Spiritual Desolation is a Gift! w/ Fr. Malachy Napier

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Fr. Napier talks about the reasons for Spiritual Desolation. He uses the case of St. Francis getting the stigmata.
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[@victoriabokanvsky2674]

From the age of 3 to 43.3 -to the day- I had been so dawg gone lost in some desert looking for Him, unbeknownst to me back then. I have no idea why I walked into church on a Tuesday early morning on August 29, 2017 (I would later discover the Feast day of St John the Baptist) only to know the quick removal from the depths of the choking quick sand to the point I was affiliated from so MUCH love and forgiveness. I hate to say this but I think God decided to give me GRACE out of His Fatherly Heart, which is only LOVE! Since then, I started all over again. I later realized the huge role my Blessed Mother played since 1993 or perhaps since birth for reasons I will discover in my last days here in navy seal boot camp. I’m almost 50 (1/2 a century old ) and despite the issues which quadruple I am at peace because the Holy Trinity is in me. It’s not to say I don’t have dark lost days and bamboozled by the nauseating one; it’s part of the officer navy seal training program. Did I say how exhausted my soul is?😂 the cascade of gifts and the joy they get from our amazement and acceptance. How could I ever go back and hurt all three parts of God and my Heavenly Mother and my Guardian Ángel…my best friend

[@twilliams4768]

Beautiful. Thank you for these consoling words!

[@roshinvarghese6879]

Yes currently in the desert. Only thing I have is Jesus.

[@nathalieceron5959]

Thank you so much, this is such a precious reminder ❤

[@mistyviolet3825]

YES 🙌🏻 I needed this today 💔so much!!!!😢😢 thank you 🙏🏻 ❤

[@vickersonp]

Me too!

[@silverbear5548]

100% Yes, yes, yes!!! ❤️

[@jaynex903]

This came in at the right time for me ... Might need this reminder time to time 🙏

[@btsnoona_]

My parents were the best examples of following God, they never really had their feet steady in this world but always secure in Him. A year and half after my Mom passed I'm finally coming out of the desert, I'm starting to see things with clear eyes again. And God is calling me to exercise this muscle He is showing me where I can reject intrusive thoughts and worry... God held me steady while I came through the last few years and now He is asking me to trust Him in a different way... This Father is really reminding me of Mother Iliana, in the mannerisms, and dropping truth bombs...

[@laurenmcdonald7086]

Oh yeah….it has always only been You, Lord. Never me. You. Those days of crashing and burning happen often for me. I guess the Lord needs to remind me often that I am nothing without Him.❤

[@GerberdingFamily217]

Profound. A message for the modern man.

[@Catholiclady3]

I need more of this interview

[@TCM1231]

God Bless

[@ivanbezzinagyver8817]

Right time for me as well, thanks.

[@jesussotelo4775]

Literally me right now.

[@mistyviolet3825]

Me too 😢😢😢😢

[@Dienekes678]

Me three 😢 I really feel abandoned. "This too shall pass"...I know this is true, but it's not giving me much consolation.

[@lindabonicelli6801]

Amen 🙏 and God Bless 🙌

[@csongorarpad4670]

This is such a wonderful reminder and testimony! Thank you Jesus Christ!

[@familyt1588]

So good :)

[@markballard9300]

Powerful stuff!

[@1annewatkins]

Thank you ❤

[@mateaskender1292]

Who is this man, wow, thank you Pints with Aquinas ❣️❣️😊

[@jeffhirshberg5171]

Your last remark, Matt, resonated. Do you have (or plan on making) any videos that pertain to the intellectual (philosophical) assent vis-a-vis the embrace of the heart?

[@friedawells6860]

Same!

[@K.P.777]

❤

[@chiarahamilton3734]

Where’s the rest of the interview ahh 😍 it was just getting started!

[@MrJ567]

Spiritual desolation is a test and/or a chastisement, not a gift.

[@Dienekes678]

It most certainly does not feel like a gift... Please pray for me, I'm really struggling with this test right now.

[@chissstardestroyer]

No, self-reliance is the only good thing imaginable; as once that's gone: so is any possibility at all of attaining or even holding onto virtue; yet reliance upon god is really the heresy of presumption in and of itself.

[@roshinvarghese6879]

Relying on God is hersey? Then why pray?

[@chissstardestroyer]

@@roshinvarghese6879 Well, considering the way He has been historically described in the Church's teachings by the fathers and doctors thereof, as well as by the popes and councils; He is a false god *while* remaining God Himself. Thus any prayer by definition is really a dumb idea.