Why Can’t Catholics Scatter Their Ashes?
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- Опубліковано 16 сер 2022
- What is a human being? What happens when we die? Why do we visit cemeteries? And why do Catholics bury the dead instead of scattering their ashes?
Today, Fr. Mike connects the dignity of the human person to the dignity of the body in death-and beyond.
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My wife and I will be cremated, and our ashes will be in a columbarium in a military cemetery. As Catholics, we consider that ground as consecrated. While I know that no one will visit our "graves", we will still be remembered. And as to scattering, I wouldn't do it, but in my heart I know that God can resurrect us regardless of what happened to our mortal bodies. Those souls lost at sea, those disintegrated by explosion, those of whom no trace can be found will still be raised up by the glory of God, for Whom nothing is impossible.
Thank you for your service.
Your military *pride* preceives your motive. The difference is, you are doing it on puopse. Not an accident. That you will be held accountable for. Military ground is not consecrated ground. Dont fool yourself. You belong resting in full body, in a Catholic cemetery.
In your finale you have one option... to do God's Will, or Satan's free will.
Exactly!
I concur with you Tim. With God all things are possible. No matter where and how one dies God has the POWER to bring our bodies to our souls. I believe in the Resurrection of our bodies to Life Everlasting. AMEN.
Perfect reply.
Why will you be cremated? Our bodies are Temples of the Holy Ghost. Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Orders, Matrimony, Holy Eucharist, Extreme Unction all have their indelible mark on your body to the very marrow of your bones. Cremation is a Masonic practice. Whatever happens to bodies by happenstance isn't usual, and yes God will bring us back to wholeness at the Resurrection, but why would you do that to a body which has died a natural death?
I try and visit my Wife's grave every week. She was afraid that no one would visit her. The day of her burial I did not feel okay walking away until I made sure she was in the ground and covered. I go to give her updated and to pray for her.
If she was a believer in Christ , she is at home in the heavenly realm with Jesus Eph 2:6 If she was a believer in Christ she does not need your prayers and if she was unrepentant it is sadly too late to pray for her.
My best friend passed away and was buried . On the last day of Hospice were the last words I said to her. Knowing she loved the Lord and had led an exemplary life in Christ there is no reason for me to pray to or talk to her.
@@brucewmclaughlin9072, I disagree.
@@brucewmclaughlin9072 You are SO WRONG!!!! But I cannot blame you as you are NOT Catholic....
@@arnoeeuwigheid4499 so being superstitious and praying to dead people ,
dead in the flesh ,spirit alive in the heavenly realm if a believer ,
is found where, as it certainly is not found in the bible. I am Catholic as there is only one church to choose from and Catholic is supposed to refer to the church not an organization in Rome surrounded by 60 foot walls to keep the common believer out!
Acts 17:11 is relevant for today and the roman Catholic church does not want you to read God's written word for yourself .
In the entire new testament no one prays to the dead for anything , in all 73 books in the bible no one prays to anyone but God! Along comes a church group called the roman Catholic church and it tells you that you can pray to anyone?
@@brucewmclaughlin9072 By the way, looking at your HATEFUL COMMENT about the pope, I can ONLY CONCLUDE you are NOT a Roman Catholic but some christian CULT-member PRETENDING to be a wiseguy who is entiled to LECTURE sincere christians about their deceased friends and family members!! Shame on you!!!!
I'm a funeral director in Chicago. St. Monica said "Do with my body what you wish. All I ask is that you remember me at the altar of God." I serve all faiths and even lack thereof. Personally, I'm Catholic, but believe God has the power to resurrect our bodies wherever they may be.
Great and sincere comment!👍🌷
You are absolutely correct. God made us from dust, he can also resurrect us from dust!!
@@dtbm7654 I fully support your comment on this delicate subject. Can you imagine that, after a nuclear war (according to some religious "fanatics") the faithful people who would be killed due to the impact of a nuclear bomb and whose bones would be changed to dust due to the enormous high temperatures, would never be able to reach heaven???? Such a statement is outrageous as well as unacceptable!!
@@arnoeeuwigheid4499 It would be true if flesh inherited the kingdom of God , but it does not. You are correct the concept of being vaporized and not going to heaven as a believer is ridiculous..
even if the ashes aren't all together?
My grandmother always taught me to make the sign of the cross every time I pass a cemetery. She said it was a prayer for the souls in purgatory. I have taught my children to do the same. 🙏
Do you know how you can get all sin wiped away and made clean?
@@gregtowle8830 no
@@Isaac5123 well you can .
This kind of church wont teach you everything thats from the bible
@@gregtowle8830 well you can what?
Here in the Philippines we do not celebrate Halloween instead we visit our cemeteries and pray for our beloved departed ones during Nov. 1 and Nov. 2. It's our tradition here in our country. Families gather and celebrate at the cemetery reliving memories we had of our departed loved ones.
Halloween is a demonic celebration.
That’s a good tradition.
The same tradition is in Poland.
unscriptural tradition and does no good for the dead in the grave, as they do not and can not hear you.
Luke 16:19-31
The Rich Man and Lazarus
19 “There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. 20 And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, 21 who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side.6 The rich man also died and was buried, 23 and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. 24 And he called out, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.’ 25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. 26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.’ 27 And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house- 28 for I have five brothers-so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’ 29 But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; ret them hear them.’ 30 And he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ 31 He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’ ”
Jesus is telling this story to you , will you hear Him?
The same in Spain
As a Catholic cemetery Office Manager I greatly appreciate your sharing of your knowledge and wisdom on this subject!
As a Protestant, I have to say that this cheerful priest does a great job of explaining . He actually is excited about the wisdom he is offering.
He does!
it is superstition
Father Mike has a knack for bringing lightness to the most heavy topics. Thank God for his vocation, the he may not falter.
father Mike is good at speaking , good at relaying what the roman Catholic church wants you to believe , and in some things quite deceived in his doctrine. SOME ,not all. When he holds up the CCC, instead of God's word the bible, you know that he is not speaking the truth of the scriptures .
Still wanna believe what he says then compare what is taught with the scriptures that Jesus used .
Acts 17:11 Paul teaches something and what do the listeners do? That example is for us as well.
@Bruce W McLaughlin a catholic need not fear the CCC or the version of the Bible used by the Catholic Church, which is all of them, starting from St.Jerome.
Thank you…I am Catholic but feeling distant and alone and struggling in my faith. Your posts give much clarity and fill me with hope. Thank you.
Courage.
Pray to the Holy Spirit to comfort you in times of loneliness, also pray the scriptures asking to be filled with the love of God, remember your Guardian Angels they will assist you and stir up the faith in you, child of God you were chosen by Father God,nothing will ever separate you from that love. If you can get the Fathers Love Letter and read it daily,is beautiful to heal the soul.
Have faith that the holy Spirit will be known to you at the moment you need and are ready for this. Up until very recently I was lost. I am no saint but I was gifted this spiritual rescue. I pray this for you. 🙏 ❤️
God loves you. So much that christ WILLINGLY died for you. Yes you! Mom used to tell us God doesn't want you to come to him kickin' and screaming he gave you freedom of choice to love him. That's a gift. So remember the Holy Spirit is with you.. That's also a gift. He is always giving to his child who is YOU! Your a good soul.
@@Kate-ui5kc I am no saint
ALL believers in the new testament were called saints , so yes you are a saint if you have repented of the direction of the world and follow the Lord confessing Him as Romans 10:9 indicates. Read Eph 2:1-9 and see for yourself what God has done in your life. Romans 7: tells you of what Paul experienced and yet he was still saved and always a saint.
My pastor says God can scoop up every cell of our body whether we are in the sea or on the mountain or in a casket when the end time comes and then we will go to be with Him.
Yes! But you’re missing the point
WRONG! It’s not magic that God snap 🫰 is fingers; God create by working having the Angels 😇 and Archangel to create the body and soul and he condemns cremation!
My wife was cremated and her ashes scattered on the lake where we spent so many happy summers.
When I pass, my ashes will join hers . It is my prayer that I will join her again inn the spiritual sense
I love this ❤
That’s awful. Ashes should never be thrown away into the wind. It’s disrespectful
@@newtexan1he said he put them in a specific lake of relevance.
Where are you getting "scattered into the wind" from?
@@newtexan1 And the sea gave up it's dead , ( Rev 20:13 ) so do you think when scripture points to the sea giving up it's dead that somehow these bodies of the dead had not been consumed as everything that dies in the sea is? Scattering ashes being disrespectful?
Your body /flesh will NEVER inherit the kingdom of God , your fleshly body will never be in heaven. Look to scripture to see what will be in heaven concerning us.
As a kid I always was taken by my grandparents to visit my family's gone by, it really laid a foundation for my faith & belief in the spirit. Not to mention i could know those I never met it was profound wonderful beautiful, thanks grandma grandpa
I have many fond memories of going to the Cemetery with my parents to clean up the grave and plant flowers. My Father would take me and we would visit all of our families' grave sites. We also stood at a neighbor of his who did not make it home from WWII. Respect and prayer to honor those gone by.
My parents bought an extra plot next to theirs which is located in Mom's hometown village cemetery. I've fully intended to go in the Pacific Ocean, arguing "what could possibly be more "consecrated" than the sea?"
Thanks to yet another solid Fr. Mike explanation, I've now opted to take the plot.
Mom was right.........again
Well done!
Thank you, Father Mike. You will probably have me excommunicated; I'm on my way out and have asked my family to have my body cremated and to scatter my ashes in a forest. God created forests and those places must truly be truly blessed by Him. I don't want to put my family through a funeral or tie them to a grave. The
deer, the rabbits and me....it might not be doctrine, but it gives me peace. God bless you!!
Good on you Peggy. I agree with you. My dad died when I was 8 and it was a horror trip to have been dragged to the cemetary by his mother at every occasion where she would force us to be sad, and to pray for years. When my mother died she left express notes that she was to be cremated and her ashes not be buried because she didn't want us to be bound to visiting a grave for another 25 years.
I believe purgatory is here on earth when we struggle. Why would we need to pray for the dead when they are already in God's hands.
Our all merciful Lord would not abandon us wherever our physical body be. I believe our physical body is only a vessel for our soul, our true self.
I’m a senior woman, & I recently bought my own tombstone in a Roman Catholic cemetery that was purchased by my parents in my home town in central northeastern PA. My stone is next to my teenage son, who is right next to my folks. I pray that someday we’ll be risen up together, along with my other relatives buried there. And also in another cemetery up the “road apiece”. I’m a believer! 🙏🏼
There is only ONE Gospel: The Gospel of Reconciliation.
All other gospels are accursed.
Jesus Christ came into THEIR kingdom to reconcile fallen angels unto Himself.
We are the fallen angels kept in DNA chains of darkness.
If you do not confess being a fallen angel in Lucifer's kingdom, then you are an unbeliever.
Unbeliever = those that claim to be made in the image of God.
Everyone gets raised up, after that will come the shock for many.
@@eddyrobichaud5832 This revelation given to the angel of the Church of Philadelphia is Daniel's sealed scroll, unsealed for this generation.
John 10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
What law?
Psalm 82:6 I have said, Ye are gods (H430); and all of you are children of the most High.
7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
H430 Elohim = angels, gods (little g).
Right there, he called you a god (angel) that shall die like man, and fall. A fallen angel.
Romans 5:10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
Please turn to Islam or read Quran. I suggest you as a brother after reading your comment
God bless you Joan, and may your son’s soul rest peacefully. I too pray that you will be reuninited with your loved ones in heaven with the Father. “Mercy is the love that we need most and deserve least”. I hope you receive mercy and love from anyone in your life Jesus lives through. Have a blessed day
I felt good hearing this Fr Mike.
Almost every week, I visit my son's grave, offer him flowers and light up a candle. Clean up his space and cut the grass too.
Thanks for this Fr Mike.
I will be more inspired and encouraged to visit my son's graveyard.
What a beautiful teaching of giving respect to our departed love ones.
God bless you Fr Mike. What a Gift of Wisdom you have.
It is a such a shame that burying or cremating our loved ones is so ridiculously expensive. I look up to the sky and into my heart to speak to my dearly departed loved ones . They are souls and angels
Agree
Actually angels are separate beings created by God lacking free will. The creation of man was elevated above angels so you are essentially saying people were demoted. Human beings do not become angels.
So, so, expensive to bury a loved one. I don't want to be a burden to no one financially. I am poor and not ashamed to mention it. I got no money for a one day funeral. I will do with my body with how much I can afford, and that is cremation and no burial service. I believe in God. I love God. I know he loves me no matter how I leave this Earth. I have nothing and will leave with nothing. I don't need to show myself to anyone but God. My family loves me, and they understand my point of view and will carry on my wishes.
Cremating my mother (her wishes as a Roman Catholic, despite what this guy claims AND nobody on the church staff made any fuss whatsoever) cost less than $3000, including the cost of cremation, the funeral service, the wake, and the 3D printed acorns that let us place some of her ashes with her parents, grandparents, two of her brothers, several aunts and her beloved pups (pups are actually buried in the back yard).
Human beings can not become angels since they are a different species.
I’ve seen this on headstones - “Remember man as you walk by as you are now so once was I. As I am now so you shall be. Prepare for death and follow me.” A sobering reminder we should be preparing for death every day.
My grandfather set 2 world records in skeet shooting in the 80s. When one of the guys on his team died of cancer, he wanted his ashes spread on the skeet range. Long story short, my grandfather honored his request but when my grandmother died, he needed to sell the skeet range. I have no idea who owns the land now, but I think about that now how sad that is that a person is just spread there and mostly forgotten. And everyone involved had the best of intentions. Maybe that's my call to have a mass said for him and pray for him.
You say you feel sad that a person is spread there and mostly forgotten....I hate to give you the bad news, but this is life, for most of us common people we are eventually forgotten no matter what happens to our remains. I have a great, great, grandfather, no idea who he was, no idea where he is buried etc. I don't need a gravesite to honor or appreciate someone who is clearly important to my existence. This is the fate of most of us, we will become a great great aunt, uncle, grandfather grandmother, etc...with nobody knowing where our remains are located or even how or when we died or were born. After most of us die our earthly remains eventually become irrelevant to the people that come after us. Having or needing a burial site to honor someone could almost become a form of idolatry....sure it may help some in the grieving process, but eventually for future generations it might as well be ashes spread in the forest. In all of Germany, it is law that families must lease the grave site for 15-30 years, and if the lease is not renewed, the headstone is removed and the remains are taken out and buried deeper amongst other remains in the same non-payment status, possibly at a different location. Germans are smart people, they realize land would be taken up with gravestones if everyone demanded their own spot. The body is simply a vessel for the soul.....appreciate the body and soul when they are together.
@@ldlink3935 do you really hate giving bad news, Sir? Is that something you hated telling me enough to write a sermon on it?
PM
@@ldlink3935 "The body is simply a vessel for the soul"... That's Gnosticism.
He's not forgotten. God knows where he is.
My father's ashes were scattered on a property the family no longer owns. My mom's cremated remains were buried at the family plot. When I visit my hometown, I visit my mom's grave. It soothes me. I feel close to her. I wish my dad was with her.
Your dad is with her and your mom is with your dad even though there ashes are separate from one another doesn't mean that they are not together....
You should think of it like this if they really love the house you grew up in don't ever think they are not there waiting for there time to come again think of that instead of what you were thinking and that will give you the gift of joy knowing they are happy once again.....
If you would just read your bible you would know where your parents are assuming they were believers.
@@brucewmclaughlin9072 if you would just read YOUR Bible, you would speak with a more understanding and less judgemental tongue 😊
@@kellisidoti282 You are correct Jesus always said nice things as He tried to correct the lies of others!
@Bruce W McLaughlin Matthew 7:3-5
3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
"If your body is building a church -- your body is in a sacred place" Fantastic soundbite.
I confess the Lord Jesus Christ as my personal Savior and Lord.
I lost my cousin in 2020 to throat cancer, he was 40 years old. He and his sisters are my other siblings, we are all very close. It has been upsetting to know his wife is scattering his ashes all over the US. They had considered separating them and I promised him if I get a piece of him, he will be buried with me.🙏💔
flesh and blood does not inherit the kingdom of God so the dead body cremated means nothing . The spirit of the believer is in heaven the moment they die.
Very wrong scattering all over.
@@sunshine-xy3nr It's ash
Your cousin isn't the cremated body. He left when he died. If you believe in heaven, the only concern you should have is seeing him when you get there. That's what should really matter to you. Your dead body will be completely unaware if part of your cousin is in there with you or not. Maybe she's scattering him in places that had meaning for him. That's what I did with my parents. They both asked to be spread in the back yard, so part of them are there, and the rest of them ended up in Michigan where they met. I think they would have liked that had I ever brought it up to them. I think they just didn't want anyone to be troubled by disposing of them. It wasn't a problem. I wanted to visit there eventually, anyway.
I feel that was a honor to them to "spread their ashes". They were put in places that had meaning in their lives.
Whatever U wish to believe for your comfort
Fr. Mike. thank you for referring to the remains as “Cremains” or cremated remains. If we look at that line alone it tells us why we shouldn’t scatter. Cremains are still human remains in a different form and should be treated as a complete human being.
Except those remains have the remains of others mixed in. This is a non issue. Scatter or don't. It doesn't matter one bit
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@@Lunnalee100 Yes. Most people don't know that during the burning of a deceased persons ashes, the tube has hardened ashes stuck on the walls. It is costly and timely to clean the tubes. So, obviously, our ashes can be mixed with other peoples ashes, bones and teeth. However....our Catholic beliefs and emotions are what we hold dear.
@@Lunnalee100 Amanda, there is some validity to your statement regarding “remains of others mixed in”. However intentional commingling of cremated remains is not permitted without written permission from the next of kin. Unintentional commingling (as Mary Jane McCarthy describes) is generally covered when permission is given for cremation to take place.
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Father Mike,I am so blessed to have found you! I have been struggling a little bit about cremation, being a Catholic .. I don't want to leave my boys with questions about what and how I feel about cremation. I'm afraid to have my ashes "scattered" one day.. I pray that our Lord has a long healthy life for me! I am now 65! God bless you father, I'm so thankful you!
“Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”
Acts 2:38
Buy a plot for you ashes and leave instructions.
My Grandparents asked to be scattered. Isn’t it an act of Mercy to carry out their wishes? They are in Heaven. Grandma said she was ‘Ready to go Home’. She believed our bodies are just vessels to use here while serving God. Our Souls have Everlasting Life through Christ. 🙏🏼
My staunch, Catholic, Slovak grandparents were cremated.
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
Don’t understand why Catholic funerals cost so much average is 6000.00
I am planning on being cremated, but my remains will be at a veteran's cemetery. I have no wish to be scattered anywhere. I do believe that Our Lord and Savior has the power to recollect them, but why bother Him? Hasn't He already done enough for us?
@@johnrhoads4740
Thank You for your Service 🙏🏼
Father, I lost my spouse to Suicide 5 years ago, at first, I had a friend separate his ashes so I could have some for a bead to wear on me, I felt comfort. At work, someone mentioned it was against my religion. I panicked, had friend put the ashes back, then went on to the burial with my local priest. I do visit grave. Thank you for some insight into my struggles.
I hope you are finding God's comfort from people of God.
I also lost my spouse to suicide 4 years ago and I have a necklace shaped like a cross with a little bit of his ashes that I wear. After hearing this I too will take that necklace over to his grave and have it buried there. It seems really difficult to do though. As you know everything is another day without your spouse and having to let go. I am sure when I take my necklace to my husband's grave it will be a very very emotional moment. May God bless you and protect you as you walk through your life. May God carry you all the times that you can't walk and just can't breathe.
You are in our prayers and don’t worry yourself
You have had enough sadness to deal with
God Bless you and keep you safe 🙏🙏
And Lord have mercy on your husband’s dear and gentle soul R.I.P. 🙏🙏
My husband also committed suicide 18 months ago. I still have his cremated remains at home. It is very expensive to bury the ashes here in UK
@@nuriacb7880
I am so sorry you are going through this. It is a difficult cross to carry. Just take one day at a time dear friend. God bless you
Serious question- how do we reconcile this with the fact that bits and pieces of Saints' bodies are all over the world?
I was literally thinking the same thing! A question I’ve had for awhile.
A piece of the saint's body is treated by the Church as equally worthy of veneration as the whole. See the discourse of Vitricius of Rouen 'In Praise of the Saints'. Some Christians however do not tend to venerate relic pieces but the whole body must be there in order to do so, namely, the Ethiopian Orthodox.
Cremation causes our bodies to turn into fine dust and therefore not very easy to venerate or identify. That is why I believe the Church was wrong to start permitting cremation in the 20thC, and the traditional teaching should be upheld. In conservative Catholic countries such as Poland, it was unheard of until very recently to cremate the dead. With the Covid pandemic, the state enforced cremation for a certain time, much to the horror of the people. There was no good justification for this and it goes right against traditional Catholic practice.
Let's pray for a return of bodily burial!
@@annesmith6582 there are two questions you are posing here. Q1. Why are saints' relics worthy of veneration and a non-saint not? Q2. Why are cremated remains not worthy of veneration?
A1. They are worthy to be venerated in a special way because they have been known and proven to perform miracles and answer our prayers. One can of course, and should, venerate the body of a relative or friend or honoured member of your community, etc. but that is different to the purpose of a public 'cultus' of a saint.
A2. One could technically venerate ashes, just not very easily.
St.Maximillian Kolbe was killed in Auschwitz. His body was cremated and scattered on the heaps of thousands of other peoples' ashes. We can't make particular veneration to his remains therefore. Only his beard survived, apparently, cut off and saved by his fellow brothers before his arrest.
I think that God is mighty enough to find you no matter how disassembled you are. Further, what about bones/bodies that have truly decomposed to nothing?
What about Catholics who die in airplanes crash and volcanoes and in the ocean.
I did not know this!!!! OH NO GOD FORGIVE ME!!!!! I had my mom cremated and scattered... I did not know I could not have her scattered. And, I even kept some of her ashes in a reliquary. I have to go to confession.
Father Mike’s ministry is awesome!! I’m becoming a more faithful Catholic because of him.
Father Mike is an engaging speaker and he speaks what the roman Catholic church teaches but not necessarily the truth of the scriptures. Acts 17:11 is valid for today , to prove to you that what is taught is correct.
Thanks Father!! ❤️
Burying the dead is part of our duties as a Catholic.
Thank you Fr Mike, just what I needed to hear. I chose cremation, but, with burial, not scattering of ashes. God Bless. Claire.
I am old enough to remember when cremation was considered a sin. Then I was told that the Church approved it because especially in Europe, there wasn't enough land. I know in New Orleans; people are buried above ground in cemeteries and I understand that after a certain amount of time, their remains are pushed to the back of the crypt and other bodies placed in it. I don't understand how Church laws are so flexible. I remember when a marriage couldn't be annulled if it had been "consummated". Then, I was told that if the person you marry is not the person you thought they would be, you qualified for an annulment! In this scenario, almost everyone I know would qualify for an annulment but my observation is that it usually a man who wants to dump his 1st wife and marry a much younger woman with whom he can have more children. And the Church apparently is okay with that. How times have changed.
@@joanschilleci7564 It's utterly untrue that you can have an annulment because the person you married wasn't the person you thought they were. Whoever told you that is wrong. There are set rules for an annulment, I am going through one at the moment and my brother who is a priest is advising me. We have the paperwork and it has to go to a canon law tribunal which then decides if the reasons stipulated in the Catholic church for the annulment have been met. The church is not 'ok' with dumping your spouse for nothing.
I love cemeteries, so peaceful , a great place to walk. I always remember this one headstone, it was inscribed;" Think of this as you pass by, as you are now, so once was I. As I am now, you too shall be. Lord pray my friends to follow me.
Thank you, Father Mike. I have had this conversation several times with my husband. I hope he will bury his parents ashes, instead of spreading them as he wants. I encouraged him at least twice to watch this video. Please pray for him. 🙏
Fr Mike, my husband passed away 8 yrs ago.nI had him cremated and his urn has been blessed and I have it on a mantle. Financially I cannot afford to have his urn buried. 😟
Beautiful ending, father. I visit my niece Josie's grave often. She was five months old. And the graves of my grandparents. They remind me of where I am going, and I am what lies in store for them after the resurrection. Beautiful. Thank you.
Grew up visiting my ancestors graves on All Souls Day to light candles & place flowers there.
I also do the same joy. Im so sorry about your young niece. But your thoughts and showing respect and love is felt by them in heaven, its a beautiful life and we will all meet again. Have a great day🙏
I grew up visiting the cemetery weekly with my Nan. We would clean my grandads gravestone, place flowers and sit for a while listening to the birds chirp. Afterwards we’d go for tea and scones. My grandad died of cancer when I was 5, so I don’t have many strong memories that weren’t him lying emaciated in a hospital bed. The weekly visits helped me bond with my grandad after his death on a new level, and make up some of my favorite memories. As an adult I absolutely love cemeteries. They are the most peaceful place to be as far as I’m concerned.
Fr your teachings are balsam to the soul. I pray for you every day that the Holy Spirit keeps shining upon you . 🙏
Thank you Fr. Mike. I usually go to the cemetery each Sunday, to water and weed the 16 graves of my family. The past few weeks were very hot, and my car was being repaired, so I didn’t go.
Your video inspired me to start going again, this Sunday. God bless.🙏
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How thoughtful of you. I hope there will be someone to carry on after you are added!
@@dontjerkmychain thank you so much! Unfortunately not, I am the nearly the last of the first cousins. Sadly, the next generation has no interest.🙏
Thank you, Father. I needed to hear this. Back in 2003, my Mom, RIP, passed down in N Carolina, I had her cremated and brought her back “home” to Long Island, NY. Her ashes were interred at a VA cemetery out in Long Island along with my father’s body in his grave. I was sorely tempted to scatter her ashes off Harvey's Beach, Northport, also in Suffolk County on the Long Island Sound. She LOVED this beach back in the ‘30s when she was a kid; she was a very good looking little girl and have a particular picture I have of Mom along with my Aunts and Grandmother -all taken on Harvey’s Beach, 1936. Long story short, I did not, because of the Church’s teaching, but I'm not going to lie-i wanted to. Thank you again.. -
Do you not know that the Creator of Heaven and Earth can do anything? Amos 5:8 "seek him that maketh the Pleiades and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night; that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth (Jehovah is his name);" Who are you looking to for eternal life? The Son of God or what man says. Here is some Good News no matter what happens at death. Romans 5:8-11
"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life; and not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation."
Mark 1:15
“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.” 🙏
@Armando Tarziu You said " the more the decive..(as i told you the sign 666 will be keoing sunday)." We are not beholden to worshiping on Saturday, which is pagan by the way. Being Born again has nothing to do with when or how often you worship. Revelation 13 is where you find the mark of the beast. Nowhere in scripture will you find Sunday referred to as the 666 sign. Peace...
@Armando Tarziu You said: "i could give you a few verses were it clearly states that saturday is the 4th comandnt"keep my sabats"". I did not finish the rest of your comment yet, but wanted to say that you will not find Saturday in the Bible. The Sabbath is the "Seventh" day always. If I feel led to comment on anything else you wrote, it will have to be another time. Shalom...
Do what your heart tells you. If you're afraid to break some religious rule, to which you give a lot of weight and power, don't scatter them or your guilt will punish you. But if you truly believe that scattering ashes in a place that your mother loved truly honors her, then do that. You see, your personal beliefs must honored. Not religious beliefs. When humanity passes on, there will be no religion -- no need for it. Religions are man-made concepts that were intended to service humans with Earthly bodies by giving them guidance while they are alive in material form. Religions were spiritually inspired, but (as mankind always does) humans corrupted religion. When you still your mind and get quiet and breathe deeply ("life is in the breath") and focus on the center of your heart, there you will meet God. It's as if there is a doorway to the Divine in center of the heart. Gently place your hand over your heart and/or very lightly and slowly tap that area as you focus your attention there. You'll FEEL the presence of Spirit. For me it works instantly. God is always with us.
@@djpfisterdrews2812 That is not what Jesus Christ the Savior of the world says. John 3:3-8 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born anew. 8 The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest the voice thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit." What is being "Born of the Spirit?" It is believing What Jesus said about God the Father: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. 17 For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him." John 3:16-17. Everything else is your own emotions.
Thank you, Father. This lifted my Spirit
i think you are blessed with explaining things Father Mike. I like listening to you coz you know how to intricately connect each word, each thing, each scenario together to reveal the perfect explanation. God bless.
My mom's ashes were buried in our little hometown cemetery with family/friends.. But prior to that, my sister and I took some of her ashes and scattered them at her families burial plot overseas. We took her home to be with them as well.
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Thank you. This has been a discussion in our family and you put it so well.
another beautiful video-thank you Fr. Mike-God bless!
I'm Catholic and I visit loved ones graves That's where the mortal remains are usually with a named marker As for scattered ashes I've known lots of people who take them to a favorite place of the deceased Right or wrong it's the last wishes of the dead
Thank you again Father Mike! You truly do God’s work by making these videos and educating so many! 🙏
This comes back to the answer to every question. We are creatures of the Father. Created to live by His will, not the whims of society or the individual. Burying the dead and praying for them is what we are told to do. Pray for the souls in purgatory, no prayer is ever wasted. If the soul has made it to Heaven our prayer will be applied to another soul. And all this in great hopes that our passed loved ones are praying for us, cuz man, we need it!
Nice story but none of what you said is found in the Bible, it is a fabrication of the RCC kind of like limbo.
Where in the Holy Bible does it say to pray for the dead? Once you die, that is it. Your chance to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ for your salvation, is while you are alive. Catholics and your false Purgatory...if you can make up for your sins, then why did Jesus Christ suffer and die?
@@missange6735 why do you bother to listen if you're not interested in believing
Makes perfect sense to me!
Matt, why do you bother to believe if you're not interested in listening?
I did send that question to Fr. Mike back in 2017, after my mother's death. I now have the answer I had long sought. Thank you!!
Thank you Fr. Mike for this video. My 10 year old daughter was asking me about scattering ashes, and we both learned a lot about our faith and practice. 😊
Well you didn’t because this was utter nonsense completely unsupported by scripture. You were indoctrinated with false teachings not taught. Sad that children were impacted as well
“Have a great week!” Father Mike take care.
Thank you Fr Mike for this video🙏.
I can share this to my children and relatives ( this question just came up few days ago)
.Wow! God works in His mysterious way and have heard my prayer to send this video…
I pray for you Fr Mike and everyone who is listening and watching this video 🙏🙏💕
Thank you Father Mike for any reply and help you can offer me with my 2 questions. It is greatly appreciated. 😊
It took me many, many years before I could ever visit my father's grave, although his lay directly behind my beloved grandparents whose grave I lovingly visit every time I am in my hometown. It was not until I could forgive him for the many sins that he committed against myself and my siblings that I could allow myself that visit. It is an act of great love to respect the body after death. Willfully choosing to dispose of a body or by partitioning off pieces of the body is simply disrespectful, and I pray for those who do not know otherwise.
As someone who is going to college to be a mortician. We can all take care of our dead post mortem until we bury them. We can still honor them by taking care of them before we hand them over to the funeral home.
Thank you!🙏
Morally wrong.
I am a converted catholic. I want to not cost my family so asked to be scattered in the mountains.
My husband and I randomly got into the habit of strolling through cemeteries (we've happened to live close by to) on our daily walks. It really helps me ponder the concept of 'memento mori.' Often confronting, always fruitful.
A really good talk. Very helpful and comforting. God Bless you, Father.
Love this so much and much needed. Please help me and others understand the precious prayers of three rosary and why we should pray it often. I am lost and wish to be found.
Thank you so much for this teaching. God Bless you, Father. 🙏🙏🙏
Great conversation. I go to cemetarys all the time. It is a very long family tradition in outer family. Cemetarys across the country too. It is very important for me to go and pray and remember. I even go to pray at the resting place for the priest that married us. All Souls is my favorite Day at the cemetary. 😊 🙏
I believe it is up to the individual whether they want to be a) buried, b)cremated and buried or c)be cremated and have their ashes scattered to the winds. No church/religion should tell you how you want to bee handled after you die, its completely up to that person.
Yes it is their choice, and i think it'd be bad to do the opposite of what the person wishes to do with their body if you already know what they chose. But not all choices we make are good. And when people love someone enough, they love them enough to tell the person what they believe is right and good because they want the best for the person, not because they want to control them.
Fr. Mike is a wonderful teacher.
My father was not Catholic and insisted on cremation with ashes scattered at a specific fishing spot. My mother is Catholic, but no longer practices due to Alzheimer’s. Before she had Alzheimer’s she informed us that she wants to be cremated and sprinkled at same location as my late Father. I am a practicing Catholic, my brother is not. He is adamant in following my mother’s wishes- I am torn. Guidance please…(?)
I’m praying for you and your decision.. remember the power of our spirituality. If physically, your family decides and overrules your wishes, offer it up to the Lord. He makes all things new.
That’s one of these classic moral dilemmas one finds themselves in by following dogmas. I feel you. I personally think you should follow her wishes regarding this. If god won’t welcome her for this then what are the chances that any of us can please him anyway. Maybe you should pray over it
Ask your parish priest
You can take some dirt/water of the fishing spot and if/when she passes bring it to your mother’s final resting place in consecrated ground? I think it Honors her faith and her wish to have some symbolic closeness to your father’s resting place. I am sorry for the loss of your father and the struggle your mother and your family have now. I will keep your family in my prayers.
Honestly if your parents are followers of Jesus, I would pray on it and ask God to give you a clear answer but I feel it doesn't matter as long as there is respect and prayer and a mass said for them.
WOWZERS! Thank you for this! Although, as a Catholic, I have been dedicated to our customs and traditions, I so love that Fr. Mike has applied "regular" language to this. It makes sense. It can be easily be shared and explained. Thank You!
Thanks for sharing, since I had planned to scatter my ashes when I die, and didn't know this topic. A complete change to my decision when I die
This Father makes me think. Thank you and great job Father Mike.
How do you be born again?
Thank you Fr. Mike for preaching this sermon. Amen✝
Yes thank you for spreading false doctrines that are not only absurd but not supported by scripture. We thank you for leading people away from the truth
Amen Father Mike! Thank you.
Thank and God bless you Fr Mike!⚘🙏🏼💙
3/4 of my husband's ashes are buried in Holy Ground and the other 1/4 are either in mini urns that I have and his sister and our granddaughter has and I spread some at his favorite 3 beaches at Cape Cod - but most are at the cemetery but I've moved 14 hours away from him so glad I have some of his ashes with me still.
This video was made perfectly for me at the time my dad has been cremated. Thank you God.
I am not a Catholic but two of my brothers married Catholic women and changed their religion so I have respect for both followings as we all worship the same God. I already have my place of rest in a Church Yard where my daughter was married and my family members ashes are already laid to rest. I always say a prayer for my lost family at the graveyard and when visiting a church I will say a prayer and light a candle for them. I think saying a prayer gives you strength to cope with the loss of love ones as well.
Thank you, Fr. Mike, for this excellent video. Well explained. Also, thanks to the comment by Jim Townsend.
Your knowledge on the subject is enlightening and appreciated. I grew up praying to the dead and making the sign of the cross when passing a cemetery. My mom passed away two yrs ago and was buried next to her first born in a different state. This makes it difficult for us to visit their graves because of traveling hardship. When my sister visits the graves, she spends close to 4 hours at the site praying and chatting with our mom. It helps her feel close to her.
Thanks from Ireland Fr Mike. I appreciate your explanation which included biblical references. Very motivating I have read Tobit over the years and can resonate with what you're saying.
Fr. Mike, although as a faithful Catholic, I love the traditional Mass, but outside the traditional Mass, I love the way you have conversations with us on a personal level. You speak so beautifully and with such “common like logic”. Your presentation is as though we are having a conversation together, as individuals. I am really just trying to compliment you for being so real and your messages from any question, no matter how obscure, you’re able to make sense of them and reply so openly, honestly, and in a way which makes absolute sense. Thank You Fr. Mike, you’re a really great guy and I would love to be a member of your congregation, albeit via live stream to Melbourne, Australia. I would link up with your Church, if I knew where it is. I don’t know if you are able to reply to our comments??🙏🕊✝️🕊🛐🕊🙏
Thank you Fr. Mike...This settles in my mind what I need to do with my brother (who is sitting on my buffet as I type). Blessings!
Thank you Father Mike.🙏
Thank you so very much for explaining this.
Thank you so much Fr.Mike 🙏🏼♥️
Thank you- my dad recently died and this helped me so much. Thank you
So much information I didn't know before this video. Thank you
Thank you Fr.Mike for taking the time to speak about burying the dead and visiting their place of rest.
We loved our beloved departed on this earth and yes I always make a three hour trip weekly to visit my departed loved ones graves and say a rosary for their souls everyday
The Holy Souls depends on our prayers and it’s us who can help them as they no longer can help themselves R.I.P. all holy souls.🙏🙏🙏
God Bless you, and yours. Praise Jesus.
@@joseglunt9267 Thanks so much and God bless you and yours always
Stay safe and blessed 🙏🙏
Rose can you tell me where you got this from?
The Holy Souls depends on our prayers and it’s us who can help them as they no longer can help themselves R.I.P. all holy souls
The scriptures are pretty clear Heb 9:27 there is no praying to, or for, the dead found in scripture!
Thank you father Mike for all the time that you give to us, answering all the questions that we have and for showing us you’re human just like us, I love your little bloopers 😂
God bless you always 🙏🏻✝️♥️
I’m praying for you please pray for me
“Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”
Acts 2:38 -
You don't show very much respect for God your father call no man father on Earth
God the Father God the son God the Holy Spirit these three are one in the same
Too bad he’s factually wrong pushing catholic dogma that is nowhere supported by scripture.
Thank you Father, from Australia
Thanks for explaining this.
Thank you Father Mike for this explanation. My mother and her sisters used to always take me and my cousins round the local cemetery here in Scotland to visit our dead relatives and say a prayer. It's something I still do it's special.
You make me smile as I was thinking about the Church made of bones you talked previously about and then you mentioned it
You are such an inspiration 🙏
Answered my questions. I thought I was weird because every time I pass a cemetery or a grave marker on the side of the road (I am on the road A LOT) I always pray. There’s a marker for a man named Jim on my way home and I don’t know him but have always been compelled to pray for him so I do. I pass him all the time. There’s even been times that I see what I thought was a grave marker on the side of the road and I pray but I get close and come to find that it’s a water line, a power marker I’ve even prayed for a traffic cone thinking it was a cross. Thank you Fr. I loved your explanation
Excellent explanation of this important work of mercy. Thanks.
Thank you so much to clarify the Body and soul concept for me.
Thank you Fr Mike, I love to visit my late husbands grave together with my family on Christmas Day , Birthdays and Anniversaries
So going to a cemetery is like practicing MOMENTO MORI?!? I love it. Even at a young age I was drawn to them. I think it’s the sacredness that you so beautifully explained to us video.❤️
Love your posts and explanations. Your excitement about your Catholic faith is catching and so very wonderful. God bless from Montana. ❤ Ruth
Beautiful ending, "what you are now we were, what we are now is what you will be" AMEN
Thank you for reinforcing our prayers for those who have physically died this earthly life and visiting & praying for them is a loving act. God bless 🙏. May all the souls of the faithfully departed through the mercy of God Rest In Peace, Amen.🙏
Brilliant lecture about death. Deeply comforting. Thank you father Mike Smitz
Remember Man as you pass by. As you are now so.once was I. As i am now so.surely shall you be. Prepare yourself to follow me. Ask for mercy and read the Bible.
Thanks Father for your explanation
thank you so much, now i understand. you have touched me in many ways with just this 10 minutes.
Thank you Father Mike. When I visit my daughters grave I find it very comforting to me and I often pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet when I am there. It is Holy Ground, the Lord himself is going to bust that ground wide open some day and raise up all the dead to new bodies like unto his glorious body. What a wonderful promise.
“Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”
Acts 2:38
My mother died almost three years ago (september 2019 the same year my son was born). She said that when her time was due we should bury in a casket and then after some time her body should be cremated. Now her ashes are in an osary at the church she used to go to.
Thank you for that very clear explanation Father. I enjoy listening to you. God Bless you.
Visiting my son's grave helps me to connect with God in a special place where I actually find healing and inspiration. Thank you for your channel. God's blessings always.
We visit our son's grave every Sunday after Mass and it has brought such tremendous such inner peace, hope and healing knowing that we too will lie with him some day. As Catholics we believe that we live in communion with the dead and in that way no one is truly dead for we live with hope of the resurrection.