Commentaries like this are more reasons I’m so grateful that the Lord brought me home to the Catholic Church after a lifetime of being a devout Protestant. I’m 56 and have been Catholic for just over a year. I missed so much, but am so grateful to be home now.
@Cloudfinder6 ай бұрын
I’m similar age to yourself my fathers family were catholic I feel lost in life and watching these videos is bringing me closer I’m thinking of becoming catholic I need to peace I need clarity I need a spiritual connection
@wjtruax6 ай бұрын
@@Cloudfinder Catholicism has given me a framework for being a devout disciple of Jesus that I never previously had. It stopped being about my intellect and brought me to Christ in spiritual and physical ways that no Protestant tradition can come near. I pray you will find the same richness of relationship with Jesus that I have.
@jorgemerino90946 ай бұрын
May God guide you and protect you 🙏
@jorgemerino90946 ай бұрын
And Bless you abundantly
@veritascaritas85006 ай бұрын
God bless you! Isn’t it wonderful?! It really is the Pearl of Great Price.
@diane49836 ай бұрын
Ohhh boy did I need to hear this Father. I’ve been waking up at night worried about the state of our country the US and the world. I have to keep repeating Jesus I trust in you🙏🏻
@feliciagallo98326 ай бұрын
So true, Diane. I agree with everything you said. I need to be reminded of this more regularly than I should, but I do trust in God, who gave up His only son for all of us. May God bless you and yours. 🙏🏼✝️
@brendabruckner78336 ай бұрын
I love your joy Father Columba! It's so contagious!
@anthonyw29316 ай бұрын
Amen!!!
@robertgoulet78866 ай бұрын
Thank you. Sometimes I have to tell myself to stop being a joyless Catholic.
@julialopes50546 ай бұрын
Scruple does that to you. Look it up bro
@maryofventura47676 ай бұрын
Thank you Father! I needed this reminder, we must protect our joy.
@jmjorapronobis13286 ай бұрын
God Bless you Father Columbia Jesus,Mary and Joseph protect us from all evil
@paulbonham7803Ай бұрын
Thank you Father. I cried during your presentation. You are so right. I need to set aside the gloom and focus on God’s joy.
@Georgeanne176 ай бұрын
If you've ever spent time with the poor or in other countries with people who Americans deem as living "third-world" and some homeless, you will see they are rich in heart and feel real empathy and feel actual joy. My sibling went thru hell before he died and he never stopped that joy. His life gave us so much joy! When ive been heart broken, he still reminds us of JOY! It's unbelievable to feel Gods love and joy of the reality of heaven through the deepest pain and tears. These days are tough but love is forever! Eternity is larger than anytime man has lived.
@jorgemerino90946 ай бұрын
Thank you for this words 🙏
@magorzatasanchez7366 ай бұрын
Not so sure about that part of the third world folks being all joyful and full of empathy.. poor generalization. I live in one of “those countries” and that true joy and empathy are hard to come by. I know you mean well but your statement is devisory between classes and not really realistic.
@annamachalska7626 ай бұрын
I don't agree that poorest are happier and have more empathy. I am helping animals and from what I can see big percentage of animal abuse happening in "third-world" countries. Those some horendous acts that it is hard to read about.
@jorgemerino12736 ай бұрын
Maybe if you get the chance of spending some days living with a poor family you'll understand better what Fr Columbia tried to say. I appreciate very much your effort in helping animals, that is an act of love. So many horendous things still happening in this world. I am glad you are making a difference. God Bless you on that !
@michaeldelacerda82106 ай бұрын
No human being can always stay happy, but if one chooses, one can always live within the joy of Christ.
@Funnellyenough6 ай бұрын
Fr Columba, today you changed my mindset and ultimately my heart. I absolutely believe that the Holy Spirit has worked through you today. I have been so overwhelmed by all the awful social media coverage of gender identity issues surrounding especially children and schools, it had taken over my entire thought process. Your words today have changed my complete life at this moment. I try to be a faithful Catholic and I love Jesus with all my heart but I was so caught up in the worldly aspect of this, that I had forgotten that God has this and everything in his hand, He will take care of everything, I don’t need to worry, especially as I can do nothing without Him. Thank you, thank you and God Bless 🙏🙏🙏
@petecw986 ай бұрын
Father Columba is a treasure. Sharing God's word with exactly what we need to hear today. Rejoice, laugh, look to the Lord.
@adrianaansaldi92486 ай бұрын
Father you have such a gift for communicating the word of God and I think you will end up being a saints before we do, thanks God you chose being a priest and monk and dedicate your life to God and teach a and evangelize people, we need more Catholics that evangelize. But you are special!!!
@marylynch9516 ай бұрын
Agree I wish he was my priest I feel I could be very comfortable talking with him
@catholiclife93046 ай бұрын
Father im so worried about the world in so many ways i seem to start feeling like I don't want to leave the house. I don't do anything else but work and go to mass. And teach CCD. I almost feel that i don't want to be around all of this craziness.
@donmcknight35173 ай бұрын
Praise JESUS Christ 🙏🏻✝️🙌👏🏻
@animula69086 ай бұрын
I’m convinced the little voice that recites horrible scenarios for the future when we worry is the same demon who answers when you ask the ouija board what the future holds. Lord, deliver us. ❤ Thanks for this joyful moment of peace!
@gugatena49902 ай бұрын
Buenos días querido Padre!
@jstefencavage2 ай бұрын
My 53 yr old son is obsessed worrying about the world! He listens to all the people like Bongino, , Rogan - oh, there’s a whole litany of these people . He cans, jars all kinds of food for when we “are taken over by whomever”. He is also not practicing his faith. So…..of course I pray for him. Lord change his heart.
@barbarakl42342 ай бұрын
"I want to know what the Good News is!" Hope and truth. Excellent message of Good News. Thank you, Father.
@timschooler6 ай бұрын
Thank you Father Columban, always love your messages and your humor!
@neilmiller6176 ай бұрын
I want to find that joy. I have spent so many years depressed and anxious. I never have days I am happy or content all day.
@R.C.4256 ай бұрын
This hurts my heart. I will keep you in my prayers Neil 🙏
@neilmiller6176 ай бұрын
@@R.C.425 thank you. I really need some prayers today
@veritascaritas85006 ай бұрын
I hear you. Continue to trust in God & ask Him to send the help you need. I too was depressed for decades… then one day a few years ago I finally broke down & said ‘Ok God, not my will, but Your Will’… then baby step by baby step by continuing to trust in God even when my ‘feelings’ weren’t on board, I’ve witnessed little miracles & an incremental lifting of my joylessness & a responding increase in little moments of joy… please believe it can happen for you. God is true to His word. Trust Him, even when you don’t ‘feel’ like it, & you will see things change. I’ll keep you in prayer too.
@008jim4 ай бұрын
Has anybody ever heard something at just the right time and knew it couldn't be anything but the voice of ......... that one? I had a bit of a laugh. No, I had a burst of laughter then some much needed joyous tears. Grazia Fr., mucho grazia !!!
@Rdkhk3356 ай бұрын
Father Columba, you're a Gem! God Bless
@hillcountrycottage6 ай бұрын
AMEN TO THIS!!!! “Oh bless…..you’re almost cute!!!” That made me laugh out loud!! Thank you for this very healing and uplifting message today. God bless you!!!! 😃🙏💕
@BlueBelleBloomingАй бұрын
Grateful i bookmarked this episode and it saved me from feeling desolate following the October news cycles. Thank you and please pray for me. Now need to go to confession. Peace!
@marylynch9516 ай бұрын
Thank you Father for encouraging words and you are so right Thank God I don't have Fear May God continue protecting you and your family
@CL-im9lk6 ай бұрын
This world will always be dysfunctional but the people of God are joyful because they are in it but not part of it. The source of our joy is the Lord not the workings of this world. Btw, I really like this channel’s content.
@catholiclife93046 ай бұрын
Ive lost my joy and i see it. I feel it. Please pray for me to not live life instead of just going through it. 🙏 I have allowed my joy to be stolen and im caught up in the wordly worries. ALWAYS. I needed this so badly.
@patmiron37696 ай бұрын
You mean to live life not just going through it!
@veritascaritas85006 ай бұрын
Baby steps, trusting in God even when you don’t feel like it. He can be trusted, His word is true. I’ll keep you in prayer too.
@sauloquinones16606 ай бұрын
Look up the surrender novena and the litany of trust. They have been incredibly helpful for me to go through.
@mandycurcio3572 ай бұрын
I have been feeling exactly the same .. no joy , no laughter , no happiness, anxiety, fear worry etc it’s oppressive and I feel like I’ve forgotten whom I used to be ( my old happy self ) Lord please help us all here whom are battling oppression by the enemy . Lord Jesus, I ask You to please Fill us ALL with Your overflowing supernaturally heavenly outpourings of the Holy Spirit .. come Holy Spirit , we give You permission to intervene in our lives. Jesus You are all we need 💖☝️💖
@valward81956 ай бұрын
This man is my neighbour and i endorse this message! ❤
@ctmcatholic6 ай бұрын
🙌🙌
@marylynch9516 ай бұрын
Omg you are so blessed ❤❤
@nyworker6 ай бұрын
Exactly....Christians find the better side and fundamental joy of life and existence. The simplicity and beauty of the message is what drives the vain people crazy
@catholiclife93046 ай бұрын
Ive lost my joy and i see it. I feel it. Please pray for me to not live life instead of just going through it. 🙏
@fgscatholicpoint226 ай бұрын
May you live life with the joy of faith instead of just going through it through Christ our Lord. Amen.
@annbyrne60126 ай бұрын
We are an Easter people, and 'Hallelujah' is our song. Eyes on Jesus, and not the storm. ❤🙏
@The_holly_and_the_holy6 ай бұрын
You are my favorite person in the internet now. I LOVE the way you talk about God. It really brought me joy and eased my worries❤
@positivelife30346 ай бұрын
I'm a Christian and not a catholic but you are brilliant, love the channel.
@davidsykes93316 ай бұрын
Catholics were the 1st Christians… just sayin
@adambrocklehurst42116 ай бұрын
Consider conversion
@rhwinner6 ай бұрын
We love Protestants❤, too. Pull up a seat!
@veritascaritas85006 ай бұрын
God bless you!
@paulnebeling20686 ай бұрын
Fr. Columba, you always manage to redirect my thoughts toward the way that God wants me to think. May the Lord bless you and keep you.
@Thekatedelaney3 ай бұрын
Thank you Fr. Much needed message ❤ 🙏
@ite_ad_iosep6 ай бұрын
Do not let the enemies steal our joy. Do not let ourselves to turn to this worldly sorrow. As if we catch ourselves in that place of disconnection from the joy of the Lord. Rejoice in the Lord ALWAYS!
@ite_ad_iosep6 ай бұрын
LAUGH! By looking at the Lord, at His might. Remembering the good things He has done, what He's capable of. He is the bigger deal!
@gabolujan31096 ай бұрын
I needed this today
@michelletracey39193 ай бұрын
Thanks Father .
@InternationalCook6 ай бұрын
Father, you are amazing! Thank you for this wonderful message! My soul is happier for having listened to you today.
@Catholicity-uw2yb6 ай бұрын
POPE BENEDICT XVI: “Human pride and egoism always create divisions, build walls of indifference, hate and violence. The Holy Spirit, on the other hand, makes hearts capable of understanding the languages of all - the language of love; for, the Holy Spirit is Love.”
@leonorb22906 ай бұрын
I so needed to hear this 🙏 Yes God is in complete control. Pray, Hope and don’t worry
@josvermeulen61916 ай бұрын
Dear Father, you always show up when i need you the most. Thank you so much!
@frankdagostino90896 ай бұрын
Absolutely wonderful reflection…..I got so much from this. Thanks Father.
@fergo81464 ай бұрын
Thanks Father Columba. I needed to hear this and be reminded of Psalm 2. You put everything that’s happened this week back into its proper perspective. God is indeed good. I booked marked this video to watch later when you released it and it popped up in my feed today. So all praise to our loving God. His timing is perfect 👍🏻
@annaj19275 ай бұрын
Thank you! "God has it sorted" beautiful
@ctmcatholic5 ай бұрын
Absolutely!
@marktaylor25026 ай бұрын
Thanks Father Columba. Exactly what my heart needed!
@SAlxdr6 ай бұрын
Thank you Father for always being so real about life, yet always keeping it in perspective with a little humor. So grateful. ❤
@BeatrizHernandezPR6 ай бұрын
Thank you Father for sharing this message with us. I just need to hear it.
@lauramirecki34682 ай бұрын
So very true! I visited the Carmelites of Avila.. all smiles and yes, joy!
@hazzatube75056 ай бұрын
Thank you Father. I love your down to earth yet spiritually profound approach.
@marylynch9516 ай бұрын
Yes absolutely agree 💯 May God continue protecting him
@whoknows42796 ай бұрын
Amen. Thank you, Father.
@ginasalis58805 ай бұрын
So, so grateful I found you this morning. The Holy Spirit really knows how to lead us to wonderful people like you to give us guidance and hope. Be joyful always 🙏🙏🙏💗💗💗🕊️🕊️🕊️
@lizy09026 ай бұрын
Thank you so much, Fr. Columba! God bless you!
@carolzappa18046 ай бұрын
You are truly fun and joyful. I enjoy your videos. Especially the funny surprise "off script", so to speak comments..... ....😂 smack ya'll 😂 Hell in a handbasket.... Wicker basket with hands in it😂 Yes, God is certainly laughing.❤😂
@jayorilla36966 ай бұрын
GOD'S TIMING IS EVER PERFECT! THANKS FOR THE VIDEO FR. DUDE! MAY GOD BLESS YOU 🙏
@michellea98576 ай бұрын
Joy is the work of the Holy Spirit deep in our hearts, as we surrender to Him He pours it in. We cannot conjure it up! 😅
@Greenguppy43046 ай бұрын
This video made me laugh! Definitely need this today. Thank you and God bless you Father ❤
@DoadoaKatolik256 ай бұрын
Thank you Fr. for this video
@greglehman71665 ай бұрын
I can't like this enough!
@Eternallyhopeful77886 ай бұрын
“He who sits in the Heavens… laughs…” ❤️ The World has ALWAYS been a mess… 🤔 Our God is a JOYFUL God… ❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹🙏🙏🙏❤️ Happy May to my Favorite Franciscan! 💜
@angelataplin56716 ай бұрын
Just … wow 😮Praise God from Whom all blessings flow! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
@ChristinaHope086 ай бұрын
Thank you Father, Beautiful message 🌷
@pozzimusica6 ай бұрын
Thank you so much, Father. I am having such a difficult week, and it's just Sunday ! I will watch this again, getting my thoughts straightened out. God Bless You.
@fabfour-o2i6 ай бұрын
God bless you Fr Columba it's always joyful when you get these videos out 😊❤😊 thank you 😄
@thespud47465 ай бұрын
Just found this, absolutely what I needed to hear. God bless you. 🙏 😄👍
@ctmcatholic5 ай бұрын
So glad!
@wo0dy623 ай бұрын
I am speechless. He speaks with such love and understanding it is like you are in the same room. Thank you so much for these lessons.
@lizmonard6 ай бұрын
I suppose the fact that God has known from all eternity every single thing that would happen, it would make it rather odd for him to start feeling disappointed or angry or sad, or anything like that now, nothing is any surprise to Him. He knows exactly what’s gonna happen everywhere, every time, to everyone, and the consequences.
@mapinoita2796 ай бұрын
Thank you-I needed that!
@anncarlone22622 ай бұрын
Thank you . I have ups and downs with Joy waiting and worrying about my symptoms of un wellness and waiting for MRI results on my thigh.
@karenrolt72016 ай бұрын
Thank you Fr. for this message.
@ctmcatholic6 ай бұрын
You are so welcome
@deniseparrott96786 ай бұрын
There you are again, my spiritual advisor! I was having a moment when I wondered why I bother to pray against all that’s going on right now, and this popped into my feed!
@GotChrist120006 ай бұрын
“We are his kids!” I love this !
@DoadoaKatolik256 ай бұрын
God bless you fr
@lizmonard6 ай бұрын
4:09 maybe the nuns were so happy because they had no idea of the mess in the world outside.. 😂
@billbraxton71926 ай бұрын
Joymaxxing ❤🔥
@Mary-ui4im6 ай бұрын
Awesome! 🙏🕊️🕯️
@marliciafernandez17016 ай бұрын
Thank you for this. I needed to hear it. May God bless you, Father, and continue to do so, with the joy and peace that comes from Him. 😇😇
@PC-mz5su6 ай бұрын
Great message Father we need to hear this especially now ❤
@SurelyLord6 ай бұрын
Guard against Babylonian Dust. That's new to me and I absolutely love it. We don't camp out in the place of tears. ❤👏❤️
@mariac46026 ай бұрын
Father, you help give me joy each time I watch one of your videos. I think God speaks so clearly through you to His children. God bless you for taking the time to make these videos.
@KayaRaleigh136 ай бұрын
You’re the best!
@christinac67726 ай бұрын
This was a GREAT message!
@annwalder47416 ай бұрын
EXCELLENT, Father! ✝️🕊️🙏🏻
@normaalexander46376 ай бұрын
Thank you Fr. I needed to be shown a new perspective. Instead of just “be happy “.
@margaretannwoods48696 ай бұрын
Wow! That was so good! Thank you for this amazing word. Remember the good news. I so needed to hear this. God bless you.
@americanwoman89476 ай бұрын
I just found this channel...Thank you Father! Too many Catholic channels are following in tremendous detail about the Evil invading our world and our Church. I needed to hear this.
@marylynch9516 ай бұрын
Me too and was definitely meant to thank God
@funtimewithu95296 ай бұрын
thank you Fr. for this video!🥰
@bearhugforyou93306 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
@frankreading51106 ай бұрын
AWESOME FR , AWESOME, THANKYOU SO MUCH FOR GODS REASSURANCE, AND TO CARRY ON. GOD BLESS xx
@crystalharris73945 ай бұрын
Thank you !!
@Paul94436 ай бұрын
Thank you Father. Great sermon! Always a pleasure watching your videos.
@ernazelic55216 ай бұрын
My nightly prayers always end with the Agnus Dei and Dona nobis pacem. It honestly leaves me with a wonderful peace. Your messages are short, to the point, Biblical, and much appreciated. Thank you.
@elizabethrodgers82506 ай бұрын
Awesome.
@danaharrod90936 ай бұрын
God must look down at us wondering "how did I make so many eejits?"
@SusanMary-oq3ke6 ай бұрын
😅
@jothompson19036 ай бұрын
God looks down; "Oh, my poor children"!
@MA-vz2mu6 ай бұрын
❤ Perfect timing! I really needed to be reminded of this!
@petermichaelcapani72536 ай бұрын
Thank you, Father. I needed this teaching from you.
@anniethompson10416 ай бұрын
Thank you so much, Father. This is really really what I needed to hear right now 🙏🐑
@ShaneBrennan-z5d6 ай бұрын
I really really needed to hear this….thank you so so much 👍🤛🏻❤️
@ctmcatholic6 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@kath.95056 ай бұрын
Oh Father. 😂. You killed me with this one. Thank you! I needed this. 😂❤
@annkreager19966 ай бұрын
I love your message! Thank you!
@MHester-m3f6 ай бұрын
Ah, thank you for I think God has got to have great humor especially if He decides to listen to the ignorant questions I ask. I am 78 and wondering about things - of God and Heaven, etc, that a 6 yr old would know. He is likely telling someone to listen because I am at “it” again. He must be helping because I’m still hanging on to the Hope of Eternal Salvation. Please, Lord, may my Hope especially for others be known and they be with You when they leave this life.