Former Protestant Pastor tells how he got over his objections to Mary
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Many Protestants can't understand how Catholics believe what they believe about Mary. Over and over again, the Marian beliefs taught in Roman Catholicism are challenged and ridiculed as "unbiblical" "idolatrous", and "heretical". How do converts overcome these objections? In this video, former Protestant Pastor Keith Nester explains how he overcame his problems with what Catholics believe about Mary. For more information about Keith visit www.keithnester.com Facebook: Keith Nester Catholic Speaker Instagram: keithnestercatholic
I am a protestant searching for truth....thank you sooo much for this video.
Look up the channel Sensus Fidelium
And Fr. Chad Ripperger also Archbishop Fulton Sheen.
Thank you for watching!
Continue searching and our Lord will lead you by the hand. praying for you. God bless.
Billie K. My lord Jesus Christ please help this brother to come back home.
you can remain protestant . But honor Mary. because JESUS like when we honor his "chosen one" . Just like we honor a pastor, priest, but even more for her mother, she has suffered alot during the live of JESUS, people was mocking JESUS saying he is a son of carpenter denied that he is the Messiah, same with her mother. There is some books revealing the details of the HOLY FAMILY. Look it up. But also remember as human , we will never know the full "thruth" even PAUL said "when once prophetise once prophetise partially".
A mother who loves her children will always put her children first. The Mother of God, our Lady loves Jesus so much. She always points us to Jesus, not to herself.
Wow! That is the indian way of expressing your mother's love. Thank you so much!
So, if you already know where she's going to send you...
this is what many protestants cannot understand. they must lack a mother`s genuine love.
Im a protestant youth pastor and have been studying catholicism. I have prayed that Christ would lead me where he'd have me go. Pray for me
Cody, you can join your local parishes OCRI or RCIA study to learn about it from a genuine source. You don't have to become a member. 😊
Try praying the rosary, as hard as it may be because she will give you peace & guidance!
Cody if you are born again and have the holy ghost WE ARE NOT PROTESTANTS
don't take none of these CATHOLICS advice
They don't have the real Christ or know God
They do not believe What Jesus taught
Jesus: "I am the way you should go. Come to me."
Currently i'm a Evangelical protestant. Do I go to hell if I stayed Protestant or only in Catholicism is the way to heaven??
This video about our Blessed Mother is one of the best you've made. I'm a cradle catholic, daily church attendee, and listening to your comments makes me understand our faith so much better. May God continue to bless you and your family. My prayers are with you.
Thank you so much. I had another video in mind and decided to make this one today at the last moment. Your encouragement is a confirmation that this was a good move. God bless you!!
I forced myself to Pray the Rosary. It worked pretty well.
Check out US Grace Force here on UA-cam.
Brother, here is another chapter in the bible concerning our mother, APOCALYPSE 12( i know is not easy to understand, but with the help of the holy SPIRIT you can meditated on it till you understand, or someone help u)
and receive much more graces through the sacraments, brother! Praise God! Will be praying for you.
@@annfrancisco5556 Sad part is, I'm a Catechumen, I cannot receive any sacraments. I actually cried yesterday during communion. Thank you for praying for me. God bless.
Don't force yourself but meditate on the bible verses of the Rosary and you will feel the love of God
Yep, went through a lot of similar things. I’m not supposed to bust out in tears, but doing the meditations I cannot control them.
My grandmother introduced me to Mama Mary when I was around 10.Every month of May we do the rosary everyday with other kids in the small chapel until I was the one teaching kids to pray it.I dont understand things yet at those times but looking back now all I can say is that She brought me to love Jesus more,I learned to also make a diary dedicated to God telling Him about what my day was and how I feel.My life wasnt that easy nor too hard but those years looking back I was blessed with a good family despite financial struggles,opportunities coming to me without noticing it and with that I can say is she never really take away that right to our Lord.Growing up I forgot all about the rosary due to lifes constant pressures yet I always carry one with me wherever I go.It is like my protection and my guide.In this dark times of my life it came to my mind about the rosary,I carry it with me yet never say it for so many years nor write to the Lord like I use to before.I committed so many sins that it feels like He dont deserve a daughter like me anymore but He loves me and I know He only wants me to be the person He wants me to be.So now I wanted to start praying the rosary again hoping to change my life and follow His will.Anything impossible to us is possible to Him.
I am a Catholic revert after being in Protestant churches for 35 years. I love the Eucharist and know that God's presence is real. However, I always struggle with the Mary issue. Thank you for sharing your struggles with them. I've read all that you talked about and still don't believe all the Mary doctrines. I will continue to pray and study why the church venerates her so strongly. In will trust that the Holy Spirit will inform and guide me. If you have any books to recommend on the subject of Mary i would be grateful. Thank you!
Read St Louis de Montfort on Mary.
Behold your Mother by Tim Staples is a great book to read. Thank you for being so open Amy! I will pray a rosary for you. The Holy Spirit will guide you! Thanks for watching!
You may also want to watch this video. ua-cam.com/video/jmii0zRKP5A/v-deo.html
It features Dr. Brant Pitre, who Father Mike Schmitz named as his favorite Catholic speaker for scriptural talks, and he runs through a lot of the scriptural evidence for Catholic Marian beliefs.
The IMITATION OF MARY is one of the great book you can read also.
@@Anon.5216 You are the 2nd person to recommend that book. I will order it. Thanks!
If Mary had other children, why didn’t they take care of Mary after Christ was crucified? Jesus gave her to John for both the reasons to be the mother of the church and because she was all alone without immediate family (husband or children
Jesus called some people "brothers" who accompanied Mary which doesn't have to mean they were literally His brothers. They might have been cousins or simply members of the same community. Anyway, Jesus called every believer a brother. Protestants have a tendency to jump into conclusions without reading deeper into verses, which they call overinterpretation and heresy.
I am so proud of you Keith! You are doing God’s work in the Church🙏🏼😇⛪️ Welcome home :)
The Blessed Mother was a big prt of my first believing the Church’s teachings to be true. First learning she is the new Eve, a thought that never occurred to me, but once presented, was so natural and necessary it made me wonder how I had never yhought of it before. I then began to learn all I could, and the more I learned, the more sure I was of how good and right it was to have a Mother in her. Praying the Rosary daily transformed my life so very much, erasing all fear of demons and drawinf me closer to closer to Jesus, through His Mother. How awesome and mighty is our God, to do so much through so humble a person.
I am a joyful conservative lutheran m.div, Concordia Seminary) who is enjoying your videos...especially this one on Mary. I am a Hospice chaplain who feels comfortable with my catholic brothers abd even praying the "Hail Mary..." I pray for you as I listen to you and know the Lord will bless you!
-Prov. 3:5-7.
The Blessed Virgin Mary is NOT an obstacle in becoming closer to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Instead our Blessed Virgin Mary helps us CLOSER to her Son Jesus.
I always cry whenever i read this verse because Jesus in badly pains never forget his loving mother and we His children to be conected forever. Aunt Val.
I had the same reaction when I was converting to the Orthodox Church. I realised that Mary is my mother as well.
thanks mch brod.Keith..you really are a blessing to us all catholics..God bless you more...praying for more graces in your mission...we love you...frm Philippines...
As a Protestant, I do have respect for Mary and I am glad that she obeyed God and gave birth to Jesus.
However, I can not and will not bow to her or say any prayers to her as that would be an abomination to God.
Relying on church traditions and not the scriptures is a very dangerous thing to do.
Each of us will have to answer for what they did in the body, I hope the best for you.
Good point.
Thank you SO much for sharing your inspiring story.
I am a Catholic Christian believer, I spent most of my Christian life even as a Catholic having a very powerful relationship with Jesus but not really giving Mary any emotional time except for the odd prayer I would offer her.
Then one day it hit me, Woman behold thy son, son behold thy mother, I wrote this just as Kevin spoke about it.
This is very powerful, Jesus tells his beloved disciple John to take his mother to be his mother.
When I realised this I wept and thanked Jesus Christ for giving me his own beloved mother to me and all of us.
Mary is very powerful in removing sin from our lives and trust me I should know.
Thank you Jesus for your own mother to becoming John’s mother which in turn Mary became my mother also.
Thanks Keith for your videos and your sharing of your testimony of our blessed mother Mary.
Thank you for this beautiful sharing on the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows. In some discussions with protestants I realised that their problem is rather affectiv and ideological, not really rational: they usually ask you: where is that in the Bible? And if you show it to them, usually they do not accept it, they quote another biblical text which according to them is opposed to that. It is like what St. Paul says about the jews, whose eyes are blinded by a veil, which does not allow them to recognise Jesus in the prophets. Thus the Jews will quote many texts of the OT to counter the divinity of Jesus Christ. As for me, which most helped me regarding to Mary is the parallelism Adam/Jesus, Eve/Mary. If we are able to perceive Mary as the New Eve in the Bible, besides Jesus, the New Adam, all the marian dogmas will make sense. And we may perceive that when Jesus call her Woman in Cana and at the Cross; but still, we will only perceive it when we allow the Holy Spirit to take away the veil of incredulity from our interior eyes. If we do not, some times He blazes before our eyes and "knocks" us down to earth, as He did to St. Paul (through Jesus) and to Alfonse of Ratisbone (through Mary).
Yes- you are right on! Thank you for commenting. God bless!!
Hi,
YOU DID YOUR BEST REALLY, THANK U; YOU MADE VERY, VERY SMART ARGUEN ENT. MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU ABUNDANTLY. By Saba K. & I was born in Middle East, now a Christian CANTHOLIC & Canadian.
Mary did a wonderful job of bringing me back to her Son! She's a gentle mother who tells us to not be afraid, she'll talk to Him about us--He can not deny her, she is the Queen Mother! If we are afraid to approach Jesus because of whatever sins we have committed, she holds us by the hand and leads us directly to Him so we are not alone in our approach. It's like having a friend in the High Court of the Holy Trinity! --No regrets! God Bless!!
Awesome!!
@@KeithNester Thank you for your feedback and for your awesome videos! I'd like to share a simple explanation as to why there is so much outside
Sorry, I got cut off.. Why there is so much outside (worldly) animosity toward Mary. See the explanation in this brief Aleteia article: aleteia.org/2018/05/07/this-is-why-the-devil-hates-the-virgin-mary/ God Bless!
I love the mother of God the blessed Virgin Mary. Simple as we love Jesus considering us, as his brothers and sisters then who we are not to consider Mary as the mother of church where she was the chosen one to bear the blessed fruit on her womb Jesus. Mary I believe has done great things in my life I adore and respect I love her the way I feel to my own mother.
Love the message and your humbleness in this video Keith.
I was just confirmed a Catholic yesterday (Pentecost Sunday 2023). The Church accepted my Protestant baptism, which happened almost 49 years ago when I was a kid. I love God's Word, and have been studying Scripture since I could read...but I was never exposed to many of the teachings of the Church Fathers (though I did know some things about Church history, and I did read some of St. Augustine as a Protestant). Even as a Protestant, I was thinking about the Lord's redeeming blood, and it occurred to me that, in a way, Mary's blood was also shed on the cross. Didn't a sword pierce her heart, as well, as Simeon had prophesied? Only a few people followed Jesus all the way to the foot of the cross, and His mother was one of them. She shared in His sufferings in a way that no one else can even imagine. So, I am not surprised that she is so highly honored in the Catholic faith. It is just to do so.
As someone who has one foot in the Protestant world and the other one in exploring Catholicism, your content is so encouraging and helpful. I don't have any close relationships with Catholics to really be on this journey with me. I prayed my first rosary on Monday with a little help from a pamphlet and your rosary stream. I've been reading and listening to content about Mary for months. I still have mixed feelings about it all. But I did honestly admit to myself this week that I want it all to be true. At that point, I felt like maybe I should get out of my books and my head, so to speak, and try a more tangible, personal approach. Anyhow, I didn't mean to write an essay lol. Just wanted to express thanks.
It’s the great thing about Mary and the entire communion of saints. We have an army of those who are in heaven, loved Jesus with all their hearts and will fight like heck to help you get to heaven if you ask
Amen. I love the part that you said, blessed Mary is mother of all Christians
Hi Keith I’m glad to hear you on your journey, you know there’s a book called “THROUGH JESUS EYES “ by Alan Ames and there are a few messages from Him specially speaking about Mary wich if you read it would make you cry, I would put a chapter of it but the book I have is in Spanish kind of a big mess to translate it but I really recommend it to all of you
Aww! Watching this in 2024! How far you’ve come in your love of the Blessed Mother! So grateful for the Rosary Crew! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🥀🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thank.U.for.the.talk.on.Mary.
for.clearing.some.Dought.onMary.God.Bless.U.
Keith, You are a good man.
Aw thanks!
I’m Catholic . I was baptized as a child. Throughout adulthood I went to church a few times. Never read the Bible. I went back to church last year and have been going on and off but I have been questioning if I’m in the right place. Is this the “right “ religion. I’ve read so many negative things about Catholics and the whole thing on worshiping Mary and saints. These are the things that make me question it. I’ve been reading the Bible through the Bible app. I’m on day 300, and I’ve been praying for discernment. And then I came across your video. Is this God answering me? Hmmm
Yes
Who created you?
who died on the cross for you?
answer this questions and you will know who you should pray to.
Here's why Mary had to be sinless. Luke 1:28 28 "And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women." The KJV says, "Highly Favored" instead of "Full of Grace" Jerome translated Kecharitomene in the Vulgate as "Gratia Plena". which translates as "Full of Grace". Here's what dr. Bob Sungenis a Catholic apologist wrote about the KJV translation of Luke 1:28. "It was the Protestant translations that began to change the traditional translation. Whereas the Douay-Rheims had “hail, full of grace,” the KJV, which was modeled after the Douay-Rheims but came eight years after the first Douay translation, changed the words to “hail, highly favored one,” to eliminate even the implication that Mary was immaculately conceived.". This is why I will never read a Protestant Bible. They use "Highly favored one" instead of "Full of grace" to circumvent the Immaculate Conception. They don't make their theology conform to Scripture, they make Scripture conform to their theology.
Most Protestants hold to the notion that Mary was a sinner. They have a serious logical problem with that notion. If Mary not only was a sinner but more specifically a mortal sinner while Jesus was in her womb and there is no reason to assume that she didn't sin while Jesus was in her womb based on their own reasoning. When we sin we are slaves to Satan. If Mary sinned while Jesus was in her womb that would have meant that Jesus had the blood of a slave of Satan coursing through His veins. If Mary mortally sinned while Jesus was in her womb which is also a reasonable assumption based on Protestant thought Mary would have not only been cut off from God's Grace which would have contradicted Gabriel's greeting to her "Kecharitomene" but she would have been an enemy of God. Even with the bad KJV translation of "Highly favored one" she would have not been highly favored as she now was an enemy of God due to committing a "Sin that leads to death" while she had God himself in her womb. This alone would have rendered Gabriel's greeting to her at best schizophrenic and at worse a lie. This is the natural implication of calling Mary a sinner. She had no exemption based on Protestant thought while Jesus was in her womb. Now if Mary committed a sin that leads to death otherwise known as a mortal sin and died before Jesus died on the Cross for her, He would have had to sentence his own mother to hell for all eternity. This is the logical conclusion of Protestant thought.
When we mortally sin which is "sin that leads to death" 1 John 5:16. We are spiritually dead. We are cut of from God's grace and are now enemies of God deserving of eternal hell for each and every mortal sin committed. without the Sacrament of Reconciliation that's exactly where we are headed. If Protestant's think they have a way out of post Baptismal mortal sin by believing that simply confessing to Jesus directly means the guilt of the sin that leads to death is removed because Jesus remitted all sin for all time through the cross and can continue sinning based on that erroneous assumption deceive themselves. They are absolutely on the hook for each and every mortal sin committed. Hebrews 10:25-28 "If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, 27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God." This is one of many, many reasons that I would never be a Protestant. They have no way of removing the punishment due tor post Baptismal mortal sin. They will have to stand before God almighty and face the full consequences for each and every mortal sin committed. I am not perfect enough to be a Protestant. I need the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Where it "hurts" is not just an intellectual acknowledgment, but a desired relationship we bond with Mary that Jesus wants and I guess that takes time to grasp.
One other thing which has convinced me that Catholicism is true... is this profound sense of RATIONALITY to it all. Reason, Truth, Love, Peace, Joy, Holiness... all of these things (which are really one thing, the spirit of God) when they come.... they are RATIONAL. Just like when Christ cured the possessed man in the graveyard. When the people came to see what had happened, they found Christ sitting with the man who formerly was completely out of his mind, now sitting in his completely right and RATIONAL mind.
When I understood the Holy Mother, it was REASON (i.e. God's spirit) which led me here. It's just a much higher form of Reason than I can describe with words.
Thank you so much. This video has given me deeper insight to Marian devotion.
I thank you so much.
Remember satan hates Mother Mary.. for she is the power that brings people Ever so close the Her Son. So we must pray for those who find it difficult to see the Fullness of Truths in Our Blessed Mother and Her Glorious Son.
I’m a Catholic rediscovering my faith - really for the first time discovering my faith after being gone since after first communion and before first confession. Everyone’s stories bring me to tears because I experienced my own call back. Suffice it to say - I asked for help and the help were little nudges. I can’t recall if a Hail Mary was a trigger early on but I do know as soon as I began to pray the Hail Mary that the pill did get stronger. And as I begged for guidance and forgiveness the pull back to Mass and making my first confession and truly taking part in the holy Eucharist and I knew I was home. Now the adult confirmation process starts.
If you know more about Mother Mary, you become more closure to Our Lord Jesus Christ ❤️❤️
HAIL, MARY! FULL OF GRACE, THE LORD IS WITH THEE, BLESSED ARE THOU AMONG WOMEN, AND BLESSED IS THE FRUIT OF THY WOMB JESUS.
HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW, AND AT THE HOUR OF OUR DEATH. AMEN.
Amen.
I found you through your wife testimony.. you are a blessing.. Mother Mary bless you 🙏🏼
Thank you so much Laura!
I've been praying the rosary for a month and I keep telling Mother Mary that i want to meet, see and talk to her because I know she can make me understand and meditate on the life of her son the most. I wanted to understand Jesus and she came to in a dream a few days ago!!! It was the most peaceful I've ever felt.
The Apostolic Church presented a straightforward, realistic, and very human picture of Mary. Saintly, but not extraordinarily so, when compared to those having walked alongside Jesus throughout His ministry.
In John, Mary is mentioned in the inglorious request she made of Jesus at a wedding. His brothers clearly disbelieve Him. And Jesus tells John that she may be his responsibility at the darkest of times, during and following His crucifixion. Hence, the spiritual sword Jesus had explicitly mentioned bringing into the world through His ministry had divided even His own household.
For example, in Matthew 10:34-36 we read Jesus saying: "Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a person's enemies will be those of his own household."
Thus, as a new spiritual family called the Church was emerging amidst such conflicts, Jesus compassionately spoke to an immediate concern. However, from the beginning, Mary held and would have no special status or role....
Matthew 12:46-50: "While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him. Someone told him, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.” He replied to him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” Pointing to his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
Luke 11:27-28: "As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and blessed are the breasts that nursed You. But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
Acts 1:12-14: "Then the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the hill called the Mount of Olives, a Sabbath day’s walk from the city. When they arrived, they went upstairs to the room where they were staying. Those present were Peter, John, James and Andrew; Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew; James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers."
Notice that in the above list of earliest Disciples, Mary was mentioned only after the women who regularly followed Jesus and just before His previously unbelieving brothers.
Therefore, it doesn't appear as though Mary was ever considered or presented as an extraordinary role model or guide when compared to any of Jesus's closest followers. Nor does she appear otherwise in writings from the earliest Fathers of the Church.
Nevertheless, if anyone can provide explicit Scriptural statements demonstrating the contrary position, please do so. As someone having been on a long spiritual journey, I am committed to finding Truth. And, apart from such revelation, all pertinent evidence suggests that worldly sentiment led to abstract eisegesis and over reaching in theological discourse. From these forces a grand and glossy but ultimately unwarranted and undesirable tradition has arisen within Christ's Holy Church.
Indeed, the first demon Jesus ever encountered was in a synagogue. That is, amidst the devout liturgical gatherings of God's own people. And the "Divine Mother" and "Queen of Heaven" motifs were commonplace in demonic ancient religion, including within Biblically and theologically compromised Israel itself (Jer. 44).
Moreover, prior to medieval Christian claims in regards to the Apostles, the Pharisees had already developed dogma based an alleged oral tradition having passed down alongside Scripture from Moses. A principle condemned by none other than Jesus: "You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition!"
Hence, all such historical realities clearly and intentionally warn us of the very subtle, yet powerful, ways in which "doctrines of demons" have been and can be introduced as if delivered by a Moses or the Apostles themselves.
Finally, let's hear from recognized authorities on the matter of Scripture vs developing Church Traditions in matters of theology....
Clement of Alexandria (d. ca. 216) said, “But those who are ready to toil in the most excellent pursuits, will not desist from the search after truth, till they get the information from the Scriptures themselves” (Stromata 7:16).
Hippolytus of Rome (d. 235) said, “There is, brethren, one God, the knowledge of whom we gain from the Holy Scriptures and no other source” (Against the Heresy of One Noetus 9).
St. Athanasius (d. 375) said, “The Holy Scriptures, given by inspiration of God, are of themselves sufficient toward the discovery of truth. (Orat. adv. Gent., ad cap.) “The holy Scripture is of all things most sufficient for us” (To the Bishops of Egypt 1:4)." "The Catholic Christians will neither speak nor endure to hear anything in religion that is a stranger to Scripture; it being an evil heart of immodesty to speak those things which are not written,” (Exhort. ad Monachas). “Vainly then do they run about with the pretext that they have demanded Councils for the faith’s sake; for divine Scripture is sufficient above all things; but if a Council be needed on the point, there are the proceedings of the Fathers, for the Nicene Bishops did not neglect this matter, but stated the doctrine so exactly, that persons reading their words honestly, cannot but be reminded by them of the religion towards Christ announced in divine Scripture.” (De Synodis, 6).
St. Cyril of Jerusalem (d. 386) said, "We ought not to deliver even the most casual remark without the Holy Scriptures: nor be drawn aside by mere probabilities and the artifices of argument. Do not then believe me because I tell thee these things, unless thou receive from the Holy Scriptures the proof of what is set forth: for this salvation, which is of our faith, is not by ingenious reasonings, but by proof from the Holy Scriptures...Let us then speak nothing concerning the Holy Ghost but what is written; and if anything be not written, let us not busy ourselves about it. The Holy Ghost Himself spoke the Scriptures; He has also spoken concerning Himself as much as He pleased, or as much as we could receive. Be those things therefore spoken, which He has said; for whatsoever He has not said, we dare not say" (Catechetical Lectures, 4.17ff).
St. Gregory of Nyssa (d. 394) said, "What then is our reply? We do not think that it is right to make their prevailing custom the law and rule of sound doctrine. For if custom is to avail for proof of soundness, we too, surely, may advance our prevailing custom; and if they reject this, we are surely not bound to follow theirs. Let the inspired Scripture, then, be our umpire, and the vote of truth will surely be given to those whose dogmas are found to agree with the Divine words (Dogmatic Treatises, Book 12. On the Trinity, To Eustathius).
St. Ambrose (d. 396) said, “How can we use those things which we do not find in the Holy Scriptures?” (Ambr. Offic., 1:23).
St. Augustine (d. 430) said, "For the reasonings of any men whatsoever, even though they be [true Christians], and of high reputation, are not to be treated by us in the same way as the canonical Scriptures are treated. We are at liberty, without doing any violence to the respect which these men deserve, to condemn and reject anything in their writings, if perchance we shall find that they have entertained opinions differing from that which others or we ourselves have, by the divine help, discovered to be the truth. I deal thus with the writings of others, and I wish my intelligent readers to deal thus with mine (Letters, 148.15).
Pray the holy rosary every day. Just do it! We're living in very bad times. You need it trust me.
The Holy Mother Mary is how I came to Catholicism. I have NO problem with her.
I am in RCIA, and now that the wine is being offered again and for the first time I am exposed to seeing it offered - and it’s not served in individual cups (like I was used to) and I do not see myself drinking from a cup shared by others.
Not sure what to do with these feelings now.
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I'm quite jealous of you for this not being a barrier to you in your conversion but to my fault, honestly this is the single biggest barrier to me. I really struggle with this. Thank you for your video.
Thanks Keith. Love from India! You could have told about Fatima, Lourdes and Velankanni (in India) where Mother Mary appeared to the ordinary people and is still heal thousands of people who go to her.
This video confirmed my belief that carving statues of Mary and saying prayers through Mary is idolatry.
Protestants forget that the Bible also says “there is more than is written here” so axiomatically that means NOT everything can be gleaned about Gods word by the Bible ALONE. A simple verse that means the 600,000 words of the KJV Protestant Bible, the 800,000 words of the Catholic Bible and the 1,000,000 words of the Orthodox Bibles still do NOT encompass it all. So both Protestants AND Muslims looking to find fault with certain things because they don’t exist in a specific phrasing doesn’t mean it is wrong …”there is more than is written here”
I am also a convert...protestants don't think Mary is important but she has to be think about it God \Jesus couldn't be born of just anybody She was extra special and deserves our love
I think I would describe myself as conservative Lutheran. I believe that Christians should have reverence for Mary. After all, she was blessed to give birth to Christ, and had to suffer through His death. But calling her "mother of God" is never going to sit well with me. Who came first? God or Mary?
Should we respect Mary and revere her as a blessed woman who was given the immaculate conception? Absolutely. Should we contemplate her life and sacrifices just as we contemplate the life and sacrifices of Jesus? Absolutely. Should we pray to a dead human being and call them the mother of God? Now I'm not in agreement.
The protestants call out Catholics for insisting that salvation is achieved with faith and works.
They argue that faith alone is sufficient and cite Ephesians 2:8-10.
If you read the whole chapter, or even the whole bible, there is no mention of the words "faith ALONE" or "grace Alone". The protestants keep adding the word alone to fit their narrative.
In the case of the rosary, its a different deceit they use- they ignore the the word 'vain'.
The scripture reads "But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions,"
"Hail Mary..Full of grace.." were the words coming out of the angel Gabriel, they're not vain (even if the protestants think so).
"Our Father in heaven..." Jesus Himself taught those words- they're not vain (even if the protestants think so).
"Glory be to the Father...to the Son, to the Holy Spirit..."they're not vain (even if the protestants think so).
Mary is the best friend Jesus ever had: she brought Him into the world and stuck with Him throughout His life to the bitter end and beyond. She isn't Divinity. Some folks might think that she is-the way some folks throughout the years seem to put her on a pedestal-but she's only the best of the best of of Jesus' followers. That's why we Catholics honor her: she didn't have Original Sin. She was a virgin and agreed to conceive and give birth to Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit (a tremendous mystery) and she was taken to heaven "after her earthly life was finished." Not by her own power, but by the Blessed Trinity's. Our Catholic Church honors her like no other Saint.
Luke 8:21 - But He answered and said to them, “My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.”
Mary as the first Person To say Yes to Gods plan for redemption
Mary Was the First person to say thy will Be done
Mary thru who the WORD was made Flesh❤❤
@@bibleman8010 The first? 🤔
@@19nineteenthirteen19 yes The first
while she was not virgin at birth I do believe we should honor her the way we honor our mothers
Jesus Christ walked this earth for three years teaching the apostles how they should live and worship and by extension the lesson for ourselves. Mary did not feature in the road map to salvation.
You are a blessing 🙌 🙏 😊my the heavenly father protect and guide you always.
We definitely don't see Mary as God but we love her bc of her cooperation of the Holy spirit, she told Jesus to perform the first miracle, if it wasn't for Mary we wouldn't have a Savior, she gave up her only son so we could Jesus, her son would die for our sins and the Bible says all generations will call her blessed. Protestants think Mary should be recognized just at Christmas but she should be recognized everyday. She deserves all love respect and honor. If ppl would really understand Mary and her sacrifice I'd hope they see the point
Spot on Bro Nester💖
Wow great job Keith!!!
Im crying while watching this video. I felt guilt when I left catholic church. But im going back its been a week that the grace of the LORD sharing his wisdom pierce thru my heart. Forgive me, my catholic brethren. May the Almighty God in heaven forgive me for the decision i had before. But now, im going back to home. ❤️🙏
Let us pray for eachother!
Waiting for you is our Mother.
All of Heaven celebrates your return!!
Our Lord welcomes you in His church anytime with love❤️❤️❤️ no strings attached
Welcome home and may our Lord bless you
Coming out of Protestantism myself the evangelical kind. I admit I didn't feel any peace at my protestant church but been going to Catholic mass a couple times and feel peace. Please pray for me.
I will pray for you also.
Keep doing your part Brother, We'll do Ours, and God will do the remaining 99.999%...
Receive much more graces through the sacraments, brother! Praise God! Will be praying for you.
Praying for you Michael!!! RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) starts at this time of year at Catholic Churches all over the world. It is usually a weekly class that teaches folks the Traditions of the Church! Your timing couldn't be better!! Try it out! You won't be sorry!!! God Bless You!!!!!!!!
Peace is mentioned all through the mass! "The mass is ended go in peace to love as and serve the Lord. Let us offer each other a sign of peace. Peace be with you and with your spirit. May the peace of the Lord be with you always. Peace on earth to men of good will. And in the end of our lives...requiescat in pace(may they rest in peace). Peace is a theme in catholicism. Lord grant us your peace!
I found your videos just a couple of days ago. I admire you, my brother.
I converted to Catholicism 5 months ago. It was a painful process with a happy ending.
I have no regrets.
I love the Catholic Church, the only place where I can find the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.
Greetings from Peru. May God keep blessing your life.
Welcome home!
@xtreme survival I am sure I'll love it.
Thank you so much!! Welcome home. You will receive so much grace. What we gain is so much more than what we lost. I also agree about the Latin Mass. it’s amazing.
@@KeithNester Thank you for replying. I look forward to going to a Latin Mass 😇
Bienvenido a casa mi hermano. Te recomiendo los videos del Padre Luis Toro y de Fernando Casanova. Muy buenos.
You should also start making testimonial videos and sharing.
God Bless.
The best answer against Sola Scriptura is "Where in the bible does it say what books belong in the bible"?
The main idea of sola scriptura is not that no tradition is allowed, it is that no tradition can go against an explicit teaching of the Bible, because the written word is the most sure testimony handed down by the apostles. Therefore, everything should be tester by the scriptures. Even apostle Paul himself called the berean noble because they were searching in the scriptures if what he said to them is true.
You can have tradition, but do not make it at the same level than the word of God. This is a simple logic doctrine that the Bible tell itself. Do not had to the word or remove to the word of God.
Firstly, that’s not an answer, it’s a question.
Second, the question defies logic; the authors of the stories that were gathered together to create “the bible”, had no idea that they were going to made into that single book we have and enjoy today.
Lastly, if they all actually knew that one day, thousands of years from their time, that they’d eventually have their writings considered for a canon of official books, they would ALL have said that theirs should be added.
@dodleymortune4312 The bible does not say "do not add to the bible" You're probably referring to the Book of Revelation". But he was referring to that book. The bible didn't exist yet.
All of the disciples of Jesus ran away from Him during His Passion, but there was one disciple that didn’t abandon Him - the disciple John. But in this scene John was not alone in that journey, in fact he could have not done it by himself being present at the foot of the cross. He was with our Blessed Mother. If you look at the accounts in the garden, when all the disciples ran away, John too ran away, but he went straight to the Blessed Mother. and because of her, he was able to see Jesus and stayed close to him in His passion, all the way to the crucifixion. Why? Because he stayed close to our Blessed Mother! The other disciples ran away - they all went on their way, but John.
There were two people that took Mary into their own home. First was of course Saint Joseph, the other was Saint John. But notice in the first scene, the Angel told Joseph not to be afraid to take Mary into his own home. Likewise with John, where he took Mary into his own home. If the Angel told Saint Joseph “not to be afraid” to take Mary into his own home, then why couldn’t we do the same????? If Jesus, the 2nd Person of the Blessed Trinity, submitted Himself to the care of Mary, completely dependent on Her for 9 months in her womb, and then for the next 30 years became obedient to her, why can’t we? Our Blessed Lord is the epitome of that humility.... and we are only imitating Jesus as Saint Louis De Montfort said in his book True Devotion to Mary.
***AMEN TO THAT***
NO WHERE IN GOD'S WORD TO MANKIND DOES IT TELL US TO WORSHIP MARY, IT MENTIONS ONLY TO HONOR HER. NOT TO WORSHIP. RATHER, MARY SAYS IN THE BIBLE TO FOLLOW CHRIST!!!, NOT HER.
@@whoelseeverdiedforyou1737 good, we Catholics believe the same and do the same. We have never worshipped Mary, we honor her, and we have always followed Christ
I love your insight ❤️
You have a way with words. This was beautifully stated and a pleasure to read.
I just recently began to realized why Catholics love Mother Mary so much. For the longest time I rejected her and didn’t think she needed any more attention because it took away from attention toward Jesus but lately I’ve just somehow developed a new appreciation for her and almost like developed a relationship with her and it has brought me even closer to Jesus and I understand it so much now. I like the verse in John that you pointed out. I had never thought about it that much or looked deeper into that particular verse! I just started RCIA at my local church and I’m so excited to keep going! Thank you for your videos! God bless!
So happy for you Emily! It's so wonderful and comforting knowing we have the perfect Father and the perfect Mother❤️ The song Ave Maria has always brought me to tears and I never could get my head around it. She is waiting for all of us to love her as Jesus loved her. Her love for us is the most perfect love a Mom could have for a child. God bless you on your RCIA❤️
You should check out the channel called "adwmuk" (A Day With Mary UK).
It is my favorite channel. I think you will appreciate it.
The homilies and sermons given are just beautiful ☺
welcome home emily. God bless.
Emily that is AWESOME!!! I am so happy for you!!
Emily Robinson So happy for you, sister! God bless you!
I'm a Protestant in the process of learning about Catholicism. I've been convicted of the truth of the Church but man is it hard to unlearn Protestant beliefs I've been raised with. Thank you for these videos.
Hi it would be helpful to to download the Catholic answers app on your phone and listen to former protestants speak such as Jimmy Akin and Tim Staples. Also look up Steve Rays videos such as infant baptism, being born again, Faith alone etc. Steve was a former baptist minister and Scott Hahn who is great also. Cheers
Rome Sweet Home is a good book to read by Dr. Scott Hahn, also a convert and one time pastor.
@@candaceorr7517 hi there!! I actually converted to the Church in May of 2021, and it was Rome Sweet Home that really helped me along! It was such a hard road but so worth it.
@@mikayla8163 So glad to hear you did that hard work. I'm sure you found it was worth it. God bless you always.
@@candaceorr7517 Thank you so much! Yes, it was so worth it. I’m now getting married in the church to my amazing fiancé (we met during my early conversion and he was discerning the priesthood) next November ☺️
God bless you!
You videos are so helpful to me as a recent convert. Thank you.
Thank you Tim! God bless
You should be learning from a Catholic priest
He is a heritic a false prophet
He is a Protestant telling you how to be Catholic
You should follow the pope priests even nuns
I know that’s boring but you want to be Catholic but have interesting inspired
Protestants teaching you bible
@@waltermromanoff349 actually, i learned from RCIA. What he adds is the thoughts coming from protestant point of view, like me.... you sir, are one of the reasons i question becoming a catholic. I have met many like you.
Keith,
I’m a cradle Catholic and in the Legion of Mary. Thank you for sharing your story. Keep in mind even if you don’t get a million likes or subscribers. Just reaching one soul it’s worth it. May God bless you.
Amen
Amen to that!
I try to say the Catena daily. God bless the Legion and all you do!
Amen
AVE MARIA...I'm a Legionary too...now 67 yrs....and closer to Our Blessed Mother... feel so blest to read the devotion here to our 🌟 of the Ocean...Our Ark of the Covenant...Our Gate of Heaven.... Health of the sick.
AVE MARIA
Mary referred to herself as a servant of the lord. She had an important role, but she never wanted to be glorified in any way. ALL glory be to Jesus.
I pray the rosary everyday but like everyone who is a former Protestant, there are still lingering these doubts we carry from Protestantism. We have to forget those lies we heard for years.
It’s takes faith to pray even when we have that baggage. God bless you!
Close your eyes and think u recite the hail Mary to your mother....She loves that prayer because that’s the first time she heard about Him (Jesus).... see how it goes...
Keep Praying Brother, do your part, God will do his.... **Powerful tool** "the ROSARY is.... Meditate on each Mystery...
@@conikutch this is so beautiful!!!!
Since protestant has that tinge of sola scriptura, use that while praying the rosary, contemplate and meditate on the given mystery while praying the beads. All images of the scripture will come to live.
"NEVER BE AFFRAID OF LOVING MARY TOO MUCH . YOU CAN NEVER LOVE HER MORE THAN JESUS DID ." ---- Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Amen❤️🙏🌹
oh beautiful
What if you live mary mire than you love Jesus?
@@arturkvieira Not possible. Bc if you have a good relationship with Blessed Mother, she would always point us to Lord Jesus. 🙂🙏🏻
Amen❤🌺🙏
You're getting through to me. Very unhappy at my evangelical church. When i look into Catholicism, i notice i don't have the carnal urges i do while i'm even in the church! I'm having the journey.
Mary is like a magnifying glass.
Once you see her for who she is (Mother of God) then you can see Jesus bigger and with more clarity.
YES!!!!
@@KeithNester Beautiful dipiction of MOTHER MARY. Great is ur reward my Brother for trying to make her known what she is to world. Those who are in light n truth cannot be calm with regard to the truth.
Magnificat!
I agree that Mary is the mother of Jesus - the Son of God - but how can she be the mother of God because God existed before Mary did.
@@marybarbara56
She is the Daughter of The Father, Mother of the the Son, and wife of the Holy Spirit.
Beautiful testimony. However, I wouldn't say the teachings about Our Lady are not in the Bible. It is more like they are 'hidden'. Everything is there, but not explicitly. It is as if God reserved some Truths to only be discernible by a few. Those truly inspired by the Spirit. This is why Tradition is so important. Because it represents a corpus of inspired interpretation of Scripture.
Yes!! If you read The Mystical City of God written by venerable Mary Agreda, it's very interesting. Our Blessed Mother is God's perfect creation.
Yes indeed!!
Yes! In the apocalypse says that The woman who gave birth to the one who is going to rule, is also the mother of those who obey God. It is very clear that she is the mother of all Christians, even the mother of our separated brothers and sisters!
That’s how cults form
People believe crazy things without
any proof it’s true biblically
@@waltermromanoff349
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When you made this video I was agnostic. But in the summer of 2020 (when I was 41 years old) a close friend friend from high school took his life. I hadn’t seen him in maybe 18 years, but it broke my heart. It was, in short, absolutely devastating. After a few weeks of immense hurt, I literally woke-up one morning, and Mary was just “there”, in my mind. I had no visions of her, no verbal messages... but she was just there, every moment, for months. I am a mother and my two little boys at the time were 4 and 1 - I started to “feel” everything from Jesus’ life from Mary’s perspective. My heart just kept breaking and hurting for her. Every day I cried. I eventually met with a Deacon at our local Catholic Church, he assured me that “everything Mary does is to bring you to her son”. My sons were Baptized a month after this all started and I signed up for RCIA. About three months after Mary came to me (converted me!), I woke up one morning (again, it was this suddenly) - and Our Blessed Mother has succeeded to bring me to the feet of her son on the cross. I love our Blessed Mother so much - without her I don’t know if I ever would have given my life to Jesus. And Jesus has changed me in just about every way. The Archangel Gabriel said it: “Hail, full of grace”.
Amazing! Thank you for sharing
That is really beautiful - painful, but really beautiful.
❤May your friend find true rest. Your story is so touching and yes Mother Marie has and will always point to Jesus, she knows nothing else. May she pray for us that we get to know him like she did.
@@estelita9486 Thank you - today actually marks the third anniversary of his devastating decision to end his own life. His name is Eric - please keep him in your prayers.
@@katiejon17 absolutely! United with you in prayer
Precious brother in Christ, thank you for your boldness, and your willingness to post these videos. I have heard your testimony on how you became a Catholic, and you have inspired me in my own journey. I began RCIA a little over a month ago. I came to the exact same conclusions as you did with regard to becoming a Catholic, and the Catholic Church was the absolute last place I wanted to be. I got so angry at my best friend for consistently pointing me to the Catholic Church, but when I realized that he was right after listening to people like Steve Ray, Scott Hahn, and Tim Staples, I felt so badly, and became really emotional about it. I have been a Protestant worship leader for a few years now, and I am just coming out of that position, all for the sake of Christ, and the blessed virgin Mary. I say all this to say that I stand with you, I love you in the Lord, and I will be praying for you. God bless you, brother!
Amen Michael! Welcome home!! I am so happy to see this message. You have encouraged me greatly my friend. We stand together brother!!
Welcome home, the words of Christ tipped me over into the Faith “that they be one”. Jesus loves us, and wants us to be in His One body, His One Church. Who am i to refuse His prayer?
Welcome Home Michael!
Welcome Home brother Michael...
You need to made a video of your conversion.
Began my RCIA journey last week. I was never a protestant protestant. Although I certainly knew a lot of protestants 'on fire' about being one. Mine has always been a quiet faith maybe a little more open to suggestion. I've had a few opportunities to become Catholic in my life and now toward the end of it have decided to act. Nobody in my family is Catholic nor is my wife so it may be a bumpy ride.
Captain Liberator
By seeing your exemplary life, they will follow you soon.
Praying for you.
May you be blessed. I started my RCIA this year too and I'm 65 from an anglo-Catholic background.
Come to the Latin Mass and all will be well
@@dourtan6928 A true son of Cardinal St Newman. God bless you.
Recently, a Protestant who is planning to become Catholic said that he had "no feelings" for Mary and asked if this was a barrier to his becoming Catholic. I told him what I'd heard another person advise someone. Pray: "Dear Jesus, I know that you love your mother Mary more than any son has ever loved his mother. Please teach me about Mary so that, if it is Your will, I may love her as You do. Amen." I think anyone who wants to develop more understanding of Mary can pray this pray and achieve progress in their faith.
Very good of you. God made use of you to draw another person to himself. On account of this I’m publishing a weekly UA-cam video on episodes from the life of Don Bosco, entitled ST JOHN BOSCO by JOE ZAMMIT. In this series I’m narrating events and miracles from the splendid life of Don Bosco. St John Bosco used to perform a miracle almost every day, through the intercession of Mary Help of Christians. From the lives of saints we can learn how to love God more and draw closer to him. Thank you
I had this dream wear a demon was attacking me and yelled out Jesus name and the Virgin Mary and that demon instantly left me alone
virgin mary didnt save you it was jesus christ , everyone in the bible casts out demons in his name. he died for us, we were baptized in whos name? his! @@eliaslopez-tb2hi
It's not the God of the universe but the little g god of this world that will answer that prayer. He loves the fact he will steal praise, worship, glory, honor, hailing, that 100% ONLY belongs to Jesus Christ our Lord. Yet, here you and your friend and all the lost on this channel are.
Mary has no power or influence over our Salvation, only Jesus does. Mary and the saints were sinners like the rest of us. We should NOT idolize and worship people.
I remembered from Steve Ray he said, Where do you find in the bible that everything should be in the bible?..
Bible is an Inclusive book not an Exclusive book. The Other books also should be taken into account.
@@joemen3332 The thing many people fail to realize, both Catholics and Protestants, is that the Bible IS tradition. If they want to reject the tradition of the Church you also have to reject the Bible created by that tradition. Most Protestants actually do this. They ask for verses of what the Bible "says" as proof of doctrine but conveniently fail to see what the Bible "shows", a Church not only citing the Old Testament, but acting on its own authority and creating the New Testament.
@@luisaymerich9675 Contesting Catholic doctrine is like someone in the process of sawing off the branch on which he's sitting. Furthermore, there is often an answer in Scripture, sometimes it's even so obvious yet it somehow goes unnoticed (In a loud voice (Elizabeth) exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?). The "mother of my Lord" should be pretty clear as to why Mary deserves the "reputation" she holds in Catholic tradition.
The Bible actually says that there are more things happening, that all of them can't fit in the Bible. I forgot the exact wording and don't know where to find it, but I have heard this from people who reside in different US States and various walks of life, many years ago. Could anyone tell me ?
@@toninobelimussi296 Thankyou for your Biblical quote. That is straight from the Holy Book, the Bible. The words are a bit paraphrased though, but true.
Yes! That's exactly how I feel about our Mother! Her love is overwhelming as is Jesus love. Think about it, he loves us so much that he gave us His Mother! How many of us would be willing to share our mother's love and attention? That's exactly what he meant when he gave Mary to John (us) at the foot of the Cross. I cried like a baby when I first read this passage 😥. Thank you Jesus!!!❤️ I too am from NE Iowa. Keith, there's a beautiful shrine in Lacrosse, WI, if you didn't know. It's a treasure dedicated by Cardinal Burke called the Blessed Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe. It will blow you away!!!! Ave Maria❤️🙏✝️ to Jesus through Mary✝️🙏❤️
That’s awesome! I will check that out. Thank you so much! God bless you :)
Tim Staples tells the story about how he made a rude remark to a Catholic about Mary and the guy wanted to fight him.
Tim Staples was shocked.
But he admitted later that at that moment he knew he had to be Roman Catholic.
Yes indeed! We love our mother.
There's also a story about St Ignatius who when he was a young man considered killing a man who said he didn't believe in Mary's perpetual virginity lol. He didn't do it thank God, and I guess I shouldn't laugh, but sometimes things can get heated.
www.thecatholicthing.org/2016/03/16/ignatius-and-the-moor/
Here's another story. Almost the same situation. This time this rude guy was saying this to an Irish. The Irish told if he say one morning he will defend the honor of his Heavenly Mother. The bad guy was so taken by his reaction that he began to read about Catholics and the Blessed Mother, he became Catholic, became a priest and later on became a bishop in one of the diocese here in America. I just forgot where but I will try to find it and get back to you. Sept. 15, 2019 Feast Day of the Seven Dolors of the Blessed Virgin Mary, today's Holy Mass.
Remember The Divine Humanity of Our Lord came from the Blessed Mother. Reason why we call her Co-Redemptrix.
@@Wgaither1 of course not but the Bible repeatedly says we should pray for each other.
Mary was blessed Among women
Mary was not blessed ABOVE Women
She is not a goddess
I have great admiration for Catholic converts. Like Apostle Paul, they bring along fierceness and firepower which we cradle Catholics need to wake us up. Keith is an inspiration.
Thank you brother!
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I subscribe to that!
Thank you so much for your videos. They’ve been such a blessing. My husband and I became Catholic a little over 2 years ago after 4 decades of Protestantism, along with our children. We marvel every single day at the blessings God has given us to call us Home to His church. We also heard all the objections, all the lies our whole lives, and believed them for far too long, from several different denominations and “movements” of churches. We’ve both said that if we had really known what the Catholic Church actually does and does not teach, we would have become Catholic long ago.
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Another misled believer. Where does it say in the bible?
@@peterlee6148Where does what say in the bible, stop making stuff up?! The bible Is a Catholic book and our Lord himself said anyway, no amount of books can hold what he taught!
One thing that gets me everytime i see an exprotestant brother or sister is your passion about GOD and JESUS. But when you understand our love for Mary you speak so beatiful about her, i love your videos and the way you explain your thinking. God bless you and your family.
Thank you so much!!
It's amazing how our lives change from good to better to best when you start loving our Holy Mother Mary.
Thank you Keith. God bless you.
These types of videos are easy to share with protestants who don't yet believe, because it's a more down to earth, simple explanation. I love these. Keep up the good work.
Thank you Ryan! God bless you!!
He is a Protestant and that’s how our pastors teach only we follow the Bible
He is not a Catholic
You should be learning from priests and your
Holy father the pope
Walter M Romanoff what are you taking about?? I am no Protestant. You obviously know this since you watch all my videos! Love you Walter :)
Hi Keith, I, too, converted to Catholicism this past April 2019 after being a protestant for 15+ years. Mary was a big obstacle for me as well until I started doing my research and reading the bible in its historical context - which is SO important because if we look at scripture through the lens of that time, we will understand that back in that time, the queens of the kingdoms were not the wives of the kings, the queens were the mothers of the kings. Jesus is the King of Kings - which makes Mary our blessed Mother and - yes- our Heavenly Queen 🤗❤
Also, in that time, when the husband died, the responsibility to care for the mother would be passed onto the oldest son. If the oldest son died, the responsibility would then pass on to the 2nd oldest son and so on. It would have been unheard of and even a disgrace to give one's own mother away to someone else if she had another son who could care for her.
At the time of Jesus' death, St. Joseph had already passed, and since our blessed Mother had no other children, Jesus tells us all "Behold your mother." Jesus didn't say "John" he said "to the disciple he loved." Jesus loves all of his disciples. Therefore, who should look upon Mary as his mother? All of us who are beloved disciples of Christ.
Keep up the great work, Keith! Praying for you!
Hi, So I don't agree with you, but I'm intrigued as you mentioned the 'historical context' can you share with me what you meant by that share what books you use. Give quotes etc. Much appreciated. XX Have a blessed day.
THANK YOU FOR THE POWERFUL STORY YOU SHARED ABOUT QUEENS... PLEASE CAN YOU GIVE ME DIRECTION TO MAKE A STUDY ON THAT.. THIS IS A NEW REVELATION TO ME... GOD BLESS YOUR FAMILY
In the monarchy of King David, as well as in other ancient kingdoms of the Near East, the mother of the ruling king held an important office in the royal court and played a key part in the process of dynastic succession. In fact, the king’s mother ruled as queen, not his wife. The great pre-eminence of the king’s mother may seem odd from our modern Western perspective, in which we think of a queen as being the wife of a king. However, recall that most ancient Near-Eastern kings practiced polygamy. King Solomon had seven hundred wives (1 Kgs. 11:3)-imagine the chaos in the royal court if all seven hundred were awarded the queenship! But since each king had only one mother, one can see the practical wisdom in bestowing the queenship upon her.
A number of Old Testament passages reflect the important role of the queen mother in the Davidic kingdom. For example, almost every time the narrative of 1 and 2 Kings introduces a new monarch in Judah, it mentions the king’s mother as well, showing the mother’s intimate involvement in her royal son’s reign. Similarly, the queen mother is listed among the members of the royal court whom king Jehoiachin surrendered to the king of Babylon in 2 Kings 24:12.
Her royal office is also described by the prophet Jeremiah, who tells how the queen mother possessed a throne and a crown, symbolic of her position of authority in the kingdom: "Say to the king and the queen mother: ‘Take a lowly seat, for your beautiful crown has come down from your head. . . . Lift up your eyes and see those who come from the north. Where is the flock that was given you, your beautiful flock?’” (Jer. 13:18, 20). It is significant that God directed this oracle about the upcoming fall of Judah to both the king and his mother. Addressing both king and queen mother, Jeremiah portrays her as sharing in her son’s rule over the kingdom.
Probably the clearest example of the queen mother’s role is that of Bathsheba, wife of David and mother of Solomon. Scholars have noted the excellence of Bathsheba’s position in the kingdom once she became queen mother during Solomon’s rule. Compare the humble attitude of Bathsheba as spouse of King David (1 Kgs. 1:16-17, 31) with her majestic dignity as mother of the next king, Solomon (1 Kgs. 2:19-20). As spouse of the king, Bathsheba bows with her face to the ground and does obeisance to her husband, David, upon entering his royal chamber. In striking contrast, after her son Solomon assumed the throne and she became queen mother, Bathsheba receives a glorious reception upon meeting with her royal son: So Bathsheba went to King Solomon, to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. And the king rose to meet her, and bowed down to her; then he sat on his throne and had a seat brought for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right. Then she said, ‘I have one small request to make of you; do not refuse me.’ And the king said to her, ‘Make your request, my mother; for I will not refuse you’” (1 Kgs. 2:19-20).
This account reveals the sovereign prerogatives of the queen mother. Note how the king rises and bows as she enters. Bathsheba’s seat at the king’s right hand has the greatest significance. In the Bible, the right hand is the place of ultimate honor. This is seen in particular in the messianic Psalm 110 (“Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool”). In fact, many New Testament passages refer to the right-hand imagery of Psalm 110 to show Christ’s divinity and his reign with the Father over the whole universe (e.g., Hebrews 1:13). Thus, the queen mother sitting at the king’s right hand symbolizes her sharing in the king’s royal authority and illustrates how she holds the most important position in the kingdom, second only to the king, etc.
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This passage regarding Bathsheba also shows how the queen mother served as an advocate for the people, carrying petitions to the king. In 1 Kings 2:17, Adonijah asks Bathsheba to take a petition for him to King Solomon. He says to her: “Pray ask King Solomon-he will not refuse you-to give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife” (1 Kgs. 2:17). It is clear that Adonijah recognizes the queen mother’s position of influence over the king, so he confidently turns to Bathsheba as an intercessor for his request.
A few Old Testament prophecies incorporate the queen mother tradition when telling of the future Messiah. One example is Isaiah 7:14, which originated during a time of dynastic crisis in Judah when Syria and Israel were threatening Jerusalem and plotting to overthrow King Ahaz. God offers Ahaz a sign that the kingdom will continue: “Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that you weary my God also? Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, a young woman shall conceive and bear a son and shall call his name Emmanuel” (Isa. 7:13-14).
On one level, this passage points to the next king (Hezekiah) as a pledge that the Davidic dynasty will continue despite the threats of invading armies. At the same time, the royal son who is to be named “Emmanuel” points to the future messianic king (cf., Isa. 9:6-7, 11:1-2). This is why the New Testament says Jesus fulfills this prophecy from Isaiah (Matt. 1:23).
For our purposes we should note how this prophecy links the mother to her royal son. Since the oracle is addressed specifically to the Davidic household and concerns the continuation of the dynasty, the young woman bearing forth the royal son would be understood as a queen mother. This has implications for our understanding of Mary. Since the mother of the king always ruled as queen mother, we should expect to find the mother of the messianic king playing the role of the true queen mother in the everlasting Kingdom of God.
With this Old Testament background, we can now more clearly see how the New Testament portrays Mary in light of the queen mother tradition.
The Gospel of Matthew has often been called the “Gospel of the Kingdom.” Matthew emphasizes that Jesus is “the Son of David,” who is the true King of the Jews establishing the “Kingdom of Kingdom of Heaven.” With all this kingly imagery, it should not be surprising to find queen mother themes as well.
Right away, Matthew shows explicitly how the infant Jesus is the “Emmanuel” child as prophesied in Isaiah 7:14 (Matt. 1:23). As we saw above, this prophecy links the royal messianic child with his queen mother. Further, Matthew singles out the intimate relationship between the mother and her royal son by using the phrase “the child and his mother” five times in the first two chapters, recalling the close association between queen mother and royal son as described in the Books of Kings. Just as the queen mother was constantly mentioned alongside the Judean kings in 1 and 2 Kings, so Mary is frequently mentioned alongside her royal son, Jesus, in Matthew’s infancy narrative (Matt. 1:18; 2:11, 13, 14, 20, 21).
We find Mary portrayed against the background of Davidic kingdom motifs in Luke’s Gospel as well, especially in his accounts of the Annunciation and Visitation. First, the angel Gabriel is said to appear to a virgin betrothed to a man “of the house of David” (1:27). Then the angel tells Mary, “And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called Son of the most high.
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and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; and of his kingdom there will be no end” (Luke 1:31-33).
Hear the strong Davidic overtones describing Mary and her royal son: a woman from the house of David giving birth to a son who will be the new king whose reign will never end. With echoes from the queen mother tradition of the Davidic kingdom and the mother-son prophecy of Isaiah 7:14, we can conclude that Mary is being given the vocation of queen mother.
Mary’s royal office is made even more explicit in Luke’s account of the Visitation. Elizabeth greets Mary with the title “the mother of my Lord” (Luke 1:43). This title is charged with great queenly significance. In the royal court language of the ancient NearEast, the title “Mother of my Lord” was used to address the queen mother of the reigning king (who himself was addressed as “my Lord”; cf., 2 Sam. 24:21). Thus with this title Elizabeth is recognizing the great dignity of Mary’s role as the royal mother of the king, Jesus.
Finally, Mary’s queenship can be seen in the great vision described in Revelation 12: “And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; she was with child and she cried out in her pangs of birth, in anguish for delivery” (Rev. 12:1-2). Who is this newborn child? He is described as the messianic king exercising his dominion. In verse 5, the author of Revelation chose the messianic Psalm 2 to describe how this child will “rule all the nations with a rod of iron” (Rev. 12:5, Ps. 2:9). This royal son is taken up to heaven to sit on a throne (Rev. 12:5), and he ushers in the kingdom of God by defeating the devil: “Now the kingdom of our God has come, for the accuser has been throne down” (12:10). Certainly, this newborn child is the royal Messiah, King Jesus.
In this light it is clear who this woman is who gave birth to the messiah: It is Mary. Some people have interpreted this woman in Revelation 12 as merely a symbol either for the Old Testament people of Israel or for the New Testament Church and therefore have concluded that the woman cannot be an individual (i.e., Mary). However, this “either-or” proposition is foreign to the biblical worldview, in which individuals often symbolically represent collective groups. For instance, Adam represented all humanity (Rom. 5:19), and Jacob stood for all of Israel (Ps. 44:4). Given this biblical notion called “corporate personality,” the woman in Revelation 12 should be understood as both an individual (Mary) and a symbol for the people of God.
But for our purposes, once we see that this woman is Mary, the mother of Jesus, it is important to note how she is portrayed as queen in this passage. Her royal office is hinted at by the imagery of the sun, moon, and twelve stars, which recalls the Old Testament story of Joseph’s dream in which the sun, moon, and stars bow down before him, symbolizing his future authority (Gen. 37:9-11). Her queenship is made even clearer by the crown of twelve stars on her head. Just like the queen mother in Jeremiah 13:18, here Mary is wearing a crown, symbolizing her royal office in the kingdom of heaven. In sum, Revelation 12 portrays Mary as the new queen mother in the Kingdom of God, sharing in her son’s rule over the universe.
We have seen how the Old Testament queen mother tradition serves as an important background for understanding Mary’s royal office. Indeed, the New Testament portrays Mary as the queen mother par excellence. Thus, prayers, hymns, and art giving honor to Mary’s queenship are most fitting biblical responses for Christians. In honoring her as queen mother we do not take anything away from Christ’s glory, but rather we exalt him even more by recognizing the great work he has done in her and through her. Understanding Mary as queen mother sheds light on her important intercessory role in the Christian life. Just like the queen mother of the Davidic kingdom, Mary serves as advocate for the people in the Kingdom of God today. Thus, we should approach our queen mother with confidence, knowing that she carries our petitions to her royal son and that he responds to her as Solomon did to Bathsheba: “I will never refuse you.”
“She loves you, and she wants you to bring to Jesus” the sweetest compliment I’ve heard...
How can Mary bring you to Jesus when God says He is the one to brings us to Him? John 6:44
@@sawyerwhited6802 Yes, preach!!
Does your great great grandmother love you? No she doesn't know who you are! She is dead just like Mary.
Unless you are imposing Mary has Godly powers to hear you from her grave. Next thing you going to tell us Superman is real.
@@sawyerwhited6802same way you bring friends to Jesus.
@@tknciliba4743the same way God gives Satan permission to tempt us and know all our weaknesses, God gives Mary and the saints in heaven permission to hear our prayers and pray for us just like we pray for each other. Mary and the saints are only dead in the flesh, there spirits are more alive than we are in Heaven. Luke 20:36 “Indeed they cannot die anymore, because they are like angels and are children of God, being children of the resurrection. 37 And the fact that the dead are raised Moses himself showed, in the story about the bush, where he speaks of the Lord as the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. 38 Now he is God not of the dead, but of the living; for to him all of them are alive.”
PERPETUAL VIRGINITY OF MARY “It is written (Ezekiel 44, 2): ‘This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall pass through it. Because the Lord the God of Israel hath entered in by it…’ What means this closed gate in the house of the Lord, except that Mary is to be ever inviolate? What does it mean that ‘no man shall pass through it,’ save that Joseph shall not know her? And what is this - ‘The Lord alone enters in and goeth out by it,’ except that the Holy Ghost shall impregnate her, and that the Lord of Angels shall be born of her? And what means this - ‘It shall be shut for evermore,’ but that Mary is a Virgin before His birth, a Virgin in His birth, and a Virgin after His birth.” - Saint Augustine (ca AD 430)
“Who is this gate (Ezekiel 44:1-4), if not Mary? Is it not closed because she is a virgin? Mary is the gate through which Christ entered this world, when He was brought forth in the virginal birth and the manner of His birth did not break the seals of virginity.” - Saint Ambrose of Milan (ca AD 390)
JESUS IS THE ONLY SON OF MARY. if James was his true blood brother, (or Jude or Joses or Simon) Jesus could have easily said to ‘John, bring my mother to James, since he is her child.’ That would be very easy for him to say. There was no evidence at hand that James had gone to Egypt. He still lived close by. The commandment to honor their father and mother were known by both Jews and Christians, and Jesus knew that James was a Jew. He would not break a commandment by taking his mother from him and give him to somebody not blood related to her, just because at the very moment at the cross, he was not there. Also, Jesus would appear to James and certainly knew that James would turn to Christ (1 Cor. 15:7) and become a believer very shortly after. If James was his blood brother, that could not be the reason, because Jesus would know that he would become a believer. The same Jesus who told Peter ahead of time that despite his protestations that Peter would deny him three times (Jn. 13:38) and would also tell him how Peter would die professing his faith in him (Jn 21:18), surely would know that only a little while later James would turn to him. That couldn’t be the reason that Jesus would give Mary to John.
Another important question is, where are the blood brothers and sisters after Jesus died? Let us say that all these alleged brothers and sisters refused to be around their dying brother, while their mother Mary was right at the cross, as the modern Protestant contends. How likely is that? But, let us say that they all thought he was a blasphemer or something and that is why they left their own mother to be by herself. Surely after his death, we’d have some indication of brothers and sisters tending to his body, wouldn’t we? We get 4 gospels, but the highlight of who visits the tombs, and gives spices are Joseph of Arimathea, Nicodemus and the various Marys. Even if these blood brothers were disbelievers in Jesus, why would absolutely no blood brothers and sisters at least tend to his grave in some fashion? I would hold that was the case, because there were none.
YOU REALLY HAVE COMPREHENSION PROBLEM NO COMMON SENSE........CHRIST one human, and one divine-hypostatically unified, or joined together without admixture in the one divine person of Christ, they were teaching Christ to be two persons with a mere moral union. The Council fathers understood this could never be affirmed by Christians. The Bible declares to us: “… in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily” (Colossians 2:9). And, “… in him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible…” (Colossians 1:16) whole matter is inescapable: If Jesus Christ is one, eternal and unchangeable divine person-God-and Mary is his mother-then Mary is the Mother of that one, eternal and unchangeable person-God. THEREFORE MARY IS THE MOTHER OF GOD
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Keith, what a beautiful scripture of our Blessed Mother💐. It was very emotional. May God Bless you and your family 🙏
Thank you so much!
Great Video, you're genuine caring, that cones across. I wish you success as a Catholic Speaker, I'm sure you'll be at Steubenville sooner than later! The whole 'Brothers' thing is worked around between Jn 19:25, Mt 27:59-61, Mt 27:55-56, Mt 13:55-57, put all those together and it will be clear. About Mary being Mother, aren't we all part of the One Body of Christ (to many references to quote here)? And who is the Mother of Christ's Body? The Blessed Mother! Great job, Keith thank you so much and Welcome Home! Do you know Marcus Grodi on EWTN? Hes your guy, you should get on the show.
Great points! Thanks for commenting. I love Marcus Grodi!
Yeah, it's pretty clear (when you spend time reading all the verses instead of remembering a few) that at least two of the supposed 'brothers' (James and Joses) were actually children of 'the other Mary' and Clopas.
God Bless you Keith!! What beautiful truths you have shared with the world. I used to have a prideful intellectual objection to belief in the Immaculate Conception of Mary. That is until I prayed for our Blessed Mother's intercession for a job, a place to live and a reasonably priced car, three immediate needs I was fairly desperate for at one point in my life. I had not prayed the rosary in years, but I picked up those beads. All three needs were fulfilled within a week of each other, and all within a week of the feast of the Immaculate Conception. Pow! My intellectual objection vanished, my trust in her intercession became profound and my relationship with her has continued to grow throughouit my life, and she has continued to request of her Son and provide miracle after miracle for me and my family. She is indeed our mother as well and brings us to her Son. I cannot encourage my Christian brothers and sisters enough to trust in her intercession and develop a relationship with her as she will increase your relationship with God Himself. Remember, if it were not for Mary's YES to God to be His human cooperator, there would be no Incarnation. No Mary, no Jesus. This is why we respect Mary so highly. Finally, Mary continues to draw the world to her Son through her appearances throughout the ages. She is the Matriarch of her son's church, protecting it, preserving its truths and keeping it on the path to the New Jerusalem. It is because of her that the powers of the netherworld will not prevail against it. She is the new Eve whose foot crushes the head of the serpent. Amen!
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Mama Mary, blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus - Our Lord & Saviour!
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"Rather, blessed are those who hear the will of God and obey it" Luke 11:28
@@ruydm bible quoting prot
@@Kolchak_Enjoyer all christians should quote bible to correct mistakes. If your teachings are opposite to scripture, guess which one is wrong.
@@ruydm yes, Mary is blessed like many others. What is your point? Where do you see fallacy?
@@MaddieSchnitzel she's not more blessed than others. Do you have a church with your name? Do you have a prayer in your name? Mary shouldn't either. Nor any Saint. Pray only to God, worship only God.
The devil wants you to believe that it's wrong to ask the Blessed Virgin Mary to intercede for us and to help us because he's so scared of her. Some people in my family including myself experienced bad spiritual encounters in the past and let me tell you that if your Faith is strong just say her name and those demons will scream in pain and leave as fast as they can.
Amen. We just talked about that tonight. The demons fear her!
I decided to test that the other day, and after asking Jesus to allow me not to be led astray; I asked Mary's intercession. I was not delivered from the spiritual oppression, so I concluded that Jesus answered my prayer in that this was not a thing he desires of me.
Your thoughts?
@@ryanalving3785 Remember, Mary is as human as you and I. She has been given much authority and grace to distribute. That said, she loves Jesus more than any of us. As a result, if Jesus says hold back, she holds back. Consider that by testing her, you are showing not a small bit of possible disrespect to the mother of Jesus, and as a result disrespect to Jesus himself. Your test is inconclusive at best and dangerous spiritually at worst. Ask Jesus to reveal the truth of His mother. Be open to what you hear.
@@ryanalving3785 I don't know the details of your religious background and personal life. I will answer with the best of my knowledge. First of all, It's not wrong at all to pray to the Virgin Mary. She's the Mother of God. She was born without sin. Jesus couldn't come into this world through a sinner because He is God Himself. Mary's intercession is very powerful. She's our queen, and the Bible teaches that our king, Jesus, won’t refuse her. If you need help your request will be more powerful if the Mother of God intercedes for you. But...your Faith in Her and God must be strong. If you have any doubts in your mind it might not work completely or might not work at all. And remember... there are numerous reasons why demons oppressed humans and why God will choose not to deliver someone from oppression even if you ask Mary to intercede for you or if you ask Him directly. God has a plan for everyone of us. It's through our sufferings that he reveals Himself to us when we totally submit to His Will. One last thing, it's impossible for me to deny Mary's powerful intercession because she helped me and my family so many times.
@@pmustoe I totally agree with you! Nicely said!
Being a catholic, I had always admired the bible knowledge the protestants possessed. However, that admiration was balanced by my faith and love of Blessed Lady. Since I was blessed with her protection, I had always felt blessed being catholic, and never felt my lack of knowledge of the Bible. If anyone experiences her intercession and her love toward all, I bet, you won't ask where's that in the Bible! Trust me, she's the one who's continuously interceding for all human. We are all saved because of her prayers. But at the same time, she's not God. It's Jesus who does everything in the end. May the Immaculate Heart of Mary triumph. Amen.
Jesus saves. Period
If you attend Mass regularly, you know more of the Bible than you think. And you participate in the best part…the Paschal Mystery is the heart of every Mass throughout the world, throughout time, from the Apostles to now til the Second Coming.
@@dorothyanderson8124 God saves. He sent Jesus Christ
I am a born catholic but discovered my faith not long ago. I am listening to Keith and find it very spiritual and uplifting
Made me cry. As a catholic who loves His mother, I pray that every person can know the love of the most pure mother who has perfect love for them. She is my mother because I am the body if Christ!! She is YOUR mother because YOU are the body of Christ!! Her soul doth magnify the Lord and never dininishes!!
Its all too confusing for me, I like to keep it simple and just stick with God/Jezus. People argue so much and create all these extra things... then they all start arguing whats right and whats wong.