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Ask Father Josh (Your Catholic Question and Answer Podcast)

Traditional Latin Mass, Witchcraft, and Mystic Visions

Ask Father Josh (Your Catholic Question and Answer Podcast)

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🗓️ 2 July 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Fr. Josh answers questions about why some Catholics seem to think traditional Latin Mass is better than the Norvus Ordo, whether witchcraft is demonic or fake, and why only some saints have mystic visions.

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Snippet from the Show
“Just because a priest celebrates one of the liturgies sloppily doesn’t mean that liturgy is bad [traditional Latin Mass or Norvus Ordo]. It means that priest needs to be reformed.”

SHOWNOTES

Glory Story (2:08)
Fr. Josh recalls the very first Catholic book he ever read outside of the Bible: The Mystical City of God by Venerable Mary Agreda. Read it. It will rock your world!!

Listener Feedback (5:59)

Witchcraft (8:29)
Hello Father Josh, Could you please explain what the Church teaches on witchcraft and tarot cards and all that creepy stuff. I know it’s something we as Catholics shouldn’t be part of in general. However, I want to understand the Church’s reasoning behind this. Do we believe witchcraft is not real and it’s all fake? Or do we believe it’s the devil working in this world and that’s why we stay away? Do we believe tarot cards really reveal the future or do we believe it’s all fake or do we believe it’s real but it’s evil? Lol it gets pretty confusing. I mean I know we are not supposed to be superstitious... whatever that means... but being from Africa, I’ve seen some really crazy things happen in this life, that can low-key only be explained through witchcraft (which a lot of people still practice). Anyway, I just want to know what to think about all this and I trust the Church to guide me. Thank you Father Josh! I’ll be praying for you! And pray for me too!
-Ozigbo

Mystic Visions (17:04)
Father, I’m reading the meditations of Christ and each day there is a new meditation about a saint. I’m reading all these saints and their experiences with miraculous appearances of Jesus or Mary or another holy figure and they instantly feel that change of heart and have immense faith. My question is, if we are all called to be saints how come some people have those miraculous visions and others don’t? Because you do need a miracle to become a saint, right? So it seems like Gods’ choosing specific people?
-Andrew

Traditional Latin Mass (22:15)
Hi Fr. Josh, My parish priest has always made his opinion known on the Latin Mass following, like they are cultish, think they are better than people who follow the New Order Mass, etc. At first I wasn't sure what to think, but after some personal experience I'm a bit worried. It seems like Latin Mass followers go around saying that they are basically better than us: they refuse Communion if it’s not administered by the priests, say that the Novus Ordo celebrations of the Mass aren't valid, and even say that women should only wear dresses and are meant to stay at home to raise children. I get the feeling that they "groom" or "brainwash" people into following this extreme and fanatical form of Catholicism.

What are your thoughts on this extreme Catholicism following? A google search leads to Novus Ordo Watch, Ad Orientum Masses--how the New Order Mass isn't really worship and isn't really Catholicism, etc., and I am so confused. There is so much division in our world--and now I come across this? I love being Catholic, but just feel that this is so wrong. We are all Catholics in the same universal Church, aren't we? Fr. Josh I'm sorry this isn't very articulate, but what are your thoughts? Thank you so much for your time!!
-Maria

Universal Call to Holiness (29:40)

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0:00.0

What's up and welcome to Ask Father Josh to Pack this market to listen to your questions, pray with them and hopefully respond in such a way that it's helpful for you and your walk toward eternity and your walk toward becoming the particular saint that God our Father desires for you be.

0:13.0

However, I got admit I'm not perfect and so every now and then my advice might not be good for you.

0:18.0

If that's the case, I want to give you the freedom to reject whatever it is that I say that does not help you to grow and virtue that does not help you to grow and hold this that does not help you to conform your life to that of Christ.

0:29.0

However, if my advice is helpful for you and I really would encourage you whether it's difficult or not to lean into Jesus so that Jesus Christ our Savior can give you the grace to fulfill the demands of discipleship.

0:41.0

If you're first time listener, shoot me some feedback on today's show at Ask Father Josh at it's such a press.com. You can also give me a book of texts, in comments and more questions.

0:54.0

And also please share this show as well. If you share this show on your social media on your Facebook, your Twitter, your Instagram, the Graham, what happens is other people also confine about the show through that capacity of social media and that can help them become disciples in their walk toward eternity.

1:13.0

Today's show we're going to talk about witchcraft.

1:17.0

Remember that movie came out a long time ago with the three witches? They said like what this song.

1:31.0

Yeah, so we're going to talk about the real dangers of putting spells on people. How real that life really is.

1:38.0

How sometimes we think about it as a joke, but in reality that life is dangerous. Also, we're going to talk about the miraculous visions and we're going to talk about the Latin mass.

1:48.0

If you have been on social media lately, you've noticed there has been a lot of talk amongst Catholic Twitter on the Latin mass, extra ordinary form, novice auto, ordinary form, and the debate going on between the two.

2:02.0

And so we're going to talk about that on today's show as well. But before we get into those topics, speaking of the miraculous, I want to share with you all a pretty awesome glory story.

2:15.0

So, glory story for today. Surely after I had my conversion at student of South in Alexandria, Louisiana, 2004, I, and obviously it was in the iteration of the busiest acumen.

2:28.0

I came back home and I found this really cool Catholic gift shop. And I went to it and it's not open anymore. It was open for a very short period of time.

2:37.0

And because I had, I was obviously baptized Catholic and then I left the Catholic Church and then came back because of the Eucharist and the Adoration.

2:44.0

I spent it some time learning about Martin Luther. And so when I was at the store, I found this book. And I thought the book was talking about Martin Luther, but I misread it.

2:54.0

It was actually talking about the fall of Lucifer. And it was this book called the mystical city of God by the number of Mary of Agreta. And this was the very first Catholic book outside the Bible, obviously, the very first Catholic book outside the Bible that I've ever read.

3:08.0

If you've never read the mystical city of God by the number of Mary of Agreta, it will rock your world.

3:15.0

Vinterbramere have agreed it from what I remember. She was not a very educated woman. However, she in prayer, she was a disciple who was very much rooted in the interior life.

3:25.0

In her own prayer, she was able to perceive the realities of the mysteries of the life of Jesus Christ and our blessed version of Mother Mary. And she wrote about the life of Mary, the life of Christ.

3:36.0

She wrote about the fall of Satan, the fall of Lucifer. And so I picked up the book because I thought it was about Martin Luther, it was actually about Lucifer.

3:44.0

And I remember reading it being like, wait a minute, this ain't about Luther, but I couldn't put the book down.

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