Fr. Mike Schmitz and Father Casey are the future of the Catholic Church. They are incredible teachers and do it with the Love of God. They teach with conviction, authority and generosity of heart. There is truth in all they say and it is received by their audience with open arms. They are The Holy Spirit's gift to the church, us, in our day. Praise God for them.
There are also other unnamed priests and even simple people who do wonders for the catholic church. Just because the do not have youtube channels doesn't mean that they cannot be considered as the future of the church.
I'm sure there are many wonderful teachers but the compassion they share is worthy of praise. I grew up in a great church with many worthy priest God rest their souls but these men are the love of God we hear about.
that's a beautiful way to put it, though i suppose it is not litteraly true. but it's always humbling to realize that every moment, every breath, is the grace of God. a free gift of love we can never deserve, nor give anything in return for.
Innocent III actually it is. If God ceased to think about us and ceased to hold us in existence, we wouldn’t exist anymore. He is the one holds us in life at every step of the time. Nothing that is living can exist without God, as He holds everything into existence at every moment.
@@emiliomilian369 Maintaining our existence and "thinking abt us" are 2 different things. God is transcendent, we can't even begin to understand what it means for him to "think abt us". We can only understand it by analogy and/or negation
Father was just asking rhetorically. But in a practical sense, yes, He does respond to every prayer. The problem is, we humans often forget that "no" is just as much of a response as "yes". So when the answer is "no", we often proclaim that our prayers were unanswered. When in reality, they were answered, just not in the way we were hoping them to be.
We just had the feast of St. Therese....one of her most beautiful quotes was that while worshipping she had a mystical vision of Christ who told her that in his agony in the garden he took comfort in the prayers of all those, including those not yet born. It is a sublimely beautiful thought that even now our prayers are comforting our Lord in his time of stress and pain. That alone would give me enough courage to pray persistently.
I pray because I love the Lord. Prayer brings me closer to Him. I praise Him ,I adore Him , I hope in Him and I love Him. I want everyone to love Him and adore Him. He is pure Goodness and I want to be with Him. Praise Him always, He is so Good. We were made to be with Him forever. There is no hidden agenda. Love Him for who He is. Peace!
Casey, thank you for all of your hard work. I am a Quaker hospital chaplain and your videos have helped me gain a deeper understanding of the Roman Catholic faith and therefore of my Roman Catholic patients. You have helped me serve them better. Through these videos you are also serving them and their loved ones in their journeys through disease, injury, healing, and death. May God bless you and keep you. Peace to you from me.
For me,just to be in his presence, in the silence and just adoring thanking and blessing his holy name is sufficient for me. I don't ask for anything more than that, unless I am in extremis.
Understanding prayer as not just supplication but an act of those in relationship was freeing. I always thought seeing it that way was cheesy. Now realizing the great grace and love of God towards sinners, it all makes sense!
I used to pray mostly for something or someone. I have found as my prayer life has grown, I pray just as much for a purpose as I do just to hang out with God the Father, Jesus, the Holy Spirit or the Blessed Mother. The older I get the more I like to just be with them.
Four months ago, I started praying in one of our cathedrals. Basically it was because I wanted to get out of this world full of corona, so I came inside and started talking to God and his angels. It felt unexpectedly good. Sometimes I think he's listening to me, he just doesnt answer
We pray, not because we want God to answer our wishes, but we pray to strengthen our faith in Him and our relationship with Him. Thank you for reminding us about it Fr. Casey! I appreciate this.
I pray to God to tell Him how He should do things because I love His very loving laugh. I pray because He listens and helps me understand what is important.
I'm appreciating this new series, Fr Casey. I feel there is a great need for intellectually sound apologetics for the current age. I need more confidence to explain my faith in an increasingly secular society (in my case the UK). The "problem" of unanswered prayer is really the problem of understanding God's ongoing relationship with the world and if / how / when he intervenes in our lives. Hope you will cover this topic in future videos.
Thank you Father Casey! Your sermons and videos have always been incredible and motivates me to really think and delve deep into my Faith! May God bless you always!
God doesn’t always give us we want but what we need. And also if you ask a question you don’t always get the answer right away. I remember as a small child praying and asking who was the first person to sin outside the garden of eden. Now I know the answer now. But it took several years for god to show me and explain to me the answer. I probably was 12 or so when it hit upside the face while doing daily devotions. Cain and Abel. I didn’t see it when I was I think 4. But God revealed it to me when the time was right.
Thank u Fr Casey 4 spiritual enlightment, thr Jesus Christ, amen. May God bls u & ua pastoral Calling excceedingly. Nb. We pray wit conviction bcos we know 4 sure that God responds 4 our prayers. Thank u God 4 all th prayers u hav answered, amen.
Like a child asking for ice cream, only a parent knows what's best for us. Looking back at things, I realise how imperfect I am, but God is perfect and so are his plan. Though we dont realise it at that moment. It might be a week, month or years till the fruit of His grace can be seen.
When a prayer is answered it can be a most fearful and challenging moment. Transformation is scary. The prayer that starts my morning ends with "and in all we do, direct us to the fulfilling of your purpose; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen". It's a pretty tall order that some days makes me want to crawl back into bed.
Very good. If someone were to ask me to define God I would respond that God could never be defined, only spoken of in metaphors, but that to me God is that energy in the universe that aspires to life, and that the only way we can live in unity with that energy is through love.
Father Casey, is there any chance you can do a video on the different Catholic Orders and their "personalities"? You briefly touched on the dominicans and the franciscans in your recent video, and I'd surely like to learn more as a non-Catholic!
Recently I had a Problem with My device Yet,I tried to figure out What the Problem Was ? And My thoughts Was that I will get through this, No Matter how frustrated I get And I finally figured out the Problem And I believe that God Was Aware of My Situation Thank You for Your Wisdom Father Casey Cole ofm
Fr. Casey, what is your favorite way to pray, that isn’t a form of asking something but as a way of being in relationship with God as you said in the video?
Nothing fails like prayer, although, if something that believers want to happen,happens, now, or in the future, believers can say their prayers were answered, even though unbelievers will get exactly the same results,their 'prayers'/wishes will be 'granted',or they won't be,(or may be in the future)
The four reasons we pray, adoration, contrition , supplications, thanksgiving. We were taught to pray by God in the Old Testament and Jesus in the new.
Can you do a video on the stigmata (specifically Francis’ stigmata and it’s significance)? It’s always something that I’ve struggled to understand on my personal journey with Francis.
Prayers done well has positive thinking which can heal the soul. It works with the subconscious, and, is related to psychology. The subconscious includes reflex and functions we don't control. -- It also works with the conscious mind. It also works with the subconscious part of the mind, which is connected with the super-ego.
Father Casey, if you read this I hope you will help me if you can. I always feel so lost when I pray. How would I ever know the difference between my own voice in my head and God's voice? When I thank God for my blessings, I think of the millions of people who are kinder and more faithful than me who are not blessed and I think that if these blessings were from God, why would he give them to me and not them? It must be random, otherwise how could God be fair? When I pray for guidance, I feel paralyzed, stuck between hoping God will answer and not trusting myself to know if it was him who answered - but there's never any clarity anyway. The difference between prophets and madmen, after all, is often nuanced. Inevitably, this leads to praying for some kind of sign or a feeling that I can't misinterpret, which inevitably leads to feeling guilty because Jesus says that “An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign." And finally, when I pray for any kind of tangible material change like physical healing for others, I wonder why I should bother, because it will not change God's plan and miracles are rare, and if God was going to answer anyone's prayers it wouldn't be my half-hearted ones anyway. I don't know how to talk to God without getting into these endless loops, all of which ultimately lead to me wondering if I'm talking to myself.
Interestingly, this is what Hinduism is all about. Humans trying to be one with divine, through meditation or philosophical discussions or simply by doing his karma without seeking anything. So in Hinduism, prayer is work itself, or if we do our karma in the name of the divine without any expectation that is prayer or as Geeta puts it YOGA....and such a person is a YOGI.
Hello brother Casey, What do you think about the Vatican financial scandals? And of the tensions between the United States and the Vatican? It would be interesting to know your opinion about it
I became Agnostic because God didn’t grant my prayer. What I didn’t know at the time that there is a difference between listening to me and actually granting something. Because what I was asking was something terrible- to die. And God was trying to send me messages. I just didn’t want to hear it. (I was born on the Feast day of Our Lady of Mercy, the University that I attended was in the town of Merced.) But I am happy to say that I have converted from the Protestant faith that I was raised in and was baptized this year. On my birthday.
Thanks a lot for the video If possible, I would advise to not affirm something "wrong" for too much time, because our minds tend to think and remember more the very first informations they get, and not even notice the counter-agrument I don't know if I explained this well, I'm not English and it's not too easy to condence psychological dynamics
True. If you spend your entire marriage only talking to your spouse when you're asking for something (with some compliments sprinkled on top of it to make it easier to get the stuff you want), thats not a good marriage. Ironically, we think it's okay to treat our relationship with God that way. When really, what Christianity essentially is is a marriage between God and the Church.
Hi fr. Casey. Can you please do a video about Lot and his daughters incest relationship fro. the book on Genesise, since many are attacking God and the Bible based on this saying that the bible promotes incest. We need to be able to refute this.
Wonderful messages father 🙌 Then Jesus went with them to the olive grove called Gethsemane, and he said, *Sit here while I go over there to pray* He took Peter and Zebedee’s two sons, James and John, and he became anguished and distressed. He told them, *My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me* He went on a little farther and bowed with his face to the ground, praying, *My Father! If it is possible, let this cup of suffering be taken away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine* Then he returned to the disciples and found them asleep. He said to Peter, *Couldn’t you watch with me even one hour? Keep watch and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak* Then Jesus left them a second time and prayed, *My Father! If this cup cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will be done* When He returned to them again, He found them sleeping, for they couldn’t keep their eyes open. So he went to pray a third time, saying the same things again. Then he came to the disciples and said, "Go ahead and sleep. Have your rest. But look-the time has come. *The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Up, let’s be going. Look, my betrayer is here* Matthew 26:36-46 Jesus Christ ask to us sit and pray with Him 1 hour every single day *Pray Rosary and Reading Holy Scripture* with humble and grateful heart... Only 1 hour! God have Mercy on us a sinners and on the whole world. Amen. God bless 💓
I had to look up "Kerygma" which was the title of another of your videos. I took it as "proclamation," which you do well! I'm not unlike Svea, who made the comment before me. You proclaim well. Maybe Christmas and Easter are the best and most acceptable ways to reach people about Jesus. Like with some Lutheran ministers whom I've heard, as Svea must have, it seems easy to forget that Easter was singular and enough. Too many Protestants like me are amenable to using "Creator" in the Lord's Prayer or adding "Mother." Aside from the biblical base, it seems like a temptation to believe the Holy Spirit is on board with a makeover. I'm sure that step would lead many to lose faith in the trinity. Distraction can lead to departure.Thanks! And hello, Svea. Maybe I'll see you in a Catholic church in Washington, DC.
I am a mere small man I have sinned greatly I have eaten the book once more and this is what I see I beg for deliverance and salvation and the knowledge of Christ that therefore I may become a righteous man I have but a small life to play in this life If I go to my peoples and tell them about You Almighty, they will not listen They listen to the serpent and desire the Apple once more I need to repent and run from the burning city asking that you Lord may find some in the city righteous also may they pray and see you May you turn your Spirit to us again , may we not condemn each other on trivial matters May we seek your will and follow your instructions. May we walk upright With you Forever.
God does respond. You should have said: "God who does not seem to respond." Seem is the operative word that's needed in your opening statement. Other than that, very good message. Thank you, and remain blessed in the Lord always!
Jesus prayed before each and every important thing, and He told us to pray. Still I am often tempted to think little of prayer. That's wrong. "Rather spend your time on something useful" is very close to "Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?" (John 12,5). I think I am not the only one knowing this temptation; it can be overcome by prayer only.
Fr do reply to this Question which I can't find answer to..! No matter how religiously medicated we are, bad days happen. Also U don't need a God to be good. So Why do we need God? (Not asking for proof for existence, I am convinced in his existence)
First of all, to be our companion. Humanity has looked for God since the beggining of our species, that's why there are so many different religions. It's like a child looking for Dad: having Him in bad days really makes a huge difference. And everything else becomes relative: my happiness is much less dependent on earthly things and more on God, so I can be happier. I wouldn't change it for anything: it sounds cliché, but there's a God-shaped hole in every soul. When you really live it up, something makes click. But more importantly, because no one is "totally good". We need God because we acknolewge our sins, weaknesses and mistakes and go to Him for mercy. When we really do that, we're free from pretending to be holy. We can recognise our darkest side without fearing hell or losing our self-steem. And if we do that, we'll be open to his grace, and He'll be able to make us not only better, but saints. He'll heal us from ourselves.
We pray - that is, we ask humbly and earnestly - as part of a conversation. It is, I admit, rare enough today for people to ask anything with due deference, let alone to eagerly await the response - there is more of a 'Gimme!' feel of entitlement (or a 'Have A Nice Day' dismissal), it is much less that of a simple chat. And that seems to spill over into prayer; we don't really allow God to get a word in edgeways .. Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa, Mea Maxima Culpa, I can be a bit of fast-food-counter pray-er .. too busy to actually listen; true, as often as not, His very proper reply will be a 'No; not yet; never give up' - or a dad-taxi-driver eye-rolling silence - still and all, we know He won't throw a brick at us because we asked for a crusty roll, even if He does do a bit of a curve-ball with the eventual meal-delivery service (if you see what I mean). O Mary conceived without sin : Pray for us who have recourse to thee. God bless. ;o)
God has no need of anything. A lot of people act as if we owe Him something. We don't owe God anything. God doesn't need praise but we certainly need it. God only wants to give us good things but it might not always be what we want. He's not some posh or some unfeeling boss. He's our Father!
We pray because we want things. You want to make things better. And yet we should be praying to praise God. But in the end I really don't care. Religion has taken any heart I had out of me.
Fr. Mike Schmitz and Father Casey are the future of the Catholic Church. They are incredible teachers and do it with the Love of God. They teach with conviction, authority and generosity of heart. There is truth in all they say and it is received by their audience with open arms. They are The Holy Spirit's gift to the church, us, in our day. Praise God for them.
There are also other unnamed priests and even simple people who do wonders for the catholic church. Just because the do not have youtube channels doesn't mean that they cannot be considered as the future of the church.
I'm sure there are many wonderful teachers but the compassion they share is worthy of praise. I grew up in a great church with many worthy priest God rest their souls but these men are the love of God we hear about.
Fr. Gregory Pine and Fr. Chad Ripperger are great as well!
Well said!
@@CatholicDwong Father Pine seems to be a very fine teacher of The Lord
First I did ask God for things like he was a giftmachine, now I pray to give me guidance along my way
Prayer does not change God it changes the one who prays - S.K.
He DOES respond! If He didn't think of us constantly we would cease to exist. Peace please.
that's a beautiful way to put it, though i suppose it is not litteraly true.
but it's always humbling to realize that every moment, every breath, is the grace of God. a free gift of love we can never deserve, nor give anything in return for.
Innocent III actually it is. If God ceased to think about us and ceased to hold us in existence, we wouldn’t exist anymore. He is the one holds us in life at every step of the time. Nothing that is living can exist without God, as He holds everything into existence at every moment.
@@emiliomilian369 Maintaining our existence and "thinking abt us" are 2 different things. God is transcendent, we can't even begin to understand what it means for him to "think abt us". We can only understand it by analogy and/or negation
Innocent III it is because He thinks about us that He is holding us into existence, but yes, I see what you are saying
Father was just asking rhetorically. But in a practical sense, yes, He does respond to every prayer. The problem is, we humans often forget that "no" is just as much of a response as "yes". So when the answer is "no", we often proclaim that our prayers were unanswered. When in reality, they were answered, just not in the way we were hoping them to be.
We just had the feast of St. Therese....one of her most beautiful quotes was that while worshipping she had a mystical vision of Christ who told her that in his agony in the garden he took comfort in the prayers of all those, including those not yet born.
It is a sublimely beautiful thought that even now our prayers are comforting our Lord in his time of stress and pain. That alone would give me enough courage to pray persistently.
That is beautiful. Is it written somewhere? I’d love to find this quote.
I pray because I love the Lord. Prayer brings me closer to Him. I praise Him ,I adore Him , I hope in Him and I love Him. I want everyone to love Him and adore Him. He is pure Goodness and I want to be with Him. Praise Him always, He is so Good. We were made to be with Him forever. There is no hidden agenda. Love Him for who He is. Peace!
Casey, thank you for all of your hard work. I am a Quaker hospital chaplain and your videos have helped me gain a deeper understanding of the Roman Catholic faith and therefore of my Roman Catholic patients. You have helped me serve them better. Through these videos you are also serving them and their loved ones in their journeys through disease, injury, healing, and death. May God bless you and keep you. Peace to you from me.
Superb explanation. As the Spiritual tells us “He may not come when we want Him but He’s right on time.”
Know the faith and share the faith.
St Francis, pray for us and help us to pray.
Got this notification right after I finished praying the rosary...
Me too 😁
God bless you
For me,just to be in his presence, in the silence and just adoring thanking and blessing his holy name is sufficient for me. I don't ask for anything more than that, unless I am in extremis.
Understanding prayer as not just supplication but an act of those in relationship was freeing. I always thought seeing it that way was cheesy. Now realizing the great grace and love of God towards sinners, it all makes sense!
I used to pray mostly for something or someone. I have found as my prayer life has grown, I pray just as much for a purpose as I do just to hang out with God the Father, Jesus, the Holy Spirit or the Blessed Mother. The older I get the more I like to just be with them.
Same here!
I want to be like you I want to grow I'm my pray life to know God and to trust him with all of me
Our heart does not rest until we rest in God. He does respond. When the WIFI of our soul is connected to God.
St. Augustine ^
My wife and I love your videos and find them strengthening. Keep doing what you're doing, Father.
Love from Indonesia
Four months ago, I started praying in one of our cathedrals. Basically it was because I wanted to get out of this world full of corona, so I came inside and started talking to God and his angels. It felt unexpectedly good. Sometimes I think he's listening to me, he just doesnt answer
We pray, not because we want God to answer our wishes, but we pray to strengthen our faith in Him and our relationship with Him. Thank you for reminding us about it Fr. Casey! I appreciate this.
Both
I pray to God to tell Him how He should do things because I love His very loving laugh. I pray because He listens and helps me understand what is important.
I will pray for pope Francis this weekend in Assisi...
God bless and protect you Fr Casey. I have learnt so much through this ministry of yours.
I'm appreciating this new series, Fr Casey. I feel there is a great need for intellectually sound apologetics for the current age. I need more confidence to explain my faith in an increasingly secular society (in my case the UK). The "problem" of unanswered prayer is really the problem of understanding God's ongoing relationship with the world and if / how / when he intervenes in our lives. Hope you will cover this topic in future videos.
Thank you Father Casey! Your sermons and videos have always been incredible and motivates me to really think and delve deep into my Faith! May God bless you always!
God doesn’t always give us we want but what we need. And also if you ask a question you don’t always get the answer right away.
I remember as a small child praying and asking who was the first person to sin outside the garden of eden. Now I know the answer now. But it took several years for god to show me and explain to me the answer. I probably was 12 or so when it hit upside the face while doing daily devotions. Cain and Abel. I didn’t see it when I was I think 4. But God revealed it to me when the time was right.
This was beautiful... I pray so God can help me to not so much to change the situation, but to change my heart.
Thank you Fr. Casey 🙏🏾
Thank you father for telling us the true need for prayer
Word. Prayer is pouring out ones heart to God.
Praying we Talk to God and read the Scripture God talk to us
That was the best sermon on prayer I've ever heard. Thank you.
God wants to be wanted: that's the only considerable thing I can keep from all you said.
Wishing you and all your brethren a happy Feast Day of St. Francis! Thank you for your ministry!
I love the serenity prayer
✝️LIFE A MIRACLE EVERYDAY BY DAY KERYGMA AMEN🙏🙇♂🙏✝️.
Thank you Father Casey.
Most prayers unanswered, but hey, that’s God’s will!
Thank u Fr Casey 4 spiritual enlightment, thr Jesus Christ, amen. May God bls u & ua pastoral Calling excceedingly. Nb. We pray wit conviction bcos we know 4 sure that God responds 4 our prayers. Thank u God 4 all th prayers u hav answered, amen.
Amen Amen Amen l will never stop to pray, because I no my God.
Thank you I needed to hear and understand this.
Like a child asking for ice cream, only a parent knows what's best for us. Looking back at things, I realise how imperfect I am, but God is perfect and so are his plan. Though we dont realise it at that moment. It might be a week, month or years till the fruit of His grace can be seen.
Sweet 🌼
Blessings from 🇦🇪( UAE)
Blessings 🌷 🌷 🌷
Very eye opening👍🏿
Great, as usual!
Brilliant! Thank you father!
When a prayer is answered it can be a most fearful and challenging moment. Transformation is scary. The prayer that starts my morning ends with "and in all we do, direct us to the fulfilling of your purpose; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen". It's a pretty tall order that some days makes me want to crawl back into bed.
Prayer costs you everything if you pray with all your heart.
I'm not an expert on prayer but I do know that it helps
Got responds to what we really need and he wants to to have. Not what we think we need.
Very good. If someone were to ask me to define God I would respond that God could never be defined, only spoken of in metaphors, but that to me God is that energy in the universe that aspires to life, and that the only way we can live in unity with that energy is through love.
This was so deep, it really got me
Thank you. More, please
Would you do a video of "how to pray" 🙏🏻
Father Casey, is there any chance you can do a video on the different Catholic Orders and their "personalities"?
You briefly touched on the dominicans and the franciscans in your recent video, and I'd surely like to learn more as a non-Catholic!
Recently I had a Problem with My device Yet,I tried to figure out What the Problem Was ? And My thoughts Was that I will get through this, No Matter how frustrated I get And I finally figured out the Problem And I believe that God Was Aware of My Situation Thank You for Your Wisdom Father Casey Cole ofm
Fr. Casey, what is your favorite way to pray, that isn’t a form of asking something but as a way of being in relationship with God as you said in the video?
Nothing fails like prayer, although, if something that believers want to happen,happens, now,
or in the future,
believers can say their prayers were answered,
even though unbelievers will get exactly the same results,their 'prayers'/wishes will be 'granted',or they won't be,(or may be in the future)
Fr can you please put up videos on how to share the gospel especially to atheist friends
"Thy will be done"
Thank you for sharing this message!
This guy man preach it preacher but bro spit fax no cap
Thank you Fr. Casey. Still the coolest friar I've never met. Oh yeah, I met 2 third degree Franciscans. Very cool guys.
The four reasons we pray, adoration, contrition , supplications, thanksgiving. We were taught to pray by God in the Old Testament and Jesus in the new.
Thank you Bro, missing hearing you!@
Can you do a video on the stigmata (specifically Francis’ stigmata and it’s significance)? It’s always something that I’ve struggled to understand on my personal journey with Francis.
Prayers done well has positive thinking which can heal the soul.
It works with the subconscious, and, is related to psychology.
The subconscious includes reflex and functions we don't control.
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It also works with the conscious mind.
It also works with the subconscious part of the mind, which is connected with the super-ego.
To know is and how God answers, you have to learn how to read Him, and, understand Him, enough.
Father Casey, if you read this I hope you will help me if you can. I always feel so lost when I pray. How would I ever know the difference between my own voice in my head and God's voice? When I thank God for my blessings, I think of the millions of people who are kinder and more faithful than me who are not blessed and I think that if these blessings were from God, why would he give them to me and not them? It must be random, otherwise how could God be fair? When I pray for guidance, I feel paralyzed, stuck between hoping God will answer and not trusting myself to know if it was him who answered - but there's never any clarity anyway. The difference between prophets and madmen, after all, is often nuanced. Inevitably, this leads to praying for some kind of sign or a feeling that I can't misinterpret, which inevitably leads to feeling guilty because Jesus says that “An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign." And finally, when I pray for any kind of tangible material change like physical healing for others, I wonder why I should bother, because it will not change God's plan and miracles are rare, and if God was going to answer anyone's prayers it wouldn't be my half-hearted ones anyway. I don't know how to talk to God without getting into these endless loops, all of which ultimately lead to me wondering if I'm talking to myself.
Prayer is a conversation . Like any good father He says yes wait a while or no not good for. My experience. Like chatting with God Jesus
the beatification Carlo Acutis will be on Oct.10th. can you explain more about this process?
Beautiful.
Interestingly, this is what Hinduism is all about. Humans trying to be one with divine, through meditation or philosophical discussions or simply by doing his karma without seeking anything.
So in Hinduism, prayer is work itself, or if we do our karma in the name of the divine without any expectation that is prayer or as Geeta puts it YOGA....and such a person is a YOGI.
This sounds as if Acceptance is paramount. But what about love?
Uh. I don’t think he said this. It’s a different ideology.
Beautifully said! What is KERYGMA?
Very nice explanation..
Hello brother Casey, What do you think about the Vatican financial scandals? And of the tensions between the United States and the Vatican? It would be interesting to know your opinion about it
Like a prayer
I became Agnostic because God didn’t grant my prayer. What I didn’t know at the time that there is a difference between listening to me and actually granting something. Because what I was asking was something terrible- to die. And God was trying to send me messages. I just didn’t want to hear it. (I was born on the Feast day of Our Lady of Mercy, the University that I attended was in the town of Merced.) But I am happy to say that I have converted from the Protestant faith that I was raised in and was baptized this year. On my birthday.
This is a beautiful video.
It has been a struggle to myself between prayer and works do not know what each of them are exactly.
Thanks a lot for the video
If possible, I would advise to not affirm something "wrong" for too much time, because our minds tend to think and remember more the very first informations they get, and not even notice the counter-agrument
I don't know if I explained this well, I'm not English and it's not too easy to condence psychological dynamics
could you do the life of the apostle after jesus ascended to heaven
Very good
Amen!
True. If you spend your entire marriage only talking to your spouse when you're asking for something (with some compliments sprinkled on top of it to make it easier to get the stuff you want), thats not a good marriage. Ironically, we think it's okay to treat our relationship with God that way. When really, what Christianity essentially is is a marriage between God and the Church.
Hi fr. Casey. Can you please do a video about Lot and his daughters incest relationship fro. the book on Genesise, since many are attacking God and the Bible based on this saying that the bible promotes incest. We need to be able to refute this.
Wonderful messages father 🙌
Then Jesus went with them to the olive grove called Gethsemane, and he said, *Sit here while I go over there to pray* He took Peter and Zebedee’s two sons, James and John, and he became anguished and distressed. He told them, *My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me* He went on a little farther and bowed with his face to the ground, praying, *My Father! If it is possible, let this cup of suffering be taken away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine* Then he returned to the disciples and found them asleep. He said to Peter, *Couldn’t you watch with me even one hour? Keep watch and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak* Then Jesus left them a second time and prayed, *My Father! If this cup cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will be done* When He returned to them again, He found them sleeping, for they couldn’t keep their eyes open. So he went to pray a third time, saying the same things again. Then he came to the disciples and said, "Go ahead and sleep. Have your rest. But look-the time has come. *The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Up, let’s be going. Look, my betrayer is here*
Matthew 26:36-46
Jesus Christ ask to us sit and pray with Him 1 hour every single day *Pray Rosary and Reading Holy Scripture* with humble and grateful heart... Only 1 hour!
God have Mercy on us a sinners and on the whole world. Amen. God bless 💓
I had to look up "Kerygma" which was the title of another of your videos. I took it as "proclamation," which you do well! I'm not unlike Svea, who made the comment before me. You proclaim well. Maybe Christmas and Easter are the best and most acceptable ways to reach people about Jesus. Like with some Lutheran ministers whom I've heard, as Svea must have, it seems easy to forget that Easter was singular and enough. Too many Protestants like me are amenable to using "Creator" in the Lord's Prayer or adding "Mother." Aside from the biblical base, it seems like a temptation to believe the Holy Spirit is on board with a makeover. I'm sure that step would lead many to lose faith in the trinity. Distraction can lead to departure.Thanks! And hello, Svea. Maybe I'll see you in a Catholic church in Washington, DC.
I saw this video right after I finished my divine mercy chaplet
coincidence? I think not
Amazing! - Nica
Amen
I am a mere small man
I have sinned greatly
I have eaten the book once more and this is what I see
I beg for deliverance and salvation
and the knowledge of Christ that therefore I may become a righteous man
I have but a small life to play in this life
If I go to my peoples and tell them about You Almighty, they will not listen
They listen to the serpent and desire the Apple once more
I need to repent and run from the burning city
asking that you Lord may find some in the city righteous also
may they pray and see you
May you turn your Spirit to us again , may we not condemn each other on trivial matters May we seek your will
and follow your instructions. May we walk upright With you Forever.
God does respond. You should have said: "God who does not seem to respond." Seem is the operative word that's needed in your opening statement. Other than that, very good message. Thank you, and remain blessed in the Lord always!
Had to play this on 1.25 speed because i'm not used to his slow voice
Jesus prayed before each and every important thing, and He told us to pray.
Still I am often tempted to think little of prayer. That's wrong. "Rather spend your time on something useful" is very close to "Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?" (John 12,5). I think I am not the only one knowing this temptation; it can be overcome by prayer only.
Fr do reply to this Question which I can't find answer to..! No matter how religiously medicated we are, bad days happen. Also U don't need a God to be good. So Why do we need God? (Not asking for proof for existence, I am convinced in his existence)
*Proof of
First of all, to be our companion. Humanity has looked for God since the beggining of our species, that's why there are so many different religions. It's like a child looking for Dad: having Him in bad days really makes a huge difference. And everything else becomes relative: my happiness is much less dependent on earthly things and more on God, so I can be happier. I wouldn't change it for anything: it sounds cliché, but there's a God-shaped hole in every soul. When you really live it up, something makes click.
But more importantly, because no one is "totally good". We need God because we acknolewge our sins, weaknesses and mistakes and go to Him for mercy. When we really do that, we're free from pretending to be holy. We can recognise our darkest side without fearing hell or losing our self-steem. And if we do that, we'll be open to his grace, and He'll be able to make us not only better, but saints. He'll heal us from ourselves.
We pray - that is, we ask humbly and earnestly - as part of a conversation. It is, I admit, rare enough today for people to ask anything with due deference, let alone to eagerly await the response - there is more of a 'Gimme!' feel of entitlement (or a 'Have A Nice Day' dismissal), it is much less that of a simple chat. And that seems to spill over into prayer; we don't really allow God to get a word in edgeways .. Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa, Mea Maxima Culpa, I can be a bit of fast-food-counter pray-er .. too busy to actually listen; true, as often as not, His very proper reply will be a 'No; not yet; never give up' - or a dad-taxi-driver eye-rolling silence - still and all, we know He won't throw a brick at us because we asked for a crusty roll, even if He does do a bit of a curve-ball with the eventual meal-delivery service (if you see what I mean).
O Mary conceived without sin : Pray for us who have recourse to thee.
God bless. ;o)
God has no need of anything. A lot of people act as if we owe Him something. We don't owe God anything. God doesn't need praise but we certainly need it. God only wants to give us good things but it might not always be what we want. He's not some posh or some unfeeling boss. He's our Father!
Praying to god for material things is a waste of time. He will provide according to His will no matter what.
As a naturalist, I can't imagine having a relationship with anyone or anything other than the material.
It’s wonderful, just ask Him to reveal Himself to you. I will be praying you find Him. He transformed me and I am so grateful.
@@barblacy619 My relationships are real and demonstrable.
He can and wants to, yet seldom does.
If God is going to decide anyway..why do we pray?
God has the final say, so why ask either way , it's not like we can change or alter God's will.
imagine acknowledging that god never responds to prayers and still doing it lol
We pray because we want things. You want to make things better. And yet we should be praying to praise God. But in the end I really don't care. Religion has taken any heart I had out of me.