When Your Faith Is Put to the Test - Bishop Barron's Sunday Sermon

Friends, we come now to the Second Sunday of Lent, and we’re on both dangerous and very holy ground with the first reading from the twenty-second chapter of Genesis. The ancient Israelites referred to it as the “Akedah,” which means the “binding”: Abraham binds and is ready to sacrifice Isaac at God’s command. It’s hard to imagine another text in the Old Testament that has stirred up more puzzlement and opposition. I am with Søren Kierkegaard: if you don’t experience “fear and trembling” having read this text, you have not been paying attention. And it’s naming something of absolute centrality in the spiritual life.
Mass Readings:
Reading 1 - Gn 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18
Psalm - Ps 116:10, 15, 16-17, 18-19
Reading 2 - Rom 8:31b-34
Gospel - Mk 9:2-10
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[@marypinakat8594]

”In the face of unjust and painful situations, faith brings us the light which scatters the darkness.” *POPE FRANCIS*

[@MphoKhubedu]

Amen

[@eduardohoover2127]

Pray for him. I mean pray for him and his better intentions. He is in need of much prayer. All saints above pray for him.

[@CatholicHolyWar]

​@@eduardohoover2127 = Could I ask you to explain to me what do you mean? I assume you are praying for Francis so Id like to know more.

[@andreabiro2357]

@@eduardohoover2127 I do ever day.

[@enn4983]

​​@@eduardohoover2127It is wrong to disrespect the Pope. Too many lost people have fallen to this practice. It is very uncatholic.

[@meganneale2074]

‘Do you love God or do you love the benefits of God?’ Order matters. A truly exceptional sermon, Bishop Barron 🙏😌

[@eduardohoover2127]

Love it all. All of the above literally.

[@MSatSG]

Pls pray for my 13 year old daughter Michel Lim Min En who died on 15 January 2024. She was a clever 13 year old girl, doing very well in school. She had set her alarm clock at 2am, flicker the torch light at 2.30am & 3.30am(which gives a new meaning to our Hail Mary prayer), climb down (?) from the 12 floor service balcony, wearing mask, jacket & socks, carrying a reusable decathlon bag filled with her wallet with money and adult EZ-Link card, notebook that says ‘adventure awaits’, winter mittens, rafia strings, etc possibly at 3.30am. On hindsight, I should have paid attention to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. That something ominous was to happened, but I had disregarded it. She was found lying on the ground floor a distance away with no obvious injuries and in the sleeping St Joseph’s position. As a family we do nightly rosary prayers and the prayer of deliverance from Father Chad. We are trying to make sense of God’s will and purpose in this.

[@caivail4614]

Memory eternal and may the Lord have mercy on your daughter, you and your family.

[@anneturner2759]

Sweet , merciful, and loving Jesus run to the comfort this agonized family as you take their prescious daughter to heaven.

[@robertmiller1299]

I shall pray for you and her

[@rheajoeyce3481]

Lots God, give comfort and healing to this family.

[@MSatSG]

Thank you for all your prayers, we needed them. God bless you all

[@TheHolyFaceofJesus]

Let me tell you, I really never have anything to add or say from Bishop Barron's Sermons. Even when tempted I just shut up and share as widely as I can. It is such a blessing to directly benefit from this wonderful work of evangelism. This benefit of God I surely love. By God's grace, may I grow into unquestionably loving him beyond the benefits he affords me. Thank you Bishop always🙏🏿.

[@mrmrsjpharmsen8611]

Amen

[@MademoiselleCitronelle]

Hi Bishop Barron, this is my very first time commenting on a post on KZbin. I have recently returned to the faith after 20 years, having lost my faith when I was 15 years old. Your Sunday Sermons are helping me rediscover the faith and I am grateful for them. Peace also be with you.

[@WeizuKamerz]

God bless you Bishop Baron.

[@1introiboadaltaredei]

The greatest gift that God has given me is my faith and my marriage.Three months ago my husband died. I could not have wanted a better husband. We were married for 46 years and every day of our marriage he told me that he loved me. He was the best and now he is gone. We had no children and we were both only children so there is no family. This is a hard test. I will always love my husband. Since his death I have asked myself, who do you love best, God or your husband?" Every morning I ask Our Lord to help me love Him (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) and nothing or no one more than Him. Bishop Barron's sermon today was perfect for me.

[@anneturner2759]

My deepest and most heartfelt sympathy. I understand as I am also widowed six years . In my annihilation Christ has lifted me just slightly above the physical world . I have drawn myself into Him as He has done the same . Does it make me jump for joy or put a spring in my step ? No , but , there is a deeper meaning or side to my life now . I walked through the fires of hell with his illness and subsequent death and come out the other side full of scars yet a more compassionate woman . I have grace in my battle .

[@saraluvsponies]

So sorry for your loss. Sending prayers

[@1introiboadaltaredei]

@@anneturner2759 Thank you so much for your post. It gives me the hope that I sorely need. God bless you for it.

[@1introiboadaltaredei]

Thank you for your prayers please keep them coming. I am in need of prayer. @@saraluvsponies

[@mariemorgan2524]

It is a grace the Good Lord gave to you to bring clarity to your situation. He knows your grief and, in a way, brought comfort to you.

[@GloriaDibley-ok7bi]

Great message! Thank you! 💕

[@lauracerdan2479]

REMARKABLE, UNBEATABLE like always. Keep on feeding our hungry and thirsty Spirit Bishop Robert Barron. THANK YOU SO MUCH ❤

[@greyforge27]

Makes me think of J.R.R. Tolkien going through WWI, and then having children who he had to send away to WWII. It must have been an impossibly hard test for people of that generation at times

[@lynncw9202]

Similar to thousands of parents having to say goodbye to their children who are emigrating to another country. It's just about happen to my husband and me . Our eldest son and his wife and two teenage sons are leaving South Africa and moving to Grand Cayman. I knew this day would come because so many people are leaving this country due to how badly it has been ruined by the government,. A friend said that South Africa has become the "land of the weeping grandparents"! How true. And how terribly sad! We are devastated because we don't know if we will ever see them again. We can't afford to visit them.

[@MABarb]

Wow! What a great sermon. This is what ALL Christians need to ask themselves today.

[@shannonbowman5990]

Thank you.

[@stefieladiong1707]

Amen‘Thank you Bishop Barron for this Homilia🙏

[@paulrubio3918]

I give a lot of credit to Bishop Barron for presenting what is truly a tough message. As I listened, the idea came to me that he said at the end, that Lent is all about focusing not on desiring God's blessings or what we can get from Him but on God Himself, or, in other words, what we can give to grow in relationship with Him.

[@FirelineHazy]

A very powerful Sermon Bishop, I have restarted my journey after a hiatus where I lost faith and turned my back. Now I have restarted my journey, I understand this Sermon which has struck home immensely. Thank you 🙏

[@eduardohoover2127]

Everything is reconcilable with God for those who love His Spirit.

[@Mrszsz]

Welcome back! I'll pray for you

[@sandyv2195]

God bless you!

[@FirelineHazy]

@@Mrszsz Thank you 🙏

[@FirelineHazy]

@@sandyv2195 🙏

[@CbusLowRider]

God bless Bishop Barron, his ministry within his diocese, and his evangelical work through The Word On Fire. This sermon resonated deeply with me today, I believe God intended for me to hear it. May we all continue to go deeper in our relationship with Christ this season of Lent. May we all place Jesus Christ (rightly) at the center of our lives, and view all things through a Christocentric lens. Peace be with you all.

[@ChristieEPrades]

God’s timing. Fell upon this video at the perfect time. Thank you for sharing Bishop🙏🏼

[@MrDarshD]

Such a great sermon. It's true that we must look at God like a parent who provides benefits as well as takes away benefits. We must trust Him and know that if God takes away something or makes us suffer, it must be for something good in the future or for the long term. Thank you so much, Bishop Barron! God bless you

[@eduardohoover2127]

It's not for our good at all. It's for God's good through our testimony.

[@tracycameron5099]

Dear Bishop Baron, This passage showed to me God's vulnerability and His yearning to be loved for His own sake. He was knowable! It changed my heart and life. l fell in love with God and made the leap of faith into His arms. I knew that He was trustworthy and that I was safe with Him. God bless you!

[@wreloise1]

LORD help, may There be “detachment from the world” so there is LOVE for God

[@user-pc8dl4cy3i]

The best. Thank you.🕊️

[@wandabrun3269]

Thank you Bishop Barron! You have been the best teacher for my faith. Thanks to you, Fr. Spitzer and Fr. Mike, my beliefs become stronger; I lost the “fear” of proclaiming the greatness of our Lord, even to atheist and agnostic friends and family members. Through my most difficult times, I look intensely on your sermons, conversations and interviews to understand, act and heal. As well as I share a lot of those with everyone, specially my children.

[@sgt7]

This is encouraging because it shows me that when everything seems to be falling apparent it does not follow that I'm being punished or doing something terribly wrong.

[@blessednat9]

thank you for your encouraging wisdom 🤍

[@tomlabooks3263]

Amen. We’re all too spoiled to have that kind of faith. I know I am, at least.

[@lindahandley5267]

This was wonderful and I thank you Bishop! That's the question, 'do we love him more in the good times and less when the going gets rough?' All I have to do is think of what He did for me by suffering and dying on the cross so that my sins would be forgiven. The Stations of the Cross is something that everyone should attend. The first time I went was when I was Saved! I can honestly say that I love Him for Him and have never questioned Him. He is our Creator and only He knows His plan. If I hadn't had Him for all the losses in my life, I wouldn't have made it through.Thank you sweet Jesus! ❤

[@mlsavovic]

Fantastic sermon, fantastic message! Greatly a fantastic question! A question to pray about!

[@julietokoth]

Thank you for this powerful message. God bless you

[@eviepj1219]

Amen!!! Beautiful. There is no earthly benefit that compares to God's powerful love filling our heart, mind and soul. His love becomes meaningful when our faith is tested. ❤🌼

[@eduardohoover2127]

So very true.

[@kathleenpuccetti3513]

You never fail to clarify my understanding of the word of God. Thank you Bishop Barron.

[@Suzanne-f9h]

Thank-you Bishop!

[@Lcoreyful]

It may seem like hard stuff and high octane, but it is comforting for those of us who go through it. 🙂

[@alexrebello5074]

The real test of our faith is not only when we love God for giving us nothing but more when He takes away even all that we have!

[@vangojo4u]

You are so intelligent! Thank you for sharing your gifts with us. Such a blessing!!

[@InventorKnight]

Wonderful. I tend to think what do we really know of the life of people during Abrahams time? I kind of feel that they lived a life of sacrificing living things way more than we would ever know. But to do this to a son you loved. That took this ask to a whole other level. God be praised!!!

[@nancydavis7007]

Thank you Bishop Barron!

[@jovialmoshahary1556]

Beautiful, this has open my eyes today "do I love God or the benifits..."

[@rodriguesdeena]

What a powerful sermon... Thank you for this Father. I often fall prey to prosperity gospel teachings and get attracted to it. We need to fall in love with God and not His benefits.

[@lisacatherineschaubroeck2348]

I love God unconditionally otherwise we cannot love God's will. Blessed be the name of the LORD. Amen.

[@mgvilaca]

"Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope." Romans 5:3-4

[@seloro1]

Thank you Bishop Barron for another beautiful sermon ❤

[@alfredmicallef]

O99k❤

[@alfredmicallef]

❤

[@eduardohoover2127]

​@brendamyc3173that was for the 70. For us it's a project. We are to turn our cheek and pray for them. Jonah walked three days through Nineveh. Spend at least that long in a town that hates you then move on.

[@romymarquez9111]

Thank you for another enlightening homily, Bp Barron. It is so enriching, I wanted to cry.

[@bethhoward1982]

Me too. Tears welling up!

[@Mark8vs36]

'The Lord gives and the Lord takes away'. This is a great and challenging homily, especially in the midst of trying to find strength through the uncertainty that one is going through. Its perfectly timed, and it helps in aligning one's way of seeing things into the right direction i.e., its all God's doing and reminds me of one of my favourite homilies, to always: 'Trust in the Lord'. Thank you Bishop Barron.

[@littlewritingfingers1332]

Insightful, thank you.

[@anagbachika8093]

And bless you too ❤🙏

[@amytovar344]

God Bless you Bishop Barron ♥️🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@amarilisruiz718]

Please pray for my son Franklin and my mom Elis Rodriguez.

[@zacharycho7885]

Awakening message! Sharp to the core. Thank you.

[@kevinchaves2166]

Thank you. Bishop Barron ✝️🕊️🙏🏻🇺🇲

[@terrysullivan790]

You are a great guy, Bishop!

[@FreshJourneys.GraceVN]

Brilliant! Thank you, Father and the team, for sharing such ultimate concerning matter.

[@nuembarradas4533]

God bless you to Bishop Barron, thank you that was awesome ....🔥🕊🕯💖🇵🇹🇿🇦🇵🇹🇿🇦

[@lisacatherineschaubroeck2348]

Love God first always because He is God. God is our first love. Amen.

[@wendyfield7708]

When I was a Postulant in a Carthusian monastery in the north of Italy, at the entrance to the nuns’ Choir there were two beautiful coloured bass reliefs each side, just after we each tolled the bell for Divine Office. On the left was the Sacrifice of Isaac, and on the right was the sacrifice of the crucified Jesus…..two fathers and two sons. I loved it. Unfortunately that Chartreuse eventually closed down, and when empty for a period was badly vandalised. It was in the Diocese of Pinerolo, and the responsibility of that diocese. I do not know what happened to the building….it was in the 1980’s I think. A heartbreaking sacrilege. It was an ancient church with very beatiful carved and inlaid Choir stalls. +

[@MrCarmocruz]

Thank you so much for helping me to undeestand our everyday tests.

[@sleepycat224]

Thank you Bishop Robert Barron for a well explained and beautiful sermon. God bless you 🙏🏻🕊️ 8:01

[@Jimwaugh8]

Heavy stuff, heavy stuff indeed. Thank you for this sermon and your insight Bishop Barron.

[@YouAdam2]

Very powerful...thank you and God bless 🙏

[@myrtlesolomon8301]

Beautiful question to us. Do you LOVE God or His benefits He gives? Sure my God 1st. Thank you Bishop.

[@vincewyn1396]

Come, Holy Spirit, come Transform our prayer, our fasting and alms giving. Ps 116:1: Mk 9:7 Peter did not know what to say; they were so frightened. 7 And a cloud came, covering them in shadow; and from the cloud there came a voice, 'This is my Son, the Beloved. Listen to him.' 😇Jesus I trust in you❤️

[@robertmiller1299]

One thing I learnt from you Bishop Barron is that love is what you do not what you feel. This principle must apply to our love of God too.

[@mikekapic2554]

You always seem to bring up topics that I'm dealing with in my spiritual life. And I can relate to them because I can refer to your subject matter in my Bible. Thank you, God Bless.

[@dannyberg728]

If I could press like more than once I would. Thank you.

[@racheleaggleston6410]

Thank you for explaining the test and the meaning.

[@moonbeam728]

Taking this to adoration. Lent is an appropriate time for this reflection - loving God or loving the benefits He provides. Thx for the spiritual fodder…

[@karinacd8944]

What a powerful homily! “Do you love God or the benefits of God” Some people think that once you follow God your life would be free of hardships, what it change is how to handle them. May God blessed you Bishop Barron 🙏🏻

[@Elizabeth-mp6tr]

Thank you Bishop Barron. You are gifted. But, please, depression IS the stripping of the soul of all life and yet, in the less of the less of all, we still love God! Amen! But WoW! When you say high octane spirituality,......yes!

[@proverbios1820]

Good morning everyone and blessed Lent! I'm struck with the connection between the Transfiguration Gospel (Mark) for today and your (Bishop Barron) emphasis on 'claritas' in your writings and talks when you speak of beauty. Today's Gospel emphasizes the power and beauty of the Lord's 'claritas'...are we overtaken by His 'claritas' like Peter, James, and John? May they intercede for us so that we, in prayer like them, see Jesus in full Glory! Thanks and God bless you Bishop Barron for making this and many other connections for us!

[@edwardconsonocampo6671]

A very insighful sermon, Bishop. Praise be to God!

[@andreabiro2357]

Wonderful!

[@HonchHeado]

If I was Abraham it would have been hard to do. However having a son, I have sacrificed him to God in my own way. Amen.

[@Lepanto-1571]

The backdrop of your set is beautiful. The setting fits your words. Love the ambiance!

[@tynaduckett4223]

That was so enlightening and beautiful on so many levels. Thank you! 🙏💖

[@baeyongsam]

Amen. Thank you bishop.

[@edwardderose9168]

So moving. Thank you, Bishop Barron.

[@amydenner7025]

Do you love God or the benefits of God, great revelation

[@hlet777]

I admire you bishop! I love to see the cross in your neck I think that shows how much you love God. God bless you and every bishops around the world.

[@teresatobias4070]

High octane spirituality indeed! May we blessed with this benefit for our Lenten journey..🙏

[@merlizaserna]

Thanks for this video. Bishop Baron, may you OBTAIN THE HIGHEST GRACE OF HOLINESS that you may be the Holy bishop to restore the HOLINESS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. 🙏 AMEN!

[@oliviaedejer6126]

God bless Bp.

[@EM-cz4fg]

Wow. Powerful

[@jamesvg1499]

You have a gift Bishop Baron. To give such great sermons. But I can't help but wonder, if this battle we are fighting today, can be served better with holiness rather than intellect. Not to take away from any of the good work you are doing. Because intellect comes and goes, but holiness endures.

[@marylouisekwiatkowski2793]

Thank you so much Bishop Barron. I really needed to hear this homily today. Yes, to love God for who He is..that is my prayer. Please pray for me too.

[@lornavaughan-bb7gp]

Beautiful sermon as always Bishop Barron.... May GOD bless and protect you and keep you safe. ➕️♥️

[@mariace4848]

When I hear this story I always think about how if God asked someone to sacrifice their son, the test from God would have to be psychologized. Saying you love God more than your child, spouse, parents, friend…ect is one thing, but being told to prove it with sacrificing them would need to be a much longer story than what is presented to us here.

[@sandyv2195]

A faithful reading of scripture, both the Old Testament and the New Testament, reveals that we are never given a long story, only the essence. God must have a reason for that, a reason we should be open to because God is God and we are not. I personally feel we can NEVER fully understand God's ways this side of eternity. But that's not necessarily a bad thing. God bless you.

[@luluq01]

This is one magnificent lesson and reminder which we all need to hear. Catholic friends (and others) send me messages of prayers. Many of them are something to the effect of Dear Jesus take away all my troubles, take away all anxieties and worries, take away all illness that may befall my family…. Afterwards I always think, yes, Jesus is the great healer, we should take our worries to God. The trouble is, their prayers just stop there. I never read “Holy Spirit, fortify me in this trial, but let Gd’s will be done”. Prayers should not exclusively be for “benefits only”. That was not the promise.

[@wakilur]

I love God.

[@jimgriffin9924]

Powerful words of truth.

[@TooClose2Call]

This story makes so much sense to me in the light of God speaking through the voice of our conscience. If we go back to I Kings 19 and think about Elijah, he heard God not in the earthquake or the fire, but in the “still small voice”, his conscience. And the same with Jonah who hears the voice of God asking him to go to Nineveh. Jonah refuses to listen to his “conscience” and bad things happen. Just as with those, God speaks to Abraham through his conscience, and what does he ask, but for Abraham to give up everything. We cannot think of giving up anything greater in this world than our own child. Abraham receives the call, that in order to be with God, he must be willing to give up everything, even those things of this world that we hold most dear and precious. “ "If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.” -Luke 14 : 26 Does this mean we become indifferent to everything and everyone in the world? NO! But everything must have its proper place in relation to the Lord. ✌🏻

[@livia.2016]

Thank you bishop Barron, it is so beautiful and meaningful that I had to listen several times.

[@AnaOliva-iw2mx]

Wonderful teaching . Lord be merciful to me when put me to the test .🙏🙏

[@eduardohoover2127]

It helps not to be blindsided. He's always shown me what's coming. He never set me up with a great left hook.

[@byrnedegrandpre8884]

Thank you Bishop Barron. You have so enlightened me today.

[@joeg3965]

One of my favorite sermons, so far. Thank you and God bless you Bishop Barron 🙏

[@bryanj.nevasr.2018]

As a father, I'd rather give up my life for my son, and that's probably how Abraham felt when God ask him to do this awful thing.

[@nicolasdedorlodot4984]

Thank you Bischop for reminding us, on weekly basis key, deep spiritual lessons. Accepting God's eternal love for us, even if we do not understand it, even if we are blind or death, and regardless of the benefits we can hope from God is a deed spiritual lesson. In other words, utilitarism is not compatible to consider God's love plan for us. We sinners tend to consider our worship for God as a transactional or business-like deal (I give you this if You provide me that). This is deeply wrong .Only a sincere detachment from our egoïstic finite humane condition can help us to really worship God for what He is: the Father with an unconditional love for each one of us Greetings from Brussels,Belgium

[@way_truth_life_of_love]

That was very important to me, thank you

[@sonnyjoseph4217]

"High Octane Philosophy"👌...absolutely!! May i also add dear and most respected Bishop Barron: As is evident throughout ISIAH, this is also the precursor to An Event To Happen...Only that IT IS NOT SIMILAR In just ONE ASPECT...That of THE SON Knowing fully well and truly right from The Start Of JESUS' Mission, that HE Would Indeed Be The Sacrifice...The Lamb Of GOD Who Takes away the sin of the world...i.e., not just the sins of the 'descendents' who will be like the stars in the sky above, but sins of a world that is immersed in sin...in and with His Love❣...through The Salvific Cross Of JESUS✝️ ...and my very dear Rev.Bishop Barron, how appropriately did Your GOD-Given WISDOM connect the "benefits from GOD" as in the soul-searching Book Of Job...again,❣✝️ Notwithstanding the singing of Praises To The LORD GOD ("Blessed Be GOD") when One is Bestowed with 'benefits' in this temporal world, the really meaningful (from One's Heart) expression "Praise The Lord" is manifested only when One sees The "Abundant" Gifts against the backdrop of Them Having Been in spite of One's unworthiness to be recipients of These Gifts Of GOD...Which IS (putting aside what is Job's initial claim of righteousness) what Job gets to understand in the end, thus transforming his "Blessed Be The Lord" into A Manifestation therein of His Truly Loving GOD and NOT just the 'benefits'...❣✝️❣

[@lisacatherineschaubroeck2348]

Yes, I agree it is metaphysical and religious.

[@cissystellampiima2128]

"Do I love God or the benefits of God?' "Do I love God's will or the benefits from His will??? God have mercy on us.

[@eduardohoover2127]

Jobs reply is epic, "The LORD gives and takes. Blessed be His name!"

[@bettystroup7821]

WOW! What a question and my mind AND heart are, dare I say, convicted. I thank God constantly on a daily basis for whatever good comes my way every moment of the day. And now , IS my gratitude /LOVE based on God’s good benefits to me? I will be discerning all week and beyond!!. Did I thank God when tragedies struck. Not sure I did but I do remember asking, “Why” many times and months afterwards! I know my faith is stronger today because of all of it and I do know I love God, but your reflection Bishop Barron will stick and with God’s Grace, when tragedy comes again, as it may, I will remember to say, I love/trust you Lord even as I don’t understand Why? Thank you Bishop Barron!