Responding to Lapsed Catholics

Hallelujah!!! I’m favored and blessed with $60,000 every week! Now I can afford anything and also support the work of God and the church.

Dear Fr Casy-- I'm a practicing Catholic. All the arguments that the lapsed Catholics have I feel. I understand what they are saying. I still practice, to the best of my ability, and lead our children in The Church with my husband. For me, where the rubber hits the road, is where I sit with God in my Sacramental Life. I have my issues with The Church, God knows this, so I go, over and over and over again, in faith, in my humble brokenness and lack of understanding to the Eucharist with the hope (expectation?) that God will sort it out on his end. Thank you for all you do. With every Rosary I pray I offer you and your brothers to the Blessed Mother to keep you.

I was away for 27 years from 1991 to 2018. I had two strokes and I got a visit from Jesus one night. He told me to "Get back to Mass". I did that, started attending Mass again in Ironton, Ohio, went to Reconciliation. In 2022 my Pastor asked me to serve Mass again (I had been a server from 1987 to 1991).

True story: When I was 13, I stopped believing in God because I had a difficult childhood, but I told God that if He truly exists, to make me believe in Him again. In my late 20s, I had several experiences of the presence of God. One of these experiences was when I was cleaning my bedroom, and I felt God looking down on me like a father would look at his infant child in a cradle - just a look of pure love. I'm a philosophy major, so I honestly thought God would give me arguments for His existence, but instead He chose to show me that I was loved. I then started watching Catholic YouTube videos and slowly grew in faith. I had forgotten what I had said to God, but when I remembered, I was just 😮. To this day, it amazes me that even while I was rejecting God, He still gave me His grace to say that little prayer. I remember thinking, "Somebody must have been praying for me." Please don't stop praying for the lapsed Catholics! There is always hope until the very end of their lives.

On the "non-denom" question, I used to go to one as well, and they make great socializing places. But the mass isn't simply for making friends, it's for adoration. And I feel a lot of lukewarm people fall into that trap

The most egregious part of this video to me is not taking the opportunity for a nap after being awake 29 hours.

I’m back now because I found a church that has well educated and intellectual priests. The reason I left years ago was because I came across many parish priests that gave awful, uneducated, and insulting homilies that were not truly in the spirit of the Word, but rather personal expressions of their misinformed opinions on the world.

Great to see you travelling to Italy with Habit. I bet it will generate public curiosity and atleast 3 end up in seminary

The church fails to recognize that women have been abused and mistreated too. There are some real narcissistic priests out there. We also have some outstanding priests who really want to do what they are called to do. But, I have a real trust issue with all priests. I’ve been away from the church for a while and trying to find my way back. I watch mass on line for now.

Praying for you, your mission, and the other Franciscan Friars! Praying for the world! Safe travels and prayers!

I would like to see a "What a Friar Packs in his luggage" video. How many changes of habits do you bring?

Thank you so much Fr. Casey. I’m a revert too and I now love the Church, prayer and reading the bible. It's been so meaningful for me now when as a child (in an 100% catholic country - the West coast of Ireland in the '70s). And back then they did tell us who to vote for and I hated the harsh judgements. I felt very little love in the Church back then. People online complain about pope Francis but his love, his true Christlike behaviour inspires me. Thank you for everything I had a miracle in my life that keeps me on the straight and narrow. It's a long story but it was a miracle and I didn’t deserve it at all. Christ is just a breath away from any of us. Seek and you shall find. That much I know for sure

This is far one of your best dear Fr.Casey. u touched on many aspects of what most priests will say. Keeping you in my prayers. Dominic 🇸🇬

Welcome to Italy Fr. Casey! And thank you for this video, so many things to meditate!

Venerable Fulton J. Sheen warned that for the next 100 years the biggest temptation for the church is to become political, we must resist the temptation. Hundred years have not passed.

My goodness Fr Casey! Traveling is stressful enough as it is. Shooting a video at the same time is superhuman stuff! God bless you for all this work and He continue to strengthen you to create more content like this! Finally, my cheeks hurt from smiling throughout the whole video! I just realized that seeing priests and members of Holy Orders in the "wild" (regular everyday places like the airport) brings me lots of joy! 😂😂😂

The most amazing thing of the video (beyond the content, which is great) is the fact that you did it all using your free time in the airport!! 😁👌

Fr Casey, I wanted to pass on a little wisdom I picked up at 43 yrs. A lot of those remote garage door keypads don’t need the pin entered to CLOSE the door. You just have to press the enter button and the door closes! No kidding. I found that out by accident last year.

Great video as always, thank you Fr. Casey!

I hope the hierarchy in Rome get a lot of feedback from you Fr. Casey when in Rome. You are a true light in the Catholic church.