limiting his omnipotence.
But isn’t it easier and clearer to argue that spiritual life starts at baptism, mortal sin separates us from god and thus “murders” our divine life and, if this sin remains unrepented, it is a very dangerous situation to be in?
@@FranciscoSantos-dk5mg Unrepented by whom, to whom. God knows if whether repentance occurred spoken or not, falsely spoken or not. God knows the desire and thus God judges by knowledge. The Priest's professional or personal views do not restrict God's ability. This is exactly what the Pope was speaking of recently "clericalism". Whether the clerk performed or not the Law is always in affect.
Been there; twice ... Nothing to report.
Wait…..flirting is sinful? I need clarification. Honest request!
Regarding ghosts, what of the testamonies of saints (Padre Pio comes to mind) where they encounter souls of the deceased? Is this materially distinct from what we commonly lable "ghosts?" What do you PERSONALLY believe about such saintly issues, Fr?
With people living far away I'm sure the expense of shipping a body had to do with the change in cremation.
i think they just made burial an industry and pumped up the prices. Most folks I know cremate their departed due to finances. Uts horrible for the environment too with metal and minerals burned and the smoke breathed in by the living.
on the unbaptised children bit: how does that make sense? if i recall we are born with sin (original sin of adam and eve), that sin separates the child from god (no matter how much he loves them they are separated because of that sin), baptism washed away the sin and takes in the child in the Christian community. so it is either:
1. god can forgive sin out side of jesus' sacrifice (begging the question what is the point of the sacrifice then?)
2. sin does not separate people from god (which seems to fly in the face of what defines sin)
3. or it is a sort of Calvinist predestination where god know which souls are saved or damned (which flies in the face of catholic teaching)
1:00 Whenever in doubt... trust in God´s mercy.
Unbaptized people of all ages go through the same process as the baptized. The difference is the unbaptized are not shielded by the Church. Babies likely do not need shielding, they have the propensity to sin (Original Sin) yet is unlikely manifested. Adults are far more likely to have manifested sin. Additionally, there are other forms of baptism, one is of desire which may cover babies, we just do not know.
Christ's sacrifice opened the gates of Heaven to us and all.
Sins separate us from God in that the sinner has violated the human principles and put their fate at jeopardy, however the Church has always taught the final judgement is immediate at death, and god's mercy decides regardless of our thoughts that we control anything. The Church teaches Jesus and God, as well as the Holy Spirit are one (Trinity).
Forgiveness is a request from us, not an order from god.
Predestination is real but typically over applied in our understanding. For example is our death predestine, yes, is our every step predestined, no.
I think there is an issue with option 1, all redemption is through Jesus's sacrifice, regardless of how it manifests.
I guess the flip side has to do with the question about 'is it ever too late for Gods mercy?' If it can never be too late, then it can never be too early- rather God provides all people, at all times, a way to accept him and receive salvation. God is bound to the sacraments, not by them.
I am a lapsed Catholic for 38 years. I had committed countless number of mortal sins all these years until I have forgotten most of them. Seven years ago, by the grace and mercy of God, I have repented and come back to church. For all my unconfessed mortal sins, if I will to die now, can I still be saved?
@@AW-tc4hy i am an atheist so i can't say if your will or not. just describing what i was told from other catholics
@4:50 it doesnt say all exisrong marriages will be dissolved either. If there is no marriage then what significance would gender have in eternity?
Is it possible to get bored in heaven? Eternity is a pretty long time.
Also, will we get to see the rest of the universe in the afterlife? Even if we can't interact with it, I really want to k ow what else is out there.
There is no salvation; salvation is everyone's birthright! We come from God and are going back to God, no matter how many lives we lead. We have only one job to do and that is to love God with our whole mind and whole heart. Everything outside ourselves is nothing but an illusion.
Does Jesus confirm that ghost exist when he appears to the apostles after his resurrection? He states and demonstrates that he is not a ghost but somewhat admonishes the apostles for first thinking so.
One of the famous Bible verses is John 14:6 "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."
This often leads to the question-is Gahndi in Hell?
What are your thoughts on this?
Is there a point where it is too late for salvation? I want a more clear answer on this some people say that at our death we still have one last chance as we stand before God to please forgiveness and other say that is the moment of our death the fate is sealed
So, what if God's mercy extends to Protestants? What if it extends to Mormons? What if it extends to Jehovah's Witnesses? What if it extends to....Muslims? Or Hindus? Or Buddhists?
But... it does!
Roman Catholics hold that Jews do not need to accept Jesus as Lord to be saved.
@@russellmiles2861 And what of Muslims and Hindus and Buddhists? Why Jews and not them?
@@mashah1085 I am citing Roman Catholic teaching. If you want to know why folk who believe in talking snakes, virgin births and vampires don't except other ways to life: I have no idea.
4:00 wait does that mean they were Prophets and champions of God who didn’t believe in an afterlife?!
Many OT Prophets followed God during their temporal (earthly) lives with no knowledge of an afterlife. I don't see the confusion. Btw that is called Natural Moral Law and is a work of the Holy Spirit.
Let us pray for the person who asked about excluding others from heaven
What language is spoken in Heaven?
If a person goes to Heaven, will he partake in the final judgement at the end of time?
The final judgment occurs before heaven.
@@BreakingInTheHabitactually the particular judgement is immediately after you die, and the final judgement is at the end of time. So everyone including those in heaven and in hell will be judged. CCC 1038
Final judge, as referred to in that question is for those alive on Earth's last day.
@@whatsup3270 that’s absolutely not how that question is worded. “If a person goes to heaven, will he partake in the final judgement at the end of time?”
So the person is already in heaven according to the question. And “end of time” means just that, end of time.
We will all be at the final judgement. We'll get to find out the meaning of life and a whole host of things, it sounds like!
About gender you mention that there could be. So when Jesus said to the Sadduces that there will be neither male nor female in the afterlife, what did he mean?
DId he just say we don't know if anybody is in hell?
Correct. Judgement is not ours and there is no proof of any one in particular being in Hell. We can probably safely assume it, but we don't know for sure.
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What happens to the souls of priests who sexually abuse children?
They are judged based on their actions, just like everybody else.
@@BreakingInTheHabitwhat about God killing babies - what happens there?
Padre I am a Muslim, I believe that Jesus is born of the holy virgin Mary and he is the messiah, the saviour of mankind and he will return at the end of times to saves us. However as a muslim it is difficult for me to believe that Jesus is God and is the son of God. I do believe that he is on the right hand of God and he is of the spirit of God. Will I be saved?
I’m a little confused. If an unrepentant mortal sin doesn’t send you to hell then what does? Sounds questionable.
God does. We don't believe in a legalistic religion. There are no automatic condemnations. That's the whole point of God's mercy.
@@BreakingInTheHabit But if God doesn’t send you to hell then it either didn’t truly meet the mortal sin criterion or you just repented of it, no?
God is not black and white, He sees the whole picture
@@FredrikIsidorAa yeah he sees if it was mortal or not and if one repented of it or not
It can most definitely cause you to go to Hell. That is why it is important to frequent the Sacrament of Reconciliation, to make honest and good confessions, and to take Holy Communion. Let us always be ready to stand before Him.
At the time of Particular Judgement; all the good and bad we have done and what we have done in love for God will be accounted for.
God is just as much as He is merciful.