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@lesliehanson6614 4 күн бұрын
Very good answers to these questions Bryan! Thank you! I look forward to hearing more! My youngest son is dating a girl we would love for him to marry and they really want to marry. Out of our 7 kids, this is the only non-Catholic that has entered the picture. So all his older siblings and his parents got married in the Church and raised or are raising their kids in the Faith. Of course he wants her to become Catholic but she wants him to join her church so they have been "studying" a lot while keeping an honorable relationship. Meanwhile a year and a half has passed. They are 30 and 28. She is determined that they be on the same page faith wise or she will move on since she grew up with parents arguing about their differences. My son knows this is important too.(my husband died 3 years ago so we do not have his direct input...of course, everyone is praying mightily!) She is a "Sola Scriptura" Protestant, although they do not call themselves Protestants and don't like the other sects, like they are the ones who finally got it right in the 1800s, according to history. (but claiming they were around the whole time after the Apostles died). When a priest mentioned to me about her agreeing to raise kids Catholic even if she is not, she told me "That will never happen". She wants to be totally convinced that Catholicism is the True Faith but still feels hers is. John:6 and the question of Authority are keeping her looking into it. And she completely sees the problem of everyone coming up with their own interpretations of the Bible!. She has studied a lot over the last 3 years and had given up until things moved forward with my son.. I told him he needs to get a Spiritual Director, but he could not think of anyone. All the priests around here seem too busy or have short and distracted attention spans. So I suggested phone calls but he has not done it. They have gotten very close in all their other hopes for marriage and parenting. They have so, so much in common and really love each other. Heartbreak is inevitable if they go their seperate ways. How important do you think it is to have a spiritual director and how do you find a good one? Can a deacon do this? They both know a Catholic Deacon (25 years) who used to be one of her church's preaches for 10 years. Would that work? My son knows that if he goes elsewhere, none of us would attend that "wedding". And I also know I would have to warn her that he will be back. Both he and I have observed what we describe as like a skeleton compared to a full body when it comes to the ways our 2 churches do things. Thank you for your kind consideration!
@lindarichards676 5 күн бұрын
Pretty girl 😘...❤
@JWellsUp 6 күн бұрын
I needed this now. Thank you! God Bless Gabriella.
@BreadedCatholic 6 күн бұрын
❤❤❤
@JohnDaniel-gj7fe 6 күн бұрын
🤩😍
@zacharyahearn4069 6 күн бұрын
What a lucky gift.
@catholictruthliving 6 күн бұрын
Yes indeed! :)
@EpoRose1 7 күн бұрын
*cheesing* *cheesing* (notices the phone) “Why y’all recording me like that?” 😂
@catholictruthliving 6 күн бұрын
😅
@saradorris3554 7 күн бұрын
"Daddy, I will pretend you didn't call me ham."
@catholictruthliving 7 күн бұрын
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@saradorris3554 7 күн бұрын
The way she was covering her ears right after you called you called her a little ham. So adorable!
@EpoRose1 7 күн бұрын
😂
@catholictruthliving 6 күн бұрын
Ah! 😅
@BrendanMcK-ot3ys 7 күн бұрын
Aww nahhh she looks lovely mate God bless her
@catholictruthliving 7 күн бұрын
Thanks!
@BrendanMcK-ot3ys 7 күн бұрын
@@catholictruthliving no problem mate
@kasiaseubert 8 күн бұрын
She's the sweetest 💗
@catholictruthliving 8 күн бұрын
😊😊
@Dock777 8 күн бұрын
Thank you for the smile. God bless y'all
@catholictruthliving 8 күн бұрын
You too!
@isabelfelix1137 8 күн бұрын
Love it❤️Gabriella is beautiful😍
@LupinGaius-ls1or 10 күн бұрын
Men look center mass. We notice the chest/body 1st even if a women is in a burka.
@ziesha.marie11 13 күн бұрын
Thank you! I’m so glad my mom hidden me from this garbage growing up! As a victim of several scams….ugh I rather wait an allow god do his work
@catholictruthliving 8 күн бұрын
Amen. Thanks for watching.
@JMJ1219 14 күн бұрын
The waving hand analogy was perfect.
@jenniferchwiecko8418 15 күн бұрын
I don't know if this is the right place to post a question, but I need an answer. My husband believes the Bible is filled with contradictions. I don't believe it is. Please post a video to help us understand.
@catholictruthliving 12 күн бұрын
We actually have a video coming out on that on our main Catholic Truth channel soon. Also, get the books, "When Skeptics Ask" and "When Critics Ask." They deal with the supposed Bible contradictions pretty well. You can buy them new or used on Amazon.
@Kakaragi 19 күн бұрын
What do you think on the idea of both partners having plain gold rings as a sign of equality between them?
@catholictruthliving 19 күн бұрын
I think wedding rings are in invention, so people can choose to do what they wish and agree on. I personally (my own opinion) don't love engagement rings. Why are they so gaudy when 50% of engagements fail? If anything, the wedding ring should be the nicer one, but I feel companies make so much money off of this. I think simple wedding rings are fine if that's what the couple wishes.
@Kakaragi 19 күн бұрын
@@catholictruthliving You know, I also had this idea where maybe when proposing instead of giving a ring altogether that the man while kneeling kisses the woman's bare thigh
@catholictruthliving 18 күн бұрын
@@KakaragiFor what purpose?
@Kakaragi 18 күн бұрын
@@catholictruthliving It's emblematic to how in Genesis 24:2-9 Abraham had his servant make an oath with servant's hand under Abraham's thigh. According to the NAB notes it says, "the symbolism of this act was apparently connected with the Hebrew concept of children issuing from their father’s “thigh” (the literal meaning of “direct descendants” in 46:26; Ex 1:5). Perhaps the man who took such an oath was thought to bring the curse of sterility on himself if he did not fulfill his sworn promise. Jacob made Joseph swear in the same way (Gn 47:29). In both these instances, the oath was taken to carry out the last request of a man upon his death." So as these are oaths of sterility if the people making them break what they have promised, the same should be applied to marriage proposals too. By kissing the thigh, the groom to be binds himself to his bride to be and makes himself beholden to her so that he will always be loyal to and never abandon, and that their kids will be their kids. Not holding up to that means sterility for the either of them.
@Kakaragi 22 күн бұрын
Is it sinful to wear revealing clothes when it is too hot to wear anything else (like in South-East Asia for example)?
@catholictruthliving 16 күн бұрын
In general, yes, it could be. Especially if you are wear a lot of men are that might look or lust. Unless you are at the beach, of course, (though we shouldn't be showing everything even there). If it's really hot out, you can wear tank tops, shorts, etc, but there's no need to have the chest hanging out or showing or shorts so high that your butt is practically hanging out. You get what we are saying. So, while we can dress for the weather, we always want to be appropriately modest as well. Hope that helps.
@supersudamadi-dx2jd 23 күн бұрын
bottom of the barrel men paying to meet bottom of the barrel women. id say thats gentlemen like.
@catholictruthliving 23 күн бұрын
Definitely! Not. 😉
@EverySingleSaint 25 күн бұрын
If you went over this and I missed it apologies but National Geographic did a study where they showed images to men and studied their brain activity. While looking at a woman in a bikini, the only part of the brain that lit up was the part that registered objects, specifically tools. The male brain literally cannot look at a woman in a bikini and register a human being.
@catholictruthliving 24 күн бұрын
Great point. We have not really covered that aspect.
@julieoelker1865 25 күн бұрын
Back in the 80s I used to read Glamour magazine. It's always been a sex-selling rag. The worst one however, is Cosmopolitan. It wasn't always so bad though. My mom used to read it in the early 60s when it contained short stories. Mom dropped her subscription after Helen Gurley Brown got her hands on it. Now it's a manual on how to play more and more sex games to catch a man. By putting our bodies on display, we may catch males, but they certainly aren't decent men.
@catholictruthliving 25 күн бұрын
Hey sex selling rag. Well said. And you are right, Cosmo is the worst. We have videos coming out on that as well. I can't believe any woman would read these nowadays.
@sir.roe-say 26 күн бұрын
Can you change the thumb nail? From St Alphonsus bad thoughts 18th sunday after penecost homily
@catholictruthliving 25 күн бұрын
Yes, we may be able to do that.
@thankfullyforgiven9611 26 күн бұрын
You’re right on target.
@Taylor14Tnava 26 күн бұрын
Such a wonderful message Bryan
@catholictruthliving 26 күн бұрын
Thank you! :)
@ripbeni6198 26 күн бұрын
Women and men these days SUCK! I'm blessed with a wife who is beautiful and holy. It's easy, your vibe attracts your tribe... birds of a feather... etc...
@ripbeni6198 26 күн бұрын
Good video. Crazy how we got to where we are in dress. Stems from protestant relativism. "You have your truth, I have mine."
@catholictruthliving 26 күн бұрын
It is crazy, and yes!
@ripbeni6198 26 күн бұрын
@@catholictruthliving I love your channel btw. I like your style and the content is completely CATHOLIC.
@catholictruthliving 26 күн бұрын
Awesome! Thank you!🙏🏻
@Kakaragi 26 күн бұрын
Is it sinful to desire bearhugs?
@ripbeni6198 26 күн бұрын
no, unless there's some strange intention with it and the context/situation is off
@AndrewAMD 26 күн бұрын
Are you asking out of love for the other person or because your mind is in the gutter?
@Kakaragi 26 күн бұрын
@@AndrewAMD Well, I mean, I think I really like the feeling of being crushed in a warm tight embrace
@AndrewAMD 26 күн бұрын
Well, I guess there are considerations: 1) There is nothing wrong with hugging in and of itself. 2) However, a problem occurs if you are using it as a means to a bad end. I suppose the most obvious example is lust. Are you in it because you love the person, or because you just want to feel her breasts on your chest? What are you trying to do here? Think about it, because God knows your intentions.
@Kakaragi 22 күн бұрын
@@AndrewAMD I'll be honest with you here, whenever I look into my heart of hearts of what I wish out of a relationship, I just seem to wish for someone who can take the place of my Mom. Which I know might not be conducive to a healthy relationship (let alone marriage) but that is just how I can understand love as of current.
@catholicfemininity2126 27 күн бұрын
Even at a young adult get together, some men said that it was fine for women to wear a 2 piece.... proof that now all 'trad' men are modest or have a modest mindset. Beware of the fakers who are looking for a 'trad' wife when they aren't. Same for men... beware of the woman who just wants a high value man when she isn't a faithful Catholic. Don't be fooled or it's on you.
@ripbeni6198 26 күн бұрын
Good comment. True.
@TrixRN 27 күн бұрын
I wish I’d known this when I was young. My mother taught me to dress sexy. I had no self-esteem.
@ripbeni6198 26 күн бұрын
You didn't? Really? I mean when you're getting looks from the boy next door, doesn't it click? Aren't women the more emotionally receptive sex?
@ripbeni6198 26 күн бұрын
Genuine questions, no bad faith. I'm just asking if your mom really overrid your common sense?
@catholictruthliving 26 күн бұрын
It's not common sense. We learn what we learn, and if no one teaches us otherwise, not to mention being in a sex-saturated culture, how are we supposed to know? There are good Catholics today galore who are confused on these matters. Look how many women wear bikinis.
@ripbeni6198 26 күн бұрын
@@catholictruthliving I’m very suspicious, as was Mother Angelica, I would add, of that supposed female “ignorance.” Try saying what you just so charitably and eloquently to the vast majority of women. In no uncertain words they will tell you to “pound sand” and “kick rocks”, and that’s the nicest way they’d put it… I don’t buy for a seconds that the vast majority are merely just victims of darkness, they are more often the cause of said darkness. “I had no idea that my double D’s and assets hanging out of a thin piece of cloth would elicit arousal from men, I just thought I was being cute, teehee 🤭.” Women are not children my man. You seem innocent, but remember, it’s “innocent as doves, and cunning as serpents.”
@ripbeni6198 26 күн бұрын
@@catholictruthliving I'm very suspicious, as was Mother Angelica, I would add, of that supposed female "ignorance." Try saying what you just said so charitably and eloquently to the vast majority of women. In no uncertain words they will tell you to "pound sand" and "kick rocks", and that's the nicest way they'd put it... I don't buy for a seconds that the vast majority are merely just victims of darkness, they are more often the cause of said darkness. "I had no idea that my double D's and assets hanging out of a thin piece of cloth would elicit arousal from men, I just thought I was being cute, teehee Women are not children my man. You seem innocent, but remember, it's "innocent as doves, and cunning as serpents.”
@AC_S007 29 күн бұрын
This was a great conversation. I do have a concern when articulating the problems with IVF. I don't think the use of a empirical or scientific articulation is overwhelmingly useful. What I mean by that is x number of fetuses died to get one pregnancy. The reason for the problem is how long will that statistic be in your favor. And what happens if/when IVF becomes more effective than the normal method of conceiving. Other than that the other problems are perfectly sound. In my humble opinion.
@rosiev363 Ай бұрын
Aww 🥺 her expression, she’s just so adorable❤️!
@catholictruthliving Ай бұрын
Thank you!😊
@kasiaseubert Ай бұрын
She's so sweet ❤
@540jbg Ай бұрын
You embarrassed her with those words
@juani352 Ай бұрын
So precious ❤
@davidniedjaco9869 Ай бұрын
So friggin' cute!!!..God bless Mary protect +++
@catholictruthliving Ай бұрын
❤️
@LauraLord-pl3jz Ай бұрын
Too adorable a true beautiful Angel !!!!!!
@catholictruthliving Ай бұрын
We agree. :)
@marcelaalbert3818 Ай бұрын
She is adorable !!! ❤
@catholictruthliving Ай бұрын
We agree. :)
@zacharyahearn4069 6 күн бұрын
Adoration is reserved for God. She is super duper cute.
@wolfthequarrelsome504 Ай бұрын
Can't agree. Living together without haven't any physical relationship is the best form of checking each other out for fatal hidden flaws.
@catholictruthliving Ай бұрын
Not at all. It's playing marriage without being marriage. Statistics back up what we said here.
@mitchjensen8578 Ай бұрын
Is there any magisterial teaching on cohabitation? That will come in handy for me.
@mitchjensen8578 Ай бұрын
Who were the two people you mentioned at 2:05? Can you put links in the description to good studies on this?
@catholictruthliving Ай бұрын
Sure, we are out of the office, but we will try to remember to send it to you.
@ESV445 Ай бұрын
Do you speak French?
@catholictruthliving Ай бұрын
I used to speak pretty good French. However, my wife is Hispanic so I had to also learn Spanish. While I do sometimes think in French sometimes, I feel like I've lost most of it unfortunately.
@ESV445 Ай бұрын
@@catholictruthliving I thought you used to he Protestant but converted to Catholic
@catholictruthliving Ай бұрын
I've always been Catholic. :)
@ESV445 Ай бұрын
@@catholictruthliving Last question. What made you good at speaking in English?
@catholictruthliving Ай бұрын
I'm from the United States. :)
@bobbylewis2 Ай бұрын
I think there's more to it than simply living together. Maybe it's that people who are more likely to live together (atheists moreso) are less happy people and more likely to do those things because of a lack of moral guide, but Catholics (and Christians in general by extension) are happier people overall and cheat less, etc etc so when they don't cohabitate it just makes it seem like cohabitation is the culprit, but really it's adherence to the faith? (not saying cohabitation is a good thing here if you get that impression)
@catholictruthliving Ай бұрын
Perhaps, but there are many Catholics who use contraception, cohabitate, and so on, and statistics show they have the same divorce rates as secular people.
@PatrickPlaysOrgan Ай бұрын
"Yeah babe, i totally trust you, love you, and want to marry you, (but we should live together first just in case i find someone better)
@catholictruthliving Ай бұрын
Or just in case you ain't good in bed. 0_0
@sethw7399 Ай бұрын
My wife and I lived together and had a child out of wedlock. We were confirmed into the Church this Easter, and our marriage health is better than ever. It just seems like the Church is right, and there are rewards to being obedient.
@catholictruthliving Ай бұрын
Praise God! Thank you for sharing.
@Kakaragi Ай бұрын
I've asked this on another video, but I can't see the reply: with Deuteronomy 22:28-29, what would be keeping somebody in 1200 BC from abusing that law to create a harem for himself?
@catholictruthliving Ай бұрын
Thanks for the question. This is an article with more information on the historical context and details of those verses. www.ncregister.com/blog/does-god-expect-women-to-marry-their-rapists
@Saiyan585 Ай бұрын
About the cited divorce rates. Those 70 to 80% weren't living the Catholic faith as a whole, knowing that a sacrimental marriage can not be undone. Also, if you pray together 5 minutes a day, your chance of divorce drops by over 80%. There are couples who were cohabiting for years prior to their conversion to the Catholic church, you can't just be expected to kick your partner out of the house while converting. Vow to live like brother and sister and sleep in separate beds before confirmation and marriage, and you'll both be able to receive the Eucharist weekly before marriage.
@JWellsUp Ай бұрын
Man.. I tried that sleeping in separate bedrooms and it does not work. One is going to tempt the other. In my case it was my ex coming into my bedroom and demanding cuddles. Until I gave up and began cuddling. And from there on out it’s over. It’s best to have your own place until the wedding day. My advice.
@Saiyan585 Ай бұрын
@@JWellsUp It does work because I'm doing it, and I dont even have a second bed. I sleep on a cot. She left her apartment of 15 years to move in with me before I made the choice to convert to the Catholic church so I wasn't going to kick her out. If I wasn't strong enough to keep it cordial then yeah, she would have to find another place.
@JWellsUp Ай бұрын
@@Saiyan585 but not everyone has that same strength as you or her. God Bless you in your relationship. Amen
@catholictruthliving Ай бұрын
We would imagine the majority of people it would not work for. Temptation is strong and it's far to easy, and there are far too many ways to fall, not to mention the sin of scandal the Church talks about. Just some thoughts.
@Saiyan585 Ай бұрын
@catholictruthliving I agree, and I wouldn't recommend cohabiting to anyone. I was living with my GF for a few years as a luke warm protestant out of the church for 20 years. Out of nowhere I was compelled to come back, and not only come back, but come into communion with the Holy Catholic church, the church I grew up saying would be the last church I would join. Towards the end of RCIA I had two choices to be able to be confirmed into the church at Easter vigil, kick my gf out of the house along with her stuff with nowhere to go, or make a promise to live in separate beds as brother and sister. I chose the ladder and made the commitment after mass across from the tabernacle. As for scandal in the church, we talked about it in RCIA, so I'm aware of how to navigate within it.
@Kakaragi Ай бұрын
I've thought of cohabitation (without engaging in intercourse) as a way of showing and knowing that you have trust for one another, and also to prepare for when you get married, is that wrong now?
@Saiyan585 Ай бұрын
You have to vow to live like brother and sister sleeping in separate beds to receive the Eucharist.
@julieoelker1865 Ай бұрын
You won't be able to save sex until marriage if you're living under the same roof.
@Saiyan585 Ай бұрын
@@julieoelker1865 They said that. (Without engaging in intercourse)
@catholictruthliving Ай бұрын
Thank you for the and the question. We would recommend not cohabitating and just waiting for many reasons. But toward the top, you talked about trust, it's more about commitment and choosing to be there for each other in good times and in bed, and sickness and in health until death do you part. And that commitment comes from marrying one another and not playing marriage beforehand. I hope that makes sense.
@JWellsUp Ай бұрын
Personally! If either knows themselves to not trust their self and know they have no self control I wouldn’t do it. even if both have self control who knows what Satan has up his sleeve. My advice from personal experience,don’t cohabitate. You are setting yourself up for failure. The true test is waiting while living in separate homes.
@JWellsUp Ай бұрын
I believe it🙋🏻♂️I can attest to a disaster of a relationship while cohabitating. We had a daughter together and after cohabitating for 3 yrs nothing benefited from cohabitating. There was zero communication. Lots of arguments. The only time we were close with one another was during sex Truly a sad way to begin a relationship. Selfish on both sides if you’d asked me. And now at 42 and chaste I have more peace in my life than ever before. That sexual appetite isn’t there anymore. I don’t feel lonely vs when I was cohabitating I felt lonely and depressed. There was cheating on both sides. It was a complete and utter failure.
@catholictruthliving Ай бұрын
All very well said. And I have to say that I see a lot of cohabitating couples all around me where I live, and they all fit the description you described here. Very sad, but I'm glad you found peace!
@JWellsUp Ай бұрын
@@catholictruthliving this peace didn’t come over night either. I had to put in work a lots of it. Lots of daily masses. Lots of prayer and self denial. Lots of testing. But God finally came thru and it’s like a treasure one treasures very dearly. IF.. lol.. I ever enter into a relationship. God will have to be the one setting us up. And she will have to be all things God for me to even consider. If not then I’ll just remain chaste until I die. God Bless
@catholictruthliving Ай бұрын
Amen. I (Bryan) got to a place before I was married where I didn't even need marriage. I was happy in the Lord, content, at peace. Honestly, living single is much easier and many less crosses than marriage. Marriage is a way to heaven but usually through purgation. :)
@acatholicbeachbunny Ай бұрын
If you live together, then what did you save for marriage? 😂 You don’t have to be Catholic to understand this! Also, abstaining from sex is a lot easier if you each have your own places. Sure, it’s expensive, but so are the temporal consequences of sin… I’m a Hindu to atheist to witch to Christian to eventually Catholic convert. Even before I went “all in” to my Christianity 7 years ago, I knew it made sense to abstain and not live together before marriage, because even in my rudimentary secular understanding of marriage I felt it should be different and special from all other relationships.
@Saiyan585 Ай бұрын
A relationship starts before marriage, not after. You would have to be a Christian to understand the mortal consequences of fornication. For those already cohabiting before coming to the faith, sleep in separate beds and vow to live like brother and sister until the marriage takes place to receive the Eucharist.
@catholictruthliving Ай бұрын
Wow, that sounds like an amazing conversion story. If you ever want to share it on our podcast, let us know. :) [email protected]
@acatholicbeachbunny Ай бұрын
@@catholictruthliving I’d love to! I’ll send you an email.
@catholictruthliving Ай бұрын
Thank you!
@healhands5760 Ай бұрын
2 years still struggling to have baby. most of my sperm are dead, and most cant swim. Praying and praying everyday. The doctor said keep trying there is a chance. Please pray for us 🙏🏻
@catholictruthliving Ай бұрын
We are so sorry to hear that! We will say some prayers for you too. That's heartbreaking I'm sure. We have another video on this topic further down and more extensive if you're interested. With someone who's an expert on the topic and is struggling as well.