Thank you, Father. I do marriage prep, convalidations, frequently deal w cohabitating couples and civilly married Catholics, annulments, Catholic teaching on sex and contraception, etc, just to name a few. The Sacrament of Matrimony is completely under assault like never before. It's a real mess out there! And it's everywhere. As Our Lady said at Fatima, "Many marriages do not please Our Lord," and that was 100 years ago. And as Sr. Lucia wrote to Cardinal Caffarra, "The final battle between Our Lord and Satan will be over family and marriage." Thank you for preaching about it, Father. Pray the rosary. God save His Church!
No one said it would be "easy" to be a practising Catholic. It wasn't "easy" for Jesus to hang on the Cross either. But, as He tells us: "Your reward in Heaven will be great" if we stay the course.
Beautiful and inspiring! I just cancelled my friends daughters wedding . They are fallen away Catholics and I want to do what my Catholic faith teaches me. Thanks for the video. GOD Bless 🙏
Follow the Faith - Stick with it no matter what. My Mom refused to come to my wedding - she blatantly told me no and it is because it is against the Faith. I was very angry and chalked it up to her just being nuts and a religious fanatic. Later - When I reverted back to the Catholic Faith I was Glad to have seen her example of Faith in this matter and many similar ones in my life. Stick with your Faith and your going to be a good example to others more than you know. Don't follow your faith and give in - well your a bad example and then the next person follows suit "Oh Maxine did it, I suppose its ok" and then the next one and the next one and then you have what we have today - lots of people influencing others how to be bad Catholics instead of relying on their catechism.
Thank you for talking about this. I have family members who have left the Catholic Faith to join a Protestant church or no religion at all. Now all they do is HATE the Catholic Church, hate and mock Catholics, do everything to take Catholics out of their Catholic Faith, etc. Many of them have been married several times, shacking up, children by multiple men, etc and they all believe they are going straight into the arms of Jesus when they die. They claim they are following Jesus but they are only following themselves.
We disagree over the truth. The fundamental truth. If you are going to be divided over anything be divided over Jesus. Yes. My family is divided on this truth. It is really hard but I will take the road less traveled to follow Jesus.
Just found this and getting bombarded with family weddings outside the church. My journey to follow and emulate Christ has been rocky at best, and this makes the road more difficult. The gates of heaven get extremely narrow as I get older. Our crosses are many and we are weak. “Family first” is a something we hear constantly. When Jesus says he will divide families, it will be for these reasons. At my parish, we never pray for courage to face these difficulties, but honestly, IMO it is where the rubber meets the road in living out your faith.
Thank God for holy priests who give it to us straight. On Ash Wednesday, a local priest said, “don’t worry too much about Hell because few people are there.” I almost lost it. A few minutes later, he flirted with my handsome fiancé and did the same to another handsome man yesterday at the parish mission. What a disgrace! Not only have these failed priests destroyed our Church from within, but they have also watered down our doctrine, molested our children, and made young men in seminaries and parishes repulsed by their predation. It sickens me.
Nikolai Otto Bsp. Robert Baron preaches that few go to Hell-97% are saved! Are you kidding? He referred to Martin Luther who DEformed the Catholic Church.as a “mystic!!” When Ben Shapiro who is Jewish asked him if Be needed to concert to be saved, he gave him some Vatican II doublespeak and replied “no”.
@@johnholmes6667 You should leave this parish and find a Latin Mass if possible. Don't worry about not knowing Latin..it will come. I also would report this priest to the diocese. If he's done this to you and another man you can be sure he's a predator.
Amen and thank you Reverend Father for sharing this inspiring and powerful sermon with us sinners. May God give us courage and strength to remain faithful to His Will until the end of lives here on earth. Amen!
Thank you for this excellent explanation of real love, sacrifice, and why Catholics cannot attend a non-sacramental wedding of a baptized Catholic. I needed to hear this because our daughter is marrying outside the church. My husband is attending, I am not. My conviction is now confirmed. This has brought all the divisions in our family this piece talks about. I have to be faithful to Jesus to the end inspite of my broken heart which I can offer to Him.
Both my sons married outside the Church. Did not attend. Painful. But explained why and maintained relationship. One married a pagan and the other an evangelical.
Unfortunately , even when I explained why it didn't save the relationship. I Wasn't even invited to the Catholic blessing of the marriage . I have 2 beautiful baby grandchildren now. They got married quickly because he is in the military and was shipping out.
Prayer for their reconversion. My husband was raised Catholic, fell away from the faith, and married me outside the church. At the time, I was pretty much a New age pagan. By the grace of God I have since converted to the Catholic faith, received the sacraments of initiation and had our baby baptized in the church. Now I’m praying for his reconversion. Keeping praying for your loved one’s conversion/reconversion.
When I was Protestant a guy in our congregation dated a nominally ‘Catholic’ girl and convinced her to abandon it and join our Protestant church. Her parents weren’t the happiest about it but they attended the wedding that was held in a Protestant church before a Protestant minister. I became catholic later in life and thought, “I wouldn’t attend a wedding if my child marries outside the church”. No matter how painful
My mother-in -law was one of the most wonderful woman I have ever known. I believe she spent the least time in Purgatory and is with God, for her love of never wanting to ever hurt Him sinning.
Im married in the catholic church to a non baptised man. Our baby is baptised in the catholic church. Please help me pray for the conversion of my husband.
@@jeanb.5405 I think we can. But the other non-Catholic spouse needs to agree that we practice our Catholic faith in our marriage, e.g. baptize our babies, go to Sunday Mass, open to life, raise our children with Catholic faith...etc. Normally the marriage prep classes would require both to attend, to understand and to agree. This is my understanding.
Thank you padre thank you for such a lovely truthful talk No wonder 10 thumbs down because the truth hurts. Parents should not compromise Viva christo Rey
I married outside the chirch broke every rule i held dear aftet 3yrs she ran off left me with a baby girl. I love my daughter dearly but there's never a day goes by i dont want to kick myself in the butt . I carry the grief of this misstake daily and wonder if GOD will forgive me for my arrogance and wrong doing.
chris etzkorn Did you already go to confession? If you have confessed it, God has forgiven you. If you haven’t been, please go, He’s waiting for you there.. God works in mysterious ways, let this help you to become a Saint and raise your girl to be one. God Bless you
@Chris, God knew all before you were born. He waits for you. Don’t let the enemy keep you away, don’t look back, look up and focus on Christ not the situation!! ❤
You can come back to the church now its never too late and that marriage can be annulled because it was not in the Church. If you feel this way about your daughter, imagine how the Lord feels about you. come back don't delay any longer.
Missing Mass on Sunday is a mortal sin too. Yet how many miss mass without just cause and then the following week or a month later receive communion with first confessing. Receiving communion in the state of mortal sin, is a mortal sin as well. Many don't know these simple truths of our faith and our priests are not teaching us.
Since you know how to read scripture properly, how about showing where in the bible God said it was a "mortal sin" to miss church on Sunday without a good reason? BTW, simply saying keep the sabbath Holy is not an answer. According to you if someone misses church, they've just committed a mortal sin now they are damned and need to go see the priest and go through this ritual of telling another sinful man everything they've done wrong, repeating a bunch of prayers and doing acts of penance as a part of receiving God's forgiveness and earning His grace which is blasphemy and is an example of denying the Lord who bought you 2 Peter 2:1. We were sanctified once for all Hebrews 10:10.
Looking for advice- my sister is getting married at some point, as she is engaged. She is a baptized Catholic who no longer practices whatsoever. I had thought originally going to her wedding would keep the best family morale and that's what I should do, but after watching this video I am convinced that I cannot morally attend if she gets married outside the Church. What would be the best (or the least bad) way to let her and my family know I wouldn't be attending?
I totally agree,with you,there is no exceptions, But I have a Husband who works in our Catholic faith,goes to Church with me,But thinks I'm a Craxy person if I dont go to my only daughters wedding because it is out of the church😢❤🙏
I get confused with terminologies natural and valid. Can I go to a natural marriage event? Moses permitted divorce back in the day because marriages were not sacramental but natural. So is it ok to attend a natural wedding, knowing it does not have Gods blessing, or am I committing sin by supporting it? Then I read somewhere if a Bishop gives a dispensation to two protestants to get married on the beach, this is valid and sacramental? Can I attend that wedding without offending God? So confused.
Patricia Cancelli Pray the seven sorrows rosary and you will share with our Lady, you know peace and our Lady will comfort you and return your daughter. Please God
I guess I have something else to take to Confession. I had a cousin for whom my Mom was godmother. He got married in 1966 so the depths of the Vat 2 reforms. He was not a practicing Catholic although he'd been raised as one. He go married in a Preybyterian church. My Mom didn't want to go but from what I had been told in my Catholic college, I told her it was ok and we went. I became a lapsed Catholic because of the craziness that was going on in the 70's and early 80's. My first marriage was annulled and I met my second husband in also a Presbyterian church. He was a Christian but his family was Jewish and said they wouldn't enter a church for the wedding so we had a civil wedding. I was going to ask if this was a blessed marriage as I heard one priest on YT say it was as long as we were both baptized. I need to know for confessional purposes but he passed away three years ago so I'm free, whatever the answer. Father answered my question at 11:11.I'm back in the Church but the formation isn't strong where I am and I can't move right now. I don't think I can get to Mass tonight because it's a Jewish holiday on top of the Sabbath. I'm in Israel and we have bus service on normal Saturdays but we didn't on Rosh Hashana so I don't think we do tonight. Wow! This really hit me hard. I repent and I pray God give me mercy until I can get to confession. I'll go to Mass tomorrow morning and I can probably get one of the priests to give me absolution but it will likely be in "Reconciliation" not traditional confession.
Don Jon When I hear love is love, that makes me sick, so if they love a dog! A cat? A baby? Nope! Love sacrifices for the good of the other and tries to help the other attain heaven with God
God will also judge those who caused harm, especially those priests who lead people astray. Canon law has been twisted to fit certain times and places. Think of applying for an annulment & being faced with an advocate who gossips. And a tribunal head who makes excuses for this behavior.
GREAT HOMILY! Reviewing these points for exhorting those are shackled and not able to take that step toward evangelizing their loved ones who are on the wrong path.
The whole ecumenical movement has contributed to this problem. Why worry about attending a former Catholic's wedding at a protestant church when our Bishops, Cardinals, and the past few Popes constantly bend over backwards to appease the schismatic churches?
I am a Presbyterian so I can maybe offer some enlightenment on this at least on my part. The schism had less to do with the Cathloic faith itself but more so its loyalty to the Vadican whose well documented corruption led and continues to separate us.
But that is all just a side show, a distraction, a direction to point our finger and has nothing to do with you following the Faith that these incidents you mention have not changed one iota. The Doctrines and the Precepts of the Faith are the same - humans are human in their errors and always will be - stay focused on the truth and follow that, in the meantime pray for these other people/priests/bishops/ Pope.
I decline invalid marriage ceremonies, I tell the people that I love them and want them part of my life but cannot participate and condone such an event. A theoologian friend of mine says thats it not always a sin to knowingly go to an invalid marriage, since there are 3 parts to every act: intention, the act itself, and the circumstances. One can have a good intention to go to an invalid marriage such as not wanting too break thr relationship. The actual act of going to the wedding is not intrinsically evil. But it depends on the circumstances, if the good circumstances outweigh the bad. He says to always tell the engaged couple you dont agree with them, but you still can go if good circumstances outweight the bad. In any respect that is his view. I have the view of that if your attending such an event you are giving your stamp of approval. So the question is one of scandal.
I think your theologian friend is wrong on this. If you know that a Catholic marrying outside of the Catholic Church is mortally sinful, you have an obligation to say something and not attend. Something doesn’t cease being a mortal sin because doesn’t know it’s a mortal sin, but their culpability may be reduced. The person who knew and still attends gives scandal but is an accomplice to that sin.
@@melindaanne6036 Excommunication means you aren’t a legal member of the Church and don’t enjoy the privileges of a Catholic in good standing such as receiving Holy Communion. You can still be spiritually attached to the Church and be in the state of grace, for example.
Excommunication does not stop you being Catholic. You can attend Mass but you cannot receive any of the Sacraments nor a catholic burial. We typically excommunicate ourselves by our actions if we commit mortal sin -so yes, if they marry outside the church - a mortal sin - they are excommunicated. Confession remedies it along with a change in your life accordingly
I have a new grand baby. My son (a baptized Catholic) doesn’t plan to baptize their baby.. “leaving it up him”. He denies his Catholic faith saying “I wish you never did that”. I remind him that when I gave him to the Mother Church she will not let him go. Can I secretly baptize child?
Son Of Hibbs a little holy water and a blessing by a loving grandmama to save a child could hardly be wrong.. but it’s the doing it in secret that gives me pause. Thank you for taking the time to reply to me. God’s blessing!
When we baptize a child we promise to raise the child in the faith, but you don't have the right or power to do that. I know someone who did this as a grandmother, and I have been tempted to as well, but I think you should Be very cautious. If your priest won't do it, don't overrule his judgement
I have a civil marriage ceremony, 30 years ago. My spouse has a different religion then my Catholic self. The marriage is blessed by my husbands church after our civil ceremony. Am I still considered fornicating, even though I didn’t get married in the Catholic Church? My catholic priest told me to get my marriage validated, then I can receive the sacraments of reconciliation and the Eucharist. Who thinks this is correct, please?
Yes. You are unfortunately not married. There is no marriage for a baptized Catholic outside the Catholic Church. Until this is remedied with in The Church, you should live as brother and sister and refrain from Holy Communion until you make confession of your years of fornication. You will be married in the eyes of God within the Catholic Church. Praise God that you learned of this now and are able to make things right! God bless you and strengthen you in fidelity!
Ann Marie thank-you and I am complying with the church as of no communion and confession till marriage is validated. Sadly, no support from my husband. If I knew he was going to be like this, I would of stayed single. Pray for me, please.
I don’t expect this to get any responses, but I’m about to face a similar problem with two family members. Please pray for me as I attempt to bear witness to what the Catholic faith teaches me
Sensus Fidelium Am I right that marriages granted a dispensation from canonical form are not part of the subject matter of Father’s sermon here? I imagine Father would say those marriages are valid?
Fr. drawing the analogy of a child disowning a parent can never fully separate is absolutely insane. Human genetics and biology have existed long before the Church.
Uhm that is lame. God existed first and created you. Then God set aside his people to follow him which was the Jews which was a prefigure of the current Church which Jesus is the Head and we are the body.
My question is this: if a child is baptized in the Catholic Church but was never raised in the Catholic Church, never had any other sacraments, are they considered Catholics?
@@gloriapatri1 Canon 1117 says that all baptized Catholics are bound by the canonically prescribed "form", which is marriage in a Catholic church. In 2009, Benedict 16th removed a qualification/exception for those who have left the church. There is currently no exception to that law. Baptism imparts an indelible mark on one's soul. You are baptized Catholic, so you are always Catholic.
No. You can’t receive communion if you’re not Catholic. Get your marriage blessed in the church & she can receive. You can receive if you come into the Church & get your marriage blessed.
So many people in this comments section are so quick to judge, yet none of you are perfect. I hope those people proudly professing they did not attend their childrens weddings are forgiven by their children for being such unforgiving parents.
I would argue that a Novus Ordo wedding may be worse on account of the sacrilegious practices and handling of The Body and Blood, if it actually is such.
greysonthecat If both are nonCatholics (meaning never baptized Catholics) and both baptized Christian, it’s valid when they enter the Catholic Church. If neither was ever Catholic, validity is irrelevant.
I shut off the sermon when the priest said God we’ll be a lot more lenient with non-Catholics such as Buddhists or Hindus….excuse me?? So the faith is a burden? There’s no salvation outside the Church father. Hindus or Buddhists can’t be saved unless they repudiate their false religion and accept the gospel, join the Catholic Church officially if possible or if it’s not possible due to invincible ignorance of the church than they must atleast not positively refute the Church.
What about when you seek anullment, and Rcia conversion for catholicism. TO remarry in Catholic church. Person goes thru RCIA program and towards the finishing steps of process, RCIA director and RCIA priest head says no, cannot receive all scraments thru RCIA program until anullment done. The church failed me. Now what. We followed the instructions in RCIA, but were prevented from recieving Holy Communion? My husband decided not to become Catholic
You married a divorced person, that is not allowed in the Catholic Church without an annulment. So it's considered as a sin. Which is why no communion.
Blaming the church that you need the annulment in order to complete RCIA and that the intended spouse refuses to comply is pretty lame really. Who made the decision that got you both into this situation....the church? No. So you have to realize you need that annulment and then you can complete the processes you sought.
6:49 ff. Before 2009, it was possible to leave Catholicism by a formal act. Tens of thousands of people in Ireland alone, took advantage of this before the teaching was changed. If your ecclesial community can change this teaching, what else will they change in the future? Combine "once Catholic, always Catholic" with poor catechesis, and that means you trick people into joining and hold them against their will. Not very Christ-like.
ROFL - Fr did not forget anything you are simply misinformed. Excommunication does not remove you from the church. You may still attend Mass and ceremonies and social events etc... you may not participate in the sacraments - confession, communion, marriage, anointing of the sick for example. Excommunication means to no longer be in communion with. It can be remedied and is not a permanent thing with very rare exception unless you choose it to be permanent by obstinance.
harsh. i have been told that the sacrament of matrimony is given from one to another and is not necessary to include the priest/church. such confusion !
My children tell me that they didn't choose to be Catholic it was forced on them. Can we go to a Baptist of Lutheran Protestant wedding in a church and participate or does it only have to be Catholics if so that's called judging is what I'm told.
I feel like I deserve God's favor as I saved my family the hassle of boycotting my wedding by marrying in the basement of the Cook county building ... and on top of that, my bride was (please sit down) NON CATHOLIC!!!!! 24 years of marriage ... longer than any of Newt Gingrich's ... You're welcome!
How do you comprehend 1 Corinthians 7 12-14, where St Paul permits believers to marry non believers. St Augustines mother Monica married a pagan, but he was baptized and saved because of her.
@Valiant Woman anyway you could elaborate? Should a man leave his family if he wants to convert to catholicism and the rest of his family, who is not Christians, do not want to convert?
That is as same as we shouldnt commit adultery, that doesn't mean anyone who has should condemened but rather be persuaded to as sin no more. Marriage only happens when God binds them both. Period. That means. It has to be inside the Catholic Church and binds one baptized unmarried woman with one baptized unmarried man. Easier said than done? Absolutely. In fact I am struggling with this issue myself. I am no better than the adultress Jesus pardoned. Yet I love this man. And I will try not to damned his soul to hell as much as I can. It pains me knowing that he can give up and left me. It pains me when I hear my best freind says to accept his atheism and not miss out on the love of my life. But does it really compare to the offense I commit when I act as adultress to God. Mind you, I fail basic Catholic courtship on lust in the eyes. I ain't easy. Ave Maria. May this lent be fruitful. Amen
@@feliciacahyadi6821 I do agree with you. It is ideal to marry a Catholic in the Catholic church. I feel this video is for catholics marrying outside the church or forsaking the faith. What is not clear to me is when spouse is practicing and the other isn't, but when the marriage is blessed in the church. I'm not for it because it's difficult to follow the faith when your spouse is indifferent, but that doesn't mean that the marriage isn't blessed.
@@JP-ql4iz Technically if the two isn't baptisied the Catholic way it is still blessed just like any marriage union outside the church. Not sacrmentally I remember. It'll be as if someone enter a priesthood and receive ordination without baptism. That'll be kinda silly. *Sigh* Pray for me brother. I wish to lead a Catholoc life with him. His soul is utterly beautiful and I do not wish for it to be damned. Ave Maria
No. The historical Jesus was not a district court judge. The risen Christ is not a district court judge. He is your holy father, and he is rich in mercy. He will judge you by your heart and not some Aristotelian formula.
It seems you are asking this question not sincerely, but rhetorically, however here is the answer anyway. Engaging in sexual activity outside of a valid marriage is a mortal sin. Whoever dies even with one unrepented mortal sin, goes to hell. Your course of action should be to resolve to abstain from fornication, go to confession and fix your situation either by entering a valid church marriage or by separating.
Apostle St Peter wrote about wives who converted to Christianity but their husbands remained unbelievers :" Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the Word, they may be won over without words, by the behavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives..." (1 Peter 3,1). The context was the ancient pagan society, but nowhere says the blessed Peter that those marriages were not valid. Apostle St Paul refers also to married couples who heard the gospel. Sometimes they both converted, sometimes only one of them. He gives instructions to keep on loving the unbeliever:"f any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. 13 And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. 14 For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.... How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?" (1 Corinthians 7, 12-16). Some of them were Greek, Roman or Jewish marriages before becoming Christians, perfectly valid after conversion.
There is a problem with this homily. What if you are forced against your own will to be baptised? If you are forced into the free choice to be married the church says the marriage is not valid, doesn't exist. Forced baptism would be the same would it not?
For a Catholic to attend a Protestant wedding is a committing a mortal sin according the truths of the Catholic Church and her teachings whom you have reveal unto them who neither deceive nor can be deceived.Amen.
Wrong. Protestants valid marry. It is even sacramental if they are both validly baptized. Only baptized Catholics are bound by calling law to marry within the Catholic Church.
Oof. This is a GREAT way to push people away from the church even more. Congrats to being hateful people. My mother shoved religion down my throat and pushed me away from the church even more. And her not coming to my wedding has proven to me how insane y’all are. Good job.
Sorry to hear you blame others for your actions. This isn’t hateful to others. Making others choose between wrong & right bc you don’t like the truth is evil. You left on your own. Stop blaming your mother. Own up to it. Enough excuses.
@@SensusFideliumThat’s not how that works. The church recognizes a natural marriage. Which it is. Y’all are so messed up in your thinking it’s sad. Y’all are the ones making excuses and blaming other people. My mother is divorced and a miserable human being who has pushed everyone away. You are all miserable people. It’s sad. I’m so glad that I left. Toxic people love toxic people. Enjoy being toxic.
Did teachers shove education down your throat? Did police shove traffic laws down your throat? That’s an excuse a fifth grader with a head injury would come up with. You and I will be judged by Truth, not our preferences or delusions. Choose wisely.
If you don't go to a wedding of a close friend or relative solely because their religious beliefs are different, you are a sociopath. The arrogance here is astonishing.
Jeannette Hibbert it’s either guilt your feeling or ignorance on the teaching of the Church established 2 thousand years ago; whichever, you are on the wrong side of the truth 🙏
@@TheDarlindiva the only guilt I have us I was once a blind defender of a institution of church. Ever since I chose God before misleading priest who tell parents to hate a native wedding ceremony because raping and "killing the Indian in the child" in Catholic residential schools all across Canada is so holy. God is not confined to one religious ideal. If you preach that God is so small that only your idea of God is true and right and use that belief to do harm , then you have no faith and awe at the power of our creator.
@@Personaje123 Jesus did not found the modern church. The bible and church founding happened when Constantine the Romain Emperor gathered all the fragmented Jesus followers and disagreeing groups together to hash out one group he could rule over. The details of the Romain Catholic Church was formed as a way for the ruling class to govern with fear. That happened around 350 AD. The Calendar for "AD and BC" was founded by that counsel as well. Emperor used this as an opportunity to take control of all things physical and spiritual. Full control of mind , body and soul was governed by one rich emperor. Greed and control is what the church was founded on. You can follow Jesus without following the corrupt organization that highjacked his name for power.
Thank you, Father. I do marriage prep, convalidations, frequently deal w cohabitating couples and civilly married Catholics, annulments, Catholic teaching on sex and contraception, etc, just to name a few. The Sacrament of Matrimony is completely under assault like never before. It's a real mess out there! And it's everywhere. As Our Lady said at Fatima, "Many marriages do not please Our Lord," and that was 100 years ago. And as Sr. Lucia wrote to Cardinal Caffarra, "The final battle between Our Lord and Satan will be over family and marriage." Thank you for preaching about it, Father. Pray the rosary. God save His Church!
No one said it would be "easy" to be a practising Catholic. It wasn't "easy" for Jesus to hang on the Cross either. But, as He tells us: "Your reward in Heaven will be great" if we stay the course.
Beautiful and inspiring! I just cancelled my friends daughters wedding . They are fallen away Catholics and I want to do what my Catholic faith teaches me. Thanks for the video. GOD Bless 🙏
Follow the Faith - Stick with it no matter what. My Mom refused to come to my wedding - she blatantly told me no and it is because it is against the Faith. I was very angry and chalked it up to her just being nuts and a religious fanatic. Later - When I reverted back to the Catholic Faith I was Glad to have seen her example of Faith in this matter and many similar ones in my life. Stick with your Faith and your going to be a good example to others more than you know. Don't follow your faith and give in - well your a bad example and then the next person follows suit "Oh Maxine did it, I suppose its ok" and then the next one and the next one and then you have what we have today - lots of people influencing others how to be bad Catholics instead of relying on their catechism.
Wow, your Mom is a very devout Catholic. Good for her and you. God Bless.
This sermon is truly a gem. God bless this priest. Viva Cristo Rey 🙏
Very nice sermon.
VIVA CRISTO REY!
VIVA MARIA SANTISIMA!
“Whatever it costs you- follow HIM first!”
Amen!!
Thank you for talking about this. I have family members who have left the Catholic Faith to join a Protestant church or no religion at all. Now all they do is HATE the Catholic Church, hate and mock Catholics, do everything to take Catholics out of their Catholic Faith, etc. Many of them have been married several times, shacking up, children by multiple men, etc and they all believe they are going straight into the arms of Jesus when they die. They claim they are following Jesus but they are only following themselves.
@@mattcalka2595 Thank you
@AKIVE I never said all Protestants. I said the ones in my family (in my personal experience). I know not all Protestants are like this.
@AKIVE No problem. 😊
We disagree over the truth. The fundamental truth. If you are going to be divided over anything be divided over Jesus. Yes. My family is divided on this truth. It is really hard but I will take the road less traveled to follow Jesus.
Once a Catholic you are always a Catholic. You are bound by the laws of the Church.
Best sermon I have ever heard on the subject. A gift from God, through this priests hands. Thank you Father!
Can't agree more! Praise the Lord! Thank you Father!
Just found this and getting bombarded with family weddings outside the church. My journey to follow and emulate Christ has been rocky at best, and this makes the road more difficult. The gates of heaven get extremely narrow as I get older. Our crosses are many and we are weak. “Family first” is a something we hear constantly. When Jesus says he will divide families, it will be for these reasons. At my parish, we never pray for courage to face these difficulties, but honestly, IMO it is where the rubber meets the road in living out your faith.
Thank God for holy priests who give it to us straight.
On Ash Wednesday, a local priest said, “don’t worry too much about Hell because few people are there.” I almost lost it. A few minutes later, he flirted with my handsome fiancé and did the same to another handsome man yesterday at the parish mission. What a disgrace! Not only have these failed priests destroyed our Church from within, but they have also watered down our doctrine, molested our children, and made young men in seminaries and parishes repulsed by their predation. It sickens me.
Pray for the priest.
we must pray for his poor soul
Nikolai Otto Bsp. Robert Baron preaches that few go to Hell-97% are saved! Are you kidding? He referred to Martin Luther who DEformed the Catholic Church.as a “mystic!!” When Ben Shapiro who is Jewish asked him if Be needed to concert to be saved, he gave him some Vatican II doublespeak and replied “no”.
If you don’t quit going to these effeminate novus ordo masses, your fiancé/husband and children almost certainly will. Go find a TLM Mass.
@@johnholmes6667 You should leave this parish and find a Latin Mass if possible. Don't worry about not knowing Latin..it will come. I also would report this priest to the diocese. If he's done this to you and another man you can be sure he's a predator.
I needed this at this very moment. I love this priest and his sermons.
Thank you Fr. am satisfied with this answer, even if u leave the church u remain to be a catholic. Glory be to God in the highest
Amen and thank you Reverend Father for sharing this inspiring and powerful sermon with us sinners. May God give us courage and strength to remain faithful to His Will until the end of lives here on earth. Amen!
Thank you for this excellent explanation of real love, sacrifice, and why Catholics cannot attend a non-sacramental wedding of a baptized Catholic. I needed to hear this because our daughter is marrying outside the church. My husband is attending, I am not. My conviction is now confirmed. This has brought all the divisions in our family this piece talks about. I have to be faithful to Jesus to the end inspite of my broken heart which I can offer to Him.
Both my sons married outside the Church. Did not attend. Painful. But explained why and maintained relationship. One married a pagan and the other an evangelical.
Unfortunately , even when I explained why it didn't save the relationship. I Wasn't even invited to the Catholic blessing of the marriage . I have 2 beautiful baby grandchildren now.
They got married quickly because he is in the military and was shipping out.
Magdalene P. Hopeful they convert them to the true Catholic Faith
Prayer for their reconversion. My husband was raised Catholic, fell away from the faith, and married me outside the church. At the time, I was pretty much a New age pagan. By the grace of God I have since converted to the Catholic faith, received the sacraments of initiation and had our baby baptized in the church. Now I’m praying for his reconversion. Keeping praying for your loved one’s conversion/reconversion.
So painfully difficult 😩God reward you!
When I was Protestant a guy in our congregation dated a nominally ‘Catholic’ girl and convinced her to abandon it and join our Protestant church. Her parents weren’t the happiest about it but they attended the wedding that was held in a Protestant church before a Protestant minister. I became catholic later in life and thought, “I wouldn’t attend a wedding if my child marries outside the church”. No matter how painful
This is a true shepherd ❤️ Thank you Father ! This is truth, I went through this myself with my daughter, for her wedding, I have ask three priest.
Thank you Father for this homily. This assists with other family members & friends as well. This also applies to funerals too!
Jesus I surrender my children to You through Your Most Sacred Heart please take care of them.
My mother-in -law was one of the most wonderful woman I have ever known. I believe she spent the least time in Purgatory and is with God, for her love of never wanting to ever hurt Him sinning.
Excellent! Thank you, Father, for sharing the truths of our Faith.
Where have these *excellent homilies* been for the last 10 years or so??? How different could things have been had the truth been made clear!!
10 years?! I would suggest 50+ easily.
Yes! It’s maddening and disheartening we don’t hear these truths from the ambo!!
Best video on marriage 👏👏👏📿🙏
I ‘m going through this now. I am Heartbroken.
A catholic is a catholic forever even if he left the church. I never knew that. Thank you father
An excellent sermon. Thank you very much
I had to do this with many of my friends and relative, in the last 53 years. I support F.S.S.P.X.
“Former Roman Catholic’s”
Genuinely need to Return to GOD’s Love ,God’s TRUTH
God’s Mother and God’s Son
To Be better Believers than Ever before Amen
Im married in the catholic church to a non baptised man. Our baby is baptised in the catholic church. Please help me pray for the conversion of my husband.
I thought the Church does not allow us to marry a non baptized person.
@@jeanb.5405 I think we can. But the other non-Catholic spouse needs to agree that we practice our Catholic faith in our marriage, e.g. baptize our babies, go to Sunday Mass, open to life, raise our children with Catholic faith...etc. Normally the marriage prep classes would require both to attend, to understand and to agree. This is my understanding.
@@Grace-ok3qx I since looked it up and there is a required dispensation.
Excellent sermon! Bar none ❤
Can't wait to share this!
Thank you FR.
Perfect sermon.
Be catholic, always, no matter what!
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Thanks!
Outstanding homily!
Thank you padre thank you for such a lovely truthful talk
No wonder 10 thumbs down because the truth hurts.
Parents should not compromise
Viva christo Rey
This is a hard saying. Who can accept it?
I can, but how so when my feet are held to the fire?
The Traditional Catholic Church she Is One True Bride Of Christ
Her Divine Groom The Prince Of Peace Jesus Christ The Real TRUTH Amen
Beautiful !
I married outside the chirch broke every rule i held dear aftet 3yrs she ran off left me with a baby girl. I love my daughter dearly but there's never a day goes by i dont want to kick myself in the butt . I carry the grief of this misstake daily and wonder if GOD will forgive me for my arrogance and wrong doing.
chris etzkorn Did you already go to confession? If you have confessed it, God has forgiven you. If you haven’t been, please go, He’s waiting for you there.. God works in mysterious ways, let this help you to become a Saint and raise your girl to be one. God Bless you
@Chris, God knew all before you were born. He waits for you. Don’t let the enemy keep you away, don’t look back, look up and focus on Christ not the situation!! ❤
You can come back to the church now its never too late and that marriage can be annulled because it was not in the Church. If you feel this way about your daughter, imagine how the Lord feels about you. come back don't delay any longer.
Ave maria..no greater love then letting n surrendering go of love ones
The Traditional Catholic Faith IS THE ONLY TRUE Christian Faith Amen
Missing Mass on Sunday is a mortal sin too. Yet how many miss mass without just cause and then the following week or a month later receive communion with first confessing. Receiving communion in the state of mortal sin, is a mortal sin as well.
Many don't know these simple truths of our faith and our priests are not teaching us.
Since you know how to read scripture properly, how about showing where in the bible God said it was a "mortal sin" to miss church on Sunday without a good reason? BTW, simply saying keep the sabbath Holy is not an answer. According to you if someone misses church, they've just committed a mortal sin now they are damned and need to go see the priest and go through this ritual of telling another sinful man everything they've done wrong, repeating a bunch of prayers and doing acts of penance as a part of receiving God's forgiveness and earning His grace which is blasphemy and is an example of denying the Lord who bought you 2 Peter 2:1.
We were sanctified once for all Hebrews 10:10.
@RestoreJustice675 What's the matter? Can't support your claim?
Looking for advice- my sister is getting married at some point, as she is engaged. She is a baptized Catholic who no longer practices whatsoever. I had thought originally going to her wedding would keep the best family morale and that's what I should do, but after watching this video I am convinced that I cannot morally attend if she gets married outside the Church. What would be the best (or the least bad) way to let her and my family know I wouldn't be attending?
I totally agree,with you,there is no exceptions,
But I have a Husband who works in our Catholic faith,goes to Church with me,But thinks I'm a Craxy person if I dont go to my only daughters wedding because it is out of the church😢❤🙏
Dear Father can my Family attend a nephew wedding at a Sedevacants SSPV chapel ?
I get confused with terminologies natural and valid. Can I go to a natural marriage event? Moses permitted divorce back in the day because marriages were not sacramental but natural. So is it ok to attend a natural wedding, knowing it does not have Gods blessing, or am I committing sin by supporting it? Then I read somewhere if a Bishop gives a dispensation to two protestants to get married on the beach, this is valid and sacramental? Can I attend that wedding without offending God? So confused.
it's hard, it's real hard... haven't laid eyes on my daughter for years...
Patricia Cancelli Pray the seven sorrows rosary and you will share with our Lady, you know peace and our Lady will comfort you and return your daughter. Please God
Praying for your daughter as well as your continued strength
I guess I have something else to take to Confession. I had a cousin for whom my Mom was godmother. He got married in 1966 so the depths of the Vat 2 reforms. He was not a practicing Catholic although he'd been raised as one. He go married in a Preybyterian church. My Mom didn't want to go but from what I had been told in my Catholic college, I told her it was ok and we went.
I became a lapsed Catholic because of the craziness that was going on in the 70's and early 80's. My first marriage was annulled and I met my second husband in also a Presbyterian church. He was a Christian but his family was Jewish and said they wouldn't enter a church for the wedding so we had a civil wedding. I was going to ask if this was a blessed marriage as I heard one priest on YT say it was as long as we were both baptized. I need to know for confessional purposes but he passed away three years ago so I'm free, whatever the answer.
Father answered my question at 11:11.I'm back in the Church but the formation isn't strong where I am and I can't move right now. I don't think I can get to Mass tonight because it's a Jewish holiday on top of the Sabbath. I'm in Israel and we have bus service on normal Saturdays but we didn't on Rosh Hashana so I don't think we do tonight. Wow! This really hit me hard. I repent and I pray God give me mercy until I can get to confession. I'll go to Mass tomorrow morning and I can probably get one of the priests to give me absolution but it will likely be in "Reconciliation" not traditional confession.
Well Vatican 2 was heretical
I was invited to a gay wedding. I declined, & gave my reason why as a Catholic. They told me BUT Love is Love. I laughed
Don Jon When I hear love is love, that makes me sick, so if they love a dog! A cat? A baby? Nope! Love sacrifices for the good of the other and tries to help the other attain heaven with God
Ellie Stretch prays. Exactly. We are called to lift each other up in the Name of Christ. I think most confuse lust for love.
Maybe if you had a ready answer instead of laughter it would've brought them closer to Love.
@@paxcoder Not necessarily some times our reasoning or decisions being laughed at is exactly what we need.
God will also judge those who caused harm, especially those priests who lead people astray. Canon law has been twisted to fit certain times and places. Think of applying for an annulment & being faced with an advocate who gossips. And a tribunal head who makes excuses for this behavior.
GREAT HOMILY! Reviewing these points for exhorting those are shackled and not able to take that step toward evangelizing their loved ones who are on the wrong path.
The whole ecumenical movement has contributed to this problem. Why worry about attending a former Catholic's wedding at a protestant church when our Bishops, Cardinals, and the past few Popes constantly bend over backwards to appease the schismatic churches?
I am a Presbyterian so I can maybe offer some enlightenment on this at least on my part. The schism had less to do with the Cathloic faith itself but more so its loyalty to the Vadican whose well documented corruption led and continues to separate us.
But that is all just a side show, a distraction, a direction to point our finger and has nothing to do with you following the Faith that these incidents you mention have not changed one iota. The Doctrines and the Precepts of the Faith are the same - humans are human in their errors and always will be - stay focused on the truth and follow that, in the meantime pray for these other people/priests/bishops/ Pope.
4:04 Min. mark, bang.
I decline invalid marriage ceremonies, I tell the people that I love them and want them part of my life but cannot participate and condone such an event. A theoologian friend of mine says thats it not always a sin to knowingly go to an invalid marriage, since there are 3 parts to every act: intention, the act itself, and the circumstances. One can have a good intention to go to an invalid marriage such as not wanting too break thr relationship. The actual act of going to the wedding is not intrinsically evil. But it depends on the circumstances, if the good circumstances outweigh the bad. He says to always tell the engaged couple you dont agree with them, but you still can go if good circumstances outweight the bad. In any respect that is his view. I have the view of that if your attending such an event you are giving your stamp of approval. So the question is one of scandal.
I think your theologian friend is wrong on this. If you know that a Catholic marrying outside of the Catholic Church is mortally sinful, you have an obligation to say something and not attend. Something doesn’t cease being a mortal sin because doesn’t know it’s a mortal sin, but their culpability may be reduced. The person who knew and still attends gives scandal but is an accomplice to that sin.
15:50 👍
I’m confused, where does excommunication come in if once a Catholic always a Catholic?
diane sanzone very good question 🤔
It doesn’t make any sense. That is why I feel a lot of the Catholic teachings are man made.
@@melindaanne6036 Excommunication means you aren’t a legal member of the Church and don’t enjoy the privileges of a Catholic in good standing such as receiving Holy Communion. You can still be spiritually attached to the Church and be in the state of grace, for example.
Excommunication does not stop you being Catholic. You can attend Mass but you cannot receive any of the Sacraments nor a catholic burial. We typically excommunicate ourselves by our actions if we commit mortal sin -so yes, if they marry outside the church - a mortal sin - they are excommunicated. Confession remedies it along with a change in your life accordingly
I have a new grand baby. My son (a baptized Catholic) doesn’t plan to baptize their baby.. “leaving it up him”. He denies his Catholic faith saying “I wish you never did that”. I remind him that when I gave him to the Mother Church she will not let him go. Can I secretly baptize child?
I wondered this too. In an emergency I know you can, in fact one is supposed to.
Son Of Hibbs a little holy water and a blessing by a loving grandmama to save a child could hardly be wrong.. but it’s the doing it in secret that gives me pause. Thank you for taking the time to reply to me. God’s blessing!
No you can't baptize them on secret without their parents approval it wouldn't be a valid baptism anyway
When we baptize a child we promise to raise the child in the faith, but you don't have the right or power to do that. I know someone who did this as a grandmother, and I have been tempted to as well, but I think you should Be very cautious. If your priest won't do it, don't overrule his judgement
@@Personaje123 unless it's emergency, pending death. It'd be valid in emergency I think.
I have a civil marriage ceremony, 30 years ago.
My spouse has a different religion then my Catholic self.
The marriage is blessed by my husbands church after our civil ceremony. Am I still considered fornicating, even though I didn’t get married in the Catholic Church? My catholic priest told me to get my marriage validated, then I can receive the sacraments of reconciliation and the Eucharist. Who thinks this is correct, please?
Yes. You are unfortunately not married. There is no marriage for a baptized Catholic outside the Catholic Church. Until this is remedied with in The Church, you should live as brother and sister and refrain from Holy Communion until you make confession of your years of fornication. You will be married in the eyes of God within the Catholic Church. Praise God that you learned of this now and are able to make things right! God bless you and strengthen you in fidelity!
Ann Marie thank-you and I am complying with the church as of no communion and confession till marriage is validated.
Sadly, no support from my husband. If I knew he was going to be like this, I would of stayed single. Pray for me, please.
@@julieh7456 we are in the same situation and I am in distress. This is putting a strain on my mental health.
I am married with a Jewish man. I prayed and fast for a while until my husband agreed to marry me at the Catholic Church.
I don’t expect this to get any responses, but I’m about to face a similar problem with two family members.
Please pray for me as I attempt to bear witness to what the Catholic faith teaches me
It’s not easy, popular, or gets you fans but absolutely needed to do. I know quite a few to do this. You’re not alone
It's ok to attend as a COURTESY to loved ones (assuming it's a real marriage and not one of those fake lgqtb "marriages")
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If the couple is protestant faith ?is their wedding blessed by god in the protestant church?
Yes. If they are valid baptized, it is a sacramental union.
I had a civil marriage ceremony
If you go to a priest to get it blessed you’re good. Confession too
Sensus Fidelium Am I right that marriages granted a dispensation from canonical form are not part of the subject matter of Father’s sermon here? I imagine Father would say those marriages are valid?
Adam Fitzgerald yes dispensation is needed
Fr. drawing the analogy of a child disowning a parent can never fully separate is absolutely insane. Human genetics and biology have existed long before the Church.
Uhm that is lame. God existed first and created you. Then God set aside his people to follow him which was the Jews which was a prefigure of the current Church which Jesus is the Head and we are the body.
@@jeanb.5405 So your saying he designed a bunch of people to be ignored. That's not what JC preached
What parish is this? Priest name?
If only a Catholic woman wanted to marry me.
A *true* Catholic, virginal one, living up to it.......But it is still better to be like Paul.
@@magisterhpp Stop it.
My question is this: if a child is baptized in the Catholic Church but was never raised in the Catholic Church, never had any other sacraments, are they considered Catholics?
Yes, Canon law says so.
@@annmarie3573 do you know where in canon law it says that? I'd like to be able to cite it.
@@gloriapatri1 Canon 1117 says that all baptized Catholics are bound by the canonically prescribed "form", which is marriage in a Catholic church. In 2009, Benedict 16th removed a qualification/exception for those who have left the church. There is currently no exception to that law. Baptism imparts an indelible mark on one's soul. You are baptized Catholic, so you are always Catholic.
@@annmarie3573 thank you, I appreciate that!
What is the name of this priest doing this talk?
I'm assuming this applies to friends as well who were never Catholic?
If the parties were never Catholic, then they would not be bound by the laws of the Church.
I was married to a Catholic woman outside the Catholic Church 20 years ago so can I still take communion?
No. You can’t receive communion if you’re not Catholic. Get your marriage blessed in the church & she can receive. You can receive if you come into the Church & get your marriage blessed.
I wish the father would say if we purposely attend a non catholic wedding what it would do to our souls
"I firmly resolve with the help of Thy grace to sin no more and to avoid the near occasion of sin"
It's not 'let's make a deal'.
Go to confession.
So many people in this comments section are so quick to judge, yet none of you are perfect. I hope those people proudly professing they did not attend their childrens weddings are forgiven by their children for being such unforgiving parents.
So, my question is, how about attending a Novus Ordo Mass / wedding for me as a traditional Catholic?
Novus Ordo is valid, even if not your preferred. There is nothing immoral in attending.
I would argue that a Novus Ordo wedding may be worse on account of the sacrilegious practices and handling of The Body and Blood, if it actually is such.
8:30 XD
I was told by my local parish that being married in a Lutheran church is accepted as valid
greysonthecat If both are nonCatholics (meaning never baptized Catholics) and both baptized Christian, it’s valid when they enter the Catholic Church. If neither was ever Catholic, validity is irrelevant.
@@PrayNow4all That's the clearest answer I ever got. I never got a clear answer from the church or the diocese. Thank you!
@@greysonthecat Modernists heretics are never clear.
I shut off the sermon when the priest said God we’ll be a lot more lenient with non-Catholics such as Buddhists or Hindus….excuse me?? So the faith is a burden? There’s no salvation outside the Church father. Hindus or Buddhists can’t be saved unless they repudiate their false religion and accept the gospel, join the Catholic Church officially if possible or if it’s not possible due to invincible ignorance of the church than they must atleast not positively refute the Church.
Who is this priest?
What about when you seek anullment, and Rcia conversion for catholicism. TO remarry in Catholic church. Person goes thru RCIA program and towards the finishing steps of process, RCIA director and RCIA priest head says no, cannot receive all scraments thru RCIA program until anullment done. The church failed me. Now what. We followed the instructions in RCIA, but were prevented from recieving Holy Communion? My husband decided not to become Catholic
You married a divorced person, that is not allowed in the Catholic Church without an annulment. So it's considered as a sin. Which is why no communion.
Blaming the church that you need the annulment in order to complete RCIA and that the intended spouse refuses to comply is pretty lame really. Who made the decision that got you both into this situation....the church? No. So you have to realize you need that annulment and then you can complete the processes you sought.
6:49 ff. Before 2009, it was possible to leave Catholicism by a formal act. Tens of thousands of people in Ireland alone, took advantage of this before the teaching was changed. If your ecclesial community can change this teaching, what else will they change in the future? Combine "once Catholic, always Catholic" with poor catechesis, and that means you trick people into joining and hold them against their will. Not very Christ-like.
"you can't leave the church"... sounds like the mafia. And Fr. here forgets about excommunication.
ROFL - Fr did not forget anything you are simply misinformed. Excommunication does not remove you from the church. You may still attend Mass and ceremonies and social events etc... you may not participate in the sacraments - confession, communion, marriage, anointing of the sick for example. Excommunication means to no longer be in communion with. It can be remedied and is not a permanent thing with very rare exception unless you choose it to be permanent by obstinance.
harsh. i have been told that the sacrament of matrimony is given from one to another and is not necessary to include the priest/church. such confusion !
Marriage is a Sacrament of the Church to be administered by a valid priest
My children tell me that they didn't choose to be Catholic it was forced on them. Can we go to a Baptist of Lutheran Protestant wedding in a church and participate or does it only have to be Catholics if so that's called judging is what I'm told.
Why don't they see it as a grace ?
As a Catholic we believe that we are blessed with the One True Faith, outside of which there is no salvation.
What if they were baptised catholics then for the longest time they became protestant or born again christians and was baptised?
Once you are baptized Catholic you are always Catholic.
For a Catholic to get "rebaptized" is a grave mortal sin.
Why are there edits in the audio? What are we missing?
I feel like I deserve God's favor as I saved my family the hassle of boycotting my wedding by marrying in the basement of the Cook county building ... and on top of that, my bride was (please sit down) NON CATHOLIC!!!!! 24 years of marriage ... longer than any of Newt Gingrich's ... You're welcome!
What Cook County hath joined together, let no man put asunder, lol!
Gingrich isn’t the standard. Jesus is. You’re welcome
@@mrjeffjob how long was Jesus married?
@@marym.338 agreed
@@marym.338 I was being sarcastic ... since God doesn't exist.
How do you comprehend 1 Corinthians 7 12-14, where St Paul permits believers to marry non believers. St Augustines mother Monica married a pagan, but he was baptized and saved because of her.
@Valiant Woman anyway you could elaborate? Should a man leave his family if he wants to convert to catholicism and the rest of his family, who is not Christians, do not want to convert?
That is as same as we shouldnt commit adultery, that doesn't mean anyone who has should condemened but rather be persuaded to as sin no more.
Marriage only happens when God binds them both. Period. That means. It has to be inside the Catholic Church and binds one baptized unmarried woman with one baptized unmarried man.
Easier said than done? Absolutely. In fact I am struggling with this issue myself. I am no better than the adultress Jesus pardoned.
Yet I love this man. And I will try not to damned his soul to hell as much as I can.
It pains me knowing that he can give up and left me. It pains me when I hear my best freind says to accept his atheism and not miss out on the love of my life.
But does it really compare to the offense I commit when I act as adultress to God. Mind you, I fail basic Catholic courtship on lust in the eyes. I ain't easy.
Ave Maria.
May this lent be fruitful. Amen
@@feliciacahyadi6821 I do agree with you. It is ideal to marry a Catholic in the Catholic church. I feel this video is for catholics marrying outside the church or forsaking the faith. What is not clear to me is when spouse is practicing and the other isn't, but when the marriage is blessed in the church. I'm not for it because it's difficult to follow the faith when your spouse is indifferent, but that doesn't mean that the marriage isn't blessed.
@Valiant Woman thanks for clarifying.
@@JP-ql4iz Technically if the two isn't baptisied the Catholic way it is still blessed just like any marriage union outside the church. Not sacrmentally I remember. It'll be as if someone enter a priesthood and receive ordination without baptism. That'll be kinda silly.
*Sigh* Pray for me brother. I wish to lead a Catholoc life with him. His soul is utterly beautiful and I do not wish for it to be damned.
Ave Maria
I'm a married Catholic, but married in a registry office, am I going to hell now, I've two children also shall I abandon them too. Just wondering.
No. The historical Jesus was not a district court judge. The risen Christ is not a district court judge. He is your holy father, and he is rich in mercy. He will judge you by your heart and not some Aristotelian formula.
It seems you are asking this question not sincerely, but rhetorically, however here is the answer anyway. Engaging in sexual activity outside of a valid marriage is a mortal sin. Whoever dies even with one unrepented mortal sin, goes to hell.
Your course of action should be to resolve to abstain from fornication, go to confession and fix your situation either by entering a valid church marriage or by separating.
@@standev1 I've abstained from fornication. Am I good now though. Because your answer doesn't really settle on something concrete.
Apostle St Peter wrote about wives who converted to Christianity but their husbands remained unbelievers :" Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the Word, they may be won over without words, by the behavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives..." (1 Peter 3,1). The context was the ancient pagan society, but nowhere says the blessed Peter that those marriages were not valid.
Apostle St Paul refers also to married couples who heard the gospel. Sometimes they both converted, sometimes only one of them. He gives instructions to keep on loving the unbeliever:"f any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. 13 And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. 14 For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.... How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?" (1 Corinthians 7, 12-16). Some of them were Greek, Roman or Jewish marriages before becoming Christians, perfectly valid after conversion.
standev1 a perfect answer!
There is a problem with this homily. What if you are forced against your own will to be baptised? If you are forced into the free choice to be married the church says the marriage is not valid, doesn't exist. Forced baptism would be the same would it not?
If you're forced then you weren't baptized. A baby is not forced btw they're under their parents care so they legimitately can make decisions for them
For a Catholic to attend a Protestant wedding is a committing a mortal sin according the truths of the Catholic Church and her teachings whom you have reveal unto them who neither deceive nor can be deceived.Amen.
Wrong. Protestants valid marry. It is even sacramental if they are both validly baptized. Only baptized Catholics are bound by calling law to marry within the Catholic Church.
Oof. This is a GREAT way to push people away from the church even more. Congrats to being hateful people.
My mother shoved religion down my throat and pushed me away from the church even more. And her not coming to my wedding has proven to me how insane y’all are. Good job.
Sorry to hear you blame others for your actions. This isn’t hateful to others. Making others choose between wrong & right bc you don’t like the truth is evil. You left on your own. Stop blaming your mother. Own up to it. Enough excuses.
@@SensusFideliumThat’s not how that works. The church recognizes a natural marriage. Which it is. Y’all are so messed up in your thinking it’s sad.
Y’all are the ones making excuses and blaming other people.
My mother is divorced and a miserable human being who has pushed everyone away. You are all miserable people. It’s sad.
I’m so glad that I left. Toxic people love toxic people. Enjoy being toxic.
Did teachers shove education down your throat? Did police shove traffic laws down your throat? That’s an excuse a fifth grader with a head injury would come up with. You and I will be judged by Truth, not our preferences or delusions. Choose wisely.
@@Bex1692 You're angry at your mother, not the Church. Why punish yourself by hating God for something your mother did to you?
If you don't go to a wedding of a close friend or relative solely because their religious beliefs are different, you are a sociopath. The arrogance here is astonishing.
First commandment. Preaching evil in God's name.
Jesus attended non Catholic weddings. As did Moses, Mary, Joseph, Samuel, etc.
Just gross. Sounds like how Scientologists are encouraged to behave. This kind of behavior is cult like and not true Christian.
CRINGE
I can follow Jesus I don't need to follow you.
Jeannette Hibbert it’s either guilt your feeling or ignorance on the teaching of the Church established 2 thousand years ago; whichever, you are on the wrong side of the truth 🙏
@@TheDarlindiva the only guilt I have us I was once a blind defender of a institution of church. Ever since I chose God before misleading priest who tell parents to hate a native wedding ceremony because raping and "killing the Indian in the child" in Catholic residential schools all across Canada is so holy. God is not confined to one religious ideal. If you preach that God is so small that only your idea of God is true and right and use that belief to do harm , then you have no faith and awe at the power of our creator.
If you follow any other Jesus than the one that established the Church we call Catholic, then you remain unsaved and a whore of Babylon.
Jesus founded a church. If youre not part of his church you're not following Him
@@Personaje123 Jesus did not found the modern church. The bible and church founding happened when Constantine the Romain Emperor gathered all the fragmented Jesus followers and disagreeing groups together to hash out one group he could rule over. The details of the Romain Catholic Church was formed as a way for the ruling class to govern with fear. That happened around 350 AD. The Calendar for "AD and BC" was founded by that counsel as well. Emperor used this as an opportunity to take control of all things physical and spiritual. Full control of mind , body and soul was governed by one rich emperor. Greed and control is what the church was founded on. You can follow Jesus without following the corrupt organization that highjacked his name for power.