What Makes Us Happy? 

Yes, truth is intriguing.....

@Fintan God bless and love you always. Do you love him?

Maybe it’s God’s way of inviting you in?

@@stephanyojedasalazar174 No! But l love Jordan Peterson, if that's any good.

Why?

Thank you Father Bishop Robert Baron I must be on the right track because of my ways interested in what you have to say and I know it's intelligent so I must be on the right track Amen to that

That is sick and twisted, I think you need help.

@@mariesztenderowicz5332 Don't you see someone can find peace and joy while in pain if gone through thinking in a loved one? Nothing to do with being a masochist, but with feeling we're not alone and pain and death, although terrible and real, lost their power!

There is JOY in PAIN only if it brings you closer to God. God will give the grace to heal or to endure your pain.

@@mariesztenderowicz5332 Up in the skies, among soft mellow clouds are flashing lightnings and thunderous claps. Down in the groves, in 'woods lovely, dark and deep' are songs of the birds and roar of lions. Deep down in my own humble heart are 'still, small voices', my *Father's words.*

@Lavrov Yaboy Awesome.

ineptias - there is a 54 day novena praying the Holy rosary going on now to protect the church against the upcoming synod. Look up Father Hillman. It’s day 20 now. Join. Pray to save the Church

@@topseykretts7608 He does care about our happiness, but holiness first and foremost about our holiness. Be very careful with how one states these things, or we risk reducing God to a spiritual drill instructor, not a loving Father. And we risk dissuading many from even trying to walk the path to sanctification. Like a good Father, God does care about our happiness, but most of all about our long-term well-being, because eternity is much longer than our short lives. We also do not always know what is good for us, so sometimes we do not get what we want because it is or would not be good for us. So above all, we must trust in our God and His plan for our lives. In that, we will find true contentment and our destiny. If you make God seem aloof, cold or distant and unapproachable, then you are doing something wrong with how you are approaching Him. Perspective is important and there is a certain way to see that show's Who God is rather than Who we think He is. Remember that God us both Justice and Mercy, universal and personal and above all God is Love. God blesd you.

my fellow Sinners @The Archivist and @Topsey Kretts, i agree to both of your points.. The mission of the Church is to make us Holy, to be a Saint.. and a Saint has an intimate friendship with this JEsus, who is our Lord and God..and that's a mind blowing reality of our faith journey..! And if we think about those 12 very close friends of Jesus, they did have different personalities. We are so much bless to know that there's a great diversity of Saints in our Church. And they are the heroes and heroines that we can look up to because of their great virtues perfected by God. And we often hear the teaching of the church that there are different ways or paths to Holiness.. Most of us are attracted to soft personality but some of us would prefer a straight forward character.. I remember when I went to a confession a year ago, there's this priest that sounded so kind and gentle and the way he consoled me I felt like God did poured on me His mercy and love.. And i remember going to this priest for confession for several times..And I pictured him as a gentle and patient Father. And then again after few weeks, I said to myself I need to go to confession ..with same sin again! For some reason the priest that I like was not there so I just went to an available confession box.. I then told this another priest of this sin that I kept doing, and I was perplexed of his kinda loud and angry voice when he said to me, "..then Stop it.. you can stop it, right?! so just Stop it!" I was dumbfounded for a few seconds :).. but after that confession and penance I was grateful to the Lord of that tough Love. That angry voice was sound like of a Father who wanted to emphasize the destruction i'm heading if I didn't do my best part to avoid that sin. And whenever i am tempted to sin again, that voice rings in my ear!.. i just pray that I will always hear and heed to it :) Also as St. Teresa of Avila prays, "Good Lord deliver us from sour-faced saints" :)

God bless you and if you think you screw up something up knowledge that be humble as for forgiveness to your love ones hope God help you find his peace

Dear Major Mike. I will include your prayer intention in my prayers. May God Bless and Heal you and your entire family. In Jesus' MIGHTY name I pray. Amen.

Mike, that evoked such a sense of desolation, I feel your deep regret. Trust God to reconcile everything in His name. You shall be consoled.

I will pray for you Mike. But remember that communication is very important! Ask the Holy Spirit to give you strenght and unity and try to contact your daughter. She may not like it at first but if you are honest to her, she will think about it and gradually accept you.

We’re all screw ups, but we have the sacraments so no worries. Sending you my prayers and your family.

Yesssssss 🥰

Time is endless in thy hands, my lord. There is none to count thy minutes. Days and nights pass and ages bloom and fade like flowers. Thou knowest how to wait. Thy centuries follow each other perfecting a small wild flower. *We have no time to lose, and having no time we must scramble for our chances. We are too poor to be late.* And thus it is that time goes by while I give it to every querulous man who claims it, and thine altar is empty of all offerings to the last. At the end of the day I hasten in fear lest thy gate be shut; but I find that yet there is time. *- Gitanjali* (Song Offerings), Verse 82. *Rabindranath Tagore*

Thanks for that, you saved me a lot of time.

Thanks, that was helpful 🙏

Short term happiness vs. Long term happiness?

Thank you sir!!

Well now Sweden has growing gang and violence problem plus a migrant problem. So who knows how that will shape it.

They are also of the highest in suicides and depression, oh what lies beneath...

@@stevesawicki2062 or not. This is a common myth, but it's only a myth. It came from some early measurements and when the figures where analyse it really showed cultural differences. There is no stigma around suicide in Scandinavia, so they where simply accurately reported. When going through the figures in comparative countries it was found that suicide simply was underreported here. As reporting standards become better the difference has gone away. But the myth seems to refuse to die. If anything the suicide rate is lower in scandinavia than in countries like the us.

@@Autobotmatt428 oddly enough I'd ont see any of that. And I do live in Sweden...

You are listening to the wrong Hitchens, Christopher was far superior.

YESSSSSSS YES 🙌🏻 ☺️☺️☺️💞

Exactly! WOW my thoughts exactly! unbelievable! And all that in only a half hour!!!!! SO GOOD!💞

Which book?

*Bishop Barron on The Ten Commandments* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pFemAFXCQ9Q.html

*Bishop Barron on The Ten Commandments* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pFemAFXCQ9Q.html

Well, to be fair, in the winter they get like 4 hours of light a day. I would be depressed too.

I guess the videos that appear on this Channel are ministerial and may aim at serving one and all. Also, since the Topics are varied it mayn't be that a fixed duration can be worked out. The Channel is very regular in posting short duration videos, those that could possibly fit in shorter duration. I have seen commenters expressing their appreciation of these LONGER podcasts. Personally I value both the kinds equally

We've never stopped making those. We've just added these longer discussions, which many people like. No need to choose!

@@topseykretts7608 Indeed sad for all the unhappy Catholics in the FOREVER MOURNING attire.

@@topseykretts7608 What attire?

@@topseykretts7608 Aren't you the one who said that Jesus did not found the Catholic Church to make us happy? What do you want to get across? One thing is certain - there isn't someone such as an UNHAPPY Saint. God does want everyone including Catholics to be happy. If anything, Catholics more than anyone else.

@@topseykretts7608 I don't think there is communication here.

Topsey Kretts, If you didn't want to take any positive message from here you should simply stay away.

No you're not. You are a beloved child of God.🥰

Your statement is self defeating. If you are nothing, then you cannot also ‘have’ (my) nothingness. Also, you’re making a value judgement, about a possession, defined as being itself. This is quite simply logically inconsistent. At the very least, by your sentence, you are the will to judge things of goodness and value. Just because something sounds nice poetically doesn’t mean it’s objectively true. Keep digging

@@richyburnett Her nothingness in this case wouldn't be a possession but a predicate. And cherishing something does not mean the same as making an objective claim to something's intrinsic value. But all of this is besides the point: what's wrong with speaking poetically? By its nature poetic language is not (and isn't supposed to be) literally true, so judging it like an argument just seems a little bit churlish. For instance what do you mean by 'keep digging'? We all know what you meant but you certainly didn't mean it to be taken literally, did you?

What's funny?

Maria, I’m truly sorry for what you had to endure.

*Bishop Barron on The Ten fingers* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pFemAFXCQ9Q.html