Dear Bishop Barron I praise & thank God for your inspiring message on All Saints day. May God bless us all with his graces needed to achieve our destiny to be Saints.
This is awesome, Father. Thank you so much for allowing Christ to live and teach through you. It inspires me to do the same! God bless you in your ministry. =)
Jesus becoming your friend and the Saints too. I thank God because I felt that in my life. I want to be a saint not for recognition but only because I felt a special bond with the Lord and His friends.
Very Dear Bishop Robert Barron, the more I want, the more I desire, with all my being be Jesus Christ be My Lord, My King, My Ruler, My Mentor, My God, My Teacher, My Rabbi, My Adonai, My Best Friend, when Jesus Christ is the Very Essence in all My Being, then the more I am. In the Holy and Almighty Name of My Lord Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit and the Authority of God Father. Amen.
@Sarusource Let me ask you a simple question: why do you think it's a good idea to love everyone? If you press that question, you will move into Christian doctrine.
@Sarusource You're on a very dangerous slope indeed, for the moment you say that human rights are not inherent, you admit that someone or some institution has to grant them. And this means in turn that someone or some institution can declare them null and void--which is precisely what happened in the atheist regimes of the last century. What if, according to your reading, we (read powerful people) decide that it's not appropriate to grant rights to others?
NEWS! After so many years, Sr Sasagawa of Akita, (approved vision of Our Lady of Akita) has received a NEW MESSAGE from her guardian angel on October 6, 2019: WARNS- “We MUST PUT ON ASHES”…reference to Jonas 3: 1-10 We must PUT ON ‘ASHES’ and say a Rosary of repentance/penance every day. I’ve added the new message plus an explanation to this page of Our Lady of Akita here, scroll down to see the new message: !!! UPDATE - October 6, 2019 - NEW MESSAGE recently given to Sr. Sasagawa by her Angel. - a private message was given to her, then she was told to tell everyone “Put on ashes and pray for a repentant rosary every day. (i.e say a Rosary for repentance/penance) You (Sr. Agnes) must become like a child and make sacrifices every day.” (Source: EWTN CATHOLIC RADIO) Re- ‘ashes’: the site that has reported this in Japan has noted that the first Mass reading that occurred two days later on October 8, 2019, was from the book of Jonas 3: 1-10 where the prophet was sent to warn the city of Nineveh that it was about to be destroyed by God because of the grave sins of its populace. The King and people repented, however, and putting on sackcloth and sitting in ashes, they and all their animals fasted and did penance. They appeased the wrath of God and He withheld the destruction of the city. Since we are getting a warning about ‘ashes’ from the Angel after so many years of silence at Akita, it is obvious this is a warning the chastisements are getting very close. Of note, this message came on October 6, the day the ‘Pachamama’ demonic idol was worshiped in St. Peter’s Basilica. We are getting another warning to step up our penances and repent if we wish to appease the wrath of God and withhold the foretold destruction for a little while longer. Akita: The THIRD APPARITION - THE CHASTISEMENTS TO COME October 13, 1973 Our Lady: “My dear daughter, listen well to what I have to say to you. You will inform your superior.” After a short silence: “As I told you if men do not repent and better themselves, the Father will inflict a terrible punishment on all humanity. It will be a punishment greater than the deluge, such as one will never have seen before. Fire will fall from the sky and will wipe out a great part of humanity, the good as well as the bad, sparing neither priests nor faithful. The survivors will find themselves so desolate that they will envy the dead. The only arms which will remain for you will be the Rosary and the Sign left by My Son. mysticpost.com/2019/11/news-after-so-many-years-sr-sasagawa-of-akita-approved-vision-of-our-lady-of-akita-has-received-a-new-message-from-her-gaurdian-angel-on-october-6-2019-warns-we-must-put-on-ashes-refe/ (NOTE: This is in accordance with other mystics that say the Three Days of Darkness will actually be catastrophic fire falling from the sky.) > wqphradio.org/2019/10/27/a-new-message-from-sister-agnes-of-our-lady-of-akita/
As always Fr., you take subjects like this, and turn them into something absolutely meaningful. This was something I wondering and contemplating about for a while now. Thank you so much for your insights, they are encouraging and enlightening. You don't mind me sharing this do you?
@Sarusource No, I just mean human beings! Why do you experience a sense of empathy with everyone you meet? Why do you admire those who love their fellow human beings without qualification?
PS: in the 'Communion of Saints' Christians living on Earth (those in God's Grace and not in mortal sin, at least) are ALSO part of such 'Communion'. The Communion of Saints is the Mystical Body formed by all living Christians (alive in this world or the next) under Christ which is the head of the body. So saints in Paradise can pray for us and we can pray for those who are dead (ie those in purgatory) and we can pray for each other.
With the solemnity of All Saints Day which is today, God has called and chosen us to become future saints. Jesus said various times in the Gospels. "Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God." "Many are called, but few are chosen." If we're meant to become future saints in Heaven and to reign with God, Jesus Christ and the rest then we have to live up to the merits and expectations that God has given us. I have a list of Saints who became a good example. I. Saint Michael the archangel. II. Saint Pope John Paul II. III. Saint Faustina. IV. Saint Francis of Assisi. V. Saint Patrick of Ireland. VI. The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God. VII. Saint Peter. VIII. Saint Jude.
some things are not subjective about diets, others are. for example, a baby needs things in certain amounts that a 40 year old does not. some vegetables, too early in a child's life, might endanger them more than help them.
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i think some people are blinded by what is right in front of them. they argue evolution (or strict creationism) based on beliefs rather than working through all the possible contradictions and data.
@joecool385 Yes, Hinudism is widely accepted as polytheistic but it's not much different, as there is one main God who presides over every other who have specializations, just like saints.
@Megastephen1o1 As to the significance of Scripture, I refer you to the following paragraphs of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, 115-117 and you will see that there is in no way a dismissal of the literal in Scriptural exegesis of the Church, as you would have us believe.
@Sarusource I read it, and my question is still the same. Now saying that human rights don't actually exist in the way that people think they do--that we can just totally dismiss them, reinvent them, or whish them away. I doubt very much that even YOU believe that, as if someone violates your rights, you don't shrug and say, "Well, those rights don't really exist objectively anyway. Maybe this guy just has a different set of rules." No, you argue that your rights transced his opinion.
@Nemesis000000 I've always liked the comparison of the communion of saints to the pagan pantheons. Of course, Christianity isn't polytheistic in the true sense, since we believe in only one God who made everything, and no one else is a god in the same sense. However, even polytheistic societies had the idea of The One who was above all others. In this sense, the demiurges--or saints--could be seen as instruments of The One True God. A pagan may pray to a god for help, but a Christian to a saint.
@Sarusource Your line of argument seems to be to continually repeat your conclusion. Morality is biological. Morality is biological. Morality is biological. Morality is biological. Coming up with six different ways of stating this conclusion isn't an argument.
Favorite saints? Hard to pin down, but my countrymen St Rose of Lima and St Martin of Porres are high up there, St Luke the patron of my profession, St Thomas Aquinas my intellectual ideal; St Joan D'Arc when I need to keep in the fight...
Reading the books of the New Testament, we probably asked ourselves more than once: *"Why 2000 years we do not see those miracles that accompanied the Сhurch of Christ in the I century, as described in the New Testament?"* Why do the so-called preachers of Christ have to prove that Jesus really existed and atheists boldly deny the historicity or divine origin of Christ? Maybe because the Сhurch of Christ has not existed for 2000 years? The Сhurch does not exist in the form in which it is presented in the books of the New Testament, but there are Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant and other christian sects claiming to be the place of the Church, but they not have the only thing that distinguishes the divine from the human and is characteristic of just the Сhurch of Christ -the reinforcement of the word with signs, that is, miracles (Mark 16:15-20). Therefore, some researchers doubt the historicity of Christ, and some of them are not opposed to declaring him a an ordinary philosopher, teacher. But even if Jesus were an ordinary philosopher, his disciples would be ordinary followers of Jesus. And they would not dare to write about the miracles that not only Jesus, but also his disciples, could perform. In this world, the great fertility of atheism can be explained by the fact that there is no main opponent of critics of the Bible - the Church. If there were the Church in our time as described by the authors of the New Testament books, where miracles are performed, the sick are healed, where prophesied, and the dead are raised, no one would doubt the historicity of Christ. Then there would be the same controversy throughout the world as in the first century - Jesus the Son of God or the false prophet who seduces the world by miracles. As a result, we can say that the emergence and development of christian sects and atheism was the result of the fact that over the 2000 years the Сhurch of Christ did not exist. Find *"The Mystery about the Church of Christ"* video on RU-vid, which shows the real causes of Christian sects and atheism. The video reveals a prophecy about the disappearance and reappearance of the Church of Christ before the end of the world. Watching this video will bring joy to all who sincerely seek God and will interest those who are not too lazy to think freely. Click on my name to watch the video (The video is in Russian, but English subtitles are included).
@Sarusource And if the laws of nature are "set," from the beginning of the universe to now, always and everywhere, then they're not variable in any meaningful sense at all--unless you mean we can *imagine* them being different, which isn't the same thing as they're *actually being variable*. A very, very puzzling argument.
so you think survival instincts are 'evolved.' i happen to think they are consistently found among nearly all wild animals-meaning, it isn't an evolved trait at all, but instinct at its finest. in a world where death has entered into what was previously a world at peace and without death, creatures have come to realize that fight or flight is the rule of survival, apart from change over time. i'd like to think of it more as conditioning.
@Sarusource OK, so what is it about human biology and organic chemistry that infuses the human being with rights? Which biological process is it that gives us rights? And if the laws are "variable," then they are not in fact laws as science understands them at all. A scientific law is, by definition, one that applies to the whole universe, at all times and places. So if they are not laws, then they are just descriptions of how something happened, and no basis for morality at all.
Christ as a friend only works with some reflection on the incarnation and not on any grand philosophy...as Flann O'Brien might have said ''Christ is your only man''...or maybe St Peter ''Where else would we go''? ...''Our hearts ever restless ...etc. Christ is the model ...complete ..as ''His Grace is sufficient'' ...all in all.
you are glossing over the fact that the act of stealing itself is an evil. as i stated, there 'may' be circumstances that diminish their culpability; but the act itself is evil. genetic make up has nothing to do with rather an act is 'evil' or not. if the genetic component deals with their mental capacity in some way, it may diminish culpability. either way, we can look at acts in a generic way, and decide if they are good or evil. race and environment do not impact intrinsic values of acts.
1.) i was mentioning your 'un'openess to data, rather than bending it to a theory. commenting on my views hardly makes a valid reply. 2.)i've not listed sources so much as raised questions you don't like to consider 3.)name calling is really your best response? really? sad...
Joh Paul 2 stated: theories of evolution which, in accordance with the philosophies inspiring them, consider the spirit as emerging from the forces of living matter or as a mere epiphenomenon of this matter, are incompatible with the truth about man. ultimately, it is possible, he states, that man could evolve a body, but his soul would still need to be infused by a creator. JP2 neither states emphatically that evolution is true or false. sorry.,
you know, the church defines evil as the lack of the good. i realized today that were there's a lack of jesus' teachings, other philosophies come in. and presto! public school! -____- yuk. its obvious people of my generation are hungry for jesus...all of my friends in high school took philosophy as soon as they could...too bad they wont find what they are looking for there.
I understand the Synod 7 which just concluded in Rome will issue a statement which in reality will give a green light to homosexuality, gay marriage, and say fornication is no longer a serious sin. Maybe not in those words but it essence that what the fancy words will mean.
1.) i never did state speciation = macroevolution 2.) any scientist who works within their educational scope has a right to comment on theories, such as evolution. 'secular' is a term for a scientist who works in a public setting, regardless of their personal beliefs..i've given you a large list of such people who don't believe evolution has been satisfactorily proven. 3.) i never claimed a theory got 'upgraded' to a law. another strawman argument by you....keep lying...its your best attempt
NEWS! After so many years, Sr Sasagawa of Akita, (approved vision of Our Lady of Akita) has received a NEW MESSAGE from her guardian angel on October 6, 2019: WARNS- “We MUST PUT ON ASHES”…reference to Jonas 3: 1-10 We must PUT ON ‘ASHES’ and say a Rosary of repentance/penance every day. I’ve added the new message plus an explanation to this page of Our Lady of Akita here, scroll down to see the new message: !!! UPDATE - October 6, 2019 - NEW MESSAGE recently given to Sr. Sasagawa by her Angel. - a private message was given to her, then she was told to tell everyone “Put on ashes and pray for a repentant rosary every day. (i.e say a Rosary for repentance/penance) You (Sr. Agnes) must become like a child and make sacrifices every day.” (Source: EWTN CATHOLIC RADIO) Re- ‘ashes’: the site that has reported this in Japan has noted that the first Mass reading that occurred two days later on October 8, 2019, was from the book of Jonas 3: 1-10 where the prophet was sent to warn the city of Nineveh that it was about to be destroyed by God because of the grave sins of its populace. The King and people repented, however, and putting on sackcloth and sitting in ashes, they and all their animals fasted and did penance. They appeased the wrath of God and He withheld the destruction of the city. Since we are getting a warning about ‘ashes’ from the Angel after so many years of silence at Akita, it is obvious this is a warning the chastisements are getting very close. Of note, this message came on October 6, the day the ‘Pachamama’ demonic idol was worshiped in St. Peter’s Basilica. We are getting another warning to step up our penances and repent if we wish to appease the wrath of God and withhold the foretold destruction for a little while longer. Akita: The THIRD APPARITION - THE CHASTISEMENTS TO COME October 13, 1973 Our Lady: “My dear daughter, listen well to what I have to say to you. You will inform your superior.” After a short silence: “As I told you if men do not repent and better themselves, the Father will inflict a terrible punishment on all humanity. It will be a punishment greater than the deluge, such as one will never have seen before. Fire will fall from the sky and will wipe out a great part of humanity, the good as well as the bad, sparing neither priests nor faithful. The survivors will find themselves so desolate that they will envy the dead. The only arms which will remain for you will be the Rosary and the Sign left by My Son. mysticpost.com/2019/11/news-after-so-many-years-sr-sasagawa-of-akita-approved-vision-of-our-lady-of-akita-has-received-a-new-message-from-her-gaurdian-angel-on-october-6-2019-warns-we-must-put-on-ashes-refe/ (NOTE: This is in accordance with other mystics that say the Three Days of Darkness will actually be catastrophic fire falling from the sky.) > wqphradio.org/2019/10/27/a-new-message-from-sister-agnes-of-our-lady-of-akita/
@Sarusource I think you're subjectivizing things too much here. Granted, there has been an evolution on this score: we've come to see with ever greater clarity that all people are of inherent dignity. But I would ask you whether you think this is true. Are all people endowed with truly inalienable rights? And if so, I'd ask you to search out the deepest ground for that truth.
@Sarusource Well, at least you've admitted now that human rights are objective and are not simply granted by the state or by fleeting popular opinion. But my question goes beyond simply the recognition of human rights. I'm asking you to consider their source. Where does the inherent dignity of each individual come from?
I wana wish all saints a peaceful rest amongst the stars with the other elders and with the lamb that was slain for the sins of the world. Your glory and sacrifice has been a beacon for many and hope and inspiration. I bless you and pray for you in in the name of the all mighty father. Amen 🙏
Great analogy if the Saints! I imagine we are all suppossed to as Christians-Catholics to let light of Christ shine thru us. I always loved St Bernadette. My confirmation name. Great talk on this all saints all souls day!! We are truly all called to be saints.
@Sarusource But why do you think that every human being is the subject of rights? Why do you think that every human being is worthy of respect? Plato and Aristotle didn't. Certainly Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot didn't. How come? What makes the difference?
Father, you are great! It is such a blessing to have you. I am never tired of listening to you on RU-vid, on EWTN on Salt&Light. Thanks for sharing with us "The Splendor of Truth". I am, going buy your series, "Catholicism" and I will give it to all my children. God bless you, Father Barron!
Halloween is the First Day of the Satanic/Calendar. Hallows Eve must be a evening praying the protection of family and the Holy Catholic Church. What many do not understand it is a war of the holy and unholy. The antichrist will do curses and spells of evil to infiltrate the Holy Church and the people of a Holy Faith. Stay away from halloween, the fall harvest and do not participate in trick or treating. The Holy Catholic Church must teach the Holy God's will and what we should be doing. If the faithful knew what the occult does truly against the faithful, they wouldn't participate at all.
I found the comment that the saints "act on our behalf" very striking. My patron saint is Bl. Imelda Lambertini (look her up, she's awesome), and sometimes I'll find myself wanting to dance with joy or some other thing that I as a respectable(?) adult can't do in that moment. It's comforting to imagine Imelda, eleven years old and full of love, getting to do those things in Heaven on my behalf.
While listening to your excellent commentary (when is it NOT excellent?) I couldn't help but think of this quote from C.S. Lewis: “How monotonously alike all the great tyrants and conquerors have been: how gloriously different the saints.”
Indeed, I can say that "Les Grandes Amitities"(Great friendships), wrote by Raissa Maritain as some kind of philosophical diary, is really worth to read.
@Coredeemer Yeah, I figured that when I see so many people puffing themselves up wanting to be Saints. Funny thing is that the people whom I think would or should be Saints, don't bring attention to themselves, they just go about and do as they do, and they carry something Saintly about them. I think any desire to be a Saint should not be a "hey look at me" but rather a call of duty from God. As Christ did with Peter, God is entrusting us for our vocation. That is what I think sainthood is.
Speaking of saints, could you make a video (or point me to one if you've already made it) explaining the intercession of the saints? Although I'm very comfortable with it out of habit, I'd like an intellectual understanding of the practice. Thank you in advance.
Fr. would you consider doing something on the writings of Fr Garrigou-Lagrange? He was the spiritual director of Maritain for some time and is considered the greatest Thomist theologian of the 20th century.
first time i saw on the twitter this video,later on the Facebook.i like it.this priest is a brave man.Watch this video,my friends,and be believer,just the religion can save this world.i saved this link on my documents.
@Entropy3ko I'm not claiming anything, I'm just saying it's reminiscent, and asking for clarification if there is any. As for quoting religulous, I was quoting a Catholic priest interviewed in the movie. If I was quoting Bill Maher you would have a point but I wasn't. Why would a priest distort reality to ridicule religion?
The way you describe them almost seems like demigods or the pantheon of Greek or Roman gods who are all lieutenants to Zeus/Jupiter, and have human form. It reminds me of the bit with Fr. Reginald Foster from Religulous where he talks about how Jesus is the 6th most likely figure Italians would pray to in a time of need. It makes Catholicism seem polytheistic, if it wasn't already enough with the Trinity idea.
@Coredeemer What you said is not the definition of a Saint at all. If you are egocentric and selfish then that is not a Saint at all. That's your average person.
i dont see any serious proof for 'macro' evolution. micro evolution, fine. you say humans are an evolved species. from what? regarding bears, you stated earlier that you thought animals generally did not eat their own. i presented a problem to that, now you are saying my point is from evolution. you cant just decide some 'behavior' is evolved because it exists. before you can talk about human language being evolved, you need to prove humans evolved from something...good luck.
@joecool385 However saints are not 'demiurges' nor gods in any sense. Hence such comparison is superficial at best and misleading at worst. A Chistian asks a saint's interecession, yet always through the Power of God, not the saint own being and this is quite different than the pleas and sacrifices pagans did to a particular divinity who operated by itself in its own domain of influence. Saints are perhaps rather like 'heroes', great examples of virtue.
Australopithecus has many problems as a 'predecessor' to humans. some issues are: the carrying angle of her lower extremities; within a species, variation can be extensive-'lucy' may be an outlier of her species, and not really the 'norm;' among the 'pithecus' remains found, scientists claim certain ones were adept climbers, and others were bipedal; in ape construction, we find these two traits don't mix well-so there is some inconsistency there. my point: the evidence is pretty vague.
i would point out then, that if morality is a socio-cultural construct, it is odd that nearly every society agrees on certain things, not just today, but throughout human history. killing, stealing, cheating, adultery (in general) are pretty much universally despised. why? because within the human person, there exists a set of 'natural' laws, not evolved to, but inherent in our 'design' by a creator.
all your points have been opinion. i did not say dna cant change. i said that gene changes don't mean macro evolution. speciation isn't a big deal. it happens very quickly as adaptation; not 'evolution...' if you understand the difference.
although some people certainly 'do' steal and murder, that doesn't mean that as a general rule, it has always been considered 'non-moral' behavior. i don't see Jesus promoting the stoning of anyone...perhaps you can remind me where he said to do that?
Eh... St. Constantine, in one honest definition of the words can I seriously see this guy as a "friend of Christ". He is a caesar in all but religion. He is Augustus, he is Tiberias. He just isn't a pagan (and he was for the longest time in his life)...
perhaps our judgement about 'culpability' of actions changes if someone is too young, or not in mental health; but our judgement about an action itself is usually not swayed by the age of a person. genetic make up? what does that have to do with morality? why does 'what' matter?
comparing the moral life to diet isn't a good analogy at all. 'good' diets can be different based on people's genetic make-up, age, etc. in the moral life, there are objectively 'goods' for the person that are 'better' goods than others, regardless of where a person lives or what their physical body needs. the spiritual life is much more objective in this way.
1.) personal attacks don't help your position...swing and a miss 2.) the catholic church allows that evolution 'may' be a plausible theory; it does not state anything concretely. the reason being there isn't enough data that proves it. your bias is blinding you. 3.) my openess to going where the data leads, rather than forcing it into a theory is really alarming to you apparently; name calling, attempts to portray psychoanalysis....all off the topic, and very much why this has become fruitless
