Bishop Barron at the Grave of C.S. Lewis

[@laurengalan2760]

Welcome to the south of England. I am new to Christianity from a Very relaxed reform Jewish family. I was agnostic and atheist when I was younger and gradually over the last 8 years have been coming to Christ. I like to go to the church Tolkien went to when I’m down visiting my parents in Bournemouth. Thank you for all the work you do I really enjoy listening to you! Love and blessings from my little part of the shire 🙂

[@tonysmith5812]

@Palestinian Rambo I wouldnt worry about that, you should be more concerned that God has given the jews all that land you think you own.

[@tonysmith5812]

You are not new to christianity. You may be called a messianic jew perhaps, granted but you are not a christian. Ephesians 3 would be a good read for you. Us that believe in God through Jesus are grafted into the promises of God made to the jews, ( it also mentions that we can be just as easily cut off again ) Your jewish brothers of old were not christians, they were followers of the way. Christianity does not have the same sound nor is it scriptural. For all of you christians out there that say ''welcome home;' to a believing jew you demonstrate arrogance and a severe lack of understanding of who you actually are.

[@BishopBarron]

God bless you!

[@angelicdoctor8016]

@@BishopBarron Hey Bishop Barron. Thanks for this tribute to C.S. Lewis. I may be in the top 1% of your biggest fans. On another note, I'm not sure if you've seen this, but maybe you should know about it - "ground zero" from TnT - offered support for you ("entered into the struggle") there, to assist Taylor and Tim and their growing groups of followers, who have slipped into misconceptions: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmq4ZZKkmNZ5hs0

[@janethockey9070]

Lauren Galan Read the Four Loves by Lewis and The Great Divorce.

[@PintsWithJack]

Thank you Bishop Barron! We love C.S. Lewis and he had such a profound impact on our lives, we started a C.S. Lewis podcast called Pints with Jack and the first season we went through Mere Christianity chapter by chapter. Such an incredible book when you unpack it deeply. Lewis' discussion on us being drawn up into the divine live is incredible. Thank you for your ministry! God Bless!

[@jeremysmith7176]

I'm assuming you were also inspired by Pints with Aquinas given the name?

[@PintsWithJack]

@@jeremysmith7176 Indeed! Love what Matt is doing with Pints with Aquinas.

[@oscarprogresso]

@Pints with Jack Love CSL. I just subscribed to your podcast. I look forward to listening! Pax Christi

[@mcgreggers99]

I bought a compilation of Narnia 10 years ago with the intent to one day read it to my children. I started reading it last week to my 2 daughters. It immediately set their imaginations ablaze and has become their favorite part of our bedtime ritual and it also affords me the ability to tie the themes back to scripture. Thank you Mr. Lewis for blessing the world with your timeless creation.

[@jackjohnson8431]

Thank you Father Barron helping me delve deeper into Christianity. I have used your homilies to teach Sunday school in a Southern Baptist church and your references to great writers has helped me to grow in my faith in our Lord.

[@mish375]

Kind of cool actually. I was raised with the Baptist teachings. It's interesting how the good Bishop is able to cross denominational lines to get his point across. While I'll never be a Catholic, I find his videos very informative and thought provoking.

[@mish375]

@@morriscat3 Amen. 🙂👍🙏

[@coyoacan73]

Thank you Bishop Barron for all your work. Very much hope you have enjoyed your visit to the UK.

[@Arven8]

Very nice to see you in that setting, in casual clothes. I said a prayer for CS Lewis. I read Mere Christianity in the desert once, or what felt like a desert. It was part of what brought me to faith in God. He was a wonderful man. Thanks for the video.

[@lewismcadow4027]

Dear Bishop Barron, I love your videos and podcasts, but it is an absolute delight to see you visiting the graves of these men. I’m currently reading “Perelandra,” the second of his Space Trilogy, and I cannot put it down. Like your experience with Mere Christianity, I, too, started reading these books in my youth, but now, as an adult, they speak to my soul. May God bless you and be with you in every work. -LM

[@oscarprogresso]

Thank you, Bishop Barron, for sharing these intimate vignettes on Tolkien, Lewis, and Churchill. I deeply admire your work. I love Lewis and appreciate your generous and charitable presentation of him. Your ask to remember Lewis in prayer moved me. You are a good and kind man, as well as priest. In the Tolkien clip, you mentioned that you said a prayer for him. I hope you did the same for his friend, even though they had their differences. God bless you, Bishop. Pax Christi.

[@momofnd7902]

Love you and your teaching. Glad to see you with C. S. Thank you! I feel like you are my friend,

[@GinnyandEric]

One of our favorite books by C.S. Lewis: The Screwtape Letters

[@PintsWithJack]

Love The Screwtape Letters! If you like C.S. Lewis, check out our podcast, Pints with Jack. We work through each of C.S. Lewis' works. Season 1 we did Mere Christianity and season 2 we did The Great Divorce. Season 4 (a future season) we will most likely be doing The Screwtape Letters. God Bless!

[@cyntogia]

Great book

[@GinnyandEric]

Pints with Jack Awesome, thank you for sharing😃

[@Retrogamer71]

Not good myself to read anything but Philosophical text. Is there a critique on C S Lewis? A double blessing to not only have Newman as a saint but Robert Barron in our city too.

[@deborahanne9793]

The Screwtape Letters are amazing books!

[@marypinakat8594]

The series of videos you have been giving us displaying the resting places of significant individuals in the Church, you being there at the Tombs, are Awesome. Thanking God for the great figures and praying for them. Thank you for your generosity and all your services, Bishop Barron.

[@duncansutherland47]

I converted to Christianity in large part because of CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien. God bless them both!!

[@ian_snyder]

Great videos on Lewis and Tolkien -- thank you, Your Excellency! It's worth noting for those that don't know their backgrounds that Lewis and Tolkien both served in WWI and experienced the horrors of trench warfare.

[@andrewdolokhov5408]

Right-----I doubt that the trip to Mordor through the swamps would have been the same without Tolkien's experience of trench warfare.

[@vanessacarrasquel8246]

Dear Bishop Barron. I love all your videos and Interviews. I hope meet you personally in some point... CS Lewis make understand the daily application of Christ teachings, I am totally sure that you are enjoying the England travel

[@fakhirpathaankhan746]

Dear bishop, please help me and pray for me, I am someone who has lost faith in god but desperately seek to belive again!! If i could ask you to please pray for me or anyone else that reads my comment, please pray for me, my faith and my failing health!! Thank you

[@MariaB..]

@Fakhir Pathaan Khan - Greetings. Have you lost faith in God because of your failing health? 🕊️

[@BishopBarron]

God bless you. Could I make a simple suggestion? If you want to deepen your faith, perform a simple act of love every day.

[@fakhirpathaankhan746]

@@MariaB.. I would say so, yes.

[@fakhirpathaankhan746]

@@BishopBarron I don't just want to deepen it I want to find it

[@BishopBarron]

Fakhir Pathaan Khan Then give alms.

[@mish375]

This video comes at an interesting time: I happen to be reading Mere Christianity and have been thinking a lot about what Lewis said as these are some things I've thought of in my own walk (concepts of justice and order relating to God). Definitely a lot to think about.

[@perperson199]

Greatest Anglican thinker of all time

[@aclark903]

A great for sure but #GeorgeHerbert is also worth reading, as are #Swift and #Donne

[@Lu.G.]

Thank you for sharing yet another wonderful site! I have been meaning to give _Mere Christianity_ a re-read so I will do that very soon.

[@davidbates3353]

If you're going to do that, you might like to follow along with the "Pints With Jack" podcast (formerly known as "The Eagle and Child"). We work through that book chapter-by-chapter each episode. www.PintsWithJack.com

[@Lu.G.]

@@davidbates3353 Way ahead of you! 🤓 I just subscribed on PocketCasts.

[@davidbates3353]

@@Lu.G. Excellent! Feel free to shoot us a message on the website to let us know how you get on!

[@autisticdad]

CS Lewis inspires me. He fought in WW 1 as a youngster too and was wounded. I don't know if Tolkien did. Prayer of thanksgiving for both men

[@praxidescentenoortiz9664]

Awesome amazing! Thank you to God and Thank you so much Bishop Barrón God bless you and all workers with you 😇😇😇

[@johnnotrealname8168]

9th and Thank You Your Exellency and the team behind Word on Fire the work you do is amazing.

[@EucharistMiracles]

I'm sure CS Lewis is close to God right now. He was an amazing evangelist.

[@brendanburgess2071]

Currently reading CS Lewis' Reflections on the Psalms.

[@adamcharleshovey7105]

I have a big book of CS Lewis works, It's interesting, seeing Lewis's thought process over time. I picked it up at Books-A-Million, which is a regional chain in the United States, but you should be able to find it online. I recommend buying it.

[@ketinporta4994]

It was nice to remember to visit the “Campo Santo” and pray for the souls. San Diego has graves under San Diego St! Who knew.... Holy Souls, pray for the militant church ⛪️❤️🌸🙏

[@notfunny6369]

It feels strange seeing Bishop Baron out of his usual clothes. Looks good on him though

[@notfunny6369]

@@VyCanisMajorisCSA still looks like Bishop Baron to me

[@VyCanisMajorisCSA]

@@notfunny6369 Because you know that he is a Bishop from past events. But for a new eye, he looks like anyone else.

[@marypinakat8594]

@@VyCanisMajorisCSA Apart from his heart's closeness to C.S. Lewis, he is not there in the cemetery for anyone else other than us.

[@notfunny6369]

@@VyCanisMajorisCSA why would they need to know he's a Bishop if he's having a causal day out

[@VyCanisMajorisCSA]

​@@notfunny6369 A pastor doesn't have days out.

[@Mommyandtux]

Thanks for your faith as well as your loyalty to our Holy Father Pope Francis. You're a great bishop & person, all people should aspire to imitate you.

[@marypinakat8594]

@@wms72 Don't waste your time by hate speech.

[@ezekiel3626]

As an aside there is a great play about CS Lewis, President Kennedy and Aldous Huxley (who also died that day) meeting in the afterlife to talk philosophy before going to whatever follows. Between Heaven and Hell, for a Lewis fan it is a great read.

[@davidbates3353]

I think you're thinking of the book "Between Heaven and Hell" by Dr. Peter Kreeft.

[@riverjao]

My Anglican hero and my Catholic hero: Lewis and Barron 👍🙏👍

[@josephjackson1956]

Jordan Orick or you can have both: John Henry Newman 😉😂

[@Iffmeister]

@@josephjackson1956 haha

[@kurian_jose]

Very happy to hear Bishop Barron talk of Mere Christianity. I read that book as a "young man who desired to be a sound athiest".....and things went quite unplanned. 😂

[@adventureinallthings]

Wow, it is not often you get to see somebody having such aa great time at the graveyard , as you are the last few days :)

[@marypinakat8594]

Chances are he is overworking for *giving us* the good time.

[@Autobotmatt428]

Tolkien himself was apart of the worst one of if not the worst battle of WW1 the battle of the Somme. Mind you he wasn’t there day one but I think a week later. Still one of the worst battles of the war. God bless him

[@PS-ru2ov]

CS lewis used to go on holiday 6 miles from where i live in Castlerock Northern Ireland he was born born in Northern Ireland in Belfast

[@EucharistMiracles]

Mere Chistianity is a masterpiece

[@alanshadastrokeanddiedinho2897]

Like yourself, I also read; Mere Christianity, as I wasn't ready. Charles Colson had his life changed through the reading of the book. I read a daily devotional of C. S. Lewis which has excerpts from his writings. Someone wrote a book of a meeting between C. S. Lewis, J. F. K, and Huxley who all died on the same day. The pub where the 'Inklings' meet still exists and I saw on Facebook a plaque on the pub wall dedicated to the 'Inklings'.

[@davidbates3353]

The book that you're referring to is "Between Heaven and Hell" by Dr. Peter Kreeft.

[@davidbates3353]

If you're a big Lewis fan, you might like a podcast which I co-host: www.PintsWithJack.com

[@andrewdolokhov5408]

Both Lewis and Tolkien were in the trenches!

[@annajamal781]

God bless you bishop barron ❤️

[@kristinakader1940]

The power of God ❤️

[@CatholicBossHogg]

It's such a mystery why we can't get batches of Catholic authors like Tolkien and Chesterton post vatican II...

[@janethockey9070]

The Four Loves and The Preface to Paradise Lost

[@jessewallace12able]

Who dislikes this?

[@gjdsilva2003]

In india, Churchill is hated. He was responsible for diverting food grains from Bengal to boost buffet stocks for his troops. He was advised against doing this by the local administration. The result was a famine in Bengal that took the lives of millions. But who knows about this? Churchill had contempt for Indians and the deaths of those millions did not bother him. To Indians he was just another villain.

[@andyhello23]

I do not think it happens nowadays, as most people in 1st world countries, are very numb, so therefore through the arts, and media, the main people do not present these things anymore. Thats the drawback, seeing as media people apart from the likes of george lucas, cannot really present the spiritual in a defined way, as most people in 1st world today lack there own experience. So its not surprising, that today there really is a rather lacking of media, or story telling in terms of spiritual terms, like in terms, of presenting christian lore in story form anymore. This for me, also shows why hollywood has lost its imagination this century, and started repeating what has been before. Just like the music scene also, lacks any real creativity that was before. So the numbing of the human, has led enormously to them being clouded towards spiritual ideas that awaken things within them. So when you numb society like gov do today, your certainly going to create a society where spiritual things through story telling, is lacking.

[@barelyprotestant5365]

The Anglican (Lewis) has 7 thousand more views than the Roman Catholic (Tolkien). :)

[@ellia3213]

I've lost faith, help me!

[@BishopBarron]

Perform the simplest act of love every day.

[@shredwarfare5446]

This guy in the sweater looks like Bishop Barron

[@DinoRamzi]

Wasn’t there a woman amongst the inklings?

[@candyclews4047]

Is there no one to look after these graves?

[@schoolsofselfdefense3646]

CS Lewis denied being a catholic and died an Anglican...modernism.

[@heironymousb9661]

Shit yeah, Boy!

[@stuckmannen3876]

Churchill is not that good of a guy, at least to the extent a lot of people are making him up to be...

[@JayDee284]

Churchill was a Great Man but a Great Man is not always a Good Man.

[@IrreverendThomas]

Can someone help me understand why the bishop would say we should say a prayer for CS Lewis? As far as I know he is already in the Lord's presence, so what more is there to pray for? Not trying to be snarky, I just may not understand the RC culture/doctrine in this regard.

[@TheSundayDungle]

We pray for the dead because we do not know their individual plights and it is believed to help those in purgatory on their way to heaven. Unless they are known formally and definitely to be a saint--meaning they are in heaven by declaration of sainthood--we do not assume that they are there (though there are surely many saints that are not formally and definitely known, as any person who makes it to heaven is considered a saint). So its just a nice thing to do, pray for their soul to be one with God--it can't hurt, even if it is a redundancy. There's a bit more to it than that, but that's just a quick, somewhat rushed explanation. Hope that helps. www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_P2N.HTM

[@benperry3380]

His purification. Nothing imperfect may enter heaven, so Catholic teaching is that those justified must also be perfectly purified first. This state or process is called purgatory. 1 cor 3:15

[@TheSundayDungle]

@@johnpglackin345 You can't commit a mortal sin without full knowledge of the sin your are committing. He didn't "know" the Catholic Church to be the "TRUE" church, which is why he wasn't a part of it. The Catholic tradition wasn't a part of his belief system, just as a Jew doesn't believe in Jesus Christ. They are not committing a mortal sin for not sharing our belief. Anyone, even non-Catholics, can enter into heaven through God's love and grace. The Church would say that they do not know Lewis' fate because he did not travel down their "traditional" road to salvation. But that does not mean he is doomed, or even any more likely to be doomed than either of us are. There is more to be doomed for in our hatred and animosity toward our fellow man than in the amount of things we do not understand, cannot know, and will not accept due to our own biases. We all sin. And we are all called to be saved by God.

[@LostArchivist]

@@johnpglackin345 Do we know his thoughts at his moment of death? If not, one can not make that claim in full truth. Jeus Chriat is the judge. We should never attempt to sit in His seat. For if our judgement is wrong, we rob souls in need of prayer and thereby work against their purification. If it is as stated, then those prayers are simply applied to others who need them. Do not trust human judgement in matters of divine judgement. God bless you, brother in Christ.

[@ianrobinson8974]

Good question: my thoughts are that Purgatory is like the "bathroom" of Heaven. Eg, if you got an invitation to meet the Queen, you would get your hair cut, a new set of clothes and be in you best "condition" for said audience. How much more "cleaned up" will we need to be when we meet Our Lord and Saviour?

[@patnewengland4161]

Love you good Bishop, but Tolkien would prefer you with a collar on.

[@marypinakat8594]

Come on. Thank God for the videos. He must be working overtime to put these out. Have some heart. Why drag Tolkien here etc?

[@patnewengland4161]

I know him personally and love what he does, it promotes Jesus, and show who he belongs too...must use every moment to evangelize in that sense...that’s all!

[@marypinakat8594]

@@patnewengland4161 You will never justify yourself.

[@cyntogia]

Vatican II ruined a lot of things.

[@ednaldomelo6558]

Right

[@LostArchivist]

Not the council, the modern world ruined many things, as humans placing themselves as the arbitors of truth. Do not believe the whispers that turn Christians against one another and pit evangelism against tradition and the like. They are false dichotomies and only born of the smoke of Satan in the Church. Same as the heresies and the pharisific attitudes many have. It is all to born of the same hateful dividing spirit. Look at their fruits and please pray on this and discern. I believe you will find a good measure of truth in these words. God bless you and guide your heart to see through the smokescreen of the enemy. Through Lord Jesus Christ, Who is the Light of the World and the Divine Physician. Amen.

[@sshealy1]

Read any Vatican II documents?

[@alittlebitoflight]

I couldn't stand Mere Christianity. It read like someone trying to convince themselves of the reasonableness of Christian revelation and always struck me as cloying. But the Space Trilogy and The Abolition of Man are great, as are Surprised by Joy and A Grief Observed.

[@seansmith9129]

I don't know why you are eulogizing C.S. Lewis ... he was a Belfast Protestant with no time for Catholicism. He lived in a strange probably sexual relationship with his friends mother. He drank a lot and his brother was an alcoholic.

[@michaellawlor5625]

What's his brother being a alcoholic got anything to do with it?

[@davidbates3353]

Friend, I'd recommend reading Lewis' letters. There you'll find that the claim he had "no time for Catholicism" is unfair. You allude to his relationship with Mrs. Moore. Lewis and his comrade Paddy agreed that, if one them died in The Great War, the survivor would look after the other's family. Paddy died and Lewis kept his word, caring for Paddy's mother and sister (quite amazingly) for the rest of his life. Now, some have suspected that *prior* to his conversion to Christianity*, Lewis had a sexual relationship with Mrs. Moore. However, it's far from confirmed, so on what basis do you assume this to be true? Even if it *is* true, why are the sins of the pre-conversion Lewis relevant? Saul of Tarsus did a lot of bad things before he became St. Paul... It's true that Lewis' brother, Warnie, was an alcoholic...but I don't see why Lewis caring for his brother makes him a bad man. It's true that Lewis enjoyed alcohol, but that's not a sin either.

[@TheSundayDungle]

Our Catholic faith leads us to pursue mercy, forgiveness, redemption, and love. We are all sinners. You do not have to be Catholic to go to heaven. Everyone who is there was a sinner. And we should hope that everyone can find redemption through the grace of God to make it there, regardless of how different they are from our own tradition.

[@TheSundayDungle]

@@johnpglackin345 That's simply not true and a very unCatholic view. We can believe it to be the surest way, like a taking a large, strong, modern ship across the ocean, vs taking a canoe. One is far more likely for success, but either can make it. And there are many, many different types of boats (faiths) of all different strengths. If you need to quote the CCC to believe me, look here (CCC 847) on the vaticans own website: www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p123a9p3.htm But the thought is far more complicated than simply a quote from the CCC, it has been discussed countless times by many, many, many theologians. Gods mercy is greater than our comprehension, and so too is his judgement. I will not presume anything that only he himself can declare. God is merciful, loving, kind, and goes out of his way to bring his children to him in Heaven. We must emulate that, I try to everyday. That is the only way to help outsiders come to greater faith. Otherwise we are not hoping for their salvation, and therefore not working with God's plan in mind.

[@LostArchivist]

@@johnpglackin345 No salvation without the Church, there is a difference. But your chances arw much much greater within Her arms.

[@odzychris7996]

After Vatican II? Why is it that the ideas did not continue? ... conservatives! Ottaviani “in primis” and then some popes denied the possibility of fight ... and many ran!

[@LostArchivist]

Please stop propagating this division in the Church. We are and ought act like Christ's One Mystical Body. Do not see how to overcome them, see how to reconcile with them. The Church should not be using these political boundaries, it does nothing but harm Her and breed resentment and rivalry amongst Her members. Please set these notions aside and help us to continue to repair and heal the Church. We need all the help we can get. God bless you and grant you all you need to do His will and help to build His Kingdom. Through Lord Jesus Christ, our One Shepard over His One Flock, His Church. Amen.

[@marypinakat8594]

@@LostArchivist ☆ ☆

[@organicpaul]

Love these videos thank you!