Ep 19 Surviving the Current Crisis

The shorthand version of my story is in the confusion of the 60’s, I left the seminary, and then in the chaos of the 70’s, I left the Church. But thirty years later, I found myself back on the road to the Church of my birth, and through the grace of God and the generosity of Pope Benedict XVI, I was received into the Church along with my wife, children and small Anglican parish, Christ the King Church in Towson, MD, which I founded in 1996, and which I continued to pastor as a Catholic priest until my retirement in July 2023. It is from this perspective that I present my podcast “You Can Go Home Again”.
Fr. Ed Meeks 12-04-2023

[@dtorrice5101]

Thank you, Father Meeks! You’re appreciated and loved. The Lord bless you.

[@joegilmartin4187]

Fighting and dying for our Church would be my greatest honor. Steadfast. God Bless you Fr. Meeks

[@citaaldave765]

Amen🙏♥️🌹

[@Jaime-xy4gm]

This is SO solid. One of your protestant followers. Thank you

[@MonicasHopeMinistry]

As a former Methodist, now DEVOTED Catholic, "Come join us💗"

[@patriciamatusek194]

I love to listen to your homilies Fr. Meeks

[@carrolpierre1819]

Thank you Fr..for proclaiming God's Truth .May the Good Lord guide and protect you may he make His face to shine on you and may He grant you His peace.God bless.

[@cynthiaromero3285]

Thank you Father Meeks … God bless you and guide you always…

[@lawrenceslivinski2879]

Very well said Father! Your teaching challenges us to face our brokenness and doubt and fearlessly put our trust in our ever loving Lord, Jesus Christ!

[@josephmaxwell5033]

A fantastic insight, outline and example to us all in the Church. Oh Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son of God, send Forth Your Spirit Lord and Renew the face of the Earth.

[@kathywiens9852]

I'm so grateful for Fr. Meeks wise and instructional words ever Wednesday. This is why he is one of the many priests I pray for by name daily. 🙏🤲🙏💖💝

[@janitorcaregiver9638]

EXCELLENT PREACHING.GOD BLESS YOU.

[@petersexton5681]

Thank you father, another wonderfully powerful message to awaken us out of our slumber, God bless you and your family, Peter ❤

[@b.malnit8983]

God bless you Father Ed. You speak the TRUTH. You are the true voice of The Holy Spirit.

[@rafaelprado1042]

Thank you father!!. The enemy is within. We know some of them by name.

[@isabeljanes8230]

Thank you father. Even in retirement you are shepherding still

[@buddybrown4691]

Thank god, Father Meeks that you are retired. They cannot silence you now!

[@dorothynicols4228]

Thank you God Bless you Fr Meeks 🙏

[@livingadventures5623]

Thank you so much.

[@lifesbanquet4501]

Grateful and blessed to have your voice at this time. Hopefully, a voice that cannot be silenced.

[@maryjohansson3627]

Very well said. We are facing tough times when our morality and spirituality are being tested. Thankful for your message. It comes at a time when we are surrounded by temptations. Blessings to you.

[@a2clanderos]

Thank you for speaking up, your message, and being a great faithful leader. God bless you ✝️

[@mburke49]

Once again, thanking God for you and your ‘yes’ to the Lord. You are a modern day Joshua. Your words give me marching orders and bring peace. ❤️🙏🙏🙏

[@sharronbennett8990]

Thank you for encouraging word. Peace of Christ Jesus.

[@user-xy1ey5sj6s]

➕️God be praised. Dear Fr. Ed. I could feel your pain as you guided us with the truth and reality of the Church today. Surely God hears you as He heard Joshua's affirmation of faith. Bless you.

[@deborahtofflemire7727]

Thank you 🙏 🙏 🙏 for us in Canada

[@mayruthwilfred1323]

Awesome dear Fr Meeks.. thank u sooo much. watching from Dubai. May franco

[@richrosati7146]

Thank you Father Meeks! We need your words of encouragement in these turbulent times. Don’t ever stop feeding your flock.

[@marysisak2359]

Thank you

[@nancygagne5905]

Father Meeks, thank you for another Holy Spirit inspired homily!!! I have a small wall-hanging on my kitchen wall underneath a portrait of the Last Supper with Joshua's words: "As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord". Nobody does it as well as you do Father Meeks!! Looking forward to your next podcast!! ❤🙏🙏🙏

[@tonybamber1137]

I am so confused by what is going on and by the multitude of contradictory narratives I hear that trusting in the Lord comes very easy. He is my rock.

[@joyalias1]

You are not alone in your confusion. What helped me gain some clarity was reading Bella Dodd's book, School of Darkness, the Diary of Anti-Apostle 1025 and then attending traditional mass. I wish the best for you in your journey for Truth.😇🙏

[@viviannguyen9056]

Thank you Fr Meeks 🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏

[@gregwilson825]

A wonderful dissertation.

[@wrassmussen]

Thank you, Fr. Meeks, for speaking the Truth.

[@goldie8187]

Thank you so much! You are so needed!

[@Maria-wh7ul]

Amen and AMEN !!! Thank you, Father Meeks. I'm praying for all souls within the Church. And for those who are blindly following the wrong path. The "smoke of satan has infiltrated the Church". May the Holy Spirit light the path of all of us, ignite our hearts, and heal us from any blindness of mind, heart, and soul. Pray, pray, pray for conversion of hearts and a return to God, making Him the center of our lives and for Whom we do everything. Pray most especially for our Priests, Deacons and consecrated souls for they are the prime target of satan and most definitely under attack. Keep the faith and stay the course! God bless you, Father Meeks, and your family. May God continue to bless you on your Priestly ministry and mission 😔🙏📿🕯🕊

[@citaaldave765]

Amen!Thank You Fr. Meeks!very well said, thank You for reminding us! We loved Your channel,God bless You too,and your family!🙏♥️🌹.

[@francishopkins44]

Thank you Fr Meeks. Your Words Pierce my Heart and imbed in me the Truth of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. My Eyes are Firmly fixed on Jesus, for He is the Holy Trinity. Yet, my Soul is in Peril, for I cannot follow what is Preached by Pope Francis and all the Clergy. My confidence in those who are in charge of Preaching and Teaching the Goooospel of Christ has been shattered. I ask myself: Is the Catholic Church still Catholic. Is the Novus Ordo a Protestant Service. Has The Living Christ withdrawn Himself from the Holy Eucharist because of the lack of Reverence of His Presence? However, your Words fill me with enthusiasm. May the Holy Spirit be ever with you and Guaed and Protect you from all harm. 🕊🙏🏻🙏🏻🕊❤️

[@dukeofpurl]

Right on! For a long time now, I haven't been sure if the priest that is at the altar in my parish is a Freemason "mole" up to no good; or a deviant pervert; or just a plain old-fashioned apostate, taking orders from an equally apostate, maybe pervert, maybe Freemason bishop. It seems to me that the SSPX is in fact, in practice and in teaching, the uninterrupted continuation of the pre-Vatican2 Church into which I was baptized in the mid-'40s. The post-Vatican2 church with its Novus Ordo and trashing of Church Tradition and teaching IS the off-chute, apostate church. So how do we go about cleaning house in the Magisterium and replace it with clerics that respect Church Tradition and Teachings?

[@robertcorbin2749]

Amen Fr. Meeks.

[@CatholicCristero]

This was a GREAT TALK! Serious Question: What am I to think of the OVERWHELMING number of Priests who did not preach about the evil of Contraception, ETC. for DECADES! I hold them responsible for the Vicious Silence and think it was Spiritual Abuse. PLEASE, do a talk on this.

[@groblerful]

Thank you Fr Edward

[@marysmyth8687]

Thank you Fr Meeks. We need to hear you

[@sapentium]

Thank you Fr Meeks....a trustworthy and sincere voice in the service of the Way the Truth and the Life

[@victorschrand4412]

Thank you Father! This was a very informative and much needed podcast! ✝️🙏💖

[@helengrace3712]

Ottawa here 🚒🇨🇦… God Bless you and thank you, Fr Meeks!! My uncle was a HOLY Missionary Priest in the Dominican Republic for 40 years ❤️🙏

[@RonBEsquire]

Father, thank you for your faithfulness and speaking the Truth in these troubled times. You are a true Shepherd who is leading his flock to Jesus and our eternal home.

[@teresamelvin1073]

Thank you Father Meeks God bless you from Canada❤

[@sbasaras65]

Thank you, Father. God bless and Mary keep you, Ave Maria 🙏

[@nathanngumi8467]

Amen. Thanks Fr. for the encouraging word, may God continue blessing your vocation.

[@virginialanphear5038]

Thank you Father. God bless you and your family.

[@crosa6422]

Thank you father!

[@jans1675]

Thank you Fr. Meeks. May God bless and guide you always.

[@dianeb5339]

Amen, thank you Father Meeks

[@teresaquintal4610]

🥰🙏❤️

[@jdalpaos]

Thank you Father.

[@peterkizer6163]

Love your (earlier) sermons and your podcasts (now). The more I learn the more resolute I am to keep the Faith. Like others (Charlie Johnston), I have gone back to the Early Church; at present I am reading St Thomas Aquinas' "Catena Aurea." God Bless you and your (new) ministry).

[@thomasmc7752]

The sheep know who to follow, and it's not those who just smell like sheep, but the familiar words of a true shepherd like yourself.

[@redbarron6559]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@stevechaudoir9052]

Thank you for a thought-provoking and timely vlog, Father. Every Catholic should watch it to help understand their responsiblity in being a defender of the faith.

[@PrayNow4all]

👍👍👍

[@StarCityFAME]

Never stop preaching, Fr Meeks! God Bless you!! (And no, I am not perfect, but an incorrigible sinner seeking to be free.)

[@johnkdahlke7469]

I hoping that we will see the hand of God act next year in a big and obvious way in Israel when He fulfills the prophecy set out in Ezekiel 38:22, and as a result of that event, that the words of Ezekiel 38:23 will apply.

[@ordonezo1]

I'd add another front, Catholic Institutions especially those who educate our children and young men and women, the school in Canada, Notre Dame and now the sister St. Mary. I've told my son to stay in a local public University, that there isn't much difference today and it will only get worse imho.

[@Joe-bj8hz]

20:04 spoke to me

[@MonicasHopeMinistry]

Ka-POW!

[@brgvcu2001]

not just minors - in large part seminarians

[@catherinefischer9208]

Are you going to continue these pidcasts? I hope so.

[@andy41417]

3:30 2% caught. How many looked the other way enabling the 2%?

[@garylaxson]

Yes or no? Should I attend a wedding of my Catholic niece whose wedding will be outside the church.

[@dominicmonaghan9887]

Ask yourself this simple question: do I create more damage to my relationship with my niece if I don't attend. God would advise you to go, the devil would whisper into your ear not to go.

[@wrassmussen]

No, you cannot, as per dogma of the Church.

[@garylaxson]

The reason I asked is because at least one cardinal and many priest say no as per the previous comment.

[@dominicmonaghan9887]

@@wrassmussen Dogma! What dogma? By whom? The guiding principles of the Roman Catholic Church is set down in your catechism, the new testament of the Holy Bible, keeping the ten commandments and attending the holy sacrifice of the Mass daily, if you are able. Dogma!!!! The person who chooses to have their wedding outside the Roman Catholic Church has declared she is no longer of the RC faith. Simple as. Would it stop you going to a Protestant wedding service or a Jewish wedding ceremony?

[@thomasmc7752]

Get them a nice present, and make your apologies for not being able to attend.

[@brgvcu2001]

While or red martyrdom

[@peterkizer6163]

All I gotta say is: Joshua 24:15. Sadly, this excludes the current Church leadership.

[@memeh1290]

Is not the Gate actually our Blessed Mother Mary?! Hell will never conquer Her

[@margaretwandel5660]

Maybe only 2 percent of priests abused children but what percentage knew and did nothing?

[@deesharp7677]

Father, I love watching your series. I do not like the sometimes nasty commercials. I understand you make some money from the ads but when they show boobs, chesty men and others, it’s very distracting from your series. Can they be limited or chosen by you?

[@fr.edwardmeeks1539]

To be clear, I do not make money from my KZbin channel, and, unfortunately, I have no control over the ads. control

[@christinastratton4817]

No you cannot attend such a wedding

[@GGGinJe]

Well said by such a fine man. It is so sad that those who faithfully serve God are grouped in with evil ones in their midst. And far sadder... now having to deal with a very evil, apostate pope.

[@wml1736]

Thank you