I'm also Brazilian and I've been learning English on this channel. God bless your vocation bro

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 who supported it will get eternal damnation. That means every catholic. If you join this club, you go to hell, according to Jesus.

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my question sounds classic, but yet i can't understand the monotheistic of the concept of trinity. does this concept sound monotheistic to you? or do the christians have different grasp of monotheism? why jesus forbid people to give him reverence as what people give to God? why jesus laments the absent of God in the cross? why it is forgiveable to speak against him, but against the holy spirit is otherwise? even when i accept jesus as god, i can't see the identicality of him and other aspects of holy trinity. when you want to conforms the holy trinity with monotheism, you have to see and show the identicality of the three aspects of holy trinity, right?

@@parkjul718 One God Three Persons

Read the bible friend. Sounds like you are struggle with your religion and not your faith, remember you can have relationship with the lord and not have religion. Pray and read the gospel, start reading John and pray for wisdom and guidance so that you may glorify him. Good luck

Look up Father Ripperger and Dr Brandt Petrie

​​@@brandonedwards1181 I think I'll stick with the religion Jesus started and wants us to follow. You can't see that because you're using your private interpretation of scripture. You'll remain in error until you accept the interpretation of the Holy Spirit entrusted to his Catholic Church.

So so .why though I believe in the Bible.All Scripture is inspired of God+ and beneficial for teaching,+ for reproving, for setting things straight,+ for disciplining in righteousness,+ 17

@VestalNumbre "All" does not mean "only". And "beneficial" does not mean "sufficient".

I chuckled even harder when I saw an online video of catholic putting his life at risk trying to save a burning image of a “saint” while others screamed “sacrilege!” But somehow we are to accept the lie that Catholics don’t worship “saints”.

One of these days, some Catholic is going to come along who is sick and tired of explaining to you Pharisees that the "saints" are simply all the people who are in Heaven, and just as they do, we worship God alone. They will also be tired of explaining the difference between prayer and worship, which are wrongfully lumped together. Instead of explaining for the thousandth time the self-regurgitating lie that others tell themselves, they'll just say "You know what? Believe whatever you want. See where turning your back on God and His Sacraments leads." But I don't think that Catholic would be doing his job very well, so it might be better to actually take what he might say to heart, and instead of listening to all the sycophantic voices online about it, why not actually invest some time in prayer on it and even go talk to people at a parish about it? Happy Easter!

@@esze8807 would you like it if I burned pictures of your family or anything that meant anything to you that it showed? Ok then

@@Multipurpose_Bagel Maybe that catholic will do something that you nor any other catholic presently does, which is cite chapter and verse where Christians are instructed to pray to “saints”. Maybe he or she will explain why is it that when I have visited cathedrals what I hear is praise to dead saints. Some of these Catholic Churches have songs in which they worship their saints. Any communication with the dead, even praying, is forbidden in the Old Testament and not taught in the New Testament. You know what other thing that fictional catholic can do? Is tell us why do Catholics insist on spreading the false doctrine of the purgatory. Where in the Bible does it mention or even describe such a place? Also while that mystical person is at it, maybe that catholic can explain why does your church teach the everlasting virginity of Mary, her supposed immaculate conception, and that she was taken up to heavens in BODY and spirit despite the Bible not supporting any of it. Your kind should be the last one calling others Pharisees. Your church is grounded on false traditions while ignoring biblical truth. Just like, oh yes, the Pharisees.

@@esze8807 With love, when you use phrases like "your kind", it's all the more telling you can't even read a comment that has nothing to do with doctrine, or scripture, or tradition, - in this case it was about one line in the video I found humorous - without trying to stone someone. Are you this much of a buzzkill in person? :P To answer your question, God is the source of all creation, through whom all other forms of being come into existence. He also does not stand opposed to what He created, rather He delights in all creation, and invites that creation to partake in Him and His designs. Meaning, we can give credit and honor to other things, without somehow lessening our love and recognition of God. God is not petty, or in need of our worship. We do so because we need it. For lack of a better word, saints are simply people who "cooperate" with God's grace in whatever manner was best and fitting to each, better than the rest of us. We can ask them for guidance in the same way they received it. There's no secret ingredient or special worship of them. Notice, nobody is saying you have to ask saints for help or prayers. As I said, God simply delights in us playing an active role in His Church through His graces. The saints are simply humble examples of those graces at work. Again, proper understanding of this requires - requires - you to quit telling yourself all prayer is worship, because it isn't. but if you are not willing you soften your stance, then that's between you and God. Have a blessed Easter.

Can you elaborate on that dream? What do you remember?

Now you will start praying to Mary right by putting her statue in front

Don’t over think it there’s not much of a difference except for the performance and extra rules that catholics have (that are not in the Bible fyi) . It doesn’t matter what church you pick just make sure the focus of your faith is primarily on Jesus. There’s just no point to pray to the “saints” or apostles they have literally no power they’re just people who love Jesus. They’re no different than you and I. Know that only Jesus has the power to answer your prayer. Ps I have no hate for Catholicism I grew up it. I didn’t find my faith until someone actually taught me what it was saying in a Christian church called Calvary chapel.

@@devilsandchargersfan385there is a big difference my friend we have all the right teachings and we are the true church Christ established! And most importantly we have the eucharist where the real presence of our Lord Jesus Christ is!

@@axomorlora3625 it’s just my experience. Find one religious group or person that has it all right and then judge me

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Just curious. How can you be a Protestant in the internet age when it’s so easy to debunk? Honest question.

My friend im a catholic and and i barely understand the whole praying to saint things because i never did, neither did my parents or grandfather. Granted, as a kid i barely paid attention in Sunday school so i honestly dont remember how the intercession of saints makes sense or why we do it.

@@orangemanbad What would some of that proof be? (i assume you mean proof that God and or Jesus isnt real)

@@thomastome8396 that’s quite simple. Because the Bible tells us the angels and saints carry our prayers to God. And also because the Bible tells us (and shows us) that Christ is not the God of the dead but the living. So we believe when we ask saints to pray for us they do so just as if you ask your friend to pray for you and they do. Why would you ask someone to pray for you but not a living saint? We also see the saints alive with Christ in the New Testament.

@@benjaminallen6269 absolutely not. I was a Protestant but learned christianity and became Catholic. My point was how can anyone be Protestant today? It’s way too easy to debunk. There’s a reason why there was only Catholic orthodoxy for 16 centuries. Protestantism is obviously a false religion.

Shame Jesus didn't inspire you. 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 who supported it will get eternal damnation. That means every catholic. If you're in this club, you go to hell, according to Jesus.

Jesus taught us how to pray in the lord's prayer, Catholics say it every day at mass, they really shoud know. Jesus said: pray our Father which is in heaven. He didn't say pray to my mom or my Apostles. Timothy 2:5,6 Jesus is the mediator between God and men. On the subject of the rock, I believe it was what Peter said that is what the church would be built on. And I believe it is Christianity that is Jesus's Church he spoke about. And Jesus has alot of Christian Churches.

@@darryldavis436 yes. I find it odd too, that if the Catholics really believe that Peter is the rock… then how come Peter betrayed the Gospel in Antioch by segregating himself from the non Jewish Christians which made Paul, who was given the task of spreading Christianity outside of the Jews, check Peter and call him a hypocrite? I’d argue in saying Paul was the leader of the Apostles, after Jesus’ resurrection, not Peter. Paul straight up checked everyone.

Catholics use Peter so they can have a connection with the Apostles and their own denomination of Christianity, but I am unsure if Peter ever was a pope. The Romans killed Peter and Paul. And I know he would Never want people to bow down to him and kiss his hand like they do the pope. Acts 10:25 -26 Cornelius fell down at Peter's feet and Peter said: stand up, I too am a man. Catholic are Christians, but twist the word around to fit their needs.@@DYLANANDRE

@@DYLANANDREYes Peter was checked by Paul, Peter was human and sinned, just as all Popes are human and sinned as well, doesn’t take his authority away, and as for the “Rock” we see in the Old Testament Abraham is also referred to as the “rock” not just God.

Thank you for your sound doctrine.

The Vatican 2 documents explained : Without understanding the following you will never be able to understand the documents. I will list here, what the documents consist of, by name and by title. But you will never find the list of these names inside the documents this is deliberate. For the purpose of concealment. But what you will find in every paragraph of every page the “definition” of the terms listed. Therefore the Vatican two documents consist of “definition” only: Without understanding the following you will never be able to understand the documents. I will list here, what the documents consist of, by name and by title. But you will never find the list of these names inside the documents this is deliberate. For the purpose of concealment. But what you will find in every paragraph of every page the “definition” of the terms listed. Therefore the Vatican two documents consist of “definition” only: 1) Indifferentism 2) Syncretism and Synthesis 3) Immanent 4) Transcendentalism 5) Individualism 6) Existentialism, naturalism 7) Stoicism 8) Pantheism 9) Evolution 10) The Sciences such as historian sociology psychology critic… If you look up Saint Pope Pius 10 Encyclical “ Pascendi Dominici Gregis” you will find he new about Vatican 2 and wrote a detailed comprehensive explanation of Vatican 2, listing in detail more than half of the items above listed, and he even explains, in example, how it is meant to diminish Jesus Christ and the one true church and desecrate all seven sacraments and to leave the door open for more of modernism and Progressive changes in the future. He is not alone !!! Pius 10 on the Errors of Modernism, Pius 9 his Syllabus of Errors and Pope Gregory 16 in his Encyclical “Mirari Vos” see #19 on the waldensians,the Beghards,the Wycliffites, and all the popes condemned the documents of Vatican 2 and the Synod of Pistoia and warned the faithful with excommunication, anathema if you don't reject the Vatican two documents, and church, and embrace the one true traditional Catholic Church, the depository of faith, before the end of your life. As you examine these terms and then read the Vatican two documents you can clearly see the “definition” of all the above listed terms, but not the terms themselves, and the evil,and that it is no longer Catholic but a new religion that will lead you straight to hell !!! The Vatican II documents : briefly 1) Christ is united with each man in the Incarnation before Jesus was even born (Gaudium et Spes #22) 2) Protestant religions are a means of salvation and all other denominations. (Unitatis Redintegratio #3) 3) non-catholics made lawfully receive Holy Communion and the sacraments of the church.(Orientalium Ecclesiarum #27) 4) Muslims and Catholics together worship the same God (Lumen Gentium #16) 5) the Catholic church is united with those who don't accept the Catholic faith or the papacy. Lumen Gentium #15) 6) some people above the Age of Reason don't believe in God through no fault of their own. Lumen Gentium #16) 7) and the Buddhism man search the highest illumination. (Nostra Aetate #2) 8) all things on earth should be related to man as their Center and Crown. (Gaudium et Spes #12). Then what are we to do you ask ? If you are a true Traditional Catholic then you are supposed to do what the Blessed Virgin Mary told us to do, in these evil times, that she described at Fatima, in the “Third Secret”. Not the fake phony Third Secret that John Paul II falsified and Rewritten, along with the fake Lucia !!! But the real true Third Secret of Fatima. You are also to do what the Blessed Virgin Mary told us to do at La Salette, France and again at Our Lady of Good Success, who described in great detail what is to happen to the Catholic church at the end of the 20th century and she was 100% right !!! What do we do then ? what did she say to do ? She said, to say the Traditional Rosary, not the rosary of John Paul II, the Traditional Rosary !! 15 decades, everyday or 5 decades on Monday, 5 decades on Tuesday, and 5 decades, on Wednesday. Since the Mass is the greatest prayer of all !!! you get the Saint Andrews missile (and no other missile) but the St Andrews missile, and you say Mass every Sunday (you're not able to consecrate) but you can still say the prayers of the Mass !!! From only the Saint Andrew's missile!! You can say the rosary, the Seven Sorrows of Mary, the Stations of the Cross, all at home. Have nothing to do with today's fake Catholic Church!!! NOTHING !!! This means all Vatican 2 priests and parishioners also the sspx, sspv, cmri, fssps… It will be a mortal sin and send you straight to hell if you go to any of these groups who support and embrace “Invincible ignorance” and also “baptism of desire and blood” that the Traditional Catholic church teaches against !!! Subjective v.s Objective heresy !!! You can be in the soul of the church and not be a member heresy these groups, the sspx and others Embrace these heresies !!! along with using the St Joseph's missile (THIS IS A condemned missile) if anyone, even the Pope, tells you that it's not a condemned missile they are - A - Liar !! don't believe them, they're a liar and a Heretic !!! Heretics will send you to Hell !!! You say your prayers at home, you stay at home, and you say your prayers at home, the Traditional prayers of the church and you say them every day. You read the Bible the Catholic Bible and no other since all other Bibles have been Rewritten with attacks againt Mary !!! and study the lives of the Saints of the church, and stay away from newly written or revised books on the market today !!! Don't buy any books on the market after 1960 !!!! What about confession and all that ? You confess your sins to God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost using the prayers in the St Andrews missile, in the confessional which is in the back of the book, or you say one of the seven penitential Psalms along with the act of contrition. That's your confession, at home where you are safe both in body and soul !! For baptism you do the same at home with the proper, Matter, Form and Intent !!! But whatever you do have nothing to do with the Vatican 2 Church sspx, sspv, fssp…. even if it's empty do not go in it !!! Judgment day is almost here. P.S.- the Most Holy Family Monastery is a good resource me and my colleagues have kept a close eye on them for over 20 years I highly recommend them. God Love You

Except we do pray to God constantly. We just also talk tot he people around the table too.

Asking or praying to saints to pray for you you, is not different than asking others here on earth to pray for you. You do it out of faith and union in the body of Christ for one another. It is not a requirement for salvation to ask for prayers or make prayers to one another for prayers to be made. But, it can be a blessing. In your analogy would it be weird also to only talk to your grandfather while ignoring everyone else also? Maybe. Pauls says “I urge, then, first of all, that PETITIONS, PRAYERS, INTERCESSION AND THANKSGIVING BE MADE FOR ALL PEOPLE . . . 3 This is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4 who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.” - 1 Tim 2:1, 3-4. (NIV); “ *PRAY AT ALL TIMES IN THE SPIRIT, WITH ALL PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION. TO THAT END KEEP ALERT WITH ALL PERSEVERANCE, MAKING SUPPLICATION FOR ALL THE SAINTS *…” - Ephesians 6:18. 16 If ANYONE sees his brother sinning, if the sin is not deadly, HE SHOULD PRAY TO GOD AND HE WILL GIVE HIM LIFE. This is only for those whose sin is not deadly. There is such a thing as deadly sin, about which I do not say that you should pray. 17 All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that is not deadly. - 1 John 5:16-17.  Saints in the body of Christ, his church, include those who have died before us in Christ as well as those alive on earth at the time.  The Saints do not stop praying for one another. “Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and IN MY FLESH I DO MY SHARE ON BEHALF OF HIS BODY, WHICH IS THE CHURCH, IN FILLING UP WHAT IS LACKING IN CHRIST’S AFFLICTIONS.” - Colossians 1:24. “Therefore, SINCE WE ARE SURROUNDED BY SO GREAT A CLOUD OF WITNESSES, let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us and persevere in running the race that lies before us” - Hebrews 12:1. “Therefore, confess your sins to one another and PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER, THAT YOU MAY BE HEALED. THE PRAYER OF A RIGHTEOUS PERSON HAS GREAT POWER as it is working.” - James 5:16. “Brethren, join in following my example, and OBSERVE THOSE WHO WALK ACCORDING TO THE PATTERN you have in us.” - Philippians 3:17. “When He had taken the book, the FOUR LIVING CREATURES AND THE TWENTY-FOUR ELDERS fell down before the Lamb, EACH ONE HOLDING A HARP AND GOLDEN BOWLS FULL OF INCENSE *WHICH ARE THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS* ”- Revelation 5:8b. “HE WAS GIVEN A GREAT QUANTITY OF INCENSE TO OFFER, ALONG WITH THE PRAYERS OF ALL THE HOLY ONES, ON THE GOLD ALTAR THAT WAS BEFORE THE THRONE. 4 The smoke of the incense along with the prayers of the holy ones went up before God from the hand of the angel.” - Rev 8:3b-4.

Can you tell grandpa to pass the salt please.

@@BrianHoldsworth sure, sure, But now imagine this. Grandpa is sitting next to you. You tell your mother: Can you ask Granpa to do this to me You tell your father: Oh please forward this message to Granpa You tell your sister: Tell grandpa of such and so problems i had You tell your nephew: Tell granpa i thank him. All the while Grandpa is sitting next to you.

Catholics don't understand the concept that the vail was torn that separated us from God. We now have direct access to the father because of christ finished work on the cross. There is no mediator between us and God anymore. We can go in prayer straight to Jesus and God Himself and talk directly to Him for forgiveness, prayer request, or simply talking to Him. Any other teaching and prayer to the dead is unbiblical and idolatry.

Many of us catholics are tired to explain and only to fall on deaf ears. Catholicism is all about The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit. Everything is about what Our Lord established. We believe Him, the Saints are in paradise.

Don't believe those catholics they are lying always catholicism is all about Mary and praying to her such as hail Mary prayer this is the first thing the catholics do in the church praying to Mary first but not GOD

@stephenmeehan8927 I don’t read bots. 🤷‍♀️

I’m so glad someone finally listened. Hopefully all of us Christians can grow closer in our faith.

Saints or to be precise all people in Heaven have a beautific vision which they gain from God. I believe that is the reason.

Thank you for the kind words! This is somewhat of a mystery, but you could speculate that they do not exist in time. Time means change and they no longer experience change the way we do. They have become their final selves, no longer in transition. As such, they have all eternity to simply be. Time would be irrelevant to them. Further, it's likely that this is God's power operating through them. They aren't themselves omniscient, but in communion with God, they, perhaps, share in his divine power.

Also remember that all they do is because God allows them. They help because it’s part of God’s plan. It’s only His will at work

There is an issue with how people view omniscience or omnipresence. They basically view them in additive way. For them, being omniscience is to know the sum of everything and being omniscient is to be in the sum of all places. And since God alone is omniscient and omnipresent, then no one else can be in every place and know for the thoughts of every human being at once. A better view of those attributes will be as qualitative. Omnipresence means the presence is without limit and omniscience means the knowledge is without limit. For exemple, if God grants an individual the ability to know everything about each creature at once, that person will still not being omniscient because even though his/her knowledge would be very important, it would still be limited. The sum of finite knowledge doesn't equal infinite knowledge. In order for that person to be omniscient, he/she should also know all about God as God himself, which is impossible since the infinite creature can never absorb the infinite. The same is true for omnipresence. God is "present" in everything that exists because he is the source of being, no being can exist or sustain by itself without God. So even if a creature was present in every place on earth or in the inverse, inside the mind of every creature, he/she wouldn't still be omnipresent because he or she cannot be present in God as God is present in himself since God is infinite. Another issue is that people use a bad reasoning to conclude that the intercession of saints requires omnipresence/omniscience. The reasoning is something like: God is omniscience and omnipresent Thus, God can hear our prayers even in mind Therefore, it is necessary to be omniscient /omnipresent to hear prayers Saints in heaven don't need to be omnipresent or omniscient, they only need to be aware of the prayers of their brethren/or those who ask for their intercession. They only need to be united to them. Another attribute of God that people really don't consider is omnipotence. God does what he wants. Uniting the Church of heaven to their brethren in this life is not something out of his reach. If He wants it, he will make it happen. Actually, a good argument can be made for that union from Hebrews 12,22-24: But what you have come to is Mount Zion and the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem where the millions of angels have gathered for the festival, .with the whole Church of first-born sons, enrolled as CITIZENS OF HEAVEN. You have come to God himself, the supreme Judge, and to the SPIRITS OF THE UPRIGHT WHO HAVE BEEN MADE PERFECT ; and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to purifying blood which pleads more insistently than Abel's."

​@@BrianHoldsworthExcellently put that they do not experience time the way we do. It's possible that in the afterlife there are multiple dimensions of time, an idea that actually explains a LOT of Scripture as well as near death experiences. Picture time down here as flowing along a line, that for all practical purposes we cannot deviate from, nor even make the line bend. Now imagine that line on the surface of a sphere, and in the perpendicular direction to the line is another line representing a second time dimension. One could travel initially along the first line, then deviate into the orthogonal direction awhile (amassing experiences there separate from those on the main timeline), and then eventually loop back onto the main shared pathway. I think about that a lot, it explains many mysteries. Just my two cents.

As a protestant I appreciate that.

Yes.

Common saints prayer are in fact requests: "Oh Holy Mary, pray for us"

​@stephenmeehan8927You can't read, can you?

@stephenmeehan8927 context matters…. Do you pray outside of your “closet” or in front of anyone? If so then you are violating Mathew 6:6 as well. However, I would think right about now you are not taking that verse as literal as you were when “protesting” Catholicism. If you believe praying to the saints is not praying to God then I would recommend you spend more time contemplating how it is we are able to call God Father and be “in” the Body of Christ. Lastly, not all traditions are of man and for man, if so you would have to get rid of a great many things like birthdays, Christmas, the Bible, and so on. Again, I would think you are holding those verses a little more loosely than when you were using them to “protest” the Church. Context matters, and you will not understand the context of scripture if your goal of scripture is to “protest” Catholicism and not seek the truth of scripture. Not a personal attack because you are in a belief system that is by its namesake a religion of protestantism which as a faith based on being anti Catholic (instead of pro gospel/truth)

Maybe consider looking at it this way. God did not need the dirt to create Adam, He did not need the ark to save Noah, He did not need Abraham to establish His people, He did not need Moses as I deliver His people, He did need the apostles to start the Church, and He did not need The Most Blessed Virgin Mary to come into the world. However, God is perfect, and by His perfect will He chose these means to manifest His Glory. Now with the Saints everything is elevated because the saints or “in” Christ, this elevates saints to an incomprehensible level higher than any chosen person of God preceding the unification of Our Lords mystical Body. This is by far not a comprehensive response but only an introduction to the idea. Consider these verses Romans 12:4-6 “For as in one body we have many members, and all the members do not have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith” 1 Corinthians 12:26-27 “If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together. Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.” Those who are in Christ glorify Christ, honoring those in Christ honors Christ. Without Christ no saint, no not one, could do a thing for you (including finding your car keys).

Pray and read scripture. May the Almighty lead you to truth and understanding. He will light your path if you ask ❤✝

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Intercessory prayer for the saints dead on earth (but alive in Christ in heaven) and on earth is all throughout scripture “First of all, then, I URGE THAT ENTREATIES AND PRAYERS, PETITIONS AND THANKSGIVINGS, BE MADE ON BEHALF OF ALL MEN . . . 3 THIS IS GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD OUR SAVIOR, 4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth." 1 Tim 1, 3; “ *PRAY AT ALL TIMES IN THE SPIRIT, WITH ALL PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION. TO THAT END KEEP ALERT WITH ALL PERSEVERANCE, MAKING SUPPLICATION FOR ALL THE SAINTS *…” - Ephesians 6:18. 16 If ANYONE sees his brother sinning, if the sin is not deadly, HE SHOULD PRAY TO GOD AND HE WILL GIVE HIM LIFE. This is only for those whose sin is not deadly. There is such a thing as deadly sin, about which I do not say that you should pray. 17 All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that is not deadly. - 1 John 5:16-17. “Therefore, SINCE WE ARE SURROUNDED BY SO GREAT A CLOUD OF WITNESSES, let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us and persevere in running the race that lies before us” - Hebrews 12:1. “Therefore, confess your sins to one another and PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER, THAT YOU MAY BE HEALED. THE PRAYER OF A RIGHTEOUS PERSON HAS GREAT POWER as it is working.” - James 5:16. “Brethren, join in following my example, and OBSERVE THOSE WHO WALK ACCORDING TO THE PATTERN you have in us.” - Philippians 3:17. "1 [a]When he had finished all his words to the people, he entered Capernaum.[b] 2 A centurion[c] there had a slave who was ill and about to die, and he was valuable to him. 3 WHEN HE HEARD ABOUT JESUS, HE SENT ELDERS OF THE JEWS TO HIM, ASKING HIM TO COME AND SAVE THE LIFE OF HIS SLAVE. 4 They approached Jesus and strongly urged him to come, saying, “He deserves to have you do this for him, 5 for he loves our nation and he built the synagogue for us.” 6 And Jesus went with them, but WHEN HE WAS ONLY A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE HOUSE, THE CENTURION SENT FRIENDS to tell him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof.[d] 7 Therefore, I did not consider myself worthy to come to you; but say the word and let my servant be healed. 8 For I too am a person subject to authority, with soldiers subject to me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come here,’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” 9 When Jesus heard this he was amazed at him and, turning, said to the crowd following him, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.” 10 When the messengers returned to the house, THEY FOUND THE SLAVE in good health." Luke 7:1-10; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but THE SPIRIT HIMSELF INTERCEDES FOR US with groanings too deep for words; and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because HE INTERCEDES FOR THE SAINTS ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD.” - Romans 8:26-27 “2 And he was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun and his clothes became white as light. 3 And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, conversing with him.” - Mt. 17:2-3; “When He had taken the book, the FOUR LIVING CREATURES AND THE TWENTY-FOUR ELDERS fell down before the Lamb, EACH ONE HOLDING A HARP AND GOLDEN BOWLS FULL OF INCENSE *WHICH ARE THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS* ”- Revelation 5:8b. “HE WAS GIVEN A GREAT QUANTITY OF INCENSE TO OFFER, ALONG WITH THE PRAYERS OF ALL THE HOLY ONES, ON THE GOLD ALTAR THAT WAS BEFORE THE THRONE. 4 The smoke of the incense along with the prayers of the holy ones went up before God from the hand of the angel.” - Rev 8:3b-4.

Does that include rebuking satan?

Didn’t God say all the dead in him are alive in him?

Only God knows whose names are in the book of life. It’s not up to “the church” to decide who is a saint.

​@@Jay-oj4hjexactly the same church you say has no power Jesus says that its the pillar and ground of truth, his bride and whatever they loss and bound in earth will be lost and bound in heaven...

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Old response but to address your point Catholics don’t see the saints as dead, they are alive in heaven. God is the God of the living. We are granted eternal life, that’s the whole point. Rev 7:15-17 “They (saints in glory) are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple; and He who sits on the throne will dwell among them…for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters.…” Saints are a part of the living Christian community and Catholics feel deeply close to them in the same way as a friend or family member. How horrible would it be to not speak to your family members or give them any love and honor just because they were in a different place you couldn’t see. Catholics believe that they still care about us and pray for us even though they are in heaven now so we must not forget them too. In the same way Jesus wants us to treat others with kindness and love we treat saints the same because they are in the body of Christ and a part of our community.

@stephenmeehan8927 context matters…. Do you pray outside of your “closet” or in front of anyone? If so then you are violating Mathew 6:6 as well. However, I would think right about now you are not taking that verse as literal as you were when “protesting” Catholicism. If you believe praying to the saints is not praying to God then I would recommend you spend more time contemplating how it is we are able to call God Father and be “in” the Body of Christ. Lastly, not all traditions are of man and for man, if so you would have to get rid of a great many things like birthdays, Christmas, the Bible, and so on. Again, I would think you are holding those verses a little more loosely than when you were using them to “protest” the Church. Context matters, and you will not understand the context of scripture if your goal of scripture is to “protest” Catholicism and not seek the truth of scripture. Not a personal attack because you are in a belief system that is by its namesake a religion of protestantism which as a faith based on being anti Catholic (instead of pro gospel/truth)

​@@dherpin4874you've sent this exact same reply multiple times now

@@ChildishSoap a question to ask is is the answer relevant, not has it been used before. Wouldn’t you agree?

How does one know if that one saint is in heaven? Are you sure? I know Jesus hears my prayers...why would i go to a creation when i can talk to the Creator? moronic, demonic.

Asking dead believers for intercession is not biblical. Necromancy is different from asking alive believers for intercession

'The Love of God' by Paul Jernberg.

It doesn't. Catholics just say we can ask for saint intercession because Jesus said those who have died in Him are alive; and that if we pray to those who are alive in heaven they can hear us somehow.

@@racheld4184 Where is this in the Bible?

Catholics use Mark 12:27 to justify praying to the saints when this verse has nothing to do with prayer.@@felixgilberto25

​​@@felixgilberto25 it's not. It's idolatry.

@@KevinNordstrom no it isn’t

That was a facepalm moment. Is he stating that God will have a higher likelihood to answer a prayer if more people or even people in "authority" initiates/joins that prayer?

​@@hyperspaceexplorer5594well the Bible more or less says "a praier of a pious person is powerful". And a Saint is indeed a pious person.

@@Phantom-xp2co but who has the authority to declare who is a saint?

​@@hyperspaceexplorer5594The Church.

@@thegreypilgrim2849 Who is the Church?

You are now and have always been a Deceiving catholic !

Galatians 6:7 “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”

A prayer is a request. We do not worship courts when we file a prayer of petition in a jurisdiction, or use the phrase "pray tell" common language. It is only weird because you are only used to using the word "pray" in a single situation today, when throughout history we made requests all the time for one another. Pauls says “I urge, then, first of all, that PETITIONS, PRAYERS, INTERCESSION AND THANKSGIVING BE MADE FOR ALL PEOPLE . . . 3 This is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4 who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.” - 1 Tim 2:1, 3-4. (NIV) “ *PRAY AT ALL TIMES IN THE SPIRIT, WITH ALL PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION. TO THAT END KEEP ALERT WITH ALL PERSEVERANCE, MAKING SUPPLICATION FOR ALL THE SAINTS *…” - Ephesians 6:18.

The Bible says you only pray to the Father through the Son.....period!@@Jesus3ITrustinThee

@@Red22762 Scripture then please

@@Jesus3ITrustinThee. Matthew 6:9-13 You can pray to Jesus and the Holy Spirit but ultimately you should be praying to the Father in Jesus’s name by the power of the Holy Spirit.

@@Jay-oj4hj Thank you. The Our Father is no doubt an ancient and grace-filled prayer that is prayed daily in the Mass worship, and in the Divine Office of praying the psalms daily at different hours of the day. Another ancient prayer of the Church is the Jesus Prayer, derived from Luke 18:9-14, which has a rich tradition among Orthodox Catholics, and the Sanctus is prayed during daily Mass service from Rev. 4:8.

He literally just told you in the video, the only way you hear this and deny it is if you have a hardened heart, at least pray on it

@@BrotherChristmas78 Of course he would say that. Because anyone that disagrees with him must have a hardened heart right? I’ve been a devout Christian for a while, and I truly searched to see the validity of his argument. But there is no scripture that backs his claim, or the Catholic belief that praying to saints is something we as Christians are called to do. We can pray to God, and we will be answered in his time, according to his will.

@@thomasipkiss8793 There's the truth and there's everything else, I can just as easily make that same argument back to you, if you'd like to refute what he said you have to address his argument specifically which you don't do, you just throw the whole thing out because it isn't what you want or believe, that's the hardened heart at play, and while I can respect your walk in the faith thus far please understand my point in saying you should pray on it is because that walk isn't over yet, and I dont want you to miss out on any of His grace, so bring it to Him

Praying to the Saints have been practiced since the early centuries for thousand years, it is practice until today by the RC, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, these 3 oldest denominations, until Protestant appeared in 17th century and reject all this, then you could think God doesn't guide His church and simply let the church adopt the wrong teaching when the Church was still young. Many things practice in Christianity isn't scriptural to be honest, like Bible, and how ancient Church assembled it, you found no where in NT, Jesus gave instruction to the disciples on writing NT, or telling the Church to use Paul's letter when he is not even the 12 apostles, at the same time

Exactly!!!

If you didn't read the Bible growing up, then you weren't raised in a robustly Catholic way. Catholic teaching is very clear that we are to read and study the Bible (Dei Verbum, Vatican II). It isn't surprising that when you found a community of committed Christians you were drawn to it.

It’s not praying to them it’s asking them to pray for you

@@Cris-xj8nm how could you ask them to pray for you without praying to them? When the act is done do people not close their eyes, bow their heads, and close their hands together?? That seems like praying to them. Otherwise why not just simply pray to God alone? We know the Saints pray for us in heaven so they are not unaware but pray to God cast your anxieties on Him. This is the encouragement of scripture, and scripture no where encourages us to pray to any but God.

@@kylesilva4063 the majority of my prayer is to the lord at the end I just slip in and ask my brothers in sisters in heaven to pray for me as well

​​​​@@Cris-xj8nmyou don't have to, if they can they will do it for all of us, also the fact is that asking them does count as praying

@@davecorns7630Yes it is. Rosary prayer.

Yes, that is confusing and worth clarifying. Once the Church has assessed that the candidate lived a faithful and holy life, they are declared worthy of veneration. This often happens organically at a local level because of their intimate familiarity with the candidate. There can arise a cult of veneration which the Church then recognizes as legitimate.

Prayers aren’t ever wasted.

Job 5: 8 Tells you who to turn to. Not the saints.

@@Jedi_Jess How sure that your petitions will be answer? Job 42:7-9 , proverb 28:9

@@TriduumOfSacredHearts God commanded Job to pray for them. Job did Not take a plea from them to pray to God, because God was angry at them Job obeyed God not a man’s prayer. Go straight to the source. I do and He hears me. Has God commanded you to pray to a saint? Jesus taught us how to pray and how to ask in His name. There was a lot of instruction for the church in the New Testament. Is there any instruction on praying to a saint there? I’m sorry I just don’t see it.

@@TriduumOfSacredHearts My Heavenly Father hears me! In Jesus name! ❤️❤️ 1 kings 9:3, Zechariah 10: 1-2 , John 14:14, John 15:7

@@TriduumOfSacredHearts 1 king 9: 1-9 🙌🏼

Why can’t you just pray to God directly? Why do you have to go through demonic, made up saints, the Bible is clear when it says Jesus is the only being who can intercede for us.

And yet there is not one verse in all 73 books that tells you to pray to anyone except God. God is the one who will answer your prayers and there is no reason not to go direct to God for your needs.

@@brucewmclaughlin9072 Job 5:1 references angelic intercession. And in James 14 sick Christians are told to seek the prayer of church elders rather than directly praying for their own healing. All of this is done within the understanding that God can and does use created beings to accomplish his will.

@@harrygarris6921 Job 5:1“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn? Where do you find angelic intercession in this verse? James 5:ESV Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. James 5:16 New Catholic Bible 16 . Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective Now the original poster Brian Farley said this Love the video. For me I pretty much pray for Blessed Mothers assistance to bring my petitions before God. Rarely do I ask other saints. Can you find any scriptural support for asking a dead mortal, Mary, spirit alive in the heavenly realm , to pray for you when all the verses about praying for one another are between living people? Can you show anywhere that Mary the mortal mother of Jesus conveys our prayers to God? Heb 4:15,16 points you to the correct person to go through and why you would. John 14"6 points out that Mary or saints ,or angels , is not who you go through to get to God, so why would you not go directly to God with all your needs? James 5:16 notice the results of the prayers of the righteous man? Did you notice it is placed in the context of two individuals praying for each other and they are alive so they can confess their sins one to another and still have the power in prayer of the righteous man! What makes you righteous ? Not you , not one verse in the entire bible says you have righteousness on your own, it all comes from Jesus.

​@harrygarris6921 that's a problem, you're reading one verse without the context of the full chapter. How about the rest of Job chapter 5? How about chapter 5.8? That is a huge mistake, that is absolutely not from God to do what you are doing for your agenda. 😢 intentional or not, please read and take the whole context into account. 8 “But if I were you, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before him. 9 He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted. 10 He provides rain for the earth; he sends water on the countryside. 11 The lowly he sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.

@@sid5734 praying to Saints for their intercession to God on our behalf is biblical. Temple Judaism did this as well. Jews to this day go to the Rachel’s Tomb. Furthermore we see the saints being aware of us in the NT with the Transfiguration and the Book of Revelation. And God is God of the living. Those who have died who are in heaven are alive with God and closer to Him than either you or myself

Wrong on all counts. We do not worship Mary.

@@georgepierson4920 Some, indeed do. Especially in South America.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. But if it clearly states that, why didn't you include a reference to the verse that states that? It seems like that would have taken less effort than it would to tell me what the Bible supposedly says.

​@@BrianHoldsworth While this person may not have listed references plenty of others commenting have.

You dont get out much do you.

@@srich7503 Typical ad hominem from an uneducated, intellectually lazy, blind child of wrath.

The saints in heaven are more alive than we are, because they are alive in Christ. God doesn't need the saints to hear us; He hears us either way. But the Bible tells us the saints are interceding from us from heaven, that intercession is good and pleasing to God, and that no part of the Body of Christ can say to another "I need you not." We're not cut off from the Body of Christ when we go to heaven.

Thanks bro this is a really powerful argument

Really powerful waffle

So you assume that prayer bothers God and that He can’t answer the small prayers?

I was wondering the same thing

'The Love of God' by Paul Jernberg.

'The Love of God' by Paul Jernberg.

He is sufficient ! He said "I am the Way,the Truth, and the Light. No man comes to the Father but through me. " John 14:6 When He was about to die on the cross, His last words were It is finished...meaning He had now bridged the gap between God and man. He IS enough and He is sufficient !! He alone can save...

I realized I misquoted the scripture... it's Way,Truth,and Life....though He is the light also...:)...

James 5:16 "Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed"

The description answers that Paul Jernberg

Specifically, 'The Love of God' by Paul Jernberg.

This is only because Protestants are not familiar with the different forms of prayer. To them all prayer= Worship which is reserved for God alone. To us Catholics we have a rich history of understanding that prayer can take many forms beyond worship such as petition, lamentation, thanksgiving, intercession, supplication.

@@p.doetsch6209 Yes indeed! They don't know and they think prayers are only to God alone, therefore I am very careful how I say things.

@@Dolfiey You shouldn't, it only plays to their ignorant approach. We shouldn't be dumbed down and capitulate to their twisted semantics

@@EasternOrthodox101 Ok I get you, but as a former Protestant, it was so hard for me to understand why Catholics pray to dead saints instead of God alone, but once I understood that they ask for prayers and are not praying to them it kinda make more sense to me. I think it is a stumbling block for the protestants and it makes things harder for them to accept catholicsm. Just my thought....

@@Dolfiey I understand l, but I actually think that it is all a block for them, because they are taught we are saved by faith alone and to interpret the Bible as they seem fit, regardless for the translations of our saints and church fathers - for them that is also idolatry🤦‍♂️

Your absolutely right. As a Catholic I can understand the criticism.