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A new viral tweet is claiming that the hottest club in New York City is of all things, the Catholic Church, which is wild. Every single time I open social media right now when I have New York City on my feed, which does occasionally happen, living in dc, I see countless photos and videos of young people going to like one of four churches in Manhattan, St. Joe's being one of the biggest. And viral photos from last weekend's services show lines that go out the door of St. Joseph's parish of hundreds of 20 somethings and early 30 somethings. Listen to this this Posted by Will O' Brien Totally amazed by the Mass I attended this morning at St. Joseph's in Greenwich Village. A queue out the door, standing room only and full of young people. I have never seen a mass with this many young people. Average age was probably mid to late 20s. The revival of Catholicism is very real. And that was then quote tweeted by Aubrey who said I went to the 11:30 mass this one and had to stand in the back the entire time. I thought to myself this is the hottest club in New York City right now. And there this week have been endless news sources, TV interviews, radio segments, social media trends, all pointing towards this idea that Gen Z is marking ourselves as the Catholic generation in the United States of America, which is shocking a lot of people. But hey, today I'm filming from the back of a car because I'm outside of Boston filming a special with Matt Walsh and Michael Knowles about this very concept and we watch together the Passion of the Christ which you can catch tonight on Daily Wire plus. But this idea that social media is being used to evangelize something so far outside of what's trendy, to instead point towards something what's timeless is really telling, interesting to me. One of the influencers who is making this go insanely viral on social media is named Kate DePetro. She also happens to be Dana Perino's assistant over at Fox News. And between all of their cute little TikTok videos of fit checks and educating Dana Perino, former White House Press Secretary, now Fox anchor on all of the Gen Z trends on the Internet, Kate and her friends have banded together to start this new idea called Pizza to Pews where they're throwing pizza parties for 20somethings living in New York City as a sense of community and having a massive group of friends, a community to plug into before heading to church on Sunday evenings. Last weekend almost 200 people showed up to their pizza party before church and then all went to mass together. I love this so much like this is exactly what our generation has been missing. Deeply, truly, because we have become so isolated, ironically, through technology which was meant to connect all of us, but instead has driven this digital wedge of a screen through our genuine, human, tangible interactions with one another. Kate posted this on her Instagram this week and I love this so much.
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All right, today, Anthony and I are co hosting our second pizza party before Mass. This pizza today is free cuz it's sponsored by Truthly AI. It is Chachi Tiva baptized. It's a great AI app for Catholics. So come with us. We're here. Pizza party number two.
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I think we're going to hit over 150 today.
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Yeah, I do too. Not even 4:30. Room is at. Father Jonah is here. Father Jonah is leading us in Palm Sunday Mass.
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Going to see you guys there. God bless you.
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We will be walking over with 200 people at 5:30. My friends are here.
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This is crazy.
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My name is Kate Catro. We have I think almost 200 people here, which is crazy. So thank you guys so much for coming. Ready? Favorite concert.
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So good,
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So good, so good, so good. All right, here's the line. Get into church, be standing. What time is it?
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It's like 5:45.
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We finished mass. We're going downstairs to some young adult discussion. That's a wrap on church for the day night.
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That's crazy. First of all, I could never have imagined in my wildest dreams even three years ago a pizza party before Catholic mass attracting 200 people in the middle of New York City to all walk over to chur together. But then to see after Mass that packed room for young adult discussion. This is such a major turning point happening in our culture right now and it's one that's getting not enough coverage, although the media is starting to cover this a whole lot too. Just today the New York Post ran a whole spread about Kate DePietro and all of her friends that are working towards this revival and sense of community in Manhattan to promote the Catholic Church. They call her a PewTube star instead of a YouTube star, which is adorable. CBS Mornings recently had on Arthur Brooks. Brooks this week, happiness expert, author, I absolutely love him. Content creator, Harvard professor. All of the good things who has been going to daily Mass for the last 10 years. Amazing to talk about this revival happening with young people in particular. Our friends at EV magazine ran the headline today. New York City's hottest club is Catholic Mass. And dioceses across the country are reporting record numbers of converts to the faith. In Washington D.C. where I live right now, the archdiocese is estimating that up to 1700 people are joining the Catholic Church this weekend. Detroit also has over a thousand. There are many across the country with just staggering, unprecedented numbers, mostly of people in their 20s running home to the Catholic Church. And I think there's a lot of the so called experts and demographic researchers who are really confused by why all of this is happening. There's been a massive trend toward godlessness and atheism and more secular culture throughout my entire lifetime. So why is this all happening right now if the last week hasn't been enough evidence for all of you? I think it's because. Because we're living in a culture where the darkness is so, so obvious before our very eyes. Evil is everywhere. Demons are getting very, very loud. And when we've reduced everything in our culture to a secular experience or interpretation, and maybe even more shockingly, a subjective experience or interpretation, that my truth can be different from your truth. That there is no sense of objective morality or right and wrong, that you can't even agree on the most fundamental truths of the universe, like what a woman is. People start asking all important questions of who am I? Why am I here? What is life supposed to be about? If all of this is completely meaningless, then I don't know how I feel about that anymore. The other part of this pretty much nobody talks about is I think, how much Gen Z loves to pray. Just the other day, the number one app in the app store was the world's largest prayer app. Our friends at Hallow. And re centering our lives around our conversations with God instead of just doom scrolling on our phones has been completely transformational in this revival we're seeing with our generation. You guys may have been following along the last 40 days with Pray 40 Shallows annual Lent challenge, which this year was so uniquely good. But they have a new prayer challenge that I will be participating in and we want you guys to join us as well for our Easter prayer Challenge. Led by Lauren Daigle and Father John Burns. Together we can walk with the resurrected Christ in understanding what that means for us and watch the story of Easter come alive in our own hearts. From Mary's tears at the cross to her awe and amazement at her son's tomb, to seeing the disciples hearts on fire for the risen Lord, you'll get to see how real the resurrection still is today. Every day through imaginative prayer, we're stepping into understanding who the real resurrected Christ is through Hallow's Easter Challenge. Right when we need renewal, courage and hope in our society. More than ever before. He is risen come Sunday and he's ready to rise in you too. I love Hallow, as you guys know. I actually host a young adults devotional on the platform, if you haven't listened to that already. But there are thousands of other prayers, guided meditations, Gregorian chant, music, podcast episodes, and so much more. You can check all of it out for 90 days free@halloween.com Isabelle again, that is three months months free of everything they have to offer@halloween.com Isabel and when you start looking for the truth, the truth will ultimately reveal itself in the fullness of the source of truth, Jesus Christ in the church that he established that the gates of hell have not nor never will prevail against. I also think it's important to note that this is a Catholic revival kind of uniquely. There is certainly a Christian revival happening across the spectrum in the United States and across the west right now. We saw that right after Charlie Kirk was assassinated more than anything in the last several years with these massive prayer vigils and rallies happening all on American college campuses, but on America's city streets and even international locations too. You saw millions of people gather in the streets of London. You saw people having prayer rallies in Johannesburg, South Africa or Seoul, South Korea, and these vigils that just moved you to tears. But there's something specifically uniquely Catholic about what Gen Z is looking for and that's what's confusing people more than anything. But again, not really hard to understand why when the brand of Christianity that's often presented as more quote unquote seeker friendly to Gen Zers is this like half in, half out, rainbow washed cultural Christianity that's too timid to even tell you the full truth of the gospel for fear that it might offend somebody. We've reacted to like a million clips on the show over the years of some of these crazy pastors that are just twisting the very nature of Christianity itself to fit whatever agenda they want to push behind the pulpit, not the least of which is now set Senate candidate James Talarico in Texas trying to tell you that Mary is like the perfect archetype of why you should support abortion.
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But I say all this in terms of, in context of abortion because before God comes over Mary and, and we have the incarnation, God asks for Mary's consent, which is remarkable. I mean, go back and read this in, in, in Luke. I mean, the angel comes down and asks Mary if this is something she wants to do. And she says if it is God's will, let it be. Done. Let it be, Let it happen. So to me, that is an affirmation in one of our most central stories, that creation has to be done with consent. You cannot force someone to create. Creation is one of the most sacred acts that we engage in as human beings. But that has to be done with consent. It has to be done with freedom. And to me, that is absolutely consistent with the ministry and life and death of Jesus. And so that's how I come down on that side of the issue.
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I don't. I can't. Or maybe it's the Sparkle Creed being recited on Sunday mornings. Churches giving out glitter ashes for Ash Wednesday, not to celebrate the beginning of Lent, but instead to celebrate pride. Or even Ilhan Omar just getting up in a church behind the pulpit to spew all kinds of hatred against Charlie Kirk, because that's absolutely the appropriate venue at church. I do believe those of you who are interested in rewriting this hateful man's history are full of. Thank you again. Millions of examples of this every single day in our country, in our culture right now. Perhaps most shockingly today for our friends across across the Pond in the uk, supposedly a Christian country in which the King is the head of the church, it's been announced that for the first time ever this year, the King will not be delivering an Easter message from Buckingham palace as the head of the church. So when you have all of these examples of Christianity that can bend and twist and change and fundamentally rewrite itself based on whatever's politically convenient at the time, I think you're watching young people say, I want the real thing. I want the fullness of truth. I want something timeless, not trendy. I want something that has withstood the test of time and is exactly the same Christianity that was practiced by Jesus Christ himself when he established the church, and certainly the apostles as those tasked with establishing the institution, it's an absolutely incredible thing to ponder that while most of Christianity throughout my lifetime in America has done everything it can to be more seeker, friend, friendly and to appeal to the world, you're watching young people living in the world, in a very broken world at that, want to sprint towards something that doesn't look like this world, that looks like the next one. And there is no better time to do that than during Holy Week. If you've never been to Catholic Mass before, I highly recommend that maybe you just ask a friend who is Catholic if you can tag along with them to Easter Mass this Sunday. And I know so many of you who watch the show, who watch my content who I'm friends with in the creator world, are joining the Catholic Church this year during the Easter vigil on Saturday night. Know that me and my family are praying for you as you complete this incredible journey through ocia. But more importantly, as you start this incredible journey of what your faith looks like for the rest of your life. Can't wait for you guys to see our special on the Passion of the Christ tonight on Daily Wire plus with me, Michael Knowles and Matt Walsh. We ended up talking about Jim Carrey for several minutes. How that even happened, I don't know. Blame Michael. But even though it's an incredibly difficult film to watch, it's hard for us to wrap our heads around understanding the fullness of the Passion, which we'll talk a little bit about tomorrow on the show as well, is so important because it gives us the chance to truly connect with everything God took on on behalf of the world for our salvation and more personally on behalf of you for your salvation. Join us tonight to watch the whole film if you haven't ever in your life. It's mandatory. If you want to keep watching the Isabel Brown show, it's not subscriber a option for you. You have to go watch the film. And thank you guys for all of your continued support through one of the craziest weeks of my life. We'll see you tomorrow for Good Friday. God bless you guys. And please, someone in New York City. Invite me to the hottest club in New York. I want to come to St. Joe's one of these weekends. Okay, Foreign.