Had Christ turned wine into water those people wouldn't like him very much 😁

Christian Correa, that says it all, really. He doesn’t value this life as much because he operates under the delusion of another one afterward.

@@vaughanvanderstarren832 your post is cringe

Yes, most cringe at reality and retreat into delusion.

Vaughan Vanderstarren It’s delusion to think there’s no intelligent design behind the universe

Christian Correa well said

Hi

What does that mean practically speaking?

​@@keithmayhewhammond5357you use temporal goods for the sake of God/sanctity/salvation

​@@keithmayhewhammond5357invoke the Holy Spirit to find out, in case you assumedly haven't as yet

Props to you. I was always envious of friends who were like that with smoking. I had to quit as a courtesy for my wife, but now I'm addicted to an E-cigarette (w/nicotine). I've quit smoking three times cold turkey, but now after watching this video I'm convinced I have to learn to quit at any time even the vape. I had to conquer alcohol first though, :-) moderation never came naturally to me. If I can beat alcohol I can beat nicotine I would assume, but they are very different.

@@johnthoits2367 although i like the health benefits of vaping vs smoking cigarettes, vaping is way to easy access. Blessings to you on your recovery. I now smoke cigars only now lol

Yes that's right

Purposefully eschewing your God given rationality without a grave reason is sinful. Hence, why anaesthesia is not sinful but to use it recreationally would be sinful. Rationality separates us from beasts and to purposefully become like a beast is insulting to God, let alone yourself 😊

MrJking1962 i only smoke cigars occasionally and thats on special events like Birthdays, Christmas, Easter, Summertime and Weddings. Every other day? No thanks

@Bok Choy like driving a Mercedes or bmw on a limited income. A Toyota would have been much more practical but you just had to impress the world. Pipe tobacco at $00.25 a bowl is much less expensive than a $10.00 cigar. But you had to look like a Hollywood hotshot.

@@Dan-bc9nx I don't see how smoking cigars is pretentious. Some popes have smoked cigars. They can be rolled themselves if you really like them and can't afford it.

In olden days, women smoking pipes was acceptable but cigarettes and bobbed hair immoral. However, today such practices are considered eccentric.

American right? Weird culture

Everything? Lol

Not everything… Cyanide, ricin, cocaine, heroin, meth, etc etc

Feelings are dangerous, how can they be trusted?

If Our Lord said to you it would be because you were addicted to smoking. That is sinful. Smoking in moderation is not. So you are subjectively right.

He said smoking to excess is a sin of temperance..

Roll your own cigarettes.

I don’t smoke, but my cousin smokes, and he keep offering to me & one day I took one & another one & continued on, I didn’t realised that I am addicted, I coughed @ middle night like crazy, so one day I when to work and I sat down on my table and the Scriptures HIT me: “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭3:16-18‬ ‭KJV‬‬ And I started Repent of my sins and I asked the Lord Jesus Christ to Deliver me from this spirit of cigarettes right now, and immediately that spirit is gone and never touched a cigarette again. Praise the Lord. Read the Bible of the book of Acts 1:8 and 2:38-39 and find you a church Believe in infilling of the Holy Spirit. We cannot overcome with our flesh, only Through the Holy Spirit. Amen 🙏🏻 Find a Apostolic church in your area. I praying for you sister and hope this testimony helps you 🙌🏻🙏🏻

The One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church Looks like I found it.

you are allso desacating the body- this body is not your body is Gods and body is the temple of the holy spirit. so why would you make it dirty and frail ? are you doing it for the glory of GOd .. NO so stop. get hellp . its not alll okay its killing you slowly

It is. You’re right. There are zero benefits to cigarette smoking, or any kind of smoking. What’s the number one cause of lung cancer in this country? How many smokers have COPD? How many babies/small children have died of SIDS because of second hand smoke? I literally can’t breathe when there is cigarette smoke in the air.

@@rachealbrimberry8918 You “literally” can breathe or you wouldn’t be here lecturing everyone…..

@@szudy76 to repeat what I said, when there us cigarette smoke in the air, I literally can't breathe. That's means I have to move and leave the area where there is cigarette smoke to an area that has no cigarette smoke, in other words has clean air, so I can breathe.

Smoking is a health and fire hazard. I can’t breathe when there is any cigarette, or any smoke, in the air. Any benefits you’re supposedly gaining from the syndrome you have are COMPLETELY offset by the COPD, lung disease, pneumonia, etc. YOU WILL get eventually. Stop smoking and let your body naturally produce nicotine.

You can’t breathe when there’s any smoke in the air? Then you’d be dead by now…lying is a mortal sin..smoking is not….get your ass back to confession

@@seshwondo376 She probably doesn't cook either.

@@rachealbrimberry8918 The body does not naturally produce nicotine. Where did you get that information? Nicotine is a naturally produced alkaloid in the nightshade family (plants). The brain has nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, but the endogenous agonist for these receptors is acetylcholine, not nicotine; they aren't named "nicotinic" because they are for nicotine but just because nicotine happens to act on them. Many other human receptors are named similarly, based on discovering the molecular basis for sensitivity to exogenous compounds. About 10 to 15 percent of smokers develop lung cancer -- although they often die of other smoking-related causes like heart disease, stroke or emphysema. Lung cancer is also known to kill people who never smoked or who gave up years ago. 1 in 2 now develope cancer (A lot of non-smokers included in that too), which has vastly increased over the years because of factors like processed foods, chemicals in cleaning products etc. If one would argue it's a sin to smoke because it damages the body, then you would have to claim the same every time you ate a processed burger or used a cleaning product or deodrant. Processed meats including ham, bacon, salami and frankfurts as a Group 1 carcinogen (known to cause cancer) which means that there's strong evidence that processed meats cause cancer. Eating processed meat increases your risk of bowel and stomach cancer. Though, God understands that most people cannot afford to eat organic, the same way as God would understand if smoking helped this gentleman with tourette's syndrome. My nan smoked 40 a day for most of her life up until the age of 80, when she developed on-set dementia and forgot she was a smoker. She lived until 93. Genetics are at play when it comes to cancerous mutations. 1 in 5 people who develope lung cancer haven't smoked a cigarette in all their lives, though, I suspect this statistic is higher in reality, my dad knew a nurse who worked in the NHS and treated people with lung cancer and she claimed more than half were non-smokers. I am not endorsing smoking here, though what I will say is, a lot of the cancers people suffer with are down to exposure to toxic chemicals in everyday life. Air pollution in places like London will kill you faster than smoking, will you stop driving your car? Cease to use cleaning products? Stop eating processed meat? You have to first take the plank out of your own eye. People are aware it's bad for them without you preaching at them. Without a cigarette, this man above may swear uncontrollably and may even assault people on account of his ticks. Who are you to say whether the risks outweigh the benefits? Have you lived with the syndrome or lived with someone who has it? If you cannot breathe when there's smoke in the air, then it is best you don't smoke because you clearly have weak lungs, whether genetic or caused by enviromental factors, but you're coming across as preachy when you do not know what position the other person is in.

@@EnglishBobTheSod yes, the body does produce nicotine naturally, in the nervous system.

There are zero benefits to smoking, any kind of smoking including cigarette smoking. A priest is not a doctor, scientist, or researcher. Go to @t for more informed, peer-reviewed journal articles about the number one cause of lung cancer and COPD in this country: smoking, any kind of smoking. When babies and small children breathe in cigarette smoke, so second hand smoke, or other kinds of smoke, it can lead to SIDS. Smoking is a health and fire hazard. Talk to any fireman about it.

Several doctors and many studies support what the Father says. Look it up. Being a busy body is also a sin.

@@rachealbrimberry8918 you are perpetuating a lie. All smoking is NOT bad for you. If it were, God wouldn't have instructed for incense to be burned in the temple. Smoking certain things can be good for the lungs.

There are zero benefits to smoking, any kind of smoking, including cigarette smoking.

@@rachealbrimberry8918 ok, Karen.

'Muricans; it's a puritan country.

@Michelle Antao more cigars? I agree!

So Christ was defiling people when he made alcohol for them? Blasphemy

Trappist monks come to mind, Luis. They brew fine beer with the intent of directing proceeds towards the upkeep of their monasteries. This would in turn allow them to maintain their vocation as religious within religious communities. Here in Houston Texas, there is a bar called the Charity Bar. It is a hip, trendy watering hole - but curiously enough, the owner, who remains anonymous, after paying all the dividends and his employees, donates all proceeds towards charity. Not sure of this has provided some food for thought, but I knew I was not alone in thinking about the question you posed above. Hope this is some food for thought.

Allen Bauman Thanks a lot for your comment! Funny enough that you mentioned it, I lived in Houston for a year and I loved it.

No problem. Glad you got out if this city. I have been unable to escape it most of my life.

+Allen Bauman I really liked it tho, excepto for the weather :P

O Jesus through the immaculate heart of Mary, I offer thee all my prayers, works, JOYS and sufferings of this day.............................

I'm thinking hard on quitting too. Keep me in prayer please🙏

Cannabis is sinfull 1 Peter 5:8 Be alert and of sober mind youre enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to to devour

@@catholicchristdisciple then alcohol is so sinful too, yet Jesus drank wine.

@@jasonsanders8091 getting drunk is sinfull

@@catholicchristdisciple Yet Christ at the Wedding in Cana gave them beautiful wine as his first public miracle. And someone mentioned that usually when people were drunk near the end the worst wine was brought out, not the best. So it seems Christ did not judge. Still, I get your point. Wanton drunkenness is a sin.

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Just use moderation and dont become drunk/high/addicted to anything.

Fr. Ripperger drinks Scotch and smokes cigars.

Nope, no confusion. Pray for him. Remember to, he is not a scientist, researcher, or doctor. Smoking is a health and fire hazard. Cigarette smoking, any kind of smoking, is the number one CAUSE of lung cancer in this country.

@@rachealbrimberry8918 You are missing the point. The discussion is NOT about the dangers of smoking to our health. The discussion is about "is it a sin to smoke/drink, or not?" "Did the church condemn it or not?" Completely separate issues.

Prove that statement.

A priest is not a doctor, researcher, or scientist. Lung cancer is caused by cigarette smoking; it’s the number one cause in this country. Smoking is a health and fire hazard.

You did watch the video right?

It’s getting drunk that’s bad.

@@helloman1051 That drug is a Hallucinogen, always mortally sinful.

There is no such thing as a "moderate use of Marijuana"

Science once proved man would never fly; and according to science bumblebees should not be able to. Smoking and drinking in moderation is probably more healthy than eating any fast food period.

The Government doesn't care about you or anyone else. Look at what Big Pharma is. All the warnings on one bill out weighs all the cure, that's because big pharma covers the illness and not cure it. All under the regulation of Government.

A priest is not a doctor, scientist, or researcher. Go to @t for more informed, peer-reviewed journal articles about the number one cause of lung cancer and COPD in this country, smoking, any kind of smoking. When babies and small children breathe in cigarette smoke, or other kinds of smoke, it can lead to SIDS. Smoking is a health and fire hazard

Yes it is

@@GarrettLeute so I'm not gonna smoke then. If you have more explanation please do I would love to see it

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Exactly. Health benefits from nicotine that your body already naturally produces.

pill or it is 👹

Good for you. Thanks for caring about your health. It’s inspiring.

Our Lord turned water into Wine in the Bible. Clearly that means Our Lord is Ok with the consumption of alcohol (in moderation). Drunkeness of course is a different thing.

ContactingTheDead he clearly stated that if our reasoning is impacted it is a sin.

Jason M your reasoning is impacting after one drink. That's why it is illegal to drive a car "buzzed".

ContactingTheDead Clearly you've never drunk (moderately). Stopping at my limit has never got me anywhere near laughing at ribaldry, immodest action, or doing risky, stupid stuff.

If you're drinking to be social and get tipsy, then you are exactly what the Bible talks against.

shamrock 69 indeed we are, your correct, however think of this, if the clergy are allowed to have incense thats made of herbs that God created in God’s House for worship (Church) So we should be allowed to smoke cigars occasionally, thus filling our bodies (temple of the Holy Spirit) to be filled with our own incense that is tobacco smoke, but it depends if you smoke a sweet cigar.

no profanity permitted here.

@@michelleart3780 lol

Smoking is a destructive habit, a health and fire hazard, and the cause of lung cancer, COPD, complications of respiratory diseases. Refute my statement.

@@rachealbrimberry8918 That’s because the tobacco industry is putting a lot of harmful products into them. If you genuinely grew it on your own, then there would be a big difference. Tribes have done this for millennia when there wasn’t an industry.

@@drsparwaga What tribes are that?

@@rachealbrimberry8918 Native American tribes for example.

Greg GMan the oil and such is ok but to get high is not. Anything that distorts your reason is sinful. Hence why alcohol is a good but getting drunk is not

Greg GMan and remember alcohol has health benefits too

The VA is looking at it for pain. So I thank you because I would worry about it. God bless

Sensus Fidelium, I am curious, has marijuana, smoked in modesty, proven any harm to our reason that you can confidently refer someone to as a source? I am having a difficult time finding anything sinful in smoking marijuana in modesty. It is far less harmful to reason than alcohol. More similar to nicotine, it simply raises the levels of a neurotransmitter called dopamine in parts of the brain that produce feelings of pleasure and award.

It is all bondage and if you start dabbling in this stuff, a pint here a cig there, watch out you might end up like the prodigal son in the pig sty of life. Wait to drink the new wine in the kingdom with Christ. If you want wine, get it at Mass, get the Eucharist daily and you wont bother with addictive substances. The devil is prowling round like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. I was an alcoholic and drug addict and went to prison for drug dealing, but Christ came into my life and got me away from all that bondage. I am clean 17 yrs and Catholic and proud and I am a third order Dominican 16 yrs. Nothing is impossible for the Lord, if you bring your kids up properly they don't go mad when they leave once they are brought up in the faith because they have the Holy Spirit also. Trust in the Lord and do not rely on your own understanding, (Prov 3:5). Whoever wants to boast must boast in the Lord. Don't go back to Egypt!

Firefighters who smoke are better adapted to smoke inhalation.

I can’t breathe when there is cigarette, or any kind of smoke, in the air.

@@mantexas9033 Fireman are better adapted to smoke inhalation because they wear oxygen masks when they respond to a fire. Part of their gear.

"Well smoking does increase memory I can contest for that." But you didn't remember the difference between "attest" and "contest"! :)

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I think fr. Has said it is not good to smoke weed

No. Sorry bro.

mortal sin unless prescribed by doctor for a good reason

@@CHAZER-sp5cm why does a doctor make it ok

If it helps medicinally and is not overused, can be used to kill pain and make you more functional in some cases but you have to be careful with how potent most stuff is now to really titrate slowly so you get medicated and functional and not just high. You have to do alot of research on strains and cannabinoids if you want to be really cautious but it's a common misconception that it can't be used without impaired judgment because of how easy its is to accidentally do too much.

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No. Sorry bro.

Only if you smoke so much that the detriments actually occur. If you can moderate your smoking habits then the negatives are negligible despite common belief.

DrOman5596 unwanted. pregnancies? what are you talking about? the only way sex isnt extremely sinfull is within the sanctity of marriage with the ONLY INCENTIVE BEING TO HAVE A CHILD.

You’re right, he does have a flippant, condescending tone. I didn’t realize that until I read your comment. He also didn’t research the topic thoroughly, is biased and the talk is to short, kind of like he was avoiding mentioning certain things, like, maybe, that cigarette smoking is the number one cause of lung cancer in the country. That it causes COPD, complicates other respiratory diseases, costs millions of dollars in medical costs. That sadly, in babies and small children, it causes SIDS. Smoking is a health and fire hazard.

Yikes

That's new to me. What WON'T they blame on smoking?? Next it will be that smoking causes global warming AND global cooling, at the same time!

Mention that to God.

i wish

God, that would be nice.

I know. It’s like everyone got amnesia and are forgetting that cigarette smoking, any kind of smoking, is the number one cause of lung cancer, and COPD, many other respiratory complications, etc.

@@rachealbrimberry8918 we get it, you're a nurse. I'm a medic. He is talking moral theology

@@ep_med7822 Studied biology at a university. Worked not only in hospitals but did lab research.

Agreed!

While I believe that is true for the majority, I for one can say it is possible. In my later teens and early 20s I would smoke, cigars and cigarettes, and never became addicted. I went into it firmly guarding against it. If I ever felt an addictive need for one I refused myself. When I was done with it, I was done with it and it was no big deal at all. So, it can be done.

Keep in mind Fr. Ripperger is speaking more of pipes and cigars, than he is the modern cigarette

William tobacco is tobacco and its bound to be a vice if it’s not needed to survive. It has extremely addictive properties. But I’m sure it’s true that some people can keep it from being a vice and just enjoy it occasionally

@@nicholasmst9682 Sorry but you guys are wrong. I smoke 2 cigs a day and can quit fairly easily. It's when I smoke more than 2 that I get addicted.

Occasional cigar smoking causes oral cancer. Hall of Fame Quarterback Jim Kelly only smoked occasional cigars and has been battling for his life for nearly a decade now. Not worth the risk. Life is sacred. Peace and health be to you.

That’s wrong, Jim Kelly never smoked

Smoking is a health and fire hazard.

@@rachealbrimberry8918 doesn't refute what Fr said

@@ep_med7822 occasional cigar smoking causes not only lung cancer, but oral cancer as well. I’m refuting your biased comment.

That's not true. You probably saw those pictures of black, rotted lungs. They're actually pig lungs dyed black. If a lifetime chain smoker quits for a few days, you can look at his lungs all you want and see no difference. And even if he doesn't quit the differences will be barely noticeable.

Oh, they sometimes use coal miners' lungs too!

@@ishashka how do you know this?

I think AA is masonic.

@@lisbethkelly4480 You probably think the Earth is flat too.

@@willbranson3216 not too interested in that topic. I'm more interested in speaking up and standing up for the truth in regards to drinking and smoking. Addiction is a manifestation of a deeper problem. Attacking the drink or smoke is juvenile and wrong and harmful. In fact, I believe it can cause far more harm than good. I was brought up believing both were wrong and when I was 20, learning my limits, was encouraged to attend AA meetings where I found out everyone was sleeping with each other and homosexual behavior was no matter. Just trading one addiction for another. I appreciate the brevity of fr. Ripperger's video. It just doesn't take a lot of words to speak truth. Twisting truth up to match up with what you've been indoctrinated with, does.

@@willbranson3216 I will also add that I do not advocate for smoking meth, or chemically laden cigarettes or plastic or dogs, cats, etc ...just to be clear. Or even Cannabis.

If you are in heaven in your mind in perfect peace and happiness 24/7....why would you need external pleasures like drugs or sex??? These things would not ADD pleasure.

I can

OH you were there

Elisia JesusMary so if wine isn't wine, when Jesus says the bread is his body at the Last Supper, was it?

JesusMaryJosephmercy JesusMary didn’t Noah get drunk off of wine??

I heard from a coptic priest that the wine served in the wedding at Cana was more likely pure grape juice.

Also, Jesus never smoked.

Yes Jesus drank wine. Drinking alcohol and consuming tobacco is not a sin in itself. But should be done in moderation. Those blessed and holy Charismatic preachers however well meaning they are have been teaching error. In fact the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that alcohol or tobacco consumption should be done in moderation. Don't speak like a simpleton. Become a wise Catholic. Catholic Church has always taught that the consumption of alcohol is not sinful in itsself. ഷാജുമോൻ ഞാനും ഒരു മലയാളിയാണ്.

To say that drinking wine is not “ok” is blasphemy because Our Lord himself drank wine.

@@danielwoulfe229 yes to say drinking alcohol or consuming tobacco is sinful is a wrong teaching. It's heretical. But not blasphemy.

@@LetGodbeGlorified Thanks for letting me know that you are also a Malayali... Could you please share your faith, if you are intersested and if you have free time. Could you please send me your cintact number to 'spacendream@gmail.com'. Thanks Chetta....

@@LetGodbeGlorified Calling something, which Jesus did, a sin is to call Him a sinner. To accuse Him of sinning is blasphemy.

Pray for him. He actually only gives a few badly researched points in his very short talk. He’s not a doctor, or scientist. Smoking, any kind of smoking, is a health and fire hazard.

Sugar is more addictive than nicotine, is it a sin to eat ice cream or even fruits because perhaps there is a chance you might become a slave to it? The addiction is the fault of the user, not the substance, and it would only be a sin if you know that you have no self-control in relation to tobacco.

@@teamfortresspewp6453 Fake news. Everybody who smokes becomes addicted if done long enough. but...I've eaten countless blueberries and captain crunch as a kid in my day. If you told me tomorrow that I would never eat a blueberry again, it wouldn't phase me one bit, and I haven't had Captain Crunch or any cereal for that matter since 30 years ago. I don't remember going thru physical detox. Fruit is necessary for life.

@@FLpalm I could tell you from personal experience the same thing about cigarettes. I've smoked my share of them and not once did I have an urge to smoke again when I stopped for a period of time. Neither did I go through a physical detox either. If you are prone to losing control of yourself in relation to tobacco, then don't smoke. Clearly you are not prone to losing control over yourself in relation to sweets, but there are indeed people who are and it takes a lot of control for them not to sin in relation to them. Not everyone is the same, as Ripperger himself has stated.

You’re talking about cigarettes not not cigars

@@teamfortresspewp6453 That's the same logic as saying I've tried cocaine several times in college, but I didn't get hooked. I promise you, if you continued to use cocaine or cigarettes, you would be hooked. They are both a drug that can't be used like you would a glass of wine every day.

Victoria Moss We know that wine was an alcoholic drink in the Old Testament. Genesis 9 [20]And Noe, a husbandman, began to till the ground, and planted a vineyard.[21] And drinking of the wine was made drunk, and was uncovered in his tent. Proverbs 20: [1] Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith shall not be wise. Where in the bible does it say the wine in Jesus' time was diluted?

Here is proof for you: John 2:6 Jesus is at the wedding of Cana and at his mother's request turns water into wine and has it taken to the chief steward. The chief steward, remarking on the excellent quality of the wine, says to the bridegroom: "Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have had too much to drink, then the poor wine, but you have kept the good wine for last." Clearly this miracle (Jesus' very first!) was performed when the wedding guests had consumed large portions and in fact drank all the wine that was there and Jesus made more wine and gave them even more to drink!Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have had too much to drink, then the poor wine, but [Jesus has] kept the good wine until now! - See more at: www.redletterchristians.org/jesus-drunkard/#sthash.drUa9rHA.dpuf

Hon, they didn't have refrigerators back then. Try storing grape juice in the desert and see how long it stays unfermented. Even if it could, the dangers of mould wouldn't be worth it. Alcoholic drinks were means of sanitizing water; that's why people made a big deal when someone would only drink water.

It was wine.

Not only was it only wine... IT WAS EXCEPTIONALLY GREAT , GOOD TASTING WINE!!