The Idolatry of the Catholic Church

Catholics are accused of idolatry all of the time. Most of the time it's absolutely ridiculous. But not all of the time.

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[killianmiller]

The devil can be very tricky. Even if we are the kind of Catholic who prays the rosary every day, receives on the tongue, and confesses our sins regularly, Satan can tempt us to be proud of that as though we are better than other Catholics.

[john_from_eastcoast.]

Idolatry or "idol worship" can be ANYTHING that replaces God!
It could be drugs, constantly viewing pornography, gossip, love of money, putting too much time on your cellphone, workaholic, habitual lying, adultery, egoism, "bible worship", compulsive gambling, smoking cigarettes...

You then become a slave to that "idol" whether you realize it or not!

[kristenthomas]

I’m Pentecostal, specifically COGIC. I am learning so much from your channel about the Catholic faith, not as a convert just a curious viewer. I love these videos ❤️

[crystalrock]

I like that “don’t worship the worship, worship god.”

[augustuslc]

Great one, don't create an image of God that hates all the same things you do. As St. Augustine once said: "Far be it from me ohh Lord, to think that You think like I think...".

[cheutho]

I applaud your efforts, especially considering how much vitriol you must end up getting.
Sometimes I think the last people I want to talk about Christianity with is fellow Christians.

[paulm]

Father Casey, as an older Catholic revert, your videos have helped to rekindle a love for Jesus and a need for his guidance in my life (wish I had done this many years ago)...bless you in your helpful teaching and may God bless all the viewers watching.

[elisabetta]

Father Casey, I just wanted to let you know that your way of explaining things, you homilies, your deep and compassionate way of communicating the Love of Christ and His Teachings....it hasn't just enabled me to deal with losing my leg two years ago. It has led me back to the Faith, it has led me back to Him whom I love more than I can ever express. I even made a vow dedicating myself to God, to do good and love my brothers and sisters in his name. For that I want to thank you. Is it strange that your videos and the movie King of Kings (1961, Jeffrey Hunter portraying Christ as closely to Perfection as a human being can in my opinion) have rekindled my faith? I just....wanted to tell you that. You are doing so much good, giving succour to souls in torment, like mine. Thank you, Father Casey, and God Bless you!!

[varun]

Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
Mark 2:27‭-‬28

[GratiaPrima_]

I see what you mean about the Eucharist. I kneel before it because it IS God, coming to feed me along my journey (wow). But that isn’t all God is. God gives his grace in the sacraments plus however else He chooses too. We are bound to his “plan A” but He isn’t. He’s bigger.

[joantreadway]

I love the mass. I love the eucharist. And when I go to church I feel close to heaven. When I receive Jesus he strengthens my soul, he lifts me up & all I feel is loved.

[timothycardoso]

I've been a priest for 40 years and I am amazed that a man as young as you, Fr Casey, is so wise and eloquent. May God's blessings, his grace, continue to be showered on you.

[thethirdsicily]

I clicked on this video thinking it was a second video similar to your "Does the Catholic Church practice Idolatry" video, I was wrong, but SO not disappointed.

[orderofphoenix]

Extremely controversial topic dealed in a beautiful manner . fascinated to hear your knowledgeable words

[josephjackson]

Could the claim also be made that Protestant worship is idolatry because they worship the emotion they receive?

[IowaRonin]

It's unfortunate that Father hasn't lived long enough to see what the liturgical changes have done to the church.
If all truly believed that the Eucharist IS God, we wouldn't see many of things seen in the Novus Ordo. For many of us, we can only fathom these changes were made with the intention of "protestantizing" and creating disbelief.
If you witnessed someone disrespecting your spouse, you would only feel a fraction of the negative emotion created in relation to witnessing Eucharistic indifference, irreverence, and even sacrilege.

I pray that all of you would read the very short book by Athanasius Schneider: "Dominus Est, it is the Lord: Reflections of a Bishop of Central Asia on Holy Communion". I'm sure you would then feel the extreme sorrow and guilt others do. Let us all pray for forgiveness and repent.

[tomws]

Liturgy wasn't made by human; or at least not only by human. It was the work of the Holy Spirit who worked through Saints, Popes, and Councils. It's not man made. As you said, we can idol only man made, so the Liturgy can't be an idol. It's true that when a priest make a mistake (or liturgical abuse) during Mass, we should concentrate on the Holy Sacrifice itself. But the abuses are actually sometimes hiding for a lot of people from what's really happening. I'm not one who ask to "which mass" are you going; but i know that abuses can lead someone to leave the Church because they forgot what was really happening at the Mass, they no longer saw the sacrifice because of the abuses.
I think Liturgy, in the Roman rite can be beautiful in both of its forms. But the phenomenon that we encounter the most in our Church is lack of interest in the Mass and in the Liturgy, not the contrary.
For the interested see Bishop Barron's video named "Bishop Barron on Why Being Good Is Not Enough", in which he is telling why Liturgy is so important. And thus, as Christians, we should be taking care of it, not destroying it by our 'creative' ideas that have nothing to do with Mass. The Liturgy is God's work through his Church, liturgical abuses often reveal either the selfishness of those who prepare the Liturgy and who think they know better than the Church or the lack of interest in the Liturgy.

[josephjackson]

I feel like this is aimed at people who think the Latin Mass is right and should be the only form of Mass...

[united]

Aren't Catholic haters tedious in the extreme ? most are utterly ignorant of the beauty and truth of The Catholic Church . They dishonour Our Lady and Jesus Himself by their bigotry

[donaldtrump]

5:18 that moment when you assure people your not a heretic XD