The German Bishops, a Pro-Life Shrine, and Helping Widows and Orphans w/ Fr. Jason Charron

[@johnthecatholic914]

33:33 what Matt said here explains exactly how i feel as a German. Father Jason Charrons words to the laity are very encouraging and it was what i needed to hear. Thank you very much for your content. You and other english speaking Catholic KZbinrs are the source of catechesis and spiritual reflection for many of us germans. God bless you

[@Blitsun]

I am not German, but I also live in Germany. I rely on these sources for moral support and courage in the face of so much confusion. It's not only very discouraging out here, but also very confusing and bewildering and despair-inducing. I have had to look outside Germany for Faith support, but Maria 1.0 is excellent and they do very, very important work.

[@Quekksilber]

@@Blitsun Also "Die Tagespost" or "Neuer Anfang" - those are great resources as well!

[@bishoythakla5896]

I love that you give lots of air time to the Eastern Church. Usually we are overlooked when people talk about the Catholic Church but we are here :) Proud Ukrainian Greek Catholic

[@ericholmberg2963]

As a former Protestant pastor, church planter, video producer, and apologist, it would have very likely taken me a couple of years more, if ever, to have entered the Catholic Church, if I hadn't discovered the Eastern Byzantine doorway. Moved to the promised land of Steubenville 8 months ago to reboot my spiritual/mental pallete and was blessed to discover that only 40 minutes away, Holy Trinity Church, Fr. Charron, and Jewish Temple worship 2.0 awaited. After 40+ years of attending church---many of those years where I was one of the pastors--I have finally found a place where I can't wait to go and don't want the Divine Liturgy to end. Thanks to Matt and Fr. Jason.

[@mysticalrosegl]

Hi! Can you tell me if you like Steubenville? I keep hearing how it's a place full of Catholic families and I'm intrigued

[@ericholmberg2963]

@Gigi L It's complicated. A number of families have moved here looking for the promise land--an understandable fascination given how we are hard wired and how our culture is in free fall. Looking through natural eyes, Steubenville is a shit-show. For those with eyes to see, it may be one of the better places we have to make a stand and move the Kingdom forward. But that's me, a former hippy who for the first four months I was here lived in a tent on a friends farm

[@WhiteWolfSpirit]

​@Eric Holmberg I need a friend like that. I'm in NE Ohio and in 4 years I was slowly pulled back to the Catholic church. I also slowly realized after 20 yeas here that I am seriously in the enemy's territory. It's all very convoluted but after a few years on my own with prayer and the Bible I realize my marriage isn't even valid. All this time I couldn't figure out what I did wrong. I left the church after confirmation so I've had a lot of catching up to do. Anyways, any advice to someone without any connections left, as they all blackballed me when I repented. I've thought the same thing, just walk my dog and backpack until I find a proper church. You're very blessed.

[@AppealToHeaven]

Makes me want to check out the Eastern Church even more

[@sophiamahuku4273]

That's very right

[@Geldergroen]

I have given up coffee for lent, first 3 days was a hell, now its a blessing nu my energie is more stable, and given also coke cola fanta en chips candy for lent and its also a blessing, Nice interview btw Matt🙏🙏 i pray for you

[@debbie2027]

THAT ...OPENING .....PRAYER .... I literally got CHILLS ..... GORGEOUS

[@christinakataryna]

Wow, Matt, you're my hero! I knew you had supported Ukraine but now I'm even more fond of you, knowing that you plan on visiting Ukraine and helping those in need. That means the world to me, as a Ukrainian. Hope to meet you in person in May!

[@joane24]

As much as absolutely beautiful the Byzantine divine liturgy is, what I love about the Roman Catholic holy mass are actually the moments of _silence_ . For me, there's something intimate and prayerful in these moments of silence, especially during the liturgy of the Eucharist.

[@TheCatholicCorridor]

I've been waiting to hear Matt speak more about Eastern Catholicism. I really wish I had an Eastern Catholic church that wasn't 2 hours away...

[@WhiteWolfSpirit]

Same. The more the world enters he church the more orthodox my heart pulls me. I'm in NE Ohio.

[@followerofchristofthetrini1692]

“My only regret is that there isn’t a Greek Catholic church in every city in America.” My exact thoughts. I have experienced a handful of Divine Liturgies and have treasured each experience. Sadly I have to travel and hour and a half in any direction to get to one. I hope to figure out how to one day bring one to my area. Don’t even know where to begin for that dream. Fr. Charros, Matt, any ideas?

[@imjustheretogrill9260]

If you are Latin be Latin.

[@occasional-dabbler]

That Prayer of St Ephraim (at the beginning) is great; part of my daily (or what ought to be daily...) devotion.

[@sohammitra8657]

God bless fr. Jason

[@mikeindiacharliehotelalpha2373]

44:10 In this spirit please pray for those few German bishops who publically and at great personal risk opposed all the heretical notions put forth by their colleagues: His Excellency the Most Reverend Rudolf Vorderholzer, Bishop of Regensburg His Excellency the Most Reverend Gregor Maria Hanke, Bishop of Eichstätt His Excellency the Most Reverend Stefan Oster, Bishop of Passau His Excellency the Most Reverend Dominikus Schwaderlapp, auxilary Bishop of Köln His Excellency the Most Reverend Florian Wörner, auxilary Bishop of Augsburg as well as everyone who opposed at least some of the texts and voted "yes" or "neutral" on others. That too took great bravery given the circumstances. Deo gratias! 🙏

[@MikeOrtego]

I love the Eastern Divine Liturgy and wish there was one where I live but as I gotten older I've come to really love and appreciate the Latin Rite which is the Liturgy of my childhood. Even more so appreciating it in the TLM.

[@willthegamer124willgaming3]

Thanks Father! I just learned about the history in England. We were taught nothing of the catholic persecution in Canadian schools. We need to pray for the clergy but also live and teach the Gospel!

[@aane-wc6uk]

Thx you for this. We are not feeling alone 🙏

[@briannall6232]

Follow the True Magisterium. That's obedience.

[@eddieetw]

Thanks for mentioning the Chaldean Catholic Church, Father! Very few people know about us!

[@elizabethbutler2863]

Beautiful

[@matthewm5709]

Great conversation! Fantastic priest!

[@Freeman_Gunner]

The Latin Mass treats the congregation like adults, no hand holding.

[@shinym.s9896]

What an incredible priest very clear about our Faith and doctrine. I loved this interview. Thanks to Matt and his team.

[@kenkessner9594]

I have a chotki & pray the Jesus prayer nearly every morning. Nut I love the western Roman rite. I'm glad you've found a home.

[@lynneshine6606]

31:30 What do we do as Catholics with regard to what is going on in Germany and elsewhere in the Church? This was a super important answer from Fr. Charron.

[@catkat740]

Yes! Thank you for timestamping this!

[@MartinaStC]

Pray and fast for us Catholics in Germany and the Catholic Churches whose congragation don't support the synodial way.

[@mstar11000]

Just excellent. Thank you.

[@ambroserose762]

Great program, please interview David Abernethy (Father) , Ruthenian Catholic priest in Pittsburg, Administrator Saints Peter and Paul Parish at Ruthenian Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh, Father David understands the value of eastern Christianity for the Western Christian having been part of both.

[@barbararen3617]

I volunteered with 40 days for life to pray outside an abortion clinic in Brixton, England UK. Over 66 volunteers prayed from 8am to 8pm every day for 40 days, big hands up to Maria Gabriella of Good Counsel Network for organising this. Please pray that this house of death closes down by the 13 April, the feast day of St Margaret of Costello. Thank you.

[@henrysharpe9976]

I literally went back to check on the progress of this shrine this week

[@clarekuehn4372]

Title should have that it's about Eastern Catholicism as well. 💗

[@in_defense_of_the_church]

Im not very knowledgeable on the Eastern Rites of the Church and therefore didn’t know the sign of the cross was like that of the Orthodox Church. I find it interesting and I’m curious about the roots of that difference.

[@Lion-Heart7]

Great show and convo!!

[@angrypotato_fz]

I appreciate the timecodes :)

[@dmytronachas3019]

Thanks for helping Ukrainian children in this difficult times!

[@johnjon1823]

This thing needs chapters and time stamps.

[@amys7667]

Can we tag Thursday in these kind of posts?

[@clarekuehn4372]

And closed captioning.

[@ashleyc.4596]

They normally add them in after a bit but I could be mistaken

[@mimi_j]

I was just thinking this whole rewinding back to the beginning of how he became eastern Catholic 🥴🥴lol I’m like why doesn’t this have chapters😫

[@EthanLington]

It does now :)

[@marilinaimperati525]

Great conversation. Thank you

[@DonCorelone007]

For anyone wondering the Prayer said at the beginning is the Prayer of St Ephrem.

[@sieglinde1776]

38:25 For the discussion on lack of leadership from bishops and priests in the East, I don't think you can say that about Poland. Stefan Wyszyński, Karol Wojtyła, Jerzy Popiełuszko are all examples of clergy who demonstrated great leadership under communist rule.

[@stogskk]

I was thinking of Fr. Jerzy, as well!

[@giuliadiicorsica]

Thank you for mentioning our country’s tradition of great church leadership 🙏

[@sieglinde1776]

@@giuliadiicorsica you're welcome. I'm an American, but I love Fr. Jerzy and I have a great respect for Poland!

[@mostreal907]

I like this guy.

[@tiny5270]

Please pray for Germany 😥

[@priv4te_u2ber]

3rd ~ UK 🙏🏻☦️🇬🇧🤝🏻🇺🇸

[@nicolejackson6581]

The Jesus Prayer is just saying “Lord Jesus Christ, son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner” right? Just wanted to clarify

[@jordankennedy9053]

yes it is!

[@Samitchmeister]

I would love it if you could have a priest from the personal ordinariate on the show

[@MagsWonderWoo92]

If you like podcasts, Catching Foxes had an episode (Aug 14, 22 if that helps you find it) with an ordinariate priest called “Husband, Dad, Priest, Oklahoman…”. They’re very similar to PWA. I’ve listened to them for 5+ years and it’s my favorite episode.

[@Samitchmeister]

@@MagsWonderWoo92 Thanks!

[@ambroserose762]

Matt you could become a awesome eastern catholic married priest, you should pray about that.

[@dumbox1899]

Matt's comparison between East and West liturgy sounds like something I've heard Fr Thomas Loya talk about

[@julia2]

My daughter’s birthday is also June 24th!

[@Mac1996_]

Can you make a video about eastern catholic prayer books? That you would recommend

[@alepine1986]

I attended St. Elias in the early 2010s and remember Fr. Jason. He is an excellent priest. I really struggle as someone raised Orthodox with the host's assertion that 'any church that doesn't submit to Rome is in schism.' I hear this from many (mostly Latin Rite Catholics) and to hear the Orthodox referred to as schismatic just doesn't foster the kind of positive relationship the Catholic and Orthodox churches need to be working towards. Language matters. As Fr. Jason indicated, the Orthodox are sister churches, as stated by JPII. To call them schismatic is not inviting language and quite frankly will simply cause the Orthodox to dig in their heels and reject any further efforts towards reunion, since they point out with historical justification that communion in the 1st millenium did not mean submission to Rome.

[@marybethmiranda3037]

Re: Germany. Don’t pay tax and renounce your baptism? How is that possible? Once you’re baptized, your baptized for life!

[@Kyrana4102]

Bätzing, he us called, is our new Luther... I hope not in the end.

[@peppypex]

I am certainly going to be a lone voice on this channel but as a german cradle catholic I support the reform process that the 'Synodaler Weg" has initiated. My only fear is that the momentum of renewal will be lost. However I am confident that the Holy Spirit will prevail.

[@SammyJ..]

Sounds like the show should be called Pints with Palamas 😂

[@Jack-uo7gz]

Sodas With Seraphim Rose

[@justinharnett]

Some of the Eastern prayer books mentioned, could you give me the name of a couple? Thank you

[@Jesusgirl00]

I noticed he mentioned his son. Can Fr.s have kids? Or are the rules different for certain frs.? Or can you become a fr. After having a child? Thank you❤ never mind, they answered it lol

[@vetfred1977]

In the eastern rite you can be ordained after having married but you cannot get married once you’ve been ordained

[@folofus4815]

Will it look like St Michael’s in Kyiv?

[@amp9oe445]

35:43 Does Fr Charon mean that about non-martyred parish priests? Otherwise about all the priest Martyrs of the Cristero War that have been canonized?

[@SalveRegina28384BlessedArtThou]

Also I just want to understand, then would a Catholic give Eucharist to someone who would deny the Immaculate Conception, for example?

[@littleboots9800]

I think Catholics allow Orthodox to recieve the eucharist in a Catholic church and they don't accept Mary's immaculate conception but the Orthodox are told by their clergy that they cannot recieve it from Catholics. So it probably doesn't happen a lot although Catholics would allow it. Generally no one else can though.

[@donna-marie9100]

And the Church of England have now jumped down the rabbit hole of blessing sin. It won't be long before they are telling cohabiting couples they are blessed.

[@laurarees4223]

Wasn’t St Vincent de Paul a parish priest? I’m assuming he counts as canonised?

[@OMBReviews]

A beautiful novus ordo…even the most reverent I have seen is no where close to the beauty of the usus antiquuor and the ancient eastern liturgies

[@MartinPickers]

The song at the beginning with the trumpets (cut on youtube but played on apple podcast) is that from the Lofi and if so what’s the name?

[@pierrettegagnon2627]

34:30 , dig into FRESH WATERS

[@clarekuehn4372]

Please turn on closed captioning.

[@rosiegirl2485]

I have an android phone...if you hit the cc at the top of your screen you will have closed captioning

[@LauroAntonioCavalcantedeMorais]

Matt! Have Bishop Williamson on the show! Be a pal!🥺

[@SalveRegina28384BlessedArtThou]

So is it okay to buy things from Orthodox publishers and websites?

[@catkat740]

First! Great interview 😊

[@MartinaStC]

A pro-life shrine sounds great! Perferably using other terms than 'pro-life' perhaps, maybe more fruitful wording, 'seeds of life', 'God's Breath of Human Life' etc or similar...

[@quireman8329]

Great discussion, but I don't think it's fair to characterize the Western tradition as rigid. In the West, we also didn't use to have pews, and some small Latin churches in Europe didn't have pews until well into the 20th century. I am a medievalist and so I have looked into medieval architecture and liturgy, and medieval churches in the West used to have rood screens with paintings throughout the church, similar to the iconography and iconostasis in the Eastern churches. By recovering the West's medieval heritage, West and East will grow closer to each other.

[@the2ndcoming135]

Romans 9:26((N.L.T.))✝️

[@joane24]

I'm Roman Catholic and 'pierogis' are actually originally from my country (Poland), a predominantly Roman Catholic one. Eastern Christian traditions are beautiful and I love a lot about them, but please don't romanticize or 'orientalize' them (or our cuisine, for that matter) because for you it's 'exotic' and all Eastern Europe is seemingly all and the same.

[@Athleta_Christi]

Please get a maronite Catholic!!!

[@mimi_j]

Can RCs have a chotki?

[@Б.Сэцэр]

It seems that it is permissible in theory, after all, you are supposed to mediate and humble yourself to Christ. I speak as a Roman Catholic who is an expert in Eastern (especially Eastern European) history.

[@melissap5649]

So is Matt now Greek Orthodox? I thought he was Byzantine Rite?

[@WhiteWolfSpirit]

Yeah, I'm lost in that regard too....

[@baoduong2203]

He is Byzantine Rite Catholic. Greek Orthodox are not in communion with Rome, while Matt is in communion with Rome.

[@melissap5649]

@@baoduong2203 👍 super i thought so but needed to make sure. Pray for some friends of mine who “converted” to Greek Orthodox … the wife even gave away all her rosaries 😒

[@baoduong2203]

@@melissap5649 You’re welcome. I will be sure to include you and your friends in my prayers. (I’m a seminarian!)

[@melissap5649]

@@baoduong2203 jackpot!! Prayers for you for your perseverance in following God's will as well, Brother!

[@pigetstuck]

"Consistent teaching for 2000 years" ?

[@blindabraxas]

2 min in, already convicted.

[@TruthHasSpoken]

please chapter the videos. :)

[@dukeofsahib4967]

Why doesn’t Matt bring on a Russian priest to talk about his perspective of the conflict? It feels like every time he has a Ukrainian guest it’s a two minutes of hate towards Russia.

[@spmcg_]

There's a dozen Russian priests imprisoned in Siberia that would be far more critical than Fr. Jason. Though, the Russicum in Rome would be the best place to look right now

[@the2ndcoming135]

😂

[@dukeofsahib4967]

@@spmcg_ yeah I’m not saying Russia is a darling but we should at least be hearing from a Russian perspective.It’s frustrating when all you hear is the Ukraine side demonizing Russia and lecturing us to send them money while our fellow countrymen are suffering. Also the Ukrainians have cracked down on the Orthodox Church and confiscated Orthodox monasteries so they’re not exactly darlings either.

[@Myohomoto]

We are talking about the regime during Stalin....they were talking about the 1940s through the 1960s. The Russian Orthodox church at that time was controlled by the KGB. My mother was from Ukraine. Lviv and Odessa. They spoke very little about that time period. It was too horrific. Prayers for those who died.

[@marilynmelzian7370]

As a Hebrew scholar, I believe Fr. Charon is pushing the word for “side” or “rib” way too far. I don’t disagree with what he is arguing for morally, but I think one should be cautious about reading too much into words in different contexts. That is also a favorite strategy of progressives.

[@giuliadiicorsica]

Pints with Aquinas is quite misleading. Why wasn’t Matt upfront with not being a Roman Catholic before? Puts the wrong perspective on the comments he’s made about the Roman Catholic church before. How can you comment when you jumped ship a long time ago? Would have appreciated honesty about not having even been Roman Catholic for most of this podcast which has misrepresented itself and definitely utilized Roman Catholicism to build it’s brand. That is dishonesty.

[@d.j.p.g.b.9662]

He is still Catholic. He was also born and raised in the Latin tradition of Catholicism. His moving to Byzantine Catholicism has also always been very well documented. You just simply haven't looked hard enough and instead made an emotionally charged comment. I recommend you be more charitable in the future. God be with you.

[@christinemcguiness9356]

You are misinformed. 🙏

[@christinemcguiness9356]

The above comment is for Julia Walczak.

[@peterdouglasmurphy9083]

I am a regular viewer and love and appreciate your work. I must confess, though, that I find some of what was expressed here a little bizarre. While I love and truly appreciate the Eastern churches and their various liturgies, it seems that you are ignoring the fact that you "are" a Latin Catholic. I have never heard you say anything about your ethnic background, but I am guessing that your Catholicism --at least insofar as you inherited it--came to you via Western Europe. Do you not feel in any way indebted to your own Church? Never in our history has Church jumping been encourage or for that matter tolerated.

[@licensedsalesassociatemich3157]

The Father takes his son to Chik-Fil-A, a company that hates gay people. Yet, he's worried about throwing away a chicken sandwich? I will now turn off the video, as this man obviously does not follow "whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers that you do unto me." I wonder if he would throw a chicken sandwich at Jesus? That is what he is doing when he takes his son to Chik-Fil-A.

[@littleboots9800]

Ludicrous take.

[@Joe-uw5rv]

How does Chick fil a hate gay people?

[@Б.Сэцэр]

Dumb protestant take, and sodomites are promised hell according to God. Cry about it if you don't like it since your soul is on the line here.