How beautiful it is to think that you are with someone not just because you are in love with each other but more so because God permitted and blessed it to happen.

@user-hu4vi5lu8m

9 ай бұрын

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I'm 30yr old female, dated guys for a short time, virgin, realized i was so wrong on my view about marriage, its either a burden of responsibilities or a euphoria of romance. this is video is what I needed and now I'm guided. Please pray for me my fellow Christians. I'm starting to rebuild my life by serving others and my community and hopefully one day, there's a man with the shared purpose that will be my best friend and husband in my life. I pray for every single ones here that we continue with faith in God. all the love ❤

Fulton Sheen’s book “Three to Get Married” points to God as the “transcendent third” in a good marriage. The spouses don’t just cling to each other (like two drowning people, he says!) but rather both cling to God. My experience as a married person is that Sheen was right.

@RestingBitchface7

2 жыл бұрын

I asked my ex husband to read this book in preparation for our marriage. He refused. He left with his mistress two years later.

@kelechukwuanozyk7605

2 жыл бұрын

@@RestingBitchface7 he was not spiritually prepared for marriage

@johnfran3218

2 жыл бұрын

When things were at their very worst: 2 Suns, Cross in the sky, 2 comets will collide = don`t be afraid - repent, accept Lord`s Hand of Mercy. Scientists will say it was a global illusion. Beware - Jesus will never walk in flesh again. After WW3 - rise of the “ man of peace“ from the East = Antichrist - the most powerful, popular, charismatic and influential leader of all time. Many miracles will be attributed to him. He will imitate Jesus in every conceivable way. Don`t trust „pope“ Francis = the False Prophet - will seem to rise from the dead - will unite all Christian Churches and all Religions as one. One World Religion = the seat of the Antichrist. Benedict XVI is the last true pope - will be accused of a crime of which he is totally innocent. "Arab uprising will spark global unrest - Italy will trigger fall out" "Many events, including ecological upheavals, wars, the schism in My Church on Earth, the dictatorships in each of your nations - bound as one, at its very core - will all take place at the same time." The Book of Truth.

@krdiaz8026

2 жыл бұрын

@Roger Mills Never missing mass doesn't mean a person is holy. One could be in the church but daydreaming. You can be "immune" to mortal sin if you cling to God and regularly receive the sacraments. This means you're actually present and participating in mass, and also going to confession often. And of course, prayer.

@jjcm3135

2 жыл бұрын

@@RestingBitchface7 sorry. That’s hard. Hope you heal from that.

The best homily I've heard on marriage. 48 years later through hard times and easier times it is truly a great gift from God. Bishop, you encourage so much with your content and style. May God continue to bless you and give you many years of service to our needy world.

Having brownies and ice cream while watching Bishop Barron is pure bliss 😋. At the end I had this realization looking at the the Bishop on screen, that he was someone’s son, that he came about through the love of his parents and them entering into this union under God that bore it’s fruit of children that now play a pivotal part in the community (especially with Robert Barron, imparting us with such great wisdom and knowledge). You could probably trace this back to many individuals other than the Bishop as well. Thank you Bishop Barron and the Word on Fire team for teaching us how important community and Catholic marriage is. May God continue to bless your ministry!

48 years with my spouse. Bishop Barron points out there are three in the marriage bond. Man, Women and God. I tell people that if God is not part of our marriage we would have left each other on several occasions. He was there to pull us back into our friendship. A lot of that glue is our Catholic faith.

@josephzammit6396

2 жыл бұрын

Well said! I’m publishing a weekly KZread video on episodes from the life of Don Bosco, entitled ST JOHN BOSCO by JOE ZAMMIT. In this series I’m narrating events and miracles from the splendid life of Don Bosco. St John Bosco used to perform a miracle almost every day, through the intercession of Mary Help of Christians. From the lives of saints we can learn how to love God more and draw closer to him. Thank you.

Pray for my Fiance and I guys!

@reginagaughan-kassery4575

Жыл бұрын

Wow, all that sugar from the brownies & ice cream must have compelled the Spirit to grant you some insight...cool

@simonahrendt9069

11 ай бұрын

I will.

@simonahrendt9069

11 ай бұрын

@@reginagaughan-kassery4575 I think you misaddressed your comment. Regarding the comment you actually want to make, I wonder if you are being sarcastic or not. I actually think granting oneself some brownies & ice cream at the right time and for the right reasons actually might set up good conditions for insight. God bless

*"That we belong in society, in community, that we belong together, is a fundamental intuition of Biblical anthropology."* - BISHOP ROBERT BARRON

@nintenbro3652

2 жыл бұрын

@Neil Dias hey man, I'll pray for you

Marriage as a vocation. Never thought about it in those terms but have often commented how marriage takes work. Truly great perspective! Thanks Bishop Barron!

@regis_red

2 жыл бұрын

Marriage is first and foremost a vocation, just like priesthood and sisterhood (who are btw also married but to Jesus Christ)...

@iamphoenix5376

2 жыл бұрын

Takes an enormous amount of work. Wonder how I never got tired.

@cleocruz9688

2 жыл бұрын

this is true! i see relationships before as responsibilities which lacks something and exhausting to think about, but the right word is devotion/vocation cause that means doing it out of purpose and love and praying to God for grace to make it work.

The church should also be about community; it needs to help young people to meet... and young families to meet... and old people to not be alone. The Catholic Church needs to do MORE to make this happen if it wants to exist into the next century. The mass, tho it has it's rightful place and purpose, is not enough to bring people together. It is the Word but not the actions.

Amen! Thanks Bishop Barron for this inspiring Sermon on Marriage.God in His infinite wisdom knew the plan He had for me. I thought i had the Vocation to the Priesthood,but He had already lined up the right Wife for me,her name is Dorothy(Which actually means " Gift from God". May God be praised!

@joerodriguez7317

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Daniel for sharing.

@busterbeagle2167

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing sir.

@edpalapuz244

2 жыл бұрын

Daniel, I share your experience. I left a religious missionary order after 6 years and found my co-equal partner in Canada. Happily married now for 37 years with 2 grown ups. Indeed, God had other plans for me. Alleluia.

@lylesmith9296

2 жыл бұрын

Daniel, my late wife's name was also Dorothy. She was truly God's gift to me.

@simonahrendt9069

11 ай бұрын

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing and may God bless your marriage!

I hope to get married one day, if it's God's will. Thank you Bishop B. for the sermon

To fall in love "under the guidance of God". This.

Catalog=Cata Logon=According to the Logos. Cool! Learned something new.

Thanks your Lordship. We are in our 53rd year of marriage. God bless you. Seen in London. UK.

I'd tried to work things out logically, both for myself and past relationships, yet everything failed. I used to whine about God not bringing my soulmate to my life despite my efforts. Then I realized in the Genesis, Adam didn't whine about being single, then God put him in a deep sleep and "sleeping" in the Bible indicates "not paying attention". I'm now still single but i'm hopeful, and this might sounds naive but the bottom line is, those who feeling lonely just keep doing the works that God has brought to you, and when the time comes, you will find your blessing soulmate

"A good marriage is a sweet association in life: full of constancy, trust, and an infinite number of useful and solid services and mutual obligations" (Michel de Montaigne)

@josephzammit8483

2 жыл бұрын

Well said! I’m publishing a weekly KZread video on episodes from the life of Don Bosco, entitled ST JOHN BOSCO by JOE ZAMMIT. In this series I’m narrating events and miracles from the splendid life of Don Bosco. St John Bosco used to perform a miracle almost every day, through the intercession of Mary Help of Christians. From the lives of saints we can learn how to love God more and draw closer to him. Thank you

I was not called to marriage, however I do pray for those who are married.

I'm not a catholic but I really love Bishop Barron to everything. He exercises the "community of the ecclesia" which best resolute to all Christian denominational faith. I'm non denominational Christian

@marypinakat8594

2 жыл бұрын

Huge appreciation. Hope you know that Catholic Church is not a denomination. You will certainly be richer for exploring it. Meanwhile stay blessed, as always☆

@kelechukwuanozyk7605

2 жыл бұрын

Do you believe and accept Jesus teaching on marriage? That's is the most important because Protestants like divorce and don't preach against divorce

Even further than the two people coming together under the guidance of God and producing children, this gospel passage also depicts the children, who are produced by the parents, running full force towards Christ, who accepts them whole-heartedly. Christ is so accepting of children. Let us too welcome the children into our lives and ultimately bring them towards Christ through proper education, which is necessarily caring, loving, and intellectually guided by the wisdom of the Church.

So true. The fact that people put their individual rights before everything in this age and time may be responsible for many marriages ending in divorce. Everone is trying to pull the blanket their way by expecting their spouse to make them happy rather than the contrary. This is the hardness of heart because of which Moses allowed divorce in the Old Testament. Certainly Christain partners who put Jesus- Agape at the center of their marriage stand a better chance to stay together in a self-giving, happy relationship.

It is providential that this homily and these texts come to us on the Sunday the bishops call "pro-life Sunday," the first Sunday in October. This month we witness to the primacy of family as foundation of society and the value of every human life.

When he keeps repeating "beautiful, beautiful" I can't help myself from highly agreeing.

@anneturner2759

2 жыл бұрын

I’m fully drawn in when Bishop Barron speaks. My sister was watching me listen to him , she asked, “who are you listening to”? I told her Bishop Barron. She said, “ you should see the look on your face” ! Lol , way to go Bishop .

Thanks Bishop Barron for this powerful preaching. May God continue to bless your ministry!

Very powerful. Our culture needs to hear this much more often.

@josephzammit6396

2 жыл бұрын

Well said! I’m publishing a weekly KZread video on episodes from the life of Don Bosco, entitled ST JOHN BOSCO by JOE ZAMMIT. In this series I’m narrating events and miracles from the splendid life of Don Bosco. St John Bosco used to perform a miracle almost every day, through the intercession of Mary Help of Christians. From the lives of saints we can learn how to love God more and draw closer to him. Thank you.

What also makes a marriage long lasting is the realisation that God has brought you together: God has chosen this person to be your spouse, and so it is your vocation and your mission to love that person even if they are so horrendous and horrible, for every person is a gift; the knowledge that God has called you to love that person, and the knowledge that God sent that person to you and for you, and also you to that person, will give you strength on your journey and in your mission to love and evangelise to your own spouse and family. To separate from such a person in divorce would be a demolition of the plan of God in your life and in the life of your spouse and his kingdom. God bless you too Bishop Barron! And viva el Papa! God bless our Pope Francis!

Wow, what a wonderful sermon Bishop Barron. i've played the keyboard and sang for many weddings in Church, and heard this same sermon at all the wedding masses so many times. but the way you preach Bishop Barron, it's wonderful and full of meaning. Your preaching is so good. Thank you for sharing this video with me Bishop Barron, GOD bless you. Stay safe. ➕❤

@davidlancelot4631

2 жыл бұрын

Oh! That's sound so good!! I hope you enjoy the sermon and it's was inspiring to your hearing

And also with you, Peace be with you Bishop Baron

Well said! Thank you Bishop Barron... once again!

Woman was not taken from Adam's head... to be above him.... nor from his feet to be below him, but from his side to be equal, beneath his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be loved.

@gregl9175

16 күн бұрын

Did you come up with this ? It’s pretty good, never analyzed it like that before

Amazing. Such clarity and simplicity. May the Lord continue to bless you Bishop Barron.

Thank You Bishop. Our lives are never quite 'simple' but we find our selves on a winding journey towards the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. It's messages such as your that keep us on the path ,,,,,,,

Thank you so much Bishop Barron! God bless you!

Ave Maria! Thanks be to God and God bless you Bishop Barron and Word on Fire Team 💓 Wonderful sermon as always, thank you

Bi(ble)shop Barron! Thanks!

What wonderful preaching.

Marriage as a union of souls is something I have personally experienced. My wife's name was Dorothy--"gift of God."

@josephzammit6396

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. You're right. Dorothy is a combination of two Greek words: doron and theos. The first means gift, the second God. I’m publishing a weekly KZread video on episodes from the life of Don Bosco, entitled ST JOHN BOSCO by JOE ZAMMIT. In this series I’m narrating events and miracles from the splendid life of Don Bosco. St John Bosco used to perform a miracle almost every day, through the intercession of Mary Help of Christians. From the lives of saints we can learn how to love God more and draw closer to him. Thank you.

Thank You for This Video Bishop Barron. It means a lot to me. Thank you!

Thank God, and thank you Bishop Barron

...yes totally agree ....even after 35 years of marriage!

Thank you, Bishop Barron, for lovingly reattacthing us to the fundamental truths of our Faith. Illuminating the complexity of simplicity and the simplicity of complexity is a great gift to us. God bless you and keep you.

Cada vez va más directo, explica, expone. Gracias. Lo hace bien y hace bien a quien le escucha. Paz y Bien. Felicidades.

Thanks Bishop Baron. God bless.

Very Powerful!!!

Amen

The modern political theory he spoke of argues that the dawn of society or government arises not out of a desire to bind the community together, but so its members can do their own thing.

this is beautiful, i pray to find it in God's time. :)

The most significant aspect of human existence and that which holds an unquestionable precedence, presented with such magnificence and clarity. *Huge Thanks Bishop Barron☆*

My Lord, I have missed you and your teaching a lot

I enjoy listening to your sermons

Marriage closely mirrors Triune God God the Father~The Lover God the Son ~The beloved God the Holy Spirit ~The Love between them. The Marriage Husband ~ The lover Wife ~beloved Offspring ~ the love between them According to the great St Augustine

@helena_augusta

2 жыл бұрын

You are touching closely on the unspoken aspect of Bishop Barron's homily... Man (Jesus Christ) leaves his Father (in heaven) and his Mother (Mary) and cleaves to his Wife (the Church) and (through the eucharist) the 2 become one flesh.

@JesusMary_I_Loveyousavesouls

2 жыл бұрын

@@oliverclark5604 there's no error there. Marriage is simply insoluble and that teaching is straight from the mouth of Jesus Christ. See Luke 16, Matthew 19 and elsewhere including St St Paul letter to the Corinthians. Good day brother

Thank you Bishop Barron. As Jesus says, "love one another as I have loved you," we are not meant to focus on ourselves for the sake of our own progress, but we are called to build one another in love and charity, and hence a marriage is not about a self-affirming bond between individuals free from consequences, it is always meant to build the inner community; the family, the children, and the neighbors outside.

GOD BLESS BISHOP BARREN

Thanks to your lordship for your great insights on marriage. I hope many young people would listen to this wisdom of yours. God continue to bless your ministry, Bishop.

One of your best. Thank you

@kelechukwuanozyk7605

2 жыл бұрын

I agree

Thanks for your insight and message Bishop Barron!

Thank you again M. Bishop R. Barron. What you have preached is really sublime and high-level.

We truly do belong in a society

I liked your words.

“If any of you are sick, they should call for the elders of the church, and the elders should pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord. Prayer that comes from faith will heal the sick, for the Lord will restore them to health. And if they have sinned, they will be forgiven.” - James 5:14-15 Good News: Even those who have sinned can rely on the Lord to guide them to heal in times of hardship and sickness.

@Prov26-11

2 жыл бұрын

totally irrelevant to Bishop Barron's sermon topic; so what exactly is your point ?

@ladislausvmap

2 жыл бұрын

Speaking for the divorced and remarried are you?

@ladislausvmap

2 жыл бұрын

@@oliverclark5604 you did not say anything coherent here. You seem not to know what you are talking about.

Muchas gracias Padre

You amaze me with everything you say. It all makes sense afterwards. God bless you and us for having you in our lives

Discernment is not a choice between good and evil, but often a choice between the good and the best. What is best for you is your proper vocation. From the book "To Save a Thousand Souls" by fr Brett Brannen Who Will You Bring With You Into Heaven? I once heard a priest tell his vocation story. I grew up in a very close, devout Catholic family with loving parents and we prayed together as a family every day. I attended a Catholic school with wonderful teaching Sisters and everything in my life revolved around the Church. I lived in a very Catholic culture. I was the number one altar server, the star student, and a leader in my class. Because of this, and the fact that I loved being around the parish, serving and helping out the priests, everyone would say the same thing, “You will be a priest when you grow up. Won’t you?” I heard this constantly from the other kids in my class, from the sisters who taught me, and from the two assistant priests, who were always visiting the classes and interacting with me around the church. But I never heard it from the pastor, which I appreciated. I got tired of people urging the priesthood on me, because I did not especially want to become a priest. I always wondered why the pastor, an elderly Monsignor, never asked me about priesthood as everyone else did, though he was always very kind to the altar servers. One day, as I was coming close to graduation from the parish school, I was assigned to serve the seven o’clock morning Mass and the elderly pastor was the celebrant. Only the two of us were in the sacristy and he vested in silence, mumbling the vesting prayers in Latin and preparing himself for Holy Mass. With just two minutes to go before the Mass began, the Monsignor suddenly turned and said, “John, what will you be doing when you grow up?” I thought to myself, “Oh boy, here it comes. Even from Monsignor.” But I replied, “Monsignor, I am still not certain but I am thinking about going into medicine. I would like to become a doctor.” And the pastor replied, “Good. Good. And what will you do after that?” I said, “Well, I suppose I will marry and have a family of my own.” The priest said, “Good, and what after that?” Not sure exactly where he was going with this line of questioning, I replied, “I guess I will grow old, practicing medicine, and eventually retire. And then I guess I will die and go to heaven.” The pastor nodded his head knowingly, thoughtfully, and he was quiet for a few seconds. Then he looked at me earnestly and said, “And who will you bring with you into heaven?” Immediately, he rang the sacristy bell and we walked out to begin the Mass. I thought to myself, “How clever you are, Monsignor. How clever you are.” I thought about that comment all during the Mass and many more times during my adolescent and young adult years. “And who will you bring with you into heaven?” It was asking myself that question repeatedly that really turned the tide and convinced me eventually that I should become a priest. Every vocation is about helping other people reach heaven. I tell this story not to minimize the greatness of the sacrament of marriage, because marriage serves the same purpose! I suppose the young man might have used the same comment made by the pastor to move him towards the vocation of marriage. But the story illustrates the critical point that a vocation is not primarily about self-fulfillment, but about being the instrument of God in saving others. “What will you do with your life? What are your plans? Have you ever thought of committing your existence totally to Christ? Do you think that there can be anything greater than to bring Jesus to people and people to Jesus?”17 Pope John Paul II

Beautiful exegesis which lays out why marriage for us Catholics must never be diluted for the convenience of the secular world. I was the reader at Mass today and, as a married person, what a privilege it was. Thank you, Bishop Barron, for one of your gems.

AMEN! AND THANK YOU BISHOP BARRON.

Word.

And God Bless you Bishop Barron!

An excellent reminder of what marriage is about... Thank you!

God bless you.

Thank you, Bishop Barron, for your words of clarity, beauty , truth in response to God's call to friendship, love, marriage, family, community. My prayers go out to all those whose marriages end in divorce and for their children, for the brokenhearted.

Thanks Bishop. Much to contemplate/act upon

God bless you

Some of us are a waste of energy. But we love them any way.

This is one of the most powerful sermons on marriage I have ever heard! And from a man who is not even married!

This is beautiful! Please keep up the good work bishop! God bless you and the Word on Fire team!

Oh thank you so much Bishop Barron. This is most beautiful and needed. God bless you.

God bless Bishop Barren, the Church, and everyone seeking truth on Earth. Your sermons are invaluable for so many.

What God has joined, let no man separate. This is quite important. We need to believe in this God's Commandment and keep remembering. Children are what make the husband & wife one. For responsible couples, the children affirm the glue that ties couples. In today's financial pressures, easy lust, lack of good family upbringings of past times, and other negative parameters, what could the Church do to permit couples to stay successfully married? Should the Church prepare questionnaires for the four main participants in order to open the couples' eyes on how to navigate the potentially troubled waters ahead? Love between a nan and a woman means more than body attraction. It should include mutual respect, including the couples' enlarged families. There are many parameters that come with marriage. The couples should be ready to deal positively with all of them. Learning of how to compensate and tolerate each other during all times are what yields successful marriages. For those who have children, caring for the children according to the Church's Commandments is what contributes to happy divorce less marriages, too.

Thank you so much for this. It has opened my eyes to be more accepting of others.

Amen Father!

God bless you Bishop Barron

Profound and True! Thank you!

Superb!

thank you very much

Yes, GOD must put them together and not their earthly desires like beauty, money ,lust, careers,

🥹 I needed this. Thank you

Thank you Bishop Barron. 🙏

I love the part about animals in a time when people are replacing human relationships with dogs

So much wisdom!

Beautiful❣️ Thanks

Thank you Bishop Barron!

Thank you!

Thank you Bishop Barron

Wonderful. Thank you.

Lovely homily Bishop

Thank you, Bishop Barron, for this beautiful hermeneutic of human life, so needed in this 'age of the individual'.🙏

Bishop Barron: thank you!

I recommend 'On Marriage and Family Life' by St. John Chrysostom. I also really liked 'Marriage: An Orthodox Perspective' by John Meyendorff. "Marriage is indeed a genuine path to holiness. Married couples, no less than monastics, can attain the fullness of theosis [cf. CCC 460] or 'deification' in Christ."~Metropolitan Kallistos Ware (from 'Marriage as a Path to Holiness' by the Fords) See also: Catechism of the Catholic Church 1601-66. A profound book that I am still enjoying is 'The Sacrament of Love' by Paul Evdokimov. Bishop Barron's point is further highlighted by Fulton Sheen in 'Three to Get Married'. Thank you. God bless.

@lukebrasting5108

2 жыл бұрын

Probably not a good idea to be recommending books by heretical Eastern Schismatics on a Catholic channel.

@seans.1331

2 жыл бұрын

I hear you -- sorry about that. Oh, I thought this was a comment on another vid -- sorry. I think it is appropriate for this topic. The Church was one for 1,000 years and will be reunited. Please refer to CCC 838. God bless :) Also, the Eastern Catholic Churches read Eastern Orthodox books. Thank you.😊

This is so clear

Thank you Bishop, God bless