In Defense of Bishop Robert Barron W/ Fr. Mike Schmitz 

You are great mate . God bless you

Why not become a "Dem progressive" operative?

@@TheWorldTeacher lol ...... the fact that you said God made us to be slaves is itself flawed ....... I mean in Christianity that isn't the case ..... we were all made to be the children of God , and he our father ..... that's what makes Christianity beautiful ....... I loved the way you ended the sentence by the way in hindi ... Cause Jesus said in John 14 : 6 " I am the way , the TRUTH and the life ....." Yeah so just like you said , let this TRUTH TRIUMPH 😁😁

And here I was thinking Barron was the best thing to happen in a long time. Then his inaction happened. He even contradicts himself while also quoting himself. He says we shouldn't calumny yet he chooses not to hack evil to pieces. Those two actions are described in two separate videos in his youtube channel. The first is about the Devil and the second is about the meaning of Violence in the Bible and HIS interpretation is that when we face evil we always TOY with it and never truly obliterate it. John Paul II call evil for what it was. I believe that is a Polish cultural feature, at least according to a Polish/American Jesuit Priest from Chicago who talks about John Paul II the Polish pope.

Wait!!! Are you sure you didn't conspire for the whole Taylor Marshall/Robert Barron debacle to happen? The pattern is well discussed here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TfsfnDujI1Y.html

How are you coming along in OCIA?

Bishop Barron has been incredibly influential in bringing me, my wife, my mother, and my father into Catholicism. He is a very gifted evangelist, and it's disappointing to me that so many over-zealous Catholics think that evangelizing has to be beating someone across the head with a hammer. Calm your zeal and let the Spirit work in people. YOU don't convert anyone; the Spirit converts. "You're going to hell unless you repent and join the Catholic church", is exactly the kind of thing that would have led me to shut the door in their face and look elsewhere.

Amen @ Bishop Barron✝️

Even though you don't have to believe another personal revelation, I love when other religions have NDE or someone has a profound experience about someone outside of the chuch who died. No matter what the church teachers God has the last word always.

God bless you on your faith journey. God is calling many Christ Followers / believers to look into what truth is really about the Universal Church.

Well said...''for nothing is impossible...'' Are you a theology student?? Many Christians seem to be more aware of Hell than Redemption.

@@tomgreene6579 that is precisely the reason why there is Redemption....because of hell. The Holy Scriptures say that Our Lord Jesus Christ came to destroy the work of Satan...to bring us to hell AMDG SAG JMJ Semper Deo Gratias et Marie

Am reminded of what St. Faustina said.... most of the souls in hell did not believe that there is a hell. St. Padre Pio said souls finally believe that there is a hell when they are there Our Most Blessed Mother showed the Children Shepherds of Fatima the vision of hell. AMDG SAG JMJ Semper Deo Gratias et Marie

@Jaap Heemskerk yeah no Jesus went to the limbo of the Father's which was a part of hell that no longer exists but Judas Iscariot is in permanent hell.

Father Baron should clarify his position because many are confused. He's teaching the doctrine, but leaving many scratching their heads. Not everyone has a theological and philosophical acuteness. One thing is factual: people are confused ,, so he should indeed clarify his position . God is Mercy and Just .

@@dh7164 and who are you to judge?

And as free will is the sole cause of damnation, one is unsure as to how much effort God could or would use to turn the will towards Himself, or what He would consider coercive. Not to mention most people's wills - even the good people! - are motivated at least in part by bad reasoning. We're pretty stupid as a species. I someday would like to write a thesis about the evident stupidity of the human race and present it to God as evidence in defence of the salvation of at least most people.

This is exactly right

@@HolyKhaaaaan present evidence to the all knower is ironic. But I do belief salvation is adjusted for unwillful stupidity.

@@HolyKhaaaaan but God knows everything dude

The final choice is made in eternity. Hence it makes it eternal. Period! It doesn’t change once made. It’s why Lucifer nor the fallen angels will ever return to their glorious state! They made their choice in the eternal realm knowing the full truth.

Good that you're Catholic, but he's not God. "Those who dislike or criticize him are not able to understand and appreciate his knowledge." He is human and can make mistakes or poor decisions. Remember who to truly worship.

​​@@ThatIsWackSonhis is a very true point, and it seems to me that no statement was made to say Bishop Barron is God or infallible or should be worshipped. We are commanded to use our words to lift each other up. I could be wrong (and often am), but this comment in essence appears to me as a reminder to take appreciation of the Bishop's teachings despite issues or controversies - taking a one-sided view and never seeing the middle ground always leads to division, and we certainly don't need more of that. That said, criticism should never be suppressed and nor should the ability respond and correct oneself where needed. But I really like your point. Not enough people are saying it nowadays, even in the liturgy where Mass has on occasions become focused on ourselves rather than the True, Sacred, Divine sacrifice and worship to God alone. God bless you and all Catholics who are "figuring this out". 🙌

I think his Spirit is of peace...

He’s a priest…I would be shocked if that weren’t the case…

I agree. Fr Mike is a gracious servant. I love bishop Barron and pray the rosary with him everyday. I invite all to do the same his mediations are comforting and helpful.

I love Bishop Barron. He doesn't need defending. He is a Servant of The Lord.

Paul Kelly, thank you, I'll add that verse to two others. "First of all, then, I ask that supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings be offered for everyone, for kings and for all in authority, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all devotion and dignity. This is good and pleasing to God our savior, who wills everyone to be saved and to come to knowledge of the truth." 1 Timothy 2:1-4 "The Lord does not delay his promise, as some regard “delay,” but he is patient with you, not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance." 2 Peter 3:9

A loving God not human is going to blame people in another country for not knowing him. Of course not. Blame someone for not telling them, maybe. But he doesn't have our pea brain. He's not human. He doesn't judge on human emotion.

Matt Fradd the fact that he has to even have that on his website already speaks volumes

No, Barron does not say Hell does not exist, but he says that there is a reasonable hope that nobody goes there, which is practically the same thing. Jesus made it very clear at Matthew 7:13-14 that the vast majority of souls go to Hell.

@@uluvr1c3 I agree. It speaks volumes about egregiously Bishop Barron's critics have misrepresented his views that he has to explicitly say he believes in Hell for people to believe him.

Brandon Vogt so why won’t he entertain TnT? But he’s fine with Shapiro, Peterson, etc If he thinks he’s being misrepresented maybe he should go and clear his name with them. Would help his case much more. But like you responded on Twitter there’s no chance he will.

I really dislike all of the confusion! It’s like you just don’t know who to believe anymore! Jesus, please help us NOT to be deceived!

Well then you didn't look or listen very hard

Ummm .... ok lol 🙏

Agreed. I just heard the Fatima prayer, "... Lead all souls to heaven, especially those in most need of thy Mercy." Don't pray that in vain!

Thank you for this. I love the super self righteous heresy hunters on this page, who literally look got anything to slap that label onto. May God have mercy on them.

​@@EC-rd9ys In context, that be would properly understood as all souls who are capable of being led to Heaven which would include all souls alive on Earth and all of the souls in Purgatory. Our Lady of Fatima showed the children the hell of the damned, which is full of souls that the prayer which she taught the children cannot be applied.

@Cortney Nicholson Yes he did and your point is? But he doesn't lead by saying X percent of people are going. He talks of the narrow path and the many goats separated from the sheep. But *many* doesn't mean most. The possibility is whether all go or not. Not the possibility of it's existence. Those who inform follow their conscience to the best of their ability are asking the internal voice of Christ for truth. When someone asks their father for something, does the father not provide the means?

@Cortney Nicholson if you actually listened to his video about it he didn't say that. His conclusion was that he believed that we can reasonably hope that all will be saved. This is why no single soul has been placed beneath prayer. The church has never said you cannot pray for any single soul. Clearly your position isn't more traditional than this one because no single theological opinion has been endorsed or condemned by the church with exception of Origin's complete universalism.

@Cortney Nicholson or maybe people are saved mentally from endless scrupulosity and the Radical Catholics pushing people away from the church by telling them they are going to burn in hell for things they don't even understand to be sinful. If God says to pray for those who persecute you, what is so unreasonable about hoping they will see mercy and salvation? Wouldn't that make us idk Christians?

@Cortney Nicholson I never said you did, you are emotionally reading things into it that I never said. When you implied I was believing the heresy of universalism I didn't respond with hurt feelings. I merely remarked that Catholics who are inclined to be very scrupulous, are pushed away by Catholics who subscribe to the Augustine side of the argument.

@Cortney Nicholson To get very personal with you, I am 25. My first 23 years of life I had abandoned the church because of many traditional types that would condemn me for my parents never taking me to church, eating meat on Fridays and every other little thing I didn't know or understand about the faith. When I met my wife I decided to investigate the church because she was Catholic. And after watching Bishop Barron's videos about this, his wisdom and mercy gave me a new look at the Catholic church and I was confirmed & first communion within 8 months. If "Dare we Hope" can convince a stubborn anti Catholic like me of mercy and bring me back into the fold, maybe God willing we can hope that all will have the same fate. We can hold onto the belief in the possibility and guarantee that if we die in a state of broken relationship with God we will meet our just punishment. But we can hope that All can mend that relationship especially those who don't understand the right path, that is why the last words of the mass are "go forth and share the good news in every you say or do".

Bishop Baron is a coward ....he is afraid to tell the truth and shame the devil .....takes the humanistic way out ....all the time .....that my friend is heresy

@@chommie5350 Find another enemy, dude. And you spelt his name incorrectly.

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Haha, I would've assumed it too.

A good Bishop should have a strong head! xD It,s better if Bishop get really drunk after celebrating a really good, victorious and hard beating of the enemies of the Church... That the one that is allways nice&sober but also week, PC, heretical and not stand with HIS Sheeps when wolfs are bitchin about stuff not relevant to the Salvation, throwing false and worthless accusations. Good Bishop STANDS OUT and tell the hard Way, never using nice worldly speech. After that the Sheeps praise God in SOOOO MAAAANY Holy hymns and prayers, that they got totally holly wasted. That leads to divine inSpiration by God himself. Gratefull Sheeps invite THEIR Bishop to do some vodka shots for the greater Glory of God!!! And for some relaksation before the NEXT WAVE. Unfortunatelly we got the nice guys insteed... Sorry for my english.

Priest can drink. One of my favorite priest loves Shiner Boch Beer!!!! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

@@firedog1972 I know one priest who is an exorcist. It's a holy man and he has a bottle of vodka on the shelf for a special ocasions :-) After morning exorcisms he flush a MONSTROUS dump into the toilet. I always imagine that he swallow all those demons into his EPIC belly to torture them in his stomach acids for the greater Glory of God xD And that he use pizza as a bait (he eat pizza on pizza bakery called "Omen" ) XD And today I go to him for a confession :-)

Lol

Yes some Catholics have a strange way of evangelising denying the divinity of Christ the virgin birth the presence of Christ in the Eucharist and now some churches have pagan earth and nature worship services in our churches. Not good not good at all.

@@BradleyUK58 Isn’t that all idolatry, never mind the Catholic Churches being littered with images.

@@domhamai Are the photographs people keep of their loved ones statues of politicians and historical figures idolatry? No. Catholics dot worship statues they are there to help us focus on the original person and God our human minds sometimes wander when we are in prayer and we get distractions. Let’s get this right Catholics don’t worship statues this is made clear by the Catholic Church. The statues of Jesus help our minds focus on Jesus the statues of saints help us focus on their lives and good examples. Find in papal bull that does not make it clear that Catholics do not worship statues you won’t find one. Many Protestant Churches have images the Temple in Jerusalem had statues of Angels read the Bible Jesus attended the Temple not once as far as I can see did he say they where idols. Look at the way some people are ignoring Gods command to love God and their neighbour. I have broken Gods laws and commandments haven’t you? That’s because we are all sinners and fall short of the glory of God. But if we where not sinners what then? Jesus came to save sinners he made that perfectly clear. What we are to do is follow Jesus his commandments and his laws not the laws of this world. How can Images of Jesus and his blessed mother be idols? Before most where literate images is the way that people learned of Gods message to man. Let’s Get another thing right no Protestant Church would have the Bible if the Catholic church did not preserve it. The Holy Rosary is a very scriptural way of praying it is a walk through the life of Jesus accompanied by His blessed Mother and it scriptural. The Catholic Church is not the Protestant church many priest and forget this fact we agree on many things and disagree on things also. How old are the Protestant denominations? The Catholic Church goes right back to Jesus and the apostles this is a fact. Bible alone without guidance causes division and error this is why God chose to appoint Peter as head of his church and the apostles to preach the good news. The early Christian church was rebuked by the apostles for their error because they needed the guidance of those Jesus appointed. The church is for sinners so we can’t be surprised when we find them in he Church these are the peopleJesus said he came to save. Nor is it surprising that the true church of got would come under immense attack as it is today. We must follow Jesus spread the good news as commanded us to and be prepared to suffer and fight lead by example and pray and forgive others and if necessary take action to protect the weak elderly the disabled and in the Catholic Church this means even to martyrdom.

@@domhamai oh heal yourself! Not one Catholic idolises or worships statues. Your fire and brimstone protestism and trolling Catholics must be exhausting.

Jesus loved the Pharisees, even as He rebuked them. Paul loved Peter, even as he rebuked him... John the Baptist loved Herod, even as he rebuked him.

Great comment

Allow St Thomas Aquinas to answer: there is no Greater Kindness than destroying error.

Well said. It's this "hell could be empty" angle that is so disturbing.

You don't need to be catholic to go to heaven, you just need to be christian.

@@ATLKing404 The idea that only baptized Catholics can go to heaven is not a teaching of the Catholic Church. Can non-Christians go to heaven? This is a complicated topic. To reject Christ is a grave sin. But, as with all sin, there are many things that can affect a person's culpability. For example, an aborted baby never had an opportunity to accept Christ. Does this mean that Christ will send all aborted babies to hell? Obviously not. You cannot reject something you have no knowledge of. For example, I personally hate broccoli. Some people like broccoli. But a person who has never heard of broccoli, or tasted broccoli, can not make a judgment either way. They are simply ignorant. Or suppose that my parents taught me that broccoli was dangerous. It could kill me if I eat it. This would make my acceptance of broccoli much more difficult. Similarly, a young child in Siberia who has never heard of Christ is in no position to either reject him or accept Him.

@@ATLKing404 I agree. I’m an Orthodox Christian who is fond of Catholic devotions. Please go to this website tlig.org. It’s about Christian unity where Jesus says “Catholics, Protestants, Orthodox, you are the same in my eyes, you all belong to me.”. Amen to that! Actually this website is about messages that a Greek Orthodox lady by the name of Vassula Ryden has been getting from Jesus since 1985 and her writings have been examined by the Vatican.

I'm really happy to hear this. I'm a craddle Catholic and I'm a bit tired of some Catholics always critizing, instead of praying and looking for points in common with others. It's discouraging.

To divide the Church is to dismember the Mystical Body of Christ. Christ prayed that we might be one as He and the Father are one. Why do so many of us ignore this?

I assume you,re thinking you are one of those lucky few.. God sure wasted is time, I guess and has more regrets (think:billions of souls in torment for eternity) than Joys. Didnt do a very effective job for His Father, I guess.

More than revealing whom you maybe faithful to. Take care.

Mary Pinakat faithful to God, ma’am. I enjoy a good drink. We aren’t puritans

@@SensusFidelium The options actually would have been more suitable for the very first words from Matt here.

Sensus Fidelium SilI think the novus ordo mass is a great mass if the official rubics are followed to the T and none of the options taken.

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I am not Catholic but I am interested. Whenever I visit mass I noticed that no one genuflects. Is this something that people no longer do? I remember trying it out and a lady behind me kind of nose laughed, like a sneer and I felt a little embarrassed

peace be with you Bishop Barron was a respected teacher amongst Catholic. This is what makes His Excellency comment so terrible. It is far more dangerous to Catholics to have a respected bishop teach false than a protestant teacher we know teaches false. His does not merely say " Dare we hope" but that "we may reasonably hope that all people will be brought to heaven" There is no evidence for this hope. We may hope for this and pray for it because God wants all me to be saved (2 Tim 2L1-4) but it is no a reasonable one given Jesus's teaching. People have heard the truth from him and will assume this is true. This teaching is as bad if not worse than "faith alone" because it does not even have the requirement of believing in God. Both have a fruit of apathy to love and obedience. And whereas indeed he was the Son of God, he learned obedience by the things which he suffered: And being consummated, he became, to all that obey him, the cause of eternal salvation. (Heb 5:8-9) Bishop Barron has become the banner around which universalist gather to tell us there is no hell. And do not dismiss the carrot and the stick so lightly, Jesus seem to use this in Matt 25:31-46 When I left a comment on His Excellency Bishop Barrons page about the dangers of this teaching he flippantly dismisses me saying He will stop teaching it when the Church stops asking him to pray for it. When I asked him is the Church telling him there is a reasonable hope of it he stopped answering. It is though they what Christ teaching we must find our hope, not in invented ones. Bishop Barron needs to correct this teaching. Please pray for me God bless you

I agree completely, that is why I unsubscribed from Bishop Barron and I am looking to different charities to donate instead of the Catholic Church. too much confusion w/ papa Francesco, and even father Goring defending the bishop. difficult times ahead.

One of the greatest dangers to the soul in the west today is some kind of opinionated narcissism. And I think you're falling for exactly that. Who are you to decide what's right or wrong? Vatican 2 was pretty clear regarding other religions, and even that should show you that there are no definitive answers, as much as you'd like to get them. That is why we trust in God first and foremost, and not ourselves. And if you really listen, knowing about God what you know, do you REALLY think that being a Buddhist, for example, means automatic damnation? Sure, hell is a real place that can be felt even in this life, hell is the place of being afar from the light of God, but who are you to decide who's there and who's not?

Agree completely.

Fr. James Altman is one of the most narcissistic and dangerous preachers in the Church today. He uses the pulpit as his personal stand to air out his grievances with the culture. His preaching is more about regurgitating the Republican platform than it is about proclaiming the Living Word. To this day, I have never seen an example where he actually exegetes the readings. No thanks. I go to Church to be sanctified. We don't need Rush Limbaugh at the pulpit.

@@FlowLai Unfortunately, Politics need to be preached at the pulpit because the times call for it. But keep doing you and continue to live in ignorant bliss.

He brought me into the Church. But I think this conversation is interesting and qualifies as intra-Catholic dialogue.

There are many people, myself included, who appreciate the work of Bishop Barron. Don't let the detractors discourage you.

I don’t think there’s such a thing as being “too late” to the faith. We all grow and learn at different paces. I converted to Catholicism at 18 and 50 years later still learning. ❤️ As long as we continue saying Yes to God it’s all part of His plan. Bishop Barron, Fr. Mike Schmitz, Fr. Calloway, and Matt Fradd are terrific people to learn from. Years ago I’ve even attended several RCIA classes and now I take Bible studies through Ascension Press. We are all a work in progress.

@@cynthialoverofchrist1580 nice message Cynthia. I’m so grateful to be on the journey now.

EVERYONE who has a public presence will have detractors. The greater that presence, the greater the number of detractors. IMHO.

Aurelius Augustine H. TnT are very close being schismatics and by attacking Bishop Barron, the Pauline Mass, Vatican 2, Pope Francis, writing the book Infiltration which peddles conspiracy theories, they are going off to the fringe and disconnected from the Holy Catholic ( Universal) and Apostolic Church we profess in the Nicene Creed.

Tnt has reached out to bishop Barron but the bishop removed their online invitation for a chat. You can look up tnt bishop Barron to hear them talk about it

@@bpcathcrusader4952 Did you listen to the entire video with Father Schmitz? It is charitable (far from schismatic) to correct people when they are wrong, especially those with influence such as His Excellency, Bishop Barron. With regard to the New Mass, Vatican 2, and His Holiness, Pope Francis, TnT criticizes only those things that are "un-Catholic" or could be seen as hostile to that Faith (such as erroneous statements). This would include desecration of Altar rails in the name of Vatican 2, or the use of Extraordinary Ministers of Communion even when they're not needed. These things are in fact counter to the Church's teaching, but have been pushed by people who misinterpret Vatican 2. With regard to Infiltration, there are actually renowned Theologians and Cardinals who agree with some aspects of the book - would you care to site anything specific in the book that you found obviously false? In that case I would have to do my own research. But it seems to me you may be trying to smear a few good Catholic Theologians (TnT), which would be unfortunate and rather uncharitable.

@@bpcathcrusader4952 there are no conspiracy theories. Michael Voris can prove this he has made videos showing all of the conectioms. Bella Dodd was a communist spy and helped homosexuals infiltrate the priesthood to destroy the Catholic Church. Also, the Freemasons want to destroy the church. They have infiltrated. There is a Catholic Lighthouse CD all about the Masons. And the war in Mexico in the 1920s happened when the Freemasons killed thousands of Catholics Saint Maximilian Kolbe faught the Masons. All of these things are true and they have been proven. Read what Pope Leo 13th had to say about the Masons. They have especially infiltrated the Jesuit order. God help us!

@@bpcathcrusader4952 ☆

I agree. Bishop Barron needs to correct what he has said. I used to listen to him...but now I shy away from anything he preaches. I pray for him.

​@@pattyocadiz6614 I don't think you need to abandon him completely. He's very wise, but no one is immune to error.

What did he say?

Patty Ocadiz I’m right there with you. His interview with Shapiro was the last straw for me. I’ve tended to avoid him as a result. It’s a shame.

Christine Pesta, There are lots of people who will see everywhere what they are looking for even when nothing is there.

Same.😂

It says it right in the bottle. He drinks the same water in every episode.

When they deny Jesus Chris as coming in the flesh. 2 John 7-11

@@christopherneedham9584 That makes brothers of most of the global church throughout history. I'm definitely prone to agree and believe such explicit teaching in scripture. But I find quite a few people in different true denominations who would say, "Well, yes, buuuut...."

@ Silvester W. This is an idealistic hope. I hope all will think like you. My brother in law's dad died unreconcilied to the Church. Didn't have a Catholic funeral . Suggest he may not have reconciled to God too.

Jeremiah Ong in that case, I just hope that your brother-in-law’s dad somehow managed to start reconciling with God at his last breath. 🙏🏼

@TruthSeeker75 omg u honestly think that we objectively think that hell is empty? It’s a prayer to God. It’s a wish that we will all turn good. Don’t you get it? Omg

@TruthSeeker75 you still didn’t get it. “Dare I hope” is never a doctrine. It’s a wish. It’s a prayer to God. It’s an attitude that if we turn to God, everyone can be saved.

@TruthSeeker75 we dare hope hell is empty is a spirituality, rather than a doctrine. Jesus clearly said that many will not pass through the narrow gate. So it is a fact that many died and will die in a state of dispositioning themselves fundamentally misaligned with God, in other words “in hell”. So what’s the purpose of this spirituality that we dare hope hell is empty? The significance is that this is to believe in the power, mercy and love of God that His plan is for everyone to be saved and no one is beyond salvation, even the monsters you mentioned, as long as they repent and accept our Lord before they die. This is the gospels. This is the good news we Catholics should bring to the world! What is the chance that Judas Iscariot, Nero, Hitler, etc. have repented and accepted our Lord before drawing their last breath? Very unlikely. It is because they dispositioned themselves in many ways contrary to God’s way all their lives. This “bad habit” - a habit of sin is never easy to overcome to say the least. So my opinion is that even if or when Jesus appeared to them just before they died, they would likely have grown more angry and repugnant to have found out that they had been wrong all their life. They would probably have been very mad with Jesus why have God made them that way. They would probably have blamed God that it’s not their fault that God didn’t make it clear to them. Et Cetera. Then they couldn’t help but to have freely rejected Jesus. Having said all this. The truth is I don’t know. No one knows except for God. And therefore I can still dare hope that hell is empty. It’s not a doctrinal or matter of fact statement, but a spirituality that strengthens our total reliance on God and our best effort to cooperate with God. I hope you understand now.

Mari Therese Reyes why were you bothered by that? He was being humble by publicly admitting that he’s not spiritually sufficiently strong to conduct exorcism.

@@SowerOfMustardSeed that's not a good thing. We have a right to let him know to get up to date and spiritually strong...like he is supposed to be. A table with three legs is a useless table. A bishop that is not ready to g that against the devil seems to be .... let's say...not doing good or living up to his calling

Daniel Alexander what do you mean by “to get him up to date”? I’ve read Fr Amorth’s two books. It takes very much to be an effective exorcist. Not all bishops are made to be an effective exorcist. He realized his limitations and wouldn’t force his way, lest potentially causing more harm. It’s the bishop’s role to assign the best persons to be exorcists.

@@SowerOfMustardSeed I agree. I was speaking with a priest from Uganda, questioning him on why his particular Bishop does not exorcise such and such (the question was respectful and made sense to the priest) but the priest responded that the Bishop, as a typical Bishop forced to be an administrator, is not well disposed to spiritual combat any more. What if, in dealing with a difficult priest that day, he had lost some patience and had exceedingly scolded the priest, or some such pecadillio. Or if he had committed some other minor offence because he is so busy having to administer his Diocese and is in constant dialogue with constant opportunity to skip up, but with no time for fasting, praying and preparation. Our poor Bishop's need to delegate this role to a priest who is tasked with making this preparation. Maybe an ecclesia reform can repair this. After all, the Bishop is meant to be our pastor, not our manager

@@SowerOfMustardSeed if the head exorcist of the diocese thinks he is not effective, then his thinking is wrong. Only Jesus is effective in the exorcism. It's not an X-MEN thing. The office itself is effective because it's connected to God. However, reality is what it is...maybe a bishop is too spiritually weak...maybe there is something not proper within him and fighting Satan will do more harm than good. The bishop has the authority over the demon but he for whatever reason...can't use it...meh

Romans 5:18 Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men.

From the Lord's Prayer: "...Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done..." Also from the Bible: "First of all, then, I ask that supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings be offered for everyone, for kings and for all in authority, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all devotion and dignity. This is good and pleasing to God our savior, who wills everyone to be saved and to come to knowledge of the truth." 1 Timothy 2:1-4 And: "The Lord does not delay his promise, as some regard “delay,” but he is patient with you, not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance." 2 Peter 3:9

@@brucebarber4104 I definitely agree with what you say,but the Bible does make mention of all being save,and I don’t ignore those words .I have a feeling all will be eventually saved even the dammed,but I’m not God and don’t know.My advice to anyone is to live a holy life,live for God and love others the best you can and trust in Gods goodness and love after that.Thanks for the reply!

Well the whole beginning of the video was about how origen was wrong for saying that all souls definitely will be saved.

He has spoken about hell, publicly, thousands of times.

Then why would he say what he did?

We already know that many souls are in hell. We don’t know who these souls are. Question bishop Barron, are there souls in hell? If he says no souls are in hell then he is in error.

@@patrickjoeodwyer he has never even come close to this statment.

Thanks for such a beautiful message. We really should try to see the good. No one is perfect

Speak for yourself , I am perfect . God has said so . After all he made me in his own image so why wouldn't I be perfect ?

@@think2146 I'm not sure if you are being sarcastic or not, but we are all perfectly created by God. So in a sense we are all perfect. However, God has given us all free will and we humans have unfortunately chosen to fall from that state of perfection.

@@janethilger9781 And there you see he/she is just a stupid as we are . There was no need to give us free will that I can see . Unless of course it was simply for his/her enjoyment .

@@think2146 what is love if you cannot choose to love? Slavery? God gave us freewill so we can choose to love Him. He does not want to force his hand because he loves us. You and I have a finite mind and we won't understand the joy we would miss out without our freewill. God does enjoy seeing us choose Him, but he is equally hurt when we reject Him.

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I think it’s closer to think that for every 1 soul that will enter directly to heaven, 99 will see hellfire.

Tim Clasen, ignore truthseeker75, it's a 3 month old troll account and a sedevacantist who rejects Vatican Council II and every Pope after Pius XII.

Can't have a debate when Bishop Barron blocked Dr. Marshall on Twitter.

Taylor Marshall doesn’t even debate cause he poosy

@@tomthx5804 No, they are following the teachings of the magisterium.

@@jacobweber7078 He is delusional. Simple.

Marshall has reached out to Barron several times and he was blocked by Barron. Barron acts like he has something to hide.

Barron blocked @drtaylormarshall. He can't debate an intellectual of the church. Phoney infiltrated novus order modernist priests..that are simply not leaders..soft and unfortunately many are effeminate..most alpha men are simply not attracted to these priest or the church office lady run novus ordo parishes with the Peter Paul and Mary 1960s hippie jesuit music..sorry give me TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS

A true disciple of Jesus will always be insulted. Evil spirits will always try to bring Bishop Baron down. Jealousy.

Am not gonna say that Bishop Barron is bad wlth everything that he does . But let's be honest with ourselves hes a modernist who looks up to Balthasar . Who was extremely heretical . Not to mention he wrote the forward to a book about Tarot cards

@TruthSeeker75 Vatican II was not at all heretical. have you even read the documents from it? it is an incredible work of faith and it was meant to make catholics more efficient at evangelising but it got misunderstood.

@TruthSeeker75 well while I don't agree with some of the things you have claimed are heresy, you did make a good point with the pope Pius quotes. I still think that muslims and jews believe in the same God even if they have a warped view of God. I'll look into more articles of Vatican II.

@@louisleycuras8357, ignore truthseeker75, it is a 3 month old troll account. The person behind the account is a sedevacantist who rejects Vatican Council II and every Pope after Pius XII. Such people have incurred a latae sententiae excommunication. A search of the phrase 'sedvacantism heresy' will include a link to an article entitled, "Can you be a Catholic and a sedevacantist?" from the Canon Law Made Easy website that will aid your research. God bless.

You are correct to say you don't know as long as you admit you have no faith. The problem is those who claim faith in Christ are also claiming that we don't know where most souls go. Christ said many are called but few are chosen.

@Juan Flores We certainly cannot judge others whether they make it to heaven or not. We can only hope that we get clear directions from those who have been blessed to enter the vocation of the priesthood and help us get there. I do not get that from the Bishop. He is eloquent, rich in information, impressive in knowledge, able to relate to modern thinkers but those are not the function of priesthood. I do not feel his pastoral side. I am just in awe.

" Dare to Hope" isnt the right sentiment. We know not all people go to heaven. The church says this in her Councils, and even Jesus says it in the Bible. Its a stupid sentiment, and its not realistic.

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So true. I made the same comment myself some time ago. Yes, he IS too careful. Maybe he’s too concerned about being liked and accepted by as many people as possible. But I like his logic, his knowledge and his skills to talk about difficult topics. Sometimes my feeling is that he doesn’t hit the nail on the head...

@@margokupelian344 Barron isn’t a fishing rod, he’s a fishing net.

@@graysonhoward1562 amen

@@margokupelian344 he ain’t afraid. He’s brilliant

@@margokupelian344 can you state an example where he was "too careful"

And if anything this video is “in defense of TNT” by the discussion... soooo

Oh real bad to be lumped in with bishop barron.... What a great bishop!

@@lionheart5078 it is worse to be approved of by you, monster.

Lumped in with Bishop Barron and others......the clergy?

Where did you find that quote "The Lord persecutes those that He loves"? Seems wrong.

@@dominikpavelic5339 I think it is bible related, though I'm unsure of the scripture reference. It's not to say that God is masochistic, but allows us to be tested to see our true faith in Him. Suffering is one of those things. Many if not all the Saints experienced a "trial by fire" so to speak, (that is a reference from Daniel, when the three, including Azariah were thrown into Nebuchadnezzar's furnace...) Hardships can improve resilience and build character. God builds our characters much the same way. Ex: I want a house...I'm going to earn money, build credit, and save so that I can get the house. I finally get the house, but a pandemic hits and I lose my job, causing me to miss mortgage payments...I then pray for work and the end of the pandemic...etc. God doesn't want bad thing to happen to us, but He allows it, if He sees it making us closer to Him...

No today it’s our churches on fire literally. Wake up.

@@Eowyn3Pride, are these the Bible passages? "For whom the LORD loves he reproves, as a father, the son he favors." -Proverbs 3:12 Also: “My son, do not disdain the discipline of the Lord or lose heart when reproved by him; for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines; he scourges every son he acknowledges." -Hebrews 12:5b-6

@@brucebarber4104 it's the refiner's fire...not to be confused with masochism. It's the 'Eyre of the Tiger' so to speak. How does an athlete succeed? A lot of hard work, pain and sufferings but triumphs also. 'Fruits of the Labour' so to speak.

Just watch some Barron's videos. You'll see he's awesome and completely faithful to Christ and his Church

His Shapiro interview was terrible. The following week Shapiro had on a Protestant minister, who had no problem at all speaking the Truth about Salvation through Jesus alone.

you would like him to just hit people on the with the Chatechism? thats called not having any sensitivity or common sense. Ive been Catholic all my life and am in no way liberal, and after watching his interviews with Ben shapiro i was impressed how well he spoke with wisdom but also truth. Absolutely, nothing wrong in those interviews.

@Surfdude12 1 I see you love to make general statements of condemnation but can never bring up a specific example of him stating an untruth.

@Surfdude12 1 he says salvation on whatever form is either knowingly or unknowingly through Christ. This is catholic doctrine, so again nothing new here.

@@lionheart5078 Sensitivity to what? Ben's brand line is "facts don't care about you're feelings;" should Barron not simply speak the facts then regarding Salvation through Jesus Christ alone? Or do you not think that factual?

I'm not a fan of Bishop Barron, you might regret that.

You can have him

@@fathermikeschmitz4355 There is a huge difference between praying that all willed be saved, a good thing to do, and falsely hoping that all will be saved, when saint after saint----and Jesus Himself---say that most people go to Hell. "O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of Hell, and lead all souls to Heaven, especially those most in need of Your mercy."

@@GeorgePenton-np9rh we can also hope for it, absolutely nothing wrong. Jesus says many will go to hell but then also says what is impossible for man is possible for God. Absolutely nothing wrong with Bishop barrons statment.

In a nutshell, people on this channel define faith and hope as "I can have faith a chair will hold me. Hope is actually going over and sitting on it." I'll go over and sit on the chair of confidence in the boundless limits of God's merciful love which are able to surpass canonical understanding and if the chair fails to hold my weight, I'll even have the hope the God will catch me as I cry out to him pleading for mercy. This hope is unreasonable, but it's built on childlike trust in the Divine Mercy. "Jesus I trust in You." Have I said universalism is true? Definitely not. Do I think it is? No. Does it matter what I think? Not really. The marching orders are the same. Pick up your cross and strive through the narrow gate. Furthermore, God is a good Father who gives good gifts and He's far more good than we tend to think He is because we struggle to trust Him.

fathermike schmitz Father Mike, thanks for sharing this with me. I watched Bishop Barron in his explanation, but now I am more confused than before. I think I understand what he is trying to explain, or “walk back”, but now I see that it is (or sounds) in conflict with what he said in his interview with Ben Shapiro about this same subject. I wish the clergy would say the truth clearly, without fear of what the world will say about them. I stopped going to the Novus Ordo Masses last year and now attend the FSSP Masses in Houston, TX in part because of this (and reverence, and respect for the Eucharist, and sacredness, and holiness, etc., etc.). Most of the homilies in the NO are about temporal concerns and about feelings (subjective). After attending the TLM, I see a stark difference in what is taught and how it is taught between the two forms. I have learned more about the Catholic Faith over the last year since attending the TLM and watching the Sensus Fidelium channel and Taylor Marshall on RU-vid than the previous 47 years of my life. I pray for you and all the priests in the world every day. Thank you for your sacrifice, thank you for your priesthood. Jorge.

Lion Heart I don’t think anyone can hope that everyone will be saved. This is not reasonable, especially when considered with Sacred Scripture and Tradition in the background. Why would anyone hope that everyone has been saved? I can understand someone hoping that many will be saved, but hoping that “all” will be saved smells like universal salvation, which the church condemns. There is no such thing as universal salvation. All this discussion about hoping that all will be saved is certainly creating a lot of confusion, and God is not the father of confusion.

This fact is conveniently not addressed by the Bishop's critics. Sometimes I think we overthink things. If I were to look any given person and someone asked me if I hope they be saved, I'd say 'yes'. If you extended your hand over 50, 100, 500, 5 million, 7 billion, people and asked me if I hope they be saved, I would say 'yes'. It doesn't that they WILL be saved, but that I pray they will be and I leave the judgment to God, who's judgments are just and trustworthy. I'm confident Jesus hopes and desires all will be saved as well because he died for all men, but He also knows He can't force anybody and out of love He respects their free will. Where is the sin in hoping that all people will drink of the ocean of God's infinite mercy? If they refuse, then we must respect their choice, but otherwise, where is the error in interceding for the salvation of ALL souls. Our Lady of Fatima told us to do it... "Lead ALL souls to heaven..."

Surfdude12 1 Bro you’re being completely pedantic. You may interpret these words this way but Bishop Baron has no obligation to reason according to your pet definitions and analogies. It’s clear from context that he doesn’t advocate dropping the ball on evangelism like a universalist might, so he’s not advocating that we sit on this figurative chair.

@@iliya3110 This has been addresses the many times silly.

the 'O my Jesus prayer...' does NOT mean we can hope for this, the prayer is about people living now and the future and is praying for them/us but this does not mean everyone's going to be saved and doesn't apply to the already deceased anyway. Our Lord and Our Lady are both clear hell is not empty.

@@iliya3110 - in fact this has been addressed many times by the Bishop's critics (cf Taylor Marshall) , the 'O my Jesus prayer...' does NOT mean we can hope for this, the prayer is about people living now and the future and is praying for them/us but this does not mean everyone's going to be saved and doesn't apply to the already deceased anyway. Our Lord and Our Lady are both clear hell is not empty.

Our ‘sheperds’ don’t hear us out it we the laity that have to live with the shame many of them have brought on our church with their modernist nonsense.

Thank you for the positivity. God bless!

I definitely agree! Bishop Barron has his followers and I don't begrudge anyone who believes in his eloquence of speech but after listening to may of his RU-vid videos and listening to some of his followers "parrot" most of what he teaches I started to REALLY listen and it turn out to be the same nuanced ambiguity that is so prevalent in some of the parishes I used to attend. After taking Bishop Barron's advice on his pick for good 20th century writers like Thomas Merton and reading Seven Story Mountain and A Search for Solitude, etc., it dawned on me that this guy had gone the way of "Eastern Mysticism" and that was all it took to trash his books. Matt Fradd can accuse people of CALUMNY but that only leaves the door for me to accuse him of complete STUPIDITY!!!

@@andrewf.castaneda4695 "if someone calls another one "stupid" or "crazy," he will be judged by the Sanhedrin"

K Scheuerman, More comfortable to wake up the dead than to make sure that what one is speaking is the best possible? Excellent example of how a whole lot is just following the crowd without even checking what is the crowd all about. Please know that Bishop Barron has indeed clarified. He has done more than that.

@@marypinakat8594 Too bad you were not very specific on exactly what he said in his clarification. If you did it would be clear if you know what you are talking about. To be straight up honest, all Iv'e seen him do is skirt the issue and decline or ignore invitations for interviews offered to clarify. He was invited recently to clarify with Dr. Marshall & Timothy Gordon and The invitation was taken down. WHY? Maybe you should watch Bishop Fulton sheen to see how it really should be done, especially in these times!!

This could be a helpful link: wordonfire.org/hope

The thing about Baron is that he could be a great ally but, with this heresy he rolls over to the modernist crowd. That’s why we are tough on him.

Bishop has the higher office than a Priest, so by that nature alone, we should desire complete authenticity on behalf of the Princes of the Church. Bishop Barron has had a couple public mishaps that I can recall that are due a public clarification. For starters the Balthazar comment as mentioned in the video, as well as the Ben Shapiro interview where he said Jesus is the privileged way, not the only way. As Matt Fradd and Fr. Mike have both said, yes he has done great work in evangelization as well as bringing forth a richness that stems from the tradition of the Church. However, it's legitimate form of fraternal correction to publicly correct an individual when the error was made publicly.

He is not orthodox if he's preaching that hell is empty.

Who doesn't have faults? I don't ever think God approves discussions of this sort.

Have you read scripture? Matthew 18:15-17.

YOU: I don't suppose that anybody saw the Bishop say that Christ is the "privileged way" to heaven ME: What are you talking about, plenty of people saw it?

Barron cucked. Plain and simple.