I Was Once a Catholic Priest…Here’s My Story
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Did you get married in the Catholic Church?
I did get dispensed from my promises and married in the Catholic Church. Thank you for asking.
@@UniquelyMary wow I just watch this I'm so impressed with your honesty here thank you. What you have said here i will keep pounder.
God bless you, you are a gift to all who watch your channel! ❤❤
@@UniquelyMary I think it's important to say/emphasize that. Because there's also many former priests (at least in my country) who left the priesthood and entered the civil marriage/relationships _without_ proper dispensations. (it doesn't help that in summer places the policy is to withhold the dispensations as long as possible... that's what I've heard is the policy here at least). And it's unfortunately causing a lot of scandal. So stories like yours are even more important, so that people know that it's possible to be laicized (I hope I'm using correct terminology?) and being able to 'legally' marry, so that people are aware and not scandalized.
Have you ever thought of becoming Eastern Catholic? Check out East2West Theology. May God bless.
You can't be an "ex-priest". You are priest forever, regardless of current situation.
Totally agree with Mariel!
Almighty GOD has a master plan, pray for our brother.
Where is that in the Bible? I couldn't find it but it's probably there.
Hebrews 7 :17
Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
Quote to SHARE by St. Teresa of Avila "Behind each priest, there is a demon fighting for his fall. If we have the language to criticize them, we must have twice as much to pray for them."
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100% agree
So true. Just as everyone has a guardian angel, priests have a demon. Pray for our priests. We have been as Ezekiel and peered into the hole in the wall.
So true we need to pray for them.
Behind every priest there are legions. Latin is not holy. Hebrew is. Why don’t you go do an exorcism in Hebrew. Latin is not a Biblical language/
I always knew you were a priest but never said anything. I went to confession with you at St. Francis De Sales. You were really good in confession. You’re still a good man. 🙏🏼
Don't ever leave the Catholic church. I left it and spent years in the protestant churches. It's the biggest mistake of my life.
@@gogogolyra1340 Leaving the priesthood and asking to be laicized is not a sin. If he has been laicized then he has every right to get married in the Catholic Church, so stop judging him!
Don't defend his decision pray for him! God is merciful but He is a just judge. He is His priest. You should pray and fast for him all religous that have left. @@amyschlegel1180
@@amyschlegel1180 He wasn’t judging him, read again what he said.
Perhaps not your calling. Amen
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Tough topic. I also spent five years in three seminaries, but I wasn't ordained and now I see why the Lord has not made me part of the clergy in our troubled times. I wouldn't have been able to bear it and I would have sinned in a far worse way than I do. No matter what your story is, no one can judge you about it. The only thing I see and that counts is the good you do through this channel. Your videos have made me grow a deep love for the souls in Purgatory and a whole sensitivity that had to be revealed to myself. Just for that, I thank you. I pray that a lot of people be touched by them and get an epiphany about what is really at stake in this life.
The world 🌎 needs righteous husband's and father's! One of the first commandments given to Adam and Eve is tt multiply and replenish the earth 🌎 God's children need to be born to receive bodies for resurrection! This is so many people push for abortion, because they don't want God's children being raised in godly homes!
Thank you Vincent for your comment!!
Without our beloved Catholic priests we wouldn't have the sacraments. Pray everyday for our priests, nuns and deacons. They are gifts from heaven.
Priests need much prayer - I can definitely attest to that
Laity are all called to be saints also, not just religious.
Jesus instituted the Mass night before He died. He gave us the Eucharist, Himself. Jesus comes to us in the Eucharist at every Mass and remains with us until the end of time as He promised.
Jesus is fully present in the Eucharist, Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity, as He was on Earth
but in His Glorified Resurrected Body. Jesus said so and sealed it with Amen, Amen.
Also at Last Supper, this is My Body, this is My Blood.
Many had trouble believing because He wasn't Resurrected yet, but now we don't have that excuse any more. We know Jesus is the God-Man. They saw His human form and couldn't believe He was also God come down from Heaven. We know what He says is true and He can do all things for nothing is impossible for God. To claim otherwise is to now call Jesus a liar.
Jesus wants a deep friendship with each of us, He is our BFF, Eternal Son of God.
If we are praying 1 hr daily may we try for 2 or 3🙏
@UniquelyMary Catholic priests should be permitted to be married and have children. Luther was a victim of child abuse from a violent father that caused him to suffer mentally. He wanted to be married. He was a political pawn. Germany did not want to be under the authority of Rome. It was political, more than religious. Protestant people have been naively duped from the beginning. Look at how Germany ended up. Worshipping Hitler. You did the right thing. Blessings to you.
Very true
Sacraments go against Yah's..Father God's teachings
Roman Catholics and I was one once upon a Time neither read the Bible and study it
I pray for priest who have left the priesthood every day. Now I will include you. Beautiful to see you face your past with humility and honesty, I have seen others who react with proud arrogance and defiance. I have no doubt that God is still using your priesthood and training for his purposes in the laity. Your channel has greatly blessed me.
Thank you Lisa
Dear Brother, as a former priest myself, I know what it's like to leave and the personal, difficult reasons we do that. I agree while we may leave ministry we can't leave Jesus or our Blessed Mother Mary. That would be the biggest mistake we could make. I'm very shy, but I know we're all called to pray for each other. I pray each day the divine mercy chaplet, a rosary and chaplet of precious blood for the souls in the world, especially those who will die soon and in most needs of God's mercy. I watched your recent video about devotion to souls in purgatory being the most important but I'm particularly focused on the souls that will fall into Hell if they're not prayed for. For anyone reading, know this you: don't want to show up for your own judgement with empty hands. While we all can't save ourselves we can corporate with Jesus and Blessed Mary in their work of saving souls. I like this channel and the work you do, keep the faith and if the numerous messages from heaven are true, Our Lord is coming very very soon. Come Lord Jesus! Sacred Heart of Jesus have mercy on us, Immaculate Heart of Mary pray for us.
Thank you Mike!
The fact that this channel is so successful and very much needed, you are still doing God's work and very good at it to. You obviously have many talents Alvero and you could do well in many spheres of devotion. However, God want's you happy also and I believe you are. Once a Priest always a Priest. There will come a time when you will be needed, perhaps for baptisms etc. after the illumination of Concience. You will know your calling. God Bless.
Abundant blessings to you Mike and the firmer Priest. It’s OK to pull away as long as we worship, and keep Christ in your heart. Look at the Orthodox Church, and perhaps the Catholic Church should follow the same example.
@@CaroleStlouisThe protestants would agree but we did not write the law nor do we have the authority to alter it
@@CaroleStlouiswhy don't you do that ? Go over to ortodox church or protestant to ''save your soul'' if CC is so bad
My father-in-law was brought up Catholic and was in the seminary for 6 years and left. He got married, but converted to Baptist because of his wife. My husband converted to Catholicism after our 10 years of marriage. He was a protestant growing up, became an atheist, and then through the green scapular the Blessed Mother converted him. Job lost everything and his children, but he never lost God.
Anyone who subscribes to "once saved always saved" doesn't know or understand the Bible. They allow someone misguided to misguide them. THE BIBLE IS A COMPOSITION OF REPORTS OF THOSE NEAR JESUS AND LETTERS TO THE CHURCHES IN DIFFERENT CITIES(CORINTH, EPHESUS ETC) THE BELIEVERS. NOT EVERYTHING WAS WRITTEN DOWN THAT'S WHY PAUL STATED HOLD ON TO THE TRADITIONS WE HAVE LEFT YOU. NOW IN MATTHEW THERE IS A BIG LIST OF SINS OF OMISSION THAT GET YOU CONDEMNED WHERE BELIEVERS WILL BE SEPERATED LIKE SHEEP AND GOATS. AS A TRUE CHRISTIAN YOU YOU MUST BE A DOER AS WELL AS A KEEPER OF THE LAW.
If you're open to would you share in more detail how he was converted through the green scapular? If not no worries. Thanks.
I followed the instructions on how to use the green scapular combined with the prayer and rosary. Since my husband did not want to wear it I placed it inside his pillow case. Then one day he seeked out the process to become a Catholic and even joined a choir in a church with traditional Latin mass. I believe that the Blessed Mother worked miracles in my family as myself an instrument encouraged my 2 siblings and my husband to pray the rosary. For family conversions full trust in the Blessed Mother and faithful prayer of the rosary are effective.
"Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His mercy endures forever." Thanks for your sharing and your openness and honesty. May our Lord continue to bless you and lead you along His path. Fr. Gilbert Walker
Every first Saturday of each month, we pray for Priest and also Priests that already left the service..
And ask GOD to bless them..
First Saturdays are for Our Blessed Mother land the blasphemy against her.
I was on the seminary for 5 years and even graduated, but I didn't want to be ordained. You can not undo an ordination, once you got it, because it is a mark on your soul forever. Years after that I got a diagnosis of autism. Life is unpredictable. I have seen some strange cults, but I gradually came to realise that it is the Traditional catholic church that I love. Did your wife have any seconds thoughts about marrying an (ex) priest?
Truth to power brother!
Jon. It seems like you now attend the Latin Mass. This is the sound way to salvation.
@@marccrotty8447 yes, even to the point that I now doubt the validity of the novus ordo sacraments alltogether.
Not gonna lie - when I first saw the title coupled with the photo of you in your Roman collar, I did not want to watch this. Yet I'm glad I did. Your story is compelling and very human; we are none of us perfect or faultless. But your example has shown how God is prepared for everything and uses every and any opportunity to expand His flock, despite our faults, despite our stumbles. Trust me, you are not the only one regretting past decisions. But life isn't about falling; it's about getting back up again, and you have done that and then some. Pax Christi xx
Thank you - in my pride - I wish I didn’t have to get back up - I wish I had been perfect - Jesus has taught me to embrace humility with him and to not be afraid
Alvaro, thank you so much for your courage and honesty in sharing your story with us. If you suffer from BPD and OCD, you have been carrying a very heavy cross. Thank you for remaining faithful to Jesus and His Catholic Church! It’s amazing though, what God can do with those who humble themselves and trust in Him! He is so good!! Through your humility and brokenness, He may give you the grace to help bring many more sinners to heaven and many more souls out of purgatory than you would have if you had remained a priest. God bless you and your ministry. We will all be praying for you!
Amy - sorry for the late response - I for sure not only want to help people have a devotion to the souls in purgatory but I want to help lift the heaviness of people’s crosses so that perhaps they can go further than I
Thought about this yesterday sitting in Church post Mass, I’ve read on St. Thomas Aquinas, he’s been highly impactful on what I call my re-catechism the last 4 years. I’ve prayed his beautiful, intelligent words before, during and after Mass. At the same time, I recognized I’d not asked for his guidance directly. My point, we are all here to communicate with. I’ve made my journey as a Catholic husband and dad as my own. The more I have learned or in my case re-learned, the more I have explained to people what I have been doing the more the better. I can understand your discovery. Thank you.
Thanks God I found this channel. Very inspiring. I was a former seminarian. I stayed for 9 years. I left 22 years ago. From then up to now I have encountered and faces so many problems and difficulties. Problems that sometime you cannot imagine. But God is still there for me, continously saving me, knocking my heart to leave the life of committing sins. May the twin hearts, Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary help us all and bless all of us.
Yes - may the Sacred Heart of Jesus pour much grace into your life to bring you where He wants you to be
Not sure where u were in seminary but the mainstream Roman Catholic Church is so far from what it used to be before Vatican2. The society of ST. Pius the 10th (SSPX), has the proper traditional latin liturgy, reverence, devotion and urgency to saving souls thru education and 😅7 blessed sacraments. U might have had a different experience thru their seminary. Check them out if possible! Praised b Jesus and Mary❤ 🙏
The truth will set you free! I’m very proud of your bravery. I love your Chanel and I do believe that this is your calling, to help the holy souls in purgatory. Because of you I am a much better prayer warrior for the holy souls in purgatory.
Thank you Alvaro, May God continue a good work in you. Blessings
Huh. Get out of Catholicism and their LIES
THIS MAN IS OBSESSED with purgatory and all this foolishness
Luther has nothing to do with born again true believers
How is HE going to repair the sins of a Luther????
Only Jesus can set Catholics free from the bandage they are in Jesus is truth!
Rome is the tool of Satan to keep you all in bondage from the Truth of the True Gospel - which by the help of the Holy Spirt - Lither began to fully understand! He was set free in Jesus Christ as were the many other Catholics who left the Roman Church. The Reformers tried to speak truth to Rome - but Rome did not listen and dug its heels in deeper - deeper into its lies and false teachings,
,seek the truth of Scripture - please 🙏🙏 K.
God has guided your steps. You might have left the priesthood, but you never left God. You’re doing,through your channel, what many of us think the Holy Spirit is directing you to do. God blesses many people through your faith, which is one of His blessings to you. Humility is courageous.🙏🏻
I totally agree with you. I am a Catholic Mental Health Nurse. 😂
Alvaro... I just turned 70 and realised that I'd been called to pray for the holy souls in purgatory... It took me all this time to put two and two together! And it all clicked one evening when I saw and heard you for the first time. And of course, that was by accident! I was not pleased because I was surfing UA-cam looking for something entertaining! Never let it be said that God does not have a sense of humour.
After much soul searching, learning and listening, my heart was filled with great peace and purpose.
I recite the chaplet of St Gertrude every night, for these souls and Fridays are always set aside for special prayers for them. So all that to say - thank you! I'm with you in this battle to bring praying for souls in purgatory back to its rightful place. God bless.
PURGATORY DOES NOT EXIST!!!
IT'S A LIE the Catholic church teaches. Please get out of this deceiving religion
I’m in purgatory and have been for a few years. It’s interesting but painful. Luther hated the Roman Catholic Church and the money being exchanged to build St Peter’s. That’s all in the past.
@@user-eg7zi5br3c lUther didn't hate the Church; but he hated what he saw as some of its failings. And post hoc analysis seems to indicate that Luther had some mental issues which drove him. The old phrase that wherever God is, satan is not far behind seems proved out with the deconstruction of liturgy and sacraments which have followed his attempt to right the wrong he perceived.
Alvaro, as a young priest, I was hesitant to watch your video when I first saw it in your feed. It's the very first I've ever seen from your channel. Too often, every time I see testimonies like this, I just see the forces of evil we fight every day just score another victory. These men go on and make a seemingly touchy video that tries to drag as many as possible with them away from the Faith. As we probably both learned at seminary, "a priest never saves himself alone, and never damns himself alone". And too many ex-priests just cause the latter to happen.
What I saw here was something completely different. Someone speaking with no tears or commotion, who acknowledges our fight, and still wants to do his part, even if driven away from the ministry by mental difficulties. And that's honestly worth all my respect.
When I meet priests who left the ministry but are still faithful, practicing Catholics, I kiss their hand when we greet, as I do to all my brothers in Orders. It reminds me (and, hopefully, also reminds them) who God made them to be by their character.
So, dear brother in the priesthood, good luck with your front in the spiritual combat and thank you for your help and your videos. Rest assured of my prayers for you, and please keep me in yours.
Amen! Beautiful comment and I agree
Being a priest is such a super hard job
More than I could ever have imagined
Wouldn't it be hard because you think it's a job? It is not a job …
Don't think I would consider it a job. It's a covenant with God, and a lifetime. This man was not able to keep the covenant, but if he is honest with Jesus Christ of Nazareth about it, he will be forgiven. 😊
I don’t see where being a priest is that hard of a job. If we are called to minister to people we will do well walking in God’s grace only. This doesn’t mean a priest or minister won’t face many challenges and crises. The hardest part is dealing with people and their problems. We must trust God to do the work in people and not try to fix them ourselves. In the Bible when our Lord Jesus said his yoke is easy and his burden is light, he meant it. ✝️🙏🏻
@anotherbeginning It is a job in the colloquial sense, but it is also much more than " just a job".
Alvaro, I know this had to be a hard video to make, to bare your soul, because people can judge so harshly sometimes. I can honestly say you have helped me grow so much in my faith, in the devotion to the souls in purgatory. You are excellent in this ministry and I know you touch so many people. Thank you because you’ve touched me and helped me grow deeper in my faith than I’ve ever been before, with your guidance and you’ll never know how much I appreciate that. God bless you and your family abundantly!!! Thank for your messages and for guiding us in our devotion to the souls in purgatory. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thank you :)
GBY
I am with you Alvaro. God is the just judge, I applaud you for being string and of good courage. I too wish to fight against the enemy. The enemy took advantage of my lack of knowledge and has a deep attachment to my son Justin, and now my son is estranged from his family, chronically mentally ill and spiritual ill. He is now sitting in a county jail and was on suicide watch. This is my 1st born child and I am extremely grieved but by God's grace and only by Divine grace I have been at peace, come what may. I too want to fight and appreciate your channel and your immense courage. If God wills it for me, see you all tonight at the Rosary prayer!
Lord, You know what Justin needs. Surround Justin with all 9 choirs, esp the 7 Archangels who gather in Your Glory Room to praise You night & day. Bring Justin into Your Light. Protect him. Guide him. O Holy souls in Purgatory help bring Justin into the fullness of his vocation, which God gave him. From the beginning of time! Amen! Whew!
Thank you for the prayers for Justin. I am trying to Pray, Hope and not worry as St Pio has said many times before his passing from this life. 🥰❤️ I love you all. God Bless you. See you tomorrow. Hey, I have a question, before I forget what is Alvaros Zoom Channel #. I wanted to help pray the Rosary live with you all.
I'm so sorry about your Son Justin I will keep him in my prayers 🙏 as well as my daughter Tracy she was about the same now is just depressed and sad. God will heard our prayers 🙏 don't even doubt it 🙏 God bless you 🙏
Aww you are all so sweet. I can't thank you enough for all of your prayers. I know God hears our prayers. Mental Illness is a disease that can make the person you love unrecognizable. Justin has become a different personality, and a few members in my family have said that he has these demonic attachments and that they have very bad intentions for me and the family. When he was living here, at home, the dogs were afraid, he would be hostile and verbally abusive towards me. One day he came up into my face and through water in my face. I just wiped off and kept moving about my day. He was so hateful on another occasion, when he had his own apartment, I went to help him complete his Psychiatric virtual visit. I have chronic lung issues and am on Oxygen and I had Mt portable Oxygen tank with me. As I entered his house he said "When are you leaving?" I explained as soon as your Psychiatric visit finishes. Within about 5 minutes, he obviously very uncomfortable got up in a combative stance snd said "YOU KNOW WHAT THESE MEDS DO TO ME?!!!" He was hostile and had a very aggressive stance and he has a boxing and wrestle sports history and out of fear for my safety and health, I got up and slowly took my Oxygen tank and things and said quietly. That it was fine I will leave. I have been in this mental health battle for about 8 years with him. The stories are straight out of a movie. I am also a former Mental health crisis worker and Case Worker. The enemy can attach to our children and so we must pray often for them and do what we can to encourage them to go to Mass as the depression can also keep them from going to Mass, part of the enemies agenda, I am sure. Let's keep praying together, especially for the mentally ill. God Bless you and your family and thank you for praying for Justin.
My heart goes out to you and I will pray for Justin and for you.
Thank you for sharing this personal story. I’m glad that for those years you had the utmost privilege of any human being: to be the instrument for the consecration of the bread and wine into the Holy Eucharist. I have a little understanding of the difficulties new priests face. When I was a senior in high school in the 80’s I worked in the rectory of a church in So Cal answering phones and assisting with church prep for ceremonies on Fridays. I remember when a new associate pastor fresh out of the seminary named Fr. Pat started to work at our church. I remember how gung ho he was in the beginning…so full of energy and enthusiasm. By the end of that year he was so full of stress and despair…I felt such sympathy and sorrow for him. I’m glad that you are allowing God to use you as an instrument to spread this devotion for the souls in purgatory. This is such a good use of the UA-cam platform. We will keep you in our prayers 🙏🏻
Thank you - it’s a gift to be able to share the faith with others - the spiritual for priests is very difficult indeed
I am friends with a local priest from Townsend Massachusetts and when I had some problems I would call him up and he would help me come up with some solutions he has talked me down off of anxiety. And when I lost my job he I called him when I made an appointment with him and he told me to come down to the office parish office and we talked about it he helped me through it he prayed over me and he’s been very he’s been my rock and when my mom is sick I literally called him up and told him what was literally going on and he he helped me. And he even helped me get my baptism record he has invited me several times to come back to the Catholic Church and he is willing to help me with my catechism courses in my first confession.
That's amazing that you have such a wonderful priest and I am so happy for your integration into the Holy Catholic Church!!
Don't feel ashamed, you're being honest, God knows your heart and most of all you are STILL SERVING THE LORD!
It is truly beautiful how God can use every person in a unique situation for His Glory
What an incredible act of humility. Thank you God blesses this ministry to us about the holy souls. You helped to get a holy souls prayer group on my Parish. Please continue full of confidence as God guides you. A fellow priest Fr Michael
Thank you Fr Michael - I was so afraid at first - should I post or not - but then I remembered a homily of a local priest - “God invites you to do challenging things that your heart desires to do but fear stops you…” reflecting on that - I knew what I needed to do
@michaelmccormick8724 Please share more about the "holy souls prayer group". What prayers does the group pray? How often? etc Thank you
Fr Michael - I ask this Favor - please each time when you lift the Blessed Sacrament and the Chalice - remember this Channel that it may truly give Glory to God!
Thank you for sharing. Without you making this channel, I wouldn't have near the devotion I have at the moment. You are still helping people in the way you can. Even the rosary payer group you have every night is something I look forward to everyday. God's work doesn't stop and that's very apparent in you. Much respect -
Alex
Thank you Alex -
This channel is such a gift for me as well
Thankyou for your beautiful honesty.
Is that a joke?
Alvaro, God makes everything new. Thank you for all you teach us. I’ve started to attend daily mass with my three small children for the souls in purgatory because of you! I’m so thankful God is leading you to this work!
Thank you so much my brother, love and prayers.
Thank you for sharing your personal story. It was very brave and also humble. I think more of you not less. And you are where God wants you to be. And you were where God wanted you to be before.
Thank you - it’s been hard to accept that truth - that I’m where I’m supposed to be - I always wanted my path to be perfect / I had to accept my own frailty
You are a priest for the souls in purgatory. And they are forever grateful to you.
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Not true. If he were he would be celebrating mass everyday to help relieve them and liberate them. No youtube channel or group of laity praying the rosary will ever equal ONE mass celebrated on there behalf! You have no idea what you are saying. We can and should pray for him and all those that have left there religious vows❤️🩹🙏
Let Almighty God make such and all appointments.
This channel is great info .. brother but .how does a devout catholic erase thee indeliable mark of Sacrament of holy orders ??? Either you were a priest and still are that is forever ..or you weren't ordained ... do you ever realize that all this "GOD IS TELLING ME " STUFF ??? Do you realize you can be wrong on at least somethings ..it's not a stab ....but to make a living off the poor souls ...it's a free market...and I believe your story ..and sincerity ...but as a young man I caution you to be careful with not with sharing....always assuming thee authority of God is telling you everything sometimes we can be wrong there is more then you would think that live to pray and fast year round and have no revalation...on EVERYTHING...
As father chad ripperger says question when every feeling is divine revelation...as you challenge us to the utmost humility and deep devotion to the poor souls and with the same exchanged tell you to make sure you are letting go too 100% surrender to thee divine will ...even when all of our channels are stripped...I love the work you do ...I just as a nobody in my 40s who seen a miniature judgment as a teenager I only seen 3 mortal sins in 2 minutes but I was under thee impression that lasted 50'000 years ....I ask to be half killed to wake me up and it almost did kill me but I was given one mission get to conffesion 2 times a week and mass every day and and thousands of hours in adoration...for priest poor ,souls conversion of souls .on earth and those most in need of his mercy and then I didn't hear voices but an instinct was for to evangelize to tens of thousands ect ...the cross has been constant and almost as if I've been abandoned for 2 decades ..and hellish suffering that I true must live for or it would kill me ....life is war ...and being brought through this with no finish line I certainly welcome prayer and fasting for me but more importantly moral and maby a few physical miracles for those I serve ..
JMJ VIRGIN MOST POWERFUL PRAY PRAY FOR US AND THIS CHANNEL 🙏
@@DavidVowels-co5dd A voice in the wilderness. According to the comments, most have no biblical understanding of Almighty God.
Almighty God gave us free choice, but if you accept Jesus Christ as your savior, you keep the decrees of the Almighty, or He will spit you out. Dare not imagine and speak about how Almighty God will do this or that concerning disobedience. As Father Chad Rippencer said, only 1% of people who say they are Christians will enter heaven. The Bible doesn't give a percentage but says few. Don't be pating each other on the back, assuring them Almighty God is okay with your sin; Heoves you instead say I will pray for your soul.
A woman can not have a marriage nulled if he is abusive, but she can live apart from him; she is required to pray for his conversion. Imagine now, being ordained a priest, walking away and marrying someone. People pick up your Bibles and find out who Almighty God is because He is PURE.
Jesus said, “If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her”.
I believe that in these words, Jesus was identifying to each of us our true intentions. And what I feel and believe that you are a good man with good intentions for all. God bless you and keep you and your family safe and healthy 🙏 always.
Dear Alvaro, Honesty, Humility and Obedience to God makes the darkness tremble. I pray this powerful testimony will reach millions around the world.
I rejoice with this "image" of Jesus I am having right now ...Jesus is looking at you (when you were filming this testimony) and says "well done my faithful servant".
May God Bless your Marriage, your Fatherhood and your Ministry!
I love that you recognized your former pride and were able to gain that priceless pearl, humility, through “failure” as a priest. The Lord dealt with you rather severely in that he chastises those he loves. He led you on the perfect path to reveal who you are and who you are not..what an incredible blessing. And now you are blessing us with your insight, devotion and spiritual wisdom. Thank you for sharing with us. The Lord be with you.
Thank you Laura - in my pride, I wish I hadn’t ever made any mistakes - but the Lord used those failures to humble me - praise God for how he uses all for His Glory
I used to think that pride was a sin that I need not worry about since I have always considered myself more humble than affected with pride. After thinking about it, I came to understand why it is said that pride is the foundation of all sin. It is true. I'm am far from being pride free and have a long way to go before I can call myself humble.
I am immensely grateful to God for inspiring you to share your story. I ‘always knew I would be a priest’… till I didn’t and got married. But it always felt like I turned my back to God. I could relate to when you say ‘it is not cool to be an ex priest’ and I think it is the immense hurt of feeling we have let God down. I thank you for how you concluded in seeing the beauty that has come out of all of this. I believe the Lord has spoken to me in this your message. I praise God for you and I will keep you in my prayers. May Christ be praised forever
I'm an atheist (grew up Lutheran - haven't gone to church really since ca. 1995), but have been watching some Catholic videos for the last seven years due to their internal consistence (which Lutheranism definitely lacks), philosophical seriousness, and because I believe that the Catholic church was a fundamental building block in our Western civilization. Since our civilization may be our greatest treasure, I need to know as much as I can about Catholicism to better help protecting that treasure. Relatively recently my friend and tax accountant, a devout catholic man who kept his religion to himself, died - he was approaching his 80's. I once asked him what he was still hoping from life and he listed some smart goals and then added "not to spend much time in purgatory after I'm gone" and laughed. So because of your channel and your prayers, I've now started to pray for him in purgatory whenever I deal with tax issues, despite not being Catholic or even a believer. I do this to show my respect for him and to remind myself of how much he helped me in the past and how kind of a man he was.
Wow you are a loving person which means God is indeed in you- thank you for your comment
Wow! This is such love. May God bless you abundantly in His timing. ❤
Keep praying. Ask for God's Infinite Mercy and Grace. He is a God who wants your love and He will draw you near.
As you well said it, you will be a priest until your last day on this Earth. God bless you, I am happy you remained a Catholic. God works in mysterious ways and all the shame you felt didn't come from God. Our blessed mother will always be with you and your family.
My adult daughter has been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and has left the faith. I pray for her conversion daily.
I will pray for her and others who have left as well 🙏
Pray for her unceasingly with faith to our lady of the green scapular and leave her in Gods hands. May the lord touch her with His saving grace...
I hope she's praying for you
You are causing her so much spiritual turmoil. BPD comes from too many deities. Stop praying for her to revert back into Islam.
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“That priest Luther” this should be your introduction phrase, that was deep! Very humble and admirable brother!
Thank you so very much for sharing that! I have two children that have various mental illnesses. I can’t imagine how difficult those years must’ve been for you. Now that you know what it is you have coped with, what a great resource you can be for others struggling and those with no diagnosis.
Father, I thank you for his gift of humility and willingness to continue to teach especially about the souls in purgatory.
This is very brave of you to reveal your story. I’m a psychiatric nurse and there is so much stigma around any type of mental illness diagnosis whether it’s mild or severe. And there should not be ANY stigma because God has created us all with His own intentions & plans for us… all that is unique to us. We must accept His gifts and the challenges they sometimes bring .It sounds like you have made very good use of the gifts that God has blessed you with. Please continue to share. It’s wonderful to learn more about the souls in purgatory and how we can assist them. Praying for you and your family. Godspeed on your mission to repair for Luther.🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
What a wonderful testimony - thank you, I too have been humbled by all the mistakes (SINS) of my past, and I go forward, singing in a Schola at our local TLM, helping the poor, visiting the imprisoned and just trying to bring God's love to everyone I can. Viva Cristo Rey!
You have given me (and many many others, I'm sure!) a much greater knowledge of and devotion to the holy souls. Thank you from the heart. God bless you, your family and all your endeavors.
😢 I have the greatest empathy for you because after 16 years as a traditional Religious Sister I had to leave the convent and it was the most painful experience of my life. I'm SO happy to hear that you are working through everything & have acknowledged the eternal priesthood & determined to keep your Faith and help others. Those who need to leave are often misjudged & often fall through the cracks.
All the guilt, shame of a failed vocation, etc. I think it is certainly harder for a priest to leave. I now realise I needed to leave to know myself better & to mature properly.
I too have OCD and bipolar but the full understanding of my illnesses were not understood by myself & others in the convent who did their best to help me.
The idea of vocation in this day & age especially is broader. I love the Poor Souls!! We are a lot like them! God bless you & your wife.🙏✝️😍
Mary - thank you for sharing - I would love to help
Such a beautiful, honest and brave account of your history. I am a doctor in Australia, a former Army doctor and Afghanistan veteran. I've walked a long journey with traumatised veterans (quite traumatised myself), and it's my observation and experience that when trauma isn't met with compassion, that trauma brews like a volcano and explodes in the form of mental illnesses like depression, PTSD and borderline PD. This trauma is worsened when shackled in shame, and the final end-state is suicide when the sole solution we provide is psych beds, and psych meds. Like you, I was humbled by the experience of being broken. By the grace of God (and through the intercession of the Mother to whom I had promised my soul as a child), I was dragged up out of homelessness, suicide and despair.
In a world that has become so very evil, I think most people are pretty broken. It’s a great grace to be humbled, and to latch our eyes firmly onto the Heavenly, and the eternal. I can only imagine the struggles, fears and crosses you’ve carried. In a world obsessed by the sins of others, no doubt you’ve been judged and shamed by those less interested in an internal examination of conscience.
“See Mother, how I make all things new?” - this gives me great comfort. Thank you for not giving up, and for continuing your mission of love.
I am also a doctor in Australia. I worked with veterans and others with PTSD, and I saw thousands of refugees. I was in East Timor during the war. I became quite traumatized by what I experienced, as well as suffering from personal illness. So I am glad you spoke up about your experiences. Doctors, nurses, religious and priests with PTSD do not get the right help. I have met many ex priests who suffered like this man. I thank God when a man has the courage to come forward and help others like himself, and even more thankful when he is able to hold on to his faith. Sometimes we are drawn through fire to be able to see a deeper level of truth than most laity and religious get to see. That is because God gave us different strengths and experiences to others, to help us survive the lives of service we entered into. I am glad that God gave this priest the gift of a wife to help you grow and heal from your spiritual wounds as a priest. The problem lies as much with the clerical establishment as with any preexisting difficulty you might have had. Priests have to hit too many brick walls.
Many people enter into religious life because of their underlying personalities being a little different to others. Seeking self understanding through studying psychology can lead one along a path of misunderstanding of oneself and others. There is no shame in that, and learning to forgive oneself for past mistakes is part of the spiritual journey.
Learning to truly serve God takes more than a few years in med school or a seminary, and more than habits of prayer can teach us. We learn from meeting those who suffer and experiencing suffering ourselves. Digging yourself out gives you a better understanding of how to dig others out.
I am a convert who never heard a post Vatican II priest talk about purgatory, until I asked one. He told me that purgatory is a place of healing that God asks us to go through to help us lose all the problems that held us back in life and stop us from seeing the face of God.
Every person needs purgatory more than they know.
@@user-ll9wh4jt2k What a lovely message, thank you ! Pleasure to meet you. "Doctors, nurses, religious and priests with PTSD do not get the right help" - I couldn't agree more. Even when I had pulled back from seeing patients for a year to get well, accessing mental healthcare as a doctor meant that every time I turned around, someone was re-traumatising me with their "mandatory reporting" obligations. I was repeatedly hauled before the Medical Council. They accepted anonymous complaints on the sole basis that a complaint had been raised, with no-one with the wisdom to determine "here is a guy just trying to get well, traumatised by war, and by endless anonymous complaints made about him to AHPRA and HCCC when he was a public face of the long fight for a Royal Commission into Veteran Suicide." It took me a while to conclude that I wasn't the crazy one. These people have rejected God , and along with him "the Way, the Truth and the Life." Once I realised I was the sane one (and once I was given the grace to adopt Jesus' message of forgiveness), I quickly got back to work full-time as a doctor and I haven't looked back. But I worry greatly about "doctors, nurses, religious and priests" broken by their service in the front lines, who rely upon the moral courage of their colleagues to intervene when a Godless bureaucracy turns against them.
TO both of you - what can I say - I am profoundly thankful for sharing - I pray that God bless all that you do with these people - and that our Faith can be an instrument of healing to all those that have experienced Trauma
Thank you for making this video. I think this is important, personally as someone discerning the priesthood. I am glad that you do not plan on leaving faith, and I hope you and your wife and children will continue this faith. You should still be an example for many, and I hope that you will heko many thousands
Just stumbled into your channel and by the mercy of God, I could not scroll it away. People in our diocese used to call me "Father", now I am called "Papa" by many children (orphans). I also help in our parish church instructing catechumens for baptism, preparing people for receiving sacraments of Confession , Holy Communion, Matrimony and being available for any work of ministry in my capacity. I watched your channel and found new ideas and am inspired to do something more. One thing I realise deeply is that God is using me in His vineyards in His peculiar ways.
I hope for so much evangelism like this to revive the heart of the faithful in these times, it’s very needed. Thank you for sharing 🎉
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So because of your video I ordered “My conversations with the poor Souls “ I’m half way through it already. It’s awesome. I’m sure most Catholics have had an interaction or 2 with a Soul in Purgatory and just didn’t realize it. Im glad i found this book…on your video…and prayed more deeply for them after receiving the Eucharist at Mass. That’s Good fruit. So ease up on yourself.
Thank you!!
Keep up your great work. I love praying for the Good Souls in Purgatory
I think it was brave of you to share your story. I have Loved this channel since I found it. I have a very deep devotion to the Holy Souls of Purgatory. I also have a chaplet I say for priests in Purgatory.I am a secular Carmelite so praying for priests is an important prayer daily. I talk to people about prayer for the souls in Purgatory all the time. You have Nothing to be ashamed about.God blessed you with a family and a new calling for you with this channel. There is no shame in deciding the priesthood was not in fact your call. Better to follow God's call for this than to be an unhappy miserable priest. I will pray for you and your family daily for your success
Thank you
Ive been with you just about from the beginning with this channel. I have a major devotion to the Holy Souls in Purgatory and it was this channel that helped and continues to help me realize this as one of my vocations. I have read several books based on your recommendation. There was always something about you that stood out to me and I was never sure what it was. Now I know. Once a priest, always a priest. I relate to disparaging my past decisions while simultaneously being thankful for where they have led me. My heart feels sadness at the loss of you practicing as a priest but I am so very thankful for this channel. I will continue to be a prayer warrior for the Holy Souls and learn from you how best I can help them.
Thank you for your honesty and candor Alvero. Blessings. mm
I am in the HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH OUR LORD placed me here . My wife of 40 years also born into the CATHOLIC CHURCH fell away from OUR LORD as I did for along time and now she is going to a non denominational evangelical church with my niece who has turned her life over to OUR LORD through my wife helping her in her Faith and I have prayed for my wife to come back to OUR LORD for her SALVATION and I am supporting her and my niece in this .they faithfully go every Sunday . I support them by going with them to worship OUR HEAVENLY FATHER with them but I have been called to the CATHOLIC CHURCH. I continue to go to mass, confession, pray the Rosary live My life consecrated to OUR BLESSED MOTHER. I trust in OUR GLORIOUS LORD to hold my wife, my niece to continue to draw g to hem deeper and deeper into HIS SACRED HEART.
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This was truly inspiring. Thank you for sharing your journey, your story, and your personal vocation. It sounds like your journey was filled with hills and valleys, but you are flourishing where you are planted and these insights are the fruits borne from that flourishing.
Thank you and God bless you!
Thank you for sharing! You have a great calling in this channel. Jesus has not let go on you!!
Courageous! Thank you for sharing your story and your knowledge and still using your preaching gifts by creating this channel and helping people.
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Thank you so much for sharing. You help so many of us! God bless you! 🙏
Wonderful story. Sometimes things do not happen the way you want them to but it is all part of Gods plan. I hope this reaches many people to stay within the faith.
Thank you for sharing. I trained to be a priest for 4 years and it was really difficult but I needed to try. Now God has opened up a new path for me, Alleluia! God Bless you 🙏
I was in the seminary for five years and left in part due to undiagnosed severe anxiety and other undiagnosed chronic illnesses to the point where I could get disability.
The sense of failure is real and the disappointment from those you care about can be overwhelming.
May God’s infinite and powerful love be poured into your heart now and forever!!!
Thank you for having the courage to share. I pray more on a daily basis for the Holy Souls in Purgatory because of your channel.
God bless you. Thank you for sharing this. My son has autism and OCD and is interested in becoming a priest. He is just beginning his journey and discernment. You have also blessed me greatly in that, as a very new Catholic, I had no idea about the souls in purgatory. You are helping me learn to pray for them. 🙏👍
I’m so Thankful for you and this channel
Like many cradle Catholics, we tend to distance ourselves from former Catholic priests. After listening to Alvaro I understand what he has gone through and I will pray for him and his family and the work he has planned to do. I will also follow him through his channel because he is my priest forever too! Alvaro, please pray for me to. 🙏
Thanks for this honest sharing, brother. Many similarities to my own story. God has given me the opportunity to forge a career with the knowledge and understanding gained thru this experience to influence more people than I ever thought possible. God is so good. May He continue to bless you in your ministry and your family.
Thank you Bob
I miss you, Alvaro! I miss your thought provoking and insightful homilies. I still have the picture of my husband and I getting a blessing from you right after your ordination. I am so thankful that you have kept the faith and keep Jesus and Mama Mary close to your heart. God bless you!
Once a priest ALWAYS a priest!🙏
Difficult to see how Rome could undue a sacrament.
It’s the same with any clergy or calling.
Yawn.
Now you find direction, purpose and peace and that's the most important thing. I find myself battling OCD too. Things very few wish to ever admit. Thank you for the courage of your witness. May the Holy Souls in purgatory always intercede for you.
Amazing, we are grateful to you, we respect you and appreciate you ❤
God Bless you for your openness and humility..
Alvaro, I just happened upon your video. It is good to know that you are doing well. Take care and know that God is with you always. I remember you in high school and you are still the loving, kind, and caring man.
🎉thank you for sharing your story.
Sounds like it was all part of our Lords plan for you. He is with you always and till the end. God bless you man, your channel is a blessing and your daily rosary meetings are an incredible gift to the world ✝️
In the book of revelation, it was mentioned that all people who are part of the 1st resurrection are priest of GOD and of the Lamb. You will still be a priest of GOD when you get to heaven and be resurrected. May GOD bless you 😊🙏❤️
Thank you for spreading information on Purgatory. You have helped me so much to help them. God bless you !
Wow, I can relate to you and your story. I was a Dominican and left before Solemn Vows. It was a real mixed bag for me. I will pray for you. Glad you spoke up.
I've benefited from your channel. Thank you.
Thank you for your powerful testimony ! God bless you
I'm my unimportant opinion, I think sharing this revelation about yourself gives you much greater credibility in my eyes. This explains your knowledge of the faith, and especially Purgatory. Thank you so much!
The mercy of the Lord is upon you in all you say and do. Humility and the gift of faith is one of the greatest blessings from God.
Thank you Alvaro for sharing your story.
A Priest for eternity!
Alvaro, you are at every moment exactly where you are meant to be. I’ve learned that nothing happens without God allowing it, even and especially the hardships we go through for the perfection of our soul. May God continue to bless you and your family, and we are blessed by your courage, honesty and sharing of your knowledge. I am a new convert, and the souls in purgatory have been always on my mind and heart so much that I began praying for them even before my baptism about the same time I started RCIA! I’ve learned so much about this calling from your channel. After Mass today, I went to our cemetery and prayed for them. I definitely felt overwhelmed with the feelings of how many need our prayers and for us to think of them and pray for them daily. ✝️🙏🏼❤️
Hebrews 5:6-7 “You are a Priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek” I understand how this can be a difficult video. We should all pray for you for none of us has the right to judge you. No matter what objectively in the eyes of God you will always be a Priest because of your anointed and consecrated hands for they are no longer just normal regular hands, but; hands to kiss and honor because of the power it now and forever has to bring salvation to souls through the Sacraments. However, I’m sorry to hear of your difficult journey and that you felt you had to leave. May God Bless and guide you 🙏🏾✝️
Jesus is the high priest according to the order of Melchizedek!! No human is including the Pope !! Please don't blaspheme !!
This is what is said to Priests that are ordained. Priests enter into Persona Christi. That is the person of Christ. He is not blaspheming.
That verse has nothing to do with catholic "priests"
The very idea of a priesthood in Christianity is already heresy. Christ have come to the earth to reconcile us with God. The entire book of Hebrews is an explanation of why we don't need the old covenant priesthood with its sacrifices anymore. We have direct access to God through Christ and Christ alone. He is our _only_ intermediator, since He has payed for our sins as our substitutionary sacrifice. But the Catholic church is doing everything possible to undo what Christ have done for us. They reintroduced a long list of intermediators apart from Christ, making God distant again. Priests being one of those categories. But it gets worse than that.
The idea of "once a priest, always a priest", is tremendously damaging - not only to the RCC, but also to the victims of those priests who abused children. Imagine being told, having suffered terribly at the hands of a priest, that that man can never be ejected from the service of Christ, and that you still need to come to him in order to receive forgiveness of sins! How can a man who grossly violate the requirements of 1 Tim 3 not be ejected from the ministry? And then you say that this priest "entered into the person of Christ"? I can't think of a greater blasphemy than that: Taking a known child molester and present him as some sort of Christ!
@@Hannodb1961 That sacrifice of the old testament was fulfilled by Christ in the new. He is that sacrifice. All roads lead to the Cross. As Christians we must go to Calvary. Christ instituted the Eucharist, His Body and Blood, and we eat of him during the Mass, that is the same sacrifice. Catholics are not as you say, undoing what Christ has done for us." It is not another sacrifice, it is the same sacrifice at Calvary.
Thank you, Alvaro. Your channel is a true blessing!
Wherever you are now, continue to be a good man to your family and others. We are just human. 🙏💕
Wow I had no idea. Thank you for sharing your story. You are so special. You are precious for what you are doing now. I appreciate your knowledge for the souls in purgatory. Too Thank your wife for being a saint too 💕and having you share your story
Thank you for sharing this! I love your truthfulness ❤
This channel has been one of my greatest treasures. Thank you.
Thank you so much for sharing your story with us! I have been trying to discern/be a good Berean on which UA-cam channels are the ones to watch. Now I know you are a keeper! I know you are preaching/sharing the truth. May God bless you and your family abundantly!🙏🏼🙏🏼
Powerful! Thanks to your wife for encouraging you. You never know who is listening and truly hears the message 💙🙏♥️
Your charity is inspiring. “The greatest of these is love” and you exude it.
You are a Priest Forever! Thanks for sharing your experience
Thank you for sharing your story with us. It takes courage to open the heart to people that you don’t even know. I would like to tell you that I did grow in my understanding for the holy souls because of your channel and I am very intentional in my prayers for them. You have a beautiful spiritual ministry and I am thankful for it.
Thank you for this video. You don't have to be ashamed. You have our respect for doing so much for the souls in purgatory.
Easily your best video!!! I was a seminarian for 9 years, thankfully I left and didn’t get ordained. Your video resonated with me so much. (And for people criticising you, don’t judge). Would love to interview on my channel. I know so many ex-priests who need help and recovery.
Thanks for your openness
You have given a humble honest testimony of your self. May the Lord guide and keep you in the right path now.