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I grew up with my parents and grandparents and aunts and uncles going to the lord Jesus with signs following, and the others were my family even if not by blood we were all family, I have saw things that only gid could do I never went to church after i left home and I was on top for a long time but it only takes a few mistakes on your on the bottom, and I was on the bottom for a long time but the lord had his hand over me because I wouldn't be alive today if he didn't i did a lot of things im ashamed of, I did every drug there is and i thoght i liked that , i have fought and really hurt people but i didn't care because I was living for the world i have had a lot of tragedy in my life , i lost a little brother in 2001 then I lost my mother in 2013, and it hurt me more than anything ever hirt when I lost her , then i lost another brother who was brutally murdered for no reason , just because the guy said he wanted to know what it would feel like , that was a pretty hard thing to swallow, but god kept me from taking his life and at one time the devil convinced me to take his brother, you know that eye for a ete thing ,but i couldn't do that i was raised better than that , but during all that i got 3 wonderful kids that i neglected when i was out doing drugs , they never saw me when i was high or anything but their mothers knew i was addicted to pain pills and I wasn't allowed to see them and they still don't now they are grown and i would just do more drugs under the excuse that I missed my kids and i love my kids but satan knew how to convince me to make it worse instead of doing what's right, but i been off drugs for 6 years and i finally after all these years and after everything i have done i finally found what I needed and that is Jesus christ almighty God, he had to be watching over me , ive got 2 wifes in the cemetery and if it wasn't for our lord i would be too So im going do everything I can to get closer to God , i owe him everything and without him i am nothing, and if you don't think following the signs is real then come see for yourself, I watched a video other evening and then i saw some comments and i couldn't help but to reply , some people said some really crazy stuff , that we charm the serpents with music ,and why don't we pray for the sick , i don't think there is any churches that don't pray for the sick no matter what kind of church it is , i stayed uo two nights replying to people, soon as i repy to one then someone else would comment to me , then i told one guy that i didn't reply to argue with him i was telling him how to save his soul and i showed him where to find it in the bible so now when he stands for judgement he can't say he didn't know, so if anyone reads this i promise these people will welcome you in and nobody is going to hand you a serpent or put you in danger , only way you could handle a serpent is if the holy ghost falls on you and you want to handle one , i just read right before i started this long cimment that he went to the church and simebidy handed him a snake and then he acted like the goly spirt was on him but he was just faking, im here to tell you that wouldn't happen these people know when the soirt us on someone you can't fool gods people and you definitely can't fool god 🙏♥️🙏♥️🙏

Man, I don’t ever comment but this gave me a lot of thoughts. I follow a lot of cognitive or academic study of religion individuals and this was the first video that had such an impact on me. Thanks for sharing

I visited the Community of Christ Temple and the LDS visitor center today. I wanted to visit the Church of Christ Temple Lot visitor center. I went up to the door but they were closed and the number online is disconnected. When I’m down visiting family again from NY I might try to attend a service.

Beautiful craftsmanship, very similar to a Norwegian one. (I'm assuming this one is in the US as you've mentioned a lot of your travels are on the weekends.) 😊

OHHHH my friend.... you now need to change this title as you have consumed the Kool aid... I will pray for you. (Sincerely I will pray to the true presence of the Trinity. GOD THE FATHER (WHO FYI DOES NOT HAVE A BODY OF FLESH AND BONE) GOD THE SON, WHO IS IN THE EUCHARISTIC, BODY, BLOOD, SOUL AND DIVINITY, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. GOD THE FATHER is NOT AN EXALTED MAN!!!! Please watch the state of your soul. That thinking, that God The Father is an EXALTED MAN is BLASPHEMY!!!

Appreciate this channel. A Catholic Service is. Mass not a service.

Amazingly beautiful just stunning. 🌟💖💜💕☮️🤗🛐✝️😇🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Location? When built? More info, please.

My grandmother left Methodism for Catholicism. Methodism these days is kind of the bid of jokes for people who like talking about Christendom. Not really sure what they stand for anymore.

Beautiful!

Beautiful!

Very interesting discussion. Thanks for sharing.

Hello, since you are a recent convert from Evangelical to LDS , how do you feel about the attire girls and women wear to church vs LDS? Do you think evangelicals need to promote modesty?

Oh Orthodoxy. Got to love it.

Always love hearing about Catholicism.

I enjoy your videos but I’m concerned that you are so new in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and it seems that maybe you aren’t attending church in your ward. I hope you will try to go to your Ward often so that you will have a community around you. There is power and strength for our end times. You are awesome and your journey has been so inspirational.

It's his stance on the family that is causing the schism I think, if he would make a more firm stance on the importance of the traditional family and the law of chastity, perhaps there would not be such disdain among Catholics towards the pope. I have one catholic friend who I'm close to and that's his issue with him. But at the same time, I see Catholics more motivated than ever to worship. I grew up catholic and for the most part, church was an after thought. But things are changing in the culture within the church.

Loved watching your journey this past year and a half, David. As always, another great video with some great insight. I love the rich tradition involved with Latin mass. You mentioned on Ward Radio, the idea of visiting various LDS wards. Along that line, the next time you are in Utah, you need to visit a Tongan LDS ward. There are so many in Utah, you won't have a problem finding one. I won't ruin it for you with details, but I think you will find it very interesting and well worth it. Please go and video it, I think you and your audience will really gain from it.

Literally came to tears when I felt the difference between the outside and inside of the conference center in your video. I can’t wait til you go to the temple and see the cleanliness and the power of the Spirit. 😆

Well, howdy to you too, brother.

Where is this & is it still utilized?

Thanks for sharing this. I am a Latter-day Saint, and have gone to Catholic Mass quite often this past spring, in support of a nephew who has recently become a Catholic. It was at a very historic and grand cathedral in Vancouver, Washington (Proto-Cathedral of St James the Greater). Though they have one Sunday Mass service in English, they also still have one in Latin. Even in the English service, some of the hymns are in either Latin or Greek. I much prefer the Latin Mass and enjoy the mixture of songs, some in Latin, some in Greek and some in English. One of the things I like about the Latin Mass is its historical nature, and I am a lover of all things historical, also am fascinated by ancient languages and the history behind them. Though I have no intention of becoming a Catholic, I very much enjoyed the Mass services, particularly the ones held during the Easter week. It also helped me to understand and appreciate the members of that faith to a greater extent than before. My nephew also prefers the Latin Mass, and he also much prefers the old historical, grand cathedrals like the one we attended. However, with overall active Catholic parish attendance declining, they are having to consolidate some parishes and there is talk about selling this grand old cathedral, mainly due to high maintenance costs. He is not happy about that idea, and I also think it would be a real shame. In attending the services there, I did notice that most of the attendees were non-Hispanic, and definitely the average age is of older folks, with not many younger families with children, though there were some. There is a Vietnamese congregation though that has their own Mass in Vietnamese at a different time on Sunday, as there is a significant Vietnamese population here amongst whom are a significant number of Catholic members. My nephew is also not happy about the modern trend to do away with the Latin Mass, and he has spoken about how there are many in his new faith that agree with him. I think many of the newer and younger members, as you noted, are preferring the more historical Latin Mass, and I can see why. I'm looking forward to your attendance at one or more of the California historical missions. I grew up in CA and so learned quite a bit about that history in school when I was a child. The town we grew up in was near one of the old missions, just a bike ride away. That is a very interesting part of California history. Thank you so much for your ongoing contribution to fostering good will and understanding and appreciation between the different Christian faiths, especially coming from your new perspective as a fellow Latter-day Saint :)

Most religions are bound together by a common set of beliefs or a founder. UUs are bound by an agreed covenant as to how we are going to be together and treat one another. We are all seekers and activists who enjoy being in a community with other open-minded people. Every UU church is a little different depending on the members of the congregation and although there are commonalities every service is different.

Dude... You ain't gonna believe this... Remember last year when You were making the video of You visiting the conference. That's exactly the time I was wondering if I should join... The Missionaries asked Me to look into it... And as I was watching that video of Yours I decided to join. That one video of Yours is what tipped the scale for Me. And now You joined also... :D :D :D

Very interesting. I have attended several Catholic funerals. Never a Catholic mass. As a latter day saint, I find other faiths so interesting. And the history provides a broader understanding. Thank you for sharing.

No no no modernist kumbaya tuff. This minimalist architecture vs Norte Dame. Hard no would say the Catholic trads

Beautiful

Very interesting observation about the political affiliation of the members of these churches. I appreciate your efforts in showing the history and the positives in your videos. ❤

Cults are kwazy…

what happened in Butler, PA?

I converted to the Roman Catholic Church in 2021. The Church is strong when we keep the mass traditional and don't try to change with the times. I enjoy Mass because it is so different than the outside world. Side Note: I have read through the Book of Mormon (going back through a second time), the entire "Saints" series, Rough Stone Rolling, and I listen to a bunch of LDS podcasts. Our LDS brothers and sisters have a lot of things correct. I had an LDS friend come over a couple nights ago and we talked about the BOM and Joseph Smith for 2 hours. In my opinion, there are a lot of similarities between Catholics and members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

David - You are gifted to research and speak about a religion that you aren't and never have been a member of.

In 1970/1971 I almost converted to Catholicism. The liturgy was in Latin, it was reverent and 'special'. Then the services changed to English, I was not in line with what I now understood, a heavy worship/reverence seemingly more towards Mary/the Holy Mother rather than Christ, the fact that the priest REALLY liked wine, AND the services were held in a neighborhood movie theater on Sunday, but the rest of the week showed X-rated movies. It was a huge turn off, lost the little reverance that the Latin liturgy provided. Two short years later, I joined the LDS Church and haven't looked back. ❤ your channel!

Thank you, David. Personally, I feel the Spirit very strongly during the Catholic mass. Some of my favorite recordings are of Requiems.

My family and I attended Latino Mass in Santa Fe, NM Palm Sunday when we were there over spring break. It was mixed English and Spanish and the service started in the plaza with the Anglican and Lutheran congregations. Mass and the Endowment have a very similar feel too me.

I went to several Latin masses with friends-pre Vatican 2- and I remember I was given a veil type thing to wear. I noticed in your video that many ladies had veils. But at the local parish I have visited for funerals/weddings etc. No veils. Obviously could understand it in English. That Latin mass was more impressive. Might feel differently if I were Catholic.

I’ve been watching your channel ever since your first visit to the church of jesus christ of latter day saints! My family and I are members and I have loved watching and seeing your story. Thank you so much for being a positive influence and helping people of all faiths come closer to Christ! I know everyone has their own conversion story, thank you so much for sharing yours!

You have it seems not studied much on the Book of Abraham issue which IMO shows Smith to have been a fraud. But then not many LDS are aware of the issues.

Hmm..I think you were ultimately just looking for a community rather than spiritual truths. Moreover I think you’ve interpreted a set of coincidences to divine intervention. Comparing mormonism and Protestantism is not exactly comparing apples with apples - and if you said you were a practicing Christian then you should know this because your baptism is effectively a rejection of Christianity.

Very interesting. I don’t have any friends who are Latin mass attenders but my mother did sometimes with her cousin when she was in her teens. I have watched a Trad Catholic channel on yt by accident and his name is Dr Taylor Marshall. He’s very interesting and learned in the trad Latin masses. I don’t share his beliefs obviously but I find it very interesting.

Dave, St Therese Church in Alhambra has a beautiful Latin Mass at 1:00 every Sunday, with Norbertine priests celebrating. The choir is heavenly. God bless you and your LDS brothers and sisters.

Is there still a large Latin speaking population?

In the Catholic Latin mass, the movements of the priest are all prescribed in detail, as well as the ringing of bells during key moments. That's how people were (and I guess still are) able to follow the mass, even if they didn't know a word or even a syllable of Latin. They didn't understand many of the words, but knew by the gestures and movements of the priest where he was at in the ritual. The Latin mass that you attended wasn't 100% "traditional" if the people in attendance were vocalizing responses. The usual tradition was for the altar servers to make the responses on behalf of the people who remained silent.

I enjoyed this so much! I am a lifelong (and committed) member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and I grew up in Cache Valley, Utah, where we had very little exposure to members of other churches. (Though, most of my adult life I've lived outside of Utah, so I of course grew to love the diversity of faiths.) I love that in many pockets of Christianity, people's faith is increasing. Those churches that adopt philosophies of the world seem to dwindle, unfortunately. Keep these good videos going!

I actually loved your short about the “Choo Choo Church”, you should make a video about it’s story I’m very interested

As a cradle Catholic re-vert I can say the Traditional Latin Mass has been instrumental in my reversion. God bless the FSSP and other traditional orders.

I love and look forward to your videos :)

I had no idea there was actual restrictions on Latin mass! This doesn’t surprised me that there is such a divide and also that there is a divide among political lines. The Hispanics communities are deeply rooted in traditions. The conservative republicans are as well. So it makes sense that they would want to keep the traditions of Latin Mass. That’s where they feel the Spirit of the Lord most. The Catholic Church has such long standing, firmly rooted tradition and services I can see where the new pope changing things feels wrong to them. But on the other hand, white Americans and democrat leaning individuals are looking for change. They see things as too restrictive and outdated. So the changes are likely welcoming to them. I am not Catholic. However, I absolutely love learning the Latin meaning of words and phrases. They always bring such a deeper meaning to it all! Along with Hebrew, Greek, all ancient languages have a beautiful poetic way that can speak to a soul in a different way! For me, I think it’s sad when traditions change. I see need for it for sure in certain times. It’s many times change that bring me closer to Christ. So I can’t really form a real opinion I guess, but I can definitely feel both sides of this when I hear about it. 😊❤

Thank you, I love learning about other Faiths. Keep up the good work.

Love your work.