Father Louis was one of the priests at my church in Manhattan, he was incredible. He lit up the church. The man has so much charisma. I'm also fron Haiti so it made so proud ❤.
From practice witchcraft to enrolling in rcia this fall, Jesus is Lord and my Savior. I'm turning 29 and Fr. Mike has changed my life!! I'm even interested in going further in education and pursue a masters in catholic archeology
These are great topics. Love the monologue about the power of the African church. To this day they remain a powerhouse witness of Christ's love. God bless the African Church in their persecution.
Tbf his examples were almost exclusively north African. Which is far closer to Europe than sub saharan Africa in ever way except possibly geographicly.
@@bluecomb5376yes, and we must pray for the Nigerian Christians! The Muslim fighters slaughtered over a hundred Christians just because of their religion.
Bless them for sending us their fathers as well. My parish priest is a Nigerian man, and he is the best priest! So passionate for the faith, and so tender and loving
Bring back the manly, cigar smoking, beer drinking “come Holy Spirit” and “Praise the Lord” every five minutes priests like this one!! God bless this saintly man! His trust in God is SO inspiring
i saw the beer in his hand and said “woah” until I looked into it and realized that in catholicism (correct me if i’m wrong) beer drinking without intoxication is technically allowed?
@@tonybalongnaThat's correct; There's even a traditional beer blessing. I have no desire to drink alcohol but beer in itself is not evil. It's important to note that Jesus began his public ministry by turning water into wine at the wedding of Cana, after all
Do you see now? thilat has masked the most important aspects of the conversation which is very enriching. I blame"Pimts with Aquinas for"maybe" doing the right thing at the wrong time.
We had the honor of having the father with us at our church down here in Miami for a brief period and I must say it was a privilege. He is wonderful and my mother and I often speak of him so seeing him on your show has truly made my heart smile. God Bless
Through our Lord, our Blessed Mother, all the Angels and Saints in Heaven, bless and protect this servant of God, Father Louis Merosne. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen, Amen, Amen. ❤
People should read about the life of Blessed Benedict Daswa! From Limpopo, South Africa. 1990 Martyr and patron of teachers, and against witchcraft and occult practices. Pray for us!
That’s awesome!! I’ll have to ask Bl Benedict to pray for a friend who was in OCIA w her husband but couldn’t convert. She comes from a family that practiced voodoo and is an amazing Christian now.
Don’t forget we also have Servants of God, Dormitilla and Danny Hyams who opened a home for the disabled in Gauteng, worked all these lives for the disabled, very devout Catholics , the cause for their beatification has been submitted to Rome
I love that Matt mentions custody of the eyes. It’s an unknown virtue that should be talked about more and taught to young men. I know a man is spiritually strong when they maintain custody of the eyes. Women notice.
Thank you Father Louis. Prayers for you wherever you may go and for our catholic brothers and sisters in Haiti. Peace of Christ to you from South Florida.
Glad Matt brought up Psalm 3:7. I added it as part of my livery on my car in Latin. Let the haters hate, the detractors detract but God is King and Lord of all, and the plans of man will falter.
What a very beautiful explanation of celibacy @ 2:18:27! Yes the calling to sanctity comes first for all Christians. It is precisely the lack of understanding of the universal calling to sanctity that makes people misunderstand the calling to marriage and celibacy. Thank you Matt Fradd
Celibacy Law for Catholic Clerics started in 1000s / 1100s. Church Law CHANGED God’s Law which is very serious disobedience. Richard Sipe, priest, therapist, author spent 40 years dealing with sex lives of priests~ before, during & after 2002 when the Boston Globe newspaper reported their findings.
@@peter6553-g5m I am just being cynical. It's common for Matt to quip, "I love this and I hate myself for it." It seems that what necessitates an apology and a caveat includes both enjoying any substance or language. So 6 months from now a guest will arrive that says, "The word based is actually rooted in pride..."
@@laurants I understand where you are coming from. I think its good to hear from a variety of viewpoints but I can acknowledge a lot of weird perspectives religious zealots. I have heard people say stuff like 'dancing is inherently sinful' or quote a saint or pope out of context. I think that some people of either bad character or delusion can have issues with normal language. It could be due to insecurity, malice, or ignorance.
@@peter6553-g5m Yes, I am tired though of the back and forth contradictions of enjoying life and hating the enjoyment of it. St. John of the Cross's "I am nothing" seems absolutely depressing on its face, but it is a logical conclusion to perfect humility since we are nothing without God. This doesn't equate to hating our own joy and happiness. Talk about being a mood killer.
The first episode with Fr Louis was fantastic and this was a tremendous sequel. Fr Louis the closing statement you described so well how I feel about being Catholic, thankful can't begin to describe how I feel to be Catholic.
As someone in a red state, it is Extremely peaceful! When I don’t watch the news, I wouldn’t even know what was going on because my lived experience is really joyful with the world around me. I don’t think we’re as divided as the media would like us to believe.
I happen to be drinking bacardi rum while listening. Does this give me cool points? This is a great interview so far, not all the way through. Fr Louis seems awesome.
Thank you 2:37:02 for saying this Matt. You are articulating exactly what The Lord calls me to guard my lips and guard my eyes from judgement of others exactly this! I try to pray every day Psalm 141 for this reason! Such a beautiful conversation God bless Fr Merosne that celibacy piece I wish all priests hear this and married couples! Mind blown !!
This priest lives a Christly life better than most men. It makes me rejoice in my heart to know that he will receive his reward in the kingdom of heaven.
Hello from Puerto Rico . I recently found ur channel and watching this now and how interesting because Haiti is always in turmoil . I will watch more often . Thank you for taking time to teach us about the Catholic religion because one never stops learning . God bless u and Father Louis . Very interesting I’ve never seen a Priest from Haiti. Their battle is hard against the voodoo
My gosh! That line at 1:10:30 is just awesome. "My jurisdiction will become your cemetery..." 🤯 That's the kind of law enforcement that gang ridden communities need!
I LOVE Fr. Louis’ personality! He is so personable and is someone you can feel comfortable being around. Very much like the priest at my parish years ago ❤
Incredible and beautiful! May God bless and protect this priest and all the innocent people in Haiti who are suffering at the hands of those evil people. ❤🙏🏼✝️
I've never heard a priest be so vulnerable and humble in revealing their struggle with celibacy. Thank-you, Father Louis, for affording us this intimate glimpse - for the purpose of really understanding how great the sacrifice is, after all. This glimpse also reminds me that we can offer prayers for them in this specific part of their marriage to God. May Father Louis be protected in Haiti!
Praise the Lord, I got excited when Fr. Louis mentioned a great firm by a Catholic entrepreneur for integral human development working with Catholic Church. God I praise you and give you thanks even in this comment for this news I just hear.
This priest have a certain descriptive type of personality in his speech that reminds me of the way PBD speak in his podcasts. He’s very influential. Kudos to Matt and father Louis.
The only martyrs that I personally know were two Protestant missionary friends of mine, and they were missionaries to Haiti. They were just killed in May. They were good kids, and I can't imagine a higher honor than the one bestowed upon them. I'm leaving this comment about 2 minutes into the video, and I'm going to look really stupid now if they get mentioned in the video and I left this comment instead of saying, "Yeah, I knew those kids!" Edit: Literally 5 minutes later. Wow, I am an idiot. The kids were named Davy and Natalie, and the local man's name was Jude.
At 2:39, Father talks about looking at others with REVERENCE. Frank Sheed has a great quote in Society and Sanity....."That which we do not revere, we will profane." May God help me (and all of us) to revere the Lord and my fellow man, AND myself.
I appreciate the way these two gentleman interacted. And enjoyed their conversation. More Christian brothers should emulate them. They almost convinced me to become Christian again.
Thank you, Matt, for the humility you displayed in this episode. Thank you for being vulnerable and admitting to attitudes and deeds that the Lord is calling you to repent of. It's both reassuring and inspiring. God bless you
A certain T Marshall got absolutely dragged in this podcast, and all I can say is, about time. What a wonderful interview, really made me understand more and more of the beautiful Catholic faith. GOD BLESS 🙏🏼
Whew! Made a debt in cleaning up basement storage while listening to the last hour or so! Excellent discussion to listen to while clearing out stuff. I should go back and replay the whole thing and get back downstairs.
Always such interesting and varied guests. Been asking for years now but please see if Ron Schoeman could come on. He’s a Catholic Jewish scholar, amazing testimony and has a lot of valuable opinions / knowledge.
Yes, St Augustine and Simon of Cyrene were from the continent of Africa, but they were ethnically closer to Mediterranean people than people that we think of as quintessential Africans today. Africa is a huge continent! Home to many ethnicities. It got it's name from the Roman province of Africa, which was made up of only the northern coast of the continent. Sadly the Arab invasion displaced most of the Greek/Semite/Roman ethnic population of North Africa. Although the pre-Arab Copts and Berbers are still there in some places. Only the Copts held on to Christianity in large numbers and Berbers are mostly Muslims today. The Berbers have a very striking look, similar to Persians. Scholars tend to think St Monica was Berber and I bet she was very beautiful. ❤
About European catholicism compared to American catholicism: as a European I know that there are a lot of movements where people find home and guidance. But the strength of Americans or just English speaking cultures is somehow the story telling, and wording. At least in my observation. I not only like to listen to English catholic content but I also prefer to read English literature and watch English movies. So I gues it has something to do with language, culture and heritage. and the Internet and tech serve to propel these contents to a worldwide level
Very good interview Fr. Louis is awesome! I would like to offer a bit of historical context for the Pope Nicholas part to hopefully help with the confusion. In the period of Christendom subjugation had a different connotation than it had now. Since the concept of nationalism didn't come about until the 19th century there was no concept of citizenship. So for example you wouldn't consider yourself a citizen of Spain you would instead be a subject of His Majesty King Ferdinand III. If you were a subject of a king it just meant that you were under his protection and in return you would serve your king. So when people like Pope Nicholas or Christopher Columbus refer to subjugation they are wanting to bring them into a Christian "nation". They saw these Africans, Saracens, Native Americans, etc. as equals to the people in Europe. They saw them as a people created in God's own image that were worthy of being subjects (or citizens to use a modern comparison) of a Christian king.
That sounds very good. Thank you. Do you have any resources you’d recommend concerning that issue, especially dealing with the relationship between Nicholas’s decree and the slave trade that ensued?
Everyone dreams of having a priest like Father Louis to lead them. He seems really approachable like you might expect a good father to be, instead detached and judgmental which often creates a troubled kid.
I remember reading a book about voodoo when I was a kid ( I wasn’t even aware of what I was reading until later) a kid won a potato chip contest and used the money to buy voodoo things to make a doll to beat up his school bully. Looks back I’m shocked my mom didn’t screen that at the library she was all on top of that no Harry Potter even. I hope we get more books like Narnia soon
Great conversation! I went to Fr. Louis’ talk at the Power and Purpose conference. It was good. He also processed with the Eucharistic and the heavy looking Monstrance during Holy Hour for what seemed like way longer than an hour. Tough priest
"The Lord has already won the victory. We fight not TO victory but FROM victory." --Fr. Louis. Wow.
That’s the Holy Spirit in action. Fr. Louis is truly amazing
@@alexsanchez8341 best quote ever! ✝️
I know. In theory we should already know it, but when it's said so concisely is like 😮
😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
I’m 😊😊😊😊😊😊
Father Louis was one of the priests at my church in Manhattan, he was incredible.
He lit up the church. The man has so much charisma.
I'm also fron Haiti so it made so proud ❤.
From practice witchcraft to enrolling in rcia this fall, Jesus is Lord and my Savior. I'm turning 29 and Fr. Mike has changed my life!! I'm even interested in going further in education and pursue a masters in catholic archeology
So glad to hear! Prayers for your journey. :)
@@CountesssBathory Amen! God bless you always!
This was great, I'm on my way to Catholicism :)
Welcome! -Fr. Louis from the show.
I don’t think you can bless it because a father won’t give his blessing to his daughters marriage if he sees she is in danger
These are great topics. Love the monologue about the power of the African church. To this day they remain a powerhouse witness of Christ's love. God bless the African Church in their persecution.
Tbf his examples were almost exclusively north African. Which is far closer to Europe than sub saharan Africa in ever way except possibly geographicly.
@@chase6579 Does it matter? The African Catholic Church is incredible! Nigeria?! Amazing
@@bluecomb5376yes, and we must pray for the Nigerian Christians! The Muslim fighters slaughtered over a hundred Christians just because of their religion.
Mass attendance in Nigeria among Catholics is like 96%
Bless them for sending us their fathers as well. My parish priest is a Nigerian man, and he is the best priest! So passionate for the faith, and so tender and loving
I’m glad that Fr. Louis is dedicated to Haiti because his people really need him. He did a good job of celebrating them despite all the difficulties.
"Beauty is always attractive, but beauty combined with virtue is irresistible." -Ven. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
"I wasn't successful at not being myself "......pure gold. Thanks father❤
Bring back the manly, cigar smoking, beer drinking “come Holy Spirit” and “Praise the Lord” every five minutes priests like this one!! God bless this saintly man! His trust in God is SO inspiring
i saw the beer in his hand and said “woah” until I looked into it and realized that in catholicism (correct me if i’m wrong) beer drinking without intoxication is technically allowed?
@@tonybalongnaThat's correct; There's even a traditional beer blessing. I have no desire to drink alcohol but beer in itself is not evil. It's important to note that Jesus began his public ministry by turning water into wine at the wedding of Cana, after all
Amen!
Do you see now? thilat has masked the most important aspects of the conversation which is very enriching.
I blame"Pimts with Aquinas for"maybe" doing the right thing at the wrong time.
@@tonybalongna Im no authority, but for me a glow is good, drunk is not.
We had the honor of having the father with us at our church down here in Miami for a brief period and I must say it was a privilege. He is wonderful and my mother and I often speak of him so seeing him on your show has truly made my heart smile. God Bless
@ St Augustine right?
yessirrr his homilies were fire and he pranked me multiple times
is this a fellow Ucatholic brother i see?👀👀
Oh my goodness. That’s why I remember him! I go there on occasion
Favorite guest ever! Drastically love this Holy Priest!
Fr Louis Merosne isn't the hero/priest we deserve, but the hero/priest we need. Good bless him and all the other priests serving our Lord!
Fathers prayer in the end was so powerful and beautiful. May God him and the Catholic Church abundantly.
May the Lord bless him!
You left out the word “bless”… …thought you might appreciate knowing that… 😅🙏🏼
I see you're imitating christ in making us partakers in your work
My bad🤭
@@maluillwe are made in the image of God. What better way to honor Him than to partake in what we see in God.
"In our poverty, we can love and give to others." I wrote that down in my prayer journal.
This may be my favorite priest in the history of EVER.
He's going on my "if you could have dinner with anyone" list.
I love whenever Fr. Louis is on! 🇭🇹
I have never seen him before but I wish all priests in America were like him
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I had no idea there was another interview! Just found it. Thank you!
Bishop Barron is the reason I stopped being a lukewarm Methodist at best to join the Catholic Church.
Ehre sei Gott!
Just don't leave Jesus out of your life. He is the only ONE that matters.
@@2017_K___BoothSince when does Catholics leave Jesus out of their lives. He is the centre of our lives
Through our Lord, our Blessed Mother, all the Angels and Saints in Heaven, bless and protect this servant of God, Father Louis Merosne. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen, Amen, Amen. ❤
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
People should read about the life of Blessed Benedict Daswa! From Limpopo, South Africa. 1990 Martyr and patron of teachers, and against witchcraft and occult practices. Pray for us!
That’s awesome!! I’ll have to ask Bl Benedict to pray for a friend who was in OCIA w her husband but couldn’t convert. She comes from a family that practiced voodoo and is an amazing Christian now.
@@melissap5649 Yes! I think thats a splendid idea. Blessed Benedict, pray for us!
Amazing! I'm a South African Catholic and I'd love to read about saints from my country. Something about that is inspiring ❤
@@louannebvb SO cool!
Don’t forget we also have Servants of God, Dormitilla and Danny Hyams who opened a home for the disabled in Gauteng, worked all these lives for the disabled, very devout Catholics , the cause for their beatification has been submitted to Rome
This priest is phenomenal!
I love that Matt mentions custody of the eyes. It’s an unknown virtue that should be talked about more and taught to young men. I know a man is spiritually strong when they maintain custody of the eyes. Women notice.
Yeah we do! I agree with you 100%. Young women need to be taught this too, to be honest.
Thank you Father Louis. Prayers for you wherever you may go and for our catholic brothers and sisters in Haiti. Peace of Christ to you from South Florida.
Jesus I trust in you, hold my hand as I walk through this day to keep me on your path...
Glad Matt brought up Psalm 3:7. I added it as part of my livery on my car in Latin. Let the haters hate, the detractors detract but God is King and Lord of all, and the plans of man will falter.
What a very beautiful explanation of celibacy @ 2:18:27! Yes the calling to sanctity comes first for all Christians. It is precisely the lack of understanding of the universal calling to sanctity that makes people misunderstand the calling to marriage and celibacy.
Thank you Matt Fradd
Celibacy Law for Catholic Clerics started in 1000s / 1100s.
Church Law CHANGED God’s Law
which is very serious disobedience.
Richard Sipe, priest, therapist, author spent 40 years dealing with sex lives
of priests~ before, during & after 2002 when the Boston Globe newspaper reported their findings.
Broke my heart the story about the little girl saving the piece of meat for her little sister.
What a based priest!!!
Just wait, saying such a thing will be tragically sinful in a Pints episode 6 months from now.
@@laurants What? Explain.
@@peter6553-g5m I am just being cynical. It's common for Matt to quip, "I love this and I hate myself for it." It seems that what necessitates an apology and a caveat includes both enjoying any substance or language. So 6 months from now a guest will arrive that says, "The word based is actually rooted in pride..."
@@laurants I understand where you are coming from. I think its good to hear from a variety of viewpoints but I can acknowledge a lot of weird perspectives religious zealots. I have heard people say stuff like 'dancing is inherently sinful' or quote a saint or pope out of context. I think that some people of either bad character or delusion can have issues with normal language. It could be due to insecurity, malice, or ignorance.
@@peter6553-g5m Yes, I am tired though of the back and forth contradictions of enjoying life and hating the enjoyment of it. St. John of the Cross's "I am nothing" seems absolutely depressing on its face, but it is a logical conclusion to perfect humility since we are nothing without God. This doesn't equate to hating our own joy and happiness. Talk about being a mood killer.
The first episode with Fr Louis was fantastic and this was a tremendous sequel. Fr Louis the closing statement you described so well how I feel about being Catholic, thankful can't begin to describe how I feel to be Catholic.
I actually went back to seeing the screen. Yep. Carnivore, Beer tasting & demon talk. This may now be my favorite channel.
As someone in a red state, it is Extremely peaceful! When I don’t watch the news, I wouldn’t even know what was going on because my lived experience is really joyful with the world around me. I don’t think we’re as divided as the media would like us to believe.
@@AMDG918 we will be when the Haitians get comfortable.
🙉 Hear no evil 🙈 See no evil
and 🙊 Speak no evil
TRUTH v DECEPTION = Spiritual War that’s underneath the surface causing Division (that’s very real)
Prayers for all those whom experienced martyrdom and died for Christ, like he sacrificed Himself for us.
🙏
Fr. Louis Merosne is an excellent guest! I learned so much in this show.
What a beautiful person. This is a Father that serves the Truth!
I happen to be drinking bacardi rum while listening. Does this give me cool points? This is a great interview so far, not all the way through. Fr Louis seems awesome.
The humility of this conversation is beautiful ♥ Such a helpful perspective of Pope Francis!
God bless this priest for what he has to go through
Thank you 2:37:02 for saying this Matt. You are articulating exactly what The Lord calls me to guard my lips and guard my eyes from judgement of others exactly this! I try to pray every day Psalm 141 for this reason! Such a beautiful conversation God bless Fr Merosne that celibacy piece I wish all priests hear this and married couples! Mind blown !!
This priest lives a Christly life better than most men. It makes me rejoice in my heart to know that he will receive his reward in the kingdom of heaven.
Hello from Puerto Rico . I recently found ur channel and watching this now and how interesting because Haiti is always in turmoil . I will watch more often . Thank you for taking time to teach us about the Catholic religion because one never stops learning . God bless u and Father Louis . Very interesting I’ve never seen a Priest from Haiti. Their battle is hard against the voodoo
This episode has so many gems ! God bless you both !
My gosh! That line at 1:10:30 is just awesome. "My jurisdiction will become your cemetery..." 🤯 That's the kind of law enforcement that gang ridden communities need!
I LOVE Fr. Louis’ personality! He is so personable and is someone you can feel comfortable being around. Very much like the priest at my parish years ago ❤
Incredible and beautiful! May God bless and protect this priest and all the innocent people in Haiti who are suffering at the hands of those evil people. ❤🙏🏼✝️
I've never heard a priest be so vulnerable and humble in revealing their struggle with celibacy. Thank-you, Father Louis, for affording us this intimate glimpse - for the purpose of really understanding how great the sacrifice is, after all.
This glimpse also reminds me that we can offer prayers for them in this specific part of their marriage to God.
May Father Louis be protected in Haiti!
What an inspiring interview! So much honesty and truth😇✝
Praise the Lord, I got excited when Fr. Louis mentioned a great firm by a Catholic entrepreneur for integral human development working with Catholic Church.
God I praise you and give you thanks even in this comment for this news I just hear.
This priest have a certain descriptive type of personality in his speech that reminds me of the way PBD speak in his podcasts. He’s very influential. Kudos to Matt and father Louis.
Really appreciated how this Priest articulated so much of the Soul ❤️🔥 Thank you for this
Wow this priest is so bold. He lives in Haiti and doesn’t fear for his life. What a saintly priest.
My favorite episode so far, Matt and Fr Louis. God bless you both.
What a beautiful Godly priest, his joy is the most lovely thing about this conversation. ❤
The only martyrs that I personally know were two Protestant missionary friends of mine, and they were missionaries to Haiti. They were just killed in May. They were good kids, and I can't imagine a higher honor than the one bestowed upon them.
I'm leaving this comment about 2 minutes into the video, and I'm going to look really stupid now if they get mentioned in the video and I left this comment instead of saying, "Yeah, I knew those kids!"
Edit: Literally 5 minutes later. Wow, I am an idiot. The kids were named Davy and Natalie, and the local man's name was Jude.
Yes they are in heaven
Beautiful modren marters. I Will ask them to look over My kids.
Absolutely phenomenal. Thousand thanks for your work and testimony both of you! from El Paso, Texas.
🙏🏾
At 2:39, Father talks about looking at others with REVERENCE. Frank Sheed has a great quote in Society and Sanity....."That which we do not revere, we will profane."
May God help me (and all of us) to revere the Lord and my fellow man, AND myself.
St Óscar Romero, pray for us, pray for Haiti 🙏🏼
I wasn't sure about watching this one, but I'm glad I did. Great episode! I love this priest.
Ok. Fr. Louis is awesome! 👏🏼 I need to hear more from him. I absolutely love his passion and personality!
You guys are both amazing. Thanks for this smart discussion.
Im living for this. Saint Padre pio of Pietrelcina has entered the chat lol!
I appreciate the way these two gentleman interacted. And enjoyed their conversation. More Christian brothers should emulate them. They almost convinced me to become Christian again.
My soul is on fire 🔥😃 one of my favorite videos ❤️ exactly what I need it 🎉 I love how Fr. Louis talks about Pope Francis 🌻
Fr.Louis is so amazing,I could listen to his story all day long & thank for having him on this show 😇🙏👍❤❤❤
Really loved this conversation, Glory to Jesus Christ ✝️
Really enjoyed listening to Fr. Louis!
as a long time viewer of Pints, its amazing to see how matt has journeyed and matured in his faith.
Thank you, Matt, for the humility you displayed in this episode. Thank you for being vulnerable and admitting to attitudes and deeds that the Lord is calling you to repent of. It's both reassuring and inspiring. God bless you
Oh wait I thought we were hanging out and chillin , I didn’t know we were gonna talk about DEMONS!
😂
It's always demons :)
I was on autoplay. I thought it was a chill talk as well 😂
That we can talk about demons casually in conversation means we are chill 😎
It's in the title!
Thank you for your ministry at the Franciscan adult conference. Your lecture and your leading of the Eucharistic Procession meant so me.
A certain T Marshall got absolutely dragged in this podcast, and all I can say is, about time.
What a wonderful interview, really made me understand more and more of the beautiful Catholic faith. GOD BLESS 🙏🏼
I agree I love his videos but the negativity made me stop watching him.
@@angelayesenia1898True, then I ask myself, why did he become Catholic?
Praying for those they talked about-AMEN 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
I’m so happy to see this! Fr Louis, it would be so wonderful for you to visit! It’s been so long! God bless you!
Love this priest!! His passion for Christ. ✝️
Thanks for sharing about the strength and faith of the Hatian people.😊
Thank you for your vocation 🙏😇
Whew! Made a debt in cleaning up basement storage while listening to the last hour or so! Excellent discussion to listen to while clearing out stuff. I should go back and replay the whole thing and get back downstairs.
That’s how I get things done too! Gotta love PWA! ❤
Always such interesting and varied guests. Been asking for years now but please see if Ron Schoeman could come on. He’s a Catholic Jewish scholar, amazing testimony and has a lot of valuable opinions / knowledge.
Loved his book, Salvation is from the Jews
Very good listen. This priest is brilliant!
Facinating wordexchange between you guys. God Bless you both.🤠🤠🤠
So good. One of my favorite episodes.
The celibacy part is the best!
I just love the way you describe and explain it so well in a very practical and clear way!!!
I feel so fortunate to have been able to watch this episode! Thank you Matt. Thanks to Pints with Aquinas.
This was brilliant! Thank you so much for the conversation!
I would listen to Fr. Louis read a phone book.
Thank you guys for this video!! This show is amazing! Helps pass the time at work
Yes, St Augustine and Simon of Cyrene were from the continent of Africa, but they were ethnically closer to Mediterranean people than people that we think of as quintessential Africans today.
Africa is a huge continent! Home to many ethnicities. It got it's name from the Roman province of Africa, which was made up of only the northern coast of the continent. Sadly the Arab invasion displaced most of the Greek/Semite/Roman ethnic population of North Africa. Although the pre-Arab Copts and Berbers are still there in some places. Only the Copts held on to Christianity in large numbers and Berbers are mostly Muslims today.
The Berbers have a very striking look, similar to Persians. Scholars tend to think St Monica was Berber and I bet she was very beautiful. ❤
About European catholicism compared to American catholicism: as a European I know that there are a lot of movements where people find home and guidance. But the strength of Americans or just English speaking cultures is somehow the story telling, and wording. At least in my observation. I not only like to listen to English catholic content but I also prefer to read English literature and watch English movies. So I gues it has something to do with language, culture and heritage. and the Internet and tech serve to propel these contents to a worldwide level
Very good interview Fr. Louis is awesome! I would like to offer a bit of historical context for the Pope Nicholas part to hopefully help with the confusion. In the period of Christendom subjugation had a different connotation than it had now. Since the concept of nationalism didn't come about until the 19th century there was no concept of citizenship. So for example you wouldn't consider yourself a citizen of Spain you would instead be a subject of His Majesty King Ferdinand III. If you were a subject of a king it just meant that you were under his protection and in return you would serve your king. So when people like Pope Nicholas or Christopher Columbus refer to subjugation they are wanting to bring them into a Christian "nation". They saw these Africans, Saracens, Native Americans, etc. as equals to the people in Europe. They saw them as a people created in God's own image that were worthy of being subjects (or citizens to use a modern comparison) of a Christian king.
That sounds very good. Thank you. Do you have any resources you’d recommend concerning that issue, especially dealing with the relationship between Nicholas’s decree and the slave trade that ensued?
Everyone dreams of having a priest like Father Louis to lead them. He seems really approachable like you might expect a good father to be, instead detached and judgmental which often creates a troubled kid.
What a heart, what a man.
I remember reading a book about voodoo when I was a kid ( I wasn’t even aware of what I was reading until later) a kid won a potato chip contest and used the money to buy voodoo things to make a doll to beat up his school bully. Looks back I’m shocked my mom didn’t screen that at the library she was all on top of that no Harry Potter even. I hope we get more books like Narnia soon
Have you read LOTR? :)
OH MAN. I only caught part of this but how wonderful
This was awesome. Really enjoyed hanging with you guys. God bless.
Please have father on again. This was great
May God protect and bless this holy priest, Fr. Louis.
Insightful episode! 🙏🏻
Great conversation! I went to Fr. Louis’ talk at the Power and Purpose conference. It was good. He also processed with the Eucharistic and the heavy looking Monstrance during Holy Hour for what seemed like way longer than an hour. Tough priest
Amazing interview. Bless both of you 🙏🏼
I loved this interview! Thank you for sharing!
“I really like her.” I want a husband who says this about me after years of being married and lots of hard times.
Yeah, so simple, yet it's such a dream to have a loved one thinking and saying that without a problem.
Fr. Louis' analogy of the stair case was so so good. Loved it.