How to Get to Heaven - Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermon
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- Friends, in today’s first reading, we hear from St. Peter that it is only through the name of the Lord that we may be saved. Whatever elements of truth there are to be found in various religions, these partial elements participate in the fullness of truth found in Jesus. In Christ and through Christ, we are made to become participants in God’s own life.
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Bishop you are bringing me back to Catholicism
@Clara Campbell God bless you in your journey.
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God bless you Clara, if I may, Jesus is bringing you back to the Universal Church but Bishop Barron and the WOF team are the tools our Lord is using.
Jesus uses many different means to call and bring us home.
I pray my siblings will have the open mind and beautiful heart as you have.
Christ be with you.
Welcome back ! And God bless you.
Welcome Home! 🙏🙏🙏
I watch the whole video and find no flaw in it. Also saw some of the critics and think they’re a little quick to judge Bishop Barron’s message. Perhaps because he’s speaking from a well informed Catholic point of view and not taking the place of God. One simple analogy to go along with this commentary that I found not to long ago follows: I died and find myself in heaven “SAVED” , there, to my surprise see my atheist friend from high school to whom I quickly ask, how in the world are you in heaven when you didn’t even believe in God? Very simple, he answers me, I didn’t believe in God but what I did to get into heaven , is taught in the Catholic Church, and that’s how salvation is all in the Church. Of course, this isn’t a justification to not being Catholic but a broad way to think about God’s mercy and how Bishop Barron’s explains it.
God Bless you Bishop! Thank you!
Salvation is exclusively through Christ and Christ alone. But it is an exclusivity on offer to all so it is an inclusive exclusivity.
I agree 💯! Thank you. That is exactly what I was trying to say in my post.
Fr. Mike Schmitz homily expressed that sentiment for this week too,
Come to Christ alone and be saved for eternity. Jesus is the only way. Come to Him. All your sins will be forgiven and you will receive eternal life
“The conscious is the aboriginal vicar representative of Christ in the soul.” That just blew me away and made clear to me that when “my conscious is telling me, do this, not that; say this, not that; this is wrong, this is right,” that this is Christ speaking to me from within my soul just as he spoke audibly to Christians in the Old Testament-eye opening. Thank you Bishop!
Beautiful
And now that we have the revelation of Jesus and the guidance of the church he started, we can discern the quality of the ears with which we listen to our conscious and measure what we hear against what God has taught us through them.
FYI, that's "conscience" not "conscious." It's the instinctive sense in every human rewarding us when we do good and punishing us when we do evil.
If Christ indeed is the creator then the general revelation about God is implanted in us. These are very powerful words. Missionaries have ventured into areas of our world where the people pretty well had the out line of salvation before the missionaries arrived.
Even if every time our conscience bothered us we scolded ourselves for our sins that would not give us entrance to heaven. Our conscience helps us to see how sinful we really are and hopefully like Abraham we will turn to Christ in faith for His forgiveness and redemption. But let us not kid ourselves in believing a different gospel then that which was entrusted to the apostles. Faith in the one that justifies i.e. Jesus Christ is the only narrow path that leads to life but this broad path that is being presented here as Jesus so famously said 'broad is the path that leads to perdition and many take it'.
As a protestant and avid follower of Bishop Barron I must say how much I was both encouraged and challenged by this powerful message. I am now wrestling with the decision of conversion to Catholicism. In the light of this message, have you any advice? Bless you!
Be not afraid, Jesus is guiding you!
May God bless you Peter!
I hope you get a reply directly from Bishop Barron, but I'd say: listen to his (Scott's) conversion story or read Scott & Kimberley Hahn's Rome Sweet Home.
Great channel called St. Paul Center and Scott Hann
I am catholic from Poland. You can talk with me and I can share with you my reflections about Catholicism from other part of globe. God bless you!
Listen to that voice of God, thru the Holy Spirit, and you'll find peace. Do not be troubled, and just say "Yes" to His call.... I'll pray for you... God bless!
JESUS is THE WAY, THE TRUTH, and THE LIFE!
Conscience is not an infallible guide.
this testimony is remarkable. 🙏🏻 🙏🏻
Jesus Christ I Trust In You. Amen.
For the sake of his sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
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Amen
"We must affirm Christian distinctiveness and completeness without falling into a kind of imperialism or violence; and affirm the truth in other religions without falling into relativism or Indifference." (12:10f.)
I think you just summarised authentic Vatican 2 in one Bishop Barron sounbyte! Nice 🙂
@@Hawka23
Bishop's own words. What a great presentation☆
Thanks for being here @Adam Lucas. Stay blessed☆
Bring people to the truth of the Catholic Church is one of the most loving things you can do for them.
I came here because someone I respect said Bp Barron had gone off the rails. I don’t see that at all. I see a perfect explanation of Vatican II’s orthodoxy. There is nothing controversial here.
Thank you Bp Barron.
Precisely. The real issue is in regard to the Council. There are many today, who claim the mantle of conservative Catholic but who effectively deny the teaching of an ecumenical council.
Oky
@@BishopBarron Spot on with this. Should the church allow non-Catholic Christians to receive the Eucharist since we agree that Jesus freely gives all to anyone who accepts?
“And I have other sheep, that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock, one shepherd.”John 10:16 RSV-CI
May I continue to seek....continue to be drawn into the fullness in Christ
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This has a most shocking inner meaning that none of us are able to hear.
Be brought in - and God bless you and me both.
Jesus was talking about the gentiles, the pagans, non Jews.
He was talking about the Gentiles, and the meaning was bring them to His Church.
@@lemmdus2119 the point is that the one flock is the catholic church and the one Shepard is God almighty
Thank you Bishop Barron for the best explanation of that passage! It is always of source of difficulty when trying to rectify our belief in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, and our love of others in other faith traditions. That idea of them being still guided by the voice of Christ in their conscience is awesome!
Thank you so much Bishop Barron, my heart is full
@@bishoprobertbarron7169I am so taken with this teaching and learning and reinforcing my faith. Gods love, living and dying in his grace.
Looking forward to your more indepth teachings. Help keep me on the right track
with God and your wisdom. Thank you!
This is heresy. For goodness sake!! Learn from the Saints and their teachings and not from this heretic priest!
Bishop Barron is a much more nuanced, intellectual, & positive messenger of the gospel than are people like Taylor Marshall, who has gone off the rails. Ralph Martin and others like him choose to focus more on the difficulties of reaching salvation, which is an important emphasis. Barron does not often shy away from this, but he does tend to emphasize more the positive, that is, the availability of salvation to all, which is also an important message. I think we can acknowledge at the same time the good of Barron’s universal call, his reaching out to the disaffected Catholics, former Catholics, etc., as well as Martin’s appeal to those of us who tend to take the good for granted, who need to be reminded more often of the dangers involved in possibly presuming too much good on the part of others, not to mention ourselves. God is, as Rudolf Ott famously wrote, mysterium fascinans et tremendum. His will is unutterable and unfathomable. Let us stand with that, as the good Bishop says.
You are marvelous in your teaching of The Vatican ll I your your story of how you presented Christianity and participation
@Laura Hall
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1. Good people of other faith may be saved through God's grace. God is bigger than anything else and Heaven is His domain. He can choose to let anyone in. We don't know when this will happen so we don't put our chance to it.
2. The bible, oral teachings all state that there is no salvation outside the Catholic Church. Only Catholics can be saved from these written criteria. Anyone can put themselves to chance to see if they can be saved by God's grace depending on each individual case but I will stick to what is known - the criteria we all know - be baptised in Jesus, do good works to justify our free gift of salvation, adhere to John 6:54 etc.
3. LG 16 is often quoted independently of LG 14 which affirms the teaching there is no salvation outside the Catholic Church. Its biased to focus only on LG 16 but ignoring LG 14.
4. Any council teachings cannot and should not introduce new dogmas and teaching. The Church for 2000 years, CCC 845, Dominic Iesus as well as LG 14 teaches there is no salvation outside the CC.
LG 16 cannot overide all these.
LG 16 cannot be the sole interpretation and criteria whilst ignoring LG14, CCC845 and DI.
5. There is no religious imperialism in believing there is no salvation outside the CCC. No violence needed. Christ didn't preach any of these. We follow Jesus. One can exercise their free will to believe this or reject this. No problem.
6. Did martyrs died in vain ? Why dont they renounce Jesus, lead a good life and still be saved in their new religion?
7. What is the basis of the interpretation that those who participate in a lesser light can be saved ? Where is that in the bible or Sacred Tradition?
LG cannot be quoted as the ONLY authority because we all know after the era of the Sacred Tradition, there in NO more new revelation. No more new teachings.
We only can only say they may be saved depending on the infinite mercy and goodness of God but we don't know. We should leave our salvation to "chance".
Its better to stick to the rules of how to be saved as taught by by the bible, Sacred T and 2000 years of Church teachings back up by the CCC, DI and LG14. LG 16 must be read in the light of all these.
Jesus reveals himself to those who sincerely seek truth, no matter what religion they find themselves in. He gives more light to those who seek more light. But they will find the truth, Jesus. Nobody will go to heaven because they “tried to be good” but following their conscience. People still have to know Jesus and be cleansed of their sin. We best believe the Bible.
God out of His love for all His children desires for everyone to be saved. I love your explanation because my heart is always with the people who were never given the upbringing and gift of the fullness of the Christian faith. God wants us all. This explains how we are all capable of this and how it still all goes back to Christ. I thank God for the gift of the path of faith He chose for me and I pray that everyone can be led to His love through Christ. Jesus I trust in You! ❤️❤️❤️
Bishop Barren, your words are so constructive illuminating my path in life.
God Bless
God help me release the anger in my heart towards others and the inpatience towards your plan.
They are saved in spite of their non participation in the visibility of the Kingdom of God.
I surely hope Jesus allows that to occur.
Believe. Be Strong. I know my sheep and they know me.
Jesus suffered and died on the cross so all who believe in Him will be saved and have eternal life. If there was another way He would have taken it.
Thank you Bishop Barron for your clarity and truth. Hearing your recent critics, Fr Goring, Ralph Martin and others, has persuaded me even more, how deeply true your sermons and teachings are. Please know that there are many who hear you on the deepest level. May you never tire of doing good.
I loved your gentle but concise message, thank you.
Blessed teachings on getting to heaven.Thankyou to Bishop Barron.
This is a heretical message, Bishop Barron is dead wrong. LG16 mentions zero about alternate or lesser salvation participation. This is dangerous and misleading to the faithful. Jesus Christ is the ONLY path to salvation.
God bless you Bishop.
Only Jesus knows the way to heaven, because He is God as much as He is a person. If He were just a created being, we are all heretics and condemned as Christians; but He is not, and it is God in the end or nothing at all.
Bishop Barron you are the true messenger of God and bless you for your work on social media and in the Church!
When you pray the Rosary ,the luminous mysteries show Jesus salvation
On this Feast Day of the Good Shepherd, may the Lord bless the Pope, bishops and priests. That they may be shepherds after Jesus' own heart. Make them holy that they may bring Christ to us on Earth to communicate God's love to us.
Thank you Bishop Barron for an excellent homily! The only thing I wish you added is the necessity of the formation of one's conscience property. For if we follow the world teachings, our conscience become darkened.
Let us pray for the 5 people that gave this a thumbs down. May God have mercy on their souls.
There is a fine line. Please be it.
Maybe they thumbed down the video because they find it boring, or complicated, or didn't like the style of Bishop Barron, and not because they don't love God or need praying.
It was likely a knee-jerk reaction to anything Christian. I would guess most if not all of them never listened to a word the Bishop said.
I see a real divide in the church, and know this to be a time we all need the grace of God from the heart of the Lord in truth.
The one thing I notice about Bishop Barron is his compassion and he reveals his teaching sources. I don’t see (and yes with all my faults) our saviour not leaving every possibility for salvation since many are victims not of their own doing....perhaps this is more likely how Catholics view Vatican2....if John Paul 2nd promoted the truth of Vatican 2 and was canonized....does that not say something?
Yes please pray for me
Do some believe that at the time of our death Someone who do not believe in Jesus may be given the chance to accept or reject the unconditional love of Jesus And be welcomed into heaven
Amen.
"DOMINUS IESUS"
ON THE UNICITY AND SALVIFIC UNIVERSALITY
OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE CHURCH
“This truth of faith does not lessen the sincere respect which the Church has for the religions of the world, but at the same time, it rules out, in a radical way, that mentality of indifferentism “characterized by a religious relativism which leads to the belief that 'one religion is as good as another'”.91 If it is true that the followers of other religions can receive divine grace, it is also certain that objectively speaking they are in a gravely deficient situation in comparison with those who, in the Church, have the fullness of the means of salvation.”
Precisely.
Supernatural grace can do what sincerity alone cannot do.
Jesus said: "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and ONLY A FEW FIND IT"
I've heard some say the grammer of the greek is more "there are few who are (present tense) finding it"
Thank you for Bishop Barron you expain what is truly being a Catholic Amen to the Lord and the holly spirit and the son and Virgin Mary
@Bishop Robert Barron Yes Bishop i pray my rosary every day for those things love your sister Rebecca Melissa 😷🙏🙏🙏
I just love listening to Bishop Barron. He is a remarkably charismatic speaker, a man who is down to earth and speaks consistently about a belief that is simple, clear and informative. To live by his standards and by his direction is what I aspire to. Thank you Bishop for communicating your thoughts and your convictions.
Thank you
Expert in finding a middle ground, thank youBishop Barron. That text from St. Peter we just read has been used to justify violence for centuries. This middle ground have solved the problem to a large expert. But the problem with this middle ground is that some weak and confused Catholics have left the Catholic Church citing this as an excuse to leave.
Divine Mercy comes from Jesus not condemnation.
Wonderful ! Thank you Bishop Barron. God is Love! I love you oh Lord, my strength!
Thanks Bishop. This homily depicts the meaning of the word "catholic church"...God bless you Bishop....
It really does, but it doesn’t follow the word of God where Jesus says “I am the way the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father except by Me” John 14:6
In a teological understanding of the text you just quoted is possible. Where is Abraham and Moses now? Where do you place Jesus in the Salvation of the people before the Mystery of the Incarnation of the Word...?
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I personally will only speak what the scriptures has spoken, or these two men here are just two:
“For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.””
Romans 4:3 NKJV
“And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which would be spoken afterward, but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.”
Hebrews 3:5-6 NKJV
Scriptures in the Old Testament prophesied about the coming of Christ,
But for them, it was by faith, in Jehovah, and not the other gods of the land of the Canaanites etc.
@@emmanueldansoabeam718
Who are the righteous, those who believe in the Som of God, and live a life that accords with the gospel, dying to self, and living to the glory of God,
“For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? Now “If the righteous one is scarcely saved, Where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?””
I Peter 4:17-18 NKJV
@@emmanueldansoabeam718
We have two covenants right. Scriptures point to us “Knowing The Lord”,
“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.” In that He says, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.”
Hebrews 8:10-13 NKJV
They know we are Christians by our loving fullness of light which is goodness and grace. We announce the Conscience of John Henry Newman which is Following the voice of Jesus Christ. God bless and peace be with you ☦️🕊
Thanks for giving answer for philosopy ofchristian beleive and possibility reaching heaven
Being a Baptist I am impressed with Bishop Barron's thoughts on Simon Peter's words from the Bible. Here he makes it plain that Peter meant exactly what he said and then suggests you let his statement bother you. Meditate on Peter's word and understand his truth.
Thank you, Bishop... As I was thinking of my boss and a few colleagues in a contemptuous way (because they talked about how they "hated" Christianity in a meeting, I work in an academic setting) I kept my silence during the meeting but I was reactive to those careless, prideful and ignorant words.... Thank you for letting me see through my contempt... and I will try my best not to judge....
I'd ask why they hate it. Did a Christian ever hurt them by acting in a Christian Way?
Its good not to judge yes, but be bold and stand up for the faith. Don't be fooled into blindly accepting other faiths. For many of them do indeed hate Christians and we have to pray for them yes, but not get pulled into their falsehood and mokery.
The first commandment talks against false gods and idols.
I agree with S Stritmatter. The best evangelists are good listeners. I have found people often say these things just to get God to respond. Remember the woman at the well who asked Jesus in a provocative way , "You Jews......" He used saw her anger, read into her heart and transformed it. Looks like God has chosen you.
My mother always said, "kill 'em with kindness". I know the use of the verb "kill" seems a bit over the top, but what Mom was getting at was to get others to be open to dialogue without you needing to engage them "head on" which leads no where. I often like to ask a nonconfrontational question that doesn't upset the other. One they can respond to comfortably. If they respond, then perhaps you have successfully started a dialogue and you can choose to take the engagement where you want to a step at a time, perhaps over many days, weeks, months or years. Rarely does a person change quickly. Consider it "subtle evangelization". Think of Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane. He controlled the entire engagement under less than favorable conditions.
It seems like academics are trying to be the new clerics but they're not.
Jesus Christ is the way to the Omega Heavenly Father house.❤️🙏🏽🙏🏻🙏🏿
EXCELLENT Bishop Barron. Thank you. God bless you.🙏
I desperately need to get back to confesson after following the bishop it's been to many years
Bishop Barron this is Shounak from Calcutta, India. I am deeply grateful to you for the wonderful work that you do. I was born a Hindu but never fell away from faith and became agnostic. Thanks to your videos, and by the help of a few other Catholic friends, I am on my way home to The Church and have sought baptism from my parish priest. I particularly liked your video on the Balthasarian view of hopeful universal salvation. It seems to me that your critics are absolutely determined to misinterpret what you say regarding hopeful universalism and this issue of possible salvation outside the church. To anyone who thinks that this undermines the need for evangelization and of proclaiming the gospel, I am the living proof that it does not. I was fully convinced to come home to the fullness of truth, the vehicle of Logos in history ie the Catholic Church by YOUR videos. Thanks a lot Bishop once again.
Well said Shounak.
Truth
Thanks for the sermon on Jesus Christ as the only way into heaven. You answered a question that I have had for a very long time.
Fullness is the best word on offer to reflect the Biblical view of Christ Jesus. His nature of being fully divine and fully human makes him the perfect Mediator between God and humans and his Way of Total Self-Giving Love on the Cross fulfills all that is good and of value in other religions.
And yet there is room for true openness to other religions. We know that our understanding of the Christ event is still growing. And the more we enter into dialogue, the more we are challenged in our own faith and understanding of Christ. Sometimes, followers of other religions teach us more about sincerity, devotion, sacrifice, discipline and about being witnesses of light and channels of love
Thank you, Bishop. I think you helped me clarify what my heart is seeing in our culture and the little ways I see people turning back towards God. I was having difficulty squaring my thoughts with the teaching of the church but your sermon helped. God bless!
We love you Bishop Baron from Philippines. 💞
Thank you for a solid Catholic sermon
Plenitud y participación esa es la diferencia, oramos para que lleguen y lleguemos todos a esa plenitud.
We need to form the right conscience based on the scriptures, inspirations from the Holy Spirit, teachings of the Church etc When we have an upright and truthful conscience formed by enlightened moral judgement, our conscience becomes the voice of Christ. So it is important to cultivate a right conscience. If a person makes a decision based on ignorance/ uninformed conscience, we cannot predict how God is going to judge that person. God is the ultimate judge and we can only rely on God’s mercy.
Thank you Bishop. I'm very glad to know and trust that only God judges perfectly - and if all salvation passes through Jesus Christ & he measures the soul then it's a better and more joyful hope than if it were left to us and our speculation on his judgement of others. That job is too big for us sinners, we need our Lord to see the good samaritans because we miss them so often.
Thanks Bishop ..Thank you so much for making my faith stronger in JESUS, I plead everyone here for your prayers...that the holy Lord put his healing hands on our country INDIA..
I just love the Bishop's intelligence and great sense of humour!!
Thank you Archbishop. Your homily is Lumen Gentium. Amen. God bless you.
I thank you for this sermon and deepening my understanding. God's DNA is in all of his children. We are born with Him in our souls. Your distinction of "can be saved" helps clarify.
That's an awesome Comment☆
Does God Love me?
"Before our Lord Jesus Christ as man suffered on the Cross for you, his Divine Majesty by his sovereign goodness already foresaw your existence and loved and favored you. When did his love for you begin? It began when he began to be God. When did he begin to be God? Never, for he has been forever, without beginning and without end. So also he has loved you from all eternity and for this reason he has prepared for your all these graces and favors. Hence he speaks to you as well as to others when he says by the prophet, "I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you, taking pity on you.' (Jer. 31.3)"
Jesus my Lord, God and Savior❤
Praise be to Lord Jesus Christ.
I had to listen to this sermon a couple of times! Lots of food for thought and prayer. Thank you (again) Bishop Barron, for deepening our faith and understanding of Scripture, church tradition and our sweet Lord.
Thank you for such a profound explanation, this helps us to understand how some of our dear friends who don’t believe the way we do may still have salvation .
God bless you Bishop Barron.
I know that it is important to let the boldness of St. Peter’s message sink in. Modern ears may find it uneasy, but why? The greatness of St. Peter’s words were followed by his deeds and indeed, what he did NOT do. He did NOT start an army, he did NOT pick up a weapon, he did NOT stir up a mob. He never intended The Way to imply any political or military means. So his message should not grate on us but rather be celebrated by us. We evangelise by speaking the Good News. It is not an invitation to imperialism. It never was. If others do not listen, we simply move on and let the Holy Spirit do His work. That is what happened in Ancient Rome and will happen again to us here in reverse.
Jesus is the ONLY way to salvation.
He doesn't say anything else.
@@ralfbettker-cuza7432 He has said before that Christianity is the "privlidged" way to salvation.......this is a clear implication that their are other ways to salvation.
Look at the 7:07 mark of the video and he says other religions can save us.
@@MaggieSullivan60 No. He says that people of other religions can be saved, that’s completely different. The focus is on the person. All people, regardless of their belief system or personal belief, can only be saved through Jesus.
@@ralfbettker-cuza7432 He says they can be saved by the "light" in those religions.
@@MaggieSullivan60Yes, because this light is light from Christ shining through in these religions. Vatican II says "The Catholic Church rejects nothing that is true and holy in these religions" - because the fulness of truth can only be found in the Church and all truth and holiness stems from her and ultimately from Christ Himself.
Thank you for your enlightening sermon 🙏
@Lori Cataldi
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1. Good people of other faith may be saved through God's grace. God is bigger than anything else and Heaven is His domain. He can choose to let anyone in. We don't know when this will happen so we don't put our chance to it.
2. The bible, oral teachings all state that there is no salvation outside the Catholic Church. Only Catholics can be saved from these written criteria. Anyone can put themselves to chance to see if they can be saved by God's grace depending on each individual case but I will stick to what is known - the criteria we all know - be baptised in Jesus, do good works to justify our free gift of salvation, adhere to John 6:54 etc.
3. LG 16 is often quoted independently of LG 14 which affirms the teaching there is no salvation outside the Catholic Church. Its biased to focus only on LG 16 but ignoring LG 14.
4. Any council teachings cannot and should not introduce new dogmas and teaching. The Church for 2000 years, CCC 845, Dominic Iesus as well as LG 14 teaches there is no salvation outside the CC.
LG 16 cannot overide all these.
LG 16 cannot be the sole interpretation and criteria whilst ignoring LG14, CCC845 and DI.
5. There is no religious imperialism in believing there is no salvation outside the CCC. No violence needed. Christ didn't preach any of these. We follow Jesus. One can exercise their free will to believe this or reject this. No problem.
6. Did martyrs died in vain ? Why dont they renounce Jesus, lead a good life and still be saved in their new religion?
7. What is the basis of the interpretation that those who participate in a lesser light can be saved ? Where is that in the bible or Sacred Tradition?
LG cannot be quoted as the ONLY authority because we all know after the era of the Sacred Tradition, there in NO more new revelation. No more new teachings.
We only can only say they may be saved depending on the infinite mercy and goodness of God but we don't know. We should leave our salvation to "chance".
Its better to stick to the rules of how to be saved as taught by by the bible, Sacred T and 2000 years of Church teachings back up by the CCC, DI and LG14. LG 16 must be read in the light of all these.
"Let's stay with the difficulty"..... I love it!!
This is a heretical message, Bishop Barron is dead wrong. LG16 mentions zero about alternate or lesser salvation participation. This is dangerous and misleading to the faithful. Jesus Christ is the ONLY path to salvation.
Amen! Thank you Bishop Barron. You are a gift to the church
I really appreciate the explanation that shows us the middle way between two extremes. It's a lightbulb for me to hear that a person following her/his conscience is following Christ, whether aware of it or not, and therein lies the way to salvation.
But with a malformed conscience this is not the case. E.g. Politician A 'follows his conscience' and votes for abortion. Politician B follows his conscience and votes against abortion. How can both be 'following Christ'?
@@JoeRansom84 You make a good point. It's clear that there's more to this argument. Hopefully Bishop Barron will elaborate at some point. Meanwhile, we pray for those who need better formation for their consciences.
I pray this is not the message Bishop Barron intended for you to take away from this homily.
Magnificent Sermon by a tenderly caring Shepherd☆
...“BUT VERY OFTEN, deceived by the Evil One, men have become vain in their reasonings, have exchanged the truth of God for a lie and served the world rather than the Creator. Or else, living and dying in this world without God, they are exposed to ultimate despair. Hence to procure the glory of God and the salvation of all these, the Church, mindful of the Lord‘s command, ‘preach the Gospel to every creature’ takes zealous care to foster the missions.” (LG 16)
Excellent homily on a difficult topic. As usual brilliantly presented to help us understand the fullness of salvation offered in the Catholic Church by Christ Himself the unseen Vicar. Our challenge therein lies in embracing all people without discrimination or prejudice and proclaiming Jesus is Lord
God, the Father has blessed YOU with the wisdom of the Holy SPIRIT. PEACE BE WITH YOU all the days of your life.
Oh thank you so very much Bishop Barron. Thank you for always tackling these difficult topics and giving us explanation from the Holy Spirit. I am going to listen to this one again and again. God bless you always. I thank God for you and pray for you always.
I was nervous in the first six minutes, but then this became a PERFECT HOMILY. Thanks Bishop!
This is a heretical message, Bishop Barron is dead wrong. LG16 mentions zero about alternate or lesser salvation participation. This is dangerous and misleading to the faithful. Jesus Christ is the ONLY path to salvation.
Holy Spirit is the voice of Christ , conscious
Word.
No violence, truth save us the commands he left for us to believe and to do, let us know him more closely come to the grace to be forgiven trough a minister of the church of the living God and let us be fed with the bread that gives life everlasting , Lord let us love you more be one in you and you in us, you are our Lord and our God. Universal church for 2000 years born in Christ and for Christ lets go to work for the Kingdom of heave one body one Spirit one bride, many wolfs tearing up the church. . thank you father for the teachings ❤📖
Thank you so much dear Bishop for all your teachings....God bless you!
I’ve reviewed the section in the Lumen Gentium document and find exactly what you are speaking about here Bishop. (I’m going to give a PSA now on the Laudate app, which is a wonderful reference tool). Now for an example from my own life, my husband and I are Christians, our physician is Muslim, and yet there is nothing but LOVE shared between the 3 of us. We speak of our love of God without the need to discuss the separate dogmas of our religion. I believe this is what section 16 is speaking to since Christ’s second and greatest commandment is to love your neighbor as yourself. Of course we are to love God first. If we love God first, we must love our neighbor. Blessings to you!
You are so true, Mother Theresa in her love of the poor proclaimed this in action. God Bless,
This is an homily, we are talking about dogma, arent we ? Yes indeed, we need to love our neighbor as it was tought by Yesus. We ara talking about salvation though Yesus Christ. Good bless you...
Agree, and add my voice to your recommendation of the Laudate app
@ Rita Muller Do not be ashamed of Jesus Christ. First commandment to love God with all your heart mind and soul. Jesus Christ is God who came in the flesh. He suffered and died for you. He gave the great commission to go out and share the Gospel not a waters down version. Loving your neighbor is sharing The Gospel with them.
@@jantelgrace452 exactly
Sofia perrenis light shines on the church through this great bishop.
You make things so clear. Thank you and God bless you.
Development of Conscience is so important in daily life!! Challenging to say the least but one day at a time, worth the effort!! Thank you Bishop Barron for your realistic, truth filled critique on this issue. God Bless you.
THANK GOD FOR MANY GIFTS BESTOWED UPON U. AMEN
This is amazing!! Thank you Bishop Barron!!❤️
I pray that God sustains and protects you and you stay faithful to him each day , thank you for your explanation and courage.
What you say makes much sense to me, and warms my emerging faith in Christianity.
Thank you so much, Bishop Barron. I am so deeply grateful for all that you teach with such clarity, truth, snd compassion.
The difficult made simple and beautiful to start understanding thank you. Praised be Jesus ! Thank you ,
Thank you Bishop! This message deserves more views! 🙏
Thank you, Bishop Barron, for a stimulating and challenging homily; and thank you for all the sacrifices you have made in your commitment to lift up Jesus Christ in a fallen world. May God’s peace and protection be with you always. ✝️