"maybe be surprised at how generous god is in his mercy"....goosebumps and misty eyed right now..yesterday for the first time in 23 years i went to confession...it was in a small room in the priests house we were face to face..2 chairs oposite each other..i was slightly overwhelmed as i remember the little dark box with the sire mesh that i could hide behind..but this was open..bright...2 chairs facing each other..i prepared him for what i was about to say and the lenght of time i was away and why i also havent had the eucharist since 1999..he told me take your time..literally name everyone and everything thats stoppping you..so i did..it was the strangest thing ever..i obviously wont go into detail..but after i finished..i looked over and his head was slightly bowed and he then looked at me and almost said verbatim what bishop barron just said...be surprised at how generous god is in his mercy..almost word for word...im kinda shaking here while typin as the timing is a but strange...today im going to mass actually in 2 hours time.and will partake of the eucharist first time since the the 20th century..(1999) to be exact...its strange...im a bit nervous..but...i surrender...weapons down...

@27lamar

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and feeling. It shows the teaching of our Catholic Church is the same throughout our church’s history.

@rosemary8282

Жыл бұрын

Peace be with you. I cried in thanksgiving for you. I pray for all the others who have turned away that they will turn back to God and Lord.

@judyv3370

Жыл бұрын

Thanks be to God! Thank you for sharing your wonderful story! So very grateful that you had a good experience and so grateful for your priest and showing you God's mercy! Bless you always!

@awodayodade880

Жыл бұрын

Welcome back to Mother Church. Love from Nigeria

@che_guevara67

Жыл бұрын

@@27lamar thanks :)

Thank you so much for your ministry, Bishop Barron. I'm German and you may know that the Catholic church in Germany is in a chaotic state. As a faithful Catholic I suffer, it is painful to watch what's going on in the church here. Listening to your preaching helps me to stay faithful and feels like balm for my wounded soul. Thank you!

@rhwinner

Жыл бұрын

You are the Church. You are suffering, yes. But you have not yet been called to shed your blood, to be a martyr. Stay strong, stay committed, we wish you grace and peace from our Lord and God the Father. ♥️🙏♥️

@nereb100

Жыл бұрын

Stay strong and best wishes from Vienna

@frostedvanilla9685

Жыл бұрын

Please i want to know what is going on with the Catholic Church in Germany.

@mervynholman6397

Жыл бұрын

Stay faithful! Love from Australia.

@Internetshadow0000

Жыл бұрын

@@frostedvanilla9685 More or less an attempt by a regional synodal coalition of bishops and laity to redefine marriage, priestly celibacy and all of the other current issues of our day to be in line with the current post-modern sensibilities.

"Lead all souls to Heaven, especially those in most need of thy mercy."

@dsl-dogasasecondlanguage8394

Жыл бұрын

Yes!!! I was wondering how people who attack Bishop Barron on this issue pray the rosary. Did Mother Mary get it wrong when she told the children at Fatima how to pray?

@CJChesspnp

Жыл бұрын

That’s why we have to be honest to ppl who support sins against humanity or God, such as murder (abortion). We love them enough to want them to spend eternity w/God to correct them. However, Jesus said all have to repent & abandon sinful beliefs & behaviors.

@spencer2978

Жыл бұрын

@@dsl-dogasasecondlanguage8394 Did mother Mary get it wrong when she told the children that many souls go to hell?

@CatholicCulturePod

Жыл бұрын

@@dsl-dogasasecondlanguage8394 The same Lady who gave us this prayer said that many have been damned because of sins of impurity, among other reasons. She asked us to pray that all currently alive may be saved, not to believe that it is possible that nobody in the past has ever been damned.

@jacksparrow1057

Жыл бұрын

Lead all souls to Heaven especially those... Every soul is in most need of Christ's mercy.

"In hope, the Church prays for all men to be saved." CCC 1821 Thanks and God bless you Bishop Barron and all of you watching and reading this!

@stevensmyth7391

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for referencing that paragraph of CCC

@wbl5649

11 ай бұрын

yes but they must come to the Roman Catholic Church to do so, that's in Canon as well

@user-ji1gp4is9o

29 күн бұрын

@@wbl5649 But Vatican II council heretics won't tell you that. They are leading people to hell with their weakness and heresies.

The narrow door is the door of Humility and we’re all very Proud people. We must pray to The Holy Spirit to helps us to become Humble to the Will of God.

@shivadasa

Ай бұрын

Then we can be proud of having become so humble.

*"Hope is not based on human accomplishment. Hope is based upon what God has accomplished in Christ. So we hope for this difficult thing that all people will be saved."* - BISHOP BARRON (4: 55 - 5: 07)

@tyler.sotock2504

Жыл бұрын

wow. I love you Jesus Christ.

@marypinakat8594

Жыл бұрын

Sincere appreciation @@tyler.sotock2504for your presence here. May Jesus bless you heaps☆

@bobrosemarymikols3400

Жыл бұрын

@@marypinakat8594 XD

@marypinakat8594

Жыл бұрын

God bless you @@bobrosemarymikols3400for your happy presence☆☆

@nataliaabello

Жыл бұрын

Yes! This was the highlight of this homily 🙏🏾🕯🕊🌺

As a mother I have five adult children, I have had serious problems with some of my children. I've had to put down boundaries to protect myself, because of their behaviour due to addiction, but if someone said to me you can be assured that only three of your childten will be saved,I want all my children to be saved they're all my children. We are all Gods children, I ifeel he would be upset if we only thought of ourselves as being elevated to being worthy of salvation He wants and loves all his children if we truly love him and know him we would understand that. It hurts and grieves him to lose even one of his children. Iam feeling this from the heart of a parent.

We can so easily Believe we are the insiders, and then we realize by keeping others out we are no longer who we pretend to be. Pray for all to be saved 🙏

@tyler.sotock2504

Жыл бұрын

Wow.

@willmyers9575

Жыл бұрын

Amen to that 🙏

@pmartin6086

9 ай бұрын

That's exactly what I thought too!

@OtherSideAus

4 ай бұрын

Why do we have to pray for all to be saved? Isn’t that a bit conceited? We think God needs us to tell him to ‘save’ people? Seems like a very strange philosophy!

@Yestopeace365

4 ай бұрын

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Thankyou so much for all the good work you are still doing after all this time Bishop Barron! I am a 15 year old South Australian boy who, after attending one church service with my grandparents, has found my way to God. While my grandparents church is Lutheran I decided to discover Christianity for myself, I have done this by doing research on all the different denominations of Christianity. out of all the different denominations I have found that it is the Catholic Church that appeals and cries out to me the most. I am not certain yet, but I would like to thankyou for your videos, they have made an immeasurable impact on my journey as a teenager trying to find God. May God bless you Bishop Robert Barron, THANKYOU so much!

@jarrettmiller4436

Жыл бұрын

You are a welcomed son of God in Christ’s Holy Catholic Church!

@martenluijendijk6631

Жыл бұрын

May the Lord bless you, like He is already doing!

@bohemiasb281

Жыл бұрын

God bless you young man---you are most fortunate to have received this gift and His grace.

@GwenL

Жыл бұрын

Hello Talan, G'day! If you don't already know, I would like to recommend a KZread channel to you, Ascension Presents. Please look up Fr Mike Schmitz when you scroll down the Ascension Presents channel page. You might enjoy Fr Mike's homilies at mass or clips of topics he speaks on. God bless and guide you!!

@xty070

Жыл бұрын

May God who has begun this work in your life and in your heart, keep you forever in faith and in his love.amen. The body of Christ is richer because of you. Keep going. God bless you.

Christendom knows no boundaries! I'm from Russia. It's very important for each of us to be able to hope!

After denying Jesus, Peter was in great remorse, he cried bitterly, but when he heard the tomb was empty it was hope that made him run to see it. It was hope that made him see that sin and death do not have the final say and it is in that hope and in that love we can say in faith, “Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!”

@RobHarbaugh

Жыл бұрын

But John would have you know that he ran faster. :)

@brendamyc3057

Жыл бұрын

Lol yeah. 😀

@farahjamanur7471

Жыл бұрын

Wonderfully said, Brenda x

@seabreeze927

Жыл бұрын

Is faith enough?

@brendamyc3057

Жыл бұрын

If you saw my other comments I also said, ya gotta do what Jesus says. It’s faith and action.

Thank you so much. Not a Catholic here but that was so helpful and encouraging. Focusing on Gods character, love and mercy but realising that we can resist it.

"Let your hope expand to be as great as the mercy of God". How beautiful! 👌🙏 Thank you, Bishop.

@marypinakat8594

Жыл бұрын

Awesome!! Thank you☆

@seabreeze927

Жыл бұрын

You need to know your Faith.

@gibbs9434

Жыл бұрын

Read about Fatima apparitions and the vision of hell by the children... Or read what any pope (unless Francis maybe ?) has said on the matter. Being realistic doesn't make me happy about people being there...

@jacksparrow1057

Жыл бұрын

@@gibbs9434 Yeah read Fatima, read a pope, read Faustina, read boopsie and boppsie. Read anyone but Jesus Christ and his apostles.

@gibbs9434

Жыл бұрын

@@jacksparrow1057 The Gospel says likewise. Jésus is very clear on the matter of hell...

I have been waiting for a response from Bishop Barron on this issue. And you have explained it well, Bishop Barron. Your stand is clear and strong. A powerful message! Thank you for sharing.

@seabreeze927

Жыл бұрын

It will only sound good if you dont know the True teaching.

For those struggling with this, I offer this analogy (knowing full well that no analogy is perfect!) in light of the fact that I am a principal of a high school that enrolls students at risk of dropping out: I hope that every single student that I enroll will graduate. Do I tell every enrollee that I am certain that they will graduate? No! We lay out a plan for every student and if the plan is followed then they will graduate. So, my HOPE that every student will graduate is well founded but I would never say with certitude that every student will graduate. I have seen the most recalcitrant students "turn it around" and graduate! In a similar way, our Church encourages us to hope and pray that everyone is saved, but that doesn't mean that our Church claims with certitude that everyone will be saved. All of us sinners, even the most recalcitrant ones, can be saved...and we have permission to hope for that! Lord Jesus Christ, son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. God bless!

@BishopBarron

Жыл бұрын

Quite right.

@xty070

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this brilliant analogy that brings more clarity .

@tommore3263

Жыл бұрын

That was a perfect analogy. Thanks amigo.

@stantsai5950

Жыл бұрын

Great analogy. Just want to drive it one step further. Have you ever engaged in any in-depth discussion with a general audience in your school on your HOPE that every student will graduate? Do you expect such a lecture to motivate an average student to “strive” harder in his study? Or, will it give a student a sense of false security that he will then spending more time in his games? Even at a time when you talk to one of the most recalcitrant students about his HOPE to graduation, I bet your message to him is on how to “strive” harder. You will not leave room for him to interpret the HOPE as an illusion that he may HOPE that his principle will not look at his test score at his graduation. I am sure Bishop Barron is not preaching a passive HOPE.

@proverbios1820

Жыл бұрын

@@stantsai5950 Thanks for your thoughtful reply! Yes, I’ve engaged in in-depth discussions with individual students over time. The discussions always center around the practical things they must accomplish along the way towards graduation so that the hope is well founded and not false or illusory. Thanks and God bless you!🙏🏽

Thank you for clarifying the use of “hope” vs. “expectation”. My concern for the eternal souls of my family and friends is based on my own fear of not being worthy of salvation. Pray that one day I could accept the fact that salvation only comes through the grace of God and no one is ever truly worthy. I will keep trying to encourage everyone to participate and accept Gods love.

@zinaj9437

Жыл бұрын

That's why I don't like prayers that ask to make us worthy. Nobody is worthy. God is super generous. I also do not actively seek indulgences because God is indulging me by letting me live and love and serve him.

@G-MIP

Жыл бұрын

@@zinaj9437 Indulgences have nothing to do with salvation. They are strictly tied to those in purgatory who are guaranteed of heaven. Indulgences shorten the time in purgatory for you, or for someone else. Your indulgence could release a soul into purgatory...and that soul will now pray for you as a saint- for you to be a saint. Peace.

@zinaj9437

Жыл бұрын

@@G-MIP - There's no time in purgatory. Once you die, you are no longer a temporal being, bound by time. Purgatory is the clean up phase when people work on releasing...habits, biases, propensities...that make them unfit for heaven. Purgatory is where souls learn to see as God sees, think as God thinks, and love as God loves. If they didn't learn and practice that on earth, they will need to work on that while in Purgatory. That, by itself, is an indulgence, God continuing to work with you to make you ready for heaven.

@JohnPaul-xi4dz

Жыл бұрын

@@zinaj9437 Read some of Padre Pio descriptions of his encounters with Holy Souls in Purgatory. Clearly there is a sense of time that manifests itself in intense longing or anticipation.

@figurefour633

Жыл бұрын

Bishop Barron is giving you a whole bunch of baloney. The main saying he don’t believe that no one is in Hell! Wake up something is wrong here. This is heresy. He’s rejecting the doctrine of the faith. Are you gonna follow him or you gonna follow Christ. He contradict the Catholic faith.

Bishop, I always felt that your take on this was reasonable and thoroughly Catholic. I hope this sermon helps many understand your position. Thank you, and God bless you.

@EEEasdfasdc

Жыл бұрын

@@AthanaSus I have, and as much as I like Ralph Martin I feel like he was conflating hope with claiming knowledge that everyone will be saved.

@AthanaSus

Жыл бұрын

@@EEEasdfasdc ...that is not Ralph Martin's position on the matter. i think youre confusing him with another commentator

@EEEasdfasdc

Жыл бұрын

@@AthanaSus No, I'm not, he says that the Bishop gives the impression that all will be saved, which isn't what he's doing at all, imo.

@marypinakat8594

Жыл бұрын

@@EEEasdfasdc Do agree with what you are saying☆

@Kinson09

Жыл бұрын

Yea, I do think Patrick Coffin was too rash in his accusations of the bishop in this regard.

Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world. Eternal God in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion, inexhaustible, look kindly upon us and increase your mercy in us, that in difficult moments, we might avoid despair and refrain from becoming despondent, yet, with great confidence; submit ourselves to your holy will, which is Love and Mercy itself. Amen

@diannes3224

Жыл бұрын

Amen!

@suzannehauser5850

Жыл бұрын

I love to judge! Yet when I pray this prayer it reminds me that I am FAR from perfect and Jesus continues to remind me that life is a journey and I am not home yet. Some days we do better at striving for heaven than on other days….but our aim is still the hope of heaven. 💕💕💕

@Barbaramamato

Жыл бұрын

@@suzannehauser5850 judge not, that ye shall not be judged

@oneman4412

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Barbara, what a beautiful prayer. May God bless you.

It’s not about who I will be surprised to see in heaven; it’s about who will be surprised to see me.

@lynncw9202

Жыл бұрын

Yes me too. A bit worrying! 😳🙏

@drbhennessy

Жыл бұрын

So well said! Blessings

@signlanguage7624

Жыл бұрын

Well said very humble

@angelicdoctor8016

Жыл бұрын

Amen, Stephen. I suspect it will be the outcast and poor in society who testify before God regarding who is saved (Matthew 25).

@tommore3263

Жыл бұрын

Pray for this sinner and we should be praying for all.

Outstanding video - thanks for teaching us. I’m going to throw something out there. Nobody needs to swing at it. I am a convert to Catholicism from Protestantism. I was not invited to mass until I was 37 years old. I was in RCIA within the month. I had asked several people throughout my life if I could attend mass. I was met with the identical answer every time: “You can’t take communion!!” It was said aggressively - almost angrily. Every single time. Every single person. I had no idea what they were talking about, but it was easy to tell they didn’t want me there. I think a corollary to “How many will be lost?” Is “How many will be lost due to our own negligence or hostility as Catholics?” We have the greatest faith in the world! Why aren’t we overcome with excitement to share it? I think the answer is also in the readings today: The spiritual works of mercy are expected of us as children of God. But we will get kicked in the teeth for it. Nobody gets mad when you hand them a meal. But when you try to save their souls, “at the time, discipline seems a cause not for joy, but for pain.” It’s discipline for us too as we face the inevitable backlash. What I’m saying is that instead of attacking each other about how many will be saved or lost, maybe we should be doing the work Jesus gave us to do: to go out and make disciples.

@Hokum48

3 ай бұрын

Very interesting Ira you converted to Catholicism. I do not even consider myself Protestant, I attend a non denominational church Calvary Chapel. I am born again, Jesus said we must be if we want to enter the kingdom of heaven. I say interesting you joined because it is all very religious in the Catholic church. The Pope and bishops all wearing their big hats and robes (like the pharisees), and people almost seem to worship to papal. But the bible teaches we only worship God, in fact many times in scripture people bowed down to angels and they said stand up do not worship us! Paul's entire ministry was teaching we are justified by faith alone! True living faith that is (James 2). The bible clearly teaches we are saved by grace alone thru faith alone in Christ alone! I reach out to you in love! Many Catholic people I know do not like the Pope, so I wonder why are you Catholic? Whoever calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved! Not sure if you attend confession but the bible teaches there is one God, and one mediator between God and man the Man Christ Jesus! We confess our sins directly to Him! And He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins! Wow I can go on and on but I won't. Not even sure if you will read this! But it is sad that so many religious people bag on Protestant, not that you did but adding to God's perfect Word other things needed for salvation. For by grace you have been saved through faith, not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works les anyone should boast. Because our good works are as filthy rags! Much love!

@iris__and_rhizomes

3 ай бұрын

@@Hokum48These are all very common objections to Catholicism. While I am sympathetic to the place of faith from which they come, they are all grounded in misunderstandings. The clearest example is that we do not worship the Pope. If you are truly interested, you can find all the answers to your questions in many places online or in apologetics books. I am Catholic for many reasons, but the idea that got me started down this road to conversion was the idea of apostolic succession. I encourage you to read about it. More information never hurt anyone. God bless you, my brother in Christ.

@Hokum48

3 ай бұрын

@@iris__and_rhizomes sorry Iris if I got your name wrong! Thanks for the message God bless you.... In Jesus name!

Bishop Barron, your homily is so lovely and fills my heart with love and a desire to pray for all souls to open our hearts to the love of our Lord.

@seabreeze927

Жыл бұрын

How do one open one heart to the Lord?

@88kingofhearts88

Жыл бұрын

@@seabreeze927 Just ask him to reveal himself to you.

@seabreeze927

Жыл бұрын

@@88kingofhearts88then when we open our hearts, what comes next?

@seabreeze927

Жыл бұрын

@@88kingofhearts88 Just ask him? Or be baptized?

Bishop Barron says that “there are many opinions about this matter”, and yes is true, many have opinions about it, the problem is that Christ himself responded to this matter in Matthew 7:13 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.”

@cosjtm

Жыл бұрын

Yes that is the traditional understanding. The explanation from Bishop Barron is very strange and sounds extremely permissive.

@rushthezeppelin

Жыл бұрын

This, by Christ's own words there has to be at least one person in Hell (and traditionally it is held that there is one traitor almost certainly there). I think in some way we all wish that Hell was empty and that every soul could come to a state of grace by the moment of their death but to hope is a fools hope judging by scripture. The same way I don't like Barron's "privileged way" argument. Extra ecclesiam nulla salus is part of the magisterium. Nobody is saved apart from the Church. Anyone who is saved at the moment of their death is saved by the merits of the Church and is part of the Church for at least that one brief moment. While we should pray for that grace for everyone outside of the Catholic Church we should not just be content in them staying outside till their death. Granted how we go about that is obviously a matter of great prudence and I'm the last to say we should go around street preaching about damnation to every single person, I'm still working on getting my mom into the faith and I don't think the best way is just to say "Hey mom Extra ecclesiam nulla salus is infallible".

@paulorazulike9284

Жыл бұрын

Don’t be deceived, millions of people are in hell.

@TheWorldsStage

Жыл бұрын

​@@paulorazulike9284 I'm sure you love that idea. I'm sure you celebrate thinking about people in Hell, laughing manically and imagining people burning as you sit with Jesus and Mary, eating pie or whatever. No one is going to Hell. My Savior is a true Savior, and when He saves, He saves EVERYBODY. I have more trust in God than you do.

@NaruIchiLuffy

Жыл бұрын

​@@TheWorldsStage “If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.” St. Augustine. Matthew 7:13-14: Enter ye in at the *NARROW* gate: for wide is the gate, and *BROAD* is the way that leadeth to destruction [that is Hell], and *MANY* there are who go in thereat. How *NARROW* is the gate, and *STRAIT* is the way that leadeth to life: and *FEW* there are that find it! Bonus Matthew 7:15: Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. A few definitions to help you decipher the passage: WIDE - of great or more than average width. BROAD - having an ample distance from side to side; wide. MANY - a large number of people. Numerous. The majority of people. NARROW - (especially of something that is considerably longer or higher than it is wide) of small width. STRAIT - used in reference to a situation characterized by a specified degree of trouble or difficulty. A narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two other large areas of water. FEW - a small number of. Not many. Hardly any. Words of Our Lord Himself in Sacred Scripture. Backed by the teachings of Sacred Tradition. Sin of presumption - all mercy and no justice. Sin of despair - all justice and no mercy. Both sin against the theological virtue of hope. The solution lies in Our Lord Who is the perfect unity of both Justice and Mercy.

This sermon made me cry. Tears of sheer gratitude of our Lord's divine mercy which is immeasurable and yes it goes beyond our imagination. That is why we do the divine mercy chaplet everyday. Thank you Jesus

The country club analogy is brilliant. And represents so much of religious culture. We are the good people and other people are bad... this is exactly the attitude that has driven away generations of young people. It's why so many churches now stand empty. The sin of pride. Jesus knew.

@laurelsoderholm9480

23 күн бұрын

It’s not like we’re standing in line at Walmart for the toy of the century limited edition. If I get one I’m golden.

I owe this man a lot. I should’ve tried harder to meet him when he was still here in SoCal. God Bless him 😌

We pray every day "Oh my Jesus forgive us our sins save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven especially those who are most in need of your mercy.

"We can have hope equal to the mercy of God" I will always remember this, and no one can take it away

After ten years away from the church I was compelled by life and the God I was beginning to see emerging from a bible I'd picked up for simply educational and sociological purposes to return , to seek out , to have a deep need for confession. I threw my wrecked life before a very kindly old priest who dedicated his life to forgiveness and hope, and no doubt also bored him to tears. And he said the words of absolution in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. I made my jumbled "act of contrition" and left the confessional. I made my way to the central aisle of St Patrick's in Ottawa , Ontario, Canada. I was about half way down the aisle towards the front doors when suddenly , out of nowhere seemingly, I felt myself being actually and palpably immersed in and engulfed by LOVE Himself. I literally experienced in a manner that filled my mind and heart and even my senses He Who I knew to be the living Christ. As spiritual directors often point out, he was lavishing love on my unworthy and immature soul, imparting a memory I have recalled and returned to time and again. It was literally the experience of the very person of Christ. Love unimaginable. There is a real , true God who is LOVE present for us in the sacraments of His church. And great thanks to the patient old priest no doubt long gone to LOVE , who with the authority of Christ himself shared this divine love for a wayward soul.

Thank you Bishop Barron for clarifying the church’s position on the “hope” for the salvation of the faithful. I observed with horror the vilification and vitriol that came in your direction.

@MrsYasha1984

Жыл бұрын

He gets a lot of vitriol because he's a true fisher of men. Bishop Barron fished me with his sermons too😊 I get the impression there is a bit of jealousy in it, judging from the online conversations I had with some of the good Bishops critics. So they go for his speck in the eye(which he may have, he's human after all, and even the saints can and could be wrong), without taking their own 2by4 out of their own eye.

@thomism1016

Жыл бұрын

@@MrsYasha1984 So true, Manuela

@kamaungugi7005

Жыл бұрын

I hope Ralph Martin and others who seems to argue Bishop Barron is saying everyone will be saved now will understand. We should all be fraternal to one another not critical to each other. As much as I love the brilliance of Dr. Ralph Martin, I encourage him and others to embrace each other in love to advance the Kingdom.

@brucebarber4104

Жыл бұрын

@@kamaungugi7005, I lost all respect for Ralph Martin and Matt Fradd when they were singing the praises of Vladimir Putin. They took down the videos but they never apologized.

@deb9806

Жыл бұрын

So many humans feel they understand God, who doesn't have our limited hearts and brains. They judge constantly who God will save and think if they just follow a rule book, it matters. It's not wrong but limited. When a Christian talks about a NDE they have it's wonderful, if you tell them Jews have them too and Hindu's they are "they aren't true". So sad.

There are those of us in a certain place in our spiritual journey that were longing to hear this, who needed to hear it in order to continue their quest, not so much for knowledge as for greater humility. Thank you for being direct. You pay us a compliment in doing so. Blessed be.

Wonderful message Bishop Barron. Let us all have hope of God’s mercy.

I love this. When I first heard Bishop talk about this topic, I understood him as he explains it here and could not understand why people attacked Bishop as they did. I always felt that if you could not "hope" for the salvation of all, you were minimizing the power of Christ's sacrifice along with the incredible and often invisible ways God works in His Providence toward the salvation of souls. This does not mean, as Bishop points out, that I believe all will be saved, because we are still free to reject God. But I can pray and hope that until a person draws their last breath, grace will break through in their lives and save them. And it certainly has the power to do that. Only we can stop it by turning away.

@CJChesspnp

Жыл бұрын

Go back to his interview with Ben Shapiro where he eluded that Christ is “the privileged way” (his words) & was soft on hell & people are saved. I wish he showed the clips from that show so he could directly explain what is correct according to Scripture & the Catholic catechism.

"Ó meu Jesus, perdoai-nos, livrai-nos do fogo do Inferno, levai as almas todas para o Céu e socorrei principalmente as que mais precisarem".

@victorserafine5984

Жыл бұрын

AMEN !!!

@masterchief8179

Жыл бұрын

Nossa Senhora de Fátima, rogai por nós!

@parishvicar7612

Жыл бұрын

O arcanjo miguel para as crianças. Penitência! Penitência! Penitência!

Thank you for another simply wonderfull sermon father, i tear up just a bit every week. Thank you again from Sweden!!

@tommore3263

Жыл бұрын

Hello Sweden from Canada!

I love the distinction between hope, knowledge, and expectations. Beautiful. It reveals a deep truth about the Christian life. Thanks Bishop Barron.

*Dear Rev. Bishop,* *Thanks for your stance on hope for all to be saved, a very good intention. We used to opine after passing through a great misery or misfortune, that " it shouldn't happen even to our enemies" . Why not God desire that ?.* *My humble request here is, while we spread hope of heaven to all, let us strive to take heed to the warning of Jesus, that " for a rich it will be very difficult to enter the kingdom of heaven. Jesus never taught with such an implication on any other sinful state of life except about the attachment of money or evil of desiring excess worldly wealth in the guise of financial security, or future security.* *_We do know how MONEY affects all, the clergy, pious people, even the poor....who are driven by the desire for money... every body...it is like a whirlwind, taking in everybody who are not clinging to the feet of Jesus, as a child clinging to its parent at the time of peril._* *Hence ,while spreading hope of salvation, let us spread the dire warning about wealth, money which Jesus unequivocally preached.*

The best homily I have heard on this story. Thank you!

@vsaenz87

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this, Bishop Barron! I find your explanation very clear. You know, I read Ralph Martin's book some years ago, and it begins to appear to me that your positions are closer than might initially appear. Here's a question, if I may. You helpfully note that expectation is not the same as hope. I may, for example, hope for enduring world peace over centuries while realizing that it's not something I actually expect. If hope for the salvation of all is like that, then would it be right to say, in your view, that it functions as a kind of ideal that I realize, in all likelihood, will not materialize in it's fullness? That is: I realize it's highly likely that some have indeed been damned and will be damned, but I still pray and hope for the salvation of all, where this likely means, as many as possible? I that makes sense. Thank you SO much for your amazing work for souls. I'm grateful for all you do. God bless.

Bishop, yes "hope". Oh I loved this sermon on a number of levels. I've seen the scathing criticisms of you but this sermon gave me the best context to your heart. None of us are the judge and "hopefully" the love and forgiveness of Our Lord far surpasses the limits of our earthly minds. Thanks Bishop Barron and also thanks for your words on the Rosary. We badly need direction and words from our leaders at this time.

I had been blest to have been mentored by a spiritually saintly lady for 33 years. At the time of our accidental meeting in 1983, I was an atheist - a Marxist, Lenninist in persuasion - and suffering from an aggressive brain cancer that has metastasized throughout my body. Brief, I barely had 3 months to live. The said Lady, it turned out, was a fiercely Marian Catholic and through her guidance, I received direct healing from the Blessed Mother who actually opened my brain and cleansed it of all "debris." In the ensuing 3 decades, I held on to my "ego" but the said mentor continued to guide me and point me to the Way (Jesus), not through words but more through her humble deeds and her stories about heaven, purgatory and hell, among others. Some of the nuggets of her teachings resonate with your teachings as well, Dorothy, the quiet worker, passed on in 2016 but most of the words she told me prior to her death - about what the world will be or what events will transpire after she's gone - are turning out to be true. I have since her passing, relinquished my ego, went into a daily practice of contemplative meditation and have become ever more vigilant against the onslaught of evil.

Bishop, thank you for the content on KZread. I have been stationed in China for the past decade and the situation over the past two years has become more restrictive against gathering and meeting fellow Christians here. Your homilies and long-form videos are now a constancy in my life here. Thank you!

Beautiful Sermon i agree entirely God bless you all and let hope live on Whatever may come we can always hope

Thank you Bishop Barron. God bless you 🕊️✝️🙏

I love the Fatima prayer in the Rosary: O my Jesus forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, LEAD ALL SOULS INTO HEAVEN ESPECIALLY THOSE IN MOST NEED OF THY MERCY! Yes🌹

I love that Bishop Barron stands firm in his explanation. He’s right and I have always said that people have misinterpreted his message. God bless you Bishop!

Thank you and God bless you for sharing God's word. 🙏

I’m so glad this came up!! I read your foreword in “Dare we Hope” and I always felt like everyone was misconstruing your view. I also love the addressing of the “glee that there are many people in Hell.” Now that I think of it, there’s one argument that hope of universal salvation destroys the need of evangelization. But then we see that Barron is the biggest catholic evangelist of our time.

@christophlindinger2267

Жыл бұрын

@@stingingnettle9726 where, when, how?

@dixonbuttes

Жыл бұрын

@@christophlindinger2267 I second that question

@christophlindinger2267

Жыл бұрын

@@dixonbuttes would be really interesting

Now THIS is a real sermon. Thought provoking, and as a result, life- changing. Bishop Barron’s extensive knowledge of the Bible as well as history and philosophy are expertly woven together to present a deeper, nuanced way of seeing what many others see as simply black / white, us/them. This is really food for the soul, and I pray a blessing for all who listen.

When I first heard Bishop Barron make that comment about hoping all be saved, I took it in the context he just described. Basically my thoughts were we hope that people will repent and be saved not that we hope the good and bad will be equally saved, no. I pray for the unchurched and the unbaptised daily due to no fault of there own have grown up in environments where God and religion is not talked about or encouraged. I know of many in that situation. God is not bound by His sacraments and can show mercy and forgiveness to anyone who has the grace and good will to ask for it. Yes evangelisation is important etc to spread the gospel and truth but I never limit the mercy of God on anyone, even the most hardened sinner before his or her final breath would murmur or even think the words " please God have mercy on me, a sinner". That person is assured mercy and will not enter hell. God will purify that person's soul and they will sooner or later enter heaven. It's not called the good news for nothing. I guess the key is to do our best to love as God wants us to love and continue the battle against sin in our lives and if we fall, and we will, seek that forgiveness with all sincerity. That I believe is how we walk towards heaven. God's grace does the rest.

“Let our hope be as great as the mercy of God!”

Briilliant sermon! Thank you Bishop Barron!

@milkastanojevich8357

Жыл бұрын

Bishop Barron always manages to evoke thoughtful consideration of each topic, and often we discern a change is needed within us. This is fundamentally a path of deepening our faith, and trust in God.

I couldn't agree more with Bishop Barron on this hope. We, the Church, are not an exclusive, elite club. We are ordained for the blessing of the world. That is God's will. We are the salt of the earth, the light of the world. Let's not get into discussions about the conditions to enter heaven. Let's only pray for all. God is all-merciful, and only He knows our hearts. Let's be a blessing for all. We, the Church, are meant to be the seed of salvation for everyone, by the grace of God. We pray for something and we hope for it!

We are sinners! Pray for redemption! Hope for Purgatory! JMO

Excellent homily, thank you Bishop.

Thank you sir. As a (born) ortodox I apriciate your videos

I’ve always found the “dare we hope” position to be the most charitable position. Why would we not want to see all our neighbors in heaven enjoying the beatific vision? A wonderful sermon, Your Excellency! God bless you!

@Ronny423

Жыл бұрын

Because it's actually an uncharitable position to hold. It causes you to let down your guard, to be less concerned about the salvation of others because "hey, I hope they will be saved and therefore I don't have to try as hard to evangelize them." It promotes complacency and indifference, as opposed to true concern and Love for your brother.

@lazarolechon1

Жыл бұрын

@@Ronny423 no, it doesn’t. Being told “hope you make it” should raise alarm bells in anyone who listens, in any context. If it doesn’t, that’s your problem.

@user-ji1gp4is9o

Ай бұрын

@@Ronny423 Exactly. This hopeful position comes directly from the Vatican II council heretics who also are telling people that there is salvation outside the Catholic Church (which is false!), and they are pro-homosexuality, etc.

Who knows the permissive will of God? I believe the Catechism addresses this very well. God Bless you Bishop for standing with the Church 🙏

This was my view of your past statement that we can HOPE all are saved. Thank you for addressing it again. Yes, we hope for what is difficult

Thank you Bishop Barron. It's strange to me when it is said that the hope that we can all be saved (hope being, of course, not a naive sunny optimism, nor a calculation based on how impressed God is with our paltry human achievement, but a theological virtue that is impossible without God, in Christ), it's strange when it is said that this means there will be no incentive to pray, to go to Mass, to go to confession, to live a moral life or to evangelize. (The carrot-and-stick implication of the word "incentive" is also strange when applied to the sheer self-gift that is God). Life without Christ is sad, stupid, empty and self-referential--that is what sin ultimately is. I can't imagine going back to a life of lukewarm or merely contractual Christianity, even if it "turned out in the end" that "I didn't have to" (again, such contractual language!) The hope (not certitude, not knowledge, not expectation) of God's salvation for all was the one thing to got my miserable soul praying in the first place, first for myself, then for everyone I know. And then to regular confession, regular Mass attendance, etc. Yes, the world is mired in sin and yes, at times it seems hopeless. But why not pray? Pray relentlessly for sinners, for the unbaptized, for the lukewarm, for the fallen-away. Offer up suffering and privation in a spirit of reparation, go to daily Mass, take every opportunity God has given us to participate in His salvific action. God bless you!

@sandradagnolo2042

Жыл бұрын

The only one (the object of our faith) that saves is Jesus Christ. Nothing and no-one else.

Lord Jesus Christ, son of the merciful God have mercy on us. Thank you dear Bishop for another informative and beautiful sermon God bless you.

Awesome heart. Love it. Thanks so much again Bishop Barron.

Thank you Bishop Barron for courageously speaking of this beautiful hope we have through the Catholic church. We NEVER know what God sees, nor can we conceive His mercy. Once again, thank you for boldly proclaiming this gift of hope, and for explaining the context of this gospel where Christ is teaching that heaven is available to all who ( as the "good" thief on the cross) seek mercy. We can't possibly know in what form or way that happens between God and sinners. God Bless You.

Thank you Bishop Barron. You are bringing many Catholics back to the Church. Thank you for all you do. We love you.

Excellently put, there are some critics of Bishop Barron out there who do see the hope that all people are saved as being equivalent to the expectation that all people are saved. On the other hand I think his Excellency has in various interviews come off as rather soft on the necessity of following Christ in order to obtain salvation.

Welcome to being filled with Christ. Thank You, fr. Bishop Barron

Thankyou Bishop Baron. God bless you. Regards from Germany.

What an enlightening distinction between ‘hope and expectation’, Bishop!! I suspect you just revealed a hidden issue within me! That of being an ‘insider’, as someone who has lived most of my life ‘inside the church structure’, albeit the Evangelical- Protestant church, I’ve focus on being and doing ‘right’!! I would have rejected the idea that GOD would save me BECAUSE of my ‘right focus or understanding’, because I mentally assented to ‘being saved by HIS grace’!! But I’m beginning to think that my REAL belief in my salvation is based on ‘being an insider’!! The thought is really abhorrent to me, it’s so obviously WRONG! Having becoming Catholic 3 years ago, I should be familiar with these disconcerting self-revelations…But each of them brings a further humbling of my ‘interior self’! It also opens the door to how difficult it’s been to believe my late husband, who suddenly passed away 2 yrs ago ‘could be’ in Heaven or at least Purgatory!! He definitely was NOT an ‘insider’, and while all my family tried to comfort me by saying, ‘I’m glad he’s in a better place now’, or ‘I can just visualize he’s enjoying meeting his mother’ (who died when he was 6 mo) I was NOT comforted, because I knew he had great difficulty being ‘truthful or honest’! HOW could he be in Heaven with Jesus (the way, the truth and the life)?? I wanted to believe he was there, but ALL the known evidence pointed elsewhere…I’ve had Mass said for him, once a month since he died just HOPING, some way, some how… Now I see the REAL issue is ‘my heart-belief’ that a person needs to be an ‘insider’ to be SAVED!! That’s really a shocking awareness for me! How DEEP does my pride and arrogance GO?? Thanks, Bishop, ‘just a stiff-neck Pharisee’, here!!

🙂Awesome Homily !. Also, hopefully some will now be at rest with the response. And may their hope expand as like God's generosity and mercy.

With thanks, Bishop Barron: well done homily. Thank you for the courage of being in the public space, and encouraging all of us to shine the light of Christ in our own circles. Deacon Stephen Arnold

I love the insight given by Bishop Barron. His sermons always enrich my faith.

@figurefour633

Жыл бұрын

Bishop Barron is good but when it comes to the topic of hell. It’s best not listen to him. Giving you a false sense of reality. If this man say there’s no Hell. No one goes to hell, something is wrong he’s contradicting the Catholic faith. He’s a false prophet a heretic. This is a great apostasy

I have hope that all will be saved. I have reason to believe that stubborn pride is what will keep people away from God eternally. I pray and offer up with the hope that all will be saved. I completely rely personally on the mercy of God and through his sacrifice on his cross. I try every day to pick up my own cross and follow him.

I’m an Eastern Orthodox catechumen, but I still enjoy watching Bishop Barron’s videos for some reason 🤔

@rhwinner

Жыл бұрын

Truth is truth...😊

@bohemiasb281

Жыл бұрын

I am a Catholic drawn to Orthodoxy--can you recommend some Orthodox clergy / speakers to whom I could listen?

I always think of the good thief on the cross. If he was able to repent and go to heaven, maybe many others too will be able.

Awesome, awesome video explanation of the boundlessness of God’s mercy and love ⭐️💐💐🙏🏾

THANK YOU so much and God bless you.

“The wideness of God’s mercy is like the wideness of the sea” Opening lines of Fr. Faber’s poem have always sustained me when doubt creeps in. This homily is peace-bringing. Thank you so much.

Beautiful sermon Bishop Barón.

Not just the Mercy of God but His WILL. HE WILLS THAT ALL MAY BE SAVED.

This is why I am glad we pray for the souls of the departed.

"Let your hope expand to be as great as the mercy of God" My goodness.

Wonderful! I feel there's so much focus on God's judgement and not enough on His Mercy, we need not dwell on who we feel could or should be in Hell, leave that to God. Keep your eyes on Christ, follow His ways, love like He does, forgive like He does and you're on your way to becoming a Saint. And what could be better than that! 😊💕

@ikpehaiarumemi-ikhide1500

Жыл бұрын

Depends on location. In some areas God's mercy is emphasised at the expense of his judgment and vice versa.

@HolyKhaaaaan

Жыл бұрын

@@ikpehaiarumemi-ikhide1500 I think St. Paul's distinction in Romans 2 is probably the best; judgment of those who did not know the right thing will be insofar as they did the right thing without knowing it. Judgment for believers will be by the law they knew. But Salvation will be through faith, not judgment.

@diannes3224

Жыл бұрын

Beautiful message!

@user-ji1gp4is9o

Ай бұрын

It's the complete opposite. The only thing preached in heretical Vatican II council is just love everyone and we're all saved. It's false, and it's setting people up to continue living in their sin and fake religions, and ultimately end up in hell.

Our job here as faithful catholics is to pray and make reparation so that as much souls as possible can be saved. I suffer a lot because of the offenses against God especially when committed by the people that I love. But I know also that my suffering here can never compare to what Christ has suffered for souls. If I truly love Him and my fellow men, I will have to choose suffering over judging, no matter how difficult it gets sometimes. Because judging brings bitterness and alienates me from God. And then my own soul is in danger. So, I keep praying, suffering and hoping. The thought of one day meeting everyone I know in heaven, brings me to tears.

@Stella-uy6gx

Жыл бұрын

Beautifully stated! Sacrifice for those who need most of Thy mercy!

@piercebrosnan9528

10 ай бұрын

I hope you have a blessed day.

Bishop Robert Barron, Thank you for your Sunday weekly message, we are watching and follow you from Guatemala, Central America. God bless your holy mission.

God Bless you Bishop Barron

More excellent work from a truely wise person...from a protestant who is considering becoming a catholic, because of you bishop

“Small is the gate, Narrow is the way that leads to eternal life and only a few find it.”

@DavidLarson100

Жыл бұрын

It probably won't change your mind, but find any literal Greek translation on that. It says "are finding it" not "find it." Jesus was speaking before the New Covenant was established in His blood, so this is not necessarily about the last judgment. We can find the life of the Kingdom now, and few are finding it. Now eternity could be a different matter. Let's leave that to God.

@Cato_the_Christian

Жыл бұрын

@@DavidLarson100 Is there a single Father or Saint that supports this novel exegesis?

@emjayscat5947

Жыл бұрын

@@Cato_the_Christian the saints never said anything like this. There is a reason why St Paul asked us to work out our salvation in fear and trembling. There are many who would twist the words of Christ but He was crystal clear

@DavidLarson100

Жыл бұрын

@@Cato_the_Christian I was just pointing out that the Greek literally says, "Few are finding it," which does not seem like a definitive "few will be saved." But in terms of a quote by a saint that is not pro-Massa Damnata, there are tons. One that comes to mind immediately is St Padre Pio who said he believed most go to purgatory,, "Most of the saved pass through Purgatory before arriving at the fullness of beatitude,” and “I believe that not a great number of souls go to hell. God loves us so much." So both those we think are going to heaven and hell are likely, to him, going to purgatory. Also, in the US Catechism it says “Perfect love will make possible entrance into heaven, imperfect love will require purification, and a total lack of love will mean eternal separation.” Pope Benedict said in Spe Salvi that not many fall into the first or last category, saying, "Yet we know from experience that neither case is normal in human life. For the great majority of people-we may suppose-there remains in the depths of their being an ultimate interior openness to truth, to love, to God.” In terms of Church Fathers, it's my understanding that the bulk of early Greek fathers had views bordering on universalism. Origen took it too far by teaching it as certain that all will be saved, but that seemed to be a real and likely possibility in their minds. The Latin Fathers like Tertullian and Augustine very much disagreed of course. Seems to me the Church has arrived at the right balance -- hope all will be saved and pray for it (as CCC 1821 says), but realize that God will judge and eternal separation is a possibility. I like GK Chesterton's take in "Orthodoxy," where he says, “To hope for all souls is imperative; and it is quite tenable that their salvation is inevitable. It is tenable, but it is not specially favourable to activity or progress,” because “to a Christian, existence is a story, which may end up in any way. In a thrilling novel (that purely Christian product) the hero is not eaten by cannibals; but it is essential to the existence of the thrill that he might be eaten by cannibals.” So God's grace makes it possible, maybe even likely, that all will be saved, but we shouldn't assume that (as Bishop Barron also said) because then we may become complacent on the path, like if Frodo knew Tolkein was going to have him successfully throw the ring into Mt Doom. On a personal note, when I was of more of a Massa Damnata view and was kind of a "trad," it was maybe the most miserable I've been. Looking around and thinking everyone you've ever known (family, friends, strangers) are going to be eternally tormented, and there's really no basis to hope, was very bad for my mental health. I'm really not sure how people stay in that mindset without going crazy. You don't WANT that to happen, right? You just think it's more likely? Do you reject CCC 1821?

@Cato_the_Christian

Жыл бұрын

@@DavidLarson100 Your first quote of St. Padre Pio says that the majority of the SAVED pass through purgatory, and your second seems to be apocryphal as I can not locate its source. Tertullian is not a church father; that is an error. You have not even attempted to support your assertion that the Greek fathers bordered on universalism with fact. The overwhelming consensus of the saints is that the majority are damned. Our Lord said clearly, "For many are called, but few are chosen." Matthew 22:14. CCC 1821 puts the phrase "all men to be saved." in quotation marks. We further know that literally all men cannot be saved because we know that Judas was damned (which Bishop Barron erroneously contradicts). It seems to me that 1821 means that we should, in hope, pray for the salvation of all men on the individual level, which is different than praying that all men should be saved, which we know won’t happen. It's not a matter of what I want; it's a matter of what is true. If you just believe in what you want, you don't believe in the Gospel; you believe in yourself.

Your dedicated loving service amazes me Bishop Barron. The good you do in Christ is incalculable. You are a great blessing and our holy mother church is wonder itself and joy.

I appreciate Bishop Barron and Ralph Martin bc they’re both Catholic and emphasize two streams of orthodox thought: Bishop Barron with Hope and Mr. Martin with charitably signaling that we need to be intentional in order to get to Jesus.

Bishop Barron, I would like to thank you for the work you do, your homilies are to the point and well elaborated, I find them very helpful to understand the passages of the day. Cheers from Bulgaria!

Thank you for this wonderful sermon, Bishop. It reminds me of the of the ending of Jonah, where Jonah got mad at God for deciding not to punish the Ninevites after because of Jonas's preaching, they repented and did penance, all the way up to the king. But Jonah, who did the work God asked of him, was angry at God for withholding his punishment. God showed Jonah how wrong his feelings were in a very clever way. God is great, his mercy is forever, and overall, and the prerogatives are all His! Not our own! Praise the Lord.

I have enough time keeping near the Holy Spirit in my walk to be concerned about others. Enough that we pay for them, and sew seeds for others to prosper. Love you my brother in Christ.

Thanks be to God. 🙏✝️🙏

I believe there are definitely souls in Hell and I hope I will have the strength to make it through the narrow gate.

@davidknox5929

Жыл бұрын

u won't.Christ will get u through

This is a difficult and beautiful teaching at the same time! Ah the beauty of the Cross!

Thank you Bishop, God bless

We have every reason to believe that eventually, God will save everyone.

God bless you, Bishop. I also believe in universal salvation as a hope. And I pray for it. Congrats from Brazil.

I like that you addressed this topic. It gets talked about by a lot of priests. If God is Love, and we respond with the same Love, it can sometimes scare a person. Processing with our broken brains what Love feels like or what we know Love to be can be difficult. Apocryphal sins are everywhere. That's why we have the duty to Evangelize in our own life works. I pray for conviction so that I am able to have the emotional strength to beg God for conversions of my family and my fiance. God bless your ministry. This homily is beautiful! Gotta listen to it one more time. Thank you Bishop Barron.

Wonderful message. Praise the Lord.

Thank you Bishop Barron for your lovely interesting sermon. May GOD bless and protect you , and keep you safe from all harm and danger . GOD bless you .Stay safe. ➕ ❤

You are today's rock to us Bishop!