Fr John talks about St Thomas Aquinas. Fr John is our St Thomas Aquinas. The whole world should be listening to this man. I pray he has the strength to pull through his upcoming operation .
Amen🙏🙏 I'm left speechless..when I listen to Fr. John...beautifully explained 🙏🙏 Fr. John is our present day St.Thomas Aquinas...God bless you Fr. John 🙏🙏🙏 you are a great Priest for our times...❤❤
I have loved porn for decades, tried to quit more times than I can remember, I too believed that it has to be an instant thing, "the Grand Pooba" of repentance! I am now learning about the daily grind, Exodus 90 has helped, as well as my 12 step group...oh, and above all, the daily rosary!
By going to confession anytime I slipped up, the priest held me accountable, told me that God forgave my sins, and he would pray for me. I found that morality lead to more happiness than porn could ever give me. Satan hates you! And every time I fell to porn it made him happy and no one else because I voluntarily turned away from God and His grace. Stick with it. I'm free! And you can be to.
3 Hail Mary in Honor of Purity of Mary morning and evening. In between the Hail Mary say BY THY HOLY AND IMMACULATE CONCEPTION , O MARY, MAKE MY BODY PURE AND MY SOUL HOLY. O, MY MOTHER PLEASE PRESERVE ME FROM MORTAL SINS THIS DAY/THIS EVENING. Say this prayer when you wake up in the morning kneeling beside your bed and in the evening.
Praying for you! Also pray to St. Philomena! She helps with that type of sin. She is amazing! Look her up and her story. She has helped me and prayed for me to be cured and I am cured thanks be to God
Thank you Fr. John for this video. I have been praying for homilies on Hell and sin. May God Bless you and heal you from the cancer. May God send us more faithful priests like you.
Very effective sermon, thank you Fr. The LOTR analogy hit home. Truly, life is a great journey and adventure providing me make good, God guided, decisions. May God continue to bless and keep you.
FAther, it has become my habit to seek out your videos every morning after prayer and my "Good Morning God, I love you!" time. You are so full of the HS and fire of love for us all.
1/30/2023. --- Since I can't comment on your latest video, I will comment here. I am so happy to hear of your healing at Lourdes. I hope to see you again teaching us on You Tube or some other social media like Rumble. May God continue to bless you. Viva Cristo Rey.
He is right in every sense that was my understanding of sin and it destroyed me spirituly mentally physically in it is only the mercy and Gods grace that I'm still alive with about Her chance how every so much innocence was taken from me and it's from sin it darkens are intellect I don't think a lot of people realize that as the priest said I didn't
THANK YOU SO MUCH ,FATHER FOR YOUR TRUE AND HONEST TEACHING. YOU ENCOURAGED US TO SUBMIT TO GOD , HIS COMMANDS OUT OF PURE LOVE.EVERY DAY. WE MUST PERSEVERE, IT;S WORTH DOING, FINALLY. LILIANA
Sandi Wyszynski Every Saint knew and knows that the essence of Holy Love is to love what God Loves, how He loves. It literally becomes loving WITH His Love. ( Especially when loving someone it is our duty to love, who is making it difficult!)
They did it for God and country so there murders were venial sins.. They knew the loophole. Like the marines and army soldiers when they kill its a venial sin not a mortal sin..
And to Churchill - II WW was HIS OWN War, he absolutely refused the Peace offered by the German Government served in Person by Rudolf Hess) right at the beginning of the War . His answer was NEVER, NEVER, NEVER. Quite simply and obvious the War was an absolute necessity for the Synagogue of Satan to DESTROY the Western Civilisation and implement the so called New World Order ( purely a Satanic Disorder! ) . YES Hitler was a problem for the Illuminati/ Freemasonry, a great inconvenience indeed. By the way, when he discovered that the war was taking a long and extremely impossible to win - with the overwhelming majority of English, Russian, French, American and all the other countries ruled by Freemasonry, almost the entire world including the propaganda machine of Hollywood- He turned to his god Lucifer and the moment he proudly came out before the news agencies, reporters, etc he saluted with the ignominious Satanic Horns sign ( see today the modern IDOLS: entertainers, politicians, athletes, actors, businessmen, multinational corporations : coca cola, pharmaceutical, mc donalds, p&g, Amazon, apple, microsoft, oprah, killary klinton, francis (pope.ye ?), macron, 99.99% of the presidents all puppets of the illuminati, etc, etc, etc). They wave high above their heads the mark of their master: "V" "V" " V". The Truth shall set..........!
Praying for your healing and health Father In the name of Jesus Christ Our Blessed Savior you Father are such a powerful example to me and an amazing witness to the catholic church of today i will be praying that this video will touch and convert many many lives tonight God bless you all xxx
Yet another (of countless) homilies that easily rank among the best I have ever heard. Not only for content, but for applicability - in my life in general, and for me at a particular time. As much as I love Tolkien, I never viewed Golom as the personification of Sin - till now anyway. I think another analogy might be "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde. May God give you strength and courage on your health journey. Prayers and Rosary intentions.
Father, while explaning what mortal sin does to our relationship with God, and saying, "I sever that, I chop," well.. you just did a Karate chop after 35 years. 17.05
Thank you, Fr. Hollowell, for your beautiful, inspirational words, for your spiritual guidance, and for helping to keep us on the path to heaven. God bless you. You are in our daily prayers.
The problem here is that it is not clear at all that there is such a thing as free will. Some philosophers, psychologists and other mental health experts feel strongly that our adult personalities and behaviors are pretty much predetermined by our childhood and adolescent experiences. Obviously, the Catholic Church knows this because they spend so much time trying to influence the young. At the same time, sex abuse scandals in the Church show that it is very difficult to overcome behaviors that have been preprogrammed by earlier sexual abuse that those priests may have experienced. The Catholic Church fixation with virtue and sin is easy to understand. No matter how sincerely people may try, it is almost impossible to deviate from the virtue or lack of it that was instilled in us during our youth. That is why "guilt" plays such a central role in Catholic preaching and education. We can never live up to all the virtues extolled in the Church.
We must consciously refuse and reject God. That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows. 48But the one who unknowingly does things worthy of punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from him who has been entrusted with much, even more will be demanded.…
He explains the ring in The Lord of the Rings better than anyone else. It's been about 40 years since I read those books. Also, "Do I love what God loves, and do I despise what God despises?" Helpful! St. Bernadette once said that "a sinner is one who LOVES EVIL." God, prayers for Fr. Hollowell. I have confidence that he is going to be fine. The Holy Spirit is working through him, and his sermons make a lot of sense.
Is novus ordo mass valid? All the changes -- more changes coming -- have weakened the great power and value of the holy mass. I wish I could join the traditional catholicism.
The words of consecration are there and therefore assuming correct material and intention of the priest the Novus Ordo is a valid Mass. The Eucharist is a diamond and the Mass is the the setting for it. A better setting allows the diamond to be seen and shine more clearly. A better liturgy is therefore most desirable, and I agree that the Old Rite is better at allowing the diamond to shine through, however Christ is present in the Novus Ordo Mass in the same way as in the Old Rite Mass.
Antoni Raj The novus ordo is valid but flawed. The ambiguities in it, and the other errors of Vatican II, open the door for heretical interpretations of the novus ordo. There is no official translation of the Roman Missal into French, so priests make things up as they go along. The Tridentine Liturgy is proven to be Holy, it honours God and sanctifies the priest who unites his soul to every word and ceremony, in union with the Church Triumphant and the Church Militant. Every Catholic, priests and faithful, has the right to the Tridentine Mass. This right is permanent, and has never been abrogated.
at N.O. mass a validly ordained priest validly consecrates the Eucharist. The Eucharist is the source and summit of Catholic Worship. Anyone who lords one type of mass over another, as most traditionalists do about the Latin mass.... Is an idolater. Since both masses have validly consecrated Eucharist by a validly ordained priest... Both masses are Heaven on Earth. Anyone lording the Latin Mass over N.O. Mass is literally admitting that the Eucharist isn't the purpose of their worship. It's the smells bells and whistles. That's idolatry to the letter of the law.
Do I love what Jesus loves from the Cross and do I hate what Jesus hates from the Cross? As I’m giving my painful all (huge sacrifice) for the love of others do I still love what God loves, and hate what God hates.
So I do have questions: What means : Does God really hates? How we come to that conclusion according to the scripture ? Have we ever considered that : God's is ( the only) loving spirit. Love by the detention must be freely given.
IMHO, Peter, it is reasonably that God does in fact hate what is not in our best interest. If I might be permitted the analogy, I hate it when my kids misbehave, because I love them so much. (Not sure if that helps.)
@@peterkizer6163 I need someone strong evidence for God's hate then. Hate is a sin by the definition. Let's say zero means nothing or something to you? To me it means nothing ( no object).
I enjoy listeining to Fr. Hollowell as I just found him on youtube. I do wish the camera was in a different position because the people walking in front of the camera is very distracting. I hope this is changed in future videos. Sending prayers for Fr Hollowell.
Good morning Fr. John why is it sometimes people do not like hearing about sin the devil in hell thank you for talking about this I enjoyed when they tell the truth God bless you I am praying for you🙏🏻❤️
First of all. I would say the concussion is missing. The homily is going in a very many detections without the answers. I would say God is love, it means that hate should not be his attribute. In the other words I do not see any hate in God's nature. God is the only standard of good to me. Can Hitler be forgiven?Hitler was born to a practicing Catholic mother, and was baptized in the Roman Catholic Church.☹️ In 1904, he was confirmed at the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Linz, Austria, where the family lived.🙄 Is he going to Hell? We can't answer to that question? The new testament is very clear about the sin that can't be forgiven by God. I would say that that is the sin against the Holy Spirit. I would rather make reference to well known historical high priest Joseph ben Caiaphas. ( The primary sources for Caiaphas' life are the New Testament and the writings of Josephus. ) This is more simple to me. So, I would say hate is opposite love and this is the only human attribute e.g " hate your mother, sister, brother but love the Lord. So I would sum it. Jesus Christ called the Holy Spirit "Spirit of Truth" (John 14:17; 15:26; 16:13) and warned us, "All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven unto men" (Matthew 12:31)..
Proverbs 6:16-19 King James Version (KJV) 16 These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, 19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
You are so full of your own ideas that you are blind. First of all, the priest is talking about the dispositions towards sin. He uses Hitler as an historically well known example of public sin. Nobody can be forgiven UNLESS THEY FIRST REPENT. The déformations willingly accepted, that multiple sins cause to a soul, make it difficult and even unlikely that a guy like Hitler would have even considered repenting. Remember, he died by suicide in the middle of a mass murder- suicide. That said, we do not know for sure if he is in hell, even though we know for sure he was an awful sinner. The Sacraments he received just make him MORE guilty of the sins he chose to commit in spite of the Graces God had given to Hitler. That said, the only human person we know for sure is in hell, is Judas Iscariot. Because Christ said it was better if Judas had never been born. Secondly, Father Hollowell is preaching a retreat, so it is more like a teaching conference than a Sunday Sermon. Finally, all Catholics are taught “ hate the sin, but love the sinner”. I pray for Stalin. He died repenting.
I tell atheist’s the reason for so much HELL in this beautiful world Jesus has given us is because of atheism meaning when you don’t believe in God/Jesus who is Almighty God or reject then anything and everything is PERMISSIBLE. God bless all atheist’s agnostics and protestant’s who are NOT Christian. Remember there’s ONLY ONE CHURCH that’s it!
@@Wgaither1 Technically speaking Catholics have better situation because the sins can be forgiven in this world while protestants can't in this world. The good news is father loves protestants and so the Lord. Hitler was born to a practicing Catholic mother, and was baptized in the Roman Catholic Church. In 1904, he was confirmed at the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Linz, Austria, where the family lived.
Father, check out Eustace on Dragon Island in the Voyage of the Dawn Treador, bu CS Lewis. It is the best analogy of Purgatory I’ve ever read. He, of course, was JRR’s dear friend, who was part of The Inklings who met to read chapters to each other.
Good sermon - it matches what a lot of eastern priests (Catholic and Orthodox) preach and teach and, I think, encapsulates the common, classic, and catholic tradition of East and West. Too many “traditional” teachings on this subject portray sin/hell/judgment in a cartoonish manner which almost compromises divine impassibility; it’s almost to incite a sort of instinctual fear. This is sober, intelligent, and honest: analogically, sin is a cancer diagnosis, and if you don’t obey/trust the physician (Our Lord), take the medicines he prescribes (the sacraments), and promote healthy living (devotions, prayer rules, give alms, fast, etc.), you will die.
Fr john I get much solace from my mental health illness from practising Buddhism alongside my Catholic faith... when I practise I feel closer to Jesus and have some blessed relief from my suicidality and self b harm and ptsd... Will I go to hell for this? Sorry .
Alys Cavanagh I’m terribly sorry about your condition Alys, but Buddhism is incompatable with the Catholic Faith. In every way. However, if you are interested in meditation and things of that sort, the Sensus Fidelium TH-cam channel has many talks on how to do it and the many benefits of it. In Christ, Ryan Gergely
You shall not have false Gods. You can't serve two masters mate. According to the Catholic teaching if you commit suicide you will go to Hell. Technically speaking can also go to Hell by refusing to go to Church on Sunday.
@@pszalewski2012 technically the Church doesn't say committing suicide, you go to hell. The Church sees that there is a lack of free will when someone is in the depths of depression. We are commanded to pray for the person and pray for Gods mercy for them.
Father you say a lot of good things but I think you should make it clear that if Adolf Hitler had repented and showed true contrition and confessed his sin one drop of Jesus Blood on the cross is enough to wipe away the sin from the inside out. It's not just our virtue that saves us. Salvation is a gift of God's grace it begins first as a total gift because of the virtues of Jesus and His death on the cross. That is the free gift of salvation. However yes as Catholics we spend the rest of our lives living out that grace by doing the works God calls us to do even those are only done because of His grace. So If Adolf Hitler had true sorrow and intention not to sin anymore that sin can be easily wiped away. We have no evidence of him repenting . I understand we need to develop virtue and spend the rest of our lives doing God's will but you kind of made Hitler seem unforgivable. Jesus, in a single instant in the scriptures cast out demons from people who were naked and completely possessed by demons and in a single instant Jesus put people back in there right mind. Obviously if Hitler died in a state of mortal sin he could not enter God's presence but regardless if a person committed one mortal sin or 1,000, or a million, if a person shows genuine contrition and intends to not commit those sins again and do penance and receives absolution than that person is forgiven instantly no one is unforgivable not even Hitler and that is because of Jesus merits from His Cross. After a person repents they should spend there life living in virtue but they are saved the moment they repent. God Bless.
The problem with everyone being in Heaven, Fr. is not God's views even on sin at all; but rather that those in Hell *do not Want* to enter into His company; it is *Them* that choose that, not Him... you got your theology wrong in that matter, and your sources, whosoever they are, got theirs wrong; and if Thomas Aquinas is the source who said that sin is something that cannot be allowed in God's presence, then he was spouting heresy due to his grasp of the material.
@@benedictlouis9117 Could you provide the links? Oddly enough, if one dials something in on this site, you are liable to get all sorts of things, and almost all of them'll be incorrect. Then again, your source, Sir, is quite likely incorrect at that, so hence not worth watching- as this priest in the video has proven himself to be, apparently... those who're addicted to serious sin, as those in Hell are, do not *want* to be in Christ's company- that and that alone is why they are in Hell, not Heaven, they've chosen that destiny- due specifically to their addiction to mortal sin- which's extremely addictive at that, due to man's mutation via original sin. Though removed by Baptism, the fruits of it still remain- and there's also the element of what might be classified as "Will-Baptism" or "Baptism of Desire" which features the individual's own desire for holiness as the needed element, and that trumps all opposition combined. That said, those in Hell have *chosen* to be there; they do not *want* to leave, they are quite *happy* in that state of horror, so God simply honors their free-will and says to them in summary "You want suffering for all eternity and to sacrifice yourselves to sadism? Then sadly, to that state you shall go- I cannot hold anyone in custody that doesn't wish to be in my company... go therefore, and when you're ready to live right, you may return with my full blessing." much akin to the terms that in "Oz the Great and Powerful" he gives his (I'm guessing) sister-in-law about her own family: if she's willing to live as she ought, she's more than welcome to live in their company, if not; then she's foreclosed her ability to be present by her own choice. God doesn't banish anyone to Hell, those there choose it, nor can anyone at all banish anyone else to Hell, only the individual himself is able to send himself to Hell- which's basically a dimension of perpetual mortal sin; and only that. If you want an example of the horrors of Hell- as a means of fueling refusal to enter into it; I'd recommend some stories that deal with very great wickedness and abuse; those'll fuel your hatred of that state of being to the maximum, but be downright careful: if hunting prisoners, be wary, lest you become enraptured in abusing them and find yourself encompassed in Perdition's influence- which's disgusting. The primary focus, mind thee, is to make clear the choice Christ issues to us; in summary: "Fraternity, or abuse, choose wisely, for what you choose you'll receive.", but if we choose abuse: we will end up abused, or so exhausted that we're going to be helpless against even the rebellions of the evil one's agents within us against us, our passions being those.
This priest has this matter exactly heretically wrong: sin can and does go into God's presence, for if Catholic doctrine is correct, then Christ is God Himself, and He entered into areas where sin was rampant in the world; it can't stand up against Him, but those who're in Hell *choose* not to join Him- they could leave Hell at any time, but they *elect* to refuse... God doesn't forbid anyone from His presence, if He did, then He'd not be worthy of our worship at all, as He'd have disqualified Himself immediately and permanently from it, but those who're in Hell *choose of their own free-will* to remain there. They can walk out at any time, same with anyone in mortal sin (same effect by the way), but they simply choose not to.
chissstardestroyer i don't think you understand the context which he's coming from, he's talking about after your death, you can't take sin with you to God anymore
@@Ogarvictor91 God can and does go into the realm of sin; it is the absence of good, nothing there at all- a "hole in a man" as it were... he can and does go into the presence of sinners- readily and easily. It is simply thus: those who choose Hell are the only ones who go there; as it is an expression of their free-will... but there's a price, and it's thus: Hell is extremely addictive- as is all sinful behaviors. It is not that God can't or won't enter into its presence, true He does hate it- but that's because of what it does to *us*. He merely is unable to override our free-will and consent. So those who wind up in Hell have willingly elected to go there into that state of being. It really is exactly as simple as that: they chose mortal sin, so they get that as their reward. Thing is: sin would ban or block God, not the reverse: He doesn't prohibit anyone at all from entering His presence, they prohibit Him- not the reverse. And that applies only to those who do so knowingly and out of a desire to sin, not those who reject God because He's a spirit, and thus it is forbidden according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church to contact even Him, let alone anyone at all in the next life to begin with- those who close Him out for *that reason and that reason alone*: to foreclose all possibility of being led astray into sins against the 1st Commandment in that case are *on* His side in this regard; and He'll deal with them when able at a later time. Like a kid who's locked himself in his room to avoid behaving badly: you let him sit there and work things out- he can't do harm to others nor is willing to harm himself- he's simply so spooked at doing harm that he's locked himself away- you let him sit and work things out, and you get ready to correct him in your own time and his. That last scenario is what He's dealing with in that case: they aren't rebelling against His terms of conduct; they are resisting breaking His terms of conduct by closing out all things spiritual; and don't you think He knows what our purposes are to begin with? If Christ is God- and hence Church teaching is accurate: He most definitely knows what our purposes are, so hence the state of our souls. And if He doesn't; then He's not God but a fraud- and in *that* pathetic case all reality breaks down- even the very fiber of material reality at that, that He Himself thought up to begin with... and since that's not happening: , as Christ proved His Divinity by His miracles and His terms of conduct required for a healing miracle to be to Follow the Decalogue in particular; I'd say there's a darn solid bet that He really *is* God become man!
Fr John talks about St Thomas Aquinas. Fr John is our St Thomas Aquinas. The whole world should be listening to this man. I pray he has the strength to pull through his upcoming operation .
Amen🙏🙏 I'm left speechless..when I listen to Fr. John...beautifully explained 🙏🙏 Fr. John is our present day St.Thomas Aquinas...God bless you Fr. John 🙏🙏🙏 you are a great Priest for our times...❤❤
Me too!!
What a great perspective; 'do I love what God loves and hate what God hates?'
Father, your description of sin and how it warps us is now firmly planted in my brain. Thank you!
I have loved porn for decades, tried to quit more times than I can remember, I too believed that it has to be an instant thing, "the Grand Pooba" of repentance! I am now learning about the daily grind, Exodus 90 has helped, as well as my 12 step group...oh, and above all, the daily rosary!
By going to confession anytime I slipped up, the priest held me accountable, told me that God forgave my sins, and he would pray for me. I found that morality lead to more happiness than porn could ever give me. Satan hates you! And every time I fell to porn it made him happy and no one else because I voluntarily turned away from God and His grace. Stick with it. I'm free! And you can be to.
God bless you and He is with you in your struggle against sin.
3 Hail Mary in Honor of Purity of Mary morning and evening. In between the Hail Mary say BY THY HOLY AND IMMACULATE CONCEPTION , O MARY, MAKE MY BODY PURE AND MY SOUL HOLY. O, MY MOTHER PLEASE PRESERVE ME FROM MORTAL SINS THIS DAY/THIS EVENING.
Say this prayer when you wake up in the morning kneeling beside your bed and in the evening.
Hail Mary full of grace, slap the devil in the face!
Praying for you! Also pray to St. Philomena! She helps with that type of sin. She is amazing! Look her up and her story. She has helped me and prayed for me to be cured and I am cured thanks be to God
A genuine Catholic homily. A rare treat, these days.
Thank you Fr. John for this video. I have been praying for homilies on Hell and sin. May God Bless you and heal you from the cancer. May God send us more faithful priests like you.
Very effective sermon, thank you Fr. The LOTR analogy hit home. Truly, life is a great journey and adventure providing me make good, God guided, decisions. May God continue to bless and keep you.
FAther, it has become my habit to seek out your videos every morning after prayer and my "Good Morning God, I love you!" time. You are so full of the HS and fire of love for us all.
I can’t imagine heaven. Thanks Father your love of God is saving souls.
You need to look at his talks about how to pray.
1/30/2023. --- Since I can't comment on your latest video, I will comment here. I am so happy to hear of your healing at Lourdes. I hope to see you again teaching us on You Tube or some other social media like Rumble.
May God continue to bless you.
Viva Cristo Rey.
I agree with this ⬆️ 🙏
I am listening to you on my cellphone!! You bring me peace, keep doing you!!
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Amazing talk Fr. Hollowell! It’s truly amazing that we have you in Dearborn County now!
I’d really like you to be my spiritual advisor. Since I’m in Texas that probably will not happen. Keep the videos coming and you’re in my prayers.
I feel exactly the same way, David. (I'm in Washington State.) Thank God for the internet, huh?
Peter Kizer yes! Thank you Lord! 🙏
I bet you have a good priest for that right where you are, seek such a one, pray to be led to them.
Father John, thank you! I pray you get well soon, may God's will be done in your life. ❤️🙏
God bless you, Fr. John!
Thank you so much Father, I love the magnet analogy, and the question “ do I love what God Loves”. 🙏🏼
Continued rosaries for Fr. Hollowell and his mission to offer his suffering toward the recovery of all those personally harmed by clergy sexual abuse.
This is like the best talk ever...I love it...
He is right in every sense that was my understanding of sin and it destroyed me spirituly mentally physically in it is only the mercy and Gods grace that I'm still alive with about Her chance how every so much innocence was taken from me and it's from sin it darkens are intellect I don't think a lot of people realize that as the priest said I didn't
THANK YOU SO MUCH ,FATHER FOR YOUR TRUE AND HONEST TEACHING. YOU ENCOURAGED US TO SUBMIT TO GOD , HIS COMMANDS OUT OF PURE LOVE.EVERY DAY. WE MUST PERSEVERE, IT;S WORTH DOING, FINALLY. LILIANA
I continue to pray for your recovery. Come back to your parish. Do the crane. Your words here are words I needed to hear...perhaps others as well.
Thank you So much for this video! To want what He wants😊St Theresa of Avila (I think!)
Sandi Wyszynski Every Saint knew and knows that the essence of Holy Love is to love what God Loves, how He loves. It literally becomes loving WITH His Love. ( Especially when loving someone it is our duty to love, who is making it difficult!)
Thank you Fr. Great talk!
As to mass murderers, Hitler was a comparative piker next to Mao and Stalin.
In just 4 years Mao killed intentionally
45 million humans !! He must be in a place he deserves for.......eternity
They did it for God and country so there murders were venial sins.. They knew the loophole. Like the marines and army soldiers when they kill its a venial sin not a mortal sin..
@@CigaWeed53 Your heart is in the right place.; however, for the record, killing in war, except in particular instances, is not even a venial sin.
And to Churchill - II WW was HIS OWN War, he absolutely refused the Peace offered by the German Government served in Person by Rudolf Hess) right at the beginning of the War . His answer was NEVER, NEVER, NEVER. Quite simply and obvious the War was an absolute necessity for the Synagogue of Satan to DESTROY the Western Civilisation and implement the so called New World Order ( purely a Satanic Disorder! ) . YES Hitler was a problem for the Illuminati/ Freemasonry, a great inconvenience indeed. By the way, when he discovered that the war was taking a long and extremely impossible to win - with the overwhelming majority of English, Russian, French, American and all the other countries ruled by Freemasonry, almost the entire world including the propaganda machine of Hollywood- He turned to his god Lucifer and the moment he proudly came out before the news agencies, reporters, etc he saluted with the ignominious Satanic Horns sign ( see today the modern IDOLS: entertainers, politicians, athletes, actors, businessmen, multinational corporations : coca cola, pharmaceutical, mc donalds, p&g, Amazon, apple, microsoft, oprah, killary klinton, francis (pope.ye ?), macron, 99.99% of the presidents all puppets of the illuminati, etc, etc, etc). They wave high above their heads the mark of their master: "V" "V" " V". The Truth shall set..........!
Praying for your healing and health Father In the name of Jesus Christ Our Blessed Savior you Father are such a powerful example to me and an amazing witness to the catholic church of today i will be praying that this video will touch and convert many many lives tonight God bless you all xxx
@Charles Pieters
How would you know anything about what Carolyn x - orvanyone else on this thread - may or may not know? Why the hostility?
you knocked it outta the park last evening, Fr John. Stay the Course.!!
Anyone who uses Hitler as an example of evil is propagandizing you. See my comment under the video.
@@moonandstars6670 : why would you ask that.? I don't know you.
@@moonandstars6670 : no idea what this is...a pine tree? Arrowhead??
@@moonandstars6670 : sheesh, just spell it out. Why the game.??
Father John and Father Mark Goring. Great priests for our great troubling times.
And Fr. Mitch Pacwa👍🏻
Fr. Mike Lightner also
Yet another (of countless) homilies that easily rank among the best I have ever heard. Not only for content, but for applicability - in my life in general, and for me at a particular time. As much as I love Tolkien, I never viewed Golom as the personification of Sin - till now anyway. I think another analogy might be "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde. May God give you strength and courage on your health journey. Prayers and Rosary intentions.
Yep. Agreed
Thank you Father! I pray I love what God loves, we all love you Father and thank God for you, Kevin
Father, while explaning what mortal sin does to our relationship with God, and saying, "I sever that, I chop," well.. you just did a Karate chop after 35 years. 17.05
Hilarious !
Thank you Father! I needed to hear this! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thank you, Fr. Hollowell, for your beautiful, inspirational words, for your spiritual guidance, and for helping to keep us on the path to heaven. God bless you. You are in our daily prayers.
Your choices inspire me to have more courage. Thank You Father.
Love you Father!!! Bless you for your redemptive suffering for sex abuse victim souls! 🙏💕🤗🇺🇸
God bless you Fr. John. We love you. You are a saint for our time.
Fr. John, what a wonderful homily and teaching, God bless you, Prayers offered for you 🙏
Amazing homily so helpful, so well explained, thank you Fr John !
Amen, God bless you father
The problem here is that it is not clear at all that there is such a thing as free will. Some philosophers, psychologists and other mental health experts feel strongly that our adult personalities and behaviors are pretty much predetermined by our childhood and adolescent experiences. Obviously, the Catholic Church knows this because they spend so much time trying to influence the young. At the same time, sex abuse scandals in the Church show that it is very difficult to overcome behaviors that have been preprogrammed by earlier sexual abuse that those priests may have experienced. The Catholic Church fixation with virtue and sin is easy to understand. No matter how sincerely people may try, it is almost impossible to deviate from the virtue or lack of it that was instilled in us during our youth. That is why "guilt" plays such a central role in Catholic preaching and education. We can never live up to all the virtues extolled in the Church.
God bless this faithful priest he has helped me with the crisis in the church god bless you fr john you are in my prayers
We must consciously refuse and reject God.
That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows. 48But the one who unknowingly does things worthy of punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from him who has been entrusted with much, even more will be demanded.…
Love Fr. John Hollowell!
God has blessed us with him!
He explains the ring in The Lord of the Rings better than anyone else. It's been about 40 years since I read those books. Also, "Do I love what God loves, and do I despise what God despises?" Helpful! St. Bernadette once said that "a sinner is one who LOVES EVIL."
God, prayers for Fr. Hollowell. I have confidence that he is going to be fine. The Holy Spirit is working through him, and his sermons make a lot of sense.
That was awesome...
Thank you father
This makes so much sense.
Is novus ordo mass valid? All the changes -- more changes coming -- have weakened the great power and value of the holy mass. I wish I could join the traditional catholicism.
The words of consecration are there and therefore assuming correct material and intention of the priest the Novus Ordo is a valid Mass.
The Eucharist is a diamond and the Mass is the the setting for it. A better setting allows the diamond to be seen and shine more clearly. A better liturgy is therefore most desirable, and I agree that the Old Rite is better at allowing the diamond to shine through, however Christ is present in the Novus Ordo Mass in the same way as in the Old Rite Mass.
The Novus Ordo is valid. But the Latin mass is superior.
Antoni Raj The novus ordo is valid but flawed. The ambiguities in it, and the other errors of Vatican II, open the door for heretical interpretations of the novus ordo. There is no official translation of the Roman Missal into French, so priests make things up as they go along. The Tridentine Liturgy is proven to be Holy, it honours God and sanctifies the priest who unites his soul to every word and ceremony, in union with the Church Triumphant and the Church Militant. Every Catholic, priests and faithful, has the right to the Tridentine Mass. This right is permanent, and has never been abrogated.
at N.O. mass a validly ordained priest validly consecrates the Eucharist.
The Eucharist is the source and summit of Catholic Worship.
Anyone who lords one type of mass over another, as most traditionalists do about the Latin mass.... Is an idolater.
Since both masses have validly consecrated Eucharist by a validly ordained priest... Both masses are Heaven on Earth. Anyone lording the Latin Mass over N.O. Mass is literally admitting that the Eucharist isn't the purpose of their worship. It's the smells bells and whistles. That's idolatry to the letter of the law.
try and find SSPX or Eastern Rite Liturgy
This is one of the best I've heard by Fr. Hollowell. And His St Thomas Aquinas podcast on Sensus Fidelium is the best.
Love what God loves, and hate what God hates. 👍👍👍
Beautiful!
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Do I love what Jesus loves from the Cross and do I hate what Jesus hates from the Cross? As I’m giving my painful all (huge sacrifice) for the love of others do I still love what God loves, and hate what God hates.
Heaven is where God rules.
If he rules our heart
We will find heaven there.
Don't recall that taught by Scripture or Tradition. Reference?
Thank you Father.
Adolph Hitler was a baptized Roman Catholic.
fantastic God bless your vocation
Thank you.
Heaven, heaven through purgatory, hell that's the deal
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There is nothing more devastating than a shrivelled soul
... lukewarm soul. ....
Come we pray each other .. open heart to receive the word of God and understanding it with humble .
So I do have questions:
What means : Does God really hates? How we come to that conclusion according to the scripture ? Have we ever considered that : God's is ( the only) loving spirit. Love by the detention must be freely given.
IMHO, Peter, it is reasonably that God does in fact hate what is not in our best interest. If I might be permitted the analogy, I hate it when my kids misbehave, because I love them so much. (Not sure if that helps.)
@@peterkizer6163 I need someone strong evidence for God's hate then. Hate is a sin by the definition. Let's say zero means nothing or something to you? To me it means nothing ( no object).
@@pszalewski2012 I hear you Peter, I have no evidence of God's hate. Even Hell is proof of our hate.
I think you don't understand me. I am taking about God's nature and that is 100 percent love.
@@peterkizer6163 You will find a few references in the scripture...
I enjoy listeining to Fr. Hollowell as I just found him on youtube. I do wish the camera was in a different position because the people walking in front of the camera is very distracting. I hope this is changed in future videos. Sending prayers for Fr Hollowell.
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Good morning Fr. John why is it sometimes people do not like hearing about sin the devil in hell thank you for talking about this I enjoyed when they tell the truth God bless you I am praying for you🙏🏻❤️
Amen and amen 🙏
Why are you dissing on Adolf Hitler?
Love Fr. John Holl
First of all. I would say the concussion is missing. The homily is going in a very many detections without the answers. I would say God is love, it means that hate should not be his attribute. In the other words I do not see any hate in God's nature. God is the only standard of good to me. Can Hitler be forgiven?Hitler was born to a practicing Catholic mother, and was baptized in the Roman Catholic Church.☹️ In 1904, he was confirmed at the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Linz, Austria, where the family lived.🙄 Is he going to Hell?
We can't answer to that question? The new testament is very clear about the sin that can't be forgiven by God. I would say that that is the sin against the Holy Spirit.
I would rather make reference to well known historical high priest Joseph ben Caiaphas. ( The primary sources for Caiaphas' life are the New Testament and the writings of Josephus. ) This is more simple to me. So, I would say hate is opposite love and this is the only human attribute e.g " hate your mother, sister, brother but love the Lord.
So I would sum it. Jesus Christ called the Holy Spirit "Spirit of Truth" (John 14:17; 15:26; 16:13) and warned us, "All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven unto men" (Matthew 12:31)..
Proverbs 6:16-19 King James Version (KJV)
16 These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
@@nancydiniro6888 Amen!!!!
You are so full of your own ideas that you are blind. First of all, the priest is talking about the dispositions towards sin. He uses Hitler as an historically well known example of public sin. Nobody can be forgiven UNLESS THEY FIRST REPENT. The déformations willingly accepted, that multiple sins cause to a soul, make it difficult and even unlikely that a guy like Hitler would have even considered repenting. Remember, he died by suicide in the middle of a mass murder- suicide. That said, we do not know for sure if he is in hell, even though we know for sure he was an awful sinner. The Sacraments he received just make him MORE guilty of the sins he chose to commit in spite of the Graces God had given to Hitler. That said, the only human person we know for sure is in hell, is Judas Iscariot. Because Christ said it was better if Judas had never been born.
Secondly, Father Hollowell is preaching a retreat, so it is more like a teaching conference than a Sunday Sermon. Finally, all Catholics are taught “ hate the sin, but love the sinner”. I pray for Stalin. He died repenting.
Not a mood, but a becoming...
I tell atheist’s the reason for so much HELL in this beautiful world Jesus has given us is because of atheism meaning when you don’t believe in God/Jesus who is Almighty God or reject then anything and everything is PERMISSIBLE. God bless all atheist’s agnostics and protestant’s who are NOT Christian. Remember there’s ONLY ONE CHURCH that’s it!
Fr John will Protestants go to hell?
Wgaither1 some Protestants will go to hell and so will some Catholics.
Not all protestants are going to hell.
Peter Zalewski that’s a relief
@@Wgaither1 Technically speaking Catholics have better situation because the sins can be forgiven in this world while protestants can't in this world. The good news is father loves protestants and so the Lord.
Hitler was born to a practicing Catholic mother, and was baptized in the Roman Catholic Church. In 1904, he was confirmed at the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Linz, Austria, where the family lived.
Tim, we've talked about this before. It's not our place; leave judgment to the Judge.
Father, check out Eustace on Dragon Island in the Voyage of the Dawn Treador, bu CS Lewis. It is the best analogy of Purgatory I’ve ever read. He, of course, was JRR’s dear friend, who was part of The Inklings who met to read chapters to each other.
Goto Marino Restrepo on You Tube & watch all the videos. Marino Restrepo video to watch - NDE: A Vision of Hell & Purgatory. God Bless.
God Bless
Good sermon - it matches what a lot of eastern priests (Catholic and Orthodox) preach and teach and, I think, encapsulates the common, classic, and catholic tradition of East and West. Too many “traditional” teachings on this subject portray sin/hell/judgment in a cartoonish manner which almost compromises divine impassibility; it’s almost to incite a sort of instinctual fear. This is sober, intelligent, and honest: analogically, sin is a cancer diagnosis, and if you don’t obey/trust the physician (Our Lord), take the medicines he prescribes (the sacraments), and promote healthy living (devotions, prayer rules, give alms, fast, etc.), you will die.
Fr john I get much solace from my mental health illness from practising Buddhism alongside my Catholic faith... when I practise I feel closer to Jesus and have some blessed relief from my suicidality and self b harm and ptsd... Will I go to hell for this? Sorry .
Alys Cavanagh I’m terribly sorry about your condition Alys, but Buddhism is incompatable with the Catholic Faith. In every way. However, if you are interested in meditation and things of that sort, the Sensus Fidelium TH-cam channel has many talks on how to do it and the many benefits of it.
In Christ,
Ryan Gergely
@@Pibbxtra780 thank you so much
You shall not have false Gods. You can't serve two masters mate. According to the Catholic teaching if you commit suicide you will go to Hell. Technically speaking can also go to Hell by refusing to go to Church on Sunday.
@@pszalewski2012 things aren't looking good for me then I guess :(
@@pszalewski2012 technically the Church doesn't say committing suicide, you go to hell. The Church sees that there is a lack of free will when someone is in the depths of depression.
We are commanded to pray for the person and pray for Gods mercy for them.
This is sad...
Father you say a lot of good things but I think you should make it clear that if Adolf Hitler had repented and showed true contrition and confessed his sin one drop of Jesus Blood on the cross is enough to wipe away the sin from the inside out. It's not just our virtue that saves us. Salvation is a gift of God's grace it begins first as a total gift because of the virtues of Jesus and His death on the cross. That is the free gift of salvation. However yes as Catholics we spend the rest of our lives living out that grace by doing the works God calls us to do even those are only done because of His grace. So If Adolf Hitler had true sorrow and intention not to sin anymore that sin can be easily wiped away. We have no evidence of him repenting . I understand we need to develop virtue and spend the rest of our lives doing God's will but you kind of made Hitler seem unforgivable. Jesus, in a single instant in the scriptures cast out demons from people who were naked and completely possessed by demons and in a single instant Jesus put people back in there right mind. Obviously if Hitler died in a state of mortal sin he could not enter God's presence but regardless if a person committed one mortal sin or 1,000, or a million, if a person shows genuine contrition and intends to not commit those sins again and do penance and receives absolution than that person is forgiven instantly no one is unforgivable not even Hitler and that is because of Jesus merits from His Cross. After a person repents they should spend there life living in virtue but they are saved the moment they repent. God Bless.
Yes, I agree.
The problem with everyone being in Heaven, Fr. is not God's views even on sin at all; but rather that those in Hell *do not Want* to enter into His company; it is *Them* that choose that, not Him... you got your theology wrong in that matter, and your sources, whosoever they are, got theirs wrong; and if Thomas Aquinas is the source who said that sin is something that cannot be allowed in God's presence, then he was spouting heresy due to his grasp of the material.
And from where you get your material/sources ?
Goto Marino Restrepo on You Tube & watch the videos. God Bless.
@@benedictlouis9117 Could you provide the links? Oddly enough, if one dials something in on this site, you are liable to get all sorts of things, and almost all of them'll be incorrect.
Then again, your source, Sir, is quite likely incorrect at that, so hence not worth watching- as this priest in the video has proven himself to be, apparently... those who're addicted to serious sin, as those in Hell are, do not *want* to be in Christ's company- that and that alone is why they are in Hell, not Heaven, they've chosen that destiny- due specifically to their addiction to mortal sin- which's extremely addictive at that, due to man's mutation via original sin. Though removed by Baptism, the fruits of it still remain- and there's also the element of what might be classified as "Will-Baptism" or "Baptism of Desire" which features the individual's own desire for holiness as the needed element, and that trumps all opposition combined.
That said, those in Hell have *chosen* to be there; they do not *want* to leave, they are quite *happy* in that state of horror, so God simply honors their free-will and says to them in summary "You want suffering for all eternity and to sacrifice yourselves to sadism? Then sadly, to that state you shall go- I cannot hold anyone in custody that doesn't wish to be in my company... go therefore, and when you're ready to live right, you may return with my full blessing." much akin to the terms that in "Oz the Great and Powerful" he gives his (I'm guessing) sister-in-law about her own family: if she's willing to live as she ought, she's more than welcome to live in their company, if not; then she's foreclosed her ability to be present by her own choice. God doesn't banish anyone to Hell, those there choose it, nor can anyone at all banish anyone else to Hell, only the individual himself is able to send himself to Hell- which's basically a dimension of perpetual mortal sin; and only that.
If you want an example of the horrors of Hell- as a means of fueling refusal to enter into it; I'd recommend some stories that deal with very great wickedness and abuse; those'll fuel your hatred of that state of being to the maximum, but be downright careful: if hunting prisoners, be wary, lest you become enraptured in abusing them and find yourself encompassed in Perdition's influence- which's disgusting.
The primary focus, mind thee, is to make clear the choice Christ issues to us; in summary: "Fraternity, or abuse, choose wisely, for what you choose you'll receive.", but if we choose abuse: we will end up abused, or so exhausted that we're going to be helpless against even the rebellions of the evil one's agents within us against us, our passions being those.
@@deniskorman1833 Church teaching.
@@chissstardestroyer Goto You Tube in search type in: Marino Restrepo English Videos. God Bless
Decepticon.
Matthew 7:15
Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
What is deception?
This priest has this matter exactly heretically wrong: sin can and does go into God's presence, for if Catholic doctrine is correct, then Christ is God Himself, and He entered into areas where sin was rampant in the world; it can't stand up against Him, but those who're in Hell *choose* not to join Him- they could leave Hell at any time, but they *elect* to refuse... God doesn't forbid anyone from His presence, if He did, then He'd not be worthy of our worship at all, as He'd have disqualified Himself immediately and permanently from it, but those who're in Hell *choose of their own free-will* to remain there. They can walk out at any time, same with anyone in mortal sin (same effect by the way), but they simply choose not to.
chissstardestroyer i don't think you understand the context which he's coming from, he's talking about after your death, you can't take sin with you to God anymore
@@Ogarvictor91 God can and does go into the realm of sin; it is the absence of good, nothing there at all- a "hole in a man" as it were... he can and does go into the presence of sinners- readily and easily. It is simply thus: those who choose Hell are the only ones who go there; as it is an expression of their free-will... but there's a price, and it's thus: Hell is extremely addictive- as is all sinful behaviors.
It is not that God can't or won't enter into its presence, true He does hate it- but that's because of what it does to *us*. He merely is unable to override our free-will and consent. So those who wind up in Hell have willingly elected to go there into that state of being. It really is exactly as simple as that: they chose mortal sin, so they get that as their reward.
Thing is: sin would ban or block God, not the reverse: He doesn't prohibit anyone at all from entering His presence, they prohibit Him- not the reverse. And that applies only to those who do so knowingly and out of a desire to sin, not those who reject God because He's a spirit, and thus it is forbidden according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church to contact even Him, let alone anyone at all in the next life to begin with- those who close Him out for *that reason and that reason alone*: to foreclose all possibility of being led astray into sins against the 1st Commandment in that case are *on* His side in this regard; and He'll deal with them when able at a later time. Like a kid who's locked himself in his room to avoid behaving badly: you let him sit there and work things out- he can't do harm to others nor is willing to harm himself- he's simply so spooked at doing harm that he's locked himself away- you let him sit and work things out, and you get ready to correct him in your own time and his.
That last scenario is what He's dealing with in that case: they aren't rebelling against His terms of conduct; they are resisting breaking His terms of conduct by closing out all things spiritual; and don't you think He knows what our purposes are to begin with? If Christ is God- and hence Church teaching is accurate: He most definitely knows what our purposes are, so hence the state of our souls. And if He doesn't; then He's not God but a fraud- and in *that* pathetic case all reality breaks down- even the very fiber of material reality at that, that He Himself thought up to begin with... and since that's not happening: , as Christ proved His Divinity by His miracles and His terms of conduct required for a healing miracle to be to Follow the Decalogue in particular; I'd say there's a darn solid bet that He really *is* God become man!
Hell=Misery with small bits of happiness
Heaven=Pure Misery
what a total an entire misunderstanding of this sermon and the REALITY of Heaven and hell