Faith When You’re Frustrated with God - Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermon 

🕊️🕊️ *THE HOUR OF DIVINE MERCY | 3PM (15:00HRS) WORLDWIDE.*🕊️🕊️ _08 July, 2024_ *THE INCOMPREHENSIBLE GOD* *One common tendency we all have is curiosity. We easily become curious about almost everything, desiring to know. Magazines, news articles, shows, daily gossip sessions, etc., all have as their aim the satisfaction of our curiosity. This curiosity must turn into a desire to know God and all He speaks to us. But, with that said, we must also know that we cannot know. The wisdom and Will of God are so far beyond our limited minds and hearts that we will never be able to understand their mystery. Life is a mystery. Struggle and hardships are mysteries. Love is a mystery. And yet, as we humbly face the countless mysteries of life, we also face the incomprehensible mystery of God. Interestingly, knowing that we do not know and understanding that we cannot understand, presents us with the great mystery of God. In the face of this incomprehensible Mystery, we are in the presence of God. This is a gift! This silencing of our understanding before the mystery of God enables us to face life in faith. Faith is a way of knowing without fully comprehending. It's a gift enabling us to walk through life in darkness, yet with clarity and certainty.* _(See Diary # 651)_. *Do you find that you do not understand God or His ways? Do you look at your life and wonder, "Why this?" or "Why that?" or "Where is God in all of this?" God and His ways are a mystery. But, as a mystery, you are invited to enter in with the darkness of faith. This will only make sense if you let the Holy Spirit penetrate your thoughts and teach you in a new way. Your "understanding" of the Mind and Will of God will not so much be like other forms of knowledge; rather your knowledge will be new, certain, clear, deep and yet mysterious at the same time. Allow yourself to be taught by faith and you will be able to face any and every mystery and hardship that you encounter in life.* _Prayer_ *_Lord, oh Incomprehensible Mystery! I stand before You in awe and in darkness. Yet, in the darkness of my understanding, I reaffirm my faith and trust in You. As I face the mystery of my life and, even more so, the mystery of Your life, I allow you to consume me with the gift of faith. Help me to believe without seeing and to know without understanding. Most importantly, I desire and choose to give my life to You, oh Incomprehensible Mystery, and I choose You above all else. Jesus, I trust in You._* *Pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy* _From: Daily Reflections on Divine Mercy: 365 Days with Saint Faustina , John Paul Thomas_ _Fr. Chisomo Kingsley (SDB)_ _Catholic Prayer War Room_

Completely agree, I think that’s many of us!

Or to reflect on the sermon by listening in the evening

Agreed! Wholeheartedly!

Although we're a day ahead in our country, it remains a best reflection for review and refresher. :)

That's what I do to.

God bless you Anne, have hope as well, God is a God of victory. I'll pray for you.

🕊️🕊️ *THE HOUR OF DIVINE MERCY | 3PM (15:00HRS) WORLDWIDE.*🕊️🕊️ _08 July, 2024_ *THE INCOMPREHENSIBLE GOD* *One common tendency we all have is curiosity. We easily become curious about almost everything, desiring to know. Magazines, news articles, shows, daily gossip sessions, etc., all have as their aim the satisfaction of our curiosity. This curiosity must turn into a desire to know God and all He speaks to us. But, with that said, we must also know that we cannot know. The wisdom and Will of God are so far beyond our limited minds and hearts that we will never be able to understand their mystery. Life is a mystery. Struggle and hardships are mysteries. Love is a mystery. And yet, as we humbly face the countless mysteries of life, we also face the incomprehensible mystery of God. Interestingly, knowing that we do not know and understanding that we cannot understand, presents us with the great mystery of God. In the face of this incomprehensible Mystery, we are in the presence of God. This is a gift! This silencing of our understanding before the mystery of God enables us to face life in faith. Faith is a way of knowing without fully comprehending. It's a gift enabling us to walk through life in darkness, yet with clarity and certainty.* _(See Diary # 651)_. *Do you find that you do not understand God or His ways? Do you look at your life and wonder, "Why this?" or "Why that?" or "Where is God in all of this?" God and His ways are a mystery. But, as a mystery, you are invited to enter in with the darkness of faith. This will only make sense if you let the Holy Spirit penetrate your thoughts and teach you in a new way. Your "understanding" of the Mind and Will of God will not so much be like other forms of knowledge; rather your knowledge will be new, certain, clear, deep and yet mysterious at the same time. Allow yourself to be taught by faith and you will be able to face any and every mystery and hardship that you encounter in life.* _Prayer_ *_Lord, oh Incomprehensible Mystery! I stand before You in awe and in darkness. Yet, in the darkness of my understanding, I reaffirm my faith and trust in You. As I face the mystery of my life and, even more so, the mystery of Your life, I allow you to consume me with the gift of faith. Help me to believe without seeing and to know without understanding. Most importantly, I desire and choose to give my life to You, oh Incomprehensible Mystery, and I choose You above all else. Jesus, I trust in You._* *Pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy* _From: Daily Reflections on Divine Mercy: 365 Days with Saint Faustina , John Paul Thomas_ _Fr. Chisomo Kingsley (SDB)_ _Catholic Prayer War Room_

Years of practice I suppose. How many masses and homilies per week for over 35 years? It adds up. It is good to be impressed by a master at the top of their game, so to speak. 🙂

@@virginiacharlotte7007 He is so intelligent and educated but can speak so clearly and make the Gospel so alive and relavant to "the little guy"

@@carolallen1128 personally, I find that he does. I don’t think I am the only one here gaining a lot from these sermons, judging by the comments and likes. 🙂

@@virginiacharlotte7007 I agree totally. This one was so powerful I tried to "transcribe it" listening on my phone and trying to type it in an email so I could share it and selfishly, keeep coming back to it. I love that he is more accessible now, possibly because of the pandemic, or he has been on you tube and FB and I did not know it.

@@carolallen1128 yes, although the Bishop is posting fortnightly with other work, rather than weekly, which I miss, but I cannot even imagine just how busy his life is with all of his work. Did you know that their are some buttons you can press on YT Videos to help you transcribe? There is a little box on screen labelled ‘cc’ for closed captions (sometimes with multiple language options), and then I think their are three lines in the title/ description settings area that allow you to open up a scrolled transcription that I think is time stamped ( from memory). They are auto- generated, so there are going to be some errors in translation, but you could copy and paste them and then listen through the video again to make the edits. Also, consider slowing down the audio speed to allow you to pick up on more dialogue and type it up in time (I am a very slow and inaccurate typist myself!) . I hope that helps if you did not know about the settings already. Kind regards, VC

Trust!!!

A virtuous life should spring naturally from a life of prayer and intimacy with Jesus. A man should be conscious of his sins and bothered by them. He should be trying very hard to live out the supernatural virtues infused at his Baptism: faith, hope, and charity; and to develop the intellectual virtues of prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude. From the book "To Save a Thousand Souls" by fr Brett Brannen

Prayers for you...👏

Hey Ted, it's been a month, I hope you are well and keep putting your trust in the Lord. I'll keep you in my prayers. I read your comment and feel for you. What you're going through is a real trial, your grandma is blessed to be so loved. Life can be so painful, sometimes it seems like there is no consolation, I'll pray constantly that the Lord guide you through all this.

May God answer your prayers and those your heart didn’t even dare to ask

I so agree Annie. I wrote in my journal this morning how this Gospel could be applied to my life. It seems so different from Bishop Barron's interpretation. This is what I wrote...."I was thinking about what this Gospel means and how I can apply it to my life. And as always our good Lord comes to my aid and most interestingly almost immediately. I open up my “A Spring Within Me” daily meditation book by Richard Rohr and there is the answer. This weeks theme was about Spirituality and the Twelve Steps. Sundays are a summary of each days reading similar to what Rohr does in the daily meditations we get in the email. Anyway, day 1’s summary was “Both the Gospel and the Twelve-Step Program insist that the experience of powerlessness is the absolutely necessary starting point for transformational healing “. Both the young girl and the woman with the bleeding were both powerless and now they could be healed. To apply it to my own life I’ve come to realize how powerless I am, it gets me out of the way and now God can do his thing in me and for me. It makes so much sense to me. I love the Gospels and what they teach me. Re reading my words, I thought it was Jairus who was powerless in the story not so much the daughter. Anyway, I guess we get what we need in the moment when listening to the Gospel's but it's good to hear other perspectives.

You could have knocked me over with this homily; I have heard homilies on the raising of Jairus' daughter and on the healing of the woman whose great Faith only needed to touch his garment, but how Bishop Barron intertwined him. Oh, how I could identify with Jairus. In the 79 years of my life I could write books on how God has taken seeming tragedies, hardships, heart aches and turned them into greater blessings than I can imagine. Two years ago my son was hit with a crisis that I could never have imagined and all I could do was pray and it kept going from bad to worse and then a year ago something more tragic, more unimaginable happened not only to him but to one of his brothers and to me. I just keep trying to pray, God youu know why you let this happen, you know how YOU are going to resolve it. I am here with Jairus wanting HIM to cocme ASAP.

@@carolallen1128 I will keep you and your sons in my prayers. You are a woman of faith and God will reward you for that. 🙏💞

@@Chegles1 Thank you so much

@@Chegles1 Thank you so muich

Astonishing!

Amen on that.♥️

Now 25 people

@You Play Video This is a prayer circle. Never looking for answers from 'mockers' or 'dirt bags'.

@You Play Video Thanks & God Bless☆

Dont give up because our persevirance in our faith its what shines to others who are in worst case scenerios. Things will be ok

@@mayelycruz4469 😊 thanks

Lynn, This may not help at all, but here goes. Someone I know suffers terribly from alcohol addiction, to the point where she went to court because her children were going to be taken away. She was convinced she would lose them. Another friend just kept telling her to trust in God. And she was really trying. Trusting God helped her get 30 days sober (no mean feat). So on her court day she told the judge how much she loved her kids and how her trust in God is helping her change her life, that she was sober now, and guess what? The judge sided with her and she has kept her kids. She has now gone on to start a women's chapter of AA specifically aimed to help women in similar situations. This is all in the last six months. She was hopeless and now God's using her to help others in need. The point, I guess, is just what Bishop Barron says: "Trust in God!" God really does have this!

Sometimes you have to "storm heaven with prayer," like the woman in the parable who nags the unjust judge. Other times, it's just a matter of praying for the sake of praying, not asking anything in particular; it's one of the reasons why I like starting my day with Morning Prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours. Other times, I just need to pray meditatively the Our Father, visualizing myself and Jesus sitting together in the lap of God the Father.

Not what He thinks is best but what He KNOWS is best. I can say this while admitting I have been frightened for two full years and things have only gotten worse.

Very good point there. As always, Jesus, our Lord, our God, has always well prepared us with His answers through the mystery of Faith, whether we know it or not, whether in our lifetime here on Earth or later.

Yes, the young girl of twelve on the cusp of womanhood. The old woman carrying the blood of life for her until she was ready for it, perhaps?

The number 12 in biblical numerology means God’s authority and power. It wasn't coincidence.

He hit this nail on the head.

Would you link/share the playlist? 😃

@@sjp4ut If the list is open to public viewing, then we all should be able to go to his channel, and add the list to our channels.

@@sjp4ut I just found out that kurianjose 123 does have it on his channel. Go to his channel, go to the bottom of the page where the created playlists are, click on Play All on the playlist titled 01- Small QueueBish. Then, when you see the whole playlist, click on the checkmark in the upper right corner of the playlist. By clicking the check, you will add the playlist to your channel and then you can play the whole thing or parts of it at your convenience.

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Agree! Jesus as "Daddy", loving father.

Almost made me cry

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🕊️🕊️ *THE HOUR OF DIVINE MERCY | 3PM (15:00HRS) WORLDWIDE.*🕊️🕊️ _08 July, 2024_ *THE INCOMPREHENSIBLE GOD* *One common tendency we all have is curiosity. We easily become curious about almost everything, desiring to know. Magazines, news articles, shows, daily gossip sessions, etc., all have as their aim the satisfaction of our curiosity. This curiosity must turn into a desire to know God and all He speaks to us. But, with that said, we must also know that we cannot know. The wisdom and Will of God are so far beyond our limited minds and hearts that we will never be able to understand their mystery. Life is a mystery. Struggle and hardships are mysteries. Love is a mystery. And yet, as we humbly face the countless mysteries of life, we also face the incomprehensible mystery of God. Interestingly, knowing that we do not know and understanding that we cannot understand, presents us with the great mystery of God. In the face of this incomprehensible Mystery, we are in the presence of God. This is a gift! This silencing of our understanding before the mystery of God enables us to face life in faith. Faith is a way of knowing without fully comprehending. It's a gift enabling us to walk through life in darkness, yet with clarity and certainty.* _(See Diary # 651)_. *Do you find that you do not understand God or His ways? Do you look at your life and wonder, "Why this?" or "Why that?" or "Where is God in all of this?" God and His ways are a mystery. But, as a mystery, you are invited to enter in with the darkness of faith. This will only make sense if you let the Holy Spirit penetrate your thoughts and teach you in a new way. Your "understanding" of the Mind and Will of God will not so much be like other forms of knowledge; rather your knowledge will be new, certain, clear, deep and yet mysterious at the same time. Allow yourself to be taught by faith and you will be able to face any and every mystery and hardship that you encounter in life.* _Prayer_ *_Lord, oh Incomprehensible Mystery! I stand before You in awe and in darkness. Yet, in the darkness of my understanding, I reaffirm my faith and trust in You. As I face the mystery of my life and, even more so, the mystery of Your life, I allow you to consume me with the gift of faith. Help me to believe without seeing and to know without understanding. Most importantly, I desire and choose to give my life to You, oh Incomprehensible Mystery, and I choose You above all else. Jesus, I trust in You._* *Pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy* _From: Daily Reflections on Divine Mercy: 365 Days with Saint Faustina , John Paul Thomas_ _Fr. Chisomo Kingsley (SDB)_ _Catholic Prayer War Room_

Amen

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