A Friar Life: Fr. Bill McConville, OFM

[@wargriffin5]

This friar is gonna show everyone the Whey.

[@sebastianbecher8927]

Ha!

[@townsendm794]

Very good! 😁

[@FelipeViannaNutriUFRJ]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@michelevigliani94]

🤣🤣🤣🤣,hugs from Sardinia,that was good😉

[@Squidwardsangryface]

😂😂😂😂

[@GFPunch]

Awesome & Refreshing to see a Priest working out and the results! Never saw a Clergy in the gym. Good way to surprise others and spread the Word by Action & Example!

[@TJM-yq2ui]

GFPunch Cardinal Tobin works out in the gym too!

[@krdiaz8026]

GFPunch Perhaps because they don't wear clerical clothing while working out. 😄

[@TorontoJediMaster]

My parish priest had a small workout room at his old parish, in the basement. He belonged to a gym where he is now...Only it's been shut down for most of the last year.

[@chasehatton8987]

What a boss. Goals.

[@BreakingInTheHabit]

He's a great guy! Excellent preacher too, but I couldn't get that into the video.

[@alexanderaflalo4128]

@@BreakingInTheHabit What do you mean by that?

[@mbnRaleigh]

Fr. Bill is an amazing guy. He was one of my priests at St. Francis in Raleigh for many years. He's a guys, guy. Super relatable, knowledgable, and easy to talk to. His community is very fortunate indeed.

[@FJhei]

*Father living the Whey, truth and life.*

[@sebastianbecher8927]

Drumroll 🤣

[@liamking719]

The first 2:24 not sure why but it hits me like a ton of bricks every time I watch it. Something about the music and Fr. McConville talking about his quiet time in the morning is just awe inspiring.

[@ElizabethRodriguez-tp3pn]

Yes!!! I got a tad emotional and I couldn't even tell why.

[@loisdouglass-alston7135]

This is my parish - LOVE the IC Community!!

[@MEMarco1958]

You sure look great after all the years Billy. I know that big Bill and Ronnie are proud of you...a true disciple of Christ and Francis of Assisi 😇😇😇

[@vincentbarraza1115]

I'm slowly wanting to become a franciscan! 😊

[@user-db6el7eb9p]

Me too and I am a woman :p

[@vincentbarraza1115]

There are franciscan nuns...only, they live in a monastery...

[@vincentbarraza1115]

@Patrick Nugroho Hadiwinoto i was an aspirant for a year. Then, i wasn't accepted to become a postulant.

[@MichaelRomo]

I don't comment often, but I wanted to chime in and say... I love this little series your doing! Very fun to see different ways of living within your order. Can't wait for the next one!

[@michaelj529]

Fr. Bill seems like a really solid “regular” guy. Good for him.

[@josephryan5949]

I like his attitude to life. Structure is fine, but some people operate better with less of it. I would say, people are at ease in his company. A listening ear is often what many of us need. Good to see him working out. Might encourage more of us to start. Thanks, Br.Casey. Good job !

[@vivimaze]

Love this series!

[@michelegoodus8566]

His homilies stay with me. Amazing!

[@st.michaelthearchangel7774]

Dang, father has some epic gains!!! He has great holiness gains too. however, would be nice to see him in the habit.

[@billybob-bj3nw]

I love this new series! It's absolutely amazing! Fr. Bill seems like an awesome man.

[@yeseniagastelo3941]

I'm learning about priest and english with your videos, thanks

[@giovannipezzin5707]

When the "lift for Jesus" meme comes to life

[@dovie2blue]

Super touching.

[@hotwheelzthefloridadawg0964]

Father Bill is my priest at UGA Go Dawgs and more importantly Peace be with you 🙏

[@janiejohnson5552]

Thank you Father.Many blessings from Saint Francis of Assisi Lenoir N.C.Please remember our precious late Father Matthew Leonard in your prayers.Blessings,Janie

[@stevenpatrickstone766]

Wonderful man. Great profile. He's yet another who doesn't wear a habit. Years ago a woman (now a nun who wears a habit) remembered hearing the news that nuns habits were being done away with. She was disturbed by it and thought " nuns are in the world to effect the world for God, but alas..... the world has instead effected them."

[@stevenpatrickstone766]

Hi Alex. Have you watched the video on this channel titled "Millennials and the Church: A Conversation with Fr. Daniel Horan" ? Start it at 13:40 and you'll get a nice explanation for the habit from Br Casey and Fr Horan. Even though I don't agree with everything they say I think their viewpoint is interesting and something to think about.

[@st.michaelthearchangel7774]

Star_City_Mayor I was a first order Franciscan for a year (did not work out). They wear a 100% brown wool habit all the time, no matter what. Franciscan life is a life of penance. The habit is a penance and must not be taken off just because it becomes uncomfortable or inconvenient. Also, there was a saint that struggled with his habit. He had a vision of Jesus carrying His cross. The saint wanted to go and help our Lord, but Jesus replied that if you cannot even carry the cross of your habit, you cannot possibly carry mine. Needless to say, the saint wore the habit there on out. The story is something to that affect at least. Not to mention, the habit is blessed by a bishop, at least the community I was in. That is a tremendous amount of grace just with the habit alone. As the old saying goes, offer it up.

[@gabrielaraujo6707]

@@st.michaelthearchangel7774 I know that had passed away so many years,but what saint had this vision?

[@jacobgunter8535]

1:28 My favorite part of the video!

[@ІринаМикулин]

Wow))) so nice! This friar is a good example for us)) It breaks all stereotypes about priests)) God bless you! And thanks for such good videos! Ukraine is with you))!

[@florian8599]

8:19 Oh, hi Casey!

[@nuna1627]

Wow, what a great inspiration!!

[@bddogcatball]

Excellent series!

[@michaeldunne8493]

What an inSPIRITation!

[@simonnestor3789]

Saint Leonard of Port Maurice pray for us and Father Bill!

[@lollipop6411]

Awesome video.

[@thelonenoob2489]

Love this ! 💜

[@dennisjacob1081]

Please pray for my vocation to the seminary

[@purewater77887]

Br Casey Please resume making these videos! Grazi

[@hungtranvan914]

I love francesco and I want to become a franciscian.

[@Joequaile]

I live really close this guy. A small town called Pittsboro.

[@MrJellyfish975]

He should start an exercise program for the youth, lord knows I could have used his insights when I was a fat little rolly polly of a child and its been like pulling teeth trying to get in shape as an adult.... just a thought but definitely teaching people to be healthy could be a calling from him!

[@Dogboy1092]

Wow.... Father Bill seems like he could go the distance with Wolverine! I hope I'm still that motivated at 71. Besides that, he just seems like a great priest. The sort who you could just really connect with and feel comfortable with chatting one on one casually to.

[@sergiomazariegos7198]

Reps for Jesus!

[@donk1946]

Another great addition to your series, Bro.Casey. How about adding a link to Fr. Bill's brief daily reflection on the scripture from the day's liturgy?

[@lorenzopomi6551]

Hello from italy

[@RJStockton]

0:02 How heavy is that load? Because it doesn't look like he'd be struggling to lift it. Was he on his thousandth rep?

[@nicksteven1112]

Wonder if any clown has seen Fr Bill in the gym and asked for Confession in the gym. Because that's happened to my Parish Priest HAHA!

[@avemaria4788]

That would be a good Catholic, not a clown

[@nicksteven1112]

@@avemaria4788 time and place for everything. I personally hate it when people call me with regard to work when I'm gymming. Our priests are also human beings.

[@avemaria4788]

@@nicksteven1112 Nicholas, for a priest hearing confessions isn't just "work". It's a part of their lifestyle that they live 24/7. If someone calls with an emergency with a near death experience, that priest will show up. Confession is one of the most important parts of life! Sometimes people's scrutiny will cause them to want to confess immediately, some people can't wait.

[@nicksteven1112]

@@avemaria4788 IF it is an emergency, then yes, the priest should oblige. You are absolutely right that the sacraments are probably the most important aspects of our faith. But I'd fail to see how an emergency to receive the sacraments would come about when one of us meets the priest in the gym. It can always be arranged for a separate appointment. It's different if the priest receives a sick call while he's gymming and he has to stop what he's doing to rush to minister to someone who's on his/her death bed. It's quite another thing altogether when we Catholics think that receiving the Sacraments is a right and have no consideration at all for what our priests are doing, and EXPECT the priests to drop whatever they're doing just to attend to our problems which honestly can wait, and would be better ministered to when the priest in a space to minister sacramentally. We cannot and should not act entitled when it comes to the sacraments.

[@manueljardimfernandes9456]

2:23 Damn that’s a lot of books from Dante

[@powerliftingcentaur]

I am not too much younger than this friar. It is interesting for me to watch to see how someone else’s life turned out. In the 60’s, I left a Divine Word Missionary seminary after two years, only to find myself turning into something of the kind in middle age. This is how God smiles. I guess He better not laugh.

[@florian8599]

2:31 Oh hi, John Henry!

[@splashpont]

Ah! That's why I know his name: he was a Siena College President (after I had graduated)--a great Franciscan college near Albany, NY.

[@MegaYoung2013]

Does anyone know the name of the piano melody at 3:10?

[@jegan2148]

There is no lady poverty 😊😊😊😊

[@Pienotto]

"So you don't believe in God, eh? My brothers convert atheists with St. Anselm's ontological proof, but I prefer St. Van Damme's physiological proof. Would you like to hear it?"

[@linasmarcinkevicius]

Pumping iron! :)

[@yivelihumekaa9523]

Why are some friars called Father and some Brother?

[@BreakingInTheHabit]

Some are priests (father) and some are not (brother). All friars are brothers, some are also priests.

[@vitorroque6298]

I think celibacy (seven retention) is a big reason why him with 70 years old looks that good

[@LCMM2150]

Whata!

[@anonkurian]

Was this life st francis lived? Seriously?

[@renegoldsmith6281]

IT DEFINITELY IS NOT!!!😞

[@oolooo]

A Priestly Friar who teaches the Gospel of Jesus Christ and is RIPPED .In my circles , we call that a CHAD .

[@williamdunson7163]

Father may I ask your age?

[@Steve-qr2lm]

70 in this video

[@SoapyGopher]

good for him, but there is absolutely no way this is natural.

[@mick1gallagher]

Breaking the habit very hard to get off the hand pump when you start. Try giving it up and its a mortal sin as well