How to Live a Meaningful Life
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- Friends, I had the great good fortune of sitting down for a conversation with Jordan Peterson, Jonathan Pageau, and John Vervaeke about the crisis of meaning, especially among young people. As a society, we're losing a sense of and orientation toward objective value. We need great Catholic scholars who reverence and know this wisdom tradition and who can teach it effectively, drawing young people back into a sense of a meaningful life.
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Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think upon these things. -ST. PAUL (Philippians 4:8)
Amen. 😀
Amen!
How do you intrepret this verse?
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It's a perfect elaboration of the "True, Good, and Beautiful;" narrated by St.Paul in his letter to the Philippians. Letters (referred to as also Epistles of St. Paul) of St.Paul is in the New Testament section of Bible.
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Sta blessed as always☆
I just found out about Bishop Barron today, and I can't stop watching his talks. I so appreciate the depth and accessibility of his videos. They really engage the part of me that wants to become a better person and know God better.
Go all the way back to his older videos from 6-12 years ago. Those helped me a lot with the fundamentals.
Bishop's point about "scientism" is right now, except that I work in the Biological Sciences department at a university, and the scary thing is, many or most of the atheist and agnostic people who have traditionally subscribed to scientism are now accepting the social philosophy of CRT (and inter-sectionality) without asking for evidence, research or proof via the scientific method. I'm not sure how to wrap my head around that yet. Thank God I have Bishop Barron's videos to come to after my many conversations here to learn how to navigate some of these waters.
Now that is frightening. If CRT is creeping into actual Sciences such as Biology, I am astonished!
What tools and experiments can you use to study such a concept via the scientific method.
If it were just in the social sciences, I could understand that. But Biology? Something is really wrong here.
Have you pointed out the Ironi in that?
@Matthew Arenson Only privately in dare I safe, a "safe" conversation with a former chair, the person who hired me, who I asked to be able to discuss these things with. More importantly, it is really fascinating if not scary, as if a part of the brain shuts off and is overridden by political ideology. When I mention that these philosophies really only exist within the echo-chamber of higher education, the reply is "no, it is in industry too", as if that makes it OK, and when I say that half or more of our society disagrees with these ideas, I just get a blank stare, as if she doesn't know what i am talking about. That is my frustration, not just the philosophy itself, but what seems to be a naive or arrogance surrounding it.
Ultimately it seems CRT, etc reduces all action and thinking merely to subjective politics, and requires a demeaning and dehumanizing of any "heretics" who dare raise a question.
What tou mean by CRT ( reader from outside )
My goodness… how do you not get burnt out dear Bishop Barron? Such a huge task to bring people back their faith. But I do believe you are such a gift to the Catholic Church. YOU are a huge part of the solution to draw people, particularly young people, back to their faith. And I believe and continue to witness that what you are doing with these TH-cam videos and with Word on Fire is absolutely working! People are listening. The audience is growing. God Bless you!
I am glad I left.
@@jamesparson Why? I would really like to know why you are glad that you left.
@@pjsmith4369 When I was pre-teen, I passed a half a dozen or so churches along the way. I wonder why the church I went to was right and the ones they went were wrong. Does God really send people to hell if they praise him the wrong way.
Then I realized that Churches are just a cultural practice. And any God that small wasn't worth worshipping. Later I found out only 50% of Christians even bother going to church.
There was just nothing to be afraid of.
@@jamesparson i think the important part is to analize the effect of sin in your life and see if what jesus taught is true, hope you wisdom
@@jamesparson At what age did you decide that Churches are simply “ cultural practices “?
And why did the fact that only 50% of Christians bother going to Church left you feeling that there was nothing to be afraid of?
I am truly wondering how you came to these conclusions, that affected you so dramatically? Just your own thinking and ideas or some outward things that changed your mind?
You were contemplating ideas about God as a very young person.
I was also puzzled by why none of my friends were going to be able to go to Heaven with me, because they were in the wrong faith.
But I am much older now and have come to understand the love God has for every soul - no matter what they believe or do not believe.
This is my view of God. His love and mercy is so great, it is simply beyond expression to us. There are no words in any language we have that could describe His love.
“ His mercy is without measure and His love for mankind is beyond expression “ ( Divine Liturgy )
All my beloved figures coming together! I can't wait to hear this conversation, if it was recorded and will be posted.
Jordan Peterson lead me to Bishop Barron. Now I’m a converted Catholic raising my children in the Church.
Yes, me as well! 🇻🇦📿🍷
Ditto
Yes we need more Saints! Every one of us - all Christians should order our lives to become Saints.
Our hypersexed culture and hyoersexed materialistic economy bombards us every day that to be hedonistic is the norm. We need to figure out how to live and show by example something vastly different.
I could go in for an hour on this but no time right now.
We are so blessed by Bishop Barron in proclaiming Catholic Truths in such a beautiful and True way. And we are also blessed by his association with Jordan Peterson (future St. Peterson after his full conversion!)
What is the meaning of life? Essentially to live a good life. How? By living in Communion with God and God’s creation. How? Love. How do we show love? Worship, proclamation, and service. How? Using our own gifts talents and abilities in service to others. To do that, we need the real and universal goods, as well. I teach this to my intro theology courses in 8 weeks. This video was a great way to summarize these ideas in 10 minutes. Thank you, Bishop! 😃
Awesome summary.
Do you also include that love requires obedience, suffering, self denial, etc? I think that is the watered down Christian message of today - that love just means “be nice and serve at a soup kitchen every once in a while”.
Where do you teach this?
Patrick Steil Thank You! I teach that love is willing the good of the other because of who that person is (a beloved other). We do not love because someone is nice to us, Aristotle suggests that is selfish. I suggest that, although charity is crucial, our whole lives are to be a life of service. Walsh University in North Canton. 😃
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“Because of the culture of self-invention…we’re losing a sense of meaning.”
Amen
The great crisis of meaning should move all of us to try and do our part to bring the good, the true, and the beautiful back into our society and world. To rediscover, to share, to love humbly and joyfully.
Thank you, Bishop Barron .🌱
I would pay $100 to watch that conversation! All thinkers I very much appreciate. So cool to know you guys are conversing and collaborating.
Wait, convo happened and it wasn't recorded?
@@antonkokic People who have conversations on youtube often decide either before or after not to record it, as it allows them to have a different kind of conversation that they couldn't have had publicly. It's possible it is recorded and not posted, or isn't and perhaps there will be another time for that.
It will be posted ... I'm sure they are just doing some basic audio and post-editing. This should really good.
Don't worry friends, I'm sure the conversation will be posted. John Vervaeke and Jordan Peterson, for instance, post their extended discussions regularly, so I'm sure this will be posted also.
Hammered that one Fr. It's near impossible to listen to Peterson or yourself for that matter, without being compelled to think outside the box. And about the sciences: Fr Anyos Jedlik predated Nikola Tesla and is the source from which Tesla drew much of his knowledge. Men of faith have many times been on the cutting edge of new technologies.
Fr. Georges Lemaître, originator of the Big Bang Theory
@@josephtravers777 And so many people do not know about Georges Lemaitre. He was a contemporary of Einstein.
Interesting that despite his incredible discovery, no one seems to know about him or to have even heard his name. Odd.
TO LIVE IN MEANINGFUL LIFE IS TO KNOW GOD ,NOT ONLY IN PRAYER BUT WT SERVICE LIVE IN HUMBLE WAY,SHARE, KNOW YOUR NIEGHBOR,HAPPY PEOPLE RECIEVE MANY GRACES & CONTENTED IN LIFE. . .
God is saying to You today. You have held on during the toughest of times. I gave You the strength to endure and at times You didn't even know it was Me. When things changed for You, many people left You and wrote You off. But not only did You make it through the storm, You grew in the storm. I am now going to bless You for Your faithfulness. I’m about to bless You like You never dreamed possible.
This subject is so true for everybody to. I'm a 70 yeat old grandmother and even I am having difficulty holding true to my values in this world of today. Especially in interactions with my children and grandchildren. Thank you Bishop Barron for once again a thought provoking talk.
Praise the Lord Jesus Christ 🙏 Mother Mary Pray For Us 🙏Abba Father Bless us and we Adore You 🙏Holy Spirit Guide us and direct our paths 🙏
St Thérèse of the Child Jesus, pray for us! 😀
It's a tragedy that as more and more young people have embraced the ideology that good is merely subjective and the truth is "whatever I make it", suicide rates have increased 24% from 1999 and 2014. And according to the National Institute of Mental Health, suicide is now the leading cause of death in the United States. In embracing a Me-ism philosophy, people have found that there is no longer any meaning for their lives. It is only when we embrace the God who is the source of love and all good, that our meaning, a life centered on Him who loves us even more than we do, becomes clear. Thank you, Bishop Barron, for another wonderful video. My hopes and prayers are that those in need of the message will hear it. Pax and blessings!
You’re nailing it , right to my heart and soul. Bless you Bishop, Fr. Dr. I would love to meet you one day, I only need to see you and talk to you for the rest of my life. Thank you, and may God bless you.
Thank you, Bishop Barron... We appreciate your dedication to God and his people. Yes, scholars to reveal the truth, saints to live the good, artists to express the beautiful. God bless you.
We need beauty..... Everywhere! God bless you Bishop Barron and your ministry. 🙏
Excellent teaching from a credible teacher Bishop Baron
Thank you, Bishop Barron for this wonderful message 🙏✝️
Wonderful talk. What the Catholic tradition needs is more Catholic saints. I personally have not met a living Cathoic Saint. Perhaps you have. Some would say that Sainthood I'd only bestowed after death. I think though that I really have met a living Saint Her Holiness Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi from Kerala India. She has changed my life and millions of others through her goodness.
God bless you, your excellency. I am forever grateful for the part you played in my conversion and that you play to this very day.
A man wills good and a good is nested on a higher good and so on. Got into reflection mode again on the thing that matters the most while alive --- a meaningful life. Thanks as always, Bp. Barron...from the Phils.
For all Catholics reading this, we need to strive to become Saints.
I learned somewhere that we must not simply become a channel of grace (a channel can mean doing good works but we don’t live up to the Ten Commandments in our private life), but rather a reservoir of grace (reservoir means we take all our strength and grace from God and living it out into the world and become great examples to everyone).
Bishop, you are like the Red bull drink: You give me wings.
All your comments gives me that beauty, knowledge, and desire to look for that Máximum Bonus. Thank you
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A young theologian here, bishop Barron. Thank you for this thought-provoking message. I'd like to be part of this work being a theologian myself and an educator of young minds. What specific research question/s would you suggest us to focus on in preparing to engage in this ministry? I'm particularly interested in the second challenge you mentioned, i.e. hermeneutic of power play.
meaning, purpose, order, and direction
Muchas gracias
Thank you for your videos.
Truth is important
So much more powerful when scholars from different subjects (theology, psychology, ...) come to the same conclusion! Meaning is real!
Bishop Barron, you are the man!
👍🏼 very good points Bishop Barron
Thank you very much Dr bishop for your thought provoking insights
When you live life trying to get to Heaven based on the dogmas and doctrines of the Catholic Church, your life has huge meaning. When we say everyone goes to Heaven, contra Catholic teaching, we completely lose our compass and incentive, thus we lose meaning.
I love the fact that Bishop Barron does not talk down to College Graduates ... most are probably scrambling for a dictionary or Google many of the esoteric philosophical and scientific truths that he profusely articulates.
Love you, Bishop!
@7:42 “this is good and you ought to do it…this is true and you ought to know it… this is beautiful and you ought to seek it” the purpose of those saints you mentioned the needed “mentors and wisdom figures” is to point to them and highlight some good they are doing so that others may emulate that behavior…how is this not fall into “just a power grab”?
While specific theories may vary, there are always two common aspects to answering that question: some sort of global schema to understand one's own life and the belief that life itself is meaningful. Being a christian, yes, and I like to suggest also reading Michel de Montaigne instead of Michel Foucault. "Savoir jouir loyalement de son être" would be Montaigne's own answer to the question, I think. Stephan Zweig commented that like many good things in life, we discover Montaigne late. Better late than never. Oh yes, how many of us live our lives as we mean to live it, as opposed to simply living?
"The values that man seeks constitutes his reality or his truth. And the values for which the supreme person or God stands as a symbol constitutes man's own essential being and truth." *- Rabindranath Tagore*
Amazing body of knowledge, great preaching. Thanks for the advice.
Thank you Bishop Barron Word On Fire for the Catholicism Films 🙏💜🕊
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Ave Maria
The Catholic Church is drowning in great theologians. And the Bishops aren’t listening to them. And, I financially support the Word on Fire ministry. I cast a big net to find Jesus and truth.
Bishop Barron, this "Crisis of Meaning" sermon is spot on. In the early 80's I heard Mother Angelica speak in person on this topic. I'm a 55+ old woman and I still recall and reflect on her wisdom during dark times. She loudly proclaimed with her feisty spirit and pointed finger to hundreds of young people "you do NOT have an identity crisis! You have Purpose as a child of the Living God. Seek, Study, and Live your FAITH!" My life has not been without failures, suffering, or doubts, but it was forever changed that day in Steubenville Ohio. I am blessed to say my life has been meaningful, purposeful "In Christ" and I continue to be strengthened by Communion and the Catholic faith. Young people do need to hear from more great Catholic mentors and saints! Bless you Bishop...
These are my favorite types of videos! please come back to do these more and more commentary on popular culture
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I’ve been a lapsed Catholic since I was 13. That’s when my parents converted to Jehovah Witnesses. They tried to convert me and I just turned away from all religions. Now at 64 I find myself thinking of going to mass. Not sure where this impulse is coming from. I consider myself a atheist. But I feel a void in my life.
Thank you for this great inspirational message and all of you know that God loves you and will always be by your side no matter what and have a blessed day Amen 🙏
I am convinced that Bishop Barron is an essential part of the solutions he speaks about. I have the utmost respect for him and his efforts for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I really appreciate him and Word on Fire ministries. Thank you 🙏
I have become your fan.
is there footage of this convo? I'd love to watch it
Thank you, Bishop. Can't wait to see the conversation between you and the Three J's. How wonderful this combination of you four will be!
Can anyone point me to the Peterson conversation he references?
I second this!
This is like the avengers of thought leaders.
Too many cameras…love your stuff…JMJ
The meaning of life... so important as our lives are so short! I like your comment Bishop about Pierre Theillard de Chardin... "it makes you get out of bed in the morning!". We humans, certainly love measuring and we should but... how about also going beyond... it is called... beauty... (the not measurable) which has no end. Thanks Bishop Barron for your words... on fire!
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Who love to know where to find that conversation with Petersen etc.
Thank you your Excellency.. 😇👍👍
Thank you Bishop for your work continue to proclaim Christ to the scholars along with the laymen!
Just from last Sunday Bishop had gotten another 2k followers. Let’s get to the 500k Mark people!!!
Amen. 😀
I hope most of the followers become Catholic, that is more important
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Hope and trust☆
@@kelechukwuanozyk7605 amen.
Thank You!!!🙏🏾🙋🏾♀️
Bishop Barron and other brilliant Catholic educators have pointed out many times, the desires of this world are always temporary, they never satisfy us, as soon as we achieve what we thought earlier as our "life goals", sooner or later we will lose the joy and the excitement of those achievements and we are left wanting again for new desires and dreams to make us happy; and more often than not we fail to achieve our goals and dreams of this world, or fall short. Long story short, the desire for the ultimate meaning of life is to be with the very Creator and Author of life, of happiness, God; who is above science, who transcends our sense organs, who is Eternal Life in everlasting joy.
Everyone naturally doubts what they don't fully understand yet, sometimes the truths may appear ridiculous and unconvincing at first. 'Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”' (John 1: 46)
John- thank you for this today 😊
I want to know where that conversation between Barron, Peterson, Pageau, and Vervaeke is!! Has it been released yet? I am an avid follower of all 4 of you.
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I'm currently reading your book "Seeds of the Word: Finding God in the Culture". I'm questioning whether objective value is what you present in this book. That is, the biblical truths threaded into the movies and books that are discussed. I'm guilty of much subjectivity and it can drive one up the wall after a length of time.
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Truly inspiring.
What role does infused virtues play as opposed to habitual virtues as described by the pagan Plato and Aristotle?
As always, highly informative presentation! Is there any chance we will be able to watch the full zoom session between you and the other three speakers?
Yes, soon.
is the discussion you mention at the beginning available online?
As an artist I would like it if Bishop Barron could expand on the idea of the objective Catholic aesthetic values as a means to search for higher meaning. I’d like to make art that is meaningful, but I’m not sure what that means exactly other than saying it aligns with my own aesthetic tastes. I’ve looked into this question before by listening and reading Roger Scruton, but I guess I am so steeped in the Post-Modern ideas of art, through a kinda cultural osmosis, that I have a hard time in saying, “this thing is objectively beautiful.” With that said, I do think there is especially a sense of beauty, for example in art nouveau architecture or especially as seen in the human form as depicted in the Western Artistic tradition. Yet, again, I can only say that it is my own taste.
Have you seen his video on "Modernity and Morality"?
I’m no artist but maybe find inspiration by visiting beautiful Catholic Cathedrals. Also be inspired by the Catholic genius musicians like Bach and others (I think I heard he was Catholic).
And then also order your life toward being a saint and he will direct you! :)
Preston, I have the same issue with my art. I’ve been all over the place watching other artist’s videos instead of just quietly listening to and being lead by the Holy Spirit in my art. Post modern art is steeped in subjective abstract expressionism, and what some artists create from that I wonder where their sense of beauty and meaning came from at all. When I look at the art shown in Bishop Barron’s daily rosary videos, to me I am seeing great art about the life of Christ and that’s where I find true love for the work as developed by the old masters who imho had deep reverence for Christ Jesus and the church. Best of everything on your art and spiritual journey.
Where's the discussion video?
We need great catholic scholar's. I agreed with you Bishop
Vanderklay will be all over that zoom call ...
Pretty close to Jonathan Edwards and the many times looked down puritans, Biishop! Thanx anyway!
wow - 4 of my favourite people here on TH-cam - cant wait to see this video
I crave hearing that conversation so that it feels like mental hunger pangs.
Can’t wait to see that conversation. Wow
Great wisdom.
Where is this conversation? I cant find it
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May I take exception?
The current younger generation were brought up in a world ruled by baby boomers, as we all know. The baby boomers seem to have had to battle envy to an extreme.
Growing up in a world beset by envy means 2 things:
1. Deflect heat, do everything in your power to look innocent and lacking in power, not possessing agency. People lacking agency only have what those who control the structure allow them to have, and looking that way pits the pride of those in control of structure against their envy.
2. Do not engage in long term planning. If you seem to be enjoying something then someone more powerful will swoop in and either destroy it in front of you or take it for themselves. Only invest in passing, shabby pleasures which give pleasure then evanescence before another can take them away.
Brilliant.👏
The first thing would be to avoid religion and avoid beliefs
8:35 or 8:54 So what does the Church give us? Vatican II
In short: A meaningful life is one characterized by living in accordance with values. Hmmm. I might throw out if you value your life, it most definitely has meaning ... to you at least. If at the end of your life, you find if full of value -- satisfying moments and cherished relationships and maybe experiences and achievements, then it has been meaningful.
If you love me, they will hate you
Bishop Barron meets Jonathan Pageau? The Avengers are assembling.
Why can't I understand most of what he says?
Your Excellency,
I am a Philosophy student. I've just begun my two year long 2nd cycle in Philosophy. Though my primary interest is the teaching of St Thomas Aquinas, I'm forced to concentrate this cycle studies in Contemporary Philosophy, whence I've decided to study Neo-thomism (I hope it gives me broader bases to make a doctorate in Thomas Aquinas afterwards).
I tell you this in the hope that you could give me some suggestion of important topics to study. I myself have great interest in Metaphysics and Natural/Philosophical Theology, though I understand that Ethics are a more pressing issue in our contemporary world.
Could you please give me some insight into what topics could be relevant, from a religious and philosophical standpoint, to the contemporary dialogue? I'm asking your help to better serve Christ and His Church!
Thank you very much!
I want to be a great Catholic artist and I want to be a great Catholic saint
If you want to know what young people are thinking and feeling, invite them on to converse!! I know you have talked to many Bishop, but when you keep talking ABOUT young people rather than TO young people it sends the wrong message. It also might be an interesting idea to do a video talking with Lapsed Catholic youth. I dont know if that is possible but it would be a great video.
I talk to them all the time. Look at the literally tens of thousands of comments and responses on my 1000 videos. The vast majority are from and to younger people.
@@BishopBarron I apologize for the miscommunication on my part Bishop. I was thinking more along the lines of actually inviting one or more young Catholics (lapsed or faltering) onto the show for a conversation, like what you did with CosmicSkeptic or Jordan Peterson.
I hear you, forget so much about the followings and peoples reach, talk to us normies. Though as a once lapsed catholic myself, I have been drawn back and might not have too much to say. I love this mans videos and how he mentioned how the saints bring people back, on point imo; since many suffer in various ways and need specific examples. God bless you guys
And yet, I have no idea how to have my children return to the Catholic Faith.
I am in my late sixties. I brought up all of my children in the Catholic Faith. I was the one who did the catechesis for all their Sacraments, besides what they were taught at their Catholic School. We tried to make Sunday Mass a pleasant time by going somewhere they liked afterwards. ( We had no close relatives around because my husband had to move from our home city for work )
None of them are at all interested in Catholicism, except for one, who is “somewhat” Catholic.
And I love them all so much. Their lives are the opposite of what I believe to be holy and right according to the Catholic Faith, but they all know that.
All I can do is try to live my Faith as an example and pray for them constantly. There is no point lecturing or judging. I just treat them with great love and respect because God loves them and they are precious to Him and to me.
How to live a meaningful life:
Listen to Jesus
P.s. Thanks for all your dedication, Robert. God love you.