When things get this bad the Innocent must suffer and die
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My body has been my torture chamber for 30 years now. The doctors don’t like to dispense pain meds anymore to anyone. It never covered all my pain anyway. No cure and just pain. I’ve learned to give up so many things in life, even having fun with my grandkids, I wish I could do so many things with them, but I do teach them about our Lord, the Bible, and the right way to live according to our faith. I’m surprised how captivated they are when I talk to them about our Lord , and our Lady, the saints. What makes me so happy is when they ask me to pray the Rosary so they can pray with me. Imagine that in these days?! A little child and two teenage boys. Im so blessed! Thank you for this beautiful sermon I now know what I can do with this pain. God bless you.
Please pray for my children-Tiara (18, estranged from the family, fallen away from the faith) and Pierson (9, addicted to video games, with ADHD, and autism) Thank you 🙏🏼
Loren, I was recently also in a great deal of long term chronic pain which no doctors could figure out. During this time I eventually turned back to the Catholic Church and found God again in my life. About 2 months after my renewal of faith I found a diagnosis and was completely pain free in about a month. Here's the IMPORTANT part, the doctor who helped me said that most chronic pain cases are caused by something called "Neuroplastic Pain Syndrome" also known as "Tension Myositis Syndrome" (TMS). Essentially, the brain causes real pain signals although the actual damage has healed long ago or may not even have been there. These pain signals are further ramped up by our worries as well as pessimistic doctors who say things are seriously wrong and they cannot fix the issue. This is a very new field of study but it is believed to be the cause of nearly all long term back pain and chronic pain issues. I would recommend Doctor Bradley Fanestil in Colorado. He has done some TED talks if you'd like to look into this further. Although I haven't read it, Doctor Fanestil recommends "The Way Out" by Alan Gordon!! My pain took life away from me and God gave it back to me after I turned to him. This might not be what is afflicting you in your case, but I sincerely hope this might help you! GOD BLESS YOU!!
God bless with strength and favor.
So sorry tough lady amen 🙏
How lucky you are! He has chosen you to suffer so that you can bring salvation to others. Offer up every pain. You will be greatly rewarded if you do. Those who suffer on earth for love of Him and His children, my goodness, the thanks you will receive.
@@Mandaxx25 true! maybe he's God instrument.
I remember back in 2007, I was working making lots of money, work work and money. Then suddenly I was in a bad car accident in which I had 2 broken legs and was disabled. Suddenly I could not work or walk. I remember in the hospital thinking as they are giving me drugs, how ironic I need them now,I was an addict prior. I had nothing, no work, no support {family} and no home. I thought this was the end for me, it was. I was homeless, disabled, an addict, and an adulterer. But once I renounced and accepted my faults, asked forgiveness. I was given a second chance by God..thank you for teaching me and bringing me back. Jesus, I trust in you. I am so thankful to God for teaching me thru suffering, for I was lost and now found.
Thanks be to God
God loves you unconditionally, as a perfectly good Father. So glad that you are doing well spiritually in your sufferings. 🙏🏼
Thank you for sharing. That is very helpful
Praise God!! 🙏🙏🥰
An amazing story! God certainly got your attention. The question now is what He wants you to do.
Every Saint has a past and every sinner a future.
Please pray for me, my brothers and sisters, a weak man who's lived a pathetically comfortable life trying to the absolute best of his ability to become a real man of God.
that is beautiful
I'm a sinner but I fight for my grandchildren and all of their generation.
Praying Brian! I’m going through a similar cross. Please pray for me too. My names Jimmy
I hear you! 🙏
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Keep in mind that if even St. Joan of Arc while in jail (near the end) quailed in the face of punishment, how much weaker each of us might prove. Have the humility not to seek sufferings that may prove too much for you. Let God decide what He wants of you.
Amen 🙏🏼 I often pray that He never gives me more than I can handle-our goal is Salvation, not testing beyond our strength.
Amen!
I'm a baby boomer and a cradle Catholic. A few years ago I joined the Traditional Catholic Congregation and it has enriched my life. That's Church that I was born into. Television was always important to me as a child. I turned in off forever several years ago. The times after Vatican II were very confusing and more people were leaving it. I was a lukewarm Catholic for many years, but I always had a love and attachment to Jesus. My Church is right across the street from my home and I'm very active in my parish. The clergy are amazing and I've learned so much. My grandchildren are taking catechism and have been confirmed. I spend 2 hours or more in Adoration and pray the Holy Rosary multiple times a day.This time of tribulation have been so hard on many people and I wish that I was living in a different time. This is the time that Our Lord God placed me in and there was a purpose for me being here during this time. This is a time for martyrdom and it will happen. My faith is with God and only in Him will I trust. Our Savior is also my neighbor. He's welcomed to my home anytime. 🏡⛪
I like the calm, realistic, faithful tone to your comment, thank you!
11:50 Put Up With Anything
14:14 Suffering Sanctifies
16:41 Sweeping Away, Clean
17:08 Do Good Through My Soul
20:23 Don’t Sin Ever Again.
22:05 Repair and Appease
24:54 “The Grace of God will assist you and always Bear you up”
30:12 Degrees in suffering
1. Repugnance
2. Desserts
3. Loss
“Accept the crosses and endure”
Merit
Love
Charity
No Limit To It
36:27 4. Restlessness
39:26 Polished
Learning to accept humiliation
42:11 Lead by inspiration
I turned away from the church when I moved away from my parents. Didn’t take my children to church so they grew up putting sports before God. I continued to listen to Christian music and returned to the church. Prayer the rosary everyday to ask for my children to find their faith. They both got confirmed but my son hasn’t been back to church. I hurt inside so much by this. I’m scared for his soul. Please pray for my family to find a way back to the church and God
No one will ever take my Faith away 🙏 I'm so confused but the confusion won't ever change my heart my soul my love for Jesus and Our Heavenly Mother.
Bless you, the world is upside down so confusion is everywhere but I love your comment, very inspiring
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽😁 AWESOME never give up to fall into Satan’s games. Resist and Focus on our Lord. Know that you are not only the one going through this confusion.
Most of us are confused! You are not along. You are correct. Keep your faith and everything will be fine.
Amen ✝️🙏❤️🕯️🔥🕊️⚓📿🇬🇧
Why are you confused? Get the old Baltimore Catechism and read it. There are some heresies in the New Catechism, like non Christian religions are authentic paths to God.
Wow! This helps put my life in better perspective... I' ve often felt self pity for what I've suffered in my life... I need to be thankful for these sufferings instead...
Thank you, Father. Life does seem to be ceaseless pain and heartache often, but a great reminder that if we can just endure, it will bear great fruit. Merry Christmas, fellow Catholics. Let's hang in there together. Deo Gratias.
As a Third Order member, I need to hear this. While I know the innocent often suffer for the guilty, I lose track of that knowledge. I know I need to do more penance but am weak. With no one to hold me accountable other than myself, it is too easy to just go with the flow of mediocrity.
Canceled priest are fighting for our faith and we should support them God gave us a spirit of courage and bravery not blindly follow bad bishops
Amen!!!!!
I wonder what St. Padre Pio would say
Is it ever required by religious obedience to be silent rather than preach the truths that need to be preached?
And they are raising awareness about the corruption of the Bishops, who are the cause of todays relativism and huge decline of faith.
AMEN! Pacifism is not always the answer….
Let us remember this because things are going to get bad. Thank you so much for posting this, Steve. We need more priests like him.
Lord I’m willing to die for the truth of our Catholic faith just like my night Templars did in my little Portugal a nation that was born for Christ to rescue and protect the holy grail amen 🙏 thanks for this beautiful sermon father.
Most excellent and profound; thank you for being a priest!
What a beautiful sermon. I learned so much. I will play for my husband on our way to mass. Thank you.
A beautiful sermon?? Being told by this cretin that we all deserve hell? Seriously???
Thank you, great teaching. No servant is greater than their master
There's a difference between "Willing to suffer and die" and "Wanting to suffer and die". Remember...our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ did not want to suffer and die. That's why he asked his Holy Father in the garden that if it was His will would there be a way to avoid His Passion. It's perfectly normal for us to not want to suffer. We just need to be prepared to exercise our Faith and Obedience to the Father. "Dear Holy and Eternal Father, grant me the courage and faith to carry out your will, for when my time comes, just like your beloved Son Jesus Christ."
AMEN 🙏🏻 AMEN 🙏🏻
Well it seems I have found yet another way having kids and rheumatoid arthritis is a blessing. Our kids keep my busy and if I were to just sit around and do nothing, my RA would get worse.
This is the most efficacious talk I've ever heard. Thank you. Needed this focus tonight.
Thanks Father for teaching us these valuable truths
Isn’t boldly speaking out in defense of Holy Mother Church suffering? It sure feels like it.
If something feels like suffering, it is suffering.
defending pope makes our church a tough sell :(
Thank you Steve for posting this. I didn't know there were any Traditional Franciscan communities left. May God and our Blessed Mother protect them and increase their numbers!!!
I have forwarded this talk to all 5 of my friends and will forward this to our priest. Thank you for the best "retreat" ever.
Thank you-you have answered my prayers-I now understand my need to accept the sufferings sent from God. I thought that I was being condemned-now I realize the gift that God has sent me.
the part where he tells us to NEVER commit another mortal sin is something I desperately needed to hear and I pray with all my heart that it truly takes root in my heart and grows good fruit... I reverted a little over a year ago and I absolutely crave to live a holy life but I fail so often to shake loose the awful, evil, destructive habits of my past life. please pray for me to get to confession and to resolve to never commit another mortal sin. I realize now I cannot do it myself, I NEED God and the prayers of my brothers and sisters, the Saints, Our Lady, and everyone who would have the grace to pray for a wretched sinner like me.
Let me offer my prayers for your strength (& mine) today
I felt similarly in the sense I felt enslaved and addicted to sin. Nothing seemed to diminish my sinful longings and actions until I started to pray the rosary daily, go to confession again and receive communion more regularly. I really sense that the Virgin Mary is strengthening me through her prayers and protecting me from evil. She can do the same for you. God bless you!
I'm not preaching, but say the Rosary every day. The Blessed Mother will help you leave your sins in the dirt. She did it for me. Guaranteed.
@@Occupied_South couldn't agree more strongly.
God bless you for the wonderful sermon.
Thank you for the words of Wisdom. May Jesus surround you with His Love, Mercy, and Peace. Your words give me great strength to lift up my pain and suffering to our Sweet Holy Mother, may she offer them to her Son Jesus as they see need.
Jesus, Mary, I love you save souls!
Thank you for posting this. I’ve started slowly with some of the suggestions with regard to voluntary mortification and in dealing with difficult people.
Thank you and a blessed and merry Christmas 🎄 to you and yours, Mr. S. Cunningham . Very grateful to God for His Majesty‘s faithful servants such as yourself who has given me so many beautiful lectures to learn and to reflect for my interior life. May God richly reward you. Deo Gratias! 🥰🙏😃
This is the best explanation of what mortification to our flesh is that I have heard. I have searched so many times for what it really means. I'm very grateful for it and will pray about what it means for me in the Lord's will.
After listening to this I really need to go to Confession
Not so much for mortal sin but for all the other sins I’m committing due to disobedience and a lack of love on my part
My prayers for my family have been coming true. After the fact of repentance and confession. Pain is a great motivator. I suggest Rosary rosary rosary.
Thank you Father for giving great examples of mortifications. God Bless you.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for this very useful and informative talk.
Grateful for the conferences by this friar, thanks for posting SF.
Ave Maria, Deo gratias
I’m a psychotherapist and my colleagues are exactly like that. I teach people to “suffer joyfully” and most colleagues cannot accept this concept. We will suffer in life because of the natural order and suffering is the price of admission into freedom of choice. The point of “suffering joyfully” is to accept our suffering without pride saying it’s not fair this happened to me and turning it humbly to God. God bless you and your family
That’s such a grace that you see the deep truth in it and have withstood the onslaught of your colleagues. Without faith, they cannot see what you see. Pray for them too.
Such a wonderful teaching. Love the idea of making small choices contrary to what you want. Also that this holy priest somehow understands the beginner!
Very helpful. Thank you, Father.
WOW, thank You JESUS for our Good priests!!
This is awesome & so important from the Holy Spirit!! God Bless You & Merry Christmas!!
I pray when I share this people will listen & apply to lives, especially myself in my own little life!!!🙇♀️🙇♂️🙏🙏❤
This is spiritual Gold. God bless you a million times father...
I am going to share this with my Fraternity as what I have listened to so far is excellent and what we need to hear more of and internalize. As liberalism creeps into everything, I pray Father's conference will illumine the hearts of everyone as to THE Truth. Blessings on this Christmas Eve. Oremus.
This is so helpful Father, so wonderful to be able to strive for more glory to be given to the Trinity. We owe God so much!! I will ask God to help me to always do His will and to fulfill the plan He made for me before I was born. And hopefully, by His grace, I won't fail Him... my one true love... Please know the Marian Friars will be in my prayers always. Wishing you all every blessing for Christmas and always. Viva Cristo Rey :)
Thank you Father & Steve
Excellent recommendations and suggestions to live a holy life so as to live with your sufferings with grace and humility...
Very good sermon. Thank you.
This is just what i needed to hear.
What a powerful video!
This is truth. Thank you.
I see this but I also see the need for priests, bishops and laity to stand up and fight against the evil in the Church and world. Our Lord did that with the Pharisees, the lawyers and the scribes by excoriating them and taking a whip to the people in the Temple. The saints did this (St. Athanasius, St. Theodore the Studite, St. Nicholas, etc) when the doctrine of Our Lord was being attacked, when His Bride was being attacked. I listened to one person describe the distinction as: it's the right thing to suffer and die when the persecution is done to your personally (Padre Pio), then the attacks are calumny against YOU. But when the attacks are against Our Lord/doctrine/His Church, the Church Militant are called to stand up and fight against the evil. Distinction, distinction, distinction. Those who are fighting the evil within the Church ARE suffering...the battle wounds, losses and stresses/fears are VERY REAL. Do NOT discount them. If the priest friend described is being persecuted unjustly on a personal level (and not for promoting the true faith), then yes, the concept presented here applies. But if the bishops are attacking this priest b/c he is living out, teaching and promoting the true faith of Christ and this priest's bishops are doing the opposite, then he is obligated, like the saints of old, to fight against the wolf in shepherd's clothing. God bless~
Yes! Our Lord never defended Himself personally, but only defended His Father.
Thanks Father. Spot on.
A handful of thanks for these advices and support . True the innocents are suffering, literally suffocating from all the chaos that is currently going on today everything is shrinking. And as we sinners try to do our best to survive Some of us have a small shrine in our home to look up to when we feel empty, discouraged and lost 😞, and use repetitive ejaculatory prayers to bring our spirit back up. Please pray for the cancelled Priests and the Cardinals and Bishops that are siding with Christ on your Rosary everyday. And if you would pray the Novena to the Infant of Prague, the Sacred Heart of Jesus to help us get through this narrow way that would be so helpful. Prayers lead to miracles and are our only consolation.
Thanks!
Thank you Jesus's for this knowledge
Gold and silver ..are purified in the crucible of the fire
Lord forgive me! Don’t let me fall back. I want to continue the path towards you! Help me.
My husband and I got fired from work because of the Covid mandate. It’s difficult indeed but God before anything.
What state do you live in - what's your occupation?
@@kyj.wilson4327 IT and customer service
@@caidyl20 are you in the USA?
Which State?
@@kyj.wilson4327 A liberal state.
Can confirm what he said about entertainment shaping how we view things
As a priest said on EWTN can't remember which one he said"when you have 2 people in a room u have a problem" how true heard that years ago I'll be 64 in July
St. Thomas Aquinas the angelic doctor wrote a beautiful prayer about the cross:
‘The cross to me is certain salvation. The cross is that which I ever adore. The cross of the Lord is with me. The cross is my refuge.’
Thanks
Gold and silver are 'refined' in fire. Bless you.
Wonderful comment.
I want to grow little by little.
And I want to become pure and peaceful. bless you 🙏💜
I'm just repeating what he said in the sermon. It was so enlightening.
God please bless me from seizures and fits of nightmarish epilepsy 🌠🕊
Excellent
Since Mother Mary returned me to the Church, I have been sincerely and extremely attracted to Carmelite spirituality. I wish there were Carmelite men in Miami that I could connect with or a Third Order.
Merry Christmas 🎄🕊🎁😊🥰🤗🕊
The problem is we don't know what are our duties, because Right is wrong and wrong is right.
Powerful
By resisting suffering a person makes it worse. Having said that, not everybody is ready to suffer.
Relaxing and resting led me to this channel. Working hard made me sick. Half the work in America is just delivering sickness to everyone. I get what he’s saying tho.
There are exceptions though of people who felt called by God to offer themselves as a victim soul for the conversion of a loved one. Michael Voris' Mother, for instance, was so fed up by the bad life her sons were living, and knowing that much of it was due to the neglect of her motherhood, she pleaded with God in desperation to save her sons and to do whatever He wished with her. She became ill soon after and died from it, and her sons reverted. I absolutely agree that it not recommended to do such a thing on a whim, because there is a high risk that it is for the wrong reason. But I think sometimes in such a situation someone is doing it for the right reason. Perhaps a good thing to do would be to make it conditional - to add at the end of the offering, that it only be granted if it would not damage your own soul in the process, and that God's will be done. Even then, it is not a good idea without a spiritual director, but it is worth mentioning.
I didn’t hear that but yes! Blessed Elisabeth Leseur is a brilliant example of this! Her great sufferings converted her militantly atheist husband, Felix, who then became a Dominican priest (as she prophesied) and led retreats, including to one Fulton Sheen! Their book Salt and Light is wonderful.
@@sterrell6601 Interesting. I will have to look up Blessed Elisabeth Leseur. She sounds fascinating.
About a month ago, I had teased with a few co-workers, that the good have to suffer with the bad.
Get the stole.
I had said wait, who made that rule up. We should get rid of that rule.
Father, I do know that from our teachings that this can and or will happen.
I do apologies.
I am working with some who believe and some who do not.
My subtle actions are an attempt to give example.
Most, both, do not take in this thought.
I am the instrument, Glory to God alone.
With those alien in faith and culture are housed on our closed military bases, as also in the surrounding area, we are, in 10 to 15 years, going to be treated as our Eastern rite in the ME.
I agree work in moderation, as we age.
Many 55 or 60 y/o and older, can be prayer warriors, along with fasting and penance.
Holy communion should received, or in desire/aspiration when limited.
Get off the grid. Use the fire place to be central heat, there are capable men who can keep the smoke out, too.
Make the fire place large enough to cook, too.
Can, food, store water.
It is my strong feeling that The Coalition for the canceled Priests; ALL.SOULS ARE AFFECTED so they MUST DO TO SAVE THE CHURCH LATIN MASS ; They must RESIST if the head of church ID Frances is wrong heretical we must resist they are correct to RESIST EVIL.
Of course my thoughts do not matter here because i've only been a subscriber for 4 years. Once again the church shows us how little we mean. Thank you for that reminder!
Why subscribe for four years, in pursuit of what? You can listen to Father Isaac Mary Relyea and Fr. Michael Rodriquez for FREE. They urge you to pray the ROSARY DAILY, read Scripture and a good Catechism(Baltimore, Trent). They don't SELL anything. Both priests PREACH only Doctrine, Dogma, Tradition and Scripture. We are being chastised through wolves in sheep's clothing in the Church due to the norm of sin: fornication, adultery, divorce, abortion, oppression of the poor, sodomy and more. Prayer and penance is the answer: "There is no problem whether spiritual or temporal, that cannot be solved through the prayer of the Rosary." Our Lady of Fatima to Sr. Lucia.
How much did our Lord matter to those who crucified Him? Sufferings , rejections are kisses from our Lord on the crucifix.
I’m confused, is this sarcasm?
@@76katster oh boy
@@lauraanderson7358 ?
LOVE THIS PRIEST !
The most popular canceled priest scares me. it's his hate mongering his anger his disobedience his speaking out against the bishops his daring the Catholic authority to do more and wants to battle and his refusal to take a different parish. I cannot watch any show that he is on he scares me. No obedience no humility no flock
"when you sleep on a hard bed, you are happy when you are not sleeping"
If we’re not supposed to relax and take a break why did God make the Sabbath?
As a day when we set aside servile work to have more time for prayer and spiritual reading. The Lord's Day is first and foremost to give to God. Yes, it refreshes us and we can spend time on Sundays with family or friends, taking a long walk, playing games with the kids, etc. But that's a far cry from saying "Right, today's my day to relax", going to the earliest possible Mass to get it out of the way so you can head home and spend the rest of the day on the couch drinking beer and watching cricket. I believe this is the point Father is making. Many modern people's idea of relaxing is merely indulgence rather than recreation.
St Francis de Sales covers the topic of recreation in "Introduction to a Devout Life". He contains that our re-creation should refresh our mind and body to leave us ready to continue our work. He argues that spending more than 2 hours on an activity moves it from the category of recreation to that of occupation. You actually turn out into a work of you indulge in it for too long. Everything needs to be in balance :)
@@Mr3kiwis makes sense. Thx for breaking it down.
That said, seems like Father needs to make that more clear. I have four kids under six and I have to say that’s a frustrating thing to hear. So am I not allowed to chill after bedtime? Get a plot of land and work? Come on man. What?
The way he puts it, although I know he’s correct and I’m not on that level yet, is frustrating and deflating.
I keep up my daily devotions. I’m not allowed free time? It’s frustrating.
JRock Rad you need to rest when you can since your kids need you to be happy and strong. I think this priest is talking to people like me-my kids are grown and I work full time but hate it so I get little else done in my life because after work I feel tired. I see the important things I need in my life slipping away because I take TOO much time being idle.
@@jrockrad7126 Your state in life and the duties with it are also, in a sense, penance. I understand your frustration and when reading spiritual books, I often felt they were not for a married lay person. Thankfully there are Saints who were married and did not sleep on boards nor live in a freezing home, etc. No, they lived their vocation in marriage. We are not all called to be Franciscans.
Very easy to talk about suffering when you're not suffering.
Not necessarily.
He has and does.
Who is this Priest? This is the 5th time I've listened to this talk this week... Thank you very much!
Fr Anthony
@@sallys9294 Thank you vey much!
It rarely seems god intervenes in the material world. I accept that god has his reasons. However, i believe we can receive everything to fulfill God's will if we ask for it.
Amen 🙏 🕊️
So basically Fr. It is pay now or pay later. The choice is ours.
No!
amen
Yes I agree with regards to this holy priest friend. His role is tremendous in this fight against evil bishops.
That is one crucial part of this fight.
Yet the fight from the so called cancelled priests is also crucial. They are opening the eyes of the faithful who are being tricked into perdition. They are revealing the horror of the satanic catholic hierarchy. They are suffering as well.
Who decides which bishop is bad?
God can do anything
Also maybe it’s a liberation to do something else. Now I am free to choose whatever job I like, not bound by my neighborhood now. I hereby exempt and cancel myself from any responsibility from visions which hasn’t come to pass yet. Like I said not my choice, karma and responsibility.
I try to watch SF on Odysee over YT. I happened to be on YT and viewed this here because not posted on Odysee yet.
Oh, no. My counselor/psychologist was like extended family to me and was very protective of me, wouldn't send me to outsiders. He knew I was lucid and they would only try to mess me up. He knew Big Pharma dynamics before I did.
Who is this speaking? Badass
I will pray for Cesar , I will not pray to him.
I believe God gives us a different fight to fight. Maybe that priest is to be silent where others are to have a voice?
I agree to that.
The speaker is not a priest. What he is speaking about is the seeking of heroic virtue. An extremely tall order! It is for those putting holiness as priority one.
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Fr. I understand where your talk is coming from and I myself will pray I am able to accept whatever sufferings my Lord send me. However, might it be also God's will that canceled priests speak up, and is necessary to do fraternal correction. I do not see them as rebelling rather seeking justice didn't st Paul did the same thing when he said "I too am Roman."
Why do animals and babies have to suffer?
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10/10
Heavy stuff.
All of the third order Franciscans that I’ve researched seem to be theologically liberal and worldly. But this group sounds solid