Why the Cross

[@grif9511]

Happy Easter everyone, He is Risen! I was received into the Church last night at the Vigil. Thank you Brian for your content, you were such a big part of my conversion to Catholicism.

[@ritaaraujo5697]

Happy Easter and welcome Home!

[@gerddonni2017]

Congratulations. Welcome, my dear friend!

[@rosiegirl2485]

We are honored to have you. Welcome home! 🌷

[@tyson-cz2je]

Welcome home and to our “little” family! 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@theragra]

Welcome home, Grif. Or I can also say: welcome on board and enjoy your Journey. Weather may be stormy, but we travel in hope and love. Destination Jesus.

[@joshuashepard583]

My best friend, after having suffered for over ten years, who was raised Buddhist and came to Christ, died on Good Friday. We took a lot of comfort from that. She was Laotian, and Good Friday was also the Laos New Year. I can’t wait to see her at the end of the World.

[@antoniodesousa9723]

may she rest in peace in the light of God's brilliance

[@joshuashepard583]

@@antoniodesousa9723 Amen to that.

[@tryingnottobeasmartass757]

Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord, and eternal light in Thy presence. May her soul and, if it be possible, the souls of all who have passed from this life, through Thy mercy, rest in peace, for Thou art a good God and lovest mankind. Of Thy charity, O Lord, grant strength and courage to Joshua Shepherd and to all who feel the sting of her death, and unto Thee be glory and praise, along with Thy Father and the Holy Spirit, on God forever and ever. Amen.

[@joshuashepard583]

@@tryingnottobeasmartass757 Amen!

[@mattlosch7495]

I was received into the catholic church last night. Without this content and your conversations about the catholic faith I would have never considered it.

[@steele8280]

Welcome home, brother!

[@samanthaduggan9002]

The Cross - a symbol of total triumph! I must say that Hillsong's No Other Name expresses the "why" of the Cross so brilliantly. I'm an orthodox Catholic who just loves being able to sing that song in my kitchen with all my heart and soul - especially the line "Behold, the triumph of the cross". And I also love Gregorian chant and the ancient Latin hymns I was taught in school. Thanks for another thoughtful video Brian.

[@christianazacarias]

He is Risen! Happy Easter all.

[@Thomasfboyle]

For Catholics, sacraments are efficacious symbols. They don’t only appear to lead us to a higher good via remembrance, they actually enact the higher good therein.

[@laszloattiladozsa8179]

"For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God…" (1Cor 1,18)

[@LifeWithFlowers]

Praise God in his mercy he gave us Jesus.

[@MsLucky443]

Great talk! Very appropriate of our times. Thank you

[@robertlehnert4148]

“Keep your eyes on the crucifix, for Jesus without the cross is a man without a mission, and the cross without Jesus is a burden without a reliever.”--Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen

[@jessicafolsom8592]

I would love to see you do something on Mary our Mother. I often have trouble defending my devotion to Mary to my Protestant brothers and sisters.

[@erojerisiz1571]

reminds me of the bronze serpent story it, like the cross, may at first look frightening, but when God said those who look at it will be ok, what He's trying to say is that we need to face our fears and see that there is still hope beyond it all

[@ellenrussell8005]

This was just great Brian. Thank you so much. Happy Easter.

[@Alex.the.humble]

Happy Easter Brother! I was baptized last year videos were some of the first reformative videos I watched! God Bless.

[@oldgoat142]

Happy Easter to everyone. As I listen to Brian some things occur to me. There is a reason for the cross. It not only reminds us daily of the sacrifice Our Lord Jesus Christ made for all of us, indeed the entire world for all time, by taking our sins and nailing them to the cross, it also symbolizes our newfound relationship with The Father. The vertical part demonstrates our relationship with The Father. It is now open and direct. It points the way to Him. The crossbeam is the bridge that Christ's sacrifice repaired for all of us. He bridged the gap that sin created that kept us apart from The Father. This to me, is the meaning of the cross and why I embrace it.

[@afterlate8866]

Yes; and that love and suffering go hand in hand.

[@lyntallon6325]

Thank you. Your clarity on the subject helps me see how I can talk to preteens in school about the cross.

[@loveandmercy9664]

That's an interesting take. I wonder what Jonathan Pageau's response would be? that's often missed that the Gospels are a comedy not a tragedy. "Familiarity with the Easter story has desensitised us to what both Paul and Nietzsche, in their very different ways, instinctively recognised in it: a scandal. The cross, that ancient tool of imperial power, remains what it has always been: the fitting symbol of a transfiguration in the affairs of humanity as profound and far-reaching as any in history. ‘God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.’ It is the audacity of it - the audacity of finding in a twisted and defeated corpse the glory of the creator of the universe - that serves to explain, more surely than anything else, the sheer strangeness of Christianity, and of the civilisation to which it gave birth" Tom Holland

[@littlemac1910]

Thank you brother!

[@malano7543]

Thank you for explaining that in a manner that makes sense

[@gerddonni2017]

Christus resurrexit. Vere resurrexit. Halleluja. Aaand: Ave crux, spes unica. As Brian perfectly stated these two truths go together. Thank you, dear Brian, for this and everything

[@rc3088]

Happy Easter Brian to you and your family God-bless you and your Ministry. Thank you

[@jacobcarter6332]

happy Eater, God bless! So glad i came back to the church a last year!

[@jessicafolsom8592]

thank you for this, Happy Easter to you.

[@joolz5747]

Good one! 😊

[@Phil-mt1ql]

Well said brother.

[@jonathanbohl]

Thanks!

[@antoniodesousa9723]

the cross is the instrument of the Lord's sacrifice, where he redeems humanity. To me it is a symbol of that promise, the self sacrifice of Our Lord for his church.

[@verum-in-omnibus1035]

“Catholics” and “Christians” are redundant terms, the same thing. Protestants belong to the Protestant religion, not the Church Jesus Christ founded. Anyone who rejects Jesus’ Church rejects him and the Father.

[@lightgoldenlight]

Actually the Catholic Church accepts baptisms from those who were baptized in a Protestant church.

[@bandie9101]

@@lightgoldenlight well, to a certain extent. accepts those baptisms which community's theology on baptism is compatible with the Catholic one; eg. Augsburg Lutheran, Westminster Anglican, or Helvetic Reformed, but not the Baptist one or other which may hold more-or-less the same theology on baptism but does not do it in the name of the most holy Trinity.

[@bandie9101]

Lumen Gentium says something along the lines they are technically not fully initiated Catholics.

[@uteme]

My Good Friday reflection: Lord Jesus...for what You endured for me and for all, to say thank you is not enough; my and everyone's earnest gratitude must respond with a lifetime of trust, that You will guide me and all followers, grant us wisdom & teach us how to pray & love. At the end of this day I too will be at the foot of Your cross, sorrowful for the times & ways I have so easily & casually discarded Your teachings. Even so, my Lord, Your Holy Spirit will reach out to pick up my heart, to bring us, into Your heavenly kingdom here on earth, Your Father's creation. Mother Mary, pray for us; pray I say yes. St. Joseph, terror of demons, pray for us. 🤍✝️🤍

[@LordCristianWaters]

Matthew 16:18-19 is the historical authority through Peter's successors and the Church reaction to historical threats afterwards (Heresies). The Sign of The Cross (including the actual symbol of the Cross) is biblical based on Matthew's verses and approved traditions (2nd Thessalonians 2:15).

[@chaldeang7687]

I went to a parish recently here in Melbourne that FORBADE Catholics from receiving the Eucharist on the tongue. What should be done about this?

[@دوسر-ت3ز]

الحمدلله الذي عافانا مما ابتلاهم وفضلنا على كثير ممن خلق تفضيلا 😕

[@TheMrLoxton]

Is life not the greatest symbol? For I tell you the truth it has been written on how to praise your father above. And how to show your God love. For he is the only one the only name to pray in. All our rewards are already set.

[@lightgoldenlight]

Happy Easter! Thank you for your message, Brian. How do you respond to people who say that it is abusive behavior that God would have His Son die on the cross for our sins? I hear that a lot and I'm not sure how to respond, to be honest.

[@davidmcpike8359]

Same question applies to Abraham and his readiness to kill his son Isaac -- much more pressingly, in fact, since God's Son was himself true God and was as fully responsible for the plan of salvation through the cross as was the Father. To understand Abraham and Isaac and how it's not a matter of abuse, I think you can look at what is expressed in the faith of Peter (and all the martyrs): "You will all fall away." -- "Lord, never! I am ready accept to death rather than abandon or betray you!" Peter fell (before he was strengthened). But in his readiness to die, he had the same (right) attitude as Abraham (and Isaac): Death is fearful indeed; but divinely infused love (with faith, confidence, trust in the divine plan) is stronger than (the dread of) death (and of those who can torture and kill the body).

[@lightgoldenlight]

@@davidmcpike8359 My question does apply to Abraham and Isaac. I'm a Christian and I don't feel 'good' about this passage in scripture. I can understand how those outside of Christianity would view this as problematic.

[@plusbonus1165]

9.43 our story doesn't end in tragedy but ends in comedy !! ? Have I misheard this ? Please explain.

[@BrianHoldsworth]

Traditionally, there were two literary genres: tragedy and comedy. Tragedy meant a tragic (unhappy) ending for the characters. Comedy meant a happy ending.

[@plusbonus1165]

@@BrianHoldsworth Thank you , I've learned something.

[@Thomasfboyle]

Anybody else think he just watched the Jonathan Pageau and Tammy Peterson podcast? I

[@BrianHoldsworth]

I hadn't, but I'll have to look it up. What do they talk about?

[@Thomasfboyle]

@@BrianHoldsworth The symbolism of the Cross Have a happy Easter man, keep on your path you’re an inspiration

[@shashikamanoj1160]

Resurrexit sicut dixit Alleluiah!!!

[@georgefratzeskos]

When is it Easter for Catholics?

[@williamswenson3970]

Where is the thumbnail art from?

[@d.o.7784]

That was Ok..

[@davidmcpike8359]

"Not all things point to something else" - but they do. Every effect points to a cause. All creatures point to a creator. And "all things are good" does not mean "no things are good." That is a grave error, brother. Also, the cross does not show us that death and suffering are not to be feared. They most certainly are. That's what the sweating blood was about, in part, and the accompanying prayer ("take this cup from me"). If the cross was really about being fearless in the face of death then the lesson of Easter would be to be careless (imprudent, reckless) in the face of deadly danger. But Jesus was not fearless (or reckless, or insensible); he was courageous, which means he acted well, with virtue, in the face of the naturally and rightly and truly fearful events he suffered through.

[@the2ndcoming135]

Mark 10:52((G.N.T.))🚦

[@bandie9101]

Christos Anesti!

[@CC-di6mx]

You should look into what the freemasons believe the cross to represent if you dont know already

[@canadadelendaest8687]

That's a terrible shirt. Throw it in the trash

[@MikeyJMJ]

If you consider a plain whire shirt terrible, then you must look like a circus freak. Happy Easter.

[@canadadelendaest8687]

@@MikeyJMJ It's a work shirt not a dress shirt. The reinforced seems, the pocket, the collar, etc. It's a bad shirt. Get some class

[@jayaplin1997]

@@canadadelendaest8687 the collar?

[@canadadelendaest8687]

@@jayaplin1997 It's just not the right cut for a dress shirt. A proper dress shirt will typically require the use of collar stays.

[@jayaplin1997]

@@canadadelendaest8687 ohh yeah, understandable