Father Mark Beard's Homily, First Sunday of Advent, November 27, 2022

[@Susan1Minnie]

I am watching this a day or two after this blessed priest died, very unexpectedly. My heart breaks 💔 that the world lost this outstanding man of God! I am going to watch every published homily of this priest. And I shall pray for him daily.

[@letkidsbkids9327]

Me too! It’s hard to figure out which ones I’ve seen but I listen to them as I find them-some I’ve heard 3-4 times already and still I hear some new each time. He’s in my daily Divine Mercy prayer as well as all those in purgatory. ❤

[@okdoke98]

Me too.

[@katsinthecradle6155]

Me too 😢

[@wendypicou8503]

Oh. My. GOSH!!! I absolutely LOVE this Priest!!! I’m coming over there for a Holy Mass!!! I googled it, it’s an hour and 45 minutes away!!! I’ve GOT to meet this man of God!!! Y’all are truly BLESSED over there in Amite!!! ✝️♥️

[@paullanier8280]

Wendy Picou, you are going to meet a wonderful place ! Also, Father Mark has put many people going in a proper direction. Just go, and as I am able to, I travel over , also , and feel at peace !!.

[@michellemailloux2483]

No, he has spoken error, albeit he is probably a man of good will..still, he has spoken error: How did Padre Pio end up in Purgatory if he was a canonized Saint? How are ALL people from different faiths in Purgatory when the Church teaches that there is no salvation outside of the Catholic Church? Can non-Catholics be saved? Yes, but how hard it will be and they will have to be innocently ignorant of the Fullness of Truth found only in the Catholic Church. Also, if they are saved, it'll be through the Catholic Church. Will all Catholics be saved? No, not if they die in mortal sin. These revelations from this nun are not in line with what the Church teaches, therefore, should be resisted.

[@wendypicou8503]

@@paullanier8280 I can’t wait!!!

[@loganjackson1335]

Wendy Picou I am with you on this he Speaks the Truth and I love that. I live in Ga and would love to come to one of his Masses. I watch it everyday evening.

[@wendypicou8503]

@@loganjackson1335 Yes he does and with passion too! Usually when I find someone awesome like this they live far away. I was so excited when I discovered he’s over there in Amite, LA! One hour 45 minutes away!!! I just need to look up their Mass times and I’m on my way!!! Can’t wait!

[@happyangels2149]

I love you Father Mark , Lord receive Father Mark soul 😢 Amen!

[@annamariayannetta242]

😞💔🌹🙏😞💔🌹🙏 5:13

[@aaroncrisler1911]

Father we shared your video on all of our group pages internationally!!! Over 250,000 Catholics in 98 Countries including, All of South America, South Africa, Fiji, Saudi Arabia, Kenya, all of Europe and the United Arab Emirates, Japan, Maylasia, Singapore, Columbia, Brazil, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, Rwanda and many many more Your messages are impacting the world 🌎 Thank you and we included you in our Medjugorje Pray group intentions this evening. 😁🙏🏽 God bless you always Father.

[@emeraldisle5541]

Hi, thanks and be blessed but remember East Africa as well, west and north

[@zooey1149]

Philippines as well.

[@maryjoabatt910]

Did you hear he passed away August 2nd? I was so sorry to only learn of this wonderful and holy priest after his death.

[@maryagnew8083]

His homilies always makes me feel so good even though the subject of the matter is frightful and serious. I continue to pray for his soul.Rest in Peace Fr Mark Beard.❤

[@Susan-wh8xq]

HE WAS A WONDERFUL PRIEST. REST IN PEACE YOU WERE A SERVENT OF GOD🙏🙏🙏😇😇❤ GOD BLESS YOU FR MARK

[@joegru7280]

Praying for Him, what a legend.

[@watermain48]

God bless you Fr. Mark Beard. You bring such joy to us even after your tragic passing. I have to limit myself to watching only one of your homilies per day so they will last me longer. Please pray for me.

[@shaunontheweb8119]

Just tapped on the shoulder by the wonderful Holy Spirit...I am sure we are praying for the soul of God's wonderful servant Fr. Mark let's go one better let's share his last Advent message far and wide so that it reaches 10 times the peeps that have seen this already...let's give Fr Mark his best Advent and Christmas ever...Viva Cristo Rey....Alleluia...God Bless

[@zimac9313]

I have only found out about Fr Beard after his passing. I've learned to love him & his homilies (I'm sharing them). You're in my prayers. ✝️🙏🛐💕

[@jessica2388]

All I can say is wow and God Bless him! I also read in the comments that he passed away. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. ~Amen~

[@AI_Educator]

Listening and enjoying the rekindling of my faith from South Korea. Thank you Father.

[@AI_Educator]

And the cameraman and those that upload this to youtube.

[@renee8545]

♥️🙏♥️Praying for Fr. Mark Beard ✝️📿 RIP ✝️

[@annamariayannetta242]

🙏💔😞🌹🙏😞💔🌹 0:59

[@judyspindel592]

Awesome Awesome homily Fr Mark am praying for you please pray for me

[@danielleurbano]

Rest in peace Father Mark. Everyone pray at least one Divine Mercy Chaplet for him. Prayer St Gertrude's prayer and the stations of the cross for him and all souls in purgatory.

[@imrosieposie2010]

Our beloved Fr.Beard is gone I want to THANK WHOEVER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ADDING HIS HOMILIES TO KZbin. You don’t realize how Fr. Beard’s homilies have helped me. PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE ANY OF THEM. I just found him the past few months I want to see all of his homilies. ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@paulcapaccio9905]

There are 45 homilies from him. Rest his soul

[@peggyhawkinson3061]

I’m actually saving them after watching them. They are timeless!

[@paulcapaccio9905]

@@peggyhawkinson3061 all of them are priceless

[@susandick1301]

Yes! I can only concur. I have learned so much from listening to Fr. Mark Beard’s homilies. He had a unique style and was very captivating. I could listen to him all day long because his teachings are timeless. He will be greatly missed.

[@olabisimiracle2849]

Am also fortunate to come across his homilies too, May his gentle soul rest in peace.

[@joanborre5819]

I am a faithful listener… I would love to hear his weekday homilies. God Bless Father Beard🙏

[@marybrewer8445]

We need you to come to our Catholic Church!! I've never heard such Strong and Powerful Words. You explain all of this so well. You are so needed in this world! There are only 2 Catholics where I live. My friend and I out of 130 people in this Government housing! It's an absolute Hell here, and I'm praying for God to Intercede for a Change. You are Awesome!

[@davidwilkes2100]

It was very difficult to understand just how loving and merciful our Lord is. I had never felt, seen or received such love,joy or forgiveness as showered upon me by the Lord . He Illuminated my conscience, I have no idea how hurtful I had been throughout my life. Yet he Loved me, forgave me -how was this possible? I am no one special that he bestow such a gift ..here a lost sheep up on this mountain in the dark. He made it clear that to receive His forgiveness on earth and it to bound in heaven ,I had to go to a priest for confession-as only through his priest could the Lord grant me that love & forgiveness which he had already shared with me that night! (Evening of Oct 5 1997 lost on a mountain in Medjugorje on the feast of St Faustina.) This is just a small except of my experience resulting in my conversion/awakening and becoming a Catholic which was also imprinted in my heart that night.

[@BOBlolema67]

I’ve often thought the same thing. I’ve been to funerals or , Heaven help us, “celebrations of life “ for people who sometimes were pretty nasty people. We were told how they are celebrating with God in Heaven. I’ve tried to explain that if Our Father is truly merciful, then Purgatory exists. That without it, the most likely outcome will be Hell. People have been convinced that all you need to do to go to Heaven is to be a good person. Be nice, coexist, and the “once saved, always saved” lie. We need to go back to the truth and understand that Heaven isn’t a participation trophy.

[@mariajackson4829]

Thank you Father Mark. You just validated everything I sorta knew on the subject. I attended too many funerals in the last few months. And had masses said for them regardless of their faith.

[@w8injoyfulhope]

Thank you. I needed to hear this Father!

[@DaleProsperie]

This is the rock that Peter built Jesus's Church. This is the zeal that will save many souls and is lacking, because too many are worried about money instead of "Feeding the Children". God Bless Father Mark, he is a light among the darkness.

[@yolandasalazar8773]

Father Beard God bless RIP

[@user-sn7dm8ms5v]

Rip father I wish more priest were like you sermons straight from the hip .you will be sorely missed.god bless you

[@TonyOmila7x]

AMEN.

[@enitadavis689]

Amen, yes Thank you Father. Oooh why don't, our other Priest speaks and teach us what you are teaching us ♥️🙏

[@annamariayannetta242]

Amen 🙏 in Jesus Holy Almighty Powerful Name 🙏❤️ 3:15

[@olabisimiracle2849]

Fathers with different gifts dear.

[@janrybnicky5495]

God Bless you Father, He has certainly Blessed us with you! Thank you!

[@maggie_codes]

I prayed for you today Father Beard

[@SuperFlickman]

OUTSTANDING! This is what needs to preached at my church!

[@jeanb.5405]

I felt urged to pray for Priests in Purgatory earlier this year and I began doing so, then ever since, the subject keeps coming up via lectures etc... but previously to that, I never heard anyone speaking of it.... or so rarely it did not take effect. It has to have been inspired by God.

[@gregbroussard7730]

I have the same devotion and add it in my daily rosary after each decade

[@jeanb.5405]

@@gregbroussard7730 I do add it sometimes to the rosary some times to the Divine Mercy Chaplet but most often I pray another Chaplet called the Holy Wounds Rosary for them. Its on EWTN if you ever want to look it up.

[@gregbroussard7730]

I definitely will look it up Jean, thank you.

[@BronxCat]

What an excellent Priest!+ Love him

[@chriscampbell2801]

Thank you Father for this great homily. Purgatory is hard for most to comprehend .

[@soroushfetkovich5084]

May God bless his soul and keep him safe in the arms of Jesus Christ and Mary most holy!

[@mariace4848]

Praying for you Father

[@marybrennan4450]

wonderful sermon really needed to hear this.

[@vivrowe2763]

He is so honest and I love it! Everybody thinks they go to Heaven and I have met many who have no chance either, their life was not good at all! Love how he talks!

[@babyadorable7448]

Greetings from South Africa 🇿🇦

[@marybrewer8445]

Fr Mark..I could listen to this same Video every day!! You have really touched my heart. This is so common among people who believe that, One Saved Always Saved is in trouble. Heaven would be so Ovrrflowed with people who never thought sin would keep them from Heaven!! WRONG!! I have to remind myself of my sins daily. 😮

[@catholiclife9304]

He's touched my heart. It's almost as if he was trying to prepare us and fast. I WILL pray for this Holy Priest and I'm following what he says....God thank you for this Holy Priest who cared enough to tell us... 🙏✝️

[@melmerk12]

May your soul rest in peace, Fr. Beard! I hope no one says you are not going to purgatory at your funeral mass on Friday! 😏 I will certainly be offering masses for you and praying to the Holy Souls in Purgatory for you! You will be SO missed! Please pray for us!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻✝️✝️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@arlpsy3440]

Don't forget Divine Mercy Sunday. Wear the Brown Scapular and take advantage of the Sabbatine privilege. If you are getting the Sacrament of the Sick, ask for the Apostolic pardon.

[@Thelma548]

What a great homily.👏🙏

[@nycetume2605]

Father Mark literally told all of us what NOT to do for him on his funeral day

[@shaunontheweb8119]

His very last Advent .....what a powerful sermon...may Fr Mark rest in peace....we have to share this brothers and sisters in Christ....God Bless... Most precious blood of Jesus save us and the whole world...lets not sweat the small stuff!

[@ozymandias5257]

Love you forever Fr. Beard. I don't know why I should presume that precisely one quarter of the seed falls in each category: path, thorns, rocks, good ground. Not saying I'm presumptuously optimistic.... Lord have mercy on me, a sinner.

[@donnapolito2099]

Rest In Peace Fr. Mark. What great homily’s, he has given. I wish other priest, would be like him. He will be well missed.

[@bromharvp4633]

Praise the Lord !!!

[@williamkelly8026]

Thank you Father

[@bobbyjenkins6875]

I wish I would have had the chance to see Father in person... Praying for you, Father!! Please pray for us Father!!

[@williamhaxthausen1545]

Praying for you father. Pray for us.

[@leoniea138]

Beautiful homily ....what a humble man of God he was ...rest peacefully Father .

[@zoraidaiglesias934]

God Bless you Father

[@joannevos6321]

I love listening to him!

[@sadiekerry660]

I have to offer a mass for this loving Rev. Father. May the good Lord rest his soul !

[@annie7264]

Wonderful homily! Greetings from Delaware.

[@loisl5000]

I weep. Pray the St. Gertrude prayer ofter on a daily basis.

[@tammyshriver4991]

Great Homily by the way!

[@alicewhisenhunt1706]

Wow! So informative.

[@davidmokrzyckiii725]

What a awesome Priest I'm sure he is definitely missed

[@veredictum4503]

Fr Mark - thank you for this sermon. If only more Catholic priests would catechesize the laity.... Genuine questions - clarifying: (1) what about the 30 Gregorian Masses for the dead? Does that help shorten / lighten Purgatory? (2) What about Anointing of the Sick / Last Rites. If (assuming still conscious not in coma) a good solid Confession, plus anointing plus Communion, does that wipe out most if not all sins due? (3) The role of Plenary Indulgences. Yes I realise, like your Confession example, one cannot time death immediately after gaining Indulgence. But if yearly, we try to avail ourselves to as many Indulgences as possible, surely along the way, it is reducing the penalties due. A bit like scraping barnacles off a ship?

[@chrisd.6322]

I'm no expert, however I thought that being forgiven is one thing, but paying the penalty is another. Fr. Chris Alar (Divine Mercy) is always using the example: you may be forgiven for breaking the window while playing ball if you confess and say you are sorry, but you still have to pay price for the broken window (i.e. penance on earth or purgatory).

[@laurae.4285]

I'm guessing that now that he's most likely in purgatory, he will be praying for us here on earth. We need all the help we can get!

[@deaconmichaelnixonhomilies4248]

This kind of teaching helps us to not be presumptuous of our salvation; in the long run it does much harm, because it causes people to have an inordinate and unnessisary fear of dying. This fear, was especially made manifest during the COVID scare.

[@aprilshible8312]

Wish he could come up here and do mass too! People do not Understand how important confession is. I think he could Shake some catholics up! I love him. He tells the truth! God is a loving God but also a just God! So many do not know there faith and think Jesus died for us So all is clear, wrong! He just opened the gates of heaven! He taught us how to suffer. Also How important humility is. Wake up!! Pray, go to confession and not just once A year! Once a week if possible.Pray the rosary everyday! If possible the stations of cross at least once a month! We are living in the Shadow of the antichrist and we must Take up our weapons of prayer and the sacraments to fight for our savior Jesus and our blessed mother,the saints and Our father to fight not just for our souls but for the conversation of every soul on earth and in purgatory!! The divine mercy chaplet is also a great one to pray! May God have mercy on everyone of us. 🙏 😇

[@kathydoe9287]

Thank you Father ❤

[@beeg1229]

Social media today and this nation all say there loved ones are in Heaven 😳🥴 I hear this all the time happy heavenly bday! Sheez wish it was that easy to say we all go there :( but unfortunately there's a hell and purgatory.

[@mariajackson4829]

That 'Heavenly Birthday' bit gags me with a spoon. So glad Father Mark has the courage to speak truth. I melt watching grieving loved ones.

[@lancemarauder8207]

❤

[@gaelvaughan8094]

brilliant

[@theclapaolini4322]

You are blessed in Ko t ea

[@BN-zg5dr]

Mi sarebbe piaciuto avere la traduzione in Italiano di queste preziose omelie.

[@gorgana5]

That was from UNSCRIPTED PURGATORY, Sister ALAQUE talking to a soul nun

[@kings-Rex]

Wonderful homily. By the way the letter from purgatory the Priest is reading from is titled "an unpublished manuscript from purgatory." Look it up on KZbin, about 2-3hours long audiobook, but you'd never regret it. I listen from time to time because it helps you basically live truly as one should live. So much eternal info there

[@BronxCat]

Thank you!!!!+

[@Alma.-]

Thank you 🙏

[@susanjarvis1642]

Thank you and God's blessing upon you Father, we need these homilies more today than ever! May Jesus have Mercy on us. 🙏 🤲 Susan From Kansas

[@poppyde7314]

Thank you so much! Listening to the manuscript- enlightening

[@mariace4848]

I’m hopeful to make it to purgatory but I’m gonna be there along time it’s pretty discouraging

[@steveisaak4320]

Father when we pray for souls in purgatory and for souls that have no one to pray for them, how does God view this? What does the catechism say about this?

[@cmac369]

Did he say Padre Pio went to purgatory?

[@taraa.szymanski6751]

What letter is he reading?

[@peteharrison3410]

That thief on the cross with Jesus must have been special.

[@cmac369]

I'm confused did he say that Padre Pio and St. Faustine agreed on this letter. But in the letter did they say Pio was in heaven?

[@emmanuel3153]

“You won’t get out untill you paid the last penny “. Fr said that two times. So can someone explain why Jesus died for me I thought He paid the price for me. I’m completely confused

[@taraa.szymanski6751]

The Lord Jesus made a way. Adam and Eve closed the way to Heaven, Jesus opened it. However the Way is not free, we must still walk in it. Purgatory is the merciful place where the mistakes we made along the way are repaired. Then we go to Heaven! But before Christ came, there was no way.

[@Truthseeker956-xv8ju]

Please do not be confused for the Word says in Revelation 21:27 But NOTHING UNCLEAN will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life. John, the apostle, warns us, if we think we’re blameless, we have another thing coming 1 John 1:8 If we claim to be WITHOUT SIN, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. John reminds us again in 1 John 5:17 All wrongdoing is sin, and THERE is sin that does NOT lead to death. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 3:15 If anyone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire. Jesus did pay the ultimate price, that why Hebrews 12:14 says “STRIVE for peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord”

[@marcienicholson3051]

So sad God took him way too soon I guess he earned his right to heaven

[@mariace4848]

I like to hear what different priests say . I’m a nut tho i like a challenging penance

[@tammyshriver4991]

I want to know how do so many Protestants get into purgatory with mortal sin on their soul?

[@kings-Rex]

We can not comprehend God's mercy and Justice. To whom much is given, much more is expected of.

[@michellemailloux2483]

They can be saved, but it will be through the Catholic Church. It is hard, though, since they don't have the Sacraments. They will have to be very innocent in not knowing the True Faith; the True Church as well, since there is no salvation outside of the Catholic Church. This preaching goes against what the Church teaches. It doesn't matter what someone's private revelations were...especially when they're not inline with Church teachings.

[@kings-Rex]

@@michellemailloux2483 it doesn't go against the teaching of the Catholic Church. Just the way we have baptism by desire, some non Catholics live a Pius life and God in His infinite Mercy may grant to them the merits of His Passion as He does to us Catholics through the sacraments but directly. They may by their own lives be granted this grace. Catholics without knowing. I don't know if I'm explaining well. I'd point you to Fr. Chad Ripperger

[@tammyshriver4991]

@@kings-Rex that is settling with me, because my Grandmother wasn’t Catholic, so my mind always wanders to this! She had a love for Jesus that was so unconditional and I pray for her always because I just know that she could be in purgatory for an extremely long time because she never had confession.

[@poppyde7314]

Dear Tammy For mortal sins , there are 3 conditions: grave matter, full knowledge and full consent. Most people in the state of mortal sin don’t even realise it - including Catholics!

[@marcusdenning1649]

Yes, be weird to the world

[@Gregelito1]

Jesus told us of the destinations that await our souls. They are Heaven or hell. If there was a third destination Jesus would have revealed that. There is mention of Abraham's bossom, but according to my study of the Bible, purgatory is an imposed Catholic theological opinion. The scriptures you used are cherry picked to fit Catholicisms theology on purgatory. What of the Apostle Paul? When he said to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord? When Jesus said, " In my Father's house there are many mansions. If it were not so I would have told you." Not to mention that the theology of purgatory i believe, was a scam intended to feed off of people's fear that their loved ones were suffering in an unsavory place, and by giving money to the Catholic church you could give their souls some relief. The redemptive blood of Jesus Christ is what cleanses a believer, not time spent in purgatory. Lastly, I find it strange that your convincing "proof" of purgatory leaned more on a letter from a deceased nun than the word of God. Also, I search out people's testimonies on near death experiences and people report seeing Heaven or hell, no mention of purgatory. I do not intend my comment to be disrespectful, just challenging what your saying based on my own walk with Christ. God bless you and your church and may we all come to know the truth of God's word more clearly.

[@richardounjian9270]

Well, I think you should listen again to the video. Plenty of Scripture offered. Forget about the nun. The Church considers it "private revelation" and not Scriptural. Here's another citation that I'm surprised wasn't mentioned. Mt 12: 31-32 KJV. "...but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come." Forgiveness of sin "in the world to come" isn't on earth it's in Purgatory

[@joanclunen727]

Very charismatic speaker but very misled

[@paulcapaccio9905]

I’m what way sweetie ???? You had better be catholic

[@allthestupidpeople]

Tears of sadness and of Joy. Can anyone point me to where I can find this letter?