No. Your videos are NEVER too long. We can’t get enough.
@shawnmarie191210 ай бұрын
Love Fr Benedict ❤
@jimmyhd19694 ай бұрын
May God assist you in leading Ireland back to Christ!
@mbsweeney190611 ай бұрын
Thank you for talking about Fr. Benedict as a saint. It seems like I never hear anyone talking about him. Thank you for your awesome sense of humor, like St. Philip Neri!
@briankelly8511 ай бұрын
Saint Padre Pio is my favorite. He is a miracle factory.
@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace4 ай бұрын
Your videos are not too long. You're never boring, Father.
@mimip15411 ай бұрын
I remember in one of his Sunday evening talks, he said that when he died he would like to be able to reunite lost pets with their owners. This was so sweet. ❤
@anthonyw293111 ай бұрын
aaaw🥲that's Franciscans for you
@frankreading51109 ай бұрын
THANKYOU FR COLUMBA PLEASE PRAY FOR MY NEPHEW LIAM. GOD BLESS.x
@wendy84067 ай бұрын
Ahhh there is always something about your videos that bring me so much joy, I cannot help to smile as I listen. I love your channel and I always always always get something special from your words. God bless
@ctmcatholic7 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!!
@agatarembelska94014 ай бұрын
Thank you!! Greetings from Warsaw Poland 😁
@LisainNewJersey11 ай бұрын
The Little Flower is my go-to saint.
@maryannerazzano76928 ай бұрын
Same for me 🌹
@nathanngumi846711 ай бұрын
Word.
@willacather9867 ай бұрын
I so love Fr. Benedict Groeschel and I've read some of his books. He's a great teacher!
@MyLittleDomesticChurch11 ай бұрын
I listen to Fr. Groeschel Rosaries almost everyday on KZbin!! We love him!! He was a big part of my conversion!! ❤️
@erinduvic857911 ай бұрын
Oh, Fr. Groechel, please intercede for this broken soul! Thank you Jesus in advance.
@sandra406511 ай бұрын
Ditto, and Amen❣️😌
@kclancy866811 ай бұрын
Welcome to Limerick! So happy to have you 🙏🏻
@kingofthorns20311 ай бұрын
Bishop Barron recommends having one Saint that’s very much like you, and another that’s the opposite of you, so that you can learn from them
@Noel-qc8vl11 ай бұрын
Thank you for the reminder of our saintly friends. I'm inspired to return to the help of St Anthony of Padua; he's always a powerful intercessor!
@anthonyw293111 ай бұрын
Yes! My patron saint!
@buddybrown860711 ай бұрын
Saint Anthony of Padua, a superstar! He has gotten me through just about everything, and it always protects my animals!
@kingofthorns20311 ай бұрын
I have a special place in my heart for St Anthony of Padua. He’s my parish patron Saint
@ntmn844411 ай бұрын
He sure is! He’s very friendly. Him and St. Ignatius of Loyola.
@mariaesmeralda245211 ай бұрын
My favorite saint is John the Baptist. When I was younger I found him rather frightening because he was so radical and ascetic, somehow wild. But growing older I admire him for being unconditionally loyal to the truth, faithful until death.
@johnherbert236211 ай бұрын
Thanks for another great video Father. Welcome back to the Ireland. God bless from Derry. 🙏
@KM-ok6pk10 ай бұрын
Father, this is how I feel about St. Therese the Little Flower! I didn’t pick her, she picked me. I don’t really resignate with her story like I do with other saints, but she has made it clear that she wants to be best friends with me lol. On her feast day 2 Sundays ago, I smelt roses at mass (none of my family members had smelt it).This is the second time this happened to me. I also feel very close to Blessed Father Michael McGivney and Father Solanus Casey, my Irish saints. I feel so sad for our Protestant brothers and sisters who reject the saints; saints are like our best friends who help us get closer to God. God bless you
@oldsoul47629 ай бұрын
I feel like St.Therese chose me too. I 'met' her in my mid twenties and wasn't Catholic. She sent me a rose when I asked her and I was lonely and in tears. My first introduction to her was a little novena booklet I had with a small biography of her life. I related to her so much. I chose her for my Confirmation Saint. She has been with me since. Loving and Faithful. Take care my sister. 🌹🌹
@maryreckard311411 ай бұрын
I always depend on St. Benedict. I call on Him for my children. St. Benedict, St. Anthony, St. Joseph terror of demons, & St. Michael also. !!! 🙏✨️🙏
@NihouNi9 ай бұрын
How lovely to hear about these answers to the prayers of the saints. My life is immeasurably better for having found, as. protestant, this wonderful aspect to my faith. I love Saint Petroc and I am sure Saint Honorine helps my daughter with her friendships. May God continue to bless your work.
@Marist_Chanel11 ай бұрын
St Padre Pio. Definitely St Padre Pio for me. Thanks to St Padre Pio's prayers for me, I managed to win the $1000 prize at bingo and was able to buy a large statue of him. Also, his intercession helped me leave the SSPX. Quite a few other things too he's helped me with that i can't thank him enough for. St Padre Pio has brought me much closer to Our Lord. Deo gratias 🙏
@arthurdevrome892511 ай бұрын
Christ is our example.
@henriettanovember473310 ай бұрын
St. Joseph
@jldisme11 ай бұрын
I have multiple sclerosis and am disabled in a wheelchair. My patron saint is Saint Margaret of Castello. And I felt the same as you when she went from Blessed to Saint!
@hoofixrman11 ай бұрын
My wife has MS. I will pray to St Margaret of Castello for you both.
@jldisme11 ай бұрын
@@hoofixrman Thank you! My first name is Jo Lori. What is your wife's first name? I will pray for both of you.
@sandra406511 ай бұрын
Oh, she is one of my very favorite Saints and so few seem to know her❣️❣️❣️
@valward819511 ай бұрын
You are very welcome to Limerick Father. Bet you will not want to leave. 😊
@kevinwoplin932211 ай бұрын
St Rita is a great helper
@TheMilitantPrayer11 ай бұрын
Thanks! I’ll be asking.
@JennaaMusic6 ай бұрын
❤love this
@ctmcatholic6 ай бұрын
💙
@JoolieEm8 ай бұрын
Awww.... Faustyna Kowalska! From my country☺ I read her diaries when I was in my 20's.
@RuthRaubertas11 ай бұрын
I love your channel, thanks so much! From Illinois USA.😊
@anneangel329711 ай бұрын
Blessings to our priests, religious, deacons and seminarians!
@bamboolaceway11 ай бұрын
Ever since I read The Seven Storey Mountain, I have been drawn to Thomas Merton. I believe he helped lead to my conversion through his, and the other Trappist monks' prayers.
@nellyf.31539 ай бұрын
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity and St. Maximilian Kolbe for me. ❤
@ginakendrick258111 ай бұрын
The Diary did that to me too. Love Saint Faustina. I pray with that diary all the time. She’s my friend
@johnjohng6687 ай бұрын
How is this possible these very questions plaguing me and you just answered everything in this video. No, not too long… not long enough! God bless you. Surely the Holy Spirit is with you. 😊
@marilynvelez814711 ай бұрын
Padre Pio is my go to saint.
@spurge8311 ай бұрын
I look to Jesus, for nobody goes to the Father except through Him.
@ctmcatholic11 ай бұрын
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@tomcubit63543 ай бұрын
love ya brother! thank you!
@Eeeeeepboop8 ай бұрын
I’ve begged God for friends because I’m so lonely in my faith, and He’s blessed me with an abundance of saints to fill that hole. St Teresa of Avila is absolutely MY saint, she’s my best friend. But St Joseph, St Anthony of Padua, St Patrick, Padre Pio, Joan of Arc, so many others have also played such special rolls in my journey of faith. 🙏💕
@MediaAttorney2 ай бұрын
There's 2 saints that always get me choked up -- St. Therese and St. Maria Goretti. I got to visit St. Therese' relics in Los Angeles, and it was the most powerful encounter I've ever had.
@Irishherbs11 ай бұрын
Welcome to Limerick brother! I ♥St.Joseph of Cupertino (Patron Saint of slow learners and Aviators.He could fly!) and your humanity.Thank you.
@baldinamolino657711 ай бұрын
I just found your video in KZbin. Amazing. I always believed in miracles: but this is a small one. Tonight I downloaded an app so that I can 'pray better'. And I started reading about St Fr Pio. But the Saint of the day was not just the sainted Father. Must have been at least 20 other saints/blessed! I don't know why I decided to watch KZbin instead of my nightly prayers. But your video came from nowhere onto my feed. No, I don't believe in coincidences; I believe that Jesus needed me to see and hear your talk about saints. Now I'm a fan! The road ahead is rocky; everyday brings a new challenge that comes my way. But I don't give up. Thank you
@lvlc511 ай бұрын
Fr. Columba, you should write a book.... Catholic topics 101 but you explain them with a special different dimension that makes it special.
@jennifermarie80211 ай бұрын
Saint Monica! She is the patron Saint of most of my prsyer intentions.
@jacintafwambah862911 ай бұрын
I needed this. I thank God for you. God bless you, Father
@EX58UD11 ай бұрын
I watched a documentary by @gabiafterhours on St. Maria Goretti and cried so much. I can't tell if it spoke to me or it was just how her testimony was told
@Linda37JMJ11 ай бұрын
I’ve been meaning to add Fr. Benedict Groeschel to my Holy Souls list to pray for because I heard he humbly begged people to not canonize him and pray for him after his death. It sounds like he is Home but I’m going to add him anyway. Thanks. Three Hail Marys for you Fr. Columba.
@joannecuomo131211 ай бұрын
Thank you Father! Great inspiration ❤🙏
@ctmcatholic11 ай бұрын
Thanks for listening
@majofadrilan754711 ай бұрын
We miss you Fr Columba 💖 God bless 🙏🏻 Love Matt, Jofille, Alicianna and Monica😘💕
@ctmcatholic11 ай бұрын
God bless you!
@susannanorton236611 ай бұрын
You are so friendly , interesting and warm, also funny! love your videos, keep up the good work father!
@ctmcatholic11 ай бұрын
Thank you very much!
@debbie202711 ай бұрын
LOL ... why am I crying ... I RESEMBLE THAT REMARK
@dorothystewart594711 ай бұрын
Ah welcome back to Ireland your amazing
@amaraheising467211 ай бұрын
Amen! Thank you Father! I love your sincere enthusiasm, faith, encouragement. We need this so much in a doubting, wounded world. Prayers your way!😊🙏
@reba567911 ай бұрын
St Michael the Archangel
@TheFunfolks11 ай бұрын
Yes, thank you, Fr. Columba, for reminding me of the Lives of the Saints.... many have been friends and very influential !!!!
@PMV92811 ай бұрын
St Joseph has been very kind to me. St Philomena is another saint who is "my saint" 🙏
@MrSandhopper11 ай бұрын
You are a great witness for Christ thank you so much ✝️✝️✝️
@benedictmacfarlane-barrow321111 ай бұрын
Welcome to Limerick! 🎉
@ctmcatholic11 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@kathycox117511 ай бұрын
Great to see you back father😊 my favourite saints are sti. Anthony and St. Mother Theresa .
@roonilwazlib308911 ай бұрын
The Venerable Bede, St Cuthbert and St Aidan. All for different reasons, all entwined, all my heritage.
@ctmcatholic11 ай бұрын
Very English! Wonderful.
@Tybourne199111 ай бұрын
It's like Fr. Benedict is teaming up with St. Joseph on some house grace shenanigans! I've got a story too. I had to sell a house in a hurry once, and just when I thought things couldn't get worse, daily downpours were turning the basement into a mini-lake. So, I turned to St. Joseph with a novena, and guess what? The very next day, a buyer strolled in, unfazed by our new indoor pool, and snapped up the house! 🏡🙏✨
@bernadettegonzalez125811 ай бұрын
Oh Father, you are so sweet and are such a good teacher😊 p.s. love your new room
@catholiclife930411 ай бұрын
Thank you Father
@josephminimo135311 ай бұрын
Got chills when he litteraly said every saint i follow,
@gretalaube9111 ай бұрын
Faustina led me to the Blessed Sacrament! I am still ABSORBED in adoration.
@ctmcatholic11 ай бұрын
Wonderful
@janierodriguez301711 ай бұрын
Wow! This was so inspiring. Thank you so much for sharing.
@ctmcatholic11 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@jerryczarski59913 ай бұрын
Hi Father! My name is Jerry and Faustina planted me in the Church after many years away. No matter how weird I get living in this world, there is always some grace that brings me close to God in His Church. I thought by now they would leave me alone, LOL! Nope! They keep coming after me. Thank God!
@AWSKAR11 ай бұрын
Might be Saint John Bosco for me. He keeps finding ways to be relevant for my life.
@checkymonkyful11 ай бұрын
Good morning Father I do ask Padre Pio to pray and to protect me always from the temptations also St Francis. St Clara, Papa Giovanni. Thank you very much please pray for all of us have a safe weekend ahead.
@ctmcatholic11 ай бұрын
Will pray for you.
@RH33.6611 ай бұрын
Thank you for your personal experience, can not help feeling my shortcomings reading about the lives of the saints but comforted knowing they are accessible to us for their intercession.
@sandra406511 ай бұрын
Right? I’ve asked the Lord to show me my hidden faults (gently!), and each time He does I’m like, “Ouch! But thank you Lord.!” ☺️❤️
@crowdog35711 ай бұрын
Saint Jude
@kingofthorns20311 ай бұрын
My birthday is his feast day. He’s a great friend to have
@h82cUg06 ай бұрын
Fr Groeschel did a mission in a very rural part of Virginia. I could only imagine what might of been going through his head, when he arrived! It was a wonderful blessing to see him in person and how well he connected and "worked the room" so to speak. Miss seeing him on EWTN truly caring and of great wit.
@catholiclife930411 ай бұрын
St. Faustina really does help us understand the grace and love of Jesus. St. Faustina please pray for us. I ask you St. Faustina to please help me to love and obey Jesus and Our Blessed Mother.
@macdan2211 ай бұрын
Anyone else hoping Fr. Columba becomes a saint so we can pray for him to keep helping guide us on our journey to unity in Christ? As a person coming to the Catholic church, Fr. Columba's advice and teachings have been so amazing help to me. As a side note. Could Fr. Columba do a video about what a person should do if they don't have a church (either by location or not worthy) to attend for mass and receiving the eucharist? Thanks again Fr. Columba and Called to More for being such wonderful examples to imitate.
@IONov99011 ай бұрын
Pier Giorgio Frassati and Teresita Quevecedo are great for young people.
@tiffany213011 ай бұрын
Saints are truly amazing friends we have in heaven ❤️
@suru0111 ай бұрын
Found St Faustina through you Fr Columba. Her diary and the divine mercy chaplet have been incredible blessings to my life. And my "little mother" is St Therese. I imagine St Therese and St Faustina are great friends in heaven.
@ctmcatholic11 ай бұрын
Amazing! Thank you.
@tubejim10111 ай бұрын
Padre Pio loves it, when you send your guardian angle to him with a potion.
@professedlife250111 ай бұрын
Thank you Father! I'm not even Catholic but I watched Fr. Benedict Groeschel every Sunday night for years and read his books. Admittedly, I found myself tearing up while I was listening to your podcast. I can't believe that he reposed a decade ago.
@LittleRobotNX0111 ай бұрын
Fr. Columba I'm so very desperate to find a house I will pray to Fr. Groeschel. I humbly hope he will hear my prayer. For everyone else I just found Fr. Benedict Groeschel wrote books "The Rosary Chain of Hope" and "Praying in the Presence of Our Lord: Eucharistic Adoration" There's others too, on Amazon. Thank you Fr. Columba, yet again your videos give us hope in all sorts of different ways in the loving presence of our Lord, especially if we don't think or feel we deserve it.
@simonehinchliffe686811 ай бұрын
Thanks
@ctmcatholic11 ай бұрын
Thanks for your support!
@crofut7111 ай бұрын
I started praying parts of the Breviary a few years ago. It has really helped me (a convert) get to know so many of the Saints and what’s more, to interact with them and ask for their intercession.
@NA-ls7hi11 ай бұрын
I likes that “tara,tara 🤣 Thank you Father 🙏
@Tommye19543 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@ctmcatholic3 ай бұрын
Thank you for your support
@mariellenandrosko330511 ай бұрын
I, too, am grateful for St. FAUSTINA and I believe this video is an answer to my prayers yesterday for confirmation of her continued influence in my earthly pilgrimage.
@ctmcatholic11 ай бұрын
🙏🏼
@fidolincoln132211 ай бұрын
I love St. Thomas Aquinas for many reasons. One reason is that he was afraid of lightning (for a completely understandable reason). I think it’s so endearing the way he would always pray so gently to the Lord in a church until the storm passed. I’m afraid of lightning too, and it’s comforting to ask his intercession and to pray with him during a scary storm.
@user-bd1cq6rk5g11 ай бұрын
Always incredible to listen to you
@josephinewalker618111 ай бұрын
Bradfords loss, Limericks gain. I hope you will be happy Father. I'm glad a friend has gone with you though, look after Gerry. Be assured. of my prayers.
@jennycornwell232411 ай бұрын
You’ve just made me cry because I’m feeling sorry for myself and I think I’m trying too hard to please everyone and forgetting about asking the saints for help. I started reading St Faustina’s diary during lockdown but didn’t finish it so thank you! listening to this I guess I’d better get back into it. Thank you Fr Columba you’re the best! 🙏🏼📿🙂
@ctmcatholic11 ай бұрын
God bless you, Jenny!
@michelleomahony949411 ай бұрын
Thanks be to God for the wonderful blessings of the friends we have in the saints. Like our friends, we enjoy spending time with them, chatting with them, confiding in them and getting to know them. Praise God ❤
@dorisdayii-cs2ih11 ай бұрын
St. Anthony found me! I don’t know why he picked me, but he has blessed me many times!
@ctmcatholic11 ай бұрын
Praise God!
@reginasmith31498 ай бұрын
Fr. Columba, I need to tell you, without being too lengthy, that my daughter and grandchild were being kicked out of their house. I told her to come move home, but because of certain circumstances and past experience, I KNEW she would not. I wished there was a novena to Fr. Groeschel, but since there isn't, I pulled up his old rosaries from KZbin and began a Fr. Groeschel rosary novena. I started it on Sunday and she contacted me the very next day and asked if she could come home!! I was blown away. Glory to God, and thanks to Fr. Groeschel (and to you)!
@ctmcatholic8 ай бұрын
Praise God!
@peterkelemen115711 ай бұрын
Saint Catherine of Siena, Saint John Vianey, Saint Padre Pio, Saint Philomena were the ones to propel me towards total conversion.
@ichigomiku858611 ай бұрын
Praying to the saints is something I'm still struggling to figure how to do, but I hope to be able to pray with confidence once I do get it. I know alot already, but I'm still just a new convert, not even really a year old!
@Blissfulnessence11 ай бұрын
Bless you! And welcome home! Just ask the Saint to intercede on your behalf as they stand in the presence of God. For some Saints there are 'formal' prayers, yet just asking them to pray for and with you suffices!
@ichigomiku858611 ай бұрын
@@Blissfulnessence Thank you! I'll make sure to remember this!
@pablocanziani846511 ай бұрын
Thanks for this video. I have my saints dreamteam: Virgin Mary (because of my birthday Aug. 15th: she has always played been a major intercessor in my life), St Paul the Apostle (because of my name), St Thomas more (I was immensily impressed by the movie A Man for All Seasons when I was 6), St. Francis (because of my work as an environmental scientist), St Joseph, St. Lucia (I went almost blind, and through a number pf surgeries fully recoverd my vision not long ago).
@maryagneshaagensen26911 ай бұрын
A very good read is Father Benedict's book entitled The Saints in My Life.
@minorytka316311 ай бұрын
My entire life, St. Francis of Assisi has been my friend, teacher, and guide. I met him in my religion class when the priest was reading us a book of "new flowers" - stories as if St. Francis was alive today, what he would be saying to us, people of 20th century if he was walking on the earth. We have been close friends for almost 55 years.