Beware of Catholic Influencers: The Story of Pelagius

[@2196logan]

Yes, this is why I loved when you talked about Don Bosco. No one is perfect. Look for humility and test all spirts. Thank you for everything you do. We will pray for you always.

[@catholicmenspodcast]

I appreciate the prayers more than I can say.

[@nandinoo]

I love you channel; it's a simple, no nonsense view of the world regarding important things

[@prayunceasingly2029]

Saint bosco please pray for me, an unbaptized man who never had the sacrament of confession. All saints please pray for me a sinner. Amen

[@veronica_._._._]

Tomorrow you can go. Just read off the card off the wall, and explain your predicament

[@prayunceasingly2029]

@veronica_._._._ what card, I am not sure?

[@liberatewethepeople9121]

Find a pew and a priest!

[@beatlecristian]

@@prayunceasingly2029 Get baptized as soon as possible. Say the Rosary and ask Our Lady to help you.

[@prayunceasingly2029]

@beatlecristian I say the rosary every day, well a part of it, the hail Mary. I forget to do our fathers sometimes unfortunately but I do pray the Jesus prayer too.

[@MikeH2025]

Yes, I agree with your warning that Catholics need to be cautious when it comes to some so-called Catholic influencers on KZbin. I watch some of them and they are hawking so many products. I think I am watching a Catholic version of the Shopping Channel! I have watched several of your videos and am very impressed. So, now I'm going to subscribe to your channel.

[@JohnCollins-v2v]

Superb. So glad I found you on this site.

[@michaelman957]

God bless. I needed that reminder to be humble and not think so much of my image.

[@jcald111]

Very important message. Too many Catholics, both conservatives and liberals, blindly follow supposed seers and mystics. There are also a lot of questionable teachers out there on social media.

[@toshibahomeschool5704]

Like father "cataclysm is comming" and when it doesn’t comes that was just because his prayers were so strong!!!

[@luistrevino9431]

Hello and so glad you’re back! God Bless your ministry!

[@tru2thastyle]

This is even more true of nondenominational Christians. With all the people running around saying that Jesus wasn’t “religious.”

[@HisCoconutGun]

Im relatively convinced that "non-denominational churches" are mostly cults

[@thatwifeofhis7815]

Do not canonize according to subscriber count. 😄Nice! Bless you--such precious vids from you. Needed this.

[@TheFireDivine]

As a Catholic influencer, I want other Catholics to hold me accountable, and I want God to hold me accountable.

[@debbieramsey8933]

Excellent vid!!! God bless you!

[@keepkalm777]

I love KZbin for bringing me here! Your set up is great, and the message is important

[@hallowed]

Very happy you are addressing this.

[@robstr12]

Thank you

[@fawn1785]

Excellent teaching.

[@angea1462]

This is the straight to the point, no non sense facts I needed to hear today! God bless you! 🙏❤️

[@thecatholicman]

Excellent video

[@Mr_x_Redwood]

Brings to mind the "call no man father/rabbit/teacher" verse. The titles aren't bad inherently, except when you turn that father/teacher/rabbi/etc into your guru or gurus, replacing Christ, His words, and his Church as your main or sole source of eternal truth. Obviously you can and will be helped towards God by holy men (iron sharpen iron and all) and the examples of the Saints, but like mentioned, test everything and everyone.

[@johnfiaschetti3926]

Great advice ! Love your channel. My family and I always enjoy what you put out.

[@erwcik3760]

We missed you Matthew. Saint José Cafasso please pray for him!

[@roseg1333]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🕊️❤️

[@ccrmag]

I’m no man but I am a subscriber now

[@theresaaragon-s8q]

Thank you with all my ♥️. I thank the Holy Spirit for working through you for us

[@courtney1709]

A most important message, thank you for all you do!🙏🏻❤️

[@starpinestudio]

Such a powerful story! Often times we are tempted to withhold sins in the confessional. If the story of the monk teaches anything, it's to let go of all pride and recognize that it's Jesus you are talking to in the sacrament of confession. He already knows what you've done, so just apologize for all of it and try to do better moving forward. Priests have heard it all.. You're not going to surprise them. Also, useing the screened side will maintain your privacy if you're concerned about them knowing who you are. Just think of the celebration that happens in heaven when a sinner FULLY repents of their sin. That's a party worth having a moment of discomfort and embarrassment for!

[@edsteel6715]

Enjoy listening to this man!!

[@roseg1333]

Amen! I line how your dog is with you too 🥰🐕🙏🏼❤️✝️

[@ryang7759]

nice video brother. thanks for the solid content.

[@masonthompsen9209]

Have you ever heard the story of pelagius the unwise?

[@femaleKCRoyalsFan]

I was going to say is he the one that darth sidious killed?

[@ChristoJP]

if i confess my sins to God and forget one of the sins i confessed but ask for forgiveness for my sins will the one i forgot be forgiven?

[@joemomma6662]

Yes it is but you should also confess it next time you go

[@ih8tepeople]

This reminds me of saint Francis of Assisi (?). When they wanted to bury a rich man on sacred soil but the saint said he was in hell, and his heart was found on his safe with his money.

[@catholicmenspodcast]

I just found that story!!

[@southerncatholicgal5548]

I just gotta say that I love your Harriet Oleson profile picture

[@jacobitewiseman3696]

​@catholicmenspodcast link please?

[@barborazajacova7633]

That is a story about St. Anthony of Padua ❤

[@Catechuman23]

The story of Pelagius is one of my favorites from the"Dogma of Hell"

[@sjp4ut]

Smart dog it seems! Looked like he knew when you were concluding lol

[@rschiwal]

The weed that the enemy spread among the wheat was darnel. This is something we miss when we hear the parable of the good sower and his enemy. Darnel looks almost exactly like wheat, but its seed is toxic. This means the weeds growing among us can look and act just like good Christians, but it is only skin deep. That is why saints, especially living saints like Padre Pio during his life receive such intense scrutiny before they are declared saints, and you must be careful of influencers and politicians who say they are Catholic. If their job depends on their appearance, they may be true, but they may be inauthentic.

[@Ergorexestu]

I’m no longer a practicing Catholic or Christian but you do make A good point about wolf in sheep’s clothing. I was in line at a fast food restaurant recently and these two dudes were talking about how they were tired of going to the young adult groups bc none of the chicks want to hook up

[@compellingbutforgettable903]

Repent, and embrace the Catholic faith before it's too late.

[@codywork-us7wu]

We have had to curtail bad men out of young adult groups before. Its very unpleasant, but some men (not all just 1 or 2) change and become truly virtuous.

[@josephcharles7589]

This current canonization process needs to be reviewed

[@scootahscoot9389]

Most definitely Faustina, JP II. John Henry Newman definitely not Saints

[@Michael01093]

@@scootahscoot9389they are most definitely canonised saints.

[@beatlecristian]

@@scootahscoot9389I understand Faustina and JPII being suspect, but what of John Henry Newman?

[@scootahscoot9389]

@@Michael01093 Canonizations and private revelations are not infallible, especially after Paul VI (‘66) who butchered Traditional (2 Thes 2: 15) Mass and JP II (demon worship at Assisi) made much easier

[@scootahscoot9389]

@@beatlecristian Asked to be buried w his boyfriend

[@ryanEstandarte]

That story reminded me of Raymond Diocres who rose from the dead to say that he's damned in hell during his requiem mass and then became dead again.

[@lemmdus2119]

Isn’t Palagious action of not humbling himself and going to Confession a sin against the Holy Spirit?

[@nataleenriosgonzalez6687]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@GodLovesAll-j8j]

POPE BENEDICT XVI: “God wants your friendship. And once you enter into friendship with God, everything in your life begins to change. As you come to know him better, you will find you want to reflect something of his infinite goodness in your own life. You become attracted to the practice of virtue. You begin to see greed and selfishness and all the other sins for what they really are, destructive and dangerous tendencies that cause deep suffering and do greater damage, and you want to avoid falling into that trap yourselves. You begin to feel compassion for people in difficulties and you are eager to do something to help them. You want to come to the aid of the poor and the hungry, you want to comfort the sorrowful, you want to be kind and generous. And once these things begin to matter to you, you are well on the way to becoming saints”

[@catcans]

I think I just became your first X follower...or you have a clone! We are a little crazier there but you're definitely in good company with lots of young, passionate Catholics around.

[@catholicmenspodcast]

Oh I actually forgot that I'm on x. Welcome aboard!

[@voyello]

@@catholicmenspodcast drop the link sir

[@catholicmenspodcast]

Sure. twitter.com/catholicmenspod

[@WarriorPrincess717]

What do you think about Fr. Ripperger? Aren’t there saints who many people loved them like St. Philip Neri, St. padre Pio… etc

[@catholicmenspodcast]

It doesn't really matter what I think, but I only listened to one of his talks about manhood and definitely liked it. I would only add that if you give a young man role-models from our sainted history, manliness becomes much easier to attain. But yes, I liked it immensely. I don't know everything about everyone and I'm not the arbiter of who is worthy to be followed. I'm just saying be careful: a big following doesn't neccessarily mean correct Catholic teaching or that someone is holy. Usually it means exactly the opposite in this messed up world. My biggest friends are the great Doctors of the Church: St. Alphonsus Liguori, for instance. Or the amazing sermons of St. John Vianney. I'm not sure about the great St. Philip Neri, but I definitely know that there were hundreds of cases in which St. John Bosco cured people immediately in their presence, even resurrecting two boys from the dead. However he greatly disliked the attention that this caused. People flooded into his Church with requests. That's why he started giving them a novena to Our Lady Help of Christians in attempt to disconnect the miracle from him. The miracle really comes from above, anyway. However, Don Bosco also said that demonic people could appear to work miracles through the devil and this can be discovered if they show signs of being "proud, unruly or untruthful." He told one of his Salesian nuns who claimed to be having visions: God would never appear to someone as disobedient as you. She promptly left the convent in a huff. Guess the visions weren't real after all. Basically, true sanctity or devilry can be very hard to discern and we should definitely keep our eyes open. Popularity has nothing at all to do with sanctity. You can't really say Our Lord was truly popular, because He was crucified and died like an apparent criminal. If you speak the truth, expect some adherents, but there will be far more persecution for justice's sake. Job from the Old Testament was not very popular either, come to think of it. I hope this helps.

[@Heracleetus]

Fr Chad is a scrupulosity factory. In my opinion he's quite proud and says things that are imprudent. It also bothers me that he rubs elbows with a lot of podcasters who are arguably sedevacantists

[@beatlecristian]

@@Heracleetus Never got that sense from Father Ripperger at all. Scruples, imprudence, sedes, nothing. I enjoy his talks on the Rosary and the use of Latin.

[@Heracleetus]

@@beatlecristian there are plenty of people online (myself included) who say they fell into scrupulosity as a result of listening to Fr Chad's "conferences". As for the imprudence, I've heard other priests and other exorcists talk about how Fr Chad imprudently discusses details of exorcism cases in which he's served as exorcist, and the spirit in which he shares these unnecessary details is more in the spirit of attention seeking than edification. I'm thinking particularly of the many times he says stuff like "I was really making this demon suffer and twisting the screws on him, then he admitted *this* startling fact to me!" ... He's said things about Harry Potter, and supposed demons connected to the books, that were proven false. I also recall him saying "if you're not in a state of grace then your prayers merit NOTHING!" and "if you are praying to anyone but God, you must pray out loud because only God has access to your thoughts". I also recall (don't quote me on this) him saying that married women working, when it isn't absolutely necessary for their survival, is *gravely* disordered, as is men being stay-at-home dads.... My understanding, from speaking with other priests, is that these things are not grave matter (they are at worst only a little disordered) but the point is Fr Chad gives his opinions and false information like they are fact. I wish I could find where he said these things, to support my point. I was a big fan of him when i started my reversion, until I realized his talks were making me scrupulous and sucking all the joy out of my faith. I know I'm not unique there. As for the sede angle, Fr Chad often finds himself on the podcasts of Taylor Marshall and others who disparagingly refer to our Holy Father as "Bergoglio" and continue to push the extensively debunked Pachamama conspiracy theory, yet in contrast, Fr Chad has never, as far as I know, been on the podcasts of any "popesplainers".

[@thephoenixcycle8854]

Is the lady with the sunglasses an influencer to watch out for? I don't know who that is

[@catholicmenspodcast]

It's just a conceptual picture of an influencer KZbin personality. No one in particular.

[@thephoenixcycle8854]

@@catholicmenspodcast Ok cool.

[@TimRivette]

I come from a Catholic, yet very Catholic race of people. What I am seeing is a return to a very conservative base with very old fashioned traditional ideas.

[@Minime163]

Very true many questionable catholic influncers on KZbin

[@TevadaPay-Pey]

I'd expect the comments section to be more worried over going to Hell for "one bad thought." Would you say Pelagius went to Hell because of the thought or because he disobeyed a direct order from God to confess his thought? I might be scrupulous, but how bad would a thought be to warrant its weight as greater than all the penances and devotions Pelagius could have done?

[@catholicmenspodcast]

I think it was likely full consent to a lustful thought. Taking pleasure in it. I'm pretty sure that's one of the only thought sins we have to worry about. I used to be frightfully afraid of it, but just remember it has to be full consent of the will.

[@TevadaPay-Pey]

@@catholicmenspodcast Good to know. Pelagius is such a tragic case. People usually don't have the grace of having our Guardian Angel tell us exactly what we must do. If he just obeyed instead of fussing over his image then he could have made it.

[@danielcharland1374]

I'm a bit confused, is this a historical true story about Pelagius, or a Catholic folk tale meant to convey a lesson?

[@catholicmenspodcast]

"The Catechist" is a collection of true stories from renowned Catholic writers and historians. The source connected to the story is written directly beneath it.

[@danielcharland1374]

@@catholicmenspodcast Curious. I'll have to look into this more then, because I'm not sure how to reconcile this theologically with the consents of God's eternal mercy if it's true that a man was condemned to hell for a single unconfessed thought. Thank you for providing this literary recommendation.

[@catholicmenspodcast]

We must confess all of our sins if we want to go to Heaven. Taking pleasure in a lustful thought is a mortal sin and should definitely be confessed.

[@R.C.425]

❤

[@normmcinnis4102]

Read 'The Myth of Pelagius' by Ali Bonner.

[@catholicmenspodcast]

Different Pelagius.

[@spykezspykez7001]

I've always believed that what sins you do not confess, the devil or demons can always come at you from with an angle of some sorts. I am simple enough I can't find the reference to this opinion, that I would say take this with a pinch of salt, but when I do things right by God and my conscience, this is one less worry I have to deal with when I face everyday evil: that the devil will try and use an unconfessed sin against me. Go to confession. God bless.

[@MereTradition]

One of my greatest fears is to ever let the ‘platform’ get to my head and tempt me speak heresy or do some other sin. One of the reasons I rarely ever go live is because I want the chance to reflect on what I’ve said before publishing. I always have in my mind ‘what if my priest saw this?’

[@RamónSalazar-t2y]

your channel is interesting. YT recommended it to me recently. something intriguing and funny, it's how the channel has the slogan to help the male audience but there are several women here haha anyway.. what do you think of Jordan Peterson?

[@catholicmenspodcast]

I don't know why my opinion matters, but it's going to take a very long time for me to trust a man who only a few years ago said that the reason why men pick the harder jobs in society is because we all descended from lobsters. It takes quite a while for all the absurd theories to be boiled out of a person's mentality even after conversion. IF he has truly converted, a recent convert has no business lecturing anyone on the Bible, but should humbly listen and learn for at least as long as he studied in psychology. You wouldn't let a brain surgeon operate on you if he had only recently acknowledged that brains exist. Educating people on the Bible is the most sacred task there is and should be done with the same care as an experienced physician. I respect him for standing up to the woke mob, but that doesn't mean every idea he has is wonderful because he's famous. His reasons for not calling a transgender student by their preferred pronoun was NOT because it wasn't their biological sex, but because authority got involved. Not the highest reasoning, if you ask me.

[@RamónSalazar-t2y]

@@catholicmenspodcast I understand your points

[@Pax_Christi_Tecum]

Did JPII recant his many public apostasies? for starters

[@michaelhaywood8262]

What ''public apostasies''?

[@Pax_Christi_Tecum]

@michaelhaywood8262 kissing the Koran, assissi accords, participating in pagan rituals for starters.

[@michaelhaywood8262]

@@Pax_Christi_Tecum I agree trat kissing the koran was unwise, but what is remotely wrong with the Assisi accords. What ''pagan rituals''? What about all the good he did, his part in the fall of communism in Poland for example.

[@Pax_Christi_Tecum]

@@michaelhaywood8262 kissing the Koran is more than just a bad judgment call, it is a grave public act of apostasy by the supposed pope. Some further examples : he removed the crucifix from the altar in Assisi in 1986 and gave approval of its replacement by Buddhist monks with a golden statue of Buddha. he gave permission to mark oneself in papal disguise with a pagan sign (symbol made by cow dung on the forehead) of Shiva (one of the gods included in the Hindu caricature of the Holy Trinity) and to drink a ritual concoction during a pagan ceremony in the islands of Fiji. He priased the Voodoo religion, which is a cult of demons and snakes. he gave permission to heretics and schismatics countless times to perform their worship in buildings and places once belonging to the Catholic Church, such as giving “blessings” to the people gathered in them. These quotes are taken from the site (www.sanctamissa.pl/en/vaticanum-ii-antichurch/antipope-karol-jozef-wojtyla-aka-john-paul-ii/antipope-john-paul-ii-heresies-in-a-nutshell/). this is all well documented including video documentation.

[@saladfingers.]

I find some of the "celebrity" Catholic exorcists to be suspect... Bar Vincent Lampert. Relying on fear to get a message across is not faith nor love. Its scare mongering. And the spiritual pride and smug self satisfaction in some of them is verging on repulsive. One priest especially makes my skin crawl, but is lauded by many.

[@beatlecristian]

The only one I really listen to is Father Ripperger, hasn’t said anything I find suspect.

[@jesusloveseveryone888]

I find Fr. Lampert very humble, ang appreciate his ministry. I have read in YT comments in his interviews that some turned away from their darkness because he instilled fear by speaking truth of the demonic realm. There are influencers like Bree and Lofton who I find prideful. Lampert is far from that - he’s a Holy man.

[@cafecomescrita]

@@jesusloveseveryone888 He has spread falsehood before, like his instance on the use of the traditional rite of exorcism in Latin. Either he is right or all the other exorcists are right, it's impossible to reconcile what he says and what, say, fr. Ripperger or Amorth say. I think he is wrong.

[@beatlecristian]

@@cafecomescrita what do you mean about the use of Latin? It IS more effective in driving out the demonic.

[@beatlecristian]

@@Denis.Collins Sola Fide is a Protestant heresy.

[@LostArchivist]

Is that the same Pelagius of Pelagianism infamy?

[@catholicmenspodcast]

I really don't think so.

[@LostArchivist]

@@catholicmenspodcast Yeah I thought about it, he was excommunicated if I reme,ber correctly. Does not fit with the story.

[@neggit2063]

Honestly don't understand why any catholic man would listen to stuff like Lila Rose. There's a reason Mary was a follower, but never an apostole.

[@czarman3]

Not all saints are men. Mary was a follower and so we're all the apostles who were men. There are a lot of Catholic women Lay and religious who are teachers, catechists, etc. Lila is a pro-life apologist/teacher. In this age of internet, evangelization is even more crucial.

[@macabeo]

But you are a catholic influencer

[@catholicmenspodcast]

You should scrutinize everything I say and see if it corresponds to what the Church has taught for the last 2,000 years. Follow Catholic KZbinrs, but with both eyes wide open.

[@scootahscoot9389]

Yeah man. Satan’s Divine Mercy Vortex 🌀 (Mt 24: 25; not infallible) ruined my life Careful w some of Vatican II ‘pastoral’ council “Saints”

[@Chevaposaurus]

@PintsWithAquinas next guest??! Get in touch with Matt Frad. Let’s get this crossover we all need!!!

[@catholicmenspodcast]

I'll have to look up his show. Sounds interesting.

[@FranKern-j5s]

@@catholicmenspodcast PintsWithAquinas insults women who have jobs.... as do some other male Catholic influencers.

[@myfakinusername]

@@FranKern-j5s What? Where?

[@MegaMetal96]

@@FranKern-j5sbased

[@adiesumpermariam4111]

@@FranKern-j5sa large number of his guests are women who have jobs. You really shouldn’t make accusations like that. His position is that the highest good is if the mother is able to stay home with her children.

[@roseg1333]

Ahhhh! I finally found you! I have been wondering what happened to you why they suddenly just replaced you on St Jon Bosco’s page I stoped following them I didn’t like it anymore after you left. It wasn’t at all the same 🥲 but thank goodness I found you here 🥹🙏🏼🕊️✝️ thanks be to God you are ok and well

[@juancarlosbarron3756]

You got me with the General Gorostieta picture. 🤌🏾🤌🏾🤌🏾🤌🏾

[@catholicmenspodcast]

He was pretty awesome!

[@juancarlosbarron3756]

I highly recommend you a book by Heriberto Navarrete, “Por Dios y por la Patria “. Navarrete was part of Gorostieta inner circle. In the book, Navarrete describes the day to day in the life of a cristero unit