What Should Catholics Believe About Ghosts?
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- We look at Scripture and the writings of Thomas Aquinas to see if ghosts are real.
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What do you think? Do ghosts exist? And do you think you have ever encountered a ghost?
Ive only had one ghostly experience but my cousin and mum and even my dad has had many ! I've spoken to many ( even atheists ) who've encountered ghosts!
I think all ghosts are demons. I've experienced something before, I thought it was a ghost but it was most likely a demon. Love your channel btw, Matt Fradd. Hoping to see more debates!
@@norwegiancatholicism9106 Do you disagree with Aquinas that the Blessed and those in Purgatory can appear to the living?
Ghosts are real. My sister and I saw the same one once and that's when I knew FOR SURE, they exist.
I first experienced ghosts in Hiroshima where the shadows of the people that were near the bomb are. I didn’t see them, but I felt their presence.
Let me tell you why I’m a Christian. I used to practice occult spirituality, which means I was in constant communication with spirits, and I was channeling these spirits under the delusion that I was “enlightened” or “woke”. By the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, he revealed to me that these spirits I was interacting wit were actually demonic beings disguising themselves as angels or “positive astral entities” lol. So eventually, I started being harassed by these spirits and being straight up attacked by them, and let me tell you it was not pleasant by any means! So this one time in the middle of a terrible demonic attack, I was so scared and helpless that I started to pray the Hail Mary even though I did not believe ! In the midst of that prayer the demon started laughing at me, but then I heard a faint voice in my ear saying “Say Jesus”(I’m more than sure it was the blessed Virgin leading me to her Son). So I said the name of Jesus and it was absolutely intense ! I literally felt the power of the Holy Spirit rush through my body and soul and I literally felt the fear of that demon standing in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ. Spiritual warfare is real and let me tell you, Jesus Christ is the only way!( : feel free to ask questions, and I can give you some more resources to look into.
I believe what you wrote, demons can play tricks on people, however, most of the ghosts people encounter are humans in purgatory (or animals, likely pets). But yes, demons and angels are among us as well.
Ryan Privee that’s super true about souls coming from purgatory to ask for our prayers, I know ascension presents has a video on this topic about ghosts and purgatory
What kind of attacks did you suffer? 😱
There is something I don't understand about your story. You said that you were praying the Hail Mary and then was told by a voice to say 'Jesus'. The Hail Mary prayer itself contains the name of Jesus. Perhaps I am just being paranoid about potential protestant propaganda. But your story seems to imply that we should rely on Jesus instead of Mary. But it is not one or the other. Jesus is the center of the Hail Mary prayer and it is the prayer that brought Christ into this earth. I'm glad that you found faith. But I would be careful to not accidentally push people away from devotion to Our Lady.
I think you need to go see a doctor :)
My personal experience with the supernatural isn't with a ghost but here goes. About 20 years ago I had an argument with my Dad about the Church but it wasn't bad as it usually was. We ended up having a healing conversation about issues we have had. Right after the conversation I left to go to a friend's house and I heard the Lord tell me in my head, tell him you love him. The voice was very clear and audible but I've never heard anything like it before. I poked my head in the door and yelled, I love you dad! He yelled back, I love you too son! Those were the last words we ever spoke to each other. He died the next day at 3pm the hour of mercy.
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Jephte orthodox you were blessed. Wish i had the chance to say those 3 beautiful words to my late father.
@@gemny1242 yes I thank God for it and also St Faustina. Christ be with you
@@JamesWilliams-eu5mn and also with you. Amen.
Oh man.
My great-grandmother was a very godly woman; a devout Catholic whom even the local priest would often come talk to during times when he needed spiritual guidance or comfort. You would never guess it by her constant smile and cheerfulness, but she had in fact lived through many challenging difficulties, including being widowed at a fairly young age while still raising a large family of many children. At times when she was especially overwhelmed and struggling with something, her deceased husband would sometimes appear briefly to her and guide her through the problem. One of her sons had also ended up dying young, but his spirit would also appear to her every now and then up until one particular day; he came to her--dressed in a pure-white garment and donning the happiest smile she'd ever seen--to tell her that he had come to say goodbye because he would not be coming back. Although sad to hear that this visit would be his last, she was overjoyed for him because she knew what this meant; that his soul was leaving Purgatory that day and departing for Heaven. She had never shared these stories with most people out of fear of being labeled "crazy" and whatnot, and I didn't even hear about them myself until after her own death, but I can easily believe them to be true. She always did have such a holy presence about her.
Cool Catholic ghost story from my husband: He used to work in commercial HVAC, so he'd have access to all the weird nooks and crannies of buildings. One he worked was a Catholic home for the elderly which was built on the site of an old, pioneer days church. So, he was down in the basement service areas and found a small grave. They used to sometimes bury children who died before the age of reason within the churches, since you could fairly sure they went straight to heaven. They didn't completely raze the church when they built the housing since it's a Catholic thing. Anyway, he worked down there a lot because it creeped his coworkers out, but being a Traddams type Catholic, he was fine with it. One day, the anniversary of the date on the grave, he went tp work there and everyone on the service side of the building warned him "weird things sometimes happen down there, especially today." I guess they all avoided going down there on that day. He was like, whatever it's a saint's grave, we're cool. When he got there, there was a lit candle 🕯 on the grave. 😱 He said some prayers for the souls in purgatory and got his work done.😁
The best ghost stories include the segue “...but being a Traddams type Catholic...”
AWESOME story! What a good guy❣️❤️🙏
@@jefffinkbonner9551 can you pls tell me what that means and why it makes the story interesting???
My dad, who is very old school, now 70, had an experience when he and my mom first moved into our childhood home. It was very very old, with a tragic history that I think they shrugged off being devout Catholics. The first night there, he woke up to 3 children of different ages standing next to the bed staring at him. The one closest, and the tallest, pointed to his nightstand, to his Rosary beads laying there. He immediatly picked them up and started praying the Rosary and the three children faded away. They had the house blessed and never saw the children again, but were told often times ghosts (unless its demonic) are souls crying out for our help from purgatory. Im glad this video was made! Great stuff! Also, I lived in Savannah long enough to not even question if ghosts were real, but I think the whole town could use a good exorcism as well LOL!
Fun Catholic ghost story. I live on a boat, shortly after buying it the radio started turning on in the middle of the night. It would normally turn on to static but once it turned on to the local Christian radio station. Being a life-long catholic, I quickly got out my rosary and offered it for any souls connected to the boat who might be in purgatory. Never happened again. I initially thought it might have been faulty wiring, but I never adjusted the wiring or anything related to the radio, so I'm still quite sure it was a soul in purgatory trying to get a rosary.
I'm back after listening to the Siblings Horror podcast story and I want to urge everyone to give it a listen. It really is very good.
I used to go visiting grave yards at night sometimes with a friend - partially out of curiosity as well as for something to do. We had all sorts of weird experiences. The motion detector lights on some graves would turn off and on at weird times as if someone was playing games with us. The street lights of the entire street turned off, without us noticing, when we entered one cemetery. The only reason we noticed was because we witnessed all the lights turn back on at once as soon as we left. And we saw unexplained lights and possible scepters, but usually things that disappear once you get close enough - which makes it harder to know if its real or your imagination.
The strangest encounter that I had though, which I know for sure was not my imagination, was actually at a tiny graveyard.Just when we were about to leave the place, we saw these two glowing red eyes appear about two Metres. in front of us. We stared at it frozen in fear, waiting to see what it would do. I figured, at first, that it was some cat or perhaps a coyote. But suddenly, this terrifying blood curdling sound came from it. I can only describe it as an unnatural mix between a crying baby, a wolf, and a demon. I know that makes no sense, but the scream was not from this earthly realm, and there is nothing to compare it to.
Then the eyes disappeared. I became even more petrified upon moving closer, when I realized that there was no animal there (I had thought that maybe the animal had closed its eyes or something). We both looked at each other and exited the cemetery at a fast pace. We didn't run, perhaps because I worried that it would attract more evil attention, but I would have ran if I could have. That was one of the scariest experiences of my life and I don't wish to repeat it. Don't go looking for encounters with evil - you might just find what you are looking for.
Around the age of seven was when I had my first spiritual encounter.
My house was plagued by what I can only describe as spiritual evil.
I remember this one night, I was going down stairs to get a glass of milk and as I went downstairs and got around the corner I saw at the bottom of my stairs a soiled black mass standing there not moving just staring up at me. I never screamed or moved I froze what felt like forever.
It's appearance was strange,
it was humiond in shape but it's body had no detail, I couldn't make out the gap between the arm and body, it was just one solid colour.
It had no normal facial features, but what it did have was red eyes.
I eventually ran upstairs into my bedroom and into bed forgetting to shut the door. It was then outside my bedroom on the landing floor.
I hid myself under the covers and that was the last time I saw it.
Apart from that we had the usual activity, doors not opening/opening, banging, electrical equipment/ house lights switching on/off.
And for some strange reason every morning when I woke, all my toys were piled infront of my bedroom door with the door shut.
We then ended up putting crucifixes on the walls and in the end got a priest out to bless the house with Holy Water and I never experienced any problems since.
Has anybody else seen what I described or maybe have an idea of what it is.
I always thought it was a demon but never had anything to compare it to.
I've seen this as well. Demon.
It’s called house infestation. Watch Jesus 911 on Virgin Most Powerful radio, they have frequent guests who are trained exorcists.
@@iliya3110
What happened, did it speak or do anything when you saw it?
And I wonder if it was the same demon, or do all demons have that same appearance?
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Thanks, I appreciate that, I'll check it out.
@@Jordan-1999 Before I saw the demon, not in a dark room, I had been sleeping on the couch in my living room. I had this dream I was climbing a ladder in what looked like a sewer hole or something. I was excited about Christ and His mysteries and was talking about it a lot to what appeared to be my wife who was behind me on the ladder. 'She' wasn't saying anything, but only rolling her eyes at what I was saying about our Lord and she was pulling on my shirt trying to get me to fall down. I realized it wasn't her (this dream was weird because I had consciousness in it) and said, "You're not my wife". Then I awoke and that's when I saw the shadowy figure standing over me on the couch. It freaked me out and I gasped and sat up immediately. Then it was gone.
Hey Matt, I've personally had a demonic possession experience last year that nearly killed and put me in the hospital for months. I had a Catholic priest there that confirmed as much.
I would love to share it with you sometime. I think you will find it interesting.
I love what you do and keep it up👍
William keep focused and pray! God bless you bro
Can you tell me more please
Hey Matt! Love the video! I've had a few encounters with ghosts over the years. I'm glad to know that Thomas Aquinas doesn't think I'm crazy!
Well, now that you talk about it....
I had a good friend of mine who died earlier this year at a young age from rare natural causes. I felt pretty sad about the loss, but his parents' explanation of his final moment on his death bed made me feel a little better. He was a young man who had a very strong faith in Catholicism, had received the last rites, confessed his sins, and received communion (so we can assume that he was surely in the state of grace). His final act before his body gave up on him was to pray the Memorare with his mother. When he said "Amen," he died. Now of course, this could easily be written off as a coincidence, but I thought that it was a sign that he did at least make it to a purgatorial state.
As Catholics, we are all obviously obligated to pray for our brothers and sisters in the Church Suffering, and so I did. However, while I was trying to get over the loss, I tried something different -> to calm my fears, I tried to pray to him instead of just for him (as you would to a saint). I DID NOT intend for this to be a seance or immorarl summoning of any kind; I just wanted to see if he really was still there, as the Catholic Church taught. To my surprise, I felt....something. It wasn't a physical hit or a word formed in my mind or anything crazy like that, but I did feel a very strong pulse from my chest area. I had felt that way before, but only when I was praying intensely or receiving the sacraments. That was the sign I needed; Now I genuinely believe he's doing just fine.
Sometimes I even jest with him in my nightly prayers to see if his full personality is still there. The pulses and emotional evocations from myself seemingly reinforce that he is not only in a purgatorial/heavenly state, but that he can also actually hear/pray for the Church militant. It's embarrassing to me because I used to be his role model. Now I'm the one getting support from him, or perhaps we are supporting each other.
Look, I know this story is crazy, but I genuinely believe it to be true. I hope I don't get excommunicated for the 5 dollar seances lol.
PS: No. Like I said, what I did was not a seance. The intention and methodology of the act can be likened to a prayer to a saint. I completely believe in and practice the teachings of the Catholic Church, and I don't plan to do anything remotely demonic in the future.
@@lordofhostsappreciator3075 I know. I was very sure of it as I knew his spiritual circumstance. Also nice pfp.
When I was 11 years old my uncles girlfriend committed suicide she overdosed she I believe was coming to me in my sleep but in a very negative way and it was scaring me she also was coming to her best friend Barbara. Barbara would call my mom crying and frightened because she knew it was Carol so Carol was coming to her best friend Barbara and also to me because I believe we were very close she loved me very much and I saw her right before she died at a wedding intoxicated and telling me how much she loved me I was not Catholic at the time I’m a convert at the age of 33 so from my understanding she was probably coming to us for prayers I now know to pray for her I’m Catholic and I have a deeper understanding and I have been praying for her
Amen
Congrats on the conversion 😀God bless you!!
As a teenager (am in my late 60’s now), I awoke during the night and smelled my grandfather, who had passed several years before. He smoked cigars and I smelled a cigar as plain as day. No one in our home ever smoked. Did my grandfather visit? I have no idea but this event had a profound affect on me
I've seen something, a few years ago, that I'm not sure about... Shadow People.
During a time of a lot of work and pressure, I started having demonic nightmares. Soon these "shadows" started to appear during day time. After a couple of months of this, (and some demonic faces in the floor and basement door opening when I was home), I had two "encounters" were I saw these shadow persons clearly, in full size, and one in color...
At the same time my marriage and family life was falling apart.
Due to an accident, I had to visit a doctor... I took courage, and asked about these "shadows". He assured me that I wasn't schizophrenic. It was just hallucinations from stress... So, that was a relief... and I got a few weeks of work as well.
But the feeling of a presence didn't leave me...
Until I started acting in faith, praying for God's protection, asking for Angels to guard me, my family, our farm and praying against the nightmares and evil presence...(We live on a old farm with both suicide, unfaithfulness and divorce in it's past)
Anyway, things changed quickly when I asked God to intervene... Or was I just burned out as the doctor said...? I was stressed and exhausted at the time. I have now changed how I live my life.
Personally, I think demons took the opportunity to destroy me and my family, when I was tired, off guard and probably distant from God. It all got intense so fast...
I think God allowed it, because I was moving away from him. I had forgotten the relation part of my faith, and started looking after other spiritual venues.
I'm now moving from protestantism to the Catholic Church.
Amen, Mikki! The book Unbound is very helpful. I pray for you all of God’s mercy & love on your continuing pilgrimage here on earth! Fight the good loving-forgiving fight, and you will be with Him in Paradise!
@@SalveRegina8 thank you, I will check out the book. God bless
I left Pentecostal church for Roman Catholicism. Welcome home
This is a compelling topic. i recently read in The Rite and another text by a priest that has studied possession. It was helpful yet stirred my curiosity about a number of experiences I have had!
As a preschooler, I recall my cousin and I playing on her toy telephone and we kept saying hello into it until we both heard a woman say 'hello darling' back. My cousin still remembers it! And neither of us could explain it, we were both amazed by it ! Not scared, just excited a voice came out of a toy when it wasn't supposed to...a few years ahead of Teddy Ruxpin!
Many years later, in my twenties my dog appeared to me one morning...jumped up on my knees in a greeting and disappeared - I remember gasping and calling out to him and then just stood frozen - it felt like a time warp; one minute i'm in the past, the next I was back - just because it had been five years since he has died.
Another experience was a dream but it was beyond lucid of my grandfather. I met him and a man that looked like him but younger at an airport with lots of old people and I was a little girl again and he popped me up on his knee and I began asking about Jesus and Heaven - I have never had so much control in a dream where I have said things I have wanted to say... but here I did! He and the other man looked at each-other smiling and knowingly - bright-eyed -and said 'you'll see' then next thing I'm on the tarmac crying and hugging them wishing them goodbye as they head into a white and blue private jet. I opened my eyes and felt like I'd been awake the entire time and was so 'tripped out' so to speak that I called my nana up to tell her. She was convinced the other man in my dream was my grand uncle that was said to have similar features to my grandfather but passed away young - just before I was born.
I've had other experiences, weird and somewhat disturbing that I don't wish to mention in a public forum but yeah it would be so interesting to hear more. For those I know who are reencountering Faith but have seen all kinds of things like orbs etc how does one strive to evangelise without knowing more about the nature of spirits and the Kingdom of God and their possible purposes if any without inadvertently insulting their perspective and yet respecting God's Truth.
Thanks for this, Matt! Actually, your video is extremely timely because I saw it posted right after discussing a recent ghost encounter by my relatives. In the Philippines, many here are superstitious because there are numerous encounters with spirits here. If people you trust say they've encountered a ghost (especially by multiple different witnesses) and there is been video evidence of the paranormal, I don't understand why people don't believe in them.
I've had my own encounter (during the day no less) but I can't say how reliable it is because the whole encounter was very strange in a public place. Personally, you can believe in the existence of ghosts but also exercise a healthy amount of skepticism. The one with my relatives, mentioned above, happened to a husband who recently experienced the death of his wife. The ghost was witnessed by others. I have no doubt that it's somehow related to purgatory and the after-life.
Anyways, thanks for this video again! Great to know what St. Thomas Aquinas has to say.
I didn’t grow up catholic. I wouldn’t have believed in God if my sister that’s two years older hadn’t read the Bible to me as a kid I think. My parents wanted us to choose for ourselves. Ugh. Terrible idea. Anyway, my mom and dad divorced. My mom was working as a cab driver at night. My sister invited her friend. We taunted something while we were in the basement. When we ran up the stairs I was dragged down. We called my mom. She brought two body builders but she said we were nuts. She wouldn’t even come in the house until after the body builders checked it out. Um, your 9 year old and 11 year old and someone else’s 11 year old are still in the house. My brother and dad wouldn’t come over. I don’t know if my dad was working or sleeping, but that seemed like all he did. So we spent the night in my mom’s room. With the bathroom door locked and the bedroom door locked (it was the master bedroom). But that’s happened to us my whole life. We found out later that my dad was some sort of warlock or something. Would have been nice if he’d have believed jesus was the only way. Maybe his sins wouldn’t have been revisited on my brother. And then my brother had heart attacks and surgeries until finally he had a quadruple bypass heart surgery. He doesn’t seem to be getting better, or any closer to accepting Jesus. He was 32 when he had his first heart attack. My dad was 48. My brother has no children. He’s a cynical atheist. He and his friend laugh at me. I just shake my head. I know they know, but they act like they don’t... That Jesus is King and Lord of all.
Salt hurts in a wound but it cleans the wound and allows it to heal. Light in the eyes of someone in a cave will hurt their eyes but it will clear away their path. Be salt and light folks. We can do it. It may hurt at first, but when the painful part is done it’s a celebration. A soul in heaven. Please pray for my brother and his roommate. ❤️
Hey Matt! My family moved into out current home about 20 years ago, before I was born. My sister was about 17 when they moved in. This story takes place not long after that. She was sleeping in her bedroom one night when my other sister, about four or five at the time, comes into her room and begs her to let her sleep in her bed. The little one is terrified. Thinking it was just a bad dream, the older one asks her to just sleep near her rather than in her bed. This gets nowhere. This is their conversation.
"It's looking at me!"
"What's looking at you? There's nothing there."
"The dog! The dog is looking at me! He's sitting on top of the door and looking at me with scary red eyes!"
The older sister saw nothing on the door, but the petrified child was too innocent to be making stuff up. So she pulled the little sister into bed, decidedly turned away from the door and refused to think about it despite her sudden fear. Needless to say, we had a priest come and bless the house not long after that and have had no issues since.
This is a great topic and it dispels many myths. My personal experiences have only involved the demonic impersonating ghosts. Its almost like "they" knew how to get to me and they would mimic what I thought I saw. "Did you see that? It looks like a little girl running outside".
Guess what I would then start seeing glimpses of...? The face of a little girl. Giggling noises. I was being oppressed and they were impersonating "ghosts".
When I realized this, they changed their tactics and the shadows and scratching began. Eventually, I was liberated from this oppression and they have since left me alone. Nothing sends you to the confessional like old hairy legs scratching your back while you're sleeping.
I’m shaving my legs pronto! (please forgive me. I absolutely believe you. My MO for dealing with fear is humor, and this scared the s#$@ outta me)
I also suffer oppression: my feet are touched when I pray
I moved into a house built in 1910. Paranormal activity was frequent. I heard about how it could be a soul in purgatory, so I prayed for it. It now taps my pillow early in the morning, like 2 to 3 times a week, and I pray for his soul. I’m pretty sure it’s the previous owner, Lowell, that died while living here, shortly before I moved in. He seems to appreciate it, because he no longer is rude or inappropriate , like he was when I first moved in. It’s sad that with everyone being so secular these days, not as many people receive prayers or masses for their soul after they pass away.
I went to a supposedly "haunted" (I doubt that) Catholic church/cemetery and said a prayer for the Faithful dead today. I do believe it's necessary to pray for the dead as well as the living. (Saint Francis Xavier church in Chinese Camp)
I have not encountered a ghost exactly but I have had dead loved ones appear to me in special agonizing dreams over the years.
My baby sister has experienced many ghosts.
Anyone: says literally anything at all
Matt: *Let's see what T H O M A S A Q U I N A S has to say about that*
💖 Thomas Aquinas
Interestingly, I have been researching and writing an article on this topic for a sociological journal. My research has been ongoing for about five years. I’ve encountered your citations as well as several others in early church writings. Ghosts often reflect our current social concerns, and demonstrate more about us than about them. It is fascinating to note that ghosts were a common belief prior to the Enlightenment, and a natural part of cosmology in antiquity.
After my brother in law died of cancer in 2002, I went to be with my sister and her family. I was riding in our car with my family (after helping with funeral arrangements) when all of a sudden a song came on the radio "Bridge Over Trouble Waters". I broke out in tears and really could not pull it together. I was not very close to my brother in law and had not cried as of yet about his death, so this reaction came out of no where. I really felt that I was suppose to share this experience with my sister (prompting by the Holy Spirit) but I just really did not want to do that given her grief and really "WHY" would this be significant? The prompting kept coming, so I ended up sharing this with her daughter and when I did her mouth dropped. She said "You have to share this with my mom". So I did and my sister was just in shock and said "Oh my gosh that was a song Dick (the deceased) used to sing and the ONLY song he could sing on key." After that moment Simon and Garfunkel songs meant so much to their family and always brought comfort. For me Simon and Garfunkel albums and cds would keep popping up over the years and come out of no where in my home and I would again share with my sister. I as a Catholic was not sure if this was ok for me to believe in "ghosts" so I was and really still do not know what message this is suppose to mean. My brother in law really did not like Catholics and I mean really. Yet, I am the one who received this message and I am heavily involved with the Church and have been walking with Christ since I was in my 20s and I am now in my 60s. He passed away in 2002 and I still feel there is something unresolved. My sister is the only one out of 7 kids who has nothing to do with her faith. She is strong and adamant about not being a part of the faith passed down from my Mom and Dad. Since this has all happened I have now listened to a few videos explaining ghosts and the teachings of the church. It now feels more ok about this experience I had. I now feel like he came back for a warning of some kind to my sister/his wife. I have relayed that to her just recently in a kind way, but still she does not respond. I was hoping this would be the end of it.....but I remain open to the Holy Spirit and His guidance. Wild huh? Hope that made sense :) I am now a wee bit more sensitive to these kinds of possibilities. Thanks for sharing your video, it is helpful in understanding the teachings of the Church.
Fr. Mike Schmitz has a great video on this over at Ascension Presents
can you post the link
Hello, Matt. My wife and I, together with my father in law, my brother in law and about ten employees worked together for about ten years in a beautiful, old house here in Mexico City. Since we moved there, people would start reporting seeing a ghost. Once the lady who was doing the cleaning asked me, "But, weren't you already in your office?" "No, I just arrived." "But I just saw you through the window as you were standing by your desk!". One morning about one year later, I arrived early and entered to the first office on the right to greet one of my colleagues. Then I turned back and saw someone about my height passing in front of the door towards the garage. "Who was that?", I asked her. "Is R. (my brother in law) already here?" I was surprised, because he usually arrived one hour later. "No. I am by myself." Then, smiling naughtily she asked. "So... did you already see the ghost too?" If it had been a bit later, I would have never give it a second thought, because I would have assumed it was my wife's brother. Later we learned that a young man in his twenties had taken his life inside his car, parked in that same garage, fifty years ago. We asked a priest to bless the house and I offered Masses and prayed for that soul, and we spent most of the rest of our years there in peace.
My father told me this, My uncle was good catholic. He died at young age , After 3 days he appeared to my father and sat near to him. His face is full of happiness and joy. My father asked him are you in heaven?, he said no . Also My father asked are you in hell? He said No . My father got excited and tried to catch him for a hug, But my uncle disappeared. After he disappeared the house had a pleasant Rose fragrance for days . When I was very small (probably 4 yrs old) , I was attacked by viral fever. My mom was crying and interceding to my uncle in her prayers. I was sleeping in a room alone. Suddenly I came to my mom and said Uncle came and said to eat a food (Watery rice), then my fever will go. My Mom gave and immediately my fever is gone after that. I don't remember this incident how it happened . But I only remember by how my mom told me. In nutshell I do believe when God permits the souls in purgatory/heaven will visit us and even will help us. Demons too can attack /deceive us, but only God permits.
When I was seven, we moved into a small farm house on my grandparents property. It had a long history, but just before we moved there, it had been rented out. It needed a lot of work done on it to make it liveable for a family with three young children, and there were some interesting things unearthed while they dug out the underneath of the house. But the thing that I remember the most is a giant pencil drawing on one of the walls. It was circular, and full of symbols, possibly to do with astrology, I'm not sure. But when we moved there, we used to hear voices, footsteps and other strange noises, as well as having doors open and close by themselves with no breeze. My father's late uncle was a good priest, and we asked him to come and pray over the house. He held a house Mass for us, and performed the rite of exorcism through the house. We never had another problem in that house.
I recently moved to college in a town that is "haunted" by soldiers and slaves from the civil war. At my Christian school, people laugh at that idea and think that it is superstitious and silly. I probably would have been with them, but one night I was heading home from my friend's house around midnight, and I could swear to you there were ten or more ghosts around me. She lives right next to an old confederate cemetery, which was the site of one of the bloodiest battles in our bloodiest war. there were children who died there, not even taking into account the hundreds of young soldiers who were really no more than boys. I didn't see or hear anything eerie but I knew they were there. I could feel them closing in on me, and watching me. I have never in my life been gripped with such an all-encompassing fear. My whole body felt cold, and I just could feel these poor souls all around me, closing in. I made the sign of the cross and ran to my car, though it was a long driveway and it was quite dark. I called my dad and he talked me through taking fear to the Lord, but I still felt like the spirits had followed me home. I was terrified all day, even when it was light, though less so then. That afternoon, I went to the cemetery and walked up and down it two or three times praying the prayers for the souls of the dead. Since then, I still feel like they're there, but I am not as scared by them. They seem to have left me alone. I feel silly or superstitious bringing this up to my friends, and no one really seems to know what to do when I tell them this, but I really do think ghosts exist. I am not Catholic, so I don't know what I believe about purgatory, but that makes a lot of sense and it is nice for me to know I am not just imagining things.
I truly saw a ghost in my house for some time. I didn't know my mother and my sister had seen it, too until we had a serious chat about it. We prayed for it to find its way into Heaven. She wasn't (for it was a she) scary. She wasn't an evil entity either. She was a lost soul whom, for reasons only known to God, was allowed to wander in Earth and ask for help. The help she needed was PRAYERS and Mass for her soul. We never saw her again, I truly hope she is finally at peace.
About a year and a half ago, I had just moved into a new apartment, and I was in a downward slope as far as my faith was concerned. It was August, and I had not been to mass since Christmas. One night, I had a dream that I was on a bus and there was the beautiful "person" sitting next to me. I was becoming almost friends with this person. At some point, I noticed this girl get on the bus who was quiet and was picked on by everyone else on the bus. I asked the person next to me why they were picking on the girl, and the person said it was fun and encouraged me to join in. It didn't feel right, so I started to tell the people to leave her alone, all of a sudden, I yelled out "that is the mother of my God, leave her alone," I tuned to the person next to me who had turned very ugly and said, "I will not deny Him," and then turned back forward and saw Mary look at me before I woke up abruptly. When I woke up, I felt something in the room with me, so I prayed. The next day, I went to adoration and confession for the first time in about a year. The rest of the time I lived in that apartment, I never felt comfortable. I would wake up in the middle of the night almost every night and feel like something was in the room with me. I was always on edge. One very weird thing started happening, I would leave to go out of town for the weekend often, and whenever I came home my curtains in my bedroom would be removed from their brackets and laid on the floor. Sometimes it was just one side had been knocked off, but it was always when I was gone for the night, they never once fell or seemed to be close to falling when I was home. One time I came home, and my curtains were laying perfectly across the floor and onto my bed. The brackets and the ends of the curtain rod were still in place, you would have to have picked them up purposefully and taken them down. I doused them in holy water and prayed for it to stop, and it never happened again. I transferred into the apartment right next door, and I've never felt that uncomfortable feeling.
I encountered a ghost in 1986 and a second time with my wife in 2010. In the first one, l was staying in a guest house with bedroom locked. I was awoken by a presence in the room, l then saw the ghost of a man appear. It said nothing. I prayed for a few seconds and after a minute the ghost disappeared. I got up and checked the door which was locked. The following morning after relating the story to the owner of the house, he said that on rare occasions this ghost would appear. In the second instance, my wife and l were on a late evening stroll around 10pm in summer through Hillsborough castle grounds. It was a warm evening. At a certain point on the walk, the temperature dropped and instantly got cold..we both simultaneously felt the presence of evil but didn't see anything. We continued on our walk and a further 10 yards later it became warm and we no longer felt the presence.
I've seen ghosts my whole life but most are restless souls who need prayers so I've learned to embrace this gift and serve 🙏❤
Thanks, Matt for the video. I was always curious about what theologists like the great Thomas Aquinas had to say on the matter.
I once asked a Novus Order priest about ghosts, and the only thing concrete that I remember him telling me was that there are things out there you could call "Caspers". They just...are there. But it's been bugging me ever since. Nothing is done without purpose, so why would there be entities like that that are allowed to just "hang out" on Earth?
Now I think there's something more to it, with Aquinas' statement. They aren't among us just for the poops and giggles of doing so. It's either the spiritual, or the souls in Purgatory with some sort of purpose needing to be fulfilled by visiting Earth. It all still sounds incredible, but I guess that's why we can't understand His plan. But, it feels good to learn something today about the supernatural.
Hi Matt, what you shared from Aquinas confirms what I've believed for sometime. As a Catholic who believes in the eternal soul and who believes that heaven, purgatory and hell exist outside time and space as we can understand and preserve it, its seems logically that souls could interact with us on some level. Especially souls in purgatory, a place where we go to let go of our earthly attachments and do our pencies before entering into heaven. I can see where souls 'stuck' to their earthly attachments, be it by choice or 'unfinished' business, could.
I could go on but I'm afraid I would start rambling. I certainly don't think every ghost siting is really and I do think science can help us differenta between natural phenomenons or possible spiritual ones. But this is all personal insight.
Myself and my family encountered demonic oppression and vexation and it was horrific and lasted for a year, eventually I turned back to the catholic faith, confession and the mass and the Eucharist, and this saved us
speaking of which idk if you had a video on this subject but I think it might be interesting to look at horror as a genre from a christian perspective
Unfortunately, I am here too early to be able to read a bunch of cool ghost stories in the comments.
It's about time!
I don’t know if this counts, but I once prayed a decade of the Rosary for my Grandfather who passes a couple years ago. About 2 beads in I felt what I think is a hug from him and a feeling of unsaid, “I’m ok. I love you.” I think that was him, but still a little skeptical.
An important side note is that he left the Catholic Church and became Mormon with my Grandmother and his children. He was also devoted to and loved his perception of God and was a great man in life.
Gaming will NEVER be good again
Yeah. He was Brazilian and the Mormons pushed really hard there. You couldn’t find a more patient man though!
I'm 2nd generation Catholic. Some of my family still practising `Taoism` , so imagine fear of ghost /spirit still exist in my family. I'm pretty much a sceptic growing up so I always brush their story as superstitious. Tq Matt for sharing.
During Mass I some time feel like my Mom and grand parents that ha v e passed away are sitting next to me. To me it is very comforting.
Wow
Good morning Matt! 😊
Moooooooorning.
Matt listens to lofi hip hop. For some reason, I find that hilarious.
I have experienced something odd. My husband was in the hospital. I did not know at the time that he was going to die. He did appear to me one night, the one night I did not spend in the hospital. He came to me adamantly demanding that I quit smoking. He was not Catholic and was most determinedly agnostic at best.
Ok guys DONT SUMMON GHOSTS
Wow! Super interesting! 👻
Yes, I absolutely have experienced this. I am a Christian, but one prolonged event was Very unnerving. Yes, otherworldly beings or people who have passed, can most certainly make their presence known to us. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I was working in a 90 year old man's house that I think had his deceased wife still there. (Ghost) She just died before I worked there. His bedroom door would sway back and forth by itself, electric razor would turn on by itself, I would hear unexplained noises, etc.
It strengthened my Catholic faith.
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! "There's nothing scary about an Australian..." Wow! I never thought about it. You guys make me feel so chill about everything. What's further awesome is that you have that self-awareness without feeling like it's an injustice. God bless you. And God bless those that feel benign observations of their culture are an injustice.
My mom says that at her mom’s funeral, she saw her mom with Mary.
So that was my first encounter when I was 11 years old these encounters have continued throughout my life I am now 56 years old I don’t have them as often but since being a Catholic I pray for their souls and offer my sufferings up for them sometimes I don’t know who they are sometimes I have an idea I believe I might have a gift of praying for the dead and I pray Mercy chaplet especially during the month of October November for the suffering souls Also very oddly when I came into the church my husband and I got our marriage blessed on all souls day that was not on purpose also my name is Dea and my middle initial is D sometimes I get mail that says dead Evans LOL just Kinda ironic
Dea Evans it has a ring to it: DeaD Evans..like a punk rock band LOL
Many times, Matt. Awake, in dreams, but always with the purpose of a spiritual outcome. I could discuss these privately, but it would be wrong for me to open them publicly.
Nice. Had read a book from a local Exorcist. Learned from it about disembodied and pure spirits, and his experiences. For every personal story, he had a section of Church teaching related to it... There'd always be a process of determining the existence of the paranormal which includes employing those proven to have the gift of discernment of spirits...
This was great Matt. Please do more like these. Perhaps one on demons. God bless you Matt
13:58 LOL! You're right, Australian accents are charming, not scary.
I worked at a boy scout camp in north Texas. The camp is very old and used to be native land, as a Christian I believe the high amount of spiritual activity there is due to some demon the Indians worshiped there that still hangs around but that's just my theory. Anyways, it is the most spiritually active place I have ever been, 90% of people who staff there have had encounters with various spirits and some are so notorious we even have names for them. Personally I have been up in the dining hall late at night and heard footsteps all around me (like 2-3 ft away) when no one was there, I have also heard sweeping in the dining hall when no one was there. Typically I don't go out late at night to anywhere but the dining hall cause whatever is there is mostly harmless unlike the spirits in the rest of the camp. The interesting thing is that I also experienced an extraordinary amount of personal spiritual growth while I was there, everyday spiritual activities like temptation, prayer, gradian angels etc is like on steroids when you go there. I also participated in so many unintentional theological discussions with my secular collogues that they called me "Jesus Freak" behind my back. I think that the whole place is full of spirits of one kind or another, weather its ghosts, angels, demons, God himself or all of them.
The other day I was talking to myself (I’m not crazy I swear!) about a game series that has to do with ghosts and interestingly enough I heard a loud bang as if something had fallen in the kitchen next to me. It was so loud, I very loudly yelled out when I heard it. I checked the kitchen after a minute or two and found nothing fallen. I don’t know what this was, but my first thoughts were of a ghost. It’s very probable that this was merely something in the refrigerator falling or some other thing that I don’t know about, but I thought it was interesting nonetheless. The sound was loud enough to make me audibly gasp so I don’t know man.
Matthew; regarding the horror story you mentioned; I did mull it over nearly endlessly in the intervening hours between when I heard you describing its basic premise and now regarding this reply; and it hit me- good story, but the whole reason why the devil didn't go after *her* but went after the *priest* is that she'd maintained the condition of her defenses, simply put, her soul was too strong in its resistance for Perdition's Red Tsar to take her over. Oh, it'd try to bully them in a nanosecond (think "Bella Oxmyx" in Star Trek "A Piece of the Action", for the devil itself is really best summed up as a mafia don of the highest level in the gang), generally if you want a *functional* idea for the devil's personality and operation procedures: crime lord makes a perfect one! Well, it'd see the priest's condition of his soul as a decayed and corrupt defense grid and production setup, he'd be functionally *helpless* against it- and to his own shame, as a priest, he'd know well the dangers of the bad spirits to put it simply!
Course, the language and format of the Mass that one attends is by far better to go only with the Vernacular format; more active participation on the part of the parishoners and the language is far safer for the conveying of the lessons to prevent the devil from influencing the laity; and the whole reason why the latin mass is not and never was the Mass is that the priest must be *facing the people in his role in the Person of Christ Himself* and also using a the common language to teach the people the lesson material, instead of letting the devil play with the minds of the faithful as always happens if the Mass is in any language at all outside of the Vernacular. *Whatever* the Vernacular language happens to be in the country in question! To be blunt, the Mass is valid in the Vernacular no matter the what the Vernacular tongue is; even something such as Klingon it'd be valid- as long as the translation and proper rituals are used, it'd be valid... I'd not try it that way, though, but in summary: it is Christ Who shall evaluate the accuracy of the prayers in question- *if* you take it in an academic lens.
If not, again, it is not my call, but His.
However; one thing to consider: for a functional lens for the devil: think a mix of a socialist dictator and a mobster all crossed together, a mix of Al Capone and Joe Stalin in the worst ways combined and you get a glimpse of that mobster angel... especially its behavior. I can also see quite clearly that this bad angel in question would be hunting the priest's loyalty as if it is a gangster seeking a contract- the ones who'd scare him up would act as the "beaters" in a tiger-hunt, but the priest in question, or any human it does this to is the tiger in question... the "beaters" are merely to cause the "game" to panic and run into the ambush, where the "shooters" lie in wait to bring the human "game" down, in this case with a contract for "protection". However, exactly like the mafia, the one doing the "protecting" is the one who called the "hit" in the first place! I can clearly see that dimension in my mind's eye clear as day as far as how it'd operate; and no, it'd not go after *her* at all: it'd send its *minions* to attack her in a heartbeat, but it'd not risk itself nor its power to bag her- not enough odds of winning. You see, Lucifer really is best described as a socialist, and like any socialist dictator, it is really running a weak state- so while it *appears* to be all strong, it is only bluff and bluster- that's why it is so weak in the face of resistance, but so cruel to those who surrender to its influence.
Its actually the mobster behind the occult, so I *know* that the witch never dialed up Samuel; no access- her "email" didn't go to him: no access between the networks is the best modern-day lens for how that'd work, it really had to therefore be a demon she dialed up for Saul that stole Samuel's identity to play with his head- as always is the case with the occult, anything else, any other explanation is completely occult heresy- yes, even if the gospels confirm that she did dial up Samuel, then the gospels themselves are blatantly heretical in and of their very nature. But that mobster really is the type to believe "the truth is for me, not thee." so that's why it keeps the truth of the occult from those who do deal in it: it works as an addiction, pure and simple, a lot like steroids: it might make them strong, but also it makes them *stupid* in the extreme in the meantime... and strong but dumb is the easiest thing for that kind of evil mind as any spirit is, due to the wording of the Catechism of the Catholic Church on contacting spirits: they're all intrinsically evil and always were, long before their creation they were completely evil, each and every single one of them due to the condemnation of any and all contact with those scum vermin gangsters we call "spirits" to begin with- and yes, this means that the mere *existence* as a spirit is what makes something intrinsically evil in and of itself! But in no way will contacting any spirit at all do any human any good! They are frauds all of them, and yes, this *does* include God as He is a spirit too- due to His own words of His teachings on the dangers of the occult!
The only good spirit is a dead spirit!
My MA thesis was on American Horror fiction and focussed in part on The Exorcist, even though I was still Protestant at the time and thought the book was a bit too Catholic. Horror definitely has its merits but like any genre you have to be prudent. Many rom-com are just as problematic from a faith perspective, if not more so, than many horror films in my opinion. Concerning the question of whether or not I believe ghosts, I am open to the possibility, but have never had any experiences myself. My dad once told that a few months after his father's sudden death he woke up in the middle of the night and heard him calling his name. I once talked with my priest about ghost and told him I was open to the possibility but didn't know if I believed in ghost or not, to which he replied without hesitation that he did, because he had seen too much not to believe.
Elijah and Moses were both bodily raised to Heaven, body and soul.
You may want to stop using the slain word 'bloody'. A lot of these sorts of slain words have blasphemous origins. These sorts of words developed as a way of blaspheming the sacred without getting in trouble for it - because it was during times that direct blasphemy was illegal or sometimes not looked well upon by society. 'Bloody' for instance is in reference to the blood of Christ.
my relatives friend’s Father gave testimony to seeing an entire Roman Phalanx March through the walls of a cellar he was in.
This is in my city “Eboracum” as it was known in Rome or modern York in northern England. This story is pretty famous in my city now, and I wonder what you make of these ghostly appearances that seem to be impersonal and not carry any message.
yeah that reminds me of civil war ghost stories, there's a significant civil war battlefield behind my old high school and I've heard creepy stories from the cross country runners that run those trails in the early hours of the morning, and by BIL absolutely loves everything civil war related (he and my sister used to go to reenactments when they were dating) and I know he's heard stories from his buddies about seeing civil war soldier ghosts that line up perfectly with historical battles and stuff. Could innocuous sightings like this also just be their souls in purgatory asking for prayers in a way? Unless it's a disturbing or horrifying sighting, then I would lean towards demonic, but still it certainly makes you wonder
A demon once showed itself to me outside my window at my house several years ago
Not a Ghost per se, but long before I became Catholic, maybe 11 years old my friends & I were walking through a small creek & I felt an overwhelming sensation to dip my index, middle finger, & thumb into the water & sign myself with the cross. Every few yards I'd continue to do it & the light & sounds of the woods became overwhelming to the senses like I was walking in a different plane, then as I was about to take another step I heard my friend James yell my name & my foot froze mid step & a snake rushed from where I was about to step down. I'd never even seen the sign of the cross before that day.
Only thing I can think of is this.
I live in the room that my grandfather lived in before he died. I left my room(his old room) with the my door slightly open and unlocked. I came back with the door closed and locked, as he did before he died when he would be getting dressed/undressed
Man you should've had Jimmy Akin for this 🙄, if people are interested they could listen to Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World episodes #01 and #115
Btw I love horror stories and movies, God bless you
It is my understanding that both Elijah and Enoch didn't die, but that God took them up without their experiencing death. If so, then technically would not have the apostles seen Elijah as a whole (including his body) with Jesus on the mountain, and not just his ghost?
Yes I have experienced ghosts many times. I have not seen them but I felt and heard them. This was since I was a child. I believe a reason might be that they perhaps know that I will pray for them. I remember the first time I prayed for a ghost when I was a child.. idk how I knew to pray for them. This ghost use to breath in my ear, slam my door, move objects in my room, and other things. One day I decided I should pray for him, it was right after he slammed my bedroom door. After that prayer, I never experienced him again. I am petrified of going places that people claim to be haunted even jokingly, because I have found that somehow the ghosts know, and they seek me. I think people are CRAZY to do stupid stuff like that (go to a houses ppl say are haunted) on Halloween or for just fun. I knew there were some things I was able to sense when I was little, and I asked God way back then, if I could please just never actually see one with my eyes.
Ghosts are sometimes souls in purgatory that need prayers/Masses to pass on to their eternal reward. Sometimes
I heard of this theory. It kind of gives me a whole new perspective on ghosts if they exist.
1989 Old Mill, in Roswell, GA. A friend and I saw something unexplainable. Yes, they are real.
at 5:10 , I know this video is over a year old but... here goes.
Matt, you said, "They see Moses and Elijah, who are deceased." ... It's important, in the conversation about ghosts, interactions with the spiritual realm, etc. to bring up the caveat that Elijah was classically understood to have not died. He was taken body and soul into heaven while he was still living.
Just listened to siblings horror. Listen to it
When my mother was 12, my great grandfather passed away. She, her brother, her sister and parents went to the funeral out of state and stayed at their grandmother's house, my great grandmother. My uncle was put on the couch to sleep the night that the funeral occurred, and he woke up in the middle of the night to discover what looked like a dinner party taking place at the dinner table. He decided to go interact with it, and upon approaching, realized that the dinner-attendees were wearing clothes that had been out of style for close to a century, they did not appear to be physical, and neither the people at the table, nor my uncle, could communicate with each other. My family believes that these entities were likely spirits from either purgatory or paradise paying a visit to the material world to welcome my great grandfather on to what is hopefully at least purgatory.
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How do Marian Apparitions tie in to this intriguing subject? I think I have an idea, considering Mary was assumed body and soul into Heaven.
Thank you sir. : )
Y'all have been visited by a ghost, the Holy Ghost. : )
Ghosts are real, but are either departed loved ones who come back to us to ask for prayers and masses to be said for them because there in purgatory, and the other ghosts are demons and they come to vexate us oppress us and possess us, and 9 times out of 10 ghosts are demons.
One example of a ghost in Church teaching, especially post his murder by the state: St. Peter. For a "ghost" is merely the disembodied soul of someone who's died; and well; that covers every single saint and all those in the next life- and you really cannot have them running around. Now I do not doubt for a nanosecond that they'd be periodically running errands in their penance if they're in Purgatory- especially to make up for their sins and to help to repair the damage... and that is solely because of the detail that a truly repentant soul will not put up with not making the effort to make restitution for their sins. But a soul is merely the life-force of an individual, basically the difference is that of between the brain and the mind; the brain is best defined as the "office" that the mind dwells in, but the two aren't necessarily the same thing, as NDEs verify; and I mean those that're *objectively* verified by outside sources that prove that it did happen.
That's one major detail, but no way can a soul not be judged based on the content of its character at the very moment of its death- that's not a permissible situation, not by a long-shot, they'd be too dangerous for any other situation, and it is really the individual human being who does the judging of himself is by far the only way to look at it, he is shown the lifestyles, and if he has engaged in unrepentant mortal sin, and died unrepentant by his own choosing, he will not choose Heaven- it will look to be Hell to him; whereas if he is innocent: the reverse viewpoint will inevitably come up, so really God doesn't do the judging, He merely shows the man what the lifestyles are.
Those in Hell have forever chosen to be submissive to their addictions to mortal sin- it is as simple as that, so they are not *interested* in changing their ways. Tis solely for that very reason that they don't leave; nothing can stop anyone from walking out of Perdition and into Paradise, it only is because those in Perdition do not *elect* to do so under any circumstances that they don't do that.
I’ve seen ghosts, so I would say they are real. Exactly what the phenomenon was I wouldn’t attempt to explain, but I know they are real.
I never have, but my wife - who is quite sober-minded - is confident she has seen a ghost, plain as day. I dunno.
Lol what does sober have to do with it ? And do u have a definition of sober ? One glass three glasses 🤓. Are u drunk if people drug your glass of wine and make u look in sober lol !
God bless your wife ! Strong woman
Your sources confirm my personal experience and what I intuitively feel, that ghosts exist.
Sylvia Brown, renown psychic, said it this way, that a ghost is a person who has passed on who is still bound to the physical realm, and a spirit is a person who has passed on who has gone to the tunnel of light.
I experienced a shadow figure, dark silhouette in the shape of a person, when I was around 6, at the threshold of my bedroom, then moving towards me without any shuffling movement, like a video camera zooming in. I was afraid, but couldn't yell, so I hid under the covers of my bed. When I looked again, it was gone.
About 4 times in my life, I heard someone call my first name, as plain as day, yet there was never anyone around.
Then, around 15 years ago, I entered my condo and smelled the fragrances of my late maternal grandmother.
That is the extent of my personal experience with ghosts. I don't have any reason to disbelieve this, and every reason to find it reasonable that ghosts and spirits exist. Before we were in this physical realm, we obviously existed. So then it follows that upon exiting this physical adventure, we also continue in non-physical form. It's a reasonable conclusion. Furthermore, birth required nothing of you, it just happened. Death is no different, it is a natural, effortless part of life.
It is said, birth and death are two sides of a coin. I concur.
Sylvia Brown was a quack
@@thewalruswasjason101 That doesn't mean anything. I don't agree with Paul's fundamental theology, yet I can see that he did have a measure of insight here and there.
Regardless if you like Sylvia Brown or not, her take on ghosts and spirits resonates with me.
Thanks for the knowledge of St Aquinas but the Church does believe that animals have souls Mother Miriam on Lifesitenews has said animals have souls when explaining the soul and other Catholic sources ?
Do you happen to have the link of the particular article or video that Mother Miriam talks about this on? Im very interested in seeing it
@@vincenielsen2902 the video is called Man is made in the image and likeness of God learning more about our faith with the Baltimore Catechism. It's on Lifesitenews channel I have it in my recommendations on my channel if it's easier for you .
@@godisinchargesueowl8599 found it, thank you very much
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Matt, are you familiar with the works of Michael S Heiser? His book Unseen Realm on the supernatural worldview of the Bible is fantastic.
With the Witch at Endor, she appeared pretty shocked that it worked(1 Samuel 28:12). Samuel had to be told what was going on in the world since is death (1 Samuel 28:15). The dead do not have anything to do with what happens on earth (Ecclesiastes 9:5-6). When the rich man begged, after death, to go back to his brothers, Abraham said there would be no point, let them hear Moses and the prophets (Luke 16:27-31). Of course, that means that Abraham was aware of Moses, his descendant. Luke 16:19-31 in general shows an afterlife that puts dead souls in "Hades" or "Abraham's side" with Angels coming to collect them.
There are the cases of God directly bringing someone back, like when Jesus was talking to Elijah and Moses (Mt 17, Mk 9). Or the times Elijah and Jesus raised the dead (1 Kings 17:22, John 12).
Based on the above, especially Ecclesiastes 9 and Luke 16, I don't think there is reason to believe that people's spirits hang around on this planet after death.
Lol, my bible references were turned into links to times in the video. That was not intended.
5:12 - Moses and Elijah - once of them is passed away: Moses. Elijah is considered raised to Heaven alive. is not he?
Common misconception that Elijah and Enoch went into heaven in the days of the Old Testament. St. Robert Bellermine taught that it was proximate to heresy to hold that they had died and were not hidden away in the earth waiting to return in the days of the antichrist so that they can preach against him as the 2 witnesses.
So both Enoch and Elijah are still alive, in fact.
@@jefffinkbonner9551 St. Elias (Elijah) could have been bilocating or he was appearing from heaven which outside spacetime. Hence, while relative to earth-time he was not in heaven during the transfirguration, but relative to eternity he was in heaven, and hence, appeared in glory with Moses next to Jesus.
Jeff Finkbonner awwwh it’s Saint Robert’s feast day today❣️
I would say I don’t believe in ghosts. But what you just revealed made sense. I guess I don’t believe in the Hollywood unserious depiction of ghosts. Again I am reminded I need to read the Bible more and I need to read Thomas. Thanks Matt.
Last thought from me, what about Lazarus and the rich man as a Biblical reference to ghosts?
This especially ought to be discussed in context as God is the God of Abraham and of the Living.
The rich man saw Lazarus be taken by Abraham from his place of torment.
Oddly enough, as a twist:
Even Abraham says to the rich man that "If they don't listen to Moses and the prophets, they won't be convinced should someone arise from the dead."
You might find Emmanuel Swedenborg interesting on this topic. He goes into it in great detail.
I lived in a house with two ghosts, nothing visual but many occurrences, knocking, moving items, sounds of groaning that remained the same no matter where you walked, chairs upside down, long endless story, but basically it struck me how Hollywood ramps things up whereas in reality, it's just something that freaks you out for a few moments then you get on with life. Got a priest to bless house but it didn't help. Eventually over a few years it faded. Hollywood would have one fleeing in the middle of night 😁
From what I understand, modern Catholic doctrine doesnt consider hell, purgatory or heaven as "places", but as states of the soul after death (nearer or closer to God - not geographically, but spiritually). This makes all the difference, as they're not "locked up" somewhere and "get out" to see the living. Many people already begin to experience hell or heaven in this life, and we know it is easier to reach and communicate with someone whose heart is closer to God than with someone blinded by deep spiritual distress...
Also, it isnt a sin to summon spirits per se, but to consult them, or to consult mediums. In my interpretation, that's because you're consulting an authority other than God's and turning your spiritual attention and trust away from God.
Hell and heaven are places in so far as we will have our bodies in heaven and hell. Modern catholic teachings are bad.
I’m so curious to see if anyone has answers or insight for my particular situation. I grew up catholic if that matters at all.
I have always been open to receiving messages from ghosts, seeing them with my mind’s eye or as physical apparitions or hearing them aloud, seeing auras of living people in bright colors, and being instructed by an unknown voice of the events of my future which have all come to fruition. For example, I was celibate and very devoted to a newfound faith in my early twenties for a good year. One day while doing dishes, a kind voice told me I would have a baby girl in a year. I asked why for I was single and wanted to wait until I was married one day to be intimate again. It showed me a vision of my child and I went on with my task. Three months later, I was raped by a complete stranger and nine months later I had a daughter. This experience is strangely not unique at all. In fact, when I first saw my husband, I knew he was my soulmate immediately.
Also.. Perhaps it was me or the houses I dwelled in growing up, but I was always followed by paranormal activity. The dead would come to me at night to seek out my help and I was mostly too afraid. They would call my name quite often, tap me on the back, throw something across the room to get my attention, sometimes the more menacing ones would yank my hair and I’d watch my long strands pulled outward into thin air before being pulled on harshly. Jesus came to me in a dream when I was sixteen, living in a house with vast amounts of poltergeist activity, and freed me from my demon problem. Here, growls were often heard. My dog was often kicked across the room. Things levitated too often as well. Jesus saved me in this dream by appearing on a cross, rising along with the Sun, and when he made eye contact - I awakened. I found a fresh print of blood that morning, perhaps the blood of the lamb, on each wall of my room. Never understood where it came from but it wiped off easily as if it were fresh. The poltergeist activity was immediately subdued. He would come to me again in two more dreams later in life, telling me he was my neighbor, to follow him and let him into my heart, that he would help me carry the suffering of the world, and to especially stop sinning lol.
Some of my experiences are outright frightening but others are more lighthearted. I once baked valentines heart-shaped cookies only to find them broken right down the middle after I had removed them from my oven and let them cool. They were not broken when taken out from the oven but some were completely broken in half, where the halves didn’t even touch any more when I came back to check on them! Another time, a ghost lifted my Pablo Neruda’s Love Poems book into the air and into my waste bin right before my eyes! And when I’ve tested this gift of clairvoyance and prophecy, I’ve communicated to some people that their loved one was there with them, bringing tears to their eyes with highly evidential readings and renewing their faith in there being more to this life.
I still have weekly occurrences mostly with just knowing things with ease. I do not often purposefully seek to know things clairvoyantly or to see spirits, but unfortunately it happens regardless. If it’s such a grave sin, then why do I have this natural ability to communicate with the dead or see the future? Even when I try my best to avoid engaging with it?
I’d like to have a perspective on this that is theologically sound, biblical, and yet attains to my particular circumstance where it is not sought out but a natural theme of my life. Why? Please respectfully let me know what you think!
Unfortunately i can't say much as i am ignorant about these things but i know you're not the only one who experiences those things. I had a manager who also had abilities or experiences such as what you described. Since she was little she would see shadow people and mentioned being to see certain visions that would reveal things, etc. It seems to me some people are given these gifts but those who have them might not fully understand them and fear diving deep into them without guidance. I really wish i could shed more light on this interesting topic. But don't feel guilty that you're doing something bad if these things seem to just happen. Pray to the Lord and trust in him that these gifts can be used for his kingdom and his glory.
Since you do not purposely seek to know these things, God is allowing them to happen.... I would suggest you protect yourself by frequently receiving the sacraments, also you might find yourself a spiritual director and assess your situation… I know of people who have “gifts'' similar to yours who help out in exorcisms and healing ministries…. Perhaps God has a calling for you...
I think this is Neato ! I’m also thinking death doesn’t come with a road map ? Or does it ? Or can souls simply be lost ? Just wandering
LOL, you were watching Steven Anderson. I think he's quite entertaining. What do you think of him?
What is the Church’s official stance on this issue?
Don't know about that. But who cares, if you want to believe, disbelieve or acknowledge them. Do so!
But if ghosts exist, can they be bound to locations such as a house?
Hey Matt I just wanna say that I hope that your next videos on proving God's existence are based on encounters with something spiritual. Yeah philosophical arguments are cool and all but they just don't have that much appeal. I don't think it's the right way to get souls. Simple truths and unique experiences for me are better.
I think Pascal would agree with you
On the contrary, Philosophical arguments are one of the most compelling reasons I am still a Christian after going through a bout of agnosticism in college. So I wouldn't say that they don't have any appeal :)
Let me tell you why I’m a Christian. I used to practice occult spirituality, which means I was in constant communication with spirits, and I was channeling these spirits under the delusion that I was “enlightened” or “woke”. By the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, he revealed to me that these spirits I was interacting wit were actually demonic beings disguising themselves as angels or “positive astral entities” lol. So eventually, I started being harassed by these spirits and being straight up attacked by them, and let me tell you it was not pleasant by any means! So this one time in the middle of a terrible demonic attack, I was so scared and helpless that I started to pray the Hail Mary even though I did not believe ! In the midst of that prayer the demon started laughing at me, but then I heard a faint voice in my ear saying “Say Jesus”(I’m more than sure it was the blessed Virgin leading me to her Son). So I said the name of Jesus and it was absolutely intense ! I literally felt the power of the Holy Spirit rush through my body and soul and I literally felt the fear of that demon standing in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ. Spiritual warfare is real and let me tell you, Jesus Christ is the only way!( : feel free to ask questions, and I can give you some more resources to look into
If you’d like, I suggest searching on CZcams “new age to Jesus Christ testimony” because there are so many testimonies of people who have been saved by our Lord from demonic oppression and have been set free by Him( :
Some people claim Catholics don't believe in Ghosts and that they do not exist. They are wrong. We most certainly can and maybe even should believe in Ghosts, if we believe in what the Bible tells us and if we rely on Aquinas teachings.
Yes
Hi Matt!
Also, have you read the book, The Devil Hates Latin?