You DO NOT KNOW How Much God Loves You! w/ Fr. Vincent Lampert

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Fr. Lampert and Matt Fradd discuss the Love of God. Father points out that God chose to unite himself with us and not the Angels as evidence for God's love.
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[@euengelion]

I want to be a saint! Don't give up on me, God! Don't give up on me, Mother Church! 🤩

[@fritula6200]

You certainly show ' enthusiasm '.

[@TheAyurvedic]

@@euengelion I asked for the same. The purification process is beyond anything I was expecting to endure. 😓

[@alonamaria279]

@@TheAyurvedic carrying our cross is so painful 😢 😭

[@TheAyurvedic]

@@alonamaria279 this is the way. The only way. Be glad for the suffering and learn to suffer well. All for the glory of God.

[@thederpyunicorn306]

I have a tendency to say things I don’t mean against people I love. My tongue is still full of sin and the desires of the flesh. Pray for me guys. 🙏🏻 I pray everyone here who watches this video knows that God loves you unconditionally. Rest in him.

[@melanycordero2989]

I pray the Lord guides you with his mighty hand and gives you strength to prevail over sin. I pray the holy Spirit remind you constantly of God's word and authority given to you to prevail over sin. Amen

[@thefiscaliste]

Join the club ! Heading to comfession what a blessing we Catholics have in this sacrament

[@damselthesecond]

I'm simple, I see Father Vincent Lampert, I click immediately

[@AP777-JC]

@@damselthesecond same here

[@MovedByBeauty]

Yup. ❤

[@uzbeccastan86]

@@damselthesecond RIGHT?! I L♡VE HIM! His voice is so soothing. He's such a sweet, kind, gentle, intelligent, inspiring man!

[@IsaiahINRI]

Something else that kind of hit me the other day was that when the Sanhedrin were convening about what to do with Jesus, the one said that he had a vision of a man dying for the people of Israel. And it just kind if hit me that even then, to the very last moment, God was trying to get them to come back to Him. For centuries He warned them, sent dozens of prophets begging them to turn back from their wickedness so that He didn't have to punish them, and they killed nearly every single one. But, knowing they won't turn back, sends Himself to die to atone for their sins, begging them to turn back all the while. And as they conspire to kill Him, He sends one final warning. But even then they don't listen, so He sacrifices Himself for them and rather than be angry or even having them be killed, He forgives them for it all in His last moments.

[@JPGoertz]

Very good! Especially this: Before a sin, God says: Remember my Justice - and the dEvIl says: Remember God's Mercy. After a sin God says: Remember my Mercy while the dEvIl says: Remember God's Justice...

[@brianonabike4130]

I couldn’t begin to understand the idea of how much God loves us until I became a father myself. Knowing that it’s more pure than the love I have for my son is overwhelming

[@lynnsmith2648]

Thank you father 😭

[@hawktondog]

I wish The Lord verbally spoke to us. In the darkness of the world, it feels lonely

[@deannazweigle2805]

I care about your comment, deeply. I was there too, In the darkness, then I kept reminding myself that Jesus was there too...@ Gethsemane, so I chose to literally start learning more deeply about His trek to Calvary and He remains with me still on my Faith journey trekking. God Bless you & you have my prayers...

[@Reasonandfaith]

Pray the Rosary. We are pilgrims on a journey home to heaven.

[@heythere6983]

The more deeply you go into prayer and submit your life to God, the more you will understand when you communicates to you , he’ll use creation itself and life events, revelation in prayer to speak to you. We have to differentiate our minds thoughts with his I ask specifically sometimes, and I do specific answers, it makes it clearer to know his answers.

[@jaroslaval9159]

I understand. It is hard in the times when God not only seems silent, but might actually BE silent. I recently read the quote of a saint that in times like those, do not panic. Go to the Church services, whether Mass and Liturgy, take part with all your heart, and slowly, His presence will come back to you. He is always Present, but your sense of that Presence will return. Then I recommend two things, first, stay before Him in silence as well. Someone below recommended Eucharistic Adoration, that is the best of course, but if you can't, even in your own room, as Jesus said that we are to go, shut the door, pray to the Father, and He will reward you. Just BE with Him. People don't always talk to each other either. Secondly, ask Him to speak with you in a way that you recognize His Voice. He may be speaking and we might be missing it. Yes- it isn't VERBAL, but wouldn't that freak us out?! For me personally, since I relate to what you wrote, Ps 31:3 "Lead me and guide me." That really resonated with me the other day. I can't know the right way on my own! God bless you!!!

[@vroscarrod]

@hawktondog God can speak to you through His Word, scripture. Read the gospels and God's love will come through.

[@punkdrummr2000]

I grew up Baptist, ran from the voice of the holy Spirit in my twenties and 30s cuz I thought i had to be a missionary to Zimbabwe or something to follow Christ. I covered him with drugs, and alcohol. I was welcome back home with Christs open arms, and delve into scripture and I just wanted to know as much as I could about my beautiful Savior who changed me. But, then started studying the first Christians a few months ago.... All I can say is I think our precious Savior, Jesus Christ, for your channel. Thank you so much, for being a willing vessel for the holy Spirit to work through you, in helping me truly come back home....

[@csongorarpad4670]

Blessed be God!

[@Aaalllyyysssaaaaa]

When I read the Bible, I see it through these bad lenses where it just makes me feel more and more unworthy and rejected, so I stopped reading it except at Mass, and sometimes the rosary, and instead I tried to listen to talks by people who have a better instinct at how to interpret the Bible than I do, and have better trust and hope. Watching The Chosen helped me a lot with that. I don't like that I don't have this Catholic habit of reading scripture, but I really do because I just absorb little bits as much as I can without twisting it into something oppressive, and I memorize them and think about them all day and try to let the good stuff get into my heart.

[@davidagudelo2435]

@@Aaalllyyysssaaaaa I get you. My Scruples and OCD drove me to that. So I recommend prayer and find a trustworthy Spiritual Director.

[@anastasiaogomaka3717]

You are loved ❤❤❤

[@nickk4851]

I struggle with the same thing.

[@chrisbarker601]

Thank you for this video clip! So much to ponder with joy from an eight minute pause in my day! Not to mention, I was preparing to do the St. Michael's Lent on my own and then BOOM... you advertise it with a beautifully assisting program with Fr. Martin! What a signal grace! It seems everyday now our Eternal Father shows me His Love in these ways. Enthusiasm building amidst the constant threats of despair! Apologies for this long winded comment, but I have to tell what constantly pops up in my mind: Jesus saying "you ain't seen nothing yet"! God bless us all and this world!!! 💜✝️👑🔥🇻🇦

[@lindaruss3772]

Recently, I wrote on “Loving God Back”, and in the First 4 chapters of Genesis, you Never see an indication of A&E’s love for God! All of Scripture is the story of God’s Father heart striving to have his Love Returned. ❤I love this talk, and really needed it this morning😞

[@Manoli_Ntvh]

How I love listening to Father Lampert. And this thing about "enthusiastic" is just beautiful... I hope I can explain that one day around me... Love from France 🙏💕

[@Beethovenviolin]

Thank you for being a voice from France that evangelizes!

[@marytygett4189]

Jesus remember me , when You come into Your Kingdom ❤️‍🔥🙏

[@au8363]

Glory To The Triune GOD

[@roshinvarghese6879]

All I have left is God

[@amysepan804]

@roshinvarghese6879 and that's when we know how much we truly need Him! Praying for you!

[@brendalynbynoe497]

The meaning of enthusiasm is eye-opening and transformative ❤. God be with each of us as well as our families. Bless all who are reading this.

[@rickfilmmaker3934]

What a profound clip! Wonderful!

[@Ashish.Aus.]

@@rickfilmmaker3934 so true.

[@amyjensen9264]

THAT QUOTE!! Powerful! 🙏🏼✝️

[@joshualopez9175]

Praise God, this was a blessing in my life. Thank you

[@fritula6200]

Father Lampert is of Slovenian heritage: Such a good Priest:

[@GMurph2336]

God is our loving Dad!

[@ThinkTwice2222]

"the world today"... I'm not taking on the world's problems, he already took this on for me. Within my locus of control things are wonderful and enthusiastic

[@R.C.425]

Thank you

[@millriverfarm]

Inspiring and uplifting. Praise God!

[@luminussekat9030]

He gave us his mother ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥🕊Immaculate heart of Mary pray for us

[@Mao2Di2]

Our image of God is impacted by how our parents or primary caregivers treat us. If the father and mother behaved lovingly, then the child is very likely to see God as a loving Father. If the child is born into a dysfunctional family, it is very hard to then believe that God is loving, patient, gentle and kind since the image of Him is distorted by the childhood experience. Inner healing of childhood trauma is necessary to correct the distorted understanding of God. I don’t think it’s that easy to just read scripture and that will just change the distorted beliefs but it’s through a conversion experience &/or good quality psychotherapy that helps break free the mind and heart.

[@InExcelsisDeo24]

There is something particularly special about the exorcist priests you have on your show. And I love your commentary here too, Matt.

[@Ashish.Aus.]

It was a great video, gave so many good perspectives. But the thing is, your sponsorship clip got us out of the nice feeling had, while listening to the video. ❤

[@DivineKnight_115]

As I read scripture I see how much slack God lets people have and how many chances he gives. The few times I see God truly unveil his justice on men is when they have been doing so much pure evil that he has no other option but to reset people and go back to basics time and time again. This usually is reserved for those who have little to no remorse for their actions and who Hod knows the hearts of. Otherwise God has always been very forgiving and loving. We truly don’t understand nor can we comprehend in this world. While we are all sinners there are those like Saint Paul who couldn’t be more an example to us all that God can forgive any who seek his forgiveness. Paul is known as the father of sinners for a reason and it’s the most uplifting title someone could bear knowing he’s a saint in heaven next to Jesus himself. A man who reviled, murdered, tortured, and abused could become a founder of the the church and evangelism, and change his life 180.

[@knownoboundaries___]

A good amount of comments in this feed are very disheartening and alarming. The blasphemous comments are no surprise, but those who are feeling that God doesn't show us love. I hope and pray that you will find peace. 🙏♥️

[@richol87]

That's why he said this is my blood which will be poured out for you and for MANY for the forgiveness of sins, he sad many not all knowing not all would believe no matter what

[@AndrewKendall71]

The closer I get to Catholicism, the more I think God *is * the disappointed judge getting ready to throw the book at me instead of the loving Father, ready to run to me when I come to him. I find the Catholic church to be forbidding, presenting me a Savior who won't necessarily save all who come to him. I mean, if we can out-sin the perfect salvation of Christ, we will. I need the infinite perfect mercy of the Lamb of God. How in the world does the Catholic reconcile the views of the good loving Jesus in this video with the "you're not doing enough works to accomplish your own salvation" taught in the church?

[@heavykyio]

Because is not about works, it's about choice, and ultimately, by sinning, we are choosing to abandon God, and God in his infinite love, respects our decision, he is always willing to forgive, but he can't forgive someone who never asks for forgiveness nor wants it.

[@AndrewKendall71]

@@heavykyio But you're talking about salvation. And, all sin is willful according to Catholics. And not all sin is a sin of rejection of Christ and God's way. It's weakness of the flesh, described by Paul as not being strong enough to do what he knew to do. So, did St. Paul go in and out of faith and in and out of salvation? Or was he always saved, but needing routine reminders of the truth of Christ's absolution and of the perfection of God's mercy toward him in Christ? One of those is biblical, the other may be motivational (fear of falling away from God), but it's not consistent with "it is finished" grace. And Catholics argue that the Protestant view of salvation is limited because we see it as merely legal, but not fully spiritual. Number one, not true, but two, as new creations, does our choice un-make us new creations with the old passed away and the new come?

[@Calder90]

​@@AndrewKendall71 Your two questions seem to both be getting at a truism in the Catholic Church. For a lot of protestants, theological matters are "either/or", but in Catholicism, many of these are "both/and." For example, "Faith vs works" is a false dilemma, the Catholic Church doesn't make such a distinction. But we see from Jesus' words in the parable of the sheep and the goats that our actions DO matter, and our salvation DOES impinge on how we treat others. But it's not that we "earn" it, or that there's a minimum number of "works" that one must do. Rather, Jesus is showing us how we are to live and grow to be more like him, to be sanctified. St Paul said we must persevere to the end, we must run the race. And so salvation is both a one-time event but also something we get to participate in. Many protestants see salvation as a sort of binary, you either are or aren't. The Catholic would say, "I am saved, I'm being saved, and I hope to be saved." We are new creations but the old sin nature, which we call concupiscence, remains. As St Paul says, the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. We aren't instantly made holy, but rather Jesus invites us to cooperate with his grace and to grow in holiness with his aid. He makes us players in our own salvation story, not because salvation wasn't finished at Calvary, but because it pleases him to help us grow, like a father raising children, a gardener tending his garden, a potter forming clay.

[@fritula6200]

​@@heavykyio..... correct

[@fritula6200]

Andrew Kendall ..... in reply: God doesn't throw the book at you.. He is not a disappointed judge: He died on the Cross to show you how much he Loves You: If we sin, we go to Confession and confess all our sins: our sins hurt us.... by our sining we remove Grace [ Grace is only given to us by God] Your sin has moved you away from Jesus: that is The sadness You have severed yourself from God's Love.... this can always be restored over and over again, by confessing our sins in Confession : Your other comment... " not all who come to him will be saved". Your comments are Protestant : We don't teach this in the RCC: In your comment you seem to condemn yourself: you cannot do that..

[@pamelahermano9298]

I admit that I do see God the Almighty Father as being harsh. Probably influenced by the Old Testament. Whenever I’m seeking mercy, I often turn to the Blessed Virgin Mary because in my mind she’s the compassionate mother who advocates for her children and asks God the Father for leniency. Jesus also, I turn to for mercy remembering the words of St. Faustina about his divine mercy. But yeah, I will admit to seeing God the Almighty for his justice rather than his mercy, and there are days I do forget he loves me. This may also stem from my own childhood when my father had a quick hand and it was often my mother who protected me and asked for leniency on my behalf.

[@emmadumais2337]

@pamelahermano9298 I am sorry for your dad. Prayed 3 Hail Marys for you. And indeed, in Mary, there is no justice in Mary, ONLY MERCY! She is our mediatrix, our mother, our life, our sweetness, and our hope.

[@pamelahermano9298]

@@emmadumais2337 thank you! Prayers are always welcome. God bless.

[@chrisbarker601]

Friend, find and read from Mother Eugenia's The Father Speaks to His Children. As when reading scripture, pray first to God the Holy Spirit to open your heart, and enjoy!

[@nobodynobody4389]

@@pamelahermano9298 I'll pray for you my brother in Christ so that we both can see a gentle face of the father

[@rnhmbover63]

@@pamelahermano9298 “I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you; for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me, and have believed that I came forth from God.” Anytime I feel that way I try to remember that the Father himself is love. In Paul’s benediction he says “the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the LOVE of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.” The blessed mother loves you because of the Fathers love. And the Love of the Lord Jesus is from the father. God Bless you Pamela!

[@danielbob2628]

Please pray for me. Severe scrupulosity attack. Massively negative image of God. I can't even read scripture because I always find deeply cynical ways to read into it.

[@nicholasmargagliano1833]

Could you have Fr. Isaac Mary Relyea on? Have you ever met him? Hard knocking priest and he’s responsible for my reversion. Fr. Lampert and Fr. Ripperger are also my favorites behind him

[@wasumyon6147]

God is in the silence.

[@thisgirl5933]

But last time I started reading someting ftom the New Testament to relieve my anxiety, I got so upset because Jesus' words sounded so scary.

[@Catholicity-uw2yb]

POPE BENEDICT XVI: “People should not fear God, thinking he is always ready to punish, but rather they should love him because he is always ready to forgive. God is not a relentless sovereign who condemns the guilty, but a loving father whom we must love not out of fear of punishment, but because of his goodness. The Lord is a God who is just, but always ready to reveal himself as merciful and compassionate.God loves us in a way that we might call “obstinate” and enfolds us in his inexhaustible tenderness. The anger and mercy of the Lord alternate in a dramatic sequence, but love triumphs in the end, for God is love. God’s passionate love for his people - for humanity - is at the same time a forgiving love. It is so great that it turns God against himself, his love against his justice.”

[@Jaspa8188]

I pray that everyone reads The Four Last Things: Death, Judgment, Hell, Heaven Author: Fr. Martin Von Cochem. It is an eye opener.

[@leoncaruthers]

The "joy and happiness" are an inch deep IME, based on nothing but presumption, and that alone is a sin. God's love is just words on a page, His justice is the only promise you're even allowed to expect, but if you expect to be damned then you commit the sin of despair. The only way to avoid sin is to cease cognition entirely.

[@IsaiahINRI]

I pray that you experience God's love in your life. Because it is so much more than words on a page.

[@fritula6200]

Allysa..... allow God to put the Gospel words into your mind, then into yr heart.... don't do all the hard work.. allow God to do it for you, just let go your thoughts.... that is your thinking... allow God into your mind, into your thoughts .... Christ will put what you read in Scripture into your thoughts... He will put in what He wants, NOT WHAT YOU WANT.... ALLOW HIM THAT, SWEETHEART ❤ This also applies for me also.... each one of us.

[@manncz]

God often does not behave as loving father, unfortunately. It is often quite hard to tell He loves us with all the lack of communication, amount of suffering allowed etc. Reason points surely to the existence of loving God, however experience of life shows absent parent with no real interest in His children or power/will to help his children. It is SO hard to keep faith when He withdraws His grace

[@luminussekat9030]

Look around you...Get out of that slimy sin and you'll understand little by little how good he is...

[@davidkupiec]

If only it was that easy. I wish I was just never born so I wouldn't to and worry about Hell. I hate having been created. I did not ask to be created.

[@gerardonoriega7412]

We r children who just don't listen to our Father. He does love us... but we r the ones who do things our way. I don't know if ur a parent, as a parent u see ur children doing things they shouldn't. U tell them stop, but they continue doing it their way. I haven't been absent or stopped loving my child... they in their free will use and abuse their free will like we do to God.

[@pheinix123456789]

@@gerardonoriega7412 you example is week. If I saw a child getting raped or murdered, then I would expect to see a parent moving to protect their children and put vengeance on the predator. God often does nothing when many acts of abuse are being done.

[@erinbeltran1820]

@@pheinix123456789 her example is spot on. You cannot force someone to love God (or anyone else) It is always their free will to say “I want to learn more-teach me” Physically protecting your/any child from abuse is a protection that is expected by the Father almighty. I have 1 child who goes to church w/me on her own free will, asked for a Bible for Christmas and actually will sit and listen to me explain parables and Gods word. The other child says No, I love God but I want to have my fun and that’s that! I told him/warned him that he was putting God last. He is aware as a teenager. It is his own free will.

[@uncatila]

Reading scripture in Rnhlish or German is like looking through an obscure glass that is shattered. st Bonoventure pray for us who lack the gift of toungues

[@AleskySazmon]

Amen. thank you Jesus Christ ✝️❣️Dear those who are reading this message, if you are having a hard time, remember that you are not alone and never give up. I wish you good health, success, love and happiness i was homeless, did drugs went into prison, where got to know God. Changed my life. Now have a home, a Wife and a lovely year daughter (Tracy), and now I'm favoured, $130K every 4weeks! I can now afford anything and also support God's work and the church...I want to share this miraculous testimony to help my brethren in this trying time's that the devil has flood the world with inflation.

[@bernicesanders3148]

I tire of blame the devil. The main person responsible is the indivudual. Humans love to blame someone or something else. If the devil has you involved in something its because you wanted to get involved and now your life is a mess. Bible said to flee from sin. You need to flee(change your life).

[@amysepan804]

I must be on You Tube's naughty list because my comments that have anything to do with deeply honoring God and Jesus keep getting deleted.

[@chloepackens4455]

God has been so merciful to me I exalt his name now and everyday of my life. Awesome God ❤️my family are happy once again and can now afford anything for my family even with my Retirement.$67k weekly returns has been life changing, after so much struggles.

[@Katie_Boyden]

Hello, how do you achieve such weekly returns? As a single parent i haven’t been able to get my own house due to financial struggles, but my faith in God remains strong.

[@chloepackens4455]

Maria Angelina Alexander I really appreciate her efforts and transparency.

[@chloepackens4455]

I remember giving her my first savings $20000 and she opened a brokerage account for me it turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to me.

[@MarkSarah-qn2oc]

This is a definition of God's unending provisions for his people. God remains faithful to his words. I receive this for my household.🙏

[@Divocklindsay]

Wow...I know her too she is a licensed broker and a FINRA agent she is popular in US and Canada she is really amazing woman with good skills and experience.

[@13donstalos]

I have nothing but respect for Christianity and the Bible. But I feel as though mercy and justice are mutually exclusive, so how can the Bible lay claim to both?

[@IsaiahINRI]

Mercy is given to those who seek it, and justice on those who don't.

[@isabelrinon]

5:57

[@gastongarciaaaleman]

But you don't see the other part. God loves but what does that mean? God is love love is the only thing he does so how could you possibly reject that? Maybe because love is painful. What God wants most in his heart it's not may "salvation" my "peace". The biggest gift to a rational creature is happiness. That's the point. How do I make rational creatures happy? Giving them the possibility of loving. That is the creation propose. God is happy because he loves so he wanted other beings to feel the same happiness he feels by loving. But how can you want something if it doesn't cost you? How can you prove you choose something if you don't have something to sacrifice? That is when pain and suffering are necessary. God can't create happiness because he can't create love. Love only exist when despite all the contradiction of pain and suffering you still choose to seek the good of the other. And that is what makes loves valuable and miracle. That's the sanctification propose. To transform your own being into a good person, a saint, you need those opportunities those circumstances that could make possible virtue and charity. That's the porporse of angels test the same for Adam and Eve. And that is the history of old and new testament. God running for love looking for us humans and we rejecting him because his love hurts. All he does is love true but rational creatures don't want pain even if it is for a grater good. Good and evil where left behind the day pain and pleasure where introduced. And that's the point. Whiteout such contradiction how could freedom exist? How could you be able to sacrifice for someone if you don't have that chance? Well that's waht God provides. Life is a gift because it's the opportunity to feel happiness by loving. By loving through sacrifice. And that is when the creature says to god "I don't want to be happy if it's going to hurt" and God can't do nothing and let them abandon him.

[@angelblessing7937]

Read the book of heaven by Servant of God Luisa Picaretta revelations by Our Lord to see truly how much Jesus loves us and his wisdom on how he is going to restore us and all of creation, it's going to change your life and eternity

[@gelj065]

Matt has been mewing I can tell

[@SRam-d3s]

Sorry but God never showed love to me. Only gave me pain. So I just don't love him back. God only loves his favorites and that's the truth

[@mymoneyfactory]

Please explain? God loves you infinitely

[@SRam-d3s]

​​@@mymoneyfactory I don't have to explain myself. God is evil and a monster who never intervened in my life when I needed him. So many undeserving people get good things in life and I get misery. So yes i removed god from my life for good. If he can't help I don't need him

[@amysepan804]

​@@SRam-d3sI've heard this before from others who have suffered very much and are convinced that they got through their suffering entirely alone and with no help. I will pray for you that God reveals Himself and His workings in your life to you before it's too late. No one can undo what you've been through, but that you made it through what you've endured is a testament to the strength God gave you, and there is a purpose to your life and your survival.

[@miranda8238]

@@SRam-d3s I’m so sorry for the pain you’ve experienced. I used to reject God too. The fact remains that he does love us. He doesn’t want you to endure life alone. He wants to walk with us through anything and everything. But because he loves us, he won’t force us to. It’s beautiful and good that we have free will. We can choose. We do face a lot of hardships because of the world, but our suffering can be used for good. For our good and the good of others. If you want to talk, let me know. Otherwise, just know that you can reach out to him at any point, no matter what has happened, and he will be so happy to hear from you.

[@SRam-d3s]

​@@miranda8238 thank you for your kind words. But let's me tell you there are so many people out there living they best life's with no challenges. God created me ugly, gave me hardship, took all this thinks I deserved to have in my life and gave it to someone else. Nope I reject such a God. And choose to not to suffer anymore.

[@johnnichols2088]

Quite frankly this is why people, myself included, get angry at God. If God is real and loves us, why does he ignore our prayers and requests as if we were some sort of scum? “That’s the devil”. Well if God loved us, why would he let us get abused so horribly be the enemy? It seems like gaslighting all around.

[@taken4granted612]

The last part “as if we were some sort of scum” is not how God views you, but how you likely view yourself. Many including myself struggle with that. Rest in your identity as Gods child. Our parents knew more than us when we were kids, and they could guide us without needing to give explanations or answers to everything

[@davidkupiec]

What a joke. God loves so much he doesn't mind that majority of people go to hell. This is according to majority of saints. I hate a God for creating me. My fear of hell completely destroys any idea of a loving God.

[@taken4granted612]

@@davidkupiec Get a spiritual director and read “Jesus I trust in You” by Sr Faustina SV or “I believe in love, a personal retreat based on the teachings of st Therese of Lisieux”. I deal with that fear too but it’s abated dramatically. Your fear is likely OCD and scrupulosity. It takes time, spiritual direction, continual prayer, to get over, but eventually it hits you that your qualms with hell judgment etc. are not actually issues with theology but rather a deeper belief that you don’t feel deserving or worth it enough to be loved. This deep belief is wrong. If God didn’t love us, He would not have stayed on the cross.

[@gerardonoriega7412]

God does love us @davidkupiec. We are the ones guilty of placing ourselves in hell... not God.

[@erikebot4477]

👍🙏

[@nobodynobody4389]

God loves but he doesn't care

[@vorlando0719]

That doesn't add up. It's impossible to Love And not Care. One who loves, cares.

[@nobodynobody4389]

@@vorlando0719 if that was the case God wouldn't play favourites yet experience of most people proves this That's why I said God loves but his love is an uncaring one like an alcoholic parent Sure he loves you in some capacity however practical application of this love is worthless

[@davidkupiec]

Plus he will abandon you as quickly as you can snap your finger. But then somehow gets amnesia when we go to confession. It's a joke honestly. I only worship him because otherwise I'll go to hell.

[@nobodynobody4389]

@@davidkupiecI wouldn't reject god's mercy so balantly he might play favourites but he is always happy when we want to be in his presence

[@gerardonoriega7412]

God does care, we r the ones who turn our backs on Him. If ur Catholic this applies to u. I'll ask people have u popped in to see Jesus today? Physically go to a church and visit with Him in Adoration Chapel or when in the Tabernacle for just 5mins if ur rushing around (or longer if possible)? I hear often times... no. If ur a parent of grown children... doesn't it lighten up ur day to get a visit from ur children instead of the parent making the effort... doesn't it make ur day sooooo much more special that they made the effort? Visit Him during the week and ur life will change. U will have a different perspective of our loving Father and of our Redeemer/Savior as well.

[@enghockchew3517]

When man knows, believes and is convinced that God loves him, that God who is almighty, all powerful, all knowing yet chooses to love him in God's entirety then man knows there is no fear, no fear of evil, pain, disappointment...etc because he has been loved all that happens to him does not take away the love that God has for him. Then man becomes free, free from fear of all that what an unbeliever fears. Free from sin, since he is convinced that sin and evil cannot bring about the ultimate end of joy and peace that God intends and acquires for him.