7 Things Catholics SHOULD Know (But don't always know)
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- Опубліковано 11 чер 2024
- This video discusses the 7 things Catholics should know about their faith, but often don't always know. Want to know more about your faith? See the great resources below. Follow on social media
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A few days ago I found out the truth about the catholic church, now I'm converting myself to the catholic faith(I was a protestant) you've been helping me a lot! Greetings from Brazil!
Awesome! Glad to hear it! And welcome from Brazil. God bless you.
What TRUTH was that?Praying to the dead.......Can Mary pray for us sinners if she is dead?Holy Catholic Church of JESUS changed to ROMAN Catholic Church with paganism infused and STILL calling it Catholic Church of JESUS?With Pagan rituals disguised as Christian?Man made rules from a Church taking precedent over the Bible?Point in case ....The Commandment saying not to make a graven image and not to bow down to it is not in the Roman Catholic ten commandments?Bowing down to any image ,even of JESUS and Mary ,is idolatory.Roman Catholic Church rules goes against Biblical teaching and JESUS Christ Our Saviour.But we all have Our Choices.I decided to follow My Father in Heaven.Not a father here on earth who makes his own rules and claims it to be from the FATHER Heaven.
What about being a protestant made you turn to catholicism?
I am a Baptist but I have been pulled to learn about the Catholic faith Catholics are definitely more structured I’m hoping your videos can teach me everything I need to know
Praise God! We hope so as well. Feel free to ask any questions that you have. That's what we are here for, to accompany people on their journeys. God bless you!
@@CatholicTruthOfficial thank you so much
@@amandarainbow4714 By the way, make sure to tune in to our channel on Sunday night. We have an interview with a Baptist convert to the Catholic church. We are interviewing him and his journey and he's talking about the problems of protestantism. His wife's family was one of the original families of the Reformation, and so it was no small task to leave two very anti-catholic families to become Catholic. But that is where Christ led them. It's going to be a great interview. :)
Did n't your Baptist church preach the gospel which is not taught in the R.C.CHURCH . ARE YOU A CONVERTED CHRISTIAN?
@@wendymitchell8245 what heresy is this?
I am born again and washed in the blood of the Lamb. I am Catholic. I go to church because I want to worship the LORD. It is a joy for me. I am also a church musician.
Anyone who is baptized is born again and washed in the blood of the Lamb. We are glad that you love God and want to worship Him. :-)
At my age I heard all of them. My mother- God rest her soul- made sure we respect our obligations.
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Hi I'm from S.A.🇿🇦 in Africa thank u Catholic truth for feeding me spiritually 🙏❤
I knew all of these except for the necessary sacrifice on Fridays. Thank you for sharing The Faith. ❤️
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Went to 12 years of catholic school,which my parents made many sacrfices to send us,and for that I am thankful!!! thank you!!
You are welcome! Thanks so much for watching. God bless you.
Well done to you. I am glad there are catholic like you who help catholics understood things which are forgotten nowadays.
I have always heard and said as 'us sinners ' 👍🏻
Give up something ever Friday! Really new ❤️
Hi,Iam from Fiji Islands and most of what you said Sir is just common sense. I just became Catholic a year ago,but I taught my kids how to pray the rosary before that. And I taught them to fast every Fridays esp during Easter. My two teenage kids fast on fridays by not eating meat. 40 days to Easter we always do the 40 days of appreciation. For my kids to write down everyday for 40 days what they appreciate and also can write letters to those they appreciate ie friends, families,siblings,teachers...... Iqm not a cradle catholic but becoming a Catholic has really opened my eyes esp to understanding the scraments deeper. Coz the catholic church is structured in such a way that we get immensly connected to God. Thers no turning back from here. Humble Catholic right here.
I love your channle.i lean so much. I left the church .i jump from one chirch to another for 25 years .my wife wanted me to to in the church for a bullitin . I went in looked at the alter and a voice within said come back .so now l am back .i guess i had to leave to see how true the Cathlic church is.l'm so happy to be back.i love the mass and understand it more then i ever have.
So glad to hear it! Praise God!🙏
Thanks 🙏 I’ve been lifetime Roman Catholic and know some but not all these! Amen 🙏
I grew up not eating meat on Friday, So I still do that. It is easy for me to remember, and I do not miss not eating meat one day a week. Look what Christ did for us on Good Friday.
Fast and abstain from meat every Friday the whole year through.
Fast from Midnight until I received Holy Communion on any given day I attend the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass .
Our family observes every Friday meat fast as well.
I grew up saying "pray for US sinners"
Do you mean U.S.?
US sinners is correct. (?)
I grew up saying “ora pro nobis peccatoribus.”
Thank you! You remind me of my cousin Dave, a faithful Catholic with such a big love for Christ🕊
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Very important informations for the Catholic believers. May God bless you.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
We are Christians
Catholic Is not a religion
We are Christians and our church is one true holy Catholic apostolic church
The one church established by Lord Jesus Christ
@@KarmaKrafttttI belong to the one Catholic Apostolic church ,but not the one with it's headquarters in Rome.
@@wendymitchell8245 Well you don't belong to Catholic church then.
@@KarmaKraftttt then you are saying none of the other New Testament churches were genuine. They were part of the catholic church ,not Roman.The word means universal.
@@wendymitchell8245 May I ask you which church specifically you go to ???! If you are talking about Church history then please note all Eastern and Western church were United before 1054
Orthodox or Catholic
All of them are true Christians.
And it's not about Rome specifically it could have been any other city
That's not the point. The point is papacy is biblical weather you like it or not.
I knew all of these and follow all of them. 😁 🙏 I feel super blessed I was born into a Catholic family.
In 1968 our church bulletin had a weekly article explaining the changes from Vatican ll and one of them explaining that we could eat meat on Fridays except during Lent. It also said we should instead choose to make a worthy sacrifice on Fridays.
I was teaching Catechism at that time and it was a very interesting experience to see these changes coming along. There were some very interesting comments from people who chose to do a new sacrifice and those who to stuck to the old rules. I still lived with my parents and they were staying traditional and I chose to honor them by not eating meat on Fridays but also added a sacrifice of my own by doing a corporal act of mercy on Fridays.
Glad to hear that your church taught you that. Thanks for the comment. God bless you.
Yay! I'm an okay Catholic! Knew all but you didn't have to give 10%!
Excellent presentation Mr,Mercier everything that you spoke of is good to know,and it is true that back in the earlier years of the church it was definitely more disciplined and spiritualised than the present day Church is doing things now.Keep up the good work on informing us catholic’s on important things we need to know about the Church Teachings that are true.Amen 🙏🐑🕊🌈
Ive heard all of them except the every friday little sacrifice. My mother who was an ex nun taught us to abstain in doing what we like to do and to be silent as a little sacrifice during goodfridays. 😊
Love your podcast. A thought I'd like to interject. Yes, Sundays and Holy Days are obligatory, but instead of feeling the onus of that command, why don't we look at it as an opportunity to show God our love for Him. We make the effort not out of a sense of avoiding a grave sin, but of love of God. We also can do this in every aspect of our lives. It will keep us from sin as well. It has done wonders for me. Remember to always put God first in our lives. God bless us all!
Here it comes an entire generation that loves the Holy Tradition and the Only Church founded by Jesus the Lord. God bless you Bryan and your ministry. Greetings from (a catholic country) Brazil! 🇧🇷🇻🇦
Welcome Brazil and thanks for watching. Let's bring back Catholicism the way it should be!
@tony You are of Satan if you call Christ's church evil. OR you are sadly extremely misinformed and have bought countless lies. I will go with the latter.
I have answered these objections in your link above already: anyone can find the answers here: www.catholicbryan.org/blog/catholic-truth-arguments-against-the-catholic-church/
@tony You continue to say that you await my answer, even though I have answered you countless times. The Catholic Church is the true church started by Jesus. I made a video on it for anyone who wishes to see this. ua-cam.com/video/lTWFu6ByR2Q/v-deo.html
@tony I not only have answered you Tony, *I've answered you many times.* If you actually respond to the thread you started that I responded on (instead of continually starting new comments all over the place), then you will see my responses.
@@savedbygrace8867 I did respond to that Dominic. And no, I don't have 4 UA-cam channels, lol. Just 1.
i want to be a better catholic. it makes sense why we are a catholic.
I didn't know the one about being late, how missing the Gospel reading was the disqualifier. I think most people assume that as long as they are there for communion that it counts. Good to know!
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Yes ,thank you for all the reminders.
Catholic doctrine regarding fasting only apply to those physically or medically able. Thus diabetics on insulin may eat before receiving the Eucharist those taking medications that require food can also eat before Mass although Catholics are encouraged to plan ahead to ensure they can eat over a hour before Mass, but if it is not possible the sick or elderly etc may eat due to their medical conditions.
It’s a disgrace I had to fast when I was little befor mass on a Friday and Sunday the smell of incense and everything in Latin was enough to make me faint . Catholism is a cult
I grew up with having to fast FROM MIDNIGHT before receiving Communion. Dad was a breakfast freak so it was always an early Mass for us.
Thank you! I new all of those except one... I did not know we still had to give up something every Friday of the year! Now I can pass that on to my hubby who is in RCIA and will enter full communion with the Church at Easter Vigil!
Same!
You’re awesome . Love what you ‘re doing. God bless you more.God save the catholic church!
Very good information to me, and a reminder too. Fantastic
i have been learning from Catholic elderly people we should be kind and generous.
Good job 👍
Thank you 🙏.
Amen, fasting worship hymns praying and proglame Gods Living word best spiritual weapon
Thank you Dr Bryan Mercier. I appreciate your Gospel Truth.
Thank you so much. I have learned so much. God bless you dear kind gentleman.
God Bless me ! I've learned all of it, accept the bonus 8th...
We in India attend Ash Wednesday and there are many masses held in big parishes .
I am a cradle catholic but only heard of these during my recent conversion from ignorance of my faith to now, continued learning of it.
So glad to hear you are learning your faith again and practicing it more!!
Prior comment that one person learned that fasting before Holy Communion was once 3 hours. I can remember when we had to fast from midnight till Mass.
Philomena Hoffman I try to practice it this way as much as I can I’m not sure if I should’ve done that this Sunday because mass was at 1 o’clock but I think it is a good discipline do you need to be careful though so that I can stay alert so maybe a couple sips of juice or something couple hours before I think I may do that want to consult a priest first
@@carissahanson9887 We're supposed to fast for just one hour before receiving holy Communion, so if you have any health issues please don't fast longer than that. And if even one hour of fasting is too much because of your health problems you don't have to fast.
I like this message.. thank you. GOD BLESS..MD
I knew all of them except giving up something every Friday. I will be giving up social media on Friday or maybe switch it up. Thank you. Awesome!
Thank you for sharing and I am aware of all of them. I am a Eucharist Minister in our church.
Thank you!
Im so proud of you brother more Learning about roman cathoLic reLigious i Love you
I did not know about sacrificing on Fridays - and I do forget to add Amen to the "Our Father" during the Rosary. Thank you!
The only one I didn't know was the one about fasting every Friday besides Lent Fridays. And it's funny that Catholics in English don't pray the Hail Mary right. It happens in Spanish too with several prayers. But what I noticed is that people are used to repeat without paying attention to what they say. They say their prayers by heart even when they learnt them wrong. We need to encourage people to listen to every line of their prayers and get their meaning.
Yep, that's why it help to pray really slow (or slow down).... Bryan has a good series on How to Pray I wished every Christian watched all the videos
@@nariko47 we should pray to God delygently, as He is our Great Father, He Love n Care for each of us brother, pray for me too as I am a repeating my Sins, please be kind, n pray for all brethern in the Church.
Great videos and content!! Thank you!
Great video Bryan! Thank you! The only one I didn’t know was the one about fasting on Fridays. I thought it was just during Lent. God Bless your ministry!
Here in England, the Bishops have reintroduced obligatory Friday abstinence on all Fridays, except if a solemnity falls on the particular Friday,, and the Fridays in the Octaves of Christmas and Easter.
Hi Michael! Thanks for your comment. We look forward to hearing from you!
In England & Wales Catholics should abstain from meat, or if vegan etc to give up an equivalent food, every Friday.
Originally Catholics, like eastern Christians today, had to abstain from meat on Wednesdays and Fridays.
It's same here in India too
i was not aware there were catholics in England. i thought king henry VIII converted the entire country (by force) to church of England (Anglican).
Zuzu there many Catholic martyrs a long time after Henry VIII, they were supported by English men who went to the continent to train for the priesthood and then returned to England.
It would be better to say encouraged rather than forced to become Anglican:
+ if you didn't Baptise your child in an Anglican Church you were find.
+ if you didn't attend Anglican mass you were find. Therefore most Catholics would attend Anglican Mass but be disruptive: such as talking or playing card games etc.
+ fines were a week's or a month's pay ( I can't remember how much)
+ if you were the head of a monastery or a convent you were compensated for the loss of your order's property if you allowed the government to take over the property. Most people accepted the money because it made them very rich.
+ I think it was Queen Elizabeth I post Spanish Amanda who made it treasonous to be a Catholic Priest.
@@johnsimmons5951 thank you for the history lesson. Appreciate it.
im scottish my family does this too
I still do those things you said. My dad is a deacon.
I learned how to say the prayer Hail Mary in English when I was in elementary school (St. Mary's). We were taught that part you mentioned "Pray for US sinners not pray for our sinners. That is also how it was translate into our language. 2nd, I do say Amen when I say the Our Father. That is how I learn to pray. For fasting an hour before mass, yes that is what we learned, but yes I saw lot of people drink soda or coffee in their car before they go to mass. This happened after the first bell.
Some Holy days of obligation may vary from country to contry.. where i live, Corpus Christi is one.
And another Holy day of Obligation is Nov. 1st for All Saints Day. Amen.
What the fuck is corpus christi?
When I was a child, post- Vatican II, we fasted until after Mass if we were receiving.
Amen.
Great vid! 👍
Going to mass late is just irreverent.
We were taught by the nuns that the Mass consisted of the Offertory, the Consecration and the Communion. The three parts of the Mass you must not miss. I never heard coming in late after the Gospel meant you had to attend another Mass. We were also told, you could actually leave if you had to after the priest received. That was in the 1950s. I'm almost 80.
I’m glad you get to covenant House occasionally do too I used to be a resident there when I was a young adult appreciation their work
Oh wow! Yes they do good work. 👍🏻
Thank you..i knew most of this but i didnt know we had to sacrifice something on fridays. I thought it was only meat and thought this tradition ended. So its really good to know.
In the Philippines, we only have 3 holy days of obligation. Immaculate Conception, Christmas, and Mary Mother of God. The other days are moved to a Sunday.
Ok maybe this answered my long time question. Here in Philippines we have meal made from mung-beans. We call that munggo. It became a tradition that every friday, it will be the meal of the day. You will hear people say "its friday, so we eat munggo." but I asked a lot of people why friday only? Most of them dont know. Maybe it is because back in the days of our great grandparents, Catholics practice no meat every fridays.
The act of giving up meat (or something else) on Friday is about keeping God in mind all the time. I actually do give up meat and the deliberate act that is required to figure out what else to eat always becomes a prayer
6/8 I knew, I must work on 7 and 8 more
Thanks for a great factual video.
Thank you so much, Brian. Oftentimes, have been confused if we need to say Amen after the Lords Prayer! Thank you for all of your edification! God bless you! Prayers and Love from Malaysia 🇲🇾!
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Great video! Made me feel like a good Catholic because I knew all but 1.
I loved this video and thought is was amaaazingglly aweesomee.This honestly is food for my soul.I am so happy to be on this channel to watch and hear you speak brother Bryan.:D
Thank you so much June. Praise God for that! Hope you are fed to overflowing on many other videos in have too. I think you might like my prayer series in my "live your faith" folder. God bless you!
@@CatholicTruthOfficial Thank you I sure will.God bless you toooo superabundantlyy:D
I've heard this rule for tithing: 80% of our income we live on. 10% we can save. 10% give to God.
It doesn't seem like a lot. But it's a good rule for people to go by.
When gospel reading was missed, we always start mass again until the gospel reading is over.
Informative video, I love it thank you for leading us to see the light and the truth. Praised be Jesus and Mary 💕
Amen. You are welcome. :) Praise be Jesus indeed and honor to Mary! Thank you Lord for your goodness!
thank you for all this
Awesome video
I didn't know we couldn't have coffee before Mass ☕
Thank you! You’re so nice, May God bless you!!!🙏
I believe that All Saints Day is also a Holy Day.
Thanks bryan
I seem to have done most of these correctly! Thank you Bryan I will correct where it is necessary!
@@seanrathmakedisciples1508 the catholic church is the church of Jesus Christ
If a Catholic priest today during Mass says before giving the Holly Eucharist to the people that they can’t receive it if they didn’t go to confession at least once during last year and they actually do it he will finish giving the Holly Eucharist in less than a minute.
I come from a time, when meat was not eaten at home on Wednesdays and Fridays, and I practice this to this day. Although I, really like meat. May God bless you.
I'm glad I've heard this I wasn't educated about this.
Awesome video !
Thank you so much to remind us all, including crado catholics like myself. Thanks so much Brother. GBY
You are welcome. Thanks for watching and God bless you!
God bless u 🙏 ❤
Sunday obligation has 3 precepts: 1. Participate in mass. 2. No unnecessary labour or work, except for public service such as policeman, fireman, doctor, nurse, but nothing commercial. 3. Rest - spiritual, familial, and physical. It's a day for family time, visiting the sick, elderly, etc. You can make your excuses. Your choice and your gamble.
Amen
I keep avoiding confession...praying for the courage to go
Hello, Ann. Thank you for your comment. We pray that you can muster up the strength to go. You can do it! AND I promise you will feel 110% better afterwards. Remember: "Pray, hope, and DONT worry"- Padre Pio. Let us know if we can help and how it is going, God bless!
What helps me is remembering my soul is at stake tell I go.
Hi Ann, believe me, you are NOT alone my friend!
I am finding that the struggle is real for me as well!. I'll be saying a pray for you to find the courage for a beautiful confession.
Be blessed and peace be with you!!! 💜🙏🏼💜✝️💜🙏🏼💜
Interesting to note that Eastern Catholics (such as Byzantine Catholics) fast from meat and dairy products (vegan) during Great Lent (they have smaller Lents during the year) There are Byzantine Catholics in the USA & UK in full communion with the Holy See and their fasting makes us Latins look like wimps! 😊
Very true. A good friend of mine is Byzantine rite. I've had the pleasure of attending a Byzantine Liturgy.
Syrian Catholics too.
I know that. The latin Church is TOO generous with fasting. But I would say that a lot of catholics COULD fast as eastern do.
@@9erGuy The other rites are really nice. I like the Maronite rite a lot.
It is a personal sacrifice. You may fast as many times and as many foods as you wish and could abstain from your favorite activities like watching movies, etc. It's your personal relationship with Christ and your intentions such as for the souls in purgatory, souls of loved ones who have passed on, a special prayer intention, or the needs of the Church, etc.
God bless you :) Your videos are amazing
Thank you. God bless you!!
As a pre-Vatican II Cradle Catholic, of course all these were taught and obeyed. Most catechesis since 1970 has been sorely insufficient, if not erroneous. Lenten Retreat Masters would be good.
Agreed. We have a video if you haven't seen it called "Catholic Crisis" which talks about a lot of the issues in the church from catechesis to other things since the 70s.
Love your content brother!
Thank you! God bless you.
I knew about all of these except the no-eating-before-mass until recently. Also we grew up more strictly in that we give up something for the entire time of lent, not just Fridays.
I gave up chocolate and sweets. Holy Lord, bless me. It’s been hard on me. I have begun seeing things. 😵
THANK U. I LEARN ABOUT WHAT YOU SAID THAT ATTENDING MASS HAS TO BE BEFORE THE 3 READINGS ATE DONE. GOD BLESS U.
I didn't know that we had to once a year and would like help if it's still being offered. Thank you and God bless.
So far, I know about 4 and a half of the points you’ve made. The one I didn’t know is the “our sinners” mistake. Never noticed it
KEEP THIS SPIRITUAL ACTS MOVING GOD BLESS YOU BROD✝️✝️✝️
Thank you! God bless you too!
I think next coming Friday for my sacrifice, I am going to give up watching Brian Mercier videos;
I enjoy them too much and they make me think ! LOL .
@cowboymachito Please don't give up watching Brian Mercier videos! Those are helpful for your soul! I hope you were joking!
I go to confession weekly. At least every two weeks if weekly doesn't work.
Wow!👍🙏
Knew all of them before the video but not throughout my entire life.
Please pray, my brother and sisters, for my elders who failed to teach me these things. They did so out of ignorance, but either way they need the prayers.
Here in Austria many are still not healing meat every fridays. I already forgot that i should not eat an hour b4 going to Church for one our holy Masse on Sunday Starts at 9:30 a.m and 2nd is im making meds which makesme feel weak without a good bfast. 😊
I think there are exceptions if you need food for medication.
God bless. Thanks for watching!
You should have way more subscribers!!! Awesome videos!
Thank you! We just started trying to do more full-time UA-cam only about eight months ago. And we've grown over 500% and 8 months. So we are on our way. Please pray for us and hare our videos with others. God bless you.