We have a church led by 80-90 year olds telling the youth they need to get with the times

@@TruthSeeker-333 - I know. It's insane on the face of it

Well, no Brian, I don't agree. It can't be. We Orthodox and Catholics aren't allowed to reform anything, not in liturgy, language, costumes, teaching etc. that has passed down to us from the founding of the church. That is the difference between the Roman church and the Protestant reformers

@@gerard5071 "Ordinary"?🤦‍♂️You think the holy worship and teaching of the church, passed down to us from the founding of the Christian church, is equal to pop culture and can be reformed and changed? If you do, than you might as well convert to one of the heretic Lutheran faiths. His premise was spot on and correct, they did overthrow the old tradition, and that is heretic, no less.

Read QUO PRIMUM encyclical by SAINT POPE PIUS V

This doesn't address the influence of the Boomer generation everywhere in the Church. 2022 is decades in the making. We were losing kids well before TikTok

nice

glad to see more catholic albanians!

@@Random-cl3le Yes, i‘m a Catholic from Kosovo 🇽🇰🙏🏻

@@CLEA4N me too! but my family is muslim

kosovo je serbija

Sad to see.

NO! Catholicism is counterfeit Christianity, if for no other reason that it teaches you to base your hope for heaven on your GOOD WORKS (CCC 1821), which is utterly opposed to over 25 verses and amounts to "another gospel" per 2 Cor 11:4. Good day.

The apostles and early Christians didn't speak Latin. They spoke Greek. So if you like tradition, the TLM isn't as "traditional" as you may think. There are traditions that extend before TLM was even thought up.

​@@petebratschi Spare me the accusation of another "perverted" view of Catholicism. Listen bubba, I've studied your doctrines for over 40 years, and am convinced beyond all doubt that all Catholics, from the Pope down to the pauper in the pew, are lost. NO ONE DENIES the RCC says we're saved by faith oh thou fool. But all of them will go to hell because they attach a salvific EFFICACY to their good works, which is their fatal error. And don't try to whitewash and downplay CCC 1821. Again, the problem with Catholics is that they are hoping to *MERIT* heaven based IN PART on the grace of God working thruuuuu them to do GOOD DEEDS! (CCC 1821). 1821 is CLEAR AS DAYLIGHT and you darn well know it. Now let's sink your salvific ship even further into the deep, shall we? The Council of Trent.... If any one says that the good works of one that is justified…does not truly MERIT...eternal life, let him be anathema" ... "Hence, to those who work well unto the end, eternal life is to be offered, both as a grace mercifully promised...and as a reward promised by God himself, to be faithfully given to their GOOD WORKS AND MERITS (Sixth Session, chapter 16). Thomas Aquinas... If we are speaking of a meritorious work as proceeding from the grace of the Holy Spirit, it MERITS eternal life (Nature and Grace, p. 207, in Summa Theologica, 12ae, Q. 114, Art 3). The Question and Answer Catholic Catechism: Q. What is habitual or sanctifying grace? (#1074). A. Habitual or sanctifying grace is a supernatural quality that dwells in the human soul, by which a person shares in the divine nature, becomes a temple of the Holy Spirit, a friend of God, his adopted child, an heir to the glory of heaven, and able to perform actions MERITING eternal life. Ludwig Ott... God’s grace is the presupposition and foundation of supernatural good works, by which man MERITS eternal life...According to Holy Writ, eternal blessedness in heaven is the reward…for good works performed on this earth...A just man MERITS for himself through each good work an increase in sanctifying grace [and] eternal life (Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma, p. 254, 267). The Roman Catholic Almanac on "Merit": In religion, the right to a supernatural reward for good works by a person in the state of and with the assistance of grace...Accordingly, good works, as described above, are MERITORIOS for salvation". Robert Sungenis... This apologist was granted the Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur, which are the seals of approval from Roman Catholic authorities contained on the inside front pages of his book, "Not by Faith Alone". These seals indicate there is nothing objectionable to be found therein. Subsequently, we read of the book's apparent universal endorsement by ALLLLL the major Catholic luminaries of today, showing the true heartbeat of what drives this supposed Christian religion; namely THEIR meritorious, DAMNABLE GOOD WORKS, by which they think they will enter heaven. It is staggering to see so many applaud his thesis sprinkled throughout the text... READ IT... "Works are a primary criteria in [God] deciding whether or not the individual is saved" (p. 50). "Works that justify are looked upon through the eyes of God's grace" (p. 80). "If done through grace, they [works] are graciously meritorious for salvation" (p. 102) "Works are the determining factor in our salvation" (p. 215; cf. p. 38 footnote). "A person, to be justified, must persevere to his last breath in this conscious decision to add works to faith" (p. 175). "A person's eternal destiny is dependent on God's final evaluation of the person's deeds" (p. 484). "God infuses grace into the individual to transform him into a righteous person [and] justifies that individual" (p. 485). The evaluation of our good works as noted in 1 Cor 3:13-17 and 2 Cor 5:10 will not result in personal rewards only, but "rather a judgement which will determine whether one will be saved"(p. 41). REPLY: In light of the Bible's STRICT (and I do mean STRICT) denunciation that God will NOT save us based on any works of righteousness WHATSOEVER (Romans 3:20, 28, 4:2-8, 4:13-14, 10:4, 5:1, 11:6; Galatians 2:16, Galatians 3:11, 5:4; Philippians 3:9; Titus 3:5; 2 Tim 1:9; Eph 2:8-9) it is pathetic that the pope's fan club can't comprehend that our VISIBLE works are merely the by-product of an INVISIBLE faith which trusts in the life and death achievement of Christ ALONE (Romans 5:10). For Catholics to insist that we're justified by faith **AND** works, automatically puts our good works on the very same level as the sin-cleansing power of the blood of Christ! This is outrageous and will send each and every Catholic to hell just as Christ predicted when they say to him on Judgment Day, "We did many wonderful works in your name" (Matt 7). The response? "DEPART FROM ME". You are refuted, and...oh by the way, Good day.

because they are hungry for God and know the world is not the answer !

@@mojo7495 are you serious? It’s faith and good works. It’s living in a state of grace and trying your hardest to be free from sin, and if you fall, you confess your sins. Why are you being so disingenuous?

It’s rare to find a traditional Latin mass in the states not all churches offer it, but at 31 years old is the mass that I most enjoy. I’m currently doing my consecration to Jesus through Mary. Finding ways to get closer to god.

@@karic.1743 You know, if you read about St. Paul in his letters and in the Acts of the Apostles, you might find a different perspective on Tradition. How do you think you would feel about following Christ as a Jew and having to mingle with the Gentiles? Ancient laws were changed - no circumcision required, changes to what can be eaten, Jews could still enter the Temple but not the Gentiles. All sorts of things were changed - the most important being, of course, that Jesus was the long awaited Messiah. How quickly could you change your entire life, rules and perspectives from being a Devout Jew to being a Jew who believed in Jesus Christ as True God and True Man? And could you accept the Gentiles, who did not have to follow your ancient legal practices? To say that this was a huge change for the Jews from centuries of following the Law, which was extremely strict, would be an understatement. Think about that before you insist on clinging to an old Tradition. A entirely different reality - meeting at people’s homes and not the Temple as Gentiles were forbidden there. An upheaval so immense, it would be hard to comprehend. But change it most certainly was - whether you were thrilled with it or not. And many Jews could simply not accept this. They did not convert and become Jewish Christians. Maybe read about the Jews who were trying to put St. Paul to death. The Jews of Jerusalem to whom he spoke in Hebrew and the Hellenistic Jews, who only spoke Greek and did not understand Hebrew - he had to be pulled to safety by the Roman commander. Think about this deeply and honestly before you give your answer.

330,000 little boys in France were raped by 3,000 catholic pedophile priests, and it barely made the news, because people EXPECT that from catholics. Jesus said child rape was unforgivable (Matt 18:6-14), and everyone involved will get eternal damnation. The Latin nonsense means nothing, but you ARE a part of a filthy rich child rape cult, spitting in the face of Jesus.

I appreciate your time in writing that paragraph, but I won’t be reading that nor meditating upon it. God bless you and your family, they’ll be in my prayers.

@@bernardevillaw3410 I'll pray for your soul.

Amén! I miss TLM! It was something I was only able to do it once a month but the bishop still hasn’t allowed it back where I now live. I was going to TLM in Austin TX and most of the people there were young! Young beautiful families of young women and their little girls wearing veils. It wasn’t full of old people like me, it was the young! In my new parish most women wear veils, those who don’t are in the middle age wise. The altar is full of altar boys and incense. I pray for our priests because this very traditional novo mass is all we are allowed now but it’s beautiful because the focus is Him not us.

The best way for catholics to get close to god must be to rape a child. Why else do you guys keep doing it if not?

@@cartreezy1631 wow. Saying all Catholics do that. I guess I’ll have to add you to my prayers now, you need help.

Scouting out which one you are going to rape? That is the catholic way!

I have the same sentiment. I'm simply comparing this moment in Church history to the overwhelming phenomenon of Arianism. Their is always a remnant, a faithful few. Many times we're going to have to step up and take our faith seriously, even when our own Shepherds lead us astray.

Completely agree. We want those who lead the Church to be strong and heroic. A shining light among the darkness.

@@bvokey8842 Is that why the leaders protect the rapists? You think you have morals yet you call child rapists strong and heroic? Enjoy hell, save me a seat

Pew wamers can exist in any religious community and most of all religious history has been more cultral than spiritual. In 12 step programs you will meet people of all religious backgrounds and many from legalistic religious homes. 'Christians of the Future Will either Be Mystics or Cease to Be' Karl Rahner

God bless you. It’s so refreshing to hear sensibility from a zoomer. I tell you from experience, you are not missing out on anything that the world offers you. All it offers is misery, degeneracy, and vice. I don’t have to tell you about it. I feel as if there is an awakening in the public being precipitated by the madness of modernity. We know in our soul that something is horribly wrong, and those who pretend not to notice only do so because they are so medicated or drugged out of their minds. I care deeply for our fellow humans. I want the Lord to have mercy on us.

I can completely understand enjoying comedy and lighthearted fun, but I think you understand well that there is a time and a place for that, but mass is the time and place for deep reverence =) I wish more younger people thought more deeply

Wait until you find Orthodoxy.

@@NowhereNN I found it wanting, yes.

and I am a confirmed Catholic who left the Church in my 20's and spent the next 25 years as an Evangelical Protestant. Just in the past 6 months I have returned to the Catholic Church because of the Latin Mass I attended, the Eucharist and the Mass have captured me back !

Stay at that Parish. I have no Latin Mass near me and can not move yet. Welcome into the Church, Jesus’ Church! When helping protestants come in, do so with compassion and charity. I am close to making videos to help atheists, Catholics and protestants, pray for me.

@@wbl5649 dont feel bad about leaving, many have left not there fault either. The Church has to work on catechesis. I would recommend that to your parish and say how it becomes impossible to leave once people know that catechism. Especially that Latin Mass my friend I pray i have one near me one day

By satan's grace. 330,000 little boys in France were raped by 3,000 catholic pedophile priests, and it barely made the news, because people EXPECT that from catholics. Jesus said child rape was unforgivable (Matt 18:6-14), and everyone involved will get eternal damnation.

@@bernardevillaw3410 you are evil and have no idea what you are talkin about and Who’s Church you attack!!! Jesus founded the Church! It has corruption in it of course it does!! How dare you bring hate and satan’s work to God’s people. You are just like the Accuser Himself, Satan

I dont have any respect for the faith of so called believers who value aesthetics like latin masses orthodoxy chants, etc over true faith in Christ and his church.

@@supahjadi8944 I don’t respect the 180 turn of 1 hippie generation & making the Holy Mass more Protestant-like comparing for traditions which date back to AD33. If the Orthodox tradition was good enough for 10k Saints, it’s good enough for me. Saint Padre Pio didn’t do a single NO Mass so I’ll stick with my Padre. PS NO "made" me leave the Church for almost 10 years and 1 year in SSPX TLM made me a better Catholic both in Faith & what i do & how i act. Proof is in the pudding. Stats show most in NO don’t believe in real Christ’s presence in the Holy Eucharist & each year NO attendance drops while Catholic Orthodoxy is getting traction each year.

@@AK_Catholic_Traditional So aesthetics and forms of worship are more improtant to you than actually worshipping Christ? Exactly my point, your "faith" is so fickle that a single ceremonial change is enough to warp it. The Novus Ordo was the best thing that happened to the church. I dont wanna listen to chants in which I have no idea what theyre saying. I want to listen to the GOSPEL because I actually believe in Christ and I want to hear his WORD. I dont care about that mystical tradition of the latin mass which is completely irrelevant to the salvation of all. And "BOO-HOO WHAT ABOUT CHURCH ATTENDANCE!?" Its so sickening youre viewing this from a buisness standpoint. If "tradition" and "Latin masses" are what bring people to the church, then they arent real believers and it'd almost be better if they didnt come at all. Because once the priest speaks a lick of english they're gone. People should be brought to the church because they actually believe in its sanctity and the ways of Christ, not because of some way of ceremonial worship. And no SSPX didnt make you a better catholic. It made you a heretic. Its actually a GOOD thing that church attendance is low because it weeds out the fake catholics like yourself and brings in real ones who believe in the papacy and innerency of the Church's teachings and ways. So have fun with your "tradition" and the disgusting corporate lens(e.g, "we have more church attendance we're winning!") you use to talk bad about our holy church. Its not going to save you when you confront God.

@@supahjadi8944 1st of all - wow. What Charity. Usually Protestant heretics respond this way. Aestetics & forms? It’s the NO who’s making these changes to please the youth. Want a guitar, clown ? That’s possible in NO (not everyone thank God of course). It was co-made with Protestants… What does that tell you….? Way to blend with the world. Maybe for those Catholic’s who don’t look up Church history (since V2), it doesn’t affect them. When I was younger those things bothered me, from kissing of Koran, to worshipping false gods in Asisi, to reading that everyone is saved, doesn’t matter he’s an Schismatic, Heretic, Pagan, Muslim or Jew… (I’m mesmerised by Novus Ordo people like you who will tell all these are saved except the Traditional Catholic’s who are saving the Tradition & don’t bend and change for the world). I would say the NO is the worst thing that happened since the few heresies the Church has had in it’s history. Probably the worst. Well if you don’t understand Latin, there’s also English translation, so there’s that. It’s amazing that when I think of Church attendance & believing the True presence of Christ - I’m thinking about - Saving Souls. You’re thinking about money. You’re even happy that better people don’t go to Church until they’re dead than come to Latin Mass. Just wow. The charity is astonishing. You really think the only thing that Traditional Mass has is the language?! It’s everything. So much has changed. Every action in TML has meaning. In NO every other Priest has it’s quirks for "every taste" of peoples liking… He’ll even tell you at the end of Every Mass - be Charitable (Vaccinate against you know what and wear a mask).. so it’s not that long ago when i was at NO, about a year… When I think of Holiness of Eucharist I’m thinking about St Tarcisius who gave his life to defend the body, Blood, Soul, Divinity of Jesus Christ rather the give it into the hands of pagan mod, who later killed him. Now, in NO the Leity are giving the Holy Communion (Just started this year in my Country). What blasphemy, what an outrageous action. It’s only Priest that made the Consecration should be able to give the Holy Communion in mouth & only in mouth. Not even Diacon (although there are exemptions when there’s a line of 500 people…) Funny that even none of the Popes or any official statements ever called SSPX in Schism but usually the Leity do. Also, you’re wrong. We do believe the Pope & pray for him and his actions. If you didn’t know, V2 is not infallible (if you know what it means). Also, in Church history there has been a Pope called Honorius |, whose has been declared heretic after his death. So don’t be so arrogant. Lastly…. It’s sad that look at Tradition trough money/Mammon lens. It truly is. it’s not about winning arguments, it’s about Winning Souls. I’m not bashing the Holy Church which Jesus established in 33AD giving the keys of Heaven to Peter. I’m noticing it’s errors & pointing them out. I’m the only one who sees it. If you don’t - you’re lying to yourself or are blind. Saying sticking the Tradition is bad you contradict every Pope since V2, Saints, the Bible & Christ. I’ll still be praying for Heretics, Schismatics, those who never knew Christ, those that abandoned Him, those that are lukewarm & Modernists. May they all return to the One, Holy, Catholic & Apostolic Church. Deo Gratias.

@@focusedstudying8993 Well, I suppose I'd disagree with your analysis. I grew up going to a NO parish, but am now drawn more toward the TLM...not exactly the food of my childhood. Progressives are extremely hostile to changing the liturgy that they implemented, not because it's "new" (it's been around a good while at this point), but because it's the "tradition" that they chose for themselves and/or the one that they think is better. If progressives are actually drawn towards the exotic (as you mentioned), then they would be constantly trying to incorporate bits of other liturgies, try some Greek here, Coptic there, etc. Instead, the live in the past... while traditionalists seem to cling to the 1560s, the progressives cling to the 1960s. What I'm saying, is that there's little that's truly "progressive" about the progressive movement within the Church. It's alright if you see it differently, but I thought I'd clarify what I meant.

If your parish is not crying it is dying!!

Man I can’t wait to go to my first TLM. Only problem it’s almost 30 minutes from where I live and the mass times almost never work out for me. Well, I’ll keep praying I get the chance to go experience at least one TLM soon. I want to take my wife and son too, considering it sounds like all zoomer aged Catholics are going for more traditional masses

You don't need the Latin Mass, just a reverent Mass of any litgury with an orthodox priest. We have young families, chapel veils, etc at our NO Mass. We are lacking reverence right now.

@@atrifle8364 The big issue will always be that a Novus Ordo Mass is seldom sufficiently reverent and a Traditional Mass is by design reverent.

@@stingingnettle9726 Statistically that is wrong. The VAST VAST majority of parishes are N.O. all throughout the world. It is not even close.

@@stingingnettle9726 Define "normal". I'm not in America, and there still aren't many latin rites. The nearest TLM to me is easily a 2+ hr drive away

@@stingingnettle9726 - I’d love to know what countries have all these Latin masses. It might be time to move.

VII in practice was almost entirely ignored.

Hey cool, I'm also from Germany (bit older though, 28) and this reminds me a lot of me and my now wife! Keep it going brother

Have you ever considered becoming an Eastern Catholic Christian? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_Churches CHRIST IS KING + + +

Marry yourself to the spirit of the age then find out you are a widow in the next.

It has nothing to do with Vatican II. The lead-up was the global rise of Communism, two world wars, and the largest genocides in human history. But certainly such cultural issues could not have any lasting influence? There is a huge chasm between the culture and Catholicism right now. And there are no mainstream Catholics to draw people in the public. Religion and culture exist in two realms right now, and religion is painted as childish "superstition." That environment doesn't lead to worship easily. The claim that the Tridentine Liturgy is the bastion of the youth seems like it takes a tiny cross-section from a dwindling cross-section. The problems in the West are far more fundamental and widespread. The culture is dying and there is little moving to stop it.

Let us know how that goes. I found it to be an experience unlike any other

I hope the pope and cardinals convert to Catholicism, but from what I have seen, we need to get our contingency plans ready. At his age and position he is unlikely to change , but miracles do happen.

Im kinda sad because i can see some of my friends slowly distancing themselves to the faith.

Oh yes absolutely. We had a wonderful NO priest come to our parish. We lost a lot of the old timers. It's a frustrating reversal of roles.

Same here on the NO. In fact, I have come to consider the "We must throw out the NO" crowd to be largely of the same generation and mindset of the Boomer hippie stuff. The theme of their thoughts is the same: "If we aren't doing it this exact way then it's not speaking to me." Thanks to self selection a TLM will be consistently more reverent. Beyond that, insisting people are going to hell for attending a different litgury authorized by a council is non-Catholic thinking.

​@@atrifle8364 The going to hell with the NO is far fetched for sure. But there are legitimate gripes with the NO. Why was the Judica Me taken out? Why is the priest not forced to reflect on his own unworthiness and beg for God's forgiveness? Why were the Saints stripped out of the Confiteor? Why does the priest lift the host after consecration instead of immediately falling to his knees as was done in the TLM? On the last one, if Our Lord suddenly appeared to you, Im going to bet you'd fall on your knees first, not say "hey everyone look its Jesus" then fall down. The NO for me is 100% valid but in many ways deficient. Even going back to Bugnini, hes on the record for saying some ABHORRENT things that should never be said by someone who was in charge of rewriting the mass.

You are kind of making the "Not all NO masses are that way" argument. But you cannot say "Most NO masses are not that way." If you have the worst priest in the world, if he follows the missale of the TLM, it will be a beautiful and reverent liturgy. The same cannot be said for the NO. The GIRM permits abuses and irreverence. What is tolerated will become the norm, as is so beyond evident at this point.

@@stingingnettle9726 Truth is divisive

Hi Therese, here is a link to a video by Brian on the Chosen: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mb-BlquZp7qvXX0.html

Have you ever considered becoming an Eastern Catholic Christian? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_Churches

Rejecting tradition to make something new (and often worse) is the American way

We are all still fallen. Christ never promised a perfect Church, only ones with sinners in this life.

“An enemy has done this…” -Our Lord Jesus Christ

First you say you are considering (strongly) coming to the Catholic church then you say "I am coming to the Catholic Church". Part of the purpose of RCIA should be to discover whether or not you actually believe the tenants of the Catholic Faith and whether your conscience agrees with it...only then should you join...but if you have decided in advance that you are going to join then your more likely to push any legitimate questions aside that may be unsatisfactory answered to your belief and conscience.

You say "if I ever end up in a parish that is more focused on modernizing" then you say a main reason for leaving is that same kind of modernized or entertainment focused evangelical...but there are many strong conservative bible believing Protestant Christian churches that are on fire for the Lord and have not given in to this liberal woke or entertainment centered nonsense.

@@Adam-ue2ig Fair points. But I think you're reading too much into the difference in wording I used. I'm not certain I'm joining, but leaning closer to it as time goes on. I do still have questions, and more that pop up at times. But I've had many questions that have been answered to the satisfaction of my conscience so far, which increases my trust that future questions can be answered with similar satisfaction, although I don't necessarily take it as a given. I appreciate that RCIA takes several months, giving time to discern and let questions come up. I'm open to whichever direction, and praying hard about it.

@@Adam-ue2ig True. And I've been in some and was very blessed by them. I can feel their sincerity. I've been drawn to the Catholic Church specifically for a host of reasons. The modernizing of protestantism is not even a primary reason; it's an ancillary reason. I brought it up here only because it's relevant to the content of the video. I became curious about the Catholic Church out of an interest in Christian history at first. The more l learned, the more I found the claims and beliefs of the Catholic Church to be very compelling. It would take too long to go into all of it here. But after years of interest and learning, I just couldn't shake it and finally decided to go to RCIA and see if it's for me. We'll see. Edit: I did say the modernizing of evangelical protestantism is a main reason I'm thinking of leaving. I don't mean it's a main reason I'm interested in the Catholic Church specifically.

@@timrichardson4018 I studied church history and theology for years on my own and finished a church history class under Dr. Mayhew last semester. After a ten year journey of studying Catholicism and church history I am even more convinced of my Protestant Christianity.

That is a wonderful remark! And I hope many read and understand the beauty of the mass in its many expressions. Love Jesus in the Eucharist wherever He is Present! If you seek Me , I will let you find Me. Love Him.

There is nothing wrong with the SSPX. Go check it out

Thank you 😂