Christ, Miracle, and the Beauty of the Church 

Dr Jordan Peterson brought me back to the Christian Faith Bishop Barron brought me back to the Catholic Faith Fr Mike Schmitz kept me there These 3 men truly inspired me and changed my life for the best

At the age of 51 I became Catholic. When asked why, I said the names of these three gentlemen. Thank you for putting them together.

I just wanted to shout out Fr. Mike Schmitz because he doesn't have a doctorate and he's holding his own against these intellectual heavyweights he is the internet's priest and we love him for it

Dr Peterson and Bp Baron speak to the mind. Fr Mike speaks to the heart. The soul needs both.

I’m kind of proud of myself at how incredibly excited I get to listen to an hour video of two priests and a psychologist talk about religion.

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.

Jordan Peterson and fr Chad Ripperger dialogue would be the one of the greatest conversations in history. Lord make it happen

"God can't give us peace and happiness apart from Himself because there is no such thing." - CS Lewis

I am a 72 yo former victim of the sexual revolution and drug culture (not just marijuana ). Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.

Fr Mike Schmitz, I've listened to you almost every single day for the last two years!

Dr. Jordan Peterson helped me battle depression and self-doubt, and he also brought me back to Christianity; Father Mike convinced me on the necessity to convert to Catholicism, and my understanding and knowledge about the Bible and Catholicism are growing and deepening significantly because of Bishop Barron. I firmly believe that God is using these three remarkable men to heal and save so many souls around the world. I pray for Dr. Jordan Peterson's conversion as well. I am also a Canadian living in Canada, and I truly appreciate and applaud Dr. Jordan Peterson's courage, intellect, and vigour to stand up to the corruption and incompetence of the current federal government. God bless these three men, and may God bless Canada. Long Live Christ the King!

Jordan Peterson really is the bridge here for non-religious people. He opens the door to this conversation for me.

I was born into Catholicism in 1961. As a teenager, I went to other churches to investigate but found something missing... When I came back to a Catholic Mass, I realized what I was searching for and it was the Eucharist.

Fr Mike is so gracious to let the other two talk, and talk, and talk..he can comment eloquently with fewer words. Love that.

Father Schmitz seems to have the most humility here and I really admire that.

I didnt know it at the time but slowly JBP helped me to be open again to religion after being an atheist for almost a decade. Praise the Lord I am now back in the Catholic Church 🙏

Bible in the year is absolutely amazing and beautiful. As a former Protestant (Bible believer Christian) it shook up my biases and made me aware how broken we are. Thanks for carefully guiding me to the Catholic church and the beautiful community father Mike Schmitz!!!

I became Catholic at age 51 because I was searching for truth. After researching the writings of the early church fathers, and the writings and reasons for Luther's petitions (from BOTH sides), I came to the conclusion that if I am truly a follower of Christ, the Catholic church is where I must be. The truth is taught in the Catholic church, despite the straying of many "devout" Catholics. The truth is there. What we do with that is up to us.

I converted to Catholicism at age 27 with my partner and 4 kids. I was a hardline atheist my whole life, and as soon as I understood HOW to know God it was a paradigm shift.

I love how Fr Mike has such a fatherly presence that people instinctively feel so comfortable in front of him as to be able laugh at him like you would lovingly laugh at a family member or a friend when he first intervenes in the conversation ❤ his equally familial response is also priceless: "What??" 😄

I'm a seeker, and Father Mike is one of my shining lights and teachers.

I'd ask anyone who is truly interested in prayers and miracles to listen to the testament of Tammy Peterson. Its actually quiet an amazing testimony and offers substance to anyone who doubts Christ's power.

These three men have become my heroes. I was raised Protestant but was brought home to the fullness of the Catholic church. I now listen to the intelect of Jordan Peterson, the wisdom of Bishop Barron. Fr. Mike has given me the bible & the ability to start to Understand it. I am going through "Bible in a Year" for the 3rd time & I feel I am just starting to understand it. Anyway I am just truly greatful for all three of these men.

I've been a closeted Catholic for about a year now. I live in a very anti-Catholic region of the southern states but this Easter I'm getting confirmed! I'm glad Peterson is looking at the Catholic faith (and the truth of Christianity in general).

I came for the title and when I saw those 3 walk on stage tears of joy came. Three pillars of my spiritual journey. I will be unpacking this video for a long time.

Seeing Fr Mike in things makes me happy.

These are the three men that brought me to the Catholic Church Jordan Peterson Bishop Barron Fr Mike Schmitz

Waaay too short we need the whole thing! The world needs the whole thing. This is the best thing to happen to RU-vid ever.

Father Mike really comes through with clarity. His words land so beautifully. He speaks truth clearly with less words. This is, I believe, a sign of his connection with and live of God. Simple Truth.

I did not see this coming! Love all these speakers so much! Thankyou for giving us this conversation!!!

I love the humility of Fr Mike Schmitz in offering such nuggets of pastoral wisdom in this conversation. It's a completely outstanding dialogue that cuts across multiple perspectives while trying to stay faithful to the Truth. Fr Mike is key in the process. Great, thoughtful and accessible questions by the moderator too.

Jordan Peterson put me on the path back to Christianity after 2 decades of atheism. His Biblical Series was the bridge back home for me. It took me from thinking the Bible was an evil and primitive book to appreciating it to the point that I reverted back to Catholicism. I pray for his conversion into the Catholic Church. 🙏🏻 God bless JP.

This is crazy! These 3 men are all responsible for my recent return to faith over the past 3 years. It started with listening to what all three of these guys have to say about religion and faith. I've probably consumed like 2,000 hours of their conversations on you tube in the 3 years.

Dr JP should interview Father Mike individually. His passionate conviction will complement JP’s analytical empiricism.

So happy to see Bishop Barron back for another discussion with JBP! Throwing in Fr. Mike Schmitz for good measure was the icing on the cake. Thank you and God bless!

Get Fr Ripperger in the mix for a complete picture of conscience. Love to hear the discussion. Great interview. Good questions.

Fr Mike is a gem. So good to see him with Bishop Barron and yourself. He speaks extremely profoundly here, his Sunday Homilies, his Wednesday Ascension video, and Bible/Cat in a year. Great video!

Fr. Mike Schmitz is amazing!

Father Mike is so right about the way many Catholics in this country have believed for many decades. This "moralistic therapeutic deism" defined as a form of Christianity masquerading as beliefs in the existence of God, the importance of being kind to others, our ultimate goal of personal happiness, that God is seldom personally involved in individual lives, and that good people go to heaven when they die.

As a young man grappling with my faith, this discussion could be one of the most helpful I’ve ever seen.

The day I prayed and accepted Jesus into my life was and still is the most transformative de ision in my whole life. That was over 40 years ago and I read my bible, pray, and join together with other believers. In other words I am a Christian filled witb the Holy Spirit. May you all know this joy.

I followed JP’s work since he became infamous in Canada. He changed my life. He was a raft in the sea of chaos I was in and I grabbed on and started to find my way. Then I became Christian (Catholic), also with his help, but I diverged from him quite a bit since then. It’s so wonderful to see him restless with the question of Jesus, (my own burning question that was asked right up front) then say: I don’t know what that means. It’s so endearing. Take the last step, Jordan. We love you.

Father Mike’s humility speaks volumes. What a remarkable man of God.

Three instrumental men who in their own way led me back Home to the Catholic faith. This talk is an answer to a cry or struggle that I had praying the Litany of Humility. With grace, I must give up what is of lower good (esteem, honor, etc) so that the HIGHER can manifest and trust that God wants what is best for me

Happy Lent everyone. May we all get closer to God as we focus on Him throughout Lent. God bless.

Peterson is so good at articulating exactly what he is thinking, which is why we get such profound and deep information from him.

I just like how Dr. Jordan and Bishop Barron is so technical(which I actually enjoy and make me reflect more), and then Fr. Mike just gives a few points that made me feel assured. I don't know why what's that about but I'm glad that these three, whom I adore so much hopefully will help me be a better Roman Catholic.

@40:00 Fr. Mike's discussion of "checking the box" on being a believer in Christ...RIGHT ON! He describes this way of "dealing with" faith perfectly. I am 73 and can relate to this today as well as looking back to my college years.

I was waiting for the day when Jordan would talk with Father Mike Schmitz! Super excited to listen to this!

Jordan Peterson is just amazing. Bishop Barrons sunday homilies are a wealth of information. Fr. Mike's entusiam and love for God is so visible in his talks. We need more people like these.

Father mike speaks my language... Im not very Smart with words and Philosophy of the West But Father mike speak plainly and I enjoy him a lot. Thankyou for sharing Jordan Peterson. And I appreciate you 3 .

The crossover we needed but we didn’t know we needed. Glory to Jesus Christ!

I don't know if Dr. Petersen reads the comments. But I've always found this analogy helpful regarding why we are here on Earth, even though Christ made the ultimate Sacrifice for our sins. When I was about 10 years old, I got really made and punched my parents' screen door several times, breaking the glass on the other side of the screen. Being 10, I had no money to repair the door, and so my parents paid for the repairs for me. But I was still responsible for what happened, and I did chores and punishment to make up for it. In the same way, we have no way of repaying the damage of original sin and opening the seal of Eden ourselves. So Jesus did it for us. But we are still responsible for our sinful nature and must spend our lives to know, love, and serve God in return.

Fr. Mike Schmitz podcasts have reconnected me to my faith and helped guide me. I really am grateful for his teachings of Jesus and the Bible

Love Father Mike, so goood ❤

Thank you Dr. Peterson for reintroducing me to Jesus and the Bible a year ago.

My rite if acceptance is this coming April, where I officially become a Catechumen. I’m listening to Father Mike almost every day and couldn’t be happier.

As a protestant, I LOVED this conversation!

You three: Dr Jordan Peterson, Bsp Robert Barron, and Father Mike Schmitz are my heros. Thank you for your ministries. God Bless.

My 3 favorite people on the internet. This is great!

Thank you Lord God for making this discussion happen! God bless you Dr. Peterson, Bishop Barron, and Fr. Mike!

Wholeheartedly agree with Fr. Mike: we have to individually conquer death by being fully ready to forever submit to God as sons of God. The last enemy to be defeated is death. When we have each conquered our own selves enough to fully submit to Christ forever and ever in our resurrected bodies, then we have overcome and our part is mostly finished, except for serving Christ for all of our glorious days.

I grew up in a fundamentalist baptist church that taught that all you have to do be saved is to believe in Jesus, and I was also quite rebellious growing up so I used that claim of merely believing to justify that I can continue living in sin and so naturally I fell away from faith. As an adult I realized that I need to pursue a life of virtue in order to adequately become a man (and a husband and father), and this pursuit of virtue eventually led to an encounter with Christ in my heart where I was very much wrestling with God because I habituated so much sin in my life. Long story short, this led me to the Orthodox Church where I am now a baptized Orthodox Christian. In the Orthodox faith there is a strong emphasis on being co-crucified with Christ and being United with Christ through uniting your own personal outer and inner crosses with the Cross of Christ. This is perfectly in line with the Bible as Saint Paul says in Galatians ““For I through the law died to the law that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain.” And so you see in Saint Paul’s expression of his own inner life with Christ that faith in Christ is not just believing in Him, but it’s dying to yourself, meaning that we die to our attachments to the world as well as dying to our desire for being attached to the world, and through this dying with Christ and being resurrected with Him. Meaning that the Risen Lord now lives in our heart. This of course must take place within the context of the Sacramental and mystical life of the Church. Dying and rising with Christ through baptism, being sealed with the Holy Spirit in Chrismation, and receiving Christ continually through the reception of the Eucharist. But it’s not just that either, we also must live the life of the Church out in our daily life through a daily struggle against our attachments and inordinate desires along with the life of God now working in and through our life, which sanctifies and transforms our entire being. I think this depth of faith is missed within various Protestant traditions, namely due to their lack of reverence for the Saints, the people who have indeed lived out this transformation in the life of Christ in them. The Saints proclaim the Gospel of the incarnation of Christ in their own life. They are the empirical data of and the proof of the resurrection of Christ. Take Saint Seraphim of Sarov as an example whose body shined with the Light of Christ, as Christ shined in the transfiguration on Mount Tabor. Or take Saint John of Shanghai and San Fransisco as an example who is known as a miracle worker of Christ even after his own death. These are people who truly loved their life as being crucified with Christ and can rightfully say along with Saint Paul that it is no longer I who live but it is Christ who lives in me and the life that I now live I live in the flesh I live in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. These are people who truly strove for virtue, and not only did they become virtuous, but they became a vessel of God’s life and through their own struggle and God’s life in them were able to transmit God’s life to other people that were looking for God’s love in this fallen world.

I walked away most impressed with Fr. Mike. What a humble presence on stage. God bless them all.

if something is deep, it moves you in more dimensions simultaneously. Peterson just blew my mind.

😯 So God in all His Majesty looked down and said, "I love my people. I want to give them a present. Something that will inspire them and fill their hearts with hope. Oh! I know,! Why don't I get my dearest Bishop Robert Barron, and my feisty Dr. Jordan Peterson and my beloved Fr. Mike Schmitz TOGETHER to talk and discuss and surmise. Yes, yes, that should keep them going for a while!" ...And so it was. Thank you dear God for this beautiful expression of Your Love for us! Bless these three men and please continue to open peoples' minds and hearts to Your Truth through them. Amen.🙏✝️❤

We’ve been watching Dr Petersons faith journey for a while, so to hear him eloquently declare the truths of the gospel brought me such joy! Praise God!!! I remember a video years ago when Bishop Barton suggested Dr Peterson meditate on - The Word Became Flesh- and it seems that bit of spiritual direction bore so Much fruit.

The meeting of these three men is a tremendous blessing. ❤. So grateful to be listening in!

I loved father Mike’s Shakespeare reference. I listened to Judy Dench perform a soliloquy recently and although I didn’t understand it, it was breathtaking. There is the same sensation (more profoundly) when reading the Psalms.

I love how Father Mike is able to distilled down these high concepts into easy, bite size concepts. Because these high thinking ppl tend to miss that their complex explanations are not resonating with average ppl.

Truly a demonstration and expression of Dr Peterson's amazing analytical acumen, Bp Barron's deep and diverse knowledge, and Fr Schmitz's profound understanding and humility. May we be blessed with more of the same. I could never have enough.

How great to finally see Jordan on the stage with Fr. Mike Schmitz. Praise God!

YEEEEEESSSS. I have been hoping for more Bishop Barron/JPB content for so long. And throw in Fr. Mike?? I’m so happy. I know what my post-church video is gonna be in the morning.

Fr. Mike, Bishop Barron, and JP!!!??? Oh MAN I could listen for hours!!

It’s funny how they have this much extremely deep, sometimes so deep it loses sight of itself, conversation and questions, and Mike just gives a concise theological answer because the Word gives us these answers

What a powerhouse panel! I legitimately got hype when I saw their 3 pictures/names side by side! God Bless these men and their words/work!

Holy cow . . .what a stimulating and educational and faith filled discussion. I admire these three men for varied reasons but listening to these intellectuals discuss and explain faith, belief, philosophy etc. is a blessing to me. I have shared this podcase because I consider it a must see & hear. GOD bless you all.

Praise Gof for these wonderful people...Proud Catholic here from Philippines...❤❤❤

I wish more people would spend an hour here, and just listen. Listen carefully. Then, present your unavoidable questions to God WITH AS PURE A HEART as you can muster up. God WILL answer. Chances are it will be in God's time, not yours's, but continue to ask. God WILL answer, so your journey may continue. May you all experience the adventure of a lifetime. Many thanks to the entire panel.

Fr Mike asks great grounding questions here making it really easy for people who are new to the church

What an incredible panel and discussion. Absolutely superb. No atheist can hold a candle to these guys! I plan on listening to this 2 or 3 times. I wish it was much longer.

Fr Mike is a good listener. I love all 3 of them

Fastest 1 hour video I've ever watched; glued to the screen. This kind of talk is how I think about things almost all the time, but don't have the skill or forum to fully express.

I've gone from a go to church on Sundays and days of obligation to seeking out more about my Catholic faith, thanks to these amazing people.

Three of my favorite men! Awesome, Jordan!

In all truthfulness, this is the most excited I've been about anything on RU-vid

Recently became Catholic, moatly because of these guys. Saw Bp Baron on Lex Friedman and have admired JBP for years, and of course see Fr Mike all over RU-vid. Great to see these guys talk together.

God bless you all.

This is one of the greatest talks of our times. God bless you all forever. 🎉

This is stretching the limits of my intellect and understanding. I will definitely need to listen more than once. ❤

i love Fr Mike. he brought me back home to the Catholic church

This was an extremely transformative conversation, thank you. These conversations help counter balance the prevailing misery and shallowness of popular culture online. Can we please have more of JBP, Bishop Barron and Fr Mike.

Jordan Petersons constant reference to suffering fills me with joy!! His understanding of suffering and it's redeeming value is beautiful! God bless him! 🙏❤️

JP is a rockstar on this forum. The Bishop is trying like hell to tag along. Father Mike, in true humble fashion, steps aside and lets them both shine; meanwhile he proposes a way to the future with todays youth.

"If you abjured all sin you would suffer the least amount possible but that would still not be none" - Jordan Peterson. That final statement was profound. I didn't want this conversation to end. Thank God for the great work He is doing in the lives of these men 🙏

Fr Mile and JP have set the world on fire. Keep it going and God bless you!

To answer father Mike Schmitz question on how he can get thru to the youth, it's because he speaks In a real way. Like I love Jordan P and Mike (don't really know the other guy but he seems good) But father Mike Schmitz just has a real way of speaking. Listening to the other two can loose you, they're just so smart it's a bit difficult. Mike just speaks in a real way, he breaks it down in a way that anyone can listen and go, yeah that makes sense. Father Mike, thank you for everything you've done man truly

The world need these three men as beacon lights in challenging confusing times personally and socially.

Thank you Dr. Peterson for making your works available to public. Much appreciation. Watching from the Philippines. I am a Christian too. And I have been praising God for your works.

This dialogue really sent a lightbulb moment off for me. When Jordan talks about self awareness being no different than misery and negative emotions. I take that and infer that today’s society of young people are obsessed with the pursuit of healing oneself through self awareness and essentially creating your reality (manifesting and popular spiritual beliefs). Whereas if you instead don’t focus on “healing” yourself but allow Christ to heal and practice His teachings, be subservient to Him, your husband, to your family, you will be ultimately healed. This is huge for me because I’ve always considered myself extremely self aware and saw it as a curse but also a blessing but looking at it through this framework I see I’m disadvantaging myself by putting my focus on what I can do to save myself where I should be focusing on Christ and what He has already done to save me.