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!
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.
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!
@@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. :)
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.
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
@@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 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.
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.
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! 🇧🇷🇻🇦
@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.
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
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 🙏🐑🕊🌈
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!
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.
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!
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 .
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!
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!
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 🇲🇾! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻✝️✝️✝️
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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!!! 💜🙏🏼💜✝️💜🙏🏼💜
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.
@@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.
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.
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
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.
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 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.
1-knew and doing this 2-knew and doing this 3-knew and doing this 4-knew about the fasting and doing this, not sure about the Ash Wednesday attendance part 5-knew and doing this 6-grew up doing this as mom and grandma were strict adherents to praying and fasting on Fridays. Post marriage it changed a bit due to the in laws and husband. Trying to do it again. 7-knew and doing this 8-knew and doing this in money and kind. Have even offered the first pay from the first job as tithe. Not showing off. My mom insisted that all of us sibling so that. It seems mom and grandma were on the right track and led us all there. ❤ Praise be to God and His mercy.
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.
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.
I'm very recently (like yesterday) coming back into the Church, and what you said between 7:52 and 8:10 is actually a great point, and I never knew that about why we give up something on Fridays. I actually didn't know about the Friday Penance until a few months or so ago. Also didn't know I could give up Facebook for the penance either. Other than that, why did the Church change on the abstaining from meat on all Fridays? How did that stop being a sin? I'm asking seriously; not as a "gotcha" question or anything.
Welcome back!!!!! That's great! Praise God! The reason the Church changed the meat on Fridays to a sacrifice of our own choosing is because the Church wanted us to choose the sacrifice out of love. Eating meat on Friday was never the sin, it was disobedience to the Church. Same as today. Does that make sense?
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.
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.
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.
Wow that freebie is the one. The Cain and Abel story is the perfect example that I have never heard referenced. I always assumed we had to give a tenth. The first / best of our fruits yes that makes more sense. So take off first the amount from you earnings before taking off your expenses. You have just won yourself a subscriber.
I was wishing that somebody can print up the examination of conscience with comments sections and put it printed out on paper and then coded with plastic seeing as I am dyslexic still haven’t figured this is the limit out been going at least once a month sometimes more but I always feel like I’m missing something especially since I was not born in this faith and left and I’m now back
In the seminary, our professor late Fr. Joe de Cuyper taught us that if you even miss the dign of the cross at beginning of the Holy Mass then you don't fulfil the obligation of Sunday or any Mass you have not attended. One has to be present from the very beginning. This also goes for any Concelabrant.
I've never heard the hail Mary prayed with our instead of us. But I'm a cradle catholic ... old school! So I got taught right. That's very interesting. The only time we don't say amen at the end of the our father is when we say it right before communion.
Thank you brother for your awesome video. I used to attend mass on 1st January, in the past, but not any more. Honestly I did not know it was a day of obligation. Also I did not know that we should sacrifice some thing every Friday. i shall observe these things in future. May God bless you in your ministry.
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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I knew all of these except for the necessary sacrifice on Fridays. Thank you for sharing The Faith. ❤️
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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.
Hi I'm from S.A.🇿🇦 in Africa thank u Catholic truth for feeding me spiritually 🙏❤
Yay! I'm an okay Catholic! Knew all but you didn't have to give 10%!
Well done to you. I am glad there are catholic like you who help catholics understood things which are forgotten nowadays.
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.
Thank you! You remind me of my cousin Dave, a faithful Catholic with such a big love for Christ🕊
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I have always heard and said as 'us sinners ' 👍🏻
Give up something ever Friday! Really new ❤️
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!🙏
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.
Thanks 🙏 I’ve been lifetime Roman Catholic and know some but not all these! Amen 🙏
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 knew all of these and follow all of them. 😁 🙏 I feel super blessed I was born into a Catholic family.
I believe that All Saints Day is also a Holy Day.
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 go to confession weekly. At least every two weeks if weekly doesn't work.
Wow!👍🙏
Yes ,thank you for all the reminders.
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 🙏🐑🕊🌈
Thank you Dr Bryan Mercier. I appreciate your Gospel Truth.
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!
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.
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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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 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!!
Very good information to me, and a reminder too. Fantastic
Thank you for sharing and I am aware of all of them. I am a Eucharist Minister in our church.
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.”
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. 😊
You’re awesome . Love what you ‘re doing. God bless you more.God save the catholic church!
Thank you!
I like this message.. thank you. GOD BLESS..MD
Thank you so much. I have learned so much. God bless you dear kind gentleman.
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!
Good job 👍
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!
i have been learning from Catholic elderly people we should be kind and generous.
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!
Thanks bryan
When I was a child, post- Vatican II, we fasted until after Mass if we were receiving.
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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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.
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. 👍🏻
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 this. Good info. Most Catholics I know forget fasting
Great videos and content!! Thank you!
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
We in India attend Ash Wednesday and there are many masses held in big parishes .
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
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.
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 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 U. I LEARN ABOUT WHAT YOU SAID THAT ATTENDING MASS HAS TO BE BEFORE THE 3 READINGS ATE DONE. GOD BLESS U.
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?
6/8 I knew, I must work on 7 and 8 more
Thanks for a great factual video.
Great video! Made me feel like a good Catholic because I knew all but 1.
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
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.
God Bless me ! I've learned all of it, accept the bonus 8th...
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!!! 💜🙏🏼💜✝️💜🙏🏼💜
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.
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.
i want to be a better catholic. it makes sense why we are a catholic.
I still do those things you said. My dad is a deacon.
Amen, fasting worship hymns praying and proglame Gods Living word best spiritual weapon
Thank you! You’re so nice, May God bless you!!!🙏
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.
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
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!
Thank you for these 7 things I didn't know...very much appreciated! Please tell me how to prepare for & go to confession.
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!
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!
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.
1-knew and doing this
2-knew and doing this
3-knew and doing this
4-knew about the fasting and doing this, not sure about the Ash Wednesday attendance part
5-knew and doing this
6-grew up doing this as mom and grandma were strict adherents to praying and fasting on Fridays. Post marriage it changed a bit due to the in laws and husband. Trying to do it again.
7-knew and doing this
8-knew and doing this in money and kind. Have even offered the first pay from the first job as tithe. Not showing off. My mom insisted that all of us sibling so that.
It seems mom and grandma were on the right track and led us all there. ❤
Praise be to God and His mercy.
I'm glad I've heard this I wasn't educated about this.
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.
I go to confession every week if i can manage it
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.
God bless you :) Your videos are amazing
Thank you. God bless you!!
I'm very recently (like yesterday) coming back into the Church, and what you said between 7:52 and 8:10 is actually a great point, and I never knew that about why we give up something on Fridays. I actually didn't know about the Friday Penance until a few months or so ago. Also didn't know I could give up Facebook for the penance either. Other than that, why did the Church change on the abstaining from meat on all Fridays? How did that stop being a sin? I'm asking seriously; not as a "gotcha" question or anything.
Welcome back!!!!! That's great! Praise God! The reason the Church changed the meat on Fridays to a sacrifice of our own choosing is because the Church wanted us to choose the sacrifice out of love. Eating meat on Friday was never the sin, it was disobedience to the Church. Same as today. Does that make sense?
@@CatholicTruthOfficial yes, I believe it does. Guess I never knew nor thought about it as such. Thank you for the welcome :)
Awesome video !
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. 😵
Love your content brother!
Thank you! God bless you.
KEEP THIS SPIRITUAL ACTS MOVING GOD BLESS YOU BROD✝️✝️✝️
Thank you! God bless you too!
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.
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.
Wow that freebie is the one. The Cain and Abel story is the perfect example that I have never heard referenced. I always assumed we had to give a tenth. The first / best of our fruits yes that makes more sense. So take off first the amount from you earnings before taking off your expenses. You have just won yourself a subscriber.
Thank you. And welcome. :) God bless you.
Amen
God bless u 🙏 ❤
I was wishing that somebody can print up the examination of conscience with comments sections and put it printed out on paper and then coded with plastic seeing as I am dyslexic still haven’t figured this is the limit out been going at least once a month sometimes more but I always feel like I’m missing something especially since I was not born in this faith and left and I’m now back
In the seminary, our professor late Fr. Joe de Cuyper taught us that if you even miss the dign of the cross at beginning of the Holy Mass then you don't fulfil the obligation of Sunday or any Mass you have not attended. One has to be present from the very beginning. This also goes for any Concelabrant.
This isn't what the church teaches, but I appreciate his thoughts on it
I've never heard the hail Mary prayed with our instead of us. But I'm a cradle catholic ... old school! So I got taught right. That's very interesting. The only time we don't say amen at the end of the our father is when we say it right before communion.
thank you for all this
Thank you brother for your awesome video. I used to attend mass on 1st January, in the past, but not any more. Honestly I did not know it was a day of obligation. Also I did not know that we should sacrifice some thing every Friday. i shall observe these things in future. May God bless you in your ministry.
Thank you! So glad to help. God be with you on your journey.
Check everything with God's word the N.T. They make up their own rules like the Pharisees.
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