Why Do Catholics Worship Jesus' Cross? Theologian Responds

[@ashwith]

Thank you for clearing up the verse for the cross Dr. Bergsma! :-)

[@ChildofGod98765]

Keeping faith even in my time of despair. Health is fading due to my lupus and recently heart attack. I suffered from lupus for many years Because of my stents I can not get vaccinated. I was fired from my job Im sharing my story because this is really happening. I’m a single mother, with two boys. I barely have money for food! I don’t know how I’m going to pay my bills! But I’m walking with faith! In Jesus name! I Believe!

[@takmaps]

Saying a prayer for you sister hold faith.

[@ginniej48]

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[@mazikode]

Praying for you God keep you and bless you. I am thankful for you that you are strengthening your faith and preparing yourself for more important things to come. I pray that God eases your pain and gives you many better days.

[@wms72]

Ask your local Catholic Church for help. They will help you. 🙏

[@margueritelangton6362]

In about 1924, in Cape Town, a large fish/shark was found to contain a living man who had been in the stomach of the beast for 3 days by the time he was released. He made a full recovery. 😊

[@mazikode]

Thank you Dr Bergsma..i love tgese episodes. Really gives credit to our faith. Thank your for so generously sharing your knowledge.

[@ApostoladoPetrino]

Saint Thomas Aquinas actually says we give latria to the Cross.

[@michaelmicek]

Because of the blood of Christ, right?

[@essafats5728]

@@tony1685 why do u misinterpret the bible? Besides ur church having ur brain damaged false prophetess teachings are above the bible! What the heck!

[@ronoelrobinol4263]

@@tony1685 Investigage the truth? Have you read the teachings of Thomas Aquinas about the contents of the Bible?

[@ApostoladoPetrino]

@@michaelmicek please check the Summa, but from my memory, I would say yes.

[@ronoelrobinol4263]

@@tony1685 If his was wrong, how does it make yours true? If he is not the antichrist what does that make you?

[@Ajay-nj4vx]

Dr. Bergsma thank you ...

[@JohnR.T.B.]

I may be mistaken, but I believe that Jesus' Cross that we venerate is not actually the wooden instruments used, although they would count as holy relics, but we venerate His Cross which is the act of His sacrifice for the redemption of mankind.

[@essafats5728]

@@tony1685 ok I believe in ur church that sanctions their hospitals to sacrifice to the God of moloch, i.e. performs abortions for profit. NOT!

[@sharonthompson8061]

@@tony1685 Sacrifice can mean many things. It depends on the context with which sacrifice is used. Further explanation is required from you to clarify your statement.

[@JohnR.T.B.]

@@tony1685 But you're not a Christian if I'm not mistaken

[@m.a.nugent8278]

The Letters from Home format gave us much more to learn in the lesson-type of format. We were able to see how the different readings for each day come together - how the Bible needs to be viewed from the whole, and not just one verse alone. I have heard that when the big fish expelled the man, he, indeed, was not alive, and that he came back to life, a sort of typology of the Resurrection.

[@wreloise1]

Thank You for explanations and resources..wonderful avenue in studying Catholicism

[@beverleypettit3577]

I have liked and am subscribed John. Thank you. I so value you knowledge and input. ☦ 🇿🇦

[@faithandlightsteubenville5691]

Awesome answers!!!! Thanks

[@Msc762]

We love letters from home . I miss my daily bible reflection .

[@gregorybarrett4998]

They're still offering it at their own website.

[@mazikode]

Me too i miss it so much . Its harder to get to the website easier on you tube. But am now enjoying this too

[@sharonmegaffin6622]

I still miss letters from home daily mass reflection was very educational please consider doing again

[@AskTheKid]

If the LORD created the earth, man, and all other creatures HE could certainly manipulate matter to the point where a person could be sustained in the belly of a fish.

[@estcado]

No doubt about it. But it's even sweeter than that! I've learned from dr. Brant Pitre that when reading the story of Jona in the ancient Hebrew, it reads as if Jona was not alive during the 3 days in fhe belly of the fish! So actually God raised him up on the third day... This makes the typology stronger, pointing to Jesus. And it totally makes sense in the light of Matthew 12:39 where Jesus answered the Farisees who were prosecuting Him:" and there shall no sign be given, but the sign of the prophet Jonas". This teaching is especially dear to me because my youngest son is named Jona :) God bless you and may this teaching enrich your faith as it did for me.

[@mohammedarteish7335]

And [beware the Day] when Allah will say, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, did you say to the people, 'Take me and my mother as deities besides Allah ?'" He will say, "Exalted are You! It was not for me to say that to which I have no right. If I had said it, You would have known it. You know what is within myself, and I do not know what is within Yourself. Indeed, it is You who is Knower of the unseen. QURAN ..MAEDA VERS 117

[@estcado]

@@mohammedarteish7335 Hi Mohammed, nowhere is Mary divinized. She is a creature, a created being like you and me.. still a very very special being, that was given a special task to give birth to the prophesised Messiah.. Nevertheless, I think we're getting a bit off topic here... But it's very good to see you on Catholic channels and I hope you'll listen to it and compare with your believes. I also hope you'll try to understand the values of the Christian faith. May God bless you

[@mohammedarteish7335]

@@estcado Hi estcado, Also we Muslims ( in must)follow Jesus PBAH in our (Real Bible / Quran) we have complete chapter MARIUM Verse 33 ( O Mary, God has chosen you, purified you, and chosen you over the women of the worlds) Amen

[@mohammedarteish7335]

@@estcado Again Brother, 15% of Muslims Women called Marium , in our 5 times Praying we mentioned Jesus, We are Another type of Christians , Why you Put Fetish of Mary in Church's ?? if not Divinized ,

[@thomism1016]

Dr Bergsma, I appreciate your work but I have to say that I miss your old videos on daily mass readings exegesis which have unfortunately been recently replaced by it’s ‘dumbed down’ alternative.

[@ApostoladoPetrino]

Agree

[@thomism1016]

@@ApostoladoPetrino Thank you. Let’s make our feelings known.

[@m.a.nugent8278]

I agree.

[@ritaaraujo5697]

I have to agree😢 I miss that too

[@stmartin17773]

Others might not know they're still there as podcast at bottom of St Paul Center webpage

[@theclapaolini4322]

So excellent of an inspiration.all of you at st Paul are a TREASURE INOUR CHURCH AND OTHER CHURCHES .SO USEFUL TO H ELP CLEAR THE WRONGS THAT WE HEAR AND WE CAN HELP OUR FRIENDS WITH THE TRUTH. THANK YOU AND GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOUR TEACHING.

[@gustavovilla45]

This is a cool guy. 😎 His swag is ligit. Lol God bless you Dr Bergsma

[@marytygett4189]

How can I ask a question ?

[@Ajay-nj4vx]

Just comment here , that's it.

[@thomasrodriguez6253]

P.S we have adoration for the holy Trinity, but we venerate his mother the virgin Mary.

[@essafats5728]

@@tony1685 just like u are dead in the fullness of Jesus Christ, the new convenant

[@sharonthompson8061]

@@tony1685 She was chosen by God. Is it not honourable to acknowledge her for her obedience to God?

[@joedwyer3297]

@@tony1685 just like the good thief who Jesus told "this day, you will be with me in paradise" is alive, so too is the Blessed Virgin Mary

[@ashwith]

Question: Does one have to wait for their First Holy Communion to go for Confession? Can one go as soon as one is old enough?

[@HossJr]

I'm not a Canon lawyer but I'm fairly positive that any baptized Christian who's repentant can go to confession

[@Ajay-nj4vx]

Does luke 20:44 mean that Jesus did not like him to be called as son of David?

[@manorama12]

It was good.... But... I wanted a bit more satisfying answer... 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@dijonperry8286]

Question: How can Jesus be the son of God if He is equal with God the Father and co-eternal? Father-Son implies hierarchy and God the Father being first.

[@johnpaul3362]

"just a piece of wood"? Hmmm

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

we dont worship HIS cross.. we worship CHRIST on the cross

[@margueritelangton6362]

I watched an astronomical/archeological video discussing a clay tablet with some on-the-spot observations on it which were deciphered to show an incoming asteroid, including key stars from which it was possible to time the event. The path of the asteroid went over the dead sea and landed in the Iberian peninsula. Somewhere in today's Portugal, f I remember correctly.. This corresponds to the time of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. A totally unexpected find! 😊

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

there are modern cases of humans surviving in large fish or whales for days

[@edouardmarcelin2374]

I have a question: how do you explain the syncretism present in the catholic church with voodoo ? I find it suspicious

[@michaelmicek]

So you're thinking West African religions influenced Catholicism somehow? If not, there are other religions that share elements with Christianity and they are explained as actually having elements of truth. C. S. Lewis, for example, catalogs a number of these in his appendix to "The Abolition of Man". Admittedly it's more comfortable when talking about more philosophical truths. Nevertheless, in this case, honoring those who came before us is a natural human instinct, so to speak, and Catholicism gives proper expression to it.

[@edouardmarcelin2374]

@@michaelmicek nope.. I’m saying the church shouldn’t be that passive towards voodoo in my country (haiti)

[@michaelmicek]

@@edouardmarcelin2374 ah. You mean like they should be excommunicating practitioners?

[@edouardmarcelin2374]

@@michaelmicek most likely… I’m a lutheran but I’m being more and more convinced that the Lord Jesus left a Church (an organized one, authoritative one and visible one) and that Church is whether the Catholic Church or the Orthodox Church. The orthodox church is almost absent where I live( there’s only one orthodox church in the WHOLE COUNTRY) This leaves the CC but now… the way voodoo seems to be syncretic with the CC leaves a LOT of suspicion

[@michaelmicek]

@@edouardmarcelin2374 okay, I would say that it's not the Church's fault if the devotion to the Saints is being abused (as I understand it, the may be other issues), but I can see how seeing it misused would make one suspicious of the thing itself. I'd also point out that veneration of the saints is not something the Orthodox church takes issue with. I'm sure they object to some of the saints the popes have canonized (and probably, on the other hand, reserving the right to do so to themselves) but not to devotion in general.

[@militumxpisti752]

"Worship", "Adore", "Venerate", "Revere". Apply whatever pretty words you like to it, but you are still placing the cross close to foremost in your faith. The cross is a graven image, carved and fashioned by man's hands. Not only fashioned by man, but used by Satan and Rome, to torture and kill our saviour, the only begotten Son of God. Here's a thing. God gave us all (mankind) a wonderful gift. Through Mary, He allowed us to share with Him, in the parenting of our own saviour. (Take a moment. Let that sink in) Satan and Rome killed our (Mary's) Son, and God's Son, using that cross. And the 'faithful in Christ' glorify that instrument? There is nothing 'glorious' about the tool that took our Saviour from us. Be at Peace...

[@MsHburnett]

NZ marist priests state the old testament stories are fables

[@JJ-zj4jy]

Catholics venerate the cross of Christ not worship. Worship is only for God

[@mohammedarteish7335]

And [beware the Day] when Allah will say, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, did you say to the people, 'Take me and my mother as deities besides Allah ?'" He will say, "Exalted are You! It was not for me to say that to which I have no right. If I had said it, You would have known it. You know what is within myself, and I do not know what is within Yourself. Indeed, it is You who is Knower of the unseen. QURAN ..MAEDA VERS 117

[@smithsecond8572]

You're NOT a catholic

[@frederickanderson1860]

Simple same as the brass serpent,it became a idol or object of veneration, and Hezekiah destroyed it.