Are We in the End Times? w/ Ralph Martin

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  • @anthonyhulse1248
    @anthonyhulse1248 Před rokem +89

    As my old Franciscan novice master used to say: the only end times you need to worry about are your own. And we're all facing our end times.

  • @aliciagomez2817
    @aliciagomez2817 Před rokem +125

    The best decision I ever made was to become a Catholic. It has made me a better woman, wife and mother💕 My greatest joy has been to be able to co-create with Our Lord through my marital union with my wonderful husband to make more in his image and likeness! Praise be Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and forever ✝️♥️🙏🕊🎉

    • @christinahhh3
      @christinahhh3 Před rokem +8

      Alicia I feel the exact same way!!!💜🙏🏼 God bless you sister in Christ!!!

    • @johnharkness6304
      @johnharkness6304 Před rokem +5

      Wow, beautiful few lines 👍🏻❤

    • @VinNord
      @VinNord Před rokem +4

      It's not about the religion...religion won't save anyone, not your church, your pastors, your bishops, the pope, the priests, your good works, BUT by Jesus Christ alone....

    • @johnharkness6304
      @johnharkness6304 Před rokem +11

      @@VinNord We know very well the Lord Jesus saves, and only He. Tell us something we don't know. We also know He founded a Church (gospel of St Mathew) not churches, A Church. Cheers.

    • @christinemcguiness9356
      @christinemcguiness9356 Před rokem +2

      God bless you🙏

  • @MartinaStC
    @MartinaStC Před rokem +90

    Not every catholic church follows the German bischops, there are pockets of churches who faithfully follow Our Lord. Not all German bishops agree with the others either...Pray for us...

    • @doneuplikeakipper6512
      @doneuplikeakipper6512 Před rokem +1

      Are you German?

    • @martinospitaletta8198
      @martinospitaletta8198 Před rokem

      The Catholic Church in Germany consists mainly of apostates and they preach the same as the Unitarian Universalists but using a more Christian language. The problem lies deeper: The Catholic Church markets her unity as a proof for her truth. But that unity between neoorthodox and liberal Catholics is an illusion for liberal Catholics are not even Christians. If Pope Francis will not act, the German church will fall completely into heresy.
      In Germany, there are 85% of bishops liberal promoting homosexuality.

    • @the2ndcoming135
      @the2ndcoming135 Před rokem

      👉🏽🤴🏽

    • @the2ndcoming135
      @the2ndcoming135 Před rokem

      @@doneuplikeakipper6512 🤣

    • @CrankyGrandma
      @CrankyGrandma Před rokem

      I feel like the Holy Father is exposing an evil that had been hiding in the shadows. The faithful in Germany now have to be stronger and stand for truth. Light and dark will become more obvious. It’s all purification. In what appears a heavy blow may actually be a blessing. His is purifying us.

  • @SuperZebezian
    @SuperZebezian Před rokem +90

    4:10 PLEASE DON'T add in dramatic music to these clips. I just want to listen to the discussion. Let the drama of the truth being discussed carry its own weight.

    • @aldo_0032
      @aldo_0032 Před rokem +20

      or at the very least turn it down. You can barely hear the discussion.

    • @SuperZebezian
      @SuperZebezian Před rokem +15

      @@aldo_0032 They really don't need to innovate with their format or how they upload their clips (in my opinion). I guess turning down the volume is an OK compromise if this is the direction they really want to go, but I'd rather just cut the music out entirely.

    • @irishman.
      @irishman. Před rokem +18

      agree 100%. It's completely distracting & Unnecessary.

    • @SuperZebezian
      @SuperZebezian Před rokem +12

      @@SteubenThursday I appreciate the willingness to try new things. In terms of adding music, I'd abstain from it. Stitched-in related clips that add to the discussion are good, like at 2:05.

    • @gearoidmacamhlaoibh7424
      @gearoidmacamhlaoibh7424 Před rokem +16

      Yes, PLEASE drop the music -- it's really hard (maybe just for us oldies) to hear the discussion.

  • @stevetseitz
    @stevetseitz Před rokem +18

    “Therefore keep watch
    , because you do not know the day or the hour.” I had a great Catholic priest teacher who said “If you are picking weeds in your garden and someone comes walking down the street crying ‘THE END IS NIGH!’Just keep picking weeds.”

  • @thatguyzwife
    @thatguyzwife Před rokem +18

    Hahaha, "think of Canada." "I try not to." As a Canadian, I appreciated that comment!

    • @sblyde1
      @sblyde1 Před rokem

      Guess I should have read the comments before I commented lol (see above). Looks like others noticed that one too. Maybe it's just because I've only been Catholic for just over a year-ish (officially anyway), but I have to say that little remark at 5:02 smarted a bit for me as a Canadian. We need Catholics in other nations to think of Canada and pray for us. The Church here is in a battle just as anywhere else on the globe, and the larger narrative in the media about the increasing liberalism and apostasy doesn't detract from the fact that the invisible Church and the Catholics who, as Ralph said, "know the voice of the true Jesus Christ," continue to wage that battle fiercely and daily. Please don't hear a rebuke here, simply a comment about how I heard Matt's remark and my initial response. Blessings to you.

    • @DWNY358
      @DWNY358 Před rokem +2

      Quebec, once a bastion of Catholicism, has now become one of the most secular, non-religious states or provinces in North America

  • @CatholicSamurai
    @CatholicSamurai Před rokem +81

    Matt, Thursday & PWA team, I'm appreciating the editing effort being put into these more recent clip videos (stitching in, mixing background audio, etc.). It's not unnoticed! Keep up the good work.

    • @stephaniecarrico651
      @stephaniecarrico651 Před rokem +22

      Ha just came here to say I couldn't focus on the clip bc the music was too loud 😅maybe it was just me.

    • @melbatoast1315
      @melbatoast1315 Před rokem +9

      ​@@stephaniecarrico651 same! Mr. Martin is too soft spoken for this loud music.

    • @mdw908
      @mdw908 Před rokem +7

      @@stephaniecarrico651 I totally agree. Music is too loud.

    • @vujsa
      @vujsa Před rokem +7

      No need for the editing tricks, they're distracting.

    • @chrisvalenzuela7911
      @chrisvalenzuela7911 Před rokem +8

      I think the music is a little much and unnecessary honestly. Would be better without it imo.

  • @richyburnett
    @richyburnett Před rokem +43

    I’m in England and I can confirm. - since I said it myself only the other day - that the Catholic Church definitely is becoming increasingly Anglican.

    • @stephenjohnson9632
      @stephenjohnson9632 Před rokem

      And just like the Anglican Church, it will go into schism. The faithful will be small in number and will join forces with the faithful of the Orthodox and Protestants while the fraudulent “Catholics” will join forces with the unfaithful Orthodox and Protestants.

    • @rg1whiteywins598
      @rg1whiteywins598 Před rokem +1

      But so is the orthodox church regarding divorce. Houston, we have a mess.

    • @CrankyGrandma
      @CrankyGrandma Před rokem +2

      Trust the Holy Spirit. We’ve survived massive and popular heresy before. There will be a small core of faithful who will then grow. All through history this has happened. But God prevails.

  • @franciscomendes3433
    @franciscomendes3433 Před rokem +15

    Dear Matt, I’m Francisco from Portugal. Keep the good fight. I will pray for you and your family. Thank you for the good job!

  • @MovieRiotHD
    @MovieRiotHD Před rokem +9

    My (great)grandparents thought it was the end of times during WW2 when they experienced Nazi persecution. Won't get worse than that.

    • @CrankyGrandma
      @CrankyGrandma Před rokem +2

      I fear it can get even worse than that. Which is terrible. But Christ is true even (maybe especially) in the darkness. The light shines in the darkness and the darkness cannot overcome it. But I think we will go even darker

  • @sandraelder1101
    @sandraelder1101 Před rokem +17

    I keep my eyes open for “signs of the times” but try to focus more on whether I’m ready to meet God face to face TODAY. After all, even if Christ’s 2nd coming is next week, I have no guarantee I’ll live to see it. In a way, our “end times” are a perpetual now.

  • @salitz91
    @salitz91 Před rokem +1

    The music editing gave me goosebumps. Glad to see production touches like that on these clips!

  • @paulhagen1002
    @paulhagen1002 Před rokem +11

    the music makes it hard to hear the dialogue

  • @MirandaHutlet-wr1bw
    @MirandaHutlet-wr1bw Před rokem +5

    I think Matt is having a conversion to a deeper level of the faith. I’m just getting that sense over the last little while. He has been a blessing for a long time. I appreciate this increased depth. Roll up your sleeves, here we go!

  • @pigetstuck
    @pigetstuck Před rokem +6

    Ralph Martin sounds rather protestant in his approach. (discerning right from wrong instead of submitting to church authority)

  • @andres-lr7is
    @andres-lr7is Před rokem +11

    he is not wrong. These times call for full awareness and faith i am grateful for conversations like this. Thank you

  • @medworakowski101
    @medworakowski101 Před rokem +1

    This was a very good response to the question. I find it comforting. We were made for these times.

  • @Wonderpattypatty
    @Wonderpattypatty Před rokem +2

    Amazing, as always!!! Thanks be to God for two of the people I admire most!! 🛐

  • @user-fg3ci2jd6b
    @user-fg3ci2jd6b Před rokem

    Marvelous exposition from brother Martín, congratulations 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @ChildofGod98765
    @ChildofGod98765 Před rokem +21

    Yes we are coming closer to the end! Jesus is coming soon. Jesus! I PRAISE you! Even as I’m struggling providing for my children. I will keep faith. I won’t allow the devil to manipulate my spirit. Please pray for me. Since covid I can’t seem to get back on my feet. I lost my job for declining the vaccine. I declined due to my health conditions. I suffer from lupus, and heart disease. I’m now waitressing and so thankful to be working but I’m not making nearly enough to get by. I have two beautiful boys both are autistic. I’m overwhelmed because they require so much from me. I recently started homeschooling them because they were having so many issues with bullying. I feel so alone. It’s only because of the kindness of strangers I still have a place to call home. I’m fearful because every month is a struggle to not end up on the streets with my boys. Jesus hear my cries I’m so tired of not being able to afford simple things like food and clothes for my children. I will keep faith I believe in Jesus and I know he will provide. Amen! ❤

  • @sblyde1
    @sblyde1 Před rokem +47

    When discussing the Great Apostasy around 5:02, Matt, when Ralph was pointing out places that used to be Catholic and have walked away, he said, "think of Canada," and you said quietly that you try not to. I'm a Canadian and chose to become Catholic in the midst of the first Covid lockdowns, and I need to gently (but perhaps a bit sternly) ask you to please think of us, and ask your viewers to think of us and pray for us. So many Canadian Catholics likely watch Pints with Aquinas, find freedom through STRIVE21, and seek the eternal continuation of Conservative Catholic values. I chose to become Catholic because the Church of Rome seems to be the only one that has the WHOLE truth, and the only one OFFICIALLY keeping its values intact, despite the fact that some deep cracks in some of the clergy's theological and philosophical solidity can be detected (including perhaps even the Holy Father's). I know it was maybe just a bit of a flip response on your part, but it hurt a little, and so I'll ask for you and your viewership to consider Canada and pray for her and the Church within her borders. We need your prayers as desperately as the Church in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. And I will pray for you as well, brother. Bless you for all you do to advance the faith and herald the coming Kingdom.

    • @elijah33smith
      @elijah33smith Před rokem +2

      15% weekly mass attendance in Ontario, sad. Canada, like many nations (France) is guilty of apostasy.

    • @mtmurime9907
      @mtmurime9907 Před rokem +2

      I will absolutely be praying for all of you. A whole half of my family is Canadian and continues to hold on to the faith. As long as there are faithful laity and priests (Fr. Mark Goring and his order are a good example) there is hope. God Bless you brother!

    • @jacobmatthew23
      @jacobmatthew23 Před rokem

      Catholics are wrong bro

    • @DFSLJC
      @DFSLJC Před rokem +1

      I just converted this year from “born again” Christian to the Roman Catholic Church for all the reasons in your comment and I have all the same fears.

    • @DFSLJC
      @DFSLJC Před rokem

      @@jacobmatthew23lol… I’m going to reconvert then bro. Good lookin up

  • @mariahess221
    @mariahess221 Před rokem +37

    Scary in some ways, but if we know Jesus and His voice, trust that we’ll be okay!!!

  • @pigetstuck
    @pigetstuck Před rokem +13

    Matt, I would love to see you get deep into the scriptures like Ralph described. (currently working on that myself)

  • @elizabeth.annrose
    @elizabeth.annrose Před rokem +1

    Excellent. Thank you.

  • @josephtravers777
    @josephtravers777 Před rokem +6

    Every day is the 'End Time' for someone. That's where the focus should be.

  • @NoleNoleNoleJole
    @NoleNoleNoleJole Před rokem

    I love these conversations

  • @sheribrogden9247
    @sheribrogden9247 Před rokem +5

    I was an Episcopalian. I converted to the Catholic fairh. God either is or He isn't. Jesus is my Lord or He isn't. I know that my job as a Christian is to defend life. I know that it is my job to defend the Truth. One truth is that men are not women and women are not men. Prayer, Meditation and paying attention to what is written in the Bible is most important. There are 10 Commandments. God bless this site.

  • @davided9881
    @davided9881 Před rokem +2

    The ad at the end 😂😂😂😂 very anticlimactic Thursday veeeery anticlimactic

  • @AngelGonzalez-ng9ve
    @AngelGonzalez-ng9ve Před rokem +2

    Good short video.. Sr. Martin Made a lot of sense in this video.. He didn't sugar code anything. 👍🏻☝🏻🫡🙌🏻🫶🏻👌🏼🕊🍞🍷✝️⛪️📖

  • @markland1000
    @markland1000 Před 11 měsíci

    Excellent.

  • @pattip2788
    @pattip2788 Před rokem +1

    I love your videos, Matt! Love your guests. But the music was a bit distracting.

  • @melvinhowell5469
    @melvinhowell5469 Před rokem +2

    Consider this…one of the arguments we Catholics have used against non-Catholics is that they want to be their own pope. They want to decide what is the truth, and what is not…are we now in the same position?

  • @Elainemom
    @Elainemom Před rokem +1

    We need true faith and deep courage.

  • @MidwestPyro55
    @MidwestPyro55 Před rokem +3

    Yes we are all in the end times! We all get to meet our maker in less than 80 years give or take

  • @KyleWhittington
    @KyleWhittington Před rokem +8

    I really like the touch of adding the clip from the Jesuitical podcast

  • @gabriellabaka
    @gabriellabaka Před rokem +27

    No music, please.

  • @michaelparker7831
    @michaelparker7831 Před rokem +2

    Ralph Martin is a very holy man. When Ralph Martin speaks openly about the state of the current Church like this then alarm bells better be going off in your head.

  • @AS-fu1kd
    @AS-fu1kd Před rokem +5

    The servent in the house must be ready for the return of the master, lest he get caught sleeping.

  • @bambino100011
    @bambino100011 Před rokem +25

    Every generation seems to think we are in the end times. People during WWII probably thought the same thing.

    • @kingofcelts
      @kingofcelts Před rokem +15

      Hmm, I know what you mean and I sort of agree! However, there's a niggling in the back of my mind about the great apostasy. I'm at the half century mark in my life and the fall I've witnessed here in Ireland has been unbelievable, truly unbelievable. We were the first country in the world to actually vote in Abortion and that was just after Gay marriage. Now, we on the great trans train. My beautiful Country is unrecognisable..

    • @themonsterunderyourbed9408
      @themonsterunderyourbed9408 Před rokem +2

      Revelations is a cycle.

    • @MonicaMoraal
      @MonicaMoraal Před rokem

      ​@@kingofceltsGod commits abortions without consent if the wife has been unfaithfull to her husband, numbers 5:27-28

    • @sandraelder1101
      @sandraelder1101 Před rokem +2

      Yes but some generation is going to be right.

    • @angiew2324
      @angiew2324 Před rokem

      ​@@MonicaMoraal That's a gross misunderstanding of Scripture at best, at worst it's an intentional manipulation of the Word of God in order to justify the evil of abortion.
      That said, even if it were true that God "commits" abortion, He is God! He has the authority to decide when someone lives & dies, as humans we do not unless it's in self-defense or defense of someone else - and an abortion is NEVER in self-defense or defense of someone else because that baby is an innocent party that had no part in any crime at all.

  • @ITSbigwillystyle
    @ITSbigwillystyle Před rokem +3

    “The man of lawlessness” sometimes sounds like a general shift in the state of being for the common man than it is any individual

    • @anthonyhulse1248
      @anthonyhulse1248 Před rokem

      yes, there's always been lawless men, but it's more widespread now.

    • @steelytemplar
      @steelytemplar Před rokem

      ​@Anthony Hulse I am skeptical of the idea that our society is more lawless than, say, the American West during the 19th century or the East End of London during the 19th and early 20th centuries, just to name a couple.
      We might be seeing more lawlessness in our local areas now than we have during our lifetimes in our own, but that doesn't make it uniquely bad. For that matter, I'm not even seeing any noticeable increase in lawlessness where I live, though I hear about it in places like New York City and San Francisco.

  • @Nicole_Marie_
    @Nicole_Marie_ Před rokem +28

    Please no music. I stopped watching because it was so distracting. The show stands alone brilliantly. The bells, whistles, and music are not needed.

    • @michaelanthony4750
      @michaelanthony4750 Před rokem +3

      Agreed. I couldn't concentrate on what they were saying.

    • @joelrobertsonmusic
      @joelrobertsonmusic Před rokem +3

      I thought it was great. I hope they keep it.

    • @Iceland874
      @Iceland874 Před rokem

      It’s only distracting if you allow it to be. What if our country falls to communism and they try to brainwash you? Be strong and learn to focus. God bless you. Deo gratias.

  • @Sim0n-kv8jb
    @Sim0n-kv8jb Před rokem +7

    I think Mr Martin's analysis is very Western centered. Just because the US is going through a rough time politically and socially, and the Church is having problems in the West generally, doesn't mean that we're in the end times. The Church is flourishing in big parts of Africa and Asia for example, and the kind of depravity we can observe in the West is not prevalent in other areas of the world. Jesus did the unexpected at every turn, and I wouldn't be surprised at all if the time of His return will play out the same way.

  • @christopherquigley5468
    @christopherquigley5468 Před rokem +2

    The easy Biblical answer is: it isn’t our business. Only God the Father knows the exact timing of the end. We aren’t supposed to obsess over the times. We are supposed to spread the Gospel to the ends of the Earth. If you want the end to come faster, share Jesus with someone today.

  • @crushtheserpent
    @crushtheserpent Před rokem +3

    0:38 Can anyone tell me the name (and artist) of this painting.... it's beautiful

  • @metanoiafaith
    @metanoiafaith Před rokem

    I affirm this word from Dr Martin. There is no doubt that the Church is splitting between those who are the faithful remnant and anti-church and anti-Gospel, creating their own Golden Calf. We know what happens after that.

  • @charliegeorge4247
    @charliegeorge4247 Před rokem

    Powerful

  • @auk7447
    @auk7447 Před rokem

    This is why we need to take care of the liturgy. In the Anglican church people divide into parishes based on the form of liturgy they prefer - unlike Catholic church the 'high' church tends towards liberal and the evangelical towards conservative. I don't like to even use these words, but I believe it's essential that we celebrate all forms of liturgy in a single parish. And keep dialogue and praying with one another going. It also concerns me that social media is a divisive force where theological / pastoral discourse disintegrates into a place where differences are emphasised . For sure there are important issues at stake but thank God, in England at the moment our parishes are holding together and I don't see what seems (on the basis of these kinds of programmes) to be happening in the US.

  • @uaenami
    @uaenami Před rokem

    The editing here was confusing. I kept looking for an open tab to see where the music was coming from, it was hard to listen to what was being said. Also, was there a different video in the middle of the video? It didn't feel integrated to the main video. I appreciate the effort, hopefully it'll get better.

  • @davidrojas6457
    @davidrojas6457 Před rokem +3

    For the editor: The interspersing of relevant images and video clips could work, but I would definitely nix the background music. It's completely unnecessary and takes away from the conversational vibe that I've come to love from PWA.

  • @cyberpunkworld
    @cyberpunkworld Před rokem +1

    So they got the gift of Tranfiguration. All of them. They were eating in a village outside Jerusalem and nobody knew in which house. :)) Amazing story. Great warriors. Absolutely great.

  • @kzbaby2002
    @kzbaby2002 Před rokem +6

    How do we save our children from choosing a homosexual lifestyle when Church leaders don’t back that up? I can only pray and sacrifice and leave it in Jesus’s hands. The amount of sadness we faithful feel is sometimes too much. We have to suffer it for Jesus though.

    • @themonsterunderyourbed9408
      @themonsterunderyourbed9408 Před rokem

      Honestly, homosexuality isn't the worst thing anymore. Imagine the state taking your children away from you, pumping them full of hormones, making them sterile and chopping up their private parts and then brainwash them to hate you and God.
      Oh, you don't have to imagine it, it's already happening in some places.

    • @Klonkus
      @Klonkus Před rokem

      Maybe don't be an overbearing mother and coddle your kids until they're 25

  • @brucebarber4104
    @brucebarber4104 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Ralph sounds like a protestant. At 1:00 he says that we're going to have to decide who we can trust and who we can believe and who we can follow. Essentially, he's saying that we all have to become our own pope. We don't have to decide anything of the sort. The Holy Spirit has always protected, is protecting, and will always protect and guide the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. All we have to do is to follow the Church founded on St. Peter by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

  • @den8863
    @den8863 Před rokem

    Regarding the unrestraining of evil. It seems to have been happening for a while now, especially since the middle of the previous century, but there has been a profound change I think since just before the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • @slytlygufy
    @slytlygufy Před rokem +1

    As an Orthodox Christian, I pray daily for the restored unity of the See of Peter with Holy Orthodoxy.

  • @csongorarpad4670
    @csongorarpad4670 Před rokem

    Kindly said, I think it's a good idea to add backgroud music. Please keep in mind, however, to have the background music low, because it took away my attention from the vital speech by Ralph Martin.
    May God bless you all!

  • @michaelanthony4750
    @michaelanthony4750 Před rokem

    That was interesting, but the music was distracting. I checked to see if something was playing on my computer but realized it was you.

  • @markvasquez9023
    @markvasquez9023 Před rokem

    Return to authentic true tradition. Mv

  • @jarrettpierce5626
    @jarrettpierce5626 Před rokem +5

    i think every generation since Jesus has thought this is it

    • @Jayce_Alexander
      @Jayce_Alexander Před rokem +1

      But our generation is seeing it backed up by data and demographics. 😕

  • @K5RTO
    @K5RTO Před rokem

    powerful

  • @rudiruttger
    @rudiruttger Před rokem

    a powerful point but playing epic music during a video to highlight the words of a speaker is a big pet peeve of mine

  • @ivanvidojevic2461
    @ivanvidojevic2461 Před rokem +2

    Ralph..".i mean think of Canada "
    Matt..."oh,I try not to"
    Aahaahaha funny but true

    • @den8863
      @den8863 Před rokem

      “God keep our land, glorious and free.”

  • @davidw6479
    @davidw6479 Před rokem +2

    Every day we come closer to the end. All we can do is practice faith and obedience in the face of adversity.
    But event X happening now doesn’t mean the end times any more than past events (some of them worse than what we ever experienced) are signs of it. Our Lord said nobody can know the day. So, when we are aware of our own failings, that is the time to repent. When we are aware of others failings, let us practice charity in response, remembering Our Lord’s words about beams and splinters.

    • @steelytemplar
      @steelytemplar Před rokem

      Amen!
      Concern about the "end times" profits us nothing in terms of our faith. There is nothing that the knowledge of coming "end times" would change in regard to how we should live our faith lives. Meanwhile, becoming overly anxious of the matter might actually cause our faith lives to suffer.

  • @stewartlindstrom1792
    @stewartlindstrom1792 Před rokem +2

    Doesn't this indicate there's something to be said for "low-church" Christianity? These days it is the bureaucracy that seems to be getting in the way, as the high-church strains turn down paths I find myself unable to follow. As a US Protestant, I'm highly conscious of the deficits of my own tradition. I'm quite sympathetic towards Catholicism, I love the mass, and have thought of converting, but so few of my Catholic friends know their Bibles. The real dangers of Protestant fundamentalism aside, it is really a spectacular achievement of Protestantism to get Bibles available for anyone to read. Scripture is plain on the important things. We must believe this. It is my hope that we are moving towards greater ecumenicism to stand strong against the evil one. Really appreciate this channel and its content.

    • @whenpiratesattack
      @whenpiratesattack Před rokem +3

      You don’t convert or decide your fate on your friends’ deficient of faith or character. You enhance yours and bring them with you. Join the faith and join a layman order to help teach the Catholic truths to others from the Bible. God be with you.

  • @batmaninc2793
    @batmaninc2793 Před rokem +6

    Christ built His Church upon St Peter, not schismatics.
    This isn't just 2023, it's the 2023rd year of our Lord. Act like it. All the time.
    Also: nice edit.

  • @lucdubras
    @lucdubras Před rokem +3

    Please drop the music

  • @markwilliams3679
    @markwilliams3679 Před rokem +2

    A good book on the end times is Lord of the world by Robert Hugh benson, I highly recommend it

  • @JJDSports2012
    @JJDSports2012 Před rokem

    Serious question: why can’t the pope excommunicate the German bishops and appoint new bishops who are not schismatic? Why can’t he excommunicate McElroy for rejecting Church teaching and appoint a faithful bishop? Why do we have to accept the schisms that weaken the faith of those who believe?

  • @whenpiratesattack
    @whenpiratesattack Před rokem +2

    You are in the end times but not the one you think. It’s called your own personal apocalypse and it’s return is eminent. Life is short and it is shorter than you think.

  • @bluegrassboy2448
    @bluegrassboy2448 Před rokem

    I wonder if another requirement that would need to bet met before the end times is union between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church? Or, at the very least we would come to the others' aid if needed.

  • @dennismoran4033
    @dennismoran4033 Před rokem

    I am simply yours lord Jesus Christ ❤️🙏

  • @NPC-gl8xp
    @NPC-gl8xp Před rokem +6

    God help us. Remove these false bishops and cardinals from your church keep us safe from Satan's plans.

  • @PaddyandFran
    @PaddyandFran Před rokem +4

    I am a Canadian Roman Catholic. I am deeply disturbed by the comments at the 5 min mark. Are you both saying that the Roman Catholic Church is apostate in Canada? And, if you believe that, then " I try not to" (think of Canada) is a generalization which I find hurtful to this part of the Body of Christ. We are struggling each and every day to shine our Light to the world. Pray with us as brethren, yes, even to point out where we may be falling. But do it as Our Lord and Saviour did it for all.
    Respectfully, and with love, Patrick

    • @matthewcauthorn9731
      @matthewcauthorn9731 Před rokem

      Come on hypersensitive, of course the Church in Canada in a large part is in Apostasy. Stand firm!

  • @denisfontaine5980
    @denisfontaine5980 Před rokem +3

    I do think that the including video clips in the editing is very good! but i would stop using dramatic music or even any music(espacialy when the guest is trying to explain something meaningfull) since i think it is driving people emotionnaly instead of intellectualy. I know it's well intended since most of the subject are really dramatic and important. But it orient the listener to feel a certain way wich is not good for making your own conscience or perception of the subject ! That being said. Best channel on youtube !!

  • @robertlochrie
    @robertlochrie Před rokem

    When our blessed Lord called us sinners, we went away changed, not our Lord.!

  • @MikePasqqsaPekiM
    @MikePasqqsaPekiM Před rokem +1

    Clip’s still powerful without the added music 👍
    I’m afraid lawlessness could go much further than now. History has horrifying examples.
    But there is definitely a turning away from Christ happening on an almost global scale.
    We are the salt of the Earth. But what happens when salt loses its saltiness?

  • @jowr2000
    @jowr2000 Před rokem

    What would the great apostasy look like, where infallible magisterial teachings are contradicted and new beliefs, under the guise of “development of doctrine”, are disseminated?

  • @davekoehler6325
    @davekoehler6325 Před rokem

    Don't trust, pray and we'll be okay.

  • @temp911Luke
    @temp911Luke Před rokem +1

    The drama music is too loud. :) Have to reallly focus on what your guest says in order to hear him.
    Please turn it down a bit next time. Thanks !

  • @mrwayne548
    @mrwayne548 Před rokem

    Music it’s a bit too loud there at the end

  • @onejumpdone
    @onejumpdone Před rokem +2

    Music? 😂

  • @usefulidiots3970
    @usefulidiots3970 Před rokem +1

    I find that the further our world descends into evil and madness, the stronger my faith in God becomes. I don't understand how you can lose faith in God while the rest of the world proves you can't put any faith in it. Thar being said, i still struggle with sin on a daily basis and pray I can overcome it.

  • @makocim
    @makocim Před rokem

    I would like to know the opinion of Ralph Martin on Benedict being that restraint? that`s what I´ve heard an historian to tell. Other say it is the mass, the holy sacrifice...

  • @confectionarysound
    @confectionarysound Před rokem +3

    I’m not trying to start a fight, but I’m pretty sure you just made the case for Orthodox ecclesiology and against the absolute necessity of Rome’s inerrancy. “Anti-church” and “anti-Pope” seems like the theological get out of jail free card for when the inerrant church…is in error. 🤷‍♂️ and Matt’s a smart guy, he knows this and can see the move. He was asking the right questions.

    • @whenpiratesattack
      @whenpiratesattack Před rokem

      What do you mean by this? As the Pope being an ineffectual leader or something else?

  • @naturegrace7134
    @naturegrace7134 Před rokem

    What’s with the theme music?

  • @faithharbour
    @faithharbour Před rokem

    Please drop the music.

  • @crushtheserpent
    @crushtheserpent Před rokem

    I'm curious to hear from Catholics as to what their views are on Malachi Martins claims that a sinister sect has infiltrated it's ranks. Do many take his claims seriously? Thanks :)

  • @TrixRN
    @TrixRN Před rokem +1

    We must know our faith & adhere to it. We may not be able to trust our bishops. We’ll need to follow the teaching of the Church because the bishops will not live the faith. As in the days of Jesus when He said to do as the Pharisees taught from the “seat of Moses”, but not as they lived because they were hypocrites.

  • @Jayce_Alexander
    @Jayce_Alexander Před rokem +3

    My greatest fear is that if the church itself has apostasy within it, myself and many others who desire to follow Jesus at any cost will not have the capacity, intellectual or otherwise, to discern truth from lie.

    • @rolandmartinez613
      @rolandmartinez613 Před rokem

      That is a fear of mines as well.

    • @sblyde1
      @sblyde1 Před rokem +1

      "Intellectual or otherwise..." I assume by "otherwise" you mean the spiritual maturity and level of faith that nurtures the connection between the Christian and the Holy Spirit dwelling in him or her which enable the believer (intellectual or otherwise) to recognize the voice of the real Jesus Christ and differentiate it from the voices of the world, the flesh, and the devil. If that's what you meant, I might suggest that your "fear" here is a legitimate concern that came into your mind because the Lord wants His Church to be aware of the truth, to know it, and to speak it. Maybe you're being called to nurture that capacity for discernment in yourself and become someone whom others can seek help from in nurturing that capacity in themselves.

    • @steelytemplar
      @steelytemplar Před rokem

      The Church is protected from teaching error in its dogma. You will never find heresy in the Catechism.

    • @steelytemplar
      @steelytemplar Před rokem

      @@francikeen The vast majority of the authoritative and infallible teaching of the Magisterium is not in the form of Ex Cathedra Papal declarations. Church dogma is usually defined through Councils.
      As for the Catechism, St. Pope John-Paul II declared that the Catechism is a sure norm for the faith. So, if you want to go by Papal teaching on faith and morals, there you are. On a matter of faith and morals, the Pope said we were to follow the Catechism as a sure norm.

    • @steelytemplar
      @steelytemplar Před rokem

      @@francikeen No, Ex Cathedra is a very specific thing. There have only been two such declarations - the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Mother and the Assumption of the Blessed Mother.
      I don't know the formal requirements for such declarations, but I do known there have only been the two.
      Regardless, speaking on a clear matter of faith and morals, Pope Saint John-Paul II declared the Catechism to be a sure norm for the faith. That means we can trust it per his authority.

  • @TristG3105
    @TristG3105 Před rokem

    When cardinal McElroy is the bishop at your diocese ….

  • @burnsboysaresoldiers
    @burnsboysaresoldiers Před rokem

    Did anyone notice at 1:47 the really weird looking cosier that they bishop had? looks like spikes and horns. My bishop has a similar cosier, and it just look wrong. Like one of the churches that tries to deliberately look modern.

  • @Lydia-cc1wp
    @Lydia-cc1wp Před rokem

    I’m sorry, but for me I was distracted. the “background”music was louder than the speaker . I missed the message

  • @josiah7162
    @josiah7162 Před rokem +2

    no offense but the music is not good. it is distracting imo. never thought some music would start playing on pwa lol

  • @adam12732
    @adam12732 Před rokem

    End times shouldn’t be scary, it should vindicate us.

  • @meghanyoung
    @meghanyoung Před rokem

    Can someone PLEASE tell me: if the Vatican itself fails or apostatizes, has the Catholic Church failed? Does this not refute the Church's own teaching about what it means for the gates of hell to not prevail against the visible Catholic Church? Genuinely seeking understanding here.

    • @josieposie9969
      @josieposie9969 Před rokem

      Jesus promised that the gates of hell shall not prevail against the Church built upon Peter/rock. That being said even if the pope were a heretic, he cannot teach it formally and would in effect excommunicated himself.
      Arianism nearly took out the Church, but Jesus sent and made sure that there were still some orthodox Catholics remaining (Saint Anthanasius and the pope who through the help of the Holy Spirit manage to overthrow the heresy which denied Jesus's divinity.

    • @Mateus.007
      @Mateus.007 Před rokem

      Rome apostated. But the Catholic church exist outside rome. See vaticancatholic.

  • @honoringintimates
    @honoringintimates Před rokem

    “For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes. But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pains. Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name. And at that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another. Many false prophets will arise and will deceive many. And because lawlessness is multiplied, most people’s love will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be proclaimed in the whole world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.” (Matthew‬ ‭24‬:‭7‬-‭14‬ ‭LSB‬‬)

  • @jamespeake7642
    @jamespeake7642 Před rokem +6

    I just find it so hard to believe we're in the end times. Everyone around me seems to believe it, but that makes me think we're not. I really don't understand why it's so hard to believe

    • @christygarcia4843
      @christygarcia4843 Před rokem +3

      You don’t have to believe we’re in the end times. It’s more important to be ready for your own end and to help prepare others for their particular judgment. More souls for the everlasting kingdom of God!

    • @steelytemplar
      @steelytemplar Před rokem +4

      I don't see any reason to believe that we are in the end times.
      Looking at history and particularly Church history can really give you a sense that our era is not unique in presenting terrible trials for humanity and the Church.
      Imagining what it must have been like for Catholics during events like the French Revolution, the Black Death, or the Second World War, it is not hard to conceive of those times - without the benefit of hindsight - seeming to be the worst of all times. So, also, as we are concerned for Church and society, we can think about great and widespread heresies like Arianism and Protestantism. Or, for that matter, the tremendous sundering of the faithful between East and West in the Great Schism.
      It's easy to see our own era as the worst because we live in it, we know its evils well, and we don't have the hindsight to know how it all will turn out. But, in reality, we've faced great evils before and likely will again - quite possibly long after our own mortal lives have run their course.
      I see no reason that to say that, when Christ returns, humanity won't be travelling between the stars and living on many different planets. Or it could be tomorrow. I certainly don't know the day or the hour, following what Christ said about the subject.

    • @themonsterunderyourbed9408
      @themonsterunderyourbed9408 Před rokem

      ​@@edm-london1660 There's no such thing at "alt-right" anymore. Stop watching CNN. The MSM calls all Christians knotzees.

    • @lucdubras
      @lucdubras Před rokem

      As Christy said, you don't have to believe it. We should approach this matter with great care and with prudence, it's doubtful whether we can check all the boxes yet. The Great Apostasy - maybe; on the one hand there definitely has been a massive loss of faith across the western world but don't forget: the Western world isn't the whole world. Unrestrained lawlessness - I think it can still get a lot worse and "persecution" so far has been relatively mild in the West, we know way harder scenarios than what we're seeing right now. I also couldn't point to a great number of false miracles at the current moment. I think we shouldn't underestimate the situation but also judge the circumstances critically and cautiously.

  • @Catholicity-uw2yb
    @Catholicity-uw2yb Před měsícem +1

    POPE BENEDICT XVI: Jesus “does not describe the end of the world, and when he uses apocalyptic images, he is not acting the prophet. On the contrary, he wants to stop his disciples of every epoch from being curious over dates and forecasts, and wants to give them the key to... the right road to walk today and tomorrow to enter into eternal life.”
    While Catholics believe the Bible is inspired by the Holy Spirit and that it is true, one cannot take individual biblical quotes or passages and say each one is literally true.”

  • @junacebedo888
    @junacebedo888 Před rokem

    Great apostasy is equal to global corruption or losing of long held traditional beliefs. Example: All Christian believes that the Blessed Lord has crucifixion marks. Sooner or later, there will be a lot of people Christians and Non-Christians will believe otherwise.

  • @jamesm.9285
    @jamesm.9285 Před rokem

    Here's the dilemma: An "infallible pope / papacy" could, so far as it seems with the trends we're seeing, teach or preach that which is unbiblical, so is the dogma of infallibility correct, absolutely?

    • @Cklert
      @Cklert Před rokem

      This seems like a common misunderstanding of Papal Infallibility. Papal Infallibility is not a 24/7 effect. It is a protection called at a very specific instance that protects the Pope from binding the Church to a teaching that is in error. This has only used once in recent history.
      A Pope teaching something that is scandalous or perhaps sinful, would not be a sign of Ex Cathedra unless it meets very specific criteria. Usually he would have to define something in order to bind the Church to a teaching. Otherwise, him doing this would only be a sign of private teaching (His own interpretations and theological opinions).

    • @Mateus.007
      @Mateus.007 Před rokem

      However a pope can't deny a past dogma, it would be heresy and he let to be the pope. See vaticancatholic.

  • @realSeanMcMahon
    @realSeanMcMahon Před rokem

    Matt - I am troubled by this interpretation of 1 Thess 2. First of all, it hinges on a futurist interpretation right out of Protestant dispensationalism, a modern innovation. There are plenty of preterist interpretations in the history of the Catholic Church. These interpretations could not abide a future fulfillment of 1 Thess 2 (it refers to the apostasy at the time of to the 1st century Jewish War according to this view), but neither can I personally easily accept that the Catholic Church would fail in this way. You see how it hinges on eschatology, a subject which has quite a variety of views in Catholicism.
    But I have noted that this “final apostasy” interpretation is also in the Catechism. Yet the Catechism also was recently arbitrarily changed to denounce capital punishment. I do not expect the Magisterium to conform to my expectations. However, how exactly are we supposed to regard the Catechism itself, given the various editions? We just stick to the latest one and that’s that, regardless of how its details vary from edition to edition?
    Thanks for your excellent work.