David Ortiz Exactly. That’s the point of the magisterium.

God bless you

Some of the most devout Catholics I've met recently are former Protestant ministers or theologians. If one is intellectually honest and not cherry picking tradition and scripture, Catholicism is the most likely final destination.

Angel Valentin Mojica I’d reply with “saved from what?!” Lol

Angel Valentin Mojica So very true!

David Ortiz I didn’t ask you anything, you just came spreading Protestant nonsense. Typical. Instead of answering questions go learn more thx

Wow, how amazing. That's so...

Holy canoly!!! Way to go!!! Greetings from an Indian Catholic!!!

Satyan Nair I rode my bicycle across India I love India. Got to go to many Catholic Churches in India. Even got to pray at the tomb of St Teresa of Calcutta!!!!!!

I have the same experience. My convertion was (has been) a process which started 17 years ago by looking at the Crucifix above the altar during the Christmas eve Mass. I realized that pain and suffering - if in communion with Jesus - will be the bridge to eternal life. Whenever i feel some pain now and I recall that meditation, I dont fear any more. And if the fear against sufferring persists, I decide in heart to go to Getsemani to share this fear with Jesus, just to be there with Him, even a couple of minutes. He will never fail to bless your compassion. God bless you :)

Beautiful story. The devil knew what he was doing when he misguided many Protestants into only using bare crosses or not having any in their churches at all. Please consider the Latin Mass if you haven't already. God bless you

Something I heard recently resonates here. Strong Protestants become Catholics. Weak Catholics become Protestants.

@@_Gaby_950 perhaps you have not read that the cross is a curse? Perhaps you do not realize that Christ no longer hangs on a tree but is interceding on our behalf constantly . 1 John 2:1 We do not need to have a figure on a cross to worship as that figure is not Christ but man's representation of Jesus.

@@brucewmclaughlin9072 Hello. Merry Christmas. How is the cross a curse when Col 1:20 says that Christ made peace through the blood of His Cross, Gal 1:14 talks of boasting only of the Cross through which wrought our salvation and which joins us to Him by separating us from the world, and Christ Himself tells us in Matthew 16:24 that we must pick up our crosses and follow Him? Do you mean that Christ was telling us to pick up "curses" instead? I agree that Christ is no longer physically lying on the cross. He does still suffer though. Your last statement is a bit confusing. If you mean that Christ is not physically present in a crucifix, then I agree.

@@fabiotuan5206 This is my experience. That might offend you but it's still true for me. Jesus and His Church cannot be separated.

@@lieveponny Jesus and the born again believers you mean! The Catholic church is a seperate issue altogether

Being Catholic you still need to be saintly. Follow the bible every church has its downfall. Just love Christ only. No judging what others do or what other church say. All will see God. Stay Happy with the Lord.

Protestants promise freedom but instead bring a form of slavery of rummaging through 30K denominations to find the truth - all the while never able to find it

@@fabiotuan5206born again is a false Protestant teaching. It is not Biblical. Jesus and His church IS the Catholic Church! All other churches are not from Jesus!

I see in you someone who is guided correctly although, I left the Roman Catholic Church in favor of a Church that actually preaches the Gospel and I mean every word of the Gospel and not just snippets followed by a 10 minute Homily. Read Scripture and ask GOD for guidance and you will never go wrong. GOD Bless and Good Work!

Yes exactly what is thought it the catholic church no other church has this

I was not familiar with Baltimore Catechism until I got to the United States-I grew up and received my sacraments in the Philippines. We don't do Catholic lite over there.

Walter Romanoff he is a FORMER Protestant minister who saw the truth and converted to Catholicism. He is now Catholic. Just to clear that up.

Walter Romanoff first... i never said he was a Catholic Priest. I said he was a convert to Catholicism. Why so much hostility? Didn’t Jesus tell us to love our neighbors AND our enemies? How do you know what I know or don’t know? Are you psychic? Do you read minds? Are you God? You’ve made an awful lot of assumptions about what I know or don’t. It is not our place to Judge other people’s motives... that is Gods prerogative, not ours. Take care that Jesus doesn’t write your sins in the sand as you condemn others. Just a suggestion.

Walter Romanoff just who do you think put the New Testament together? When? People can read for themselves what the Catholic Church teaches in the Catechism and in the church doctrine, if they want to. Many Catholics do read and know the Bible very well. Just by reading bible verses used in the daily readings, within two years, you will have read virtually the entire bible. Do you go to a church, listen to a minister? Discuss the Bible with others? Where do you get your ideas about what the Bible means? Do you rely on your own understanding or someone else’s “interpretation”? In John 10:16, Jesus said “I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. These also I must lead, and they will hear my voice, and there will be ONE FLOCK, one shepherd.” How do you know you belong to the “one flock”? Or are you out there somewhere by yourself? With the attitude you are portraying, I don’t think you will dissuade anyone from the Catholic Church, nor will you bring anyone to your way of thinking... just sayin’

Brian Farley no use trying to converse with the Walter guy... he spouts the same corrupt stuff every time anyone says anything. He’s a fanatic that has deaf ears and the same recording. Truly very sad.

Walter Romanoff You are just spewing stuff to keep from being lonely I believe. You poor thing! I am still praying for you.

I’m starting daily mass. I need all the grace I can get in 2020. It’s been a hard year

@@TriciaRP John 6 : 53 - 59 It doesn't get any clearer than that. So you can see why for two thousand years the catholic church has always taught and practiced this truth. As well as the eastern orthodox church for about a thousand years

Come back, my Sister!

Debra! The Holy Spirit is working wonders if you are thinking about coming back to the mystical Body of Christ! I'm here to help you anyway I can!

Come home! We welcome you back.

Hi. my brother in-laws last name is Alonso.

@@leonardstefanyshyn40 from Spain?

I’m sure they have relatives there. In Canada now. I’m sure they have family there as they walked the compostella.

John 14:6 “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

David Ortiz 🙏 Amén thank you

On point! Jesus, said two very important things about following him: Deny they self,(1) and pick up your cross in order to follow him.(2). He never said it would be easy, just look at his passion and crucifixion...

The church is the catholic church?.. lol! The born again christians are the true church!

@@fabiotuan5206 read again my statement LoL 😛 no need born again to be Christian remember God choose us since on our mother womb! Don't be ""clown"" Christian because you trapped in doctrine by man 🤗😉🤗

Attending church or belonging to a church won't save you! Must be born again!

@David Ortiz You become born again by accepting Jesus as your Lord and saviour a personal invitation

Same here finally happy I came back

@@TriciaRP God bless you. I hope you will find the truth to stay away from a denomination that teaches you no respect. The beads may be man made to help focus with the meditation, but the Rosary prayer is from God, sent by Him through a messenger called an Angel, specifically Archangel Gabriel. Read the bible and you can find the words of God through the angel saying Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is thy womb...

Thank you Melissa. I told my wife it was my favorite too.

That makes me so happy

Hi Yola Bacani! From your profile picture, you are so beautiful woman. But more beautiful bcause you support our Faith! Blessed are you!

Tracy Lemon thank you, Tracy. God bless you more. Behind that smile there’s a deep sadness in there because our church is still closed due to the lockdown and I felt that we are being deprived and denied of the sacraments most especially the holy Eucharist ☹️

@@eullabacani329 it's OK Yola. We still can have save our soul through spiritual Eucharist. Please follow up daily Mass if u're free enough during this lockdown.. I got myself follow Sunday Mass every week, n daily Mass if I'm free on the particular day bcause Im working as frontliner in my country. God bless you!

Glock's Mom And I would challenge that. A lot of catholic doctrines are extra-biblical and in some cases unbiblical (e.g. the perpetual virginity of and the bodily assumption of Mary). Worship in spirit and in truth (Jn. 4:24), not spirit and man-made doctrines

David Ortiz I’m not denying the “church” is inspired by the Holy Spirit. What I deny is the “church” Jesus Christ established on earth is somehow synonymous with the Roman Pontiff that came a few centuries later. Sorry, you will not find one passage of Scripture or one apostolic father recognizing the supreme authority of Rome as the “pillar of truth” the church is built on. Not one. Therefore, you sir are guilty of eisegesis for cramming your unfounded Catholic assumptions into 1 Tim. 3:15. When left to itself, Scripture makes ZERO mention of papal authority (NONE of the apostles mention it or even suggest it, not even St. Peter), ZERO mention of indulgences, ZERO mention of venerating Mary as being a perpetual virgin (read Mark 6: SHE HAD OTHER CHILDREN), and ZERO suggestion of purgatory (you have to read it into the passages and ignore the overall contexts). Your church puts itself above Scripture, which IS God-breathed in both the Old and New Testaments (2 Pet. 3:15-16: even your “Pope” considers St. Paul’s letters to be Scripture) and won’t let go of this completely baseless claim to infallible authority. Your popes and counsels contradict themselves. And you seriously have the audacity to call me a “poor soul” here?

@@sethfrazer7404 Hi. What is wrong with having extra biblical traditions? The Bible doesn't condemn them and it would be odd if it did because: 1) Matthew 2:23; 23:2-3, 1 Cor 10:4, 2 Tim 3:8, and Luke 10:7 are references to "unbiblical" doctrines as well. You will not find Jannes and Jambres anywhere in the Old Testament, but you will find reverence to the seat of Moses in Judaic "unbublical" midrash; 2) it did not exist for the first 400 years of Christianity and there could therefore have been no such thing as a "biblical doctrine" within that period...you know, the same period within which the Church was first recorded as having prayed for the dead, prayed to the saints in Heaven, venerated Our Lady, taught the Immaculate Conception, acknowledged the primacy of St Peter- all of these doctrines predate the Bible. Doesn't 2 Thess 2:15 talk of upholding both written and oral Apostolic tradition? You refer to Scripture as "God breathed" and cite "supporting" verses but they do not really help your case. Why 66 books, why those _specific_ ones and by whose authority? Why not _the Didache_ or _Enoch_ or the _Protoevangelium of James_ as well? St Peter only refers to St Paul's letters in general. He neither names nor lists them. Most scholars reject Hebrews as a Pauline letter and many Church Fathers doubted its authenticity (as well as that of Jude, _2 Peter itself,_ 2 and 3 John, Revelation, and James). So why don't you? What I find ironic is that you dismiss doctrines that are not explicitly stated in the Protestant Bible (created 500 years ago) yet do not mention that it says nothing of a 'Trinity'. You say the Papacy originated "centuries later" and dismiss the authority of Church Councils, yet ignore the fact that the Trinitarian doctrine was canonized well over 300 years after Christ _by the authority of ecumenical councils._ The perpetual virginity of Mary has been a given since the first century and even your Protestant founders accepted it; Protestants did not start rejecting it until just 300 years ago. You mention Mark 6. I point you to Matthew 27:55-56, Mark 15:47, John 19:25-27 and the work _Expositions of the Sayings of the Lord_ by a 2nd century Church Father, student of the daughters of Philip, and Bishop called Papias. Those alleged "brothers" were the children of Mary of Cleopas, not Jesus' siblings. If Christ had siblings, then why would He entrust His Mother to an evangelist destined for persecution when His "brothers" were still very much alive? (Acts 1:14) The earliest record of the bodily Assumption dates to the fifth century, but Maria Valtorta's _The Poem of the Man God_ affirms it was well known before the death of John. Papal authority is indeed mentioned in Scripture: when Christ establishes it in Matthew 16:17-19. The Church has the authority to grant indulgences through Her power to bind and loose sins (John 20:21-23). Purgatory is a Jewish doctrine recorded in 2 Maccabees 12:43-46- a book which predated Christ by close to 150 years and was among the 73 books of the original Bible infallibly compiled at the AD 382 Council of Rome. The Pope's infallibility is only binding when invoked. It matters not if past Popes contradict each other for they are only human and not everything they have said is binding on anyone. How do our councils contradict each other? And if the Magisterium's claim to authority is baseless, then you might as well throw away your New Testament: She canonized it.

Do you have anything to back that up?

Way of life...lol Jesus is the life! Not the RCC!

Six2Seven welcome home! I recently came home, too, and my husband will be formally in full communion with the CC come Easter Vigil, although he’s already home in his heart!

I'm coming home too. I am so amazed and so happy. It is a bit of a delicate process and sometimes can be overwhelming but the truth is burning strongly within and I know the Holy Spirit is guiding me. Though I am a cradle Catholic and I believed that I understood it all, I didn't! Some incredible scholars and faithful Catholics on youtube, etc have been pivotal. God works through the internet as well. Praise Be Jesus Christ.

Welcome Home! The road can be long and arduous but well worth it. RCIA is a good place to start.

marynadononeill wonderful! Welcome home! I was where you are several months ago and have discovered the same! Are you appreciating your faith so much more because of it, like I am? I never could go to any other church, just slipped away... it took a godly “fallen away” Baptist to bring me home! Now he, too, is “coming home” into the CC after discovering in her what was missing in his faith life all those years. God is amazing!

Queen of Hearts Congratulations to you both!

Amen!

Jan Petsch yes... and offer your sufferings for the salvation of lost souls... makes suffering easier to tolerate, I’ve found.

We can NEVER be like Christ! even our good deeds are filthy rags in the eyes of the Lord.- Isaiah 64:6 Believe Jesus did the work for you on the cross. That is a FREE GIFT to salvation from hell. Let Jesus Christ come into your heart and you will bear fruit

Revival7 we can certainly follow Christ’s example and strive to be as Christ-like as a human can be... even when we fail, Christ appreciates the effort.

@@queenofhearts7726 So my question is how do u really earn your way to heaven? Is it by works? Like praying the rosary? How will i know if my works are ENOUGH to earn heaven ? How many rosaries do i need to pray everyday? how many times do i need to go to confession to priest in a month?

Revival7 Only God can give you that answer. The Our Father is from the Bible. The Hail Mary is as well. The Mysteries that are meditated on are: The Joyful Mysteries: The Annunciation (Luke 1:30-33), The Visitation (Luke 1:50-53), The Nativity-Birth of Christ (Luke 2:10-11), The Presentation (Luke 2:29-32), The Finding of Jesus in the Temple(Luke 2:48-52). The Luminous Mysteries: The Baptism of the Lord in the Jordan 2Corinthians 5:21 Matthew 3:17), The Wedding Feast of Cana (John 2:1-12), The Proclamation of the Kingdom of God (Mark 1:15, 2:3-13; Luke 7:47-48 and John 20:22-23), The Transfiguration (Luke 9:35), The Institution of the Eucharist (John 13:1). The Sorrowful Mysteries: The Agony in the Garden (Matthew 26:38-39), The Scourging at the Pillar (John 19:1), The Crowning with Thorns (Mark 15:16-17), The Carrying of the Cross (John 19:17), The Crucifixion (John 19:28-30). The Glorious Mysteries: The Resurrection (Mark 16:6-8), The Ascension (Acts 1:10-11), The Coming of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1-4), The Assumption of Mary (Song of Songs 2:3-6), The Coronation of Mary (Luke 1:51-54). So you see the scriptures are condensed into the rosary. After each decade we say Glory Be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be world without. Amen. We say three Hail Mary’s for faith, hope and charity then the Glory Be. We say after the Glory Be : Oh My Jesus forgive us our sins save us from the fires of hell and lead all souls to heaven especially those in most need of thy mercy. Everything is centered on Jesus Christ. I try to get to confession once a month but The Catechism of the Catholic Church says once a year for the minimalist Catholic. I feel more grace and love going once a month than once a year I can tell you. I feel the presence of Christ in the confessional every time. Padre Pio said 13 full rosaries a day if not 17. The rosary starts with the I believe in God (Apostles Creed). So come home and find the church Christ started. JimmyAkin.com

Revival7 Good questions! First, works don’t “earn” your way to heaven... I never said they did. I just meant that the way to heaven isn’t easy... the Bible states as much. Jesus did save us by dying on the cross for our sins, but we have our part to do, too, in order to keep that salvation. First and foremost is to keep the commandments, which includes loving our enemies as well as our neighbors. When we come to God and are justified, it happens without any Merit on our part. Neither our faith nor our works-nor anything else-merits justification. God doesn’t simply declare us righteous. He also makes us righteous in justification. The Council of Trent defined justification as “not only a remission of sins but also the sanctification and renewal of the inner man”. So at the beginning of the Christian life, God forgives our sins and gives us the gift of righteousness. But he’s not done with us. He wants us to grow in righteousness over the course of the Christian life, and, if we cooperate with his Grace, we will. Catholic theology refers to this growth in righteousness using the term justification, so, in Catholic language, justification isn’t something that happens just at the beginning of the Christian life. It happens over the course of the Christian life. Several passages from St. Paul state that Christians grow in virtue by yielding our bodies to righteousness for sanctification. It states that by good works we “increase in that justice received through the grace of Christ and are further justified”. James 2:24: “Do you see that by Works a man is justified, and not by faith only?” James’s statement this relates not to the initial justification that occurs when we first come to God but to the growth in righteousness that occurs over the course of the Christian life. I believe the confusion comes in “terms” used rather than in the actual facts of belief. Catholics do not believe in “once saved, always saved”, however. Salvation can be lost through “sin that is deadly”. Confession is for the absolution of those sins, if the person is truly penitent, it brings him back into God’s grace. Jesus gave the authority to forgive or retain sins of man to the apostles and their successors... I.e. Catholic priests who act “in persona Christe” in confession. Other questions I can answer for you? You can also search subjects at Catholic.com... there are tons of articles, etc. that can tell you what Catholics really believe... from knowledgeable Catholics, rather than non-Catholics who may not understand what the Catholic Church really teaches. You can also read the Catechism of the Catholic Church which tell exactly what the Church teaches including biblical references.

I don't care about other people's opinion of me, what I care is God's opinion of me because people will always judge, will always have something to say...God sees and knows everything..He knows what's inside our hearts 😊☝️ and that's more essential...

Jesus said we and the church would be persecuted, keep on fighting for the Good Lord.

not to pardon our sins because God is merciful... but He came to liberate us from sin... God's forgiveness is the power of God's grace to convert us and reconcile us with Him

Molly, so went to Babylon because of a rubbish Church !

Grace Pilgrim The Whore of Babylon was the seven hills representative of Caligula and Nero to name two. It was also the alliance between two Pagan groups who were anti-Christian that persecuted and killed Christians. You should really study your history. Father Mitch Pacwa contact him and he can fill you in on the history at EWTN.com. You can always check JimmyAkin.com, Catholic.com and CatholicComeHome.org. Our church is not rubbish. The Catholic Church was founded by Christ.

That's because their is a lot to learn i know why catholic church has priest and lvls in our church no one will ever have the same knowledge and wisdom but we respect that we all fit in perfectly to we just want to learn how to love god truely same way he loves us. In the end of the way no worldly position will amount to anything as to pleasing our only God by fallowing his word and order left from jesus christ and his apostles/priest. catholic church is the only true path to God

Yes, you certainly got into a Works, Guilt, Blasphemous Church: RCC Spiritual suffering is the name of the game there

Fabio Tuan What Guilt? I am not guilted into anything. We have faith and works not just works. Nothing wrong with Redemptive Suffering afterall it’s in the Sermon on the Mount and in the Book of Hebrews just to mention a couple places. It says in the Bible that the more you suffer the closer you are to Christ. Who doesn’t want to be close to Christ? Plus we cannot be Blasphemous since Christ Jesus started the RCC.

Thank you so much!!

sounds like your a devout catholic?

Born preacher still preaching!!! God bless!!