Great video! You hit the nail on the head: superstitious practices, including Catholic devotions used wrongly, are from fear and desiring to have control over our lives instead of placing our trust completely in the Lord. 💙 Thank you, JD.
I believe in the promises attached to these sacramentals.... * Brown scapular - “Whosoever dies clothed with this scapular shall not suffer eternal fire.”, but that doesn't mean he will go to heaven directly, there is purgatory to purify one's sins. :-) * Miraculous Medal - "Those who wear it [Miraculous Medal] will receive great graces, especially if they wear it around the neck. Those who repeat this prayer with devotion will be, in a special manner, under the protection of the Mother of God. Graces will be abundantly bestowed upon those who have confidence.” Sacramentals, they are (visible) signs of being saved and heavenly helps for those who desire to be saved despite of their weakness/failure when facing temptations. God is almighty. If someone was to be damned to hell (by his own choice), he wouldn't be able to keep these sacramentals with them. But wearing/using them with appropriate attitude is very important for growing in faith and in relationship with God. Our goal is not "just get to heaven" but to be the person that God wants us to be.
Where in the Bible does it say any of that? LOL JUST KIDDING! Super Catholic here, with like ten rosaries in my purse, five holy cards inside every book, and medals and crucifixes everywhere. Well said,sister.
Mmm... not in the objects themselves, they are more of a sign that you have consecrated yourself to God and are living a consecrated life through prayer, penance, good works, etc.
I disagree. Fr. Mike is splitting hairs. You wear a scapular because you love and trust in the Blessed Mother to help you in your time of need, not because a cloth is a good luck charm.
Fr. Mike expressely said the SOME people wear that as a good luck charm. Here in my country kids are given scapular to wear specifically because of the belief that the scapular itself will ward off harm from the children, thus removing its use as a symbol of your faith and rather becomes a self-contained point of dependence in of itself.
Father Mike said "you should not wear those scapular as a good luck charm", I know some people who do that, mixing saint Benedict medal with supertitious charm and wondering why their lives go so upside down. I wear my rosary bracelet to remind me of my christianity, of my believe, that as a catholic I'm never alone wherever and whenever I am.
Our Lady told us to wear the Brown Scapular, Miraculous Medal, and to Pray the Rosary. One should not discourage these devotions, as one is not God, and God sent His Mother to help us. This IS Trusting in God.
I wonder 1) how I can know for certain if my prayers are devout? My prayers are mostly in the car driving a long daily country highway commute to work. I use MP3 recordings stored on phone playlist and I just pray along with them. sometimes my mind wanders but most of the time it does not. Most of the time I'm able to focus on the words. But once in a while I have to focus on the traffic, like when I come to the occasional intersection every so many miles. Perhaps it's scrupulosity but I wonder if 2) I'm not getting the things I'm asking because Jesus doesn't consider my prayers to be devout. Or if theyre just fine and I just need to be more patient. 3) what for you is the difference between trying to manipulate the will of God which is a sin against the first commandment, vs novenas, sacramentals, asking holy souls for prayers etc. Can God be swayed in how He executes His plan?
To stay focused is a challenge I've yet to master while praying. Still, long prayers such as novena, litanies, rosary are necessary to go deeper in our faith. The more time you spend in God's presence, the better for our souls, the more prepared you are for Heaven where we'll basked in his Holy presence. So why not get prepared ahead of time? Long prayers open you to his Presence, He talks to you, and show things about yourself you would never have figured out on your own. Just keep going, you are on the right path, because there is no such thing as too much prayers.🙂
@@almy75 The Bible is not the sole teaching authority. Christianity (particularly Catholicism) but Christianity in general predates the Bible. 1. After Jesus ascended Christian were persecuted. They met in secret. There was no Bible. No one would print it ( if they could fins such a person, and it would not be wise to have evidence when you are actively being hunted. 2. The Gospels were compiled around 100 AD the bible nearly 200 years after that. So you have three hundred years or so of nothing but oral tradition. 3. Books were rare and expensive so there were very few books of any kind much less bibles for What 1500 years. So in short Tradition AND the Bible guide Christianity, and the Bible came later. So say the Catholics, the Orthodox, The oriental Orthodox, The Anglicians, The Lutherans, and The Methodists to name a few. All agree the bible is inerrant but its IMPOSSIBLE that it is everything. It simply wasn't in existence. I would suggest that you pick up a good study Bible any of them will say this.
I was just talking to my mom about this. The physical object i.e. sacramental, idol, icon, insignia-whichever word you prefer is appropriate as long as you are not putting your faith in the object. I have worn the same gold chain with a cross pendant for over thirty years only removing it a handful of times. My father gave it to me, he passed... but it represents my love for our Father--Jesus Christ, as He is the only God. The intermediaries are fine by me as long as the focus remains on/in Jesus...And it's ok to question your faith--I'm doing it as I tap away but then I'm grateful for Him again. StayGroovyBeautifulPeoples
My wife’s family (Filipino) claim they can’t have more than one person in the family get married in the same year… because it’s bad luck.🙄 So, cousins even have to spread their weddings out over separate years, all while living with their girlfriend/boyfriend outside of marriage. Luck over faith I guess.
@@TheLatinMass I don't know how common this is, but thank you for sharing it. It's probably the most outrageous example of superstition I've come across, and the fact that they uphold it at the expense of fiancés being tempted (or further tempted) to fornication, cohabitation and above all indifference to sin, is exactly why Church teaching rightfully opposes superstition. Not to mention, the effect this could reasonably have on other family members' perception of the faith, since younger, unmarried ones will grow up to see this "picking & choosing" of what to practice or not as acceptable, or even encouraged by the Church. Holy Spirit, guide us away from all this mess!
@@TheLatinMass That's true. But I noticed most Millenials don't know and don't care about superstitions. On the downside, there are an increasing number too who also don't care about their faith. 😮💨
Properly Sanctified Sacramentals not only involve Devine intervention in their revelation to the church but also require the responsibility to each grace or promise/Protection which is assigned to the individual at the communion rail(where The Divine presence of our Lord is present in the Eucharist and all His Sacraments) via the universal and hierarchical and solemn blessing of the omnipotent Holy Trinity- Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. So, Sacramentals are not Superstition! Insinuating such a thing is a complete lack of understanding of Catholic Dictrine. This is a great topic and yes there has always been an issue with misconception of superstitions within the Catholic Church. The solution is to clarify our sound Doctrinal belief to the informed and uninformed as well. Great topic!!!
During the covid pandemic, my parish separated those who were vaccinated from those who weren't. Some thought only the vaccine would save them, yet they also thought that if they got to close to the unvaccinated, they might get sick. (If that's the case, why get vaccinated? It did no good.) Worse of all, our parish perpetuated the anxiety by separating the parish into two groups and by mandating masks. What Father Mike says about anxiety played a big role in the superstition of the unproven vaccines and the dumb masks.
Amen, it was a horrifying time but very eye opening in regard to how easily we fall into the traps the devil lays out for us. It can be difficult to place the whole of our trust in God, I know for me even still when I or my children are really sick, I'm hestitant to go to mass because I'm worried to get our elders sick. But God is great and I am nothing, I pray I will always remember.
how should one protect from the disease? yes, we should and must trust God's protection, but to expect that God will save us from everything without us providing any effort is to tempt God
@@danillo.eu.rodrigues sure but many of us knew then (and we should all know now based the NIH and CDC studies) that masks don't work the way they claimed they did and Fauci himself admitted that social distancing was made up and unscientific. Certainly if you're sick you should be responsible and considerate, but like OP said there were steps taken that were not only unscientific but creating more issues than they were solving. Obviously it's easy to say in hindsight. Well for some.
Should I take my hands off the wheel on the freeway, because I have absolute confidence in God? Presumption is a sin. Prudence and common sense are virtues. If you think masks are useless, tell that to the surgeon who’s performing open heart surgery on you. If you think vaccines are useless, tell that to your children traveling to foreign lands where vaccinations are required to protect them from deadly diseases. If you think all precautions are pointless, then drink water straight from the tap when there’s a local boil-order in force.
It depends on the intentions. The clip said it too - and personally I wear my scapular because not only it reminds me of my God & my faith, i do for the soul purpose of its creation….look all of us believe and want some sort of tangible protection..so ya thats one of my reasons. Faith will not falter nor go against the true path, but by design say the rosary - has its hmmm need i say power within it - say it, pray it, and/or even just carrying it…so long as faith is true and strong and at the end of the day the focus IS God.
Hmmmm… the problem is that many of these devotions were given with the express intent that wearing them, praying them, etc.,will endow good graces. The promise of the brown scapular is literally “Whoever dies wearing this scapular shall not suffer eternal fire”. That’s a pretty explicit promise. So what are we to do with that would be my question.
I humbly disagree. Sometimes it is all that connects a sinner to God, without which a soul will forever be lost. Sometimes these sacramentals are the only lifeline to God's grace. It is like holding on to God's hands despite our unworthiness and despite all.
It makes sense. I wear a scapular all the time. It won’t protect me of itself, but I trust in the person who gave it to us. I would no more live a bad life, trusting in the scapular than I would try to bribe God by stealing and trying to make it up to Him by making generous donations to the Church from my ill gotten gains.
Is that a superstition? Really, priests and bishops nowadays don't want to recognize the spiritual power of the sacramental. You can notice it in how they bless them and by videos like this.
It’s not just a superstition, it never even happened. There are zero records of Simon Stock until about 100 years after his death. In typical medieval style, they made up some stuff and attributed it to a cult hero
Hes just trying to say that the focus is to the one who gave the scapular and not the scapular itself. The scapular should be a reminder of Mary and the graces she brings and not the piece of cloth that gives graces or good luck.
the church shuld have cracked down on this centuries ago and didn't. I grew up believing in the power of the brown and green scapular as intermediates to God's power and it is WRONG Personal apparitions as St. Paul said are not to be placed over the true revelation. We only need the bible and Holy Tradition. I wish we would stop depending on apparitions over the apostolic tradition. They are good only so much as they lead us to God but when they come with specific and extra biblical etra magesterial conditions-even the fatima prayers in the rosary-they are not to adhered to.if we believe they come with a promise. Our Lady is enough, and Jesus is definitely more than enough, why do we need to add these personal revlations to be imposed on all the faithful. I believe the apparitios are good only in what they represent and how they turn us to Jesus, not when they are imposed on the faithful as a whole. This is also what the church universal teaches.
@@RedRiverMan The Church does not impose or oblige Catholics on private revelations. If you think that prayers from private revelations should not be prayed, stop praying the Rosary.
@@Questions-l8r Beautiful prayer to honor our loving Mother Virgen Mary. Btw, that's not a private revelation but a prayer composed, supposedly, by a monk in the middle ages. Many prayers have been composed for different reasons.
I know that pray the Rosary is very important, specially in the days we are living but the non catholics may call it a superstition. In Mattew 6, Jesus tells us how to pray: “…6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.” I love our Mother from Heaven, the Virgin Mary. There aren’t sufficient words to express our faith and love to Her!
@Truthseekingcatholic We tend to think Catholics could complicate a one car funeral.Rules and rituals are the Law, and the Law could not save us, according to Paul
Our God is a supernatural God, we can't see Him but we believe in God. In my opinion the Scapular is not a rabbit foot but a sacramental worn to remind us we belong to Him. Does Fr. Michael believe Jesus is truly present in the Eucharist? We can't see him but we confess our sins and receive him in a thin consecrated host. Modernism think eats away at the soul. Regardless of the white washing of the Faith, I will wear my Scapular.
At hospitals some doctors and nurses have supersticious conducts that... arent scientifical. I regret doing it for fun, as it just reinforced the mindset of people... like, putting a image of a seringe over the door of consultory to "prevent higher income of patients"... "to avoid sleeping in the emergency room, to avoid calling more patients"... during my medical practice that was a thing in the three hospitals i trained. .. "let the mothers bath their lactant children in their pee, as it is non-infectious and its warm as the temperature of the body" that was a thing i never expected to hear from 3 doctors from a first level hospital in one small city in rural area... i felt like i am having some Mandela Effect, in which i felt i was the only one feeling this unfamiliar and not right, despise being a common sense? i confirmed with my colleages at city if that wasnt normal, they agreed, no benefit and also... gross. Just increase the temperature of the water at home for warm (not hot) water.
3:52-4:04 - But can you blame the superstitious? "Whosoever dies wearing this scapular shall not suffer eternal fire" is literally written on the Brown Scapular.
Crosses and blessed religious objects have kept demons from the house, suppose they would try and say holy water is superstitious, naw cause holy water is hated by Satanists that's why it's true
A good video but incomplete. If you are going to talk about having faith in religious objects and symbols, for completion sake, you HAVE to include sacred objects in your discussion and most specially those that have been blessed by a priest (medals, crucifixes, rosaries, scapulars, holy water, etc.) because these objects, once blessed become sacramentals and then do offer a degree of protection, particularly of a spiritual nature, which are obtained through the Church’s intercession. Through these sacramentals, people are disposed to receive the primary effects of the sacraments, and various occasions in life are sanctified. I agree completely with what you say about superstitions, yet sacramentals are NOT that. While sacramentals do not confer grace as sacraments do, they play an important role in preparing the faithful to receive grace and sanctifying their lives. The blessing imparted on these objects by the Church does invoke God’s protection and help, aiding the faithful in their spiritual journey. You can always read up some more on this in the Catechism of the Catholic Church paragraphs CCC1667 and 1670. Thanks for the video. God bless.
Well stated. I’ve always viewed sacramentals and devotionals as reminders of God’s love or my intention to get closer to Him. Is that not how we are to view statues, Church art, and the details behind the lives of saints as well?
So are you saying that the apparitions of the Virgin Mary or of Jesus himself and what they promised was not true? That what was promised when the Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet, brown or green scapular, miraculous medal were given.... were all fake? Or maybe these apparitions were not true or exagerated? I love Fr Mike but if II have to chose between listening to him or the Holy Virgin... he loses :-(
Touching a piece of wood isn't ' superstition ' . People did it in medieval times because Jesus was crucified on a piece of wood and it didn't turn out bad. The devil lost the last time a Christian touched a piece of wood. It signifies the cross. However if you don't know it refers to the cross and your faith in Jesus then it's superstition.
Sorry, you got it wrong, brother. Father Mike is a fine preacher and apologist, but he suffers from excessive scruples, due to being a Catholic priest imersed in a Protestant culture. If he was a true craddle Catholic from Latin America, he wouldn’t waste his time nagging about people’s beautiful devotions, and concentrate more on the growing lack of faith in American society, and on the quasi-Puritan shyness American Catholics feel about devotion to saints and to Our Blessed Mother. You guys just don’t get the whole thing about the Incarnation, the Communion of Saints, and the Mystical Body of Christ, do you?
Terrible title, 'Scapular or God'? As if it cannot be both. It is not superstitious to wear a scapular, hold/wear a rosary, keep prayer cards, wear medals, or hang/wear a crucifix. The Blessed Virgin specifically said, "whoever so shall wear this brown scapular shall not suffer eternal hellfire". Making fun of devoted brothers/sisters who may get anxious for not having their scapular on is NOT decent and it doesn't entail that the person is has superstition. If you enrolled in the scapular than you SHOULD be wearing it! .. Not out of 'superstition' but because Our Heavenly Mother asked us to and you promised that you would! Breaking your promise to GOD is Farr worse than being 'superstitious'
As much as I respect Father Mike, it almost sounds like he's Protestant, suggesting we shouldn't look to someone other than God. This implies he's saying not to pray to Saints or Mary. Either something is really wrong here, or it hasn't been explained properly. The reason people wear the rosary and scapular has been passed down by the Mother of God through Saints, with hard evidence supporting it even to this day. Once again, the message here is confusing, or it hasn't been explained properly.
That's not what he said. Sounds like perhaps your (mis) interpretation is filtered through your experience - do you engage in a lot discussions with Protestants or apologetics? Don't just take some phrases out of context, listen to the whole sense that is meant. All what he said was completely orthodox and he wasn't against these devotions at all, only how these devotions may sometimes be approached (in a superstitious way).
That's not what he's implying at all, and we can be sure of this since he has videos clearly expressing his belief in the communion of saints & asking for their intercession. Since their souls are now in perfect union with God (this is NOT to say that they've become god/gods too) asking the saints to pray for us & with us to God is still an act of looking to Him & His sovereign will, not apart from or in competition with it. But there are people who, through poor catechesis, scrupulosity, popular cultural influences (non-Christian influences) or all of the above, uphold a strong sense of superstition linked to the maintenance & wearing of the devotional objects themselves, rather than a stronger & more important sense of piety & trust in the love of God to provide for them even if for some reason these objects were no longer in their possession. Not to mention that some personal superstitions attached to the wearing of these devotionals are based on attempts to "ward off" evil in pagan or syncretic religions. Scapulars & blessed chaplets (among others) grew out of approved private revelations anyway, and we're NOT required (this is Church teaching) to use them, however popular they are. No brown scapular? God is still a gracious God. Actual grace & sanctifying grace in the sacraments (which we must believe in & have recourse to), as well as the intercession of all saints (through the communion of saints, which we must believe) are still available.
Your clearly not a very open minded person. God is greater than your box safe logic and father Michael is not that deeply spiritual. The sacramentals are a act of faith, very important. The object becomes holy because god had divinely touched thee object . Jesus is in a object called bread that we eat . His holiness enters the bread then we eat the bread that is the object that becomes Jesus. You are a misguided catholic and father Mike is a lost progressive priest and I will pray for him
So it's superstitious to believe that the rosary itself will protect you, but somehow it's NOT superstitious to believe that you will be protected by an invisible God if you pray the rosary? To me they both sound superstitious. Moreover, Catholicism recognizes, dignifies and encourages praying to the Holy Mother. If fact, the prayer most often repeated when praying the rosary is the Hail Mary. Well, according to what Father Mike said at 4:57, praying to Mary is SINFUL because Mary isn't God. So does Father Mike not really know what he's talking about, or is the Catholic Church the land of mixed messages?
When you pray a rosary you´re not praying to worship Mary, you are asking Mary to pray with you in that very moment so she helps you meditate on Jesus life. Read the Hail Mary itself, it never says anything liike Mary save me, it says "Pray for us sinners".
You ask for intercession from saints. Also, Father Callahan had a book on the Rosary. The lady would be victim of Ted Bundy was saved because she had fallen asleep praying the rosary. Whne ted Bundy had finished murdering her roommates he went to her room and was propelled out of it by a force. Also personally, I was approached by a man at the drug store a couple years ago. He asked for my number and we chatted. Then my phone screen went to the Virgin Mary, he literally saw a glimpse of that and was running down the aisle screaming that he would never convert. So bizarre!! He tried sexting me later. I blocked him
That's not praying TO Mary, that's asking Mary to intercede. It's not any more praying to Mary than asking your cousin to pray for you during a difficult time is praying to your cousin.
Great video! You hit the nail on the head: superstitious practices, including Catholic devotions used wrongly, are from fear and desiring to have control over our lives instead of placing our trust completely in the Lord. 💙 Thank you, JD.
The key phrase is "used wrongly"...Holy reminders are always useful in building our relationship with the Lord!
I believe in the promises attached to these sacramentals....
* Brown scapular - “Whosoever dies clothed with this scapular shall not suffer eternal fire.”, but that doesn't mean he will go to heaven directly, there is purgatory to purify one's sins. :-)
* Miraculous Medal - "Those who wear it [Miraculous Medal] will receive great graces, especially if they wear it around the neck. Those who repeat this prayer with devotion will be, in a special manner, under the protection of the Mother of God. Graces will be abundantly bestowed upon those who have confidence.”
Sacramentals, they are (visible) signs of being saved and heavenly helps for those who desire to be saved despite of their weakness/failure when facing temptations. God is almighty. If someone was to be damned to hell (by his own choice), he wouldn't be able to keep these sacramentals with them.
But wearing/using them with appropriate attitude is very important for growing in faith and in relationship with God. Our goal is not "just get to heaven" but to be the person that God wants us to be.
brown scapular is superstition - put your faith in God not a piece of cloth
Where in the Bible does it say any of that?
LOL JUST KIDDING! Super Catholic here, with like ten rosaries in my purse, five holy cards inside every book, and medals and crucifixes everywhere. Well said,sister.
Well said! You're exactly right!
Mmm... not in the objects themselves, they are more of a sign that you have consecrated yourself to God and are living a consecrated life through prayer, penance, good works, etc.
I wear my scapular to show my faith not for superstition.
you are showing your faith in a piece of cloth
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I disagree. Fr. Mike is splitting hairs. You wear a scapular because you love and trust in the Blessed Mother to help you in your time of need, not because a cloth is a good luck charm.
Fr. Mike expressely said the SOME people wear that as a good luck charm. Here in my country kids are given scapular to wear specifically because of the belief that the scapular itself will ward off harm from the children, thus removing its use as a symbol of your faith and rather becomes a self-contained point of dependence in of itself.
Father Mike said "you should not wear those scapular as a good luck charm", I know some people who do that, mixing saint Benedict medal with supertitious charm and wondering why their lives go so upside down. I wear my rosary bracelet to remind me of my christianity, of my believe, that as a catholic I'm never alone wherever and whenever I am.
Wearing a scapular without consecrating yourself to our Holy Mother and praying the Rosary daily, etc. is turning the scapular into a lucky charm.
He made clear distinction about some wearing for love of it and some for good luck charm. Why this comment
@ yes, and I think he was wrong.
Our Lady told us to wear the Brown Scapular, Miraculous Medal, and to Pray the Rosary. One should not discourage these devotions, as one is not God, and God sent His Mother to help us. This IS Trusting in God.
Thank you so much for this view point, you are a great commentator
Wow this is an eye opener. Thanks for sharing. God bless you 🙏🏿
I wonder
1) how I can know for certain if my prayers are devout?
My prayers are mostly in the car driving a long daily country highway commute to work. I use MP3 recordings stored on phone playlist and I just pray along with them. sometimes my mind wanders but most of the time it does not. Most of the time I'm able to focus on the words. But once in a while I have to focus on the traffic, like when I come to the occasional intersection every so many miles.
Perhaps it's scrupulosity but I wonder if
2) I'm not getting the things I'm asking because Jesus doesn't consider my prayers to be devout.
Or if theyre just fine and I just need to be more patient.
3) what for you is the difference between trying to manipulate the will of God which is a sin against the first commandment, vs novenas, sacramentals, asking holy souls for prayers etc. Can God be swayed in how He executes His plan?
To stay focused is a challenge I've yet to master while praying. Still, long prayers such as novena, litanies, rosary are necessary to go deeper in our faith. The more time you spend in God's presence, the better for our souls, the more prepared you are for Heaven where we'll basked in his Holy presence. So why not get prepared ahead of time? Long prayers open you to his Presence, He talks to you, and show things about yourself you would never have figured out on your own. Just keep going, you are on the right path, because there is no such thing as too much prayers.🙂
The Blessed Virgin Mary said herself those who died wearing the scapular of Mt. Carmel will not go to hell
.....when did she say that? Can you point out where in the bible?
@@almy75 The Bible is not the sole teaching authority. Christianity (particularly Catholicism) but Christianity in general predates the Bible.
1. After Jesus ascended Christian were persecuted. They met in secret. There was no Bible. No one would print it ( if they could fins such a person, and it would not be wise to have evidence when you are actively being hunted.
2. The Gospels were compiled around 100 AD the bible nearly 200 years after that. So you have three hundred years or so of nothing but oral tradition.
3. Books were rare and expensive so there were very few books of any kind much less bibles for What 1500 years.
So in short Tradition AND the Bible guide Christianity, and the Bible came later.
So say the Catholics, the Orthodox, The oriental Orthodox, The Anglicians, The Lutherans, and The Methodists to name a few. All agree the bible is inerrant but its IMPOSSIBLE that it is everything. It simply wasn't in existence.
I would suggest that you pick up a good study Bible any of them will say this.
@@redink71 ....thanks for rumble! I stick with Lord Jesus Son of God!
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HAIL MARY FULL of GRACE The LORD is LOVE incarnate ❤️🔥
I was just talking to my mom about this. The physical object i.e. sacramental, idol, icon, insignia-whichever word you prefer is appropriate as long as you are not putting your faith in the object. I have worn the same gold chain with a cross pendant for over thirty years only removing it a handful of times. My father gave it to me, he passed... but it represents my love for our Father--Jesus Christ, as He is the only God. The intermediaries are fine by me as long as the focus remains on/in Jesus...And it's ok to question your faith--I'm doing it as I tap away but then I'm grateful for Him again. StayGroovyBeautifulPeoples
In the Philippines, when we get lost, we turn our clothes inside out. Weddings should be when the moon is "rising" (new moon, 1st quarter) etc😂😂
My wife’s family (Filipino) claim they can’t have more than one person in the family get married in the same year… because it’s bad luck.🙄 So, cousins even have to spread their weddings out over separate years, all while living with their girlfriend/boyfriend outside of marriage. Luck over faith I guess.
@@TheLatinMass I don't know how common this is, but thank you for sharing it. It's probably the most outrageous example of superstition I've come across, and the fact that they uphold it at the expense of fiancés being tempted (or further tempted) to fornication, cohabitation and above all indifference to sin, is exactly why Church teaching rightfully opposes superstition. Not to mention, the effect this could reasonably have on other family members' perception of the faith, since younger, unmarried ones will grow up to see this "picking & choosing" of what to practice or not as acceptable, or even encouraged by the Church. Holy Spirit, guide us away from all this mess!
@@TheLatinMass That's true. But I noticed most Millenials don't know and don't care about superstitions. On the downside, there are an increasing number too who also don't care about their faith. 😮💨
Thank you so much for enlightening us and making it so clear.
I'm from Albanian, but I never heard of such superstitions Dua Lipa told
She's pulling it out her ass to be quirky.
Properly Sanctified Sacramentals not only involve Devine intervention in their revelation to the church but also require the responsibility to each grace or promise/Protection which is assigned to the individual at the communion rail(where The Divine presence of our Lord is present in the Eucharist and all His Sacraments) via the universal and hierarchical and solemn blessing of the omnipotent Holy Trinity- Father, Son and the Holy Spirit.
So, Sacramentals are not Superstition!
Insinuating such a thing is a complete lack of understanding of Catholic Dictrine.
This is a great topic and yes there has always been an issue with misconception of superstitions within the Catholic Church. The solution is to clarify our sound Doctrinal belief to the informed and uninformed as well. Great topic!!!
Great video, I used the scapular as a guarantee that I won't end up in Hell.
During the covid pandemic, my parish separated those who were vaccinated from those who weren't. Some thought only the vaccine would save them, yet they also thought that if they got to close to the unvaccinated, they might get sick. (If that's the case, why get vaccinated? It did no good.)
Worse of all, our parish perpetuated the anxiety by separating the parish into two groups and by mandating masks.
What Father Mike says about anxiety played a big role in the superstition of the unproven vaccines and the dumb masks.
Amen, it was a horrifying time but very eye opening in regard to how easily we fall into the traps the devil lays out for us. It can be difficult to place the whole of our trust in God, I know for me even still when I or my children are really sick, I'm hestitant to go to mass because I'm worried to get our elders sick. But God is great and I am nothing, I pray I will always remember.
how should one protect from the disease? yes, we should and must trust God's protection, but to expect that God will save us from everything without us providing any effort is to tempt God
@@danillo.eu.rodrigues sure but many of us knew then (and we should all know now based the NIH and CDC studies) that masks don't work the way they claimed they did and Fauci himself admitted that social distancing was made up and unscientific.
Certainly if you're sick you should be responsible and considerate, but like OP said there were steps taken that were not only unscientific but creating more issues than they were solving. Obviously it's easy to say in hindsight. Well for some.
Should I take my hands off the wheel on the freeway, because I have absolute confidence in God? Presumption is a sin. Prudence and common sense are virtues. If you think masks are useless, tell that to the surgeon who’s performing open heart surgery on you. If you think vaccines are useless, tell that to your children traveling to foreign lands where vaccinations are required to protect them from deadly diseases. If you think all precautions are pointless, then drink water straight from the tap when there’s a local boil-order in force.
@MarilynBoussaid-yd1vk surgeon wearing mask during surgery is way different than a lie you can get positive from covid without wearing one.
That was a wonderful video! God Bless!
Very good talk very true
It depends on the intentions. The clip said it too - and personally I wear my scapular because not only it reminds me of my God & my faith, i do for the soul purpose of its creation….look all of us believe and want some sort of tangible protection..so ya thats one of my reasons.
Faith will not falter nor go against the true path, but by design say the rosary - has its hmmm need i say power within it - say it, pray it, and/or even just carrying it…so long as faith is true and strong and at the end of the day the focus IS God.
very enlightening but i am very attached to my rosary beads
Hmmmm… the problem is that many of these devotions were given with the express intent that wearing them, praying them, etc.,will endow good graces. The promise of the brown scapular is literally “Whoever dies wearing this scapular shall not suffer eternal fire”. That’s a pretty explicit promise. So what are we to do with that would be my question.
I humbly disagree. Sometimes it is all that connects a sinner to God, without which a soul will forever be lost. Sometimes these sacramentals are the only lifeline to God's grace. It is like holding on to God's hands despite our unworthiness and despite all.
It makes sense. I wear a scapular all the time. It won’t protect me of itself, but I trust in the person who gave it to us. I would no more live a bad life, trusting in the scapular than I would try to bribe God by stealing and trying to make it up to Him by making generous donations to the Church from my ill gotten gains.
Is that a superstition?
Really, priests and bishops nowadays don't want to recognize the spiritual power of the sacramental. You can notice it in how they bless them and by videos like this.
It’s not just a superstition, it never even happened. There are zero records of Simon Stock until about 100 years after his death. In typical medieval style, they made up some stuff and attributed it to a cult hero
Hes just trying to say that the focus is to the one who gave the scapular and not the scapular itself. The scapular should be a reminder of Mary and the graces she brings and not the piece of cloth that gives graces or good luck.
the church shuld have cracked down on this centuries ago and didn't. I grew up believing in the power of the brown and green scapular as intermediates to God's power and it is WRONG Personal apparitions as St. Paul said are not to be placed over the true revelation. We only need the bible and Holy Tradition. I wish we would stop depending on apparitions over the apostolic tradition. They are good only so much as they lead us to God but when they come with specific and extra biblical etra magesterial conditions-even the fatima prayers in the rosary-they are not to adhered to.if we believe they come with a promise. Our Lady is enough, and Jesus is definitely more than enough, why do we need to add these personal revlations to be imposed on all the faithful. I believe the apparitios are good only in what they represent and how they turn us to Jesus, not when they are imposed on the faithful as a whole. This is also what the church universal teaches.
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The Church does not impose or oblige Catholics on private revelations.
If you think that prayers from private revelations should not be prayed, stop praying the Rosary.
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Beautiful prayer to honor our loving Mother Virgen Mary. Btw, that's not a private revelation but a prayer composed, supposedly, by a monk in the middle ages. Many prayers have been composed for different reasons.
Praying for Dua Lipa. She’s so pretty and talented
I know that pray the Rosary is very important, specially in the days we are living but the non catholics may call it a superstition. In Mattew 6, Jesus tells us how to pray: “…6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.” I love our Mother from Heaven, the Virgin Mary. There aren’t sufficient words to express our faith and love to Her!
@jwbarrote How can you quote the right scripture and still get it wrong ?
@ God bless you! Thank you for your wisdom!
There is one mediator between man and God, Christ Jesus.
Duh. Why do you prots cherry pick a verse to imply that we think differently? It's so weird and childish.
@Truthseekingcatholic We tend to think Catholics could complicate a one car funeral.Rules and rituals are the Law, and the Law could not save us, according to Paul
Sacraments and sacramentals - can be misused as superstitious symbols, if a person is not aware of their true meaning and purpose.
Your uncle just wanted you out by an hour 😂
Ive had BrownSclapular miracles a couple of times in my lifetime.
Our God is a supernatural God, we can't see Him but we believe in God. In my opinion the Scapular is not a rabbit foot but a sacramental worn to remind us we belong to Him. Does Fr. Michael believe Jesus is truly present in the Eucharist? We can't see him but we confess our sins and receive him in a thin consecrated host. Modernism think eats away at the soul. Regardless of the white washing of the Faith, I will wear my Scapular.
At hospitals some doctors and nurses have supersticious conducts that... arent scientifical. I regret doing it for fun, as it just reinforced the mindset of people...
like, putting a image of a seringe over the door of consultory to "prevent higher income of patients"... "to avoid sleeping in the emergency room, to avoid calling more patients"...
during my medical practice that was a thing in the three hospitals i trained. ..
"let the mothers bath their lactant children in their pee, as it is non-infectious and its warm as the temperature of the body" that was a thing i never expected to hear from 3 doctors from a first level hospital in one small city in rural area... i felt like i am having some Mandela Effect, in which i felt i was the only one feeling this unfamiliar and not right, despise being a common sense? i confirmed with my colleages at city if that wasnt normal, they agreed, no benefit and also... gross. Just increase the temperature of the water at home for warm (not hot) water.
Gross and also can be irritating to the skin. What a strange idea. Out of curiosity, what country that was in?
Problem is priests lead people to superstitions by EXTREME lack of explanation sometimes.
Let's not sound a single bit like rebuking the people.
3:52-4:04 - But can you blame the superstitious? "Whosoever dies wearing this scapular shall not suffer eternal fire" is literally written on the Brown Scapular.
Aye and alot place alot of trust in the bible failing to see others as walking books to be treated with respect and love
Crosses and blessed religious objects have kept demons from the house, suppose they would try and say holy water is superstitious, naw cause holy water is hated by Satanists that's why it's true
Religious objects are reminders and solidify faith acknowledging that the cross is real and so is Mary amen and amen and amen
Amen!!!!
Ask a Carmelite .. there are many saints who used to carry object..called Cross
We were told by St Mary to wear it.
I’m glad you don’t have to believe In Private Revelation to be Catholic..
So why keep them.
A good video but incomplete. If you are going to talk about having faith in religious objects and symbols, for completion sake, you HAVE to include sacred objects in your discussion and most specially those that have been blessed by a priest (medals, crucifixes, rosaries, scapulars, holy water, etc.) because these objects, once blessed become sacramentals and then do offer a degree of protection, particularly of a spiritual nature, which are obtained through the Church’s intercession. Through these sacramentals, people are disposed to receive the primary effects of the sacraments, and various occasions in life are sanctified.
I agree completely with what you say about superstitions, yet sacramentals are NOT that. While sacramentals do not confer grace as sacraments do, they play an important role in preparing the faithful to receive grace and sanctifying their lives. The blessing imparted on these objects by the Church does invoke God’s protection and help, aiding the faithful in their spiritual journey.
You can always read up some more on this in the Catechism of the Catholic Church paragraphs CCC1667 and 1670.
Thanks for the video. God bless.
Well stated. I’ve always viewed sacramentals and devotionals as reminders of God’s love or my intention to get closer to Him. Is that not how we are to view statues, Church art, and the details behind the lives of saints as well?
I know all of this!
Your subtitles are a bit off.
So are you saying that the apparitions of the Virgin Mary or of Jesus himself and what they promised was not true? That what was promised when the Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet, brown or green scapular, miraculous medal were given.... were all fake? Or maybe these apparitions were not true or exagerated? I love Fr Mike but if II have to chose between listening to him or the Holy Virgin... he loses :-(
You've just convinced how many people to reject what Our Lady requested out of fear of superstition? Not good.
Touching a piece of wood isn't ' superstition ' . People did it in medieval times because Jesus was crucified on a piece of wood and it didn't turn out bad. The devil lost the last time a Christian touched a piece of wood. It signifies the cross. However if you don't know it refers to the cross and your faith in Jesus then it's superstition.
NO! Just the other way round ❤
@@christianemutter2952 So you'd rather have people believe they're evil.
@@nicholastaylorson Yes, absolutely, because of what is written in Mark10:18 / Luke 18:19 !
Mike the Protty!
Sorry, you got it wrong, brother. Father Mike is a fine preacher and apologist, but he suffers from excessive scruples, due to being a Catholic priest imersed in a Protestant culture. If he was a true craddle Catholic from Latin America, he wouldn’t waste his time nagging about people’s beautiful devotions, and concentrate more on the growing lack of faith in American society, and on the quasi-Puritan shyness American Catholics feel about devotion to saints and to Our Blessed Mother. You guys just don’t get the whole thing about the Incarnation, the Communion of Saints, and the Mystical Body of Christ, do you?
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How did you get that cute crucifix emoji?
Terrible title, 'Scapular or God'?
As if it cannot be both. It is not superstitious to wear a scapular, hold/wear a rosary, keep prayer cards, wear medals, or hang/wear a crucifix.
The Blessed Virgin specifically said, "whoever so shall wear this brown scapular shall not suffer eternal hellfire". Making fun of devoted brothers/sisters who may get anxious for not having their scapular on is NOT decent and it doesn't entail that the person is has superstition.
If you enrolled in the scapular than you SHOULD be wearing it! .. Not out of 'superstition' but because Our Heavenly Mother asked us to and you promised that you would!
Breaking your promise to GOD is Farr worse than being 'superstitious'
As much as I respect Father Mike, it almost sounds like he's Protestant, suggesting we shouldn't look to someone other than God. This implies he's saying not to pray to Saints or Mary. Either something is really wrong here, or it hasn't been explained properly. The reason people wear the rosary and scapular has been passed down by the Mother of God through Saints, with hard evidence supporting it even to this day. Once again, the message here is confusing, or it hasn't been explained properly.
That's not what he said. Sounds like perhaps your (mis) interpretation is filtered through your experience - do you engage in a lot discussions with Protestants or apologetics?
Don't just take some phrases out of context, listen to the whole sense that is meant.
All what he said was completely orthodox and he wasn't against these devotions at all, only how these devotions may sometimes be approached (in a superstitious way).
That's not what he's implying at all, and we can be sure of this since he has videos clearly expressing his belief in the communion of saints & asking for their intercession. Since their souls are now in perfect union with God (this is NOT to say that they've become god/gods too) asking the saints to pray for us & with us to God is still an act of looking to Him & His sovereign will, not apart from or in competition with it.
But there are people who, through poor catechesis, scrupulosity, popular cultural influences (non-Christian influences) or all of the above, uphold a strong sense of superstition linked to the maintenance & wearing of the devotional objects themselves, rather than a stronger & more important sense of piety & trust in the love of God to provide for them even if for some reason these objects were no longer in their possession. Not to mention that some personal superstitions attached to the wearing of these devotionals are based on attempts to "ward off" evil in pagan or syncretic religions. Scapulars & blessed chaplets (among others) grew out of approved private revelations anyway, and we're NOT required (this is Church teaching) to use them, however popular they are. No brown scapular? God is still a gracious God. Actual grace & sanctifying grace in the sacraments (which we must believe in & have recourse to), as well as the intercession of all saints (through the communion of saints, which we must believe) are still available.
Your clearly not a very open minded person. God is greater than your box safe logic and father Michael is not that deeply spiritual. The sacramentals are a act of faith, very important. The object becomes holy because god had divinely touched thee object . Jesus is in a object called bread that we eat . His holiness enters the bread then we eat the bread that is the object that becomes Jesus. You are a misguided catholic and father Mike is a lost progressive priest and I will pray for him
Recognize your ignorance
Ofcourse you are a Catholic. Speaking truth is always difficult for you. I understand.
Dark magic 🪄 everyday at 3pm via Satan’s 3rd Eve Faustina (Mt 24: 26; not infallible)
millionns of trad catholics melting down at this video.
Lord Krishna bless you and your dogma belief system 🙏 💙
So it's superstitious to believe that the rosary itself will protect you, but somehow it's NOT superstitious to believe that you will be protected by an invisible God if you pray the rosary? To me they both sound superstitious. Moreover, Catholicism recognizes, dignifies and encourages praying to the Holy Mother. If fact, the prayer most often repeated when praying the rosary is the Hail Mary. Well, according to what Father Mike said at 4:57, praying to Mary is SINFUL because Mary isn't God. So does Father Mike not really know what he's talking about, or is the Catholic Church the land of mixed messages?
You misunderstood the message
When you pray a rosary you´re not praying to worship Mary, you are asking Mary to pray with you in that very moment so she helps you meditate on Jesus life. Read the Hail Mary itself, it never says anything liike Mary save me, it says "Pray for us sinners".
Dude, I would suggest that Fr Michael knows very well what he's talking about. Finished.
You ask for intercession from saints.
Also, Father Callahan had a book on the Rosary. The lady would be victim of Ted Bundy was saved because she had fallen asleep praying the rosary. Whne ted Bundy had finished murdering her roommates he went to her room and was propelled out of it by a force.
Also personally, I was approached by a man at the drug store a couple years ago. He asked for my number and we chatted. Then my phone screen went to the Virgin Mary, he literally saw a glimpse of that and was running down the aisle screaming that he would never convert. So bizarre!! He tried sexting me later. I blocked him
That's not praying TO Mary, that's asking Mary to intercede. It's not any more praying to Mary than asking your cousin to pray for you during a difficult time is praying to your cousin.