After my husband passed away, one of our former employees sued me for a amount I was sure we did not owe. It went to court, and was backwards and forwards for many weeks. One day, after a particularly difficult mediation I came home exhausted. I sat on the side of my bed, and picked up my bible and opened it. The first words I saw were What Robert has just quoted... If anyone wants to go to court for thy body coat, give him thy cloak also! .... I went back to court the next week, and offered to pay the debt at $250.00 a month. The judge allowed the judgement in favor of the employee and accepted my offer. I only paid three payments, and the employee called me one day and offered to call quits. God had wanted to see if I would be prepared to act like Jesus. It works people :)

From my observation, 81 years old, 58+ years married, mother of 7, God's way is the only way. Love our enemies, seek no vengeance, pray for those who hurt us. Grace over instinct.

@anneturner2759

Жыл бұрын

Allow me to say , you’re going straight to heaven , I’m one of six ….. lol

@bman5257

Жыл бұрын

God bless you, Phyllis. Thanks for the insight.

@monikaaakvaag2623

Жыл бұрын

That’s such beautiful advice. Thank you❤

@ruthcassin9540

Жыл бұрын

YRe: DIVINIZATION. If I may play devil’s advocate here for a moment: Although I have striven for over 65 years to LIVE the Beatitudes, and now, by the grace of God, I experience, even amidst untold “challenges” a deep, abiding JOY, and believe myself BLESSED, I have trouble with the notion of DIVINIZATION. Many times per day I pray, in THANKSGIVING, ADORATIONthat I am alive, that I can see and hear, have enough to eat and more than h to wear, and a roof ovI chuckle, mostly at my own foibles, and despite multiple serious health problems, including a rare and highly aggressive form of cancer, I feel free and the DEATHS of all of my immediate family and many of my friends, the loss of my home to flooding - without insurance, and despite occasional intense, unwanted memories of violence, violations, indignities and gross injustices that I have suffered, some at the hands of certain priests, I know that GOD IS LOVE and I believe that the Sacraments of the Church founded by Jesus Christ, The Roman Catholic Church, are an important means to grow in love. Clearly God wants me and all of his children to grow in love. And I want to do so. I want to unite my will to His and grow more loving every day. Full of HOPE in the Resurrection and full of hope to make PROGRESS TOWARD PERFECTION prayingbecome somewhat “laid back” in my old age, . Still I have trouble with this teaching of Jesus: “Be PERFECT as your Heavenly Father is perfect.“ I am a creature, a bodily creature, imperfect in many, many ways, redeemed, dare creatures, and so are the angels. Was not the TEMPTATION in the Garden of Eden to become like God? S❤

@sebastianbolt7886

Жыл бұрын

I'm one of 4, I love your words 🙏🏽❤️

Everyday when I wake up and listen to gods word he has an answer to my question. It’s a beautiful thing!🙏🙏🙏

I am 72 years old. Recently as I took the host in my mouth I heard, " I love you unconditionaly." That statement from Jesus is the beginning and end of everything. It washed my soul clean of any dark feelings towards my self or others. It makes loving as he loves the only way forward. ❤️

A person who hangs onto personal pride has a hard time loving their enemy.

ST. POPE JOHN PAUL II: “The relationship between God and those who believe in him is one of warmth and love, not cold formality. The relationship is not cold like that between an emperor and his subjects, but is one of deep affection like that which develops between two friends, between spouses, between parents and children.”

Splendid AND unsettling. Thank you, Bishop Barron.

As a recent convert, i never knew what true love meant until I read Matthew 5.

@humphreyobanor866

Жыл бұрын

God bless you.

@bluesky7226

Жыл бұрын

Welcome Home! 💕

@R.Pfalzgraff1989

Жыл бұрын

Love is to will the good of another.

@mindtoheartjourney3154

Жыл бұрын

I’ve been Catholic all my life and I am still learning what true Christian love is. Distractions and selfishness make me forget too often. I have much to learn and grow.

Thank you Fr. Barron. Definitely "We Love people not because of who they are but because of who we are"

@alicemcpherson7961

10 күн бұрын

Amen 🙏

Today our priest said, "We may not be perfect, but we can be perfected."

Whenever Bishop laughs he’s sharing in God’s love for him and the Church.

One of your most inspiring sermons ever. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

@teresacottrell787

Жыл бұрын

I agree, I forward his homily to my sister who also follows Bishop Barron!

Jesus will never ask us to do anything impossible without providing the means to do and fulfill that. He gave us the Spirit of Abba and Him, who is our helper and living in each of us forever. So let us love everybody as He does. Praise God.

This week was not bad until I had to pray for my enemies. I'm so glad I heard this homily. Being perfect as my Father certainly gave me very big shoes to fill if nothing else an aspiration toward your word "divinization ". Let's just say I have some serious homework . Thank you for your ho.ily that I really needed to hear.

Loving God, help us to love our enemies.🙏🏼

Mathew 5,6 and 7... Bishop Barron ,your sermon pleased God. Amen 🙏 ty ♥️

Bishop Barron, I doubt you will ever see my comment, but thank you for this sermon. Sometimes your videos find me at just the time when I need them most. I consider myself a "catholic agnostic," a kind of odd turn of phrase, I admit. Really, I'm a monotheist, but I find the language of Christianity so beautiful. It brings me back to my childhood. My confirmation into the Catholic church was profound. Anymore, I am too afraid to go to church because I fear social repercussions. Many people in my family and many friends I have think religion is all rubbish -- but how can people be so apathetic? I find Christianity true in the way Dostoevsky is true, in the way Shakespeare is true. There's no litmus test or test tube for measuring the truth of Robert Frost or the preaching of Jesus. Religion seems to be operate on a different epistemology, a different way of knowing. I think I remember Karen Armstrong refer to it as mythos vs. logos. This sermon finds me also at a time of suffering. I naively thought internet dating would be a good idea, and my friend and her boyfriend were advising me on how to use the apps. I scheduled a date with someone, and the day before, when I asked for confirmation of our appointment, I never heard from her again except the day after our date to say she was busy with work -- on a day she wasn't working. So who knows. There were also people who reached out to me, but whom I didn't respond to. I felt in such turmoil over "ghosting" someone else. My friend said to say "yes" to everyone and filter out the results later. What an impoverished and sad form of dating! I deleted the apps in despair because I had no idea how to explain to someone that I wasn't interested. I felt awful both for leading someone on, and for being led on by someone else. Thomas Merton wrote extensively about solitude. I've also read other theologians say that we must transform our loneliness into solitude by finding God, so that we may find others. When I listened to your sermon on how people "teaspoon out" their love to others -- gosh, that hit home! I often pray after I watch your sermons. I found myself asking God recently to help those whom I have wronged -- in particular the women I failed to respond to, petty though it might seem. What a long comment! Thank you, Bishop Barron for wisdom in an increasingly nihilistic day and age.

No one sounds like Jesus, indeed. What Jesus wants for us is Divinisation. Thank you Bishop Barron for such an inspiring sermon. God bless you!

@joannegrootegoed2064

Жыл бұрын

As Children of God. God wants us to imitate Hls Holy example

@violetdelmar1159

Жыл бұрын

Thank you bishop barron for Sunday sermon very good God bless and aloha from honolulu

Such an inspiring sermon , Bishop Barron, You really bring home the uniqueness of the words of Our Lord Jesus Christ, as being the One and only Son of God. To love our enemies, or those who have shown us injustice and not shown love towards us is definitely a challenge to our human nature. It's not easy to turn the other cheek to those who have hurt me, abused me, stolen from me, degraded me as a human being. Maybe the peace I feel when I say in my heart, OK, I'm just going to turn the other cheek and say, "Go on, hurt me again!"... is easy, when I'm away from my abuser!! But try saying this to the child, the woman or the man who is being abused, physically, emotionally or sexually by bigger, stronger controlling abusers.... Not so easy. Or to the innocent victims of war, whose homes are being torn down, their livelihoods destroyed as they watch their family members being assaulted and raped. Not so easy to turn the other cheek then, is it? God really asks a lot of us in order to become saints! Yet, this is what Our Lord Jesus did, as He was scourged and ridiculed before being crucified on the cross. He DID what he said, NOTHING! He turned the other cheek, when He said "Father, Forgive them, They know not what they do!" He accepted His torture and abuse and wrongful conviction... for OUR sins! So it isn't just the uniqueness of the words of Our Lord Jesus Christ but His actions. And as we all know: "Action speaks louder than words" or in this case inaction! May Our Lord Jesus Christ come into our hearts and give us His courage and faith to turn the other cheek, cos it's not easy!

@barreflynn

Жыл бұрын

You need to listen to the previous week's sermon. Part of being salt is to stop evil in its tracks. In this context, Jesus is saying personally return evil with good. However, in a court of law, there is justice for the wicked and people who abuse. This is in no way lessening the charge Jesus puts forth. People who are evil need to be dealt with. There is no excuse to allow the abuse of another person. The religious leaders of the day had changed the laws so as to allow personal revenge on those who had offended them. This is the "You have heard it said", because the Jewish leaders were teaching this stuff so that they would look good when they could not actually fulfill the commands in their lives. So if you are being abused, do not abuse back but seek the help of the law and force the abuser into accountability for his actions.

@danieldalmonte7151

Жыл бұрын

I think we need to be careful about confusing the command to love our enemies with a cowardly acceptance of evil. I interpret the command to love one's enemies as never wishing for the misfortune of another person. This wish for universal wellbeing is compatible with fighting evil.

We have the terrible power to bind people in their sins by our non forgiveness and bind ourseves as well. Forgiveness is not an optional extra. Thank you for the lovely talk.

Bishop you are the best! Keep up the Lord's good work, amazing!

Love is all important. It's the most powerful tool that God has given us for transformation and staying united.❤🌻

This sermon is extraordinary. How to deal with people that is mean to you? Love them, be like Jesus who said: “Father forgive them because they dońt know what they are doing”. Jesus is our center. He acts with a divine logic, not a basic one as us. Bishop Barron: your comment is down to earth, to poor sinners who dońt understand and prefer the old Hamurabi rule. Thank you for you clarity and inspiration.

@PapaMist

Жыл бұрын

I struggled with understanding that passage. Turn the other cheek. I believe it strictly means to mentally place yourself in a state of mercy AND justice. Corrective justice to bring the person into understanding and contrition, not satisfy some personal vengeance. It is unfortunate that in this day and age where governments refuse to give justice and defend the natural rights of citizens, the citizens themselves have to reassert their right to live by taking their assailants life when we have the technology to incarcerate and "correct" the behavior of these animals to make them see their errors before assimilating back to civilization. This is the status quo. Kill or be killed, because your government will set loose predators without a moral compass from which to understand human dignity in the first place. Hammurabi at least recognized some semblance of natural rights of citizens, our governments don't.

Yes love as God loves…..be gracious! For it is by grace we are saved thru our faith in Jesus the Christ! Oh, what he accomplished! Praise Jesus! Be gracious….love God love people!

Best teaching on that passage I've ever heard. God's love is contingent on no one or nothing and we ought to be like our father. That's powerful stuff.

To love the way Jesus teaches us to love one another is incredibly difficult to do. We can’t do it by ourselves. We need to ask God for His help. And in so doing, Jesus brings those who trust His words, into a deeper, closer relationship with our Creator. Praise to You Lord. Help us to heed Your words of wisdom and love.

I'm sorry for the loss of your friend this weekend. Lord, have mercy.

Who's first LOVE us Every day Godself and nights and breathes

It's also test of wisdom because when you are filled with Gods love and grace- and absent of fear-you can only feel compassion and sorrow for people who don't know that love..Thank you!

Unfortunately, this is the test that I would always fail. Back to square one. Confess, ask for pardon, and ask to be more Christ like. You keep trying because God love you.

Just what I needed to hear - thank you for such inspiring words.

I found comfort and awe in reading on how family and individuals forgive people who hurt and altered their lives forever. A man Anthony Colon, forgave his brother's killer and when he was finally released was still in touch as he bettered himself and transitioned back to society. So many stories of grace in the worst most will ever deal with. In many cases, the forgiveness changed the person on both ends.

Very good video, great feast for thought.

I have watched this video quite a few times and my heart tells me he's right. I have alot of work ahead of me in order to be able to naturally love my enemies and aggressors. Pray for me Bishop Barron and anyone reading this post, so I may get to where I need to be spiritually in order to go see and be with my dad in heaven. I pray for his soul, so I hope it's enough to get him there. God bless you all.

@brendamyc3173

2 ай бұрын

At least I can rest assured that Word on Fire donation dollars are not going to questionable research like IVF or promoting secret behind the scenes clerical marriages or supporting the commoditization of women and children. Or the creation of genetically altered human children. Bishop Barron doesn’t support forced homosexuality on people or making people choose an ideology as a requirement of ordination or of entering religious life. I am glad he doesn’t support the abuse of science and technology to the point of ending human enrichment in working for a living. Or that he doesn’t support anything heretical or against Catholicism like freemasonry or being controlled by his donors to compromise the Sacraments or contribute to the phenomenon of people not attending mass.

Loving one’s enemy isn’t about the enemy. It is all about Love, particularly Love of the who gave us hearts. Firstly we love the One Who loved us first, and secondly and less so, we love each other. Our readiness to forgive makes us saints. The man who cut me up bad with a knife and disfigured me was easier to forgive given his sentencing and imprisonment, so I do think that crimes should be punished. And I fought like a pack of wolves to save my own life, because that’s the nature I have been granted. But the relief from a lot of trauma was being circumspect enough to forgive the guy and pray for him to be safe in prison, rehabilitate, and not lose hope. God uses this to give me an amazing way to love Him. And I’m grateful that I have such a God, in Jesus’ name

@rose5566

Жыл бұрын

God bless you🙏✨ 13:17

One of your best homilies Bishop Barron! Thank you. 🙏

They call it Word on Fire because Bishop Barron always brings the Holy Heat~ ❤‍🔥🔥

God bless you too🙏 Thanks Bishop Barron!

Thank you Bishop Barron. I need to watch this sermon again; such powerful teaching to ponder and to actually live. Thanks again.

I see this was posted four days ago, possibly before his fellow bishop and friend was killed. If there was ever a time when this message must be taken to heart, it is now. I'm not a Roman Catholic, Bishop Barron, but in the same Holy Spirit that gave your brother Bishop the gift of uniting different groups, I offer a small prayer for YOU at this difficult time. Bishop Dave has been called home, but his work will continue. It is just a different form of telecommuting from his NEW home, his original home.

Thanks be to God for blessing us anointed Shepherds like Bishop Barron. Our Bishop knows the great philosophical works and the Bible !

@lilo6224

Жыл бұрын

Your bishop is a charlatan whose ability to talk absolute crap is astonishing

Thank you , Bishop Barron! No matter how difficult the journey to Divinization, I will choose to follow Jesus!

the philosophy of Heaven is all I can say...Thank you Bishop Barron..

God Bless you Father!!! 🙏❤️🙏

It's in the sharing of the life of Christ, being in intimate communion with him, that loving this way is possible. Thank you Bishop Barron for unpacking Jesus' way to "whoever has ears to hear" around the world. Praise be to God.

It's the Lord who in love died for me, It's the Lord who in sacrifice gave his life; .... .... .... Who told me *if I love as he loved us* *His life will be my very own."*

Lord Jesus Christ son of the living God have mercy on me a sinner 🙏🙏🙏

@acrediteounao777

Жыл бұрын

We are not sinner, we are great humans being.

Thank you dear Bishop for helping us to understand a very challenging and shocking command: love your enemies. God bless you

This is a very tall order. Sets me up to fail so then I might need him more… ❤

Thank you Bishop Baron for this insightful sermon🙏 God bless you 🙏

God wants us to return to our supernatural state as we were originally created in the Garden. The choice is ours to make.

Thank you, your excellency. I was always struggling with the sermon on the mountain. You (once again) opened a door.

I think the struggle people have with this content is the day to day application and truly understanding what "to will the good in others" means. I do not believe it means you have to accept or allow yourself to be a victim of others who would take advantage of you. We have a responsibility to take care of and love ourselves also. I think it does mean our reactions to ugliness, meaness, sinful behaviors toward us should be in a manner that is non-negatively reactive, is neutral and emphasizes a God like alternative to living.

Thanks and god for you.

God is love and Love is God. Such a blessing indeed. Thank you Bishop Barron.

Thank You 🙏🏽!!

Thank you Bishop Barron!

Thank you Bishop Barron, for a very inspiring homily. It gives me a lot to contemplate.

Yes , it is hard💔 I learned to pray for all those who made fun of me, for those who wanted to see me defeated, for those who took things from me, for those who turned their backs on me🙏📿

Proverbs 16:4 The LORD has made everything for a purpose, even the wicked for the evil day.

This just hits the nail on the head. Christianity is radical ....and sweet. Love for those who hurt us is the only way to even have peace. Thanks Bishop Barron

Thank you and God Bless you.👍🙏

The hardest things I’ve ever had to do is love my enemy, be loving when someone isn’t to me. It doesn’t mean I’m a doormat, or victim, or masochist. It means I rely on God, love my enemies and forgive them. It’s dang hard. I’ve spent a lifetime of anger, and because it’s hard in I rely on God to help me.

@jonah9861

Жыл бұрын

Likewise.

❤ as God loves requires the help of His Holy Divine Spirit living within you. His Holy Spirit teaches us how to become Divine/Perfect. 🙏🏽🔥💕 . If you do not have the Holy Spirit, you will never be able to turn the other cheek, or love your enemies.

Amen

Remember the sabbath day-keep it holy

I am thankful God shines His love and mercy regardless of being good or bad But His love for me inspires me to love better thank you Bishop Barron

God will give his people Victory Isaiah chapter 26 vers 1-19.

1Mass said for the intentions of the Blessed Virgin Mary . Is worth more than all the prayers on earth

Twenty+ years ago, coming to truly understand the scripture "love your enemies and pray for them" transformed me from a nominal Christian into one forever on the path of trying to live up to this extraordinary truth. From our flawed human perspective, it seems impossible, but Jesus always knows what's best for us if we but listen and live as He instructs us. Forgiveness is, indeed, the only way forward in our broken world.

God is certainly crazy in love with us! . And wants us to be that way as well with one another. Love alone! Tku Bishop. Always too good!

God bless you Bishop Barron!

Having and maintaining boundaries is biblical love. Love like Jesus, with boundaries.

And bless you too❤

Oh yes. OUR ALMIGHTY FATHER IS ALL LOVE..and as a FATHER Disciplines, Teaches, Withdraws or Withholds or substantially Rewards as His Children needs, warrants, and earns This, His Grace, to Increase in God...and Not before they are ready❤..and Again and Again and Again...as The Good Father raises His sons and daughters Who ask Him.

Ihave so many times I am Nothing without Jesus Christ King of King Hallelujah Amén

Saint Matthew 5:11-12 Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against you [falsely] because of me. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven.Thus they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Another wondeful sermon that opened up my mind to a better undertsanding. Thank-you, Word on Fire.

God bless you , Bishop...🥰🙏

I see some similarity to the sermon on the mount when I think back on childhood and the encouragements I have received from a mother, aunt, or teacher to apologize for wrongs done and maintain strong social bonds. These days, it takes the Lord to keep my mind on that path now that I should no longer speak as a youth.

''"....Boy thats hard...." @ 11.00, and I agree it is hard. God gave Moses the first 10 Commandaments. yet Jesus gev the world an 11th. Commandament "I'm giving you a new commandment: Love each other in the same way that I have loved you."

Inspiring as usual. Thank God for Bishop Barron

LORD strengthen in order to ❤️ “And do this because you know the time; it is the hour now for you to awake from sleep. For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed;” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭13‬:‭11‬ ‭

"God is love." 1. John 4:16

We breathes at wombs perfect too so God with US since there too as He created the first man at Earth we're his same breath.

Loving our enemies is important, but the greatest love we have is to lay down our life for our friends. ✌️✌️

Thank you Bishop Barron for all your efforts. I am one who has been deeply touched by your ministry! KBO!!!

This is an entirely important message for our world. We have some work to do. Especially within the context of current society, where it seems we are almost looking for someone to be at odds with. It is the adversarial spirit (Satan) we see so often. Offense, anger..almost "seeking who we could devour" type behavior.

Great homily, Bishop. Actually, though, Kant did have a similar ethics. He differentiated between practical love and pathological love. The former is based on a rational commitment to the moral law, the latter is based only on feeling. When we love our enemies, we show our ability to act merely with respect for the moral law, without any incentive. Sorry to be a nerd here lol!

A wonderful reminder that Jesus wants more for us and thereby demands more from us!

❤Lovely. Persian mystical poet - Hafez - has a poem about what to do when Hate shows up: Love more. The idea is to never enter the space of hatred. Don't get baited. And hatred often goes away when you don't fight like with fight. In fact, that's how much of Persian culture and civilization survived when invaders - Arabs and Mongols - showed up. They submitted in many ways, and before long, those civilizations were converted to the Persian way. A culture more steeped in the Arts/Beauty and created spaces that allow for "divinization!" Lovely Sermon, Bishop Barron! ~ Afsaneh (Washington, DC area.)

Tks fr a wonderfull advice viva Cristo Rey

Bishop Barron, you have an amazing gift for Christian teaching. Thank you for sharing your gift with the KZread world.

Awesome as usual

Thanks PADRE again explains a-lot sir

Thank you Bishop Barron for your Sermon, it helped my to understand the Gospel reading. God be praised in all matters. Have a great Sunday. with love, ML

Thank you Lord for healing 🙏🏻 Help us to love like you.

Amen.

Thank you so much Bishop Barron for today's sermon. May almighty God bless you, protect you, guide you, and fill you with joy and peace through Christ our Lord. Amen 🙏🏼😇🙂 God bless you all and your family always. 😇🙂🙏🏼

Wow. This is unique and powerful. It is powerful when you have fair idea on teachings by famous philosophers through out the history.