Now that I am elderly, retired, one of my most enjoyable things to do is listen to the sounds of family. Quietly listening to the sounds of my children. My children are now grandmothers, mothers, children and their sounds when they gather is music to my ears in these elderly years. When alone I can reflect on that sound of family unity. It is lovely.

@sonicman52

Жыл бұрын

That’s beautiful

@almayap2525

Жыл бұрын

How beautifuk, what a wonderful way of spending our sunset years! Me too a grandma to ten @68 now. Will try your way thank you for this great idea🙏🏻

@austyn5004

Жыл бұрын

🥺🥺🥺😭😭😭 I'm only a 31 year old mom but I can totally relate to this. I love just watching my daughters giggle and talk with each other, while our puppies rough house, and their dad clears his throat while he's reading. 🥲🥲

Distracting myself from my own racing mind by listening to the Bishop generally relaxes me

I love the quiet sitting alone in my living room, no tv, no phone. Just me and Almighty God. I live alone, and spiritually I love it. Great episode.

Nice discussion. I'm now long retired, living in Covid isolation. Life is very joyful reading books, playing with the dogs, watching videos such as this, etc. Life is good...

@garfieldbraithwaite8590

3 жыл бұрын

That’s a beautiful message Phil thank you

A great Catholic tradition is to occasionally undertake a spititual retreat of either a weekend or a week, while residing in a spiritual centre. These are valued times during which silence reigns supreme. They are usually conducted by the Centre, under the guidance of a priest. Meditative talks are interspersed by Mass and other religious services, so that prayer leads to contemplation. A refreshing way to live, eat and pray alongside others in silence, apart from some self directed breaks when one can engage in conversation with another during a walk outside of the Center. No chance of distraction, only a slowing down of the soul. Try it, it can become addictive! Thanks

The Rosary . Contemplative, meditative, scriptural, portable , accessible. Pray it alone, in community , teach your family. Our Lady asked us to pray it . Its a weapon for peace, and transforms the heart.

It really comes down to: who is in charge? The devices (and their distractions) or am I? Strike a balance and take the control back.

For years I would tell my family and friends there was mental and spiritual fortitude in catching the chicken, slaughtering the chicken. plucking all its feathers, washing and then preparing it for cooking. I'm not even sure if there are more steps, but I am aware that some of the monotonous chores from the past were beneficial to individuals. Same thing with washing each individual garment on the washboard. We're loosing our fortitude. Just read a publication about knitting, weaving and needlepoint. These types of activities help to strengthen us. I keep telling my grown daughters to "put the phones down" Thank you great discussion !! By the way I am a retired chemistry teacher saying to my students, "everything (the whole world) is based on mathematics!"

Agreed. It is a battle with all distractions... sometimes is hard to be in silence. Actually it take us away from our responsabilities. Lord help us to be wise with time.

I was struck by how difficult it was for me to watch this video from beginning to end, only a half hour, without cutting it short by all of the distractions in my life and head! I love the idea that useless things are actually contemplative, so long as we go slow with them. The idea of savoring. Thank you.

@rsmania01

2 жыл бұрын

Read Cal Newport's new book 'Digital Minimalism'.

Bishop Baron you are my favorite bishop .

Is it ironic that I’m scrolling through the comments as I listen to Bishop Barron???🤣🤣

@josephinewalker6181

Жыл бұрын

Me too!!!! Why?!

WE LOVE SCIENCE! WE LOVE SCIENCE!I felt the Bishop's frustration. To everyone, the man who formulated the big bang theory was a priest.

@Carlos-ln8fd

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah also Mendel, the father of genetics.

@imgvillasrc1608

2 жыл бұрын

@@Carlos-ln8fd Let's not forget Roger Bacon, the englishman who kisckstarted the scientific method.

I love Bishop Baron! Wise man; helped my family make it through the quarantine. GOD bless you!

Hope everyone has been blessed by the Sacred Heart of Jesus yesterday feast day in UK RC calendar and the Immaculate Heart of Mary today. God bless.

@maryannchaisson6742

4 жыл бұрын

Was the day in Canada also, first time a keto receive Eucharist in three (3) months. Praise God! 🇨🇦❤️✝️

@clairemcintosh8071

4 жыл бұрын

@@maryannchaisson6742 God bless MaryAnn, I have family cousins in Canada, Ottowa, born there after my Uncle Jim moved from England, via Scotland. Surname Welsh 😊

@wolfthequarrelsome504

4 жыл бұрын

There's no RC church.. It's the Catholic Church.

@colleencrandall5434

4 жыл бұрын

Ion

Love when Bishop Barrons heart is visibly on fire

Bishop Robert Barron is one of the best contemporary communicators in the Catholic Church and I loved especially his point near the near of the video concerning the immaterial qualities of mathematics- it points to a higher reality than the material universe we live in.

@johnrheinheimer1453

4 жыл бұрын

Bishop “We have a reasonable hope that all men might be saved” Barron ignores the teachings of the Catholic Church he claims to be a part of

@jocelynmelchorb2553

4 жыл бұрын

Really???? He is a communicator of modernism, not real catholic teachings . He is a coward

23:40 Eucharistic adoration. I'm so looking forward for the church to open so I can do this again in our Parish.

@kennethtan2605

3 жыл бұрын

One of my lament too. A quiet thot eased its way into my heart,"You do believe I am there, ...that we are there...the 3 of us. Wld it be beyond us to know of each and every heart that visits us "in spirit" in these times.? I am resolving till it is more available to visit "them", the 3 Divine Persons, the Holy, Humble and true God, the great "I AM", and say, " MY God, YR servant is here." and rejoice to be in His sanctifying Presence! God bless.

God bless you Bishop Barron and the WOF team.

It's primordial. We're fascinated by fire. We'll stare into it for hours. Combine this with sound and moving images. The story teller by the fire brings it all to life. You're hooked.

After listening to your conversation I come away with: Stop! Smell the roses and Be in the present moment.:) Blessings to you both.

I love it when you are on Fire 🔥

That final rant was the best and most eloquent one I’ve heard

@AJoh635

4 жыл бұрын

Don’t you love it???

@josephtravers777

4 жыл бұрын

This is one of many from His Excellency

@zuzaninha

4 жыл бұрын

💯

@nicksdragon6929

4 жыл бұрын

Being a Catholic has its rewards 👍😊

@joanneboty4882

4 жыл бұрын

Totally agree Luis.

Thank you, Bishop. This is something that, especially in these time of forced isolation, I've been wrestling with. It's so easy to be distracted by the internet on a constant basis. I've had to force myself to "unplug" for longer and longer periods in order to focus on, as you say, "the more important things". Serious, slow, reading of the Bible (thank you for the Word on Fire Bible, by the way) as well as the written works of the early Church fathers and the saints.

Miss Bishop Barron's daily online masses but at least we have his homilies online, BB I am 53 years old cradle Catholic and only since reading your homilies dud I really begin to understand God's word and be able listen to His word... Thank you for this great blessing and to the Holy Spirit working through you and all faithful christians/catholics

It’s was beautiful! I was present in Santa Maria, St Louis de Montfort, and just hearing Bishop Barron recalling the event , waving and honking of the horns put me in tears! It’s was such a beautiful and unforgettable experience! 🙏🏼

I fill in my leisure time by listening to your podcasts very interesting and very informative Thank you for your insight Anne

Nothing like a "true" philosopher.

Thank you Bishop Barron for giving us the Word of God to reflect and contemplate many useless things in our daily life.May God continue to Bless you❤❤❤

Thank you Bishop Barron, in Ohio still distanced from the Eucharist, distractions have become even more powerful. Our screens brought us the Mass, the Eucharist. The center of our lives and eventually over time these screens, whatever they offered, became equally important. Distraction becomes an addiction, in self isolation when it’s all we have at the push of a button. So thank you for repeating this all important perspective. Also I wish we had drive in Sacraments here, wonderful story to hear. The distance from the Eucharist is far more troubling and painful then I could have ever foreseen. God Bless you both and little Gilbert.

Great talk again from Fr. Barron! one thing I would comment, that although you may 'not know the people either side of you' on the flight, maybe there is an opportunity to do some apostolate with people you meet while travelling. I have had many great discussions during travels, bring Christ to my discussions. keep your eyes open for that :-)

I love how you posted this on the longest day of the year. Use that daylight wisely!

@Mr._Anderpson

4 жыл бұрын

Preparing to go to a wedding here. Now to see if I can work the long day into an analogy about marriage for the toast. Thanks for the reminder.

Was about to start my work day but was distracted by message in my inbox! Bishop Barron's discussions are always a welcomed distraction!

@IreneuszCzech

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂🙏😀👍

SO MUCH WISDOM

Just ordered his new Bible...can’t wait to receive and read it. I miss his daily Masses also.

@stevecole3192

4 жыл бұрын

I promise you Kathi it will surpass your expectations by miles. I've had mine for 2 weeks and simply cannot put it down. It is a cathedral in your hands. And...I miss his Mass too. It truly was the highlight of my day. Blessings Kathi.

@sallywebb7415

4 жыл бұрын

It’s brilliant!

@kathitron9054

4 жыл бұрын

Steve and Sally, your words make me even more excited about receiving my Bible and Fr Barrons words. Dear Father, give me patience...but, please hurry.

@ginakendrick2581

3 жыл бұрын

Miss his daily mass too

@rsmania01

2 жыл бұрын

KJV?

Thank you Bishop Robert Barron, for these wonderful videos. They mean so much to me. May continue to God Bless you. 🙏🏻💗

This is some of Bishop Barron's best work. Very insightful....

well, I love Father Barron rants!

CGracias por sus reflexiones y el Apostolado Word on Fire.

It is good to have one hour of relaxation per day. The weekend should be me time. I will start doing nothing on weekends. We should focus on important matters at least eight hours per week day.

Manual labour is a good distraction- your mind can wonder into deeper thoughts and daydreams.

I’m so sad that Bishop Baron no longer airs the daily mass. Please think about restarting the daily videos of the mass for members of Word On Fire.

@anitagodat208

4 жыл бұрын

I agree...Many of us older folks will not be able to attend Mass physically, and Bishop Barron has helped us to draw closer to our Lord with his amazing inspiration from the Holy Spirit in his homilies!

@silviagregorowicz4786

4 жыл бұрын

Yes please! Your homilies are fantastic.

@MK-zp7gj

4 жыл бұрын

I miss it too but a lovely parish in Dublin are streaming live from St Andrew's on Westland Row. The following link will take you to their channel. kzread.info/dron/CdmfCy8trYp5c-p_-MZFOA.html

@pennywiseeclipse4090

4 жыл бұрын

I miss the Word on Fire daily mass as well :/ I absolutely loved hearing Bishop's orthodox and intellectually brilliant homilies. They were a major factor in bringing me back to the faith after being an atheist for a few years.

@secretariesofdivinemercy5343

4 жыл бұрын

Watch them all again! All of the sermons are worth reflecting upon more deeply, as Christians did of old when there was no television or internet! Every single sermon is a master class on the Bible and worth hearing again! You can always watch the mass of the day and then go back to Bishop Barron or Father Steve. Plus there is so much content on the Word on Fire Digital app for iPhone and then 10 years of videos online and 20 years of podcasts. Lots of content!!

Dear Bishop Barron, Your intelligence and eloquence, your fire and love for God are an AMAZING blessing to this jaded, unbelieving world. God bless and protect you! p.s. It's a holiday where I'm at and I am spending my day crocheting and listening to your shows. Indeed my soul is going slow

Thank you for this non distracting video. Seriously.

Your podcasts are always so interesting & insightful. Concentrating on your discussion & ideas becomes a form of focus to me. Thank you very much.

Thank you both of you for the useful and needful discussion.

All of this. So good. So important.

I love sincerely the intellectual bishop Barron but I love the most of his natural being at 8:40 and 15:37 Most of his videos have this little time to time original bishop Barron moments which I love so much.

Go Bishop Barron! Yay! Puts all those atheist scientist folk in their place, when it's so obvious that the invisible realm is proven by science. You BB have just the right words to communicate it clearly... O come Holy Spirit and fill us all with the fire of Your Love 🔥🕊️

Bishop Barron, So many good points in this discussion. Thanks for the advice as it pertains to dinners asnd meals etc.

The Family that Prays to together says to together. Father Patrick Payton. God Bless

Love this discussion ... it covers much that is problematic with digital. Cash + competition between businesses tends to drive insatiably the industry towards a tide of digital excess. Worse, digital is likely making much of the world poorer as money is poured into the hands of a few IT leaders

I've been using an old "brick phone" for over a year now. One of the best decisions I've ever made.

Thanks for your video on this topic of useless vs useful things to do. I've been cracking myself up over my life with this question, I guess there is a contemplative side of me, wondering if what I've been doing, at any one time, is what I was supposed to be doing with my life. Through the grace of God, it just recently made sense to me that as long as I'm doing whatever I'm doing for the greatest glory of God, I should be alright, so even if I'm bored, don't try to disguise my boredom but acknowledge it, and if it bothers me to much, offer I'd offer my feelings to Jesus and ask Him to guide me. Anything we do for the grace of God, very much like St. Therese of Lisieux said, no matter if it is a small thing to do, give glory to God. To wrap up, don't be fooled by your own ego to dictate what you need to be doing or not, because even if it feels good for you, whatever you're doing, if you're not aware of the presence of God in you, it might be not worth doing after all. Bless you all!

Just love the WOF, when BB's comes available to the UK, I will be spending my pounds and pence, God bless you BB, hope you return to the UK soon🙏

I highly recommend Josef Pieper's Leisure: The Basis of Culture

@RileySoares

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds Based

@richardsantos4833

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome suggestion! I read it in a Philosophy course called “Work, Leisure, and the Human Person”

Thank you.

Wish there was focus on need of elderly for direction in using their many empty hours to grow closer to God.

@TheSaraManal

3 жыл бұрын

The whole topic was about the blessings of slowness & “doing nothingness” they can just enjoy whatever each individual enjoys & be present to other people (since most people running around & don’t have time for that Read/contemplate the word on fire bible Be there for younger people in church and otherwise Finally, there are so many church ministries they can participate in.. depending on their interest

@77thTrombone

3 жыл бұрын

That's a point worth noting. Especially as their eyes fade and the print they can read grows larger.

Excellent show, Brandon!!

Develop a love for use less things which are truly THE useful in our lives.

The guy on the ledt started talking about how it's hard to focus on one thing at a time as I was scrolling down through my feed while listening to this. Great content as always.

Thank you so much for this.

Thank you!

This is an incredibly interesting discussion, love it

Thank you...this needs to be listened to so I am sharing. Thank you. I have been caught up looking at stuff I really don't care about.

Thanks much for this video.

Beautiful humbled

Incredible quality and production value! (and great content obviously)

The topic discussed is very relevant in light of many challenges that families face today. The use of cellphones may seem to be harmless and certainly useful but when it's done in a most important moment for families to share their quality time together then it's a most distractive gadget ever developed.

Use the devices to live better do not let the suppliers use you. Thank you for your last comment to the question, I thank God for letting me enter a world of shapes and calculations that has allowed me in to create a truth that can exist usefully in the world

I love this show!!! Bishop Barron you are a great teacher ! Thank you. 🙏💕

Good to see you Bishop. My family and I miss your daily mass so much. We were blessed by them. Harare, Zimbabwe🇿🇼

@IreneuszCzech

4 жыл бұрын

🙏😀👍 Mass for 13 Sunday in Ordinary Time A (28 June 2020): kzread.info/head/PLS6vVjWuP16Zvl50d6bg8o9XxFO4Tx8IP Homily for 13 Sunday in Ordinary Time A (28 June 2020): kzread.info/dash/bejne/X62kpMSvaNzIl8Y.html

Sometimes I feel that I am the only human in the world who is not addicted to a mobile phone. I barely use it. I replenish it only three or four times a year.

Distractions are junk food for the soul. Like fast food, they are addictive, and we need to consume more and more to fill the hole in the soul that we no longer believe in, because we are too distracted.

What is the best choice for useless time? Where is the answer for that in this discussion?

I wish local churches taught lectio divino and contemplative prayer.

@deliarealtor

4 жыл бұрын

We had both at our church, it was beautiful

@doloresrodriguez7544

4 жыл бұрын

Try Franciscan at Home. The catechist certification coure Intermediate certification has a great class on lectio divina.

@tommyhuynh8311

4 жыл бұрын

Amen.

Colour is important and notifications are designed to catch your attention (hinted at by Bishop Barron at around 21:00 minutes). A bit like how casino slot machines work. Try changing the screen to black and white and watch the detox. Instructions: Settings -> Accessibility -> Display & Text Size then turn "Color Filters" on. That setting is buried deep in there.

I don't know how married people or Parents do it! As a Bachelor, I am able to leave work go home and eat dinner, then spend time by myself praying the Rosary, reading a great book or scripture and contemplating life. I'm not sure if I'd be able to do that if I were married, or had children at home. I pray for all the Parents and married couples out there, that You'll get a little time to reflect/pray/etc. with God.

@phil4v8

3 жыл бұрын

Very true but also what a blessing to have a family🙏🙏🙏

@phil4v8

3 жыл бұрын

@@dawncooper9484 🙏🙏💞🙏🙏

Listening to this put me in mind of The Compleat Angler. Or The Contemplative Man's Recreation by Izaak Walton.

Now that we seem to be crossing a threshold with AI -particularly in the creative sphere-I think this lesson will become increasingly important in the coming years.

If all things are created, there are no "trivial" things.

@phil4v8

3 жыл бұрын

Mmm maybe maybe not! Unless they were created by God.

I agree with you Bishop, we have lost communication with each other and family dinners because of the cell phones!

I am so thankful that the Lord doesn't see me as being only a thing. A thing which needs to be useful enough sometimes for a fee in order for me to remain just another thing still free to be.

Really good points in this interview.

Looking at our phones while at dinner is everywhere. Not just in the US. It is very sad. But we can choose to be otherwise and encourage others to do likewise

At 8:15 science has disproved multi tasking, we actually shift from one to another vary fast which almost seems like doing two things at once.

I saw a movie make fun of smartphones once: everyone got all angsty when they were separated from their smartphones.

Create something! Draw, paint, play a musical instrument, do a DIY project, clean your house. These are all spiritual activities that you do slowly.

Truly God is at work in Bishop Barron mind

The same way that we make time for doing the “useful things, we should also deliberately allocate time for doing the “useless things”.

8 prayers for the thumbs down lost souls. Blessings~

@stevecole3192

3 жыл бұрын

@Bishop Robert Barron Did this actually come from you Bishop Barron?

@akhiljames3435

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevecole3192 Nope, its some fake guy

@stevecole3192

3 жыл бұрын

@@akhiljames3435 This is so sad. God bless you akhil.

8:41 “RAWRARARA” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 15:40 “BAPBAPBAPBAP” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@syerawashi202

4 жыл бұрын

thanks for this comment ahahahaha

Could you say something about the useless destruction of saint statues. Thanks bishop

@fredjasper7378

4 жыл бұрын

Yes toss saint statues into a river but not the pachymama

@NoliCab

4 жыл бұрын

Crickets from BIshop Barron. Hide behind Vatican II and get the sheep slaughtered.

@phil4v8

3 жыл бұрын

On another video about statues.

To the questioner at the end -- It's self-evident that there is a realm outside of the material. Consciousness is not material. Emotions are not material. The color blue is not material. We do not have direct knowledge of the material because we experience it indirectly through our senses.

I’m curious to know Bishop Barron’s thoughts on Archbishop Viganò’s Letter to President Trump

@pennywiseeclipse4090

4 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking the same!

@agnusdei6716

4 жыл бұрын

I would also really like to hear the Bishop's take on this

@olgamarinho

4 жыл бұрын

I think archbishop Vigàno is well intended, but I think bishop Barron would disagree of his approach of public criticism of the Pope. I don't know, I find myself wondering about this frequently... I think that this could lead the little ones to stumble (Mt. 18:6). I personally experienced this... Once I told my sister and mother about the critics and doubts on pope Francis actions and all the Pachamama thing at Amazon Synod. They were shocked. I don't know, I regretted that I did this later, because they think the pope is flawless and a Saint, so it could weakening their faith on the Church.

@decolinizeyoutube

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@mtregi

4 жыл бұрын

@Thomas I agree in principle, but I'm pretty sure we've been way past state affairs not interfering for quite some time now...

As Beauty and the Beast's Gaston said, "How can you read this? There's no pictures!"

Also, be aware and know that the various marketing departments of various cell phone brands and such devices researched into addiction to gambling and the way a gambling addict responds to the game he plays and applied several of these characteristics to cell phone devices and apps. This is not a game and that "thing" in your pocket or in your hands is not a toy either.

I am a beautiful person. The other side of the most important thing is that the only thing I can do it.

Good

Bishop Sheen on one of his tv shows said that speed was a sign of evil. He said nudity was too. There was one more but I can’t remember what it was.