What Most People Get Wrong About God

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Breaking In The Habit

Breaking In The Habit

3 жыл бұрын

Everyone has a basic understanding of "God." Unfortunately, most people know more about Hollywood God than the actual God of Christianity. Here's why it matters.
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@GenesiusOfWalsingham
@GenesiusOfWalsingham 3 жыл бұрын
I left Christianity before because I believed in that moralistic, therapeutic deist version of God. I didn't actually care about my relationship with him and I became too far detached; it came to a head when I studied philosophy and encountered the problem of evil. I was an atheist for a year but I'm coming back to the faith, this time as a Catholic. I'm attending RCIA this fall and regularly meet with my local deacon to discuss my research into the Catechism and Catholic faith and history. Your videos have been a huge blessing and help to me. Keep up the good work! Edit: thank you all for the encouragement I've received, and to those in this comment section who are atheist, I wish you well and pray you'll find God and his truth. 🙏
@James-en1ob
@James-en1ob 3 жыл бұрын
Good for you Roy , and godbless you
@soda8624
@soda8624 3 жыл бұрын
Yay! I'm so happy for you! Lots of love 🤍
@TheBTG
@TheBTG 3 жыл бұрын
Welcome Home.
@TripleKmafia
@TripleKmafia 3 жыл бұрын
You were on the right side for a year.
@rjskeptic5273
@rjskeptic5273 3 жыл бұрын
The question you have to ask yourself is what convinced you that a god exists.
@d2h655
@d2h655 3 жыл бұрын
I want to become a nun. For the Dominican order. I'm trying to do as much research as I can on it. I no longer wish to exist in the secular world. Because of the scandal founded in the church, my Baptist parents are very much not supportive. I'm a little nervous too but God has called me to a simple life of solitude and prayer
@ratboi8683
@ratboi8683 3 жыл бұрын
God bless
@reginleifr7300
@reginleifr7300 3 жыл бұрын
That's wonderful. I know having unsupportive parents is hard but hang in there. As far as I know you can visit some of those monasteries to see if it's a life you want. Maybe visit for a week or so. God bless, I'll pray for you
@zombiechik190
@zombiechik190 3 жыл бұрын
Praying for you . and may God grant you strength and patience. May your parents be shown the beauty of our Catholic faith and be proud .
@CedanyTheAlaskan
@CedanyTheAlaskan 3 жыл бұрын
God bless you. I'm thriving to become a priest and I have non-Catholic parents as well. I wish you well!
@heyounicorns2
@heyounicorns2 3 жыл бұрын
go for it! i hope you succeed and enjoy your spirituality.
@darklurkerirl6101
@darklurkerirl6101 Жыл бұрын
As an newly ex-muslim new christian, the trinity concept the hardest part to grasp like my many peers. You just fill me with joy with your amazing anologies. I didnt baptised yet and living in Turkey its quite hard and sometimes even dangerous to seek some advice publicly, you give me the same feeling when i first read new testament. Thanks for the great explanations. Nowadays i just read bible more and pray to Jesus but i hope i will be a real christian soon and sorry for my bad english.
@RejectedRecords1998
@RejectedRecords1998 Жыл бұрын
There is no gatekeeping in Christianity. If you believe in and accept Jesus as your savior, then you are no less Christian than anyone else.
@barnabyrt1012
@barnabyrt1012 10 ай бұрын
God bless you, brother, you have brought tears of joy to my eyes. Hope one day you can come to the west and live freely. God bless you. 🙏
@jkthegoldeneagle
@jkthegoldeneagle 8 ай бұрын
In MY words think of it like you, your mother and your father were all one. Each has different duties, although the duties often overlap. The main point is love. Good luck.
@thegiantbeagle
@thegiantbeagle 6 ай бұрын
Welcome! I hope you can find a good Church somewhere, Jesus loves you have a good day!
@soosooaryan
@soosooaryan 3 жыл бұрын
I, as a Muslim born agnostic, am an avid watcher of your channel. though i can not claim to have a theistic faith of any form or content, I am truly intrigued by religion and theology and you are so simple and at the same time eloquent in defining the principles of the Catholic faith. and, theological and scholastic debates aside, Catholicism is the most beautiful faiths in the world.
@Love-jf7rs
@Love-jf7rs 3 жыл бұрын
I hope you keep searching Soroosh. A lot of people are passing from this world daily now. If anything, now is the time to determine what is True and real of the Afterlife that awaits! There is everything to lose and everything to gain if the person gets it right! 'Search and you will find' -Jesus Christ :)
@maverick7291
@maverick7291 3 жыл бұрын
As a Catholic born and raised, but I took it upon myself to study it. Catholicism is not as straight forward as protestantism and even Islam. Catholicism really allows critical thinking despite the contrary in certain media outlets or people in general. Catholicism to me is both intellectual and mysterious. Their theology is very rich and doesn't allow for closure of questioning.
@lyndavonkanel8603
@lyndavonkanel8603 2 жыл бұрын
Soroosh, as a Catholic I am happy to read that you consider "the Catholic faith is the most beautiful in the world." I think so, too.
@lyndavonkanel8603
@lyndavonkanel8603 2 жыл бұрын
@@jamesparson Yes
@2l84me8
@2l84me8 Жыл бұрын
What’s so beautiful about a religion that actively protected convicted child molesters and stopped the poor children from seeking justice? You’re disgusting and ought to be ashamed of yourself.
@RobertGrif
@RobertGrif 3 жыл бұрын
Not a Catholic, but I have been a Christian my whole life and I have attended many churches, including Catholic ones. I have always thought depictions of the bearded old man in the sky as strange. That's not God to me. If God is omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent, He can't be limited by concepts human minds can easily put in a box. Too many people try to use Him to justify what they want to do, rather than listen to what He wants us to do.
@pladimir_vutin
@pladimir_vutin 3 жыл бұрын
what is it that he wants us to do, if he's not in our image ( or we in his) therefore he is not the ideal we can become? I mean the bearded man in the sky makes a lot of sense from a pov which creates a paradise and is more normative than descriptive
@user-ty8zm3zk3x
@user-ty8zm3zk3x 3 жыл бұрын
That image of an old man in the sky that you probably saw at a Catholic Church is a depiction of wisdom, in literature and film n old person usually means wise in years. The father is wise.
@ninodjuras
@ninodjuras 3 жыл бұрын
@@pladimir_vutin He certainly want us to become Christ like, that's called life of sanctification (throught Holy Spirit and God Grace), and that's indeed what He want from us.
@enixbluerain7213
@enixbluerain7213 3 жыл бұрын
It's called 'anthromorphism'. Depicting God with human qualities in order for humans to understand. In the Bible, even in the Book of Genesis, describes God as breathing, walking, working with hands, etc. These are figurative literature so that humans can understand God's actions.
@joshuabarnard5702
@joshuabarnard5702 3 жыл бұрын
Well the image of "man with a white beard" is actually a description of the glorified Jesus from the Book of Revelation: "Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the lampstands one like a Son of Man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around His chest. The hairs of His head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire, His feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters. In His right hand He held seven stars, from His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and His face was like the sun shining in full strength. When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as though dead."
@sebastiandobek8866
@sebastiandobek8866 3 жыл бұрын
Understanding classical theism was the milestone that finally allowed me to admire the mystical beauty of God and gave me a reason why He is worthy of my worship and time. I find it sad how so many people don't know about this Catholic doctrine and misunderstand God. Maybe you could make a video on this.
@ntmn8444
@ntmn8444 3 жыл бұрын
It’s true. I’m a cradle Catholic, and I can say I finally found what I needed in the Catholic Church what I sought elsewhere. Once I started reading the catechism of the church, I realized how poor my religious education actually was. But then, my parents also were poorly educated in the catechism of the church. And like us, there are many.
@martinhavlicek4011
@martinhavlicek4011 3 жыл бұрын
Guess your religion didnt explain itself very well. It explained itself very well on women though. While it was idology stolen from greek philosof and it was not written in Bible, catholics took it very well that women are lesser to men. But dont mind me. Im just stating one of many problems of christianity, especially catholism.
@HarryNicNicholas
@HarryNicNicholas 2 жыл бұрын
god killed everyone on the planet, including babies, christians defend this behaviour, why?
@augustneverends
@augustneverends 2 жыл бұрын
@@HarryNicNicholas If there was no death why would life matter?
@jacksongatens2419
@jacksongatens2419 Жыл бұрын
@@martinhavlicek4011 Does Judaism not treat women as “lesser” than men, do most old world religions not do that?
@jaytea4390
@jaytea4390 3 жыл бұрын
last time I was this early, the Tower of Babel was still intact
@hoopsonwheels
@hoopsonwheels 3 жыл бұрын
Great joke
@voxtemporis4503
@voxtemporis4503 3 жыл бұрын
Dear Alex, I am not joking.
@angeliquepiafbordeaux4107
@angeliquepiafbordeaux4107 2 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@embott1
@embott1 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent. Growing up, the nuns told us God was an man in the sky who knew all, saw all: essentially, Santa Claus. Thank you for your words and guidance. They stir something in this old ex-Catholic.
@TheLeonhamm
@TheLeonhamm 3 жыл бұрын
Did they? That surprises me .. clearly, they did not have/ use/ know/ understand/ appreciate etc the basics of the Simple Catechism. Never just a series of quirky quizzes and pat answers, rather it is the very easy framework upon which to build a form of understanding (i.e. how to think clearly, not what to say, unthinkingly). For example, stop now and think through this odd old question: 'What is God?'. The manner by which you begin to puzzle this out is telling; as a Catholic, it is intended to prompt you to question yourself - a shocking concept, I know. That is; what does your choice of answer .. actually 'mean' (for most of us, if honest, it would be something like a mystery, for others, it means a faith that seeks understanding ......aka 'Catholicism'). ;o)
@andreasw.6425
@andreasw.6425 3 жыл бұрын
...before I would inquire what god is, I would need to be convinced that god exists. Up to the present day, there has been no good reason to believe in god. So, it seems to me that should you wish to learn more about yourself, you do not need to spent time thinking about a potentially Non-existing deity. 🙃
@TheLeonhamm
@TheLeonhamm 3 жыл бұрын
@@andreasw.6425 Well said, Andreas .. this simple, subjective assessment is the only genuinely trustworthy argument available as an atheistic response to the concept of God, understood in Catholicism (though, naturally enough, not for the slippery image of 'God' < G / g > or gods formed elsewhere). However, the reason to believe 'in' God (that Catholic understanding) is not only a good one, and a pipterino at that, it is - of itself - objectively insuperable (as the ancient philosophers already understood, independently, by use of ordinary reason; thus, in general, they did not dispute it .. they simply slipped around it via deism, gnosticism, rationalism, scepticism, et al). Because, like it or not, once you begin to realise that you 'are'* - and accept that distinct oddity as such - you also have established the groundwork for what Christians call 'God' (as Aquinas would put it): i.e. Being, per se; after that radical admission, all else to the contrary is evasion or emotion. ;o) * Yes, that sense of 'being' includes the whole show of some fanciful mind game in conjuring up a 'real' mad scientist (a petty 'god') who invents 'you' - allowing that being = 'you' to imagine that 'you' are the real being, and independent of a more or less inconceivable hyper-controlling mind-gamer (of the decidedly .. umm .. insane i.e. unhealthy kind); or if you prefer a negative spin, the still unsatisfactory (if more healthy) imagination needed in Anselm's 'that than which nothing greater can be conceived' kind of stuff; for if, in either case, it 'is' or indeed 'it' isn't then that altogether petty reality leaves little more to add to the god-talk-game's quirkiness than ruffling a moralist's metaphorical feathers - if you see what I mean.
@andreasw.6425
@andreasw.6425 3 жыл бұрын
@@TheLeonhamm - ...I have no good reason to believe that my being requires a god. There may be bad reasons to believe in god, but who would need those. 😉
@TheLeonhamm
@TheLeonhamm 3 жыл бұрын
@@andreasw.6425 Again, well said there, Andreas. The Catholic understanding of the concept 'God' relates to 'being' per se - therefore, accepting that you 'are' rationally involves that concept < Being > .. the ancient philosophers had a sound understanding of this 'reasoning'; sadly, all of this has long since been lost in the welter of emotion around terms like religion, belief, and faith, et al. I suspect that you have a better (if unexpressed) grasp of these matters than many Catholics today. Yo! ( Oops! I forgot a .. ;o) )
@mi-ka-eltheguardian3837
@mi-ka-eltheguardian3837 3 жыл бұрын
" The Holy Spirit can knock you over, even destroy" .... I really needed to hear this Father. My dad died one week ago; when confronted with simple yet brutal reality of death , I struggled to hang upon certain aspects of faith , that seemed to be real , logical, reasonable..... Just in my head ! Don't get me wrong: I do believe all that Holy Mother Church proclaims , but the fact that we don't have an immediate correlation to the reality of Resurrection , can be really daunting , when we make experience of death . Perhaps The Holy Spirit is taking my faith out of the envelope and make it much more alive . Thank you father . Please remember my dad when you say Mass . His name is Antonio ( He actually liked to be called Tonino) .
@junesilvermanb2979
@junesilvermanb2979 2 жыл бұрын
May THE LORD grant him eternal peace, life, and salvation...
@sergeyyagelskiy8141
@sergeyyagelskiy8141 2 жыл бұрын
The short answer would be: pretty much everything. :) I am an russian orthodox myself, but your videos are so insightful, that now I have a renewed respect for my western christian cousins. God bless.
@MariaPullatt
@MariaPullatt 3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful video! I'm forever thankful to Catholicism for radically changing my perception about God. From a distant, nonchalant, passive Being/Power, He became my Father, Brother and Best Friend. Catholicism taught me to approach Prayer as a beautiful process of communication rather than just an obligation. If I was bored and tired of prayer before, now I feel butterflies in my stomach every time I approach Him (sort of like a school crush, haha). I think I'm in love.
@bernadettemintmier9618
@bernadettemintmier9618 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, I agree. I am a cradle Catholic, and I will die a Catholic , with God's grace, I pray. Amen.
@lyndavonkanel8603
@lyndavonkanel8603 2 жыл бұрын
Maria, me too!
@HarryNicNicholas
@HarryNicNicholas 2 жыл бұрын
it must be so reassuring to hear someone spin all the evil crap that god does and make you feel all warm and fuzzy about it.
@darrenwang8879
@darrenwang8879 2 жыл бұрын
Maria, your comment on you being in love with God is an interesting one. When we read in the Song of Solomon, we see that God is in love with His people( the Shulamite) and that they are chasing each other. And then ofc in the New Testament, there are many mentions of Jesus being the bridegroom to the people which is the lady. So yes, the love between God and us is not just the agape between a father and his child but also a romantic courtship.
@livingwellwithpsychosis
@livingwellwithpsychosis 2 жыл бұрын
I want to become a Catholic after watching your videos Father Casey!! Pray for me!!! (And I love your videos!)
@mariasheena5225
@mariasheena5225 Жыл бұрын
🙏🙏🙏
@truecatholic8692
@truecatholic8692 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful!!!! God is calling you home!!!!
@gingerginger999
@gingerginger999 3 жыл бұрын
The Monty Python "god" in your thumbnail deserves a thumbs-up.Well done.
@jamesabestos2800
@jamesabestos2800 Жыл бұрын
Yeah I was wondering what that was
@pseudomino3
@pseudomino3 3 жыл бұрын
It’s like trying to understand what infinity is. We can conceptualize it, even visualize it, work with that concept, but we can never really fully understand it. Our minds are limited. The same with God. (Nice video, btw)
@bottomline7923
@bottomline7923 3 жыл бұрын
The whole concept of infinity is something that I've contemplated my whole life. Almost every day I've contemplated infinity, God and the Universe. A micro-organism or a fish at the bottom of our ocean could view its world to stretch for infinity, it or they could swim for an eternity and assume infinity BUT we know that their world is minuscule compared to ours.. infinity? is there such a thing? Numbers are our constraint..
@williamlaudeman7157
@williamlaudeman7157 3 жыл бұрын
If you could understand infinity, you would be Infinite yourself. Just as if you could understand Perfection, you would have to first be Perfect. That's why we call these things "mysteries" ... because while we can talk about them we cannot ever understand them completely.
@bottomline7923
@bottomline7923 3 жыл бұрын
@@williamlaudeman7157 I'm sorry William, honestly. What a load of rubbish.. if you could understand infinity you would be infinite yourself.. what on earth does that even try to mean? Again, I apologise but that's just rubbish that sounds pretty. It has zero meaning. Even the understand perfection bit. Understand perfection? What? I actually wanted to post here that this young priest is devoid of original things to say about faith.. just the same old rhetoric with the watchmaker bit thrown in... no original thought or ideas or perspective. Are you a priest?
@pseudomino3
@pseudomino3 3 жыл бұрын
@@bottomline7923 a Church that is 2000 years old don’t necessary have to seek novelty. So Insee no problem in not having anything original to say. The book of Job was written in the 2nd millenium BCE. Pretty old. Nothing new. Most of the Christian theology is centuries old. Nothing new. Nothing “original”.
@bottomline7923
@bottomline7923 3 жыл бұрын
@@pseudomino3 Nothing new? What? We have since discovered that the earth isn't flat and that we, all of us have evolved on this planet over millions of years.. there have been people discovered, people who roamed this land for 80 thousand plus years, unchanged, with no thought or notion of a God.. in the Bible there is talk of slavery, of homosexuality being wrong and a sin... deserved of death?Nothing new? Same old boring rhetoric that hides, lures, tricks and deceives.. I'm sorry.. I wish I didn't see the church in this way..
@ekdujhekeliyeentertainment497
@ekdujhekeliyeentertainment497 3 жыл бұрын
There is a lot of misinformation out there about everything in this world. Politics, celebrities, world events, history and even religion. Father, your channel is very helpful in spreading the truth. A ray of hope 🌄in the dark, dark world🌌 of the internet. 🌐
@martinhavlicek4011
@martinhavlicek4011 3 жыл бұрын
Catholic church desinfomated all the time in medieval times and still does so to this day. Even internet is more trustable than catholic church. Or to be more precise religions in general. But its true its nice he stated this less known option on it.
@lala-no6hn
@lala-no6hn 3 жыл бұрын
Saint Therese of Lisieux said we need to run to God, no matter what, so I am learning to do it 😊
@sergiowinter5383
@sergiowinter5383 2 жыл бұрын
Be like the little kid when seeing father come from work with God
@jaclo3112
@jaclo3112 2 жыл бұрын
@@sergiowinter5383 only difference is a father who comes home from work won't torture you for eternity if you don't love him back.
@sergiowinter5383
@sergiowinter5383 2 жыл бұрын
@@jaclo3112 But he would definitely spank the kid as well, love isn't just hugs and kisses.
@jaclo3112
@jaclo3112 2 жыл бұрын
@@sergiowinter5383 so a father comes home and not only physically assaults his children....but also tortures them for eternity for not loving him back as god would do? Yikes.
@rachela.5311
@rachela.5311 3 жыл бұрын
I wish my RCIA had covered more about what God is and isn't. I was raised fundamental evangelical where you're taught that God causes earthquakes and all that. God is a punisher. I still struggle with that mindset, even now after being Catholic for over two years. Seeing God as a loving figure who understands my heart better than even I do, is sometimes easy for me to forget.
@schmetterling4477
@schmetterling4477 3 жыл бұрын
So you traded one up, huh? Why not go all the way, though, and become a fully formed adult who doesn't need an overbearing father figure?
@HarryNicNicholas
@HarryNicNicholas 2 жыл бұрын
take away heaven and hell and christianity is just a hobby. carrots and sticks. bribes and grift.
@CalebStahl
@CalebStahl Ай бұрын
​@@HarryNicNicholas What are your hobbies? Mocking others beliefs? How brave.
@amaraheising4672
@amaraheising4672 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Father Casey. Blessings and grace on all who believe and bring us Breaking in the Habit. This is food that keeps us on our feet and moving closer to truth and life.
@t2bzofree4798
@t2bzofree4798 3 жыл бұрын
There was a great New Yorker cartoon in which there was an image of an older man without a beard, and a couple of angels. One of the angels says to the other "I just can't take him seriously without the beard!" Thanks for this video. I love your analogy of Father as the speaker, Jesus as the word, and the Spirit as the breath. Lovely. I also love the one that depicts the Father as the lover, Jesus as the beloved, and the Spirit as the love that passes between them. Another describes it an invitation to a divine dance. Let the music play on!
@HarryNicNicholas
@HarryNicNicholas 2 жыл бұрын
my favourite cartoon was in playboy, jesus is looking under the hood of a broken down citroen 2cv and he's saying to the lady driver "it's your carburettor" which of the many jesus are you talking about? any idea why jesus never wrote anything?
@robinbaich169
@robinbaich169 3 жыл бұрын
Got a prayer request - my son has myocarditis from taking the J&J vaccine. He's in rough shape - please pray for healing, anyone who sees this. Thank you.
@Peter_Gbuchie
@Peter_Gbuchie 3 жыл бұрын
God will heal him dear
@edwardwicks304
@edwardwicks304 3 жыл бұрын
I believe that God hears and answers prayer. I will pray for your son. 🙏
@Titantr0n
@Titantr0n 3 жыл бұрын
Of course this was gonna be a trumptard nest. Surprise.
@christiandpaul2022
@christiandpaul2022 3 жыл бұрын
@@Titantr0n No one made it political. Why would you. Pray for him and leave that out of it.
@ShikataGaNai100
@ShikataGaNai100 3 жыл бұрын
I call bullshit.
@isoldam
@isoldam 3 жыл бұрын
I love your sermons, Father. You always give me something to think about.
@brittanykaufman9394
@brittanykaufman9394 Жыл бұрын
I was 21 and sitting in jail for the 3rd time when I read the Holy Bible in its entirety. Doing that truly opened my eyes to the nature of God and to the fact that I hardly knew anything about Christianity. He is the Good Shepherd
@HeatherE303
@HeatherE303 2 жыл бұрын
Love, love, love this video. Thank you so much for making it!
@jonahkane7027
@jonahkane7027 3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely an incredible video that is so needed. If people are taught to believe in a moralistic therapeutic deistic version of God they will see that they have no good reasons whatsoever to believe that this being exists. Once people understand what Christians mean be God they will see that we our not debating the existence of the Flying Spaghetti Monster but rather the ultimate cause of reality. Thank you Father for doing Great work!
@tomandrews1429
@tomandrews1429 3 жыл бұрын
How do you know that the ultimate cause of reality is the Christian God?
@jonahkane7027
@jonahkane7027 3 жыл бұрын
I think it is the most likely explanation that the cause of the universe is the Christian God. I believe this because of a number of reasons. But the first question is does God exist? If God does not exist then the Christian story makes no sense. Do you believe God exist? Do you believe there is a necessary creator who exists outside of the universe and sustains in being?
@tomandrews1429
@tomandrews1429 3 жыл бұрын
@@jonahkane7027 No I don't believe God exists and I don't believe there is a necessary creator who exists outside of space and time. Are you willing to explain some of the reasons you think that God is the ultimate cause of reality?
@jonahkane7027
@jonahkane7027 3 жыл бұрын
Of course. I am by no means an expert so while I do love the classical arguments for God I would not do justice to them. So I like to start with the fact that it seems from experience that humans cannot live without feeling like their life truly matters. Humans are unable to go on without a sense of true purpose. Now if atheism is true then it seems to me that there is no ultimate sense of purpose sense their is no ultimate intelligence behind the universe. Now to me it would just seem odd that an absolutely meaningless universe would produce such an intelligent being that longed for and indeed needed ultimate purpose. Now don’t misunderstand my argument. I am not saying atheist can’t feel a sense of purpose. They most certainly can. That is precisely my point everyone needs to feel as if their life truly matters.
@tomandrews1429
@tomandrews1429 3 жыл бұрын
@@jonahkane7027 So if atheists can feel a sense of purpose and they do so without God, doesn't that negate your argument that having a sense of purpose can only come from God?
@williamlaudeman7157
@williamlaudeman7157 3 жыл бұрын
For many years, as one of the RCIA group at our parish I have started my sessions by asking; "Where do you feel is, God and Heaven?" I found that most people looked upward. Then I like to tell them; "God is here, now, and always . . . and where God is, is Heaven!" But fallen as we are, we are barred from seeing Him -- so He came to us if human form; our RCIIA sponsor, Jesus.
@FyreCat3454
@FyreCat3454 2 жыл бұрын
As Bruce Lee once said, 'Be like water.' I like this video a lot. The God you described is exactly how I hoped He would be; always with us and purely loving and understanding. I normally tend to avoid Christian videos because the type of God they describe often sounds intimidating. So for me to find this video and watch it from start to finish was a real blessing for me.
@HarryNicNicholas
@HarryNicNicholas 2 жыл бұрын
"The God you described is exactly how I hoped He would be" it is possible god is the muslim god you know. it is possible god prefers atheists you know. have you never used your brain?
@demtemplado418
@demtemplado418 3 жыл бұрын
I could not put into words how needed this video right now Fr. Casey! Thank you so so so muuuch for enlightening us. Praying this riches more and more people who need the correct understanding of who God is. Praise God for this! ♥️
@sylvieb623
@sylvieb623 3 жыл бұрын
The Speaker, The Word, The Breath... Beautiful analogy! In French, "The Word" is translated as "Le Verbe"... implying Being and Action. Cool, eh?
@ameliadiaz8040
@ameliadiaz8040 3 жыл бұрын
RIGHT YOU ARE!!!
@addheading
@addheading 3 жыл бұрын
The Word is translated as La Parole
@masterchief8179
@masterchief8179 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah. In Portuguese it is translated as “O Verbo”. The Word.
@masterchief8179
@masterchief8179 3 жыл бұрын
@@addheading Only if the “word” means the literal symbol of alphabetical signs. But that’s not the correct translation for “Logos” in the Greek NT, which in the Latin Vulgata Bible was translated as “Verbum”. In Portuguese, the word (in the alphabetical sense) means “palavra”; in any Bible, either Catholic or Protestant, it is translated as “Verbo”. As it is said in the Prologue of St John, _”No princípio era o Verbo, e o Verbo estava junto de Deus e o Verbo era Deus”._ God bless you!
@addheading
@addheading 3 жыл бұрын
@@masterchief8179 in both Darby and Louis Segond, it is translated as La Parole.
@maxhaas2928
@maxhaas2928 3 жыл бұрын
Evangelical Protestants need to hear this more than any other group.
@leviwilliams9601
@leviwilliams9601 3 жыл бұрын
.....Catholics need to hear the gospel more.
@user-ty8zm3zk3x
@user-ty8zm3zk3x 3 жыл бұрын
Christian Catholics meditate on the gospel when they pray the rosary. Hail Mary full of grace The Lord is with you (Luke 28) Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb (Luke 41-42)
@user-ty8zm3zk3x
@user-ty8zm3zk3x 3 жыл бұрын
Christian Catholics meditate on the gospel when they pray the rosary. Hail Mary full of grace The Lord is with you (Luke 28) Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb (Luke 41-42)
@user-ty8zm3zk3x
@user-ty8zm3zk3x 3 жыл бұрын
Christian Catholics meditate on the gospel when they pray the rosary. Hail Mary full of grace The Lord is with you (Luke 28) Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb (Luke 41-42)
@user-ty8zm3zk3x
@user-ty8zm3zk3x 3 жыл бұрын
Christian Catholics meditate on the gospel when they pray the rosary. Hail Mary full of grace The Lord is with you (Luke 28) Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb (Luke 41-42)
@ThirstforCHRIST
@ThirstforCHRIST 3 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful, meaningful, helpful video!
@HarryNicNicholas
@HarryNicNicholas 2 жыл бұрын
what a lot of toss. crikey you're easily pleased.
@Baylock746
@Baylock746 3 жыл бұрын
Good to know. Thank you for sharing this with us!!
@anthonyw2931
@anthonyw2931 3 жыл бұрын
i love all your videos, but my favorite ones are these...that make me say "ha!" as I scribble notes, with a new discovery that is just mind blowing! It's likened to meeting the love of your life for the first time...again and again. Bless you, father. And thank you!
@davidllewis4075
@davidllewis4075 3 жыл бұрын
Have often thought a man's concept of God is limited by two things: The failures of our own earthly father, and our inadequacies in being a father to our children.
@Love-jf7rs
@Love-jf7rs 3 жыл бұрын
God, the Perfect Father for All ! The fulfillment of all, making what is incomplete and inadequate Complete
@anavictoriapesqueira6543
@anavictoriapesqueira6543 3 жыл бұрын
Hola amigos de habla hispana !! Yo Leí un libro que se llama “las buenas cabras” !! Habla de la relación con Dios en nuestra vida. Me hizo llorar y entender muchas cosas.
@Zeus1590
@Zeus1590 3 жыл бұрын
Gracias, Anita
@raid2533
@raid2533 3 жыл бұрын
Very nice video Fr. Casey. I find it very useful, and well reasoned. Keep these kind of contributions coming. Thanks!
@drewaskins8377
@drewaskins8377 8 ай бұрын
3:30 "The Father is the one who speaks, Jesus is the Word that is spoken, and the Spirit is the breath that speak the Word" That's Arianism Patrick! /j
@anthonytoujours9182
@anthonytoujours9182 3 жыл бұрын
Is this a new studio? Looks great. Of course I was interested in the content too;)
@BreakingInTheHabit
@BreakingInTheHabit 3 жыл бұрын
Nope, been here about a year!
@ninpodarren
@ninpodarren 3 жыл бұрын
God, spinning the galaxies. Yet taking note of a sparrow falling dead off a tree.
@velkyn1
@velkyn1 3 жыл бұрын
and yet not doing a damn thing.
@tomandrews1429
@tomandrews1429 3 жыл бұрын
Did he take note of the millions dead from Covid-19? Maybe he should have done something about that or better yet, never created viruses in the first place.
@ordinary_deepfake
@ordinary_deepfake 3 жыл бұрын
Life comes from single cells organisms thus you wouldn't be able to complain with out the invention of virus 🦠 and other single cells
@tomandrews1429
@tomandrews1429 3 жыл бұрын
@@ordinary_deepfake Huh? A virus isn't a cell and has nothing to do with the evolution from a single celled organism to a multicellular human.
@velkyn1
@velkyn1 3 жыл бұрын
@@tomandrews1429 well that might not necessarily be true. There is some thought that viruses have adjusted our DNA. google "The Viruses that made us human" on the PBS website.
@mantrik007
@mantrik007 2 жыл бұрын
This is the most eloquent expression of the Holy Trinity I have heard. Keep churning out your videos on Catholicism. May the Holy Spirit continue to guide you in your ministry. The mother church needs more priests like you.
@brucewithey1032
@brucewithey1032 2 жыл бұрын
This video touched me to the point of tears. I love God so much.
@fatherscottalbergate
@fatherscottalbergate 3 жыл бұрын
Loved the speaker analogy of the Trinity. Brilliant!
@williamlaudeman7157
@williamlaudeman7157 3 жыл бұрын
The try this; "The Father is love, the Son is the Beloved, the Love is the Holy Spirit!"
@tomandrews1429
@tomandrews1429 3 жыл бұрын
The analogy doesn't make much sense. Is Father Casey saying that Jesus and the Holy Spirit are created by God, as the voice and breath are created by the speaker?
@fatherscottalbergate
@fatherscottalbergate 3 жыл бұрын
@@tomandrews1429 Fr. Casey is describing the missionary nature of the Trinity which sounds in the economic trinitarian theology of Rahner and Moltmann.
@tomandrews1429
@tomandrews1429 3 жыл бұрын
@@fatherscottalbergate Huh? How does that answer my question?
@fatherscottalbergate
@fatherscottalbergate 3 жыл бұрын
@@tomandrews1429 He is describing the functional nature of the three persons: each serves a differing function in mission to the world but are still united in their nature as the one God. The problem in explaining the Trinity in this way is that it sounds like three separate persons. Language can never fully capture the essence of this concept and always creates difficulties the more that it tries to explain. I recommend reading some articles explaining Jurgen Moltmann's theology of the Trinity. Moltmann was a German camp survivor who converted to Christianity after WWII. His understanding of God reflects a very personal struggle to understand and accept God in consideration of the horrors he personally witnessed. I think Fr. Casey does a pretty darn good job explaining such a difficult concept as the Trinity.
@mannyortiz4814
@mannyortiz4814 3 жыл бұрын
It’s difficult to say who God is. We are human and God transcends all humans. He is the creator and master designer of everything that dwells in this planet. He is spirit, physical, and thought. No one is able to look upon him physically. His energy powers the world we occupy spiritually and incarnate. Pray for understanding and godly knowledge 🕊🕊🙏🙏👍👍😇😇❤️❤️🌹🌹🇺🇸🇺🇸
@freshliving4199
@freshliving4199 3 жыл бұрын
God is knowing Satan is thinking
@freshliving4199
@freshliving4199 3 жыл бұрын
@@jamesparson My Father, who is He to you?
@kevynnedallaire1815
@kevynnedallaire1815 Ай бұрын
Fr. Casey, I certainly don't want to give you anything that would detract from humility, but I have to say that I am blown away by how clearly and completely you explain things about our faith. How does one who is so obviously young have such great eloquence and possess such gifts of communication and wisdom?
@Luis-vn4ue
@Luis-vn4ue 3 жыл бұрын
God is love
@christoffellner84
@christoffellner84 3 жыл бұрын
King Arthurs God in the intro. This is gonna be great.
@ploppysonofploppy6066
@ploppysonofploppy6066 3 жыл бұрын
Casey clearly doesn't understand humour.🙄
@laramaria2908
@laramaria2908 3 жыл бұрын
God inhabits us. That's the catholic mystery that most touches me... No wonder I am a carmelite xD
@BruceWayne-po5kf
@BruceWayne-po5kf 3 жыл бұрын
Amen Sister
@SaintCharbelMiracleworker
@SaintCharbelMiracleworker 3 жыл бұрын
C.S. Lewis - "Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make any sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of - throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself.
@riverit2880
@riverit2880 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for taking the time to post this comment. In an appreciated and I believe needed way, it’s helped me with in seeing the Bible as God’s loving exposition of an unfolding and appropriately challenging salvation history- for humanity as a whole and for the special place He’s carved out for each of us as uniquely prized individuals that He actively wills fullness of life for.
@laramaria2908
@laramaria2908 3 жыл бұрын
@@jamesparson I am. As a catholic I believe in one God. He inhabits everyone, (At 17:28) but in a particular way the baptized ones. (Jo 14:23) I'm a secular carmelite and my favorite book from this spirituality is Inner Castle from Saint Teresa de Avila. She explains way better than me.
@laramaria2908
@laramaria2908 3 жыл бұрын
@@jamesparson Hmmmm. Well, we should treat everyone with the same respect, right? But better to ask: how do you want to be treated? ( I ask with respect, I don't know if the tone is corresponding)
@MarshMakesComics
@MarshMakesComics 19 күн бұрын
As a Protestant I think one of the biggest reasons I’ve never thought of Catholicism as an option is I’ve never heard a catholic talk this way. Another amazing video!
@davidlow9777
@davidlow9777 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this great explanation of God. I especially like the way you explained the Trinity, I teach RCIA and have stumbled in trying to explain it but your explanation is easier to conceptualice and profound at the same time. Thank you for your vocation!
@HarryNicNicholas
@HarryNicNicholas 2 жыл бұрын
i bet you can't explain it to the next person though, like me. if my soul is eterrnal, am i the same age as god? where was my soul before i was born? where was jesus soul before he was born? if jsus is immortal how can he die? if he isn't immortal was he part of the trinity before he was killed? it's all bullshit you know, one big scam dreamed up by a drunk.
@letheatrecreepy3371
@letheatrecreepy3371 3 жыл бұрын
You forget another idea of God: for the ancient gnosticism, God is bad and cruel, and it is for this reason that the world contains too misfortunes. Currently, christians have never bring proof that it is not the case
@joshuabarnard5702
@joshuabarnard5702 3 жыл бұрын
Because evil is the absence or deviation from the Good. Just as darkness is the absence of light, cold the absence of warmth, and death the absence of life.
@letheatrecreepy3371
@letheatrecreepy3371 3 жыл бұрын
@@joshuabarnard5702 That's not an explanation for all the misfortunes whom happens in the world. God created the world and His Providence is the origin of all the events. So, if God was good, all the events would be good also. But it is not the case
@joshuabarnard5702
@joshuabarnard5702 3 жыл бұрын
@@letheatrecreepy3371 If beings have free will, then they can deviate from the perfect good of God's will. My point is that evil or sin is a falling short of the good, not a metaphysical entity in itself. Read some Neoplatonism.
@letheatrecreepy3371
@letheatrecreepy3371 3 жыл бұрын
@@joshuabarnard5702 You tell about free will, but the main misfortunes are not caused by men or by their sins. The worst misfortunes are more like natural disasters, or untreatable diseases. These afflictions are the work of God and His divine Providence, nobody else (not the men, and not the devil no more)
@joshuabarnard5702
@joshuabarnard5702 3 жыл бұрын
@@letheatrecreepy3371 Within Christianity, natural disasters, diseases, etc. are the work of the devil. The devil is "the god of this world" and has dominion over the earth. Humanity lost our dominion at the Fall and became subjects of the devil and the other "powers and principalities" as we joined in their rebellion against God. That is why God became man. That He could conquer sin, death, and the devil on our behalf, and free us from their power.
@Hezelcarl1
@Hezelcarl1 3 жыл бұрын
God is a spiritual being he is everywhere at once.
@martinhavlicek4011
@martinhavlicek4011 3 жыл бұрын
He is the good and evil then.
@mistermattmoose
@mistermattmoose Жыл бұрын
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Father Casey! Your videos are so comprehensive and well thought out. Someone's been doing homework! Keep up the great work and let's all join together to save this crazy world! btw I'm a 60 yr. old lifetime Catholic and went to Catholic school for 12 years (1--12). Thanks again!
@paulgibbons2320
@paulgibbons2320 3 жыл бұрын
Loves more than words. Constantly repeating I love God an I love Jesus makes me feel fake. I find it hard to adopt that mind set. 🙏🏻
@SoleaGalilei
@SoleaGalilei 3 жыл бұрын
It seems to me that if a divine being exists, it would be extremely difficult if not impossible for our mortal minds to comprehend it. At the very least, comprehending it would be the work of a lifetime. For that reason alone it seems obvious that the oversimplified Hollywood version of God can't be all there is to it!
@daninspiration4064
@daninspiration4064 3 жыл бұрын
My thoughts are of not your thoughts, my ways are of not your ways. I forgot which verse but that just explains we cannot understand all things. Even Jesus admitted that only the Father knows of the hours of a end of days.
@schmetterling4477
@schmetterling4477 3 жыл бұрын
@@daninspiration4064 Well, he is taking his sweet time, for sure. If we trust modern physics, then the universe has about 10^120 years to go. But then, again, a thousand years are like a day for him, so by his time it's only 2.74*10^114 years in heaven. That's much better, isn't it?
@Love-jf7rs
@Love-jf7rs 3 жыл бұрын
"The Lord is the Everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and His understanding no one can fathom." (Book of Isaiah, Bible)
@schmetterling4477
@schmetterling4477 3 жыл бұрын
@@Love-jf7rs Well, he has 10^114 of his years to go. I hope he has good cable or he will be very bored.
@schmetterling4477
@schmetterling4477 3 жыл бұрын
@@jamesparson What is difficult to comprehend about slavery? People practiced it for thousands of years and the gods always approved. They did approve as recently as the 1850s in the American South. I am pretty sure they still approve in certain American churches.
@RamoneCelso
@RamoneCelso 3 жыл бұрын
in entertainment they keep portraying God as a greek god, it's weird how consistent that is.
@nicholasbishop6731
@nicholasbishop6731 3 жыл бұрын
Or Nordic, Odin.
@PippetWhippet
@PippetWhippet 3 жыл бұрын
Because he is a Greek god, of course! In the Greek myths, he is named as one of the many who overthrew the titans. Backed up by the bible itself, which names God as one amongst many. Know any other pantheons kicking about in that time? The Roman gods were also the Greek gods retold, the Norse gods likewise though of course, many years later. If you believe that the bible is the word of god, then you believe that god told you that he was one of the Greek gods.
@RamoneCelso
@RamoneCelso 3 жыл бұрын
@@PippetWhippet no. Also I was talking about a distant god at the mount olympus that from time to time meddles in humans affairs.
@barbbrochtrup9385
@barbbrochtrup9385 3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!! Thank you for your clarity. Tell us about your prayer life. It must be deep as the spirit is alive in you.
@HarryNicNicholas
@HarryNicNicholas 2 жыл бұрын
well either he's praying for the wrong things, cos his prayers are answered but we still have hunger and poverty, or his prayers don't get answered cos god finds him as annoying as i do and just wishes he would go away, or prayers just don't get answered, or, you have to pray for a pool table, like JP Moreland did. (look it upm JP on miracles) don't forget the "end hunger and poverty" things when praying, just in case it works.
@shadow3218
@shadow3218 2 жыл бұрын
In personal prayers I put this line at the end of every prayer I do " I ask this through Jesus Christ your son our Lord Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit one God forever and ever Amen" I got the general idea of it when I'm at church serving as an altar server almost every Sunday from 7am to 10am I'm at church and at 1pm to 4pm for weekly meetings and at Saturdays from 1pm to 6pm I pretty much kinda memories the mass itself during the pandemic however i wasn't allowed by my parents to go to church considering I'm only 12 at that time and now I'm 13 I'm hoping this December I can go back to serving God. And greetings from an altar server here at the Philippines and to God be the glory God bless.
@nicolasandre9886
@nicolasandre9886 3 жыл бұрын
"Who on Earth has never heard of god?" People on Sentinel island would seem a good bet.
@Cris-if8kf
@Cris-if8kf 3 жыл бұрын
North Korea Lao Perhaps Russia to some extent the deeper in u go the less religious more abstract it becomes
@christiandpaul631
@christiandpaul631 3 жыл бұрын
It is difficult for older people to envision the loving Father that is being understood today. Older people have engravened into their minds "God is going to punish you". That is what God was and is to most older people. If you wanted love and understanding you went to the Mother and intersession because God was just about punishing you. You went to God to ask for things. He was the one with the wallet and if you were good may open it.
@bdklein28
@bdklein28 2 жыл бұрын
I'm on a journey to find the Truth, and your videos are so helpful. Thank you.
@Titantr0n
@Titantr0n 3 жыл бұрын
How do you know what the "actual" god is like? How can you be sure?
@MyContext
@MyContext 3 жыл бұрын
What is shown wherein the idea God isn't fiction? Currently, lots of claims, but no substance.
@colmwhateveryoulike3240
@colmwhateveryoulike3240 3 жыл бұрын
As an ex atheist and scientist, I recommend to go back to basics. Two questions: Do you believe in truth? A sort of innate compass that allows you to relate to truth greater than you can ever fully grasp in such a way that when you do grasp elements of truth you experience epiphany? Do you know love to be similar to truth? Maybe even the same thing we describe with a different word when the subject is other beings? When the the dots connected by truth are people? Well if you answered yes then you already do know God. God is truth. God is love. Words and arguments are just abstract signposts - ever beside the point they point to. The truth deeper than natural reality itself needs you to choose to relate to it yourself. If you have in your heart the humility to accept whatever truth is, then ask what you know as truth/love to reveal itself to you in precisely the manner in which only truth/love would know you need. Then have patience and follow the signs. Don't worry what anyone will think of you. The truth shall set you free.
@MyContext
@MyContext 3 жыл бұрын
@@adrianopereira674 I am familiar with Anton Flew and find his conclusion to be unwarranted due to there being no actual evidence for theological claims.
@MyContext
@MyContext 3 жыл бұрын
@@colmwhateveryoulike3240 Truth is an adjudication of a proposition (see Propositional Logic). Love is a concept entailing a variety of different notions about the mental and/or actions of individuals denoted as being in love. I would agree that the term God denotes a concept, but I do not denote concepts as existent, since they are AT BEST descriptive of something that may exist.
@colmwhateveryoulike3240
@colmwhateveryoulike3240 3 жыл бұрын
@@MyContext That's fine and apologies I'm a biologist not a philosopher but I'm speaking existentially/experientially. If you can relate to the concept of truth/love then take a gamble and run the experiment I recommended and see what happens. It isn't unreasonable to suppose that an objective source of truth exists and even though I was a committed atheist with a naturalist bias, when I sacrificed a lot and was willing to sacrifice everything in search for truth and a meaningful way to impact our environmental issues, what initially appeared to be a "source code" pattern spoke back to me by shaping nature in ways that eventually became statistically impossible to dismiss as random. A conversation developed and evolved from there and I know the same will happen to you if you seek it because that's who God is.
@colmwhateveryoulike3240
@colmwhateveryoulike3240 3 жыл бұрын
@@MyContext Also a question related to you philosophical definition of truth as an adjudication of a proposition - does adjudication demand an adjudicator in that scenario, and is it objective or subjective if so?
@randomrob3
@randomrob3 3 жыл бұрын
That's Arianism Patrick! Jesus and the Holy Ghost are not creations of the Father like word and breath are creations of the speaker :P That's a BAD ANALOGY Patrick The Trinity is a mystery not understandable by human reason and analogies fail to capture it. We worship one God in Trinity and Trinity and unity, neither confusing the persons nor dividing the substance. Each distinct person is God and Lord, equal in glory, co-equal in majesty. Or in mathematical terms 1 infinite being= 3 infinite persons and vice versa. Also go watch Lutheran Satire :p
@godisinchargesueowl8599
@godisinchargesueowl8599 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Fr Casey 👍 Praise be Jesus Christ ! Praise be to God ! God bless you ! 🌹🌹🌹
@BrunoGabrielAraujoLebtag
@BrunoGabrielAraujoLebtag 3 жыл бұрын
Father Casey, Hello from Brazil! I have a question regarding the topic of this video. I don't read a lot about saint's lives, apparitions or saint's private revelations. But my family do and a lot. So, I know just a little about it. But, as far as I could see, those relevations seem to corroborte with the "moralistic, therapeutic and deist" view of God. Maybe it is just my interpretation already skewed but I really can't see it the other way. How should I sort it out? I really prefer the view you presented but, should I say, the evidence points the other way around.
@serviamserviam4618
@serviamserviam4618 3 жыл бұрын
I kind of understand how you feel brother. I had similar experiences and, maybe, still feel the same sometimes when I listen to lectures or talks about God. I am not Father Casey, but I hope what I would say could help. I think, whenever we listen to talks about God, or when we look at images, read books like lives of saints, we experience a part of God's character; not His entirety. This means, God has a morality that we should follow, but when we experience that, we should avoid assuming that, that is the entirety of God; that, that is everything about Him. When we experience a part of God that is therapeutic, like when He comforts the afflicted (when we hear personal testimonies of others), we should not assume that, that's everything about God. Yes, that is part of Him. His character. But not the whole of Him. Conclusion. We should not limit God in the concepts that we understand. Yes, God revealed Himself to us in such ways so that we can have a good understanding of Him. But it will never be a complete understanding of Him. As Scripture says, "His ways are not our ways. His thoughts are not our thoughts." So God reveals to us what we need to be saved and enjoy this Life with Him, but He is not bound to such concepts. God values morality, God consoles, God has a persona, but these still fall short to define the whole of Him. Still, we can have a relationship with Him.
@autonomouscollective2599
@autonomouscollective2599 3 жыл бұрын
What if Monty Python’s depiction of god is actually accurate and Fr. Casey got it wrong? Since god is so nebulous and ill-defined, everyone’s idea of god is just as right as anyone else’s.
@CedanyTheAlaskan
@CedanyTheAlaskan 3 жыл бұрын
Don't see how your last statement follows
@lasacrachiesacattolicadels3534
@lasacrachiesacattolicadels3534 3 жыл бұрын
Plz make a video about Islam
@Love-jf7rs
@Love-jf7rs 3 жыл бұрын
Jesus Christ: "Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear Him who can destroy both soul and body in Hell."
@mikeyandbrad
@mikeyandbrad 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this message, Father Casey; it was just what I needed to hear this morning. I am a believer, and my flatmate is an atheist. Last evening, deep into the night, we had a long talk, and he brought up every point you made, and he still maintains "there is no God." Faith means nothing to him; it is everything to me. I'm going to share this message with him. I told him I will not try to change his mind; that is something he must do for himself.
@HarryNicNicholas
@HarryNicNicholas 2 жыл бұрын
well actually it's something YOU have to do for yourself, we atheists can explain stuff, we can't unstupid you though. if you want to go one worshipping a guy who can't control his own creation and decides the easiest way otu is to drown everyone, only to fk up again and again, then carry on. personally my morals are better than the christian gods' i haven't killed a soul.
@chloesankey5243
@chloesankey5243 2 жыл бұрын
@@HarryNicNicholas just cause someone is religious doesn't make them stupid. The whole controlling the world might be something to do with freewill??? I guess it depends how people read the Bible too right (allegorically) might change things, I dunno. People's morals can vary greatly within a religion and outside of it. As long as people are being peaceful in their morals and actions that is a good thing to aim for surely? Fellow atheist :)
@spl4028
@spl4028 3 жыл бұрын
This was awesome thanks!
@Seththeprince
@Seththeprince 3 жыл бұрын
what do think about the horrors of the residential schools in Canada run by the chaotic church and causing unbelievable harm to many ‘students’ such as the unreported deaths and rampant sexual abuse of children by priest
@Love-jf7rs
@Love-jf7rs 3 жыл бұрын
Those were the ones not following Christ properly. Judas was one of the 12 Apostles of Christ… There is such a thing as satanists who go to become pastors...
@Seththeprince
@Seththeprince 3 жыл бұрын
@@Love-jf7rs look I can understand one bad apple but it was institutionalized my father worked with the reconciliation process and he told me a lot of messed up stories. And he was a Catholic. The church would be much better conceived if it opened up to the mistakes that all humans do instead of pushing it onto Satan Because all this was done in the name of God not Satan
@magicedutainer
@magicedutainer 3 жыл бұрын
I was looking for the Spaghetti Monster ...
@vickijohnson2756
@vickijohnson2756 Жыл бұрын
Thank you father. This is the best description of the Trinity I have heard.
@user-jd8lm1vq6s
@user-jd8lm1vq6s Жыл бұрын
Brilliant video. I'll share it with my friends Sometimes it's really hard to remember it. You can be busy or just forget. You start to think, that you just must obey God and He is far away, you mustto do something and after that He will hears you and helps. But He always there and you can do nothing without Him. It's really encouranging than you can see Him in your everudaylive Thank you for reminding)
@pattisonpattison3639
@pattisonpattison3639 3 жыл бұрын
Of course there isn't just one God. There is the Jewish god, Protestant God, the Catholic God, Irish God, Mormon god. Just to name a few.
@rob67w
@rob67w 3 жыл бұрын
i mean your not wrong, but your not right either
@Love-jf7rs
@Love-jf7rs 3 жыл бұрын
They’re all one and the same. Different groups, same God.
@pattisonpattison3639
@pattisonpattison3639 3 жыл бұрын
@@Love-jf7rs Having been both a Catholic, and a Mormon. I seen two different God's, and not just one.
@Love-jf7rs
@Love-jf7rs 3 жыл бұрын
@@pattisonpattison3639 Both Mormon/Church of LDS and mainstream Christianity believe in God the Father-Creator. They do differ with the view on incarnation of God in Jesus in the Trinitarian sense. Is this what you’re referring to? Also, LDS position on God’s divinity doctrine is shifting in focus from before… --------------- As for Judaism: it's understandable when people say God in Judaism is different from God in Christianity, but how do you say God in Protestantism and Catholicism is different?
@Love-jf7rs
@Love-jf7rs 3 жыл бұрын
Also, what do you mean by the "Irish God" -Ireland is majority Catholic-Christian.
@houstonaustin
@houstonaustin Жыл бұрын
These KZbin videos are awesome ! Thank you
@shafur3
@shafur3 3 жыл бұрын
So right Father you said what's in my heart that I can't put into words. 🙏🙏🙏Amen
@aindriasobaoighill1591
@aindriasobaoighill1591 2 жыл бұрын
So succinctly and eruditely explained. God bless, sustain and encourage him.
@krishnathiagarajan8290
@krishnathiagarajan8290 3 жыл бұрын
4:12 Father Casey, isn't this what Ravi Zacharias used to say? Did it come from somewhere else? The phrase is beautiful, I was just wondering.
@Zeus1590
@Zeus1590 3 жыл бұрын
My philosophy professor used the fridge analogy so we could understand the way three persons are just one essence.
@ontarioguyincalgary4845
@ontarioguyincalgary4845 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Fr. Casey for explaining in layman's terms.. it really helps
@theclapaolini4322
@theclapaolini4322 Жыл бұрын
As usual so great every word Father gets us closer to God. Thank you again
@timothymacdonnell9079
@timothymacdonnell9079 2 жыл бұрын
This was pretty good. Thanks!
@old-moose
@old-moose 3 жыл бұрын
God is that wise older neighbor/smart friend/loving caring widow all in one. Always with you ready to listen and advise. Quick to help when you get hurt and swift to laugh with you when you find yourself doing something stupid. And is glad when you take time to enjoy creation, be it a drop of dew or a star filled sky.
@snankpendragon
@snankpendragon Жыл бұрын
hey understand what your saying and i understand the truth beheind the cathlic church and the Christian faith but i think somtimes waht would be different in my life if i was born in an other sositei or an other family maby even an other faith would i be able to see the World like i do know and waht if i would belif the Total obsit if would have bin raised in an other cultur and than i think how can i be right how can my family be right so i somtimes struggeling in my faith waht would you say about this
@craig9108
@craig9108 3 жыл бұрын
thanks again for you are so right you are helping me understand my faith and getting closer to god tn this a vedio
@lisaross8911
@lisaross8911 3 жыл бұрын
How did one so young become so wise? Thank you so much.
@ntmn8444
@ntmn8444 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome video!
@Grace17893
@Grace17893 Жыл бұрын
God bless you brother
@logankrecic496
@logankrecic496 3 жыл бұрын
I prefer the St Patrick explanation of the trinity, a clover or plant with three leaves distinct from one another yet they are part of the same plant.
@johnmcnamara1037
@johnmcnamara1037 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome as always...i have an idea for a video for you..can you explain Marys assumption..both biblical and historical..that would be great
@nathanmcgowan7454
@nathanmcgowan7454 3 жыл бұрын
Much love from your Orthodox brothers and sisters!
@charlesevans133
@charlesevans133 Жыл бұрын
Very good young man. Be Blessed.
@abaxvahlartakhasta9118
@abaxvahlartakhasta9118 3 жыл бұрын
8:06 "Your image of God creates you." ~ Fr. Richard Rohr
@josephwilson1385
@josephwilson1385 3 жыл бұрын
@0:16 God is a story. A simple shorthand concept meant to convey grander concepts. The simple concept is "You should be good because God wants it". The bigger concept is "You should be good because you choose to and because you know the benefits". The shorthand is good for a time but true maturity comes from accepting that you choose what has value to you, same as every other conscience, willful actor around you. No gods, just us men.
@peggysue1725
@peggysue1725 3 жыл бұрын
I'm with you on this one. I am growing, loving, experiencing - everything feels fulfilling without any Gods whatsoever. I feel whole and at peace, knowing my body will be food for the living after I die, and my molecules become theirs. I feel content living only once - this unique adventure is extraordinary on its own. I care about others, not because of morality, but because I like when everything works out for everyone - good business is when both parties feel they had a great encounter. It encourages later developments. All this does not need the slightest bit of help or hinderance (usually meaning punishment...) from religion. There are no rules or discipline necessary when you follow your own heart and keep it open for beauty. There is no fear of judgement, living freely. After denying any sort of God who stubbornly communicates with their creation by telephone game, I feel more responsible for my own thoughts and actions... Because now I understand life to be way more precious.. a tiny flick, a spark in cosmic time..
@mcgilldi
@mcgilldi 2 жыл бұрын
This was wonderful 👏
@PirateKnO
@PirateKnO 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for educating us father
@christinae.8019
@christinae.8019 3 жыл бұрын
im in need of some advice. my boyfriend and i are starting to talk about marriage. i am roman catholic and he is nondenominational christian. he wants to be married in his religion and i want mine and then same for kids, we are split. and he wants to become a pastor, which i didnt know that you could be married and a pastor as a christian, and idk what im going to do. i love this guy so so much and i dont want this to make us fall apart but idk if i should or have to become christian cause i went to a catholic school my whole life and im having trouble with this and wrapping my brain around it. what do yall think i need to do
@august7583
@august7583 3 жыл бұрын
If you two are talking about marriage and all; I doubt that he will walk out on you because, I'm sure he loves you very much. Keep in mind, I may not have the best answer because I've chose to be happily single, so I don't know much about relationships but I can offer some Catholic advice that has helped me when everything seems to not go right. I came up with different ways to help, so hopefully one of these answers will be something that interests you. I just wrote down whatever came into my head. 1. It seems like the religion part isn't settled. So, I would give it time, and have plenty of room to talk about it between both of you. This is another puzzle piece to the big picture so if you cant figure it out now, just like that annoying piece that doesn't seem to fit, return to it later until it fits. 2. you are struggling and it's a huge deal and it's causing you anxiety. I would recommend help from a therapist, that way, you aren't walking alone through this decision. Clearly, it's not a easy decision to make! It will affect someone's walk in faith in short and long outcome. 3. Break up, and start over in your life 🙂🌹 4. as a fellow Catholic, try saying the Rosery everyday. The Blessed Mary has 15 promises that she will give you, and she will be there to help you, she's also known as "Our Lady, undo'er of knots" so, you can trust her! :) She will pray for you and go to her Divine Son to tell him about your struggles. Hope that helps, and may God be with you.
@hopefull61256
@hopefull61256 3 жыл бұрын
Just marry him and pray. God will guide you on your walk through life together.
@Love-jf7rs
@Love-jf7rs 3 жыл бұрын
Pray! Ask God what you should do here. God knows Best! I’ve come across so many believers who thought they were marrying ‘The One’ and later realized not…they had children too… Ask God first! He Cares about you, check with the Lord!
@reyesbarragangutierrez431
@reyesbarragangutierrez431 2 жыл бұрын
Magnífica explicació. Moltes gràcies. Ets d'una gran ajuda. Felicitats per tota la feina didàctica i evangelitzadora que fas des de les xarxes. Salutacions des de Barcelona💜
@Luminosity94
@Luminosity94 3 жыл бұрын
Hello father, i was wondering what your thoughts are about exorcism? Thank you
@terminusadquem6981
@terminusadquem6981 2 жыл бұрын
There's no evidence for it being real. Most likely all of it are just mental illness that was mislabeled. They should seek psychiatric help not exorcist.
@TJDious
@TJDious 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this.
@tomgreene2282
@tomgreene2282 3 жыл бұрын
To what are those "deficiencies" in faith attributable?
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