I’m not a Catholic, love listening to Bishop Barron. Wonderful wisdom and insight. Greatly appreciate The Rosary videos, I learned so very much. Bishop provided clarity as to why certain prayers are repeated. I grasp it now! God Bless Bishop Barron and The word on Fire🙏
What’s holing you back @Nancy Barry? Come to the Church. Please come and join up. Start at Word on Fire. Bishop Barron and all the people that make this possible is really good. I’m not a Catholic but, I realize this is the only way. The way to live a better life and get a pass to heaven. Keep watching. God bless you Nancy.
Paul's life is an encouragement to me. Some of his best work was done from prison, teaching me that no matter how constrained I might consider myself to be in serving God, God is not constrained in how greatly He yet may use me. After all, Philippians, Paul's great epistle of joy, was written from prison.
Truly, as Paul writes nothing in this life can separate us from the love of God. We can serve and glorify God in whatever our state in life, prison, bed ridden, at work..
@@Eserr7856 Right on! Through the exercise of faith, we can participate in the circle of grace that Bishop Baron mentioned a few sermons ago. The choice is ours.
Thanks for the encouragement to read ‘He Leadeth Me’ - especially in this time of Lent. What an extraordinary man. For the first time in my 66 years , I’m coming to understand what God’s will means.
God is with us through our suffering! Love Him with all your heart you will see and feel His tremendous love for the whole world even though we are sinners. Lord Jesus! I trust in You now and forever. I truly love You! Thank you Jesus and Bishop Barron! God bless!
He Leadeth Me changed my life. Every moment, an opportunity to seek God’s will, no matter the circumstance. How Saints are made, one act of faith at a time. So grateful for Fr. Ciszek’s sacred story!
He Leadeth Me is the most profound, life changing books I have read. I want to carry it with me wherever I go. I have given it to people but only who the Holy Spirit leads because not everyone wants to hear.
Thank you, Bishop. I'm reading In Russia With God right now. Fr. Ciszek's book is a lot different than the rock and roll star and actor biographies that I usually read.
Another great topic from WOF that I'm taking to heart. You've given me tools when I face divine chaos, turning away from old ways in order to move by faith into the continuous unfolding of my providential destiny. Thank you! ❤🌻
It is not only about even the permissive will of God in what is happening in this world. God gave us from the very beginning a free will and this expands on all decissions and our human doings. We spoil this world with our sin, individually and in groups even as nations, and this is the root of evil events happening where the enemy has an open entrance to govern instead to be pushed out!
I pray the rosary every day except for Friday when I pray the Stations of the Cross with Fr. Benedict Groeshel on utube. I am so grateful for your new series on the Rosary. I live alone but like to pray in common. Thank you.
I have been praying the rosary everyday with Bishop Robert Barron . It is a divine experience with the music, art and passionate voice of this devout priest. Thank you from Malaysia
Thank you again for the Rosary series It's such a fantastic help visually and to pray with Bishop Baron Can't thank you enough As you say the artwork is stunny the music aids meditation God bless you all at WOF
I just finished reading de Caussade’s book, The Sacrament of the Present Moment, adapted from Self-Abandonment to Divine Providence, Translated by Kitty Muggeridge. I was fortunate to obtain a used paperback on Amazon. God is truly present in our life, moment by moment, and It literally took me six months, moment by moment, to read this 100 page book! A true treasure of the Holy Spirit!!
The Rosary series is so prayerful, profound and thank you so much, the greatest gift so far from WOF, sometimes when I'm really tired so much that I find it hard to articulate, I let BB's praying wash over me and get into my soul, its truly a blessing 🙏
Father Ciszek reminds me of Father Aedan McGrath, who I met, and who had similar experiences in Mao's China in 1949. A Columban missionary, Fr. McGrath was spreading the Legion of Mary throughout China, when captured and imprisoned. He also remarked that he was never ill through it all. God's divine protection. Praying he will also soon be made a Saint.
Bishop Barron discussing Bl. Fr. Ciszek? Best day! I am re-reading with God in Russia right now; I try to read it and/or He Leadeth Me each year during Lent. Practical, real examples of living Christ in the world regardless of circumstance. A 3rd book--With God in America--collects writings from Fr. Ciszek from his life in the U.S. Also interesting. Thank you Word on Fire for covering this topic and bringing more attention to this wonderful, holy man.
I was glad to hear this, even now, @ your videos @ the Rosary. Mainly because I am not/have not been much of a Rosary person. But those four of the different mysteries, w/reflections, music, & visual art has been very spiritual, mystical to my drawing closer to Christ & the Church.
On one hand I am anxious and grieved by death, but on another hand I am grateful for life. I do have a sense of anguish and discontentment with the way the world is, but I want it to be - more, eternal, etc. I never had any kind of religion as a kid, adolescent or younger adult. Kind of shocking in hindsight. Though I suppose I wasn't an atheist either. As I grow older I find myself more confronted with two opposing forces of death and life, and both seem to move me to my knees
Thank you God for blessing these program. Like an oasis in the dessert of chaos and confusion, in an era of competitive economic want and greed. Some men continued to cling to God's grace in 💕 ving and holy way of simple economical but joyful life.
If I don’t turn suffering over to God, I quickly become despondent. Faith is a great companion when traveling through life’s many periods of suffering. Faith has great utility in our lives, and I think that utility is a deliberate. I don’t pretend to understand suffering. I’m like a dog trying to understand calculus. I can only trust in God to guide me through the unknown.
Often we are ignorant of the divine will, and whether the suffering or trials which we endure are for our own benefit, or on behalf of another. Bless you, if you have become a sign of perseverance for others, but senseless is your suffering in your own eyes. Sometimes, these trials are designed to purify us, to prepare the tool that will serve God's purpose better. You need only commit yourself to that cleansing fire and linger no more by the edges of it. Go to the core. If you lack eyes to see it, you must climb the mountain of God. But dogs don't climb mountains! I know.. many of us must undergo metamorphosis to be able to, by becoming something else prior to that attempt to discover higher ground, where the divine will is more easily understood.
I got a good chuckle from your 'dog trying to understand calculus' analogy, but it's probably more apt to think of ourselves as toddlers instead - for the sake of hope! Some two-year-olds, although not many as a percentage of all people, *will* someday actually understand calculus
Wow, what timing! I finished 'With God in Russia' in January and I'm just about to start 'He Leadeth Me' in the next week or so ....just need to finish 'Pope Peter' first. This video just gave me a kick to get on with it! ;) Thanks
Thank you so much for this topic and the recommendation for book on Abandonment to Divine Providence by Jean-Pierre de Caussade and the books by Fr. Ciszik. I will definitely get them and give away to friends. What I love the most about this show is how easy it is to understand all your points ...Truth, beautifully explained fills my soul with love and confirms me even more of Gods Love as I learn more about Him in Faith. Thank You So, So much.
Man has free will to hopefully develop our souls. If God intervened in all of man's evil, no consequences, no lesson. It can be brutal sometimes though. But, we bring it all on ourselves if you look at the big picture.
Agree with you, Brandon. Warm greetings from the Philippines. What a beautiful gift of Bishop Barron and the team to the Catholic fold for the Rosary. I have shared it with my friends and I am using it in my daily walking meditation on the Holy Rosary. Thank you and God bless you.
You are right Bishop Barron, sin is what is uninteresting and boring. It brings to mind the case of the promiscous sex rife now due to online dating. A man who was in this practice confessed that he felt like 'a piece of meat'. Such behaviour dehumanizes us and makes our lives meaningless. May we all, Christians or not, ask God to give us the grace and strength to do what he wills for us. This will give us all the joy and happiness and fill our lives with meaning. It truly makes us miserable and sad to be slaves to our passions. Any wonder that there is so much depression today ?
I want to understand, I have been through suffering and realize God was there Some lasting for ten years Through blessings for my boys, yet I am afraid of what is yet to come. I believe, but afraid.
It was very nice to hear the approach of Fr. Cizcek, I'll have to look into his book. A thought I've been hearing (mainly with suffering) isn't to ask why, but what. What can we do with the suffering we're receiving? It's great time to invite God in and really hearing Fr. Cizcek apply it to his own suffering was exciting to hear
My grandfather grew up with Fr. Ciszek in the small town of Shenandoah, PA, and was one of his good friends, and so I actually got to meet Fr. Ciszek when I was a child when he got back from Russia. I love his book He Leadeth Me and my favorite line is "For just as surely as man begins to trust in his own abilities, so surely has he taken the first step on the road to ultimate failure. And the greatest grace God can give such a man is to send him a trial he cannot bear with his own powers- and then sustain him with his grace so that he may endure to the end and be saved." [And just a fun fact, he pronounced his name with a short "i" and not "eese," like in chick 🐣]
@@BishopBarron Hello, Bishop Barron Our daughter Kathy posted in the comments section yesterday about Fr. Ciszek and you asked her to tell you more about him. She thought I could give you a more detailed account so I will share what I remember about him via my wife’s account since I don’t do social media: My Dad grew up across the street from Fr. Ciszek on So. West Street in the Polish section of Shenandoah PA in an area known as “the rocks” which terminated at the railroad tracks. Dad’s father died in the 1918 Pandemic so his mother, who later became a 3rd order Franciscan, was trying to raise her 4 children as a single Mom. The kids in that area were a tough crowd. My Dad said Ciszek was a leader of the toughs, always looking for a fight and was mean and ornery. In hindsight that attitude served him well in the labor camps in a positive way in that he could courageously stand up to the worst of humanity. He and Dad attended St. Casimirs grammar school together although Ciszek was a grade or two ahead of him. Dad said never in his wildest imagination would he have thought Ciszek would become a priest at that time. When Ciszek disappeared from his radar and he lost contact with him, Dad said he knew in his heart he was still alive. Mom said the only time Dad cried in public was when he saw Ciszek outside the doors of St. Casimirs church after he was released from Russia and came back to celebrate Mass in his hometown. By a quirk of fate my family and I happened to be at my folks house in Shenandoah the day Fr. Ciszek came to visit Dad and Mom in July 1976. When I met him I was astounded to meet a short, soft spoken, meek, quiet, smiling man not at all like the 6 foot 4 inch, 250 pound man I had envisioned him to be. He chatted with us, with four year old Kathy on his lap and our one year old squirming on the floor, and asked me to tell him all about my career and schooling. I had a Ph.D. from the U of IL and was writing some books and he offered this advice: “Writing a book is easy as long as you are honest and telling the truth and talking from your heart.” Then he shared some things from his ordeals in Russia saying he always had his 10 finger rosary with him in Lubianka since they couldn’t take that away. He said he was constantly questioned and they tempted him with food and actually a naked woman to get him to confess. He said he thought a lot about his childhood in Shenandoah, growing up with my Dad and his pals, while he was in prison. Fr. Ciszek and Dad planned to go mushroom picking at a later date but Dad died before that transpired. He was so happy to see Dad and he gave us all his blessing before he left. We always got a Christmas card from him after that. He was so organized that we even got a card after he died because he had finished his cards early and they went ahead and mailed them out. We sent all our correspondence to Rome when they started the process of canonization for him. Fr. Ciszek sent us an autographed copy of his first book. I have loaned both of his books to all my friends who were so impressed and uplifted after reading them. As a side note, Fr. William Byron, also a Jesuit, served as interim Chancellor of Loyola in New Orleans where our youngest daughter was studying for her bachelor of music in violin. As we passed through the welcoming line at the opening reception for him we asked him if he knew Ft. Ciszek. His face lit up and he said “Wally and I go way back. He was my room mate.” Turned out Byron’s grandparents lived in Shenandoah and he and Ciszek knew each other somehow that way. Small world. Thank you for bringing Fr. Ciszek’s story to the public with such enthusiasm . We enjoy listening to your shows and sermons.
A though from Augustine: God would be less powerful if he had to eliminate evil to maintain the good. It is more powerful who can handle evil rather who can not deal with it and had to prohibit it. Because God is all powerful he can even extract good from the evil we gave him.
Fr. Ciszek is buried in Wernersville, Pa at the Jesuit Center for Spiritual Growth with many of his Jesuit brothers. My wife & I have been on several retreats there & we always visit his grave. Our bishop of blessed memory +Michael Dudek of the Byzantine Catholic eparchy (diocese) of Passaic, NJ was friends with Fr. Ciszek & opened the cause for his canonization. The cause has since been taken over by the Roman Catholic church.
What about cooperating with evil? How does this fit in with surrender to God's divine providence? What about "lead us not into temptation"? Since the Fall, we are all sinners. How do we reconcile these elements into this conversation? What about the idea of our free will in all of this? I wish the Bishop would have gone deeper. There are so many levels that were not addressed.
Fr. Ciszek's cause for canonization was opened by his friend +Bishop Michael Dudek of the Byzantine Catholic eparchy of Passaic NJ. The cause has since been taken over by the Roman Catholic church.
Viktor Frankel's "Man's Search for Meaning " ...he suffered in a number of Nazi Concentration Camps...then realized that a person can have everything taken away from them but having meaning is a driving force to endure extreme conditions....those with a rich inner life ( religious/spiritual beliefs) coped much better....he said once your know your "why", you'll find the *how"....
Fr Walter pronounced his last name CHI-zik not CHEE zik. pardon my correction. I have read a part of "He Leadeth Me" everyday of my life since 1981 when I went away to college. I love Father Walter's witness to God's Providence.
16:07 I heard this summarized by a Baptist preacher thusly: _God wants us to have faith, but he doesn't want us to be stupid!_ Too many of us seem too think that _The Great Commission_ applies only to those who have taken vows. We worry about reducing our _ecological footprint_ or increasing our _economic footprint,_ but have *zero interest* in expanding our _theological footprint._ ✝️🙏☦️
Hi ! Here I'd like to recommend you check out Fr Chris Alar from the Divine Mercy channel, he has a series called :Explaining the Faith, there's a video on suffering and why on there as well . Fr Casey Cole does approach this subject at times ,from Breaking In the Habit channel. These are great sources as well (that are with the Roman Catholic Church, like Bishop Barron here .) God bless .💖
Considering that God, in the Bible, said 1. do not eat certain animals including wild animal's meat, 2. do not drink the blood of animals, 3. etc. What happens are the consequences of "evil" (as defined as ill will) or "sin" (as defined as a lack of love for others including other creatures) when humans break these prohibitions. Yes, natural, spiritual and divine consequences are part of God's will. These consequences are part of human reality for believers and non-believers alike. There are the natural and divine consequences of sin and evil that are part of human existence. When humans fail to learn from errors then they are destined to repeat them whenever they break the rules and laws of God's natural and divine providence. God provides lessons of physical and spiritual illness, physical healing and of spiritual healing for humanity.
As a non Catholic Christian how does this correlate with John 10:10 as the thief whose work is to steal , kill and destroy? Also that satan is referred to as the god of this world, how does this relate?
I enjoy this show very much and listen to literally every episode and Bishop Barron is my de facto spiritual teacher, but the preface (most of which is irrelevant information) for this episode is way too long: 8 minutes and 15 seconds. Of course I can always skip it, but it shouldn't be incumbent on me to skip irrelevant information, but should be incumbent on the content creator to keep the content focused.
How was rosary prayed at the time of saint dominic ? It has become so long that it is hard to pray all mysteries every day and I want to pray 3 mysteries . should I leave out " Holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now ...... ? also Fatima etc?
Bishop Barron's Rosary opened my heart to the life of Christ. Thank you so much. Much love, many prayers
I’m not a Catholic, love listening to Bishop Barron. Wonderful wisdom and insight.
Greatly appreciate The Rosary videos, I learned so very much.
Bishop provided clarity as to why certain prayers are repeated. I grasp it now!
God Bless Bishop Barron and The word on Fire🙏
Praying with you Nancy
I am very excited and happy for you, my sister in Christ. God bless you!
What’s holing you back @Nancy Barry? Come to the Church. Please come and join up. Start at Word on Fire. Bishop Barron and all the people that make this possible is really good. I’m not a Catholic but, I realize this is the only way. The way to live a better life and get a pass to heaven. Keep watching. God bless you Nancy.
Paul's life is an encouragement to me. Some of his best work was done from prison, teaching me that no matter how constrained I might consider myself to be in serving God, God is not constrained in how greatly He yet may use me. After all, Philippians, Paul's great epistle of joy, was written from prison.
Truly, as Paul writes nothing in this life can separate us from the love of God. We can serve and glorify God in whatever our state in life, prison, bed ridden, at work..
@@Eserr7856 Right on! Through the exercise of faith, we can participate in the circle of grace that Bishop Baron mentioned a few sermons ago. The choice is ours.
Thanks for the encouragement to read ‘He Leadeth Me’ - especially in this time of Lent. What an extraordinary man. For the first time in my 66 years , I’m coming to understand what God’s will means.
God is with us through our suffering! Love Him with all your heart you will see and feel His tremendous love for the whole world even though we are sinners. Lord Jesus! I trust in You now and forever. I truly love You!
Thank you Jesus and Bishop Barron! God bless!
The rosary series is my favorite daily routine with you. Thank you immensely
He Leadeth Me changed my life. Every moment, an opportunity to seek God’s will, no matter the circumstance. How Saints are made, one act of faith at a time. So grateful for Fr. Ciszek’s sacred story!
Amen 🙏🏼
Changed my life too
What a fantastic response to the question regarding boredom and following out path laid out by Christ.
Thanks for the great point about God's will and our role to "discern and cooperate with that will."
I got goose bumps as I listened to Bishop Baron talking about hearing the bell, camp, apostolic ...
He Leadeth Me is the most profound, life changing books I have read. I want to carry it with me wherever I go. I have given it to people but only who the Holy Spirit leads because not everyone wants to hear.
Thank you, Bishop. I'm reading In Russia With God right now. Fr. Ciszek's book is a lot different than the rock and roll star and actor biographies that I usually read.
Another great topic from WOF that I'm taking to heart. You've given me tools when I face divine chaos, turning away from old ways in order to move by faith into the continuous unfolding of my providential destiny. Thank you! ❤🌻
It is not only about even the permissive will of God in what is happening in this world. God gave us from the very beginning a free will and this expands on all decissions and our human doings. We spoil this world with our sin, individually and in groups even as nations, and this is the root of evil events happening where the enemy has an open entrance to govern instead to be pushed out!
I pray the rosary every day except for Friday when I pray the Stations of the Cross with Fr. Benedict Groeshel on utube. I am so grateful for your new series on the Rosary. I live alone but like to pray in common. Thank you.
I have been praying the rosary everyday with Bishop Robert Barron . It is a divine experience with the music, art and passionate voice of this devout priest. Thank you from Malaysia
“He Leadeth Me” is Fr. Cizcek’s own words of his spiritual journey in the gulags in Russia. Very very incredible.
An answer to a prayer...God permits suffering for a greater good. Thank you for this program of Word on Fire
Post covid 19, let's FEAST on LOVE and
Fast on Evil.
" Love One Another As I Have Loved You" Jn 13:34
Other than story of a soul nothing has effected me as strongly from a spiritual standpoint than (he leadeth me)
Thank you again for the Rosary series It's such a fantastic help visually and to pray with Bishop Baron Can't thank you enough As you say the artwork is stunny the music aids meditation God bless you all at WOF
God Bless this great Priest 👍 I m sure he's in Heaven with the Lord Jesus!!
Fr Causade's book ABANDONMENT TO DIVINE PROVIDENCE was a favorite of mine during seminary.
I just finished reading de Caussade’s book, The Sacrament of the Present Moment, adapted from Self-Abandonment to Divine Providence, Translated by Kitty Muggeridge. I was fortunate to obtain a used paperback on Amazon. God is truly present in our life, moment by moment, and It literally took me six months, moment by moment, to read this 100 page book! A true treasure of the Holy Spirit!!
@@wkintz cool man
Caussade’s book is wonderful! I hope more people pick it up. Short passages and chapters make for good, deep meditations to pair with morning prayer.
Absolutely
Thank you Bishop and Brandon for the great knowledge of faith 🙏 🙌
G’day from Sydney, Brandon. Not only is it invigorating but also stunning message by Bishop. Thank you. You made my day. Peace be with you.
Ok! Now, you guys are officially my greatest heroes…. 🦁❤️🩹➕
The Rosary series is so prayerful, profound and thank you so much, the greatest gift so far from WOF, sometimes when I'm really tired so much that I find it hard to articulate, I let BB's praying wash over me and get into my soul, its truly a blessing 🙏
Father Ciszek reminds me of Father Aedan McGrath, who I met, and who had similar experiences in Mao's China in 1949. A Columban missionary, Fr. McGrath was spreading the Legion of Mary throughout China, when captured and imprisoned.
He also remarked that he was never ill through it all. God's divine protection. Praying he will also soon be made a Saint.
Just finished reading Fr. Ciszek’s book, “He Leadeth Me”. What an inspiration he is!
I will try and get it for me and my family.
Yes. 👍😀
Bishop Barron discussing Bl. Fr. Ciszek? Best day! I am re-reading with God in Russia right now; I try to read it and/or He Leadeth Me each year during Lent. Practical, real examples of living Christ in the world regardless of circumstance. A 3rd book--With God in America--collects writings from Fr. Ciszek from his life in the U.S. Also interesting. Thank you Word on Fire for covering this topic and bringing more attention to this wonderful, holy man.
Wonderful show! I look forward to reading Fr. Walter Ciszek! God Bless!
I was glad to hear this, even now, @ your videos @ the Rosary. Mainly because I am not/have not been much of a Rosary person. But those four of the different mysteries, w/reflections, music, & visual art has been very spiritual, mystical to my drawing closer to Christ & the Church.
Job's experience satisfies my search for an answer to the question of why God allows suffering.
Thanks for this interview. God bless all who are watching. 😀🙏
On one hand I am anxious and grieved by death, but on another hand I am grateful for life. I do have a sense of anguish and discontentment with the way the world is, but I want it to be - more, eternal, etc. I never had any kind of religion as a kid, adolescent or younger adult. Kind of shocking in hindsight. Though I suppose I wasn't an atheist either. As I grow older I find myself more confronted with two opposing forces of death and life, and both seem to move me to my knees
Thank you God for blessing these program. Like an oasis in the dessert of chaos and confusion, in an era of competitive economic want and greed. Some men continued to cling to God's grace in 💕 ving and holy way of simple economical but joyful life.
Fr. Adrian van Kaam would say we either feel “Abandoned by God or we abandon ourselves to God.” To run with abandon into the providence of God.
This is wonderful! I can't tell you how much I got out of it and how it answered some of my own questions. Thank you, God Bless you.
So inspiring. Thank you, Brandon and Bishop Barron. ❤️🙏✝️
Thank you so much for the Rosary Series! I love it and pray with you every day!!
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 🙏
If I don’t turn suffering over to God, I quickly become despondent. Faith is a great companion when traveling through life’s many periods of suffering. Faith has great utility in our lives, and I think that utility is a deliberate. I don’t pretend to understand suffering. I’m like a dog trying to understand calculus. I can only trust in God to guide me through the unknown.
Often we are ignorant of the divine will, and whether the suffering or trials which we endure are for our own benefit, or on behalf of another. Bless you, if you have become a sign of perseverance for others, but senseless is your suffering in your own eyes.
Sometimes, these trials are designed to purify us, to prepare the tool that will serve God's purpose better. You need only commit yourself to that cleansing fire and linger no more by the edges of it. Go to the core. If you lack eyes to see it, you must climb the mountain of God. But dogs don't climb mountains! I know.. many of us must undergo metamorphosis to be able to, by becoming something else prior to that attempt to discover higher ground, where the divine will is more easily understood.
I got a good chuckle from your 'dog trying to understand calculus' analogy, but it's probably more apt to think of ourselves as toddlers instead - for the sake of hope!
Some two-year-olds, although not many as a percentage of all people, *will* someday actually understand calculus
Wow, what timing! I finished 'With God in Russia' in January and I'm just about to start 'He Leadeth Me' in the next week or so ....just need to finish 'Pope Peter' first. This video just gave me a kick to get on with it! ;) Thanks
Thank you Bishop Barron for discussing my two favorite authors/books! Hugs, love and kisses!
For those that need references fkr Word on Fire! It is wonderful! It has changed me from within and made my life Christ centered. God bless !
Thank you so much for this topic and the recommendation for book on Abandonment to Divine Providence by Jean-Pierre de Caussade and the books by Fr. Ciszik. I will definitely get them and give away to friends. What I love the most about this show is how easy it is to understand all your points ...Truth, beautifully explained fills my soul with love and confirms me even more of Gods Love as I learn more about Him in Faith. Thank You So, So much.
Man has free will to hopefully develop our souls. If God intervened in all of man's evil, no consequences, no lesson. It can be brutal sometimes though. But, we bring it all on ourselves if you look at the big picture.
Agree with you, Brandon. Warm greetings from the Philippines. What a beautiful gift of Bishop Barron and the team to the Catholic fold for the Rosary. I have shared it with my friends and I am using it in my daily walking meditation on the Holy Rosary. Thank you and God bless you.
You are right Bishop Barron, sin is what is uninteresting and boring. It brings to mind the case of the promiscous sex rife now due to online dating. A man who was in this practice confessed that he felt like 'a piece of meat'. Such behaviour dehumanizes us and makes our lives meaningless. May we all, Christians or not, ask God to give us the grace and strength to do what he wills for us. This will give us all the joy and happiness and fill our lives with meaning. It truly makes us miserable and sad to be slaves to our passions. Any wonder that there is so much depression today ?
I just bought this book and it arrived last night! Can't wait for this talk!!!
You will love "He leadeth me"
I read the book everyday for 25 years.
It is beautiful and will certainly change your life.
One thing this year of COVID has taught me is we never really were in control of our lives . We just thought we were!
In any difficulty, in any suffering, in this "invitation to love" it is very simple. It is our "Simon Time".
this is so great to watch repeatedly...
I read with God in Russia a long time ago. Such an inspiring person
I want to understand, I have been through suffering and realize God was there
Some lasting for ten years
Through blessings for my boys, yet I am afraid of what is yet to come.
I believe, but afraid.
It was very nice to hear the approach of Fr. Cizcek, I'll have to look into his book. A thought I've been hearing (mainly with suffering) isn't to ask why, but what. What can we do with the suffering we're receiving? It's great time to invite God in and really hearing Fr. Cizcek apply it to his own suffering was exciting to hear
Thank you, Fr. Barron .God bless you more:)
Wonderful and wonderful. Thank you. Blessings to you.
God indeed has the SET PATTERN of bringing 'GOOD OUT OF EVIL - all evil.' *It's God's way of 'turning the table' on the devil'.*
My grandfather grew up with Fr. Ciszek in the small town of Shenandoah, PA, and was one of his good friends, and so I actually got to meet Fr. Ciszek when I was a child when he got back from Russia. I love his book He Leadeth Me and my favorite line is "For just as surely as man begins to trust in his own abilities, so surely has he taken the first step on the road to ultimate failure. And the greatest grace God can give such a man is to send him a trial he cannot bear with his own powers- and then sustain him with his grace so that he may endure to the end and be saved." [And just a fun fact, he pronounced his name with a short "i" and not "eese," like in chick 🐣]
Thanks for sharing that. What do you remember about him? What was he like?
@@BishopBarron Hello, Bishop Barron
Our daughter Kathy posted in the comments section yesterday about Fr. Ciszek and you asked her to tell you more about him. She thought I could give you a more detailed account so I will share what I remember about him via my wife’s account since I don’t do social media:
My Dad grew up across the street from Fr. Ciszek on So. West Street in the Polish section of Shenandoah PA in an area known as “the rocks” which terminated at the railroad tracks. Dad’s father died in the 1918 Pandemic so his mother, who later became a 3rd order Franciscan, was trying to raise her 4 children as a single Mom. The kids in that area were a tough crowd. My Dad said Ciszek was a leader of the toughs, always looking for a fight and was mean and ornery. In hindsight that attitude served him well in the labor camps in a positive way in that he could courageously stand up to the worst of humanity. He and Dad attended St. Casimirs grammar school together although Ciszek was a grade or two ahead of him. Dad said never in his wildest imagination would he have thought Ciszek would become a priest at that time. When Ciszek disappeared from his radar and he lost contact with him, Dad said he knew in his heart he was still alive. Mom said the only time Dad cried in public was when he saw Ciszek outside the doors of St. Casimirs church after he was released from Russia and came back to celebrate Mass in his hometown. By a quirk of fate my family and I happened to be at my folks house in Shenandoah the day Fr. Ciszek came to visit Dad and Mom in July 1976. When I met him I was astounded to meet a short, soft spoken, meek, quiet, smiling man not at all like the 6 foot 4 inch, 250 pound man I had envisioned him to be. He chatted with us, with four year old Kathy on his lap and our one year old squirming on the floor, and asked me to tell him all about my career and schooling. I had a Ph.D. from the U of IL and was writing some books and he offered this advice: “Writing a book is easy as long as you are honest and telling the truth and talking from your heart.” Then he shared some things from his ordeals in Russia saying he always had his 10 finger rosary with him in Lubianka since they couldn’t take that away. He said he was constantly questioned and they tempted him with food and actually a naked woman to get him to confess. He said he thought a lot about his childhood in Shenandoah, growing up with my Dad and his pals, while he was in prison. Fr. Ciszek and Dad planned to go mushroom picking at a later date but Dad died before that transpired. He was so happy to see Dad and he gave us all his blessing before he left. We always got a Christmas card from him after that. He was so organized that we even got a card after he died because he had finished his cards early and they went ahead and mailed them out. We sent all our correspondence to Rome when they started the process of canonization for him. Fr. Ciszek sent us an autographed copy of his first book. I have loaned both of his books to all my friends who were so impressed and uplifted after reading them. As a side note, Fr. William Byron, also a Jesuit, served as interim Chancellor of Loyola in New Orleans where our youngest daughter was studying for her bachelor of music in violin. As we passed through the welcoming line at the opening reception for him we asked him if he knew Ft. Ciszek. His face lit up and he said “Wally and I go way back. He was my room mate.” Turned out Byron’s grandparents lived in Shenandoah and he and Ciszek knew each other somehow that way. Small world. Thank you for bringing Fr. Ciszek’s story to the public with such enthusiasm . We enjoy listening to your shows and sermons.
Thanks for the kindly, divine words.
A though from Augustine:
God would be less powerful if he had to eliminate evil to maintain the good. It is more powerful who can handle evil rather who can not deal with it and had to prohibit it.
Because God is all powerful he can even extract good from the evil we gave him.
Fr. Ciszek is buried in Wernersville, Pa at the Jesuit Center for Spiritual Growth with many of his Jesuit brothers. My wife & I have been on several retreats there & we always visit his grave.
Our bishop of blessed memory +Michael Dudek of the Byzantine Catholic eparchy (diocese) of Passaic, NJ was friends with Fr. Ciszek & opened the cause for his canonization. The cause has since been taken over by the Roman Catholic church.
Chesterton observed that sin makes everything boring and that virtue banishes boredom.
Praise the Lord
Great complement to the Grace revolution!
God bless you Bhp.Barron. I hope i can have the book of Fr.Ciszek.
I love that phrase ‘God is about something’. I favor the eastern/Indian/Taoist wisdom myself however.
We hope we can buy again these good books in all St. Paul bookstores...
Thank you
Be interesting to hear your thoughts on "Man's Search for Meaning" someday Bishop!
Thank you. That was a very good video. Muchas gracias Bishop.
‘Invigorating episode’ ...indeed!
We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.
ST. PAUL (Romans 8:28)
What about cooperating with evil? How does this fit in with surrender to God's divine providence? What about "lead us not into temptation"? Since the Fall, we are all sinners. How do we reconcile these elements into this conversation? What about the idea of our free will in all of this? I wish the Bishop would have gone deeper. There are so many levels that were not addressed.
Fr. Cizsek's cause for canonization is underway..🙏
Fr. Ciszek's cause for canonization was opened by his friend +Bishop Michael Dudek of the Byzantine Catholic eparchy of Passaic NJ. The cause has since been taken over by the Roman Catholic church.
God works in mysterious ways. Fr. Ciszek took lemons and turned it into lemonade
Thanks for the book links too!
Viktor Frankel's "Man's Search for Meaning " ...he suffered in a number of Nazi Concentration Camps...then realized that a person can have everything taken away from them but having meaning is a driving force to endure extreme conditions....those with a rich inner life ( religious/spiritual beliefs) coped much better....he said once your know your "why", you'll find the *how"....
Waiting
great episode!
Inspirational
Fr Walter pronounced his last name CHI-zik not CHEE zik. pardon my correction.
I have read a part of "He Leadeth Me" everyday of my life since 1981 when I went away to college.
I love Father Walter's witness to God's Providence.
I had read that book, it's a good book.
The rosary videos are how I found you guys!
Great video as always!
Please do another podcast with Jordan Peterson
You really should send daily emails to pray the rosary with Bishop barron. Seriously.
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16:07 I heard this summarized by a Baptist preacher thusly: _God wants us to have faith, but he doesn't want us to be stupid!_
Too many of us seem too think that
_The Great Commission_ applies only to those who have taken vows. We worry about reducing our _ecological footprint_ or increasing our _economic footprint,_ but have *zero interest* in expanding our _theological footprint._
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"God" is a alien! ✌🏽✌️✌🏻💙💯❗️😇❗️♥️❗️
13:10 obedience proceeds understanding that’s why we must comply with his passive well. If God presented the whole picture at once we would freak out
What greater good could there be for a child’s suffering? I have a very hard time with this. God help me.
I don't know the answer, but you can count with my prayers. I will talk about it with our Father. God bless you. You are loved.
Hi ! Here I'd like to recommend you check out Fr Chris Alar from the Divine Mercy channel, he has a series called :Explaining the Faith, there's a video on suffering and why on there as well . Fr Casey Cole does approach this subject at times ,from Breaking In the Habit channel. These are great sources as well (that are with the Roman Catholic Church, like Bishop Barron here .) God bless .💖
Considering that God, in the Bible, said 1. do not eat certain animals including wild animal's meat, 2. do not drink the blood of animals, 3. etc. What happens are the consequences of "evil" (as defined as ill will) or "sin" (as defined as a lack of love for others including other creatures) when humans break these prohibitions. Yes, natural, spiritual and divine consequences are part of God's will. These consequences are part of human reality for believers and non-believers alike.
There are the natural and divine consequences of sin and evil that are part of human existence. When humans fail to learn from errors then they are destined to repeat them whenever they break the rules and laws of God's natural and divine providence. God provides lessons of physical and spiritual illness, physical healing and of spiritual healing for humanity.
All animals were wild at one point. A human had to domesticate the cow. Prior to being domesticated was eating beef a sin?
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As a non Catholic Christian how does this correlate with John 10:10 as the thief whose work is to steal , kill and destroy? Also that satan is referred to as the god of this world, how does this relate?
Bishop Barron why do you not make the sign of the cross to start off the Rosary?
I enjoy this show very much and listen to literally every episode and Bishop Barron is my de facto spiritual teacher, but the preface (most of which is irrelevant information) for this episode is way too long: 8 minutes and 15 seconds. Of course I can always skip it, but it shouldn't be incumbent on me to skip irrelevant information, but should be incumbent on the content creator to keep the content focused.
Apparently this is not a video about the book by the same title.
Mr.Bishop sorry "l am cold to reed that as you sed but the coclusion afraid of russens but keep the beleive in Jezus and triy remain a men.
How was rosary prayed at the time of saint dominic ? It has become so long that it is hard to pray all mysteries every day and I want to pray 3 mysteries . should I leave out " Holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now ...... ? also Fatima etc?
Is free will Gods will?
Good question; plus, is there any such thing as free will and what is free will anyway?