Fr. Matthew Hood in the Archdiocese of Detroit has admitted that he discovered, upon seeing a family video of his baptism, that his own baptism was invalid. So he was rebaptized, reconfirmed, reordained. Now he is anxious because he is aware of the fact that he administered hundreds of Sacraments without recognizing that most of them were “invalid” because he himself was “invalidly” ordained to begin with.
Yipes! Do we have here another overly zealous and marginally incompetent priest who is needlessly spreading uncertainty and fear? How many more will come after him?
Fr. Matthew Hood in the Archdiocese of Detroit created a youtube video in 23 Aug 2020. He carefully details how he came to discover that he had never been validly baptized. It appears that, due to the “stay at home and be safe from Covid-19” movement, his dad had time to sort through family videos. He found Matt’s baptism video and, in due course, gave it to his son as part of the family history. Fr. Matt viewed the video and, as soon as he heard the deacon say, “We baptize you….,” he knew that he was in trouble. He had read the CDF ruling [made on 06 Aug 2020; released on the Vatican website, 06 Aug 2021]. Then he explains how he went about repeating his baptism, confirmation, holy orders.
At the end of his video, Fr. Hood explains how this entire process unfolded as a providential blessing. Fr. Hood no longer sees what happened as an unfortunate string of bad events. In the end, he sees the original error as providential. Had it not happened, then the evil would have remained unrecognized and great harm would be done. Now that we know the problem, we can bring a cure.
Note the great contrast here. In the diocese of Phoenix, Fr. Arango’s reputation has been entirely ruined. He was forced to resign from being a pastor and to devote his life to making reparation by systematically tracking down the thousands of persons who have been “invalidly baptized.” In the archdiocese of Detroit, however, Fr. Hood is the hero! He is the truth teller who is saving the souls of those who are in limbo because they never had a valid baptism. Lister to the voices of admiration for yourself:
#1 The Caldera siblings
God bless your Fr.Hood I’m glad that God reveled to you that your baptism was invalid so you could be baptized correctly God bless [Notice the big jump here. For Caldera, it was not the role of Covid-19 and of Matt’s father in passing on the baptism video that is important; rather the new claim is that “God revealed to you . . . .”]
#2 dolores grandes
God Bless you Father Hood: you have a great voice, and you explain matters easy, can you do more video clips on our Roman Catholic Church? Thank you. [Note that Dolores is saying, “I trust you. I like your way of explaining matters. Please make more videos.”]
#3 Nelida Rivera
God bless you Father Hood. Thank you for your honesty, your courage, and fidelity to the Truth.
#4 gadiel rivera
Thank you for sharing this video! Just found out I was baptized with this modified formula too.
#5 Mya
GOD BLESS YOU Fr. Matthew Hood Thank you for your pure heart. This shows that although you were wrongly given an invalid Catholic Baptism, you kept the Holy Spirit in your heart and actions and the fruits still flourished because Father God knows your desires of your heart. This is an example of the unfathomable Mercy our Lord Jesus has for us. Im happy you sought out help and direction to receive the Valid Sacraments that you innocently thought you were receiving.
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Needless to say, not everyone was happy with the positive spin that Fr. Hood brings to his revelations. Here are three critical voices to consider:
#6 James R
If I was married, thank god I’m not, and, this dude officiated it, I would sue the fuck out of him if he came at me trying to say my marriage wasn’t valid. [I hesitated to reproduce the vulgar language of James. In the end, however, I decided to pass it on because it indicates the rage that one man feels at the fiasco surrounding invalid baptisms.]
#7 zarnofad
Give me a break.
#8 John Boy Sr.
I totally disagree with you Father. It was through NO fault of your own. If you didn’t have the video you would have still been saved by virtue of your Baptism. The intent was there. This story is SILLY! [Alas, this is an approximation of what I wrote (section #4). Unhappily, John Boy received nine remarks critical of his comment. No one stepped forward to support him. No one knew how to support him.]
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So, my dear reader, what do you make of all this? Please post a brief comment below.