That's one thing I would never neglect. Asking the Lord about how he feels taking a step. Marriage either makes or breaks you. God led me to the right person. The story has been a happy ever after type

Words !!!♥️💯

As humans, we take a lot of things for granted, even God's own point of view, his voice, and his thoughts on things we plan to do.

I'm fascinated with the part where you are growing in grace and praying in unknown tongues of fire. Keep it going, brother. The enemy Satan doesn't relate to those groaning.

1Cor.14_2... for he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men, but to God.. Keep gaining strength in the spirit

Thank you for sharing! God bless you

Yes difficult because probably you have lost your previous friends after converting. And yes! Exciting because me being a cradle Catholic, just since the past few years I got converted from being a lukewarm Catholic to being on fire for Jesus! This took place after reading Scott Hahn’s book ‘Supper of the Lamb’, my days are very busy and exciting now digging in to the early Church etc…. You will do even greater things I know… stay blessed🙏

That sounds beautiful! Thank you for sharing your story! I would love to hear your supernatural encounter

Welcome Home. God bless

powerfull stuff, welcome home

Beautiful testimony - may Christ continue to guide your paths to preach His Word. May the prayers of Mother Mary keep you well with your loved ones.Amen

@@teejah7785 Thank you so much, God Bless

That is a beautiful journey! Thank you for sharing

Not convinced.

Thank you for sharing your journey of conversion to Catholicism. You have made me a better Catholic. May God bless you.

Yet many church fathers had opinions as the reformers.....

@@jsharp9735 you accept their few opinions and ignore everything else they wrote

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That is such a beautiful and meaningful experience. I am glad to hear of it! Thank you for sharing

You are blessed and I pray for your continued search for righteousness and love of God. I too find Lennox talks and debates very insightful as a professor and academic. I very close friend of mine was a protestant, then became Atheist over 10 year ago. He is now realising that atheism is flawed and that there are things beyond.... Continue and grow in love of Christ Jesus ❤

That’s such a beautiful testimony. It’s often said that converts to Catholicism from Protestantism are often highly knowledgeable and well informed as opposed to those Catholics who leave their faith to become Protestants, these folks in general were poorly catechized like trees with shallow roots.

@@CocoWynnthankyou for your kind comment coco , the fact is i feel like an idiot for a 20 year period of rejecting Our Lord Jesus and thankfully i eventually became serious about investigating Christianity. I wasn't trying to prove this or that denomination , i just wanted to find Truth , and that fervent searching over a 2 year period lead me to the Catholic Church. Catholicism is the apostolic historical authentic faith , every other denomination split from you and for me when i read the Gospels the last prayer Jesus makes before the crucifixion (John 17:20) hit me hard and i saw how much He wants us to be one , and because He wanted that i too wanted that and realized the only way this will ever happen is all those who left coming back into communion with Rome. I really pray that all Christians take the time to delve into the church fathers and the saints and history of the Church and approach it all without any bias , specifically denominational bias , they too would see that what you have in the Catholic Church is so precious.

@@CocoWynn That is a silly claim. I am knowledgeable and went from Catholicism to Bible believing Protestantism

Thank you! God bless! The Catholic Church is the Church of History

Welcome home!

@@Phil4All I was a Catholic and now I'm a Christian...because on a day I had no intention of becoming a Christian, Jesus opened my eyes. He's been with me ever since. If I said otherwise I would be lying

@@user-jd9zm4jf3t Catholicism is true Christendom. If you actually keep researching you will discover the fullness & beauty of the ancient holy faith is the holy Catholic & Apostolic Church

@@user-jd9zm4jf3tif you’re happy I’m happy for you

I do remember our conversations! Dont do many streams these days!

Yes! Thank you!

God bless you!

AMDG

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I WANT TO APPEAL TO CATHOLISM WORLWIDE TO GET DOWN OUR KNEES TO PRAY THAT THE REST OF HUMANITY MAY COME TO KNOW THE FULLNESS OF TRUTH HE ESTABLISHED THROUGH THE ONE, HOLY, APOSTOLIC AND UNIVERSAL CHURCH ...

@@Phil4AllSatan love deceived people

The TLM is beautiful.

LEFT A YEAR AGO TO TLM. TLM IS BEAUTIFUL.

@@Phil4All Do you have eternal life...or just behavior modification?

What fullness of truth inside the catholic ? ....worshipping IDOLS, IMAGES....IDOLATRY is against God's well.....One of the Ten commandments of God... "Thou shalt not worship in IDOLs Images made of gold , woods ect....

@@EliasCarian Unfortunately, the misinformation and educational bias against Catholicism is not your fault. Idolatry is a worship of Paganism and is considered a grave sin within the Catholic Church and in the history of Church teachings. However, non-Catholics or Protestants have been misguided and falsely taught with the belief that Catholics worship statues. On the contrary, the word “Worship” to non-Catholics and Protestants have been misinterpreted, misused, or misconstrued compared to the historical origin meaning of the word. Worship is a term that historically means praising or worshiping a deity that requires offering prayers, sacrifices, and incense. Catholics that have statues in their Churches is not “Idolatry” as non-Catholics and Protestants misused or misunderstand. Statues in Churches are “venerations” which is different from the term “worship” and ALL individuals “venerate” something or someone in their lives. For example, when countries have “Statues” of historical figures in their cities, states, or towns that respect and “venerate” them, would you call that “worship”?! No because “veneration” is not the same term as “worship.” Lastly, to provide a biblical context, if you look in the book of Exodus while the Israelites were in the wilderness for 40 years, why did God tell Moses to build and carve two statues for religious purposes in Exodus 25:18-20 which were two cherubims on top of the Ark of the Covenant and wings on both sides?! (To get a better detailed explanation, read the ENTIRE chapter of Exodus 25 verse 1 to 40). Do you believe God told Moses to Idol worship because he built and carved out a statue for religious purposes?! If you do, then your judgement of Catholicism suffices and you should ask what you fully actually believe in and research historical bases on Christianity and understanding the fullness of truth, which is historically the Catholic Church. I pray and hope this information helped 🙏🏾✝️Amen!

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That claim is questionable 🤔

I am reading can you show me where it says that….

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@@Phil4Allif you had the Holy Ghost you would know that the Catholic Church isn’t of the real Jesus Christ

Ad majorem dei gloriam

Ad majorem Dei gloriam

Thank you

Indeed it was about a two year journey

@@Phil4All When I reverted to the faith, I entertained evangelical Christianity for a short period. Nowhere near the conviction to completely convert, but I at least saw it as plausible and was parroting their arguments a lot, as a baptized Catholic. Protestant arguments and objections don’t last long under direct scrutiny and in the face of evidence. It didn’t take long before I saw the incoherence of the denominations and the necessity of the one universal Church became clear. At some point you really have to drop your bias, investigate and be impartial

@@jordanp3470 Indeed, a study into history brings one back to the Church. One cannot simply hold to the Protestant's high view of Scripture without a high view of the Church which put it together

Amen will pray for you!

‘To be deep in history is to cease to be protestant.’ Newman

@@Phil4All after the REAL Church began at Pentecost....NO worship of the Eucharist....NO Rosaries.....NO Jesus sacrificed on an Altar in an unbloody manner......NO Queen of Heaven......NO Monstrance............NO Holy Water.......NO Indulgences.....NO Scapulars.......NO Nuns.....NO Pope.....NO Altar Boys........NO Immaculate Heart of Mary.....NO Mediatrix.......NO Co Redeemer.....NO Immaculate Conception............NO Priests absolving sin, then imposing penance for the confessed sins of the penitent. What say you????

But along the way it became corrupted by popes and became unbiblical.

PROOF ???

@@abnerasturias6380 Only via a narrative. It's like when they ASSUME that references to Tradition in Thessalonians is speaking of CATHOLIC Traditions

God bless! A beautiful journey

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@@Phil4All Do you have eternal life?

That's beautiful to hear!

Amen, good on you....same w/ me, the Eucharist was essential, but could add Church history being explicitly Catholic, also the sacred text answering objections I had while in Protest, (Papacy etc) via schooled Catholic Apologist/Priest, & another big reason was the Protest itself is dissension from Christ's Church that contains the fullness & beauty of the ancient holy faith, & the Protesting Solas just do not hold up, Pax Vobis

Welcome back brother!

​​​@@Phil4All - So you believe in calling Mary the savior ??? Our refuge, our savior, etc ... And you also believe in lighting candles, bestowisg flowers, kissing, bowing down before images ??? Also bowing abd kissing the hand of the Pope for he is infallible?

Yes we love our Mama. Do you believe bearing false witness is sinful? One of the things I noticed as a protestant was how every argument against Catholicism was false. If you’re speaking truth you wouldn’t need to do that. When I engage Protestants I correctly state their false belief. Then take it completely apart. I don’t have to start with a lie like why do prots worship a Book? Why don’t they believe Jesus was God?

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Indeed! God bless

Luther threw away the Epistle of St. James from his edition of the German Bible. Protestants threw away 7 books from their Bible and parts of others. Though Deuteronomy 4:2 says, "You shall not add to the word of God ...nor take away from it. " Prayer is NOT worship. The heart of WORSHIP is SACRIFICE. That's why protestant prayer services on Sunday are NOT worship. God has the right to define how He wants to be worshipped.

Thank you! I see you have YT channel, want to do a collab sometime

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Deo Gratias, thanks be to God

Amen! Deo gratias!

Were you baptized as a Christian? Super important to find out. Mormon baptism is not considered Christian as LDS is polytheistic.

@CatholicDefender-bp7my Adoremus in aeternum

@@jbchoc Dont Catholics believe they will be gods?

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Glad you enjoyed! God bless

Thank you for your kind words! It means a lot to me

God bless

Thank you

Thank you! I do enjoy his content a lot

Thank you for sharing! I will be making more videos on this issue so stay tuned for it

Oh thank you so much! I will definitely stayed tuned

GabiAfterhours on KZfaq is a great place to start. Be encouraged it’s like drinking from a fire hose😊 God bless you and don’t stop praying. Also a great book to read is fulfilled by Sonja Corbett (Baptist convert)

Glad you enjoyed it

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1. On the relation between Orthodoxy and Catholicism, I cut out a part of the video where I do say my conversion is more towards Orthodoxy/ Catholicism instead of one over the other. I am Western in thought and thus Rome is 'closer'. As for Anglican, they do not have valid orders and thus no 'host' in the truest sense. 2. I would argue that all worship is prayer, but not all prayer is worship. Prayer is the communication between the corporeal and the spiritual. So no worship of the saints intended, same goes to Mary. 3. Trust and infallibility is different. The infallibility of the Church is believed through the lens of fallibility. I could be wrong in my conversion, but the doctrine I believe supposes the infallibility. Whereas the protestants say the infallible scriptures were put together by an fallible Church which is still believed in by a fallible mind, both being a categorically different claim

Worship is when you offer sacrifice. Catholics do not offer sacrifice to saints, including Mary. We only offer sacrifice to God, by offering the Lamb of God (Jesus). Thus, we only worship God.

Apostolic succession is the doctrine the church continues divinely by. That’s the authority of the church. We trust them with the deposit of faith. Pope Francis is traced to Jesus in an unbroken line of succession

The Catholic church/Eastern Orthodox are not denominations, in that the protestant movement in it's many forms are denominated from it. Some denominations claim the real presence but their priests do not possess holy orders to consecrate the host and are therefore parodying the changing of the bread and wine into the real presence. Their orders are invalid Pray. It means to ask. Be very clear about that. As a Catholic, I'm not a follower of the strict idea, therefore, that prayer = worship. Although it can be a form of, or part of worship when directed to God. To pray to saints is too ask them to pray for us as we can also pray for ourselves. The Catholic church is the only church which contains the full truth or the Christian faith. The denominations contain truth within themselves but are not of the full truth as they were originally founded on heresies. ( that doesn't mean that the Protestants of today are heretics) I'm a bit confused about your reference to an "infallible" book. But just to remark that the Catholic church is not a church "of the book" but holy scripture is innerent, divinely inspired and along with sacred tradition and magisterial authority reveals God's holy spirit through His church.

Amen!

Indeed!

Hmmm. How do know they’re listening to us? Can I pray to my late grandfather so he can intercede on my behalf?

“ASK (pray) and it shall be given - SEEK and you will find” If a soul lives in the presence of the Lord in heaven who resides outside of time and space I see no reason to believe we can’t ask any of the saints including any of our departed family to intercede for us. Thus it’s even possible to pray with efficacy for those who are a long time dead. All things are possible in Christ.

@@anthonycodd2743 yes, ask God through prayers. Jesus taught us how to pray to Father heaven. He has never taught us to pray to the saints or have them intercede on our behalf. What is the evidence that they can listen to our prayers? And has God the Father or Jesus Christ specifically said “pray to the saints, for I will hear their prayers”?

@@SalvationThroughChristAlone Where does it say you can’t ask the saints who are members of the Church Triumphant in Heaven!

God bless! Thank you for your kind words

Amen

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Not sure about the really smart… but thank you

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Try RCIA

Watch Catholic Calture, the Ways of the fathers, really good channel in learning church history

@@Triniboyforchrist I've been watching a lot of Catholic (and Orthodox) channels for the past year. I am really interested in the history and tradition of our faith, so thanks for the recommendation I will watch. I have been taking the history and tradition of the faith to heart, but I had a revelation that we are currently living in history, so even the things that have happened in modern times, they are still history, and things that have brought me to my current place in that is a tradition. I have descended from the Jesus Revolution in California. Which to me is an undeniable movement of the Holy Spirit. I was even baptized in the Pacific Ocean. So even though my tradition started in the 70's my faith is a product of that, and history continues. With that said I do think there is great value in the wisdom of the history and tradition of the faith still.

Thank you for your kind words and support

I would be interested to learn more about the Jesus Youth Movement, what is it about?

Amen!

Thank you!

Thank you! God bless you

Im less drawn to the Pope more to the Church. I feel the Church is more practical to the everyday believer than the role of the Pope especially from an ecclesiastical perspective

Saint Peter established the Eastern Church in Antioch before setting foot in Italy. In fact the feast of the seat of Peter the Roman Catholics celebrate on February 22, is not the Chair of Rome but the Chair of Antioch. The Feast of the Chair of Rome is on January 18 but was abolished by a recent pope for some reason. We orthodox still celebrate both. Just to say, Rome has no monopoly over the apostolic succession of saint Peter no matter what the popes say.

@@Hope_Boat I quite agree. The only reason I am Catholic over Orthodox is due to the fact I am closer to Western tradition than Greek

@@Phil4All This statement of yours in answer to the Orthodox mans comment, is of great concern: "I quite agree. The only reason I am Catholic over Orthodox is due to the fact I am closer to Western tradition than Greek". I fraternally correct you brother.

@@Phil4All Are you talking about the NO rite or the Latin tridentine rite?

Thank you🙏

Remember it’s the Lord Jesus Christ that is returning.

Thank you

Thank you for sharing

To me the difference between Catholicism and Orthodoxy is very much cultural

@@Phil4All sorry brother i am very active roman catholic member for 15 years . There are so much question that our priest can't answer im just so lucky that mý prayer was answered when myneighbor invited me to attend the church . It was the most beautiful thing that happened in my life . Im now 25 years member of eastern orthodox Christians .If you are so greatful in the roman church then you will be blown away to the deeper understanding of the orthodox faith . I thought we are the same? No we are not. The vatican now want same sex gay blessing! That's very alarming . It's againt the teaching of God. Remember sodom and gomorah. In the the Philippines, romam catholic practices are like idolatry . Some priest in the Philippines are becoming stand up commediene. Others are politically involved. Look at German Catholics they have pride colors in their church with the crucifix. There are no such a thing as Gay Christian couple

Indeed

Athanasius wrote God has become man such that man can become god

Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam

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God bless!

Thank you! God bless

Not an April Fools but uploded on April Fools, thanks for your kind words! Stay tuned for more!

I do enjoy the TLM, personally I prefer Novus Ordo in Latin purely because it is a beautiful balance between mystery and knowledge

I’m glad you enjoy the accent! Will be making more videos in the future on this conversion

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That is spot on.

Orthodox here. No offense but it's the wrong translation. Acts 9:31 states Ἡ μὲν οὖν ἐκκλησία καθ’ ὅλης τῆς Ἰουδαίας καὶ Γαλιλαίας καὶ Σαμαρείας The words used are not Ekklesian Catholes but ekklesia kath'oles tes Ioudaias kai Galileas kai Samarias Kath'oles means all over. The real translation is : "Then the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were edified." The expression "The Churches throughout all (territory)" is the ancient description of an episcopal jurisdiction we still us within the orthodox Church today. This precise one is the "Patriarchate of Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria", currently under the authority of our beloved patriarch Theophilos III apostolic successor of Christ and saint James. Among the other most ancient apostolic chairs we also have the Patriarchate of Antioch and all the East. The Patriarchate of Alexandria and all of Africa. And the Patriarchate of Rome and all the West (until Benedict XIII dropped that title for some reason). Universal Church is Katholike Ekklesia as we can read in the symbol of the faith : Εἰς μίαν, ἁγίαν, καθολικὴν καὶ ἀποστολικὴν Ἐκκλησίαν. (We believe) in one saint catholic and apostolic Church. As we orthodox proclaim without alteration since the Council of Nicea in 325AD. Catholike does not mean Rome but the entirety of the Christians. The Roman Church weaponized the word Catholic to mean "Greeks not welcome" in the 11th century for political reasons I will not detail here. We orthodox don't use the word catholic as a mean to exclude any of our christian brothers. We say where the universal Church is : In the orthodox Church. We don't say where the Church is not because it's not charitable. Our Lord is a shepherd who cares a lot for the lost sheep. "And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’ John 15:6 Lord have mercy on us all sinners

@@Hope_Boat Catholic is refering to the Church in Rome and here is why. All the Church that called apostolic must in communion with the successor of St. Peter (which is today Pope Francis). If someone who are in a position of (say Schism) severe communion from the Church of Rome does not include in the Catholic Church. Plus here I am trying to make a point that biblicly speaking (writting), there is only Catholic Church acts 9:31, there is no such thing that called baptist Church, episcopelian church or orthodox, whatever denominations you might wanted to call. Because in Matthew 16 the Lord said that he will build ONE Church ( ekklesian which is singular =one) which spread throughout the world (meaning = Catholic). and even St. Ignatius of Antioch mentioned it (where ever the Catholic Church is there is Jesus Christ). Please don't bring your schematic mentality here. This brother is just confirmed into the Apostolic Church, he and someone like me, we try to learn and understand the beauty, wisdom, richeness of her (Church) doctrines. You on the otherhand came with all the nonsense. Pax Christi.

That’s beautiful to hear! What were some of the main reason?

@@Phil4All From the age of 16, [1975] I had struggled somewhat with anglicanism, and gradually migrated from the 'mainstream' anglicanism to so called 'anglo-catholic'. I still felt things were not right. About the same time a friend of the family gave me a Catholic book. A year later, in the spring of 1976, I paid the first of numerous visits to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham [which is Englands main Marian Shrine, and is revered by anglicans, Catholics and Orthodox]. I gradually felt drawn to Catholicism, but was at first hesitant. Eventually in the autumn of 1977, age 19, I decided to make the change and started to attend Mass and receive instruction on the Feast of All Saints. I was received into the Church on April 20 the following year, 10 weeks before my 20th birthday [the RCIA programme as we know it was not used at the time]. I have never looked back, and now if I go into an anglican church for any reason, [for instance a funeral, an ecumenical event or a visit to a historically interesting pre-reformation church] it feels somewhat 'empty'. I still like to observe April 20 annually as a 'spiritual birthday' and day of thanksgiving. I had at times considered the priesthood or religious life, I did approach but it came to nothing and due to foolish things I did in 2001, became for evver excluded. I hope that God will not condemn me for my foolishness, for throwing away all my talents and missing my vocation.

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Thank you!

1. It's good, I have been going down more of the theology side. Future is very much up in the air at the present moment so seeing how things go. Will probably do a Mst or Mphil. 3. Not high Church or Lutheranism due to schism and lack of apostolic succession. It would not be valid consecrated host in the same way of Eastern Orthodoxy. Of course, this in some sense presupposes Catholicism or Orthodoxy to be true, but I would argue that there is just better historical reason to believe in Catholicism and Orthodoxy

@@Phil4All Will, you be a Thomist, Scotist, or Augustianism in terms of alluriology. Now the three are Augustianiam but affer in terminals of alluriology. I noticed that you skipped number two but that's fair, I realize that's a private question. I apologize if it sounded offensive. I didn't mean to Some off that way. Congratulations on becoming a Catholic.

Probably because the one who is sitting in Peter's chair right now is in the Catholic church.

@@maxellton amen

I was Protestant I was going to go EO, I think really it’s a internalized hatred towards the Catholic church, that they choose everything but the Catholic Church. May God guide them.

It’s purely the fact that I am Western. Doctrinally I am closer to EO but i prefer the Latin rite

@@Phil4AllI’m also western and prefer the Latin rite, but don’t you think doctrines are more important than cultural preferences?