From Protestant To Catholic To Really Catholic. My Conversion Story
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- Опубліковано 6 лип 2024
- I have been asked over the last few years to give my conversion story, which I've been reluctant to do. But recently someone emailed me, wanting me to give it, asking specifically how I came to know Catholicism is the true religion. So, I decided to go ahead and give my testimony.
This will probably be long, so I'm probably not going to worry about the visual so much, the focus will be more on the audio.
It will be long because, at least for me, joining the Catholic Church and becoming Catholic are 2 different things. In other words my conversion story doesn't end with my confirmation. That really was the beginning of a conversion to Catholicism that took years. In fact I would say its still ongoing.
I was anti-Catholic. Raised Protestant and became disaffected and left to agnosticism. One day I woke up after about 10 years of no church stirred by the spirit to go to the Catholic Church. I felt required almost. So I went the next day. That day they announced RCIA would begin the next day. Went through the program and at the end I still didn’t believe in the true presence in the Eucharist. So I prayed. I said God if you show me a Eucharistic miracle I’ll never leave this church and tell everyone how true it is. And, 3 weeks later, ON MY BIRTHDAY, March 5, 2022 the first Eucharistic miracle in the United States occurred. I now attend the Latin mass weekly and try to do confession weekly. The Catholic Church is the true church of God. If you ask with a pure heart God will answer you and testify to this.
Great testimony!
This is inspiring. I didn’t become Roman Catholic. I became Orthodox, but I grew up Baptist and then Presbyterian. And the main thing they said about Catholics (and Orthodox) other than being “saved by works,”was the Eucharist being actual body and actual blood…i heard that is resacrificing Christ every Mass/Liturgy and all the rest of it. I heard it over and over. But for me…this was the thing that FORCED me to leave Protestantism…I became convinced beyond any reasonable doubt that the Church from the beginning taught this, and Jesus Himself taught this. This is was made me leave the church of my family. It was difficult.
Could you cite the miracle? I did not know there had been one in the US. I know of the other miracles around the world (have seen the One in Santarem). Is it the one the bishop ordered destroyed before it could be investigated?
Cool, although I highly suggest you don’t mention your birthdate. You don’t want to give out personal information.
My story is similar. I will be confirmed into the church this coming Easter vigil.
I’m converting to Catholicism and will enter the church this Easter vigil (2024). I miss my friends. My sister is anti Catholic but The Lord is changing me right before her eyes.
Pray for her. Trust Our Lady - she really does pour out those graces.
My wife and are as well.
When Christ Lives in you you become the church and part of His Body
So be it...
Welcome home, just in time to receive the Holly Eucharist, as these are the end of times, and this is true church, faith, but prepare for persecution in and outside The Church.
I am an ex muslim and wanted to convert into Christianity....from Protestan, Charismatic to Novus Ordo Catholic...finaly I found the Latin Mass (Traditional Catholic) ...now i found solemn and peace in A Religion of The True God 🙏
Welcome home!
God bless you, brother.
Wow, God has truly blessed you. Ave Maria ❤✝️
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As a former Muslim, what's your take on Quranic teachings about the infidels, you and me?
This is my conversion story (the short version). All my grandparents were Catholic from Spain. They moved to Cuba. Many of their children lost their Catholic faith due to communism and the state sponsored shamanism. My Catholic parents (bit of a protestant mom) moved to the states with their toddlers, joined the Baptist and Pentecostal church. I got sick with cancer in my 20s. I started going to the Catholic church, my parents followed my example and now we all attend the Catholic church. I did my confirmation with my sister (was already baptized Catholic as babies). My parents had already done theirs in Cuba. They had gotten married in the Catholic church in Cuba. They lost their Catholic faith in the states but God has led them back to the Catholic church. I didn't really know what the Catholic church was like when I first joined. I was taught by the protestant churches that Catholics are not Christian and the Vatican is evil. But I went back because while I was sick at the hospital, I watched a EWTN Mass (the other Christian channels were busy selling books) and I saw it was not evil and decided I needed the peace and blessing of a Catholic Mass. The other churches were not doing it for me anymore. They were too much about health and prosperity. I started craving to have communion with a passion. I'm glad the Lord has led us all into the Catholic church once again.
Wowwww. God bless you.
Wonderful story. Amen. Thank you so much for sharing 😊❤
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I don't know ehy but the Protestants have told terrible lies about the Catholic Church down the years. Who are the evil ones then??
Mine is similar. My family that immigrated to the US was Catholic from Hungary. The faith in the family changed. My great grandparents were the change. They became protestant. Baptist to be specific with a mix of calvinism. I was taught by the line of my family that catholicism was wrong. Then I met my now fiancee who is Catholic. When we first talked about it I was so persistent to prove her wrong, it was causing a problem. I then worked through my objections with sincere research and I am now on the fence to conversion. I attended mass and since then I have felt this pulling in my heart. It is like something I have never experienced. Pray for me and my perseverance, discernment, and send prayer to my new ministry rooted in apologetics. Thank you.
Welcome bro I was once Protestant too and anti-Catholic but now I'm Catholic too.
What made you trade in the invisible god for a face full of crackers.?
What happened to you that you turned from the Truth and now embrace idolatry?
@@brettstiltner4143 Honest comments that expose the seedy underbelly of the CC are removed from this site. They only want good things to say about the CC.
Thank you for the lovely conversion story. I'm a cradle Catholic but I left (thank you Vatican 2). However our Lady would not have that, and at my lowest darkest place I said "mama please help me!" She came for me and brought me back to Christ. I told this story to a Mother and she smiled and just said "She always comes for the sons.". Even just writing this my eyes are starting to water up lol. God Love You and to all my Catholic brothers and sisters, PRAY YOUR ROSARY! To all the other lost lambs, I love you and the Truth will come if you seek with your heart and not your mind. Love your channel.
Sooo true. Any evil men in our hierarchy and clergy should leave not us. Pray, never take communion in the mouth nor go to a church that blessed gay couples.
I’ve heard so many stories of how Mary leads men to her son 🩵
@ryanmovesu Mumma Mary is the best!
I can relate. I was also brought back by Virgin Mary.
Well done. I am cradle Roman Catholic from Nigeria, even with all the struggles against evil in the world , the doubts and the persecution the Church faces in my country: I couldn't neither wouldn't be otherwise. ❤️🙏🏾
I always heard about the persecuted christians in Nigeria, I pray for you all, remain firm.❤️🇵🇭
You are a true Christian. Here in the West we can go freely, for now. But when things get pretty bad, and the persecution starts, you will already have a strong faith, we will be just starting, hope we prevail in our faith. God bless you!! And most precious blood of Jesus. Your country is a chosen one.
God bless you!
God bless the Nigerians. Beautiful nations. My priests are Nigerian and I love them ❤
What a witness! Thank you! Praying for all persecuted Catholics
I'm on the road to becoming Catholic. Started going to Church at the start of 2023 (It was a Sunday so I went to Church) and have started RCIA classes. I'm getting confirmed on 23rd June. Praise God, i'm coming home ✝️🇻🇦
COME HOME to ROME.
Please go to the Latin Mass, it will change you for ever.
Continue and dont look back, you are going to the true church that Jesus established since 33AD. Godbless
@@appleromas694 DEUS VULT!!!
Welcome home buddy❤
I was nominally methodist, than atheist for a decade, then became Catholic very very quickly.
What about Jesus? He was never Catholic. His church is everyone that has made Him Savior and Lord.
God bless you, Indico❤🙏🏻.
@@bcalvert321was He Christian?
@@ernestf.4595 No. He was Jew. Anything else I can help you with.
WELCOME HOME to ROME.
Oh my! I was a very fallen away Catholic-turned-pagan, and when I finally surrendered myself back to God and expressed a desire to have a community, He said GO TO CHURCH!!! After a month or so of the constant badgering by the Holy Spirit and my guardian angel to GO TO CHURCH!, I finally said fine and asked if I could go to some funky bible church, sing songs, listen to a sermon and have fellowshiping. He said NO! CATHOLIC CHURCH!! I finally surrendered to that and returned to the Catholic Church. Best thing I've ever done! I enjoyed your video very much. When I returned to the Church after 50 years away, I had completely forgotten about why I had left in the first place, which was the institution of the New Mass. I came back to something entirely unrecognizable, and was appalled at what I had been taught was sacrilege - the touching of the Precious Body by unconsecrated hands! But I thought that was just how it was and I was stuck with it, but I bucked up my courage and started receiving on the tongue, kneeling on the exposed aggregate floor of the church. Then I discovered there were actual Traditional Latin Masses in the area and tentatively tried it out. I got hooked. Gregorian chant, sacred polyphony, all the smells and bells, altar boys/men (no girls!), people dressing appropriately, the air of reverence and respect, it was all there. I finally found my home.
Always take the bread by hand
@@sird2333you mean in the tongue
@@peaceandlove544
No. I take the bread by hand
YAAAAAY it's always nice to hear someone delivered from the occult. Bc same, God brought to Catholic Church and so here I aaaam
It's not a bread, it's a consecrated host. Do not take on your hands. Take on your tongue.
As a fellow Catholic with a Protestant wife, I will make sure to pray that your wife is lead to embrace the Catholic Church and the Eucharist. If you have a quick moment all I ask is you do likewise, as prayer is very powerful.
If you haven’t yet try putting a Green scapular in your bedroom.
Yes, I've put the green scapular and prayed the 3 hail Mary's daily. My anti-catholic spouse started praying the rosary, and a few days ago, came to mediation on the 5th sorrowful mystery. He saw alot of Precious Holy blood, and my spouse asked, what am I supposed to do with it...? Make a sign of the cross with it? Eat it?
So in the meditation, my spouse chose to ingest the blood of Christ.
Afterwards, he asked me... is that the true eucharist?!
Glory be to God!
Women are easily led to convert if they have a devout Catholic husband.
I will pray for both our protestant spouses
If you think Jesus cares about what church you attend then you do not know Jesus. Being a Christian is not going to church, any church. It is a personal relationship with Him. We are to live for Him. I can pray directly to Him and get them answered without going to anyone else. I do not need a priest to ask for my sins to be forgiven. If you want to be Catholic that is fine. But it is a lie to think your wife needs to go.
What a great point right at the beginning! I am a cradle Catholic, but I am becoming a real Catholic only in the past few years.
I enjoyed this story! I was raised Evangelical Protestant and originally never considered becoming Catholic. That changed last year, when I began investigating who the original Christians were. I looked into Eastern Orthodoxy for a while and even went to a vesper at a local Orthodox church. Later, I also discovered some the defenses for Catholicism being the original church, such as Matthew 16:18. The thing that ultimately ended up converting me to Catholicism was the Our Lady apparition in Lourdes. Specifically when Mary told St. Bernadette, "I am the Immaculate Conception", as this is a doctrine rejected in both Protestantism and Orthodoxy. And the many miracles in Lourdes prove the apparation to be true. Now, I am currently in the process of converting and I am excited to take RCIA classes at my local cathedral this summer! I'm thinking of attending a Byzantine Rite church as soon as I convert. The Latin Mass is nice and all, but there is just something so majestic about the Byzantine Rite.
Welcome home. Our Blessed Mother and her rosary is one of the greatest things in the Universe after the Holly Trinity.
I visited our Lady of Lourdes last year and only planned to stay for one night, but our blessed mother organised that we would stay for two nights and I am so grateful that she did. My wife and I participated in the procession, we went to mass and received our Lords body and blood, I washed in the holy water of Lourdes and recited the rosary before the Grotto. I can’t tell you how happy we were. If someone told me that I would experience such things in the past I would laugh at them. But with God nothing is impossible. Dear Mother Mary I love you and thank you.
@@peaceandlove544Amen 🙏🌷🌹🌸🌺💐❤️💖💞❤️🔥
@RealLeFishe Amen 🙏🌷🌹🌸🌺💐❤️💖💞❤️🔥
It’s the orthodox CULTS NOT churches! Only Jesus can found a Church!
Great testimony!! I'm catholic and want to share my experience through my faith in catholic faith. When i was younger i went to sunday mass and became very active in activity's church like choir and everything. But my parents didn't go to church. I always wishes for them to come along with me together like other some families there with their children☺️. Until i met some muslim guy that time i was 18 or 19 i dont remember. I was upset with my family and i started not going to church and started fell with this guy. It almost 10 yrs i didnt go to church i think. I dreamt of maybe one of the saints telling me to GO TO CHURCH and when i was in hard situation when i was about to leave my catholic religion and was about to become a muslim, MOTHER MARY appeared in my dream😭😭😭....then i started go to church and leave my muslim ex-bf but that wasn't easy. Then my grandmother(Rip🙏) started introducing a christian guy for me and gave me a necklace with cross attached to it. At first i didnt want to meet this guy due to a heartbroken i was facing but when i met this guy (husband) i could see in his eyes which need attention and love of God which i didnt realized at tht time☺️so we together embraced this catholic journey together. I thought him to pray rosary and other prayers as well. Went to retreat catholic charismatic and prayer meeting every week at tht time. My parents also becoming a devout catholic. Thanks be to God🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️Praise to Lord Jesus and thank you mother Mary who always be with her children to come and give us Our sweet Jesus ❤️ John 14:6
I had the same experience of being oppressed by demons and desperately looking for deliverance prayers.
The prayers were effective and that encouraged me to read some Catholic books and listen to Catholic podcasts.
I was raised Protestant but in a denomination that had become very progressive and indifferent. I didn't have any anti-Catholic sentiments, rather I thought that any spiritual path could be a path to God.
That's how, in my adult life, I had strayed away from Christianity and was heavily dabbling in new age and pagan nature religions. No wonder demons had been oppressing me.
After I learned the effectiveness of the Catholic deliverance prayers, Mary made herself known to me. I have a firm belief that it was she who was protecting me and leading me to the truth.
I believe that although the church of my birth was severely deficient, my valid infant baptism had put that indelible mark on my soul. Mary knew I was one of God's children and she had the heart to save me.
When I learned about Fatima, I was blown away. I do not know why the modern Church does not talk more about miracles. When I learned about Eucharistic miracles I was blown away.
I discerned the Catholic faith for 4 years before I approached a parish for RCIA. I'm Canadian and our churches were closed for 2 years during that time. This country's leader went overboard with power grabs and restrictions during the C19 era.
so by that time, I had read enough and listened enough to know that what I received in RCIA was watered down and sometimes heretical. The older women who ran our RCIA would openly dispute the catechism in front of us. They would argue for female ordination and the like.
How I wished to be catechized by a traditional priest or an old-school nun.
The Church hierarchy needs to realize that people are hungry for the faith. The real faith, the deep faith, all of its doctrines, all of its history, all of its traditions. Peter, feed your sheep.
Wow! I had a similar testimony, coming to traditional catholicism during canadian lockdowns. I had good catechism luckily, and binge watched ALOT of catholic answers, apologetics, etc.
Have you considering writing a note (anonymous) to priest or bishop about how the rcia lady encouraged heretical beliefs?
@@contemplatingchrist I actually have thought about writing a letter to our bishop. I don't know a lot about him except that he suspended priests in my diocese who chose not to get vaxxed. They are all back to work now and that is when the churches were closed anyway, but it has left me with the idea that he and I wouldn't see eye to eye on much.
I was also very disappointed that RCIA lady wouldn't let us choose a confirmation saint either. Her reasoning was "We don't do that anymore. It's disrespectful to your parents and the name they chose for you".
She smacked down anything traditional. She has had a bit of an attitude toward me because she knew I was attending the Tridentine Mass.
The bishop has made it so that the Tridentine community is not allowed to have their own RCIA and so I had to attend it with her.
I did my time and am grateful to be in the Church now but I do worry about those who do not have the time to do as much catechesis on their own.
Oh Lord!!! I am sooooo sorry here in Mexico even though is 99% Novus Ordu, we still do things the old fashioned way regarding mass, Sacraments, cathechism. Hope you can find a nice little old church with a regular priest and congregation not a woke one. Never go to mass where gay couples are blessed, never have communion in the hand, never have communion from a communion minister only by a priest. Pray to God he sends you to the right church. He did it for me. 😊
My whole country of Canada is like this. I am in one of the better churches here. It's historically important so the high altar and altar rails and everything are intact. They are just not used. Because it's the people that make a place holy or not. Many places in Canada have abandoned their parishes altogether. The Church is despised here. At least at my parish, people still show up but our culture is so secular now, that people take on beliefs that are from the world, without even realizing it.
@@Paule_LMS you'll always have a family out here, I'm converting but there's no going back! So glad youre searching!
I’m what you would call a born and raised Catholic who left the church due to rebellious and stupid obnoxious reasons. Explored numerous other faiths (including Islam) and ended up being atheist militant atheist.
Once I started a family of my own in my 30s. I realized how true it is to have your foundation set on stone, and witnessed everyone around me setting their foundation on sand. Iykyk
It really touches me to know so many convert stories! Great story!
Want to say very sincerely, Thank You. What courage and may God continue to bless you and your family in your journey.
The part about your mother and sister’s conversion is wild! Gave me chills. Beautiful story 🤍
Well as a cradle catholic.... All I have to say after finishing this was 🙋🏻♀
🌺"Welcome Home" 🍃
You have been blessed with such humility. Sharing your testimony and history as you have...makes me admire you all the more dear brother in Christ @I Miss Christendom. Ave Maria.
Thank you
@@imisschristendom5293 If you follow Antipope Francis, you are not a Catholic. The true pope is Pope Gregory XVIII,
This comment attracted some lovely people
This channel has at many points been a saving grace in keeping me Catholic through all the turmoil. Returning back to Church a couple years ago has been very difficult, and its been hard to not jump ship. However it is reassuring to see and hear from those who are still devoted and faithful even throughout all the confusion.
*Hell is eternal torment there is no purgatory. God is just and will punish the unbelievers. Hell is real stop ignoring it.*
Just remember that JESUS told Peter and the apostles that HE would be with the Church until the end of time and that hell would not prevail against her. He gave Peter the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven even though Peter denied him 3 times. Perfect it is not but HE is. Trust JESUS'S decisions and stick to your Faith just as JESUS sticks with you through all of your failings. Doubt is one of Satan's best weapons to divide and conquer.
@@marcoaguilar2394 Amen! However I can't lie, sometimes looking at Eastern Orthodoxy the grass can seem greener so it can seem tempting to jump ship. Cause it can be hard to realise that it really isn't greener there.
@bobjoneswof When looking for the truth it should be expected that someone would want to be thorough and check all possibilities. I know they are an apostolic church and they are very similar to the Roman Catholic church. I believe that they are in commuion with Catholics. I think they disagree on several issues with Rome therefore they parted ways with us. I respect their community but I am still confident in the Catholic church.
@@MatthewPatel-hx4ci, why so, are you done “working out your salvation with fear and trembling” yet?
Are you sure you are perfected yet, that you have transformed to be Christ-like already?
I was raised secular. Found Christ in my late teens but constantly kept sinning again & again; murderous desires & sexual immorality... Until I got into Catholicism. My childhood was wasted. Felt like hell. Now I'm an adult & things are getting better. Catholicism is the only religion that had the answers. Have a good day
God bless you.
I truly enjoy your program. I went through certain circumstances very similar. Was really contemplating becoming a Muslim but that’ll change I didn’t go to a parochial school, and to my surprise, the teacher we had originally from Mexico made a drawing of a tree with roots. You probably can see where I’m going with this and yes. That was the beginning. I’m an avid fan of history. And my mother and father were nominal Catholics I would talk to my father more than my mother about the faith. And he would give me some insight and especially about the family coming from France 350 years ago that really gave me more of a substantial push so I did eventually get baptized since I wasn’t as an infant in the local Novus ordo Catholic Church. I move back 20 years afterward to Manitoba Canada. And after a year I found the SSPX in Saint Boniface Manitoba, where I was born. I attended that parish and we have since moved to another area of the city and I’ve been with them for 35 years. And I do have friends who are of different faiths and I do try to evangelize. I truly enjoy your program. God bless to you and to your family and by the way, I will keep you in my rosary.
Hey hey. Great vid. That part about being born catholic resonates with me. Sure was born to Catholics but wasn't raised one. And I'm called a convert. Had to discover it myself with my dad's help.
As someone who converted in December 23 I think I skipped the 'normal catholic' part. I went straight to trad after going to NO several years and seeing that TLM is a big difference.😊❤
About to watch the video, but I so relate to the title. Basically what happened to me. “Very protestant, lukewarm Protestant, disinterested protestant, begrudgingly received confirmation bee because my parents reverted, and I didn’t know what else to do- sort of didn’t pursue it after that-returned several years later after dappling for about five years between both Protestant and Catholic, but adoration and Our Lord in the Eucharist wooed my restless heart; with each year, I became more intense in my pursuit of Catholicism, and I intend to become all the more intense as I joyfully life my life following the teachings of the Church.
Jesus waited a really long for me....I wish He'd come sooner, but better late than never, right? My family are very old Catholics and I believe my baptism was very strong and I always loved my Virgin Mary. She carried me through a lot.
Don't worry! As Padre Pio explains, your life is a beautiful canvas painting being drawn but all you get to see is the vantage point as if you were sitting under the artist. It is only when he turns the painting over when he is finished do you see the marvel of the painting. (your life!)
Ave Maria 🙏🏼✝️
Excellent story Brother. Glued to every minute of it. Glad you're in God's true Church. Long live Christ the King.
Being initiated Easter vigil! Can’t wait to take communion the first time!
It will change your life. God bless you!!
32:01 No way. Supernatural played a key role in me returning to Catholicism; I was raised Catholic, apostated in elementary school, became a Protestant as a teenager, dabbled in Satanism and the occult during my first year of university, and I recently returned to being Catholic (I'm in my second year). It may not be as significant for you as it was for me but glad to hear I'm not the only one.
University is a dangerous time. Stick close to the sacraments. It took me decades to come home.
I’m sure that it didn’t help that you probably had terrible catechism, as almost all of us had for the last 50 years (at least.)
@@EpoRose1 By "catechism" I assume you mean what I was taught regarding the faith and not the CCC itself.
@@anonymousdontbotheraboutit2895Good bless you! Wow. ✝️⚔️
Thank you for telling us your story. It was very edifying. Stay strong in the faith. May the Blessed Mother shower you with grace. God bless +++
Your channel is a great help for many people, sir, and your journey is an inspiration. Keep it up.
A true Catholic King Baldwin IV was ✝️⚔️
Welcome home brother it was a very interesting and powerful story of conversion and faith. I was born and raised Catholic and in my foolishness chose to chase the world and experiment with different religions but now back safely in the church Christ founded, but I struggle every day to stay in the state of Grace and I find it reaffirming that we have arrived at the same conclusions. Pax Christi
Very wise decision and thank you for sharing your conversion story. Your videos are awesome and the factual information is the best part.
I became a Christian in 2019, since than i started going to protestant churches untill i was just done for some reason i cannot precisely explain, it just felt off. But i was anti catholic to the point i started to think about my critizing words towards Mary. From seeing these churches i don't like i stopped going over all and after having been through a rough period, spiritual and physical i also stopped asking God for guidance and from doing the impossible before for me i started to inquire into the catholic faith, thanks for sharing such an honest testimony, i'm a fan.
This is the best conversion story that I’ve ever heard. Thanks for sharing it.
It's so beautiful isn't it ❤✝️
I had a floodgates of Blessing from God.. Thank you O' Lord I believe you with all my heart and Soul !!! I had a floodgates of Blessing from God.. Thank you O' Lord I believe you with all my heart and Soul !!!
I love the grounded reality of this channel!!! Thank you, Lord Jesus, for the gift of life and blessings to me and my family £27,000 weekly profit Our lord Jesus has lifted my Life!!!🙏❤️❤
I receive, believe, and have prepared to manage and grow these resources, for God's glory, In Jesus's Name.
After enduring many struggles, I am now filled with gratitude for owning a new home. My family is happy, and everything is finally falling into place.
I have been searching for ways to achieve success. Can you please guide me on how to do so?
Wow, that's a lot! How do you manage to earn that much every week?
Very intriguing story. You were touched by the Holy Spirit. And yes, I believe the first thing that is taught in any Protestant church is the Catholic church is wrong about everything. I also agree with you about our country and its present state. Both parties have gone to the extreme right or extreme left. And it's only getting worse. In the meantime, I will continue to pray the rosary, go to church every Sunday and do the Lord's work. God help us all.
Obviously, Catholics aren't wrong about everything. That's silly to even suggest,I do have my issues with some things, but admire and respect Catholics and defend them as brothers and sisters.
The problem is the people filling the Offices in each that are flawed not the Churches; been that since for ever; no 9109 in that AOR;
I apologize not everything but there are some things that Protestants don't agree with regarding the Catholic teachings.
@oskarvalance3041 Well, yes. If Protestants agreed with Catholics on everything, then they wouldn't be Protestants.
During my conversion, as Scott Hahn and 6 Phds and later Mrs Hahn ... WOW..
Thanks to the Lord.
Now, a brother is getting to be a Priest...
Like Fr Lucca, Fr Franco, Fr. Slovak, Fr. PSantaMaria, Fr Albanos. etc.
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Cradle Catholic here. Never doubted. Have been graced with joy pain and suffering all my life was blessed to have been raised in the faith. So many are not. Even with all the heretics running the church, there is no other. God will judge them. Just resist the heresy they spew.
Me too. God bless you brother
Wow. I have some parallel with your story. Compact and succinct. The Lord bless you for your testimony. Ave Maria.
I have come to like and enjoy your videos,very articulate and an in depth analysis,so much love to study the faith very well. A great conversion,a loving story. Thank God for you,brother,that Divine Providence illuminated your way with light of truth..
Loved hearing your story!
From atheism to Orthodoxy ☦️✝️
I do consider Catholics brothers.
One more step. You are almost there
Catholics are the one that have been there from the very beginnings. Orthodox reject certain teachings. Keep exploring.
I'm trying to figure out between orthodoxy and catholicism. If it was 1885 I would be catholic but vatican 2 is absolute trash.
@@artifexdei3671 I'm more attracted to saints like Seraphim Rose of Platina (California), Gabriel of Georgia (near Russia) and well theosis rather than anything of the West is this a problem if I become Catholic?
@@jamesbrophy3399 I know the feeling brother. ✝️☦️
I'm eastern catholic (ukrainian-ruthenian catholic), so I feel right at home at both traditional latin liturgy as well as orthodox divine liturgy.
Best of both worlds ❤
I am catholic. I am a convert, too. I don't speak in tongues because I don't know what I am saying. I speak in Esperanto and I do know what I am saying. There are three Catholic saints in esperanto, pope John Paul 2 and st Maxilimillian Kolbe and another recent priest from north east Asia. Esperanto is not meant to knock out Latin but is a good world language
Fantastic! I am so glad I found this channel and can't wait to explore each video.
I may rewatch and take notes on all the scriptures you quoted. It was a blessing to hear your story. I wasn’t going to listen at first, but as you continued on, I realized so much of what you said was information I need. Thank you and God bless. ❤
Thank you for sharing your story. I learned a lot from it and will keep learning.
This video was very impactful for me. Thank you.
This is absolutely incredible. Please do many more podcasts! This is clear and educational and most importantly enlightening.
Wow, fascinating story. Thank you for sharing! And the conversion stories in the comment section are also 🔥
Good story, Bro.
Praise God!
I use to be Mormon and went on a mission and those Evangelicals were hands down the worst people to interact with. Atheists at least treated us with respect. The Evangelicals seem to attract a certian kinda person that just seems to hide behind Jesus to get away with being that person who loves to be right. I never got a warmth from them. I even had a couple start talking in tongues at me. It gave me the creeps.
I must say, I really appreciate your candor. Our journeys are dissimilar in many ways, but I’m astounded at the identical conclusions we’ve both reached on seemingly tangential or even unrelated issues. God bless you. Please keep up the good fight.
Welcome home! God love you.
Great story! kudos for sticking to your convictions and always asking the Holy Spirit directly for guidance and not so much realying on the world or word of humans.
I am protestant but I seek the church of Jesus Christ, the 12 disciple was all buried in Catholic Church, Peter preach at Vatican and died in Vatican ❤ protestant was formed by Luther, so I choose Catholic ❤
I was born Catholic and lived like an atheist for 40 + years. I was hungover one morning (after a few days on the tiles) back in 2015. I was looking through some closet/drawer when I came across an old Bible. I decided to flip a page open and see if I could get a sign cause I was tired of life. The chapter I landed upon was 2Peter2, a terrible warning for people like me. There was one verse of hope in the whole chapter I believe, 'God relieves the Godly from temptation'. I realized that's my problem, temptation. So, I did Godly things that day and a new light came into my life. Within one week including an epic visit to confession, I was a new man. I have been a devout Catholic ever since. I still fall off the wagon now and again but I always come back to my Mother Church, the Catholic Church 🙂
Wow! Thank you! I ❤ your story! So meaty and faith filled 😊
Studying Early Church history brought me back into the Catholic faith and love for Jesus. and it feels so great!!
I was born Catholic, raised Catholic and eventually wanted to die Catholic. Ave Maria welcome to the family. 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
Thank you brother for your beautiful testimony ❤
Thanks for sharing! I enjoyed your story. May God Bless You.
Thank you for your testimony
stay blessed
great video. thanks for sharing
Thanks for sharing your story with us.
I appreciate your honesty in presenting your story. The annulment process is a flawed process primarily because it is administered by humans. I received one on my second attempt which included an apology from the bishop due to some personnel/ineptness issues related to a denial on my first submission. I recently started to pray the rosary again and it has given me a spiritual peace that I had been lacking for a long time. Blessings and keep up the good work for the Church.
Thank you. Liked and shared 👍🙏✝️💕
Hi, thank you for your conversion story and believe me, your conversion since becoming Catholic still ongoing. God use history to speak to me at various points in my life. I used to be Calvinist not entirely strict one like some of other Calvinists are. I left Calvinism behind when local churches of PCA in Atlanta started to adopt some of Revoice ideology especially term gay Christian. Even through PCA refuted Revoice ideology but I know I cannot return to it. Since Covid crisis in 2020 I started reading up on Catholicism and church history. I prayed rosary some. I did attend rcia at parish nearby but it’s run by Jesuits who loved James Martin and its director said he disagreed with conservative theology of Catholic Church. So I left that parish but like you, I educated myself on history and doctrines of Catholic Church. Lady of Guadalupe proved to me to be biblical dogma of Blessed Virgin Mary. I guess I am unofficially Catholic but I need to find good tradition conservative parish in Atlanta that don’t harp on about James Martin. I have mild cp and hearing impairment so I can’t drive. I get my income from SSA. Hopefully I find a good parish somewhere. My Protestant friends want me to come back to church, I said not Protestant ones since I don’t have peace and my friend a Calvinist felt that I was throwing PCA and Calvin under the bus. I could explain to him because of anti Catholic blinders and arrogant and prideful attitude he have about Calvinism. I will conquer to read and study and pray. Thank you again.
Thank you so much for sharing! This will help many! And thank you for sharing about Medjugorje. I have been very confused about that and will def look at your video
We ended up in the same place , with the same understanding , but from different paths. Great video
Love it! Crushing it man! Would love you meet you brother and have a sandwich/ beer/ cigar, handshake/ whatever. Keep up the good work, love the posts!
As a Catholic I kinda disagree with pope Francis. From Pacha-mama, praising French abortionist/politician, inviting his gay friend together with his lover in Vatican without calling for their repentance and turning away from their degenerate union to inviting active transexuals with their partners to have a meal with them to the blessing of homosexual couples and a lot more would signal that this pope is not the pope our lord Jesus had in mind. We need to pray for his conversion before he face the Lord GOD.
Thank you for this beautiful video. From Ireland ☘️
I have SO many things to say but will try and condense them.
Firstly, GOD almighty bless you!
Wow, what an incredible truthful story of how you came to the faith.
What I love is how you prayed on it, and asked God to guide you on many things. This way, you are acting in accordance to his will and not our own selfish narrative.
I consider myself a Catholic apologetic and your particular way you defend the faith is beautiful and very inspiring.
It is SO true that converts back to the faith are often the most faithful devout and incredible examples of our faith. Thank you for that.
I would love to one day join the spiritual front line with you and be side by side defending our blessed Lord, our blessed Mother and our faith.
In the name of the Father, the son and the Holy spirit.
🙏🏼⚔️
Amen
Deus Vult!!!
The priest blesses a marriage The Man and women are the ministers of the sacrament
WOW! Our journeys are so similar! Only I was born/baptized Catholic, even went to Mass and Catholic schools for part of my education. Somewhere along the way, we stopped going to Mass & I fell away for a long time. I made many mistakes, came back to the church (Novus Ordo,) but was still not in 100%. Finally a few years ago, I discovered and fell in love with the TLM. It finally all made sense! I was, maybe still am, upset that I was never introduced to the Tridentine Mass years ago. I feel cheated. & Now this Pope wants to take it all away. I finally find this tremendous gift, only to have it potentially taken away. Ugh! But not without a fight! I have my weapon - the rosary & I'm not afraid to use it! 😊
Thank you for sharing this 🙏
Praise God Almighty 🙏
The late Keith Green helped steal me from the Catholic Church, but thanks be to The Holy Ghost and Steve Wood for bringing me Home in 1991🙏☝️🙏
And I never looked back 😁
There's no place like Home 🙏 VIVA CRISTO REY
I’m from Sydney Australia.
I’m Protestant but seeking the true church that best reflects the biblical teachings of the apostles.
I visited my local Catholic Church to observe.
I noticed the consecrated wine was not given, only the bread was. I made an enquiry into this and was told that the wine is mostly not given in Catholic Churches and that only one element is necessary (bread) to receive the fullness of Christ.
Is this correct?
Is this from Vatican II?
I’d appreciate a solid answer on this.
Thank you 🙏
The main reason that the wine is not given at some Catholic Church is because of Covid, Flu, and Colds. At our church, wine is given only to people who really want it and the end of the line. The Eucharist Host is whole Christ and not half of. So, wine is not needed. The Transfiguration happens in the Eucharist Host.
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Beautiful story
Thank you for sharing
Its also good to know that there is triumphant church praying for us in heaven. .
This is great, but I want to point something out around 8:30. You say you became a *pro-choice* neoconservative. Im pretty sure you meant pro-life.
Deus te benedicat.
Thank you for this ❤
Great video. The last 5 minutes is where I stand as of today but hopeful the king soon will come to put the entire world in order.
I was born Catholic and only recently found out about the dislike of Catholicism in the US, which shocked me, but our Lord did say His people would be persecuted. I didn't expect it would come from other christians, but I guess it does say something
Stay away from Protestant heresy
Very good point
Catholics are Christianity
I’m a Catholic mother from Africa. Do I understand correctly that when it is said ‘really Catholic’ it means attending the Latin Mass. My heart breaks. Do you people not realise how schismatic and prideful you sound by denigrating the novus ordo Mass? Do you accept that the same miracle of the Eucharist occurs at every Mass, even if it was celebrated in a desert. One person below talks about leaving the Church for a really long time, because of Vatican 2 and returning because the Latin Mass was available. So very proud of the fact that he/she frankly got his way and possibly missed thousands of opportunities to receive Jesus, body, blood, soul and divinity, until such time when things were the way he/she wanted it. May God have mercy on you ALL. I pray that God will remove the blinkers of sinful pride from your eyes. The sad thing is, I love attending Holy Mass, as all Catholics should, any Mass, any language etc - why, because Jesus is present. How dare you prideful hypocrites think that you can dictate how and when God presents himself.
I agree !
It's a journey. Still on the road. But not just you. We all are
Woow..what great a convertion story brother Hallelujah..😇🙏
I love you all, Catholic beothers and sisters,
I am not worthy. 1955 to 1963, 7 years for atheist 😢; 1964- 1995, 33 years of Baptist 😮; 1996 - 2015, a Catholic 😅; and 2016 to Now, Traditional Catholic 😊.
As always, like St John[Joannis], we must evangelize until we go to Heaven.
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St Methuselah, St Enoch, St Ezekiel, St. Noah, St Moses, St Daniel,
St Peter, St Paul, St John and Apostles. Pray for me and Carolyn Tam and her family 👪. Thanks to God, Almighty, Jesus Christ Holy Spirit and Mother Maria. Amen.
St. Elijah, St Jeremiah, St Isaiah, St Judith, St Esther, St Job and Fr Damian of Molokai.
Apostles' Creed:
Credo in Deum Patrem omnipotentem, Creatorem caeli et terrae. Et in Iesum Christum, Filium eius unicum, Dominum nostrum, qui conceptus est de Spiritu Sancto, natus ex Maria Virgine, passus sub Pontio Pilato, crucifixus, mortuus, et sepultus, descendit ad infernos, tertia die resurrexit a mortuis, ascendit ad caelos, sedet ad dexteram Dei Patris omnipotentis, indle venturus est iudicare vivos et mortuos. Credo in Spiritum Sanctum, sanctam Ecclesiam catholicam, sanctorum ĺcommunionem, remissionem peccatorum, carnis resurrectionem, vitam aeternam. Amen.
Tlhe Lord's Prayer:
PATER NOSTER, qui es in caelis, sanctificetur nomen tuum. Adveniat regnum tuum. Fiat voluntas tua, sicut in caelo et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie, et dimitte nobis debita nostra sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris. Et ne nos inducas in tentationem, sed libera nos a malo. Amen.
The Hail Mary:
AVE MARIA, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc, et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen.
Glory Be:
GLORIA PATRI, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.
Oratio Fatimae (The Fatima Prayer)
Domine Iesu, dimitte nobis debita nostra, salva nos ab igne inferiori, perduc in caelum omnes animas, praesertim eas, quae misericordiae tuae maxime indigent.
Hail, Holy Queen:
SALVE REGINA, Mater misericordiae. Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve. Ad te clamamus exsules filii Hevae. Ad te Suspiramus, gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle. Eia ergo, Advocata nostra, illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte. Et Iesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui, nobis post hoc exsilium ostende. O clemens, o pia, o dulcis Virgo Maria.
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V. Ora pro nobis, Sancta Dei Genitrix.
R. Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi.
ANGELUS (Latin)
V. Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae.
R. Et concepit de Spiritu Sancto.
Ave Maria, gratia plena; Dominus tecum: benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui Iesus. * Sancta Maria, Mater Dei ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen.
V. Ecce ancilla Domini,
R. Fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum.
Ave Maria, gratia plena; Dominus tecum: benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui Iesus. * Sancta Maria, Mater Dei ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen.
V. Et Verbum caro factum est,
R. Et habitavit in nobis.
Ave Maria, gratia plena; Dominus tecum: benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui Iesus.* Sancta Maria, Mater Dei ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen.
V. Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei Genetrix,
R. Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi.
Oremus Gratiam tuam, quaesumus, Domine, mentibus nostris infunde; ut qui, Angelo nuntiante, Christi Filii tui incarnationem cognovimus, per passionem eius et crucem ad resurrectionis gloriam perducamur. Per eumdem Christum Dominum nostrum. R. Amen.
The Best Latin Prayer for Protection
Sancte Michael Archangele, defende nos in proelio, contra nequitiam et insidias diaboli esto praesidium. Imperet illi Deus, supplices deprecamur: tuque, Princeps militiae caelestis, Satanam aliosque spiritus malignos, qui ad perditionem animarum pervagantur in mundo, divina virtute, in infernum detrude.
Amen.
Requiem aeternam
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine,
et lux perpetua luceat eis.
Requiescatant in pace.
Amen.
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I'm a cradle Catholic and the Norvus Ordo is still a legitimate Mass just like the Traditional Latin Mass.
Yes, my position as well
“Legitimate” is the lowest standard don’t settle for less than the mass of the Saints.
Thank you. Excellent as always. Fr Hess is (was) great. May he rest in peace. Very interesting what he said about Msgr Josemaria Escriva and Opus Dei.
Wonderful!
Thank you❤
One thing that you said resonated with me, which is the fact that God has to despise abortion. The fact that Christ comes as a thieve in the night, and each Catholic should be - as an adult - ready at any time to be put in front of God's tribunal doesn't change the fact that children dying in their mother's womb has no possibility of receiving the only safeguard available, and the only way to join the God's Church: one Baptism in water.
From Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent/Session V/Original Sin:
"3. If any one asserts that this sin of Adam, which in its origin is one, and being transfused into all by propagation, not by imitation, is in each one as his own, is taken away either by the powers of human nature, or by any other remedy than the merit of the one mediator, our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath reconciled us to God in his own blood, made unto us righteousness, sanctification, and redemption; or, if he denies that the same merit of Jesus Christ is applied, both to adults and to infants, by the sacrament of baptism rightly administered in the form of the Church; let him be anathema: For there is no other name under heaven given to men, whereby we must he saved. Whence that voice: Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who taketh away the sins of the world; and that other,-As many of you as have been baptized have put on Christ".
This is the faith of the Church, that merit of Jesus Christ (righteousness, sanctification, and redemption) is applied to adults, and infants alike by the sacrament of baptism, rightly administered in the form (rite) of the Church, which is by water, and maintaining essential form:
N., I baptize thee in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
I was raised Catholic and I've been reading the bible since elementary school and still believe the Catholic Church is the one true church because in John Jesus says those who eat the flesh and drink his blood will have eternal life. For my flesh is true food and my blood true drink. He didn't say it was a symbol as protestants would claim
A wonderful message
Congrats
God bless you
A man of courage
You do you! Let the Lord lead you like he leads all believers!