We will get through this. I have an anxiety disorder, struggle with depression and I'm managing pretty well. Trust in God.

@Eowyn3Pride

4 жыл бұрын

🥰Lots of love to you. Just break it down to manageable pieces. Making a list or schedule always helps me. Blessed Mother is always around when we need her!😁❤

@TiffTheTyrant

4 жыл бұрын

Hey bob! I’m here with you.

@aureliomartinez2633

4 жыл бұрын

For the last 5 years I have been dealing with this invisible enemy anxiety But I'm also been getting closer to Jesus Christ because anytime that I have been in the office Doctor always said to me that everything is ok so they don't have the answer so God is the real answer Praying the Rosary Everytime you could it feels better then Mind fullness which is not compatible with our faith Viva Cristo Rey and Mary his beloved mother Amen

@blindtoby8967

4 жыл бұрын

Turn the t v & radio off. Newspaper is birdcage liner.

@Espina907

4 жыл бұрын

Bob, God has your back. I am praying for you. I am,asking Our Lady of Guadalupe, ALL the angels, saints and souls in purgatory to pray for you. They are my BEST FRIENDS. Let us walk this journey with Jesus. I am enjoying reading my Bible. I also love The Book of Tobit...juicy and exciting. Trust God, Bob. He will never abandon us. I am starting to enjoy my exile. It is more like a spiritual retreat. Thank you God for Bishop Barron, the spiritual director I need NOW! 🙋🏻‍♀️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻😊

Thank you Excellency! I've actually scheduled my day something like this: Morning prayer or Rosary, clean/tidy/organize/sewing project, lunch, Spiritual reading and notes, Educational Research, Chaplet of Divine Mercy, exercise or sewing project, supper, evening prayer, recreation, prep for next day, and night prayer. My goal is to try and stick to this as best as I can, that way I can finally manage to read all of St. Thomas Aquinas by Chesterton!😁🥰 (As an introvert...so far, I am secretly enjoying this time of solitude, but still praying for those who are ill or have passed away...)

@melvinsaji2805

3 жыл бұрын

GOD BLESS 🙏 YOU NICE UTILIZATION OF TIME 🙏😇

You know you're an introvert when your daily routine is barely affected by the quarantine.

@GD-me2lv

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. My response to what are you doing in isolation is that I am doing the same things I always do, just in a confined space.

@hugsr4889

4 жыл бұрын

@@GD-me2lv IT IS A SAFE PLACE TO FEEL COMFORT FROM THOU LORD AS I AM BY MYSELF

@LK-ns7hr

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, with the exception of adding more prayer time

@JDunster

4 жыл бұрын

Oh boy, is this true for me!

@susanmaris729

4 жыл бұрын

All the same jobs as usual, with more prayer time and NO DEADLINES! Add some phone time and an afternoon nap,and my Blood pressure is dropping like a stone. Silver lining?

I've been waiting eagerly to hear your thoughts on this Bishop. I live in South Africa and the virus is beginning to spread rapidly. I have been wrestling with a deep anxiety for the last month, fearful for my family. As far as I know, I do not have the virus, but the threat feels immensely real. I believe God has used the fear in my heart to draw me closer to Him again. My prayer life has exploded. Nothing comes close to calming my restless soul like spending time with the Lord in prayer. The more intense my anxiety, the more generous His comfort and mercy. My whole life I have felt that I needed to get closer to God, but procrastinated or delayed my prayer time, my Bible reading, etc. Not anymore. The fear this virus has instilled in my heart has led me to the daily overcoming of myself, my ego, and my selfish will. God has become the center again, and, dare I say, I thank the virus for that. I fear I will lose my life, but I no longer fear losing my soul -- The Lord Jesus Christ has it. Tomorrow is in His hands. You, dear reader, are in his hands. His love is greater than your fear and anxiety. Whatever happens, He has you. Oh death, where is your sting?

@stacymontoya1344

4 жыл бұрын

Look only at the positive points like families getting to slow down and spend more time together. If you only focus on the positive the negative eventually disappears. It seems like the health agencies are able to speed up and expand their work so look towards a vaccine and/or treatment way quicker than normal. May the Peace of Christ be stronger than your fear.

@paulmiller3469

4 жыл бұрын

@corbin dallas In a hundred years or less, Corbin, none of that will matter to you and I. What will matter is our relationship with God and our obedience to Him; and, as Sacred Scripture points out on more than several occasions, our obedience to civil authorities (when possible) is part of that mix.

@paulmiller3469

4 жыл бұрын

@corbin dallas Fiat currencies are evil?

@paulmiller3469

4 жыл бұрын

@corbin dallas Again, in a hundred years, it won't matter for you or I. My suggestion is we should live for the next world.

@Eowyn3Pride

4 жыл бұрын

THANKS BE TO GOD!!!😁❤👍

Thank you, Bishop Barron!! Wow! You are a fabulous speaker, and more importantly than that, a down to earth, relatable, modern man. You bring all the questions, wonderment, and challenges of faith into focus, and compel us to dig deeper.

Would we had more spiritual leaders in the Catholic Church like Bishop Barron! His simple, down to earth approach in speaking to his audience makes me so proud to be a Catholic and reminds me of when we, In America, had the blessings of Fulton Sheen in our presence. THANK YOU; BISHOP BARRON!

Thank you, Bishop! I love my Rosary and pray it every day. God bless you 🙏

I am self isolating at the moment and have been so grateful for the time to have time to pray.

Although it is a tragic moment in history we have the chance to reconnect with what is important. God, our family, those in need. I totally agree that it is great time to stop distractions and grow spiritually. Thank you for your advice (my family already have chosen to pray the Rosary together). Please keep us in your prayers Bishop B. You and the whole Church be in ours. God bless you.

Thank you, Bishop Baron, very much for your beautiful teachings. I am always blessed by your videos. Please keep evangelizing the world which is looking for you.

Thank you Bishop Barron. Here in South Africa our Bishops are encouraging us to pray, do bible reading during this difficult time. I pray that all nations do the same during this difficult time

Hi Bishop Barron! I just have to say I laughed out loud when you talked about sitting alone in a quiet room. I’m a stay-at-home mom and I’m finding I have less quiet time during this challenging time. God Bless and may those who have quiet time and empty rooms enjoy it for the rest of us!

Thank you Bishop Baron, our solitude is a chance to strengthen our relationship with God.

Dear bishop will you pray for the safety protection health of all my family and friends and those in most need

I am so grateful for the televised daily mass in this time of crisis.

This came at the right time. I just finished reading and praying OT and tomorrow I will read and pray NT Matthew.

Thank you Padre for you beautiful words! I' m italian, I' m in quarantina and in this period I spend my time reading Bible and listening religious music! I speak to God, I pray Him. I think it's a great opportunity!!

Thank you for your advice on how to use this time to reflect. Been praying, reading the Bible, writing about my spiritual journey to a greater degree. I actually enjoy the slower pace, and how quiet it's been as it creates a sanctuary to seek God.

Stay well Bishop and God bless for the sermons you always deliver to multitudes of Catholics.

Thank you Bishop Barron...This time has given me the opportunity to reflect and evaluate in the quiet time allowing time for me and God. The Bible, love it every day.

Thank you, Bishop Barron. In addition to my school closing and life seemingly shutting down, I am an Orthodox Christian and our rich weekend and weekday Lenten services have been, for all practical purposes, cancelled. It is likely that our amazingly joyous Pascha midnight service will also be restricted. The Liturgy felt like the last thing I could cling to and now it's gone too. This movie you made is the best thing I have seen or heard all week and I am very grateful. I will get my Bible out and maybe reopen Pope Benedict's "Jesus of Nazareth" trilogy as a companion. Thanks again.

@nancyjanzen5676

4 жыл бұрын

At this point I am just praying we can have Easter vigil mass. We have a few people that have been working hard preparing for their entry into the sacraments.

❤️❤️❤️ the rosary “now & at the hour of our death” Several years ago I was at eucharistic adoration praying the rosary with all my heart for a friend who was in his final moments and he was so scared. I focused on that line with him in mind “and at the hour of *his* death” and i kid you not, i was flooded with the smell of roses. It was so intense that I looked around in our tiny chapel to see if I missed something, there was only a gentleman sitting a few rows back... no fresh roses in sight. God is good. Our Lady is too ❤️ memento mori ❤️

@Espina907

4 жыл бұрын

I had chills in your first line, the rosary. How I LOVE MY MOTHER! Jesus gave her to us as he was dying. My dad, the Sisters of Loretto were advocates of the rosary. I keep one in my purse, each vehicle and all over my house. Even on my treadmill. I have smelled roses kneeling before the Blessed Sacrament, with no one else around. I have smelled roses to the point that I wake up and say, "Hi Blessed Mother." I smile and go back to sleep. Oh if Catholics only knew the treasure of praying the rosary, daily. How Our Mother LOVES HER CHILDREN!!!!😙🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

@maryr1637

4 жыл бұрын

I experienced the smell of Rose's at a women's retreat last August 2019. It's one of the most beautiful thing one can experience and you can't get enough of it. Even a whiff of the smell leaves you mesmerized. Mother Mary is real and she loves us all!

Peace be with you and may the grace of the Lord be with all gods people 🙏

Thank you dear Bishop for enlightening with your good thoughts and it is a nice time to read those classics and spiritual treasure of Catholics.

I have learned so much from you Bishop Barron! A lot of the time I have to have a dictionary by me to understand your writings, but Oh how you have inspired me to go forth and be a better person. I want to be a disciple of God and bring people back to the Church. I am a cradle Catholic who has found comfort and love through reading the Bible. Yes, I have so many questions and You have opened up my eyes and taught me how to find those answers in this wonderful book. I look forward to reading your Word on Fire Bible edition soon to be released. God Bless you Bishop Barron you are truly one of the many gifts from our Lord.

Thank you, Bishop Barron. You helped me get through my M.A. in Theology ("unscathed" as it were, in the face of a particular instructional agenda) with your talks on various theologians, Vatican Council II works, etc., and now you are helping me during this time. I appreciate and am benefiting from your work.

@elissaj420

4 жыл бұрын

Joel Maloney He also helped me in my undergrad work!

@tomgreene6579

4 жыл бұрын

Fair play to you for doing a M A in theology!

Love that: "It's your moment. Coronavirus has imposed monasticism." Gave me smiles inspite of the crisis. Include the Philippines in your prayers brethren. We are in community quarantine.

@zac5166

4 жыл бұрын

Ryan Joel Go yes sir

@QuisutDeusmpc

4 жыл бұрын

Mangyaring maging mapagbigay na Diyos sa pagpapala sa sambayanang Pilipino ng Iyong biyaya at awa.

Thank you, Bishop Barron. Your words are a great comfort in times while we have to do without church services the whole spring: no palm sunday, no high thursday, no good friday, no easter ...

Thank you Bishop Barron! I've been handling this crisis relatively well, but yesterday anxiety set in. Although I have been praying the rosary each day, a darkness has been descending. This video, as well as your Stations of the Cross video, has helped me tremendously. Have a joyous Easter!

Fantastic !!! now it’s really the time to wrestle with the important questions . Thank you Bishop Barron for reminding me about the important things in our life

Always loving your God's given wisdom ever since I begun to listen to your talks.

Thank you so much Bishop Barron 🙏🏼❤ i haven't felt better than today! i needed this right now more than anything. The world needs this! Much Love Many blessings!!🙏🏼

I am a protestant Bishop, but your approach to everyday life makes me feel connected to the entire body of Christ Protestant and Catholic. Thank you.

Thank you so much, Your Grace!! May God grant you many blessed years!!

People being asked to stay home for some days react as if they were condemned for life in prison. The mass hysteria after the announcement of partial lockdown shows frivolous human nature and its fear of solitude.

@jeremyhandeland2128

4 жыл бұрын

@islanti Especially the 18-21-year-olds of today!

@acr4715

4 жыл бұрын

I think people’s biggest fears at this time are related to economics.

@BrightLit712

4 жыл бұрын

I made that comment considering the distress caused only by the prospect of being alone. I believe frivolity is a salient feature of modern human lifestyles which makes solitude and time alone at home scary scenario for most people. People used to fret being alone at home before virus when they had all financial and monetary provisions.

@josephtravers777

4 жыл бұрын

@@BrightLit712 Not modern at all. It was addressed in the First Epistle of Peter.

@BrightLit712

4 жыл бұрын

@Joseph Travers, I didn't know about it, that's beautiful! They were men of profound wisdom.

Thank you Bishop Barron. You brought wonderful memories from past lectures during my undergrad degree in French Literature and Political Science at university. Bishop Barron, it such a pleasure to listen to you. Yes, I am taking time to read again these two topics: French classic novels and also, The History and philosophy of classical religion such as St Augustine, St Benedict. Amen for my love of reading!!

Bishop Barron stay safe and healthy. You're so very easy to listen to. God bless you

Dear Bishop, pl can you pray for me and my faith. Its all i ask. Thank you for your videos.

@VanillaEarth744

4 жыл бұрын

I prayed for you and your family. God Willing all is well 🙏☝️✝️

@susanmaris729

4 жыл бұрын

I pray that all of us who read and "like" these prayer requests will be praying for you all alongside Bishop Baron. I will be 'wielding' my Rosary on your behalf. (See Fr Don Calloway)

@drServitis

4 жыл бұрын

@@susanmaris729 I AM JUST SO THANKFUL TO GOD THAT ABSOLUTELY NO CATHOLICS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD HAVE BEEN INFECTED WITH THIS CORONA VIRUS. This is proof that God is taking care of His people as he promised and He is destroying sinners and sending them to Hell for their evil ways. Praise You Jesus for Your precious blood and Your gift of redemption by your sacrifice on the cross! Amen

@jennybrahm8345

4 жыл бұрын

@@drServitis I pray that God will open your heart to all of God's people, not just to "your tribe" of Catholics.

@drServitis

4 жыл бұрын

@@jennybrahm8345 Don't blame me. God says in the Bible that he will send the vast majority of humans to burn alive in Hell for eternity. If that is what God says he will do in his Holy Bible, I am not about to disagree with him. And neither should you.

Am always happy to listen to your homily! May God continue to grant you wisdom and understanding in Jesus name I pray. Amen.

Amen Bishop, Before I saw this video I shut down allot of the electronics in the morning. Walk my dog on the boardwalk by the beach and then later on decided to walk and added the rosary to my daily prayer. So much we can do especially during this time of lent. Going to share this video. Thank you! God bless!

Thank you Bishop Barron, l feel you so close to us, so compassionate 💕🌹

Bishop Barron, You can ALWAYS make recommendations! I thrive on them! ** Reading St Augustine’s Confessions was the driving force to my return to my lifelong Catholic faith after almost 20 years away. I went from Paulo Coelho to Alan Watts to Jung to Nietzsche to Augustine and now I read only theological or spiritual works in line with the faith and my ever growing desire to know more and more both of it and myself.

Thank you Father a wonderful idea!!! Especially the rosary I do it daily for years and its given me so much love ...peace

Bishop Barron.. I could listen to you all day!

Thank you, Bishop Barron for your advice. Blessings!

The distraction from self is honestly my biggest struggle and always has been in my life. Frittering my time away on things so I don’t pay attention to myself and what’s actually important. I have since started praying the rosary twice daily during this crisis and I feel something in me changing. Bishop Barron - you’re the real MVP. Stay well.

Thank you for steps for Lectio Divina. God bless and I thank God for you and your teachings. Wish I had known this long ago. Am too old now. Not much time left but will use your instructions for time God has for me now

Even post-pandemic, I keep returning to this wonderful consideration of "sitting quietly alone in my room". With this year 2024 dedicated to Prayer, it's really necessary to take more seriously the steps "Lectio", "meditatio", "oratio", & "contemplatio". Thanks, Bishop!

I am reading St. Augustin’s Confessions. His words are my struggle, his eloquence cuts like the blade of a scalpel, his admissions are a humbling acknowledgement of sin as poison wrapped in goodness, his shift from « being an offered to » to « being an offering of » is astoundingly childlike for such an intellect, his supplications are the renderings of my own, his unraveling of reality is like a spider’s web that traps the mind until it yields to a different way of seeing. Go for it. Lévis

@chachatruth3534

4 жыл бұрын

I keep looking at that book ! he was such an intellect! I wonder will I understand? But well done you!!

@nancyjanzen5676

4 жыл бұрын

By the time I finished it I realized if he could be a saint all of us can. God surely wrote straight with his crooked lines.

@nancyjanzen5676

4 жыл бұрын

@@chachatruth3534 you will find yourself in it.

@77thTrombone

4 жыл бұрын

chacha Truth - get yerself a moderen translation and you'll be alright. Frankly, I can afford only the free Phillip Schaff translation of 1886, and I recommend that for no one who can afford better. Tolle, Lege!

@sweetnsourchick1761

4 жыл бұрын

@@77thTrombone Did the 110 cornets separate you from your fellow trombonists? 🎺 😝

Thank you Bishop Barron! I have enjoyed this video and you. May our God bless you again and again!

Thank you Bishop Barron. I’m not Catholic but I am drawn to the faith thanks to your videos. This particular message has really helped turn my anxiety into inspiration.

Amen Bishop Robert this is the first time I listen to you bless you you are a blessing for many ..

This time of seclusion is a great sacrificial offering during Lent.

@paulmiller3469

4 жыл бұрын

It's heightened fasting. (But it will be tough if this continues into the Easter season).

@fredck4191

4 жыл бұрын

unless one is introverted like me, then it's an indulgence, rather

@tristangarcia1947

4 жыл бұрын

Amen

Wanted this badly from Bishop Barron.....got to come back to listen, duty calls. Many2 tks Bishop Barron!!!!

Thank you, bishop. I have the confessions so I’m on assignment!! God bless!!

I discovered you yesterday when watching one of your ads regarding the sacraments. I watched your first video and really identified with your passion for Christ. I live in Brooklyn, NY a hotspot for the virus. Beyond the quiet time I have had by myself, there is the challenge of functioning in a COVID community. I work closely with many of the nursing homes that were ravaged by COVID. I also have many contacts within the Orthodox Jewish community which has been struck hard. The discussion on how God fits into all of this has been lively and riveting. The day that all the hospital surgeries were put on hold was the day I was supposed to have a kidney stone removed. I am diabetic with one kidney and this has been difficult. At first the fear of death was overwhelming. The only way to survive was to go to an infested hospital which seemed like a death warrant. COVID has quieted New York. It has made us very aware of our mortality. I miss church.

Thank you very much bishop Barron for introducing wonderful Christian books. Greetings from Iran!

Thankyou.Bishop Barron.from Australia.

Many thanks for the various recommendations, Bishop. For me, the hardest part is not being alone in a room, but rather, not being able to go out whenever I desire to do so, especially now, with this beautiful Spring weather here in southern Spain. Take care.

Thanks Bishop Barron. I just love the library set up.

Thank you Bishop Barron for your advice to read the Bible more carefully and medicate during this time of self isolation

Bishop Barron really is a father, keeping us calm and guiding us through all of this. Thank you!

There is great wisdom in seeing this quarantine as an opportunity for greater spiritual introspection. AND my heart and prayers go out to all those parents stuck at home with small, restless children. Having raised 4 children, I remember the days when "sitting quietly alone in a room" was next to impossible - at least not while remaining awake!

Bishop Barron God bless you and your family from Croatia ✝️

Absolutely wonderful recommendations. Many thanks and blessings, Bishop Barron.

My husband and I have been going through difficult times. Now we are together every day without a break and I can feel the miraculous healing hand of God. CV19 blessing in disguise.

@drServitis

4 жыл бұрын

Your husband will continue cheating on you once this virus is over and he is free from the house again. This honeymoon is only temporary. So don't get too excited about it.

@ShaNaNa242

4 жыл бұрын

@@drServitis wtf?

@Mr.Classic91

4 жыл бұрын

@@ShaNaNa242 i reported him. You do the same, please.

@drServitis

4 жыл бұрын

@@Mr.Classic91 Please do report away, as so many others who don't believe America should have the right to free speech have done. Fortunately KZread still does believe in free speech, unlike the Catholic/Christian Church. Plus KZread wants my money, so they don't want me to stop using their product, ever. And I use it alot, since I have no life, as oldcorps76 on this thread rightly said, and I live in oldcorps76's wife's basement. She lives in her basement too. It's cozier down here. We like it cozy, she and I! Praise Jesus!

@drServitis

4 жыл бұрын

@oldcorps76 Please see my other comment on this thread to Mr. Classic, which has to do with you and your wife as well. Thanks!

Thank you, Bishop Barron your are an inspiration to listen to

I was having a "Pascalian Moment" until...the notification for your video appeared. Thankyou.

Love Bishop Barron, thank you for all your wisdom and for sharing it with us. May God Bless You and keep you Healthy!

Thank You Bishop Barron your words are always a comfort you and always helps to bolster my faith and trust in Jesus and the Holy Catholic Church... May God Bless You and Keep You Always.

Bishop barron we need to have a world wide repentance

Thanks for the advice! We are looking at you for guidance and we appreciate the help. Keep up the good work!

your good spiritual direction Bishop thank you, God bless you.

I've recently done a podcast on Lectio Divina and personally am struggling with the steps. I give up by step 2: meditatio and contemplatio: my mind is all over the place. This video is such powerful confirmation that I should restart and persist with it.

Thank you for the exhortation. I’m going to tell all my evangelical friends to listen to you, because I desire for their lives will be enriched like mine. Blessings!

Thank you Bishop Barron. Very inspiring and gave me food for thought. We use your program for our RCIA program and it's wonderful for our candidates....and for those of us who are leading the journey.

Great incitement’s for the current times we live in that is changing at an alarming rate!🙏😇💕

A great spiritual opportunity indeed! Seeing this 2 years later. Lectio Divino ❤🙏

God Bless you Bishop Barron, and thank you.

Thank you Bishop for these great suggestions. I will put some of them into practice. God bless you. 🙏🏻

Fantastic guidance for this precious opportunity that has dropped on us, big time! Yes, I'll do it! You're right, now's my chance! Thank you!

I find that daily mass online, love the livestream from the Vatican, and in getting help to people who are poor, immediate neighbours, and friends there is joy. And taking time to look at trees.

This trying times give us an opportunity to spend time with God and family, our church being purified from our sinfulness God Bless Bishop Barron , include us in your prayers

I just love that you are encouraging us to read the Bible. As Catholics that is something many of us struggle with.

March 23, 2020: Thanks Bishop Barron! Katrina & Troy (Clovis, New Mexico)

Bishop, I began Bible reading before the lockdown. My four wonderful children and loving Wife have not allowed any study, let alone imposed monasticism. It's been a Blessing for us to be together but a little different. I'm a Firefighter and my Wife is an engaged Teacher meeting with her students daily though not required. We have been attending Mass with you every Sunday, Thank You and God Bless You and Your ministry.

Finally, the voice of faith and reason. Thank you, Bishop Barron.

I’m watching you Bishop Barron on my iPhone!

God bless you,you are an inspiration to us all at this time of solitary.💕🙏🏻

I am devastated with Bishop Barrens truth. He has brought me back to my faithful belief in Christ. I am 77 yrs old and am gathering my Bible back. Thank you Bishop.

@BishopBarron

4 жыл бұрын

God bless you!

Thank You So Much Bishop Barron !!!

Thank you Bishop Barron. This is wonderful advice.

Bishop Barron.. I so totally agree with you! How wonderful is our God, who has give us this time in Lent contemplate our lives, our world and each other, without distraction! Those of us with access to mass online, spiritual readings and rosary together although apart! Pray, pray, read and pray again! God Bless you! 🇨🇦🌹🙏🏽

I think this is a blessing in disguise. Many of us have more time to devote to our relationships with God. We have more time to spend with Scriptures and studying the Catechism (very interesting and beautiful insight to what we as Catholics believe!). It’s really been a great time to deepen my relationship with God, and I pray that it is for everyone else. It is definitely a great time (especially with Lent!!!) to form good spiritual practices and virtues with your family. Of course, I pray these practices all last well after this pandemic, and for all those affected by it either directly or indirectly. To whoever may read this know that I am praying for you and God bless and keep you!! :)

Fantastic video! Thank you, Bishop Barron.

Thanks Fr! I so enjoy your short videos like this where it’s just you and the camera.

Thank you very much, Father. Going to read Thomas!

All of these things I agree with. Great Job on this holy direction. I only wish more people would watch this as it will help so much to so many

Bishop Barron, you are a blessing to us.

Praying for your recovery. We need you!