I'm a Protestant and I started playing the organ for a Catholic Mass. I am listening to Fr. Mike and the Catechism in a year. I started listening to it to better understand the Mass. I've stayed with it and learned so much and absolutely respect Catholicism.
May God bless you for what you do. Do you not long for the Eucharist being so close to the real presence of Jesus? As a Catholic, I often think of the disciples on the road to Emmaus. Their hearts burned and Jesus vanished when He broke the bread because He became present in the form of the bread.
In January 2020 I went to the holy land, as a lifelong Methodist, with a group from the Catholic Church, including their priest. When I walked in the footsteps of Jesus (literally) I realized I was missing some thing. I begin to know that the Methodist religion was not the answer to the Bible for me, but that the Catholic religion was. I came back home and joined the Catholic Church at the age of 68. My life has been changed forever🙏🏻. I realized that the whole Christian world was Catholic for 1,500 years. That completely changed my perspective. Everything I had heard previously about the Catholic faith was just not true. Reading the catechism must have changed your view as well.
I am (almost) 51 and I'm right there with you! I grew up Methodist and finally realized during the lockdown that it wasn't the answer for me. After many years of quietly loving Mary (the way I wasn't supposed to, according to Protestants) I converted. I have found SO much more prayer and scripture reading within the Catholic religion than I ever thought there was. It's amazing and beautiful.
Mary is a stumbling block to Protestant brothers and sisters. Catholics just happily embrace her as a gift from Jesus. She always desires for us to find and love her son. She was created for Him and she never veered from His Will. She is the example of how a human can follow Jesus.
Anna is such a sweet soul. She seems objectively fair to the subject matter. Looking forward to following her journey. I’m the only Catholic convert in my large Protestant family. Catholicism connected the dots for me.
My Catholic friend has listened to the Bible in a year twice with Fr. Mike and is now going through Catechism in a year. We share questions and answers. Love each other. I've had health issues and have never had better friends than Fr. Jeremy and my Catholic friends.
You are so right about Scott Hahn & Brant Pitre. The knowledge they have, and share is truly at another level. They know how to connect the dots giving us a much clearer understanding of Catholicism using scripture, the Catechism, and the writings of our church Fathers. Listening to this has warmed this old mans heart, you ladies are so spiritual, what a gift to the world you both are. Prayers for you both, with special intentions for Anna to find her way home to the one true church instituted by Christ our King. "There are not 100 people in the US who hate the Catholic church, but there are millions who hate what they wrongly perceive the Catholic church to be" Fulton Sheen Catholic Bishop
Oh Anna... I am a cradle Catholic and your comment about Mary's egg/womb brought tears to my eyes. I had never thought of that, so beautiful!! Thank you for your voice, faith and humble curiosity ❤
In regards to Mary, im a convert too, one of the most profound things i heard was during a homily. The priest mentioned how some dont want to give in and embrace Mary. He said imagine Jesus as a child and how he would when he saw his mother run up to her and embrace her and as he grew up how much he loved his mother, even in his dying breath making sure she would have someone responsible for caring for her. Ask yourself if as Christians we are supposed to imitate Christ ask oursleves if we love, cherish and honor Mary as much as Jesus did in his life here on earth.
I had an issue with Mary when I was discerning Catholicism. A deacon friend of mine bought me a copy of Bishop Fulton Sheens “The Worlds First Love” and it was a huge help!
As a former Evangelical Protestant now a Catholic, I can honestly say the primary reason that Protestants reject the Marian doctrines of the faith is a profound ignorance of Scripture, especially the Old Testament. As an Evangelical before, I really never had an appreciation for or a complete understanding of the Hebrew canon. It was always confusing until I discovered the meaning of the OT types, pre-figurations, and monarchy. Protestants are at a distinct disadvantage still simply because they do not have a comprehensive theology of Mary, the Eucharist, or the New Israel. I recommend "Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary" by Dr. Brant Pitre. "Love righteousness, you who judge the earth; think of the Lord in goodness, and seek Him in integrity of heart; because He is found by those who do not test Him, and manifests himself to those who do not disbelieve Him." Wisdom 1: 1-2.😀
Anna, think about apostolic succession this way. The hands that are placed during Confirmation (the Protestant equivalent of being saved) trace all the way back to Jesus. The same with the Eucharist - the hands that prepared the host trace all the way back to the Last Supper. That’s pretty amazing.
As a cradle Catholic who has lived in SC, VA, and Arkansas. It is cool to see southern baptists kick the tire on Catholicism. Maybe one day I won't feel like as much of a fish out of water.
This was so delightful. Anna seems to have been gifted with some wonderful natural instincts. I love how she just assumed Catholics pray to Mary and the Saints in a different way than we pray to Jesus. So many Protestants don’t have this beautiful, simple, and charitable instinct. She seems to have a good truth radar.
So I should clarify - I was DEDICATED as a baby at my church, not baptized. This is what happens when you’re trying to hold too many theologies in your head lol! Thanks so much for the convo Sara, looking forward to being back in the future 🤍
As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being baptized?” Act 8:36
Yes - too many ideologies and theologies are the problem (I Corinthians 1:10-15). All the more reason to adhere to the Word of God alone as our Guidebook (II Timothy 3:15-17)! God's ways and thoughts are not ours (Isaiah 55:8-9)!
As a someone who is converting to Catholicism, you remind me a lot of myself. I knew I was going to be catholic when I started saying “we believe” in regards to myself and the Church.
My wife was raised in protestant belief and her family is strongly of the protestant Christian tradition, when we met she had never heard anything about Catholicism, now she is like you tearing up Catholic UA-cam content and also doing a Bible in a year with Father Mike Schmitz. She started learning about the early Church and was surprised like you at all this history aside from just the Bible. It's been a journey for her also, and for me
This video took me totally by surprise! I'm a cradle Catholic and have been going through my own journey in humility, so I wanted to hear what was so different about other faiths and expected to just hear Catholic bashing.....wow! You two ladies have such a wonderful heart. I will pray for you both that Christ continues to guide you to the truth. May Mary love you both like her daughters and bring you to her Son
God bless you Anna, just a few other thoughts about Mary. The parents of Mary were St Joachim and St Anna they were the eartly grand parents of Jesus such a wonderful privilege. The church celebrated their feast day on the 26 July. Marys womb was the tabernacle of Jesus for Nine months. Jesus DNA was of Mary and God by the power of the Holy Spirit. In the presence of Mary our Blessed Mother the Angels and Saints I praise you O God. St Anna pray for us. 🙏
Glad to see Anna is doing well. It had been while since she made a video on her view of Catechism in a Year. Thanks for interviewing Anna BTW, great questions.
I'm listening, and will listen to the end, with the help of UA-cam's automatic translator so that I don't miss a single comma. Year after year I understand more and more why the Lord has allowed the division between Catholics and Protestants. It was so that one day we might have these wonderful people who are bringing ( _whether they become Catholic or not_ ) so many wonders to Christianity, led by the Holy Spirit. These are gemstones for the whole Universal Church. (I would say for all the world!) Thank you. My words are not enough to explain well, especially since my language is Italian, and living in Italy I speak Italian all day. Hope you understand that I am so grateful to Our Lord and to you because you are truly following Our Lord. Thank you! *Grazie Anna e Sara* 🌿💚💕🌿💚💕💙🌿
One of the great joys I have in being Catholic is belonging to this huge community of believers ... both globally and throughout history. A dear non-Catholic-Christian lady shared the Easter Vigil service with me this year. When I mentioned that this same service was being celebrated in every Catholic Church throughout the world, her eyes just bugged out. I hadn't thought about it before, but Protestants don't have that. Their history only goes back to the founder of their denomination and for some churches, may not extend past their individual pastor's flock ... until he says or does something that splits the congregation, something I've seen happen too many times just in my local area and in my own lifetime.
Ive been meaning to watch thos for quite a whileand finally did today.ive been following Anna's UA-cam channel as she's following Fr.Mike in the Catechism and am astounded at the respect, intelligence and insights that she has shown. I hope and pray this conversation has been an aid to her.
Your words… chaotic study. That is exactly where I am in this journey. I have started to pull this string… learning about church history, and you just know deep down there is no turning back.
Regarding apostolic succession for celebration of the holy Eucharist, read the letters of St.Ignatius who is believed to have been a disciple of the apostle John.
I am so enjoying Anna’s journey through the Catechism! She brings up questions that lead me to study my faith (and fall in love with it) even more. Thank you for this great conversation.
I highly recommend that Anna reads Scott Hahn's book, "Rome Sweet Home". It was instrumental in me going back to the Catholic Church after being away for 30+ years.
Thoroughly enjoyed your discussion. God bless you both. God is definitely leading you to an encounter to bring you to the fullness of truth in His Church.
Love this ❤️🔥❤️🔥. One caveat on the reformation; a lot of bohemian and Scandinavian princes and rulers adopted Lutheranism as their belief system and made it the church of the state. Calvin ran Geneva like an authoritarian church state. Same with Anglicanism, Henry VIII was madly in love with Ann Boleyn, the catholic church refused to annul his marriage, so he simply declared himself the supreme pontiff of the new “church of England”. I would say Protestantism grew because it was supported by many politicians/monarchs.
Protestantism is easy Christianity. That is why it became so popular. Catholicism to live it fully is not easy in any way. It requires work! But remember: “No Cross, No Crown!”
@@anthonypicano1670True, but the sad irony is that so many of us have reduced our own Catholic Christianity to something that is perceived as easy and just cultural.
Good summary. The irony with Henry VIII is that years before he was recognized as a defender of the Catholic faith against Protestantism and I think specifically Martin Luther. Early Anglicanism was very Catholic. It became more anti-Catholic as a means to political power.
There was also a lot funding coming from the Ottoman empire. Had the Muslims not intervened, the rebellion would have been squashed like many others before it.
I can relate to the "pebble in your shoe." That disunity in denominations always plagued me (especially in light of Jesus's prayer in John 17) which was my catalyst into the Catholic Church.
Sorry if I'm repeating anyone... what helps me in praying to/with Mary is to understand she is the queen mother of the king. Her role is similar to Bathsheba's was during the reign of her son Solomon. Brings the concerns of the family/"Kingdom" to her son, the king. Read Kings to get the repeating history of the Queen Mother in Judah (in the line of David).
I am Catholic and I believe that the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist is the proper literal interpretation of the gospel and that it was divinely instituted to the apostles at the Last Supper. What I find absolutely fascinating is that the only two churches that believe in the true presence of Jesus in the Eucharist are the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. And those are the only two churches with true Apostolic succession. The literal interpretation of the Eucharist (this IS my body) is so plain to see in scripture that I am stunned that no other church makes the claim of Christ’s true presence in the Eucharist. It would be so easy for a Protestant pastor to say “I have the authority to transform the bread and wine into the true body and blood of Christ, I don’t need authority from the Catholic or Orthodox Church.” But no other church outside the apostolic churches will make this claim. One reason is that they do not believe the doctrine but in this I see the hand of God working. The Lord has, in my opinion, protected His holy sacrament from those who do not have His authority to preform the sacrament. Protestants, by in large, read the gospel literally. It’s so surprising to me that they do not take Christ’s words at the Last Supper literally. I think this unbelief itself is the work of the Holy Spirit to protect the validity of the sacrament. Having said all this, I think Protestants get A LOT right about the gospel and they adore the Word of God. They are true Christians. I just think their blind spot with respect to the Holy Eucharist is amazing.
Excellent write up. The other thing I'll add is that the old covenant wasn't just for the Isralites to sacrifice animals for their sins but they were required to it eat it as well. Which is a typological transition when it comes to John 6 - Christ doubles down on those who found the teaching too hard when He clearly states that one must eat His flesh and drink His blood. Now Leviticus forbids the drinking of blood but also states that life is in the blood. Back to John 6 and Christ states that unless you drink His blood you have no life in you. It is clear that one must have faith like the apostles who accepted this teaching literally. There was no explanation required because they eventually understood the transition from the Old Covenant to the New Covenant. And if someone really thinks it's symbolic, why is St Paul warning people about being guilty of consuming Christ in an unworthy manner. How can you eat and drink Christ in an unworthy manner if it's symbolic. * “Take note of those who hold heterodox opinions on the grace of Jesus Christ, which have come to us, and see how contrary their opinions are to the mind of God... They abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer because they do not confess that the Eucharist is the flesh of our Savior Jesus Christ, Ash that suffered for our sins and that the Father, in his goodness, raised up again. They who deny the gift of God are perishing in their disputes.” [St. Ignatius of Antioch - Letter to the Smyrnaeans 6-7 (c. A.D. 110)]. God bless.
@@pete8684 AWESOME further explanation of the previous comment! I need to copy and save both statements to help me have discussions with my Protestant friends.
This is the most amazing podcast I have seen in a long time. This literally is the KEY to the churches moving forward into the kingdom of God. My mother was baptist and my dad was catholic and I am both. I was baptized Catholic and took my first Holy communion at age 8. Got born again at age 12 in the Baptist church. Would not trade any of those experiences for anything. I have always thought that the protestants would bring balance to the Mary dogmas if they would study the scriptures about her and meditate with the Holy Spirit's help. Mary is the first fruits of the bride of Christ (Revelation 12). She is the answer to women being over sexualized in our culture. Catholic men treat me with more respect than protestant men for the most part and think it is due to reverencing Mary. Womanhood is supposed to be reverenced. Years ago it was culturally frowned upon even to swear in the presence of a woman. Catholics and protestants together is God's will for this time. In the Middle Ages it was common to say to people in conversation I pray thee, meaning I beseech thee as in a strong request. It was not reserved for speaking to God and if you read books written in those days or about those days(Robin Hood) you will find I pray thee in common usage as people communicated to each other. It did not have any thing to do with worship. Example: I pray thee, come to the meeting in Nottingham Square, or I pray thee , come sup with us today. Etc. Pray meant to beseech intently to people or to God. It did not and still does not mean worship. It stopped being used in common speech, but in the Catholic Church it is still used to communicate with the body of Christ in heaven and to God. Jesus spoke to saints Moses and Elijah on the mount of transfiguration. Jesus told the Pharisees when they mocked Him about speaking with Abraham, "God is a God of the living , not the dead." The real misunderstanding between Catholics and Protestants is about the mysteries of the Gospel. Mystical truths which the Church is careful to examine for authenticity. here is an example of mystical truths: Jesus is the Living word ( nothing ceases to exist it only changes form) He is the Written Word , the Manifest Word, the Eternal Word, The Word Made Flesh, the Word made Bread and Wine .Many protestants do not believe in the five fold ministry.(Jesus ascended on high and gave gifts to men ..etc) The priest is supposed to be 5 fold ministry APOSTOLIC. Authority. Some Pentecostals especially charismatics believe in the restoration of Apostles and Prophets. There are many other things I could say, but not enough room in comment section. Blessings.
Maybe you'll like to know that in Italian, in today's current language, the expression "ti prego" [literally in English: "I pray you"] simply means "please..." We use this verb in at least 3 ways (besides the religious meaning of the verb "to pray") 1) please - as a kind request to someone. Ti prego = "Please give me that glass over there" 2) please - as a strong plea to someone. Ti prego = "Please, I urgently need..." 3) Ask - in written formal letters or emails from companies or public authorities or from a medical ambulatory. For example: Noi la preghiamo [literally: We pray you] = "we ask you to come to the medical examination at 11 a.m." Or "we ask you to join the meeting with the mayor at 5 p.m." God Bless Thank you for your message - meditation.
... and here is another very popular phrase in Italian: "Vi prego, fate silenzio!" = in English "Silence, please!" - but the literal translation from Italian is "I pray you, silence!" (Obviously talking to a group of people 🙂 . It's not a religious prayer 😁 )
Apostolic Succession is actually one of the easiest doctrines to support. Remember in the Gospel when Jesus sent out his apostles 2x2, he instilled in them His powers to heal. When the Holy Spirit Decended on the Apostles at Pentacost, they were endowed with the power of tongues and the powers to actually go out and build The Church from the ground up. They, in turn, created the Church and the Bishophood, if you will by passing those powers onto their chosen Bishops. And so on and so on. Much of this is included in the early Church history which you indicated you want to learn more about. Perhaps the best argument for Apostolic Succession is simply the number of Protestant Churchs that have popped up and continue to pop up. The process of becoming a Bishop is very defined, and takes the powers of the Bishops to pass those powers on to new Bishops. There is no such requirement for Protestant ministers. Literally, anyone can start a new protestant Church tomorrow and call themselves a Minister. We don't believe that as Catholics. The Priesthood is not just a club of good ole boys who like the same thing. The Priesthood is a very special position endowed with powers that are passed on through Apostolic Succession give authority to the Priests. If you ask a Protestant minister from where they get their authority, it is either self-given or poo-poo'd as not important. Once you accept that early Christianity matters, it becomes harder and harder to deny Catholic teachings. I mean, the Catholics have had 2000 years to debate and figure it out. And all of the Catholic teachings come as a result of the common types of challenges and questions that you are asking.
Having been southern Baptist and shortly Pentecostal I can say that I left the Pentecostal church because it terrified me. After 5 combat tours I learned to trust my senses… I’m not being ugly, just honest.
@Thatsmynametoo2 the screaming, loss of control, running around, spawning on the ground and babbling. This is all extremely unbiblical as the Spirit is temperance or self control. The only place you see these actions biblically is demonic possession and Jesus and/or the Apostles cast them out!!!
@Thatsmynametoo2 also, I survived 5 combat tours and learned to trust my senses and when The Holy Spirit is whacking you over the head with a cast iron skillet and telling you to run… I run!!! I have done extensive research into this group (cult) and ex music ministers tell about how the used the music to control and manipulate the crowd. Lulling them and hypnotizing them to them bring them into an emotion frenzy. I, once again, am not trying to be ugly this is just the truth.
Thank you so much to both Sara and Anna for this conversation. This is an amazing time in history when some of the wounds of the Protestant Reformation (or the Protestant Deformation, as some call it) are being healed. As Christians we should be loving each other even if we disagree with each other's theology. Speaking of loving each other, there seem to be some Catholics for whom loving Pope Francis is a challenge. Within Catholicism, there seems to be a lot of tension between Catholics who want to keep things the same and Catholics who want to change things. I pray that God would help those two sides to love each other too.
[Edit: Mary & Jesus mentions in the Catechism] Searching Verbum for "Mary" in the Catechism returns 204 results in 92 articles. Searching for "Jesus" returns 978 results in 413 articles. "Mother of God" returns 36 results in 25 articles. "Son of God" returns 128 results in 88 articles. "Holy Spirit" returns 644 results in 310 articles.
Both are welcome to discover more about our Lady.You will find another world of posibilities to love Jesus and share the best of you to others."Just do what he said"
I love your open mind. As I said early on, you will convert to Catholocism before this is all said and done. May a recommend a free online course from Hillsdale College called Ancient Christianity. I found it very helpful. Christians today are mistaken in thinking that Christianity was defined with the Pentecost and that cannot be more mistaken. Early Christianity was very difficult with lots of persecution and infighting by the Bishops. Outright challenges to the Apostles teachings and interpretation of who Jesus was/is, who Mary is, was, and how to worship were not cut and dried during a 3 year minister by our Lord Jesus Christ. The Protestant Reformation was a horrible break in The Church, as was the Chism between the eastern and western church. But you are right, I went down these same rabbit holes. The more you learn the more you will realize, as many many have, that everything leads back to Catholicism. Yes we have some very negative history but that is due to the sinful nature of man, not the teachings. Jesus wants all of the denominations to be united under one Kingdom of God. I pray every day it will happen. The more you know, the more everything leads to Catholocism. God Bless you. You do know you can go through the RCIA process without committing to join the Catholic Church. You can decide to leave the process at any time. These classes typically start in September so now is a good time to contact your local parish to get more info. Guess what, the Catholic Church recognizes your Protestant baptism, so we aren't totally divide. God Bless!
Wow! Everything y’all are talking about to this 2 year old Catholic is fascinating. About Mary, if she had not said yes, and she had a choice, there would be no Christian Faith. She is also our intercessory to Jesus as all the Saints are. We can talk to her as a Mom to her Son and about her Son. I learned in RCIA that we don’t pray to Mary we pray THROUGH Mary to her Son. A good example for me is (my Daddy passed away) Daddy while you’re up there could you and Jesus get together and find a good man for me? Then I met my husband…
I don't have the answer to why apostolic succession is required, but I find it hard to digest how just graduating in Theology qualifies anybody in the protestant circle to be a pastor. Apostolic succession in that sense I think is important for it's validity. Human at list in this life won't live forever so they need successors.
Great topics! On Purgatory and just how complete was Jesus work on the Cross, Colosians 1:24 St Paul says, "Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church." Is it a wonder the Catholic Church claims Purgatory to be the Church Suffering? Jesus sacrifice was not complete as He offers a place for us to unite our sufferings with His.
Yeah, and they don't have Maccabees in their Bible 2 Maccabees 12: 46 Douay-Rheims It is, therefore, a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins.
I like to think of prayers to Mary like this "Mom, please get Dad to let me go out Friday night". It always worked as a kid. It worked at the wedding in Cana also.
God needed Mary’s fiat for his plan of salvation because it was through our free will that the human race rejected God and therefore, it must also be through the corporation of the human race for our salvation. God will never violate anyone’s free will because his highest attribute is that he is Love. It was through a woman that sin entered the world and it was through another woman, Mary that salvation came through Jesus, Ga. 4:4. And it was through Adam disobedience but Jesus the new Adam obedience that salvation came to the human race. God need Mary to freely choose to be his mother. At that point Jesus became man he could act as both priest and victim to offer the perfect sacrifice to bring about the salvation of souls for all those who respond to his call of repentance and communion.
At 26:27 you discuss eggs in women. Look up fetal-maternal microchimerism. Not sure if I spelled that correctly. Basically Baby’s dna may stay with a mother for decades. 🤯💥
So good! I noticed Anna said she contemplates Mary’s faith as something beautiful. I like that. But! I wonder what that contemplation would look like when it focused on Mary’s love for Jesus. Love is the greatest of the theological virtues, not faith. Luther seems to think faith is the greatest of the theological virtues and what everything the Bible hinges on. I would say love and the two laws that say you should love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, and soul, and that you should love your neighbor as yourself. Luther seemed very preoccupied about salvation, and for some reason this bone he picked about who is and isn’t saved, makes it so easy to condemn and save others. My brothers who walked away from Catholicism also wonder about the necessity of apostolic succession in validating the presence of Christ in the Eucharist. Gonna have to think about that one!
Girls, I appreciate your openness to explore the teaching of other denominations. Look also the traditions and teachings of the Orthodox and Oriental Churches. Their traditions go back to Jesus time and the time of the early Church. Very few evangelicals and protestant study the history of the early church. They usually end with the apostles. But writers after them explain teachings and practice of the early Church. Almost all of them were bishops, people with a great oversite of the happening in the Church. Just go and explore that.
If God thought it Glorious to 'go thru Mary' to give us a Savior to approach us - how can it be called folly for us to also 'go thru Mary' to approach this same Savior?
Mary was chosen, that is true but the critical piece is that she accepted. Accepted her role and calling in a very difficult way. In this sense, her role was part of Salvation. You could say the first part of Salvation.
Prayer means to request. Worship always involves a sacrifice. When we pray to the angels, saints, it’s to ask for there help. So you can say we are praying with them. When Jesus prayed in the garden of gethsemane during his passion to the Father. The father sent Him an angel. Jesus didn’t say to the angel I don’t need you, I can go straight to the Father. When God estimated his covenant, it was to undo the effects of the fall and bring heaven an earth together.
I wish the definition of "worship" in the dictionary would say that it involves a sacrifice, be easier to explain it to Protestants, but if you say that to a non-Catholic, they'll use the dictionary meaning of "showing reverance and adoration" to defend what they are doing as worshipping God. What you said makes sense to us but not to them.😒
Jesus is God. But as a member of a family here in this world, I’m sure Jesus has tenderness to His step-father Joseph, and His grandparents St. Ann and St. Joaquim. Mary is with Jesus during His infancy , suffering, crucifixion and death from the cross.
Apostolic succession is in chapter 1 of Acts. Peter quotes the Psalms, "let another take his office" and Mathias is elevated to the office vacated by the death of Judas Iscariot.
The most important and essential component of the mass is the celebration of the Eucharist....the Eucharist is and becomes the presence of christ to his children and family at that moment in time...priests have the power to do this during mass for they are the representatives of christ here on this timeline of ours....however...if priests were absent due to war or some other man made or natural reason of no ones fault...then lay people elected by the members could perform the blessing for transubstantiation you do require wine and breed...two essential components to the mass...both the bread and the wine are each fully the body and blood of christ....both are...so the lay members only need take the host....no need to drink the wine...
Welcome to the fullness Sisters in Christ, Mary to me fulfills the role of Queen mother so well & simultaneously is/was the most humble role in salvation history by consenting to carry and raise Jesus. For Apostolic Succession he named names Simon his first Rock of the church, in Acts when Matthias is voted in to assume the office of Judas Iscariot it is established that ALL offices will be successional in nature with the new holders being prayerfully elected with the Holy Spirit's blessing. If it helps at all, please consider prayer to Mary & others in Heaven as "asks" not worship, because to pray to is to ask.
She starts her explanation of her Southern Baptist background by saying she was baptized as a baby. Maybe she meant “baby” in the southern mama sense. :)
You are Peter and upon this Rock, I will build my Church. Jesus specifically chose 12 men who were the 1st Bishops and Peter was chosen by Jesus as the 1st Pope. The reason Roman Catholics recognise the Orthodox Church's Eucharist, is because there was an unbroken succession from one of the apostles. Only the Bishops are given the authority by God to ordain Priests. When Martin Luther left the church, he knew that his future followers would not be receiving the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.
Apostolic succession is important for transmission of the faith. Otherwise, you have the situation the protestants have, inventing new traditions. Apostolic tradition hands over the teaching about the real presence, but also the true and the right worship where this is celebrated. The liturgy of the early church was preserved until today. Churches with the apostolic succession have preserved the structure: readings of the bible (many people at that time were illiterate), homily ( explaining the teaching of the Church and encouraging brethren in the time of the persecution) and the Eucharistic meal ( Lords supper). Laying hands was the practice of the transmission of the holy deposit of the Church and empowerment of the person for the ministry. ( See Elijah and Elisha, anointing of kings and priests in the OT and Paul's warning not to lay hands to quick to someone).
I just happened across this video in my UA-cam feeds. You are both very sweet and it was so interesting listening to your conversation. I must say that the early Church looked nothing like today's Roman Catholicism. Catholicism is definitely a salvation through works religion (definitely a religion). Most Catholics have never even read the Bible. They are not encouraged to do so. The Gospel of salvation is so simple. One must be born again to be saved. The Catholic church is definitely a mission field. I grew up in Italy to missionary parents. One of my friends from high school (a Christian boarding school) is now a Catholic priest and I've been conversing with him through Facebook for a couple years now. Ugh...there's so much I want to say!! I do believe some Catholics are saved, but it's usually someone who grew up deeply steeped in Catholicism and one day became saved by the Truth that is in the Bible...and usually they can't let go of the Catholic title (the name only, not the practice) because it's part of their heritage (?...I'm not sure how to explain what I'm trying to say) like Italians.
Meanwhile, a Catholic priest read the entire Bible in a year in 2021. It was the #1 podcast in all genres, and it still holds the #2 in the Religious and Spirituality category (if the podcast is about God, it's automatically in that category regardless of the "I'm not 'religious' crowd") in 2023. This "Catholics don't read the bible and are not encouraged to" is such a worn out and false charge that it's unfortunate that it still exists.
@@JasonN- You seem annoyed. It wasn't my intention to annoy anyone. Are you Catholic? I'm not saying no Catholic has ever read the Bible, but it's not something that is usually encouraged. Also, I'm not saying that it's discouraged, it's just not usually done. The catechism is their authority, not the Bible.
@@CrixieOnWheelsHaven’t you figured out we get the Bible with every Mass. If you go only on Sunday you get 90% of the entire Bible in 3 years. If you go to daily Mass you get it every 2 years. Don’t encourage the Bible? The entire Mass is full of the Bible, the prayers, the chants, the Gloria, the Holy, holy, holy, the Lamb of God prayer, preparation to take Holy Communion, & on & on. We usually look at the catechism for questions on Church issues or to rebut Protestants. The catechism is an outline of the beliefs of the Catholic Church.
@@CrixieOnWheels "The Church "forcefully and specifically exhorts all the Christian faithful. . . to learn the surpassing knowledge of Jesus Christ, by frequent reading of the divine Scriptures. Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ." That's a direct quote from the Catechism (Para 133)
@@JasonN- @TrixRN Two things: 1. I've obviously run across a channel that is mainly Catholic and I'm being informed that the Catholic Church in the States is very different from the Catholic church in Italy. 2. I guess this is a question. As a non-Catholic, how can I be saved?
I sometimes wonder if the early Church adopted the doctrines of Mary to protect new believers. It is better to first grow to love & fear the LORD, before coming to truths too perplexing, frighting, and complex. (Milk before meat, crawl before walk, walk before run).
I'm a Protestant and I started playing the organ for a Catholic Mass. I am listening to Fr. Mike and the Catechism in a year. I started listening to it to better understand the Mass. I've stayed with it and learned so much and absolutely respect Catholicism.
May God bless you for what you do. Do you not long for the Eucharist being so close to the real presence of Jesus? As a Catholic, I often think of the disciples on the road to Emmaus. Their hearts burned and Jesus vanished when He broke the bread because He became present in the form of the bread.
Thank you for your kind comment! So glad you are finding things you enjoy and respect about Catholicism. May God bless you on your journey!
Why are you Waiting to become catholic? 😊 have you ever red The story of st expeditus?
In January 2020 I went to the holy land, as a lifelong Methodist, with a group from the Catholic Church, including their priest. When I walked in the footsteps of Jesus (literally) I realized I was missing some thing. I begin to know that the Methodist religion was not the answer to the Bible for me, but that the Catholic religion was. I came back home and joined the Catholic Church at the age of 68. My life has been changed forever🙏🏻. I realized that the whole Christian world was Catholic for 1,500 years. That completely changed my perspective. Everything I had heard previously about the Catholic faith was just not true. Reading the catechism must have changed your view as well.
I am (almost) 51 and I'm right there with you! I grew up Methodist and finally realized during the lockdown that it wasn't the answer for me. After many years of quietly loving Mary (the way I wasn't supposed to, according to Protestants) I converted. I have found SO much more prayer and scripture reading within the Catholic religion than I ever thought there was. It's amazing and beautiful.
Mary is a stumbling block to Protestant brothers and sisters. Catholics just happily embrace her as a gift from Jesus. She always desires for us to find and love her son. She was created for Him and she never veered from His Will. She is the example of how a human can follow Jesus.
You’re reading Justin Martyrs First Apology? Nice.
Former Baptist here also, now Catholic. That letter was impactful for me.
Thank you for your comment! So glad you enjoyed the convo.
Anna is such a sweet soul. She seems objectively fair to the subject matter. Looking forward to following her journey. I’m the only Catholic convert in my large Protestant family. Catholicism connected the dots for me.
Welcome home. God bless you.
My Catholic friend has listened to the Bible in a year twice with Fr. Mike and is now going through Catechism in a year. We share questions and answers. Love each other. I've had health issues and have never had better friends than Fr. Jeremy and my Catholic friends.
You are so right about Scott Hahn & Brant Pitre. The knowledge they have, and share is truly at another level. They know how to connect the dots giving us a much clearer understanding of Catholicism using scripture, the Catechism, and the writings of our church Fathers. Listening to this has warmed this old mans heart, you ladies are so spiritual, what a gift to the world you both are. Prayers for you both, with special intentions for Anna to find her way home to the one true church instituted by Christ our King.
"There are not 100 people in the US who hate the Catholic church, but there are millions who hate what they wrongly perceive the Catholic church to be"
Fulton Sheen
Catholic Bishop
Matthew 10:22 And you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.(ESV)
Oh Anna... I am a cradle Catholic and your comment about Mary's egg/womb brought tears to my eyes. I had never thought of that, so beautiful!! Thank you for your voice, faith and humble curiosity ❤
In regards to Mary, im a convert too, one of the most profound things i heard was during a homily. The priest mentioned how some dont want to give in and embrace Mary. He said imagine Jesus as a child and how he would when he saw his mother run up to her and embrace her and as he grew up how much he loved his mother, even in his dying breath making sure she would have someone responsible for caring for her. Ask yourself if as Christians we are supposed to imitate Christ ask oursleves if we love, cherish and honor Mary as much as Jesus did in his life here on earth.
I PRAY THAT ANNA WILL COME HOME TO THE FULLNESS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ⛪
I had an issue with Mary when I was discerning Catholicism. A deacon friend of mine bought me a copy of Bishop Fulton Sheens “The Worlds First Love” and it was a huge help!
As a former Evangelical Protestant now a Catholic, I can honestly say the primary reason that Protestants reject the Marian doctrines of the faith is a profound ignorance of Scripture, especially the Old Testament. As an Evangelical before, I really never had an appreciation for or a complete understanding of the Hebrew canon. It was always confusing until I discovered the meaning of the OT types, pre-figurations, and monarchy. Protestants are at a distinct disadvantage still simply because they do not have a comprehensive theology of Mary, the Eucharist, or the New Israel. I recommend "Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary" by Dr. Brant Pitre. "Love righteousness, you who judge the earth; think of the Lord in goodness, and seek Him in integrity of heart; because He is found by those who do not test Him, and manifests himself to those who do not disbelieve Him." Wisdom 1: 1-2.😀
Anna, think about apostolic succession this way.
The hands that are placed during Confirmation (the Protestant equivalent of being saved) trace all the way back to Jesus.
The same with the Eucharist - the hands that prepared the host trace all the way back to the Last Supper.
That’s pretty amazing.
As a cradle Catholic who has lived in SC, VA, and Arkansas. It is cool to see southern baptists kick the tire on Catholicism. Maybe one day I won't feel like as much of a fish out of water.
Totally! Thanks for watching and commenting!
This was so delightful. Anna seems to have been gifted with some wonderful natural instincts. I love how she just assumed Catholics pray to Mary and the Saints in a different way than we pray to Jesus. So many Protestants don’t have this beautiful, simple, and charitable instinct. She seems to have a good truth radar.
So I should clarify - I was DEDICATED as a baby at my church, not baptized. This is what happens when you’re trying to hold too many theologies in your head lol! Thanks so much for the convo Sara, looking forward to being back in the future 🤍
As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being baptized?” Act 8:36
Yes - too many ideologies and theologies are the problem (I Corinthians 1:10-15). All the more reason to adhere to the Word of God alone as our Guidebook (II Timothy 3:15-17)!
God's ways and thoughts are not ours (Isaiah 55:8-9)!
As a someone who is converting to Catholicism, you remind me a lot of myself. I knew I was going to be catholic when I started saying “we believe” in regards to myself and the Church.
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My wife was raised in protestant belief and her family is strongly of the protestant Christian tradition, when we met she had never heard anything about Catholicism, now she is like you tearing up Catholic UA-cam content and also doing a Bible in a year with Father Mike Schmitz. She started learning about the early Church and was surprised like you at all this history aside from just the Bible. It's been a journey for her also, and for me
Both of you discovering the early church history sounds like what scott hahn commented "everythings coming up catholic"
This video took me totally by surprise! I'm a cradle Catholic and have been going through my own journey in humility, so I wanted to hear what was so different about other faiths and expected to just hear Catholic bashing.....wow! You two ladies have such a wonderful heart. I will pray for you both that Christ continues to guide you to the truth. May Mary love you both like her daughters and bring you to her Son
Anna, regardless of where your journey ends, please know you are a beautiful and brave soul and thank you for sharing your thoughts with us.
Amen
What a sweetheart she is. Thank you for sharing her with us!
God bless you Anna, just a few other thoughts about Mary. The parents of Mary were St Joachim and St Anna they were the eartly grand parents of Jesus such a wonderful privilege. The church celebrated their feast day on the 26 July. Marys womb was the tabernacle of Jesus for Nine months. Jesus DNA was of Mary and God by the power of the Holy Spirit.
In the presence of Mary our Blessed Mother the Angels and Saints I praise you O God.
St Anna pray for us. 🙏
What a lovely conversation 💕
God bless you ladies 🙏💐
Glad to see Anna is doing well. It had been while since she made a video on her view of Catechism in a Year. Thanks for interviewing Anna BTW, great questions.
This was a great conversation! I loved listening to her perspective.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'm listening, and will listen to the end, with the help of UA-cam's automatic translator so that I don't miss a single comma.
Year after year I understand more and more why the Lord has allowed the division between Catholics and Protestants. It was so that one day we might have these wonderful people who are bringing ( _whether they become Catholic or not_ ) so many wonders to Christianity, led by the Holy Spirit. These are gemstones for the whole Universal Church.
(I would say for all the world!)
Thank you.
My words are not enough to explain well, especially since my language is Italian, and living in Italy I speak Italian all day.
Hope you understand that I am so grateful to Our Lord and to you because you are truly following Our Lord. Thank you!
*Grazie Anna e Sara*
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Your name will be on my rosary daily prayer, sister!
Hope you Will join The fullness of Truth
One of the great joys I have in being Catholic is belonging to this huge community of believers ... both globally and throughout history. A dear non-Catholic-Christian lady shared the Easter Vigil service with me this year. When I mentioned that this same service was being celebrated in every Catholic Church throughout the world, her eyes just bugged out. I hadn't thought about it before, but Protestants don't have that. Their history only goes back to the founder of their denomination and for some churches, may not extend past their individual pastor's flock ... until he says or does something that splits the congregation, something I've seen happen too many times just in my local area and in my own lifetime.
Ive been meaning to watch thos for quite a whileand finally did today.ive been following Anna's UA-cam channel as she's following Fr.Mike in the Catechism and am astounded at the respect, intelligence and insights that she has shown. I hope and pray this conversation has been an aid to her.
Oh my gosh. I love her voice. Such a sweet lady. ❤
Anna’s meditation of the child Mary carrying the womb that would nurture our Lord is wholesome and beautiful. So moving. Praise Jesus.
Your words… chaotic study. That is exactly where I am in this journey. I have started to pull this string… learning about church history, and you just know deep down there is no turning back.
Regarding apostolic succession for celebration of the holy Eucharist, read the letters of St.Ignatius who is believed to have been a disciple of the apostle John.
I am so enjoying Anna’s journey through the Catechism! She brings up questions that lead me to study my faith (and fall in love with it) even more. Thank you for this great conversation.
Thank you so much for watching!
The chaotic world of Protestantism and its denominations, I call it "Chaotic Decentralization". I was raised Protestant but now Catholic since April.
Very interesting what Anna said about little Mary's eggs 😊❤ i haven't though about it before! She was chosen before born!
I highly recommend that Anna reads Scott Hahn's book, "Rome Sweet Home". It was instrumental in me going back to the Catholic Church after being away for 30+ years.
Her reflection on our Lady is beautiful.
Father Mawdsley's book, "If You Believed Moses", is masterful about the Mass.
All his book are!
Thoroughly enjoyed your discussion. God bless you both. God is definitely leading you to an encounter to bring you to the fullness of truth in His Church.
I'm about 25 minutes in, and so far your story is in many ways - line by line - the same as my experience.
Thanks for watching! So glad you found you were able to relate :)
Mary is a very important example of what it means to obey God without fail
Lovely to hear the story! So excited to listen to this!^_^ God Bless! Love from a Catholic 🥰🙏❤
So glad!
@@tiberbridgecatholic 😊❤
Love this ❤️🔥❤️🔥. One caveat on the reformation; a lot of bohemian and Scandinavian princes and rulers adopted Lutheranism as their belief system and made it the church of the state. Calvin ran Geneva like an authoritarian church state. Same with Anglicanism, Henry VIII was madly in love with Ann Boleyn, the catholic church refused to annul his marriage, so he simply declared himself the supreme pontiff of the new “church of England”. I would say Protestantism grew because it was supported by many politicians/monarchs.
Protestantism is easy Christianity. That is why it became so popular. Catholicism to live it fully is not easy in any way. It requires work! But remember: “No Cross, No Crown!”
@@anthonypicano1670True, but the sad irony is that so many of us have reduced our own Catholic Christianity to something that is perceived as easy and just cultural.
Good summary. The irony with Henry VIII is that years before he was recognized as a defender of the Catholic faith against Protestantism and I think specifically Martin Luther. Early Anglicanism was very Catholic. It became more anti-Catholic as a means to political power.
There was also a lot funding coming from the Ottoman empire. Had the Muslims not intervened, the rebellion would have been squashed like many others before it.
@@DanteColburn didn’t know that. Thank you 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Sarah, great conversation, very powerful.
I can relate to the "pebble in your shoe." That disunity in denominations always plagued me (especially in light of Jesus's prayer in John 17) which was my catalyst into the Catholic Church.
Truly enjoyed this conversation! God’s blessings for you both!
Catholic here. Jesus bless all of us here, amen.
Thanks for the Most Reluctant Convert recommendation. Hadn't heard of it.
What a great conversation ladies! Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Sorry if I'm repeating anyone... what helps me in praying to/with Mary is to understand she is the queen mother of the king. Her role is similar to Bathsheba's was during the reign of her son Solomon. Brings the concerns of the family/"Kingdom" to her son, the king. Read Kings to get the repeating history of the Queen Mother in Judah (in the line of David).
I am Catholic and I believe that the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist is the proper literal interpretation of the gospel and that it was divinely instituted to the apostles at the Last Supper. What I find absolutely fascinating is that the only two churches that believe in the true presence of Jesus in the Eucharist are the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. And those are the only two churches with true Apostolic succession. The literal interpretation of the Eucharist (this IS my body) is so plain to see in scripture that I am stunned that no other church makes the claim of Christ’s true presence in the Eucharist. It would be so easy for a Protestant pastor to say “I have the authority to transform the bread and wine into the true body and blood of Christ, I don’t need authority from the Catholic or Orthodox Church.” But no other church outside the apostolic churches will make this claim. One reason is that they do not believe the doctrine but in this I see the hand of God working. The Lord has, in my opinion, protected His holy sacrament from those who do not have His authority to preform the sacrament. Protestants, by in large, read the gospel literally. It’s so surprising to me that they do not take Christ’s words at the Last Supper literally. I think this unbelief itself is the work of the Holy Spirit to protect the validity of the sacrament. Having said all this, I think Protestants get A LOT right about the gospel and they adore the Word of God. They are true Christians. I just think their blind spot with respect to the Holy Eucharist is amazing.
Excellent write up. The other thing I'll add is that the old covenant wasn't just for the Isralites to sacrifice animals for their sins but they were required to it eat it as well. Which is a typological transition when it comes to John 6 - Christ doubles down on those who found the teaching too hard when He clearly states that one must eat His flesh and drink His blood. Now Leviticus forbids the drinking of blood but also states that life is in the blood. Back to John 6 and Christ states that unless you drink His blood you have no life in you.
It is clear that one must have faith like the apostles who accepted this teaching literally. There was no explanation required because they eventually understood the transition from the Old Covenant to the New Covenant.
And if someone really thinks it's symbolic, why is St Paul warning people about being guilty of consuming Christ in an unworthy manner. How can you eat and drink Christ in an unworthy manner if it's symbolic.
* “Take note of those who hold heterodox opinions on the grace of Jesus Christ, which have come to us, and see how contrary their opinions are to the mind of God... They abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer because they do not confess that the Eucharist is the flesh of our Savior Jesus Christ, Ash that suffered for our sins and that the Father, in his goodness, raised up again. They who deny the gift of God are perishing in their disputes.” [St. Ignatius of Antioch - Letter to the Smyrnaeans 6-7 (c. A.D. 110)].
God bless.
@@pete8684True, true, true!
@@pete8684 AWESOME further explanation of the previous comment! I need to copy and save both statements to help me have discussions with my Protestant friends.
Anna had a revelation from God. She is blessed.
This is the most amazing podcast I have seen in a long time. This literally is the KEY to the churches moving forward into the kingdom
of God. My mother was baptist and my dad was catholic and I am both. I was baptized Catholic and took my first Holy communion at age 8. Got born again at age 12 in the Baptist church. Would not trade any of those experiences for anything. I have always thought that the protestants
would bring balance to the Mary dogmas if they would study the scriptures about her and meditate with the Holy Spirit's help. Mary is the first fruits of the bride of Christ (Revelation 12). She is the answer to women being over sexualized in our culture. Catholic men treat me with more respect than protestant men for the most part and think it is due to reverencing Mary. Womanhood is supposed to be reverenced. Years ago it was culturally frowned upon even to swear in
the presence of a woman. Catholics and protestants together is God's will for this time.
In the Middle Ages it was common to say to people in conversation I pray thee, meaning I beseech thee as in a strong request. It was not reserved for speaking to God and if you read books
written in those days or about those days(Robin Hood) you will find I pray thee in common usage as people communicated to each other. It did not have any thing to do with worship. Example: I pray thee, come to the meeting in Nottingham Square, or I pray thee , come sup with us today. Etc. Pray meant to beseech intently to people or to God. It did not and still does not mean worship. It stopped being used in common speech, but in the Catholic Church it is still used to communicate with the body of Christ in heaven and to God.
Jesus spoke to saints Moses and Elijah on the mount of transfiguration. Jesus told the Pharisees when they mocked Him about speaking with Abraham, "God is a God of the living , not the dead."
The real misunderstanding between Catholics and Protestants is about the mysteries of the Gospel. Mystical truths which the Church is careful to examine for authenticity. here is an example of mystical truths: Jesus is the Living word ( nothing ceases to exist it only changes form)
He is the Written Word , the Manifest Word, the Eternal Word, The Word Made Flesh, the Word made Bread and Wine
.Many protestants do not believe in the five fold ministry.(Jesus ascended on high and gave gifts to men ..etc) The priest is supposed to be 5 fold ministry APOSTOLIC. Authority. Some Pentecostals
especially charismatics believe in the restoration of Apostles and Prophets.
There are many other things I could say, but not enough room in comment section.
Blessings.
Maybe you'll like to know that in Italian, in today's current language,
the expression "ti prego" [literally in English: "I pray you"] simply means "please..."
We use this verb in at least 3 ways (besides the religious meaning of the verb "to pray")
1) please - as a kind request to someone. Ti prego = "Please give me that glass over there"
2) please - as a strong plea to someone.
Ti prego = "Please, I urgently need..."
3) Ask - in written formal letters or emails from companies or public authorities or from a medical ambulatory. For example:
Noi la preghiamo [literally: We pray you] =
"we ask you to come to the medical examination at 11 a.m."
Or "we ask you to join the meeting with the mayor at 5 p.m."
God Bless
Thank you for your message - meditation.
... and here is another very popular phrase in Italian:
"Vi prego, fate silenzio!" = in English "Silence, please!" - but the literal translation from Italian is "I pray you, silence!"
(Obviously talking to a group of people 🙂 . It's not a religious prayer 😁 )
Loved this conversation. Thank you both!
Enjoyed lustening to the conversation. Thank you, Sara and Anna.
You might want to edit your comment. I know it's probably a typo but still.
God only wants us to love and respect each other. He as our Father and us as His children. All for the Glory and Kingdom of God.
Apostolic Succession is actually one of the easiest doctrines to support. Remember in the Gospel when Jesus sent out his apostles 2x2, he instilled in them His powers to heal. When the Holy Spirit Decended on the Apostles at Pentacost, they were endowed with the power of tongues and the powers to actually go out and build The Church from the ground up. They, in turn, created the Church and the Bishophood, if you will by passing those powers onto their chosen Bishops. And so on and so on. Much of this is included in the early Church history which you indicated you want to learn more about. Perhaps the best argument for Apostolic Succession is simply the number of Protestant Churchs that have popped up and continue to pop up. The process of becoming a Bishop is very defined, and takes the powers of the Bishops to pass those powers on to new Bishops. There is no such requirement for Protestant ministers. Literally, anyone can start a new protestant Church tomorrow and call themselves a Minister. We don't believe that as Catholics. The Priesthood is not just a club of good ole boys who like the same thing. The Priesthood is a very special position endowed with powers that are passed on through Apostolic Succession give authority to the Priests. If you ask a Protestant minister from where they get their authority, it is either self-given or poo-poo'd as not important. Once you accept that early Christianity matters, it becomes harder and harder to deny Catholic teachings. I mean, the Catholics have had 2000 years to debate and figure it out. And all of the Catholic teachings come as a result of the common types of challenges and questions that you are asking.
Anna ; just keep letting the Holy Spirit guide you won’t get lost .
Anna, God bless you sis
Having been southern Baptist and shortly Pentecostal I can say that I left the Pentecostal church because it terrified me. After 5 combat tours I learned to trust my senses… I’m not being ugly, just honest.
I 100% understand, and I appreciate your honesty here! Thank you!
@Thatsmynametoo2 the screaming, loss of control, running around, spawning on the ground and babbling. This is all extremely unbiblical as the Spirit is temperance or self control. The only place you see these actions biblically is demonic possession and Jesus and/or the Apostles cast them out!!!
@Thatsmynametoo2 also, I survived 5 combat tours and learned to trust my senses and when The Holy Spirit is whacking you over the head with a cast iron skillet and telling you to run… I run!!! I have done extensive research into this group (cult) and ex music ministers tell about how the used the music to control and manipulate the crowd. Lulling them and hypnotizing them to them bring them into an emotion frenzy. I, once again, am not trying to be ugly this is just the truth.
Thank you so much to both Sara and Anna for this conversation. This is an amazing time in history when some of the wounds of the Protestant Reformation (or the Protestant Deformation, as some call it) are being healed. As Christians we should be loving each other even if we disagree with each other's theology. Speaking of loving each other, there seem to be some Catholics for whom loving Pope Francis is a challenge. Within Catholicism, there seems to be a lot of tension between Catholics who want to keep things the same and Catholics who want to change things. I pray that God would help those two sides to love each other too.
What has changed? There is nothing new under the sun.
[Edit: Mary & Jesus mentions in the Catechism]
Searching Verbum for "Mary" in the Catechism returns 204 results in 92 articles.
Searching for "Jesus" returns 978 results in 413 articles.
"Mother of God" returns 36 results in 25 articles.
"Son of God" returns 128 results in 88 articles.
"Holy Spirit" returns 644 results in 310 articles.
Both are welcome to discover more about our Lady.You will find another world of posibilities to love Jesus and share the best of you to others."Just do what he said"
She'll come home for sure, looks like the Queen of the Universe is in her heart.
The King of the Universe 👑
@@vanessamay3689both 😊
You are both beautiful and amazing not only physical beauty but spiritually. Glory to God.
I love your open mind. As I said early on, you will convert to Catholocism before this is all said and done. May a recommend a free online course from Hillsdale College called Ancient Christianity. I found it very helpful. Christians today are mistaken in thinking that Christianity was defined with the Pentecost and that cannot be more mistaken. Early Christianity was very difficult with lots of persecution and infighting by the Bishops. Outright challenges to the Apostles teachings and interpretation of who Jesus was/is, who Mary is, was, and how to worship were not cut and dried during a 3 year minister by our Lord Jesus Christ. The Protestant Reformation was a horrible break in The Church, as was the Chism between the eastern and western church. But you are right, I went down these same rabbit holes. The more you learn the more you will realize, as many many have, that everything leads back to Catholicism. Yes we have some very negative history but that is due to the sinful nature of man, not the teachings. Jesus wants all of the denominations to be united under one Kingdom of God. I pray every day it will happen. The more you know, the more everything leads to Catholocism. God Bless you. You do know you can go through the RCIA process without committing to join the Catholic Church. You can decide to leave the process at any time. These classes typically start in September so now is a good time to contact your local parish to get more info. Guess what, the Catholic Church recognizes your Protestant baptism, so we aren't totally divide. God Bless!
Great video....as a Catholic, i thank you,
P.S. i have subscribed ❤
Awesome! Thank you so much!
We Roman Catholics believe that Christ is present in the Eucharist celebrated at the Mass of Eastern Orthodox Catholics
Wow! Everything y’all are talking about to this 2 year old Catholic is fascinating. About Mary, if she had not said yes, and she had a choice, there would be no Christian Faith. She is also our intercessory to Jesus as all the Saints are. We can talk to her as a Mom to her Son and about her Son. I learned in RCIA that we don’t pray to Mary we pray THROUGH Mary to her Son. A good example for me is (my Daddy passed away) Daddy while you’re up there could you and Jesus get together and find a good man for me? Then I met my husband…
Great to see Anna will become catholic soon 😊
I don't have the answer to why apostolic succession is required, but I find it hard to digest how just graduating in Theology qualifies anybody in the protestant circle to be a pastor. Apostolic succession in that sense I think is important for it's validity. Human at list in this life won't live forever so they need successors.
Paraphrasing Saint Augustine: The longest way to God is with the mind. Keep that up, eventually you will get to God.
I was thinking about her today!
Good references next to Trent Horn are Brian Mercier, Scott Hahn, Steve Ray.
Great topics! On Purgatory and just how complete was Jesus work on the Cross, Colosians 1:24 St Paul says, "Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church." Is it a wonder the Catholic Church claims Purgatory to be the Church Suffering? Jesus sacrifice was not complete as He offers a place for us to unite our sufferings with His.
Yeah, and they don't have Maccabees in their Bible
2 Maccabees 12: 46
Douay-Rheims
It is, therefore, a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins.
I like to think of prayers to Mary like this "Mom, please get Dad to let me go out Friday night". It always worked as a kid. It worked at the wedding in Cana also.
God needed Mary’s fiat for his plan of salvation because it was through our free will that the human race rejected God and therefore, it must also be through the corporation of the human race for our salvation. God will never violate anyone’s free will because his highest attribute is that he is Love. It was through a woman that sin entered the world and it was through another woman, Mary that salvation came through Jesus, Ga. 4:4. And it was through Adam disobedience but Jesus the new Adam obedience that salvation came to the human race. God need Mary to freely choose to be his mother. At that point Jesus became man he could act as both priest and victim to offer the perfect sacrifice to bring about the salvation of souls for all those who respond to his call of repentance and communion.
Considering that Jesus created this church, there was no further questions needed
I pray to God directly! No man can need to know what l pray to my Heavenly Father through Jesus!
Good conversation.
At 26:27 you discuss eggs in women. Look up fetal-maternal microchimerism. Not sure if I spelled that correctly. Basically Baby’s dna may stay with a mother for decades. 🤯💥
So good! I noticed Anna said she contemplates Mary’s faith as something beautiful. I like that. But! I wonder what that contemplation would look like when it focused on Mary’s love for Jesus. Love is the greatest of the theological virtues, not faith. Luther seems to think faith is the greatest of the theological virtues and what everything the Bible hinges on. I would say love and the two laws that say you should love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, and soul, and that you should love your neighbor as yourself. Luther seemed very preoccupied about salvation, and for some reason this bone he picked about who is and isn’t saved, makes it so easy to condemn and save others.
My brothers who walked away from Catholicism also wonder about the necessity of apostolic succession in validating the presence of Christ in the Eucharist. Gonna have to think about that one!
Girls, I appreciate your openness to explore the teaching of other denominations. Look also the traditions and teachings of the Orthodox and Oriental Churches. Their traditions go back to Jesus time and the time of the early Church. Very few evangelicals and protestant study the history of the early church. They usually end with the apostles. But writers after them explain teachings and practice of the early Church. Almost all of them were bishops, people with a great oversite of the happening in the Church. Just go and explore that.
If God thought it Glorious to 'go thru Mary' to give us a Savior to approach us - how can it be called folly for us to also 'go thru Mary' to approach this same Savior?
Mary was chosen, that is true but the critical piece is that she accepted. Accepted her role and calling in a very difficult way. In this sense, her role was part of Salvation. You could say the first part of Salvation.
Prayer means to request. Worship always involves a sacrifice. When we pray to the angels, saints, it’s to ask for there help. So you can say we are praying with them. When Jesus prayed in the garden of gethsemane during his passion to the Father. The father sent Him an angel. Jesus didn’t say to the angel I don’t need you, I can go straight to the Father. When God estimated his covenant, it was to undo the effects of the fall and bring heaven an earth together.
I wish the definition of "worship" in the dictionary would say that it involves a sacrifice, be easier to explain it to Protestants, but if you say that to a non-Catholic, they'll use the dictionary meaning of "showing reverance and adoration" to defend what they are doing as worshipping God. What you said makes sense to us but not to them.😒
@@yorkiem0m Then take them to John chapter 6. If the flee like the 72, then they have free will, let them go!
@@yorkiem0m Tell them to go read the Bible.
@@figurefour633 solid advice
Jesus is God. But as a member of a family here in this world, I’m sure Jesus has tenderness to His step-father Joseph, and His grandparents St. Ann and St. Joaquim.
Mary is with Jesus during His infancy , suffering, crucifixion and death from the cross.
Apostolic succession is in chapter 1 of Acts. Peter quotes the Psalms, "let another take his office" and Mathias is elevated to the office vacated by the death of Judas Iscariot.
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Anna I haven’t seen you post in a while…
The most important and essential component of the mass is the celebration of the Eucharist....the Eucharist is and becomes the presence of christ to his children and family at that moment in time...priests have the power to do this during mass for they are the representatives of christ here on this timeline of ours....however...if priests were absent due to war or some other man made or natural reason of no ones fault...then lay people elected by the members could perform the blessing for transubstantiation you do require wine and breed...two essential components to the mass...both the bread and the wine are each fully the body and blood of christ....both are...so the lay members only need take the host....no need to drink the wine...
Welcome to the fullness Sisters in Christ, Mary to me fulfills the role of Queen mother so well & simultaneously is/was the most humble role in salvation history by consenting to carry and raise Jesus. For Apostolic Succession he named names Simon his first Rock of the church, in Acts when Matthias is voted in to assume the office of Judas Iscariot it is established that ALL offices will be successional in nature with the new holders being prayerfully elected with the Holy Spirit's blessing. If it helps at all, please consider prayer to Mary & others in Heaven as "asks" not worship, because to pray to is to ask.
Anna might find this video about Mary in the Scriptures useful:
ua-cam.com/video/kUdYeYy3NQA/v-deo.html
She starts her explanation of her Southern Baptist background by saying she was baptized as a baby.
Maybe she meant “baby” in the southern mama sense. :)
You can not love Mary more than Jesus do. ❤❤
You are Peter and upon this Rock, I will build my Church. Jesus specifically chose 12 men who were the 1st Bishops and Peter was chosen by Jesus as the 1st Pope. The reason Roman Catholics recognise the Orthodox Church's Eucharist, is because there was an unbroken succession from one of the apostles. Only the Bishops are given the authority by God to ordain Priests. When Martin Luther left the church, he knew that his future followers would not be receiving the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.
Apostolic succession is important for transmission of the faith. Otherwise, you have the situation the protestants have, inventing new traditions. Apostolic tradition hands over the teaching about the real presence, but also the true and the right worship where this is celebrated. The liturgy of the early church was preserved until today. Churches with the apostolic succession have preserved the structure: readings of the bible (many people at that time were illiterate), homily ( explaining the teaching of the Church and encouraging brethren in the time of the persecution) and the Eucharistic meal ( Lords supper). Laying hands was the practice of the transmission of the holy deposit of the Church and empowerment of the person for the ministry. ( See Elijah and Elisha, anointing of kings and priests in the OT and Paul's warning not to lay hands to quick to someone).
I just happened across this video in my UA-cam feeds. You are both very sweet and it was so interesting listening to your conversation.
I must say that the early Church looked nothing like today's Roman Catholicism. Catholicism is definitely a salvation through works religion (definitely a religion). Most Catholics have never even read the Bible. They are not encouraged to do so. The Gospel of salvation is so simple. One must be born again to be saved. The Catholic church is definitely a mission field.
I grew up in Italy to missionary parents. One of my friends from high school (a Christian boarding school) is now a Catholic priest and I've been conversing with him through Facebook for a couple years now. Ugh...there's so much I want to say!! I do believe some Catholics are saved, but it's usually someone who grew up deeply steeped in Catholicism and one day became saved by the Truth that is in the Bible...and usually they can't let go of the Catholic title (the name only, not the practice) because it's part of their heritage (?...I'm not sure how to explain what I'm trying to say) like Italians.
Meanwhile, a Catholic priest read the entire Bible in a year in 2021. It was the #1 podcast in all genres, and it still holds the #2 in the Religious and Spirituality category (if the podcast is about God, it's automatically in that category regardless of the "I'm not 'religious' crowd") in 2023. This "Catholics don't read the bible and are not encouraged to" is such a worn out and false charge that it's unfortunate that it still exists.
@@JasonN- You seem annoyed. It wasn't my intention to annoy anyone. Are you Catholic? I'm not saying no Catholic has ever read the Bible, but it's not something that is usually encouraged. Also, I'm not saying that it's discouraged, it's just not usually done. The catechism is their authority, not the Bible.
@@CrixieOnWheelsHaven’t you figured out we get the Bible with every Mass. If you go only on Sunday you get 90% of the entire Bible in 3 years. If you go to daily Mass you get it every 2 years. Don’t encourage the Bible? The entire Mass is full of the Bible, the prayers, the chants, the Gloria, the Holy, holy, holy, the Lamb of God prayer, preparation to take Holy Communion, & on & on.
We usually look at the catechism for questions on Church issues or to rebut Protestants. The catechism is an outline of the beliefs of the Catholic Church.
@@CrixieOnWheels "The Church "forcefully and specifically exhorts all the Christian faithful. . . to learn the surpassing knowledge of Jesus Christ, by frequent reading of the divine Scriptures. Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ." That's a direct quote from the Catechism (Para 133)
@@JasonN- @TrixRN Two things:
1. I've obviously run across a channel that is mainly Catholic and I'm being informed that the Catholic Church in the States is very different from the Catholic church in Italy.
2. I guess this is a question. As a non-Catholic, how can I be saved?
I sometimes wonder if the early Church adopted the doctrines of Mary to protect new believers. It is better to first grow to love & fear the LORD, before coming to truths too perplexing, frighting, and complex. (Milk before meat, crawl before walk, walk before run).
@ LloydDeJongh on UA-cam has some great talks on Luther.