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  • @horticulturist2338
    @horticulturist2338 3 роки тому +701

    Am I the only one that wishes Fr. Casey would have a conversation with Matt from the Ten Minute Bible Hour? I think the two of them would have a conversation worth hearing, for more than just the converted and faithful, but for everyone.

    • @willsmom93
      @willsmom93 3 роки тому +10

      I agree!

    • @alexsadventures66
      @alexsadventures66 3 роки тому +34

      I want to see him on Matt fradds podcast!

    • @kathieb8104
      @kathieb8104 3 роки тому +8

      Yeah, really.

    • @alexpietsch7997
      @alexpietsch7997 3 роки тому +11

      Yes please

    • @openminds8765
      @openminds8765 3 роки тому +28

      Fr Casey it sounds like you are being called on Deck and are next up to bat with Matt at Ten Minute Bible. It would be amazing to get you both together and see where it goes.

  • @jamiemersel1247
    @jamiemersel1247 3 роки тому +273

    I think it was St Ignatius that said something along the lines of “work as if everything depends on you but pray as if everything depends on God” and the points of this video can definitely be seen throughout this quote! Good to see you back Fr Casey!!

    • @heloaafcha7914
      @heloaafcha7914 3 роки тому +27

      It was St Augustine

    • @p43210
      @p43210 Рік тому +5

      Both St Ignatius and St Agustine have a similar quote, but definetely!!

  • @rezitatorin
    @rezitatorin 3 роки тому +593

    If a certain Russian soldier had not thrown a grenade at one certain moment, which injured a German soldier, the said German soldier would probably have made it to Stalingrad - and not further. The fact that he was severely injured was probably life-saving for that soldier - who later became my dad. I am deeply thankful to that Russian whose grenade made my father limp for the rest of his life - instead of starving or freezing to death in Stalingrad. And I thank God for that.
    And no, I am not thankful for the mere fact that a horrible war killed millions of people. But I thank God that He, in that very moment, allowed a young soldier to survive and to become unfit as a soldier in Hitler's army.
    In a way, I owe my life to a grenade shattering a young man's knee. I do not believe that God made it fly in that direction, but that He allowed this to happen, and did not allow my father to die in war. Again, why him and not others? I don't know.

    • @BreakingInTheHabit
      @BreakingInTheHabit  3 роки тому +204

      Wow. That’s amazing. What an incredible thing to think about and give God thanks for.

    • @corneliusquincydavenportic1913
      @corneliusquincydavenportic1913 3 роки тому +78

      I sometimes wonder if God will reveal stories like this about every person in the end, and if we will all see how each of us played multiple parts in others stories to form one grand narrative. Just hearing that one story has already brought me a bit closer to God

    • @Trivico
      @Trivico 3 роки тому +14

      @@corneliusquincydavenportic1913 I wonder that often too, how amazing would it be if we would all know in the end.
      Whether positive or negative influences, we will all be forgiven by the grace of God. Amen

    • @commiechu
      @commiechu 3 роки тому +19

      Not to mention not having to take part in the atrocities that the Wehrmacht committed in Stalingrad. Glad your dad didn't have to have that on his conscience.

    • @rezitatorin
      @rezitatorin 3 роки тому +25

      @@commiechu absolutely. He was just enough burdened without having participated in war crimes. He used to say about his time as a soldier: "I fell for a criminal organisation."

  • @laureneonunkwo4519
    @laureneonunkwo4519 3 роки тому +249

    It was an unnecessarily big fight in a relationship(that didn't work out) that made me spiral into Catholic youtube and begin my life as an active Catholic 😂😂.

    • @rezitatorin
      @rezitatorin 3 роки тому +13

      Yeah! But ist was your choice not to watch cute cat videos instead. ;)

    • @josephzammit8483
      @josephzammit8483 3 роки тому +6

      Well said! I’m publishing a weekly UA-cam video on episodes from the life of Don Bosco, entitled ST JOHN BOSCO by JOE ZAMMIT. In this series I’m narrating events and miracles from the splendid life of Don Bosco. St John Bosco used to perform a miracle almost every day, through the intercession of Mary Help of Christians. From the lives of saints we can learn how to love God more and draw closer to him. Thank you

    • @laureneonunkwo4519
      @laureneonunkwo4519 3 роки тому +3

      @@rezitatorin exactly 😹😹😹. Thank youu

    • @laureneonunkwo4519
      @laureneonunkwo4519 3 роки тому +3

      @@josephzammit8483 thank you. I ought to read more about saints

    • @josephzammit6396
      @josephzammit6396 3 роки тому +3

      @@laureneonunkwo4519 You're welcome.

  • @OcarinaWhistleX
    @OcarinaWhistleX 3 роки тому +285

    Welcome back, Father Casey. This place is a bit better with you in it.

  • @chasa4347
    @chasa4347 2 роки тому +58

    Fr. Casey - In 2003, I lost my wife to mental illness, was separated from our daughter, I was hopeless. Something (Holy Spirit or my guardian angel) nudged me to seek counsel in my current parish. At that moment, I changed from a secular person who went to mass occasionally to a spiritual follower of Christ. But as you noted, it was my choice to seek out my priest, or go the bar and drown my sorrows.

    • @hmd6483
      @hmd6483 Рік тому +3

      There are Causes, Choices and Consequences. God caused you to seek out the priest; you made the CHOICE in the HOLY SPIRIT to seek out the priest that God had chosen for you and the CONSEQUENCE? The FRUITS of the HOLY SPIRIT! ☺

    • @neenutomi316
      @neenutomi316 9 місяців тому

      PETER KREEFT " BACK TO VIRTUE"
      There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, ‘Thy will be done’, and those to whom God says, in the end, ‘Thy will be done’ (The Great Divorce).
      "Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. May your kind spirit guide me on ground that is level."
      [Psalms 143 : 10 - 10]

    • @neenutomi316
      @neenutomi316 9 місяців тому +1

      From the book "food for soul (c)" by Peter kreeft,
      # page 9
      Only human beings can love because only human beings have free choice. Nothing else in the universe that we know of has the free will to choose to make itself more itself or less itself. Rocks can’t choose to be more or less rocky and dogs can’t choose to be more or less doggy, but humans can choose to be more human or less human, by choosing to love or not to love. This love is charity. Charity is not just our spontaneous feelings. It does not arise from our nature as selfish animals. It is a gift of God. So St. Paul prays for it, as we should too. He prays that God may “strengthen your hearts, to be blameless in holiness.”

    • @neenutomi316
      @neenutomi316 9 місяців тому

      From the book "Theology of the Body In One Hour" by Jason Evert. # We resemble God not simply because we have an immortal soul, an intellect, and a free will. The sexual complementarity of the male and female bodies, in their masculinity and femininity, reveals that we are made for relationship, for a communion of persons. The same cannot be said of any other creature. Although plants and animals are capable of reproduction, they cannot make a gift of themselves in love. A communion of persons is only created by a mutual gift, and this requires free will-not just a biological instinct to reproduce. John Paul explained, “Man becomes an image of God not so much in the moment of solitude as in the moment of communion. . . . [This] constitutes perhaps the deepest theological aspect of everything one can say about man.” Pause and absorb what John Paul is teaching. He’s proposing that the sexual intimacy shared between a husband and wife is an icon of the inner life of the Trinity. In saying this, he is not sexualizing heaven, but is revealing that our sexuality points us there when it is properly understood. The call to be fruitful and multiply is a call to live in the divine image: to make a gift of ourselves through life-giving love. The call to communion that is revealed in the body is a sign of what persons are supposed to do: make a gift of themselves to others and ultimately to God, in the image of the Trinity.

  • @johnnyg.5499
    @johnnyg.5499 3 роки тому +87

    Fr. Casey, it is great to see you back again. It's been a long time. At the age of 74 I can assure you that everything you said in
    your presentation is absolutely true. In looking back over my life and teaching career, I'm astounded WHERE God lead me in contrast
    to where I originally wanted to go.......and it all could not have worked out better!!

    • @wokeisnonsense
      @wokeisnonsense 2 роки тому

      where did Fr Casey go? He took a break?!

  • @ScruffMcGruff86
    @ScruffMcGruff86 3 роки тому +53

    When I was in my late teens/early 20's I was addicted to drugs. Just about anything I could get my hands on, I would do. Because I had a hole inside me and no idea how to fill it. So I would just "go away" for a while, to forget the emptiness I felt inside. I had an epiphany one day when I was 21, I was basically homeless, crashing at a guy's place that my girlfriend at the time knew, stealing and panhandling for drug money. And I realized that if I kept going along that path I would end up dead or in jail by my next birthday.
    I went to my mom and stepdad's house and begged them to let me in, to help me get clean. They did.
    Over the next three months I isolated myself from everyone, I did chores around the house to earn my keep and I got myself clean.
    I began to look for jobs, but in my mind I had a nagging doubt that if I stayed in my hometown I would fall back into my old habits again.
    Temptation can be overwhelming.
    So I joined the military, the Navy to be exact, in order to remove myself from a situation where I would be tempted to go back to my old ways.
    I served for 5 years and separated as an E-5 (Quartermaster Petty Officer 2nd Class)
    I moved to Louisiana, 2200 miles away from where I grew up.
    I began working in security.
    Now, 14 years after my revelation, I have a house, I have a good job that I enjoy, and I am 14 years clean.
    I don't know what caused my epiphany, maybe it was God, maybe my own conscience.
    All I know is that the hole is filled, my life has purpose and meaning
    and I'm happy.

    • @Tobymydog812
      @Tobymydog812 3 роки тому

      Fr Casey do you say the Latin Mass of all times? Or the New Mass?
      If you say the New Mass, do you say the Leontine pray and hail Mary after Mass.Card. Cupich wants it stopped..BANNED...What are you saying now?

    • @cherylhee9762
      @cherylhee9762 2 роки тому +1

      Keep up the good work! It was the Holy spirit!

    • @dovie2blue
      @dovie2blue 2 роки тому +1

      Oh yes, that's God's fingerprint for sure. Congratulations!!

    • @frannyleyden7988
      @frannyleyden7988 2 роки тому +1

      Good for you.

    • @jamesdonahue4084
      @jamesdonahue4084 5 місяців тому

      ​@@Tobymydog812Oy.

  • @krdiaz8026
    @krdiaz8026 3 роки тому +76

    True story: I once asked God why I have acne and He told me it was because He didn't want me to be too vain. I didn't understand then but now I understand that if I had perfect skin in my teens I probably would have committed more sins of vanity back then. Now I no longer have acne and am a more modest person.

    • @gerryquinn5578
      @gerryquinn5578 3 роки тому

      God spoke to you? Seriously?

    • @krdiaz8026
      @krdiaz8026 3 роки тому +7

      @@gerryquinn5578 Yes. If you ask Him a question, He will answer. It would be impolite not to, no?

    • @gerryquinn5578
      @gerryquinn5578 3 роки тому

      @@krdiaz8026 : Most of the people I know who talk to God are found in hospitals.

    • @nyokabi2894
      @nyokabi2894 3 роки тому

      @@gerryquinn5578 yes God speaks get in touch with him

    • @nicholaslawrence6926
      @nicholaslawrence6926 3 роки тому +4

      @@gerryquinn5578 That's a good point.
      Don't wait until you are injured or dying in a hospital to start talking to God.
      Start now. He speaks to every heart who inclines to His voice.

  • @Mman07311
    @Mman07311 3 роки тому +169

    I never thought Catholicism and hockey, which are two of my major interests would be mentioned in the same video

    • @reintaler6355
      @reintaler6355 3 роки тому +1

      Just hoping to clarify: is Catholicism just another interest, or something further beyond?

    • @Mman07311
      @Mman07311 3 роки тому

      @@reintaler6355 well I'm Catholic and I'm interested in it but that's about it

    • @patthompson8591
      @patthompson8591 3 роки тому +1

      @@Mman07311 I believe we should be more specific when uttering the word Catholic which means Universal.
      Fr. Casey is Roman Catholic which is THE head of the *Christian* Faith. Belief in and followers of Jesus Christ. (Many people do not know that Roman Catholics are Christians).

    • @Mman07311
      @Mman07311 3 роки тому +2

      @@patthompson8591 Yeah I know I'm Catholic

    • @skippysmom
      @skippysmom 3 роки тому +1

      me too! very cool

  • @sbren777
    @sbren777 2 роки тому +11

    This came into my UA-cam feed at the perfect time. But of course it did 😂 I asked for a sign in prayer yesterday and here it is. Bless you and thanks 🌸

  • @Adama.1
    @Adama.1 3 роки тому +42

    A few years ago, I had my peak desperation in wanting love in my life. Despite being scared to death I used some dating apps and gave up within days because I am just too scared to do stuff like that. For some reason it strongly made me feel like I will be forever alone. Then, from absolutely thin air almost, I met a girl and we quickly fell in love. Despite being agnostic, I couldn't help but feel that this was too big of a coincidence. It felt almost like divine intervention. However, only 3 months after I met her, everything had fallen apart and she stopped seeing me. It was because I was so insecure about myself that I was deeply paranoid about what she was doing when I wasn't there and eventually I accused her firmly of cheating with no proof. She left because of it.
    At that point I thought that if god was real, he played me for a fool. However, after taking some time to grief about the loss I realised that perhaps god did not intend for me to find love at that moment, but show me that I am simply not ready for a relationship and that I need to work on myself first.

    • @looseygoosey2571
      @looseygoosey2571 3 роки тому +4

      Hope you can learn to love yourself first, stay strong!

    • @cherylhee9762
      @cherylhee9762 2 роки тому +4

      I just heard love God first and the girl second and everything will work out. God did not want you to be with an atheist, she may drive you away from him. Find a girl that loves God first. Try church groups. Wish you well!

    • @rethinkcps2116
      @rethinkcps2116 2 роки тому +7

      @@cherylhee9762 - good ideas. Try co-ed bowling league or your town's rec. dept. volleyball team. Show up every week, no excuses.
      Low cost, no special skill - just sign up (as a beginner if need be.)
      Chat a little. Smile. Stay for the pizza or cookout after the game. No romance fireworks predicted, none likely. Just relax around people a little, no agenda.

    • @samheard7849
      @samheard7849 2 місяці тому

      Can very much relate as a young man struggling with insecurity in/outside my relationships. Stay strong brother! You got this.

  • @arieljardiel3145
    @arieljardiel3145 3 роки тому +34

    So glad to see you back. We missed you. Hope your time off was rewarding and productive.

  • @AMoniqueOcampo
    @AMoniqueOcampo 3 роки тому +43

    I apparently missed when this premiere started, but it's so good to see you again, Father.

    • @chrismeloy1149
      @chrismeloy1149 3 роки тому +2

      He released another video within the last few days teasing that something was premiering on 9/27.

  • @sandragoss48
    @sandragoss48 3 роки тому +15

    I am delighted you have returned. You were missed. Hope your break was rewarding for you.

  • @pueramericus
    @pueramericus 3 роки тому +20

    Fr. Casey, I feel lucky that God showed me your channel. It is good to have your guidance again. I pray you are doing well.

  • @xrisc131
    @xrisc131 3 роки тому +114

    I’ve often imagined that life is like walking the dog. The dog does what she does…totally engrossed in the sights and smells… seemingly oblivious to me unless I jerk her leash to protect her from something I know will harm her. She doesn’t know that car will kill her so no running into the street. She doesn’t know that the “food” she smells is actually rat poison so I forcefully drag her away (she’s a beagle so she resists me like the hound she is). She doesn’t know the risks of cavorting with unfriendly cats but this time I let her sniff and get her nose slapped because I calculate that the lesson learned is more important than the painful scratch. I am the dog and my guardian angel is holding my leash.

    • @eman2382
      @eman2382 3 роки тому +10

      Beautifully said Chris! May God bless you all of your days!

    • @mrsducky3428
      @mrsducky3428 3 роки тому +7

      Excellent analogy! That is absolutely the best description of free will.

  • @juliehillebrand3920
    @juliehillebrand3920 2 роки тому +8

    Thank you. I needed this. I was just thinking about how in some ways my life was so meaningless. And at 75 coming to an end soon. But then you made me look at things so differently. I may not be a millionaire or famous or the surgeon that I wanted to be as a small child or ballerina. But I did work as a Medical Technologist and worked with cancer patients. I made a small contribution to their lives. I have a wonderful son. I have a beautiful miraculous Catholic Faith that nurtures me. I am striving so hard every day now in my faith. It is personal , to me. But not to God. He is my guiding star. I am now retired. Going to daily Mass again and loving it. Going to frequent confession. I feel that I need this guidance. And enjoying this also. I feel like going frequently to confession makes you come to terms with your life, your humanity. Your realization that you are just o e person. But a very special person to God. Confession you more than mend bridges. You build stronger bridges with Christ. Develop and intimacy with Christ in a greater friendship and love ❤️. Thank you for this one. I have been feeling so depressed and down and lonely. Now not so much. You lifted my spirit!!🙏🙏🙏🙏💕🙏❤️‍🔥

    • @medd0ws
      @medd0ws Рік тому

      God bless you friend, know that your life is written by Him

  • @jamesmarie1083
    @jamesmarie1083 2 роки тому +6

    This is very deep thinking. Too often I find that many Christians engage in shallow simplistic ideas about the world. I am so moved to see a priest with such penetrating insight.
    God Bless you Father Casey!

  • @chairde
    @chairde 3 роки тому +21

    “I have seen something else under the sun:
    The race is not to the swift
    or the battle to the strong,
    nor does food come to the wise
    or wealth to the brilliant
    or favor to the learned;
    but time and chance happen to them all.” ECC 9:11

  • @SoleaGalilei
    @SoleaGalilei 3 роки тому +14

    Welcome back! Whether it's chance or the hand of God, I think realizing we don't have full control of our circumstances is important. It keeps us humble.

    • @wranglerboi
      @wranglerboi 3 роки тому

      @solea - That is true that we have no control over the circumstances that come our way. But we DO have control over the choices we make when faced with those circumstances. I think of the people in the upper floors of the Twin Towers on 9-11. To jump--or stay and be burned alive (assuming there was no other way out). The circumstances were not going to change, but the choice was always theirs. The end result was always going to be death. The choice was which was going to be quicker and/or less painful.

  • @fddooley1
    @fddooley1 3 роки тому +7

    Ah yes the mysterious ways of God often only noticed in hindsight. The realisation of comfort that He has a plan for us and yet still we are free to choose the path is indeed the peace that is beyond understanding. Thank you for your thoughtful and reassuring talk. 🙏

  • @Mickyboi1
    @Mickyboi1 3 роки тому +47

    Luck is a strange one, My brother has won the lottery three times but me on the other hand could bet the sun was going to rise tomorrow and that would be the day Jesus chose to come back…

    • @IONov990
      @IONov990 3 роки тому +2

      LMAO

    • @patthompson8591
      @patthompson8591 3 роки тому

      Always remember - praying/begging God for a 1st prize lottery win could fall on deaf ears for He is NOT an ATM machine 😑. You'll have to hang your hopes on chance/luck😏

    • @jerricosagala2904
      @jerricosagala2904 3 роки тому

      I am too. I neever ever win in lottery even consolations. But then i remember, i never bet either.

  • @michaellamas1497
    @michaellamas1497 3 роки тому +5

    It's so good to see you return Fr. Casey! This past week I've been watching many of your videos, and your one on confession helped me recently to prepare for and understand my first time seeing a priest and doing the Sacrament of Penance which I am very grateful for. Thank you, and God bless.

  • @anthonymcloughlin2634
    @anthonymcloughlin2634 3 роки тому +17

    I’ve always believed that God offers us choices and it’s up to us to make the right choice and if we chose unwisely He then provides further choices to get us back on the right path. God always provides🙏

  • @silviae1000
    @silviae1000 3 роки тому +3

    Father Casey thank you for your words. You are so young and so full of wisdom "In the grand scheme of life, in all the choices that we could make , God is with us" Beautiful!!
    God bless you always. Greetings from Argentina

  • @Chakra_king
    @Chakra_king 3 роки тому +13

    God bless you father ! A tool for my conversion years ago, a tool for my vocation!

  • @2katkitty
    @2katkitty 3 роки тому +12

    I had never heard of my college, either. Growing up in western NYS I was convinced I would never go anywhere near NYC, but the college I ultimately attended in New Jersey sent me twice as much mail as all the others. I never applied anywhere else. Not only did I get a great education, but I met the love of my life there and we have been married for almost 34 years. There are no coincidences. God guides. ❤️

  • @old-moose
    @old-moose 3 роки тому +28

    Luck or God, I really did get the good end of the stick. Dad dropped out of school at 12 to help support his family, gave up a life he loved, foreman on a cattle ranch, to become a successful small business owner. He wasn't a church going man but he treated the poor, elderly, unemployed, etc. with respect and compassion. )Mom would kid dad about unexplained credit extensions and bill payments.) His actions ingrained a love of education, hard work, and a concern for others into my brother and I. I became college instructor and was always amazed at the things that former students would tell me that I did that had a major impact in their lives. In most cases it was not the big well planned lessons but the little things that were important. The smallest thing we do may have a huge impact in someone else's life. My guess is that luck is just a nickname for God.

    • @eman2382
      @eman2382 3 роки тому +1

      Praise God brother! For be is good!

    • @old-moose
      @old-moose 3 роки тому

      @@eman2382 Yes, He is.

    • @helenabara2092
      @helenabara2092 3 роки тому

      God bless you Fr Casey. Keep up doing what you are doing now.

  • @glennclunie2637
    @glennclunie2637 3 роки тому +14

    I came into the church about 12 years ago and now I look back over my life and see all the times God pointed out to me the right path, but my eyes were closed, when I finally opened them, there was only one correct path to travel, so whish i had opened them earlier, but better late than never

    • @eman2382
      @eman2382 3 роки тому +3

      Amen to that! Thanks for sharing your story! God bless.

    • @josephzammit8483
      @josephzammit8483 3 роки тому +1

      Well said! I’m publishing a weekly UA-cam video on episodes from the life of Don Bosco, entitled ST JOHN BOSCO by JOE ZAMMIT. In this series I’m narrating events and miracles from the splendid life of Don Bosco. St John Bosco used to perform a miracle almost every day, through the intercession of Mary Help of Christians. From the lives of saints we can learn how to love God more and draw closer to him. Thank you

  • @crush42mash6
    @crush42mash6 3 роки тому +10

    Welcome back, hopefully you had a refreshing break

  • @vermontmike9800
    @vermontmike9800 3 роки тому +27

    Interesting how fate plays a role in lives. UA-cam’s algorithms sent me a recommendation to watch two friars react to a video. I subscribed not only that channel, but also Fr. Patrick’s and this one. The kicker…I’m an agnostic. Fate is interesting.

    • @wranglerboi
      @wranglerboi 3 роки тому +1

      @Vermont Mike - Yes, that is what some people call it--fate. But was it fate that chose to watch the video or was that your choice? Perhaps that is called free will, something God has given each of us. Every choice we make has its consequences--for good or for naught. But in the long run, the choice--and the consequence--will always be ours. No one, really, "forces" us to make that decision--no matter what the circumstances. The only real "outside" force that pushes us one way or another is which consequence is the less painful one OR the better for our life.

    • @oldtymer9106
      @oldtymer9106 3 роки тому

      Many are called, but few are chosen. You're being called, Mike.

  • @nikikranz
    @nikikranz 3 роки тому +10

    Welcome back after your summer break, Fr Casey! Interesting thoughts around being privileged by what we get from God. Actually, you do work in sales, for the company called Catholic Church, and you're doing it really well!

  • @patthompson8591
    @patthompson8591 3 роки тому +7

    Welcome back my favourite 'adonis'😁😁 priest, hope you had a restful vacation with your family & had enough time & space to complete your projects. 😊

  • @jxdirsdt1045
    @jxdirsdt1045 3 роки тому +3

    I recently had a talk with my friends about free will, and it left me wondering the points given to me. Until, I watched this video. Shifting my perspective gave me a whole new meaning and understanding. Thank you and God Bless you Fr

  • @gerrimiller3491
    @gerrimiller3491 3 роки тому +2

    Dear Fr. Casey, God bless you always ⚘you are appreciated and respected ⚘

  • @midgesherwood2685
    @midgesherwood2685 3 роки тому +10

    Hello Fr. Casey!!
    Its so nice to see you again since the the whole thing in months unfolds itself. Hoping you could visit to thw Philippines someday and Hoping rhat i could meet you.

  • @williamhillyard6688
    @williamhillyard6688 3 роки тому +3

    Thank you. It is so great having you back. I love listening to you and you always give me something to think about.
    God Bless you.

  • @dvn_gross
    @dvn_gross 3 роки тому +10

    It's funny how often I think of this topic. It's crazy how much those little things guide our life and completely change the course of what was expected. I welcome the idea, sincerely because it shows God cares for us and is beside us through life as you said, father. Great video!

  • @frankpeiffer5380
    @frankpeiffer5380 3 роки тому +2

    Welcome back Father Casey. I've missed your videos and wisdom. Here in Melbourne Australia, we are still in Lockdown, our sixth for a total of 216 days, thanks to COVID. I can't even go to mass. I watch a livestream of our Archbishop saying mass with one cantor only each Sunday. Your return will be like a breath of fresh air.

    • @frankpeiffer5380
      @frankpeiffer5380 3 роки тому +1

      PS we can only go to the doctor, buy food within 5 kms from home, and exercise alone for one hour per day. Masks are compulsory too. There is also a curfew between 9pm and 5am. Only essential services workers can work. I never thought I'd be living under these conditions in Australia. But until we get the vaccination rate up that is how it will be.

  • @greddoch95
    @greddoch95 3 роки тому +3

    Thank you for bringing abandonment and providence to the forefront. And showing people why we should thank God for everything. "Everything is Grace."
    Good to have you back on the UA-cams Father. And thanks for giving Br. Mike those books for his leadership team, he gave me an extra copy and it was very, very well timed. Let go 😉.

    • @josephzammit8483
      @josephzammit8483 3 роки тому

      Well said! I’m publishing a weekly UA-cam video on episodes from the life of Don Bosco, entitled ST JOHN BOSCO by JOE ZAMMIT. In this series I’m narrating events and miracles from the splendid life of Don Bosco. St John Bosco used to perform a miracle almost every day, through the intercession of Mary Help of Christians. From the lives of saints we can learn how to love God more and draw closer to him. Thank you

  • @adryanadiniz8453
    @adryanadiniz8453 Рік тому +1

    When I was 14 my family moved to another state and I was very upset with God about it. Been very engaged with the teen ministry, it was sad to leave all behind. But my new church loved missions and helping our persecuted brothers and sisters in the East. This is how I was introduced to the beautiful work of missionaries and after college I became one!

  • @achritam
    @achritam 3 роки тому +4

    Glad you are back father🇿🇼,,God's hand ~incomprehensible

  • @marthaandrade-dousdebes2794
    @marthaandrade-dousdebes2794 2 роки тому +2

    This video should be shown to high school students preparing for Confirmation or attending religious education in any given parish. What a wisdom! Fr. Casey, thank you.

  • @IONov990
    @IONov990 3 роки тому +3

    After watching this, I realized I am so spoiled. I am so lucky in ways that others are not. I should feel humbled by this. Life is truly a journey or a mystery. I have no clue how I even discovered Breaking in the Habit. I cannot remember but now I watch it regularly. I guess we should allow certain things to enter into our lives and let them take us somewhere.

  • @apronandcoffee4126
    @apronandcoffee4126 3 роки тому +2

    Amazing sharing Friar! Thank you 💛

  • @NorthernChev
    @NorthernChev 3 роки тому +5

    In terms of interacting with the youth of my church, the Catholic church I attended for 35 years, organized a softball match for them in the parking lot - one time back in the early 1980s. Once. That was it. That was the entire social interaction our Parish had with its youth, other than Sunday School, for as long as I lived there. Meanwhile, my friends who attended the Protestant churches of the area would come to school each week and talk about all the cool stuff they did that weekend with their church, or the trip they went on, or the event they partook in. As a kid in the Catholic Church I always just thought that church was supposed to be somber and repetitive. And that you were supposed to be dedicated but don’t get too excited about it. I have to admit, I had church envy as a kid who wanted so much more.

  • @peterm.petrus386
    @peterm.petrus386 3 роки тому +1

    This reminds me of the story on one of our parish priest, which he told us on the day of his ordination.
    Rev. Fr. Francis Dakun, was supposed to be on his was to an interview for a position as a medical assistant. While waiting on a bus stop near their farm, he forgot one required document in his house nearby.
    Leaving his other documents at the bus stop (why he did that was beyond himself), he ran back to fetch the forgotten papers.
    When he went back to the bus stop a brief moment later, a cow had the papers in it's mouth, chewing on them like a tasty treat.
    He didn't get to go to the interview - but a few years later, there he was, a newly ordained priest, telling his congregation about that fateful day at the bus stop. He now serve at the St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Keningau Diocese in Sabah, Malaysia.

  • @toncsiacs3032
    @toncsiacs3032 3 роки тому +3

    I’ve always struggled between predestination and free will. I’ve heard much of what you’ve said in this vid over the years, from different sources, and it seems to fit best as to why things happen the way they do, why people are who they are, and end up where they do, for good or ill (you didn’t touch on any negative consequences).

    • @IONov990
      @IONov990 3 роки тому

      I think about that too, maybe too much though.

    • @eman2382
      @eman2382 3 роки тому +2

      Toncsi, from my experience is that if you choose to go contrary to where God has planned for you to go, you will be miserable and go through many hardships. Albeit, it might also be Devine testing. But if you weren’t meant to be a doctor- your going to miserable practicing as a doctor. It seems that only after things are said and done , and you finally give in and change your course, you connect the dots... God bless!

  • @milantoth6246
    @milantoth6246 3 роки тому +1

    i started this video with interest and a bit of fear in my mind, and i finished it with a lot less of that fear remaining. In a week or so, i will have probably one of the most important exams of my life determining whether i can pass to next grade or not, and while i try to put in as much effort as i can to pass, the overlurking fear of failing and subsequently failing in life is always there. But this video gave me comfort, that while i will pray everyday and do everything in my power to pass that exam, my life still isn’t over if i fail. Maybe that can be a new start. Thank you for this feeling.

  • @MichaelThompson-jq3zf
    @MichaelThompson-jq3zf 3 роки тому +24

    Hi Fr Casey ☺, I wondered if you were returning and hope you had an enjoyable, peaceful, Godfilled break/vacation.
    Welcome back👋 🙂
    Luck/Chance/fate! Luck is a word which human beings created. And if we are describing an event which ties in with what we define as LUCK - then, yes luck does exist and could cover a range of occurrences Or is it God's providence? 😉☺

    • @eman2382
      @eman2382 3 роки тому +1

      Providence 👍

  • @angelicdoctor8016
    @angelicdoctor8016 3 роки тому +2

    your ministry is SO important - may the Lord give you the grace to be faithful to Him ... all the way HOME

  • @vpecheva
    @vpecheva 3 роки тому +3

    Amazing video, Father! Hope you enjoyed summer. Can’t wait to see what you’ve got for us this fall 🙏🙌🤩

  • @genemreyes5266
    @genemreyes5266 3 роки тому +2

    It's good to see you again! You've been missed.

  • @perezspollyana
    @perezspollyana 3 роки тому +5

    Wow! I really needed to hear this. I've missed your videos, Father Casey! God bless your return.

  • @willjay916
    @willjay916 Рік тому +1

    Tend the garden plot that you have been given and see what seeds sprout. Be a good steward, nurture them and reap the harvest. And then, of course, there is also the alternate possibility of the Cosmic Dope Slap when you begin to see what others around you have already clearly seen and understand which points you in the right direction.

    • @faithlesshound5621
      @faithlesshound5621 2 місяці тому

      A story by Voltaire ends with the hero saying, "We must cultivate our garden."

  • @boku5192
    @boku5192 3 роки тому +3

    I was realy nervous about my place and path but now that i look back it is clear that god has a plan with me he always had. Thanks

  • @paulbrosnan4339
    @paulbrosnan4339 3 роки тому +1

    Excellent video Fr Casey, great to have you back

  • @julieelizabeth4856
    @julieelizabeth4856 3 роки тому +5

    This reminds me of a quote I heard recently, "God can move mountains, but he wants us to pick up the shovels."

    • @The12thSeahorse
      @The12thSeahorse 3 роки тому

      That’s a very profound quotation!

    • @josephzammit8483
      @josephzammit8483 3 роки тому

      Well said! I’m publishing a weekly UA-cam video on episodes from the life of Don Bosco, entitled ST JOHN BOSCO by JOE ZAMMIT. In this series I’m narrating events and miracles from the splendid life of Don Bosco. St John Bosco used to perform a miracle almost every day, through the intercession of Mary Help of Christians. From the lives of saints we can learn how to love God more and draw closer to him. Thank you

  • @rossb267
    @rossb267 2 місяці тому

    I spent many years suffering to find myself invited to the supper of the lamb Glory. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. All you people bless the Lord!

  • @davidparker5345
    @davidparker5345 3 роки тому +9

    This should be interesting. Especially if you are familiar with the Bible and the term "good star". If you go contrary to Biblical Judaism ,,,,,,it can be done but needs some explaining. Good luck :) Can't wait till see this

  • @cazridley5822
    @cazridley5822 3 роки тому +1

    So good to see you back I missed you and Fr Patrick over the summer !
    I needed to hear this today I’m going through some tough times and good to be reminded I am where I am for a reason even if I can’t see it at the moment .

  • @Noname-dr1jm
    @Noname-dr1jm 3 роки тому +9

    What a coincidence 😳...I just got layoff and thinking of buying a few lottery tickets, but when I open YT this is in front 😅

    • @eman2382
      @eman2382 3 роки тому +1

      Better times are coming. Via Christ Rey!

    • @Noname-dr1jm
      @Noname-dr1jm 3 роки тому +1

      @@eman2382
      👍🍻😊

    • @Noname-dr1jm
      @Noname-dr1jm 3 роки тому +1

      @DonnyBlips
      🤣🍻🎊

  •  3 роки тому +1

    Welcome Back!!! We missed you and are "LUCKY" to have you.

  • @jbvv-jbvideovision8601
    @jbvv-jbvideovision8601 3 роки тому +3

    Hi all. New subscriber. Looks like a fun channel. First thing I thought of was Indiana Jones. Leap of faith. Was he lucky he did not fall? 🤭 ✌️

  • @directback2284
    @directback2284 3 роки тому +2

    Wwwooooooo Fr. Casey has returned!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @karinagbarros6301
    @karinagbarros6301 3 роки тому +5

    You and Father Mike should collab 🥺👉👈

  • @louisekoo6740
    @louisekoo6740 2 роки тому

    love Fr Dan Horan < Fr Richard Rohr and yourself.... it is the most powerful connection I feel the church...

  • @DB-bc1tg
    @DB-bc1tg 3 роки тому +3

    If you turned back time, regardless of how far, I think that events would play out exactly the same every time. Sure, we have Free Will, but the events around us, our culture and individual personalities, patterns of thought and behavior etc would always lead us to exercise that will in the same way. Seeming randomness is not random at all; even a lightning bolt zigs or zags according to physical laws and minutia of circumstance.
    Yes, it's a comforting thought on some level, but also rather terrifying and dehumanizing; in a sense, we are all locked into (and intrinsically a part of) a massive chain reaction.

  • @mikedooly7288
    @mikedooly7288 3 роки тому

    Father Casey, it is good to see you back. God bless and keep the faith! My own life expierence is filled with the hand of God. Faith in God provided a life of travel and adventure. God provided me with many advantages and carried me many times. I do not know why. I am not a "Church going Christen" because every church I ever tried to get involved with was more interested in their earthly work and not God's glory. God in his wisdom provided many paths to him. I got my religeous training in a Salvation Army Church that was across the street from my grandmothers house. She took care of that small church for years. It was a very small congregation of poor people and from them I learned compassion, a reverence for God and a strong belief in Jesus. I am grateful.

  • @roryocallaghan8395
    @roryocallaghan8395 3 роки тому +8

    I used to use this comforting logic until I was taking care of children who then died in a fire. They died because the fire chief on the night, by chance, was the understudy and made different, and worse, decisions than his boss. I hope god was with them, but I'd prefer if he'd taken care of them.

    • @eman2382
      @eman2382 3 роки тому +1

      That’s really heart breaking Rory, especially when children are involved. There is a reason for everything, although we sometimes have a hard time understanding why these things happen. Perhaps we will never know. But it is comforting to know and believe that they are in a better place with our Heavenly Father. May God bless their souls. Pray for them. I know I will. God bless you brother.

    • @rhwinner
      @rhwinner 3 роки тому

      The Christian religion is founded on a man who died tragically. Chin up, well all understand in time! 💕

  • @kennethchinweike6346
    @kennethchinweike6346 3 роки тому +1

    Good to see back Fr Casey, you have been missed.

  • @vclazlo929
    @vclazlo929 3 роки тому +4

    Read NN Taleb’s “Fooled by Randomness” and Leonard Mlodinow’s “The Drunkard’s Walk.”

  • @michaelkraft218
    @michaelkraft218 2 роки тому

    Fr Casey has been gifted with wisdom to discern and follow through on a vocation at an early age. And then he is a perfect fit for evangelizing young and old alike. Not a coincidence. His video on the Confusion of Pope Francis shows how the Holy Spirit is at work in him in a candid, intelligent way.

  • @ateam388
    @ateam388 3 роки тому +6

    Don’t need luck with God!🙏🏼

  • @mrssmith1691
    @mrssmith1691 3 роки тому +1

    So glad to see you back hope your break was good and fruitful.

  • @nickcigic8927
    @nickcigic8927 3 роки тому +10

    Fr. Casey: Do you ever stop to think about how you got to where you are?
    Me, with 0 hesitation: By the grace of God alone.
    And upon watching the whole video, I always thought it strange that I never had one big profound "come to Jesus" moment, but rather a series of small quiet moments I didn't really notice until after the fact. I thought it strange, but now it seems more the norm. Like a small voice after the storm I guess (literally just now made that connection).

  • @seanflanagan5674
    @seanflanagan5674 3 роки тому +2

    Welcome back Fr. Casey; glad to see that your time away seems to have been efficacious-your insight and inspiration certainly are respectively, deep and strong.
    Your journey has been very, very different from mine, yet almost exactly the same. A difference I perceive in my journey is awareness of the inspirations and nudges my angel (or the Holy Spirit-it's a mystery to me) give.
    Ask me sometime why I even considered returning to the Church (not for a very admirable reason … and it had nothing to do with wanting to impress a woman). Yes, Our Lord is a Shepard, leaving the flock to find the stray.
    PS: Great click-bait; did you sample several, or hit a home run with the first idea?

  • @Vurbanowicz
    @Vurbanowicz 3 роки тому +3

    '"I returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise nor riches to men of understanding, but time and chance happeneth to them all." So Ecclesiastes can recognize chance without mentioning the hand of God. Interesting.

  • @federicobraglia704
    @federicobraglia704 Рік тому

    My experience of a "yes" to a suggestion that came in my life, make me strongly relate with what you said! Thank you brother for your testimony!

  • @frankrault3190
    @frankrault3190 3 роки тому +4

    Thanks, father, for sharing this crucial thoughts with your audience.
    With you, (and before: without you), I tended to have similar thoughts upon the topic. Still have, btw. But aren't thoughts like this a bit convenient? Would we think similarly as a (christian or even non-christian) citizen of Iraq, whose house got bombed and whose children all died?
    Yet, the conundrum doesn't end, as I see it, with the guiding hand of God.
    We could and should ask embarrassing questions, all the time.
    And so did the people in the days of Jesus, asking him about how sinful the victims of the collapsed tower of Siloam had been. And it wasn't because of their sins that they died. Then why did this happen? Coincidence?
    And even stronger: Where was God in Auschwitz? Can we figure any human or divine "benefit" that's related to this ultimate tragedy?
    And as strong or even stronger: Where was God when his son was dying on the cross? Why did he keep silent?
    So why do we so easily turn the blind eye to this ambivalence: The acting God and the absent God?
    This ambivalence somehow got etched in my soul. Causing a hurtful wish for an answer, but, getting no answer so far.

    • @grumpy9721
      @grumpy9721 3 роки тому

      You're not alone in wondering about sufference. I think every person from every religion wonders why so much pain in the world. I suggest that you take a look at fr. Casey's vid "3 reasons we suffer". 😌

    • @frankrault3190
      @frankrault3190 3 роки тому +1

      @@grumpy9721 Thanks, I will

  • @Aerykian
    @Aerykian 3 роки тому

    Hello Fr. Casey, welcome back! Your videos are always uplifting and help to keep me on the straight and narrow path.

  • @danielquill
    @danielquill 3 роки тому +3

    When is the next 'Upon Friar Review' coming out? :-)

  • @denissearce3551
    @denissearce3551 3 роки тому +1

    This video came to my life on the perfect timing. Thank you Fr. Casey.

  • @francispaul65
    @francispaul65 3 роки тому +4

    So did the girlfriend become a nun, Fr Casey?

  • @nisicruz
    @nisicruz 3 роки тому +1

    Glad you’re back to your videos I truly appreciate and enjoy their content
    God continue to Bless You

  • @nightfangs2910
    @nightfangs2910 3 роки тому +3

    I believe in god's will not luck, I also believe that those who are blessed with wealth are being tested by god, share your blessings to make the world a better place or face damnation for failure to do so

    • @jbvv-jbvideovision8601
      @jbvv-jbvideovision8601 3 роки тому

      I don't believe God tests. Just as I don't believe all alcoholics are mean. Money can make greed true, but not all people with money are mean.

    • @nightfangs2910
      @nightfangs2910 3 роки тому

      @@jbvv-jbvideovision8601 never said anything like that, ( not all wealthy people are selfish and greedy) but god gives us all trials in life, you will not attain wealth in life without the blessing from god allowing it, no wealthy person got that way without god working behind the scenes, even if the wealthy people believe they did it all by themselves hence why I believe they are on trial for their very soul, use your wealth to make the world a better place, or become selfish and self indulgent and face damnation

    • @jbvv-jbvideovision8601
      @jbvv-jbvideovision8601 3 роки тому +1

      @@nightfangs2910 I get you, but having money does not mean you are wealthy.

  • @feliciajoachim5510
    @feliciajoachim5510 3 роки тому +1

    Welcome back Father Casey. You were missed!

  • @GrantQuinn1
    @GrantQuinn1 3 роки тому +3

    Reflecting on this, there is a frightening implication: how many times have I been that one encounter that could have brought someone to God? How many times have I succeeded? How many times have I failed? LORD help me!

    • @eman2382
      @eman2382 3 роки тому +1

      It’s never too late! God bless!

  • @sabrinaliu66
    @sabrinaliu66 2 роки тому

    Fr Pat looks amazing in the photos! Young heart with great wisdom!

  • @fritz404
    @fritz404 3 роки тому +6

    Absolutely not, luck is heresy just like yoga

    • @James-en1ob
      @James-en1ob 3 роки тому +1

      Yoga isn't necessary pagan. Take clapping for example, in some cultures people clap during pagan rituals, does that mean clapping is pagan? Of course not, your clapping for your own reasons, not because your celebrating a pagan ritual

  • @NameName-vk2mb
    @NameName-vk2mb 2 роки тому

    This video reminded me of the great theological debates regarding predestination, as well as an amazing series that starred Kiefer Sutherland called "Touch." It can seem like a maddening labyrinth of coincidences and causes, but the overwhelming sense of humility and self-abasement that such considerations produce can lead us to profound contemplation of Divine Providence.

  • @wozar7461
    @wozar7461 2 місяці тому

    Excellent and insightful video. I have considered moments in my own life that were affected by some simple events. What I studied for uni was simply recommended to me by my half-brother's friend which impacted me for many years to come.

  • @HartAngel5
    @HartAngel5 2 роки тому +1

    This is wonderful! God bless you, Father!

  • @headrushindi
    @headrushindi 3 роки тому

    Father. I am an independent minister in Fayetteville NC. I heard you mention Raleigh once ,so I am assuming you are now a North Carolina resident. if I have learned anything from all my 58 years on this planet the top would be: 1) God is there always 2) there are NO coincidences, or happenstances. As Bill Gaither once wrote , Life is not a series of Chances but a Series of choices. You are right where you are not because of the chance happening in your life , but because God was gonna have you one way or another. He just started making the way ..And thank God "you listened" ! Blessing to you and yours.. I am always inspired by your, and Father Patrick's upon Friar video's.

  • @ronmill9737
    @ronmill9737 3 роки тому +2

    Welcome back Father Casey!

  • @drstephenbecker
    @drstephenbecker Рік тому

    My path to the Pastoral Ministry is likewise a series of small events in my life, choices that I made (good and bad), and ultimately, like you, God's hand in the matter as well, that led to this moment of being Pastor of a Lutheran Church.

  • @vakudibeardefender3953
    @vakudibeardefender3953 3 роки тому

    We missed You Fr.Casey........So glad You are back.

  • @tedod3621
    @tedod3621 3 роки тому +1

    Reminded me of my simple goal that was born when I was a senior in high school. I was at a Teens Encounter Christ (TEC) retreat weekend. The priests & nuns asked what goal we had. I imagined that they would ask if we achieved our goal but went to hell, then would we be successful. I had no goal, so I said 'do what God wants, and go to heaven.
    Being the young, smart aleck, I imagined, I was beating them to their own punch. No they wanted to know what we were going to major in, but a Nun thanked me for my goal in the end. 37 years ago & I've never forgotten her compliment.

  • @tanith33
    @tanith33 3 роки тому +1

    Nice to see you again, Father Casey! I was just thinking about you the other day. 😊