I know that you have been discouraged about your channel lately. Just wanted to let you know that this is the first time you're video has been suggested to me by the algorithm in a long time. Also I appreciate all that you do
This was great. Matt, if you see this and are having problems with the UA-cam algorithm and getting visibility, I know sometimes it doesn't like different types of content that might have different audiences. Like if people subscribe for the church tours but don't watch the bible studies, it can lower how your videos are ranked. It doesn't understand you have two types of content so when half your subscribers skip a video, it thinks your videos have inconsistent quality instead of being good but different. If you have separate channels for each audience, it can improve your metrics and give each channel better visibility on similar videos by others.
As a catholic I often experienced protestants looking down on me and even treating me as if I'm not a Christian. Your chanel is amongst the few protestant channels that I'm following and I like to watch because I feel like that you are respecting me and all the Christians. Thank you.
Protestants are wanna be Christians who think the holy spirit talks to them when its probably a devil leading them away from the true church of Jesus Christ. Also, they have issue with self-interpretation of the bible which leads them to believe God is telling something that God is not again probably the devil. That's why the Eunuch went to Phillip and asked him to explain the scripture, the Catholic church does that so that we don't fall for the devils tricks and mislead them away from the truth and traditions established by Christ. God Bless keep the Faith.
As a protestant, I’ve grown up seeing this rhetoric as well and it has always bothered me since I was young. It is a beautiful thing that the Holy Spirit can be present and active in so many different traditions of us. How can the hand accuse the foot of being a bad hand? Or the lung accusing the oesophagus of not holding air? It’s foolish and very sad
Cradle catholic here. I love your channel and appreciate the love, respect and open mind you show to catholic brethren. God bless you Matt, you are doing Lord's work uniting christians together.
I remember back in 2019 as a former Evangelical turned Deist for 6 years. Then for some reason, your visit to a Catholic Church in Utah was in my suggested videos. And that video was one of my gateway back to to the Catholic Church - the church that I actually grew up in. Thanks for being one of the instruments for me coming back home, Matt!
Sorry to say this, but I haven’t learned anything from the Protestants (I have attended a Protestant school for seven years). Matt is one of the exceptions, he’s just a wonderful guy! He is humble and open to Christian tradition or rather Catholic tradition, and the sacraments, and strives to increase his knowledge of the church fathers and the symbolism of the Catholic church. I love Matt, he is so humble, kind, intelligent and respectful of the truth.
@@margokupelian344 since he is going to a Catholic monastery and is getting lessons from a Catholic monk (all in this video) I am learning some good Catholic teachings I didn't know before from this Protestant... God bless.
@@leszekleszek773In the sense that she accepted her immense sufferings and offered them to God for souls, she suffered a type of martyrdom. The pain of tuberculosis--consumption--with its interior hemorrhaging is unimaginable. St. Thérèse🌸 of the Child Jesus, pray for us. 🙏 Je t'aime, mon Sœur!
Matt.......Roman Catholic here......I love how u can do this. I don't think anyone would have thought a Protestant and. Roman Catholic can have a civilized conversation without accusation without blame and without insult. This is wonderful
The fact that Matt used terms like Order of Preachers and Friars Minor, shows how he is willing to learn and respect a different Christian tradition. Props to him
I new convert to catholic doctrine and when you guys was talking about the St Tereza the flower of the Carmel it was so impacted to me. I had a dream couple days ago whe she sows up to me and gave me a rose. And it was in a monastery. Now I learn little by little about her. Thank so much for this video.
I loved this video. I studied with Carmelites for 5 years as I discerned a lay vocation to the Order. It was a very formative time for me. I didn't end up making Promises, but I think God took me there to learn about prayer for my future work. I am now a religion teacher in high school and share everything I learned at the feet of the Carmelite masters regarding prayer. Silence is very important in the prayer life to hear the voice of God.
I am a catholic from East Malaysia. I learned a lot from this channel. May our Lord God Jesus Christ bless all the Christians in the world and this channel.
I am a Jewish man in America. I love watching your channel so much, as it gives me more insight into Christianity and other practices and religion than any other. Please keep doing what you’re doing. This channel is fantastic.
Hi! , can I ask you 2 questions about Judaism? I watched some videos about interviews with Jews. Some of them don't know the passage from Isaiah 53. Is it the same with most Jews? And is it okay to read the Kabbalah? (I'm currently reading it)
All priests have an intellectually rigorous education. Most have a bachelors degree is various disciplines, then they go to Seminary to be formed as priests for another 6-8 years. Most go past that to achieve additional masters or PhD degrees in a theological speciality.
I am a Catholic, but I learned much from the video, especially from the brother's gracious explanations. Thank you for having the patience and grace to allow him to speak his message of truth for us to hear. God be praised.
I volunteer with Carmelite nuns at my parish’s OCIA. They are the most amazing and joyful people in the world and such a blessing. I cherish this order very dearly 🙏🏼
Catholic history is the only path with substance and depth compared to any of the protestant variants out there. He kind of has to do it for his channel to have any growth.
@MattWhitmanTMBH I would love to see you engage. Have a sit down with @Jimmy Akin or @Trent Horn, and just ask all these great questions you do. I'm a Catholic @ Puerto Rico🇵🇷 GOD Bless your family and you.
Matt your ability to listen and engage respectfully with other Christians is so inspiring, something I wish more Protestants would do. Your videos in general have helped lead me home to the Catholic Church. Thank you for what you do!
I visit Catholic Benedictine and Trappist Monasteries for retreat every year in Idaho, Indiana and Kentucky. I find as many as half of the other visitors on retreat are protestants who also come for deeper prayer, peace and quiet just like I do, among other like minded Christians seeking communion with God on a deeper level. Certainly this is pleasing to God: he wants Christians to be better witnesses by Loving one another perfectly. Thank you for your open mind.
Matt, I feel this is your best intervieew yet. You are always respectful, but somehow the rapport you had with Fr Artur seemed really special. I was moved to tears by the unworldly music he played; just beautiful.
I found this an excellent video. The Church has two wings; the apostolic and the monastic. The apostolic are the disciples of living in the world where they bring Christ to people. The monastic are the people of prayer. Their prayer and silence rises as incense to the Lord. They pray and the Lord gives the graces to the apostolic to go and preach the Good News. Every parish has both: those who pray and those who are constantly serving in the practical things that need doing. They, if you like, are the two wings of the Holy Spirit, the Dove who settles on us all.
Indeed! I suggested someone watch the discussion with the Adventist when the discussion mentioned that branch in reference to a prominent individual as a member.
I've learned a lot about the other walks of Christian faith from these. (I grew up in a basically holiness/Pentacostal church tradition). These videos are a favorite part of my time in the Internet.
I really appreciated the stillness and humility of Fr. Artur. It helped inspire me to desire silence and treasure the presence of God, not in the earthquake nor in the fire, but in a gentle whisper.
Gosh darn it, Matt, such good content. I love your ability to communicate with others even when you don't agree on specifics. The way you validate others feelings and beliefs while also not compromising your beliefs is something this world needs more of. This is good UA-cam content. I know UA-cam is discouraging, Matt. Do what's best for you and I'll, and I think most of us, will follow your content to wherever it shows up at.
As someone who loves the Carmelite order, I'm so pleased that you visited a Carmelite community. I had the grace to attend Mass at a cloistered Carmelite community (in their oratory) I have a great devotion to St. Therese, and can attest several prayers answered through the intercession of the Little Flower (who I see as my Heavenly sister) praised be God in his Saints now and forever. Thank you for taking the time to just sit down and understand different aspects of Catholicism, this is how we heal division in the body of Christ, that can only happen when take the time to understand the other sides without jumping to assumptions or strawman perspectives. God bless you, may the Carmelites pray for you ;)
Know it’s been a rough go on the channel for a while. Just wanted to let you know your channel & podcast mean a lot to me and have helped deepen and expand my faith tremendously. Whenever or however it ends up, I’ll be with you ❤
Did anyone else feel a moment of quiet settling in when the music was turned down? It was just a split second of silence that I felt in my chest. So beautiful. As always, thank you Matt for all you do.
I’m Catholic and love all about my beautiful church, I watch this video by accident , and I love it,living in Central Florida will be no to hard to visit the Monastery I love monasteries the peace is so beautiful, you can’t find it anywhere else.
The Lord has led me to start a bible study. I’ve been asking the Lord to lead me in what He wanted me to talk about this week. I knew right alway as I listened . It’s union with God through silence starting with the story of Elijah. Thank you all so much and Father God for leading me to watch this video. So beautiful and fulfilling. Sending prayers of love and praise.🙏🙏🙏
I Love your videos. They keep me grounded and helped me in my spiritual journey and in grace with God when I was a Protestant. Now I’m back to the Catholic Church (revert) so I tend to follow other channels now. But I want to encourage you to keep doing what you’re doing , you are literally changing peoples lives. Gods working is in this, I just wish that some Protestants will see Gods work in the Catholic Church.
You can see, hear and feel in the whole behaviour and the way Fr. Artur is talking the fruits of devout spiritual Life. It was a very intelligent, alert, compassionate, kind and gentle Way to explain the Carmelite Order. I think i could have listened for hours to his explanations. Enjoyed this very much! Thank you
It's been a while since I got a suggested video from your channel! To be honest as an Eastern Catholic I deeply admire what you do, your respect and openness are a rarity these days. Thank you Matt
I think they are doing a big thing for the world. Continuous prayer. On others behalves. That is so deep. And comforting. Very humble man for God. Very nice talk and love for the Lord seen from both of you. Nice to see there are others living for the Lord and following him in different ways. We dont all have to be the same. ❤ Prayer is big. I pray we as Christians turn back to more silent, quiet time with our Lord. I have experienced this this year as I start each day with a scripture reading and silent time in His presence. Just me and Him. It is amazing. Very thankful for it. When you are quiet you can hear Him. And I agree, "God hears every prayer. No prayer is ever in vain." AND prayer is the great gift God gave us to be a part of his work in changing things, because prayer does change things! Love your unity series, been a follower for years now.
44:53 This is a much beloved non liturgical Orthodox Christian Hymn called Agni Parthene (O Virgin Pure). The words were written by St. Nectarios of Aegina and were set to music decades after his repose in the 20th century. God bless.
The second the priest pressed play on the i Phone, I had tears in my eyes. Gregorian chants give me a physical reaction that I cannot describe. Just gorgeous.
@WC3isBetterThanReforged , father Artur is from Poland :) They have got there in the church photo of John Paul II and painting of our Lord made on request of sister Faustyna Kowalska :)
I was just baptized and confirmed this past Easter; as a child, when I saw St. John Paul II in the newspaper or tv, I always instinctively knew he was a holy man. There was no pro or anti Catholic sentiment in my home. When I was discerning the Catholic Church, I was so happy to hear about others feel about JP2!
Hi Matt, just want to tell you as a fellow Protestant I love what you are doing on this channel. I'm loving these conversations and looking forward to more of them. Praying for your strength as you continue this work.
Another great video. Those gregorian chants are beautiful. And it's crazy to think that some lost teenagers resort to chemicals, instead of prayers and chants.
Finally one of your newer podcasts has come up. Usually I only see a few on occasion and they're all older. I get so much out of your postings, thank you!
Hey Matt, you've got great content and this was one of your best. I'm a Catholic convert and I know my faith very well. However, you will sometimes ask questions that make me say, "I didn't know that". Your retention of what you are exploring is really impressive. I loved that little glint in the priests eye when you asked Father about St. Theresa and St. John of the Cross.
I spent one week as a guest at Our Lady Of Clear Creek abbey which is a Benedictine Monastery in Hulbert, Oklahoma. This experience changed my life entirely, sharing time, traditions, prayer and work with 67 benedictine monks. I'm planning to spend a vacation in Europe staying at different monasteries, I did not know that almost all are open to the public except we need to make a reservation with 2 or more months in advance
I really enjoy these videos, Pastor Matt. As a Catholic, I’ve really enjoyed your willingness to seek out understanding and knowledge from others and see where we agree and differ. May our Lord Jesus Christ bless you!
I think videos like this are sooooo valuable because of the generosity it reminds us to have with others we might disagree with. We have forgotten that you can both disagree AND be gracious with others. You also can listen and learn and change and be changed! This is, I believe, a glimpse of what it means of Gods kingdom come here on earth. I highly doubt we will ever have a church that agrees on everything, but I think there is something that is more important: learning how to love and love well in the difference.
Years ago I attended a Retreat at a Trappist Monastery in Massachusetts. Definitely a place of prayer and work, they made jams to support their Monastery. An unforgettable experience. Especially joining the monks prayers the Hours.
I haven't watched in a bit but I wanted to thankyou I qas an ex mormon atheist rhen a pagan. And seeing your vidio visiting the orthodox church in utah wad what led me back to God and I was baptized Orthodox just over a year ago. So thankyou so much for introducing it too me.
Matt, I can’t fathom being able to have these conversations with the same amount of grace that you show. We admire you so much and endeavor to match your tone in religious discussions. I want you to know you’re appreciated and important. Tremendously important. We would miss you so much if you were not accessible to us.
This is a great video Matt, thank you for everything you've done. Your videos have a very digestible nature, for people coming from all kinds of different traditions and beliefs. I feel like your love of Christ, his word, and the context around it really shines through in these videos. Praying for you, hope God shows you what he wants you to make content around :)
This is such positive and very beautiful content worth watching. Thank-you Matt for taking us on your Christian journey and uniting us all along the way.
I am so glad to see these videos. It's a wonderful thing to be reminded of the fact that we have so many brothers and sisters in Christ that pursue that relationship in so many ways. This one is a reminder (and conviction, frankly) to spend more time in silence in prayer and meditation upon God's word. It's way too easy to get so busy in life -even good things, church things, mission things - that we forget to dedicate time with God.
37:11 the discussion starting here that goes into the unity of the church was tearfully beautiful for me. One point to rejoice for us we will one day experience that, even if we have to wait until Christ's return. If you read this, Matt (and Fr. Artur*) thank you so much for these videos as continuing reminders of this very thing. (The Genesis video is amazing, by the way) *edited to make sure I had his name correct.
Hey Matt, your videos have been a great help to me. I was introduced to Christ and converted in a very low church, mega church environment and wandered through the YRR movement with the oldest saint I read being C.S. Lewis up until my early 20's. Conversations with other Christians & Atheists drove me a little deeper into church history and into the traditions out there. But really the last 5-6 years have been a deep dive into the rich wealth of traditions and Christian history. I remain protestant, but one which richly sees himself connected to the stream of faithful Christian efforts going back to the first century. These conversations were a huge role in opening me up to these ideas. Thankful more protestants are retaining their core but deeply engaging with the history and traditions of others.
Thank you, Matt, for the video and talking a bit about mortification with Fr. Artur. It has widened and deepened my understanding of the importance of the body and soul.
I absolutely love these conversations. Thank you so much for the time and effort you put into these. I hope that UA-cam gets their algorithm in check so your content can reach more people. The world needs more bridge building.
Please don't be discouraged Matt. An Australian here and over the years your channel has helped me return to Christianity, select several quality study Bibles, good advice matters because they are not a low priced purchase, and to return home to faith.
Matt, you would be totally mesmerized by the Carthusian Order. There is a fantastic documentary on youtube called "The House at the end of the World, The Carthusian Cloistered Monastery " in 3 parts. Thank you for this video. You had fantastic questions. Thank you for not shying away from seemingly simple questions.
My brother, don't be discouraged. Your channel is important because you take us to places, both spiritually and physically that help us see the unity of the body of Christ. I so appreciate what you're doing. Please, don't stop.
I have been wishing to view more of your videos, appreciate your observations of Catholic churches, your understanding the environment as you explained after your visit to ‘The Little Flower’, and your kind visits with our protestant brethren. You are a blessed soul and your church tradition does very well bringing someone into first steps of faith and community and utilization of the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Carmelite spirituality is oftentimes where Jewish Catholics draw on their contemplative roots of Mt Carmel.
That was a beautiful rendition of Agni Parthene (O Virgin Pure) chant that was played Even though he said they incorporated eastern chant, I was pleasantly still surprised after he pressed play
I listen to Salve Regina every single day. I love my Mommy very much. She helps me to get closer andcloser to her son day by day. Thanks to her intervention, i am free of a sin bothered me 20 years repeatedly. Also thanks to St Francis-De-Sales's prayer "Jesus, my heart is yours and yours alone". The richness of the church is amazing!
I know that you have been discouraged about your channel lately. Just wanted to let you know that this is the first time you're video has been suggested to me by the algorithm in a long time. Also I appreciate all that you do
This was great. Matt, if you see this and are having problems with the UA-cam algorithm and getting visibility, I know sometimes it doesn't like different types of content that might have different audiences. Like if people subscribe for the church tours but don't watch the bible studies, it can lower how your videos are ranked. It doesn't understand you have two types of content so when half your subscribers skip a video, it thinks your videos have inconsistent quality instead of being good but different. If you have separate channels for each audience, it can improve your metrics and give each channel better visibility on similar videos by others.
@@Chat562 likewise. commenting here to boost.
make sure to set "get notifications" on!
True for me as well
Also true for me.
True for me too
As a catholic I often experienced protestants looking down on me and even treating me as if I'm not a Christian. Your chanel is amongst the few protestant channels that I'm following and I like to watch because I feel like that you are respecting me and all the Christians. Thank you.
Protestants are wanna be Christians who think the holy spirit talks to them when its probably a devil leading them away from the true church of Jesus Christ. Also, they have issue with self-interpretation of the bible which leads them to believe God is telling something that God is not again probably the devil. That's why the Eunuch went to Phillip and asked him to explain the scripture, the Catholic church does that so that we don't fall for the devils tricks and mislead them away from the truth and traditions established by Christ. God Bless keep the Faith.
As a protestant, I’ve grown up seeing this rhetoric as well and it has always bothered me since I was young.
It is a beautiful thing that the Holy Spirit can be present and active in so many different traditions of us. How can the hand accuse the foot of being a bad hand? Or the lung accusing the oesophagus of not holding air? It’s foolish and very sad
It's from insecurity brother, they know in their hearts they're wrong so they hate. Catholicism is true Christianity.
Matt's videos like this helped me on my journey from protestant to catholic.
Cradle catholic here. I love your channel and appreciate the love, respect and open mind you show to catholic brethren. God bless you Matt, you are doing Lord's work uniting christians together.
“Silence is God's first language.”
- St. John of the Cross
They both hide their hands of Tyr, I noticed, which hand I also lose. For Princess Moanoke, the pig was really the right pig! 🐷
The Hebrew letter Aleph, chosen as the first, embraced silence as a gesture of humility.
I remember back in 2019 as a former Evangelical turned Deist for 6 years. Then for some reason, your visit to a Catholic Church in Utah was in my suggested videos. And that video was one of my gateway back to to the Catholic Church - the church that I actually grew up in.
Thanks for being one of the instruments for me coming back home, Matt!
Beautiful!
Wonderful! God knew this all along 🙂. Praise God
...woooowww!!!!that's amazing!
You Protestant, are helping me, a Catholic, grow closer and learn more of my faith! Thank you, my brother in Christ🙏🏻
If I am permitted to, I say, “St. Therese was a martyr, God let me be smarter.”
Sorry to say this, but I haven’t learned anything from the Protestants (I have attended a Protestant school for seven years). Matt is one of the exceptions, he’s just a wonderful guy! He is humble and open to Christian tradition or rather Catholic tradition, and the sacraments, and strives to increase his knowledge of the church fathers and the symbolism of the Catholic church. I love Matt, he is so humble, kind, intelligent and respectful of the truth.
@@margokupelian344 since he is going to a Catholic monastery and is getting lessons from a Catholic monk (all in this video) I am learning some good Catholic teachings I didn't know before from this Protestant... God bless.
@@gristly_knuckle wrong, she actually wasn't...
@@leszekleszek773In the sense that she accepted her immense sufferings and offered them to God for souls, she suffered a type of martyrdom. The pain of tuberculosis--consumption--with its interior hemorrhaging is unimaginable. St. Thérèse🌸 of the Child Jesus, pray for us. 🙏 Je t'aime, mon Sœur!
This is the church my wife and I attend; awesome to see you here, Matt.
Matt.......Roman Catholic here......I love how u can do this. I don't think anyone would have thought a Protestant and. Roman Catholic can have a civilized conversation without accusation without blame and without insult.
This is wonderful
As a Catholic, I never really thought seriously about doning the Scapula until this video! Thank you.
As an Orthodox, there is so much in this video that I can relate to. Thanks Matt.
The fact that Matt used terms like Order of Preachers and Friars Minor, shows how he is willing to learn and respect a different Christian tradition. Props to him
Love the diversity of Catholic Church
I new convert to catholic doctrine and when you guys was talking about the St Tereza the flower of the Carmel it was so impacted to me. I had a dream couple days ago whe she sows up to me and gave me a rose. And it was in a monastery. Now I learn little by little about her. Thank so much for this video.
Thats so amazing and special!!!!! You must have a strong connection to her and for her to you!! Blessed!
Beautiful. I am joining the Lay Carmelites. God bless you 🙏
Me too! I am making my First Promise Dec. 15, 2024!
God bless you on your journey!
Lifelong Catholic here, and I just want to say that Polish priests are awesome! Loved this conversation!
But this is not a Catholic church
They want to resemble the Catholic church
@@MarselStg-p6vWhat makes you say they're not Catholic?
@@MarselStg-p6v yes they are Catholic, he’s a Catholic priest he just belongs to a Carmelite order.
@MarselStg-p6v You are mistaken. He absolutely is a Catholic priest.
@@MarselStg-p6vThe Carmelites are a religious order of the Catholic Church.
This guy is great. He looks so contemplative and peaceful and doesn't say a word beyond what is necessary.
I loved this video. I studied with Carmelites for 5 years as I discerned a lay vocation to the Order. It was a very formative time for me. I didn't end up making Promises, but I think God took me there to learn about prayer for my future work. I am now a religion teacher in high school and share everything I learned at the feet of the Carmelite masters regarding prayer. Silence is very important in the prayer life to hear the voice of God.
I'm Catholic, belong to the Secular Order of the Carmelites. Congratulations for the respectiful interview. Greetings from Brazil ❤
I am a catholic from East Malaysia. I learned a lot from this channel. May our Lord God Jesus Christ bless all the Christians in the world and this channel.
I enjoy the conversation so much. I'm a cradle Catholic, and feel so blessed watching this episode. Thanks, Matt... God bless you... 🙏🏻😊🕊️✨
I am a Jewish man in America. I love watching your channel so much, as it gives me more insight into Christianity and other practices and religion than any other. Please keep doing what you’re doing. This channel is fantastic.
Hi! , can I ask you 2 questions about Judaism? I watched some videos about interviews with Jews. Some of them don't know the passage from Isaiah 53. Is it the same with most Jews? And is it okay to read the Kabbalah? (I'm currently reading it)
@@Taetae-ye8zb it depends on which branch and individually in the Jewish congregation.
No all Christians know the bible competely
@@cfG21 Knowing the bible completely, and knowing one very controversial verse that questions your religion are two very different things.
@tlaloc9624 ok so try me..i practice catholic apologetics in two languages and debated people on different continents
That was great. The carmelite was very soft-spoken and came across as a very intelligent person.
All priests have an intellectually rigorous education. Most have a bachelors degree is various disciplines, then they go to Seminary to be formed as priests for another 6-8 years. Most go past that to achieve additional masters or PhD degrees in a theological speciality.
Such a great visit. Very interesting and gentle. I love his answer when asked, " What's your goal?" "Union with God".
I am a Catholic, but I learned much from the video, especially from the brother's gracious explanations. Thank you for having the patience and grace to allow him to speak his message of truth for us to hear. God be praised.
They way his face lights up when you know your history and knew of elijah before he even mentioned it. Amazing.
I thought that was a fun moment.
I volunteer with Carmelite nuns at my parish’s OCIA. They are the most amazing and joyful people in the world and such a blessing. I cherish this order very dearly 🙏🏼
Matt, your knowledge of Catholic history and culture is getting so impressive! I feel like you have been doing a lot of reading. Very impressive.
Thanks!
Catholic history is the only path with substance and depth compared to any of the protestant variants out there. He kind of has to do it for his channel to have any growth.
@MattWhitmanTMBH I would love to see you engage. Have a sit down with @Jimmy Akin or @Trent Horn, and just ask all these great questions you do. I'm a Catholic @ Puerto Rico🇵🇷 GOD Bless your family and you.
@@tun6006 lol, okay.
you will become Catholic 🙏🏿
Matt your ability to listen and engage respectfully with other Christians is so inspiring, something I wish more Protestants would do. Your videos in general have helped lead me home to the Catholic Church. Thank you for what you do!
Truly something inspirational.
I visit Catholic Benedictine and Trappist Monasteries for retreat every year in Idaho, Indiana and Kentucky. I find as many as half of the other visitors on retreat are protestants who also come for deeper prayer, peace and quiet just like I do, among other like minded Christians seeking communion with God on a deeper level. Certainly this is pleasing to God: he wants Christians to be better witnesses by Loving one another perfectly. Thank you for your open mind.
Matt, I feel this is your best intervieew yet. You are always respectful, but somehow the rapport you had with Fr Artur seemed really special. I was moved to tears by the unworldly music he played; just beautiful.
I found this an excellent video. The Church has two wings; the apostolic and the monastic. The apostolic are the disciples of living in the world where they bring Christ to people. The monastic are the people of prayer. Their prayer and silence rises as incense to the Lord. They pray and the Lord gives the graces to the apostolic to go and preach the Good News. Every parish has both: those who pray and those who are constantly serving in the practical things that need doing. They, if you like, are the two wings of the Holy Spirit, the Dove who settles on us all.
What a great explanation and description! Very well said!
Oh man I’ve been looking forward for another Church Unity video. These are my favorite videos on UA-cam
Indeed!
I suggested someone watch the discussion with the Adventist when the discussion mentioned that branch in reference to a prominent individual as a member.
I've learned a lot about the other walks of Christian faith from these.
(I grew up in a basically holiness/Pentacostal church tradition).
These videos are a favorite part of my time in the Internet.
Love these visits you do Matt. Prayers from a Catholic subscriber.
I really appreciated the stillness and humility of Fr. Artur. It helped inspire me to desire silence and treasure the presence of God, not in the earthquake nor in the fire, but in a gentle whisper.
Gosh darn it, Matt, such good content. I love your ability to communicate with others even when you don't agree on specifics. The way you validate others feelings and beliefs while also not compromising your beliefs is something this world needs more of.
This is good UA-cam content. I know UA-cam is discouraging, Matt. Do what's best for you and I'll, and I think most of us, will follow your content to wherever it shows up at.
Also, on the technical side, great camera work to whomever was filming. Pat on the back!
GREAT VIDEO! I’m discerning my vocation, and catching a glimpse of a Carmelite order is most interesting!
As someone who loves the Carmelite order, I'm so pleased that you visited a Carmelite community. I had the grace to attend Mass at a cloistered Carmelite community (in their oratory) I have a great devotion to St. Therese, and can attest several prayers answered through the intercession of the Little Flower (who I see as my Heavenly sister) praised be God in his Saints now and forever.
Thank you for taking the time to just sit down and understand different aspects of Catholicism, this is how we heal division in the body of Christ, that can only happen when take the time to understand the other sides without jumping to assumptions or strawman perspectives. God bless you, may the Carmelites pray for you ;)
Know it’s been a rough go on the channel for a while. Just wanted to let you know your channel & podcast mean a lot to me and have helped deepen and expand my faith tremendously. Whenever or however it ends up, I’ll be with you ❤
Same, I haven't seen too many in a long time
Did anyone else feel a moment of quiet settling in when the music was turned down? It was just a split second of silence that I felt in my chest. So beautiful. As always, thank you Matt for all you do.
Sounded like the Greek hymn Agni Parthene. Or maybe it was.
What a beautiful and edifying conversation. Thanks to both of you for your grace and good will.
I’m Catholic and love all about my beautiful church, I watch this video by accident , and I love it,living in Central Florida will be no to hard to visit the Monastery I love monasteries the peace is so beautiful, you can’t find it anywhere else.
The Lord has led me to start a bible study. I’ve been asking the Lord to lead me in what He wanted me to talk about this week. I knew right alway as I listened . It’s union with God through silence starting with the story of Elijah. Thank you all so much and Father God for leading me to watch this video. So beautiful and fulfilling. Sending prayers of love and praise.🙏🙏🙏
I Love your videos. They keep me grounded and helped me in my spiritual journey and in grace with God when I was a Protestant. Now I’m back to the Catholic Church (revert) so I tend to follow other channels now. But I want to encourage you to keep doing what you’re doing , you are literally changing peoples lives. Gods working is in this, I just wish that some Protestants will see Gods work in the Catholic Church.
Love this video: the mutual respect and civility, genuine curiosity: so wholesome! God bless
So interesting. What a gentle soul. Thanks Matt for a great video.
Thankyou for being kind to the Catholic brothers 🙏🏽💙🙏🏻💙🙏🏾 im certain that Mary is pleased with this also.
You can see, hear and feel in the whole behaviour and the way Fr. Artur is talking the fruits of devout spiritual Life.
It was a very intelligent, alert, compassionate, kind and gentle Way to explain the Carmelite Order.
I think i could have listened for hours to his explanations. Enjoyed this very much! Thank you
It's been a while since I got a suggested video from your channel! To be honest as an Eastern Catholic I deeply admire what you do, your respect and openness are a rarity these days. Thank you Matt
I think they are doing a big thing for the world. Continuous prayer. On others behalves. That is so deep. And comforting. Very humble man for God. Very nice talk and love for the Lord seen from both of you. Nice to see there are others living for the Lord and following him in different ways. We dont all have to be the same. ❤
Prayer is big. I pray we as Christians turn back to more silent, quiet time with our Lord. I have experienced this this year as I start each day with a scripture reading and silent time in His presence. Just me and Him. It is amazing. Very thankful for it. When you are quiet you can hear Him. And I agree, "God hears every prayer. No prayer is ever in vain."
AND prayer is the great gift God gave us to be a part of his work in changing things, because prayer does change things!
Love your unity series, been a follower for years now.
44:53 This is a much beloved non liturgical Orthodox Christian Hymn called Agni Parthene (O Virgin Pure). The words were written by St. Nectarios of Aegina and were set to music decades after his repose in the 20th century. God bless.
Thankyou
Thank you!
Matt, you have more Carmelite knowledge than your everyday Catholic! Impressive!
Making myself food and relaxing to 47 mins of great video. Thank you Matt and Fr.Artur. God bless
God bless you Matt in your exploration of the different aspects of Christianity.
Yes, Learning such deep information about different Catholic Spiritualities is fantastic.
You NEED to visit Saint Michaels Abbey in Southern California with the Norbertines!
The second the priest pressed play on the i Phone, I had tears in my eyes. Gregorian chants give me a physical reaction that I cannot describe. Just gorgeous.
If you can head to a Parish that does it as part of the Mass. Your eyes will be filled with tears and your body will be frozen.
I loved this video. Almost knew nothing about Carmelites. Learnt a lot and it is working in me what I heard.
Agreed
Greetings to you, Matt, and to father Artur from Poland :) Thanks for this video
@@valwhelan3533 I haven't gotten to any mention of Poland yet in the video but the founder of the monastery was a Polish immigrant priest.
@WC3isBetterThanReforged , father Artur is from Poland :) They have got there in the church photo of John Paul II and painting of our Lord made on request of sister Faustyna Kowalska :)
@@jakubkosz1009 i just got to that part of the video.
The scapular is a commitment. Anyone can put a gold band on their left finger, but it's marriage that gives it meaning.
I was just baptized and confirmed this past Easter; as a child, when I saw St. John Paul II in the newspaper or tv, I always instinctively knew he was a holy man. There was no pro or anti Catholic sentiment in my home. When I was discerning the Catholic Church, I was so happy to hear about others feel about JP2!
Hi Matt, just want to tell you as a fellow Protestant I love what you are doing on this channel. I'm loving these conversations and looking forward to more of them. Praying for your strength as you continue this work.
Lovely conversation ❤ between the people of God❤
When talking about St. Michael and St. Joseph one can practically see your mind blowing 🤯 as you connect what is being told to you.
What a beautiful interview! Thank you for being very respectful asking your questions. Father is such a gentle soul and explained everything so well.
Another great video.
Those gregorian chants are beautiful.
And it's crazy to think that some lost teenagers resort to chemicals, instead of prayers and chants.
Finally one of your newer podcasts has come up. Usually I only see a few on occasion and they're all older. I get so much out of your postings, thank you!
Make sure to turn on your notification button to all posts!
Please Never stop what you are doing. The only protestant i am finding not aggressive and giving a listening ear
Listen, I’m a Catholic traditional Catholic and I always look forward to your videos make more please
In the instant he played that chant l began to cry.I want it to hear it constantly.
Gregorian chant are on many UA-cam channels, check for it. It helps me a lot especially when I'm going to bed
!!!! Thank you ! I converted to catholicism from nob-denominational. Thank you for this beautiful vid!
I too converted from a Baptist background.
Convert from Buddhism & other pagan spiritualist belief !
Welcome home and enjoy the silent time with Our Lord!
Welcom home ❤
Hey Matt, you've got great content and this was one of your best. I'm a Catholic convert and I know my faith very well. However, you will sometimes ask questions that make me say, "I didn't know that". Your retention of what you are exploring is really impressive. I loved that little glint in the priests eye when you asked Father about St. Theresa and St. John of the Cross.
I spent one week as a guest at Our Lady Of Clear Creek abbey which is a Benedictine Monastery in Hulbert, Oklahoma. This experience changed my life entirely, sharing time, traditions, prayer and work with 67 benedictine monks. I'm planning to spend a vacation in Europe staying at different monasteries, I did not know that almost all are open to the public except we need to make a reservation with 2 or more months in advance
I really enjoy these videos, Pastor Matt. As a Catholic, I’ve really enjoyed your willingness to seek out understanding and knowledge from others and see where we agree and differ.
May our Lord Jesus Christ bless you!
Great channel love your exploration of Christianity. I pray we can one day all be one. God bless you Mat.
Yes we need more silence to hear God. We are so distracted with modern technology and social media...we need meditation..great video.
I think videos like this are sooooo valuable because of the generosity it reminds us to have with others we might disagree with. We have forgotten that you can both disagree AND be gracious with others. You also can listen and learn and change and be changed!
This is, I believe, a glimpse of what it means of Gods kingdom come here on earth. I highly doubt we will ever have a church that agrees on everything, but I think there is something that is more important: learning how to love and love well in the difference.
Years ago I attended a Retreat at a Trappist Monastery in Massachusetts. Definitely a place of prayer and work, they made jams to support their Monastery. An unforgettable experience. Especially joining the monks prayers the Hours.
St Joseph’s in Spencer ?
@@briandelaney9710 that's the one!
I haven't watched in a bit but I wanted to thankyou I qas an ex mormon atheist rhen a pagan.
And seeing your vidio visiting the orthodox church in utah wad what led me back to God and I was baptized Orthodox just over a year ago.
So thankyou so much for introducing it too me.
Nice 👍🏼 !
Thanks Matt. I appreciate your gentle and intelligent interview.
Perfect post for today! Thank you so much for doing a bunch of hard work to find all these cool people and places to interview!
I love this series, Matt! Keep ‘em coming!
What a fantastic interview on so many levels. Thank you dearest Friars!
Matt and Fr Artur, you never know how important this episode is for me. I am discerning religious life in the Carmelite Order. Please pray for me. 🙏
I felt the lithurgical music at the end so strongly. It spoke to my spirit. Thank you Holy Spirit.
Matt, I can’t fathom being able to have these conversations with the same amount of grace that you show. We admire you so much and endeavor to match your tone in religious discussions. I want you to know you’re appreciated and important. Tremendously important. We would miss you so much if you were not accessible to us.
This is a great video Matt, thank you for everything you've done. Your videos have a very digestible nature, for people coming from all kinds of different traditions and beliefs. I feel like your love of Christ, his word, and the context around it really shines through in these videos. Praying for you, hope God shows you what he wants you to make content around :)
I respect your honesty, Matt. You are unafraid to ask hard questions.
This is such positive and very beautiful content worth watching. Thank-you Matt for taking us on your Christian journey and uniting us all along the way.
I am so glad to see these videos.
It's a wonderful thing to be reminded of the fact that we have so many brothers and sisters in Christ that pursue that relationship in so many ways.
This one is a reminder (and conviction, frankly) to spend more time in silence in prayer and meditation upon God's word.
It's way too easy to get so busy in life -even good things, church things, mission things - that we forget to dedicate time with God.
37:11 the discussion starting here that goes into the unity of the church was tearfully beautiful for me.
One point to rejoice for us we will one day experience that, even if we have to wait until Christ's return.
If you read this, Matt (and Fr. Artur*) thank you so much for these videos as continuing reminders of this very thing.
(The Genesis video is amazing, by the way)
*edited to make sure I had his name correct.
Hey Matt, your videos have been a great help to me. I was introduced to Christ and converted in a very low church, mega church environment and wandered through the YRR movement with the oldest saint I read being C.S. Lewis up until my early 20's. Conversations with other Christians & Atheists drove me a little deeper into church history and into the traditions out there. But really the last 5-6 years have been a deep dive into the rich wealth of traditions and Christian history. I remain protestant, but one which richly sees himself connected to the stream of faithful Christian efforts going back to the first century. These conversations were a huge role in opening me up to these ideas. Thankful more protestants are retaining their core but deeply engaging with the history and traditions of others.
Both of you are amazing! God bless you 🙏🏼
Thank you, Matt, for the video and talking a bit about mortification with Fr. Artur. It has widened and deepened my understanding of the importance of the body and soul.
I absolutely love these conversations. Thank you so much for the time and effort you put into these.
I hope that UA-cam gets their algorithm in check so your content can reach more people. The world needs more bridge building.
Please don't be discouraged Matt. An Australian here and over the years your channel has helped me return to Christianity, select several quality study Bibles, good advice matters because they are not a low priced purchase, and to return home to faith.
Matt, you would be totally mesmerized by the Carthusian Order. There is a fantastic documentary on youtube called "The House at the end of the World, The Carthusian Cloistered Monastery " in 3 parts.
Thank you for this video. You had fantastic questions. Thank you for not shying away from seemingly simple questions.
The Carthusian’s are a whole other level. Love that documentary you mentioned. GBU!
My brother, don't be discouraged. Your channel is important because you take us to places, both spiritually and physically that help us see the unity of the body of Christ. I so appreciate what you're doing. Please, don't stop.
I have been wishing to view more of your videos, appreciate your observations of Catholic churches, your understanding the environment as you explained after your visit to ‘The Little Flower’, and your kind visits with our protestant brethren.
You are a blessed soul and your church tradition does very well bringing someone into first steps of faith and community and utilization of the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
Carmelite spirituality is oftentimes where Jewish Catholics draw on their contemplative roots of Mt Carmel.
These are are my favorite videos from your channel Matt!
Haven’t seen one of your videos in awhile. I really learn a lot about other denominations in these interviews.
I really enjoyed this video, thank you very much for it, Father and Matt were both excellent
That was a beautiful rendition of Agni Parthene (O Virgin Pure) chant that was played
Even though he said they incorporated eastern chant, I was pleasantly still surprised after he pressed play
I didn’t notice that the first time! Great catch!
I listen to Salve Regina every single day. I love my Mommy very much. She helps me to get closer andcloser to her son day by day. Thanks to her intervention, i am free of a sin bothered me 20 years repeatedly. Also thanks to St Francis-De-Sales's prayer "Jesus, my heart is yours and yours alone". The richness of the church is amazing!