That’s extremely interesting. Was there a specific part that influenced you? I ask because there was a Tan book about Catholic exorcism that influenced my decision. Right after the thought ‘this is real!’ hit me, I thought that if this is real, perhaps the things they’re saying are real, too. It helped that I was in a haunted house seeing and experiencing things I hadn’t believed existed. I had seen a full body apparition of a ghost and seen more than one demon, and was terrified... which is why I was reading the book in the first place.
@@dasan9178 Dealing with demonic things is a huge priority for me. I noticed this seemed like a scientific and methodical approach to expelling demons from your life. My hope is to stay in a state of grace, but I'm fairly terrible at that. I just don't feel inspired often enough to keep myself going every single week. Please pray for me. Thank you.
@@effiewilson8164 I can’t seem to stay in a state of Grace lately for even a day. No idea how our Blessed Mother managed it for a lifetime! I noticed early on that science fails when you enter the realm of the supernatural. It’s what drew me to the Church. No one else can adequately explain the supernatural or how to protect yourself from demonic forces. With the world falling apart, it’s clear we can’t succeed without God’s help. At least half the battle is just understanding this one thing. The rest is surrendering our will to God, and accepting his control over our destinies. So, I’ll pray for you. Please remember me as well. God knows I need it.
That's the kind of sermon we used to get back in the 1960's, the kind we desperately need today and the kind we never really hear anymore. That is a sermon with catechesis and a call to repentance and a call to think more deeply about things. Very worthwhile, great work!
Every time I receive communion I have a better week and start to actually feel better and more happy, church actually cheers me up by going, I actually find this strange in a way if that makes sense.
Very sincere priest. He is not mean and accusing as other priests who teach this topic on TH-cam. This father gets his point across clearly, in a very calm, peaceful manner.
Who could ever accuse a priest of boredom when he invites us to confession is probably in need of a good confession! The relationship of a priest to a soul within the sacred rite of confession is so very intimate sacred and holy that only in heaven shall we understand fully this divine Trinitarian sublime union of priest and God to our souls! Gods sublime Divine Mercy in our souls. Thankyou Father.
Thanks for the blessing of this homily Father H. ... Please always continue having these homilies on you tube. They have enlightened me and have helped me so so much. Take it from me Father. .. they are extremely effective. I have passed on these homilies to my family members and they too tell me how much understanding they have received. God bless you.. I can see sometimes the Lord's work comes with obstacles. But what else is new?..
Father John Hollowell Vatican II document, Lumen Gentium # 15: “For several reasons the Church recognizes that it is joined to those who, though baptized and so honoured with the Christian name, do not profess the faith in its entirety or do not preserve communion under the successor of St. Peter.”56 Vatican II says that the Church is united with those who don’t accept the Faith and the Papacy. This is totally heretical. It’s the opposite of the teaching of the Church. As we see below, it’s a dogma that those who reject the Papacy, or any portion of the Faith, are not joined to the Catholic Church. Pope Pius IX, Amantissimus (# 3), April 8, 1862: “ There are other, almost countless, proofs drawn from the most trustworthy witnesses which clearly and openly testify with great faith, exactitude, respect and obedience that all who want to belong to the true and only Church of Christ must honor and obey this Apostolic See and the Roman Pontiff.”57 Pope Pius VI, Charitas (# 32), April 13, 1791: “ Finally, in one word, stay close to Us. For no one can be in the Church of Christ without being in unity with its visible head and founded on the See of Peter.”58 I have asked many novus order priests if they should ctry and convert eastern orthodox to catholicism and they said no. Do you believe in ecumenism? how about this stament do you agree with it? Vatican II document, Lumen Gentium # 16: “ But the plan of salvation also embraces those who acknowledge the Creator, and among these the MOSLEMS are first; they profess to hold the faith of Abraham AND ALONG WITH US THEY WORSHIP THE ONE MERCIFUL GOD WHO WILL JUDGE HUMANITY ON THE LAST DAY.”49
Vatican II notes the ways that people can have some attachment to the Church. There is no salvation outside the Church, and so only through the Church does Salvation come. The elements of Salvation come to us through the Sacraments, but if someone believes and receives some of the sacraments, can they possibly attain salvation? When you ask if I believe in ecumenism, I would say it depends on what you mean by ecumenism. If you mean "do you talk to other people who don't believe in the Church" I would say I do that based on the command of Christ to bring the Good News to all people. If you mean by ecumenism a sort of indifference and a relativistic approach such that I say "I don't care what Faith you are, there is no reason for me to try to bring you along to a place where you join the one holy Catholic apostolic Church that Christ has set up and sustained, I would say of course not. All of our relationships should be geared toward bringing people into Communion with the Roman Catholic Church.
+CarolineN28 We can do with some hear in South Africa also Caroline. Far to many Priests dont preach from their heart as this man does. God Bless Fr John
Thank you so much father! This, along with your other videos, are most helpful and appreciated. Please continue giving them :) (and could I ask a favor- i have some exams coming up- could you pray for me- even if it is very short)
I'm from CT and went went through the R C I A last year and the teacher explained all those rules you went over and I'm happy to know how inportant it is to stay in a state of grace .. and more important that the bread is the body and blood of Jesus and I definitely don't want to be in the devels play ground ..........
Always good to listen to and ponder. There remains on this one though a few extras not mentioned. In the History of the Church, the receipt regular and even frequently by the laity is a comparatively recent phenomenon. Certainly in the Medieval Church even upto the 19th century regular communion was not considered either a priority or desirable. It is properly only as we turn into the 20th century and from Leo and Pius that these gates were opened. It is the start of the century that regular and even weekly receipt of Communion was advanced by the Hierarchy. It is not until the Second Vatican Council that daily receipt is tolerated and pushed for. The receipt of the Blessed Sacrament is today more than desirable, it remains a grace: but it is not properly correct to advance it as always being the case in History. Whilst the Church advances at least a yearly receipt of Confession, this is only a requirement in the case of Mortal sin. It does not advance the case that Confession MUST be actioned if only venial sin remains. Of course the reason for Confession is not just to get some spiritual inoculation against sin. The sacrament is for our good and thereby its receipt is to be desired. It remains a point that every communicate before receiving the Blessed Sacrament should make an act of contrition. The Church in its prayers asks for Forgiveness before distribution but properly every person should confirm a private contrition before approaching the altar. The fact that some people may receive Holy Communion as if they were receiving a pound of sausages at the super market is a disgrace! As St John Vianney noted IF YOU KNEW WHOM WAS ON THE ALTAR WHEN YOU COME TO CHURCH YOU WOULD CRAWL . . . All Catholics or anybody else should be in respect of the place and stop to recall what they are doing in any Church . .as they should in any religious building. . .belief not withstanding, respect should always be shown and for Catholics at mass this is a grace that should not be treated lightly. Lastly the case of Mortal sin is an on going debate? There are many things in the past which were denounced as Mortal sin and breaking Gods friendship by will. As the Century moved forward and with great wars etc and social movements occuring the Church was forced to confront these beliefs as incomplete. For example whilst it does not deny the possibility of grave sin it has tampered these condemnations with mercy that recognises influences such as social, environmental and habitual may effect the rational of traditional mortal sin. It should not be a surprise that in a century of war that saw more dead than all previous centuries combined, where absolute truths were swallowed in killing fields of mechanical death and where social consciences were directed to secular economies, that the Church was forced to update its vision of Christian thinking. In effect the God of the Catholic Church is becoming more gentle and merciful than in past reasonings. We shall not recon on crime and punishment inducing bewilderment and poverty and fear in religion. No that is not acceptable any longer, no more than the acceptance if not full agreement with slavery. Historically the Church has much to ponder and do penance for, because its role has not always been worthy of the Gospels. Nonetheless, the Church remains and continues to grow towards the Light of Truth. This means of course that canon law sometimes reflects an attitude that holds little weight if we are to stress mercy and encourage Hope. Hence the CCC is updated to weigh more towards Gods paternal care and his involvement in human suffering.
Hi all, In 1946 Pope Pius XII said these prophetic words: *"The sin of the century is the loss of the sense of sin."* Did he have a glimpse into the future? Did he see a vision of the Internet and all that goes on via social media? Brothers and Sisters: We live in this fallen world. What does Jesus say about this? John 17 …15 I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 17 Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.… If we continue to do those things that we know by nature to be sinful, to be evil, we will become consumed by it. Every temptation that you successfully fought against is a glory to God. Be glorified in Him. If you do not Turn Away and go to Confession, you will end up needing an exorcism. Break those chains and focus on Christ. Its the only way. Blessings, R. Zell
***** ~~~ Some of the protestants are not culpable due to their *invincible ignorance.* Its those that hate the Catholic Church, which men hate because of Me, His Body, His Bride, His Church.
another condition which is okay to miss Mass on Sunday is if you're doing a act of Charity that made it impossible for you to get to Mass on Sunday.. that's in the Catechism.. I had to pick up a recovering drug addict.. and take him to a 12-step meeting.. I also had to work a 16-hour overnight shift Saturday and Sunday.. so there was no way I was able to get to mass that weekend.. and according to the catechism that was a condition that was justified
In Britain we are told that we need to go Confession as-soon-as-possible if we have committed mortal sin. Although equally to commit mortal sin is not as clear cut as it was once thought as the CCC confirms. On the other hand when we do go to communion we should make a personal Act of Contrition - as well as the one the Liturgy asks of us in the Mass and a sign of reconciliation. The Church asks of us that we should hopefully get to Confession a few times a year but in the case of venial sins as may be committed by many practising Catholics it does not make a definitive declaration or binding condition. Of course it is best that we try to get to Confession but the Church in its wisdom has also allowed for general reconciliation services, especially near Easter. It is important that all people make use of the Sacraments of course and the Church in its kindly compassionate understanding and wisdom of its age today confers the Sacrament of Reconciliation as one of that . . to be reconciled rather than legalistic dogma which can scare away the timid souls that it is designed to welcome. Some thought? Discuss.
Father, this was a great homily! Thank you for your faithful service to the church. But I think your use of the language "out of bounds" could have been expanded upon. Because "souls perish for lack of knowledge". It think one needs to rather clearly tell people (And it MUST be in a kind, gentle and loving way) that if they die in a state of mortal sin they will be condemned to Hell. Just like St. John Paul II's Catechism clearly tell us. There needs to be a sense of urgency. The Saints did this and it worked!
Be under no illusion satan does not in confession in confession our lord and saviour jesus christ speaker through the priest , this is why confession is so powerful sacrement
when charity binds you to stay at home for example if someone in the family is sick and needs your care, esp the aged, or if you are unable to go to church because of such obligations such as yours, the Lord will understand. if possible, bring your baby to church.
It sounds strange to hear being in the state of grace or in the state of Mortal Sin as being "in bounds or "out of bounds." So are you afraid to tell it to your audience straight? You didn't mention that receiving Holy Communion in the state of Mortal Sin is a most grievous sacrilege. You didn't warn people that even one Mortal Sin will be enough to damn a person to Hell should they die without having repented of and confessed all Mortal Sins in the sacrament of Confession. Are people too delicate to hear that? Or too vengeful?
God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ I am SORRY for all the sins that I have committed in my life, and PLEASE protect me and your entire faithful country the Philippines from the clutches of the EVIL and VILE country which is China.
Jesus is the only one who can forgive sins and his name is the only name that is above all names that has authority over demons there is no other name no sinner can forgive sins Jesus is the only way
Correct and before he left Earth he gave to the apostles the power to forgive sins. He never said that we should try to go directly to him for forgiveness after he was in Heaven. But he did leave that power in men who would act on his behalf.
@@bridgefin jesus said that no man comes to the father except through me. All men have sinned and come short of the glory of god. If thats true then how can any man forgive sins if he is a sinner. Jesus is the son of god and died so we could be forgiven he is the only name in which anyone can be saved from hell fire
@@rebeccagossett5122 You asked: how can any man forgive sins if he is a sinner. Me: First: All men are sinners. Second: In John 20:23 Jesus told the apostles (sinner men) that "whose sins you forgive are forgiven" Conclusion: If you are a believer in Jesus then you know that Jesus gave the power to forgive sins to sinner men.
@@bridgefin my advice to you friend take a closer look at what it meant. And beilieve what christ said that he is the only way we can be forgiven from sin
@@rebeccagossett5122 I am taking Jesus at his word confirmed by how the hearers of that word responded. Yes, he is the only one who can forgive sins but he does it through the ministry of those apostles. They are his agents of forgiveness. You could also claim that only God can heal the sick. But, since he is not here, he gives that power to doctors to bring his healing to the sick.
Before god everything alike this is A B O M I N A B L E ❗ Jeremiah 10:2.... Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. 10:3 - For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. 10:4 - They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. 10:5 - They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good. Jeremiah, 10:8 - But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities. Jeremiah, 10:11 - Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens. Jeremiah, 10:14 - Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. 15 - They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. Jeremiah, 10:21 - For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered. Habakkuk, 2:18 - What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? 19 - Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it. First John, 5:21 - Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. Psalms, 115:4 - Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. 5 - They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: 6 - They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: 7 - They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. 8 - They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them. Read it until you understand it ❗
I was an R/C for 17yrs active in e church choir, Legion of Mary n e Catholic Nurses' Guild. BUT I nevr knw Christ OR ever experienve or e reality of e power of His resurrection!. I nevr once drank e blood of Jesus during e mass:- yet Jesus said tht - " if u do not drink my blood, u have no life!" :.. in e book of Leviticus it is written:- " the life is in e blood"....No wonder I was always sad, depressed, fearful n timid. Now I can even cast out demons thru Jesus. Once, in a X'tian bkshop, a customer (an ex- Luthran, then, a practsng prostitutre) manifested, sending e cashier shouting for help.I went over used e NAME of JESUS n cast out e manifest ing evil forces (( thr was no priestly stole, vestments, e Ciborium, or e Eucharist available or present; in ths bkshop crisis)) frm tht bkshop customer n she spun her head so fast tht only her flying long hair cud be seem; no face!!! Suddenly she projectile vomittd onto e floor n stopped spinning her head. I had nothing wth me, only e Presence of Jesus n also no experience, being a new, greenhorn born again ex -Catholic ) but thn a joyous n alive child of e Living God fully conscious tht I AM n BELONG to e ROYAL PRIESTHOOD of BELIEVERS:-"For u r a Royal Ptiesthood, a Holy Nation".... (1Peter) We can nevr wth effort make ourselves HOLY, only e PRESENCE OF GRACE N E INDWELLING HOLY SPIRIT CAN MAKE THT HAPPEN! Our efforts n performance r fleshly to God n abhorrent to Him. He HAS to trigger n start e work of sanctifi cstion unto Holiness tht is effective n long lasting!!! I partake of e Holy Communi on in church n @ home or @ work; breaking bread n drinking His blood (wine) any day n frequently whn sick, cos e healing IS IN e Eucharist WTH e Blood (LIFE of Jesus) No blood; No Life! I now confess my sins directly to Jesus (mercifully sparing e human priest frm e contamin ation of my sins via transfrance of spirit n cause e priest to manif est MY sins) as I can now feel Him (JESUS) cos He has made me come alive to Him n re-ntroduced me to His Father, Who is now truly my most beloved Abba, Father God; affable n warm:- indeed God is LOVE in Himself. So nice n approach able any time n in whatrvr state or condition I'm in!!! He keeps on loving me.!!! Such assuarnce n stabolity tht I am irreversibly accepted in e Beloved!!! See!! How I was robbed of ALL these TRUTHS if Jesus Himslf had not reached out to me n filled me wth His Holy Spirit Who led n taught me by revelation wht TRUTH really IS The bible became alive to me only after e Baptism of e Holy Spirit on e same day He set me FREE FROM E LAW OF SIN N DEATH (Hey! Whn Jesus forgves:- can feel lightness. But no diffrance whn e R/C ptiest pronnces his absolutions) n M now AWARE tht e Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus is fully operative in me! Rom8:1-5 No wonder Pope John recently said to e Catholics tht it is dangerous to hv a personal relationship, directly wth Christ:- I can understand why a pope of e Catholic church said that!!! Cos if all Catholics obtain, recve tht addictive taste of e reality n tangible Presence of Christ, e R/C Church will instantly be emptied n Popes will become obsolete n unnecessary; especially so when such a one (pope) does NOT even know e bible or e Writer of e bible n has NOT even known or tasted e enjoyment of personally interacting wth God as Abba wth great FREEDOM n JOY!!! Obviously they DON'T!!! Hence e dour homilies, penance, n repetitive formulated prayers nothing is fresh or spontaneously frm e heart ignited by e H.Spirit ( thr's not evn a proper sermon cos they really hv nothing to say; as they r not yet alive Spirit ually; empty xessels, empty talk!!) No matter e cover ups n deceptns, Jesus will still rescue HIS lost sheep steeped in idolatry n sorrow WTHIN a church setting!!! N give thm... "Beauty for ashes! The oil of joy for mourning; a garment of PRAISE for e spirit of heavi ness; tht we might be..... TREES OF RIGHTEOUS NESS, e planting of e Lord tht HE,..HE ALONE.... (NOT e church nor e Pope) MIGHT BE GLORIFIED! I'm now living under joyous, glorious, life- enlivening GRACE n constantly in touch (can feel) GOD, my warm, loving, ever approachable Abba, Daddy God, knowing now tht Jesus has not come to give us rules n more rules but He came to set us free n give us freshness n abundant life..... tht he/she whom e Son sets free, is free indeed! Freed by e Blood of e Lamb!!! Btw, tht prostitute in e X'tian bkshop accepted e Lord, we had lunch together after tht ordeal n glorious resurrectn of her soul n spirit n she attends our bible study group e nxt day onwards! O TASTE n SEE THT E LORD IS GOOD!!! LIKE HONEY IN E ROCK"!!!....man! AMEN!!!
this Homily is what helped my decision in converting to Catholicism. Thank you
That’s extremely interesting. Was there a specific part that influenced you?
I ask because there was a Tan book about Catholic exorcism that influenced my decision. Right after the thought ‘this is real!’ hit me, I thought that if this is real, perhaps the things they’re saying are real, too.
It helped that I was in a haunted house seeing and experiencing things I hadn’t believed existed. I had seen a full body apparition of a ghost and seen more than one demon, and was terrified... which is why I was reading the book in the first place.
@@dasan9178 Dealing with demonic things is a huge priority for me. I noticed this seemed like a scientific and methodical approach to expelling demons from your life. My hope is to stay in a state of grace, but I'm fairly terrible at that. I just don't feel inspired often enough to keep myself going every single week. Please pray for me. Thank you.
@@effiewilson8164 I can’t seem to stay in a state of Grace lately for even a day. No idea how our Blessed Mother managed it for a lifetime!
I noticed early on that science fails when you enter the realm of the supernatural. It’s what drew me to the Church. No one else can adequately explain the supernatural or how to protect yourself from demonic forces.
With the world falling apart, it’s clear we can’t succeed without God’s help. At least half the battle is just understanding this one thing. The rest is surrendering our will to God, and accepting his control over our destinies.
So, I’ll pray for you. Please remember me as well. God knows I need it.
This homily was the hard truth. I wish more priests weren't so fearful of telling us what we need to hear. Thank you.
you're welcome
Yes. Thank u
That's the kind of sermon we used to get back in the 1960's, the kind we desperately need today and the kind we never really hear anymore. That is a sermon with catechesis and a call to repentance and a call to think more deeply about things. Very worthwhile, great work!
Good priest, goooooood priest. Not a lot like this guy around! God bless.
THIS PRIEST IS GREAT
you are absolutely brilliant, Father. Thank you for explaining that which is difficult to explain.
Every time I receive communion I have a better week and start to actually feel better and more happy, church actually cheers me up by going, I actually find this strange in a way if that makes sense.
Just what I needed to hear today! God bless you Fr. Hollowell!
Very sincere priest. He is not mean and accusing as other priests who teach this topic on TH-cam. This father gets his point across clearly, in a very calm, peaceful manner.
thank you father john, I needed to be reminded. I've been "out of bounds".
Thank you for your kind words!
Beautiful and powerfull sermon Father!🙏✝️💒
Who could ever accuse a priest of boredom when he invites us to confession is probably in need of a good confession!
The relationship of a priest to a soul within the sacred rite of confession is so very intimate sacred and holy that only in heaven shall we understand fully this divine Trinitarian sublime union of priest and God to our souls! Gods sublime Divine Mercy in our souls. Thankyou Father.
Well spoken Father., Thank you ...and God bless you always! Please pray for me as i do for you..
Thank you so much for saying "yes" to God, Father John! God bless you more!
this priest right here is A1, we need more!!!!!!!
Thank you Father, this is a good explanation, we need to hear why we can't receive the Eucharist if we are in mortal sin. God bless you.
God Bless you Father John! More priests need to have the courage to teach the TRUTH!
I just found your videos today. You do a very good job.
I needed this. Missed Mass on Sunday.
Thanks for the blessing of this homily Father H. ... Please always continue having these homilies on you tube. They have enlightened me and have helped me so so much. Take it from me Father. .. they are extremely effective. I have passed on these homilies to my family members and they too tell me how much understanding they have received. God bless you.. I can see sometimes the Lord's work comes with obstacles. But what else is new?..
That's great. Thanks for the kind words!
Father John Hollowell
Do you agree with the vatican 2 church that we don't have to convert non catholics to the Catholic Church?
where did Vatican II say that?
Father John Hollowell Vatican II document, Lumen Gentium # 15: “For several reasons the Church
recognizes that it is joined to those who, though baptized and so honoured
with the Christian name, do not profess the faith in its entirety or do not
preserve communion under the successor of St. Peter.”56
Vatican II says that the Church is united with those who don’t accept the Faith and
the Papacy. This is totally heretical. It’s the opposite of the teaching of the Church. As
we see below, it’s a dogma that those who reject the Papacy, or any portion of the
Faith, are not joined to the Catholic Church.
Pope Pius IX, Amantissimus (# 3), April 8, 1862: “ There are other, almost
countless, proofs drawn from the most trustworthy witnesses which clearly and
openly testify with great faith, exactitude, respect and obedience that all who
want to belong to the true and only Church of Christ must honor and
obey this Apostolic See and the Roman Pontiff.”57
Pope Pius VI, Charitas (# 32), April 13, 1791: “ Finally, in one word, stay close
to Us. For no one can be in the Church of Christ without being in unity
with its visible head and founded on the See of Peter.”58
I have asked many novus order priests if they should ctry and convert eastern orthodox to catholicism and they said no.
Do you believe in ecumenism?
how about this stament do you agree with it?
Vatican II document, Lumen Gentium # 16: “ But the plan of salvation also
embraces those who acknowledge the Creator, and among these the
MOSLEMS are first; they profess to hold the faith of Abraham AND ALONG
WITH US THEY WORSHIP THE ONE MERCIFUL GOD WHO WILL JUDGE
HUMANITY ON THE LAST DAY.”49
Vatican II notes the ways that people can have some attachment to the Church.
There is no salvation outside the Church, and so only through the Church does Salvation come. The elements of Salvation come to us through the Sacraments, but if someone believes and receives some of the sacraments, can they possibly attain salvation?
When you ask if I believe in ecumenism, I would say it depends on what you mean by ecumenism. If you mean "do you talk to other people who don't believe in the Church" I would say I do that based on the command of Christ to bring the Good News to all people.
If you mean by ecumenism a sort of indifference and a relativistic approach such that I say "I don't care what Faith you are, there is no reason for me to try to bring you along to a place where you join the one holy Catholic apostolic Church that Christ has set up and sustained, I would say of course not. All of our relationships should be geared toward bringing people into Communion with the Roman Catholic Church.
A good homily from a good, holy priest.
Fantastic homily
Confession is cleansing!! I love it.
Thanks, Father John!!
Where are priest like you???? LOL Send some over to Australia please!!
+CarolineN28
We can do with some hear in South Africa also Caroline. Far to many Priests dont preach from their heart as this man does. God Bless Fr John
Thank you so much father! This, along with your other videos, are most helpful and appreciated. Please continue giving them :) (and could I ask a favor- i have some exams coming up- could you pray for me- even if it is very short)
Reconciliation is beautiful thing
11.43 very smart approach to confession👏👏👏👏
Thank you Father . This is really true.
I'm from CT and went went through the R C I A last year and the teacher explained all those rules you went over and I'm happy to know how inportant it is to stay in a state of grace .. and more important that the bread is the body and blood of Jesus and I definitely don't want to be in the devels play ground ..........
Excellent Homily Father! This really helped me.
Ty Father
Always good to listen to and ponder.
There remains on this one though a few extras not mentioned. In the History of the Church, the receipt regular and even frequently by the laity is a comparatively recent phenomenon. Certainly in the Medieval Church even upto the 19th century regular communion was not considered either a priority or desirable. It is properly only as we turn into the 20th century and from Leo and Pius that these gates were opened. It is the start of the century that regular and even weekly receipt of Communion was advanced by the Hierarchy. It is not until the Second Vatican Council that daily receipt is tolerated and pushed for.
The receipt of the Blessed Sacrament is today more than desirable, it remains a grace: but it is not properly correct to advance it as always being the case in History.
Whilst the Church advances at least a yearly receipt of Confession, this is only a requirement in the case of Mortal sin. It does not advance the case that Confession MUST be actioned if only venial sin remains. Of course the reason for Confession is not just to get some spiritual inoculation against sin. The sacrament is for our good and thereby its receipt is to be desired. It remains a point that every communicate before receiving the Blessed Sacrament should make an act of contrition. The Church in its prayers asks for Forgiveness before distribution but properly every person should confirm a private contrition before approaching the altar.
The fact that some people may receive Holy Communion as if they were receiving a pound of sausages at the super market is a disgrace! As St John Vianney noted IF YOU KNEW WHOM WAS ON THE ALTAR WHEN YOU COME TO CHURCH YOU WOULD CRAWL . . .
All Catholics or anybody else should be in respect of the place and stop to recall what they are doing in any Church . .as they should in any religious building. . .belief not withstanding, respect should always be shown and for Catholics at mass this is a grace that should not be treated lightly.
Lastly the case of Mortal sin is an on going debate? There are many things in the past which were denounced as Mortal sin and breaking Gods friendship by will. As the Century moved forward and with great wars etc and social movements occuring the Church was forced to confront these beliefs as incomplete. For example whilst it does not deny the possibility of grave sin it has tampered these condemnations with mercy that recognises influences such as social, environmental and habitual may effect the rational of traditional mortal sin. It should not be a surprise that in a century of war that saw more dead than all previous centuries combined, where absolute truths were swallowed in killing fields of mechanical death and where social consciences were directed to secular economies, that the Church was forced to update its vision of Christian thinking. In effect the God of the Catholic Church is becoming more gentle and merciful than in past reasonings. We shall not recon on crime and punishment inducing bewilderment and poverty and fear in religion. No that is not acceptable any longer, no more than the acceptance if not full agreement with slavery. Historically the Church has much to ponder and do penance for, because its role has not always been worthy of the Gospels.
Nonetheless, the Church remains and continues to grow towards the Light of Truth. This means of course that canon law sometimes reflects an attitude that holds little weight if we are to stress mercy and encourage Hope. Hence the CCC is updated to weigh more towards Gods paternal care and his involvement in human suffering.
Hi all,
In 1946 Pope Pius XII said these prophetic words:
*"The sin of the century is the loss of the sense of sin."*
Did he have a glimpse into the future? Did he see a vision of the Internet and all that goes on via social media?
Brothers and Sisters: We live in this fallen world. What does Jesus say about this?
John 17 …15 I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 17 Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.…
If we continue to do those things that we know by nature to be sinful, to be evil, we will become consumed by it.
Every temptation that you successfully fought against is a glory to God. Be glorified in Him.
If you do not Turn Away and go to Confession, you will end up needing an exorcism.
Break those chains and focus on Christ. Its the only way.
Blessings,
R. Zell
***** ~~~ Some of the protestants are not culpable due to their *invincible ignorance.*
Its those that hate the Catholic Church, which men hate because of Me, His Body, His Bride, His Church.
so true...there is no shame today...society has flipped from where we were back in the 40s. What was good back then is bad today and visa versa
In the end the whole world will be catholic jesus and mary do not lie and will prevail. amen
Thank you Fr. John! God bless you.
We need more homilies like this! Tired of hearing just about the readings..we need to know right from wrong!
This priest is on fire.
another condition which is okay to miss Mass on Sunday is if you're doing a act of Charity that made it impossible for you to get to Mass on Sunday.. that's in the Catechism.. I had to pick up a recovering drug addict.. and take him to a 12-step meeting.. I also had to work a 16-hour overnight shift Saturday and Sunday.. so there was no way I was able to get to mass that weekend.. and according to the catechism that was a condition that was justified
Father john, i want you to do a video proving that the catholic church is the one true church.
In Britain we are told that we need to go Confession as-soon-as-possible if we have committed mortal sin. Although equally to commit mortal sin is not as clear cut as it was once thought as the CCC confirms. On the other hand when we do go to communion we should make a personal Act of Contrition - as well as the one the Liturgy asks of us in the Mass and a sign of reconciliation. The Church asks of us that we should hopefully get to Confession a few times a year but in the case of venial sins as may be committed by many practising Catholics it does not make a definitive declaration or binding condition. Of course it is best that we try to get to Confession but the Church in its wisdom has also allowed for general reconciliation services, especially near Easter. It is important that all people make use of the Sacraments of course and the Church in its kindly compassionate understanding and wisdom of its age today confers the Sacrament of Reconciliation as one of that . . to be reconciled rather than legalistic dogma which can scare away the timid souls that it is designed to welcome. Some thought? Discuss.
FatherJohn my issue with holy days is if it falls on a Monday not a holy day why not no matter what day it is it is a holy day
Father, this was a great homily! Thank you for your faithful service to the church. But I think your use of the language "out of bounds" could have been expanded upon. Because "souls perish for lack of knowledge". It think one needs to rather clearly tell people (And it MUST be in a kind, gentle and loving way) that if they die in a state of mortal sin they will be condemned to Hell. Just like St. John Paul II's Catechism clearly tell us. There needs to be a sense of urgency. The Saints did this and it worked!
Be under no illusion satan does not in confession in confession our lord and saviour jesus christ speaker through the priest , this is why confession is so powerful sacrement
Father, I was wondering whether it's ok not to attend mass if u have a baby at home who needs u. Is that a valid excuse?
Melissa Monteiro my priest told me this is acceptable. I'm a single mum and I told him I can't always get to Mass. He said God knows my heart.
when charity binds you to stay at home for example if someone in the family is sick and needs your care, esp the aged, or if you are unable to go to church because of such obligations such as yours, the Lord will understand. if possible, bring your baby to church.
It sounds strange to hear being in the state of grace or in the state of Mortal Sin as being "in bounds or "out of bounds." So are you afraid to tell it to your audience straight? You didn't mention that receiving Holy Communion in the state of Mortal Sin is a most grievous sacrilege. You didn't warn people that even one Mortal Sin will be enough to damn a person to Hell should they die without having repented of and confessed all Mortal Sins in the sacrament of Confession. Are people too delicate to hear that? Or too vengeful?
Hatred is a moral sin
If we receive in mortal sin it’s like saying we can go to heaven in mortal sin.
God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ I am SORRY for all the sins that I have committed in my life, and PLEASE protect me and your entire faithful country the Philippines from the clutches of the EVIL and VILE country which is China.
Jesus is the only one who can forgive sins and his name is the only name that is above all names that has authority over demons there is no other name no sinner can forgive sins Jesus is the only way
Correct and before he left Earth he gave to the apostles the power to forgive sins. He never said that we should try to go directly to him for forgiveness after he was in Heaven. But he did leave that power in men who would act on his behalf.
@@bridgefin jesus said that no man comes to the father except through me. All men have sinned and come short of the glory of god. If thats true then how can any man forgive sins if he is a sinner. Jesus is the son of god and died so we could be forgiven he is the only name in which anyone can be saved from hell fire
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You asked: how can any man forgive sins if he is a sinner.
Me: First: All men are sinners.
Second: In John 20:23 Jesus told the apostles (sinner men) that "whose sins you forgive are forgiven"
Conclusion: If you are a believer in Jesus then you know that Jesus gave the power to forgive sins to sinner men.
@@bridgefin my advice to you friend take a closer look at what it meant. And beilieve what christ said that he is the only way we can be forgiven from sin
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I am taking Jesus at his word confirmed by how the hearers of that word responded. Yes, he is the only one who can forgive sins but he does it through the ministry of those apostles. They are his agents of forgiveness. You could also claim that only God can heal the sick. But, since he is not here, he gives that power to doctors to bring his healing to the sick.
Before god everything alike this is
A B O M I N A B L E ❗
Jeremiah 10:2....
Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
10:3 - For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
10:4 - They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
10:5 - They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
Jeremiah, 10:8 - But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
Jeremiah, 10:11 - Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
Jeremiah, 10:14 - Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
15 - They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Jeremiah, 10:21 - For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
Habakkuk, 2:18 - What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
19 - Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
First John, 5:21 - Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
Psalms, 115:4 - Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
5 - They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
6 - They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
7 - They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
8 - They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
Read it until you understand it ❗
I was an R/C for 17yrs active in e church choir, Legion of Mary n e Catholic Nurses' Guild. BUT I nevr knw Christ OR ever experienve or e reality of e power of His resurrection!. I nevr once drank e blood of Jesus during e mass:- yet Jesus said tht - " if u do not drink my blood, u have no life!" :.. in e book of Leviticus it is written:- " the life is in e blood"....No wonder I was always sad, depressed, fearful n timid. Now I can even cast out demons thru Jesus. Once, in a X'tian bkshop, a customer (an ex- Luthran, then, a practsng prostitutre) manifested, sending e cashier shouting for help.I went over used e NAME of JESUS n cast out e manifest ing evil forces (( thr was no priestly stole, vestments, e Ciborium, or e Eucharist available or present; in ths bkshop crisis)) frm tht bkshop customer n she spun her head so fast tht only her flying long hair cud be seem; no face!!! Suddenly she projectile vomittd onto e floor n stopped spinning her head. I had nothing wth me, only e Presence of Jesus n also no experience, being a new, greenhorn born again ex -Catholic ) but thn a joyous n alive child of e Living God fully conscious tht I AM n BELONG to e ROYAL PRIESTHOOD of BELIEVERS:-"For u r a Royal Ptiesthood, a Holy Nation".... (1Peter) We can nevr wth effort make ourselves HOLY, only e PRESENCE OF GRACE N E INDWELLING HOLY SPIRIT CAN MAKE THT HAPPEN! Our efforts n performance r fleshly to God n abhorrent to Him. He HAS to trigger n start e work of sanctifi cstion unto Holiness tht is effective n long lasting!!! I partake of e Holy Communi on in church n @ home or @ work; breaking bread n drinking His blood (wine) any day n frequently whn sick, cos e healing IS IN e Eucharist WTH e Blood (LIFE of Jesus) No blood; No Life! I now confess my sins directly to Jesus (mercifully sparing e human priest frm e contamin ation of my sins via transfrance of spirit n cause e priest to manif est MY sins) as I can now feel Him (JESUS) cos He has made me come alive to Him n re-ntroduced me to His Father, Who is now truly my most beloved Abba, Father God; affable n warm:- indeed God is LOVE in Himself. So nice n approach able any time n in whatrvr state or condition I'm in!!! He keeps on loving me.!!! Such assuarnce n stabolity tht I am irreversibly accepted in e Beloved!!! See!! How I was robbed of ALL these TRUTHS if Jesus Himslf had not reached out to me n filled me wth His Holy Spirit Who led n taught me by revelation wht TRUTH really IS The bible became alive to me only after e Baptism of e Holy Spirit on e same day He set me FREE FROM E LAW OF SIN N DEATH (Hey! Whn Jesus forgves:- can feel lightness. But no diffrance whn e R/C ptiest pronnces his absolutions) n M now AWARE tht e Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus is fully operative in me! Rom8:1-5 No wonder Pope John recently said to e Catholics tht it is dangerous to hv a personal relationship, directly wth Christ:- I can understand why a pope of e Catholic church said that!!! Cos if all Catholics obtain, recve tht addictive taste of e reality n tangible Presence of Christ, e R/C Church will instantly be emptied n Popes will become obsolete n unnecessary; especially so when such a one (pope) does NOT even know e bible or e Writer of e bible n has NOT even known or tasted e enjoyment of personally interacting wth God as Abba wth great FREEDOM n JOY!!! Obviously they DON'T!!! Hence e dour homilies, penance, n repetitive formulated prayers nothing is fresh or spontaneously frm e heart ignited by e H.Spirit ( thr's not evn a proper sermon cos they really hv nothing to say; as they r not yet alive Spirit ually; empty xessels, empty talk!!) No matter e cover ups n deceptns, Jesus will still rescue HIS lost sheep steeped in idolatry n sorrow WTHIN a church setting!!! N give thm... "Beauty for ashes! The oil of joy for mourning; a garment of PRAISE for e spirit of heavi ness; tht we might be..... TREES OF RIGHTEOUS NESS, e planting of e Lord tht HE,..HE ALONE.... (NOT e church nor e Pope) MIGHT BE GLORIFIED! I'm now living under joyous, glorious, life- enlivening GRACE n constantly in touch (can feel) GOD, my warm, loving, ever approachable Abba, Daddy God, knowing now tht Jesus has not come to give us rules n more rules but He came to set us free n give us freshness n abundant life..... tht he/she whom e Son sets free, is free indeed! Freed by e Blood of e Lamb!!! Btw, tht prostitute in e X'tian bkshop accepted e Lord, we had lunch together after tht ordeal n glorious resurrectn of her soul n spirit n she attends our bible study group e nxt day onwards! O TASTE n SEE THT E LORD IS GOOD!!! LIKE HONEY IN E ROCK"!!!....man! AMEN!!!
Do you have any idea how ridiculous you are? Did you have some hot times at the seminary? Tell us.
Roy Chefets what an awful thing to say! You need to be converted!
"Confess yr Sins one to another...."(James 5:16). Do think about this, from The Holy Bible WORD of GOD🤔