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Was all that necessary ? I doubt anybody reads it all, but paragraphs would certainly help.

truth be told were you commenting on the original comment here or cloud’s skewed diatribe?

I thought I feel this alone but am on my way to conversion to the catholic church, what I realised is that in the protestant church there you feel alot of anxiety & restlessness as if you will not get what is needed to be a child of God until some sort of manifestation happens, but the few times I have gone to the catholic church, I felt gaining stability & more trust in God, believing in his mercy & will , more peace in the heart, when I feel depressed ,simply I go to mass earlier ,have a few minutes of quiet time medidating & praying then all my fears are gone ,no anxiety but peace. This is the gift of the Holy Spirit ,the more he is invoked before entering the church, at the kneeling & every prayer the more he gives you peace.

"For whoever is ASHAMED OF ME and OF MY WORDS [ or whoever overthrows my words by this faith ], of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels." (Luke 9:26 ESV) . "I am the living bread [ WORD ] that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread [ WORD ], he will live forever. This bread [ WORD ] is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world." (John 6:51 NIV) . "The Spirit gives life [ to the flesh/ bread/ Word ]; the flesh [/ bread/ Word by itself ] counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are SPIRIT and they are LIFE." (V.63 NIV) "He went on to say, "This is why I told you that no one can come to me [ by the flesh /Word ] unless the Father has enabled him [ or has revealed the Word to him by the SPIRIT ]." " (V.65) "You search the Scriptures [ by the flesh ] because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they [, the Scriptures that are enabled by the SPIRIT, ] that bear witness about me, yet you [ who do not get a revelation of the Word from the SPIRIT ] refuse to come to me that you may have LIFE." (John 5:39,40 ESV)

Carl Parna the Catholic Church bans the speaking in tongue. It’s wrong, that’s why the Catholic Church is without power.

There are Catholic Carasmatic events around every country, my priest isn’t against it. Plus the Catholic Church has 2000 years experience in evangelization whereas Protestants started only around 1517 ad

Carl Parna Actually, I was converting to the Latin ( maybe one day Hebrew a) tradional Catholic Church. The Church of Vatican II is a Protestant Church. Yes, like Protestants, the priests of Nuvo ordo are open to the speaking in tongue, but the foundation is completely wrong. You should have the good foundation and the speaking in tongue. I try to talk about this subject with the traditional priests.

twn B that’s not true there Carasmatic events around almost in every country. When I was a Pentecostal even I had heard that they had Special Catholic Carasmatic events around apart from church mass. 2 times I attended a Latino Catholic Carasmatic convention.

Carl Parna Latino church or Latin mass church? Actually I was a Protestant missionary in Paris, the Holy Spirit guided me from the nouvo ordo French speaking Catholic church to the Latin mass speaking St. Peter community church, at the end HE guided me to the Latin mass Sspx church ( we consider that the concile of Vatican II not valide, because the Peter who owns the keys, has gone astray.) the true Church becomes minority, for HE resists to the manifestation of the Holy Spirit.

Rachel love the prayer! Did you write it or find it somewhere? We are looking for prayers to add to our rosary for conversion of Protestants especially. Also for the trolls of Catholic channels... they are, I believe, Satan’s tools to temp Catholics.

Queen of Hearts it’s a written prayer, and yes, it’s a beautiful one!

Queen of Hearts en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come,_Holy_Spirit

Lara H. Thank you!

@@queenofhearts7726, this prayer is coiming from the Holy Spirit chaplet or novena and also the holy spirit rosary.... I love this chaplet, such a beautiful prayer. You could purchase the chaplet on any catholic book store

Fat Puppy welcome home!

William Cloud “cross is a smoke screen for Satan” .... I stopped right there and didn’t need to read your mindless hell inspired drivel.

William Cloud the crossing of our chest is simply a reminder of our baptism. I suppose we will go to hell over that?

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Greetings! :-) Be very, very, careful,... that we are not invoking a different "Jesus", and a different spirit, from our foolishness and ignorance! The result of which will be very, very costly! "Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and SHOW MYSELF TO HIM. (John 14:21 NIV) "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and WE WILL COME TO HIM and MAKE OUR HOME WITH HIM. (V.23 NIV) Therefore Paul warned that he who does not obey Jesus' commandments /teaching yet partake in eating the bread and drinking the wine does not discern the body and he eats judgment on himself (1 Cor.11:27-30). There are many who are not true followers of Jesus (who call him 'Lord' but deny His lordship) and who do not know His words and do not obey them and yet partake in the bread and wine. They are ignorantly unaware that a different "Jesus" is showing himself to them. Paul said some of those were sick and some had died after partaking in the bread and wine as a result of their ignorance. Scripture tells us that God's people perish because of ignorance!

Praying for you.

@@einsigne thank you so much!

Way to go! Keep studying and don’t forget to check the footnotes... the Laudate app is excellent! It includes an easily searchable Catechism along with two versions of the Catholic Bible and the Vatican documents the catechism refers to. It also has daily readings including little meditations, prayers, an interactive rosary with the Bible verses that go with the mysteries, etc. ... pretty much everything you could want to know! And it’s free! Welcome home! 🙏🏼

@@charlesvandenburgh7008 The word "Bible" and "Biblical" aren't even in the Word of God. Wake up, Charles!

@@charlesvandenburgh7008 Why do you call Scripture "Bible" when the word "Bible" is un-Scriptural?

Charles Vandenburgh Actually, bible alone - sola scripta - is not biblical! I challenge you to find that anywhere in the Bible! The book of Matthew and Paul’s writings condemn corrupt tradition not tradition! How do you think the word was passed down before The Catholic Church compiles the Bible in the 300’s?...

Charles Vandenburgh P.S. faith alone also isn’t biblical... read the book of James, that Luther also tries to remove, “Faith without works is dead.” Not that you buy your way to heaven, but you ‘earn it’ by living your faith... a work, an action... a verb!

Charles Vandenburgh P.P.S. Also, I dare you to do some honest research into this... watch Dr. Scott Hahn’s conversion includes KZfaq just as a start... be open minded and honest with yourself... God bless!!!

@@charlesvandenburgh7008 Sounds like the Bible you are reading is wrong since no where in the scriptures do the words sola Scriptura/ bible alone appear next to eachother. It's not biblical. How do you suppose Christ's teachings got passed on up until the scriptures were compiled and arranged into the book we call the Bible?

Amen!!!

@@TriciaRP You are right that tears are not a fruit and definitely not a gift of the Holy Spirit. However, did you have to be so rude and uncharitable in your correction? God love you,

.It’s wonderful that you had a moving and emotional experience during the confirmation rite, however, tears are not defined as a gift of the Holy Spirit. The church defines the following as the 7 spiritual GIFTS of the Holy Spirit: Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel (Right Judgment), Knowledge, Fortitude (Courage), Piety and Fear of the Lord (Reverence/Awe). The 9 FRUITS of the Holy Spirit, signs of the Holy Spirit at work in the soul are: Love, Joy, Peace, Longsuffering, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self-control. Many people do mix these up or bring in other attributes, however, these are the ones recognized by the church for ages.

You are so Blessed Wish I was I am a convert, joined the Holy Catholic church in my forties Happiest day of my life. Love and peace.

David Ortiz she did not make Paul an apostle Jesus did

Katie Catholic church is a spiritual house of bondage and suppression

Jesus said in John 14 that He would manifest Himself to those who loved Him and obeyed His teaching/ commands. This is a very deep saying because God's word is sharper than a two edged sword. Take "the SWORD of the Spirit, which is the WORD OF GOD" (Ephesians 6:17) The Word of God is the sword of the Holy Spirit, and it is sharper than any other double edged swords. If you do not have the Word abiding in you, and you do not know His Word and do not obey His teaching, and yet you claim that the Spirit of Jesus manifests Himself to you in the partaking of the bread and wine, then your claim is not in line with the Word of God. Can you call a handicapped "spirit" (without the Sword) the Holy Spirit..?? Can you call the "spirit" who is void of God's Word the Spirit of Jesus..?? Jesus Himself is the Word (John 1:1) who became flesh (V.14), and that's the flesh (Word) that you are eating. Can you call the flesh which is void of the Word the flesh of Jesus, the very flesh that you are eating? When tempted by Satan, Jesus said to him: "It is written, "Man shall not live by BREAD alone, but by every WORD that comes from the mouth of God." " (Matthew 4:4 ESV) Jesus Himself ate every Word that comes from God and He didn't fall into Satan's temptation. Can you, who eat the bread which is void of God's Word, claim to have eaten the flesh of Jesus and have overcome Satan's temptation?

"For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's DEATH until he comes [ and thereby you also proclaim your death to the law of sin until he comes ]. Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner [ /while he is still living in SIN ] will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord [ /guilty of crucifying the Lord all over again ]. A man ought to examine himself [ if he is still under the LAW ] before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the [ death of the ] body of the Lord [ and thereby without recognizing his own death to the law of sin ] eats and drinks judgment on himself." (1Cor.11:26-30 NIV)

Alexander My husband went only once to a Pentecostal church (before we met)... freaked him right out! He doesn’t freak easily either! Thankfully he will be coming home to the Catholic Church this Easter!

Alexander after many years of study and prayer I came to the conclusion that the Pentecostal church was wrong in what the expression of Pentecost is. I left the Pentecostal church before I was serious about becoming a Catholic. In Other words I did not leave the Pentecostal church because I became Catholic, I became Catholic later.

Fat Puppy Welcome home!!!

Alexander Thanks... glad to be home!

Fully agree people speak what they have heard , not learned it’s like that on every side but it’s difficult for me to study or learn when all I see from the channels and comments is people bowing in front of statues and idols and praying to Mary praying to angels ... it’s against what I’ve read my entire life ... I’m guessing I have the wrong book , let’s be honest can GOD be that diff ? Can he honestly accept idol worship on one hand and expect it on the other ... Someone has to be wrong

Samandmckenziedoes - I'm historically a devout Church of Christ Christian (and we're typically among the biggest critics of Catholicism). I've been visiting a Catholic church for awhile now, and I have yet to see even ONE person bow down to a statue or pray to it. The WHOLE focus of the entire Mass is God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, more so than at any Church of Christ service I have ever attended. In their songs, and even in their prayers, there's a focus and worshipfulness to a degree I've never experienced - one of many reasons I can now say that I'm soon to become Catholic. Yes, there are statues in every Catholic church building, and I have heard them likened to the collection of family photos you may have hanging on the wall in your house -- we all know without question that they're not the actual people, but are reminders of loved ones. The Catholic Church views all of its saints similarly -- as beloved family. Maybe instead of listening to what your Protestant friends say about Catholics (like I always did, without questioning), you should go and see for yourself, like I've now done. Attending Mass for the first time is a real culture shock, but if you study up a little in advance to understand what's going on and what some of the ritualistic behaviors are all about, you'll understand what an amazingly beautiful experience the Mass is.

@@charlesvandenburgh7008 If people go to confession without being repentant, and having the full intention of going on as they were, then their confession was null and void.

@@jamesr2408 I suggest you also read church history and find why people call it ROMAN Catholicism. Mind you, there are other groups in the Catholic Church, not just the one you call "Roman", and which you have plenty of misconceptions of ^^. (You can get an 'A' in church history too if you do research ^_^)

@@jamesr2408 Hi, here's the answer to that www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/the-beast-in-revelation And also, I don't wan't to sound petty, so I'll stop. But I also suggest you to study geography. www.catholic.com/tract/the-whore-of-babylon God Bless, and please research before you slander us Catholics and the Church with misconceptions. That's just not Christian.

@William Cloud Right on, Brother! What are all these Catholics going to do when the nations turn on religion and the Catholic Church is destroyed? Then the Holy Spirit will definitely be acting on the Church.

@William Cloud The Whore of Babylon is Pagan Rome or Apostate Jerusalem, not the Catholic Church. Of course if you only listen to anti-Catholic interpretations that's all you will hear.

Charles Vandenburgh oh really confusion? The Church is not perfect, but it’s not confused. Protestants can’t even come together because of the countless denominations and they all have one thing in common Bible alone and how much they hate the Catholic Church. Do your hw and actually study the Church Fathers. I could go on and on, but until you decide to actually read or watch some amazing conversation stories and teachings from Scott Hahn, Steve Ray, John Henry Newman, etc you’ll never know the fullness of the faith. The world hates the Catholic Church not the denominations.

Charles Vandenburgh “ To be rich in history is to cease to be protestant” -John Henry Newman

@@charlesvandenburgh7008 To be fair, you are also following the letters of the apostles who were also sinful, flesh and blood. Jesus chose Peter who cut a man's ear off, and even denied Jesus three times. Jesus chose a sinful man and changed him (Saul to Paul). I guess their writings are definitely not the safest road to travel too?

@@charlesvandenburgh7008 But what they are doing is just holding fast to the traditions/teachings passed down from generation to generation that came from the Apostles, as Paul says in his writings. The Church's own agenda is the same as from the beginning at Pentecost: to evangelize to the world proclaiming God and the Word. ^_^

@@charlesvandenburgh7008 Also, as a Body of Christ, everyone has to help each other to persevere and live the good race. That's what being part of the Body is anyway, not doing it alone.

Thank you so much for these kind words

Well said

thosecatholicmen.com/articles/the-holy-spirit-does-not-choose-the-pope/

@John Wilson The ultimate gift (and burden) of free will is there in the cardinals as well, and they're are also subject to influence of evil forces, that's why we should always pray for our pastors. Nevertheless, I admit that there were procedures and persons of questionable nature, yet I believe everyone who has ever officially occupied the papal throne was part of the divine plan.

David Ortiz Let’s be clear here: just because someone appears to be the pope doesn’t mean that he is the pope. In order for a man to be pope, he must meet the criteria for candidacy, and his election must be valid.

@David Ortiz Check this out: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a7yRadJ-lc2RdJs.html Also, do you know that Holy Mother Church acknowledges that she has had a few bad popes in the past? They died before fulfilling their intentions to teach error ex cathedra.

never allow any body to teach you any gift of the Holy spirit, that will be another spirit imparted to you.

Carlies Smith Will be praying for you Carlies.

Yes i will, im in the same boat😊!

@David Ortiz Right, His Church the one He founded on the apostle Simon Cepus aka Simon Peter aka Saint Peter. Whose bones are in Rome. That Church...

So happy to hear this! Thanks for telling me.

Angelica Amen. I can't agree more.

@David Ortiz couldnt have said it any better 👍

-That's cannibalism.

Isn't pope Francis a special gift to the RCC from above ??? lol

@@fabiotuan5206 I don't believe that God gave us Pope Frances and honestly I don't believe too many Catholics would disagree with me! But you see, Satan wants more than anything to destroy the Catholic Church because really even if I wasn't a Catholic, I would have to admit that it is the church is that the apostles started! It is in Scripture, the word of God is true!!

@@susanr3933 Catholic church is a spiritual house of bondage and suppression

@David Ortiz I don't think you understood me. The Catholic church is still standing and still operating although Satan is trying his best to bring it down and it looks very shaky however, things will change!! God very soon is going to say,ENOUGH!! it's happening already there are good Cardinals out there and many faithful Catholics that are bringing about change!!! We are beginning to clean out the swamp and we are lead by the Holy Spirit who is the purifier, and the sanctifier!! You will see!! When Jesus said the Gates of Hell will not Prevail against it that was a sure indication that they were going to try and that's what has been happening 4 God knows how long! But it's still here and it's not going anywhere especially with Satan!!!

@@Wgaither1 Actually it may have happened before. Therese Neumann was a German lady who died in 1962, and she claimed for long stretches (like decades) to only consume the Eucharist. The Church didn't believe her and assigned an order of religious sisters to watch her around the clock for a couple weeks, which they did - and at least during that time, she didn't eat anything else. She also claimed stigmata.

The holy spirit and the father are also present equally in the eucharist. You cant separate god from himself!

Then you probably have encountered Him 😊 It is him (The Holy Spirit) who convicts you to accept the Eucharist as the True body of Christ

Paul lists the following 9 fruits: “. . . love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.” [Gal 5:22-23] Three are added in the traditional list: goodness, modesty, chastity. This is because they further spell out what is latent in neighboring fruits (goodness in relation to kindness and generosity; modesty and chastity in relation to self-control); and because they specifically oppose certain “works of the flesh” listed just before (vv 19-21). Goodness specifically contrasts with “rivalry, jealousy, outbursts of fury, . . . dissensions, factions.” Modesty and chastity oppose “immorality, impurity, licentiousness, . . . occasions of envy, drinking bouts, orgies.”

Thank you for such a good video!

R. Zell As a very devout Catholic who has spent time in numerous other churches I would say that Protestant denominations are aware and influenced by the Holy Spirit but the Catholic Church is the one true universal church. I don’t think it would be right or fair to say that the protestants do not know the Holy Spirit, that is the opinion of a cradle Catholic who is very educated in protestant dominations… What say you?

@@Alexander-fr1kk You are WRONG. ACTS 15, it states that Judaizing was false. The judaizers had a decision to make. They could either follow the the Ruling of the Apostles or be severed from the Church and start their own Church. But would that Church be guided by the Holy Spirit. Think about that.

@@Alexander-fr1kk I would say God is Almighty thus the Holy Spirit is almighty, and absolutely free to choose to whom He is revealing Himself. Surely, Christ left us the Church as the path to salvation, and in an ideal case the Gospel and the Sacraments are enough. However, Jesus showed his wounds to apostle Thomas when he doubted, just like this the Holy Spirit has the freedom and wisdom to manifest in non-Catholics' lives.

Which works out well because there is only one Church anyway!

@@belakovacs7013 He has revealed himself to those in the Church found in scripture. We call that the Catholic Church