Reading letter from the Saints made me realised this. They were as human as we are is just that their love for God and neighbours were greatest than their flaws.
Ufffff these words just squeezed my heart so hard. I’m a catechist and struggle soooo much with this. It’s so hard to live up to what I speak/teach 😭 Gods word is just so perfect, and I feel like I do it such a disservice by even attempting to speak it, but lord knows I try. thank you so much for sharing this ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you Mother Natalia for this sharing, your honesty and your prayers. It really helped me to understand my own Christian struggle and that I'm not alone in this. May the Lord bless you
Thank you, Mother Natalia. Many of us feel the way you described in this video. I agree 100%. In fact, just a few moments ago, my wife and I went to Mass here in Mexico (we're from Monterrey, which is in northern Mexico). While being in front of the Blessed Sacrament just before the Mass, my prayer to Jesus was similar to what you are saying here in this video. I told our Lord something like this: "Lord, I am a traitor. I am a small and insignificant traitor, but You love me. My heart is treacherous. I know it is; this is no hyperbole; this is what I know about me. Oh, but You love me, Lord, and I thank You for the undeserved love that You give me. I accept your Love and the commitment it means for me, I do not trust me, but I trust You". We need to recognize that only the Lord is truly good and stop being surprised by our own sins (and the sins of others). It is VERY RARE that we meet a person whom we perceive as having no flaws in our eyes. I have only met one of those in my 46 years on this Earth. And I have met dozens of priests. And I understand that even that person in which I could see no disbalance or defects (it was a very saintly priest, in my opinion) obviously had them; it was that he was too far away from my life experience and too close to the Lord for me to detect those flaws. This is why I perceived him as a saint. It was truly a gift to meet this person, and it was much more of a gift, the fact that he was a Catholic priest. Meeting such persons in our lives is a cause for celebration. Thank you for your exceptional transparency and honesty, Mother Natalia. You are using it for our instruction and benefit. We love you! Thank the lord for your ministry and your vocation. God Bless you and your family
Love it!! Really like the point about hypocrisy that does not try to practice what is preach. Jesus does not require us to be successfull, he calls us to be faithful.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. You teach us how to be reflective of our own thoughts and actions as well as how to be contemplative. I always need to hear whatever you're saying. Often, it's something I'm struggling with as well.
Mother Natalia, I haven’t gotten past one second because of the relation I have to subject of this video. Today it dawned on me of my imperfections that I have. In perseverance we all must overcome trying to be perfect, and instead as Christ, love past them in our neighbor.
This is what is so great about the Sacrament of Reconciliation-- by going to confession when we become aware of our faults & disobedience & confess them & receive absolution, it makes us more mindful of our behavior afterwards. "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." --1John 1:9
My dad said - don’t do what I do - but do what I say. I think he was being firm but really he was being humble. We are only pointing and walking each other home . Let’s struggle together with tears and joy and true repentance . Mother Mary give us clarity. The worst thing at all is not saying the hard and holy things…
Maybe the answer is: it is ok to be a hypocrite when one evangelizes, but it is not ok to be a hypocrite in the context of judging someone for their actions. Thanks for this great reflection Mother.
No sister you're not a hypocrite. I see someone who with huge humility confessed that she's a human and has weaknesses. Thank you sister your words are what I really needed today. Bless you!!!
As Christians, we are often called to live a life of holiness, constantly striving to love God and our neighbor with all our heart, soul, and strength. Yet, in our human frailty, we frequently fall short of this noble calling. Though we may espouse the truth of the Gospel and profess our deep love for God, our actions do not always align with these ideals. This tension between what we believe and how we act reminds us of the reality of our fallen nature - the legacy of original sin that weakens our will and inclines us to sin. It is particularly painful when others witness our failings and, in their disappointment, perhaps dismiss the message we strive to convey as Christians. When they see our humanity, with all its weaknesses and shortcomings, it can seem that our witness to Christ's love is diminished. This reminds us how important it is to rely not on our own strength, but on God's grace, and to humbly acknowledge our need for His mercy, always striving to live more authentically, the faith we profess. Yet, even in our weakness, we are not without hope. God, in His mercy, has given us the sacraments as a means of grace to heal and strengthen us on our journey toward eternal life. The sacrament of Reconciliation, in particular, is a powerful reminder that though we stumble, God’s love and forgiveness are always available when we sincerely repent and resolve to sin no more. In the Eucharist, we receive Christ Himself, the Bread of Life, who sustains us and strengthens our resolve to live in accordance with the Gospel. As St. Augustine so beautifully reminds us, our hearts are restless until they rest in God. This restlessness is what drives us to seek God even after we have fallen, always striving to rise again and live in His grace. Our failures should not lead us to despair but rather to greater humility and trust in God's mercy, knowing that with His help, we can continually grow in virtue and draw closer to the perfection for which we were created. In this way, we keep our eyes fixed on our ultimate salvation, never losing hope, and always relying on the strength that comes through grace. Even though we fall at times, as Christians, we must never give up the good fight. Our mission to spread the Gospel remains vital so that others might come to know the love of God. With His grace, we can continue to improve ourselves while sharing His word. We are not hypocrites; we are simply human, journeying toward our eternal destiny. In our weaknesses, we rely on God’s strength, trusting that He works through us, despite our imperfections, to draw others closer to Him.
I feel this. I've been struggling with feelings of being a hypocrite myself because I still struggle with a lot, too. I hope that with help from Jesus, I will get better. I always get temptations to just stop trying sometimes, but I know thats not what God wants. We all fall short of the Glory of God.
A better title for this video would be "I'm not perfect and that's ok." A hypocrite is someone who hides their real character behind a mask they wear for the public to see.
A hypocrite is much more than somebody hiding behind a mask. It’s just about all of us who judge others and have expectations of others when we ourselves do the same things as them and fall into the same traps. It is much more broad than simply being fake. Sometimes we are being genuine but don’t recognize our hypocrisy.
@@QBlessed93 actually a hypocrite is an actor wearing a mask Hypocrite-one who puts on a mask and feigns himself to be what he is not; a dissembler in religion. Our Lord severely rebuked the scribes and Pharisees for their hypocrisy (Matt. 6:2, 5, 16). “The hypocrite’s hope shall perish” (Job 8:13). The Hebrew word here rendered “hypocrite” rather means the “godless” or “profane,” as it is rendered in Jer. 23:11, i.e., polluted with crimes
@@QBlessed93 so does that mean that we cannot call for a correction of a wrong doing? I’m just wondering which is better: doing that correction or doing moral relativism?
Wow. A beautiful confession of hypocrisy (I see hypocrisy as a ladder that some people have climbed further along than others). My suggestion for controlling snipping at people is to spend an entire day, or maybe a few days not saying a word. Begin the day by asking God to speak for you where necessary because you are learning to control your tongue. Once you've tried that spend a long moment speaking (or singing) loudly with a wide open mouth and throat before making efforts to speak calmly and quietly when in company to help you understand and appreciate the difference between loud, quiet & silent. Just wait an extra moment, there is more joy to find and grow.
The preacher that by the Holy Spirit shares the Truth and the Good News don't practice or put into action what they proclaim does not make what is proclaimed false. The Word of God is so life changing that even the deliverer can't limit it's power. Even if we feel unworthy of proclaiming the Gospel, the Holy Spirit is the one that is doing all the work. That smallness that we acknowledge we are is the foundation that the Holy Spirit needs to pour out it's power.
I doubt she will see this, but that was good to hear because I think “Catholic influence” don’t understands how much they affect peoples lives. I struggle to listen to them or receive what God is speaking to me because they always seem like they are coming from the perfect or easy situation to live this life. my life has been and is a constant struggle so my anger and envy always puts up walls. Hearing you be real and sincere seemed to have got through. Idk why but I have a lot to think about and I might need to go to reconciliation?….
A great comfort for me, as I've examples I'm my life who went point out the hypocrisy push you into combative situation. This just leaves stunted growth in relationships especially with Christ. Where he probably wants you to grow. The situation is worsened when they evangulise and impose these on you, makes you want to dissociate with everything they are involved in, i:e the Church. And I know that's not the right move but the hypocrisy can be very disheartening and traumatizing.
Yes, we are all capable of hypocrisy, and no one will leave this world, if they have lived in it long enough in it, without acting like a hypocrite. With that said, it should be noted that the hypocrisy of someone who proclaims the value of a virtue or behavior does NOT impugn the truth of the proclamation. Many times our secular detractors love to point out the transgressions of the clergy or lay Christian, as if that is somehow an ironclad argument against the tenets of our faith. The truth and goodness of a belief is in no way discredited by the inability or even unwillingness of the person professing such belief to adhere to it.
Wow don't even let me get started about myself. When I was younger, I had a very short fuse and would continually lose my temper. Looking back now it's embarrassing. I still get steamed nowadays, but it's diminished to a large extent. It's not that I don't get mad, I do. I have just learned to blow it off or hold my tongue. Man, I was a complete jackass when I was younger.
Mother Natalia, 05:05 min. mark ***Even Saint Paul revealed imperfection during his ministry, in his complaining that: "Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds." ( 2 Timothy 4:14 ) *** My "viewer" response? Go forth and keep recording. Cheers! 🙂
Let's just shed our costumes of manClubs and just study Mt. Transfiguration and why Peter fell to the ground in terror by what the Father said. (Hint: it had nothing to do with brick and mortar manClubs)
I just noticed that the name of the channel has changed from "Pints with Aquinas" to "Matt Fradd". I haven't watched every video on this channel. Has Matt explained why he has changed the name of the channel? I am just curious.
Reading letter from the Saints made me realised this. They were as human as we are is just that their love for God and neighbours were greatest than their flaws.
Ufffff these words just squeezed my heart so hard. I’m a catechist and struggle soooo much with this. It’s so hard to live up to what I speak/teach 😭 Gods word is just so perfect, and I feel like I do it such a disservice by even attempting to speak it, but lord knows I try. thank you so much for sharing this ❤️❤️❤️
I love Mother Natalia, the Holy Spirit can be seen in her. I see Mother Natalia, I click.
Thank you for your humble wisdom Mother. You're an authentic voice
What a coincidence! I'm a hypocrite, too!
Speaking to my soul
Loved this I have wondered myself these same ideas. The point is to keep trying to practice what we preach in our weakness and keep striving
Thank you ❤️✝️
I found this very helpful. Everyone slips up sometimes even when we know which way to walk. We just need to get back up and carry on
Thank you, you precious soul
Thank you Mother Natalia for this sharing, your honesty and your prayers. It really helped me to understand my own Christian struggle and that I'm not alone in this. May the Lord bless you
Thank you Mother! Going to write, “Don’t be a clanging gong” on my chalkboard! I have struggled with this as well
Thank you, Mother Natalia. Many of us feel the way you described in this video. I agree 100%. In fact, just a few moments ago, my wife and I went to Mass here in Mexico (we're from Monterrey, which is in northern Mexico). While being in front of the Blessed Sacrament just before the Mass, my prayer to Jesus was similar to what you are saying here in this video. I told our Lord something like this: "Lord, I am a traitor. I am a small and insignificant traitor, but You love me. My heart is treacherous. I know it is; this is no hyperbole; this is what I know about me. Oh, but You love me, Lord, and I thank You for the undeserved love that You give me. I accept your Love and the commitment it means for me, I do not trust me, but I trust You".
We need to recognize that only the Lord is truly good and stop being surprised by our own sins (and the sins of others). It is VERY RARE that we meet a person whom we perceive as having no flaws in our eyes. I have only met one of those in my 46 years on this Earth. And I have met dozens of priests. And I understand that even that person in which I could see no disbalance or defects (it was a very saintly priest, in my opinion) obviously had them; it was that he was too far away from my life experience and too close to the Lord for me to detect those flaws. This is why I perceived him as a saint. It was truly a gift to meet this person, and it was much more of a gift, the fact that he was a Catholic priest. Meeting such persons in our lives is a cause for celebration.
Thank you for your exceptional transparency and honesty, Mother Natalia. You are using it for our instruction and benefit. We love you! Thank the lord for your ministry and your vocation. God Bless you and your family
Thank you so much for this talk. I really needed to hear this right now.
Love it!! Really like the point about hypocrisy that does not try to practice what is preach. Jesus does not require us to be successfull, he calls us to be faithful.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. You teach us how to be reflective of our own thoughts and actions as well as how to be contemplative. I always need to hear whatever you're saying. Often, it's something I'm struggling with as well.
Wow the timing of this video in my life! Thank your mother!! Glory to Jesus Christ
Thank you for your words of wisdom
Thank you for this ❤❤❤ I needed to hear this.
Thank you, Mother, for your honesty and for your invitation for me to be honest before Jesus with my hypocrisy and my littleness. 🙏
Mother Natalia, you make me smile.
Mother Natalia, I haven’t gotten past one second because of the relation I have to subject of this video. Today it dawned on me of my imperfections that I have. In perseverance we all must overcome trying to be perfect, and instead as Christ, love past them in our neighbor.
Man: Father, I can't go to church, its full of sinners and hypocrites!
Priest: No, do not worry, we can still fit in plenty more.
Thank you God bless
We all fall short of the glory of God and that's OK. 🙏
This is what is so great about the Sacrament of Reconciliation-- by going to confession when we become aware of our faults & disobedience & confess them & receive absolution, it makes us more mindful of our behavior afterwards.
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." --1John 1:9
Thank you Mother. I'm also a hypocrite. How would we be able to fix the problem if we never admit it?
My dad said - don’t do what I do - but do what I say.
I think he was being firm but really he was being humble.
We are only pointing and walking each other home .
Let’s struggle together with tears and joy and true repentance . Mother Mary give us clarity.
The worst thing at all is not saying the hard and holy things…
I love you admit we are all human !!
Welcome to the human race ….
And Paul and Paul and all the Saints
had it difficult.
Maybe the answer is: it is ok to be a hypocrite when one evangelizes, but it is not ok to be a hypocrite in the context of judging someone for their actions. Thanks for this great reflection Mother.
This ☝🏼
No sister you're not a hypocrite.
I see someone who with huge humility confessed that she's a human and has weaknesses.
Thank you sister your words are what I really needed today.
Bless you!!!
Yes, I'm with you. I think a lot of us are that way. I can tell others, but I don't do, I dont stick with it or I don't believe in God myself at times
As Christians, we are often called to live a life of holiness, constantly striving to love God and our neighbor with all our heart, soul, and strength. Yet, in our human frailty, we frequently fall short of this noble calling. Though we may espouse the truth of the Gospel and profess our deep love for God, our actions do not always align with these ideals. This tension between what we believe and how we act reminds us of the reality of our fallen nature - the legacy of original sin that weakens our will and inclines us to sin.
It is particularly painful when others witness our failings and, in their disappointment, perhaps dismiss the message we strive to convey as Christians. When they see our humanity, with all its weaknesses and shortcomings, it can seem that our witness to Christ's love is diminished. This reminds us how important it is to rely not on our own strength, but on God's grace, and to humbly acknowledge our need for His mercy, always striving to live more authentically, the faith we profess.
Yet, even in our weakness, we are not without hope. God, in His mercy, has given us the sacraments as a means of grace to heal and strengthen us on our journey toward eternal life. The sacrament of Reconciliation, in particular, is a powerful reminder that though we stumble, God’s love and forgiveness are always available when we sincerely repent and resolve to sin no more. In the Eucharist, we receive Christ Himself, the Bread of Life, who sustains us and strengthens our resolve to live in accordance with the Gospel.
As St. Augustine so beautifully reminds us, our hearts are restless until they rest in God. This restlessness is what drives us to seek God even after we have fallen, always striving to rise again and live in His grace. Our failures should not lead us to despair but rather to greater humility and trust in God's mercy, knowing that with His help, we can continually grow in virtue and draw closer to the perfection for which we were created. In this way, we keep our eyes fixed on our ultimate salvation, never losing hope, and always relying on the strength that comes through grace.
Even though we fall at times, as Christians, we must never give up the good fight. Our mission to spread the Gospel remains vital so that others might come to know the love of God. With His grace, we can continue to improve ourselves while sharing His word. We are not hypocrites; we are simply human, journeying toward our eternal destiny. In our weaknesses, we rely on God’s strength, trusting that He works through us, despite our imperfections, to draw others closer to Him.
I feel this. I've been struggling with feelings of being a hypocrite myself because I still struggle with a lot, too. I hope that with help from Jesus, I will get better.
I always get temptations to just stop trying sometimes, but I know thats not what God wants.
We all fall short of the Glory of God.
A better title for this video would be "I'm not perfect and that's ok." A hypocrite is someone who hides their real character behind a mask they wear for the public to see.
A hypocrite is much more than somebody hiding behind a mask. It’s just about all of us who judge others and have expectations of others when we ourselves do the same things as them and fall into the same traps. It is much more broad than simply being fake. Sometimes we are being genuine but don’t recognize our hypocrisy.
@@QBlessed93 actually a hypocrite is an actor wearing a mask
Hypocrite-one who puts on a mask and feigns himself to be what he is not; a dissembler in religion. Our Lord severely rebuked the scribes and Pharisees for their hypocrisy (Matt. 6:2, 5, 16). “The hypocrite’s hope shall perish” (Job 8:13). The Hebrew word here rendered “hypocrite” rather means the “godless” or “profane,” as it is rendered in Jer. 23:11, i.e., polluted with crimes
@@QBlessed93 so does that mean that we cannot call for a correction of a wrong doing? I’m just wondering which is better: doing that correction or doing moral relativism?
Wow. A beautiful confession of hypocrisy (I see hypocrisy as a ladder that some people have climbed further along than others). My suggestion for controlling snipping at people is to spend an entire day, or maybe a few days not saying a word. Begin the day by asking God to speak for you where necessary because you are learning to control your tongue. Once you've tried that spend a long moment speaking (or singing) loudly with a wide open mouth and throat before making efforts to speak calmly and quietly when in company to help you understand and appreciate the difference between loud, quiet & silent. Just wait an extra moment, there is more joy to find and grow.
The preacher that by the Holy Spirit shares the Truth and the Good News don't practice or put into action what they proclaim does not make what is proclaimed false. The Word of God is so life changing that even the deliverer can't limit it's power. Even if we feel unworthy of proclaiming the Gospel, the Holy Spirit is the one that is doing all the work. That smallness that we acknowledge we are is the foundation that the Holy Spirit needs to pour out it's power.
Hypocrite is Greek for actor. Don't be so hard on your self. Fake it till you make it works, it's practice till it's real.
I doubt she will see this, but that was good to hear because I think “Catholic influence” don’t understands how much they affect peoples lives. I struggle to listen to them or receive what God is speaking to me because they always seem like they are coming from the perfect or easy situation to live this life. my life has been and is a constant struggle so my anger and envy always puts up walls. Hearing you be real and sincere seemed to have got through. Idk why but I have a lot to think about and I might need to go to reconciliation?….
A great comfort for me, as I've examples I'm my life who went point out the hypocrisy push you into combative situation. This just leaves stunted growth in relationships especially with Christ. Where he probably wants you to grow. The situation is worsened when they evangulise and impose these on you, makes you want to dissociate with everything they are involved in, i:e the Church. And I know that's not the right move but the hypocrisy can be very disheartening and traumatizing.
Yes, we are all capable of hypocrisy, and no one will leave this world, if they have lived in it long enough in it, without acting like a hypocrite. With that said, it should be noted that the hypocrisy of someone who proclaims the value of a virtue or behavior does NOT impugn the truth of the proclamation. Many times our secular detractors love to point out the transgressions of the clergy or lay Christian, as if that is somehow an ironclad argument against the tenets of our faith. The truth and goodness of a belief is in no way discredited by the inability or even unwillingness of the person professing such belief to adhere to it.
Your genuineness is obvious.
Christianity isn’t all happy talk and one easy success after another.
Wow don't even let me get started about myself. When I was younger, I had a very short fuse and would continually lose my temper. Looking back now it's embarrassing. I still get steamed nowadays, but it's diminished to a large extent. It's not that I don't get mad, I do. I have just learned to blow it off or hold my tongue. Man, I was a complete jackass when I was younger.
Yes, we are sinfull humans. If we weren't, none of us would need Jesus
Mother Natalia, 05:05 min. mark ***Even Saint Paul revealed imperfection during his ministry, in his complaining that: "Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds." ( 2 Timothy 4:14 ) *** My "viewer" response? Go forth and keep recording. Cheers! 🙂
There used to be a Marco Polo group for protestants considering Catholicism. Is there anything else like that available nowadays?
(Matthew 26:41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak)
.... I lie all night and lie all day.
Let's just shed our costumes of manClubs and just study Mt. Transfiguration and why Peter fell to the ground in terror by what the Father said. (Hint: it had nothing to do with brick and mortar manClubs)
No one is entitled to what God has. The Devil's Son Is All Who Ever Lived.
I just noticed that the name of the channel has changed from "Pints with Aquinas" to "Matt Fradd". I haven't watched every video on this channel. Has Matt explained why he has changed the name of the channel? I am just curious.
No Christian/Jew can validate the bible as authoritative/authentic truth from God Almighty.