Bishop Barron on His Theological Path 

Thank you for this video. I’ve been listening to and reading Dr. Taylor Marshall. It’s nice to get your perspective Bishop Barron. I’ve been trying to figure out if La Nouvelle Théologie is good or bad. I love Pope JPII & Pope Benedict but I’m having trouble with some of the people Pope Francis is surrounding himself with. We need leaders in the Church today who can help us through the confusion and give us clarity.

*"Behind each priest there is a demon fighting for his fall. If we have the language to criticize them. We must have twice as much to pray for them." -Saint Terese of Avila* Your Excellency, I am so sorry... And I will pray for you and all leaders of the Church as all should. I appreciate your work. I admire your Faith and your life. I do at times feel forgotten though.... Please do not allow the bitterness of these comments to stain some of the beauty and truth that traditional Catholics wish to share. We criticize out of fear that we will lose what is true and beautiful. We clench, perhaps too tightly at times, that which is considered by many to be "outdated". Father, could you not express in some way that you are not against tradition, or the Latin Mass, or 100% reverent Liturgies, or the proper reception of Holy Communion and chanting of the Mass as taught by Vatican II... I will pray for you. Please pray for me, especially if these critisisms are out of line, Father... Pax domini sit semper vobiscum...

Thank you for this video and walk through more recent Church history ...the World Wide Web needs this and I appreciate your patient and clear explanation for those who may not see the bigger picture at play and attack you personally. God bless you! Communio 👏🏻!!

Bishop Barron you do great work. I’m sorry that you get attacked so often but I’m glad that you keep showing up for us and teaching us and leading us on the right path. I know it can’t be easy but you help me keep my faith strong. When I start to falter I come watch your videos.

Thank you for sharing this, bishop Barron! It sheds additional light both on your position and on the dynamics within the church.

Once again! May God Bless you Bishop Barron. Your so influential in lives of many. Keep fighting on!

so thankful for you and your work 🙏

Well spoken, Bishop Barron.

Bishop Barron I can’t tell you how much I need your words and explanation of things religious that you explain so well. Thank you !

God bless you, Bishop Barron. Please pray for me.

Padre Barron, I am teaching myself apologetics because of you thank you Also with yhe help of local priests here. Thank you so much for your videos and the enlightenment

I suppose I speak like someone without a mass platform, but I don't engage "culture", I engage people. I can do this with openness, tolerance and charity without altering, or even softening, my beliefs. I don't understand why ecumenism and "dialogue" with current culture is a theological matter. I sometimes hear non-Catholics bemoan how the Church could "attract" more people if they "updated" their teaching. They don't consider that perhaps the Church is only interested in teaching Truth. This is what theology is - the understanding of truth - not a method of repackaging doctrine to draw back people that have rejected it.

God bless your mission Bishop Barron.

It's great to hear from you on this topic. Thanks.

This is very interesting Bishop, thank you. I like the emphasis on dialogue with the culture, rather than capitulation to it. There is something very traditionally Catholic about that.

I watched this video when it came out. I watched it again now. It still inspires me more. Thank you, bishop!

Thank you so much for this Bishop Barron. I really hope and pray that your detractors truly study our recent church history with an open heart before writing you and our last two popes off. Do we really believe God is and has been guiding re church? Thank you for speaking with clarity and charity.

So glad to hear ..so beautiful..so great.. God bless you Bishop Barron.

God bless you Fr. Barron!

Thank you Bishop Barron your work means a lot to me.

Outstanding thank you for the explanation. I've often been buffeted by both extremes and didn't know how to navigate the storm. Now with your beacon on this I have a direction to steer towards safe-passage. Thank you.

As always your videos make sense to me and make me proud to be a Catholic.

This is great, Bishop. Very timely. Thank you!!

Thanks Bishop for brilliantly share the intellectual giant of VC2

Excellent! Thank you Bishop Barron!

Always a fan Bishop Barron! 😄

An excellent précis of the connections between V2, NT, JPII and BXVI. It’s difficult to get recent history right, let alone current events in the church, and you are an invaluable guide, Fr. Barron. Thanks so much for all your good work!

Excellent video Bishop Barron. Not easy being catholic this day and age and I loved John Paul 2. Somehow we must bridge the world to be one. I think your right take the middle ground in hopes of bringing togetherness. Still hold true our catholic values but trying to be inclusive to all. Just my thoughts but I love all your videos keep spreading the word and love of Jesus' too,

Fascinating!!! Thank you for your Word On Fire videos. ✝️

Bishop, Word on Fire should do a video series on the great theologians of the 20th century! Christ’s peace. Thank you so much for your ministry, without it, I would not have become Catholic.

I love who you are Bishop Barron. Thank you for accepting your call. I swear I don’t want you to be so criticized. But there are times I just do not know who to believe. Such church problems but I believe in the Catholic teachings.

Bishop Barron, this is so helpful. It reminds me of not being able to agree with either the conservative or liberal positions politically here in the US. I am finding myself there as a Catholic as well, and I am beginning to see that the two extremes tried to "catch" me early on. Many have little use for those on the "communio" path (just as in politics). It might be that what makes this path narrow is that you are being squeezed between two sides. Peace, and thanks again.

Thank you for video!

Thank you for this ..... very clarifying, very helpful.

What a wonderful image to share! Thank you :)

Very interesting and helpful!

I think Bishop Barron should do a series on the church & the scientific world. A lot of people think they oppose one another.

Works for me, Your Excellency! I loved your WOFI course on Hans Urs von Balthasar, by the way. Stimulating in both a spiritual and intellectual manner. :)

Love the channel Bishop!! Keep em coming!! As a side note, I'd love to see you make a video on the Oxford Union debate about the existence of God. I really want to hear your perspective on it (:

I'm with you sir! No one is as attuned to the Holy Spirit as you are, sir. Keep going.

It is necessary to explain more, the video was too short.

Thanks much for this video.

Magnifique! Bishop Barron displays his significant skills in the French language. We do need a better understanding each other in the Church and in society. Not everything is quickly reducible to simple labels like liberal and conservative. These are relativistic labels anyway. In the USA, I've seen liberals act like conservatives and conservatives act like liberals and no one seems to notice. We do need a larger middle ground and better understanding of unique, nuanced and specific points of view. We do need relief from the moral posturing of the too-quickly-outraged who too quickly presume and categorize and stop listening and understanding.

Thank you. I am about the same age as the Bishop and miss Saint John Paul II. He was always both kind and courageous. He was clear and Christ centered. I miss Mother Angelica, Mother Teresa and Fr. Groeschel - always clear on the teachings of the Church but also kind - reaching out to the poor, sick and lonely, helping to prevent abortion by reaching out to the mothers - excellent examples of loving the person while being clear on what is sin - clear because a sinful life is ultimately an unfulfilled, unhappy life. Even in times of great sorrow there is joy in my life because of my faith - something I wish for all. When the faith is watered down, we miss the opportunity to assist in leading others also to a joy filled life. Sadly, under the radar was the scandalous behavior of many clergy - and still not being adequately dealt with world wide though much improved in the US - the country Francis doesn't seem to have much regard for.

im goin to bed now, i will say a prayer for you bishop Barron, may God bless you and keep you safe

In my own opinion this is the best video of Bp. Barron. I find resonance to what he's saying because I'm also walking the same theological path, the path of communio, the path of the resourcement movement.

Please give us viewers an educational video on Cardinal Newman prior to his canonization. Thank you, and may God bless the Word on Fire Team.

Father, Word on Fire is doing good work with good fruits. Don’t let the attacks distract you. Keep on doing what you are called to do.

What theology books would you recommend for someone who wants to look into this subject? Thank you!

Sure sounds like the right path to me Bishop Barron. I don't know how people can get by without Aquinas and final causation the brightest light on life and existence.

What writing of de Lubac should a beginner start with?

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Is there a way to send a private message to Bishop Barron?

Thank you for highlighting the "nouvelle théologie". Unfortunately, many social media heads use the terms believing that "new" means modernism. It does NOT! One may even call for a rethinking (dare I say, "a reform") of the nouvelle théologie since our current historical context has changed considerably since VII, but it should not be demonized as so often it is. I think of Pope Benedict's discourse on the 50th anniversary of VII when he recalled St John XXIII's famous discourse of the moon. He said how we still have the joy of VII, but with a certain degree of sobriety and humility. Clearly he was referencing the clerical abuse crisis, but I believe he was also addressing the reality of what StJPII called "the great apostasy". I think Pope Benedict has this right on all fronts.

Hi Bishop Barron, regarding theology, I've got a buddy I've been trying to evangelize to, and I've sorta put together an "argument" (lots of handwaving, of course, but 1 I'm a layman, and 2 we're talking about the Mystery of Divinity) based on what I've gleaned from your explanations of St. Thomas Aquinas & Archbishop Fulton Sheen's explanations of the Holy Trinity, and I was curious if anything I was doing was either wrong, or some kind of blatant heresy that woulda gotten me lit up in the 16th century. Basically, the argument (and paraphrasing of his responses) is as shown below: 1 Definition: [Introduce the Aristotelian concept of God--basically, define it into existence as the "unmoved prime mover" that is the ground for why there is "something rather than nothing"] 2 Question: Yes, dear Wayneo, we can clearly posit such a Mover, but in what sense must it be "Personal" as the traditional Christian God? Why couldn't it be some kind of vague deistic god, or just some kind of blind logical/physical principle? 3 Answer: Regarding the "blind logical/physical principle", whatever this Mover is, He's given rise, through whatever way, to imperfect creatures like us that have personhood. So if He's the opposite of "imperfect"--ie, perfect, complete--then He should have Personhood in ways we probably can't even fathom. Same with mind. That is, if His mind is the "source of all Truth", then surely it's beyond our comprehension. So I believe there are good reasons to suspect that God is NOT blind or impersonal. As for why He "can't" be the god of deism, I suppose that, based on only what we've said so far, He could be...But there's a very troubling problem that goes along with that, and one for which Christianity has a very attractive answer... 4 Interruption: Yes, yes, with a deistic god, you'd have a world full of misery, and a "god" who probably couldn't care less...But just look around brother! 5 Re-retort: Yes, there's plenty of suffering...But as tragic as this is, this may even be a "good" thing in many ways...Our Lord "came down from Heaven" to take on flesh, and to be the God-man who suffered, even unto death, to elevate us up to Heaven...to give us a path, as it were, to pick up our cross & follow Him... Thoughtful Question 6: Yes, I know the basics of the Trinity concept, but HOW...how...HOW...could the "incomprehensible & perfect Prime Mover" ever become "incarnated" as some kind of God-man? His being an incomplete human already contradicts His being the "Almighty God the Son"... 6 Iffy Reply: I have no idea, Sir, this is one of the greatest mysteries of the faith. However, I can sorta sketch how it "makes sense"...First, God the Son is "eternal", and outside of time, yes? We imagine Him as the "Word of God"...basically, God the Father's "thought"...Notice how the Judeo-Christian God as been sorta "poetically" said to create by "speaking things into existence" (ie, God said, "Let there be light...and there was light")...So if God the Father is eternal, we can imagine his thoughts--or better yet, thought--as one complete, instantaneous "act of volition",that is, in every way, just as complete as Him--in many ways, a copy of Himself, and one that was "begotten within eternity"...Now, given the way that God creates, we see empirically, that it's a process...we had billions of years from the big bang & evolution to get to where we are now...Now, if such a slow "process" (and frankly, not surprising, for why else would an eternal being create something like time if he weren't interested in processes?), then why shouldn't His begotten thought or Son follow a similar pattern? Aye, God the Son, having been begotten in eternity, is eternal Himself. But if the Father spoke His incarnation into existence, and made Him, for just a while, a lowly human, complete with human sufferings, and even prepared a human Mother for Him, then it's clearly consistent with how He's been observed to "work" within our universe; furthermore, if God the Son likewise has one timeless, eternal, instantaneous thought, then there's no reason that, speaking very loosely, His human life as Jesus Christ couldn't have been His "first" memory (yes, we mean "first" in a sense more like "logically first"), so that God the Son and God-man Jesus Christ can be the exact same person...No Nestorianism necessary! 7 Question: And just what evidence is there for this "incarnation"? 8 Attempt at Elusive Answer: Other than church Tradition, probably none of the sort of "evidence" you seek. But, we can't deny that it follows a pattern consistent with the reality that we observe daily. Also, how do we come to know something as "Truth", anyway? It has a certain "oneness" to it (truth can't simultaneously be false, and it tends to unify those that understand it), it has a sort of "healing effect" on us ("the truth shall set us free", and gives us medicine, technology, etc), it's "universal" (truth is true, whether here or on Mars), and it can be "taught" from one mind to another...Note the similar pattern with Christ's body here on earth, the One, Holy, Catholic, and *Apostolic* Church...So perhaps Tradition isn't to be discounted! Granted, we could probably propose various religious systems all day long that follow known patterns even though there isn't any evidence for them. But, as a math and art history scholar, you must have heard the old quip, "Sometimes a theory is just too beautiful to be false". Nonetheless, I'm willing to concede that perhaps Almighty God the Holy Spirit can address these questions more clearly than I can. Perhaps if you seek, you will find.

Does communion path mean rejecting the old mass, because ratzinger openly celebrated the old mass and ordained priests in the old mass as well as reviving the old mass in the summorum pontificum 2007

Your excellency, thank you for sharing your experience with the New theology or Communio. My experience has been very different. I experienced instead that with it, we lost the zeal for the Eternal Truth. I read many books of this "New theology", and in my opinion they miss represent the opinion of the fathers, many times turning the words of the fathers in an attempt to promote their errors. Other times they use historical criticism as a tool to try to shake the foundation of our Faith. Your excellency, you said that Benedict XVI forms part of these group of theologians, but it seems that you are forgetting that he had an intellectual trajectory. He started as one of these theologians but his zeal for The Truth and his openness for Truth brought him to a different category. And sincerely I think that Saint John Paul II had a similar trajectory. For they saw the confusion that was caused by 60s-70s revolution. God bless!

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:01 🇫🇷 Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, also known as Cardinal at Chick Araya, served Pope John Paul II and was involved in an incident when Pope Benedict was accosted at St. Peter's. 01:16 🇫🇷 Bishop Barron attended the funeral of the great Jesuit theologian Henri de Lubac in 1991 at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. 02:24 🇫🇷 Cardinal Aloyisius Ambrozic paid tribute to Henri de Lubac on behalf of Pope John Paul II during the funeral, highlighting their close relationship. 03:33 📚 The relationship between Pope John Paul II and Henri de Lubac reveals insights into the state of theology today, particularly regarding theological arguments within the Catholic Church. 03:59 🌟 Henri de Lubac was a key figure in the "new theology" movement, which emphasized a return to the Bible, church fathers, a more culturally generous interpretation of Thomas Aquinas, and ecumenical openness. 05:23 🎙️ After Vatican II, the victorious party split into more liberal and conservative readings of the council's documents, with figures like Hans Küng representing liberalism. 07:25 🙌 Pope John Paul II embraced a middle path, represented by Henri de Lubac, Joseph Ratzinger, and Hans Urs von Balthasar, promoting a balanced theological approach. 08:47 🚶 Descendants of both the post-conciliar liberal and pre-conciliar conservative traditions are present in today's theological landscape. 09:39 📜 Bishop Barron advocates for the "de Lubac option," an approach deeply rooted in Catholicism, scripture, church fathers, and St. Thomas Aquinas, while also engaging in cultural dialogue and ecumenism. Made with HARPA AI

Thank you Bishop Baron.....exactly right ! Both extremes which are now dividing our church...have got it wrong.... & the catholic church is therefore in danger.....we must pray constantly & trust God will somehow bring us out of this darkness! Now I know I can watch your videos....I avoid most bishop & priest videos because they are too upsetting, depressing & not at all what Jesus taught...in many many ways!

Catholic theology today is missing a discussion of reconciliation, not in the confessional, but between individuals. Forgiveness is necessary, but what about their reconciliation? Is there reconciliation between parties after their deaths with Jesus as a facilitator? For the living, is restitution a requirement for reconciliation? Should the injured person be the imitator of reconciliation after a statement of forgiveness? Or should the person who has committed the injury seek reconciliation? If that person does not seek reconciliation, is there any when both persons die? Just what is Jesus expecting?

Bishop Barron, you had me at Pere de Lubac. You had me at Pere de Lubac.

Very interesting insight about liberal and conservative "Ways" of Vatican II,,, but as you say, the middle is the best. Cardinal de Lubac was a great "insighter" , together with St JP II, and pope Benedict;; captains of this very well grounded theological path of the Catholic view. Thanks Bishop Barron for another great video...

Bishop , I have been closely following you for years now , this post does not do justice on who you are. I really believe you are very different from any that you mentioned. You are who God has called you to be and that may be what we need at this place in history. Yes I think so!

It seems reasonable to respect de Lubac. Do traditionalists, at least in the broad sense (not necessarily attendees of the EF mass) oppose reading the Church Fathers or the bible in favour of theological manuals, or do they recommend doing both? Most of the more "conservative" Catholics I know are interested in the Church Fathers and in personal bible study, at least in the form of Lectio Divina. I think what is probably going on is a synthesis of the likes of de Lubac into the broader stream of Catholic theology, with an uptake in the popularity of the old theological manuals. (As a layman, I particularly like the clarity of the old Moral Theology manuals, which have the excellent virtue of logical consistency and intelligibility.)

I’ve always wanted to know why bishop Barron did not join the Dominicans (based on his prior statements on most admired).

The sad thing is there is no room for nuance in todays political or even theological views. Everything is "four legs good, two legs bad" and that's why there are people who attack BB... because anything beyond their simplistic talking point views, on either side mind you, they are unable/unwilling to engage in a dialogue.

When will you make a video about the Amazon Schism?

Bishop Barron, I don't have a problem with what you propose in this video. Yet, I believe that you "caved in" to the culture in your discussions with both Ben Shapiro and Dave Ruben. In my opinion, you did not represent the teachings of the Church, the Fathers, or Thomas Aquinas in your answers to them regarding salvation through Christ alone (the "privileged way?"), or so-called "gay marriage" respectively. I can't imagine Sts. Peter and Paul saying those things, even though I understand the argument from Romans 1.

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I am honestly so sympathetic to Bishop Barron's narrative. It is the theology that I have been taught and have lived with all my life. I want it to be true and hope it will be enough, but the recent polls that the Bishop himself has addressed do not speak well of the fruit of Vatican II. Perhaps it is simply that Karl Rahner's theology has been winning. There is certainly evidence of that. But then why can de Lubac's theology not hold its own against Rahner's? The whole point of de Lubac was to make evangelization easier. I am torn and I think this is a time for much dialogue within the Church between the traditionalists and the disciples of de Lubac. Rahner's theology must be totally done away with.

Fulton sheen, & Saint Peter Damian, pray for us.

I really appreciate you Bishop Barron, and I am dearly grateful to you for all you’ve done, but Thomism was clearly better. Look at the mess this has brought us. I will never go SSPX, I won’t say Vatican II was the smoke of Satan, that Pope Francis is an invalid Pope, but it and the Pope were definitely a door through which error, confusion, heresy, and the Amazon Synod came through. I feel like we tried the middle path. We’re tired. I’m sick of all of it. I’m a 26 year old Catholic, I’ve lived through three popes and in the course of those papacies I’ve seen the church go from one extreme to the other. I mean, my poor heart has been consoled by John Paul, taught by Benedict, and straight up beaten by Francis, out of nowhere, with a crow bar. I don’t agree with the SSPX, but I am tired of the modernism in the church. I am desperately sick of it, and I hunger deeply for clarity, sound doctrine, and truth even if it translates as rigidity or as closed mindedness. I just want my Lord back. I honestly never understood Mary Magdalene more. They took my Lord and I don’t know where they laid Him.” I can’t explain this in any other way other than that I am done with these modern ideas. I feel that the only was to fix this is to return to tradition. We need another Pope St. Pius X to come in with strength, resolve, and a deep love for God and His church. The church needs a purge, a hardcore one. I mean, I will never leave the church, like you say, it’s not the time to leave her but to fight for her, but the other day I stumbled upon a video of the Orthodox liturgy and my heart ached over the beauty and orthodoxy of it. How I longed for that to be in my beloved mother church again. Then, in my suggestions, I get a video about Pope Francis holding a pagan ceremony in the Vatican gardens! What the heck! Needless to say I felt more alone than ever.

7:31 . . .and one of the co-founders of the Polish edition of Communio !

I caught your excellent appearance on the Ben Shapiro show. Thanks for showing us how.

What does “culturally generous mean”? Like what does His Excellency intend to say there?

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Very good French from Bp. Barron 3:09 4:31

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6:23 why did we even get into a mess about “reading” the documents of Vatican II? Shouldn’t the documents have been clear and unambiguous? And if a “reading” of these documents conflicted with EARLIER councils/doctors/sacred tradition, shouldn’t they have been scrapped, instead of pretending nothing at all existed before Vatican II? I’m no theologian, but speaking from the trenches of parish life in the U.S.A. I see the smoking ruins of a Church, massive scandal, mass apostocy, horrible ugly churches, flat and deadening liturgy, terrible music, “Catholic” colleges identical to their secular counterpart.... and all this with the people in charge justifying everything they do in the name of the Vatican II documents and the men behind them. So I’m sorry, but I have very little to trust these documents, or the men behind them. I’m tired of them. They seem to have caused nothing but trouble. That’s my emotions, from the bottom of the Church.

I don't get why reactionaries pick arbitrarily Vatican 1 or Trent as the peak of Catholicism and not Carthage, nicea or Florence.

I think the biggest problem of the Church in modern times is the autocratic nature of the Papacy, forgetting that the laity is the true body of the Church.

Communio gang rise up!

It’s amazing how the scissor theory literally teared apart The Church after Vatican II. Garrigou-Lagrange did not lost, time proved his theology was right, and in time it will go back.

Might it be that a New Medievalism is necessary? The binding of the sciences in search of the footprints of the Eternal God.

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Communio vs Concilium? This dichotomy stikes me as a means of controlling opposition. Anyome who doesn't fit neatly into either of these camps--ie) the early days of the SSPX--is marginalized.

Sorry but I have to disagree with you on this one. Nouvelle théologie has not been fruitful. Im French, born in the 80's when this trend was at its peak maybe. What I witnessed was a lot of teanagers leaving the Church. No sense of sacred, bad doctrine (i dont think I understood the Real presence concept until very recently)... So I left the Church as well (even if Im responsible to some extent) and so many did the same. No surprise Im more interested in latin mass since I came back to Christ a few years ago. Im not reluctant to go to Novus Ordo (even if I dont like as much as traditional liturgy) but most of the time Im chocked by what I see (altar Girls, candy distribution during homely....). Cardinal Sarah is right when he talks about the lack of silence and worship at mass. And I dont think there bas been such a drop in attendance since Vatican 2 unfortunately (again it doesnt mean we must become sedevacantist). Congratulations on your French, it is very good. And God bless you.

So good, Bishop Barron! Vive La Nouvelle Theologie!

Kissing a Koran and having a statue of Buddha on the tabernacle should not have happened and are by far too generous.

How does Fatima sit with your theological path your excellency?

And you speak French. All French people, listen to this Bishop. He loves your country!

De Lubac "persecuted"? No mention of Pius XII's denouncement of De Lubac and of Nouvelle Theologie in 1950 in Humani Generis? This is is a very skewed narrative.

My only comment for you, Excellency, are the words of the late, great, Venerable Pope Pius XII when he was still Cardinal: “We assume that communism is one of the most obvious instruments of subversion used against the Church and the Tradition of Divine Revelation. So we will witness the contamination of everything that is spiritual: philosophy, science, law, teaching, art, media, literature, theater and religion. I am concerned about what the Blessed Virgin has entrusted to Sister Lucia of Fatima. The insistence by the Holy Lady on the dangers that threaten the Church is a divine warning against the suicide that altering the Faith represents in its liturgy, in its theology and in its soul. I feel around me that the innovators want to dismantle the Holy Church, destroy its universal flame, reject its ornaments and blame it for its historical past. I am convinced that the Church of Peter will have to vindicate its past, otherwise it will dig its own grave. I will fight this battle with all my strength both inside the Church and outside of it, although the forces of evil may one day take advantage of my person, my actions or my writings, as they seek today to distort the history of church. All human heresies that alter the Word of God are invented to make them appear better than It. A day will come when the civilized world will deny God himself, when the Church will doubt as Peter doubted. She will be tempted to believe that man is God, that his Son is a symbol, a philosophy like so many others. In the Churches, Catholics will look for the red lamps where Our Lord awaits us, like the sinner in tears before the empty tomb, shouting: “Where have they taken him? Then the priests of Africa, Asia, and the Americas will rise up; those trained in missionary seminaries; who will say and proclaim that the "Bread of Life" is not just any bread, that the Mother of the God-Man is not a mother like many others. And they will be cut to pieces for testifying that Christianity is not a religion like the others, because its Head is the Son of God and the Catholic Church is His Church." As to all these men and their dubiously "rehabilitated" and now codified ideas, I can only say "Vade retro, Satana." The Church of Jesus Christ WILL return in full - no longer doubting, and when it does, it won't be merely "La Nouvelle." You will see, Excellency. And when that great day of Her Immaculate Heart's triumph arrives, Bishop, I do hope to find you no longer against us, but with us.

I have come across the 'Dr Taylor Marshall' Channel recently and have been looking at their teachings and attacks on Bishop Barron in disbelief. I appreciate Bishop Barron keeping his distance, but sometimes wish he would engage with them more directly. Also, I would love seeing Bishop Barron in direct discussion with some of those 'new atheists'. With his cool, but always polite attitude he would be doing a better job than William Lane Craig (for example in discussion with Lawrence Krauss). I also wish that Bishop Barron would be more outspoken against Young Earth creationists. They are responsible for untold numbers of young people turning their backs to the Church.

Sadly, this reveals how political and divisive the structure of the church is. And those in the middle of the political spectrum need not be thankful. You're gonna get punched from both sides. Rereading Matthew Chap 23 over and over will put us in our place or fire and brimstone will do the job. And before anyone declares his political faith, remember, be one, just as the Father and He are one.

À quand une intervention intégrale en français, Monseigneur ... ?

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Yes,okay having a open dialogue with Protestants and the culture,However,it should be to bring them to Jesus’s church and His teaching,Not for the Catholic Church to acquiesce to them so to make them feel right and for us to go away (heresy) from Jesus church. We kindly,lovely listen to them and gentle teach them the Truth. Vatican II is not the culprit but rather the group !the liberal side, which gives way to “the spirit” of Vatican II that is doing and has done most damage to our church in my opinion. The Eucharist in the hand,the railings removed,talk of married priest and woman priest,dumbing our liturgy and music to be more Protestant and secular. All these things have chipped away at the foundation of the Catholic Church,the foundation is Jesus and these actions put Him not in the high esteem He should be to shoe reverence. These actions have caused many to leave the church ,they the liberals thought it would bring more to us but did the opposite. Why? Because people long for truth, to be guided in the true dogmas,doctrine and traction’s that Jesus gave,not a simplified version which causes confusion. We need to bring back the railings,the communion on the tongue and taught of the beauty of why and what things are that we do and have in the church. We don’t do certain things just because,but rather because there is a profound beautiful meaning behind everything that is done in the Mass. it is my belief that when people know these things there will be a stirring in their soul of love for their faith,for the one true apostolic church established by Jesus. Bishop Barron I believe and hope and pray he is of the mindset of what I wrote about talking with those outside the church to lead them to the church ,Jesus’s church, so to say souls not lead them to darkness.