"When evil days are upon us...we must attend to our own souls and seek to know the ways of the Lord." St. Barnabas. Thank you Father. There is so much we don't know.
Superb talk. We are living in dark times! It's time to deepen the faith and cling to the truth of Jesus and the Catholic Church. Prayer, sacraments and adoration to cling to Our Lord Jesus.🙏🙏🙏
Wow...Thank you! Don't know When I learned to Read. (Feels like I was Born Reading!) I'm 76 & this Homily just made it clear How Protected I've been. I remember our Parish Priests & Teachers, (Sisters of St. Joseph) warning us about Books on the Index...."The Index" had Disappeared by the time I was grown...There were times I tried to read books I later found out were, on The "Index". I Could Not "Read" any of them, they made No Sense to me...No matter how I tried, I couldn't finish any one of them! Same was true of many so-called Popular RC Books that began flooding our Church in the 60's...(Teilhard Chardin comes to mind) Thank You, Again! Your Homilies are a Great Part of God's Own Protection, right now...They Confirm what I Once Believed in Faith, ...is Historical Fact & supported by Evidence.
I went to a Catholic high school and although it was particularly better than most others regarding its Catholicity now I'm starting to realize that it has a long way to go as I had to read some inappropriate material like the Catcher in the Rye, not to mention that most textbooks used in Religion class are published by Notre Dame (and our unused chapel looks pretty ecumenical).
monus782 many have gone thru this. a good school, fully faithful, is no guarantee, either. I have 2 grandsons who went to an Opus Dei school. one is now not practicing. hang in there and good for you that you are on this site!
Let us be well grounded in our Catechism, well grounded in our Holy Faith, and to never escape into fantasy worlds like Harry Potter, for sympathy for satan is an occult idea, and he is ever cunning and desirous of your soul. Nourish your souls instead with supernatural truths of the faith, so that you may live and die for the Lord. The One True Church is in her passion, fight for her, until the end, remembering that this is not our home.
Hail Mary full of Grace the Lord is with thee, Blessed art thou among women and Blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus, Holy Mary Mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death Amen
"We should long to feed our faith and know our Catechism more than we love to fill our bellies." Excellent quote! Great advice! And I'm releived to know that it's a longstanding custom to read and listen to reading while we're eating, so as to nourish our souls as we nourish our bodies. Well, unless I am eating with my family, I am always reading things to help me grow spiritually but I wondered if it was offensive to God to be reading about Him while eating. This affirms that it isn't a bad idea to do so. Yay!
I do not think it is wrong to eat while reading religious books. I do it all the time. What I will not do is eat and pray (for example the Rosary) at the same time.
I came back to the Catholic church in 1985 because of the unapproved apparition at Bayside NY at the age of 45 years. And when I hear about what happened after Vatican 2 I am somewhat happy that I was not going to Church. I often wondered how confused I might have become, or weather I would have joined the Society of Saint Pius 10, SSPX.
Father's comment on adding/ subtr from Book-i used that re Luther's desecration of Bible..Protestant said that referred only to that specific bk glad to hear common sense meaning from Father
I'm in my twenties, so I grew up around HP (first movie came out when I was in first grade). I have watched some of the movies but I wasn't obsessed like some of my classmates. I never thought anything of it, it's fiction, it never had an effect on my Catholicism, I always went to mass, CCD, read the Bible. I can see how it could deceive people -- like if someone actually starts practicing black magic and rejects the Faith that would be bad. Those are my thoughts, feel free to share yours.
I feel the same way as you do. If I was not told it was bad, I would not have known. I also saw at least one of HP movies and thought nothing of it later on. As a child, I always liked like fantasy movies and I do not see that they had an evil influence on me.
@@vigildino6518 yes I like fantasy, but, if the Fantasy is teaching bad stuff like Harry Potter or Naruto then it should not be read. Tolkien, CS Lewis, and Chesterton are okay because when they do show "good magic" it's usually more like the prophets and they know what is used. Harry Potter is the baby playing with fire.
Incredible, scathing takedown of modernist “literature”. I had no idea about about Hugo. The comment about “this third thing” left me speechless. It all makes sense.
At 1:30, Father stretches "from this book" to "the whole deposit of the faith." That's an awful big stretch. And before you jump all over me, I am a devout Catholic. Protestants stretch it to mean the entire Bible. Very perplexing. Why can't it mean what Saint John said it meant?
What can I make of this? In times past when these places were thriving with the faithful they sent many souls to heaven. Now, the vacancy is saying, we are not sending anyone to heaven.... the past speaks for itself and that it held the torch for those they were responsible for. What say now? the church of what is happening right now? Who are we leading to heaven? the stairways are empty.... God have mercy on us all. Amen
I listened to the debate mentioned not too long ago. I thought Julian Ahlquist's argument was extremely weak, and he came off as arrogant too. Though Michael Matt's defence of the lord of the rings was also a weak point. Though the fact that Harry Potter contains actual spells researched and adapted from ancient Pagans is enough to set it apart from the Lord of the Rings pretty drastically. You wouldn't consider reading a wicken spell manual right recreation, Harry Potter is the same thing.
What ever happened to kids reading about the classics like Tom Sawyer,Robinson Caruso, stories of our founding fathers ,famous battles , Lewis and Clark or God forbid the Holy word?What's with this rot parents allow into the mind of their children that has nothing educational or edifying?
It's a sign of the times Lack of attendance because of priests diluting the mass and even confession Less money then Finally Satans objective attained in the 100 year commitment to destroy Christs church!
So you don't think it has anything to do with Protestantism turning Church into an ENTERTAINMENT media rather than a union with God via the Eucharist? While people like you obsess on the host in the hand versus the mouth, people are leaving in droves because they find a much more welcoming embrace in large Protestant Mega Churches that constantly tell them that they are wonderful and that God exists merely to give them whatever they pray for. They call it Prosperity Gospel, and it is very popular. Catholicism teaches that we are sinful beings needing redemption. Protestants are now starting these big mega churches that tell people that they are instead fantastic (no need to change in any way) and that God loves them so much that all they need to do is pray for the perfect house, car, job and mate ,and he will bring them. Yet you think the true battle is between those who like Mass in English and those who prefer the jibberish of Latin? You traditionalists see a decline in Catholicism and then apply your own solution, i.e., bring back Latin, bring back more statues, bring back anything from pre-Vatican II. Yet you have zero proof that any of this has anything to do with the decline. But the decline has happened as Protestant churches went from sober mainline denominations into more extreme charismatic emotion based Mega Churches with rock bands, big screens with simple minded song lyrics. WATCH JOEL OSTEEN. He has the largest Church in the USA, and it is totally modern. Yet ironically, your answer for Catholicism is to go even more backwards to an even more primitive pagan style worship service. How out of touch are you? You think people left Catholicism because they could understand in English what was going on and preferred Latin? They all left because the priest faces the congregation instead of the tabernacle? They all left because they receive the host in the hand? Give me a break. That is like saying that everyone voted for Donald Trump because they adore orange hair.
@Instaurare Omnia In Christo I am glad you are an expert in modern Catholic Services. But my Church is nothing like what you described. By the way, they offer the host in the hand OR IN THE MOUTH. It is up to each individual. When you go up, you either cup your hands or open your mouth and extend the tongue. It is up to you.
Re: Helen Keller and broken spokes in a wheel to be made while in the end….That’s Kabbalah. See Fr Mawdesley for more. Ps who is this priest and where bc I want to move there asap
+ Loooooop I'm afraid you are mistaken. Tolkien was a devout Catholic. He was instrumental in converting C.S. Lewis, who had been an atheist. Peter Kreeft is a fan of Tolkien and you can find some of his lectures on TH-cam. One is entitled "Peter Kreeft: Christian Themes in Lord of the Rings".
Dottor B There are different definitions of magic according to exorcist Fr. Chad Ripperger. He has experienced the demonic first hand and has written and spoken widely on this topic. HP is evil because it writes out the spells. Rowling herself was involved in witchcraft as a youth. There are DEFINITE examples of HP spells working and readers becoming possessed. Which examples have you heard about LOTR? The books have different audiences. Any dope can get through a mindless chapter of HP. LOTR books are long and challenging. The magic is different: Gandalf was more interested in fireworks, slight of hand, using persuasion, not transforming into beasts, forming gills, lying, etc. Father Chad speaks to this. In LOTR, Gandalf NEVER resorts to dark powers. HP is both a mix of dark magic and "white" magic which we know are both related to the demonic. God bless!
+ Loooooop Tolkien shared his faith with Lewis and cannot be held responsible for Lewis' decision. The Church doesn't judge anyone's end and neither should we. Our job is to pray for everyone who has died unless they have been canonized saints.,
The hypocrisy is profound and confusion rampant . The atheist of today denies the Risen Christ and His Truth while embracing pagan ignorance and conjuring 😩
This same truth (condemnation & avoidance of forbidden books), also applies to some of the works of J.R.R Tolkien (Lord of the Rings), C.S Lewis (Narnia Chronicles) and even G.K Chesterton. Just because they were "Christian" authors, does NOT mean we should just automatically and blindly, read & enjoy their works, which contain the glorification and glamorization of magic, paganism and the occult. Truly know & strengthen your Catholic Christian Faith, before doing your careful research, on ANY author, and his or her works, no matter how "classic" or "innocent," they might seem to you, on the surface.
Stamping out subversion? Like stamping out Christians who won't sacrifice to the roman Gods? Sounds to me like christian persecution. Sound's pretty revolting to me. A revolution is not how Catholics stamp out heresy either, we work and pray for their conversion. All revolutions are revolting.
nuestros martires de ayer....de hoy los cristianos muertos por los hijadistas,,,,,,cristianos perseguidos,,,por ser la verdadera Iglesia que Cristo fundo...
God made the seasons the different phases of the moon for our months seasons come on why dont you get it right you people do everything to take the honour and glory and Praise from GOD OUR HOLY FATHER WHOM ART IN HEAVEN AMEN IN YESHUAS NAME AMEN AND AMEN AND AMEN AND AMEN AND AMEN!!!!!!!
Virgin Mary appeared some place, and said Priest's should learn to project their voices, like in the old days. I have hearing problem and find Priest's will not project their voices, and often modulate their voices up and down, and then occasionally mutter something under their breath as if they were sitting right in front of you. I have tried moving around to get near a good speaker, but depending on the church that may not help either. So for numerous years now I just just don't bother to strain myself. Most of what is said nowadays is simply boring or repetitive anymore, I do miss announcements, but hopefully they are in the bulletin. I think Mary hit it right on head, if the Priest projects his voice forcefully you might feel the wrath of God, but if he speaks normally, we can just go on our merry way and enjoy life, and forget about sin.
"When evil days are upon us...we must attend to our own souls and seek to know the ways of the Lord." St. Barnabas. Thank you Father. There is so much we don't know.
That was my main line taken, too!
12/01/2019 it’s getting darker, but Praise Lord Jesus Christ we have The Light.
Superb talk. We are living in dark times! It's time to deepen the faith and cling to the truth of Jesus and the Catholic Church. Prayer, sacraments and adoration to cling to Our Lord Jesus.🙏🙏🙏
Much darker now! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🇺🇸💔🇺🇸
Wow...Thank you! Don't know When I learned to Read. (Feels like I was Born Reading!) I'm 76 & this Homily just made it clear How Protected I've been. I remember our Parish Priests & Teachers, (Sisters of St. Joseph) warning us about Books on the Index...."The Index" had Disappeared by the time I was grown...There were times I tried to read books I later found out were, on The "Index". I Could Not "Read" any of them, they made No Sense to me...No matter how I tried, I couldn't finish any one of them! Same was true of many so-called Popular RC Books that began flooding our Church in the 60's...(Teilhard Chardin comes to mind) Thank You, Again! Your Homilies are a Great Part of God's Own Protection, right now...They Confirm what I Once Believed in Faith, ...is Historical Fact & supported by Evidence.
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I went to a Catholic high school and although it was particularly better than most others regarding its Catholicity now I'm starting to realize that it has a long way to go as I had to read some inappropriate material like the Catcher in the Rye, not to mention that most textbooks used in Religion class are published by Notre Dame (and our unused chapel looks pretty ecumenical).
monus782 many have gone thru this. a good school, fully faithful, is no guarantee, either. I have 2 grandsons who went to an Opus Dei school. one is now not practicing. hang in there and good for you that you are on this site!
Let us be well grounded in our Catechism, well grounded in our Holy Faith, and to never escape into fantasy worlds like Harry Potter, for sympathy for satan is an occult idea, and he is ever cunning and desirous of your soul. Nourish your souls instead with supernatural truths of the faith, so that you may live and die for the Lord. The One True Church is in her passion, fight for her, until the end, remembering that this is not our home.
Hail Mary full of Grace the Lord is with thee, Blessed art thou among women and Blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus, Holy Mary Mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death Amen
"We should long to feed our faith and know our Catechism more than we love to fill our bellies." Excellent quote! Great advice!
And I'm releived to know that it's a longstanding custom to read and listen to reading while we're eating, so as to nourish our souls as we nourish our bodies. Well, unless I am eating with my family, I am always reading things to help me grow spiritually but I wondered if it was offensive to God to be reading about Him while eating. This affirms that it isn't a bad idea to do so. Yay!
I do not think it is wrong to eat while reading religious books. I do it all the time. What I will not do is eat and pray (for example the Rosary) at the same time.
🙏🙏💖💖.Awesome explanation....never heard one as good as this...we are truly living in dark times..thank you Fr.God bless.
I came back to the Catholic church in 1985 because of the unapproved apparition at Bayside NY at the age of 45 years. And when I hear about what happened after Vatican 2 I am somewhat happy that I was not going to Church. I often wondered how confused I might have become, or weather I would have joined the Society of Saint Pius 10, SSPX.
Thanks for posting this. Very good.
Thank you,Father! AVE MARIA!
Father's comment on adding/ subtr from Book-i used that re Luther's desecration of Bible..Protestant said that referred only to that specific bk glad to hear common sense meaning from Father
Dr. Senior also wrote a sequel to this, a very hopeful book: The Restoration of Christian Culture. Let's not give up hope.
I was taught in school that these people were to be admired. School really is a place of indoctrination
Bingo. I’m a millennial deprogramming. We all need to.
I'm in my twenties, so I grew up around HP (first movie came out when I was in first grade). I have watched some of the movies but I wasn't obsessed like some of my classmates. I never thought anything of it, it's fiction, it never had an effect on my Catholicism, I always went to mass, CCD, read the Bible. I can see how it could deceive people -- like if someone actually starts practicing black magic and rejects the Faith that would be bad. Those are my thoughts, feel free to share yours.
I feel the same way as you do. If I was not told it was bad, I would not have known. I also saw at least one of HP movies and thought nothing of it later on. As a child, I always liked like fantasy movies and I do not see that they had an evil influence on me.
@@vigildino6518 yes I like fantasy, but, if the Fantasy is teaching bad stuff like Harry Potter or Naruto then it should not be read. Tolkien, CS Lewis, and Chesterton are okay because when they do show "good magic" it's usually more like the prophets and they know what is used. Harry Potter is the baby playing with fire.
Incredible, scathing takedown of modernist “literature”. I had no idea about about Hugo. The comment about “this third thing” left me speechless. It all makes sense.
Very good information. Thank you and God bless you for the knowledge relayed.
Wow - did not know that about Victor Hugo
At 1:30, Father stretches "from this book" to "the whole deposit of the faith." That's an awful big stretch. And before you jump all over me, I am a devout Catholic. Protestants stretch it to mean the entire Bible. Very perplexing. Why can't it mean what Saint John said it meant?
Cool, I watched this while eating lunch. : )
Well said Father and God be praised. Amen!
Thought you were going to say..feed your face...
No, feed your ✨faith✨🙏
🎗💐🌹🌺🌹💐🎗
What can I make of this? In times past when these places were thriving with the faithful they sent many souls to heaven.
Now, the vacancy is saying, we are not sending anyone to heaven.... the past speaks for itself and that it held the torch for those they were responsible for. What say now? the church of what is happening right now? Who are we leading to heaven?
the stairways are empty.... God have mercy on us all. Amen
I listened to the debate mentioned not too long ago. I thought Julian Ahlquist's argument was extremely weak, and he came off as arrogant too. Though Michael Matt's defence of the lord of the rings was also a weak point.
Though the fact that Harry Potter contains actual spells researched and adapted from ancient Pagans is enough to set it apart from the Lord of the Rings pretty drastically. You wouldn't consider reading a wicken spell manual right recreation, Harry Potter is the same thing.
kmo_9000 I've heard that before but can you recommend any website/source that verifies this? I would really like to know. Thanks.
Epic Michael Listen to the debate, he mentions a source when he brings it up and the other side didn't deny it, he ignored it in my opinion.
Thank you Father!
Museum churches are offensive to me, an example of diabolical disorientation imho.
I wish they had not done away with that list of forbidden books.
Me too.
They have this stuff on TV now too.
Thank you for this video
Excellent - loved this!
What ever happened to kids reading about the classics like Tom Sawyer,Robinson Caruso, stories of our founding fathers ,famous battles , Lewis and Clark or God forbid the Holy word?What's with this rot parents allow into the mind of their children that has nothing educational or edifying?
So good!
Amen Amen !!!!!
Do anybody knows the name of this great holly Priest? Or his parish?
It's a sign of the times
Lack of attendance because of priests diluting the mass and even confession
Less money then
Finally Satans objective attained in the 100 year commitment to destroy Christs church!
So you don't think it has anything to do with Protestantism turning Church into an ENTERTAINMENT media rather than a union with God via the Eucharist? While people like you obsess on the host in the hand versus the mouth, people are leaving in droves because they find a much more welcoming embrace in large Protestant Mega Churches that constantly tell them that they are wonderful and that God exists merely to give them whatever they pray for. They call it Prosperity Gospel, and it is very popular. Catholicism teaches that we are sinful beings needing redemption. Protestants are now starting these big mega churches that tell people that they are instead fantastic (no need to change in any way) and that God loves them so much that all they need to do is pray for the perfect house, car, job and mate ,and he will bring them. Yet you think the true battle is between those who like Mass in English and those who prefer the jibberish of Latin? You traditionalists see a decline in Catholicism and then apply your own solution, i.e., bring back Latin, bring back more statues, bring back anything from pre-Vatican II. Yet you have zero proof that any of this has anything to do with the decline. But the decline has happened as Protestant churches went from sober mainline denominations into more extreme charismatic emotion based Mega Churches with rock bands, big screens with simple minded song lyrics. WATCH JOEL OSTEEN. He has the largest Church in the USA, and it is totally modern. Yet ironically, your answer for Catholicism is to go even more backwards to an even more primitive pagan style worship service. How out of touch are you? You think people left Catholicism because they could understand in English what was going on and preferred Latin? They all left because the priest faces the congregation instead of the tabernacle? They all left because they receive the host in the hand? Give me a break. That is like saying that everyone voted for Donald Trump because they adore orange hair.
@Instaurare Omnia In Christo I am glad you are an expert in modern Catholic Services. But my Church is nothing like what you described. By the way, they offer the host in the hand OR IN THE MOUTH. It is up to each individual. When you go up, you either cup your hands or open your mouth and extend the tongue. It is up to you.
My name is Hugo. 🤭
Re: Helen Keller and broken spokes in a wheel to be made while in the end….That’s Kabbalah. See Fr Mawdesley for more.
Ps who is this priest and where bc I want to move there asap
Interesting! who was this John Senior, and why is he a good trustworthy source? thanks
Resource777 www.catholiceducation.org/en/education/catholic-contributions/a-tribute-to-john-senior.html
Resource777 he has a couple very good books still in print like "Death of Christian Culture" & "Restoration of Christian Culture"
Hail Mary full of Grace.
What do you think about JRR Tolkiens Lord of the Rings?
Very Catholic literature.
Tolkien very Catholic.
No explicitly written spells as in HP.
God bless
+ Loooooop I'm afraid you are mistaken. Tolkien was a devout Catholic. He was instrumental in converting C.S. Lewis, who had been an atheist. Peter Kreeft is a fan of Tolkien and you can find some of his lectures on TH-cam. One is entitled "Peter Kreeft: Christian Themes in Lord of the Rings".
Dottor B
There are different definitions of magic according to exorcist Fr. Chad Ripperger. He has experienced the demonic first hand and has written and spoken widely on this topic.
HP is evil because it writes out the spells. Rowling herself was involved in witchcraft as a youth. There are DEFINITE examples of HP spells working and readers becoming possessed.
Which examples have you heard about LOTR?
The books have different audiences. Any dope can get through a mindless chapter of HP. LOTR books are long and challenging. The magic is different:
Gandalf was more interested in fireworks, slight of hand, using persuasion, not transforming into beasts, forming gills, lying, etc. Father Chad speaks to this.
In LOTR, Gandalf NEVER resorts to dark powers.
HP is both a mix of dark magic and "white" magic which we know are both related to the demonic. God bless!
"glorify using magic"
Straw man.
+ Loooooop Tolkien shared his faith with Lewis and cannot be held responsible for Lewis' decision. The Church doesn't judge anyone's end and neither should we. Our job is to pray for everyone who has died unless they have been canonized saints.,
The hypocrisy is profound and confusion rampant . The atheist of today denies the Risen Christ and His Truth while embracing pagan ignorance and conjuring 😩
This same truth (condemnation & avoidance of forbidden books), also applies to some of the works of J.R.R Tolkien (Lord of the Rings), C.S Lewis (Narnia Chronicles) and even G.K Chesterton. Just because they were "Christian" authors, does NOT mean we should just automatically and blindly, read & enjoy their works, which contain the glorification and glamorization of magic, paganism and the occult. Truly know & strengthen your Catholic Christian Faith, before doing your careful research, on ANY author, and his or her works, no matter how "classic" or "innocent," they might seem to you, on the surface.
Are all forms of revolution bad?
mejl2015 Yes. Revolutions are Revolting.
mejl2015 No. it comes from the latin word revolvere and to the romans it meant the opposite of what it does to us today. stamping out subversion!
Stamping out subversion? Like stamping out Christians who won't sacrifice to the roman Gods? Sounds to me like christian persecution. Sound's pretty revolting to me. A revolution is not how Catholics stamp out heresy either, we work and pray for their conversion. All revolutions are revolting.
mejl2015 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 15:23
Because *it is like the sin of witchcraft, to rebel* : and like the crime of idolatry, to refuse to obey.
***** This is not the same as outright rebellion. We are to resist and disobey when we are forced to sin.
nuestros martires de ayer....de hoy los cristianos muertos por los hijadistas,,,,,,cristianos perseguidos,,,por ser la verdadera Iglesia que Cristo fundo...
God made the seasons the different phases of the moon for our months seasons come on why dont you get it right you people do everything to take the honour and glory and Praise from GOD OUR HOLY FATHER WHOM ART IN HEAVEN AMEN IN YESHUAS NAME AMEN AND AMEN AND AMEN AND AMEN AND AMEN!!!!!!!
Right right sure sure hogwash
I can't take this kind of theatrical diction. Talk like a human being!
Virgin Mary appeared some place, and said Priest's should learn to project their voices, like in the old days. I have hearing problem and find Priest's will not project their voices, and often modulate their voices up and down, and then occasionally mutter something under their breath as if they were sitting right in front of you. I have tried moving around to get near a good speaker, but depending on the church that may not help either. So for numerous years now I just just don't bother to strain myself. Most of what is said nowadays is simply boring or repetitive anymore, I do miss announcements, but hopefully they are in the bulletin. I think Mary hit it right on head, if the Priest projects his voice forcefully you might feel the wrath of God, but if he speaks normally, we can just go on our merry way and enjoy life, and forget about sin.
Read John 4 carefully, and you'll see why it disagrees with much of this guy's sermon. But use a spiritual eye...