I need prayers, I Started with a porn addiction, and it has spiraled into much more, I’m married and my list has evolved into all eight daughters, I went from porn to prostitutes within a matter of months, and from there I still juggled my faith and my mistresses, and from there I escalated to doing hardcore drugs I.e Cocaine, acid, almost tried molly, and from there I was so hooked on prostitutes that I considered selling drugs, and I swore to myself that I’d never touch drugs never mind selling them as my parents were destroyed by heroin and here I am buying bricks of it all to fuel and finance my crazy evil lifestyle. I even started cursing God and his Mother saying unspeakable things, and falling in love with the world, all while I got my wife battling cancer, needless to say I’m back in Church repenting heavily, I’m back down to earth finally thanks to a strong Pater and a strong friend from Church who were able to sit me down and read me the riot act, I consider myself fortunate to have these people in my life as well as a wife whose put up with me for this long as I know very well that there are others less fortunate. Prayers I am requesting please and thank you. Btw my wife is cancer free praise God I just stated that because the prostitute problem started in the middle of her treatment. Needless to say I can speak to being one of the more radical examples of the 8 daughters of lust being in full force, I became something unrecognizable and I’m still trying to refigure myself out hence why I need the prayers
Please get into a good meeting room. Check out your local Intergroup and they can guide you to the correct meeting room. Trust me, you can't do this alone, and our Lord doesn't want you to. I too will keep you and your family in my prayers. I've been married for just shy of 29 years by the Grace of God and a Saintly women. I'm tired of being a Saint Maker and working on being a Saint 🙏 Let Jesus and His Holy Family do wonderful things in you. You get out of it what you put into it ☺️👍✌️
God loves you, brother! Thanks be to God you can see who you are! Your experience has reminded me of Luke 5:32. I will pray for you, don’t be discouraged! Remember what God has done for you, how he has loved you!
I used to watch porn numerous times a day, then commit certain degenerate acts at least 5 times a day. I've been clean and celibate for a year now. My passions of lust and of the flesh led me to finding and converting to Catholicism.
@@genzphilosophy5706 Keep up the fight , friend! I struggle with this too, but I am learning that we are better for this battle. You're not now, nor ever will be, alone in this. God and the Body of Christ are always with us. Call out to Jesus, talk to him without holding anything back. He WILL answer you and give you strength.
@@genzphilosophy5706 prayer and penance like fasting and make sure you get a good confession all saints fasted and prayed some even beat them selfs to overcome such desire for us guys is very common but also for women fast prayer and avoid looking at anything that may provoke your thoughts as well as anything that you hear that may cause that like bad jokes or music. Go to adoration chaplet if you can every day and keep asking God for the virtue of chasity he won't deny any virtue when asked truely and working your part like prayer and fasting or other type of penance
@@genzphilosophy5706 And try to develop a devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary for the acquisition of all virtues, and particularly for purity. You can start with simply saying the “Hail Mary” prayer repetitively, then progress to the Rosary which is a powerful repetition of prayers. Ask for Our Lady’s intercession that you can obtain purity. Pray it each day, and you will see great progress to being free of sexual sin.
Nietzsche quote at 23:30 is spot on. I’ve encountered people who will begin to hate me when I don’t join them in their sins because they see it as judgement but really they’re judging themselves
Been binging some of your content. Former Protestant convert here. Really appreciate what you are doing man. Awesome content to listen to to prepare yourself in prayer this advent season as we await the new year.
What’s helped me: a weekly, thorough confession. By “thorough,” I mean *every* sin since the last confession (which isn’t too much work since it’s 7 days). I even write it down, too, to help me not forget. I’m not scrupulous, just honest and open. My list keeps getting shorter and shorter and I can see all the grace God pours into my life.
Wow! You just described the state of the world! "Just do it"..."whatever feels good"..."you deserve it"..."it's your choice"..."have it your way"... I'm sure I could come up with a few more if I thought about it for a bit!
What has brought me back to celibacy was studying history and social engineering and discovering that sexualization of society is a powerful method of political subjugation, used in a variety of ways throughout history, from the Islamic conquests in the past, through contraceptive pill of the sixties to free pornography of the recent years. Realizing this and realizing that usually the same forces are behind all of it (including prostitution, sexualization of children, marriage definition subversion etc.) has led me to monogamy down to one girlfriend several years ago, and now, celibacy. What a change it has been! Truly, lust darkens the mind. Even if you have 180+ IQ and are a slave to lust, it will lead you astray into the blind logical alleys, it will subconsciously make you not look into some arguments or worldviews, it will shut the voice of conscience, subtly leading you away from Reason and Love. We are told that we are getting sexually "liberated" while we're getting enslaved to our passions. To quote St Augustine: "A man has as many masters as he has vices". Thank you for what you do, Matt, it's very helpful. I'm close to returning to the Church. And please bring on Peter Kreeft again.
I’d like to know more about your comment. Can you point me to information about it? I’m a mother of 4 and want to teach them fortitude and courage against perversion. Thank you 🙏
@@MrsTurtlemommy For those things you ask, you can pray the Holy Rosary with your family daily or at least weekly, and ask for that intention. Our Lady will grant it because whatever she asks her Son is granted to her.
@@MrsTurtlemommy (I'm reposting my response, since I've given you one and it has been shadow-banned (meaning it is visible to me, but not visible to all others, including myself when I log in with a different account), probably because of mentioning the names of the two researchers. I've tried to alter their names so that they pass through censorship - decipher them and find them online.) @Flavius Macrobius has given you an excellent answer. I also discovered that historical /sociological evidence not by chance, but after praying for months and even years for help with finding an understanding and strength to change my ways. Help to your problem may come in a totally different form. We truly underestimate prayer. But in case you're interested anyway: I'm not a native English speaker so probably way better treatments of this topic in English exist, but you could listen to a few interviews with with E. Miiiiich@elllll J0nes on "L-į-b-i-d-0 D0minąndi" or with G@brięlę Kūby on the sexual revolution.
When I was in high school I could play all of Hetfield's rhythm guitar parts for the first 5 albums. I never got a handle on Kirk's solos. Don't remember more than bits and pieces now...Especially with no electric guitar for many years. The acoustic tracks like Fade to Black are beautiful.
I graduated from Benedictine College, had a professor who was also a big Metallica fan - he'd put fill in the blank lyrics for no credit on quizzes, I'm fairly sure I'm one of the only students who could get them every time. Metallica & the music has actually helped me overcome grief in the past as well as James being a huge inspiration for me to overcome sinful habits and to never give up even when relapses happen. Orion is my favorite track, it means a lot to think of it in the context of how they lost their band mate Cliff Burton, the bassists, not long after releasing the song. Cheers from a fellow fan Matt!
Great episode, thank you for sharing the music you love too Matt, it’s one of my favourite things to see someone explain why they adore a particular band or song. Music can be a great window to the soul
Please pray for my atheist friend whom the 8 daughters of lust have enveloped. i have not given up on her but she hates my faith and wishes i would just shutup already. she really hates the catholic church especially but if she calls to ask me for advice, and i get my own advice from scripture and tradition, then that's what she gets. She actually isn't a bad person, just blind to her own prejudice. I love her like a sister and ask the saints to pray for her often.
When Matt started reading Dante meeting the women, Matt becomes dante, Matt becomes the women, Matt becomes dangerously the characters, Scary and wonderful reading.
I love Metallica! One of my favorite bands!!! For whom the bell tolls and sanitarium are my favorite songs. Of course I love songs from their black album too!
Metallica is immensely talented and innovative. Hetfield has struggled with addiction for a while now, seems like a good dude though. Thanks for the video.
@@Canisius19 not quite, the moral law you're referring to is actually just one of your religious laws(a pretty arbitrary one at that) and was designed to be separate from the civil by the founders of the constitution. If you dont agree that thats the case, then congratulations, I will now impose my moral law upon you civilly. Its called shariah😁 Jk im not actually Muslim but you get the idea. There's a very good reason why Elliot(be polite ok?) Should be allowed to call himself Elliot. And you can call yourself whatever you would like as well.
@@youtubecharlie1 incorrect. Thomas Jefferson famously cut out every verse in his bible that was contradictory or absurd, and there was so little left he deemed the book worthless. Washington, Franklin, and most of the men involved with writing our constitution were deists or agnostic and they implemented the separation of church and state precisely because they just fought a war to be free from the tyranny of a christian nation. I'm truly sorry that you've been so misled about history.
You had me at James Hetfield. I got into Metallica because of living in the Northern Territory, Aus. Aussies know what's good when it comes to music ;)
22:31 On this matter, I’m reminded of the Aesop fable of the fox and the grapes. The fox thinks grapes which are ‘out of reach’ must be sour, anyway, and not worth getting.
Hello brother! Thank for your show! And thank you for loving Metallica 🙏. My cousin Jason who was a self taught brilliant guitarist in his own right is who got me listening to them when I was around 13 years old and I’ve loved them ever since. Unfortunately Jason got into drugs and we lost him a few years ago. When I listen to Metallica I feel connected with him again though. The only heavy Metal band I was ever into and I was super into them. Cliff Burton was my 80s crush so of course I love the song Orion. ¥When a man lies, he murders some part of the world These are the pale deaths which men miscall their lives ~German poet Paul Gerhardt. All this I cannot bear to witness any longer Cannot the Kingdom of Salvation take me home? ¥ ~Cliff Burton ✨ from To Live Is To Die.
Matt, did not mean to crash your comment on Metallica. Just seen too much ruin come about through certain types of music is all. You know it is bad when even the artist describes his broken life. Most people are not affected so negatively but some are for sure. I am heartbroken about the movie and music industry being ruined by satan. May God deliver us all!!! 🙏
@@psychotriaelata9735 The whole industry is destroyed by communist pedophiles. No law enforcement can act because people just keep "being nice" and ignoring the whistleblowers.
@@psychotriaelata9735 Music industry is the same. Communists basically human traffick the artists to pervert the people and kill them when they revolt. #SHUTITALLDOWNAMERICA!!!
Why is Thomas Aquinas so sexist? He calls women “ defective and misbegotten” and describes lust as “ the 8 daughters of lust” Why? Why not the 8 sons of lust? Thank God he was a priest and not a husband. He would have been a terrible husband and father! Why Matt Fradd respects this guy so much is mind boggling
@T Z I agree with you! Aquinas seems to have some major hang ups when it comes to women. Maybe that is why he was a priest? The only good thing I ever heard that he said about women is that Marriage is the greatest of friendships. I guess you could say that about man’s best friend too (dog) so I’m not giving him too many points for that either!
Exorcist Fr Ripperger says no no to Harry Potter- satanic! Look up Zachary King: ex wizard of the Satanic church also has input on Harry Potter. Very good that you didn’t get a good feeling about HP!! Holy spirit was speaking to you
Excellent show Brother 👍 I believe that we went to different schools together 😂 You might be interested in David McGowan who Woke me up to the music I grew up on in the seventies. Weird that most of the stars lived in Larural Canyon and their parents were in the Military Intelligence Community 🤔. CSNY, Jackson Browne, Van Morrison, and on and on. It's definitely a rabbit hunt. And soon after he wrote a book about it,he suddenly died from cancer 🤔 Don't Grow tired of doing Good 🙏
@@am3986 There is a difference in celibacy and chastity. You are correct to have chastity in marriage, but Heath is correct in saying that we are to be celibate outside of marriage.
Doesn't self-love (in this context) mean narcissism? The pursuit of gratification from vanity or egotistic admiration of one's idealised self-image and attributes.
Kind of. The self love that comes from pride. The one that does not allow us to accept our faults and reconcile with God after we fall. The self -love that leads us into shock when we sin. This is best defined by Saint Francis De Sales in the book How to Profit to one's faults.
Talking about literature for your children how about connecting them to their Australian heritage such as Ethel Turners SEVEN LITTLE AUSTRALIANS , the great Australian poet and Catholic Les Murray or the writings of Les Carlyon
Never been a big fan of Metallica, but no leaf clover is a pretty awesome song. It would be cool if you did a video about rock music/secular music and whether or not it is an acceptable part of a Christian life. I may not have phrased that correctly, but hopefully you understand what I mean (if you read this lol). As someone who really likes rock music (mostly Christian stuff) I would be very interested in this. It would be cool if you could interview an artist about it. John Cooper from skillet comes to mind
3:00 Hi Matt, what do you say to those who take a more Platonist vs Aristotelian view that the will proceeds the intellect? You said that one will act a certain way based on what they think. But couldn’t one conversely form the way they think around what they want to believe? Thanks mate!
@MattFradd If you want a real banger that's a little more elaborate and less repetitive check out this bad boy. The story goes Shostakovich (living in Communist Russia and having just joined the Communist Party) wrote this entire string quartet in three days as a sort of suicide note. He ended up not following through with the act thankfully but left us with an intense and dark but beautiful piece of music. ua-cam.com/video/PjvTTfbpWjY/v-deo.html - Movement 2 of 4
Actually, I'd say that my former addiction to porn was a result of masochism and a desire to be judged. Edit: It's hard to determine how I thought that this was good, but maybe that's why I'm now overcoming this addiction.
A good solid rule about literature is that it must lead somehow to virtue, and away from vice; as all of sacred literature leads to hatred of God due to how they depict Him- none of it is even remotely ever going to be acceptable; in part due to the mindset of the cultures that those came out of... this's *especially* true regarding the need to permanently reject all of sacred writing as a doorway for the devil into one's life (which it is!)... now, things like "Harry Potter" or "Percy Jackson" those're ethically permissible, fully and completely, as John Paul 2 confirmed in his own readthrough of "Harry Potter"... so it is completely acceptable in and of itself. Lord of the Rings and Narnia are somewhat less acceptable, due to the world-view they came out of; especially as they're said to be truly Christian in their nature- but they are acceptable in and of themselves- due to the effects they cause in the individual. In general, the rule to mind about literature is if it is not overtly pornographic (intended to trigger a sexual reaction on the part of the person who views/reads it), or satanic, it is acceptable- and there're very few things as novels go that fit into *those* categories. But one thing I'd forever boycott is Marxist literature; nothing but nothing exceeded or even came anywhere near close to matching them in terms of antihuman conduct! That has the caviat of if I am not studying what is wrong with it, of course.
About 12 minutes 13 in matt references two ends to the sexual act being a John Paul the 2nd invention. The objection as I understand it is the elevation of the secondary end to equal primacy the "two fold" end to marriage. That is a modernist invention. St Thomas doesn't seem to be arguing for an equal primacy of the secondary end, just that it is one of the ends. I'll refer you to the 1917 pio-benedictine code of cannon law in which states "§ 1. The primary end of marriage is the procreation and education of children; the secondary [end] is mutual support and a remedy for concupiscence" (Canon 565) (Just a quick search away) This predates the equal primacy of unity and procreation. We don't have to take this errant interpretation of humanae vitae as an infallible teaching as it flies in the face of the traditional teaching as opposed to defining something that's unclarified. Also the flowing from a letter to confused Catholics. "The question is raised in the same way regarding marriage. Marriage had always been defined by its first aim which was procreation and its secondary aim which was married love. Now, at the Council they sought to alter this definition and say there was no longer a primary aim but that the two aims of which I speak were equivalent. It was Cardinal Suenens who proposed this change and I still remember Cardinal Brown, the Master General of the Dominicans getting up to say "Caveatis, caveatis, (Beware, beware!) Ifwe accept this definition we go against all the tradition of the Church and we pervert the meaning of marriage. We do not have the right to modify the Church's traditional definitions. "
Is Thomas Aquinas the first catholic saint to support neo-platonic "free will"? The first Christian writers I can find that support this are Tatian and Tertullian but they are not saints, and the only theologian to emphasize it was Pelagius, who was condemned as a heretic at the Council of Carthage: (Carthage Canon CXI) "Likewise it seemed good, that whoever should say that the grace of God, by which a man is justified through Jesus Christ our Lord, avails only for the remission of past sins, and not for assistance against committing sins in the future, let him be anathema." (Carthage Canon CXII) "Also, whoever shall say that the same grace of God through Jesus Christ our Lord helps us only in not sinning by revealing to us and opening to our understanding the commandments, so that we may know what to seek, what we ought to avoid, and also that we should love to do so, but that through it we are not helped so that we are able to do what we know we should do, let him be anathema. For when the Apostle says: _Wisdom puffs up, but charity edifies it_ were truly infamous were we to believe that we have the grace of Christ for that which puffs us up, but have it not for that which edifies, since in each case it is the gift of God, both to know what we ought to do, and to love to do it; so that wisdom cannot puff us up while charity is edifying us. For as of God it is written, _Who teaches man knowledge,_ so also it is written, _Love is of God."_ (Carthage Canon CXIII) "It seemed good that whosoever should say that the grace of justification was given to us only that we might be able more readily by grace to perform what we were ordered to do through our free will; as if though grace was not given, although not easily, yet nevertheless we could even without grace fulfil the divine commandments, let him be anathema. For the Lord spoke concerning the fruits of the commandments, when he said: _Without me you can do nothing,_ and not _Without me you could do it but with difficulty."_
Matt, great video on lust. Thank you for that. Metallic is a talented, but this band is wicked and so is what they produce. Why any Christian would promote Metallica after giving a great presentation on the sins of lust is inconceivable. Ever listen to the words of their song "So What"? It's filth. This is not music for Christians. Read the lyrics to the song. You will gag at the stench of the hag when her robe is opened.
I was raised Lutheran and we all believe in the same god and that Jesus died for our sins and he will be back someday,i do believe we are living in the last days and things will get worse like the bible has forsaken,more diseases,castrophes,disasters ,race tension,etc.Crimes ,sucides,,wars,i quit drinking as well bci i t got old and depressing. Not to say i dont enjoy a glass of wine on occasion or a few brandy old fashions on holidays ,but the binge and heavy drinking not anymore, i was quit the heavy drinker at one point . i quit smoking on wellbutrin but ive been off of it so i have a c ig.On ocassion after a meal,i try to stay away from fast food as much as i can,but i do have a weekness for taco bell,and cousin or subway,no big macs or any of that garbage,porn ruined my life and im on disabilty bc of it,need to get my life back ,hoping to lose weight as well,this is not just a young person issue trust me.Jan faucet a doctor in new Mexico talks about the dopamine side of depression and persons he has treated.And the lethargic side of it ,it was in 2014 same yr we lost robin williams and same yr i lost my job bc of this garbage.My recovery is taking forever i feel broken,complete lack of motavation for anything.I dont feel like celebrating the holidays ,plus im miserable about my break up 2017 .Man i couldnt imagine having parkensens or anything else that kills dopamine.I try to eat healthy and excercise but usually dont have the energy,im hoping to god to be free from this very soon bc i feel undatable,unmotaved and just a plan lethargic zombie ,i hope god has better plans for me,i really was hoping it was my ex bc of our history together,long distance relationships are tough .She told me about certain sights she watches,so maybe it screwed her brain up,yes women can get addcted to this as well,Jessica harris perfect example,comdeian nikii glasner,also celebrtys like terry crews ,charlie sheen ,jon mayer ,tiger woods etc,j wows husband from jersey shore said he broke three lap tops watching it .ive tried multiple supplemnts even ldopa ,but i guess there is no quick fix and they cant fix the death grip which is also a factor.I never acted out though or treated my ex gf like a object bc of this and never asked her for pics or anything i saw i wanted to have just good old fashion love making for love of course,
And I sure wouldn't want to read Herr Hitler's book, unless I wanted to pull apart his movement, and disembowel his influence in the "woke" mentality of today- which resembles his ideas very closely I might add. A *lot* of why you read something is dependent on what you are trying to accomplish by reading it as it turns out.
Well, Aquinas clearly has it wrong; hatred of God comes not out of lust, nor pride, as Peter the Apostle and first pope claimed inaccurately, but out of how God is portrayed in the sacred texts- for He is portrayed therein as a monster to be eliminated merely for being a monarch... so it is fear of the lord, even awe of God that teaches man to hate God in and of itself. I for one forever opposed lust, and would never tolerate it at all; but hatred of God came out of humbling myself before Him- for pretty soon humbling myself made Him into something that would destroy me just as soon as look at me- and has no good intents at all... that's the fruit of Him being a spirit to begin with, for no spirit is capable of having good intents towards man; spirits are evil in and of their very design; any other teaching at all is pro-occult and is never to be accepted on the topic of spirits. Indeed, there never ever was such a thing as a "good spirit", anyone who even lets the idea of a good spirit exist is pro-occult and certain to go to Hell- even post canonization by the papacy itself!
Here's where Aquinas is heretical: powers, no matter what they are, are categorically forbidden for us; as they would put us into the occult; and the higher something is, the more evil it is- this's an infallible principle: that the higher something is, the less-moral it is, in and of itself... indeed, as a direct fruit of the Church's rightful condemnation of the occult; any human being is infinitely more moral than any spirit, and that absolutely includes the most evil of men are infinitely more moral than any and all spirits combined, due solely to the men being men and the spirits being spirits. Indeed, man and the spirit are diametrically opposed forever; and this war can only end with the complete eradication of all spirit scum- and there is no such thing as a spirit that is trustworthy- to believe anything else is directly from the occult and is to be categorically rejected forever, as is anyone who endorses any and all contact with any spirit, even a "heavenly" one, vermin that they are for existing as spirits to begin with!
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I need prayers, I Started with a porn addiction, and it has spiraled into much more, I’m married and my list has evolved into all eight daughters, I went from porn to prostitutes within a matter of months, and from there I still juggled my faith and my mistresses, and from there I escalated to doing hardcore drugs I.e Cocaine, acid, almost tried molly, and from there I was so hooked on prostitutes that I considered selling drugs, and I swore to myself that I’d never touch drugs never mind selling them as my parents were destroyed by heroin and here I am buying bricks of it all to fuel and finance my crazy evil lifestyle. I even started cursing God and his Mother saying unspeakable things, and falling in love with the world, all while I got my wife battling cancer, needless to say I’m back in Church repenting heavily, I’m back down to earth finally thanks to a strong Pater and a strong friend from Church who were able to sit me down and read me the riot act, I consider myself fortunate to have these people in my life as well as a wife whose put up with me for this long as I know very well that there are others less fortunate. Prayers I am requesting please and thank you. Btw my wife is cancer free praise God I just stated that because the prostitute problem started in the middle of her treatment. Needless to say I can speak to being one of the more radical examples of the 8 daughters of lust being in full force, I became something unrecognizable and I’m still trying to refigure myself out hence why I need the prayers
I will intercede for you, Mike!
@@youtubecharlie1 thank you my friend God Bless and wishing you a very Merry Christmas as well as you Matt Fradd
Just whispered a prayer for you. Your honesty is admirable.
Please get into a good meeting room. Check out your local Intergroup and they can guide you to the correct meeting room. Trust me, you can't do this alone, and our Lord doesn't want you to. I too will keep you and your family in my prayers. I've been married for just shy of 29 years by the Grace of God and a Saintly women. I'm tired of being a Saint Maker and working on being a Saint 🙏
Let Jesus and His Holy Family do wonderful things in you. You get out of it what you put into it ☺️👍✌️
God loves you, brother! Thanks be to God you can see who you are! Your experience has reminded me of Luke 5:32. I will pray for you, don’t be discouraged! Remember what God has done for you, how he has loved you!
I used to watch porn numerous times a day, then commit certain degenerate acts at least 5 times a day. I've been clean and celibate for a year now.
My passions of lust and of the flesh led me to finding and converting to Catholicism.
Awesome! Keep it up brother, Jesus is our strength!
@@genzphilosophy5706 Keep up the fight , friend! I struggle with this too, but I am learning that we are better for this battle. You're not now, nor ever will be, alone in this. God and the Body of Christ are always with us. Call out to Jesus, talk to him without holding anything back. He WILL answer you and give you strength.
@@genzphilosophy5706 prayer and penance like fasting and make sure you get a good confession all saints fasted and prayed some even beat them selfs to overcome such desire for us guys is very common but also for women fast prayer and avoid looking at anything that may provoke your thoughts as well as anything that you hear that may cause that like bad jokes or music. Go to adoration chaplet if you can every day and keep asking God for the virtue of chasity he won't deny any virtue when asked truely and working your part like prayer and fasting or other type of penance
@@genzphilosophy5706 And try to develop a devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary for the acquisition of all virtues, and particularly for purity. You can start with simply saying the “Hail Mary” prayer repetitively, then progress to the Rosary which is a powerful repetition of prayers. Ask for Our Lady’s intercession that you can obtain purity. Pray it each day, and you will see great progress to being free of sexual sin.
Good work...stay on the path.
Nietzsche quote at 23:30 is spot on.
I’ve encountered people who will begin to hate me when I don’t join them in their sins because they see it as judgement but really they’re judging themselves
I bet we all have experienced something like that during our lives.
Been binging some of your content. Former Protestant convert here. Really appreciate what you are doing man. Awesome content to listen to to prepare yourself in prayer this advent season as we await the new year.
Thanks again Matt! I think everyone living in the 21st century needs to see this.
God bless you Matt Fradd. What you said at 23:51 is exactly what is happening in our world now. Please come to London once this pandemic is over 💯💯
What’s helped me: a weekly, thorough confession. By “thorough,” I mean *every* sin since the last confession (which isn’t too much work since it’s 7 days). I even write it down, too, to help me not forget. I’m not scrupulous, just honest and open. My list keeps getting shorter and shorter and I can see all the grace God pours into my life.
Wow! You just described the state of the world!
"Just do it"..."whatever feels good"..."you deserve it"..."it's your choice"..."have it your way"... I'm sure I could come up with a few more if I thought about it for a bit!
34:55 “In my RCIA class, I was told...”
The classic beginning to only the worst of horror stories
What has brought me back to celibacy was studying history and social engineering and discovering that sexualization of society is a powerful method of political subjugation, used in a variety of ways throughout history, from the Islamic conquests in the past, through contraceptive pill of the sixties to free pornography of the recent years. Realizing this and realizing that usually the same forces are behind all of it (including prostitution, sexualization of children, marriage definition subversion etc.) has led me to monogamy down to one girlfriend several years ago, and now, celibacy. What a change it has been! Truly, lust darkens the mind. Even if you have 180+ IQ and are a slave to lust, it will lead you astray into the blind logical alleys, it will subconsciously make you not look into some arguments or worldviews, it will shut the voice of conscience, subtly leading you away from Reason and Love.
We are told that we are getting sexually "liberated" while we're getting enslaved to our passions. To quote St Augustine: "A man has as many masters as he has vices". Thank you for what you do, Matt, it's very helpful. I'm close to returning to the Church.
And please bring on Peter Kreeft again.
I’d like to know more about your comment. Can you point me to information about it? I’m a mother of 4 and want to teach them fortitude and courage against perversion. Thank you 🙏
@@MrsTurtlemommy For those things you ask, you can pray the Holy Rosary with your family daily or at least weekly, and ask for that intention. Our Lady will grant it because whatever she asks her Son is granted to her.
Very interesting point you got there.can you share a good read about sexualization used as political subjugation? Thank you :D
@@MrsTurtlemommy (I'm reposting my response, since I've given you one and it has been shadow-banned (meaning it is visible to me, but not visible to all others, including myself when I log in with a different account), probably because of mentioning the names of the two researchers. I've tried to alter their names so that they pass through censorship - decipher them and find them online.)
@Flavius Macrobius has given you an excellent answer. I also discovered that historical /sociological evidence not by chance, but after praying for months and even years for help with finding an understanding and strength to change my ways. Help to your problem may come in a totally different form. We truly underestimate prayer. But in case you're interested anyway: I'm not a native English speaker so probably way better treatments of this topic in English exist, but you could listen to a few interviews with with E. Miiiiich@elllll J0nes on "L-į-b-i-d-0 D0minąndi" or with G@brięlę Kūby on the sexual revolution.
Blessed are the pure of heart: for they shall see God. Mt 5, 8
Excellent video, extremely useful, and I'm still doing the lots of watching this channel deserves.
Pray for me.
I will pray for you 🙏
You have my prayers dear
I was drinking from my coffee mug as you cheersed and twas a nice little moment
I have just discovered this - this is genius! Thank you, thank you!
When Matt was talking about being addicted McDonald's and Mountain Dew I was like "dang, how did he know?"
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When I was in high school I could play all of Hetfield's rhythm guitar parts for the first 5 albums. I never got a handle on Kirk's solos.
Don't remember more than bits and pieces now...Especially with no electric guitar for many years. The acoustic tracks like Fade to Black are beautiful.
Metallica and Orion are darn near Masterpieces! Great stuff Matt, love your channel brother.
I graduated from Benedictine College, had a professor who was also a big Metallica fan - he'd put fill in the blank lyrics for no credit on quizzes, I'm fairly sure I'm one of the only students who could get them every time. Metallica & the music has actually helped me overcome grief in the past as well as James being a huge inspiration for me to overcome sinful habits and to never give up even when relapses happen. Orion is my favorite track, it means a lot to think of it in the context of how they lost their band mate Cliff Burton, the bassists, not long after releasing the song. Cheers from a fellow fan Matt!
Great episode, thank you for sharing the music you love too Matt, it’s one of my favourite things to see someone explain why they adore a particular band or song. Music can be a great window to the soul
AH favorite Metallic Album! MATT! You picked the sweetest part of Orion!!! DUDE!! YES!
When are you going to do the women strive course
Please pray for my atheist friend whom the 8 daughters of lust have enveloped. i have not given up on her but she hates my faith and wishes i would just shutup already. she really hates the catholic church especially but if she calls to ask me for advice, and i get my own advice from scripture and tradition, then that's what she gets. She actually isn't a bad person, just blind to her own prejudice. I love her like a sister and ask the saints to pray for her often.
When Matt started reading Dante meeting the women,
Matt becomes dante,
Matt becomes the women,
Matt becomes dangerously the characters,
Scary and wonderful reading.
Constructively, this is the first episode where I was a little lost with theology terminology. Otherwise, I love the channel!
Good stuff, Matt, thanks!
32:00 is spot on look up Hume's argument about the uniformity of Nature, one of the premisses is that no real conclusion presupposes itself
You are an excellent teacher really loved this
I love Metallica! One of my favorite bands!!! For whom the bell tolls and sanitarium are my favorite songs. Of course I love songs from their black album too!
*Intellect:
Blindness of mind
Rashness
Thoughtless
Inconstancy
*Will:
Self-love
Hatred of God
Love of this world
Despair of a future world
"Take a look to the sky just before you die, its the last time you will!"
As
@@cebastiandiel3592 what?
Wow...God said to me this week “look to the sky.” I’m really looking forward to this message unfolding.
Thanks Matt, love your ministry and work mate!
I apologize for past history! I realize how Holy we are! Good. I just get frusterated from past misconceptions. We're one people, let's pray.
Metallica is immensely talented and innovative. Hetfield has struggled with addiction for a while now, seems like a good dude though. Thanks for the video.
Metallicash?
This all applies to us so much. It immediately reminded me of the article I read on Ellen Page :( blinded by and justifying lies
She is the logical result when the moral law is stripped from the civil law
@@Canisius19 not quite, the moral law you're referring to is actually just one of your religious laws(a pretty arbitrary one at that) and was designed to be separate from the civil by the founders of the constitution.
If you dont agree that thats the case, then congratulations, I will now impose my moral law upon you civilly. Its called shariah😁
Jk im not actually Muslim but you get the idea. There's a very good reason why Elliot(be polite ok?) Should be allowed to call himself Elliot. And you can call yourself whatever you would like as well.
@@colettestanton3434 the founders were Christian... their Christian values were implied in the founding of the country...
@@youtubecharlie1 incorrect. Thomas Jefferson famously cut out every verse in his bible that was contradictory or absurd, and there was so little left he deemed the book worthless. Washington, Franklin, and most of the men involved with writing our constitution were deists or agnostic and they implemented the separation of church and state precisely because they just fought a war to be free from the tyranny of a christian nation.
I'm truly sorry that you've been so misled about history.
@@colettestanton3434 they received their morals from Christian upbringing, regardless.
I would not describe this as "blindness" more as "looking in other way", if I look back with clean maind, I see exactly why I did somthing.
You had me at James Hetfield.
I got into Metallica because of living in the Northern Territory, Aus. Aussies know what's good when it comes to music ;)
22:31 On this matter, I’m reminded of the Aesop fable of the fox and the grapes. The fox thinks grapes which are ‘out of reach’ must be sour, anyway, and not worth getting.
Hello brother! Thank for your show! And thank you for loving Metallica 🙏. My cousin Jason who was a self taught brilliant guitarist in his own right is who got me listening to them when I was around 13 years old and I’ve loved them ever since. Unfortunately Jason got into drugs and we lost him a few years ago. When I listen to Metallica I feel connected with him again though. The only heavy Metal band I was ever into and I was super into them. Cliff Burton was my 80s crush so of course I love the song Orion. ¥When a man lies, he murders some part of the world
These are the pale deaths which men miscall their lives
~German poet Paul Gerhardt. All this I cannot bear to witness any longer
Cannot the Kingdom of Salvation take me home? ¥ ~Cliff Burton ✨ from To Live Is To Die.
Matt alleluia, thank you for your content
Matt, did not mean to crash your comment on Metallica. Just seen too much ruin come about through certain types of music is all. You know it is bad when even the artist describes his broken life. Most people are not affected so negatively but some are for sure. I am heartbroken about the movie and music industry being ruined by satan. May God deliver us all!!! 🙏
Subliminal messages in Disney movies
@@psychotriaelata9735 The whole industry is destroyed by communist pedophiles. No law enforcement can act because people just keep "being nice" and ignoring the whistleblowers.
@@psychotriaelata9735 Music industry is the same. Communists basically human traffick the artists to pervert the people and kill them when they revolt. #SHUTITALLDOWNAMERICA!!!
God bless you Brother!
Nice air guitar 🎸!! Great episode Matt!
Oh please pray for me
I will pray for you
Done.
Hey Matt! Good day!
They're so musically proficient. One of the proofs of that is James and Kirk's rendition of the Star Spangled Banner.
Spend a lot of time in front of the Holy Eucharist. Confession, Daily Mass if doable. We can ONLY get out of our way through The Way. The Truth
Matt, listen to their live version from their movie "Through the never." You will never regret it.
Terrific ! Thank you 🙏
Why is Thomas Aquinas so sexist? He calls women “ defective and misbegotten” and describes lust as “ the 8 daughters of lust” Why? Why not the 8 sons of lust? Thank God he was a priest and not a husband. He would have been a terrible husband and father! Why Matt Fradd respects this guy so much is mind boggling
@T Z I agree with you! Aquinas seems to have some major hang ups when it comes to women. Maybe that is why he was a priest? The only good thing I ever heard that he said about women is that Marriage is the greatest of friendships. I guess you could say that about man’s best friend too (dog) so I’m not giving him too many points for that either!
Exorcist Fr Ripperger says no no to Harry Potter- satanic! Look up Zachary King: ex wizard of the Satanic church also has input on Harry Potter. Very good that you didn’t get a good feeling about HP!! Holy spirit was speaking to you
Excellent show Brother 👍
I believe that we went to different schools together 😂
You might be interested in David McGowan who Woke me up to the music I grew up on in the seventies. Weird that most of the stars lived in Larural Canyon and their parents were in the Military Intelligence Community 🤔. CSNY, Jackson Browne, Van Morrison, and on and on. It's definitely a rabbit hunt. And soon after he wrote a book about it,he suddenly died from cancer 🤔
Don't Grow tired of doing Good 🙏
We are all called to celibacy unless called to the sacrament of marriage. We need to be more forceful about this.
Chastity in marriage. Look it up. JP2. Theology of the body.
@@am3986 There is a difference in celibacy and chastity. You are correct to have chastity in marriage, but Heath is correct in saying that we are to be celibate outside of marriage.
Doesn't self-love (in this context) mean narcissism? The pursuit of gratification from vanity or egotistic admiration of one's idealised self-image and attributes.
Kind of. The self love that comes from pride. The one that does not allow us to accept our faults and reconcile with God after we fall. The self -love that leads us into shock when we sin. This is best defined by Saint Francis De Sales in the book How to Profit to one's faults.
Talking about literature for your children how about connecting them to their Australian heritage such as Ethel Turners SEVEN LITTLE AUSTRALIANS , the great Australian poet and Catholic Les Murray or the writings of Les Carlyon
Thank you for the fantastic discussion, Matt. I love listening to Metallica!
RCIA teachers have a wildly varying degree of education and orthodoxy.
Couldn't hide the lofi hip hop recommendation red line ;)
Im having a hordious flatline,no motavation for anything ,on disability on wellbutrin ,
41:42 actualy you realy have a nice voice lol
Aaah, Orion. May Cliff Burton rest in peace.
Please, please... PLEASE! Talk to an Orthodox priest about Orthodoxy. I would recommend Fr. Josiah Trenham.
I love Sandman as a workout song...haha
Never been a big fan of Metallica, but no leaf clover is a pretty awesome song.
It would be cool if you did a video about rock music/secular music and whether or not it is an acceptable part of a Christian life. I may not have phrased that correctly, but hopefully you understand what I mean (if you read this lol). As someone who really likes rock music (mostly Christian stuff) I would be very interested in this. It would be cool if you could interview an artist about it. John Cooper from skillet comes to mind
Amazing
3:00 Hi Matt, what do you say to those who take a more Platonist vs Aristotelian view that the will proceeds the intellect?
You said that one will act a certain way based on what they think. But couldn’t one conversely form the way they think around what they want to believe?
Thanks mate!
Metallica is so good!! The drumming is so sick!!
@MattFradd If you want a real banger that's a little more elaborate and less repetitive check out this bad boy. The story goes Shostakovich (living in Communist Russia and having just joined the Communist Party) wrote this entire string quartet in three days as a sort of suicide note. He ended up not following through with the act thankfully but left us with an intense and dark but beautiful piece of music.
ua-cam.com/video/PjvTTfbpWjY/v-deo.html - Movement 2 of 4
Thanks for sharing Metallica, not bad.
Shows starts, topic one is blah blah and blah. Hetfield...
Wait, what? Hetfield!
Lol. You got the full ear perk from me!
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Metallica are musical genius and their philharmonic collaboration proves it 👊🏻 rock on
Metallica is boring the Lord is not.
34:23 What about Hans Christian Andersen?
Nofap day 14. Urges are strong right now.
I love Metallica as well, James Hetfield is actually very profound man, I sincerely hope he becomes a Catholic
You mean the 8 children of lust .
Actually, I'd say that my former addiction to porn was a result of masochism and a desire to be judged.
Edit: It's hard to determine how I thought that this was good, but maybe that's why I'm now overcoming this addiction.
Ariseforhim.com
Lesson for muhammad
A good solid rule about literature is that it must lead somehow to virtue, and away from vice; as all of sacred literature leads to hatred of God due to how they depict Him- none of it is even remotely ever going to be acceptable; in part due to the mindset of the cultures that those came out of... this's *especially* true regarding the need to permanently reject all of sacred writing as a doorway for the devil into one's life (which it is!)... now, things like "Harry Potter" or "Percy Jackson" those're ethically permissible, fully and completely, as John Paul 2 confirmed in his own readthrough of "Harry Potter"... so it is completely acceptable in and of itself.
Lord of the Rings and Narnia are somewhat less acceptable, due to the world-view they came out of; especially as they're said to be truly Christian in their nature- but they are acceptable in and of themselves- due to the effects they cause in the individual.
In general, the rule to mind about literature is if it is not overtly pornographic (intended to trigger a sexual reaction on the part of the person who views/reads it), or satanic, it is acceptable- and there're very few things as novels go that fit into *those* categories.
But one thing I'd forever boycott is Marxist literature; nothing but nothing exceeded or even came anywhere near close to matching them in terms of antihuman conduct! That has the caviat of if I am not studying what is wrong with it, of course.
Master of puppets is my fav.Metallica record
About 12 minutes 13 in matt references two ends to the sexual act being a John Paul the 2nd invention.
The objection as I understand it is the elevation of the secondary end to equal primacy the "two fold" end to marriage. That is a modernist invention.
St Thomas doesn't seem to be arguing for an equal primacy of the secondary end, just that it is one of the ends.
I'll refer you to the 1917 pio-benedictine code of cannon law in which states "§ 1. The primary end of marriage is the procreation and education of children; the secondary
[end] is mutual support and a remedy for concupiscence"
(Canon 565)
(Just a quick search away)
This predates the equal primacy of unity and procreation. We don't have to take this errant interpretation of humanae vitae as an infallible teaching as it flies in the face of the traditional teaching as opposed to defining something that's unclarified.
Also the flowing from a letter to confused Catholics.
"The question is raised in the same way regarding
marriage. Marriage had always been defined by its first
aim which was procreation and its secondary aim which was married love. Now, at the Council they sought to
alter this definition and say there was no longer a primary
aim but that the two aims of which I speak were
equivalent. It was Cardinal Suenens who proposed this
change and I still remember Cardinal Brown, the Master
General of the Dominicans getting up to say "Caveatis,
caveatis, (Beware, beware!) Ifwe accept this definition we
go against all the tradition of the Church and we pervert
the meaning of marriage. We do not have the right to
modify the Church's traditional definitions. "
Is Thomas Aquinas the first catholic saint to support neo-platonic "free will"? The first Christian writers I can find that support this are Tatian and Tertullian but they are not saints, and the only theologian to emphasize it was Pelagius, who was condemned as a heretic at the Council of Carthage:
(Carthage Canon CXI) "Likewise it seemed good, that whoever should say that the grace of God, by which a man is justified through Jesus Christ our Lord, avails only for the remission of past sins, and not for assistance against committing sins in the future, let him be anathema."
(Carthage Canon CXII) "Also, whoever shall say that the same grace of God through Jesus Christ our Lord helps us only in not sinning by revealing to us and opening to our understanding the commandments, so that we may know what to seek, what we ought to avoid, and also that we should love to do so, but that through it we are not helped so that we are able to do what we know we should do, let him be anathema. For when the Apostle says: _Wisdom puffs up, but charity edifies it_ were truly infamous were we to believe that we have the grace of Christ for that which puffs us up, but have it not for that which edifies, since in each case it is the gift of God, both to know what we ought to do, and to love to do it; so that wisdom cannot puff us up while charity is edifying us. For as of God it is written, _Who teaches man knowledge,_ so also it is written, _Love is of God."_
(Carthage Canon CXIII) "It seemed good that whosoever should say that the grace of justification was given to us only that we might be able more readily by grace to perform what we were ordered to do through our free will; as if though grace was not given, although not easily, yet nevertheless we could even without grace fulfil the divine commandments, let him be anathema. For the Lord spoke concerning the fruits of the commandments, when he said: _Without me you can do nothing,_ and not _Without me you could do it but with difficulty."_
Matt, great video on lust. Thank you for that. Metallic is a talented, but this band is wicked and so is what they produce. Why any Christian would promote Metallica after giving a great presentation on the sins of lust is inconceivable. Ever listen to the words of their song "So What"? It's filth. This is not music for Christians. Read the lyrics to the song. You will gag at the stench of the hag when her robe is opened.
I was raised Lutheran and we all believe in the same god and that Jesus died for our sins and he will be back someday,i do believe we are living in the last days and things will get worse like the bible has forsaken,more diseases,castrophes,disasters ,race tension,etc.Crimes ,sucides,,wars,i quit drinking as well bci i t got old and depressing. Not to say i dont enjoy a glass of wine on occasion or a few brandy old fashions on holidays ,but the binge and heavy drinking not anymore, i was quit the heavy drinker at one point . i quit smoking on wellbutrin but ive been off of it so i have a c ig.On ocassion after a meal,i try to stay away from fast food as much as i can,but i do have a weekness for taco bell,and cousin or subway,no big macs or any of that garbage,porn ruined my life and im on disabilty bc of it,need to get my life back ,hoping to lose weight as well,this is not just a young person issue trust me.Jan faucet a doctor in new Mexico talks about the dopamine side of depression and persons he has treated.And the lethargic side of it ,it was in 2014 same yr we lost robin williams and same yr i lost my job bc of this garbage.My recovery is taking forever i feel broken,complete lack of motavation for anything.I dont feel like celebrating the holidays ,plus im miserable about my break up 2017 .Man i couldnt imagine having parkensens or anything else that kills dopamine.I try to eat healthy and excercise but usually dont have the energy,im hoping to god to be free from this very soon bc i feel undatable,unmotaved and just a plan lethargic zombie ,i hope god has better plans for me,i really was hoping it was my ex bc of our history together,long distance relationships are tough .She told me about certain sights she watches,so maybe it screwed her brain up,yes women can get addcted to this as well,Jessica harris perfect example,comdeian nikii glasner,also celebrtys like terry crews ,charlie sheen ,jon mayer ,tiger woods etc,j wows husband from jersey shore said he broke three lap tops watching it .ive tried multiple supplemnts even ldopa ,but i guess there is no quick fix and they cant fix the death grip which is also a factor.I never acted out though or treated my ex gf like a object bc of this and never asked her for pics or anything i saw i wanted to have just good old fashion love making for love of course,
And I sure wouldn't want to read Herr Hitler's book, unless I wanted to pull apart his movement, and disembowel his influence in the "woke" mentality of today- which resembles his ideas very closely I might add.
A *lot* of why you read something is dependent on what you are trying to accomplish by reading it as it turns out.
Well, Aquinas clearly has it wrong; hatred of God comes not out of lust, nor pride, as Peter the Apostle and first pope claimed inaccurately, but out of how God is portrayed in the sacred texts- for He is portrayed therein as a monster to be eliminated merely for being a monarch... so it is fear of the lord, even awe of God that teaches man to hate God in and of itself. I for one forever opposed lust, and would never tolerate it at all; but hatred of God came out of humbling myself before Him- for pretty soon humbling myself made Him into something that would destroy me just as soon as look at me- and has no good intents at all... that's the fruit of Him being a spirit to begin with, for no spirit is capable of having good intents towards man; spirits are evil in and of their very design; any other teaching at all is pro-occult and is never to be accepted on the topic of spirits. Indeed, there never ever was such a thing as a "good spirit", anyone who even lets the idea of a good spirit exist is pro-occult and certain to go to Hell- even post canonization by the papacy itself!
Here's where Aquinas is heretical: powers, no matter what they are, are categorically forbidden for us; as they would put us into the occult; and the higher something is, the more evil it is- this's an infallible principle: that the higher something is, the less-moral it is, in and of itself... indeed, as a direct fruit of the Church's rightful condemnation of the occult; any human being is infinitely more moral than any spirit, and that absolutely includes the most evil of men are infinitely more moral than any and all spirits combined, due solely to the men being men and the spirits being spirits.
Indeed, man and the spirit are diametrically opposed forever; and this war can only end with the complete eradication of all spirit scum- and there is no such thing as a spirit that is trustworthy- to believe anything else is directly from the occult and is to be categorically rejected forever, as is anyone who endorses any and all contact with any spirit, even a "heavenly" one, vermin that they are for existing as spirits to begin with!
@21:24 This sums up the current SJW mentality...
Love you Matt but Metallica is subpar thrash, anthrax and megadeth are far superior.
Metallica is so sstanist
The Chosen shows the Holy Mother in birth pains, so it's heretical.
Um? I mean, birth is painful, so....
@@33-vertebrae The Church states that Mary did not suffer birthing pains. This is a Dogma.
So it gets one tiny little detail wrong and its evil? My goodness..