The Biblical Vision of the Family - Bishop Barron's Sunday Sermon
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- Friends, the first reading from Genesis and the Gospel from Mark this week are of great importance. They have to do with what we call Christian anthropology-the biblical understanding of who we are-and most specifically, in relation to marriage and family. This question of how we define ourselves is of course on the minds of many people today, and the readings, in a beautifully compact way, bring out the Christian answer.
Mass Readings
Reading 1 - Gn 2:18-24
Psalm - Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6
Reading 2 - Heb 2:9-11
Gospel - Mk 10:2-16 or 10:2-12
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Suffering from same-sex attraction. Never been in a relationship. So when I heard this Genesis at the church, I can't help feeling hurt. Asking God if He wills marriage, why do I suffer like this..
Brothers and sisters, would you please pray for me so that I can discern His will for my life and let His will be done..
Edit: Thank you for all your prayers.. It means a lot..
Thank you for your honesty and noble sincerity. I will pray for you ❤ May God help you discern and bring clarity and peace to your life.
Homosexuality, similar to the brain’s sense of gender, is a naturally occurring phenomenon. In this case, it is a function of nothing more than developmental processes. There is nothing supernatural about it. Don’t force yourself into a relationship with the other sex, for you would only be denying them the genuine love they deserve, as well as lying to yourself.
Hey friend - remember, the bishop you just watched has also never married and lives a fruitful, love-filled life. We don't need to have sex with someone to love and receive love deeply, truly, and intimately. These passages in Genesis tell the story of mankind as a whole, but marriage is not the calling for every individual person. Ask God to lead you in love. Consider the people in your life right now that can use and appreciate you help, skills, and presence. Minister to those close to you. Be ministered to by close friends. You're going to make it. Day by day.
Remember too, our Lord was also single. And he loved deepest of all.
I'm on the exact same boat as you. I have found some comfort in the Episcopal Church and have come to learn to accept my same sex attraction to a certain point. But I still struggle and doubt a lot. Mutual prayers.
@@carlosvillarreal6743 Praying for you my brother..
Please pray for those that struggle with infertility, and secondary infertility, in the witness of these readings today. And please pray for their fellow faithful that would misjudge them as being part of "wokeism" or focusing on the self rather than seeing the actual struggle they are dealing with.
♥️🙏🏻
This heartache is real .
Thank you for saying this. There is a lot of prejudice in the church today against those who struggle to find holy spouses. Homilies like this which don't acknowledge that reality only add insult to injury to those people.
Nothing wrong with so-called wokiwokeism. People suffer. 🙏🏼
Where does this leave souls called to the solitary life? + I think friendship with God alone? +
I'm a lifetime single like Paul however I am a firm believer in the marriage of male and female. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
When I taught science in the Catholic high school, I said that the atom is the basic unit of matter. The cell is the basic functional unit of matter. The family is the basic unit of society.
So beautiful and clear. I love the way God's Spirit uses you, Bishop Barron, to break down the Scripture in such simple and applicable ways. Be blessed always.
The good Bishop is always so clear and beautifully spoken in regards to Divine, Biblical Truths and Realities.
Thank you Father.
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Please pray for those who have lost their way, gone astray, are under the influence of satan through drugs alcohol &/or have a emotional diagnosis. Mary Mother of all, please heal them and reconcile them with their families &/or to the Holy Catholic Church. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen
"We're built for another"
- Bishop Barron
Carry your cross. Red pickup. B
As a Church we need to do more to help people who find themselves single later in life, getting beyond the age of religious vocations, but finding themselves with physical, emotional and / or financial barriers to seeking and finding a spouse. How can we get better as a Church in helping these folks find healing and find their mission. The readings today have a deep meaning for these folks too. I pray for people who feel left out in the cold or that they have failed to live their mission when they find themselves in this situation.
So true!! Thank you for mentoring this. I am in this situation and often feel forgotten and alone in the church.
@@LittleWayForward Can you be smore specific as to what would help?
This Sunday Gospel touches my heart deeply as I reflected on how God intervened through our Blessed Mother to save my marriage 17 years ago on the pilgrimage. Through interlocution, she gave me a mission, "You are to bring light to darkness," which I wept bitterly, being a promiscuous man. My life was transformed by being awakened twice each night to pray the Rosary and Divine Mercy filled with great joy and love beyond this world. Living a life of chastity is only possible when we completely trust and surrender our lives to Jesus and Mary. It is not once saved, always saved but through constant conversion to Christ. Viva Cristo Rey and Ave Maria.
Very powerful! Thanks for sharing
@@juliemarquez92 Praise God. Thanks for the feedback.
And bless you too ♥️🙏🏽
*"The family has received from God its mission to be the first and vital cell of society."* - Second Vatican Council (Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity)
The last battle between the devil and the family. Mary pray for us❤
Please pray for true repentance for all those living in adulterous and unholy unions; especially those who scandalize their children and community
God bless you Bishop Barron, I can't imagine Sundays without your homilies to help us all get a better understanding of God's message for us. We are truly grateful for the work you to to build up His kingdom.
Thank you, Bishop Barron, for your many teachings. The Catholic faith is so deep, and yet you would guide us through it weekly.
One of the things i learned from you is that Catholicism is an intelligent religion.
@@nandm4709 what you said is so interesting. I'm a recent catholic convert coming from a very studious protestant faith and what I was stuck by in my new faith is how beautiful and passionate it is. All 5 of my senses are stimulated in the mass. I love and adore the lady that is our catholic church.
@@rmills3232, Welcome, greetings from Wales. IESU BENDIGEDIG! (Wonderful Jesus)
God Bless Bishop Barron .
I hope pope Francis will recognise that he should Cardinal Barron .
I agree!!
And God bless you Bishop.
Fantastically explained the Christian Anthropology, Bishop Barron! Thank you very much. Indeed, God speaks to us through the people like you.
Dear Bishop Barron, you are talking out of my sleeves! I used to have a lot of struggling with Jesus' strict words regarding divorce. It took me quite some time, until I could " fathom " it. For my understanding, God in persona of His Son always wanted to be recognized as a You. He did not want to be alone without any reflecting love.
According to my favourite Saint, Hildegard von Bingen, God's Word was " My Son " , and thus everything came into being. The old creed says " Light from Light, true God from true God....". So everything was created for the benefit and wellbeing of the human being, God Himself wanted to incarnate to live with His beloved children. He let Adam follow his reflections, i.e. by naming the creatures, putting them in brackets like a formula, defining each individual creature. He let Adam feel his " loneliness " and incompleteness, missing the loving answer to his thoughts. Dreaming his companion is a wonderful picture that shows how a virtual picture can enter reality . Hildegard says, that recognizing Eva was recognizing his Love. Vice versa, Eva recognized Heaven. Eva, the " Rib ", makes him Man, who can walk upright. Imagine a man with a missing rib, cannot walk and stand like a human.
God/Jesus had this in mind from the beginning, " I shall marry you for ever " and I shall love you again ", you will call me My Spouse. Latest, when he came to free His beloved Bride from eternal death, rather died instead of leaving her in the claws of the devil, followed her into the underworld to bail her out.
How often has He been betrayed ?
So, Marriage is the living sign of God's love, bringing Everything into life.
Hello,I've been a catholic since I was born,my whole family is thank God 🙏 No other realign is so full of goodness and you guide us B Barron,I, we thank you so much.May God bless you and the whole world .God help us with all going on in our world 😊❤🙏 🤲 🕍
The two are complementary!!!
This is the most beautiful expression of the genders and I always thought and believed it that way.
Complementary is more fitting and wholesome than equally.
God made ALL of us in the likeness of HIS/HER image. I believe 'society' itself has placed the 'labels' given on people. WE are all loved. Amen.
I had 3 Aunts who lived together and visited Thanksgiving and Christmas and Easter, their unconditional loved it saved me.
Danke
Thank you, Bishop! God bless you and your ministry!
Thank you, Bishop Barron. The Transcendent Third in the marriage was beautiful. Would love to hear you talk more about that.
It struck me when Bishop Barron said Adam is the prototype of scientists. I had considered this passage to reflect how God has chosen for us to learn. Certainly God knew that the animals were not a suitable mate for him. But He needed Adam to know that. In the negative knowledge gained through the initial experience of naming the animals Adam was able to then recognize the uniqueness and suitability of Eve as a partner.
Thank you, Bishop Barron. I'll share this beautiful reflection with my congregation.
Another great homily. Thanks again for your crystal clear vision. You bless not only Catholics but all who listen.
❤ absolutely love your sermons and have a deep respect for family life. I've never felt incomplete and deeply desire to give my self more fully to God. Im currently discerning a religious order over this next year prayers please 🙏
This was a very beautiful explanation of the biblical focus on marriage. God knows that we are falling creatures and he knows that we can’t always make things perfect. But he also has to give us a standard to reach for and I think he understands we do our best.
Thank you Bishop Barron.
Thank you Bishop Barron for so beautifully articulating God's plan for us, for building our society on the foundation of men and women committed to one another and as one flesh in communion with God and committed and open to bringing children into the world. How terrible it is today to see this vision abandoned, to see self as the paramount entity to the detriment of children and the insane insistence on the right to kill the unborn child. How can we not see that this view is societal suicide? We must regain our sight and sanity and repent. Only by returning to God and surrendering to His will can we achieve the human flourishing He desires for us.
Beautiful sermon! Thank you Bishop Barron for unpacking it for us! May God bless you!
I look forward to your gospel explanations, so precisely and vibrant. God bless you Bishop Barron 🙏
Praise the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth
It´s really amazing to watch, and in my case also read, this sermon. It so beautiful and simple to see the Word of God in Bishop Barron. Here in Brazil we live now under the darkness of evil (the leftist power), but, our hope is our Faith and we also have very good Priest to illuminate the path and shadows.
Our Lady of Consolation, pray for us.
St. Faustina, pray for us.🌵
May The Lord Bless You And Keep You❤Amen❤
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I believe when God blessess it exceeds beyond my expectation. I know my Father in heaven is a generous father who provides the needs of his children感
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After enduring many struggles, I am now filled with gratitude for owning a new home. My family is happy, and everything is finally falling into place.
Oh please, how can someone get to speak with Mrs Jennifer Elizabeth Haile !???
I appreciate hearing all of what Bishop Barron says without that music which used to mask his words! Thank you for hearing our opinions on this matter!❤
Thank you. Bishop Robert Barrón
" together fall in love with a transcendent third.....". Now i remember how we fell in love with each other. When we were teenagers, we always attended the Wednesday novena to our mother of Perpetual Help. THank you Bishop for this reminder. God bless you
Not a Catholic, but one of the best sermons I’ve heard on family and what underpins it. 🤔
Jesus loves family ❤ Amen.
I will pray for you and all who suffer like you. God loves you as do I. Pray the rosary every day and God will give you answers and therefore help you.
Amen Bishop Barron! Thank you. I will be opening up my Bible to read those first three chapters again now!
Grazie, buon vescovo.
Thank you Bishop Barron for deepend my thoughts about the family.
Here also I see how family are not complete or getting smaller.
A blessed week 🙏🏾💞🇦🇼
As always, I'm always inspired by your talks, especially about the explanations of the gospel. Thank you.
Your teachings are always so refreshing thank you and God bless you 🛐
Watched F. ✝️❤️
We’re one but we’re not the same
We get to carry each other, carry each other
One
Bono
Pushing and dumping on each other. B
let's pray too much, because we never pray too much
Amen. Pursuit of the individual goal is the source of the break down of the family. Missing the greater rewards of the family unit.
Crazy how such few lines can pack such strong meaning.
Thank you Bishop. 🙏 for marriage and families.
Thank you Bishop for this beautiful sermon 🙏🙏🙏
Amen!
God bless you Bishop Barron and the entire world. Amen 🙏🏼 ❤🕊️☮️❤️🙏🏼
Thank you Bishop Barton Beautiful Explanation 🙏🏻, God Bless you to continue to teach us for many years ❤
Bishop Baren
Beautiful, and I miss you .
Praise the Lord ❤
This Sermon is anointed of God.
Thanks God for Bishop Barron.
God is at work in Bishop Barron to articulately re-present God's vision for marriage and family. We need this reminder when this vision is under assault and the brokenness of our world makes it difficult to uphold. I also recognize an important idea in today's 2nd reading, that God came to us in Jesus, identifying Himself with our weaknesses, so we could be restored and that it would be possible for us to uphold this vision to reveal God's glory in our marriage and family relationships.
Thank you.
Evil of Satan in this world will cause the secular population to lose sight of God, family, and all else that God wants for us. Go to church, glorify and honor God with your thoughts, words, and actions. Love your wife. Love your children. Maintain Godly self-control and discipline and love your gift of life.
God bless you too Bishop
Thanks again Father Barron. You opened my eyes regarding verses 21-22 of Genesis: Marriage truly defined in both Sacramental and Godly ways
Forever a family...
Amen thank you
This was a beautiful, sensible, and relevant homily, covering people's relation to our own families and even referencing the animal world as well. I am baffled over the increasing willingness of young people categorically to say, "No kids." I assume that when a culture like ours panders more and more to ever younger people that a certain percent will come to believe that life ends at age 16, and how they feel then will be the way they feel when they're 60. Except it's not, and I have quite a few "cat lady" friends, adamantly pro-cat-lady, who nevetheless admit to existential desperation caused by a combination of loss of religion and lack of family. These aren't stupid people but they seem unwilling to own up to the truth - I guess because there's a Comicbook Guy "I've wasted my life" moment that's hard to face.
Good 👌 👍 afternoon bishop barren and your family too may the holy lord and almighty savior Jesus christ 🙏 🙌 bless 🙌 🙏 you and and your family too amen 🙏 and please 🙏 keep sending your awesome sermons because like 👍 I always say I always use it in my life so thank you bishop barren and bishop barren have a blessive and safe Saturday and a safe holy Sunday too amen 🙏 😊😊😊😊😊😊
Bishop Barron, it was such a pleasant surprise to meet you on St. Peter‘s Square!
What are the odds… 😊
May god bless you.
Blessed Sunday!
God help us all, spouses, fathers and mothers to embrace life and comply with our family mission in search for trascendence, the Holy Spirit gives us sthrength to place our Savior Christ at the center of our hearts to fight against evil forces, and may the Virgin Mary come to us to grant us with her tender and maternal company.
In the Name of The ❤ 👑 🕊 AMEN.
Great 👌🙏❤️🙏
Bishop, how clearly you teach the truth. I wish to spread this message from God to all the earth and bring back the necessity of the family. May the Lord continue to richly bless you and keep you safe.
Saul of Tarsus, who died in Damascus, was a profound follower of tradition and the rust that had made tradition the Pharisee priestly caste. Seeing and listening to the Lord, he understood that the Gospel, the Word of the Son of God the Creator, is much bigger than that Holy Land, because what is important is the soul, the only thing we are, and not the mere land
Freed from the burden that Saul had on him, the one born in Saint Paul, preached to every soul because he perfectly understood the Greatness of the Love of his Lord
In my opinion, Saint Stephen, the Brave, Humble and Eloquent follower of the Risen Lord, martyred for the Glory of his Lord, often accompanied Saint Paul on all his travels, while the traveling Apostle slept, and while the traveling Apostle was awake in his dreams
I doubt that we will ever understand, at least I cannot and I doubt that I can, the Greatness of the Love of the Risen Lord when He teaches us to call God the Creator, Father of God Christ, and Father of every creature shown worthy of HIM, "Father." I doubt very much that I will ever understand it, if that blessed day ever comes.
Praying for peace in family 🙏✝️📿
At last we understand that Genesis 2 is not a literal description of Creation but of the very meaning of God’s creative act!
Amen
Beautiful breakdowns❤
Thank you! :)
Beautiful Sermon, Bishop! ALL Catholics need to stand up for the unborn, marriage, family!!!! My husband & I will celebrate our 20 yr anniversary in 2 weeks & marriage & childrearing are the best things we ever did; for God, for ourselves, for each other & for society as a whole. We said right from the beginning that divorce was not a word that would be uttered in our house. It has not always been easy, but it has been worth it. We need to start seeing marriage & children as the blessing that they truly are. (also: I LOVE hearing you say out loud for us to go look at our Bible. I have had a lot of hate & ignorance from Protestants who go around telling people that priests tell us not to read the Bible. I personally have NEVER had a priest utter any such nonsense. I actually have a parish priest that reads directly from many sections of the Bible in his homily, separate from the readings/Gospel & our parish has 4 different Bible study groups. So to hear you say it outloud for anyone to hear is awesome!!!! )
If we understand that what is valuable is our soul, and that of our brothers, in trial like us, we would decide to safeguard that of our brothers, and, therefore, ours.
The enemy wants what is valuable, what we are, the only thing we come from and the only thing we take with us.
Being cautious and prudent in our decisions, believing in the Good God, One and Triune, prevents us from death in pride. If someone wants to apologize to their favorite Saint, the one they have the most admiration for, let them ask their Saint's apology for disturbing their Good Lord, God Christ.

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Beautifully expressed. A foundational explanation of who we all are. The building block of humanity expressed in the beauty of Genesis. Thank you Bishop Barron.
Genesis is absolutely ridiculous with absolutely no grounding in reality and written in ignorance
Beautiful words! What a wonderful gift from God is to have a family! God bless you
St. Joseph, pray for us!
Our Lady of Consolation, pray for us.
St. Faustina, pray for us. 💊
Marriage and Family ♥️🙏🏼
“It is not good for man to be alone” is God’s antithesis of today’s narcissistic and individualistic society!
Let us implore the Lord, Humility, so he can make us much better without perishing for it.
let us not ask that it be, but that it can be
someone who brings us closer to Christ is someone we can call Friend. It is not necessary for our test to end, to realize
Our earthly trial ends with a mere exhalation, when we awaken, let him who believes seek God Christ; He who does not believe what he sees, let him turn around, then he will believe in fear, and let him seek God Christ and His last Mercy
Spyer B
Amen 🙏 🙏
The family continues to be attacked and the unborn killed. Please continue to pray and say your rosary.
Beautiful and clarifying as always! I would have loved to hear more about the intersection of family and vocation. For me, it's easy to pigeon hole the term into the nuclear family as an American. But "family" has to mean more than just married couples with children or else we leave out all those who live the sacred single or religious life
We are all under assault by The Divider, who has worked very hard and has been quite successful to have God's will thwarted.
Please pray for me as a single mom hopefully one day god has a good step dad for my daughter.
cops monitored me and always pulled me over especially when going to work. Sometimes two police cars pulled me over. Spyer B
My husband graduated from Wilbur School, Washington and I volunteered in the kindergarten class for 7 years. I tried to apply for a Paraeducator job but there was no way to get the job because the cherry on top was I'm sorry like crazy Red Bulls. Spyer B
St. Matthew, pray for us.
St. Peter, pray for us.
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, pray for us. ( Coville WA)
Our Lady of Lourdes, pray, for us. (Spokane)
St. Faustina, pray for us.
Bishop Barron pray for me. I say a daily rosary.
What I heard was God, pheromones, instinct, intelligence and consent creates our families.
Amazing!