Inspiring Stories from The Church in Haiti 🇭🇹 w/ Fr. Louis Merosne
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- Fr. Louis is a Catholic Priest from Haiti, we got the chance to sit down and talk about life in Haiti, the history of the Haitian people, exorcising vudu spirits, encountering deep faith in poverty, and the inspiring strength of the Haitian Church.
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He has such an amazing voice. He could be talking about paint drying on a wall and I'd still listen lol
Get him to voice one of Matt's books! *ahem* The Porn Myth *ahem*
His demeanor is commanding too. Good for a leader, and a pastor is a leader of the flock.
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Yeah some people just have a voice like that.
As an haitian thinking about converting, I’ll definitely watch this video
Praise. God. For this show. God bless the good priest from Haiti.
Edouard MARCELIN I will pray for your complete conversion.
I am also a Haitian Protestant. Nice to see another one here.
@@scl97 yess 🇭🇹… thinking of converting also ?
@@colettedonaghy3461 oh yes all praise to Him
This was amazing. As a mexican american, our culture also deals with a lot of santeria and brujeria. And manifestations pop up as well.
This and the interview about Catholicism in Ireland were both excellent. I'd love to see this become a regular thing on PwA, Catholicism in different countries.
I agree. This would truly show the catholicity/universality of the Catholic Church.
Brings people from all over the world. There are Catholics everywhere. A priest from Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Thailand, Croatia, Chile etc, that'd be nice.
I second the motion.
Who he did interview on Catholicism in Ireland? I’d be interested in seeing that!!
@@natmmeyer here it is: th-cam.com/video/ViQzgPr68rQ/w-d-xo.html - his name is Mattie Harte, he’s a theologian. It’s long but you should watch it if you find the time, it’s one of the best interviews on the channel in my opinion. Just a warning though, there is some rather upsetting talk of murder in it, since Harte’s sister was murdered on honeymoon in Mauritius. Their father is a successful Gaelic football coach so it was a very high-profile case in Ireland.
@@alexanderharding2221 wow thanks for the info! Looking forward to watching.
Our parish sponsors a parish in Haiti. Praise God for the Haitians who teach us to live in simplicity for the love of neighbor. Fr. Merosne is a gift to the Haitian Catholic Church.
The joy radiating from Fr. Louis' face is so wonderful. If only more and more of our secular brothers and sisters could witness that such joy exists (despite taking difficult 3 lifelong vows + going through tough life in Haiti). A joy that only the Lord can give! :)
With this guest Matt is contributing to the wonderful world of Catholic ASMR!
What a pleasure to listen to Fr Merosne. History of independence for Haiti, his faith and teachings. Could listen again and again. Thanks for this episode.
¡Viva Cristo Rey!
Polish military, a legion, who were with the French army were sent to Haiti to "deal with prisoners" trying to rebel. When they realised that these are not prisoners but slaves fighting for their independence, they took their side and fought against the French. That's why there is a Polish diaspora in Haiti.
Really? 🙌🏾
@@madgiemadgie9128 yes, sure. That's why I'm sharing it here.
The Almighty seems to have planted Poles everywhere, so they can come to the aid of the countries in times of spiritual warfare. God bless Poland!
Really?? What an amazing story
What a beautiful priest!
Thank you Fr. for educating me on what it is like for the Haitian people. I am ashamed to say that I haven't done my homework.
God bless Haiti for being so faithful to You Jesus, especially in their times of suffering! 🌷
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La paix de Dieu soit avec vous.
Amen!🙏🏾
Avec toi aussi
Et avec votre esprit!
☝🏻Vive le Christ-Roi ! ➕
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Vive!👑
Fr. Louis' voice is made for radio.
My uncle has a foundation there and my sister just came back from a trip to Haiti and she explained a lot of the struggles and strengths of the people there. I will pray for your cause and when I get back ony own feet, will donate to your ministry. Amen.
The only word I can come up with is “Amazing”.
Appreciate Father Merosne fire and zeal !!! What a balance to be real, loving, direct, respectful and humble with evangelization efforts especially with the history of colonization in Haiti.
In solidarity with Haiti! +J.M.J+
Syncretism in Catholic church in Haiti has always been a point of confusion for me. Glad Fr. Merosne aknowledges that and speaks frankly about it.
God bless Haiti
This Priest is a wonderful man of God! I have to hear more of him!!
This is probably my favorite episode. I could listen to him speak for HOURS. Such a faithful heart for God and His people.
He constantly brought me to tears, Praise God for this priest and Matt! & especially for Mother Mary!
My parish sponsors a parish in Haiti. The Haitian pastor came after two years because of Covid and unrest in Haiti and stayed for a week. He gave a great homily and it was wonderful to hear the accent.
This Alaskan girl is trying to wrap my head around this conversation about snow! 🤣
Yo, I'm from Puerto Rico, near you by 2 islands. Lol.
God bless u Fr. and keep you faithful to His will.
I could listen to this Priest all day, he has experienced amazing things. God Bless him. I wish Australia was officially consecrated To The Blessed Mother the way Haiti and Poland has.
Looking forward to more similar interviews, so that we get to know how Jesus and Mary works in each place. God Bless this channel. Great content.😇
Father I could listen to you speak forever! thank you!
This means the world to me Father. I converted to the Catholic faith almost a decade ago. Once I moved to a heavily Hispanic area I became so shocked and abhorred at the syncretism and demonic practices that get mixed with the Catholic faith. The biggest shock to me is zero discussion from the pulpit.
I have witnessed first hand people sacrificing to Satan in Guatemala under the use of “folks saints”, I get sick of going to the supermarkets and seeing the Death Saint (Santa Muerte) sold out. I have seen this crap placed on shrines of Church grounds.
Please keep fighting this and telling people that it’s not ok
I pray and request all to pray for the conversion of India.🙏🙏🏿🙏🏽
Matt you should have Jordan B Peterson on your podcast! You will most certainly enjoy talking to him and it would be an amazing session!
Fr. Louis!!! Such an honest man of God. Miss seeing you on campus back in our FUS days. God be with you!
Matt….this is an amazing interview. One of my favorites. 🙏🏼. Matt if you are doing anything to help Haiti let us know so we can help!
Dues Benedicat!
During the Haitian war of independence French sent also Polish troops that were Napoleons allies. They did not liked idea to fight Haitians as they themselves were fighting for freedom. They joined Haitians and fought against French. When Haitians won, they banned whites to own any land, with exception for the Poles. Many of them settled in Haiti, and one can still see their heritage in some villages there.
Interesting! Thanks for sharing, I'm Polish and I didn't know that.
I didn’t know that, wow, that’s good to know
God bless this priest 🙏
Listening from Dominica. Dominica was mentioned as one of the countries where people speak creole (kweyol). Matt, my wife and I enjoy these shows. BTW we also Haitian friend who is a priest.
Wow! awesome and inspiring... prayers for you Fr Louis🙏 Thank you Matt❤
What a Soul to meet!!! Such peace and love just streams from your face and words. You can feel your tender heart. May God bless you greatly. 🙏🙏🙏 Thank you for your yes Father. Ave Maria 🙏🙏🙏
I could listen to him talk all day, thank you Fr!!
Wow thoroughly enjoyed this interview. Eye opening to hear the history of Haiti. I am amazed how little we know about the worth and honour in poorer countries. Thanks for explaining the synchronist.
I felt the need to clarify some things, the way the priest talks about the republic and the declarations of independence seems to me to be a historical error.
Of course, in the American and Haitian cases they seem to be just revolts, but in the rest of Latin America this is not the case, Spain and Portugal were in the 16-19th century the pivotal countries in neo-Thomism, which triggered the conversion of the natives, in the construction of universities, infrastructure and education.
in the biggest countries of latin america, all the revolts were unjust and with the liberal support of the USA: Mexico, Venezuela, Bolivia, Argentina and Brazil, and the understanding of the formation of countries by self-determination cannot be universalized at all, it is bad and only must be allowed in case of any type of injustice.
What happened in the countries mentioned above was revolt for the sake of revolt.
As a Brazilian Catholic conservative, I would prefer that Brazil continued to be a colony of Portugal(but preferably that Portugal and Spain had never been separated.), and that was the intention of several conservatives in Latin America, at the beginning of the revolts against the Spanish empire, there were indigenous provinces that fought alongside the Spaniards.
I just felt the need to demonize this vision of the glorification of republics and colonial revolts that is seen by the vast majority of Americans, Catholic or not, who have embraced the ideas of liberalism(At least in this regard), and that I personally saw in the priest's and Matt's speeches.
Because certainly these revolutions opened gaps for liberal ideas in these countries, and consequently secularism, just as the monarchies of Austria and Spain were the main opponents of these ideas, the republics were most susceptible to them.
Feel free to disagree and to give your considerations, God bless you.
Agreed!!
Matt this is such a great interview. I really enjoyed listening to how he explained “synchronisation”. This is very similar to how things are done in Sri Lanka but perhaps not to the same extent as Haiti
Can you explain the syncretism situation in Sri Lanka? Are there Catholics & other Christians who dabble with Hindu & Buddhist practices?
Amen! when Gospel becomes so real!🙏❤️
The syncretism he talks about is true and it is one of the main issues I have concerning my conversion 🥴 the syncretism is a real thing in haiti till this day
So if (or when) you feel ready to convert, avoid syncretism, brother. You know the path when yiu know the bad reality. The exact same reality happens in Brazil in some regions with huge African influence: slaves were forced to follow Catholicism by their masters and owners, then they mingled their pagan deities with some saints so as to avoid punishment and come unnoticed; and many practitioners of Umbanda and Candomblé, two kinds of African religions, often disguise among Catholics today. The same happened in any part where religion was forced. So they are condemned by the Church (those imposing the faith through force and those promoting syncretism), even if the Church ‘per se’ does not condemn the plurality of customs and cultural practices if they are not a desecration to the pure faith and a way to pollute the true worship to the divine and perfect unity of the Father, through the Son, in the Spirit, in His one Church and His one faith. God bless!
@@masterchief8179 thank you so much 🤝
@Edouard MARCELLIN perhaps you can be a force against the syncretization. Educate people on how it started and why it's wrong. I'm not from Haiti so you would know a lot better than me how to do that. God bless you brother!
Great interview! Thank You!
Yay!!! Hello father!!! And sir Fradd!😁❤🙏🏾🇭🇹
One of my favourite Pints with Aquinas episodes for sure. Fr. Louis, WOW. What a gift and a beautiful priest! Jesus is working through him. May God bless him.
I’m only 12 minutes in but I’m already in love with Fr’s story telling. Can’t wait to listen to the rest of it haha
Great episode!!! Amazing!
Great interview! Thanks to Matt and his guest!
Thank you so much for this podcast
Great video! Love this🙏. So uplifting to hear how it is in different countries.
Amazing interview. fr Merosne has a lovely personality.
Awesome video Matt! Thank you so much for your devotion to giving us Catholics entertainment mixed with knowledge and fruit so that we can stand on our faith !
Fr. Louis was such a treat. God bless Haiti!
Thanks!
Such a blessing to listen and learn from this wonderful Priest. Thank you Father!
Wow! Beautiful ♥️ there’s so much graces in the Catholic Church in Haiti 🇭🇹 coursing through Fr. Louis Merosne
Haha wow just started the video. fr’s voice is so lovely
Good video. God bless you fr. We need to help bring Catholicism into our education again. We forget that Catholicism started this education in the first place.
How could you hate musicals , Matt ? I love them. They are the American equivalent of OPeras!!! 🎈🇺🇸😊
Inspiring!
Definitely going 2 get some treats 😋 & watch this! Looks like FuNn! Yay!
I love the way that even in disaster the people wash dress up and go to Mass to see and receive the Eucharist 😀
I LOVE Hallow, just really need to use it more.
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🙏🙏JMJ💞🙏🙏
Matt....
Just a crazy thought...but wouldn't it be a cool project to do a Patron service trip and serve Fr and his people?
This was really good.
Just imagining this priest introducing a trailer for new blockbuster..
Very interesting guest. Exact same syncretism mentioned here i observe in my wife's African family: very prevelant...unfortunatelly (and with disastrous consequences)
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Please where are Father’s translated Scott Hahn’s Bible Studies?
Hello, Protestant here! Could anybody help me to understand why someone or a country would be consecrated to Mary using a particular image? Loved this episode!!
Hi, the notion of consecration is deeply rooted in the Old Testament/Jewish law and is fulfilled by Jesus in the New Testament.
"The solemn setting apart of a person or thing (or nation in this case) to a special use or purpose". For example, David consumes consecrated bread (bread of the Presence) from the tabernacle in I Samuel 21. This is a foreshadowing and fully fulfilled when Jesus offers His presence in bread during the Last Supper/ the Passover (why we call the moment the priest lifts up the host during holy mass- consecration, and why it is stored in a tabernacle)
In regards to Mary, because Scripture tells us she is "full of grace", and because God has chosen to be Christ's and our mother, she became the "giver of grace". Grace can only be given from God, but He has chosen her as the dispenser of all grace. Consecration to Mary is a solemn vow to thread our hearts completely to Jesus' heart just like she did, through humility and complete surrender to His will. You are surrendering all of the moments of your life to God. In consecrating to Mary you are also asking for Mary's intercession/ prayer in all moments of your life and her guidance. The image itself (albeit beautiful) is not special, but what it represents is special and holy (Mary as our Blessed Mother will always help/perpetual help as she glorifies God by praying for us).
Sorry for the long- winded explanation. Consecration to Mary and praying the rosary literally saved my life/ soul and brought me back to God, so I am very passionate about it. I can't explain the depths of it in words to you.
If you're interested, I encourage you to look into it more. I have never felt more loved by God. God bless you!
@@jwolsk2 Wow, thank you so much!! Not long winded at all-I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and found it super informative and interesting! I have been in my “pre-catechumen” stage for about a year and I am still learning so much…it’s incredible. I am just now starting to feel brave enough to try praying the rosary (sounds strange but growing up this type of practice was strictly forbidden) and I’m excited. I didn’t want to do it until I really understood what was going on. I will definitely keep looking into this. Thanks again 🙂
@@natmmeyer that's really amazing that you're learning the rosary. I imagine the whole process of exploring Catholicism has been a leap of faith! It really is beautiful and true and the learning is life long. I just learned how to pray the rosary 3 years ago. The TH-cam channel onehailmaryatatime really helped me get over my misunderstandings of the rosary/ Mother Mary and is so inspirational. They pray the rosary every day and the guest often gives their testimony. God bless you on your journey! :) I pray you soon get to experience Jesus in the Holy Eucharist. It is surely worth it.
@@jwolsk2 Thank you very much!! I will check out that channel now.
37:00. I guess even a demon can be a cry-bully.
Biĝgest source of misery in Haiti is the fatherless home,Br.Kevin mc P au P
Matt Frad is alread Country he said they got to Ya All lol
I love this priest but don’t he sound a look with his mannerism like Key from Key and Peele?
I wish lovely Catholics would understand this, its either super fancy indecent clothes, or just shorts or sweatpants.... Can we dress with joy to meet the Lord 😭 at the very least be decent. You'd never go sloppy to meet the royal family, why would you think its ok to mass that way, as though you were going for a pool party 🙄
Doesn't dressing modestly go with authentic Christianity? The West which has largely been de-Christianied by the Left thought, needs to return to its roots and reclaim its moral standing.
Matt Fradd, please stop trashing Catholic schools in a wholesale manner. I have been a teacher at multiple schools where boys grow up to become great priests. We teach the kids how to pray the rosary and bring them to mass regularly. These are regular, affordable Catholic schools in my area. I get it that it’s not like that everywhere, which is why you should not disparage them all. Call out particulars, if you know specific Catholic schools that are falling short.
To me goes without saying we know not all catholic teachers or schools betray the catholic church.......
It'd be great if Matt and you can have a podcast session :)
Would you feel comfortable saying what area of the country you’re in? Cuz I went to a high school where they “brought us to Mass regularly,” and had us pray the rosary - but the Mass was pretty repulsive, and the biennial rosary was just that. Meanwhile we got a pretty aggressively atheist curriculum, with a couple senescent older women giving theology classes; those women were trying to get through a lesson plan that pissed off their unruly classes, and as a result were not able to combat the hours a day the kids were getting from atheist history teachers and English teachers and science teachers.
Y’know, I’m sure in the last four decades my high school had some alumni who became priests. But that’s not BECAUSE of that school, but IN SPITE of it. Same reason my high school produced so many honorable heroic servicemen: The community that went to that school (because it was better than the public schools where you’d get stabbed) was already patriotic IN SPITE of the school.
@@claymcdermott718 I’m in Louisiana. All of what you mentioned unfortunately still occurs at many schools. But, on the whole, the schools I have been to make sure that Jesus is the center of all the truth taught at the school. Also, we regularly remind ourselves at faculty meetings that our primary job is to make sure these kids stay Catholic, develop an awareness of God’s presence, and get to heaven.
@@bcampbell8344 I wish my Catholic schools would have been more like that in the 70's and 80's in Minnesota. Websites didn't exist back then, but I look at some now out of curiosity. Many say they accept students of all faiths. I think that perpetuates the problem of watering down the faith. Even good orthodox faculty can't alienate those students.
Will you go to Heaven?
Here’s a quick test: Have you ever lied, stolen, or used God’s name in vain?
Jesus said, “Whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”
If you have done these things, God sees you as a lying, thieving, blasphemous, adulterer at heart, and the Bible warns that one day God will punish you in a terrible place called Hell. But God is not willing that any should perish.
Sinners broke God’s Law and *Jesus paid their fine. This means that God can legally dismiss their case:*
*"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have you life.”*
Then Jesus rose from the grave, defeating it. Today, repent and trust Jesus, and God will give you eternal life as free gift. Then read the Bible daily and obey it. God will never fail you. (living waters/ray comfort)
God bless you
Ray Comforts is a Protestant that often times chide Catholicism.
@@namapalsu2364 What matters here is the true Gospel of the Biblical Jesus Christ. I didn't come to share someone's words for the sake of sharing their words, but the Gospel.
@@Pyroverbs205 And I don't agree. Come with what you shared is erroneous protestant baggage. Sorry, but that's just the way it is.
@@Pyroverbs205 JW or Mormon would say the same thing you said to me when you accuse them of errors.
Every Church has set of beliefs. Ray Comfort's is not compatible with the Catholic Church. Not to mention that he's not very irenic unlike other Protestants (Cameron Bertuzzi etc)
@@namapalsu2364 And by that you basically called the true Gospel of the Biblical Jesus "erroneous (...) baggage". You just *implied* that what you believe about this is different from the Gospel Scripture actually teaches. (Thanks for making my work easier.)
Unlike you, my "denomination" isn't my God nor do I place my belief in it. I believe in and follow only the God of the Bible.
Like instead of showing why that Gospel presentation isn't Biblical by using Scripture, you instead want to place more emphasis and focus on "catholicism vs protestant" and the "denomination" of who said this or that (instead of the actual message presented).
*So, anyway, I'm not going to fall for your obvious red herring.*
The fact that Matt hates musicals points to a deep character flaw.
The truth is the Bible. Not the Catechism.
The Catechism comes from the Bible and tradition passed down through the Church. The Catechism highlights scripture and points out why we believe what we do. Without the Catechism there would be so much confusion and division. That’s why there are thousands of Christian denominations outside of Catholic Christians. If you don’t know what you believe and why you believe it you can make up your own denomination and Church that neglect the traditions passed down by the apostles, early church fathers, and the Church in general throughout the history of Christianity.
Why didn't Father talk about all the mixed race people that were slaughtered in the Haiti blood bath because they were not dark enough?
This is probably my favorite episode. I could listen to him speak for HOURS. Such a faithful heart for God and His people.