Bishop Barron. I am discerning right now. I have to thank you for your channel. There is just a wealth of knowledge on this channel and you are always so cheerful when speaking. God is great. Your speaking skills are too! Have a blessed life and keep the faith as colorful as you present it.
Faith is a trusting confidence in God. Hope is the conviction that God is the sovereign Lord. Love is wanting the good of the other and doing something concrete about it.
It's a good question. The answer is that there are two fundamental moves of the will. The first is to desire an absent good,and the second is to rest in a present good. When we want the absent good of our neighbor, we are said to love that person, and when we rest in the present good of God, we are said to love him.
The life of a Christian is nothing but a perpetual struggle against self; there is no flowering of the soul to the beauty of its perfection except at the price of pain." 😇 Padre Pio 🙏🏻4us
Interesting analogy. I like the healing part best. So these people need Love. So we will pray for them even though it seems remote. I will listen to Father's lecture here again and now that I am not so distracted maybe I can learn something about Love and healing. I know Love heals everything!
It's nice to hear that you are the type of Catholic who values all of the members of your church, even those that you perhaps disagree with, or those that may take issue with certain teachings of the Catholic church. That's not a sentiment you hear from some of the most prominent Catholic voices where "conform or get out" seems to be the motto.
Indeed, it is in the loving of the other for the sake of the other that one truly experiences the sublime and divine paradox. It is in willing the good of the other and then doing something about it as Fr. Barron puts it that one offers their personal "fiat" to God. For in the sacrifice of self one truly is offorded the opportunity of knowing that what one does for the least of our brothers we do for Jesus! Love is action!
I really like the notion of love as an act of the will. This give hope that this most used, abused and tired word of our times can be reconquered and thus get its true meaning back; the essence of life
It is so good to hear the discussion of these terms from a Catholic Priest. I agree with his closing statement that we need to "put some teeth back into these theological virtues"! Well said! If only I could get our local diocese and parishes to adopt such thinking, they unfortunately have for to long marched down the progressive road of nice and accepting. I am but one lone voice in the woods, but silenced I will not be. Thank you as always for a thought provoking video. God Bless.
This never ceases to amaze me. When I was a Protestant I would have said something similar to this: This is the ideal, I seek to live up to it, I have made progress. This kind of self judging and self reassurance. Catholic, however, in deference to the evangelical counsels, particularly humility, say "No, absolutely not, every thought of my heart, every word, every deed seem tainted by some selfish preoccupation here, some justification there, some grasping after recognition here, some
The message of this video is of such importance - you could even go as far as to say vital. The millions of people locked into the narrow and dark mind set that faith in God is to be relegated to the dark ages as a primitive and ignorant view-point need to understand what Fr Barron is explaining here. I have an up most respect for atheists who use their brains, but they need to engage with and study real, intelligent and authentic Christian teaching to make an informed decision. God Bless WOF.
Thanks Father Barron, I really like the way that you talk, I can understand you, because you go to the root of the situations, make good examples with different people, and also I love the videos and CDs that you are talking.
Inspirational as always. I've learned so much by your youtube clips Fr. and multitude of keynote address's you've given. I appreciate the time your putting in. Now I'm trying to gather the rest of us sheep to follow; I'll try to lead with the beautiful.
6:43 - "Hope isn't naive, just as faith isn't naive. It's a trust in the ultimate sovreignty of God...Ultimately God is in charge in His creation, and in that I put my confidence." Need to hear this; need to sustain my faith. Faith needs to be fed. "Lord, I believe; help my unbelief." (Mark 9:24)
I absolutely agree that we conform ourselves to the Church and its teachings in the same way that a soccer player plays by all of the soccer rules if he is on a soccer team. What I meant by "controversial homily" was that the pastor and the deacon got the ugliest emails from parishioners on both sides of the issue that left them dazed by people's hatefulness toward others.
It can be illumined by many fields of science and philosophy but Your Grace Bishop Barron have possibly forgotten a tenet of the faith. The Franciscan Monk and I agreed in Jerusalem the following: faith is and forever will remain a profound mystery and mystical in nature. It can be understood and felt and even to a greater degree in 2017 rationally deduced that our faith is logical and justified. However, with respect to the facets of God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, the greater mystery remains and we continue to search our hearts and souls through prayer and faith that the Way, Truth, and Life will remain in our lives as a light to ourselves and the world. Thank you for your video. The truth is in the bible. The error is to deny His word.
There are 4 things I know with absolute certainty: that I exist, that I am conscious, that there are some experiences I like and some I don't, and that I don't know everything. I have faith that some phenomena in my consciousness represent sense data that tell me of a world outside myself. I have faith that some of the beings I perceive are conscious like myself. Life would be small, trivial and lonely without some form of faith.
His intent was clear. As Jesus taught us, to show love to our fellow man, not in the modern way by showing acceptance, but by sharing with them truth and love of putting their interest before our own.
Have you ever fallen in love? Reason is certainly involved, but there is a move beyond reason as well. Authentic faith is something like that, only the one you're falling in love with is God.
The image of the Good Shepherd in John 10 shows how Jesus the Shepherd is united to his sheepfold (the Church). "I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me."
seeking after control there. When I was a Protestant I would say to myself in self-justification, Wow, he must be a really bad guy. In reality, it was an expression of humility and realization that, this side of the Jordan, we can never give up the fight. It also amazed me that when, as a Protestant, I asked a Catholic if they were saved, assuming that I was because I had made an altar call, they would respond "I hope so". My assumption was that they should know so, but in reality their
It seems to me an awfully big leap from "I can see this person exists" to "I want to dedicate my life to loving this person with all my heart and soul."
His remarks fit well with your two clear definitions: “Belief in God without evidence” = his remarks of “faith is surrender; leap into darkness; and surrender on the far side of reason; leap into darkness beyond the place illumined by philosophy, science, and reason”. “Faith as trust” = his remarks of “trusting confidence in God who can’t be controlled by reason”.
"But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years and a thousand years like one day. 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." II Peter 3: 8, 9.
"He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there shall be no more death or mourning, wailing or pain, [for] the old order has passed away.” Rev. 21:4. Jesus said that the "new heavens and the new earth" are the definitive realization of the kingdom of God. We still see death, mourning, wailing and pain in this life, now. Our present reality can't be it. In addition, as I stated before, we don't see Him "face to face" I Cor. 13:12; we are not currently like Him I Jn 3:2; and our bodies
I'm sure Father Barron is more than aware of what our relationship with our Lord is supposed to be. That goes without saying. But it is our love of neighbor that is the issue. Love in its true context in is not only courtesy and emotion. Jesus asked Peter in John 21 "Do you love me?" three times and Peter replies "Yes, you know I love you". Jesus then responds to Peter to make sure he tends His sheep (lead the lambs of His new and eternal covenant in His pasture). That is real love, friends.
And on hope....hope is a very simple word to understand. "A sense that things will improve". Your push for a different meaning will just lead to more equivocation problems. From my experience with religion this is perhaps what you want.
Only according to Mike Gantt, and according to him, everyone has just as much authority as anyone else in their atomistic, individual, personal Bible reading and interpretation.
The so-called ontological argument is not a deduction from intra-mental premises to an extra-mental conclusion--as both its critics and advocates often say. Rather, it is witnessing to an experience of the properly unconditioned, which, by definition, transcends both the objective and the subjective. Look at my treatment of it in my book The Priority of Christ.
From Pope B16: “Faith implies, therefore, knowing how to recognize the invisible by identifying the traces of it in the visible world. The believer can read the great book of nature and understand its language,but the Word of revelation, which stimulates faith, is necessary for man to achieve full awareness of the reality of God as Creator and Father. It is in the book of Sacred Scripture that human intelligence can find, in the light of faith, the interpretative key to understand the world.”
Jesus Christ came to make us one with Himself - to unite us to Himself. Jesus Christ came that we might become the Body of Christ, mystically united to His humanity, to be found in Him, to become divine.
Jesus did what was commissioned of Him, "Lo in the volume of the book, it is written of Me, I have come to do your will, O Lord", and to which He lovingly and willingly accomplished, "My will is to do the will of Him who sent Me". His Father's living will.
meant at St. John 17:21: "so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me". It is what St. Paul meant at Col. 1:27: "God chose to make known the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; it is Christ in you, the hope of glory."
I think it is important to distinguish between what has traditionally been recognized as the historic or traditional monotheistic religions: namely, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam on the one hand, and those religions so-called that while they have enjoyed varying degrees of popularity among certain groups of people, informed and professional theologians and apologists have questioned the veracity and authenticity either of their origins or their theology, etc. The Christian tradition (which
A great comprehension of three core virtues of christianity but apart from the "war" between faith and reason I would have liked an explanation of "faith" as virtue. As well "love" only is potrayed as a decision of will. It would have been great to also mention it as love between God and men.
Just because people say they're Christian doesn't make them Christian. You have to act like a Christian to truly be one. Like it or not, there is an unchanging truth that is morality. People don't decide what is right or wrong, God does.
I attend Mass, the heavens are opened and we, for a brief instant, participate in the Heavenly Liturgy, but then return to "Go, the Mass is ended". But we do not see "face to face" as in eternally, not yet...
Although built on Aristotle's work, we would not have such a great understanding of logic and reason if not for people like John of Salsbury and Thomas Aquinas. Faith and reason cannot be at odds because without faith we wouldn't have the understanding of reason we know today.
Love is not proud nor rude. Neither did Jesus "shake" unbelievers to turn from their sins. Rather, the Father drew them to Him. You cannot control a person's life. Let God take care of it.
If you go to the Word on Fire webpage, you can view the NBC Nightly News video on the Pope's resignation which includes a very brief interview with Fr. Barron who says that an evangelical pope is needed...with tremendous communication skills.
@ Mike Gantt (continued): iii.) You can't even be sure that the responses actually ARE Father Barron. He is a seminary professor, and the new rector of the entire seminary. His day is filled with meetings and policy and administrative decisions and then he may be meeting at the Archdiocese with the Archbishop. In addition he is shooting another video series on the New Evangelization, AND probably barely has enough time left over to make these weekly additions to the website. It is ENTIRELY
Our Risen Lord asks St. Paul, "Why persecutest thou ME?". To persecute Christ's disciples, our fellow man, IS to persecute God for He is their Creator and their Redeemer. Perhaps Father Barron's focus is on this aspect of the twofold command to Love the Lord thy God, and thy neighbor as thyself and how it can encompass both.
I hope you'll make a video on Pope Benedict XVI's resignation when you get the time. I'm honestly at a loss for words right now. I've never believed in the "Prophecy of the Popes" and so on but this is all so sudden and the fact that Petrus Romanus is next just feels ominous to me for some reason. I only recently re-embraced my faith and your videos have been an inspiration to me. I hope the Holy Father is in good health and that you too are persevering in this difficult time.
When I was 16 my I had alot of interests and the Church seemed to be in my way. Did I have poor teaches yes! But how willing was I to follow anyway, when sin was so very alluring at 16. Give it up your sin is PRIDE!
I think hope truly is the middle child! Rightly so, it falls under the shadow of love which is the greatest. But being up non-denominational (though now converting back to the Church), if ever there was talk of the theological virtues, hope rarely made the conversation.
Thank you for the reminder. I certainly didn't mean to suggest that because, humanly speaking, Jesus was taught the Faith by His mother and father, and received the sacred Scriptures from the People of God of Tanakh and thereforer fully human, that He is not also God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten not made, one in Being with the Father and therefore also fully divine.
I know but interestingly enough many people actually talk about how the contemplating of those document in agreement with scripture, they saw its great connection to the catholic church. While not all of them focused or read them many did convert. Cardinal John Newman & oxford movement Deacon Alex Jones led a Church & wanted to make his service like early church by reading early writings. He converted along with some of his church Jimmy Akin(convert) & Mike Aquilina made books on this topic
I'd more express it this way. Grace (not actually faith) is a total gift from God. Faith is man's response to that grace and therefore, in itself "somewhat human" in its origin - BUT - faith needs grace to take hold and thereafter sustenance. Therefore, the argument for the relationship between grace and faith is linear, not circular in nature. No-doubt wiser theologians than I could far better clarify. Best wishes to all...
Cullen Murphy is quite familiar with British historian Henry Kamen’s inquisitional scholarship and quotes him extensively. Murphy made it a point to seek him out in Barcelona where they strolled the city discussing his views on the Spanish Inquisition There’s no room here to relate all that Kamen told him but suffice it to say his influence is evident in Murphy’s book.
The one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church, the Eastern Orthodox and most Protestant denominations believe that there are two periods to history: The first period of history is from the creation of the cosmos until the Incarnation of Christ (and by the Incarnation of Christ I am referring to the time from the very first moment of His conception until His death, Resurrection, and Ascension into heaven). The second period of history is from the Incarnation until the end of time, which
yep but the sadest thing is to see how many denominations have risen & fallen on proclaiming a date for the coming of christ assuming that the holy spirit led them to those dates for even Jesus said no 1 knows the day or the hour Yes we should be ever ready just as the women with the lamps were ready to be taken up to the banquet and focus today on seeking God for if just so happens to be the last day then if our hearts truly want God then we would not procrastinate in our preparations for god
There is this little thing called the First Ammendment of the U. S. Constitution that says no one should make any law that "prohibits the free exercise thereof" (that is, that impedes on any Church or denomination's ability to practice their religion either privately or in the public square according to the dictates of their own religion and conscience). From the fall of the Roman empire when secular Romans were killing their children and Christians rescued them, the Church has promoted the
Friend, I take issue with fundamentalism all the time! I completely agree with you on that score. But there is much more than a critique of fundamentalism in the secularist ideology. There is a conscious and systematic shutting down of the transcendent dimension of life. That's why I oppose it. Also, in recent years, it has become particularly aggressive toward religion. Take a good look at the HHS mandate to see evidence of that aggression.
A similar question can also be posed in terms of how we love the saints -- they don't need anything from us. Hence, what *action* can we take to love them? And, if I'm not mistaken, the answer is an expression of "satisfaction" with the "target" of love, you "savor" the goodness or perfection. Just as when you work towards any goal. Upon completing it, you savor the goodness. You're satisfied. No?
It really is telling when you play these games. When it suits you, you paraphrase doctrines in your own words, but when someone else does it you claim, 'those words aren't in Scripture'. When someone quotes Scripture you accuse them of parroting the party line of the Church, but when you do it, you are telling the "truth of Jesus Christ". Communion: union in common. The New Oxford Dictionary defines communion both as 'an intimate mutual exchange at the spiritual level'. It is what Jesus
you: Reason is the principal human faculty enabling our species to learn and understand. me: faith to most people isn't merely an intellectual exercise. it is a relationship; which extends far beyond 'reason' alone. the heart is willing to go beyond what is reasonable when it 'loves.' people who truly love their spouses/children/family can attest to that.
But friend, that is decidedly not what the Bible means by the Second Coming! It means the definitive return of Jesus and the consummation of all things, and the complete reconciliation of heaven and earth. Like it or not, that has not happened. Until it does, the vehicle of the Spirit's presence to the world is precisely what Paul called the body of Jesus, the Church.
You mentioned the Spanish Inquisition. Regarding the Spanish Inquisition, Murphy writes: “The first inquisitor general in Spain , Tomas de Torquemada, a Dominican monk, embarked on a career that made his name synonymous with the Inquisition as a whole, sending some 2000 people to be burned at the stake within a matter of years”.
God is a Person. To understand faith, we do not need philosophy. We meditate the Jesus' Divine Life. "Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?”* Then he got up, rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was great calm. " - Matt. 8:26 One transcendental quality of His Personality is Immovability. Seeing Him Rule (Lord over) is millions of times better than the realization of HIs immovable (faith) aspect in His servant. All philosophical knowledge (Word) is within His Life(Flesh)
How can I love (will the good of) God who is already good? He doesn't lack anything. What can I do for a being that is already self sufficient since the greatest commandment is to Love God above all things?
Fr. Robert Barron That doesn't seem like a very good answer. The question is "what/how do I will?" While willing the good of the imperfect means working to perfect them, willing the good of the perfect doesn't leave you anything to do. It seems to will the good of God means doing God's will: we conform our will to his. So in this case our willing the good of the other has transitioned to seeking union with(eros). So our love of God is kind of like secular people love one another. As they have lost sight of objective goods, they can only "will the will of the other as other".
God certainly is already perfected, but God in turn loves us who are not perfect, and if course desires that we will be perfect with in time. So for me the answer seems to be will the good of those whom God loves, and let us call each other on in Holiness
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Bishop Barron. I am discerning right now. I have to thank you for your channel. There is just a wealth of knowledge on this channel and you are always so cheerful when speaking. God is great. Your speaking skills are too! Have a blessed life and keep the faith as colorful as you present it.
Faith is a trusting confidence in God. Hope is the conviction that God is the sovereign Lord. Love is wanting the good of the other and doing something concrete about it.
It's a good question. The answer is that there are two fundamental moves of the will. The first is to desire an absent good,and the second is to rest in a present good. When we want the absent good of our neighbor, we are said to love that person, and when we rest in the present good of God, we are said to love him.
Bishop Robert Barron : Thank You, Your Excellency ! 😍
The life of a Christian is nothing but a perpetual struggle against self; there is no flowering of the soul to the beauty of its perfection except at the price of pain." 😇 Padre Pio 🙏🏻4us
Interesting analogy. I like the healing part best. So these people need Love. So we will pray for them even though it seems remote. I will listen to Father's lecture here again and now that I am not so distracted maybe I can learn something about Love and healing. I know Love heals everything!
Faith = in the true church, hope = of Heaven, love = love God and love your neighbor
All you need to do is love your neighbour - you don't need god or church to do that.
I do so enjoy listening and watching Fr Barron
It's nice to hear that you are the type of Catholic who values all of the members of your church, even those that you perhaps disagree with, or those that may take issue with certain teachings of the Catholic church. That's not a sentiment you hear from some of the most prominent Catholic voices where "conform or get out" seems to be the motto.
These virtues were the highlight of my youngest childhood memories of education
Lively & True Faith
Certain & Goodly Hope
Perfect & Rightful Love
Indeed, it is in the loving of the other for the sake of the other that one truly experiences the sublime and divine paradox. It is in willing the good of the other and then doing something about it as Fr. Barron puts it that one offers their personal "fiat" to God. For in the sacrifice of self one truly is offorded the opportunity of knowing that what one does for the least of our brothers we do for Jesus! Love is action!
I really like the notion of love as an act of the will. This give hope that this most used, abused and tired word of our times can be reconquered and thus get its true meaning back; the essence of life
It is so good to hear the discussion of these terms from a Catholic Priest. I agree with his closing statement that we need to "put some teeth back into these theological virtues"! Well said! If only I could get our local diocese and parishes to adopt such thinking, they unfortunately have for to long marched down the progressive road of nice and accepting. I am but one lone voice in the woods, but silenced I will not be. Thank you as always for a thought provoking video. God Bless.
What matters is to be united to Him in Communion, to become one in Christ.
The word "soon" is a mystery that we trust God will explain to us. Meanwhile, we rejoice in the spiritual depth of the Word of God.
I love that you spoke about Dennet. This is excellent. Very true about the faith of science.
This never ceases to amaze me. When I was a Protestant I would have said something similar to this: This is the ideal, I seek to live up to it, I have made progress. This kind of self judging and self reassurance. Catholic, however, in deference to the evangelical counsels, particularly humility, say "No, absolutely not, every thought of my heart, every word, every deed seem tainted by some selfish preoccupation here, some justification there, some grasping after recognition here, some
Praise God! Welcome back! The Peace of Christ Be With You!
The message of this video is of such importance - you could even go as far as to say vital. The millions of people locked into the narrow and dark mind set that faith in God is to be relegated to the dark ages as a primitive and ignorant view-point need to understand what Fr Barron is explaining here. I have an up most respect for atheists who use their brains, but they need to engage with and study real, intelligent and authentic Christian teaching to make an informed decision. God Bless WOF.
Thanks Father Barron, I really like the way that you talk, I can understand you, because you go to the root of the situations, make good examples with different people, and also I love the videos and CDs that you are talking.
Love is willing the good of the other, and do something about it...let us love the other as our self.
Inspirational as always. I've learned so much by your youtube clips Fr. and multitude of keynote address's you've given. I appreciate the time your putting in. Now I'm trying to gather the rest of us sheep to follow; I'll try to lead with the beautiful.
6:43 - "Hope isn't naive, just as faith isn't naive. It's a trust in the ultimate sovreignty of God...Ultimately God is in charge in His creation, and in that I put my confidence." Need to hear this; need to sustain my faith. Faith needs to be fed. "Lord, I believe; help my unbelief." (Mark 9:24)
amazing wisdom
I absolutely agree that we conform ourselves to the Church and its teachings in the same way that a soccer player plays by all of the soccer rules if he is on a soccer team.
What I meant by "controversial homily" was that the pastor and the deacon got the ugliest emails from parishioners on both sides of the issue that left them dazed by people's hatefulness toward others.
Thank you, Father. Very enlightening.
It can be illumined by many fields of science and philosophy but Your Grace Bishop Barron have possibly forgotten a tenet of the faith. The Franciscan Monk and I agreed in Jerusalem the following: faith is and forever will remain a profound mystery and mystical in nature. It can be understood and felt and even to a greater degree in 2017 rationally deduced that our faith is logical and justified. However, with respect to the facets of God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, the greater mystery remains and we continue to search our hearts and souls through prayer and faith that the Way, Truth, and Life will remain in our lives as a light to ourselves and the world. Thank you for your video. The truth is in the bible. The error is to deny His word.
You are a goofball
bravo!!!, so enlightening and the flock of god guided by dogs
I am very touched! Thank you very much
Mike, how can I possibly love Christ and "forsake" his mystical body?!
I guess it's the abuse of mans fascination in human creations
There are 4 things I know with absolute certainty: that I exist, that I am conscious, that there are some experiences I like and some I don't, and that I don't know everything. I have faith that some phenomena in my consciousness represent sense data that tell me of a world outside myself. I have faith that some of the beings I perceive are conscious like myself. Life would be small, trivial and lonely without some form of faith.
Great work there!
His intent was clear. As Jesus taught us, to show love to our fellow man, not in the modern way by showing acceptance, but by sharing with them truth and love of putting their interest before our own.
It's great indeed.
Have you ever fallen in love? Reason is certainly involved, but there is a move beyond reason as well. Authentic faith is something like that, only the one you're falling in love with is God.
Love of neighbor and love of God are rather inseparable. If you love God, you must love your neighbor. If you love your neighbor, you must love God.
The image of the Good Shepherd in John 10 shows how Jesus the Shepherd is united to his sheepfold (the Church). "I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me."
seeking after control there. When I was a Protestant I would say to myself in self-justification, Wow, he must be a really bad guy. In reality, it was an expression of humility and realization that, this side of the Jordan, we can never give up the fight. It also amazed me that when, as a Protestant, I asked a Catholic if they were saved, assuming that I was because I had made an altar call, they would respond "I hope so". My assumption was that they should know so, but in reality their
I just watched this one- Great timing! Thank you!
It seems to me an awfully big leap from "I can see this person exists" to "I want to dedicate my life to loving this person with all my heart and soul."
His remarks fit well with your two clear definitions:
“Belief in God without evidence” = his remarks of “faith is surrender; leap into darkness; and surrender on the far side of reason; leap into darkness beyond the place illumined by philosophy, science, and reason”.
“Faith as trust” = his remarks of “trusting confidence in God who can’t be controlled by reason”.
Oh Lord,
Please bring bloggers in our midst who can comment on this "Faith, Hope, and Love" video topic.
Amen
This changes what "love thy neighbor" means. Our neighbor may not always like what you say or do...
"But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years and a thousand years like one day. 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." II Peter 3: 8, 9.
Welcome to the Church, Nate!
"He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there shall be no more death or mourning, wailing or pain, [for] the old order has passed away.” Rev. 21:4. Jesus said that the "new heavens and the new earth" are the definitive realization of the kingdom of God. We still see death, mourning, wailing and pain in this life, now. Our present reality can't be it. In addition, as I stated before, we don't see Him "face to face" I Cor. 13:12; we are not currently like Him I Jn 3:2; and our bodies
I am saying what Jesus said. To be united to Him, you must be united to His mystical body, the Church.
Thank you that was very insightful
I'm sure Father Barron is more than aware of what our relationship with our Lord is supposed to be. That goes without saying. But it is our love of neighbor that is the issue. Love in its true context in is not only courtesy and emotion. Jesus asked Peter in John 21 "Do you love me?" three times and Peter replies "Yes, you know I love you". Jesus then responds to Peter to make sure he tends His sheep (lead the lambs of His new and eternal covenant in His pasture). That is real love, friends.
Love one another as i have loved you!! Thats it
He did say "Do this in memory of Me." I don't think He is asking but telling us. The new testament supports this deeply as well as the church fathers.
Praise God!
The greatest hope we have for the economic mess is the Second Coming of our Lord.
And on hope....hope is a very simple word to understand. "A sense that things will improve".
Your push for a different meaning will just lead to more equivocation problems. From my experience with religion this is perhaps what you want.
Only according to Mike Gantt, and according to him, everyone has just as much authority as anyone else in their atomistic, individual, personal Bible reading and interpretation.
I take advice from St. Paul:
"..but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery" I Corinth 2:7
The so-called ontological argument is not a deduction from intra-mental premises to an extra-mental conclusion--as both its critics and advocates often say. Rather, it is witnessing to an experience of the properly unconditioned, which, by definition, transcends both the objective and the subjective. Look at my treatment of it in my book The Priority of Christ.
From Pope B16:
“Faith implies, therefore, knowing how to recognize the invisible by identifying the traces of it in the visible world. The believer can read the great book of nature and understand its language,but the Word of revelation, which stimulates faith, is necessary for man to achieve full awareness of the reality of God as Creator and Father. It is in the book of Sacred Scripture that human intelligence can find, in the light of faith, the interpretative key to understand the world.”
so faith isn't really just a deep religious thing, but a practical everyday life thing as well.
Yes indeed, the church will fade away when Christ comes again. Last time I checked, friend, that hasn't happened yet!
Jesus Christ came to make us one with Himself - to unite us to Himself. Jesus Christ came that we might become the Body of Christ, mystically united to His humanity, to be found in Him, to become divine.
Jesus did what was commissioned of Him, "Lo in the volume of the book, it is written of Me, I have come to do your will, O Lord", and to which He lovingly and willingly accomplished, "My will is to do the will of Him who sent Me". His Father's living will.
meant at St. John 17:21: "so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me". It is what St. Paul meant at Col. 1:27: "God chose to make known the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; it is Christ in you, the hope of glory."
Most religious people imagine that the Almighty's opinions coincide largely with their own.
Happy trails to you Mike.
I think it is important to distinguish between what has traditionally been recognized as the historic or traditional monotheistic religions: namely, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam on the one hand, and those religions so-called that while they have enjoyed varying degrees of popularity among certain groups of people, informed and professional theologians and apologists have questioned the veracity and authenticity either of their origins or their theology, etc. The Christian tradition (which
Never forget, JESUS IS GOD!
A great comprehension of three core virtues of christianity but apart from the "war" between faith and reason I would have liked an explanation of "faith" as virtue. As well "love" only is potrayed as a decision of will. It would have been great to also mention it as love between God and men.
Just because people say they're Christian doesn't make them Christian. You have to act like a Christian to truly be one. Like it or not, there is an unchanging truth that is morality. People don't decide what is right or wrong, God does.
I attend Mass, the heavens are opened and we, for a brief instant, participate in the Heavenly Liturgy, but then return to "Go, the Mass is ended". But we do not see "face to face" as in eternally, not yet...
Although built on Aristotle's work, we would not have such a great understanding of logic and reason if not for people like John of Salsbury and Thomas Aquinas. Faith and reason cannot be at odds because without faith we wouldn't have the understanding of reason we know today.
Love is not proud nor rude. Neither did Jesus "shake" unbelievers to turn from their sins. Rather, the Father drew them to Him. You cannot control a person's life. Let God take care of it.
What about the story in the Gospels where he whips the money changers with a whip he mad himself?
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If you go to the Word on Fire webpage, you can view the NBC Nightly News video on the Pope's resignation which includes a very brief interview with Fr. Barron who says that an evangelical pope is needed...with tremendous communication skills.
Would you agree with this? That Jesus Christ is fully man and fully God in one person?
@ Mike Gantt (continued):
iii.) You can't even be sure that the responses actually ARE Father Barron. He is a seminary professor, and the new rector of the entire seminary. His day is filled with meetings and policy and administrative decisions and then he may be meeting at the Archdiocese with the Archbishop. In addition he is shooting another video series on the New Evangelization, AND probably barely has enough time left over to make these weekly additions to the website. It is ENTIRELY
Our Risen Lord asks St. Paul, "Why persecutest thou ME?". To persecute Christ's disciples, our fellow man, IS to persecute God for He is their Creator and their Redeemer. Perhaps Father Barron's focus is on this aspect of the twofold command to Love the Lord thy God, and thy neighbor as thyself and how it can encompass both.
Again. Jesus needs them in the church. Where else will they have a chance to have a conversion of heart?
I hope you'll make a video on Pope Benedict XVI's resignation when you get the time. I'm honestly at a loss for words right now. I've never believed in the "Prophecy of the Popes" and so on but this is all so sudden and the fact that Petrus Romanus is next just feels ominous to me for some reason. I only recently re-embraced my faith and your videos have been an inspiration to me. I hope the Holy Father is in good health and that you too are persevering in this difficult time.
When I was 16 my I had alot of interests and the Church seemed to be in my way. Did I have poor teaches yes! But how willing was I to follow anyway, when sin was so very alluring at 16. Give it up your sin is PRIDE!
I think hope truly is the middle child! Rightly so, it falls under the shadow of love which is the greatest. But being up non-denominational (though now converting back to the Church), if ever there was talk of the theological virtues, hope rarely made the conversation.
Thank you for the reminder. I certainly didn't mean to suggest that because, humanly speaking, Jesus was taught the Faith by His mother and father, and received the sacred Scriptures from the People of God of Tanakh and thereforer fully human, that He is not also God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten not made, one in Being with the Father and therefore also fully divine.
The Beatles got it right - Love is all you need.
I know but interestingly enough many people actually talk about how the contemplating of those document in agreement with scripture, they saw its great connection to the catholic church. While not all of them focused or read them many did convert.
Cardinal John Newman & oxford movement
Deacon Alex Jones led a Church & wanted to make his service like early church by reading early writings. He converted along with some of his church
Jimmy Akin(convert) & Mike Aquilina made books on this topic
how can we have hope in god even when things iife get rough and difficult?
I'd more express it this way. Grace (not actually faith) is a total gift from God. Faith is man's response to that grace and therefore, in itself "somewhat human" in its origin - BUT - faith needs grace to take hold and thereafter sustenance. Therefore, the argument for the relationship between grace and faith is linear, not circular in nature. No-doubt wiser theologians than I could far better clarify. Best wishes to all...
Cullen Murphy is quite familiar with British historian Henry Kamen’s inquisitional scholarship and quotes him extensively. Murphy made it a point to seek him out in Barcelona where they strolled the city discussing his views on the Spanish Inquisition There’s no room here to relate all that Kamen told him but suffice it to say his influence is evident in Murphy’s book.
The one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church, the Eastern Orthodox and most Protestant denominations believe that there are two periods to history: The first period of history is from the creation of the cosmos until the Incarnation of Christ (and by the Incarnation of Christ I am referring to the time from the very first moment of His conception until His death, Resurrection, and Ascension into heaven). The second period of history is from the Incarnation until the end of time, which
Sounds like a Flannery O'Connor novel to me!!
yep but the sadest thing is to see how many denominations have risen & fallen on proclaiming a date for the coming of christ assuming that the holy spirit led them to those dates for even Jesus said no 1 knows the day or the hour
Yes we should be ever ready just as the women with the lamps were ready to be taken up to the banquet and focus today on seeking God for if just so happens to be the last day then if our hearts truly want God then we would not procrastinate in our preparations for god
Rightly construed, the ontological argument is valid. But it mustn't be read in the manner of Kant or Descartes.
There is this little thing called the First Ammendment of the U. S. Constitution that says no one should make any law that "prohibits the free exercise thereof" (that is, that impedes on any Church or denomination's ability to practice their religion either privately or in the public square according to the dictates of their own religion and conscience). From the fall of the Roman empire when secular Romans were killing their children and Christians rescued them, the Church has promoted the
Friend, I take issue with fundamentalism all the time! I completely agree with you on that score. But there is much more than a critique of fundamentalism in the secularist ideology. There is a conscious and systematic shutting down of the transcendent dimension of life. That's why I oppose it. Also, in recent years, it has become particularly aggressive toward religion. Take a good look at the HHS mandate to see evidence of that aggression.
A similar question can also be posed in terms of how we love the saints -- they don't need anything from us. Hence, what *action* can we take to love them? And, if I'm not mistaken, the answer is an expression of "satisfaction" with the "target" of love, you "savor" the goodness or perfection. Just as when you work towards any goal. Upon completing it, you savor the goodness. You're satisfied. No?
It was really uplifting to read this. Can you pray for my friend's mom? She was diagnosed with cancer and is expected to only have a few weeks left.
I will pray for her
The Theological Virtues : Faith, Charity, and Hope by Fra Filippo Lippi
It really is telling when you play these games. When it suits you, you paraphrase doctrines in your own words, but when someone else does it you claim, 'those words aren't in Scripture'. When someone quotes Scripture you accuse them of parroting the party line of the Church, but when you do it, you are telling the "truth of Jesus Christ". Communion: union in common. The New Oxford Dictionary defines communion both as 'an intimate mutual exchange at the spiritual level'. It is what Jesus
you: Reason is the principal human faculty enabling our species to learn and understand.
me: faith to most people isn't merely an intellectual exercise. it is a relationship; which extends far beyond 'reason' alone. the heart is willing to go beyond what is reasonable when it 'loves.' people who truly love their spouses/children/family can attest to that.
But friend, that is decidedly not what the Bible means by the Second Coming! It means the definitive return of Jesus and the consummation of all things, and the complete reconciliation of heaven and earth. Like it or not, that has not happened. Until it does, the vehicle of the Spirit's presence to the world is precisely what Paul called the body of Jesus, the Church.
You mentioned the Spanish Inquisition. Regarding the Spanish Inquisition, Murphy writes: “The first inquisitor general in Spain , Tomas de Torquemada, a Dominican monk, embarked on a career that made his name synonymous with the Inquisition as a whole, sending some 2000 people to be burned at the stake within a matter of years”.
God is a Person. To understand faith, we do not need philosophy. We meditate the Jesus' Divine Life. "Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?”* Then he got up, rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was great calm. " - Matt. 8:26
One transcendental quality of His Personality is Immovability. Seeing Him Rule (Lord over) is millions of times better than the realization of HIs immovable (faith) aspect in His servant.
All philosophical knowledge (Word) is within His Life(Flesh)
How can I love (will the good of) God who is already good? He doesn't lack anything. What can I do for a being that is already self sufficient since the greatest commandment is to Love God above all things?
You savor it.
Fr. Robert Barron That doesn't seem like a very good answer. The question is "what/how do I will?" While willing the good of the imperfect means working to perfect them, willing the good of the perfect doesn't leave you anything to do. It seems to will the good of God means doing God's will: we conform our will to his. So in this case our willing the good of the other has transitioned to seeking union with(eros).
So our love of God is kind of like secular people love one another. As they have lost sight of objective goods, they can only "will the will of the other as other".
God certainly is already perfected, but God in turn loves us who are not perfect, and if course desires that we will be perfect with in time. So for me the answer seems to be will the good of those whom God loves, and let us call each other on in Holiness
+Amy Schafer Secular people do not understand the full meaning of love sometimes i feel.
+A.J If you love God you would strive to love everyone. easy to say tough to do sometime lol.