Why Christians Shouldn't Cancel People
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- How should a Christian react to “cancel culture”?
Chances are that if you’ve been on social media or listened to the news in the past year, you’ve heard of “cancel culture.” Cancel culture is that practice of boycotting a person or group of people because of controversial actions or opinions. While it might have a fancy new name, this is nothing new to history. Every time period has had some individuals or practices that society deems as controversial or questionable. But are we supposed to practice this kind of behavior as Christians?
Today, Fr. Mike talks about cancel culture, and how we as Christians are called to respond to it.
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Father Mike makes me want to become Catholic
Me too. I start RCIA this fall.
Find a good Catholic parish and join there RCIA
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I did ..Fr.Mike videos and this channel helped immensely and helps me on my spiritual journey ..also watch Dr.Brent Petries videos too !
Your very welcome to go to Mass.They are some AMAZING priests,but some equally not very good.The most important thing is belief in Our Lord Jesus Christ (I BELIEVE)... whatever way you find it.God Bless
Hate the sin, Love The sinner ❤️🙏❤️
Amen
Period.👍
And help the sinner
yes, sí, that is what catholicism is about !
The late great Roger Scruton observed that society needs confession and forgiveness because it means someone has the humility to admit their wrong doing and the other has to sacrifice their pride to accept the humility. Our society has lost that.
This is very good and it is very true
I don't see what's so great about him.
@@EuropeanQoheleth yea right don't come to America without attitude
Hey guys plz pray for me i am from Lebanon
And pray for my parish we have a lot of problems we don't have a lot of men and women of prayer plz pray for us.
Okay
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Praying for all of you.
Prayers for you. Seek the Carmelites in Lebanon if possible. They will pray for you.
Praying for you!
Greetings from Portsmouth, England,UK. I'm an Anglican (Church Of England) but love to study and learn from all sides of Christianity ✝️. Much love to all my Brothers and Sisters.
Well done, brother!
I’m a Catholic convert in Winchester, England. Not far from Portsmouth!
Hello mate I'm from Britain too and an Anglican too!!! I too find Father Mikes homilies fascinating and full of useful concepts!! All the best!!
American Lutheran doing the same. Grace and peace brother.
Thank you so much for speaking on this Father, I love listening to you. I love St. Faustina, she's taught me a lot. God's mercy is "greater" than His justice. We should emanate mercy much more than we try to be "just." Correction and forgiveness is greater than punishment.
Justice is much more than revenge or plain punishment.
Justice is about fairness, equal treatment of all and helping people live together in peace.
Desmond Tutu and the efforts for justice in S. Africa's move away from Apartheid spring to mind. Oscar Romero is another voice of justice.
Yes! Father Mike nailed it. Especially at the end with the word “exclusion.” Every time I hear the words “promote inclusion,” all I can think is this is usually said by a person or group that will cancel someone for any disagreement to their ideas and values. Correction as opposed to cancellation is the key. Thank you, Father MIke and Ascension Presents for all you do!
Father Mike is the Coolest!
Oh my gosh, I laughed so hard, this past Sunday our priest ended up working Fr Mike into his homily. I enjoy the Father at our parish so it made it more fun because I do listen to Fr Mike's talks too. 😁😁
I have experienced having Facebook remove 2 of my posts and they were both sharing non confrontational Catholic information! 🙏❤
Unfortunately you’re not the only one. They have done that to me and to several of my friends who are also Catholic. I pray for the conversion of their souls
Eternal Father I offer thee the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of thy dearly Beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and the sins of the Whole World.
Canceling is closing the door on forgiveness which goes against what Christ taught. As Catholics as stated in the Catechism we are obligated to correct an error of our brother or sister in regards to the faith or moral doctrine. For instance if a brother or sister says that abortion is acceptable in a woman being raped this would be in error in which the Church Fathers were against abortion in any circumstance and is considered a sin by the Catholic Church under the Commandment of You Shall Not Kill.
It is not possible to cancel someone. Doesn't Paul write, if you believe in the resurrection you are saved.
@@chrisdaniels3929 good point, I believe God forgives if you believe Jesus died for your sins, you are still guilty of your sins but made whole or forgiven, God doesn’t cancel you, he cancels your punishment.
Amen, forgiveness is the hallmark of the Faith
I spoke to a young man before the last election and when questioned by him told him even in cases of rape it is wrong(murder of the innocent) and he told me I was heartless. After I prayed, I felt inspired to tell people that the heartbreak of a woman who is rejected by her partner/husband/boyfriend is also heartbreaking and painful, but they carry their child to birth. GBY
Jesus says those who call Lord, Lord will not be saved unless they do the will of the Father. Paul says there are many things he has yet to teach the young church, but they are not ready for it yet. He visits Peter in Jerusalem to ask if he is teaching correctly, and Peter reminds him that the people are to take care of the widows and orphans. (Paul did not spend 3 years with Jesus learning.)Jesus's words are the words you need to study the most.
Thank you for these beautiful messages. I've watched or listened to all 347 over the past two months while working on projects around the house in the evening. I've decided that instead of calling your playlist Ascension Pre-sents', with the accent on the 2nd syllable, I'm going to call it Ascension Pre' - sents, as in "gifts." Your messages are truly a gift. I start RCIA in the fall, and I've been meeting with the director of faith formation at my local parish. I'm really excited to begin the journey. You helped me find my way. God bless you.
Cancelling is paramount to a group acting with complete moral superiority, when the reality is all those members of the group have flaws themselves which are no better.
Unforgivers are unforgiven unless repentance
This makes so much sense.
And it's true, if a society is a mix of different people, it's not possible that they come to a compromise.
Love from Poland! ❤️
Father Mike I was shunned by church ministries after a slander campaign against me and my home business. So I’ve been cancelled- I guess So I plan to go to another parish when our covid lockdown ends.
Well I’ve been ousted without human reason and yet I feel happy in God’s Grace and peace and love and my home business 🙏
The "interesting" thing about this, is that they are using the same narrative in every country, so in a way, we are talking the same language even though we are more like Babel ....
Thank u Father Mike 💫
Our church is correction culture because we have been corrected according to the truth that God has given us and also when we fail we are given the grace through confession to receive God's mercy for us.🙏🌻
I love how you explain and expressed this idea about cancel and correction culture.
We need Truth and Grace and we can condemn ideas but never people. We are all sinners, correction culture offers Truth and Grace. Thank you father Mike. God bless you!
Thank you, Father! I talked to a young person about this when she was conflicted between the person she loves and what this person is doing. I told her: Learn to separate the person from the behavior. I will share this with her. :-)
I think you should be the keynote speaker in the upcoming bishop's conference wherein the bishops will hopefully consider what to do about politicians who are bringing condemnation upon themselves by their behavior of receiving the Eucharist unworthily. The extent the Church fails to address this behavior is the extent the Church knowingly brings condemnation upon itself.
I'm a little afraid that Correction Culture can be misinterpreted as to have the complex of moral superiority that people who enjoy the cancel culture show
Don't be afraid of that, embrace it, because Jesus and Christianity are morally superior since He is the only one true God, along with the Father and the Holy Spirit, and the only way, truth, and life of salvation. There is no middle ground and we need to own that joyfully once we have accepted His gift of salvation ourselves. In Christ, Andrew
It's all reliant on the way we express dogmatic truths, hopefully with charity and humility. And if you do that and do your best to convince them otherwise and they do not listen, "shake the dust off your feet."
Jesus and His doctrine, entrusted to His Holy Church, IS morally superior.
What if it doesn't work?
"Complex moral superiority"
So many places you look in this world, people are upending their communities over preferences and superficial reasons. I had watched a video before this of a guy apologizing for taking something out of context most likely due to the language barrier. There was a kind of self-cancel going on by going around in circles trying to justify your own opinions. For example, someone accused the guy reacting to the video of calling someone autistic or saying something is stupid implying that someone is stupid, the rebuttal to this argument was that emotional appeal of “you must hate me because…” No one can think objectively anymore because the opinion is all that matters.
Thank You Father Mike. An Important Message That Has To Get Out There. God Bless You All🙏🏼❤✝️
Reminds me of Ephesians 6:12 For we are not fighting against human beings but against the wicked spiritual forces in the heavenly world, the rulers, authorities, and cosmic powers of this dark age (GNT). Thanks Father, Mike. Although it’s difficult at times, forgiveness is one of the most important elements in our walk as Christians. In the same way we ask for the sacrament (gift) of forgiveness from the Lord, we too need to forgive our brothers and sisters.
Actually The cancel culture is cancelling what is the norm, such as religion.
Thank you Fr. Mike and Ascension Presents team!
One of the big reasons for me leaving catholic Church back in the day was hypocrisy and ostracizing from people of faith. I came back recently to Church and scriptures. On my way for confession and confirmation after, learning prayers in English and Latin. Remember that Jesus hanged out with sinner, thieves, prostitutes, bankers and other crowds of evil. Love the sinner, not the sin.
God Bless.
Thank you for your ministry Father Mike! A minister once explained it to us as " Love the sinner, hate the sin". Peace be with you!
Thank you Fr Mike for explaining clearly about cancel culture n correcting people
Thank you Fr. Mike! This is so well put. God Bless!
WOW. THANKS FOR THIS FATHER MIKE! THIS IS ALWAYS TIMELY. 🙏🏼
ALSO THIS IS GREAT FOR APOLOGETICS. ❤️
This is one of the top 10 best videos by the Mike has produced watch it again and again
My parish priest was ‘cancelled’ for not believing in critical race theory, please pray for him....he is no longer the pastor
Critical Race Theory *is* racism.
@@GeneralSeptem thank you!
@V X love the sinner, hate the sin.
@V X I hope you live a blessed life, take care❤️
@V X wonderful, glad to hear, thanks for your initial comment
What happened to the old phrase. Forget who said it, "he who is without sin cast the first stone".....
Thank you for sharing this scripture!
If I understand correctly, you are pointing out - where do we draw the line of tolerating someone’s behaviour and correcting them while keeping them in community?
I see a risk at us saying, “it’s okay to ostracise someone for XYZ type of behaviour.” We then can become self-righteous and hurt the kingdom of God.
Jesus was saving her from getting stoned to death. After they left, He told her He does not condemn her (to death)but go and sin no more.
Thank you. I needed to hear this .
loved this father mike!
Awesome. I really needed to hear this.
Mike Schmitz is one of the great living philosophers
That was.....
Thank you for delivering the WORD!!!
Love the video! Everything was perfectly said and put into place. Looking forward to sharing it, And may be receiving some responses.
Perfect, Father Mike!!! Thank you so much! Blessings, Father!🙏
Nail on the head, without an existential power greater than you and capable of forgiving you you can neither be held to account nor be given grace. Mankind is flawed and thus seeking reconciliation for our wrongs through the eyes of man is flawed since your flaws cannot fully be forgiven by a flawed being.
Very true, I made big mistakes and left the Catholic Church .but I did come and did my confessions .going to mass every Sunday. Take Holy Communion. A lady glad I come back. But a friend will not forgive that is hurtful 💔. I been back 4 weeks .God is the one who knows my heart ❤️ not the family friend.
Father Mike,
I just finished listening to Day 173 and was a bit confused.
The widow folloed Elisha and ended up with enough oil to sell in order to eliminate her debt and have enough to live out her life.
When you said something like “If I had known the end of the story, I would have gotten more vessels. But isn’t that a desire for more than you need? Is that Greedy? I know that God gives me what I need and not necessarily what I want.
I love your voice when reading the bible. It is very comforting. Your joy in the LORD is obvious, and I hope others hear that joy and want it to.
Thank you for your kindness and willingness devotion to share the Good News to others. I pray for the Bible in a Year family and you each night, and I pray that those who haven’t heard the Good News will be exposed to it.
God Bless You,
Fran Lemley
Remember the old canonical penalty, ‘excommincatus vitandus’ - an excommunicated person you are supposed to avoid if you meet him or her.
'Pray for your enemies'. 'Do good to those who hate you'.
Nice talk Fr. Now I understand it is the act that should be condemned n v should ask God for Grace for myself n the other person who has wronged me.
Thank you! This is me after watching and listening 😁! Thank you!
This was so exact!
Thank you Fr Mike. Am praying for you and all those at ascension.
Love it. This speaks to having compassion and fraternal correction.
Correcting>Cancelling
Cancelling the sinful nature
This goes hard now, cancel culture got flipped from the left to the right.
Some people try to be different.
Some people try to be nice
Others try to be kind.
The better ones
Are true to
Gods grace.
The only distinction that should be made here is as a Catholic if there is a business that supports anti-Christian values then you are not supposed to support the business with your dollars a good example of this is Girl Scout cookies they support a lot of these ideas that are anti-Christian including planned parenthood in an example like this it is Wise to do your research and decide where you want to shop from or frequent
Thank you Father, very deep insight about the topic.. we should all meditate on your words.. unfortunately in these times Christianity is running the risk of being "cancelled" due to its moral standards being against mainstream, we should be resilient but faithful to our principles and express them adequately..
AMEN 🙏🙌 Fr Mike❣️❣️❣️
🙏TRUTH AND GRACE🙏
Bless Your Day ❣️
“Dear God, forgive me a Sinner.” Amen. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Please pray for my parish Holy Cross in Batavia Illinois.
It is Truth that keeps getting cancelled. The church of woke demands the shunning of all of its dissidents.
Very true Father Mike It is the actions as opposed to the person itself.
As a Christian whenever it comes to me seeing and hearing people. I only cancel people who cause racism, sexism and ableism.
I shared that my father and uncles did not serve in WWII & Korea for the right of American women to abort their children and expect them to foot the bill for it.
Are you in the army ?
my mom said even if your husband cheated or hurt you, divorce should not be done as God is the one that joined us together and it is a task to train ourselves pray instead of following culture
Thank you, Father!! This is a very important distinction.
There is no room for security clearance. Either you fail or you pass.
Thank you for advocating for us.
This is so good, real and true!!!
Matt Walsh if u ever come a cross this comment
...I do love ur work dnt ever stop....n plz give me a thumbs up
Yes, he is Right On again! Such a blessing!
You should do a video on preparing Christians in the West for a massive persecution that's coming father.
Thank you Fr. Mike
Yeah! Just sweep it under the rug and send them to a different church
Thank you , Fr. Mike!🙏
Oh boy the comments should be fun
@V X no they are not and for that you shall be shunned and cancelled. 😛
@V X the irony of it all.😀
One of your best videos, Fr Mike
Love your talks.. always informative. God bless you.
You can't give what you don't have to give in the first place.
If someone is TOXIC and UNREPENTANT they need to be called out and shunned.
Thank you for putting words to my thoughts.
Soooooooo true!!!
Fr Mike it's so true!
Well said Father! They should play this video at the Bishops conference:)
From Brazil I like your teachings
How to condem ideas and not people? I struggle doing the first without doing the second
Based Fr. Mike
Thank you, Father 🙂
He is doing great things now
Straight FACTS!
You are so wise! Thank you!
Am I shunning someone who has been emotionally abusive to me? I don't talk to them anymore. They have been hyper religious, controlling, shouted and yelled, told me nobody in our church is interested in me and I should just shut up and listen, that I'm gluttonous because I made sounds of appreciation while eating, told me that I kneel wrong at Mass (I have a spinal problem), that I pray wrong, made me cry on Easter Sunday because they spent an hour in the car lecturing me on the way to Mass, and the same on the way back, says that anyone who goes to the ordinary Mass as opposed to the Latin (which I love) is turning their back on God. They finally told me that I'm not a real Christian because they doesn't like my newly adopted dog (who they never met.) I used a neutral pronoun so as not to shame them. But I feel bad because they're family and I love them. I don't want to judge, but I can't tolerate the constant emotional abuse - this just touched on what's been going on. I can't stop feeling bad about it, but I feel I have to protect myself. Am I guilty of cancel culture?
Just trying to be helpful?
The person Paul called to excommunicate in 1 Corinthian, has a sweet ending; in 2 Corinthians 2:5-11, he asked the Corinthian church to call him back, so the community can forgive and comfort him. Arguably, the method the church use is similar to cancel culture, but the key difference is what's next after a person is cancel? Does he always remain "cancel"? Or should we give grace? At the end of the day, Christ asks us to forgive our brothers/sisters for not just one time, not 7 times, but 77 times. This is truly a mystery of God, not that it's so difficult to understand, but we choose not to understand.
Hi Fr Mike!
I like how you shed light onto cancel culture, our call to reflect Christ in the world, and your encouragement to us to act with more grace, truth, and mercy to others.
Towards the end, you discuss correction culture and as I understood, you see it okay to kick someone out to correct them.
What I am wondering is - where is the line drawn between correcting and cancelling and where it’s accepting? What actions make it acceptable to kick someone out vs what we will tolerate in our community?
Also - How do we mitigate the risk of ostracising someone if we want to “correct” them? (I saw parallels between the example you used as a time out at the beginning and your example with the man and removing him from the community.) Since we are all sinful and in need of God’s mercy, is there an alternate option where we can correct someone and keep them in community? (I think of how Jesus showed love and acceptance even to the tax collectors and other sinners.)
This might vary from case to case, but always start with assuring the other person that they are loved by your words and deeds. That way we hope that whatever we do to help them correct their actions won't be perceived as over-criticism.
Matt 10:14 (Jesus to His deciples)And whoever will not hear you ..when you leave, shake the dust off your feet...
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🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:00 🤖 Introduction to cancel culture and its definition.
01:25 🛡️ Cancel culture involves boycotting or shunning individuals or groups based on controversial actions or statements.
03:01 💼 Modern culture lacks objective truth and grace, making it ill-equipped for effective cancel culture.
05:18 ✝️ Christians should condemn actions and ideas, not people, as they recognize their own imperfections and the need for grace.
07:37 💔 Cancel culture lacks both truth and grace, offering only exclusion, while correction culture provides truth, grace, and restoration.
So good!!
What else can we do for people who sadly would not accept mercy and forgiveness and instead cancels you and the group for something they have done wrong?
Thank you.
But by treating someone as an unbeliever, aren’t you excluding them from society and thus canceling them? How is that correcting them? Thanks
Unlike cancel culture, which aims to ruin someone's life (get them fired, dox their location, etc), correction only prohibits a person from participating in things that require them to be in a state of grace (so basically only reception of the Eucharist). Some serious objections warrant excommunication from the Church.