Do Catholics Believe in "Signs from the Dead"?
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- Опубліковано 29 гру 2024
- Does a passing blue jay remind you of a deceased loved one? Does a specific number or color call their loss to your memory? Could they be speaking to you through these signs?
Today, Fr. Mike opens up about navigating the loss of his own mother and finding hope and peace in the midst of that grief. The bottom line is, your loved ones can't cause these "signs" to happen-only God can work in nature in that way. But these unexpected occurrences can be a reminder to pray for your loved ones and to recall the gift of their lives.
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22 years ago, I sat by my husband when he passed away from cancer. I looked at the clock to see the time of death. Now, whenever I see that same time. AM or PM I say a prayer for him and all the souls in purgatory.
How wonderful!
That's beautiful. I'm sorry for your loss, may he rest in peace and find comfort in the arms of the Lord.
May the Holy Spirit dwell in your life my sister in Christ🙏🏼⛪️❤️
I am sorry you lost your husband. May he rest in peace with Jesus and all of the angels and saints. That is really beautiful and a very loving thing to do for him and all of the souls in purgatory. Thank you for sharing. God bless you.
Thank you
After my wife passed away I was driving to the funeral home and our wedding song came on the radio and I knew she was with God
About 2 weeks after my father’s death from cancer, I was alone, laying in bed, overwhelmed with grief, unable to sleep and angry at God for not granting the miracle we all prayed so hard for. Suddenly, I felt someone take my hand. It felt like my dad’s calloused hand. I was filled with an overwhelming peace and the knowledge that it was okay. As soon as I squeezed my hand, it was over. I felt as if God had allowed my father to do that. I started healing after that and I thank Him for it.
The following does not involve any supposed sign from the dead, but it is the closest thing I have to a potential comforting sign from God that I recently experienced...
Over the last few months, I have been struggling to come to terms with a particular form of abuse existing and find constructive ways to act on my concerns. Among other entities, I felt upset at the Catholic Church for seemingly being oblivious/indifferent to it, with not enough individual saints/clergy/apologists vocally denouncing it and some even unintentionally enabling it. So at times, my emotions and feelings of confusion/disillusionment were wearing me down. On one particular day, I was also extremely sleep deprived and feeling especially not like myself.
By that time, however, I have already long gotten into the habit of going to routine confession. Despite me being so worn down and sleep deprived, it was still my scheduled confession day and I wanted to commit to it. Once I started to finish up my talk with the priest and leave the confessional, I suddenly felt this sense of something both comforting and revitalizing me. Out of nowhere, I had this feeling of happiness and peace, plus felt even more awake and lively than usual. Towards the end of that same evening, I was even cheerfully joking about how that particular trip to the confessional felt like “a spa treatment for my soul”, even more so than any of my other confessions before or since.
Rome often says you must cooperate with Grace. Think for a moment. If our salvation were what most Christians assume it to be - a cooperative effort between God and man how does this provide strong encouragement? This reduces the whole sorry affair to "you will never be lost if you ..." If God has immutably decreed that we will not be lost if we . .., then where are we? Not only are we without strong consolation, we are without any consolation at all. A chain, including the chain of salvation, is only as strong as its weakest link. Are you one of those links? Or do you glory in the fact that you are not?
Look away. Away from your heart, away from your sins, away from your doubts, away from your trials, away from your motives, away from yourself. Outside Jerusalem, two thousand years ago, Christ was hung on the cross to accomplish God's immutable purposes in salvation. "Yes, but I want to know if I am a part of that salvation. Does it include me?" If you really want to know, then look away. Look to Christ. Those who do, see him. Those who do not are left with their own goodness and only enough attachment to covenant to make them miserable.
My brother committed suicide and aweek later he appeared to my youngest daughter who had been praying for him ❤
@@JesusLovesYou200 what was the scenario? was he dreaming during the appearance or awake? what was the reason for the appearing?
@HillbillyBlack well he took his life then he appeard to her in a dream revealing things that only I had known and she told me about what had happened ,and actually I thank God for his special grace I had been praying the devine mercy for my brother two months before he died not knowing what was going to happen, because i had the strangest feeling so praise be to God. the lord thinks about our souls before we do that is how loving and mercifull God is 🙏
My ex fiance was paralyzed in an accident. His new way to “hug” since he was unable to lift his arms was to push his cheek to my left cheek for about 10 seconds. After 3 years, He passed away suddenly. A few weeks after he passed, I felt a pressure on my cheek for about ten seconds and my cheek became very warm. I knew it was him. It was so incredibly comforting. I believe he is restored and is walking again with Jesus. ❤
This made me cry. I believe it was him also, no other explanation in my mind.
@@Caitja thank you for your kind words.
I believe it is him also. He knew I’d recognize it. He was a very strong believer in God, even more than I. However, that experience not only comforted me but, confirms my belief that there is an eternity in heaven which we can attain through Christ Jesus.
Yes it was him but that was the way he showed you love but even though he is normal now in heaven and he is watching over you and waiting for you to join him in heaven
I hope Jesus Christ sends you an amazing man who is worthy to be a husband and father. God bless you!
John 3:16🎉
Again, Superstition is a favorite activity among Catholics what is unbiblical.
My youngest daughter passed away at 10 weeks old in 2021. When you said “my baby was real.” It hit me hard hard. I repeated it to myself when I look at the few photos we have of her. But she was real, she was really here. For a short time we held and loved her. My baby was real. Thank you, Father Mike for this 💗 St. Capri, Ora pro nobis.
So sorry to hear that. I feel your sorrow. Dona nobis pacem!
I’m deeply sorry for your loss. Sending prayers for strength and comfort for you, there is nothing more painful.
God bless you. My heart goes out to you.
So sorry for your loss. ❤️
Sorry for your loss. Know that you will hold her again when you meet in heaven.
On the night that my mother died, I was smoking a cigar in my patio and felt a gentle breeze followed by a hand gently grabbing my right arm. After that, my Dad came out and told me Mom had passed. This wonderful gift is something I will always treasure ❤.
I smelled my sister despite being over 200 miles away. It was the childhood smell of her when she had just woken up. That sweet childhood sleep sweat smell that I know from my own kids. From that moment on, I've known that our souls exist eternally.
I’ll Guarantee It Certainly Wasn’t Your Mother Or Anyone Else Here On Earth , God Said When We Died , We Are No Longer PartOf This Earth , Our Soul Returns To God and Our Bodies Returns To The Earth ( Dust ) 👍
@@chrisnorcutt9060 just now true God allows people who have passed over to visit their loved ones to say goodbye there’s too many experiences people have had including myself
@@MckVF The Word Of God Is A Living Breathing Word ,So Pay Very Close Attention To What God Said , When Man or Woman and Including Children They Have Absolutely No More Contact With Anyone Or Anything On This Earth ,There Bodies and Souls Are Separated Immediately , Lucifer and His Angels That Torment. Mankind and Play Tricks To Deceive You 👍🙏
@@MckVF So God Made It, very Clear That Man Had Absolutely Nothing At All To Do With The Things Of This Earth After They Are Dead 💀 Please 🙏 Show The World The Scriptures That You Are Reading , That Says Man Can Talk To His Family After Death 💀 👍🙏
When my brother committed suicide, my Mother, of course was devastated. She was the most devoted Catholic I have ever known. I don't want to say my brother was not a Christian, but he turned away from God. He suffered from very deep depression for many years. He was a good person, but his wife taking his sons when she left him just destroyed him. About 2 or 3 weeks after he died, my Mom told us that she woke up in the middle of the night, and my brother was standing at the end of her bed. He told her that he was in purgatory, and that he was okay. This helped my Mom so much with her grief.
Learning he was in purgatory helped? Would’ve thought that would make it worse
❤🩵🙏🤍🙏
@@generalj216 Purgatory is for the saved, not the damned, meaning her son is ok.
I heard that you get indulgences for those in purgatory if you pray rosaries for them in front of The Tabernacle. I have a friend that does it every Sunday. I guess he's going to do them perpetually cuz he doesn't know how many it takes. ❤
My brother's roommate dies abroad on vacation. My brother kept having reoccurring dreams of him coming back, looked in the refrigerator, and walked to his room. My mother instructed him to tell the roommate he was dead and he needed to leave. The roommate had a surprised look when told he was dead, nodded, walked out of the front door, and never came back. My brother had a priest come over to bless the house afterward; maybe that's why he never returned.
My son passed away in 2021. The night he died I saw him in my bedroom doorway. He said "Wake up, you have company." Two days later my mil, bil, husband and I were sitting at the dining room table and from down the hall, where his room and my older son's rooms are, a voice as clear as day said "Hey pops" which is what both my boys call their dad. I told my husband my older son was calling him. He went down there and my older son was fast asleep. No one else heard the voice. I absolutely believe these instances were God letting me see/hear my son to offer me comfort. I wasn't looking for signs or asking for signs. God knew what I needed. I still pray for God's mercy, because thats all I can rely on.
God has his way of helping us inour grief.when my daughter died of cancer at the age of 31 I felt exactly as you said I'm thankful for the years I had with her she gave me 2 beautiful grandchildren that are 18 and 15. Thanks be to God. God bless you father Mike.
God has always given me what I needed in regard to grief & my loved ones
I believe that God at times allows the deceased to appear to us as a grace and to comfort us. There have been times that some of the saints have had deceased souls in purgatory appear to them.
@@Yvone0707 I 100% agree with you
@@LindaKuehne thank you so much for sharing and wishing you all the best and cried reading 📖 that
The night a loved one passed, they appeared to my grieving mother, and changed into a hellish face, my mom, strong in faith called on Christ Jesus and the apparition was swept away. The enemy is always watching and listening for any crack or crevice in faith to attack us. The power of God is absolute and anything is possible in him. Thank you Father Mike and Ascension for doing your part in helping to bring me from atheism to the Catholic faith. You've helped my family enormously. Thank you Jesus!
For the glory of The Father
Welcome home! 🙏
Rome often says you must cooperate with Grace. Think for a moment. If our salvation were what most Christians assume it to be - a cooperative effort between God and man how does this provide strong encouragement? This reduces the whole sorry affair to "you will never be lost if you ..." If God has immutably decreed that we will not be lost if we . .., then where are we? Not only are we without strong consolation, we are without any consolation at all. A chain, including the chain of salvation, is only as strong as its weakest link. Are you one of those links? Or do you glory in the fact that you are not?
Look away. Away from your heart, away from your sins, away from your doubts, away from your trials, away from your motives, away from yourself. Outside Jerusalem, two thousand years ago, Christ was hung on the cross to accomplish God's immutable purposes in salvation. "Yes, but I want to know if I am a part of that salvation. Does it include me?" If you really want to know, then look away. Look to Christ. Those who do, see him. Those who do not are left with their own goodness and only enough attachment to covenant to make them miserable.
I too converted from the most nihilistic atheist you could imagine to catholicism. Thank you Jesus for your mercy in saving those who have rejected you so many times before. Thank You for your mercy, Lord!
Amen❣️❣️❣️
I would NEVER underestimate the ways of God. NOTHING is beyond His abilities.
I really needed this I pray for my dad to get out of purgatory he was not Catholic but he was a good man he helped the homeless he did he did the things that we do I lost my dad 2019 I feel I have unfinished business with him I want to tell him I was sorry for some of the things I did when I was growing up
It's not a matter of God not being able to do it - He certainly can very easily. It's about not reading too much into anything. Have masses said for your loved one and attend those masses. Have 30 consecutive days of Gregorian masses prayed for your loved one (The Pious Union of St Joseph does this, along with many other Catholic places). Best yet, spend time praying for those you love while they are alive, have masses prayed fir them them while they are alive. Raise them to put God first in all things, etc.
All things are possible with God but one "it is impossible for God to lie" Hebrews 6:18
Under inspiration Solomon wrote "the dead know nothing at all" Ecc 9:5
It is not possible for the dead to leave signs.
@@Pj-fm7oeThat is the old covenant. Jesus brought a new covenant.
@DSkye-n7m
Where does the scriptures say that? Prove it.
When my grandfather died, the rose that he planted long time ago under the window of my grandma started blooming out of nowhere. it never bloomed before. it made grandma really happy..
Every time I drive past a certain cluster, where i had a very serious motor cycle accident, I recall that while I was being resuscitated, I experienced seeing my son, Joshua who passed away 13 yrs prior as a baby, as a fully grown boy, who told me to return back to my body, for the sake of his brother and sister. Know when i drive past I remember him, and thank God for his existence, his love, his presence. (I was resuscitated, died several times, before being stabilized, at the hospital)
Father, we don't need the beauty of flowers or the Shroud of Turin to believe in Jesus, BUT, if God gives these comforting signs, we should receive them with humble thanksgivings.
When my beloved mum passed away, I prayed to God that she would come to me in a dream, so I know she is ok. God granted my prayer.
The Shroud of Turin is the actual burial cloth of Jesus Christ.
The Shroud of Turin is the actual burial cloth of Jesus Christ.
Agreed!
@@russellweber3466 We know this. But Jesus didn't HAVE to leave a miraculous image on it.
After my daughter passed away I was woken on 3 occasions by beautiful music sung first by males and after 2 verses females joined in then they sang together I know they were 😇 Angels I was so privileged.
Anyone from the Chicago area is familiar with the tragic fire at Our Lady of the Angels school in 1958 that killed 92 students and 3 Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. One family lost their son, and his Sicilian mother was grief stricken, and could not stop crying. She stopped functioning, and it was up to the husband to keep his family going on with life. Several months after the fire, God sent a visitation to the mother. In her sleep, her son came to her. She could touch him. He was warm. She could smell his scent. He told her he was happy and with Jesus and he was sent to her so she could stop grieving. It worked and she was able to accept her loss and live again.
I had a friend of my church who has passed away and a few month later he appeared to me in a dream and said he was watching over us, family and friends and he was OK. We were members of the Lutheran Church.
I went to a BVM high school, and we had fire drills once a month to make sure in case of fire we would all be prepared. Everyone took them very seriously, and it was in a lot of ways because of the Our Lady of the Angels fire
Yes, I'm a former Chicagoan & I remember Our Lady of the Angels school fire. I had a similar visit from my youngest son who passed away at age 22; he had just begun his career teaching school. I was heartbroken at the loss of this wonderful young man, a bright light in the eyes of his family and students. I was inconsolable. One night in a dream he appeared to me. We were on a beach, the sun was very bright but I didn't need sunglasses. He said "Mother, you can't touch me but know that I am at peace. I love you and will take care of you." I woke up and thanked Jesus and God for this miracle. Every time I see the date of his death 6/21 on the clock 6:21, I have looked away but also ask Kris to pray for my soul that one day I may see & hold him in my arms again. Thank U 4 giving me new insight into the date 6/21. I will now pray for him and ask that he pray for me. Thank you. God Bless all...
I remember that terrible fire in Chicago.
When Anyone Dies They Are No Longer Part of This World , and There Bodies Turn To Dust As They Came , and The Soul Goes Back To God ,And People There’s More Than Enough Verses or Scriptures To Support
This man is a true priest I appreciate all the videos he makes to help us all
He is such a wonderful priest 😊
For me, these "signs" are small graces that remind me to pray for my loved one's soul. No one can know with absolute certainty where their loved one stood with the Lord at the time of their passing; but we can pray for their souls and find grace in their memory. Thank you Father.
You are right. However, if a person is canonized, we can know with absolute certainty where he or she stands with the lord.
@@Leonard_izuegbunamHow do you know that canonisation is done with the divine intervention and it's the truth
@@shehar123there is a lengthy process of canonisation with precise steps including miracles that have to be undoubtedly attributed to the intercession of the candidate . There are of course many more hiden saints than the officially canonised ones but you can rest assured about those who have been canonised.
That is so right!
Besides the false sabt(Sunday),and the wide spread of spiritism-(the odea thatthe soul lives, afterlife!)-(yoga- karma, ouija bord, reiki,hipnosis), last final decieve wil be ,that Satan himself wil come as Hrist, saying he changed the day of rest! And this decieve wil be poerwfull for al those who dont read teh Bible for themselves, as it wil be followed by great miracles and healings,everywere he wil apear! But the Bible doesn't live us without warning to this and clearly says that when Jesus coems, " All eyes will see Him," so everyone on earth, wile Satans fake only here and there! -Read Mathew chapter 24! Another direct warning to the spirit of the anthirst is in 2 Joan 7" "Anyone who says that Jesus doesn't come in flesh/body is the spirit of the anthirst!" The most concrete verses regarding the state of the dead is in Eclesiast 9:5,6,10! And the most clear verses regarding, God's trinity, are in Mathew 28:19 and 1Joan 5:7 ! And i would sugest you get a book called " The great controversy" by Ellen White, is an amazing book, wich depicts the war betwen good and evil,from Lucifers fall til the very end, and in the last few chapters, teh very end,and in the last few chapters, is everything about what we live, what is to come(the Sunday-decret,and truly everything) ,pure truth with amazing insights! By Ellen White! May God bless you and youre loved ones!
"Anything that profoundly, touches the heart, and moves the soul, is of God's work...how ever that might come to be, you see."
When my big brother died at 46 suddenly he appeared to me in a vision smiling. He had an orange back ground and healing holy light around him that cured me of my grief instantly! He loved Jesus and i feel this was a gift from God by his Love and grace. ❤ michael
I had a similar dream once when my coworker died and when my 2 year old nephew died.
Besides the false sabt(Sunday),and the wide spread of spiritism-(the odea thatthe soul lives, afterlife!)-(yoga- karma, ouija bord, reiki,hipnosis), last final decieve wil be ,that Satan himself wil come as Hrist, saying he changed the day of rest! And this decieve wil be poerwfull for al those who dont read teh Bible for themselves, as it wil be followed by great miracles and healings,everywere he wil apear! But the Bible doesn't live us without warning to this and clearly says that when Jesus coems, " All eyes will see Him," so everyone on earth, wile Satans fake only here and there! -Read Mathew chapter 24! Another direct warning to the spirit of the anthirst is in 2 Joan 7" "Anyone who says that Jesus doesn't come in flesh/body is the spirit of the anthirst!" The most concrete verses regarding the state of the dead is in Eclesiast 9:5,6,10! And the most clear verses regarding, God's trinity, are in Mathew 28:19 and 1Joan 5:7 ! And i would sugest you get a book called " The great controversy" by Ellen White, is an amazing book, wich depicts the war betwen good and evil,from Lucifers fall til the very end, and in the last few chapters, teh very end,and in the last few chapters, is everything about what we live, what is to come(the Sunday-decret,and truly everything) ,pure truth with amazing insights! By Ellen White! May God bless you and youre loved ones!
Whenever I pass a graveyard while driving, I make the Sign of the Cross and say, "May the souls of the faithful departed, through the Mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen Jesus, Mary and Joesph, I love you, save souls." This is not out of superstition but it is a good reminder to me throughout my day to pray for the poor souls. It is amazing how many graveyard I see now. I pray a Hail Mary for the soul s when I pass a funeral home with a funeral in progress and whenever I see an accident or ambulance. I have been doing it for so long and I love these extra prayers I get to pray for the poor souls and dead family members.
As a daily mass attender, sometimes the noon mass follows a funeral mass. I always pray a Divine Mercy Chaplet for the repose of that person’s soul, I like your ideas too!
I do the same thing. My dear mother taught me that. Years ago while driving past a Church she did the sign of the Cross. It's habit now for me. God bless you all.
❤️🙏🏻❤️
I do the same🙏
My mother just passed away Friday, thank you father
I am truly sorry for the loss of your mother. Please know I am praying for you.
I pray for you and the repose of your mother’s soul. I remember losing my mom at 92 and it’s always hard. God bless.
May she rest in peace. Prayers for you and your family
My deepest condolences 😔🙏 to you. 💟🩹Let ✨🕯️✨🤍🕊️ light perpetual shine upon your beloved Mother in heaven.✝️🛐🌹❤️🎈
RIP
Pray 🙏 for her soul
The best thing we can do for our loved ones who have gone to their eternal life, is to faithfully and regularly offer masses for them.
I agree! 🙏🏼
I lost my baby at 12 weeks gestation. I never looked for signs but in the deepest, deepest depth of my grief and sorrow I felt such a presence of our Blessed Mother and Jesus that there was no doubt my baby was in the arms of our Lord. Always turn to the Lord
I too lost a baby. My heart and prayers go out to you and your family. ❤🙏
I lost mine too out of my youthful ignorance. I grieve it 50 + years on. 😢
I never lost a baby myself but my girls always miscarried more than once and it hurt all of us. One grand daughter only lived 9 months but that was 9 months more than doctors said she would. My prayers go to all who lost a child and all aborted babies.
Why does God take the innocent children?
My mother told me vividly that when my oldest brother, mom’s first born died at birth from a complicated birth which should have been cesarean, the Blessed Mother came to her and she knew immediately that the baby was taken and in the arms of Jesus.
God gave me psychic abilities that fluctuate with strength. Was born that way and when I told my mother about it as a child, I was punished and made to go to confession. Was honest with the priest, and naturally, he didn't believe me and told my Mom. I was punished again for a gift from God that others can't handle because they weren't born with it. From then on I stopped telling others what I was experiencing until I was about 30. I am now a 53 year old widow and not afraid to talk about my experiences. They hear us, love us, and the veil is paper thin.
I experienced the same, thankfully my parents saw it as a gift from god, but other “Christians” seemed scared and judgmental and some even called me witch and that it was demonic. No, never any demonic that I saw but very close to Jesus and the Holy Spirit that allowed me to spot the difference between a humble light soul or the opposite. They are judgemental because they are ruled by fear and blinded by ignorance.
@nanasabia Yes ! Thank you for leaving me a comment ! We are part of a very small group in society, and the ignorance from others can be hard to deal with. But Jesus understands us ! ❤️🙏
My whole family has gifts from God. I prefer to be called an intuitive not a psychic. Sorry you went through so much heart ache. Just stay in the light Blesseings
Same here. I see things before they happen, usually tragic things. And it is very difficult to carry it silently. But I’ve warned people in the past and then actually been BLAMED for it, like I’m a witch or something. People are far more willing to believe in something as evil rather than as a gift.
Are you sure you spelled it correctly? I think it is spelled flatulate. The gift of expelling gas. Babies are born this way and mothers know it. They should never be punished or feel the need to go to confession for this. If in a confessional a priest does not believe you, give him a little sample to see if he is convinced. If that does not convince him, turn it up a notch or two. You must share this wonderful gift in a small room, elevator, or confessional.
Basically, we have to guard our imagination, don't get carried away in our grief looking for signs. Good message, Fr Mike, thanks. God Bless. Claire.
I think if someone is comforted we should be grateful and not take away their comfort.
Agreed I think too many people lean in on signs and not the Lord alone. Grief is terrible, but my comfort is in knowing that the Lord is just
About 10 yrs after my fathers passing and my mother in a nursing home, my sister and I were living together. She suffered from a couple serious illnesses and was unable to live on her own. Her future was always a concern for my parents and weighed heavy on them both, but especially my father. One night while her and I were cleaning up the kitchen from a big meal, I turned towards the dining room and to my shock there stood my father. He didn’t say anything and had his back slightly turned away from us. Almost as quickly as he appeared, he was gone again. I believe he visited to check on my sister to make sure she was ok. Upon hearing our conversation and laughter I believe he finally had peace and could rest knowing that she was being taken care of. What a special gift.
Wow that's incredible. Did your sister see him too?
@@flowergirl5336 No. She was at the sink helping load the dishwasher and his appearance was so brief by the time I said something to her he was gone. I spoke to a priest shortly after this happened and he confirmed this can and does happen and he’s the one the one that suggested this was a very special and wonderful gift. God is good.
Besides the false sabt(Sunday),and the wide spread of spiritism-(the odea thatthe soul lives, afterlife!)-(yoga- karma, ouija bord, reiki,hipnosis), last final decieve wil be ,that Satan himself wil come as Hrist, saying he changed the day of rest! And this decieve wil be poerwfull for al those who dont read teh Bible for themselves, as it wil be followed by great miracles and healings,everywere he wil apear! But the Bible doesn't live us without warning to this and clearly says that when Jesus coems, " All eyes will see Him," so everyone on earth, wile Satans fake only here and there! -Read Mathew chapter 24! Another direct warning to the spirit of the anthirst is in 2 Joan 7" "Anyone who says that Jesus doesn't come in flesh/body is the spirit of the anthirst!" The most concrete verses regarding the state of the dead is in Eclesiast 9:5,6,10! And the most clear verses regarding, God's trinity, are in Mathew 28:19 and 1Joan 5:7 ! And i would sugest you get a book called " The great controversy" by Ellen White, is an amazing book, wich depicts the war betwen good and evil,from Lucifers fall til the very end, and in the last few chapters, teh very end,and in the last few chapters, is everything about what we live, what is to come(the Sunday-decret,and truly everything) ,pure truth with amazing insights! By Ellen White! May God bless you and youre loved ones!
I had an aunt that was like a second mother to me, passed away suddenly from a heart condition. She lived 80+ years and was the most kind and calm lady I've ever known. About a week after her death, I had this wonderful dream with her, I just asked if she was okay, she said she was having a blast eating a certain type of chocolate that she loved. She was diabetic and could rarely have chocolate. In the dream she named a specific brand. I thought that was weird, so I called mom and she confirmed that was her favorite. I had no knowledge of that whatsoever. So, I still think our Lord permitted her to give me this brief message. She was a christian. I was very at peace after waking up. Praise the Lord!
I heard my mom whisper in my ear after she passed. I was in a very bad spot and she told me something that I believed saved my life.
This is how I know she is fine and that she still watches over her children.
Thank you Father Mike!!!!! I'm so very sorry about the loss of you mom!!!!!! Mike 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
My Dad passed away last May 2022, after 40 days, A white butterfly shows up in my mom's living room every 7ishpm everyday for almost a year. Everyone calls it "visitor" and we just say hi, hello...
There are times, it will kinda dance around in front of everyone in the house and at times, it will land on my mom's lap. It stays through out the night & disappear each morning.
After my dad's 1st death anniversary, we didn't see it anymore.
For a year after his passing, we made sure we offer a mass for my dad's soul once a week, every Monday in particular!
God bless us all~
@@cheraybisaya All Of You People Seems So Caught Up With The Cultures & Traditions Of This World and Heaven Has Absolutely Nothing At All To Do With Anything Of This World ( Ecclesiastical Ch-9. Vs-5-6). Ecclesiastical Ch-12. Vs-5-7 God Made it Very Clear The Return to Dust 👍
And the soul and spirit? Just sit in the ground? @@chrisnorcutt9060
@chrisnorcutt9060 Jesus's body the church is both in this world and the next. Death can't separate Jesus's body because his body is united with himself, and he's not only alive but also is the God of the living not the God of the dead.
Besides the false sabt(Sunday),and the wide spread of spiritism-(the odea thatthe soul lives, afterlife!)-(yoga- karma, ouija bord, reiki,hipnosis), last final decieve wil be ,that Satan himself wil come as Hrist, saying he changed the day of rest! And this decieve wil be poerwfull for al those who dont read teh Bible for themselves, as it wil be followed by great miracles and healings,everywere he wil apear! But the Bible doesn't live us without warning to this and clearly says that when Jesus coems, " All eyes will see Him," so everyone on earth, wile Satans fake only here and there! -Read Mathew chapter 24! Another direct warning to the spirit of the anthirst is in 2 Joan 7" "Anyone who says that Jesus doesn't come in flesh/body is the spirit of the anthirst!" The most concrete verses regarding the state of the dead is in Eclesiast 9:5,6,10! And the most clear verses regarding, God's trinity, are in Mathew 28:19 and 1Joan 5:7 ! And i would sugest you get a book called " The great controversy" by Ellen White, is an amazing book, wich depicts the war betwen good and evil,from Lucifers fall til the very end, and in the last few chapters, teh very end,and in the last few chapters, is everything about what we live, what is to come(the Sunday-decret,and truly everything) ,pure truth with amazing insights! By Ellen White! May God bless you and youre loved ones!
@ArmandoHajos the reason John wrote against those who denied Jesus coming in the flesh was due to gnostics who (I believe) thought Jesus was a spirit being and not incarnated in a human body. The gnostics also had a eucharist that they didn't believe was the actual flesh and blood of Christ, which saint Irenaeus wrote against awhile later on in history.
Edit - although there were different gnostic groups and they might not have believed the same thing
Signs are beautiful after a loved one has passed but we need to pray for their souls as long as we are alive!❤
What we aren't able to understand is the relationship between the physical world and the energy realm. I've seen and experienced things about the other side that I still don't understand and probably never will. But I learned a lot.
I think that's Fr. Schmitz' main point in this video.
@@spaceflight1019 As long as you don,t close the door on anything but discern , keep what is good and discard what is not .
@@Bluets023 When it happens, I always take the role of a student...this is happening for a reason, and I need to pay close attention.
@@spaceflight1019 🫡
Shortly after my husband died, I was sitting and praying the rosary. I had my eyes closed and was crying. I saw my husband sitting next me, looking at me and smiling. He picked up my hand and kissed it and put it back down, something he would often do when he was alive. Then he was gone. I suppose it could have been a dream, but it gave me such great comfort. I believe he was trying to tell me that he was ok and that I would be ok. I understand what Fr Mike is saying about it being actually from God. I believe that, but I also believe it was my husband, that God allowed him to appear to me because I needed it. Before that, I would pray that God would take me in my sleep so I could be with my husband. But after that, I somehow knew he was ok and that I would be ok.
Jimmy Akin from Catholic Answers (faithfully orthodox Catholic apostolate) would say that you most likely experienced an "After Death Communication".
@@JQS-v7w Thanks for sharing.
My mom passed away 6 months ago today! She was a devoted christian. What I most remember from her, that she was always praying. Always with her rosary in her hand. When she passed I was in the hospital room with her. There was such a great peace in the room. I can not explain it, I just felt it.
When my Dad passed away it was the most profound sense of peace I have ever felt. ❤
Oh, I have had a sign from my cousin and he was VERY devout. I just believe, not that he's acting outside of his ability, but that God sent him to make the sign. We are all His messengers.
Anything that turns our hearts to God, that lifts and comforts us, that fortifies our faith--is a gift from Him. 🥰
Perfectly said ❤
🩸 Keep the faith 🩸
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When my Dad died I got up to use the restroom and get some water, and a voice told me someone wanted to see me in the kitchen. It's a voice I've heard before during times of grief, it's audible but no one is around: perhaps my guardian angel, I went into the kitchen and my Dad was sitting at the kitchen table. I looked at him and said "Dad, I miss, miss, miss you" he said "I know but I'm okay" I told him we; meaning my wife and kids, were okay too, and he said "I know you are, well, I gotta go" and he left. It was so awesome, and I know he's okay.
My Mom, always said "When I die, I'm gonna go running to Jesus", when she dies the only one that was able to be with her was my niece, my mom's death happened quick. My niece said that when she died her legs were running. I miss them both very much but I know they are okay.
Right after my special needs son passed, everyday for a week straight a large blue dragonfly would land on the screen of my younger son's window and stay there all day, leave and then come back in the morning. Still to this day, every time I see a big blue dragonfly I say "hello" to my boy. I am very grateful for these experiences.
Dragonflies and butterflies are often seen in this way concerning the deceased.
When I was 17 my mom died. The worst event of my entire life. Knowing how sick she was before her death I couldn’t tell her what was on my heart. When she did die I kept saying out loud I just want five more minutes to talk to her. One morning I woke up and couldn’t move anything but my eyes. There was a presence behind my headboard. I thought it was my mom and was so happy that God granted my wish. This happened again the next morning and then again on the third day. On the third day I was shown what was behind my headboard and it was a demon. I prayed to our lord Jesus Christ and asked him to take it away as my mom has always told me to do with evil. It immediately disappeared and was gone forever. Be very careful what you wish for and just trust that God has your loved ones in his arms. God bless you all.
You are right sister in Christ. Trust God only.
Yes this is true!
My grandfather died in October and I requested a Mass to be said for him. I was told it could take a long time, but I waited and kept checking the church bulletin for his name to show up. On January 27th (Saturday) I really wanted to attend the 4:30 pm Mass because the next day was going to be too packed to squeeze it in. I was running out of time to get ready and to get my daughter ready and things kept coming up, preventing me from leaving the house so I reluctantly gave up and settled in my mind to go to Sunday night Mass at 7:00. That night my mother in law called and asked if I have seen the bulletin - it turned out, the Sunday 7:00pm was being offered for my grandfather. And here is the best part: Sunday was my daughter’s birthday. What a special birthday gift! My grandfather loved her, and her baptismal day actually falls on his birthday (that also wasn’t planned). And prior to this happening, I prayed for a sign to know where my grandfather is. I definitely felt like it was answered. Praise be to God!
My best God wink/ comfort from God was this- my Dad died in 2019. Last year on his birthday I was feeling so sad with grief and missing him. I was walking my dog and was near tears when I saw something lying in the road. It was a willow tree angel, and it was the one holding a bouquet of rosemary for remembrance. 💗
Awesome! ♥️
I recently lost my mom, and we buried her the day after Mother's Day. What made this so hard for me is that my dad died on Father's Day in 2019, so the loss of my mother dealt me a major blow. I fell into a major depression and am still trying to climb out of it through prayer. I won't go into the details of what I am going through because I feel that this is my own personal journey with the Lord, and I am trying to embrace this suffering. I won't lie, I beg God to let me know in some way that mom is at eternal peace with my dad in heaven. I pray this so hard with tears free flowing from my eyes when I go to bed. I love the idea of what you (Fr. Mike) said about seeing something that reminds me of a loved one. Not to look at it as a sign, but as an invitation to pray for the remembered loved one. From now on this will be a constant practice for me!!! Thank you!!!
Agreed❤
For me my father passed away when I was 15. He was a devoted Catholic and was a huge reason I too was very devoted to Catholicism and God. When he passed many members of my family fell away from religion all together and i followed what my mom wanted. But I do get moments of an orange butterfly being present in moments I feel lost or angry at the world. I have recently returned to my faith and Catholicism because regardless if those butterflies were signs of my father or not I know if he were still here he would still be a devoted Catholic and would be sad with how many members of our family left religion and how broken our family is. I want to lead my husband and daughter with the strong foundation my father instilled in our family.
Good for you! God bless!!
I didn't mourn my mother, 3 years later she came to me in a dream and asked, "what are you going to do about it?" The damage broke, I cried and cried for it seems hours, the tears ebbed and peace bathed my soul.
My mom passed away last year and it’s my dad, he wants to know if she is okay, but luckily, we are both devout Roman Catholics so we know that we just have to trust God and let it go.
This video is very timely for us, thank you for making it 🙏🏼
It’s always a song I hear that reminds me of my sisters. Almost 3 years and the grief still hits me at times to where I start crying again, I miss them. I am the oldest of 6. My mom did when I was 12 in my arms, heart attack, I raised my brothers and sisters and as the oldest I think God put me here for a reason. I don’t know why nor do I question Gods judgement, my faith is too strong for that. I’m just leaving this comment to let you know your heart never forgets!
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My friend lost her husband to cancer and from that day on we all see the number 56 which was his football jersey number. It is a sweet reminder and I always say hello to Phil when I see it! And yes, it reminds us to be grateful and prayerful!🙏🏼
My mother was a very devout Catholic. On my birthday, after she died, a small white butterfly flew into my office and perched on the edge of my desk. The butterfly stayed there all day even though I would pass very close by it as I would get up to leave my office. Everytime I came back to my office, the butterfly was in the same spot. It never moved. At the end of the day, when it was time to go home, I felt a sadness to leave it behind because I felt that was a sign of my mother keeping me company throughout the day. My mother knew it was going to be a sad day for me. We had been very close. I received many flowers from family members and friends, which, of course, I was felt loved and appreciated, but that little white butterfly brought me consolation knowing that my mom had made it a point to be with me all day. The following day when I stepped into my office, my little angel was gone but I was left with a deep sense of peace. Thank you God for having made my special day extra special.
@@GracieGarza-q9f I smiled as I read your post , I see white butterflies whenever I'm unsure of something,,,a white butterfly appears, then I know everything will be okay 🤍
GravieGarza-q9f My mother was also a devout Catholic. I do believe our loved ones are close and God permits signs from them.
On my 1st birthday without my Mother, I received a surprised box in the mail from a relative I had never met, and barely knew existed. It was a Crochet Table Cloth that my Grandmother had made for her own Mother. The story goes like this....immediately after my Mother passed, I started thinking IF my Mother was with her Mother-In-Law? They were extremely close. (My young parents married and settled in my father's home state, over 10+ hours away, so Grandma had taught my mother so much and was such a dear sweet person.) After my Mother had passed, I had wonder if the Soul could connect with others or only their DNA relatives? Within 2 weeks, I had this over whelming need to go through Mom's old Hope Chest with my young niece. In the Chest was a Crochet Table Clothe and for several days I thought maybe it was my fertnal Grandmother's clothe. I suddenly realized it was the store bought clothe my mother purchased in the early 1980's. HOWEVER, for the next few months when I set the table for dinner on my Grandparents Duncan Phyfe table, I would wonder IF my fertnal Grandmother had Crochet a Tablecloth? The package that suddenly and shockley arrived on my birthday was from my Grandmother's Sister, Blanche's daughter-in-law Dottie. Dottie lives 10 hours from me and stated in the note that the Crochet was done by my Grandmother for my Great Grandmother many, many years ago. My Great Grandmother lived with her oldest daughter Blanche once a widow in 1960. And Blanche had lived with her son and Dottie once she was a widow. I feel Mother and my fertnal Grandmother was answering my question that indeed they were together! Its just too strange that suddenly after my Mother's death that I was complied to open her Hope Chest and then to question an object that led to a surprised mailed pkg on my birthday!
When my mom died 30 years ago, a few days after her funeral and I backed out of the driveway and put the car in drive, a dove flew straight up, (just like in the picture) directly in front of the windshield. That was a clear sign from my mom to me!!! Praise the Lord!!!
Did you not watch the video? That was NOT a sign from your mom
Agree! ❤
4 days before my mom passed away in 2007 I went to see her in the hospital. She was coherent, but plugged into all sorts of machines and monitors, and an iv in her hand. We had a great visit and I returned home to start a painting project.
When I finished painting sunday night, I laid down on the couch admiring my work, but sad to think that mom who loved coming to visit wouldn't see the colors I painted the kitchen and living room. It was 10:30 pm when I fell asleep sad. Suddenly the front door flew open and there was mom- standing in her hospital gown, tubes still attached but disconnected. She was radiant and walked into the house, smiled and said "Oh, I love these colors!".
I woke suddenly from my sleep- it was 5:30 am, but a great peace descended on me and has remained ever since. It was not a dream- Mom passed that very day. I love you mom!
(I have the same type of story to tell about my Dad, but this one is long enough.) I know that God has a place for them in his house, because he allowed them to visit mine after their time on earth was over. God bless!
Father Mike, thank you for this message. This video was posted 8 hours ago and today is my dear Mother's Heavenly birthday. Happy Birthday Mama. We miss you so much 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍
The day my mother passed as I laid in bed stricken with grief , I felt a warm sensation pass under my nose and above my lips, that had her scent, I opened my eyes and exclaimed Ama- it brought me peace. God allowed many visions to me, I wrote every one down in a journal by my bedside, I’m 20 months into her passing, while the visions have ended, I have a peace and trust in Jesus, a merciful Father, I trust in His promises.
Jesus comforts the broken hearted. He did many things to comfort my family after my son died by suicide. Maybe it was because He knew we needed these little things so we would not lose hope and to truly trust in Him. I choose to believe that God comforts to reveal His love. He is a good Father. I am thankful for all the little “graces” that He revealed. My hope is that anything that leads you deeper to the love of God cannot be from the evil one. Pray always for your deceased loved ones and trust in Jesus’ mercy! Jesus I Trust in You! ❤️
Amen❣️❣️
I am so sorry for the loss of your son, especially in such a difficult way. May God continue to offer you comfort and care.
Fr. Mike, I'm sorry for the loss of your mom. ❤ The night my grandma died, I had a dream she visited me and told me she was okay. She was a devout Catholic to her death but I still pray for her when I think of her. 😊 Love you always Grandma Theodora.
Thank you, Fr. Mike. Another great video. My mother passed away July 15, 2023. As soon as we received the phone call that she may not make it through the night we jumped in our car and drove 5 hours hoping to see her before she passed. She made it four more days. During her last days a cardinal appeared at her window multiple times throughout those four days. After she passed on we never saw the cardinal again. She was the most devout Christian I ever knew and by her example and how she lived her life taught me to love the Lord with all my heart. 🙏🏻
My mother was murdered by my father he stabbed her many times, I saw her in a dream with a lot of wounds and she told me it was ok, the when I saw her the wounds were on those places i saw in my dream, then another time she told me that she will always be with me that i will never be alone, I know my mother is in purgatory and i pray for her and my father who murdered her I never thought i would be able to forgive him or God but God's grace was bigger than everything may all Glory go to him evan through all our suffering ✝️❤️🙏
Bless you for listening to God.
Thank you for sharing this. I too had a very violent father and I witnessed lots of things that children should never have to see. He was very violent with all of us . I would try to stop him from hurting my mum, then he would attack me.
I have forgiven him completely and beg God to forgive him. I pray for him.
God bless you and I hope you find peace again. I say the rosary everyday and I also visit the Blessed Sacrament which gives me a lot of peace.
@nicolaj665 ❤️❤️❤️
A true story from last year....I was a police officer for 25 years and had a good friend and partner working together on patrol for many years. After we both retired my partner was sick with stage 4 cancer. Time made it worse for him and he was dying. I went to his house to visit and I could tell it wasn't going to be long before he was going to pass. I sat next to him as he lay propped up on his couch and barely able to talk. Although I knew he didn't believe in God I put my arm around his neck and with both our foreheads touching I whispered, "Don't be afraid, you're going to meet Jesus, just ask for forgiveness" Still not believing he answered, " It is what it is" Later that day he passed. Two weeks later I was sitting in the living room watching t.v. with my wife. We have about 12 pictures of family and one of me in uniform on the mantle. How I don't know but the picture of me in uniform all but flew off the mantle and crashed on the floor. Was that a sign? Did my partner and long time friend ask for forgiveness at the end? I like to think so. After all, knowing him tossing my picture across the room is something he would do...lol
Yep, that was a sign. By the way, I have been a police officer for 34 years and still going for another year before I retire. I pray God puts me where I am supposed to be every day. Enjoy your retirement Brother.
Maybe he needs prayers for the repose of his soul
You explained that so well. Thank you for giving me a different way of understanding signs.
Also beware as Fr Mike said, of demonic forces trying to manipulate us. We just don’t know, so we should pray for the person’s soul. The devil manipulates us in so many ways that we are not aware of. He especially uses us when we are at our most vulnerable.
@@InExcelsisDeo24that’s my thought too but I don’t know ❤
My dad, my sister, and I loved toads. Papa passed away at home and when his body was taken from the house, a toad was there at the doorway. Every time I see a toad, I feel Papa is present greeting me and watching over me. It’s just a comforting feeling of a shared affection.
didn’t expect watching this video would bring back the grief of several recent deaths in my family…😢
Same!
Our mom ( I'm the youngest of six) passed away : 12/15/1999 , battling diabetes and many conditions brought on by it. The Sunday after she was buried , I stayed after Mass, praying and "talking to her" , I said: "mom, if you're okay, let me know, send me a sign".
After Mass, my
oldest sister that I lived with ( preceding moms death, dad and brother passed) Sister and I were in the kitchen preparing coffee , a white feather flew down from above us, it descended , ever so gracefully , immediately I smiled , knowing in my heart that this was a sign from God, assuring me that mom was okay 🙏🏽
We truly don't know if God sent a sign for someone to feel more connected to him and knowing Heaven is not so far away. As above so below. I believe it's the presence of God and our loved ones.
Yeah I agree as maybe it's God sending you the sign that they are okay and not the deceased person actually sending it ✝️🙏
“As above, so below” is an occult term.
I know it sounds unbelievable but I had a house and I needed a new washing machine. The day they delivered it they couldn’t hook it up because the hose didn’t fit over the outtake pipe and the sanitary tub was a few feet away. I pulled it out to the middle of the floor so it could empty into the sink. I was thinking I need to get a plumber to fix this problem for me. The people that lived in the house before me had left shelves in the basement near the sink. I never moved them. The next day I heard water running and came down the basement to see water running from behind the shelves. I moved them and there was an another faucet hookup for the washing machine I didn’t know was there. It was on full ! 😅 I asked a plumber friend if they would turn on by themselves. He said no. I believe it was my dad looking out for me. Saved me the money of getting a plumber out . I got rid of the shelves and moved the washing machine to the hidden hook up . Problem solved. This happened four years after my dad died.
@Wewillbeokay8 on earth as it is in Heaven is from Our Father. I'm not in an occult. I am Catholic.
When my mother passed away in 1996, at her funeral I felt a warming feeling throughout my body, and as I looked up she said into my mind, “We are so proud of our family!”! She has given me many signs and talked to me in my mind! No one else could have said the words, but my mom! 🙏🏻💙🙏🏻💚🙏🏻💜🙏🏻🩷
My husband passed 6 months ago on NEW YEARS EVE 5:38 PM. Tomorrow would have been outy 57 wedding anniversary,i miss Him so much,the only thing that helps me, is to know that His mind is clear and free of dementia. I MISS YOU SWEETHEART, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, I LOVE YOU ❤❤
You will see him again. So sorry that you are hurting. ♥️
@nicolaj665 THANK YOU so much,He knows He is and always will be the love of my life, as a husband absolutely He was a gift from God. Blessings to you and yours 🙏
My best friend died last February. At about 4:10 am . Later that day, my cell phone rang. The number on my screen was my best friend’s number. I answered but no one was there. Her phone had been shut off.
Beautiful video. I was almost afraid to watch it, as I lost my dear Mother just over 2 years ago, and do believe that I've received " signs " . However, I'm glad I watched. It makes perfect sense. Thank you Fr Mike 🙏
Before my husband died, he told me on video that he would send me special birds to let me know he was there. He was an avid birder. Specifically, he said that a bird would walk up to my beach chair on our favorite beach, and sit next to me. One month later, on vacation at my favorite beach, a beautiful egret did just that. Walked up from the water and sat right next to me sitting in my chair for about 30 minutes. Extremely rare. At another favorite beach, a sandpiper, sandpipers who are afraid of people and run quickly from them, walked up to me sitting in my beach chair while I was half asleep in the sun, and started poking my foot with his beak. Then when I sat up to talk to it, it started running circle around my chair, then started poking my shoes. Even more rare. My husband used to like poking my feet when I fell asleep on the couch. One night while out for a short walk, my husband's favorite bird, an owl (we have no owls in our neighborhood), flew quickly past me, bumping my shoulder, then landed in front of me on the sidewalk, and sat there looking up at me for awhile, before flying away. 6 days after his death, when my windows were open, a red wing blackbird flew into my backyard tree and began to sing its heart out; note we have no red wings in our neighborhood either, but this is my husband's favorite bird song that he used to imitate when we would hike in the wetlands. Then a magnent on my file cabinet with lots of little characters stuck to it, flew off my cabinet, and the bird character on it came off and flew over onto the carpet. Lots of unusual bird stories. I believe he wanted me know he was watching over me.
I’ve had so many signs from birds, flowers and butterflies from my loved one. Thank you for sharing the love your husband is allowed to send you by Gods grace. It comforts the grieving heart.
Beautiful story. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you. The night my godmother died I woke up in the middle of the night and instantly thought “she has passed away”. The next morning in mass I prayed for her and called my mother to ask if she had died. She said “how did you know?” Then I was certain she needed my prayers and God in his kindness made me wake up so I could offer the Mass for her.
Thank you, Fr Mike Schmitz, for this video. May the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
My mom grandpa grandma passed so i just want one thing and that keeps me going, is that am going to see them again, by elevating with prayer. And knowing they are safe in the arms of Jesus 🩵
Thank you so much, Father Mike.
I loved my grandmother, and still do, so much. She passed in 2020, God rest her soul. She always made great strides to follow Him, and I can only hope that she is up in Heaven with the Lord Jesus.
I was in Wales when she passed on, back in America. I thought that I could see the sun shining all the brighter through my kitchen window when I was listening to the most climactic build up of Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" (when the bells start ringing, approaching the Finale).
I thank the Lord that He made the sun shine with His triumph and heavenly victory on that late Summer's day, letting me know that my grandmother was hopefully in the safest and loveliest hands ever.
I give thanks to the Lord for His grace and divine providence, and I also thank you, Father, and that He can speak through you, too.
God bless,
Erin 🙏🏻✝️☀️
I didn't have a close relationship with my mum. She died. Years later, at mass, when I wasn't thinking about her and hadn't for a long time, I knew she was beside me.
Spot on Father Mike, it is a tricky subject and there were a couple of times I could cite these signs, but I know my mum and dad are with the Lord, and that is enough for me.
When our Father was diagnosed with terminal cancer, I prayed a novena to St. Therese for him, and a basket of roses was sent to him. During his funeral mass, I asked st. Therese for a sign if he was with God and that he was safe. To my surprise, the woman playing the piano stood up and she was wearing a shirt with the picture of St. Therese printed all over it.
I felt peace in my heart, and I thank God for that grace. Since then, we continue to pray for him and along with all the relatives that have already passed.
I had Covid one December. I was not doing well and people around me were trying to get me to go to the hospital. On a cold day when almost all birds had migrated south, a Cardinal appeared on the window sill in the room I was quarantined in. The bird looked into my room and we made eye contact. My mom had passed away 3 years before. No, it wasn't my mom, but it is exactly the sign my mom would want to send to get my attention. We would always look for Cardinals and get excited because they were beautiful and rare.
I also know my mom was hard to say no to. If she asked our Father to send a cardinal to send me a message, he'd send a cardinal. I went to the hospital and stayed 3 days. It likely saved my life.
This is a great explanation and true to my heart.Pray pray for the little remembered signs of a loved one.I have done this for many years.The thought of my loved one causes me to pray for them.❤
I love to pray for souls in purgatory. I offer my struggles for them. My pains. I had a dream about a soul being so happy she hug me and then I ask her were is my dad. My dad passed away almost 2 years ago. RIP❤
My niece died at the age of 18 from acute alcohol consumption because it was provided to her by an adult woman. We don't know the exact time she passed away. My sister didn't find out until about 10:30 am when friends called her about police presence at an apartment she was known to hang out. This happened in northern Minnesota. My sister had to call her older brother in northern Arizona to break the news. He told her "Mom, I was sound asleep and I heard her voice at 4:30 am calling my name...'Austin! Austin!' ". He woke up immediately and recognized her voice. He asked his girlfriend if she heard anything. She said "I heard someone call your name twice." I believe that God allowed her to send her brother one last message as she passed away. 5 1/2 hours later the 911 call was made in Minnesota. We were very comforted when we heard about this. Her name was Ambria and she was baptized Catholic as an infant.
Father Mike. God understands our sufferings and that it's the way he help us.
I do EXACTLY this! I see a hummingbird and it reminds me to pray for my departed mother's soul. I hear the train, and I pray for my father. I am so grateful to have these simple yet frequent reminders of my parents and the opportunity to pray for them. ❤
Yes, SOME deceased DO communicate with the living. Lives of the saints tell us this.
I have had totally positive visits from my close deceased.
No doubts here.
Fr. Mick, You are so on target !!!
Bless your wownderful soul !!
j hope
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There's wonder working power in following Kingdom principles on giving and tithing. Hallelujah!
But then, how do you get all that in that period of time? What is it you do please, mind sharing?
It is the digital market. That's been the secret to this wealth transfer. A lot of folks in the US and abroad are getting so much from it, God has been good to my household Thank you Jesus
Big thanks to Ms. Chisty Fiore❤️✨💯May God bless Christy Fiore services,she have changed thousands of lives globally
How can I start this digital market, any guidelines and how can I reach out to her?
(1) GOD WILL SPEAK TO US IN A WAY WE UNDERSTAND
(2) GOD ALLOWS SUPERNATURAL GRACES TO SPEAK TO US
(it could be through an animal, weather or natural phenomenon, a dream, a vision, a visitation, an audible voice, an interior locution, a premonition, a profound coincidence, a chance meeting, a sudden revelation, a sudden memory, a sudden insight, connection, knowing or understanding, a sudden idea, a flow or torrent of creativity, or a flash of genius)
(3) EVERY TYPE OF PRAYER, MASS & OFFERING FOR A DEPARTED SOUL HELPS THAT SOUL IN PURGATORY
GOD BLESS 🙂🙏🏼👼🏼👼🏽🕊
then had a dream of an animal that night.🕊
God is good.🕊
Condolences to you and your family Father, may your Mom rest in peace.
Thank you so much for this. This is my “sign”. My husband passed suddenly in January, age 40. I’m Catholic and he was “nothing” he didn’t believe in religion. I have been thinking about this and wondering if he’s ok. We had a mass for him, a novena, and he’s resting in a Catholic cemetery, even though he was “nothing”. I know he knew God but he denied him and religion so many times. I’m worried about his soul. He drank a lot and was depressed. We feel he had chains holding him down. This is my sign to pray for him more. Thank you.
Same boat, but my husband died on October. He wasn't religious but I brought a priest just one hour before he died. I just hope with all my broken heart he is okay wherever he is.
Thank you for addressing this sensitive topic. I think that the most important thing is to never stop praying for a deceased person's soul regardless of what ever sign you get or think you get. I tragically lost my child. When my kids go somewhere, I have always asked that they let me know that they got there safely and that they are okay, even though they are adults now. It has been so brutally hard to not have a way to know for sure that my child is okay. The unknown is such a painful part of grieving and one of the reasons people look for signs. I know that I just have to trust in the Lord and pray but it still weighs very heavy on this mother's heart.
I do believe God sends us consolations. Yes, God does care. When my husband passed I had profound grief. God knew I was inconsolable and I had 2 vivid dreams. I also heard my husband call out to me. It sounded like he was in the next room. It was real. I heard his voice. God permitted it. My husband was anointed and received the apostolic blessing He suffered an entire year from multiple illnesses. I like what you said that God is permitting these ‘signs.’ I am not inclined to believe in birds, butterflies, or pennies. But, I do think there is much we do not know.
I am truly sorry for the loss of your mom. I hope she didn't suffer long...and you, too, Father Mike.
Good timing for video. Today is my Mother's 4th anniversary of death. When I was at cementary, I feel somehow connected to her but of course I believe souls are in heaven and bodies rest in soil.
I agree about signs. But on three occasions in my life, I have actually had visits and clearly heard the voices of people I was very close to. Each time it happened, it was two to three nights after they passed. The last time was when my best friend died of cancer at 57. My two dogs ran to the door as if to greet a guest. They adored my friend Rick. Then I heard his voice. The message each time is along the lines if, "Everything is fine". The experience is always followed by a tremendous feeling of serenity. I was wide awake each time. I'm not particularly religious, but very open minded.
I lost my brother in 2013, I was thinking hard about him, sitting outside having my coffee a butterfly landed on me it was God letting me know that my brother was in his hands
Thank you, Fr Mike, for enlightening about "signs" from diseased relatives. I believe that these "signs" are God sent to comfort us 🙏😌
I miss so much my friend and sister in Christ. "Wendy" she and I were in the Legion of Mary, and she died of stomach cancer. And she always looked out for me when I was in deep depression and almost giving up ;( it hurts me so much
Pray for her. You're closest to her right after receiving Holy Communion
So sorry for your loss . Prayers lifted for her soul and for your comfort.
I offer up prayers to you Fr Mike and for your family. May our Lord give you comfort for your loss. Peace &love to you ❤ 🕊️
I just talked with my priest, Fr. Rafael about this. A group of my neighbors not only look for signs from loved ones, they use a medium to try to talk with the dead. So scary.
I love the idea of seeing a particular bird or flower as a reminder of a loved one. What an awesome opportunity to pray for them! Thank you!
The medium is calling upon demons whether they know it or not, how sad.
Going to Mass on day wearing the same sport jacket in the front pocket of my jacket I pulled out a beautiful buble wrap covering colored blue in that wrap was a covered piece of paper with 2 telephone numbers and a beautiful crystal now one of the numbers was from my friend who was a member of the Knights of Columbus which I am also the strange thing he had passed away 4 years before and inside that crystal if you took a picture of it was a perfect cross do not know where it came from but I have been praying for the poor souls in purgatory ever since
My first wife passed away in 2015 from cancer at the age of 55 yrs. We had 6 saddle horses. We always got out of bed at 6am every morning to feed the horses and do the barn chores. About 3 months after my wife passed I was sound asleep one morning. In a very deep sleep. I was jolted awake by a clear voice shouting "BILL!". It was my wife's voice. I looked at the clock. It was 6am.
This is a beautiful and comforting message, Fr. Mike! I think the example of St. Thérèse of Lisieux when she said, "After my death, I will let fall a shower of roses. I will spend my heaven doing good upon earth" can help us understand this topic too. She promised to send a shower of roses from heaven, and countless people have experienced this grace, receiving a rose after praying her novena as a tangible sign of her intercession. Since she is a recognized saint, and knowing that everyone who is raised to eternal life is also a saint, couldn't it be possible that our loved ones who have become saints can send us signs too? Based on St. Therese's earthly signs, I don't think it's a stretch to believe that our loved ones in the heavenly kingdom can also send us signs to reassure us of their presence and joy in heaven. Of course, nobody but God knows the state of someone's soul at death, but if they have indeed become saints, can't we assume they might also have the ability to send us comforting signs through God's grace? I think the visible display of St. Thérèse's heavenly fulfillment of her promise on earth shows us that our loved ones, assuming they lived holy and devout lives and have been raised as saints, can also send us signs to reassure us of their peace and presence with God.
I also think it could be possible that God Himself, in His infinite mercy, facilitates some form of connection with our loved ones to assist us in our grief. Knowing that tiny moments, like seeing blue jays fly by or numbers on a clock, will give us some sense of peace, He might facilitate these signs to bring us that comfort. He knows that we will find solace in these small signs we receive, and in His infinite mercy and love, He might grant them to us as His loving way of comforting us.
If anything, these small signs can simply remind us of the connection we still share with them through God's love - a testament to the communion of saints and the love that connects us beyond our earthly lives. Even if we will never know for certain if these signs are truly from our loved ones, they still serve as beautiful reminders to acknowledge their lives and pray for their souls.
I was thinking the same thing with St. Therese!
But don’t presume they are in heaven. A demon can trick you to stop praying. Keep praying for them as if everyone is in purgatory. God will distribute those graces to someone in need if your loved one does not need them.
My mother was dying as a child from blood poisoning -this was before antibiotics were commonly used. She was at hospital and doctors made it clear she wouldn’t survive. My grandmother prayed to St Theresa for help and a doctor from abroad showed up providentially and cured my mother against all expectations. Since then we have kept a devotion to St Therese , including ‘little St Therese roses’ around the house and on family occasions . I still believe that St Therese is watching over my mother and though this wasn’t planned at all and happened ´by chance’ my mother now lives not very far from Lisieux .
I thought that was a great video. I lost most of my family 2 yrs ago and have struggled with these very issues. God bless all.
The Lord sent me a clear comforting sign from my sister.
It was from God bc He knew I needed some peace.. which it gave me✝️🙏🏻🌹
My twin sister passed away when we were 42. Her name was Penny. Now when I get down and feel depressed sometimes a penny shows up on the ground or the counter of my home. I know she didn't put it there but it is a reminder to feel blessed to be alive and enjoy my time here.
"God winks" were actually instrumental to my return to faith after a decade away from the church.
God knows your heart.
He has an interesting sense of humor, too. In February of 2003 He sent me on a mission, a mission that would last eight years, require numerous leaps of faith, introduce me to people I never imagined meeting, took me and my family to places I never imagined going to, and gave a lot of people memories of a lifetime.
When He asks you, you do the best you can do.
I lost my mother and father while still in my 20’s. I’ve seen “signs” that I’ve ascribed to both of them. I don’t know or, rather, would not say that they came back to reassure me of anything, but I do believe that they are gifts from God to offer a sign to instill a sense of peace. My Mom and Dad are much too busy in heaven experiencing heavenly things to come and visit. So I 100% agree with Father Mike here. God shows me things out of his love and grace, to assuage my broken heart. But He does it in a loving, magical way that also engenders the faith aspect. God is SO GOOD. Praise be to Jesus Christ.