Bishop Barron on The Holy Spirit

[@jofox8066]

Hi Fr Barron, I'm a British protestant. I've been really struggling with my faith in the last couple of months and your teachings are really helping me find the way back. Thank-you. x

[@johnb4632]

Jo Fox; I hope you don't mind me stepping in.I noticed this video helped you. You mentioned a British protestant full of baggage just kidding.... Being a devout catholic my wife was an Anglican protestant but in order for her to marry me she had to convert to being catholic and of course we had to bring up our children catholic.God throws curveballs in your life.He surprises you once in awhile if you let him.My point being a strong catholic I would have never thought of marrying a protestant ever.My wife now is a catholic school teacher; reads at mass; hands out holy communion and is involved in the church more than myself.Talk about the 3pm crowd (vineyard parable).But she can't beat my prayer life.You mentioned about you are really struggling with your faith.The Protestant faith can give a foundation of faith but the catholic church teaches the full gospel universal 'according to the whole'. What's missing for a protestant is the eucharist.Only a catholic priest can change the bread and wine to the actual body and blood of Christ. The catholic mass liturgy is found in scripture.John 6;54. The protestant churches study the bible on Sunday is a form of idoltary. What is idoltary to do what sounds good to man. Jesus Christ never said go and study your bibles on Sunday as worship this a form of idoltary.The catholic mass is the key to salvation. It is the daily sacrifice said 300,000 times daily around the world for over 2,000 years now. Obviously you know the British treated the Irish catholics horrifically in it's history. The Irish catholics are very dear to God.The Irish sent catholic priests and missionaries to Africa in the 70's and 80's.Now Africa are sending their catholic priests west to North America and Ireland amazing.

[@lifexp6409]

You'll find your way just ignore all commets lol

[@nl2766]

I have found biblical Christianity in Protestantism. Hang in there. Some of Bishop Barron's teaching help me a lot in some areas but I still I would not go back to Catholicism because they have deviated with the doctrines of men. This teaching was very helpful.

[@nl2766]

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[@nl2766]

Jo Fox watch the KZbin video podcast oh Nov 3, 2008 by Dr William Lane Craig "What About Catholicism"

[@dlwhite1965]

I never experienced joy until I came into relationship with the presence of the Holy Spirit.

[@marypinakat8594]

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[@danrocky2553]

I’ve never experienced peace until the same thing

[@BruceWayne-po5kf]

Amen

[@BruceWayne-po5kf]

Pray for us brother

[@caiqueportolira]

How did you find the Holy Spirit?

[@kji686s]

Cradle catholic here. This guy is one of the most fascinating speakers on the faith I have ever heard. I can’t get enough.

[@Bisarluc101]

Dear Father Barron : I am 65 years old and have always been perplexed and taken back by the contrivance of the catholic articles of faith and narrative. That said, the catholic morality has always felt profoundly right. I have come in contact with your videos two months ago, and some have helped me greatly. So I have recommended them to friends who might be open to the values you profess. After listening to your comments on Veni Sancte Spiritus, I have asked God to show me a course of action concerning certain problems. And God may well have answered. Your exposés have helped me realize my deepest aspirations correspond to values associated with God. And whether God exists or not, I find my freedom in serving those perceived goods. Thank you.

[@BishopBarron]

Well, God bless you, Luc.

[@Bisarluc101]

Fr. Robert Barron Thank you. I appreciate it. I wish you the best.

[@Bisarluc101]

+Charles Lambdin : Thank you for writing me. I find warming that you would care enough to let me know your point of view and give me information you find helpful. The word “struggle” is certainly accurate. I am desperately seeking meaningful and enlightening approaches and shall view the video you recommend. Like you, I have specially enjoyed the “Flying Spaghetti Monster” exposé. The Catholic Church has an inexhaustible treasure of human experience, analytical rigour, and love of God, Goodness, Truth and Beauty; and I think it has much to offer in this society where it is common for individuals to feel they have the competence, the right and the duty to judge values on the basis of their self-serving quality. God help us all.

[@jcawalton]

+Charles Lambdin I love this dialogue; God bless you both.

[@Bisarluc101]

Thank you for your wise words and kind wishes. I have started going back to mass two and a half months ago. Yesterday a St. Augustine phrase was pronounced which stuck in the mind: “You have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless, until they can find rest in you.” Let us Hope!

[@Molly-cd9fx]

Thank you Father , this was so helpful ❤

[@permuros]

Father Barrow, I have a testimony of his words. On December 24, 2014, providentially I found on KZbin a music that I really liked and it was Veni Sancte Spiritus. I was desolate and I was much of that night and of the 25 accompanying me with that music, I asked the Lord, what was the meaning of my life? The Lord gave me more than a response, an experience of life that had two years of peace and happiness in my soul, and much need to know, to learn about it. Now, without the euphoria of the experience that the Holy Spirit gave me, I strive to live according to what he has taught me, I confess frequently and correct my path as soon as I deviate. I am convinced that this life is a constant struggle against evil. Thank you for your messages Father, God bless you.

[@BishopBarron]

God bless you too. Please pray for me.

[@permuros]

Thankhs phather. I ask God for you, phather.

[@delsydebothom3544]

Our participation in that plan is an integral part of it.

[@SheltonDCruz]

I will pray for you Father.

[@Name-le2cc]

Could you give me the link to the music. Thanks

[@rebeccakoshka007]

Thank you father Barron for sharing your insight and wisdom. I'm starting my journey into the Catholic faith and find your videos really helpful. Many thanks

[@BishopBarron]

God bless you. Please keep praying for me.

[@70AD-user45]

Rebecca Vu You've made the right choice by going to an Apostolic Church, but the wrong choice in going west when you should have gone east into Eastern Orthodoxy. There too many heresies in Roman Catholicism, like papal infallibility, the immaculate conception, purgatory, indulgences. Roman Catholicism has also resulted in schisms and inquisitions and a very dark history.

[@katherinenoel945]

Father Barron you are a gentleman and a scholar. AND a saint! Thank you for your insight!!

[@BishopBarron]

A gentleman and a scholar? Maybe. A saint? Definitely not! Pray that I might become one.

[@JeffersonDinedAlone]

Fr. Robert Barron Why? As no human beings can determine anything of a spiritual nature.

[@timspangler8440]

JeffersonDinedAlone Pride. Pure pride.

[@davidhebert4026]

I pray the sequence of the Holy Spirit every morning,its an awesome prayer.

[@luisjuarez5205]

Bishop Barron, I just want to thank you for the work you do and for allowing the Holy Spirit to work through you in order for people like me, a sinner, to have a word of encouragement throughout the week. I ask you humbly to pray for me so that I may, like yourself, allow the holy spirit to guide my life and to always be sincere and never superficial. Thank you, Bishop Barron!

[@assyroamericano4487]

Thank you Bishop Barron, you are a gift from Gad to us ..I was very seriously ill, i believe our lord Jesus Christ our lord is our savior, and my christian faith healed me, healed by a miracle attributed to late Pope John Paul II

[@annworth449]

Come Holy Spirit. What a beautiful prayer. Will keep this treasure with me all day. Thank you Bishop B. Stay safe.

[@lesgraham6602]

Beautiful I will pray Come Holy Spirit and encourage others. Amen.

[@Running_with_Faith]

Come Holy Spirit! Come! I welcome you. I love you. Come Holy Spirit Come!

[@stevejames6207]

Father Barron, Your teachings offer hope and understanding at a time of great spiritual sickness. May the Lord richly bless you in your ministry. Steve London England

[@adamgunari6682]

I am a protestant Catholics plz pray for me I think the Lord is tellling me to look moreinto the Holy Roman Catholic Church

[@taywil64A]

'Come Holy Spirit' great wisdom and a wonderful prayer to God.

[@TheAnniet]

Fr. Barron, this is a completely marvelous meditation on the fruits of the Holy Spirit. And it's something that we don't hear very much about in Homilies and other spiritual sources. This made my morning! As it's snowing and 5 degrees here, a test of my Patience.

[@matty301]

Thank you Bishop Barron for helping me find Jesus through the Word on Fire Volume 1 (The Gospels) your weekly sermons and your Rosary. The centre of my life is Lord Jesus now. I've learnt to let go of all my attachments and I might live a life of poverty but to experience living with Jesus through the Holy Spirit everyday is worth it ❤ I still need to pray more to Jesus and thank him for everything his done in my life 😊❤ Once again Bishop Barron, thank you for sharing the word and putting hope back into the world 💪❤

[@HeelBJC]

Fr. Barron you are awesome!!!

[@mar-mar-marina]

This message of the Holy Spirit and how you expressed it. It means so much to me as a new Catholic! I love the peace, joy and unconditional love of loving the Holy Spirit. “Occasion for love”… beautiful. 💙

[@saveriosalemme5366]

Bishop Barron has a remarkable gift of breaking down the context of the scriptures and their influences on our own lives.

[@louiseteaches]

Thank you so much for your wisdom, Bishop Barron. Love and prayers from the UK.

[@mkaysartfuljourney1239]

I'm feeling renewed. I have been practicing the Baptist faith and it has come to me I need to return back to be with my family, and our pastor has been discussing faith, and the Holy Spirit and I felt as though I missed something. So I talked to my sister Stacy and she is close in her Catholic faith. She recommended you. I feel blessed. Thank you for sharing your gifts. God bless

[@JohnSiple]

Fr. Barron is an excellent source for interpretation, but here we see a humble Teacher. "How can I tell if I am on the right path?" It's answered beyond doubt here, from Galations 5. Thanks very much, Father

[@BrendanWalsh]

So beautiful. I would just like to clarify one point which Fr mentions near the end of his talk. 'He says we must ask for the Holy Spirit, well I understand what he means, however we receive the Holy Spirit in a special way when we are Confirmed. The graces we receive often remain quite hidden as we pay too much attention to the world, however we can then ask to be renewed through the power of the Holy Spirit, that the Holy Spirit may fan into flames those graces which God has already given us from the moment of Baptism as well as Confirmation.

[@5GemmaAnn]

so so inspiring im so happy i found this!! just these past couple days i was suffering from a sudden unexplained depression...i honestly felt like crying all the time...so i kept praying and praying, while doing my daily routine and trying to put things in order...finally it just lifted as suddenly as it came..never give up your prayers even if they dont seem to work the first time. have faith and ask again. :) god bless

[@marthamzamdio]

Fr. Barron , you are just pure love!!!!

[@maryalicebehrens6206]

Pray for me please Fr. Barron. I am too long suffering and sometimes lose my faith. My Son has been sick for so long and I am finding it harder and harder to see the good and love in what you say might be a gift. I find myself just praying that God will take me soon.

[@Zeero3846]

Both St. Therese of Lisieux and Bl. Mother Theresa of Calcutta near the end of their lives both experienced great agony and sense of doubt for no short period of time. This is not much different from you, but in this period of darkness, they persevered. What got them through is realizing that their suffering is not unlike Jesus' agony in the garden of Gethsemene. Knowing this and their love for Jesus, they united their troubles and doubts to that moment. As Jesus suffers so do you, but you have hope because you know that though He suffered death, He also rose from the dead, and you will have new life within you. If you doubt this, I also have a first-hand account of a friend who was just two months ago afflicted with the same sort of doubt, losing both a grandmother, whom she thought of as her own mother, and a very close best friend within two weeks of another. I watched her recover over the next month and a half, and I an amazed at what the Lord had done for her! Over time she began to pray over herself the very truth she heard in the prayers we prayed over her. "Christ, whom you loved, died for you so that you might live. He has blessed you, and you will speak in witness to it." This girl is now one of the most vocal and excited people I know to speak to Jesus' account. She is one of the people I know that has suffered the most hardships throughout her life, yet as the Holy Spirit came upon her, it was her voice that was became the most compelling as the Word spilled out of her. Through her suffering, I saw Christ. I say the same to you, and even more so now as we prepare in remembering His Passion this week. You are blessed to know more intimately what Christ went through, and may you likewise be lifted up to be a voice in witness to Him.

[@lucky16ization]

I said a prayer for you and I will pray for you again. Going through trials is difficult, but you will endure. Veni sancte spiritus

[@jessicanolan5811]

MaryAlice Behrens I will pray for you.

[@phattybacon931]

I wept reading your comment. I don't know what the future or God has in store for you but I know suffering and I know the indignation that rises from seeing the suffering of innocents. Be good and inspire others. God bless.

[@danserrano100]

My brother had died after contracting incurable depression for almost 30 years. how could a loving merciful God of love, deny miracles to recover health. Medicine is not a perfect science, where then is the miracle of faith?

[@joeyrocks7916]

Your words are so prophetic to me and my personal life sometimes

[@priscillaver6575]

I want to thank you for your sermon. God, the holy spirit has been back in my life for sometime. I walk by Faith and trust in God only. I'm now serving God for his purpose in my life. I never in my life experience so much peace, joy and guidance. I'm made brand-new and once was broken. God has given me a deliverance. I've been tested and by God's grace I'm saved. I'm grateful God taken time to give me a second chance. I'm now singing the gospel, writing songs and been studying the word of God as he lives in me. Overall, I just want to thank you. May God continue to be with you and your spirit.

[@mcnallyaar]

God Bless You, Bishop. You sing the Truth with great clarity.

[@kennethahoffman3346]

I'm from Lake Forest, Il. and started following Fr. Barron when he was pastor in our neighboring town of Libertyville. I would go to his church just to hear him speak. His homilies are the best I've ever heard. It's wonderful the he's featured on Catholic TV, especially in this time of distress. Witnessing daily mass on the internet, is difficult, but hearing, now Bishop Baron, every day is a blessing!

[@bheadh]

God bless you Fr. Barron. Every time I hear you I learn something new spiritually.Sometimes I have had to learn the hard way on my spiritual journey. I'm going to be 53 next month, & as I look back "self control" & self interest have been the bucking broncos that I really needed to be thrown off. Kicking & screaming the whole way. I find it sad that I was so immature to be contemplating it now, so late in life. Faith, hope & love is what has kept me sane through all my trials. Come Holy Spirit!

[@niallhogan1565]

Thank you Bishop Barron for your excellent explanation of the Holy Spirit

[@erwinaquinde7211]

Niall Hogan The Holy Trinity: who are they that compose it. --------------- 5 The Father stood before His children and explained unto them that He had chosen a leader from among them to watch over His work in this part of His kingdom. 6 And the Father called forth Jehovah from among the other spirits and presented him before them as the one that He had chosen. 7 And it came to pass that another valiant spirit was called forth and presented unto the spirits by the Father. 8 And the Father brought forth one of the spirits and presented him to the other spirits that resided there. And I beheld that this spirit was Michael, who would become the mortal father of all the children of men. 15 There before the throne of the Eternal Father, even Elohim, stood Jehovah, even Jesus the Christ, and Michael, the father of all the children of men, even the man Adam. And every knee bowed and every soul sang praises to this Holy Trinity. 16 There appeared a sea of many souls, even more numerous than the sands upon the sea shore, each singing praises of glory towards the throne of God, and all kneeling in honor of their Father and their God. 11 And it came to pass that Michael went down and passed through the days of his probation and died; yea, even so, he returned once again to the world of spirits from whence he came. 12 And Michael ruled at the right hand of Jehovah and reigned in his stead when the time came for Jehovah to pass through the days of his probation. 16 And for the small space of time in between the death of his mortal body and his resurrection, Jesus entered once again into the spirit world and bestowed upon Michael all the powers and authority that he had received from the Father, so that Michael could rule and reign in the spirit world. 17 And now, this is the mystery that hath not been revealed except unto those who have been faithful and received the knowledge of God by way of the spirit of God. For behold, Michael is the other member of the Godhead, yea even the Holy Ghost. 20 But Michael would not take upon himself a resurrected body, but was called and chosen to rule and reign in the spirit world as the Holy Ghost until the work of the Father, concerning His children that belong to this part of His kingdom, is finished. 52 And in this way, Michael, who is the Holy Ghost, is known as the archangel who is in constant battle for the souls of men with Lucifer, who is also known as the devil. ♥️

[@francesvazquez8559]

Thank you and GOD BLESS you Bishop Barron.

[@louisawelsh1169]

Thanks + Barron, an elderly friend mentioned how much she enjoyed your preaching from here down under in New Zealand (Aotearoa). An she's 100% right. You're refreshing. Thanks for the nutritious meal! May this fruit nourish those in our corners of the world. Blessings!

[@JGutubez]

Fr. Barron, this video is fantastic and your commentary is immensely helpful. Thank you very much.

[@BishopBarron]

God bless you.

[@pj100003]

Father Barron, the virtue that you embody most beautifully for the benefit of all of us that look up to you and learn from you is that of long-suffering. You put it on display in everything you do. Thank you for the wonderful commentary.

[@BishopBarron]

The one source of the Spirit is the mutual love of the Father and the Son. That's why we say that, together, they breathe out (or spirate) the Holy Spirit. Fulton Sheen referred to the Spirit as the sigh of love breathed out by the Father and the Son.

[@martinjoseferreyra1961]

And what about the Filioque? what's your take on that? thanks

[@pabloh5884]

Beautiful teaching! I loved it, thank you

[@einnaecarg]

May God bless you always, Father. Remember- we're here always wanting to hear you share your wisdom.

[@dominicanmom1]

Thank you Fr. Robert. What an excellent, concise explanation. May God continue to inspire, energize, enlighten, and empower you to share the truths of our Catholic faith.

[@canadiancowboy2010]

Father Barron..you are amazing dont stop! You are awesome!

[@angelinesanthanam5392]

BISHOP Barron's Pentecostal Mass 31/5/20......and homily was so inspiring, well worth listening to again and again. The Holy Spirit is the best gift of life!

[@rsd6317]

Excellent explanation. Keep posting your video teaching Bishop. We love you.

[@phoenixd9679]

Amen! Come Holly Spirit 💜🙏🏽 Thank you for simple teachings!

[@marcusvanrensberg6060]

It is Jesus Christ's eternal spirit that lives in the believers of Jesus christ the one and only true God 👍

[@dawnlapka2433]

Bishop Barron is a gift to the church, and to online education. May God 🙏 😇 bless you, Bishop, and Word on Fire.

[@travelingmntngal7963]

Bishop Robert Barron One of your best commentaries! This was beautiful and helped me understand a question I have had for a very long time. Thank you so much and praise God for the gift of teaching His Word that He has given you!

[@LynnePedigoRidayReiter]

I love your question " How can I use every circumstance as an opportunity for Love?" Thank you for helping me raise the bar to attempt to fulfill that question in a way that is pleasing to God. The Lord be with you!

[@GoTitans747]

From Tradition to Truth The Testimony of Former Roman Catholic Priest, Richard Bennett. The Early Years Born Irish, in a family of eight, my early childhood was fulfilled and happy. My father was a colonel in the Irish Army until he retired when I was about nine. As a family, we loved to play, sing, and act, all within a military camp in Dublin. We were a typical Irish Roman Catholic family. My father sometimes knelt down to pray at his bedside in a solemn manner. Most evenings we would kneel in the living room to say the Rosary together. No one ever missed Mass on Sundays unless he was seriously ill. By the time I was about five or six years of age, Jesus Christ was a very real person to me, but so also were Mary and the saints. I can identify easily with others in traditional Catholic nations in Europe and with Hispanics and Filipinos who put Jesus, Mary, Joseph, and other saints all in one boiling pot of faith. The catechism was drilled into me at the Jesuit School of Belvedere, where I had all my elementary and secondary education. Like every boy who studies under the Jesuits, I could recite before the age of ten five reasons why God existed and why the Pope was head of the only true Church. Getting souls out of Purgatory was a serious matter. The often quoted words, "It is a holy and a wholesome thought to pray for the dead that they may be loosed from sins," were memorized even though we did not know what these words meant. We were told that the Pope as head of the Church was the most important man on earth. What he said was law, and the Jesuits were his right-hand men. Even though the Mass was in Latin, I tried to attend daily because I was intrigued by the deep sense of mystery which surrounded it. We were told it was the most important way to please God. Praying to saints was encouraged, and we had patron saints for most aspects of life. I did not make a practise of that, with one exception: St. Anthony, the patron of lost objects, since I seemed to lose so many things. When I was fourteen years old, I sensed a call to be a missionary. This call, however, did not affect the way in which I conducted my life at that time. Age sixteen to eighteen were the most fulfilled and enjoyable years a youth could have. During this time, I did quite well both academically and athletically. I often had to drive my mother to the hospital for treatments. While waiting for her, I found quoted in a book these verses from Mark 10:29-30, "And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life." Not having any idea of the true salvation message, I decided that I truly did have a call to be a missionary. Trying to Earn Salvation I left my family and friends in 1956 to join the Dominican Order. I spent eight years studying what it is to be a monk, the traditions of the Church, philosophy, the theology of Thomas Aquinas, and some of the Bible from a Catholic standpoint. Whatever personal faith I had was institutionalized and ritualized in the Dominican religious system. Obedience to the law, both Church and Dominican, was put before me as the means of sanctification. I often spoke to Ambrose Duffy, our Master of Students, about the law being the means of becoming holy. In addition to becoming “holy,” I wanted also to be sure of eternal salvation. I memorized part of the teaching of Pope Pius XII in which he said, “...the salvation of many depends on the prayers and sacrifices of the mystical body of Christ offered for this intention.” This idea of gaining salvation through suffering and prayer is also the basic message of Fatima and Lourdes, and I sought to win my own salvation as well as the salvation of others by such suffering and prayer. In the Dominican monastery in Tallaght, Dublin, I performed many difficult feats to win souls, such as taking cold showers in the middle of winter and beating my back with a small steel chain. The Master of Students knew what I was doing, his own austere life being part of the inspiration that I had received from the Pope's words. With rigor and determination, I studied, prayed, did penance, tried to keep the Ten Commandments and the multitude of Dominican rules and traditions. Outward Pomp - Inner Emptiness Then in 1963 at the age of twenty-five I was ordained a Roman Catholic priest and went on to finish my course of studies of Thomas Aquinas at The Angelicum University in Rome. But there I had difficulty with both the outward pomp and the inner emptiness. Over the years I had formed, from pictures and books, pictures in my mind of the Holy See and the Holy City. Could this be the same city? At the Angelicum University I was also shocked that hundreds of others who poured into our morning classes seemed quite disinterested in theology. I noticed Time and Newsweek magazines being read during classes. Those who were interested in what was being taught seemed only to be looking for either degrees or positions within the Catholic Church in their homelands. One day I went for a walk in the Colosseum so that my feet might tread the ground where the blood of so many Christians had been poured out. I walked to the arena in the Forum. I tried to picture in my mind those men and women who knew Christ so well that they were joyfully willing to be burned at the stake or devoured alive by beasts because of His overpowering love. The joy of this experience was marred, however, for as I went back in the bus I was insulted by jeering youths shouting words meaning “scum or garbage.” I sensed their motivation for such insults was not because I stood for Christ as the early Christians did but because they saw in me the Roman Catholic system. Quickly, I put this contrast out of my mind, yet what I had been taught about the present glories of Rome now seemed very irrelevant and empty. One night soon after that, I prayed for two hours in front of the main altar in the church of San Clemente. Remembering my earlier youthful call to be a missionary and the hundredfold promise of Mark 10:29-30, I decided not to take the theological degree that had been my ambition since beginning study of the theology of Thomas Aquinas. This was a major decision, but after long prayer I was sure I had decided correctly. The priest who was to direct my thesis did not want to accept my decision. In order to make the degree easier, he offered me a thesis written several years earlier. He said I could use it as my own if only I would do the oral defense. This turned my stomach. It was similar to what I had seen a few weeks earlier in a city park: elegant prostitutes parading themselves in their black leather boots. What he was offering was equally sinful. I held to my decision, finishing at the University at the ordinary academic level, without the degree. On returning from Rome, I received official word that I had been assigned to do a three year course at Cork University. I prayed earnestly about my missionary call. To my surprise, I received orders in late August 1964 to go to Trinidad, West Indies, as a missionary. Pride, Fall, and a New Hunger On October 1, 1964, I arrived in Trinidad, and for seven years I was a successful priest, in Roman Catholic terms, doing all my duties and getting many people to come to Mass. By 1972 I had become quite involved in the Catholic Charismatic Movement. Then, at a prayer meeting on March 16th of that year, I thanked the Lord that I was such a good priest and requested that if it were His will, He humble me that I might be even better. Later that same evening I had a freak accident, splitting the back of my head and hurting my spine in many places. Without thus coming close to death, I doubt that I would ever have gotten out of my self-satisfied state. Rote, set prayer showed its emptiness as I cried out to God in my pain. In the suffering that I went through in the weeks after the accident, I began to find some comfort in direct personal prayer. I stopped saying the Breviary (the Roman Catholic Church's official prayer for clergy) and the Rosary and began to pray using parts of the Bible itself. This was a very slow process. I did not know my way through the Bible and the little I had learned over the years had taught me more to distrust it rather than to trust it. My training in philosophy and in the theology of Thomas Aquinas left me helpless, so that coming into the Bible now to find the Lord was like going into a huge dark woods without a map. When assigned to a new parish later that year, I found that I was to work side-by-side with a Dominican priest who had been a brother to me over the years. For more than two years we were to work together, fully seeking God as best we knew in the parish of Pointe-a-Pierre. We read, studied, prayed, and put into practise what we had been taught in Church teaching. We built up communities in Gasparillo, Claxton Bay, and Marabella, just to mention the main villages. In a Catholic religious sense we were very successful. Many people attended Mass. The Catechism was taught in many schools, including government schools. I continued my personal search into the Bible, but it did not much affect the work we were doing; rather it showed me how little I really knew about the Lord and His Word. It was at this time that Philippians 3:10 became the cry of my heart, “That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection....” About this time the Catholic Charismatic movement was growing, and we introduced it into most of our villages. Because of this movement, some Canadian Christians came to Trinidad to share with us. While much of what I learnt centered on pretended signs and wonders, which I have later renounced, the use of the Scriptures was truly a blessing to me. The love the Canadian Christians had for the Bible got me deeply into it as an authority source. I began to compare scripture with scripture and even to quote chapter and verse! One of the texts the Canadians used was Isaiah 53:5, “...and with his stripes we are healed.” Yet in studying Isaiah 53, I discovered that the Bible deals with the problem of sin by means of substitution. Christ died in my place. It was wrong for me to try to expiate or try to cooperate in paying the price of my sin. “If by grace, it is no more of works, otherwise grace is no more grace..” Romans 11:6. “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all” (Isaiah 53:6). One particular sin of mine was getting annoyed with people, sometimes even angry. Although I asked forgiveness for my sins, I still did not realize that I was a sinner by the nature which we all inherit from Adam. The scriptural truth is, “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one” (Romans 3:10), and “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). The Catholic Church, however, had taught me that the depravity of man, which is called “original sin,” had been washed away by my infant baptism. I still held this belief in my head, but in my heart I knew that my depraved nature had not yet been conquered by Christ. “That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection...” (Philippians 3:10) continued to be the cry of my heart. I knew that it could be only through His power that I could live the Christian life. I posted this text on the dashboard of my car and in other places. It became the plea that motivated me, and the Lord who is Faithful began to answer. The Ultimate Question First, I discovered that God's Word in the Bible is absolute and without error. I had been taught that the Word is relative and that its truthfulness in many areas was to be questioned. Now I began to understand that the Bible could, in fact, be trusted. With the aid of Strong's Concordance, I began to study the Bible to see what it says about itself. I discovered that the Bible teaches clearly that it is from God and is absolute in what it says. It is true in its history, in the promises God has made, in its prophecies, in the moral commands it gives, and in how to live the Christian life. “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works” (II Timothy 3:16-17). This discovery was made while visiting in Vancouver, B.C., and in Seattle. When I was asked to talk to the prayer group in St. Stephen's Catholic Church, I took as my subject the absolute authority of God's Word. It was the first time that I had understood such a truth or talked about it. I returned to Vancouver, B.C. and in a large parish Church, before about 400 people, I preached the same message. Bible in hand, I proclaimed that “the absolute and final authority in all matters of faith and morals is the Bible, God's own Word.” Three days later, the archbishop of Vancouver, B.C., James Carney, called me to his office. I was then officially silenced and forbidden to preach in his archdiocese. I was told that my punishment would have been more severe, were it not for the letter of recommendation I had received from my own archbishop, Anthony Pantin. Soon afterwards I returned to Trinidad. Church-Bible Dilemma While I was still parish priest of Point-a-Pierre, Ambrose Duffy, the man who had so strictly taught me while he was Student Master, was asked to assist me. The tide had turned. After some initial difficulties, we became close friends. I shared with him what I was discovering. He listened and commented with great interest and wanted to find out what was motivating me. I saw in him a channel to my Dominican brothers and even to those in the Archbishop's house. When he died suddenly of a heart attack, I was stricken with grief. In my mind, I had seen Ambrose as the one who could make sense out of the Church-Bible dilemma with which I so struggled. I had hoped that he would have been able to explain to me and then to my Dominican brothers the truths with which I wrestled. I preached at his funeral and my despair was very deep. I continued to pray Philippians 3:10, “That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection....” But to learn more about Him, I had first to learn about myself as a sinner. I saw from the Bible (I Timothy 2:5) that the role I was playing as a priestly mediator -- exactly what the Catholic Church teaches but exactly opposite to what the Bible teaches -- was wrong. I really enjoyed being looked up to by the people and, in a certain sense, being idolized by them. I rationalized my sin by saying that after all, if this is what the biggest Church in the world teaches, who am I to question it? Still, I struggled with the conflict within. I began to see the worship of Mary, the saints, and the priests for the sin that it is. But while I was willing to renounce Mary and the saints as mediators, I could not renounce the priesthood, for in that I had invested my whole life. Tug-Of-War Years Mary, the saints, and the priesthood were just a small part of the huge struggle with which I was working. Who was Lord of my life, Jesus Christ in His Word or the Roman Church? This ultimate question raged inside me especially during my last six years as parish priest of Sangre Grande (1979-1985). That the Catholic Church was supreme in all matters of faith and morals had been dyed into my brain since I was a child. It looked impossible ever to change. Rome was not only supreme but always called “Holy Mother.” How could I ever go against “Holy Mother,” all the more so since I had an official part in dispensing her sacraments and keeping people faithful to her? In 1981, I actually rededicated myself to serving the Roman Catholic Church while attending a parish renewal seminar in New Orleans. Yet when I returned to Trinidad and again became involved in real life problems, I began to return to the authority of God's Word. Finally the tension became like a tug-of-war inside me. Sometimes I looked to the Roman Church as being absolute, sometimes to the authority of the Bible as being final. My stomach suffered much during those years; my emotions were being torn. I ought to have known the simple truth that one cannot serve two masters. My working position was to place the absolute authority of the Word of God under the supreme authority of the Roman Church. This contradiction was symbolized in what I did with the four statues in the Sangre Grande Church. I removed and broke the statues of St. Francis and St. Martin because the second commandment of God's Law declares in Exodus 20:4, “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image....” But when some of the people objected to my removal of the statues of the Sacred Heart and of Mary, I left them standing because the higher authority, i.e., the Roman Catholic Church, said in its law Canon 1188: “The practise of displaying sacred images in the churches for the veneration of the faithful is to remain in force.” I did not see that what I was trying to do was to make God's Word subject to man's word. My Own Fault While I had learned earlier that God's Word is absolute, I still went through this agony of trying to maintain the Roman Catholic Church as holding more authority than God's Word, even in issues where the Church of Rome was saying the exact opposite to what was in the Bible. How could this be? First of all, it was my own fault. If I had accepted the authority of the Bible as supreme, I would have been convicted by God's Word to give up my priestly role as mediator, but that was too precious to me. Second, no one ever questioned what I did as a priest. Christians from overseas came to Mass, saw our sacred oils, holy water, medals, statues, vestments, rituals, and never said a word! The marvelous style, symbolism, music, and artistic taste of the Roman Church was all very captivating. Incense not only smells pungent, but to the mind it spells mystery. The Turning Point One day, a woman challenged me (the only Christian ever to challenge me in all my 22 years as a priest), “You Roman Catholics have a form of godliness, but you deny its power.” Those words bothered me for some time because the lights, banners, folk music, guitars, and drums were dear to me. Probably no priest on the whole island of Trinidad had as colorful robes, banners, and vestments as I had. Clearly I did not apply what was before my eyes. In October 1985, God's grace was greater than the lie that I was trying to live. I went to Barbados to pray over the compromise that I was forcing myself to live. I felt truly trapped. The Word of God is absolute indeed. I ought to obey it alone; yet to the very same God I had vowed obedience to the supreme authority of the Catholic Church. In Barbados I read a book in which was explained the biblical meaning of Church as “the fellowship of believers.” In the New Testament there is no hint of a hierarchy; “Clergy” lording it over the “laity” is unknown. Rather, it is as the Lord Himself declared “...one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren” (Matthew 23:8). Now to see and to understand the meaning of church as “fellowship” left me free to let go of the Roman Catholic Church as supreme authority and depend on Jesus Christ as Lord. It began to dawn on me that in biblical terms, the Bishops I knew in the Catholic Church were not biblical believers. They were for the most part pious men taken up with devotion to Mary and the Rosary and loyal to Rome, but not one had any idea of the finished work of salvation, that Christ's work is done, that salvation is personal and complete. They all preached penance for sin, human suffering, religious deeds, “the way of man” rather than the Gospel of grace. But by God's grace I saw that it was not through the Roman Church nor by any kind of works that one is saved, “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9). New Birth at Age Forty-eight I left the Roman Catholic Church when I saw that life in Jesus Christ was not possible while remaining true to Roman Catholic doctrine. In leaving Trinidad in November 1985, I only reached neighboring Barbados. Staying with an elderly couple, I prayed to the Lord for a suit and necessary money to reach Canada, for I had only tropical clothing and a few hundred dollars to my name. Both prayers were answered without making my needs known to anyone except the Lord.From a tropical temperature of 90 degrees, I landed in snow and ice in Canada. After one month in Vancouver, I came to the United States of America. I now trusted that He would take care of my many needs, since I was beginning life anew at 48 years of age, practically penniless, without an alien resident card, without a driver's license, without a recommendation of any kind, having only the Lord and His Word. I spent six months with a Christian couple on a farm in Washington State. I explained to my hosts that I had left the Roman Catholic Church and that I had accepted Jesus Christ and His Word in the Bible as all-sufficient. I had done this, I said, “absolutely, finally, definitively, and resolutely.” Yet far from being impressed by these four adverbs, they wanted to know if there was any bitterness or hurt inside me. In prayer and in great compassion, they ministered to me, for they themselves had made the transition and knew how easily one can become embittered. Four days after I arrived in their home, by God's grace I began to see in repentance the fruit of salvation. This meant being able not only to ask the Lord's pardon for my many years of compromising but also to accept His healing where I had been so deeply hurt. Finally, at age 48, on the authority of God's Word alone, by grace alone, I accepted Christ's substitutionary death on the Cross alone. To Him alone be the glory. Having been refurbished both physically and spiritually by this Christian couple together with their family, I was provided a wife by the Lord, Lynn, born-again in faith, lovely in manner, intelligent in mind. Together we set out for Atlanta, Georgia, where we both got jobs. A Real Missionary with a Real Message In September 1988, we left Atlanta to go as missionaries to Asia. It was a year of deep fruitfulness in the Lord that once I would never have thought was possible. Men and women came to know the authority of the Bible and the power of Christ's death and resurrection. I was amazed at how easy it is for the Lord's grace to be effective when only the Bible is used to present Jesus Christ. This contrasted with the cobwebs of church tradition that had so clouded my 21 years in missionary garments in Trinidad, 21 years without the real message. To explain the abundant life of which Jesus spoke and which I now enjoy, no better words could be used than those of Romans 8:1-2: “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.” It is not just that I have been freed from the Roman Catholic system, but that I have become a new creature in Christ. It is by the grace of God, and nothing but His grace, that I have gone from dead works into new life. Testimony to the Gospel of Grace Back in 1972, when some Christians had taught me about the Lord healing our bodies, how much more helpful it would have been had they explained to me on what authority our sinful nature is made right with God. The Bible clearly shows that Jesus substituted for us on the cross. I cannot express it better than Isaiah 53:5: “But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.” (This means that Christ took on himself what I ought to suffer for my sins. Before the Father, I trust in Jesus as my substitute.) That was written 750 years before the crucifixion of our Lord. A short time after the sacrifice of the cross, the Bible states in I Peter 2:24: “Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.” Because we inherited our sin nature from Adam, we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. How can we stand before a Holy God, except in Christ, and acknowledge that He died where we ought to have died? Only through faith we can see, understand and grasp Christ as our substitute. It was Christ who paid the price for our sins: sinless, yet He was crucified. This is the true Gospel message. Is faith enough? Yes, born-again faith is enough. That true faith, engendered by God, will inevitably show good fruit, “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them” (Ephesians 2:10). In repenting, we put aside, through God’s strength, our former way of life and our former sins. It does not mean that we cannot sin again, but it does mean that our position before God has changed. We are called children of God, for so indeed we are. If we do sin, it is a relationship problem with the Father which can be resolved, not a problem of losing our position as a child of God in Christ, for this position is irrevocable. In Hebrews 10:10, the Bible says it so wonderfully: “...we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.” The finished work of Christ Jesus on the Cross is sufficient and complete. As you trust solely in this finished work, a new life which is born of the Spirit will be yours -- you will be born again. The Present Day My present task: the good work that the Lord has prepared for me to do is as an evangelist situated near Austin in the central Texas U.S.A. What Paul said about his fellow Jews I say about my dearly loved Catholic brothers: my heart's desire and prayer to God for Catholics is that they may be saved. I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based in God's Word but in their church tradition. If you understand the devotion and agony that some of the men and women in the Philippines and South America have put into their religion, you may understand my heart’s cry: “Lord, give us a compassion to understand the pain and torment of the search that devout Catholics have made to please You”. In understanding their pain we will have the desire to show them the Good News of Christ’s finished work on the Cross. My testimony shows how difficult it was for me as a Catholic to give up Church tradition, but when the Lord demands it in His Word, we must do it. The “form of godliness” that the Roman Catholic Church has makes it most difficult for a Catholic to see where the real problem lies. Everyone must determine by what authority we know truth. For Papal Rome the ultimate authority lies in the decisions and decrees of the reigning Pope. In her own words, “The Supreme Pontiff, in virtue of his office, possesses infallible teaching authority when, as supreme pastor and teacher of all the faithful...he proclaims with a definitive act that a doctrine of faith or morals is to be held as such.” (Code of Canon Law, Canon 749). Yet according to the Bible, it is God's Word itself which is the authority by which truth is known. It was man-made traditions which caused the Reformers to demand “the Bible only, faith only, grace only, in Christ only, and to God only be the glory.” The Reason Why I Share I share these truths with you now so that you can know God's way of salvation. Our basic problem as Catholics was that personal worth and dignity was ingrained into us. We believed that could respond to the help God gives us to be right in His sight. This presupposition that many of us have carried for years is aptly defined in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (1994) #2021, “Grace is the help God gives us to respond to our vocation of becoming his adopted sons....” With that mindset, we were unknowingly holding to a teaching that the Bible continually condemns. Such a definition of grace is man's careful fabrication, for the Bible consistently declares that the believer's right standing with God is “without works” (Romans 4:6), “without the deeds of the Law” (Romans 3:28), “not of works” (Ephesians 2:9), “It is the gift of God,” (Ephesians 2:8). To attempt to make the believer's response part of his salvation and to look upon grace as “a help” is to flatly deny biblical truth, “...if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace...” (Romans 11:6). The simple biblical message is that “the gift of righteousness” in Christ Jesus is a gift, resting on His all-sufficient sacrifice on the cross, “For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ” (Romans 5:17). So it is as Christ Jesus Himself said, He died in place of the believer, the One for many (Mark 10:45), His life a ransom for many. As He declared, ...this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins” (Matthew 26:28). This is also what Peter proclaimed, “For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God...” (I Peter 3:18). Paul’s preaching is summarized at the end of II Corinthians 5:21, “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him..” (II Corinthians 5:21). This fact, dear reader, is presented clearly to you in the Bible. Acceptance of it is now commanded by God, “...Repent ye, and believe the gospel” (Mark 1:15). The most difficult repentance for us dyed-in-the-wool Catholics is changing our mind from thoughts of “meriting,” “earning,” “being good enough,” simply to accepting with empty hands the gift of righteousness in Christ Jesus. To refuse to accept what God commands is the same sin as that of the religious Jews of Paul's time, “For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.” (Romans 10:3) Repent and believe the Good News! Richard Bennett If there is something on your heart that you wish to share, please email me at: [e-mail] Thank you.

[@GoTitans747]

***** I look forward to that day in Heaven, when all of us former Catholics, along with those involved in reaching Catholics for Christ, will be celebrating that we followed the Holy Spirit's prompting in fleeing false religion, to embrace Jesus Christ in faith and trust as the sole means of our salvation, all to the glory and honor of God the Father - who is the ONLY true Holy Father. Who knows; maybe if you are wise enough and abandon religious pride, you too may be there celebrating with us...I hope so. "Jesus answered and said unto them, Well has Isaiah prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. However in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men....And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition....Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition" Mark 7:6-13 "Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities" Revelation 18:4-5

[@MrLlurati]

Father Barron, you are truly a great man and a great priest. I'm troubling trying to find answers regarding the Catholic Faith, and I have been made fun of simply because I'm a Catholic. I try to ask questions, but I feel like I'm going nowhere. I really wish I could talk to some like you and try to reach the answers I'm seeking while I'm struggling in this spiritual abyss. God Bless You, keep up the good work :)

[@Redmaile25]

Thanks father for these videos. Ive recetly lost my faith and working to get it back. These videos help out a lot. God bless

[@Slender_EL]

I felt the holy spirit today when I met his most excellency today at the rite of election. Such calmness grace and love. Thank you Lord 🙏

[@ladybugsing]

Those that hunger after righteousness shall be FILLED...enjoying your messages. Thank you

[@wyss20]

Heavenly King, Advocate, Spirit of Truth, Who are everywhere present and fill all things, Treasury of Blessings, Bestower of Life, come and dwell within us; cleanse us of all that defiles us, and, O Good One, save our souls. This prayer to the Holy Spirit is sung before any service in Byzantine Churches.

[@barbarastewart1181]

Dear Bishop Barron, I found this video so very clarifying on how to perceive the presence of the Holy Spirit! And also what an immeasurable, and always available gift this Person is, if I only pause to speak to him, and ask for him. Thank you ! I am grateful for this new understanding just in time to celebrate Pentecost in a beautiful new light!

[@Jaunyus]

Wow wow wow, just wow! Thank you sir for this insightful and "fruitful" message. May the Lord bless you!

[@87nicoh]

Father Barron, your descrition of the Holy Spirit's fruits is so beautiful I almost cried.

[@michaelkeane1644]

Excellent Video because its the truth

[@marymuscat6943]

Thanks for such an Informative and educational Video. A big thank you goes to Rev. Bishop Baron for the excellent Teaching regarding The Presence of The Holy Spirit in us. I greatly recommend it.

[@gloriacheon6783]

Excellent, thank you Bishop Barron🌈 May the Holy Spirit be with you always🌈

[@ceferinocruz5470]

How do I know? God always manifests on me. He answers me in many ways more than one - thru a dream, a deep sense of his presence, by turning a leaf of a passage or a word of God, or a surprise appearance of a person or a thing, even thru the cosmos by looking up to the skies - the clouds in the day or the moon and stars in the night, etc. And you know, I'm going thru your lectures, homilies, retreats thru the youtubes, Q&A's every day hoping to go thru 250+/- of them during my self-quarantine which is about the best thing that resulted this time. Watching from Coquitlam, B.C., Canada. Thank you, Father.

[@JosephMage]

Wonderful Bishop Barron, Amen!

[@lizmiddleton2382]

I Love God the Holy Spirit!! Love listening and knowing more about God the Holy Spirit!! Thank You Jesus for sending the Holy Spirit and Thank you Bishop Barron for the massage on God the Holy Spirit!!

[@feaokautai7354]

Admirable truth! The Holy Spirit is real in our world but one needs to pray & ask for it constantly to experience it. To live without faith in God is nothing...As a sinner I must ask God for my needs...in humility and listen carefully. For God pleases what, when, what... The Holy Spirit makes my life see the beauty of who I am in my state of life despite challenges...Thank you Holy Spirit. Amen!

[@iloveyellow7214]

Galatians 5:22-26 was just what I needed as I was constantly asking for guidance these days if I am indeed in the right path. Thank God I found this video Thak you Padre

[@londonTim1965]

Father, You description of the Holy Spirit made me suddenly realize how we can understand why each one of us has been brought in the world with a special purpose and how to transmit that love to others. May God Bless You.

[@lindaruss3772]

One of my favorite talks of Fr. Barron ! I would be interested to hear one of these snippets on Jesus comment regarding "Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven Ever. My "thought" says "We have been gifted with the Holy Spirit in our Sacramental rites, and to set aside God's ultimate gift of Love, the Person of His very nature in and with us, is not forgivable." I'd like to hear your wisdom on this "difficult passage of scripture" Father. And I thank you!

[@pamsaparamadu5522]

Wonderful explanation on fruits of holy spirit to examine our conscience to see where we are. May God bless Rev.Fr. and all who listen

[@jimconlen3552]

T u Bishop Barron for ur words of reassurement. I love u n am grateful how u have so influenced my life!

[@SilverArtemis]

This was a blessing to find this late evening for me. We need more positive commentary like this...Thanks... again, Father. Your homilies come from such great introspection....and grace. Bless you.

[@yvonnebatista5871]

Powerful and a beautiful message of love

[@crispinouma1509]

Reflecting on the Holy Spirit brings more fullness to reflecting on God's love. Come Holy Spirit

[@1SonWorshipper]

Beautiful; just beautiful! Father, I learn so much from you! God's blessings to you always.

[@johnb4632]

Come oh Holy Spirit really does change your disposition instantly. Another prayer for catholics regarding a spiritual communion. My Jesus, I believe that You are in the Blessed Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I long for You in my soul. Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. As though You have already come, I embrace You and unite myself entirely to You; never permit me to be separated from You.

[@MattUSMC1000]

Excellent video, thank you. I find great peace and comfort in your videos father Barron.

[@grandmajoyce2]

I've heard these things before, but I really needed to be reminded of them now. Thank you so much, and bless you.

[@BishopBarron]

No. Together they form one principle, for love cannot exist without a mutual exchange between lover and beloved. That's why the Holy Spirit has to proceed from the Father and the Son. (Patre Filioque).

[@MakeTheStand]

This tutoriall has so much relevancy to understanding Pope Francis' call to solidarity and the common good in Laudato Si.... thanks so much Bishop Barron!

[@virginiaarellanocardenas2795]

Holy Spirit I would love to see your priests, Bishop Barron and Larry Richards together speaking to us your Word on Fire and Surrendering to you Holy Spirit. Amen.

[@thomascallanan9376]

That message was so clear Like a mountain stream. Thanks

[@Joh-jf5kc]

Beautiful metaphor :) "God is love." 1. John 4:16

[@johnstrange2915]

Thank you Lord Jesus for your Holy Spirit that is always present in every Christians.

[@kennethprather9633]

Can you hear Jesus through the Holy Spirit and God's Light? I listened to Jesus directly. He is head of the Church and directly runs it all.

[@captgeech683]

This is one of the best videos you have done Father. Thank you, I think anyone struggling to find God's plan for their life will appreciate this video just as I have.

[@eb6303]

Thank you for this video. God bless you and Jesus stay with you. Merci beaucoup!

[@erwinaquinde7211]

E B The Holy Trinity: who are they that compose it. --------------- 5 The Father stood before His children and explained unto them that He had chosen a leader from among them to watch over His work in this part of His kingdom. 6 And the Father called forth Jehovah from among the other spirits and presented him before them as the one that He had chosen. 7 And it came to pass that another valiant spirit was called forth and presented unto the spirits by the Father. 8 And the Father brought forth one of the spirits and presented him to the other spirits that resided there. And I beheld that this spirit was Michael, who would become the mortal father of all the children of men. 15 There before the throne of the Eternal Father, even Elohim, stood Jehovah, even Jesus the Christ, and Michael, the father of all the children of men, even the man Adam. And every knee bowed and every soul sang praises to this Holy Trinity. 16 There appeared a sea of many souls, even more numerous than the sands upon the sea shore, each singing praises of glory towards the throne of God, and all kneeling in honor of their Father and their God. 11 And it came to pass that Michael went down and passed through the days of his probation and died; yea, even so, he returned once again to the world of spirits from whence he came. 12 And Michael ruled at the right hand of Jehovah and reigned in his stead when the time came for Jehovah to pass through the days of his probation. 16 And for the small space of time in between the death of his mortal body and his resurrection, Jesus entered once again into the spirit world and bestowed upon Michael all the powers and authority that he had received from the Father, so that Michael could rule and reign in the spirit world. 17 And now, this is the mystery that hath not been revealed except unto those who have been faithful and received the knowledge of God by way of the spirit of God. For behold, Michael is the other member of the Godhead, yea even the Holy Ghost. 20 But Michael would not take upon himself a resurrected body, but was called and chosen to rule and reign in the spirit world as the Holy Ghost until the work of the Father, concerning His children that belong to this part of His kingdom, is finished. 52 And in this way, Michael, who is the Holy Ghost, is known as the archangel who is in constant battle for the souls of men with Lucifer, who is also known as the devil. ♥️

[@colincampbell5638]

I father Robert. I'm going through an RCIA course at the moment and we discussed the holy spirit last week. Your video was very good in helping me understanding. I said to our group that the holy spirit is like a candle in the dark, but one you can't see, you can only feel the warmth but beckons you towards the right path..... I think you said the same thing. God bless you.

[@masterkey14]

You are so clever, bishop Barron. You know so much bible out of you’re head. And so much good advise. Thanks a lot for your excelend advise.

[@aleen7907]

What a brilliant analysis on the Holy Spirit, Bishop Barron. Thank you.

[@BishopBarron]

It's "veni, Sancte Spiritus."

[@jita14]

Respected Father Barron -🙏🏼 this is one of the most beautiful sermons i have ever heard in my 67 years - during this pilgrimage of life. I am a Indian woman who spent 10 years of my my early childhood in a protestant missionary school on the Himalayan foothills where i often took comfort reading the story of Jesus seeking & finding His Lost lamb & bearing him home joyfully in His arms feeling & loved as a lost lamb of Jesus & then in later years guided by a dream of Lord Vishnu i devoted my prayers to Him as myDivine Beloved which for me - now over the years has become an amalgamation of the two divine energies as the True Holy Spirit an omnipotent ever renewing Luminous Sacred Light in my Heart witness to the One Light - an eternal spark of Divinity leading me Home as i chant His Beloved Name blissfully on my Holy Pilgrimage of Life-thank you -once again 💕💕Love &Light - Jita (Pune India)

[@mrsmaricarment5043]

Powerful, and also a great definition of what. Joy is Vs joy or happiness . The Joy that comes from living according to The Spirit

[@OneCatholicSpeaks]

Wow! That is the prayer that always works! When I was young in the faith, my mother (who was also my spiritual mentor) taught me the prayer "Holy Spirit, give me strength." A different bend, but not far off.

[@HarleyGirl75]

So appreciate this teaching. Thank you!

[@braunaranjo8991]

This is so incredibly refreshing and pleasurable, your words carry an outstanding sense of revealing truth in every sentence. The lack of words like yours that made me try to find God in other Christian denominations and is your speech that makes me wonder if I should reconsider the Catholic way again. Thank you!

[@bodhidharma9363]

interesting reference to the Holy Spirit as breath shared between father and son - breath/pneuma/ruach - as that is what it feels like, a literal breath coursing through our body bringing joy/love/peace.

[@eddiemathieu8602]

You are the best I have ever heard and seen ! Please continue...

[@tiffanyparrish755]

Thank you Bishop Barron, God is great! I was just speaking to God about the Holy Spirit and He provided me information about the Holy Spirit. Blessed Be God!

[@matamaitic178]

Thank you for that prayer father ❤