Find Healing: Lourdes, World Sick Day, and Other Graces - Explaining the Faith

WELL GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY WHEREVER YOU ARE IN  THE WORLD AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US I'M FATHER   CHRIS AYLAR ONE OF THE MARIAN PRIESTS HERE AT THE  NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE DIVINE MERCY IT'S GREAT TO   HAVE SOME PEOPLE BACK HERE OUR TEMPERATURES HAVE  WARMED UP A LITTLE BIT AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING   US FOR THE 84TH CLASS THAT WE HAVE DONE NOW IN  BRINGING YOU BACK TO SEMINARY I'VE ALWAYS SAID   I WAS ASKED A WHILE AGO WHAT THE HAPPIEST TIME  OF MY LIFE WAS AND I SAID WHEN I WAS IN SEMINARY   I WOULD LOVE TO GO BACK BECAUSE IT'S WHERE  I LEARNED ABOUT OUR FAITH IT'S WHERE I TRULY   FELL IN LOVE WITH OUR FAITH SO I DECIDED TO GO  BACK TO SEMINARY AND BRINGING YOU WITH US AND   BRINGING YOU WHEN YOU FINISH WATCHING THESE  VIDEOS YOU WILL BASICALLY HAVE THE SAME   EDUCATION I HAD IN SEMINARY AND SO YOU LOVE YOUR  FAITH WHEN YOU REALLY KNOW YOUR FAITH SO GOD   BLESS YOU FOR JOINING US AND UH WE CELEBRATE  TODAY AS BROTHER MARK SHOWED ON THE SCREEN   LORDS THE YESTERDAY WAS THE FEAST DAY OF LOURDES  FEBRUARY THE 11TH I KNOW WE'RE A DAY LATE BUT   WE'LL EXPLAIN WHY AND UM AND WE'LL EXPLAIN SOME  OTHER IMPORTANT THINGS OF THAT DAY YESTERDAY   AND IT FLOWS INTO ALSO TODAY SO LET US BEGIN WITH  A PRAYER IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON   AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AMEN HEAVENLY FATHER  WE ASK YOU SEND THE HOLY SPIRIT DOWN UPON US   TO OPEN OUR MINDS AND HEARTS TO RECEIVE THE  GRACE YOU WISH TO GIVE US WE ESPECIALLY ASK   FOR THE SITUATION IN ARIZONA AS MANY HAVE  GATHERED IN PRAISE OF OF EVIL AND WE ASK LORD THAT   YOU FORGIVE THEM FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY  DO BUT TO ALSO OPEN THEIR HARDENED HEARTS   TO RECEIVE YOUR GOODNESS AND TO KNOW YOUR LOVE  AND WE ASK ALL THIS THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD AMEN   IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND  OF THE HOLY SPIRITS AMEN WHAT I'M REFERRING   TO IS THIS WEEKEND THERE IS A UM WORLD'S LARGEST  GATHERING EVER OF SATANISTS WHO ARE UM ATTEMPTING   TO CONSECRATE ARIZONA AND IT WON'T BE LONG  BEFORE THE COUNTRY AND THEN THE WORLD TO SATAN   WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO SOMEBODY ASKED ME WELL A  LOT THERE'S A LOT WE CAN DO WE FIRST PRAY FOR   THEIR FORGIVENESS AS WE JUST DID BECAUSE WHAT  DID JESUS DO ON THE CROSS HE SAID FORGIVE THEM   THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO I TRULY BELIEVE THAT  I THINK SO MANY OF THESE ARE JUST YOUNG PEOPLE   THEY HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO CLUE WHAT THEY'RE EVEN  DOING AND WE HAVE TO ASK GOD'S FORGIVENESS BUT   MOST OF ALL THAT THEY OPEN THEIR HEARTS THAT  THEY LEARN WHO GOD IS SO THEY CAN LOVE HIM   THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TODAY AND SO  WE PRAY FOR THAT WHOLE SITUATION IN ARIZONA   NOW YESTERDAY WE CELEBRATED THE FEAST DAY OF  LORDS BUT IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT I WANTED TO   TALK ABOUT IT TODAY AND JUST BECAUSE YESTERDAY WAS  THE FEAST DAY DOESN'T MEAN WE FORGET ABOUT IT NOW   LOURDES FRANCE IS VERY IMPORTANT I'M JUST GOING TO  TELL A QUICK STORY I DID THIS ON OUR EWTN EPISODE   ON WEDNESDAY I'LL ADD A FEW THINGS JUST QUICKLY  SUMMARIZE IT THEN I WANT TO ADD A BUNCH OF NEW   MATERIAL THAT I JUST WROTE LAST NIGHT AND SO  JOIN US FOR THIS BECAUSE LORDS IN FRANCE IS THE   MOST VISITED MARIAN PILGRIM SITE IN THE WORLD DO  YOU KNOW OVER 200 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE GONE THERE   THIS IS IMPORTANT AND IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE WHERE  DOES GOD WORK HE WORKS IN PLACES YOU'D NEVER   EXPECT WITH PEOPLE YOU WOULD NEVER EXPECT WHERE'S  LORDS WELL BASICALLY THE GROUND THAT'S PAST THE   RIVER PAST THE GROTTO WHERE ALL THIS IS GOING ON  WAS LITERALLY A GARBAGE DUMP AND IT'S LIKE WHOA   AND THIS WAS USED BY THE TOWNSPEOPLE FOR TRASH SO  THE GROTTO THERE BASICALLY WAS UNSIGHTLY IN ITS   APPEARANCE IT WAS DESOLATE SO MOST PEOPLE DIDN'T  GO THERE AND YOU KNOW EVEN BERNADETTE DIDN'T   REALLY REGULARLY GO THERE BUT WHEN SHE WAS 14 AND  WHO WAS SAINT BERNADETTE SHE WAS JUST THIS POOR   SICK UNEDUCATED PEASANT GIRL JUST LIKE  FAUSTINA THIS IS WHO GOD USES THIS IS WHY   WHEN PEOPLE WHEN YOU GUYS WATCH THESE TALKS YOU  SAY WELL GOD CAN'T DO THESE GREAT THINGS IN ME   YES HE CAN BECAUSE THESE ARE THE THE POOR  THE BROKEN THE THE THE ONES THAT ARE ARE ARE   ARE SUFFERING THIS IS WHO GOD USES AND SO ANYWAY  ON FEBRUARY THE 11TH SO THIS IS THE DATE WE   CELEBRATED YESTERDAY 1858 RIGHT BERNADETTE AND  TWO OTHER SCHOOL GIRLS THEY WENT TO THE GROTTO   FOR FIREWOOD WOOD AND THEY GOT SEPARATED AND  SISTER BURN SAINT BERNADETTE JUST BERNADETTE AT   THE TIME ENDED UP ALONE IN THE GROTTO SO HERE  SHE IS IN THIS GROTTO NOW IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN   TO THE SHRINE OF DIVINE MERCY WE HAVE A GROTTO OF  LORDS AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE WE'LL   SHOW A PICTURE OF THAT BUT ANYWAY SHE TOOK OFF  HER SHOES AND SOCKS AND SHE TRIED TO CROSS THE   SHALLOW WATER OF THE RIVER OKAY SO HERE'S THIS  LITTLE FRENCH GIRL IN THE FRENCH COUNTRYSIDE   1858 RIGHT AFTER THE REVOLUTION AND EVERYTHING  ELSE AND SHE HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE WIND   RIGHT AND THE WIND BLOWING THROUGH THE  TREE BRANCHES BUT THE BUSHES DIDN'T MOVE   RIGHT SO SHE SAID QUOTE I SAW A LADY DRESSED  IN WHITE WEARING A WHITE DRESS A BLUE GIRDLE   AND A YELLOW ROSE ON EACH FOOT THE SAME  COLOR AS HER ROSARY THAT SHE WAS HOLDING   NOW MARY TOOK HER ROSARY BEADS AND MADE  THE SIGN OF THE CROSS AND DISAPPEARED   VERY ODD MARY DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING NOW I'M GOING  TO SHOW YOU A CLIP THAT I WENT OUT AND GOT   AND WE PUT TOGETHER THEY DON'T MAKE MOVIES LIKE  THIS ANYMORE YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD OF THE SONG OF   BERNADETTE FROM THE 1940S WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU  THE LITTLE CLIP FROM THE SONG OF BERNADETTE THAT   ONE LITTLE TWO-MINUTE SCENE WHERE SHE SEES MARY  FOR THE FIRST TIME SO TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN SO SO OKAY NOW SOUND DOWN PLEASE OKAY IF WE COULD TURN OUR SOUNDS DOWN PLEASE SO  THANK YOU THAT THAT IS AN INCREDIBLE CLIP THAT   WE SEE IN ONE OF THE GREATEST MOVIES THIS THE THE  THE STORY OF SAINT BERNADETTE AND LOURDES AND SO I   LOVE THAT CLIP I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THAT IN CASE  YOU'VE NEVER SEEN IT AND HOW BEAUTIFUL THAT THAT   CAPTURED NOW THE ONLY THING IS IT WASN'T BLACK AND  WHITE SO WE CAN'T SEE THE BEAUTY FULLY OF OUR LADY   BUT I THINK YOU SEE THAT SO WHAT HAPPENED ALL  RIGHT SO BERNADETTE SEES THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY   AND THEN SHE GOES TO THE OTHERS AND  SHE ASKED DID YOU GUYS SEE ANYTHING   AND THEY SAID NO AND BERNADETTE ASKED HER SISTER  SHE WAS ONE OF THE GIRLS WITH HER NOT TO SAY   ANYTHING TO THEIR MOTHER BUT THE MOTHER FOUND OUT  RIGHT LIKE ANY GOOD SISTER OR BROTHER THEY TATTLED   AND SO BERNADETTE'S MOM INSISTED THAT IT WAS JUST  AN ILLUSION AND SHE SAID DON'T YOU GO BACK THERE   SO THE DAUGHTER WAS TOLD NOT TO GO BACK THERE BUT  ANYWAY BERNADETTE LIKES SAINT FAUSTINA THIS IS   ALMOST IDENTICAL HER PARENTS SAINT FAUSTINA'S  PARENTS AS WELL TOLD SAINT FAUSTINA SHAPE UP   YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU'RE NOT THINKING CORRECTLY  AND FAUSTINA FOLLOWED THE INSPIRATION OF CHRIST   AND SO DID BERNADETTE SO BERNADETTE WENT BACK TO  THE PLACE NOW THREE DAYS LATER ON FEBRUARY 14TH   SHE SAID THE SMALL YOUNG LADY REAPPEARED  THAT'S INTERESTING MARY SMALL YOUNG LADY   BEAUTIFUL RIGHT BUT AGAIN SHE DIDN'T SPEAK THIS  IS VERY ODD SO THEN ON THE THIRD VISIT BERNADETTE   SAID THE LADY ASKED THAT SHE COME BACK TO THAT  SAME SITE FOR 15 DAYS AGAIN JUST LIKE FATIMA   PLEASE TO THE LITTLE CHILD COME BACK COME BACK  I WANT YOU TO RETURN AND SHE SAYS LISTEN TO THIS   THIS IS THE WHOLE MESSAGE OF LORDS I PROMISE TO  MAKE YOU HAPPY NOT IN THIS WORLD BUT IN THE NEXT   THIS IS WHAT THE LADY OUR LADY TOLD SAINT  BERNADETTE SO NOW TEN DAYS LATER FEBRUARY UH   ACTUALLY 13 DAYS FEBRUARY 24TH GUESS WHAT OUR LADY  ASKED FOR AGAIN JUST LIKE FATIMA SHE ASKED FOR   PRAYER AND PENANCE FOR THE CONVERSION OF SINNERS  PLEASE IF YOU CAN JOIN ME TODAY THERE IS ALL KINDS   OF EMAILS GOING AROUND ASKING FOR PRAYER PENANCE  AND FASTING THIS WEEKEND FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING   IN ARIZONA UH THE GATHERING OF THESE SATANISTS  TRYING TO CONSECRATE EVERYTHING TO SATAN IT'S IT'S   IT'S SO DIABOLICAL SATAN IS NOW COMPLETELY PLAYING  HIS CARDS WE'RE WE'RE AT A POINT NOW WHERE SATAN   KNOWS HIS TIME IS LIMITED AND YOU KNOW WHAT THIS  IS LIKE THIS IS THIS IS LIKE THE GRAND FINALE   SATAN IS REALIZING HIS TIME IS IS LIMITED AND HE'S  THROWING EVERYTHING PLUS THE KITCHEN SINK AT IT   RIGHT BUT GUESS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A TEAM ON THE  FOOTBALL FIELD REALIZES THEY GOT TO GO FOR IT   IT'S CALLED A HAIL MARY AND SO WE NEED TO DO OUR  HAIL MARY AND SO MARY ASKS FOR PRAYER PENANCE AND   CONVERSION OF SINNERS THIS FITS PERFECTLY WITH  WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH THIS WEEKEND IN ARIZONA   NOW THE NEXT DAY FEBRUARY 25TH THE WORD GOT OUT  ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE   ACCOMPANIED BERNADETTE TO HER APPOINTMENT  WITH THE LADY AGAIN JUST LIKE FATIMA   I MEAN THE THE YOU COULDN'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP  THIS IS HOW OUR LADY WORKS AND SO THE PEOPLE   JUST LIKE FATIMA SAW NOTHING AT FIRST THEY SAW  BERNADETTE ACTING STRANGELY RIGHT AND THE LADY   TOLD BERNADETTE TO DIG IN THE GROUND AND DRINK  THE WATER SHE FOUND THAT AT FIRST THE WATER WAS   REALLY DIRTY ALL OF A SUDDEN IT TURNED CRYSTAL  CLEAR LIKE THOSE MOUNTAIN STREAMS YOU SEE RIGHT   AND THE PEOPLE THOUGHT SHE WAS MAD THEY THOUGHT  SHE WAS CRAZY THE EVEN THE POLICE COMMISSIONER   BARRED HER FROM GOING THERE AGAIN JUST LIKE  FATIMA I KNOW I KEEP SAYING THAT BUT THE THE   THE CONNECTION IS AMAZING SO STILL BERNADETTE WENT  SO THE CROWDS FOLLOWED HER INCLUDING A WOMAN NAMED   CATHERINE LA LATAPE AND WITH TWO FINGERS THAT  SHE HAD PARALYZED FROM ACCIDENTS SHE HAD A COUPLE   YEARS EARLIER KATHERINE TOOK HER TWO PARALYZED  FINGERS AND SHE DIPPED HER HANDS INTO THAT SPRING   WHERE MARY TOLD BERNADETTE TO DIG RIGHT  AND WHERE BERNADETTE DRANK THE WATER   SO THIS CATHERINE PUTS HER FINGERS IN AND  SHE WAS INSTANTLY HEALED WELL OF COURSE   WORD IS GOING TO SPREAD SO THEN ON MARCH  2ND SO WE'RE NOT EVEN A MONTH INTO THIS   1600 PEOPLE ACCOMPANIED BERNADETTE TO MASA BL  THIS IS WHAT THEY CALLED IT AND IN THAT APPARITION   NOW WE'RE GOING TO TIE IN GUADALUPE MARY KNOWS  WHAT SHE'S DOING SHE'S CONSISTENT IF YOU HAVE   NOTHING ELSE YOU CAN SAY ABOUT MARY YOU CAN SAY  SHE'S CONSISTENT BECAUSE SHE'S THE MOTHER OF GOD   THERE'S NO THERE'S NO DUPLICITY AND  SO SHE ASKED THAT A CHAPEL BE BUILT   NOW THIS IS JUST LIKE GUADALUPE AND THAT  THE PEOPLE COULD COME AND SO WHAT HAPPENED   JUST LIKE GUADALUPE THE PRIEST DIDN'T BELIEVE  HER REMEMBER GUADALUPE THE BISHOP DIDN'T BELIEVE   SO JUST LIKE GUADALUPE WHAT DID THE BISHOP DO HE  ASKED FOR SOMETHING AND JUST LIKE GUADALUPE THIS   PRIEST SAID BEFORE I BUILD A CHAPEL I NEED TO KNOW  THIS LADY'S NAME NOW WHAT DID MARY REVEAL HER NAME   AS IT WASN'T TO THE 16TH APPARITION AT LOURDES  AND GUESS WHAT DAY MARCH 25TH THE ANNUNCIATION   THAT MARY SAID I AM THE IMMACULATE  CONCEPTION NOW SAINT BERNADETTE'S VISION   IS THEREFORE JUST LIKE JUAN DIEGO'S RIGHT BOTH  SAINTS LISTEN TO THIS I BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW THIS   BOTH SAINTS REPORTED VISIONS OF A MIRACULOUS LADY  ON TOP OF A HILL BOTH VISIONS REFERENCED ROSES   ARE THEY TO GUADALUPE THE BISHOP WANTED  THE ROSES WHICH WERE OUT OF SEASON DIDN'T   EVEN GROW NATIVE THERE AND SHE GOT THE JUAN  DIEGO GOT THE ROSES FROM OUR LADY AND HERE   MARY HAD ROSES ON HER FEET IN LOURDES BOTH  PLACES MARY ASKED THAT A CHURCH BE BUILT   AT THE SITE BOTH HAD TO CONVERSE CAN CONVINCE THE  CLERGY AND NEITHER TIME DID THE CLERGY BELIEVE   THE LITTLE GIRL IN IN WARDS OR JUAN DIEGO IN  GUADALUPE BUT BOTH TIMES MARY PREVAILED NOW   TELLING THIS THEN BEING NOTIFIED OF OUR LADY'S  WORDS THAT SHE IS THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION THE   PASTOR BELIEVED BECAUSE LITTLE BERNADETTE  DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT CONCEPTION MEANT   AND JUST FOUR YEARS EARLIER THE CHURCH HAD  DECLARED MARY IMMACULATELY CONCEIVED IN 1854.   SO THIS IS ALL COMING TOGETHER AND  SO NOW IT'S A DOGMA OF THE CHURCH   SOMETHING BERNADETTE DIDN'T EVEN  KNOW WHAT IT WAS WHAT IT MEANT   SO BERNADETTE WENT TO THE GROTTO FOR THE LAST TIME  ON JULY 16TH THAT'S OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL MOUNT   CARMEL RIGHT IT WAS THE 18TH APPARITION NOW AGAIN  MARY DIDN'T SPEAK BUT BERNADETTE KNEW THIS WAS THE   LAST APPARITION SHE SAID I'VE NEVER SEEN HER SO  BEAUTIFUL AND SO THE CHURCH OPENED AN OFFICIAL   INVESTIGATION THAT SAME YEAR IN NOVEMBER AND  THEN A COUPLE YEARS LATER IN 1860 IT WAS DECLARED   AUTHENTIC SO WHAT HAPPENED AFTERWARDS ALL RIGHT  THAT SPRING IN THE GROTTO IS NOW THE FOCAL POINT   OF ALL PILGRIMAGES THAT GO TO LORDS AS A SOURCE OF  HEALING BOTH SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL LISTEN TO THIS   SINCE 1858 7 000 PEOPLE HAVE COME FORWARD  REPORTING HEALINGS NOW THE CHURCH ISN'T AFRAID   OF SCIENCE EVERYBODY SAYS THE CHURCH IS AFRAID OF  SCIENCE THE CHURCH IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LORD'S   MEDICAL BUREAU A GROUP OF DOCTORS AND  SCIENTISTS EXAMINES EVERY CASE THEY'VE   DECLARED SO FAR 70. 70 ARE OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED  AS SCIENTIFICALLY INEXPLICABLE THAT IS MIRACULOUS   ALL THE OTHER CASES THEY'VE BEEN DECLARED YOU KNOW  UNKNOWN IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE NOT MIRACULOUS   THEY COULD ALL BE MIRACULOUS BUT THEY JUST DON'T  HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION SO THERE'S INSUFFICIENT   EVIDENCE TO BE SURE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER SO WE  DON'T KNOW BUT BASICALLY THAT MEANS THE NUMBER   OF MIRACLES THAT LORDS COULD ACTUALLY BE INTO THE  THOUSANDS WE DON'T KNOW NOW LET'S LOOK AT OUR NEXT   SLIDE THIS IS THE PICTURE OF LORDS SO SEVERAL  CHURCHES WERE EVENTUALLY BUILT INCLUDING THIS   BASILICA OF SAINT PIUS X SO IF YOU HAVE YOUR PHONE  OR YOU'RE AT HOME YOU CAN SEE THE BASILICA OF THE   SAINT PIUS THE 10TH SO THIS CHURCH IS LARGE ENOUGH  FOR 20 AND WE'LL TAKE OUR SOUND DOWN THANK YOU   THAT CHURCH IS LARGE ENOUGH FOR 25 000 PEOPLE NOW  THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM TO SOCIAL DISTANCE THERE   SO PLEASE DON'T CLOSE THAT CHURCH OKAY SO MANY  BELIEVE THAT LORDS IS THE GREATEST MARIAN SHRINE   IN THE CHURCH AND THE EVENTS HAVE BACKED THAT  AND THAT'S WHY NOW BROTHER MARK WILL SHOW THE   NEXT SLIDE WE HAVE OUR LADY OF LOURDES OFFICIALLY  ON THE CHURCH CALENDAR FOR YESTERDAY FEBRUARY THE   11TH EACH YEAR WE CELEBRATE THIS AS HER FIRST  APPARITION IT'S ALSO THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF   FATHER SERAPHIM'S DEATH THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT  IN A MINUTE AND I WILL BUT LET'S FINISH WITH ST   SUPER UH BERNADETTE BEFORE WE GO ON TO THE NEXT  THING YOU KNOW THE CONNECTIONS AGAIN I JUST   I CAN SIT UP HERE FOR TWO DAYS AND TALK ABOUT  THESE CONNECTIONS BUT I'LL HIGHLIGHT JUST A FEW   BERNADETTE ST BERNADETTE SHE SUFFERED FROM  TUBERCULOSIS OF THE BONE WHO'S LIKE FAUSTINA   AND A LOT LIKE SAINT THERESE SHE SPENT A GOOD  PORTION OF HER LAST YEARS IN THE INFIRMARY   AND SHE DIED YOUNG AT AGE 35. SHE STRUGGLED  SHE WAS YOUNG SHE HAD WE KNOW PEOPLE LIKE   THIS WE KNOW PEOPLE WHO HAVE ENDURED THIS AND  IN MY OPINION THEY'RE SPECIALLY CHOSEN BY GOD   THE SUFFERING DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO US AND WE'RE  GOING TO EXPLAIN IT OR AT LEAST TRY TO IN A MINUTE THESE PEOPLE ARE CARRYING THEIR CROSS  THESE BEAUTIFUL YOUNG PEOPLE SAYING THERESE   SAINT UM SAINT FAUSTINA SAINT BERNADETTE  AND I'VE KNOWN SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR LIFE   THAT ARE YOUNG AND AND AND  CARRYING CROSS IS UNIMAGINABLE YOU KNOW TWO OF THE MOST SPECIAL PEOPLE THAT I'VE  EVER SEEN HAVE TO CARRY THE CROSS FOR TWO OF OUR   EMPLOYEES AT THE MIRIAM HELPER CENTER SUZANNE  ZAVATER WAS AN INSPIRATION TO ME SHE PASSED   AWAY YOUNG WAY BEFORE HER TIME SHE CARRIED THE  CROSS MARK MASSERY YOU KNOW A BEAUTIFUL EMPLOYEE   OF OURS IT'S A JOY TO SEE HIS FATHER WITH US  HERE IN THE BACK HE YOUNG CARRIED THE CROSS   SO MANY TIMES WE DON'T UNDERSTAND  WHY GOD ALLOWS SUFFERING   LET'S TRY AT LEAST TRY TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED  BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO US   IT DIDN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE TO BERNADETTE A  FELLOW NUN ACCUSED HER OF BEING LAZY BONES   BERNADETTE SAYS MY JOB IS TO BE ILL WHOA  LORD I DON'T WANT THAT JOB GIVE ME ANOTHER   JOB I'D RATHER BE A PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE OR  A ROCK STAR RIGHT THIS IS OR A MUSICIAN RIGHT   BE ONE OF THE BEATLES I'D RATHER BE AN ASTRONAUT  I'D RATHER BE THIS NO GOD HAS A JOB FOR YOU   CERTAIN SOULS ARE HANDPICKED BY GOD  TO BE SUFFERING SOULS TO SAVE SOULS   YOU KNOW WHEN SHE WAS CANONIZED THE SAINTS SHE  WAS CANONIZED ON DECEMBER THE 8TH WHAT IS THAT   THE FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION AND HER  INCORRUPT BODY LIES IN A CONVENT IN NEVER'S FRANCE   LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HER PICTURE THAT'S A PICTURE  OF HER INCORRUPTIBLE BODY IN NEVER'S FRANCE   SO POWERFUL STUFF NOW THE LAST OFFICIAL MIRACLE   IT WAS JUST RECENTLY WITHIN THE LAST FEW YEARS  I THINK IT WAS LIKE 2013 IT WAS THE 70TH MIRACLE   THAT WAS DECLARED AT LORD SO THERE ARE SOME RECENT  ONES NOW THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION IS A DOGMA OF   THE CHURCH MEANS WE HAVE TO BELIEVE IT IT'S IT'S  REVEALED BY GOD AND SO THIS IS IMPORTANT NOW   FOR THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE WE HAVE A  NICE CROWD HERE TODAY AND IF YOU'RE NOT HERE YOU   YOU CAN MAKE IT HERE THIS YEAR LET'S LOOK AT OUR  NEXT SLIDE WE MARIANS HAVE A LORD'S GROTTO RIGHT   OFF TO THE MY LEFT OUTSIDE AND DOWN THE HILL  NOW THAT'S A PICTURE AND IT LOOKS VERY ACCURATE   TO THE REAL LORD'S GROTTO THIS IS ACTUALLY THE  PICTURE OF OUR LORD'S GROTTO HERE AT THE SHRINE   AND OUR LADY'S UP THERE UP IN THE GROTTO INTO THE  INTO THE LITTLE UM ROCK COVE AND THEN WE HAVE AN   ALTAR BELOW IT NOW WHAT'S FASCINATING IS  I'VE BEEN GOING THERE SINCE I WAS A POSTULANT YEARS AGO OVER 15 YEARS AGO AND 16 YEARS AGO AND  I'VE BEEN WORKING HERE TO SHRINE FOR YEARS IN AND   OUT AND I'LL TELL YOU THIS IF YOU COME HERE TO  THE NATIONAL SHRINE AND I'M SAYING IT TO ALL THE   PEOPLE HERE IF YOU HAVE A NEED FOR HEALING PLEASE  GO TO THAT GROTTO ALMOST EVERY TIME WHEN SOMEBODY   TELLS ME THAT I MEET SOMEBODY THAT SAYS THEY'VE  INCURRED A MIRACLE HERE OR AN ANSWERED PRAYER HERE   I ALWAYS SMILE AND I SAY IF I MAY ASK DID  YOU MAKE A PARTICULAR PRAYER YES FATHER   MAY I ASK WHERE ALMOST ALMOST ALWAYS THEY TELL ME  IT WAS AT THE LORD'S GROTTO YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY   THIS BEFORE I'M NOT JUST SAYING IT BECAUSE  IT'S TODAY THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LORDS   I HAVE SAID THIS FOR YEARS TO PEOPLE WHO COME HERE  THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT LORD'S GROTTO HERE   AND THIS IS A PLACE WE HAVE  BEEN TOLD OF MANY MIRACLES   GOD'S NOT CONSTRAINED JUST TO LORD'S FRANCE OUR  LADY CAN APPEAR ANYWHERE IN FACT THERE USED TO   BE ON THE TOP OF THE GROTTO MOTHER MARKET PUT  THE PICTURE BACK UP ON THE LITTLE CAVE THE COVE   DOWN BELOW WHERE MARY IS SO MARY'S UP IN THE  UPPER RIGHT YOU CAN SEE THE COVE DOWN BELOW UP   ON THAT CEILING YOU MIGHT STILL SEE IT IF YOU'RE  HERE ON OUR PROPERTY THERE'S A LITTLE BIRD'S NEST   AND THERE'S A LITTLE BIRD'S NEST THAT IS NOW BEEN  ABANDONED SO I THINK IT'S PROBABLY DECAYED MOSTLY   BUT SOME OF IT'S STILL THERE AND WHEN I WAS  A NOVICE AND I WAS GOING THROUGH A TOUGH TIME   STRUGGLING LORD AM I CALLED TO MARRY GINA OR  ON MY CALL TO BE A PRIEST THIS WAS KILLING ME   ONE DAY I WOULD GET UP CONVINCED I WAS TO BE A  PRIEST THE NEXT DAY I GET UP I WAS CONVINCED I   WAS TO BE MARRIED IT WAS KILLING ME ALL I WANTED  WAS PEACE I USED TO GO DOWN TO THIS GROTTO   AND WHEN I WOULD SIT DOWN AT THE GROTTO THERE WAS  A LITTLE BLUE BIRD AND SHE WOULD COME BACK EVERY   YEAR INTO THAT NEST AND SHE WOULD LAY HER EGGS  IN THAT NEST AND SHE'D BE THERE AND EVERY TIME   I GO DOWN TO THAT GROTTO SHE'D FLY OUT OF THAT  NEST UP ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE STATUE OF MARY   AND SHE WOULD SING THE ENTIRE TIME I WAS THERE  AND SOON AS I WOULD GET UP AND LEAVE SHE'D FLY   BACK TO THE NEST I WAS LIKE THAT'S  AMAZING THAT WAS GOD'S LITTLE SIGN   WE ALL HAVE THEM IN OUR LIVES I'M  NOT JUST SAYING THOSE THINGS HAPPEN   TO A PRIEST NO THEY HAPPEN TO EVERYBODY IF WE ARE  OPENING AND LOOKING FOR THEM ARE WE LOOKING FOR   WHERE GOD IS SPEAKING TO US OR ARE WE WALKING WITH  OUR HEAD LIKE THIS OR BURIED IN OUR CELL PHONE   THESE ARE THE THINGS THE MESSAGES THAT GOD GIVES  US THESE LITTLE TINY THINGS AMAZING ALL RIGHT SO   THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE TALKING ABOUT ON  LORD'S CROWD NOW I DIDN'T WANT TO SPEND THAT   MUCH TIME I'M SORRY ON LORDS BUT LET'S GO TO THE  NEXT REASON FEBRUARY THE 11TH YESTERDAY WAS SO BIG   THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE TODAY THAT IS OUR NEXT SLIDE  WORLD SICK DAY LIKE WHAT WE'RE CELEBRATING A SICK   DAY FOR 30 YEARS POPE JOHN PAUL INSTITUTED THIS  BACK IN 1992. ALL RIGHT THIS IS VERY POWERFUL IT'S   30 YEARS AGO JOHN PAUL II INSTITUTED WORLD SICK  DAY TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF US MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH   TO BE ATTENTIVE TO THE SICK AND THOSE WHO CARE  FOR THEM BOY IS THAT NEEDED NOW MORE THAN EVER   THE SICK WITH COVED AND THOSE WHO ARE IN DANGER  AND TREATING THEM THEY'RE BRAVE THEY'RE DOING   THE WORKS OF CHRIST SO WE SHOULD HAVE GRATITUDE  FOR THESE PEOPLE BUT ALSO THE POPE SAID THAT WE   SHOULD HAVE GRATITUDE FOR THE ADVANCES IN HEALTH  CARE TECHNOLOGY AND PASTORAL CARE OF THE SICK   AND REALIZE THAT GOD CALLS HEALING THROUGH DOCTORS  AND MEDICINE YOU KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT   THERE THAT SAY IF GOD WANTS ME TO GET BETTER HE'LL  HEAL ME AND THEY NEGLECT THEIR HEART MEDICINE   OR TAKING THEIR CHILD TO THE DOCTOR YOU WANT TO  BE CAREFUL THERE YOU WANT TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE WE   WE KNOW THAT GOD GIVES US THE TOOLS TO GET BETTER  RIGHT BUT SOMETIMES WE DON'T SOMETIMES WE'RE SICK   DO YOU KNOW WHAT ALSO FEBRUARY THE 11TH WAS IT  WAS THE ANNIVERSARY OF BENEDICT RESIGNING AS POPE BECAUSE AT LEAST WE'RE TOLD FOR HEALTH  REASONS HEALTH REASONS THERE'S SO MUCH   GOING ON ON FEBRUARY THE 11TH WELL FATHER WHY ARE  YOU TALKING ABOUT THE DAY LATE BECAUSE IT'S STILL   IN OUR HEARTS ALL RIGHT SO JESUS OFFERS THE  BEST WITNESSES TO THE MERCY OF THE FATHER   AND THE FATHER'S LOVE TO THE SICK THAT'S  YOUR CHANCE TO BE LIKE GOD THE FATHER   YOU KNOW IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE WHEN YOU HELP  SOMEBODY WHO'S SICK OR IN NEED YOU THINK WELL   GEE I LUCKY I WAS AROUND I REALLY BENEFITED  THEM I MEAN THAT'S THE ONE THING LIKE WHEN I   WENT HOME WITH MY MOM I WAS LIKE I'M NOT THE ONE  WHO WHO HELPED HER SHE WAS THE ONE WHO HELPED ME   BECAUSE IT GAVE A CHANCE TO BE CHARITABLE IT  GAVE A CHANCE TO BE LOVE I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE   A LOT OF THE TIMES I BELIEVE THAT MY MOM AND DAD  ARE GOING THROUGH THE SUFFERING THAT THEY ARE NOW   I PRAY EVERY MORNING THAT GOD TAKES IT AWAY  YOU SHOULD TOO PRAY EVERY MORNING THAT GOD   TAKES YOUR SUFFERING AWAY JESUS EVEN PRAYED  THIS IN THE GARDEN WHAT DID HE PRAY LORD   FATHER TAKE THIS CHALICE AWAY TAKE THIS CUP AWAY  BUT THEN WHAT DID HE PRAY BUT NOT MY WILL BE DONE   YOUR WILL BE DONE SO EVERY MORNING I PRAY THAT MY  MOM BE HEALED MY DAD BE HEALED EVERYTHING BE FINE   THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD PRAY FOR BUT I ALWAYS PRAY  LORD IF YOU ALLOW IT LET IT BE REDEMPTIVE FOR THEM   NOW I'VE SAID IT BEFORE IN A HOMILY BUT IT'S  WORTH SAYING AGAIN ONE OF THE REASONS I BELIEVE   THAT MY FAMILY IS GOING THROUGH THIS MYSELF  INCLUDED IS BECAUSE WE ALL WERE WE'RE LACKING   SOMETHING IN THE SPIRITUAL LIFE MY MY MOM BY  HER OWN ADMISSION COULD NOT FORGIVE HER MOTHER   FOR THE ABUSE THE PHYSICAL BEATINGS THAT SHE  TOOK AS A LITTLE GIRL WE CAN'T GET TO HEAVEN   WITH UNFORGIVENESS NO MATTER WHAT SOMEBODY HAS  DONE FOR US SO MY PRAYER FOR MY MOM WAS TO FORGIVE   AND THROUGH MY MOM'S SUFFERING AND PLEASE OH I  GOT SOME REALLY BAD LETTERS SAYING FATHER HOW   DARE YOU SAY GOD IS PUNISHING AND WANTS YOUR MOM  TO SUFFER AND ENJOYS HER SUFFERING ARE YOU KIDDING   DO YOU THINK I EVER MEANT THAT AND IF I CAME  ACROSS THAT WAY I APOLOGIZE I'M NEVER INDICATING   THAT GOD WANTS US TO SUFFER IN GOD'S ORDAINED WILL  HE DOESN'T WANT SUFFERING HE DOESN'T WANT US TO   GET SICK AND TO SUFFER BUT IN HIS PERMISSIVE WILL  HE MAY ALLOW IT AND THERE'S A COUPLE REASONS ONE   IS BECAUSE IT CAN PURIFY US MY MOM IF SHE WOULD  HAVE WENT THROUGH HER LIFE UNFORGIVING AND DIED   WITH JUST TOTALLY NOTHING WRONG AND JUST A SUDDEN  ONE DAY DIED WITHOUT HAVING BEEN PURIFIED THERE'S   DANGER FOR THE SOUL THERE BUT NOW MY MOM HAS BEEN  PURIFIED SHE'S GONE THROUGH TRIAL AND TRIBULATION   AND SOMETIMES THAT HAPPENS BEFORE  EVEN PEOPLE TAKE THEIR OWN LIFE THIS IS GOD AT WORK IN THE SOUL AND SO GOD  IS I BELIEVE ALLOWING PURIFICATION FOR MY MOM   SO WHEN I WAS HOME LAST TIME AND MY MOM WAS JUST  BARELY HOLDING ON TO HER HER FACULTIES I SAID MOM   DO YOU FORGIVE GRANDMA AND SHE SAYS YEAH DO YOU  THINK THAT THAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT MY MOM   BEING PURIFIED I DON'T THINK SO NOW AM I SAYING  THAT THAT'S GREAT THANK YOU LORD FOR MAKING MY MOM   SUFFER LIKE THOSE LETTERS I GOT NO I DIDN'T AND  I DON'T MEAN THAT PLEASE DON'T TAKE IT THAT WAY BUT MY DAD BY HIS OWN ADMISSION SAID I WASN'T  ALWAYS THERE FOR YOU GUYS I WAS ALWAYS OFF ON MY   OWN TRIPS MY BUSINESS TRIPS HUNTING OR FISHING  AND LEFT YOU GUYS AT HOME BY HIS OWN ADMISSION   MY DAD WASN'T CHARITABLE IN THE WAY THAT HE COULD  HAVE BEEN BUT NOW YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID HE SAID   I THANK GOD THAT HE'S GIVEN ME THE CHANCE NOW  TO TAKE CARE OF MOM IN A WAY THAT I'VE NEVER   EVER DONE BEFORE MY DAD HAS NEVER BEEN CALLED TO  THIS LEVEL OF CHARITY IN HIS ENTIRE LIFE NOW IF MY   DAD HADN'T DIED OR MY MOM HAD HAD DIED BEFORE ANY  OF THIS SICKNESS HE NEVER WOULD HAVE HAD A CHANCE   TO BE CHARITABLE MY DAD MAY HAVE PASSED AWAY  NEVER HAVING BEEN CHARITABLE LIKE THAT AND WHAT   DOES THE SCRIPTURES TELL US WE DON'T GET TO HEAVEN  WITHOUT EXTREME CHARITY LOVE BUT NOW MY DAD SAYS   I'M SO THANKFUL THAT I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY  TO TAKE CARE OF MOM AND SHOW HER THAT LOVE   THAT I DIDN'T DO EARLIER IN MY LIFE SO NOW THROUGH  THIS CRAZY WAY THAT GOD ALLOWS THIS SUFFERING MAY   HAVE BROUGHT THE SALVATION OF TWO SOULS THAT MAY  HAVE BEEN LOST MY MOM FOR UNFORGIVENESS AND MY DAD   FOR LACK OF CHARITY NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN MY MOM'S  PURIFIED THROUGH HER SUFFERING SHE'S FORGIVEN MY   DAD NOW HAS TO TAKE CARE OF MY MOM HE WAITS ON HER  HAND AND FOOT HE TAKES CARE OF HER HE CHANGES HER   HE BATHES HER HE'S NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE SO  IN A SUPER ACTUAL ACT OF CHARITY BECAUSE OF   THE SUFFERING THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THIS IS WHAT  WE CAN'T COMPREHEND GOD'S WAYS ARE NOT OUR WAYS   AND GOD WILL BRING A GREATER GOOD OUT OF  WAYS WE CAN'T EVEN FATHOM THIS IS AN EXAMPLE   AND SO THE POPE POINTED THIS OUT AND HE SAID GOD  SOMETIMES WORKS IN WAYS THAT WE HAVE NO CLUE HE   SAYS WE JUST HAVE TO TRUST YOU KNOW THIS IS THIS  IS JUST SO POWERFUL UM JESUS HEALED OKAY SO WHEN   WE'RE LIKE THAT WHEN WE'RE LIKE MY FATHER NOW WE  CAN BECOME CHRIST TO OUR LOVED ONES TO STRANGERS   ON OUR EWTN SHOW PLEASE WATCH EVERY WEDNESDAY AT  6 30. WE JUST DID A SHOW ON A WOMAN UP IN BUFFALO   AMY BEZOS THAT SHE'S SHE'S TAKEN UPON HERSELF  TO CARE FOR THE SICK AND THE SUFFERING AND THE   HOMELESS IN THE AREA AND SHE'S THE HANDS  AND FEET OF JESUS IT'S AN INCREDIBLE STORY   AND SO ANYWAY WHEN WE DO THAT WE CAN BE LIKE THE  FATHER WE CAN SHOW THE FATHER'S MERCIFUL LOVE   YOU KNOW JESUS HEALED ALL MANNERS OF DISEASES  AND ILLNESSES IT WAS AN IMPORTANT PART OF HIS   MISSION AND WHAT DID HE DO HE MANDATED  YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT A TRUE MANDATE   ALL RIGHT A TRUE MANDATE ISN'T CLOSING A BUNCH  OF CHURCHES A TRUE MANDATE IS TAKING CARE OF THE   PEOPLE YOU LOVE BOTH PHYSICALLY AND SPIRITUALLY BY  BRINGING THEM CHRIST NOT SHUTTING THE DOOR AND SO   CHRIST COMMANDED THE APOSTLES TO PROCLAIM THE  GOSPEL AND HEAL THE SICK SO MINISTERING TO THE   SICK IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF BEING A CHRISTIAN YOU  KNOW BACK IN THE DAYS THEY WOULD NEVER ALLOW THIS   WHEN I WAS IN NORTH CAROLINA I WOULD TAKE MY  BIG YELLOW LAB ROCKY TO THE NURSING HOME AND   I INITIALLY STARTED VISITING OUR CHURCH MEMBERS  FROM ST MARK'S HUNTERSVILLE IN NORTH CAROLINA AND   AND THE THE PEOPLE OF NORTH CAROLINA WERE SO GREAT  GOD BLESS THEM AND THEY PROBABLY WOULD STILL DO IT   TODAY BUT I'M SURE THERE'S A MILLION MANDATES THAT  DON'T LET THEM I WOULD LITERALLY TAKE ROCKY IN   THERE ON A LEASH AND I'D TAKE HIM UP TO THE ROOMS  AND THE PEOPLE LOVED HIM THERE WERE SOME VISITORS   SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE VISITORS FOR YEARS BUT  THEY WOULD JUST PET ROCKY AND HE WAS ALWAYS   LOOKING FOR A FREE HANDOUT FREE MUNCHING HE WOULD  I REMEMBER ONE TIME HE DOVE UNDER THE BED OF THIS   PRECIOUS OLD LADY SHE WAS LIKE 99 AND HE'S  SQUIRMING ANOTHER BUT HE'S A BIG HUNDRED POUND LAB   AND HE'S SQUIRMING UNDER THE BEND I'M TRYING  TO PULL HIM OUT AND HE'S SQUIRMING UNDER THE   BED AND HE CAME UP WITH A PIECE OF CRUST THAT HAD  FALLEN UNDERNEATH THE BED AND THAT LITTLE 99 YEAR   OLD WOMAN LAUGHED AND THE DOC THE NURSE TOLD ME  THEY HADN'T SEEN HER LAUGH IN YEARS OVER A DOG AND SO THIS IS HOW WE CAN BRING CHRIST TO PEOPLE  TO TOUCH THE SUFFERING FLESH OF CHRIST NOT TO BE   AFRAID WERE THE WERE THE PRIESTS AND NUNS AFRAID  IN THE MIDDLE AGES WHEN THE PLAGUE WHICH IS   WAY WORSE THAN WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH NOW PEOPLE  WERE DYING A THIRD OF EUROPE SOME REPORTS SAY   DIED FROM THE PLAGUE BUT YET THE PRIESTS AND THE  NURSES THEY DIDN'T THE PRIESTS AND THE NUNS THEY   DIDN'T SHUT THE CHURCHES THEY OPENED THEM UP AND  BROUGHT THE PEOPLE IN AND TOOK CARE OF THEM THEY   WEREN'T AFRAID THAT'S WHAT CONVERTED EUROPE THAT'S  WHAT CONVERTED THE WORLD AND NOW WE'RE BEING ASKED   TO CLOSE OUR DOORS SHUT OURSELVES BEHIND THINGS  OUT OF FEAR THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE EVIL ONE WANTS   WANTS US TO BE AFRAID NO AND THE MODERN DAY LEPERS  ARE THE UNVACCINATED STAY AWAY FROM ME DON'T EVEN   GET NEAR ME I'VE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE TELL ME  THEY HAVEN'T SEEN THEIR GRANDKIDS IN TWO YEARS   BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID WE CAN'T BE CONTROLLED BY THAT THAT'S  THE DEVIL THAT WANTS TO CONTROL US   PRAY FOR THIS SITUATION ALL  RIGHT SO WHAT DID THE POPE SAY   THE POPE MADE THIS DAY OF THE SICK TO HEALTH CARE  WORKERS GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU HEALTH CARE WORKERS   HE SAID DEAR HEALTH CARE WORKERS YOUR SERVICE  ALONGSIDE THE SICK CARRIED OUT WITH LOVE AND   COMPETENCE TRANSCENDS THE BOUNDS OF YOUR  PROFESSION AND BECOMES A MISSION YOUR HANDS   WHICH TOUCH THE SUFFERING FLESH OF CHRIST CAN  BE A SIGN OF THE MERCIFUL HANDS OF THE FATHER   BE MINDFUL OF THE GREAT DIGNITY OF YOUR PROFESSION  AS WELL AS THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT IT ENTAILS   HE ALSO PRAYS THE TECHNOLOGY AND SAYS THAT WE NEED  TO USE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S HOW GOD GIVES US PEOPLE   SAY WELL I DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE DOCTOR GOD  WILL HEAL ME YES HE'LL HEAL YOU THROUGH THE DOCTOR   RIGHT AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO FORGET  THIS BUT HE SAYS DON'T FORGET THOUGH   THAT THE DIGNITY AND FRAILTIES AND THE  PERSON ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THEIR DISEASE   SO WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THESE ARE PEOPLE WE  DON'T TREAT IT LIKE THEY ARE LEPER OUTCASTS   THAT'S WHAT CHRIST RAILED AGAINST IN THE GOSPEL  VACCINATED OR UNVACCINATED THESE ARE NOT LEPERS   EVEN LEPERS WE SHOULDN'T TREAT AS LEPERS WE TREAT  HIM AS CHRIST AND SO THE HOLY FATHER PRAISED   THE CHAPLAINS AND THE OTHERS  WHO BRING CHRIST TO THE SICK   AND HE SAID THIS LISTEN I WANT TO FINISH  WITH THIS HE SAID IF THE WORST DISCRIMINATION   SUFFERED BY THE POOR INCLUDING THE SICK WHO ARE  POOR IN HEALTH IS THE LACK OF SPIRITUAL ATTENTION   WE CANNOT FAIL TO OFFER THEM GOD'S CLOSENESS HIS  BLESSING AND HIS WORD GUESS WHERE YOU DO THAT   THE CHURCHES AS WELL AS THE SACRAMENTS  WHERE DO YOU DO THAT THE CHURCHES   AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A JOURNEY OF GROWTH IN  FAITH SO RIGHT THERE THE HOLY FATHER IS TELLING US   THAT WE CAN'T JUST FORGET WE CAN'T JUST FOCUS ON  THE PHYSICAL WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON THE SPIRITUAL   IF PEOPLE WANT TO GIVE UP EVERYTHING IN OUR FAITH   BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID OF THE TEMPORAL  PHYSICAL THE ETERNAL IS A LOT LONGER   AND WE CAN'T FOREGO OUR ETERNAL SALVATION FOR  THAT SO ANYWAY WELL DOES THE BIBLE THEN SAY   FAITH HEALING IS GOOD DOES THE BIBLE SAY DON'T  WORRY ABOUT THE DOCTORS JUST BE HEALED BY FAITH   A LOT OF NON-CATHOLICS SAY THIS NOW ATHEISTS I  WAS JUST READING THIS THE OTHER NIGHT ATHEISTS   SAY THAT THE BIBLE IS UNSCIENTIFIC BECAUSE IT  ENCOURAGES FAITH HEALING AND THEY BLAME THE BIBLE   FOR MANY SICKNESSES TODAY I JUST READ THIS  POWERFUL ARTICLE WHERE THIS GROUP OF ATHEISTIC   DOCTORS WAS SAYING THAT THE BIBLE IS THE BIGGEST  PROBLEM BECAUSE IT'S CONVINCING PEOPLE NOT TO USE   MEDICINE NOT TO GET VACCINATED AND SO THESE GROUP  OF ATHEISTIC DOCTORS CAME TOGETHER ON THIS ARTICLE   AND SAID STAY AWAY FROM THE BIBLE BASICALLY  NOW THEY DIDN'T USE THOSE WORDS BUT THAT'S   BASICALLY WHAT THEY WERE SAYING BECAUSE THEY WERE  BLAMING THE BIBLE FOR SAYING YOU'RE TRUSTING HELL   FAITH HEALING AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE HEALED  ALL RIGHT SO IS THIS TRUE DOES THE BIBLE DO THAT   LET'S LOOK AT THIS PRAYING FOR THE SICK INSTEAD  OF TREATING THEM WITH MEDICINE DEVELOPED   THIS IS THE QUESTION THE CRITICS CITE  TRAGIC STORIES OF BIBLE-BELIEVING PARENTS   RIGHT WHO CHOSE TO PRAY FOR THEIR SICK  CHILDREN INSTEAD OF TAKING THEM TO THE HOSPITAL   LIKE A BLOWN APPENDIX THEY THEN SAID  RELIGION IS THEREFORE DANGEROUS OKAY   IS THIS TRUE FIRST YES THERE HAVE BEEN PARENTS  WHO HAVE NOT TAKEN THEIR CHILDREN TO THE DOCTOR BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED GOD WOULD HEAL THEM AND THE  CHILD DIED BUT IS THIS WHAT THE CHURCH TEACHES IS   THIS WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES ACTUALLY NOT ALL RIGHT  THAT'S THE INDIVIDUAL PERSON'S BELIEF THAT IS   NOT THE CHRISTIAN TEACHING ALL RIGHT THE BIBLE  SHOWS FAITH AND MEDICINE BELIEVE IT OR NOT   DO YOU KNOW MEDICINES IN THE BIBLE LISTEN  TO THIS EZEKIEL 47 12 DESCRIBES LEAVES   THAT CAN BE USED FOR HEALING DID YOU KNOW  THAT JEREMIAH 8 22 THE LORD PROPOSES BASICALLY   INDICATES THAT HIS PEOPLE ARE ILL BECAUSE THEY  DIDN'T GO TO THE PHYSICIAN THAT'S INTERESTING   THIS WAS IN THE LAND OF GILEAD I USED TO LIVE ON  GILEAD ROAD IN NORTH CAROLINA COLOSSIANS 4 14 PAUL   CALLS LUKE THE BELOVED PHYSICIAN SO THAT MUST  MEAN THERE WAS SOME VALUE IN BEING A PHYSICIAN   AND JESUS HIMSELF SAID THOSE WHO ARE WELL HAVE  NO NEED OF A PHYSICIAN BUT THOSE WHO ARE SICK DO INTERESTING THAT'S MARK 2 17. ALL RIGHT NOW   SOME SAY THAT II CHRONICLES 16 VERSE 12 CONDEMNS  MEDICINE AND ACTUALLY SAYS ONLY HAVE FAITH ALONE   LISTEN TO WHY THEY SAY THAT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND  THIS THIS IS SECOND CHRONICLES 16 VERSE 12. LISTEN   TO THIS IN THE 39TH YEAR OF HIS REIGN ASSA WAS  DISEASED IN HIS FEET AND HIS DISEASE BECAME SEVERE   YET EVEN IN HIS DISEASE HE DID NOT SEEK THE  LORD BUT SOUGHT HELP FROM PHYSICIANS AND ASA   DIED DYING IN HIS 41ST YEAR OF HIS  REIGN NOW ATHEISTS WILL POINT TO THAT EVEN SOME PEOPLE WILL POINT TO THAT AND SAY THAT'S  A PROBLEM THE BIBLE CONDEMNS MEDICINE IT'S JUST   SAYING HE DIDN'T THAT HE TRUSTED IN THE DOCTOR  AND HE DIED THIS IS WHAT THE BIBLE IS MESSED   UP BECAUSE IT'S IT'S SAYING IF YOU TRUST IN THE  DOCTOR YOU'RE GOING TO GO YOU'RE GOING TO DIE NO   THIS PASSAGE ACTUALLY TELLS US SOMETHING THAT YOU  MAY NOT HAVE CAUGHT ASSA CONTINUALLY IGNORED THE   LORD AND PUT HIS TRUST ONLY IN THE PHYSICIANS  RIGHT LIKE THE KING OF SYRIA AND NOTHING IN GOD   WHAT GOD IS SAYING IS TRUST ME TO HEAL YOU AND  THEN GO TO THE TOOL THAT I USE CALLED THE DOCTOR THEY GO TOGETHER THEY'RE COMPATIBLE  THIS IS CATHOLIC CHURCH TEACHING   THIS ASA TRUSTED ONLY IN THE DOCTORS  TO SAVE HIMSELF INSTEAD OF THE LORD   NOW HE NEVER THEN TRUSTED GOD WHEN I  TRUST GOD IT'S LIKE LORD I'M TRUSTING   IF YOU'RE GOING TO HEAL ME I'LL GO TO THE  DOCTOR TO BE HEALED I'D BE DEAD RIGHT NOW   2017 I HAD SEVERE BLOOD CLOTS FROM FLYING ALL  OVER THE PLACE AND I CAME WITHIN A WHISPER OF   DYING THEN THE NEXT YEAR THEY FOUND 99 BLOCKAGE IN  THE LAD OF MY HEART IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THEY CALL   IT THE WIDOW MAKER LIKE I DON'T HAVE A WIFE I'M  NOT GOING TO MAKE NO WIDOW BUT THE SPIRITUAL THE   CHURCH IS OUR BRIDE SO YEAH IT WOULD HAVE BEEN  A WIDOWMAKER AND AND I WENT TO THE DOCTOR MARIE   ROMAGNANO WHO HAS HER HEALTHCARE CONFERENCE THIS  WEEKEND SHE'S THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY SAVED MY LIFE   SHE'S THE MARIAN NURSE HOW BECAUSE I  TRUSTED GOD THAT THROUGH HIS DOCTORS   ALL RIGHT SO THE TEXT DOESN'T THE BIBLE DOES  NOT CONDEMN ASSAD FROM RELYING ON DOCTORS   IT CONDEMNS HIM BECAUSE HE DIDN'T SEEK THE  LORD YOU CAN DO BOTH YOU KNOW YES THE BIBLE   SAYS WE SHOULD PRAY AND ASK GOD FOR HELP  INCLUDING HELP WHEN WE ARE SICK THIS IS TRUE   AND THE BIBLE SHOWS THAT WE CAN DO THROUGH THE  TOOLS GOD GIVES US MEDICINE TECHNOLOGY DOCTORS   YOU KNOW THE BIBLE RECORDS NUMEROUS INSTANCES OF  PEOPLE WHO COULD NOT BE CURED BY MAN-MADE MEDICINE   THIS IS TRUE BUT ONLY THROUGH DIVINE INTERVENTION  LIKE FOR INSTANCE MARK 5 25 BUT THE BIBLE   NEVER SAYS THAT WE ARE ONLY TO PRAY IN  THE FACE OF ILLNESS AND NEVER RELY ON   THE HELP GOD GIVES US THE BIBLE NEVER SAYS  THAT AND SO LET'S LOOK AT OUR NEXT SLIDE   IF BROTHER MARK CAN PUT UP THERE WE'RE GOING TO  READ IT ALONG WITH US ALL RIGHT LISTEN TO THIS   SIRACH WHEN YOU ARE SICK DON'T BE NEGLIGENT  THIS IS RIGHT FROM THE BIBLE THIS IS INCREDIBLE   SHOW THIS TO YOUR NON-CATHOLIC FRIENDS WHO  SAY THEY DON'T NEED A DOCTOR GOD WILL HEAL   THEM WHEN YOU ARE SICK DON'T BE NEGLIGENT  BUT PRAY TO THE LORD AND HE WILL HEAL YOU   AND GIVE THE PHYSICIAN HIS PLACE FOR THE LORD  CREATED HIM LET HIM NOT LEAVE YOU FOR THERE IS   NEED OF HIM THERE IS A TIME WHEN SUCCESS LIES IN  THE HANDS OF THE PHYSICIANS THIS IS IN THE BIBLE   FOR THEY TOO WILL PRAY TO THE LORD THAT HE SHOULD  GRANT THEM SUCCESS IN DIAGNOSIS AND IN HEALING   FOR THE SAKE OF PRESERVING LIFE WOW JUST DON'T  MAKE THAT PHYSICIAN GOD SOME PEOPLE WON'T CARE   I'M NEVER STEPPING IN A CHURCH EVER AGAIN MY WHOLE  LIFE BECAUSE MY DOCTOR SAYS I MIGHT GET COVETED   NOW YOU'RE MAKING THE PHYSICIAN GOD NOW DOES  THAT MEAN YOU SHOULDN'T BE PRUDENT NO BE PRUDENT   IF YOU ARE AT HIGH RISK YOU ARE IN ABSOLUTE  DANGER ABSOLUTELY YOU GOT TO BE PRUDENT   BUT MAYBE CALL THE CHURCH AND SAY PRIEST  FATHER CAN YOU BRING THE COMMUNION TO ME JUST DON'T DENY YOURSELF THE GRACE THAT'S ALL  WE'RE SAYING HERE WE'RE NOT SAYING NOT TO BE   PRUDENT ALL THIS HELP COMES FROM GOD ALL RIGHT  SO WHAT ABOUT THIS WHAT ABOUT WHEN YOU DON'T   RECEIVE HEALING HOW ABOUT WHEN WE  ASK GOD AND DON'T RECEIVE HEALING   AND SOMETIMES DOCTORS CAN'T HEAL US ARE WE  SAYING THAT THE DOCTOR IS ALWAYS GOING TO   HAVE THE ANSWER BECAUSE HE'S GOD'S TOOL NO  SOMETIMES THE DOCTORS DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER   FATHER ANTHONY STILL STRUGGLING TRYING TO FIND  OUT WHAT MEDICAL THINGS HE'S STRUGGLING WITH POOR   MARK MASTERY HAD LYME'S DISEASE AND MANY OTHER  STRUGGLES THAT DOCTORS WERE STRUGGLING TO DIAGNOSE   AND SOMETIMES THEY GET THE BEST OF US  SOMETIMES WE WE WE WE THE BODY CAN'T TAKE IT   AND SO WE PRAY TO GOD THAT WE WE WE HAVE  MERCY SOMETIMES HE ALLOWS THEM TO BE SUFFERING   SOULS CHOSEN SPECIALLY FOR A MISSION THAT  UNFORTUNATELY ENDS IN DEATH SAINT FAUSTINA   30S SAINT THERESE 30S SAINT  BERNADETTE 30S JESUS THIRTIES   MARK MASTERY THIRTIES HOW MANY TIMES WE  HEAR AND SEE THINGS WE JUST DON'T COMPREHEND AND SO WHAT WE DO THEN DON'T LOSE FAITH IF WE  DO ASK FOR HEALING AND IT DOESN'T COME JESUS   SAYS THAT WE'LL GET WHATEVER WE ASK THOUGH FATHER  WHEN WE PRAY HOW COME I DON'T GET WHAT I ASK THEN   WHAT ABOUT THAT MARK 11 23 SAYS WHOEVER SAYS TO  THIS MOUNTAIN BE TAKEN UP AND CAST INTO THE SEA   AND DOES NOT DOUBT IN HIS HEART BUT BELIEVES  THAT WHAT HE SAYS WILL COME TRUE IT WILL BE DONE   FOR HIM THEREFORE I TELL YOU WHATEVER YOU ASK IN  PRAYER BELIEVE THAT YOU'LL RECEIVE IT AND YOU WILL   MAN THAT'S A TOUGH ONE ISN'T IT THAT'S A  TOUGH ONE LORD WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME HERE   I TOTALLY TRUSTED YOU I BELIEVED  THAT YOU WERE GOING TO SEND ME A WIFE   I BELIEVED AND I TRUSTED YOU LORD AND I  PRAYED AND I THOUGHT YOU SENT THE RIGHT ONE   BEFORE I BECAME A MARIAN PRETTIEST GIRL IN NORTH  CAROLINA HAD EVERYTHING I COULD EVER ASK FOR I   WANTED TO GET MARRIED BUT IT WASN'T TO BE HOW COME  LORD YOU DIDN'T ANSWER MY PRAYER BECAUSE GOD HAD   ANOTHER PLAN A BETTER PLAN YOU KNOW THERE'S A  MOVEMENT OUT THERE CALLED WORD OF FAITH KENNETH   COPELAND AND SOME OTHERS AND HERE'S WHAT THEY  TEACH THEY TEACH ARE YOU PRAYING FOR SOMETHING BIG   HEALING FROM CANCER A RESTORED MARRIAGE THE  BEST JOB YOU'VE EVER HAD A NEW HUSBAND OR WIFE   HOW DO YOU KNOW YOUR PRAYER WILL BE ANSWERED  THIS NON-CATHOLIC GROUP SAYS IF YOU BELIEVE   YOU RECEIVE WHEN YOU PRAY  YOUR ANSWER IS ON THE WAY IF YOU BELIEVE YOU WILL RECEIVE WHATEVER  YOU PRAY YOUR ANSWER IS ON THE WAY SORRY   THAT'S NOT CATHOLIC CHURCH TEACHING HE ADMITS  IN ALL FAIRNESS THAT NOT ALL PRAYERS ARE IN FACT   ANSWERED AS WE WOULD LIKE AND THEY'LL POINT OUT  THAT THE TRUTH THEY'LL POINT OUT THE TRUTH THAT   THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS TO CONSIDER WHEN IT  COMES TO HEALING AND WHY PEOPLE ARE NOT HEALED   THEY DO SAY THIS BUT HERE'S WHAT'S INTERESTING  HERE'S THE TWO REASONS THAT THESE NON-CATHOLICS   GIVE AS REASONS WHY PEOPLE ARE NOT HEALED ONE  THEY'RE NOT HEALED BECAUSE THEIR LACK OF FAITH THIS IS THE MOST COMMON REASON GIVEN FOR SUICIDE  AND WHY THE CHURCH USED TO TEACH YOU WERE DAMNED   HAVE YOU SEEN MY BOOK OUT NOW CALLED AFTER  SUICIDE THAT'S NOT WHAT THE CHURCH TEACHES IT'S NOT WHAT THE CHURCH TEACHES AND SO  THEY TEACH OR THEY BELIEVE THIS OTHER GROUP   THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT HEALED BECAUSE THEY  HAVE A LACK OF FAITH WELL IT IS TRUE SOME DO   MATTHEW 13 58 SHOWS THAT THEY ALSO  SAID THERE'S ANOTHER GROUP THAT ARE NOT   HEALED BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T REPENT FROM THEIR SIN  THERE'S SOME TRUTH HERE PSALM 66 FIRST JOHN 3   BUT TO THIS GROUP FAILURE TO RECEIVE IS THEIR  FAULT BUT THIS IS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE REMEMBER   JESUS SAID THAT TOWER THAT FELL ON THOSE PEOPLE  HE SAYS WAS IT BECAUSE OF THEIR SIN HE SAID NO CHRISTIANS ARE CALLED TO SUFFER AS CHRIST DID  BUT NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THEIR OWN SINS OR LACK   OF FAITH BECAUSE OF THE SINS OF THE WORLD WE MUST  COMPLETE WHAT IS LACKING IN THE SUFFERINGS OF   OF CHRIST FOR THE SAKE OF HIS BODY THE CHURCH  THAT'S RIGHT IN SCRIPTURE NOW CHRISTIANS   ARE SOMETIMES CALLED TO SUFFER FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S  SALVATION DID YOU KNOW THIS AS WELL AS THEIR OWN   THIS IS WHAT SAINT FAUSTINA DID SHE  SUFFERED GREATLY I BELIEVE FOR MY SALVATION   IF IT WASN'T FOR SAINT FAUSTINA I WOULD NOT BE  HERE TODAY SAINT FAUSTINA SUFFERED TREMENDOUSLY   I WAS ON THE WRONG PATH I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE  ONLY THINGS THAT MATTERED TO ME IN THIS WORLD   WERE MORE MONEY A BEAUTIFUL WIFE AND FIANCEE  AND AN INCREDIBLE HOME ON LAKE NORMAN IN NORTH   CAROLINA THAT WAS ALL THAT MATTERED TO ME  IF IT WASN'T FOR SAINT FAUSTINA'S SUFFERING   AND HOW GOD USED HER AND BROUGHT THE MESSAGE  OF MERCY TO THE WORLD I'D NEVER KNOW ABOUT IT   I WOULDN'T HAVE FOUND DIVINE MERCY I WOULDN'T  HAVE HAD A REVERSION I WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY   SAINT FAUSTINA SUFFERED FROM MY SALVATION THIS  IS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE PART OF THE BODY OF   CHRIST THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A SAINT THIS  IS WHAT IT MEANS IN THE CATHOLIC FAITH IT'S NOT   JUST ABOUT ME AND JESUS YES IT'S ABOUT ME AND  JESUS BUT IT'S ABOUT ME AND JESUS AND ALL OF YOU IT MAY BE THAT THE PERSON ASKING FOR  THE PRAYERS IS NOT HEALED BECAUSE IT'S   ALSO SIMPLY NOT GOD'S WILL HOW COULD THAT BE  FATHER THOSE ARE THE SCATHING LETTERS I GOT   HOW DARE YOU SAY YOU'RE IT WAS GOD WANTED YOUR  MOM TO BE BEATEN BY HER MOTHER I NEVER SAID THAT   GOD'S ORDAINED WILL HE DOESN'T WANT SUN EVEN  A SINGLE BIT OF SICKNESS DEATH OR SUFFERING   BUT IN HIS HIS PERMISSIVE WILL HE ALLOWS IT THE  REASON IS BECAUSE IT'S THE CONSEQUENCE OF SIN   AND SO SOME PEOPLE HAVE SHOULDERED THAT BURDEN  ALL THE SIN WE'RE DOING IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW ALL   THAT SIN THAT'S GOING ON IN ARIZONA AS WE SPEAK AT  THIS VERY MOMENT THEY ARE DOING BLACK MASSES WITH   CONSECRATED STOLEN HOSTS FROM CATHOLIC CHURCHES  PLEASE WHEN YOU GO TO MASS JUST KEEP AN EYE   LET THE USHERS KNOW IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY GRABBING  THE EUCHARIST PUTTING IT IN THEIR HAND AND SOME   PRIESTS I'VE NOTICED ARE JUST OBLIVIOUS THEY JUST  GO BACK OUT TO DISTRIBUTE I WATCH EVERY SINGLE   PERSON TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY RECEIVE WE HAD ONE  CASE HERE NOT MAYBE A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHERE I   DISTRIBUTED TO THE WOMAN SHE PUTS IT IN HER HAND  SHE WALKS AWAY I'M WATCHING OUT OF THE CORNER OF   MY EYES I'M GETTING READY TO DISTRIBUTE SHE PUTS  IT IN HER POCKET SHE STARTS HEADING OUT THE DOOR   I STOPPED AND I SAID MA'AM EXCUSE ME SHE KEPT  WALKING SHE WOULDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE ME AND I'M LIKE   MA'AM MA'AM AND SHE KEEPS WALKING RIGHT OUT THAT  DOOR I LITERALLY CHASED HER OUT THE DOOR NICELY AND I SAID MA'AM I'M SORRY BUT YOU NEED TO  CONSUME SHE SAID I'M GOING TO EAT IT OUTSIDE   AND I SAID NO MA'AM YOU NEED TO CONSUME THAT NOW  I'M SORRY YOU NEED TO CONSUME THAT NOW SHE SAYS   I'M NOT GOING TO EAT IT NOW I'M GOING TO EAT IT  OUTSIDE LATER AND I SAYS MAN PLEASE HAND ME THE   HOST BACK WHO KNOWS WHAT WAS GOING TO BE DONE WITH  THAT HOST WHO KNOWS WHAT SACRILEGE THEY'RE ALREADY   REPORTING THAT THEY HAVE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS  OF STOLEN HOSTS TO DO THIS BLACK MASS THIS WEEKEND THAT TAKES A LOT OF REPARATION TO THE GOD TO THE  SACRED HEART OF JESUS FOR THE WOUNDS THAT HE'S   INCURRED AND THERE ARE SOME OF US THAT GIVE  BACK THAT REPARATION THROUGH OUR SUFFERING   WHETHER OR NOT IT BECOMES MERITORIOUS  IS WHETHER YOU ACCEPT IT OR NOT   THIS IS AMAZING AND A CALL LIKE THAT YOUR CALL  TO SHARE ON THE CROSS OF CHRIST IS DIFFICULT   I'M THE BIGGEST WIMP WHEN IT COMES TO  SUFFERING I RUN FROM IT LIKE A TRACK STAR   BUT IT BUGS ME BECAUSE I WISH I DIDN'T I  WISH I COULD EMBRACE IT MORE SOME PEOPLE   DON'T HAVE A CHOICE THEY'RE GIVEN THAT  SUFFERING AND THEY DON'T HAVE A CHOICE BUT SEE IN IT SOMEHOW SOME WAY THAT GOD'S WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES   THAT THAT SUFFERING COULD BE  REDEMPTIVE FOR YOU OR YOUR LOVED ONE GOD JUST CONFIRMING IT WITH THE BELLS   SO THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON SOMETIMES  WE ONLY TURN TO HIM IN TIMES OF TROUBLE   THIS IS THE ONLY TIME SOME PEOPLE WILL EVER  TURN TO GOD HOW MANY STORIES HAVE I READ AND   STORIES I'VE HEARD OH I DON'T NEED GOD IF NOTHING  WENT WRONG IN OUR LIVES WE WOULD NEVER NEED GOD   WE WOULD NEVER NEED HIM SOMETIMES THE ONLY TIMES  WE FALL TO OUR KNEES IS WHEN THE SUFFERING BECOMES   SO BAD YOU KNOW II CORINTHIANS 12 VERSE 7  REMEMBER PAUL ASKED GOD THREE TIMES TO HEAL   HIM FROM THE THORN IN HIS FLESH AND WHAT DID GOD  SAY YOU KNOW PAUL YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB FOR ME   LET ME TAKE CARE OF THAT RIGHT AWAY  WHAT DID WHAT DID GOD SAY TO PAUL NO WHY WHY WOULD GOD SAY NO HE SAID  MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU   FOR MY POWER IS MADE PERFECT IN YOUR WEAKNESS FOR NOW THAT THORN IS GOING TO REMAIN FOR ME   I'M CONVINCED THAT THE THORNS THAT  REMAIN AND I GOT A MILLION OF THEM IS SO THAT WE REALIZE HOW WEAK AND  BROKEN AND MISERABLE WE ARE WITHOUT GOD PAUL SAID AFTER JESUS TOLD THAT I WILL   ALL THE MORE GLADLY BOAST OF MY WEAKNESSES  SO THAT THE POWER OF CHRIST MAY REST UPON ME DON'T THINK IT'S A BAD THING YEAH IT'S TOUGH YOU  KNOW THE GREEK WORD FOR WEAKNESS IS ATHENAEUS AND THIS IS THE SAME WORD FOR INFIRMITY SO  IF GOD SAYS YOUR GLORY IS MADE GREAT YOUR   WEAKNESS HE'S TALKING ABOUT YOUR SICKNESS MAN YOU  CATHOLICS ARE CRAZY WELL THEN THE BIBLE'S CRAZY WE CATHOLICS ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO TEACH THIS   IN MATTHEW 8 17 IT USES THE WORD INFIRMITIES AND  REFERENCES ISAIAH 53 4 HE TOOK OUR INFIRMITIES   AND BORE OUR DISEASES NOW REMEMBER  JESUS SAID NOT MY WILL BE DONE   YOUR WILL BE DONE HEAVENLY FATHER SO WHATEVER  WE ARE ASKING FOR MUST BE FIRST GOD'S WILL   IN OUR LIFE WHATEVER IS AGAINST GOD'S  WILL IS EVIL AND GOD CAN'T DO EVIL SO IF YOU'RE ASKING GOD FOR SOMETHING AGAINST  HIS WILL EVEN IF YOU DON'T KNOW IT DON'T WORRY   WELL FATHER I DON'T KNOW I DON'T WANT TO ASK GOD  KNOWS IF YOU KNOW OR NOT IT MAKES SENSE THAT GOD   WOULD NOT GRANT IT GO BACK TO MY EXAMPLE OF A  WIFE I PRAYED EVERY DAY LORD IS GINA THE RIGHT   ONE AM I TO GET MARRIED SEND ME THIS WIFE SEND  ME THE WIFE LORD GOD DIDN'T ANSWER I MEAN HE   ANSWERED IT BUT SOMETIMES HIS ANSWER ISN'T THE  WAY WE WANT HIS ANSWER WAS NO NOW I LOOK BACK   OH I CAN'T IMAGINE NOT BEING A PRIEST NOW I  COULDN'T IMAGINE BUT IF IF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN   UP TO ME BACK THEN I WOULD SAY GIVE ME THAT  WIFE THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO MAKE ME HAPPY   SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE TOLD ME BACK WHEN I WAS IN  HIGH SCHOOL I COULD BE A PRIEST I WOULD HAVE CRIED I WOULD HAVE CRIED AND THAT WOULD HAVE JUST  FLOORED ME I CAN'T DO THAT I DON'T WANT THAT   THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANT LORD WELL LORD KNEW IT TOOK  YEARS TO GET ME ON THAT PATH TO FINALLY REALIZE   I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE NOW BECAUSE GOD HAD A BETTER PLAN FOR ME THIS IS WHAT  WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND NOW THIS IS THIS IS POWERFUL   SOME BELIEVE THAT JESUS TOOK OUR AFFIRMATIVES ON  THE CROSS AND THUS ACCORDING TO FIRST PETER 2 24   THIS MEANS THAT CHRIST ACCOMPLISHED EVERYTHING ON  THE CROSS BY WAY OF HEALING US AND CAN AND WILL BE   FULLY APPROPRIATED IN OUR LIFE TODAY RIGHT NOW  IN THIS WORLD MEANING EVERYTHING IF YOU BELIEVE   IN THAT FAITH WILL BE PERFECT FOR YOU YOU'LL BE  HEALED OF EVERYTHING YOU'LL BE GIVEN EVERYTHING   I ALWAYS POINT OUT WATCH THE DANGER WATCH THE  DANGER OF THESE NON-CATHOLIC TEACHINGS THEY'RE   NOT THE GOSPEL I TOLD YOU THE STORY I WAS SLIPPING  THROUGH LOOKING FOR EWTN ONE NIGHT AND I CAME   ACROSS ONE OF THOSE MEGA CHURCHES BROTHER MARK HAS  THE UH NEXT SLIDE UH HERE'S A PICTURE OF ONE OF   THOSE MEGA CHURCHES THEY'RE SWEEPING CATHOLICS  OUT OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH BY THE MILLIONS AND I TURN IT ON AND I'M LISTENING YOU YOU WANT  THAT NEW WIFE YOU PRAY TO JESUS YOU'LL GET THAT   NEW WIFE YOU WANT THAT NEW JOB YOU PRAY TO JESUS  YOU'LL GET THAT NEW JOB YOU WANT TO BE THE MANAGER   YOU BELIEVE YOU'RE THE BEST AND WHEN YOU BELIEVE  YOU'RE THE BEST YOU'LL BE MADE THAT MANAGER   I'M SITTING THERE IN DISBELIEF YOU YOU'RE YOU WANT THAT BRAND NEW HOUSE YOU  BELIEVE IN JESUS YOU'LL GET THAT NEW MANSION   THIS IS NOT THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS THIS  IS NOT THE TEACHINGS OF THE SCRIPTURES   THIS IS DANGEROUS AND I BRING IT UP  BECAUSE IT'S DESTROYING SOUTH AMERICA   SOUTH AMERICA BRAZIL USED TO BE 95 CATHOLIC  NOW IT'S BELOW 50 PERCENT BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S   FLEEING LOOKING FOR THIS PROSPERITY GOSPEL THAT  ALL I HAVE TO DO IS SAY I BELIEVE IN JESUS I'M   GOING TO GET MORE MONEY I BELIEVE IN JESUS I'M  GOING TO GET FAME I BELIEVE IN JESUS I'M GOING   TO BECOME A ROCK STAR OR I'M GOING TO BECOME A  MILLIONAIRE A BILLIONAIRE I BELIEVE IN JESUS I'M   GOING TO HAVE MORE MONEY THAN I EVER WANTED AND  THIS IS WHAT THESE MEGA CHURCHES ARE TEACHING   PLEASE DON'T FALL FOR THIS THIS IS  DANGEROUS YOU'RE TALKING YOUR SOUL HERE   BECAUSE THE BIBLE TELLS US TO BE MY  DISCIPLE DENY YOURSELF PICK UP YOUR CROSS   AND FOLLOW ME NOW DOES THAT MEAN  WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE MISERABLE   NO JESUS DIDN'T LOOK TOO HAPPY ON THE CROSS  AND NEITHER DO WE BUT THE CROSS AIN'T THE END WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE CROSS THE RESURRECTION  IF THE END OF OUR EXISTENCE AS CATHOLICS WAS   THE CROSS I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU I'M OUT OF  HERE I'M OUT OF HERE I'M GONE I WOULD AGREE   BUT IT'S NOT THE END THE CROSS  IS THE MEANS TO THE RESURRECTION   THERE IS NO EASTER SUNDAY WITHOUT GOOD FRIDAY  AND THESE TEACHINGS ARE THERE'S NO GOOD FRIDAY ONE OF THESE MEGA PASTORS  WAS ON LARRY KING AND SAID   LARRY KING IS JEWISH AND HE  ASKED HIM YOU NEVER MENTIONED SIN HE SAID YOU NEVER MEANT SHE SAYS  NO MAKES PEOPLE FEEL BAD SERIOUSLY   IF WE DON'T HAVE AN AWARENESS OF OUR  SINFULNESS AND OUR NEED TO REPENT   AND OUR NEED FOR GOD'S MERCY BECAUSE WE ARE  MISERABLY BROKEN WITHOUT HIM WE CAN'T ENTER HEAVEN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TEACHING  KNOWS WHAT SHE'S DOING   BECAUSE UNLIKE BEING ACCUSED OF NOT BEING  BIBLICAL WE ARE THE CHURCH THAT IS BIBLICAL AND I PLEASE I I CORRECT MYSELF BECAUSE NOT ALL  NON-CATHOLIC CHURCHES TEACH THIS PLEASE I I AM   NOT SAYING THAT AT ALL THERE ARE SOME GREAT ONES  THERE ARE SOME GREAT ONES UM CHARLES STANLEY I   USED TO WATCH EVERY DAY UH WHO WAS THAT GUY ON THE  WEST COAST THAT USED TO SHULER HE HE WAS TEACHING   BEAUTIFUL TEACHINGS OUT ON THE WEST COAST SO NO  THEY'RE I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY EVERY NON-CATHOLIC   FITS IN THIS CATEGORY NOT BY ANY MEANS BUT JUST BY  THE SOLID TEACHING OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH YOU HAVE   SCRIPTURE ALL RIGHT SO LET'S GET MOVING ON TO  FINISH UP HERE SO THE NEW TESTAMENT REVEALS THAT   THE FULLNESS OF THE ATONEMENT OF CHRIST WILL NOT  BE APPLIED IN OUR LIVES UNTIL WE ARE IN HEAVEN ROMANS 8 23 SAYS WE WAIT FOR ADOPTION AS  SONS WE AWAIT THE REDEMPTION OF OUR BODIES   NOW WE'VE ALL BEEN REDEEMED YOU'VE HEARD  ME SAY THAT BECAUSE CHRIST'S PASSION DEATH   AND RESURRECTION REDEEMED ALL MANKIND BUT NOT  ALL MANKIND WILL BE SAVED JESUS DID HIS PART   WE'RE ALL REDEEMED NOW WE HAVE TO DO OUR  PART NOW SALVATION YES OKAY I GOT TO BE   CAREFUL HERE IT DOES NOT DEPEND ON US BUT WHAT  SALVATION DOES DEPEND ON IS YOU COOPERATING   WITH GOD YOUR SALVATION DEPENDS ON GOD BUT  IT DEPENDS ON YOU THAT YOU COOPERATE WITH IT   ALL RIGHT OUR BODIES HAVE NOT YET BEEN FULLY  GLORIFIED SOMETIMES ACCORDING TO GOD'S WILL THE   GRACE OF GOD PURCHASED FOR US ON THE CROSS WILL  HEAL US IT WILL HEAL OUR BODIES BUT THIS IS NOT   THE NORM IT'S CALLED A MIRACLE WHEN WILL YOU  BE FULLY HEALED IN HEAVEN IN THE CONFESSIONAL MIRACLES DO HAPPEN BUT NOT ALWAYS   NOT EVERY DAY PAUL SAID DO ALL WORK MIRACLES  DO ALL POSSESS THE GIFT OF HEALING HE SAID NO IT'S NOT JUST OUR BODIES THAT  ARE NOT FULLY REDEEMED YET   OUR SOULS ALTHOUGH FULLY REDEEMED THROUGH  BAPTISM AND YES CHRIST ON THE CROSS   THEY'RE NOT FULLY AND FINALLY REDEEMED AS THEY ARE  STILL SUBJECT TO INFIRMITY HOW DOES THAT MEAN YES   PAUL SAYS SINCE WE HAVE THESE PROMISES BELOVED  LET US CLEANSE OURSELVES FROM EVERY DEFILEMENT   OF THE BODY AND SPIRIT AND MAKE HOLINESS PERFECT  IN THE FEAR OF GOD YOU WANT TO FEAR FEAR GOD AND THAT IS WHY REDEMPTION IS SEEN IN THE  SCRIPTURES AS NOT ONLY AN ACCOMPLISHED REALITY   IN THE LIFE OF CHRISTIANS BUT ALSO AS A FUTURE AND  CONTINGENT REALITY CALLED SALVATION BUT BASICALLY   AS I SAID GOD HAS DID HIS PART NOW WE HAVE TO DO  OURS MEANING WE COOPERATE MEANING WE DON'T CREATE   THE GRACE TO BE SAVED WE COOPERATE WITH IT  REMEMBER SAINT AUGUSTINE GOD CREATED YOU WITHOUT   YOU BUT HE WILL NOT SAVE YOU WITHOUT YOU THAT'S  AMAZING RIGHT WRAPPING UP HERE SOMETIMES PEOPLE   CAN IGNORE THE REALITY THAT EVERYONE IS NOT HEALED  WELL THEN IT MUST BE YOUR FAITH OR YOUR SIN WE   JUST WENT OVER THAT SOMETIMES IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE  A SPECIAL SUFFERING SERVANT TO BEAR WITH CHRIST ON   THE CROSS TO MAKE ATONEMENT FOR THE WHOLE WORLD  THAT'S WHEN WE PRAY THE CHAPLET WHAT DO WE SAY   ETERNAL FATHER I OFFER YOU THE BODY BLOOD SOUL AND  DIVINITY OF YOUR DEARLY BELOVED SON OUR LORD JESUS   CHRIST IN ATONEMENT FOR OUR SINS AND THE SINS OF  THE WHOLE WORLD SO YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO   HAVE A NAIL STUCK IN YOUR SHOULDER YOU COULD PICK  UP THAT CHAPLET AND DO THE SAME FORM OF ATONEMENT   THIS IS POWERFUL STUFF AND SO SOME TEACH  THAT EVERYONE WHO IS A TRUE BELIEVER IS   SUPPOSED TO BE HEALED IF YOU TRULY BELIEVED  IF YOU TRULY HAD FAITH YOU WOULD BE HEALED THAT'S NOT CATHOLIC TEACHING SOME REMAIN   CARRYING THE CROSS TILL THEY DIE AKA  FAUSTINA THERESE BERNADETTE JESUS THIS IF WE TELL PEOPLE THIS CAN LEAD TO A LOSS OF  FAITH WHEN A REAL CRISIS HAPPENS WHEN A CHILD DIES   OR A PERSON IS NOT HEALED WE'RE GOING TO  TELL THEM IT'S BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE FAITH   I TALK TO PEOPLE ALL THE TIME  BECAUSE OF OUR SUICIDE BOOK   LET'S SAY FATHER I'M BEING TOLD  THAT THAT SALLY TOOK HER LIFE   BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T BELIEVE IN GOD SHE DIDN'T  TRUST IN HIM SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FAITH IS   THIS TRUE I DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE IT NO  IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT'S TRUE WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A PLACE TO GET THAT BOOK  IF YOU'VE KNOWN ANYBODY WHO IS SUFFERING THROUGH   THE LOSS OF A TRAGEDY HOW YOU'LL NEVER GET OVER IT  BUT YOU CAN GET THROUGH IT WE'LL SHOW THAT GOD'S   WAYS ARE NOT OUR WAYS AS I SAID BUT HE WILL  DO WHAT IS BEST FOR US IN THE ETERNAL PICTURE   AND SOME OF THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED GREATLY  IS BECAUSE GOD HAD A SPECIAL PLAN FOR THEM   IT'S CRAZY FOR US TO BELIEVE THAT SAINT THERESE  OR TERESA OF AVILA YOU'VE HEARD THE STORY WHEN   SHE WAS RIDING THE HORSE OR WHATEVER IN THE  CARRIAGE AND SHE FELL OFF INTO THE MUD AND SHE   GOT ALL CUT UP AND MUDDY AND BRUISED AND SHE SAID  LORD WHY DID YOU LET THIS HAPPEN TO ME AND HE SAID   THAT'S HOW I TREAT ALL MY FRIENDS AND SHE  SAID NO WONDER YOU HAVE SO FEW OF THEM   AND SO WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND  THIS WHEN WE ASK GOD TO HEAL US   WE NEED TO ACCEPT GOD'S WILL HIS PERMISSIVE  WILL IF HE ALLOWS IT RIGHT EVEN IF HIS WILL   IS NOT YET OUR WILL I SHOULD SAY IF OUR  WILL IS NOT YET HIS WILL THIS IS TOTAL TRUST   THIS IS ACCEPTING EVEN IF WE DON'T  UNDERSTAND IT THIS IS SURRENDER THE WILL OF JESUS IS A MAN FIRST TIMOTHY 2 WAS  ALWAYS TO CONFORM TO THE WILL OF GOD THE FATHER   NOT HIS OWN BUT IF WE WOULD JUST PRAY THE WORDS  OF CHRIST AND FAITH BEGGING FOR GOD'S GRACE   WE'LL BE AMAZED THAT LITTLE BY LITTLE OUR WILL  WILL START TO CONFORM TO GOD'S WILL YOU KNOW WHAT   ONCE WAS TOLD ME YOU KNOW WHAT THE CROSS IS THE  CROSS IS WHEN OUR WILL GOES OPPOSITE OF GOD'S WILL AND IN THOSE CASES WE GOT TO FOLLOW GOD'S WILL  BUT THE MORE THAT OUR WILL IS OPPOSITE DIRECTION   OF GOD'S WILL THE MORE HEAVY OUR CROSS WILL BE  WELL THEN WHY DID JESUS HAVE TO GO TO THE CROSS   BECAUSE HE WAS BEARING THE HEAVINESS OF  OUR WILL GOING AGAINST GOD'S WILL HE WAS   BEARING THAT HE WAS SUFFERING FOR THAT HE WAS A  SUFFERING SERVANT ISAIAH SAYS SO BUT IF WE WOULD   JUST DO THIS BIT BY BIT WE CAN COME TO CONFORM TO  GOD'S WILL THAT'S THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT OF ALL   THE TWO GREAT COMMANDMENTS ARE WHAT LOVE GOD AND   LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR BUT IF YOU PUT THEM  TOGETHER WHAT ARE THEY BASICALLY SAYING   DO THE WILL OF GOD IT IS GOD'S WILL THAT YOU LOVE  HIM IT IS GOD'S WILL THAT YOU LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR   YOU WANT TO BRING THE TWO COMMANDMENTS INTO ONE  THE ONE GREATEST COMMANDMENT DO THE WILL OF GOD ULTIMATELY THAT IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRUE PEACE   AND WHAT WE DISCOVER OVER AND OVER IN THE  SPIRITUAL LIFE IS THAT GOD HAS A TENDENCY TO   WORK FAR MORE POWERFULLY THROUGH OUR INFIRMITIES  THROUGH OUR BROKENNESS THROUGH OUR MISERY   THAN HE WOULD HAVE DONE THROUGH OUR STRENGTHS  AND POWER WOW WHY BECAUSE WE SURRENDER   YOU KNOW THIS BLEW PEOPLE AWAY WHEN I SAID A FEW  MONTHS AGO THAT EVEN SATAN WORKS IN GOD'S PLAN   PEOPLE LIKE FATHER NOW YOU'VE REALLY GONE OFF  THE DEEP END NO SATAN WORKS IN GOD'S PLAN WHY   WHY BECAUSE JESUS TOLD SAINT FAUSTINA THE ONLY  WAY WE ARE SAVED IS THROUGH HIS MERCY OKAY GOTCHA   WELL YOUR MERCY OR YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO GET  MERCY FROM GOD IS IF YOU RECOGNIZE YOU NEED IT I NEED YOUR MERCY LORD REPENTANCE AND THE ONLY WAY  THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS IF   YOU RECOGNIZE YOU'RE IN NEED THAT  YOU'RE BROKEN THAT YOU'RE MISERABLE OKAY GUESS WHAT SATAN DOES SATAN TELLS  YOU YOU'RE MISERABLE YOU'RE BROKEN DON'T TALK TO SATAN BUT YEAH I AM MISERABLE I AM BROKEN THANKS  FOR EXPOSING THAT NOW LORD I NEED YOUR MERCY   ALL THAT MUCH MORE NOW SATAN'S GOING DANG  IT THAT IS HOW GOD CAN EVEN USE BROKENNESS   INCREDIBLE HIS POWER IS MADE PERFECT IN OUR  WEAKNESS THIS IS WHAT SAINT PAUL TEACHES THIS   IS WHAT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TEACHES IT'S NOT ALL  ABOUT YOU'RE GOING TO GET THAT GREAT BIG NEW HOME IT'S ALL ABOUT RECOGNIZE GOD MAY BE USING ME TO  SHARE IN HIS CROSS AND HE ONLY GIVES THAT SHARE   TO THOSE SPECIAL TO HIM THAT'S SCARY SO WHAT CAN  WE DO IN THE MIDST OF SUFFERING GO BACK TO THE BIG   FOUR THAT I USED TO TALK ABOUT I ALWAYS PUT THINGS  IN THE BIG FOUR I DID A TALK A YEAR AGO THAT   TALKED ABOUT HOW TO BRING LOVED ONES BACK TO THE  CHURCH AND I SAID DO FOUR THINGS THOSE SAME FOUR   THINGS APPLY TO YOU IN THE MIDST OF SUFFERING WHAT  ARE THEY LET'S HAVE BROTHER MARK SHOW THE SCREEN   ONE HAVE MASSES SAID HAVE A MASS SAID FOR YOURSELF  DO YOU KNOW ONE MASS SAID WHILE YOU ARE LIVING IS   WORTH MORE THAN A THOUSAND MASSES AFTER SOMEBODY'S  DEAD WHY BECAUSE THE GRACE HAS A CHANCE TO EFFECT   A CHANGE IN YOU AFTER YOU'RE DEAD THERE'S NO  CHANCE TO EFFECT A CHANGE IT'S STILL VALUABLE   WE STILL NEED TO DO IT BUT WHEN YOU'RE ALIVE AND  YOU HAVE MASS FOR A LIVE PERSON THERE'S A CHANCE   THAT THAT GRACE CAN ACTUALLY START MAKING CHANGES  THAT'S WHY THE MASS IS SO POWERFUL FOR THE LIVING   IF YOU ARE SUFFERING HAVE A MASS SAID FOR  YOURSELF YOU CAN CALL OUR MIRIAM HELPER CENTER   CALL THE SHRINE HERE AND SAY LIKE A MASS SET  WE CAN DO THE MASSES FOR YOU OR YOUR LOCAL   PARISH YOU CAN HAVE THE MASSES COME COME ON IN  YOU CAN HAVE THE MASSES SAID FOR YOURSELF NEXT   PRAY THE CHAPLAIN THE ROSARY DAILY THAT'S BECAUSE  THE CHAPLET AND THE ROSARY ARE LIKE THE MASS   THE FIRST PART OF THE MASS IS LITURGY THE WORD THE  ROSARIES LIKE LITURGY THE WORD IT'S MEDITATION ON   SCRIPTURE ROSARIES NOT A BUNCH OF HAIL MARY'S  ONLY MEDITATING ON SCRIPTURE THE LIFE OF CHRIST   SECONDLY THE CHAPLET IS LIKE THE OTHER  PART OF MASS THE LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST   OFFERING SACRIFICE SACRIFICE THE CHAPLAIN IS  OFFERING SACRIFICE ETERNAL FATHER I OFFER YOU   THE BODY BLOOD SOUL AND DIVINITY WE COULD  DO THAT BECAUSE BY OUR BAPTISM WE SHARE IN   THE COMMON PRIESTHOOD OF CHRIST AND PRIESTS  OFFER SACRIFICE YOU KNOW THE BIGGEST THING   MISSING FROM THE PROSPERITY GOSPEL OF THOSE  MEGA CHURCHES THE SINGLE BIGGEST THING THAT   DOES NOT EXIST IN THOSE MEGA CHURCHES THAT IS  MISSING IS SACRIFICE IT'S ALL ABOUT GIVE ME   I HAVE FAITH ALONE I'LL GET THAT NEW CAR GET  THAT NEW BEAUTIFUL WIFE GET THAT NEW HOME GIVE   EVEN WITH ALL THE FAITH IN THE WORLD  THAT'S NOT WHAT OUR FAITH IS ABOUT   THE FAITH IS SACRIFICE WHICH THEN LEADS TO GLORY  WE END UP IN THE SAME PLACE GLORY BUT JESUS   DIDN'T COME TO EARTH AND GO RIGHT BACK UP TO THE  FATHER HE WENT THROUGH THE CROSS AND SO WILL WE SO THOSE ARE MISSING SACRIFICE THAT'S WHAT THE  MASS IS WHAT IS THE MASS THE MASS IS TWO THINGS   IT'S A MEAL SO IT'S COMMUNITY THIS IS WHY WE  CAN'T CLOSE OUR CHURCHES AND IT'S A SACRIFICE   POWERFUL STUFF ALL RIGHT AND I WANT  TO FINISH WITH A LITTLE TRIBUTE   TO FATHER SERAPHIM OH AND ALSO DON'T  FORGET IF YOU'RE SUFFERING AND SICK   PRAY TO THE PATRON OF PHYSICIANS WHO'S THE  PATRON OF PHYSICIANS SAINT LUKE SOMEBODY GOT IT   SAINT LUKE ALL RIGHT AND WHICH ANGEL HAD THE  TITLE GOD IS HEALING GOD HAS HEALED RAPHAEL SO LUKE FOR PATRONESS PHYSICIANS THE ANGEL  RAPHAEL GOD IS HEALED SO I JUST WANT TO SAY   A FEW THINGS ABOUT SAINT OR UH FATHER SHEPHERD  LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR NEXT SLIDE THIS IS   FATHER SERAPHIM IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO FATHER IS  I JUST TAKE FIVE MINUTES TO CLOSE UP HERE TODAY   HE DIED ON FEBRUARY THE 11TH LAST YEAR ON LORD'S  DAY HE WAS 90. GOD BLESS HIM YOU KNOW HE HAD A   MIRACULOUS HEALING AT LOURDES MANY PEOPLE  DON'T KNOW THIS BEFORE I WAS EVEN A MARIAN HE GOT LYMPHOMA AND HE WAS DOWN TO 80 POUNDS  BROTHERS WERE SAYING HE LOOKED LIKE A SKELETON AND HE WENT TO LOURDES COMPLETELY HEALED COMPLETELY HEALED SERAPHIM FATHER SERAPHIM  DO YOU KNOW WAS THE REASON THAT WE HAVE THE   FEAST OF DIVINE MERCIFUL NOT THE REASON  ONE OF THE REASONS OF COURSE FAUSTINA   AND OTHERS MOST OF ALL GOD OF COURSE BUT FATHER  SERAPHIM IS PART OF THE REASON WE HAVE THE FEAST   THE IMAGE THE DIARY AND A CANONIZED  FAUSTINA MAN THAT'S QUITE A RESUME   IN THE 1940S HE BELONGED TO A CHURCH JUST  UP THE ROAD FROM HERE IN ADAMS MASSACHUSETTS   IT WAS THE FIRST PLACE IN THE WESTERN  HEMISPHERE TO HAVE THE IMAGE OF DIVINE MERCY   JOSEPH YARJAMBOWSKI THE GREAT MARIAN WHO  BROUGHT DIVINE MERCY OVER CAME TO HIS CHURCH   TO ST STANISLAUS AND ADAM'S  MASS IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN THERE   BEAUTIFUL THEY TRIED TO CLOSE IT BUT THE  PARISHIONERS KEPT THE CHURCH OPEN IT'S NOW   REMAINED OPEN AND THIS FATHER JOSEPH YARCHAMBOSKI  CAME AND SPOKE ABOUT DIVINE MERCY WHEN SERAPHIM   WAS YOUNG NOW GET A LOAD OF THIS THIS WAS THE  SAME PARISH THAT THE VERY FIRST DIRECTOR OF   THE ASSOCIATION OF MARIAN HELPERS WHO CREATED  IT FATHER PALCHINSKY CAME FROM THE SAME PARISH   I'M FATHER JOSEPH THAT'S AN HONORARY TITLE BECAUSE  I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE ASSOCIATION OF MARIAN   HELPERS CURRENTLY FATHER PALCZYNSKI CREATED IT  HE WAS THE FIRST FATHER JOSEPH WHICH IS A TITLE   AND HE WAS FROM THE SAME PARISH AS SERAPHIM  THEY WERE BOTH MARRYING FATHERS AND GET A   LOAD OF THIS FATHER PELL DIED ON THE FEAST OF  THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION DECEMBER THE EIGHTH   BACK IN 2000 FATHER SERAPHIM DIED ON THE FEAST  OF LORDS WHERE MARY SAID I AM THE IMMACULATE   CONCEPTION AND THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION IS ONLY  CELEBRATED IN TWO DAYS IN THE CHURCH CALENDAR   YOU GUESSED IT DECEMBER THE EIGHTH WHEN FATHER  PELL DIED FATHER JOSEPH WHO I HAVE THE HONOR   OF FOLLOWING AND FEBRUARY 11TH OUR LADY OF LORDS  WHEN FATHER SERAPHIM DIED WE MARIANS ARE THE FIRST   MEN'S COMMUNITY IN THE WORLD TO BEAR THE TITLE  THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION 305 YEARS AGO WAY BEFORE   THE DOGMA WAS DECLARED WE ARE THE FIRST ALSO MEN'S  COMMUNITY FOUNDED IN POLAND AND WHAT DID JESUS SAY   A SPARK WILL COME FROM POLAND TO PREPARE THE WORLD  FOR MY FINAL COMING WHERE DO THE MARIANS COME FROM   POLAND AND WE BELIEVE WE ARE PART OF THAT SPARK  OF COURSE IT WAS FAUSTINA DIVINE MERCY JOHN PAUL   AND FATHER SARAH FROM FATHER PAUL PELL TOTALLY  POLISH TOTALLY POLISH A SPARK WILL COME FROM   POLAND THE MIRIAN FATHERS ARE CHOSEN FOR A  MISSION AND THAT IS WHY YOU ARE HERE WITH US YOU WOULDN'T EVEN HEAR IT OF SAINT  FAUSTINA IN SOME WAYS IF IT WASN'T   FOR FATHER SERAPHIM LET'S LOOK AT OUR  NEXT PICTURE THIS IS SAINT FAUSTINA   FATHER SERAPHIM SMUGGLED PHOTOGRAPHIC  IMAGES OF HER DIARY OUT OF COMMUNIST POLAND   BACK IN THE 1970S SO THAT WE KNOW WHO FAUSTINA  IS HE TRANSLATED THE DIARY RIGHT INTO ENGLISH AND   HELPED TRANSLATE OVERCOMING FAULTY TRANSLATIONS  INTO ITALIAN THAT PUT THAT TEMPORARY BAN ON IT   HE WAS THE VICE POSTULATOR FOR BOTH FAUSTINA'S  MIRACLES THE BEATIFICATION AND THE CANONIZATION ALONG WITH BLESSED MICHAEL SAPOCHCO JOHN PAUL II  AND SAINT FAUSTINA HERSELF SERAPHIM STANDS AS A   CENTRAL FIGURE TO MAKE DIVINE MERCY THE IMAGE  OF THE MESSAGE AND THE DEVOTION THE GREATEST   GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH  AND IT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE JESUS SAID THAT DIVINE   MERCY IS MANKIND'S LAST HOPE OF SALVATION HE  WAITED THE BEST FOR LAST GOD GAVE US THE GREATEST   GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH  FOR THE END TIMES NOW WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THE END   TIMES WILL BE PLEASE DON'T CALL MY BISHOP SAYING  FATHER SAID THAT WORLD'S GOING TO END TOMORROW   IT MIGHT BE TONIGHT IT MIGHT BE TEN  YEARS MIGHT BE A HUNDRED YEARS MIGHT   BE A THOUSAND BUT ALL WE KNOW IS THAT GOD SAID  THE WORLD NOW NEEDS DIVINE MERCY MORE THAN EVER   AND HE USED FAUSTINA SERAPHIM AND YOU JUST BY THE  VERY FACT THAT YOU'RE WATCHING YOU'RE PART OF THIS   HE WAS THE RECTOR HERE AT THE NATIONAL  SHRINE AND ACTUALLY IT WASN'T A NATIONAL   SHRINE HE HELPED MAKE IT A NATIONAL SHRINE  HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THE FEAST   OF DIVINE MERCY PROCLAIMED THROUGHOUT THE  CHURCH HE COLLECTED THOUSANDS OF SIGNATURES HE HELPED SPREAD IT ON EWTN BROTHER MARK AND I'VE  BEEN WATCHING ALL KINDS OF CLIPS OF UH HIS FATHER   SERAPHIM ON MOTHER ANGELICA SPREADING THE MESS  WELCOME SPREADING THE MESSAGE OF DIVINE MERCY   HE EVEN GOT THE MIRIANS TO RESTORE LET'S SAY  BROTHER MARK SAW THE OLD THIS IS THE ORIGINAL   IMAGE OF DIVINE MERCY AS WE FOUND IT IN  LITHUANIA SHOOT DARK LOOKS LIKE A GHOST   LOOK AT THAT IMAGE THAT'S THE ORIGINAL IMAGE THEN  FATHER SERAPHIM LET'S GO TO THE NEXT IMAGE PAID   FOR IT TO BE RESTORED IN THE MOST  CREDIBLE WAY TO THE ORIGINAL FORM   PAID THE FINEST REFORM ARTIST IN IN IN EUROPE AND  HE DID IT THROUGH YOU YOU GUYS DONATED THE MONEY   FOR THAT OR WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE IMAGE TODAY AND I  WANT TO FINISH WITH AN INCREDIBLE PASSAGE BECAUSE   THERE'S A PASSAGE IN THE DIARY NOW REMEMBER  FATHER SERAPHIM MENKELENKO'S REAL NAME WAS STANLEY   BUT S M SERAPHIM MENKELENKO HE HELPED GIVE US  THE IMAGE OF DIVINE MERCY NOW I WANT TO READ   A VERY SPECIAL PASSAGE IN THE DIARY AND WE'LL  FINISH LOOK AT DIARY 1689 ON YOUR SCREEN THIS IS SAINT FAUSTINA TODAY I SAW TWO  ENORMOUS PILLARS IMPLANTED IN THE GROUND   I HAD IMPLANTED ONE OF THEM MYSELF AND A CERTAIN  PERSON S M THE OTHER HAD DONE SO WITH UNHEARD OF   EFFORT MUCH FATIGUE AND DIFFICULTY BOY IF THAT  DOESN'T EXPLAIN FATHER SERAPHIM AND WHEN I HAD   IMPLANTED THE PILLAR I MYSELF WONDERED WHERE  SUCH EXTRAORDINARY STRENGTH HAD COME FROM AND   I RECOGNIZED THAT I HAD NOT DONE THIS BY MY OWN  STRENGTH BUT WITH THE POWER WHICH CAME FROM ABOVE   THESE TWO PILLARS WERE CLOSE TO EACH OTHER  NOW REMEMBER SHE SAID SHE PLANTED ONE AND   SOMEBODY NAMED SM PLANTED THE OTHER SHE  SAID THESE TWO PILLARS WERE CLOSE TO   EACH OTHER IN THE AREA OF THE IMAGE NOBODY  DID MORE FOR THE IMAGE AND FATHER SERAPHIM   AND I SAW THE IMAGE RAISED UP VERY HIGH AND  HANGING FROM TWO THESE TWO PILLARS IN AN INSTANT   THERE STOOD A LARGE TEMPLE SUPPORTED BOTH FROM  WITHIN AND FROM WITHOUT UPON THESE TWO PILLARS   I SAW A HAND FINISHING THE TEMPLE BUT I DID NOT  SEE THE PERSON OKAY THERE WAS A GREAT MULTITUDE   OF PEOPLE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE TEMPLE AND  THE TORRENTS ISSUING FROM THE COMPASSIONATE   HEART OF JESUS WERE FLOWING DOWN UPON EVERYBODY  DO YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT FATHER SERAPHIM WHEN HE   WENT TO HER CANONIZATION WAS ACCIDENTALLY LEFT  IN THE BACK OF THE CROWD AND HE WAS SO HUMBLE   AND ALL THE OTHER MIRIAMS WENT UP FRONT THEY  SAID FATHER SARAH FROM WE COULDN'T SEE YOU SAINT FAUSTINA JUST WROTE I COULDN'T SEE THIS  PERSON SHE HAD A VIEW OF HER OWN CANONIZATION   BUT FATHER SYRAH COULD NOT BE SEEN HE  WAS WAY STUCK IN THE BACK BY ACCIDENT   IN OUR HEARTS I BELIEVE AND MANY HERE BELIEVE SM IS SARAH FEMENKOLENKO HE ALWAYS SAID IT WHAT'S  NOT ME OF COURSE NOT THAT'S MICHAEL SAPOCHKO JUST   REVERSED M.S NO FATHER MICHAEL SAPOCH WOULD  HAVE BEEN MS THIS IS SM PLUS THIS WOMAN SAYS SHE   DIDN'T KNOW WHO THE MAN WAS SHE KNEW WHO BLESSED  MICHAEL SIPOCHKA WAS AT THE TIME SHE WROTE THIS   SHE KNEW WHO HE WAS WHAT ARE ALL THESE GRACES THAT  ARE SHOWERED UPON THE WORLD AT HER CANONIZATION   JOHN PAUL ACTUALLY ANNOUNCED WE ARE NOW GOING TO  HAVE THE FEAST OF DIVINE MERCY FOR THE WHOLE WORLD   AND YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE IT WASN'T PLANNED AND IN  HER DIARY ST FAUSTINA SAYS SHE SAW SAINT PETER   SHE SAW HER OWN CANONIZATION AND SHE SAID SHE  SAW SAINT PETER GO UP WHERE THE HOLY FATHER WAS   AND THE HOLY FATHER IS CANONIZING SAINT  FAUSTINA SHE'S SEEING THIS SHE'S WRITING   ABOUT IT AND SHE SAYS SHE SAW SAINT PETER GO  UP AND WHISPER IN THE EAR OF THE HOLY FATHER NOW IF YOU WATCH THAT DAY YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING  ON THE HOLY FATHER'S LIKE IN A TRENCH JOHN PAUL   AND ALL OF A SUDDEN UNEXPECTEDLY HE  ANNOUNCED THE FEAST OF DIVINE MERCY   I PERSONALLY BELIEVE SAINT PETER  WHISPERED IN HIS EAR IT IS TIME THE NEXT THING THAT'S SO  POWERFUL IS FATHER SERAPHIM   DIED IN A WAY FAUSTINA DID REMEMBER  WE TALKED ABOUT THE SUFFERING   FAUCINA DIED OF TUBERCULOSIS  FATHER SERAPHIM DIED OF PNEUMONIA RELATED TO KOVID BOTH SPENT TIME IN THE  HOSPITAL TOWARDS THE END OF THEIR LIVES ENDURING   DISEASES REGARDING RESPIRATORY SYSTEMS  THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY TAKE THEIR LIFE SAINT FAUSTINA SUFFERED FATHER SERAPHIM  SUFFERED SO LET'S PRAY PRAY FOR HIM   ASKING DIVINE MERCY THE DIVINE MERCY WHOM HE  SERVED SO WELL WILL WELCOME HIM INTO HEAVEN   SO OUR LAST SLIDE LET US PRAY YOU KNOW I'VE  ALWAYS SAID THAT UH AND THIS IS FATHER SARAH   FROM ON THE SCREEN THAT JESUS SAID THE  STUDENT IS NEVER GREATER THAN THE TEACHER FATHER SERAPHIM IS OUR TEACHER AND  THAT'S NEVER BEEN MORE TRUE NONE OF US   CARRYING ON THE FOOTSTEPS WILL  EVER BE AS GOOD AS OUR TEACHER SO USUALLY I GIVE YOU THE BLESSING RIGHT NOW   I'M GOING TO LET FATHER SERAPHIM  DO IT SO TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN   ON THE LAST VIDEO THE FATHER SERAPHIM EVER MADE  DEAR FRIENDS MAY THE BLESSING ALMIGHTY GOD AND   HIS MERCY BE UPON YOU THROUGH HIS GRACE AND HIS  LOVE FOR HUMANKIND AT ALL TIMES NOW AND ALWAYS AND   FOREVER AND EVER IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF  THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AMEN SO THANK YOU   FATHER SERAPHIM AND GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU THROUGH  THAT SPECIAL BLESSING OF FATHER SERAPHIM YOU KNOW   FATHER SERAPHIM'S DREAM WAS TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE  OF MERCY TO BRING PEOPLE INTO THE MARIAN FAMILY   IF BROTHER MARK CAN PUT UP BE PART OF OUR  MARIAN FAMILY THROUGH THE WORK OF PEOPLE LIKE   FATHER SERAPHIM PLEASE VISIT MICPRAYERS.ORG  IT DOESN'T COST ANYTHING TAKES BUT A MINUTE   YOU CAN BE PART OF OUR MARIAN FAMILY SO MANY OF  YOU ARE AND GOD BLESS YOU THE FRUITS OF FATHER   SERAPHIM AND A LOT OF THIS THAT WE TALKED  ABOUT IS ON MY DVD IF BROTHER MARK CAN SHOW   THAT YOU CAN GET EXPLAINING THE FAITH THIS IS  NOT MY SATURDAY TALKS THIS IS PARISH MISSIONS   SO IF YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN IT YOU CAN GET IT  SHOPMERCY.ORG OR 800-462-7426 AND FINALLY   MY BOOK OUT THERE CALLED UNDERSTANDING DIVINE  MERCY TALKS A LOT ABOUT FATHER SERAPHIM'S TEACHING   THE OCTAVE THE EIGHTH DAY ALL THAT  GOOD STUFF YOU CAN GET THAT BOOK   ALSO AT SHOP MERCY OR 800-462-7426 AND LASTLY WE  WANT TO MENTION THE AFTER SUICIDE BOOK BECAUSE   A LOT OF MISUNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT WHAT THE CHURCH  TEACHES ABOUT SUICIDE YOU CAN VISIT US AT SUICIDE   AND HOPE DOT COM YOU CAN PUT THE NAME OF YOUR  LOVED ONE AND IF YOU'VE LOST ANYBODY NOT JUST   THE SUICIDE BUT ANY KIND OF TRAGEDY PLEASE TAKE  A LOOK IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD ANY OF THESE THINGS   AND YOU REALLY WANT THEM OR YOU'LL READ  THEM OR YOU TRULY THINK THEY WILL HELP YOU   SEND AN EMAIL TO PETER JAMES AT MARION.ORG AND  I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT I'LL SEND IT OUT TO YOU IF   YOU REALLY CAN'T THAT'S FINE IT'S MORE IMPORTANT  FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS MESSAGE OUT THERE   SO PLEASE IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD ANY OF THESE FATHER  I HAVE NO MONEY I REALLY CAN'T EVEN SPEAR EVEN A   DOLLAR LET US KNOW BECAUSE IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO  GET THIS MESSAGE OF MERCY OUT THERE TO THE WORLD   GOD'S BLESSED US ABUNDANTLY WE WANT TO GIVE BACK  AND SO PLEASE KNOW THAT WHEN YOU DO PURCHASE   OR YOU BUY OR YOU DONATE IT ALL GOES BACK INTO  THIS MINISTRY PRAISE BE TO GOD THANK YOU FATHER   SERAPHIM FOR ALLOWING US TO BE ABLE TO CARRY  ON THIS WORK AND MOST OF ALL PRAISE BE TO GOD   AND LET US PRAY IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER  AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT   AMEN GLORY BE TO THE FATHER AND TO THE SON AND  TO THE HOLY SPIRIT AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING   IS NOW AND EVER SHALL BE WORLD WITHOUT  END AMEN THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU

Channel: Divine Mercy

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Length: 96min 20sec (5780 seconds)

Published: Sat Feb 12 2022