Myths & Mystery #1

Myths and Mystery_ep1

[00:00:00] I am not clickbaiting you. What you are going to hear in this video will probably shock you.

Catholic Adventurer here, host of the Catholic Experience podcast, and I want to talk to you about three myths of the Catholic faith.

~Talking about three things that people think are true about the Catholic faith, but actually aren’t. Talking about three myths, talking about three myths of the Catholic faith. ~Things that even fool some Catholics. Things that Catholics and others believe about Catholicism that actually aren’t true.

Toward the end of this video, I’ve got a little bonus for you. That is sure to shock ~you~

~that is sure to shock ~you to tears. So make sure you hold on tight for that.

Let’s get to it.

Holy Eucharist

First, let’s start with an easy one, shall we?~ The Holy Eucharist is not a representation of Jesus Christ. That’s true.~

~First, let’s get to the obvious one. First, let’s get to the obvious one.~ The Holy Eucharist is not a representation of Jesus Christ. The Catholic Church teaches and has always held and taught that the Holy Eucharist, once the host is consecrated, it is absolutely, positively, without a shadow of doubt, The consecrated body, blood, soul, and divinity of Jesus Christ.

It is truly his flesh and blood that we are receiving when we receive Holy Communion. So make sure you’re receiving it worthily.

~The Holy Eucharist is not a representation of the body and blood of Jesus Christ. The church holds and believes and always has, That the consecrated host, the bread and the wine, after the consecration, it is truly the body and blood, soul, and divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is not a representation.~

~It is truly his body and blood that we receive when we receive Holy Communion. So make sure you’re receiving it worthily.~

That one was kind of obvious, right? ~We all knew that one, right? That one’s kind of, uh, we all knew that one, right? That one’s kind of obvious.~

~This one really, really just, This one really surprises me. To this very day, I cannot believe The Immaculate Conception.~

Immaculate Conception

Next up, The Immaculate Conception. ~To this day, I cannot believe that there are Catholics that think that the Immaculate Conception refers to the virginal birth of Jesus Christ. Understand this, my friends. The Immaculate Conception is not attached to the Understand this, my friends. The Immaculate Conception is not about the virginal birth of Jesus.~

~The Immaculate Conception. This one actually still surprises me that people think that the Immaculate Conception has to do with the virginal birth of Jesus. Understand me, my friends, it has nothing to do with the Immaculate~

~Hear me, my friends, the Immaculate Conception is not the virginal birth of Jesus. That’s why it’s called a conception. The Immaculate Conception actually refers to the conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Immaculate basically means without stain or without a spot. The Virgin Mary was conceived without the stain of original sin.~

~Toward the end of this video, I’ve got another bonus for you, so it’s going to be two. Toward the end of this video, I’m going to tell you why the Immaculate Conception has Toward the end of this Toward the end of this video, I’m going to tell you why~

~When we talk about the Immaculate Conception, we’re not actually talking about the virginal birth of Jesus. That’s why it’s called conception. It has nothing to do with birth. That’s why it’s called the Immaculate Conception and not the Immaculate Birth. The Immaculate Conception actually does not refer to the conception or virginal birth of Jesus.~

The Immaculate Conception actually does not refer [00:01:00] to the virginal conception or birth of Jesus, has nothing to do with Jesus’ conception. The Immaculate Conception actually refers to the conception of our blessed mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary. Immaculate means without stain or without a spot. The Virgin Mary was conceived in her mother’s womb by natural means, but supernaturally without the stain of original sin.

~This was in order to prepare her for her role in the salvation of humanity by bringing forth the Messiah, by allowing her body to conceive of the Son of God. So she was conceived without the stain of sin. ~in a second, I’m going to tell you why that ties into the cross of Christ.~ ~She was conceived without the stain of original sin to prepare her to conceive of the Son of God, because God can’t enter into anything that is tainted by sin.

So what does that have to do with the cross of Christ?~ And after this, I’m going to get to the bonus tidbit that I promised you. So~

the Blessed Virgin Mary was not conceived immaculately by magic. She was conceived immaculately by a special Grace. Well, how did she receive that grace? Did God just go into his pocket and say, Here, here’s some more grace for you. This is a special one. No. Grace is won. Grace is won. Well, who won the [00:02:00] special grace that kept her free from original sin?

Who won that special grace for her? Jesus did. The cross of Christ, which happens later, chronologically, it happens later,~ right, the cross of Christ.~ But that sacrifice by Jesus was a purchase, after the fact, of the special grace that preserved our Blessed Mother from the stain of original sin. So Jesus is not only The Blessed Mother’s Son.

~She is, He, ~Jesus is also the Blessed Mother’s Savior. She is saved because of the cross.~ It just happens later. You understand? The cross happens later. ~

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It’s my weekly newsletter, and I’m going to be writing about it in the next edition of Notes from the Field. How do we know that the Holy Virgin Mary was preserved by an act of God? By Jesus on the cross. How do we know that that’s true? I’m gonna make a theological argument for you that may blow your mind

okay. That one little bit long winded.

Change of Doctrine?

Here’s another. [00:03:00] The Catholic Church changes teaching all the time, so you never know what we’re gonna teach next. That vea is false. The Catholic Church does not change doctrine. There has been no new doctrine, since the death of the last apostle, which was St. John. No new doctrines.

The Church does not change teaching. Sometimes the Church will deepen its understanding of Revelation, but it doesn’t change the teaching.~ It may deepen its understanding, but it doesn’t change the teaching. Now, doctrines do not change, but sometimes disciplines change. Sacred tradition does not change.~

~Now that’s not doctrine, but that’s another thing in the church that does not change. Sacred tradition does not change. Disciplines may change, and customs may change. For instance, a discipline that may change is, one day you may find a married priesthood. One day you may find a married priesthood, because that’s not a doctrine, that’s a discipline, right?~

~It’s a practice. Um, Uh, Uh, Something in sacred tradition that will never change is the ordination of females to the priesthood. You will never, ever, ever, ever see females ordained to the Catholic priesthood. That is sacred tradition. That will not change. An example of a doctrine that will never, ever change is the doctrine of life.~

~Murder is always gravely sinful. That will never, ever, ever, ever change. Okay. Doctrines do not change. We have never changed the doctrine. Sacred tradition does not change. We have never violated sacred tradition. You’ll have to catch another episode of one of these myths and mystery. Um, little mini podcasts.~

~If you want to know more about what sacred tradition is not getting into it here. Doctrine does not change. Doctrine does not change. Sacred tradition does not change. Disciplines change. Customs can change or disciplines can change. Customs can change.~

Bonus

Now, here is a bonus for you fans and friends, boys and girls, Catholics of all ages. Get your tissue paper ready, because you’re going to want to dry your eyes after you hear this.

Now, we’ll put this in the form of a true or false question. A couple of true or false questions about God. Let’s start with some easy ones.

God is a man, true or false? That is false, you are correct. God has no gender. We call him father because Jesus called him father.~ He’s understood as a father because his masculine characteristics, the characteristics of his person, are up front, right? So, he’s understood as father.~

~But God has no gender. We have gender, and we receive it from him. We receive masculinity from him. We receive, if you’re a woman, femininity from him. So he has both of these, I guess, pools of traits. But he technically doesn’t have a gender. He’s not a man or a woman.~

~God is a man. True or false? That is false. You are correct. God has no gender. ~We understand him as father for very specific reasons that I won’t get into here. Trying to move this along.

The next one. God can change his mind. Can God change his mind? Nope, that is [00:04:00] false. God cannot change his mind.~ God can do anything. God can’t ~

~do anything that doesn’t make sense. ~God’s mind is perfect. When a decision is made, he doesn’t even arrive at a decision. He just knows what to do.~ Okay? In Scripture, sometimes we see God changing his mind, but it’s not really a change of mind.~

~This is just how the Scripture authors of particular books illustrate the progression of God’s action through time. But God doesn’t change his mind. His mind is perfect.~

Okay, last one. God’s love is unconditional. God loves unconditionally. That is actually false. God does not love unconditionally. I know you’ve all heard that. We’ve all been raised as little children, since little children, being told that God, God’s love is unconditional. But that is not actually true. Well, how is that not true?

You’ll have to catch the next episode or the next iteration of Myths and Mystery by the Catholic Adventurer. The hardest working man in all of Catholic podcasting. Thank you, Jesus. Signing out of here. God be with you all. Share this and like it if you like and value it. Bye bye.