Thank you. I will be here all week. God Bless and Merry Christmas.

can't get better than this great love it,

This hug is beautiful... :) God Bless

Arn, thanks for the post. Amazing how so many people are blind to truth. Maybe one day their longing for the Holy Eucharist will open their eyes. Bishop Sheen once said "There are one million people in the world who hate the Church for what the THINK it is and 100 people wo hate the Church for what is REALLY is." We'll keep defending the faith! Praise Jesus!

Keep up the good work, a little basic history works wonders in helping people see the truth! Ave Maria!

Peace be with you brother. We would love to have you in our Church. We are part of the Pope John Paul II Generation. We are 16-35 and on fire with spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ with our actions. St. Francis once said, "Spread the Gospel always, speak when you have to." If you are interested, contact the Catholic Church in your area. You can go to the Catholic Mass anywhere in the world. The Mass is the same where ever you live. God Bless you brother in Christ.

salvationisrightnow - I am Roman Catholic and I am born again by turning back to God through the power of the Holy Spirit, after Satan mislead me through my earlier life. Praise God I was able to return to him. Thank you Jesus. Amen. Eileen

A prayer is praising and glorifying before anything else . A prayer is asking with humbleness . A prayer is invoking and meditating . A prayer if it followed by hope , would be the most beautiful prayer . Look at Jesus how He used to pray , and immitate Him , plain and simple .

the clean healthy looking one, the one who's neighbourhood is tidy and is full of employed married people without debt and with 1-3 children in a household.

LonLeb-There are serious problems with the Apocrypha; the Catholic church added it to support their unbiblical practices after the Reformation; it wasn't considered a part of Scripture until the 16th century. What missing passages are you referring to?

Halliluya!

@Seekerr1 "preach out of love". Amen! There are some truly inspiring and holy people out there in the Protestant Churches. I don't have to agree with them on every point to see that..... :)

no sound on this because the noise on my wife's cheap camera was unbearable.

@Seekerr1 Taking their bitterness to heart would mean that we both are wrong. Refusing to get sucked in and praying for those who are so anti-Catholic has the chance that we both will see the Truth. I feel sorry for them, too :)

Why can't we love each and help each other find the path towards salvation?

Just a little specification.... Matteo Calisi is not a priest but a married man, father of 2 kids!

missing parts of Esther, and Susanna and Bel and the Dragon which are included in Daniel. Protestant reformers in the 1500s decided to follow the official canon of Judaism for the Old Testament rather than the Septuagint. The Septuagint, was in common use and Christians adopted it as the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. It can also be said that the Protestants removed them to disprove biblical practices.

sola fide numquam sola (only the faith which is never alone) and sola gratia non sine homine (only grace not without man)

LonLeb, you are correct. Luther decided to take those books out. The bible was put together at the councils of Carthage and the synads of Hippo both were started by the Roman Catholic Church and the end end result was the septuagint and the new testament. IF it wasn't for the Catholic Church there would be no bible. Peace

Ah. That makes more sense.

Too bad he wasn't 40 years younger huh Father Matteo!

Amen Edward. Amen. Unfortunatley we live in a world of growing moral relativism. If a Christian believes something is good for them then is must be truth or OK. You see, there is only one Truth. Too many people make up their own truth - ie moral relativists believe gay marriage is ok, abortion is ok, pre marital relationship is ok; you name it. Until we all accept one truth, it will never be as easy as you think it should be;I agree with you, it is sad.Peace be with you brother in Christ.

@kiwichristian2009 .GODBLESS YOU BROTHER. MAY YOU LIVE IN PEACE WITH JESUS. GODBLESS YOUR FAMILY. PRAISED BE JESUS AND MARY! NOW AND FOREVER!

The spelling is "Diograzie". It's italian for "Thanks be to God". And God bless you Jesus4... for your passionate faith, --Jesus, I'm sure, is happy that you have embraced Him, ...

Actually, there were many miracles in the old testament before Mary, but that aside, she is "clothed in the sun", having carried a child of such importance, but it is a scientific fact that the sun has cooler spots on it's surface. It isn't spotless.

Although some people here doubt weather or not this is real I do think that this video shows that our common belief in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior will eventually bring us all together as Christians. It is already happening just in little pieces.

@theyanna We live just of words in the Bible. Nothing more. But it is the reason, why catholics and other churches who like tradition the same or more than Bible, don't understand us and why we are arguiing so often. We just returned back to pure message of Bible, without human tradition, without so many rules and ceremonies... It is necessary to understand who we are and also why we try so much to persuade catholics to change. It is not because of our proud, but our love.Forgive us our mistakes

There's no question that Christ began a visible Church before ascending to Heaven. He was quite clear in handing the keys over to Peter and we see all throughout the book of Acts Peter and the apostles building the Church. Rules and Traditions developed and have been handed down through apostolic succession. Christ never intended there to be all these breakaway religions. He promised to remain with his Church and let not even the gates of hell prevail against it.

@theyanna There is more churches of protestant branch. I must say, that i belong to one of many, that comunicate together and our faith is practically the same. Just our congregations have different names. For us is not important if we belong to some big super church. Much more important is the real relationship with Jesus. We come together to praise Him and to serve each other and others. But there are some more traditional churches that are also protestant but they do we are against for.

If it ever does, you better contact your Bishop. I've seen Masses that were liturgically aweful, but never called the Bishop. I fear that there is a waivering of certain formalities in the Liturgy in order to gain more parish members. I've even seen someone give a homily wearing a sports jersey!

This is a lovely video. Actions speak louder than words, all you seminary semantic-tweakers in comment land.

1. If they're in heaven (as the saints are), then they most certainly are NOT sinners anymore. 2. We "pray" to the saints in the exact same way that you "pray" to your friend - we simply ask them to pray for us to God. 3. If that's praying to someone in the manner you seem to imply, then it is YOU who pray to sinners and not us.

Jesus told all his disciples in Matthew 18:18 "Truly I say to you, (Q)whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven"; it wasn't limited to Peter. It is the Catholic church that is claiming the right to "private interpretation."

I did ask the Bible and it told me (Mat18:15-20). If your brother sins against you go to him if he does not listen go to the Church. Jesus then said, "Truly I say to you (I am not kidding) whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven. I was still not convinced and I found 1Tim3:15 - If I am delayed, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the Church..the pillar and bulwark of truth." If the Bible is the source of truth shouldn't at least the Bible say so?

@NIFootie2010 Really? That's not what the major insurance companies who issue insurance policies to the Protestant Churches to cover court costs for sexual abuse charges say.

Where are you getting your definition of "mediator" from? A dictionary you wrote yourself?

@Seekerr1 "He is not even sharp enough to know that name calling is the same as slander..." That's because for a certain type of "Christian", it's more important to hate those who don't agree with you than it is to love Jesus. If they loved Jesus, they would engage with others in a whole different way. That's why I 1) can't take people like him seriously and 2) put them all on the prayer list.....God's grace is a whole lot more efficacious than anything I could say to someone like that :)

@assasincomedy .....1 Peter 2:6-8 “Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious, and he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame. Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient, The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone, and a stone of stumbling and a rock [petra] of offense."

You want to include the rest of those definitions? Probably not, because they fly in the face of what you want to say. Here: 6. that which is prayed for. 7. a petition; entreaty. 8. the section of a bill in equity, or of a petition, that sets forth the complaint or the action desired. We use your 1 a. and b. for God alone. My #7 is for other people.

How about: A confused human hugging another confused human.

deercreek7-I am sure of this: Salvation is in Christ, not an organization.

These guys just found out McDonalds is bringing back the McRib sandwich.

That is true but unfortunately it is easy for immature people to be mean on KZfaq on either side. However I havent seen someone be openly mean in person concerning the topic. Im not saying that it doesnt happen but you read more of it online than you do talking to someone in person about it.

I'm sure it does hurt man but one thing to remember is that the people that hold that view don't hate Catholic people just the belief system that they believe in. But we are all made in the image and likeness of God and I respect that but don't share the same belief.

And also, popesa, What kind of christian would call Peter the apostle's successor a nazi? Jesus said to Peter that he was Petras, the rock, and upon him I will build my church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. I failed to see the part that said "your successors will become nazis."

I understand to this,but I dont like when its more important than the real relationship and when someone thinks that it is everything what christianity offers.If you see these things so amazing as you say, its beautiful:)Our interpretation of Bible is more easy,we believe that if Jesus said something, nothing could deny it and thats what we see in C.Church and it is unacceptable for us.But it is true that it is difficult to discuss and compare.i really dont want any hostility between us.GBY too!

Canons 9 & 12 of the Concil of Trent (concerning Justification) condemn the Protestant invention of Sola Fide completely. This is the position of Christ and His Church: Matt 16:27 - "For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels: and then will he render to every man according to his works."

maybe i'm wrong about this but i believe that by being a good person, and by living a good life that a person can achieve salvation anyways regardless of religious affiliation. am i to believe that all the people over 130 thousand years, (or 6000) who have lived without knowledge of christ or god are damned beacuse they were not around yet? no. that would not be just. i think we, regardless of faith are equal in the final judgement.

You seem to think the Roman Catholic church was THE ORIGINAL church - it wasn't. Early Christianity was divided between Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy because of the great schism, and there were the Nestorians and Oriental Orthodox before that.

Jesus did not even give authority to Peter: In the original Greek text he refers to peter as "petros": a small, movable stone, but states he will build his church upon the "petra": A large, immovable slab of rock. This is consistent in scripture elsewhere, especially the psalms, where God is often called a rock, but never is a man called this.

This video has the wrong title. It should be called, "McDonalds Brings back the McRib Sandwich"

@kiwichristian2009 Absolutely correct. The Roman Catholic doctrines aren't even close to those spoken by the apostles. The Papacy needs to look more closely at Peter's words.

@Finni100 - To be a Christian is to be Catholic - period.

deercreek7-if you would study your church through the middle ages you would find all kinds of arguments over who was pope. There are different lists that supposedly trace the successors of Peter - and it was not founded on him, but Christ. It's Christ's church, not Peter's. We are one in Christ, not Peter. Christ didn't only give His authority to Peter, He also gave it to the rest of Hist disciples when they were gathered together.

Actually, anyone can pick it up and say "this is what the bible says". What people cannot do is put it down and say, "this is what the bible MEANS". This includes the Catholic Church today, and this includes the men who compiled the bible. They were as human as we are, were they not?

@kiwichristian2009 All have sinned......exactly. Mary and the Popes too.

@Seekerr1 Maybe that's it, Seek my brother. Maybe he just hasn't gotten enough hugs in his life? Research shows that can do crazy things to a psyche....

Also, we do not "mock" Mary. We have NEVER "mocked" Mary. We respect Mary greatly, she did, after all, give birth to our Lord. What we do NOT do is pray to her, because she was not God, and we pray only to God, and we do not consider her the "perfect" Christian, because, as I believe we both agree on, no-one is perfect but God. (Luke 18:9)

deercreek7 "The CHURCH" i.e., called out ones or assembly is that which appears in its entirety in the book of Revelation; it consists of all true believers throughout the ages; it is not a denomination; it is not Catholic, Baptist, Methodist or any other name assigned to it by man. Salvation is not in a church; it is in Christ and all who are in Christ are in that church.

Wow, there's raging religious debates even on a video like this. Can't we have more of an attitude like the people in this video?

@boan000 James 2:20 - "But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?" James 2:26 - "For even as the body without the spirit is dead; so also faith without works is dead." Matthew 16:27 - "For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels: and then will he render to every man ACCORDING TO HIS WORKS." Scripture is Clear - you reject it.

@NIFootie2010 Ha! Right. And you came by this information where, exactly?

@boan000 As to Paul, he preached the SAME Gospel of Christ!!!! There is only one Gospel, which you either accept or reject.

You quote Mathew 13:55 and 27:56, but here we see Mary the mother of James and Joseph is also Mary the mother of Clopas (John 19:25), not Mary the Blessed Mother. At the foot of the cross was Jesus' mother, his mother's sister, MARY THE WIFE OF CLOPAS, and Mary Magdalene. Why would Jesus entrust his mother to John if he had other siblings? If he did, it would have been a great insult to them

Obviously not, as simply the context of the passage attests to Jesus being a mediator of salvation specifically. If that wasn't enough, study a little Greek and you'll discover that the original manuscripts made this much more obvious than it is in English. The saints are no more of a mediator when we ask them to pray for us than your friends are mediators when you ask them to pray for you.

@Seekerr1 You bet! ;)

@rbmMan2 Yep, that is pretty much the facts, sadly. It's tragic that we even can make comparisons of sexual abuse rates between religions, isn't it? Pray, pray and pray! :)

No, I can't prove it. As I have stated before, I believe that the church of Christ encompasses everyone saved by Christ, and by Christ alone, regardless of denomination (Ephesians 2:8-9), so I also believe that the Roman Catholic Church can prove as little as I can. Ultimately, it doesn't matter. Just do remember that they weren't ROMAN Catholic bishops.

Love the people but hate the belief system

No, he won't. But this really only is a defense to pray WITH others, which I support, not TO them.

@boan000 - You misunderstand the Gospel entirely. The Good works Christ commands us to do is NOT "Slavish". It is not burdonsome at all to those who love Christ and want to keep His word: Matthew 11:30 - "For my yoke is sweet and my burden light." Besides, this is not about proving debating skills, that is precisely why I wanted to discuss privately.

And what church teaches the correct Christ? Is Christ an angel? A god? Or part of the Trinity?

What about vice versa? A bible belt Evangelical embracing a Catholic?

@kiwichristian2009 I agree. Roman Catholicism calls itself Christian, yet it denies the power from which Christianity is based upon.....Christ's one time sacrifice for all.

Sooo... did he convert?

We do not deny the sacraments Christ instituted. Baptism, communion, I think you'll find they're all there. Reading the context of Matthew 16:18 (look back to my first comment), I don't believe Jesus left the keys to Peter; I believe he was referring to the CHURCH. He left his church the keys of heaven. And the church of Christ is not catholicism, or protestantism, or any other denomination, it includes EVERYONE who has been saved by the blood of Christ.

Mary's dead!? The bible says that everyone in heaven has EVERLASTING LIFE. Surely you don't think she was in hell? No? then she is ALIVE. One could say she is even more alive than your friends are, being in the presence of God.

@boan000 Yes, Jn 3:16 teaches that faith is necessary, but it DOES NOT teach faith ALONE is necessary! This is where you inject tradtions of men. James 2:24 - "Do you see that by works a man is justified; and NOT BY FAITH ONLY?" There is no way around the clear contradiction. It cannot be explained away by heretical isogesis. Man is NOT justified by Faith only (Sola Fide).

Who's the protestant?

@kiwichristian2009 Hello friend. You are absolutely correct. Christ did the work for our sins on the cross 2000 years ago. This is the only work God will accept on behalf of our sins.

@kiwichristian2009 Amen friend! How can anyone think they have the ability in their lifetime to repay their sin debt? Only Christ has an account big enough to pay that invoice.

I agree that we should not worship any graven images, nor should we bow down to them IN WORSHIP as the commandment says. But NO WHERE in the bible does it say that prayer, which literally means nothing more than "asking", is to be for God alone. Heck, Shakespeare used the word that way and the courts of law still use it that way to this VERY day. If you think ASKING should be done to God alone and never to other people, then your life is going to be impossible to live.

Why can't we just call ourselves Christians instead of Catholic or Protestant?

...I really don't like it when people take sick individuals that have strayed from their faith and use it as a point against a certain denomination or even an entire religion. I also don't like that Christians waste their time arguing with each other when we should be concentrating on loving God. I understand the importance of knowing what you believe and standing up for it, but this level of hatred only hurts us. Who am I kidding? Oh, Internet, how I love you.

@NIFootie2010 I'm not only on the right path, I'm on the path of Christ. Where are you walking? It's obviously not with Him.

deercreek7-no, my reply is based on what God's Word reveals and Jesus said "Thy Word is Truth". The physical church consists of wheat and tares. The one true church at the end of the age consists only of true believers. Salvation is not in Peter. Salvation is in Christ. If you are in Christ, you will be in that assembly revealed in Revelation. Jesus said "My kingdom is not of this world." The Jews preserved the Old Testament and they wrote the New Testament.

Well after the rape, obstruction of Justice, PTS breakdown at Army Chaplain school because of it and hell in the Army. It cost my creative potential, my unborn children all testify . The church did to me the same that its inspiration in religion did to Jesus. The holy spirit comes from the cross to free us all from religion. I had to suffer all this to prove it. I had my knee broke in church on Assumption confronting a molesting priest. NOTHING HAS CHANGED since religion murdered Jesus. FREEDOM

Lets not also forget that Martin Luther is hitler's predecessor. Refer to Martin Hitler's jewish hate book 'The jew and their lies' for 100% proof.

@boan000 This is not a thread. I will not debate you by posting sentences continually in new message boxes. This is not a forum - you are spamming the video! If you are serious, you will have no problem with PM since you can write at length. If you need others to see what you or I have written you can send them a copy. Also, I accept your invitation to start with Purgatory, then we can discuss Papal Primacy.

@boan000 @boan000 - Interesting you bring up Titus 3:5 since this verse clearly teaches the Catholic Doctrine of Baptismal regeneration - also refuting Salvation by faith ALONE. The verese which you think prove your position, in fact, actually disprove it and show it to be heretical. I am amazed that you would cite a verse such as this in support of Sola Fide!

@boan000 - Its your call - you refuse to debate in depth, so theres nothing else I can do. I will not continually post sentences in comment boxes, thats not what they are for, you seem to want attention not an honest discussion. I also have many debates happening at present by PM and I am not concerned if you refuse to debate.

Hinduism is described a s areligion as is buddhism. There are more then 3 religions, have you forgotten the Bahi's, the Mormons, the Sikh's, Confucianism, Taoism, Zorostrians, Druze, Sabians and what about Atheism and Agnosticism? Can't they also be defined as religions?

@assasincomedy I have carefully looked over kiwichristian's comments and nothing has been said which is unbiblical. Looks as though kiwichristian wants to see Roman Catholics turn to Jesus Christ for their salvation, the only source of salvation.

@boan000 - The verses you cited DO NOT TEACH SOLA FIDE!! That is clear and obvious. You had to exegate, or should I say Isogate them to mean the oppositie, or more than what they clearly said. As I have said before, posting sentences in numerous comment boxes does not allow a serious discussion. I have given you the option to discuss the issue in depth and go through your arguments verse by verse if you want, but you declined. If you were sincere, then you would have no problem.

Actually both are protestants, neither of them fit your description.... one of them is a modernist (wanna be Catholic) and the other one (the old bold guy) must be the regular protestant.

@louisrajesh Hello friend.....The true church of Jesus Christ is a relationship, not a membership. It isn’t any particular protestant denomination or Roman catholic. It doesn't have a roof or an address. We are the Body of Christ, past, present and future from all around the world who have accepted Christ’s work on the cross for our sins 2000 years ago, once and for all. Our names have been written in the Book of Life from the beginning. 1 cross + 3 nails = 4 given.

Yeah and the Protestants follow Luther's bible with 7 missing books and missing passages. Again who is right? What about the Ethiopian Orthodox Canon? They have more books then the Catholics!

@boan000 Therefore your request to have me respond here is meaningless, as I have clearly explained before. My offer to discuss these matters in depth still stands. In regards to you so-called "harmonizing" Romans with James - This is superflous to my argument, since James and Romans DO NOT contradict each other nor appear in contradiction at all. It is only when you apply a heretical isogesis to James, whereby you twist its meaning completely; that you need to "harmonize" them.

@assasincomedy .dats exactly true. he diverts in ordr to show he's believable and genius. he always try to say insulting things and lies to shield his stupidity and evil intentions.talkng to this kind of person s realy weird.

@boan000 I never claimed that faith in God does not justify. In fact it is Catholic Dogma that Faith in Jesus Christ is necessary for salvation. What I do have a problem with is you inserting the word ALONE. These verses DO NOT teach faith ALONE. Regarding the works not mentioned in the verses you cite - So what? Read the rest of the Bible!! There are a multitude of verses which teach the necessity of works.