I was atheist at one time, but was always hopeful that there was something more. Finding God was like jumping off a cliff into the dark abyss only to be caught up in the arms of Someone who loves me. God bless you!
God said in Isaiah, “Even to your old age, I am He who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you.” You never get too old for God to carry you. As much as you love carrying your small children, holding them, protecting them, making sure they feel safe and secure, Your Heavenly Father loves carrying you. When you’re tempted to worry, feel overwhelmed, “I don’t think I can make it through this sickness. How can I make it through this loss? These people at work are not fair.” Instead of worrying, just say, “God, I thank You for carrying me. I don’t see a way, but I know You control the universe. You’re my provider, my protector, my deliverer, my way-maker.” The fact is God is carrying you right now, but if you don’t recognize Him, you’ll live stressed out, upset. No, you’re in your Father’s arms. He’s holding you tightly. Nothing can snatch you away. Thanks for reading this comment, I hope you are blessed and uplifted by it. We are a new and growing channel, your support and blessings is much appreciated. Thanks and God bless you. Amen
Thank you for posting your homilies earlier for those of us in Asia to get them on time to reflect on Sunday mornings! God bless your ministry, Bishop!
“There is always the possibility of coming back to God”, back from the emptiness of the “cora macra” - this is the message our world desperately seeks today, thank you Bishop Barron.
Wonderful stories/myths but all from mans imagination, the question is there a god/creator is still unanswered either, what the catholic church/barron does is hijack the possibility and turn it into something ridiculous, it stunning how barron can invent so much and get paid for it, the catholic church ability to talk about what it cannot possible know is stunning
"In order to keep the divine life, you have to give it away. You will not lose it but you will have more of it." I am going to reflect on it & savor its meaning. Thank you so much God for your abundant blessings!
I love the metaphor and narrative about God waiting and watching at top of the road for His children!!! I was that returning son and I did not return as humbly as the prodigal son. Coming back in the right humility creates the true celebration and this took a number of years!! Ironically, today, I felt this celebration through a supreme gift that came my way preparing me for this homily!!! Thank you. Bishop Barron for your description and eloquence about the depth of Our Father's Love!!!
Outstanding thank you! I remember the day it dawned on me of how to parent. It was a day I was so angry at my child I didn’t know what to do. I prayed for God’s guidance and I looked up and saw the cross. I thought I am God’s child and Christ died for me a sinner, a disobedient child because of love. I realized that is how I should be as a parent. Constantly love and forgive. This homily wraps my prior experience into a nice neat package and helps me understand why I saw that cross at that specific moment. Thank you!
i am not a Catholic, but I recently found Bishop Barron's You Tube channel, and have been watching a number of his videos, and especially his Sunday sermons. I've just listened to this one, and the truth in it touched me deeply. Thank you so much, for this message, Bishop Barron. I will keep watching and listening.
You've found a truly great American. When I was a kid people dreaded our bishop coming to town because he spoke for long sessions with big words that didn't engage. Bishop Barron has the education and the holiness with imagination and real humanity. He is inspired. He gets it and can pass it on.
Thank you Bishop Barron for this intriguing sermon, we don't have to pressure God into quick answers to our needs/ Prayers for he knows best when we need something and when to provide.
Dear Bishop Barron , you’re always giving it away. Please know that I receive it with such eagerness. You’ve truly changed my life .Keep it up , with deep appreciation and thanks.
Mary Pinakat thank you Mary, i feel as though I’m falling in love with Bishop Barron , lol , he is so mighty , so intelligent, so devoted.and funny . Bless you Mary.
I love the old hymns, but I don't think I know this one. One of the great blessings I have received, is the great gift of waking up most mornings with a hymn ringing in my heart. With each year in my advancing age, I become more appreciative of this gift, and trust and pray that this gift rest upon you as well.
Good on you . I'm a Catholic, (Aussie) but since I saw Bishop Barron's video talk 7 deadly sins 7 lively virtues some 5 years ago, I've followed his ministry which rings true to my faith and restores it. True faith renewed.
As always a great and profound meditation on the gospel. What makes this better is that it is one of my favorite readings. Excellent title too. . . Everything He has is yours! I learn something new from you every time. thank you for your witness to the truth.
The holy spirit is pure love, you own nothing you are the care takers of every think, if you owned it you would take it with you when you pass. Don't spend your life chasing things be happy with what you have and hope for better
Thank you so much Bishop Barron. This is the dearest story and so much love seen--this and the Woman at the Well are my very favorites. Oh that indescribable love that is available to all of us. Thanks be to and for our loving God. And God bless you Bishop.
I am a 77 year old catholic and former seminarian. Never have I heard the complete biblical meaning of this parable. Part of my soul aches that my Church has programmed me to the redemptive algorithm of the older son: « Follow the program, and heaven is for the taking. There will be no godly reason to hear no to the Father’s house » In a way « You owe me, God. » Somehow, I feel angry at my Church and yet so deeply grateful to Her for her gift of gifting this man, this priest. Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. And now, I am up for learning something different: gifted gifting. Merci, Robert Barron Levis Shalom
@@ratatat12356 I am afraid that you are misinformed about Bishop Barron. He is working tirelessly to save souls. And I don't believe that it is our role to judge others, that is up to our loving and forgiving God.
@@ratatat12356 I would like to ask you a question. What is your motivation for posting something negative here? It almost seems as if you are trying to provoke an argument? I know that all are allowed their own opinions, and honor your right to yours, but I want to understand why you would want to do this? It seems there would be a better forum for debate than this thread. Remember, your behavior reflects on you, not on others.
@@judyv3370 because the catholic church is in ruins. there is so much corruption and the pope is an open heretic. vatican 2 was put together by freemasons. they ruined the catholic church and barron is guilty by association for not standing up for true catholics who reject vatican 2
“The loop of Grace”. Everything we have is a gift from God. Think about all the problems in the world today? It’s up to all of us believers to show a better way. It’s only possible if we recognise that we are all prodigal son’s who believe in a merciful God.
Absolutely FANTASTIC thank you Bishop Barron, your insights are wonderful and I really appreciate how you tied this deeper set of truths into the original Greek language.
I always thought that it was unfair to the older brother, the way the father was treating him, this is the first time I realize that it was all about the relationship that he was having with the father. Every time I hear this reading I say to myself I would never be able to do what the prodigal son did, but today I realize that that I’m worst by being exactly like the older son. Thank you for opening my eyes and my heart Bishop Barron
The parable never proves that the older brother had a bad relationship with his father or that he was in the wrong spiritual state. His exclamation of anger is simply what it is , something that anyone would have said in front of that blatant injustice.
@@tomlabooks3263 you need help: The older son wanted to do the same thing as the younger did, but did not have the guts to do it!!! How did he know his brother was involved with prostitutes??? He was thinking "how good his brother had it" when he went away!!!...the same as you, you have not sinned as others do because you haven't had the opportunity to
@@davido3026 First, dear David, if you are christian, I hope you’re going to pray God that He helps you have a more decorous behavior online, ok? “You need help” is not a charitable expression, nor are the unnecessary multiple exclamation marks. Second - nowhere in the parable we get the idea that the older brother wanted to follow in the younger brother’s footsteps. My point is that this parable works only at the spiritual level, not at the practical, commonsensical level, where the principle “the more you work, the less you get” doesn’t make any sense. Because there are many people out there, who, like me, left their nepotistic country (for me: Italy) looking for a work environment that values merit. And I found it, thank God. So we need to be careful not to confuse the great message of this parable with an anti-meritocratic stance.
The graphic descriptions made by Bishop, of the many segments of this story are the greatest. In spite of having heard or read it too many times over the years I have grasped some important details only in this Sermon here☆
I have found that scripture has a specific meaning that never changes. But it also has an underlying living meaning that changes according to our needs and situations. This is a great sermon(?) on a parable I have read and heard preached on many times.
“I will get up and go to my Father and shall say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.” 😇O Jesus, I trust in You! Ps 34:8, Lk 15:18
OUR MODERN Church IS the parable of the prodigal son. We have squandered our inheritance, rejected what has been jealously guarded and passed down to us through the tempestuous centuries. In our arrogant pride we discarded the seamless garment of Christ. Our Father waits for us to return - to the Ancient Mass the Usus Antiquior, the traditional social doctrine, and the teachings of the Doctors and Fathers. These 3 pillars stand and fall together. Quid Hoc Ad Aeternitatem!
This was, by far, the most profound, deep, and meaningful interpretation of this beautiful parable I have ever heard. God bless you Bishop Barron for your preaching! 🙏🙏🙏
I can sympathize with the Father. I have one adult child who cut me out of his life and his children. Others - not following the Faith and one living a life of “ dissipation “. I love them all with my whole heart. I pray for them constantly. How can you not love your children who are gifts from God. I am 68.
I love this parable. God isn't in the punishing business he's in the redemption racket. That is a line from a story I wrote. I love stories of redemption because they mirror my life. Thank you Father for never giving up on me. I'm home now and even though I am still a work in progress I'm never leaving again. 🙏
Thank you, Bishop Barron, for this profoundly beautiful sermon on this beautiful parable of the prodigal son. God bless you as He has blessed us with you in our lives. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
My aunts baby has been in the hospital for 3 months now on the verge of death. I am Catholic at heart but it’s difficult to understand or even fathom the idea of why God gave the gift of the baby, but now that baby is dying. Anyone have any thoughts?
I don't know, but I feel your pain. One thing I do know is there are so many painful things I will never understand in this earthly life that I MUST trust in God and lean not unto my own understanding (Proverbs 3:5). God bless you, your aunt, and the sweet baby. Praying for you all. 🙏
I do not know. God knows. Ask God. What makes you think that the baby will die? Why do you not think that the baby can live, that prayers can be made to God to heal the baby and God may heal the baby? Matthew 8 : 2 A leper came to Jesus and knelt before him, praying, "Lord, if you will, you can make me clean". Jesus said, "I will; be clean". (see James 5 : 14) The parents of the baby should call for the elders / presbyters / priests of their church, and let them pray over the baby, anointing the baby with oil in the name of the Lord, and the prayer of faith will save the baby.
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Lost & found. Man found lost sheep, woman found lost coin, but the older brother did not go and find the lost younger brother. In any case, rejoice for each person that is found & return to God. Such a intriguing parable.
Bishop that was the best teaching on this I ever heard. It is in giving we receive. How often I lose sight of this!! What are ways to give the gift away?
5:35 In this aspect, divine life is like effect of a current crossing a barrier. This effect adds value, not the amount of material at any one location. The job of the garden hose it to provide a pathway for the water. If you grip it too tight or step on it, the flow stops. By reducing the resistance on the hose, allowing more water to flow out, you increase the flow. Blood circulates through the vascular system of the body. If a blood vessel or artery is blocking the flow, this can casue negative consequences for part or all of the body. The more electrons that cross a filament, the brighter the light emitted.
Listening to this again because that’s what happens to me with Bishop Barron . I listen and listen again. I don’t have words to express the way these sermons move me. Bishop Barron is the master evangelizer, hands down .
Beth Hivley Our God chose an extraordinary man. I’ve just recently come upon him through TH-cam as he rightly puts it, “it’s the way to reach people”. He reached me and he’s a blessing.
Thank you, Bishop Barron, for this most mind blowing exposition of the prodigal son story. I like the way you explain those cultural background of ring, run down the hill, pig, robe, cora macra. Too many insights were lost if we dont know these things. Lost in translation. Again, thank you.
You explained well how the end of this parable goes against looking for merit in your spiritual life. BUT something that no one ever mentions is that this parable works ONLY at the spiritual level, not at the practical, commonsensical level, where the principle “the more you work, the less you get” doesn’t make ANY sense at all. Because there are many people out there, who, like me, left their nepotistic country looking for a work environment that values merit. And I found it, thank God. Don’t tell me that the gospel is against THAT, please.
@@tryingnottobeasmartass757 It obviously isn’t. That’s why it works so well at the spiritual level. But while other parables also work at the common sense / economic level, this one doesn’t. That’s probably why it’s a more complex parable to unpack - which Bishop did brilliantly. That’s my simple point.
I think this story reveals two incidences of pride that beleaguer and characterize humanity: pride that you think you’re ready and know-it-all (e.g. some teenagers), and the defensive and lacerating pride that speaks from an ultimately wounded heart wanting what you see as fair justice (i.e older brother in the story). What the two have in common is the idea of “what is fair”. Christ uses this very ubiquitous notion to show us our shortcoming and failings, sure, but also God does not hold the same fairness which leads to pride. Rather, God’s love acceptance of his sons (to superimpose the father of the story with God) isn’t determined by possession, accumulation, or even control. In fact, God does the opposite. He lets go, and gives “inherence” in this story but also forgiveness and pardon to such an extent to throw a party! God’s gives so much he consoles a grieving son who believes he does not share in his father’s glory and love. That is what swells up in the older brother. He is hurt, thinking God does not value him or his labors. God reveals He is not the God of possessions but the God of Life!
The account of the Prodigal Son proves Jesus is a great story-teller, and Luke the Evangelist is the master who records the great stories Jesus tells. "cora macra" 😮
Americans are always complaining about their "rights", failing to realize there are consequences to their actions. Freedom is not "free". We all have responsibilities for our actions. We should be grateful to the Father for giving us this wonderful country. Yes, we are not perfect human beings, but we need to forgive each other and strive to make life better for all. Thank you, Bishop Barron, for a wonderful homily.
"We know that God's service is perfect freedom, not a servitude" St. John Henry Newman. Thanks and Gog bless you Bishop Barron and all of you reading this!
Your insights expressed so clearly/beautifully, and with a quite yet profound passion of love for the Father is a gift to me - the gift of the Holy Spirit, touching my heart; feeding my soul. You, Dear, Bishop Barron, are one of His gifts! Thank you!
Thank you and God bless you, Bishop Barron. The message in the Prodigal son is always touching. Coming back to God, to a Father's Love that waits for us.
This made me tear up.
From Atheist to faith in God's words; from depression to grateful in what I have.
God bless you!
In Jesus name
Been there. Done that. Still don't fully understand it, but I accept and appreciate it as it is. Enjoy the walk!
I was atheist at one time, but was always hopeful that there was something more. Finding God was like jumping off a cliff into the dark abyss only to be caught up in the arms of Someone who loves me. God bless you!
Amen amen
God said in Isaiah, “Even to your old age, I am He who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you.” You never get too old for God to carry you. As much as you love carrying your small children, holding them, protecting them, making sure they feel safe and secure, Your Heavenly Father loves carrying you. When you’re tempted to worry, feel overwhelmed, “I don’t think I can make it through this sickness. How can I make it through this loss? These people at work are not fair.” Instead of worrying, just say, “God, I thank You for carrying me. I don’t see a way, but I know You control the universe. You’re my provider, my protector, my deliverer, my way-maker.” The fact is God is carrying you right now, but if you don’t recognize Him, you’ll live stressed out, upset. No, you’re in your Father’s arms. He’s holding you tightly. Nothing can snatch you away.
Thanks for reading this comment, I hope you are blessed and uplifted by it. We are a new and growing channel, your support and blessings is much appreciated. Thanks and God bless you. Amen
Thank you, very much, for this reminder that God will, ALWAYS, be there for us.
Beautiful reflection. Thank you for this blessing.
Amen amen
"For Yahweh your God has carried you as a man carries his child all along the way you have travelled to this place "
Thank you for posting your homilies earlier for those of us in Asia to get them on time to reflect on Sunday mornings! God bless your ministry, Bishop!
“There is always the possibility of coming back to God”, back from the emptiness of the “cora macra” - this is the message our world desperately seeks today, thank you Bishop Barron.
Thank you for helping us see ourselves in the gospel story. Amen & Amen
Wonderful stories/myths but all from mans imagination, the question is there a god/creator is still unanswered either, what the catholic church/barron does is hijack the possibility and turn it into something ridiculous, it stunning how barron can invent so much and get paid for it, the catholic church ability to talk about what it cannot possible know is stunning
Jesus mercy,Mary help! 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
@@yapmcgoolies1756 You poor wretch, go back to eat with the swine, wallow in the' muck!!!! Enjoy your pigstay!!!
@@yapmcgoolies1756 The Catholic Church made the Bible in 382 AD!!! It is her Mother!!!
Love the way he puts it, saying "fellow sinners". How humble and what a good reminder.
very good message. Check oneself without hurting others ,specially own father, brother & srs. and consciousness be clear. God bless all of us too.
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That's our reality. Recognizing our fallen nature is the beginning of Wisdom
everyone is not a sinner. surely christ did not say that
"In order to keep the divine life, you have to give it away. You will not lose it but you will have more of it." I am going to reflect on it & savor its meaning. Thank you so much God for your abundant blessings!
I love the metaphor and narrative about God waiting and watching at top of the road for His children!!! I was that returning son and I did not return as humbly as the prodigal son. Coming back in the right humility creates the true celebration and this took a number of years!! Ironically, today, I felt this celebration through a supreme gift that came my way preparing me for this homily!!! Thank you. Bishop Barron for your description and eloquence about the depth of Our Father's Love!!!
Outstanding thank you! I remember the day it dawned on me of how to parent. It was a day I was so angry at my child I didn’t know what to do. I prayed for God’s guidance and I looked up and saw the cross. I thought I am God’s child and Christ died for me a sinner, a disobedient child because of love. I realized that is how I should be as a parent. Constantly love and forgive.
This homily wraps my prior experience into a nice neat package and helps me understand why I saw that cross at that specific moment. Thank you!
I love your sermons Bishop Barron, you always bring so much meaning to them. What a loving Father we have. Thank you.
i am not a Catholic, but I recently found Bishop Barron's You Tube channel, and have been watching a number of his videos, and especially his Sunday sermons. I've just listened to this one, and the truth in it touched me deeply. Thank you so much, for this message, Bishop Barron. I will keep watching and listening.
You've found a truly great American. When I was a kid people dreaded our bishop coming to town because he spoke for long sessions with big words that didn't engage. Bishop Barron has the education and the holiness with imagination and real humanity. He is inspired. He gets it and can pass it on.
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How often I forget the most basic truth God has for me. Thank you for the reminder.
God bless Bishop Barron and Word on Fire ministries 🙏🏻
Thank you Bishop Barron for this intriguing sermon, we don't have to pressure God into quick answers to our needs/ Prayers for he knows best when we need something and when to provide.
Dear Bishop Barron , you’re always giving it away. Please know that I receive it with such eagerness. You’ve truly changed my life .Keep it up , with deep appreciation and thanks.
Stay blessed Anne, as always☆☆
Mary Pinakat thank you Mary, i feel as though I’m falling in love with Bishop Barron , lol , he is so mighty , so intelligent, so devoted.and funny . Bless you Mary.
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"Everything I have is yours" That struck my soul
Likewise, the second part of that ..."if only he would believe it" is where I find myself. Now I continue in faith.
"No storm can shake my inmost calm while to that Rock I'm clinging. All things are mine since I am His, how can I keep from singing?"
I love the old hymns, but I don't think I know this one. One of the great blessings I have received, is the great gift of waking up most mornings with a hymn ringing in my heart. With each year in my advancing age, I become more appreciative of this gift, and trust and pray that this gift rest upon you as well.
❤ That is so beautiful!
Enya sang this on one of her albums but I don’t know the origin of it. But thank you for this…a reminder of where true peace lies. 🙏✝️🙏
Beautiful
I also heard Enya sing this, many times, before discovering the liberating Christian version on you tube.
I sure do enjoy your channel, you have helped me grow and learn much, thank you
After almost 40 years, I came back, thanks to Father Mike and Bishop Barron. I participated in reconciliation and communion last week.
Good on you . I'm a Catholic, (Aussie) but since I saw Bishop Barron's video talk 7 deadly sins 7 lively virtues some 5 years ago, I've followed his ministry which rings true to my faith and restores it. True faith renewed.
HALLELUJAH!
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"God is love." 1. John 4:16
Real love is all about giving. What more could you possibly give than what Jesus did on that cross.
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Bishop Barron your the gift from God to us that multiplies a hundred fold and more. Thank you and God bless. More power.
As always a great and profound meditation on the gospel. What makes this better is that it is one of my favorite readings. Excellent title too. . . Everything He has is yours! I learn something new from you every time. thank you for your witness to the truth.
Incredible revelation of the famous parable of the prodigal son, can't get better than this, thank you Bishop for this teaching!
That's the mystery of God, so old and so new, the Eternal message from God....
The holy spirit is pure love, you own nothing you are the care takers of every think, if you owned it you would take it with you when you pass. Don't spend your life chasing things be happy with what you have and hope for better
Thank you Bishop. God bless your ministry🙏 shalom from The Gambia.
Thank you so much Bishop Barron. This is the dearest story and so much love seen--this and the Woman at the Well are my very favorites. Oh that indescribable love that is available to all of us. Thanks be to and for our loving God. And God bless you Bishop.
I am a 77 year old catholic and former seminarian. Never have I heard the complete biblical meaning of this parable. Part of my soul aches that my Church has programmed me to the redemptive algorithm of the older son: « Follow the program, and heaven is for the taking. There will be no godly reason to hear no to the Father’s house » In a way « You owe me, God. » Somehow, I feel angry at my Church and yet so deeply grateful to Her for her gift of gifting this man, this priest. Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. And now, I am up for learning something different: gifted gifting.
Merci, Robert Barron
Levis Shalom
Just a simple hearer from Bonfim, RR, Brazil.
We are all "simple hearers" from all over this world!
Padre querido! Bendiciones! Que gran acompañamiento espiritual! Saludos cariñosos desde Cd de Mexico
Beautiful sermon, thank you so much!
From the heard of a prodigal daughter, thank you!
Beautiful sermon. I love that "cora macra" concept.
Sending prayers from Croatia🇭🇷✝️
he's a heretic and will burn for having no backbone against liberal infiltration of the church
@@ratatat12356 I am afraid that you are misinformed about Bishop Barron. He is working tirelessly to save souls. And I don't believe that it is our role to judge others, that is up to our loving and forgiving God.
@@judyv3370 boomer moment
@@ratatat12356 I would like to ask you a question. What is your motivation for posting something negative here? It almost seems as if you are trying to provoke an argument? I know that all are allowed their own opinions, and honor your right to yours, but I want to understand why you would want to do this? It seems there would be a better forum for debate than this thread. Remember, your behavior reflects on you, not on others.
@@judyv3370 because the catholic church is in ruins. there is so much corruption and the pope is an open heretic. vatican 2 was put together by freemasons. they ruined the catholic church and barron is guilty by association for not standing up for true catholics who reject vatican 2
“The loop of Grace”. Everything we have is a gift from God. Think about all the problems in the world today? It’s up to all of us believers to show a better way. It’s only possible if we recognise that we are all prodigal son’s who believe in a merciful God.
Absolutely FANTASTIC thank you Bishop Barron, your insights are wonderful and I really appreciate how you tied this deeper set of truths into the original Greek language.
I always thought that it was unfair to the older brother, the way the father was treating him, this is the first time I realize that it was all about the relationship that he was having with the father. Every time I hear this reading I say to myself I would never be able to do what the prodigal son did, but today I realize that that I’m worst by being exactly like the older son. Thank you for opening my eyes and my heart Bishop Barron
The parable never proves that the older brother had a bad relationship with his father or that he was in the wrong spiritual state. His exclamation of anger is simply what it is , something that anyone would have said in front of that blatant injustice.
@@tomlabooks3263 you need help: The older son wanted to do the same thing as the younger did, but did not have the guts to do it!!! How did he know his brother was involved with prostitutes???
He was thinking "how good his brother had it" when he went away!!!...the same as you, you have not sinned as others do because you haven't had the opportunity to
@@davido3026 First, dear David, if you are christian, I hope you’re going to pray God that He helps you have a more decorous behavior online, ok? “You need help” is not a charitable expression, nor are the unnecessary multiple exclamation marks. Second - nowhere in the parable we get the idea that the older brother wanted to follow in the younger brother’s footsteps. My point is that this parable works only at the spiritual level, not at the practical, commonsensical level, where the principle “the more you work, the less you get” doesn’t make any sense.
Because there are many people out there, who, like me, left their nepotistic country (for me: Italy) looking for a work environment that values merit. And I found it, thank God. So we need to be careful not to confuse the great message of this parable with an anti-meritocratic stance.
Beautiful, beautiful Sermon!!!
Thank you dear Bishop..God bless you always
The graphic descriptions made by Bishop, of the many segments of this story are the greatest. In spite of having heard or read it too many times over the years I have grasped some important details only in this Sermon here☆
Bishop's sermons are so rich in spiritual theology!
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I have found that scripture has a specific meaning that never changes. But it also has an underlying living meaning that changes according to our needs and situations. This is a great sermon(?) on a parable I have read and heard preached on many times.
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Stay blessed as always☆
@@marypinakat8594 You too, Mary!
“I will get up and go to my Father and shall say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.”
😇O Jesus, I trust in You!
Ps 34:8, Lk 15:18
OUR MODERN Church IS the parable of the prodigal son. We have squandered our inheritance, rejected what has been jealously guarded and passed down to us through the tempestuous centuries. In our arrogant pride we discarded the seamless garment of Christ. Our Father waits for us to return - to the Ancient Mass the Usus Antiquior, the traditional social doctrine, and the teachings of the Doctors and Fathers. These 3 pillars stand and fall together.
Quid Hoc Ad Aeternitatem!
Beautiful explanation. Thank you 🙏❤️
I find fruit in all those who truly love Christ. Thank you Bishop.
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Thanks Bishop Barron
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There's so much av just learned, you have opened my eyes so much in listening to the in site here. Thank you, you save souls Father am so grateful 🙏
This was, by far, the most profound, deep, and meaningful interpretation of this beautiful parable I have ever heard. God bless you Bishop Barron for your preaching! 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you Bishop! Wonderful homily - i learn some thing new every time I hear this favorite parable of mine! God bless you always!
I can sympathize with the Father. I have one adult child who cut me out of his life and his children.
Others - not following the Faith and one living a life of “ dissipation “.
I love them all with my whole heart. I pray for them constantly.
How can you not love your children who are gifts from God.
I am 68.
……If only you believed…..these words opened the eyes of my heart ❤️👏
I love this parable. God isn't in the punishing business he's in the redemption racket. That is a line from a story I wrote. I love stories of redemption because they mirror my life. Thank you Father for never giving up on me. I'm home now and even though I am still a work in progress I'm never leaving again. 🙏
"God isn't in the punishing business, he is in the redemption racket" - it's a terrific line.
God, the Father, the Almighty, the Maker of heaven and earth, is not in any racket and is not a racketeer.
I'm happy you are home!
@@tammynewville716 Thank you. It's a wonderful place to be.
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A text 'out of context' is a 'pretext.'
This story always gets to me. Great sermon!
Thank you his lordship...God bless you.
I'll do it bishop, I'll believe. Amen.
I am quite certain I have never heard anyone do a better job at understanding and explaining scripture. Such a blessing! Thank you, Bishop Barron.
I may be jumping ahead of myself … but I am praying for your papacy.
This is what I was hoping too, and then I thought we would miss all his teachings as he will be busy doing other things, different responsibilities
+1 ... but as always, may I accept the grace to follow God's will, not mine.
Not for nothing is he already called the Pope of social media 😀
I agree! Bishop Barron is one in a million! He is a breath of fresh air!
Are popes allowed to quote Bob Dylan? I guess so.
Wow i am seeing this passage in a different way, much deeper.
Thank you, Bishop Barron, for this profoundly beautiful sermon on this beautiful parable of the prodigal son. God bless you as He has blessed us with you in our lives. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
My aunts baby has been in the hospital for 3 months now on the verge of death. I am Catholic at heart but it’s difficult to understand or even fathom the idea of why God gave the gift of the baby, but now that baby is dying. Anyone have any thoughts?
I don't know, but I feel your pain. One thing I do know is there are so many painful things I will never understand in this earthly life that I MUST trust in God and lean not unto my own understanding (Proverbs 3:5). God bless you, your aunt, and the sweet baby. Praying for you all. 🙏
I do not know. God knows. Ask God.
What makes you think that the baby will die?
Why do you not think that the baby can live, that prayers can be made to God to heal the baby and God may heal the baby?
Matthew 8 : 2
A leper came to Jesus and knelt before him, praying, "Lord, if you will, you can make me clean". Jesus said, "I will; be clean".
(see James 5 : 14)
The parents of the baby should call for the elders / presbyters / priests of their church, and let them pray over the baby, anointing the baby with oil in the name of the Lord, and the prayer of faith will save the baby.
Thank you Bisohp Barron , God Bless Father .
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Lost & found. Man found lost sheep, woman found lost coin, but the older brother did not go and find the lost younger brother. In any case, rejoice for each person that is found & return to God. Such a intriguing parable.
Bishop that was the best teaching on this I ever heard. It is in giving we receive. How often I lose sight of this!! What are ways to give the gift away?
5:35 In this aspect, divine life is like effect of a current crossing a barrier. This effect adds value, not the amount of material at any one location.
The job of the garden hose it to provide a pathway for the water. If you grip it too tight or step on it, the flow stops. By reducing the resistance on the hose, allowing more water to flow out, you increase the flow.
Blood circulates through the vascular system of the body. If a blood vessel or artery is blocking the flow, this can casue negative consequences for part or all of the body.
The more electrons that cross a filament, the brighter the light emitted.
Wonderful sermon Bishop Barron. Very interesting. Thank you and GOD bless you. Stay safe ➕❤
My life and all that I'm blessed with(man & children) I owe to him 🙏
God bless you, Bishop Barron.
God is with us even if we have sinned or turned away. There is nothing like the Heavenly Father's embrace when we are humble and confess.
Lord, may I never leave Your side,always may I be close to You .❤️🙏
Listening to this again because that’s what happens to me with Bishop Barron . I listen and listen again. I don’t have words to express the way these sermons move me. Bishop Barron is the master evangelizer, hands down .
Yes he is. He is a gift from above!
Beth Hivley Our God chose an extraordinary man. I’ve just recently come upon him through TH-cam as he rightly puts it, “it’s the way to reach people”. He reached me and he’s a blessing.
Beware everyone of the FAKE BISHOP OUT HERE.
Mary Pinakat thanks Mary , well aware.
Wow! Thank you! Amen 🕊
Thank you Bishop Barron for sharing this grace. It gave me a tremendous perspective on our relationship with God.
Thank you again for reminding me of my relation to God! His infinite unconditional love is ALL! Amen!
Thank you 🌈🌟 God Bless You, Bishop Barron, Amen 🙏🏼 … Happy Sunday ✨💞✨
Thank you, Bishop Barron, for this most mind blowing exposition of the prodigal son story. I like the way you explain those cultural background of ring, run down the hill, pig, robe, cora macra. Too many insights were lost if we dont know these things. Lost in translation. Again, thank you.
Fantastic.Thank you.Thank you.
Always a pleasure to hear Bishop Barron.
Thank you.
So inspiring. Thank you Bishop Barron
Thank you, Bishop Barron, for this amazing way of reading this gospel passage!
Beautiful! Thank you 💙
You explained well how the end of this parable goes against looking for merit in your spiritual life. BUT something that no one ever mentions is that this parable works ONLY at the spiritual level, not at the practical, commonsensical level, where the principle “the more you work, the less you get” doesn’t make ANY sense at all.
Because there are many people out there, who, like me, left their nepotistic country looking for a work environment that values merit. And I found it, thank God. Don’t tell me that the gospel is against THAT, please.
This story is not about economics at all.
@@tryingnottobeasmartass757 It obviously isn’t. That’s why it works so well at the spiritual level. But while other parables also work at the common sense / economic level, this one doesn’t. That’s probably why it’s a more complex parable to unpack - which Bishop did brilliantly. That’s my simple point.
So good! 🙏
Just when you think you’ve heard the best God blesses us with another Barron homily that fills the heart with gratitude. Thanks Father again.
I think this story reveals two incidences of pride that beleaguer and characterize humanity: pride that you think you’re ready and know-it-all (e.g. some teenagers), and the defensive and lacerating pride that speaks from an ultimately wounded heart wanting what you see as fair justice (i.e older brother in the story). What the two have in common is the idea of “what is fair”. Christ uses this very ubiquitous notion to show us our shortcoming and failings, sure, but also God does not hold the same fairness which leads to pride. Rather, God’s love acceptance of his sons (to superimpose the father of the story with God) isn’t determined by possession, accumulation, or even control. In fact, God does the opposite. He lets go, and gives “inherence” in this story but also forgiveness and pardon to such an extent to throw a party! God’s gives so much he consoles a grieving son who believes he does not share in his father’s glory and love. That is what swells up in the older brother. He is hurt, thinking God does not value him or his labors. God reveals He is not the God of possessions but the God of Life!
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And all I have is His 😅
Thank you Bishop Robert Barron for such a profound homily on the greatest story of the New Testament.
Amen 🙏
The account of the Prodigal Son proves Jesus is a great story-teller, and Luke the Evangelist is the master who records the great stories Jesus tells.
"cora macra" 😮
I always enjoy your commentary on the gospel. You make it come to life. God bless you 🙏🙏
Thank You So Very Much Bishop Barron, you always remind me how loved we are by Dear Father Our God…
謝謝主教。天主保佑🙏您！
Magnificent.
Once again Thank You Bishop Barron,you make us understand that God loves us more than we can love you!
Bendición Padre! Dios y la Virgencita me lo bendigan y protejan siempre. Me encantan sus homilías. Gracias por acercarnos mas a Cristo. 🌹❤🙏
Sólo hay un padre
@@user-uw3fi2zg4t A literal interpretation doesn't help you, friend.
@@etienne-victordepasquale668 how so
Americans are always complaining about their "rights", failing to realize there are consequences to their actions. Freedom is not "free". We all have responsibilities for our actions. We should be grateful to the Father for giving us this wonderful country. Yes, we are not perfect human beings, but we need to forgive each other and strive to make life better for all. Thank you, Bishop Barron, for a wonderful homily.
What an insightful and touching explanation of this parable!
Thank you Bishop Barron. This parable touches me so deeply. God bless you. Thank you for your ministry.🙏🙏🙏
God bless you thank you Bishop Barron.
"We know that God's service is perfect freedom, not a servitude" St. John Henry Newman. Thanks and Gog bless you Bishop Barron and all of you reading this!
Absolutely one of the most profound teachings I've heard for a long time. It cut right to my feels. Bishop Barren is a Maestro of the word.
"Loose yourself in me and you will find yourself"...give yourself to Christ and you'll gain everything! Cora Macra!
Your insights expressed so clearly/beautifully, and with a quite yet profound passion of love for the Father is a gift to me - the gift of the Holy Spirit, touching my heart; feeding my soul. You, Dear, Bishop Barron, are one of His gifts! Thank you!
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This is so beautiful! Thank you and God bless, Bishop Barron!
I always interpreted the story as the father never nurtured the oldest son. Never said thank you or praised him for being loyal and steadfast
My brother, and children insult me too Bishop. As God forgives me, I forgive them.
Thank you and God bless you, Bishop Barron. The message in the Prodigal son is always touching. Coming back to God, to a Father's Love that waits for us.