Awesome Bro

Welcome to your home, the Holy Catholic Church. ❤

I live in NZ too. God bless you in this journey. The best decision you have made.

Very true.

Hey Beth, thank you for watching! It was a blessed Easter. I hope it was for you as well.

Glad you liked it!

Glad you enjoyed it!

The Protestant idea of being born-again in a single instant (in your own subjective experience) without baptism was spread by Billy Graham in the 1950s. If you go back to the roots of Protestantism in 16th-century Europe, you will find that the Reformers had not heard of such an idea. I believe the ancient Catholic idea of Divinization, of union and reconciliation with God by modeling our lives on Jesus, is much more powerful and helpful for spiritual growth. Honestly, I've found Protestantism to be fool's gold. The real treasure is in the Catholic faith.

Great answer -- Thanks. I get so tired of the Protestant clichés.

I have a born again experience every time I go to confession. I know people that have that experience every time they go to communion

This term “born again” is being misused by both Protestants and Catholics to describe a charismatic experience of the Holy Spirit. When Jesus says “you must be born again of water and the Spirit,” He is referring to water baptism, by which we become children of God. We are reborn into the family of Christ. Charismatic experiences can be uplifting in the moment, but Baptism puts a permanent mark on the soul. It’s important to remember that the Sacraments are powerful and life-changing, and they give us Grace regardless of whether or not we feel anything special.

@po18guy Jesus said "Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into kingdom of God". This is often misunderstood . In Scripture, the word"water" stands for the Holy Spirit, and especially so in John's gospel. From Jn.4 John 4:14 [14]But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. From ch.7John 7:38 [38]He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. " Water" in the Bible stands for the Holy Spirit, not baptism. Then we will see in Acts 10 that the Holy Spirit is given before baptism. Acts 10:44-45 [44]While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. [45]And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. And also ch. 11Acts 11:14-15 [14]Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved. [15]And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning. Then returning to Jn. 3, Jesus described the character of the Holy Spirit John 3:8 [8]The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. Note that we can see by this saying that being "born of the HS" is an inner experience unlike baptism. No one can even predict it, because it is the sovereign gift of the HS. You cannot schedule it in the bulletin. It is like the wind. Receiving new life in baptism is not biblical, but thanks for your input.