An Advent Challenge - Bishop Barron's Sunday Sermon

[@ChildofGod98765]

Jesus I love you. You give me the courage to keep going. So I’m patiently waiting for you to take me home. Being a single mother isn’t easy. I’m overwhelmed because both of my children are autistic. I’m struggling trying to support them and myself because like so many others. I lost my job as a social worker at Forsyth hospital because I declined the vaccine. I declined because of my pre existing health condition lupus and heart disease. I was denied my medical/religious exemption. I wish I could go back to the hospital but the mandate is still in place for hospitals that participate in Medicare and Medicaid. I’m waitressing and I’m so thankful to be working again, but I’m not making nearly enough to make ends meet. But God continues to help me. I get harassed and called names for simply asking for prayers, but prayers are all we need and when you’re a real christian people will always crucify you. Thankfully God gives me strength to keep going. I have faith God will provide. He HAS THIS FAR. WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE! Please pray for me and my children.

[@marypinakat8594]

Beware of the FAKE Bishop out here.

[@kittymceneaney6967]

You are in my prayers

[@hoha3725]

You mentioned Forsyth hospital. Is it in Forsyth County, GA? That's where I live. I didn't know that people still need the vaccine to work. Sad..You're in my prayer.

[@avreden27]

I'm so sorry! You will be in my prayers!! Stay strong-you are such an inspiration!! 🙏❤️

[@catherinecarroll7679]

🙏🙏🙏

[@blackhawcatholic]

I am so excited to celebrate my first Advent as a full Catholic!

[@psims931]

Same for me, confirmed a little over a month ago. Very excited about it and trying to get as much information about it that I can.

[@ragnarrthorsen2792]

One eternal truth. I am at war with myself. I'm just a no one who wants to be a Catholic Priest

[@matthewporter5048]

Thanks

[@Jim-bh7gs]

Tell it,Bishop. TY

[@Xenophanes198]

I've been asleep for awhile. Recently started working on waking up. Thanks, Bishop. 🙏

[@anneturner2759]

One thing to be aware of , when you make Him top priority in your life, the devil is coming for you … I’m living it right now. The devil hates it when we love and follow Christ. Peace and light.

[@silverforest4682]

Bless you. God will prevail.

[@jeffreybecker1416]

We need the Lord soon to show the correct way forward. We are at the point where we are about to move forward into the Universe. I believe the Lord will be essential to this endeavor.

[@lancemangano4003]

Jesus, I trust in you!!

[@chrisjones-rd8it]

God Bless you too

[@virginiahydo3452]

I enjoy and am fed by your Homilies Bishop Barron.

[@alicemcpherson7961]

Amen 🙏

[@ukasz1599]

Thanks a lot Bishop :) I would like have more strength to keep going and don’t give up.

[@boroe627]

Thank you father for the wake up call. We need a good shakeup. May God Bless you for being bold and truthful.thank you

[@dawnlapka3782]

Praise God from the highest mountain. I used to be a daily mass kind of woman. I was in choirs. I sang for funerals and weddings. Now, I watch Mass online, and I travel as much as I possibly can. And when I go in person to receive Jesus in the blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist, I sometimes struggle with deep anxiety. Not because of my personal circumstances, but because of having anxiety and depression. I pray unceasingly for my kids and many priests. I pray that God will heal me from being too anxious to sit through Mass. I don't know how this developed or why, but I pray that He heals me from it. I am 52, and I also pray to Him that He will deliver me from loneliness and lack of a good husband. And that He will give me my children and grandchildren back in my life. I pray that He will provide me with a good husband. Even though I got engaged last year, some of my close friends say that I was engaged upon, instead of getting engaged. Evidence seems to be pointing in that direction. I will stay vigilant because Jesus wants everything that I am, especially my brokenness.

[@triciabishop5822]

Keep praying Dawn and offer up your struggles. God Bless you!

[@egyaackon7318]

I will carry you in my prayers and in my heart to Holy Mass today and always. May Christ our Lord heal you 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@mrandmrsbalzan]

Sometimes we are tested in the 'spiritual desert' and that might hurt, but God would still be our safety net, given that we keep our steadfast faith in Him. You're in my prayers, especially that you keep steadfast in faith and that you keep the ears of your heart atune to what God is telling you. Peace and God's blessings with you.

[@preciousone2196]

Martha, Martha. You are anxious about too many things. Turn to God. Not with works, but with your heart. Pray for the Grace to turn everything over to Him. Trust Him with everything, every thought, every goal, every desire, every project, with your going out and with your coming in. God is a Good Father. He cares for you. He is right there with you, ready to help you through every situation. He is Faithful in all His Ways. He even gave His Son Jesus as a ransom for you. Therefore, there is nothing that He would not do for you. Trust God with everything and He will see you through everything.

[@dennyschell4023]

I will pray that God will send good angels to drive out the dark ones. And that soon the darkness will be replaced by warm and healing light.

[@BlueBelleBlooming]

personally, i love it when bishop barron screams at me. i think i need it. God bless his ministry.

[@Elizabeth-mp6tr]

Bishop: You and all Priests, and the Church are like a prophet speaking in one voice in our time, culminating all teachings of history towards the preparation in us for when Jesus comes again. God Bless you and all Priests, and Clergy.

[@pilarvivianortiz9298]

Thank you Bishop Barron for making Scripture so much more clearer to me. ❤

[@deborahmillette]

I pray for Bishop Barron to be the Pope someday. I believe it’s his calling. I pray 🙏🏽 it’s Gods Will. ✝️❤️

[@gregoryorfalea9435]

I love your notion, Bishop Barron, along with Karl Barth, that pride is not our times' greatest sin, but rather sloth. So true. We slough things off, we put off commitment to the most important things mired in day-to-day self concerns. And isn't the Romans reading exactly that St. Augustine read before he became a saint? "Put on the armor of light." One of the most commanding, beautiful phrases in the Letters of Paul. And wasn't it by chance Augustine turned to that page and heard the singing of a child as he did? And from this moment on, his life changed completely. Time to pay attention, like a child, to essential, wondrous things! Thank you again, dear Bishop, for lifting me up.

[@felixpena359]

All Blessings to you All the LORD S Blessings to you All

[@1773JC]

Thank God for Bishop Barron.

[@benedictchinweuba5820]

Happy Advent to all!

[@Linda-qq5mg]

May God bless you always!!

[@merlynthomas419]

Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace ,good will towards men,,the message of the angels to the shepherd’s.Thank you bishop Barron the message is good will, in everything we do to get peace on earth .Holy Spirit thank you.

[@cyberchicca]

Wake up! NOW IS THE TIME! God bless You Bishop Barron ! Praise to Our Lord Jesus Christ

[@jerseygangel]

! you Bishop Barron. Great beginning to this Advent Center. Wake Up

[@maryanne8395]

A powerful reminder to stay vigilant and be ready for our last breath on Earth and our first breath in Heaven, are we ready to face God? Daily practice of memento mori" sharply puts into focus what's important...Jesus and the state of our souls! As the old saying goes "Wake-up, it's later than you think! "

[@sandybarto2189]

Come Lord Jesus come into our wounded weak hearts and use us to assist you build as St Francis was told to do.

[@prestonsteffen]

GOD Bless You. Thank you LORD for Your WORD in due season! Now.

[@dorothyschreiner6052]

I love that you speak straight forward to the harshness of reality. You speak the truth.

[@Tgerardb]

Bishop Barron, thank you for these lectures, so beautiful and respectful. I love the way you treat your listeners, us. I feel like part of your flock, like you care for our good, so different from so many who talk down to us.

[@donnaostojski5478]

The challenge has been outlined. Order all aspects of our lives to serving Jesus.

[@kathybrown3694]

God bless you

[@PhilosophicalGospelPodcast]

Father Barron, thank you for delivering the word in the manner you are only capable of doing, for I relate much more to your sentiment than most others. For that I am thankful, I pray that God Blesses you and your ministry this Advent season.

[@healingheartsandsouls1019]

Thank you Bishop Barron 🙏

[@shamikbanerjee5279]

I learn so much from you, Father. My faith increases in manifolds every time I watch your sermons. Thank you for your enormous service. God bless you.

[@michaellucuski1799]

Thank you bishop barron for everything you do You always strengthen my faith. God bless you

[@milliemejia4649]

Excellent message to start the Advent time.

[@nelsonlaws5137]

Hello .So TRUE. I am at war with myself.......So difficult. Thanx for the lesson bishop

[@maireadcollins6825]

Wow...what a brilliant sermon! Talk about waking me up to put my life in order, to get my priorities right, to stop beating about the bush. Enough of thinking THIS is important, or THAT is important and investing my energies on those, yet feeling nothing but inner conflict - instead of focusing all my attention on where I want to go....to the highest mountain! and praise God Our Father and His Son. Our beautiful Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, . Thank you Bishop Robert Barron. I've no excuses now!

[@philiplewis7252]

I believe that this sermon is absolutely wonderful! Thank you Bishop for this wonderful teaching. I Praise Almighty GOD,my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and The Holy Spirit!!!

[@kevinchaves2166]

Thank you Bishop Barron. ✝️🕊️🙏

[@juanochoa9674]

Thank You Bishop Barron, God bless you and your team at Word on Fire for all the work you do to bring more people to our Lord.

[@gaynellfunk5482]

God bless you Bishop Barron. Your sermons have helped me so much. Amen

[@jenelms905]

Thank you Bishop Barron! Praise God, give us grace to rightly Praise Him Always with all we are! 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@snowwin2727]

Beautiful message on Mount...

[@jorsalaheim8760]

Thank you for your sermon, Bishop! God bless you.

[@gugatena4990]

Buenos días Querido Padre saludos desde Merida Yucatan ! Gracias por su bella reflexión!

[@sheilacabral2651]

Beautiful. Stay awake. There is hope. Now's the time. Nics

[@elizabeththomas6870]

"Awake Oh sleeper and rise from the dead" Yes... Physically i am awake early in the morning to Praise God, the supremely high... But I don't do it... Spiritually i am asleep... May Advent '22 awaken me and many of us.. Baby Jesus..Be our highest priority..

[@peterj6740]

But Jesus is not a tiny helpless babe any longer , He is risen and glorified and at the right hand of the Father and now fully endowed with divine and life -giving power with full authority in heaven and on earth and the name above all names .

[@ruthheredia5262]

Right on the nail! Thank you, Bishop. God bless you! 🙏🌹🙂

[@kathleencress3339]

I’ve shared this with my adult children. I pray for them every day that they will wake up and join me on God’s mountain. ❤️🙏

[@j0ee09]

Amen!

[@soniaaltuzar6191]

muchas gracias

[@wreloise1]

“And do this because you know the time; it is the hour now for you to awake from sleep. For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed;” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭13‬:‭11‬

[@FrancisMossang]

Laziness, Sloth, Acedia is indeed one of the biggest challenge for our generation 🙏

[@hunivan7672]

No it isn't.

[@brendamyc3057]

Marxist benchmarking which turns humans into just another cog in the machine and measuring our worth by outputs that can be measured empirically is. It causes workers to be a slave to the process, takes the enjoyment and beauty out of work, and dehumanizes the worker.

[@brendamyc3057]

This type of benchmarking common in workplaces today causes burnout which is being misdiagnosed as laziness. It is actually not that at all but a type of mental exhaustion caused by a constant rising bar that can never be met.

[@peterj6740]

@@brendamyc3057 You are so correct. It is just like finishing a marathon Race in the morning and then told to go on a Fun Run in the afternoon and then told that you are lazy for refusing . There is too much burnout in this day and age !

[@denisemcclintock506]

Just brilliant, thank you Bishop 🙏🏻❤️

[@totustuustotalmentetuyo]

Wake up! Time to get into spiritual shape 💪🏾📿♥️🤲🏾🙏🏾🧎🏾‍♀️

[@joanb4282]

Please keep me in your prayers in Jesus name

[@millieandmarigoldbooks]

Thank you 🌼

[@pastoralucena8861]

⭐ 🌟 ☀️ 🌟 ⭐ Thanks Bishop Barron 😊

[@ReVincentius]

I needed this so much! There is saying of St. Teresa de Avila: "When you put God [in your life] in the 1st place, everything else comes to the right place." Thank you Lord on your great servant b. Barron! God bless!

[@marksinnott9086]

I also think highly of Bishop Barron thank you Lord that a catholic Bishop is so passionate about evangelising us layette. Praise be to the most high Jesus Christ 🙏 🙌

[@jeannettemaranan1881]

Let God be our highest mountain! Thank you, Bishop Barron, for pounding this on us.🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@adriadua5019]

✨May the Lord bless you with good health, wisdom and a long life ✨Thank you Bishop Barron for your caring , intelligent homilies

[@theclapaolini4322]

I love Advent it makes a whole new desire to stay closer to God and virtue practiced yes wake up to the highest mountain that would be Jesus.d I not waste time. Bishop thank you. Joyful ADVENT.

[@bryanj.nevasr.2018]

Your Eminence, thank you for your weekly sermons they're so inspiring I look forward to watching them every week.

[@salsuginusrex5196]

I think you mean Excellency

[@kedoshk7063]

Twitter have their own version of ‘awoke’, and yet here we have the true meaning. Bless you Bishop

[@catherinecarroll7679]

Brilliant, you are a good Shepherd Bishop Barron, I thank you for this awakening message and most perfect challenge, I pray for the Grace to place God at the highest place in my life this Advent and for all who hear this with faith. 🙏

[@TaylorJohnson1]

What an awesome word. I’m waking up now.

[@lidwinyesum5654]

Pls God make me to always wake up

[@MikePasqqsaPekiM]

Just the message I needed. Many thanks, Bishop Barron!

[@catherinecarroll7679]

Me too, I will pray that we receive this grace to place our Great God high above all else

[@valeriesimms2874]

Thank you Bishop Barron for this important message in your sermon!!! TO STAY AWAKE BECAUSE NOW IS THE TIME!!! Thank you for giving me this ALERT!!! Spiritually there is so much to do and so much to pray about, so much to repent of this Advent... You are right Bishop Barron NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO SLEEP!!! To be lazy, slothful, to make up excuses... Now is the time to search for the Mountain of the Lord, to be there to PRAISE HIM, not possessions, not distractions, not chasing people, friends, not madly pursuing a career, a location, BUT SEEK OUR LORD'S COMING upon the Lord's Mountain to PRAISE HIM!!! I will be reading this chapter in Isaiah 2 again and may the Lord bless you ABUNDANTLY Bishop Barron and may the Lord keep inspiring you with these special sermons, throughout Advent and Christmas!

[@PraiseChrist4Ever]

Bishop You help me so much in understanding the Word of God. Thank you

[@gloriabandy]

The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too. Saint Teresa of Avila

[@alnotter4717]

Wonderful Homily

[@suzannejones3862]

Amen and Amen Bp. Barron! Lighting the Word and world on Fire! 🙏🏼☦

[@margaretfernandes9206]

Thanks for the beautiful message

[@Basilisk4119]

As a wise man once said, we are wired for God.

[@184cWayne]

I always feel hopeful and inspired when I listen to the Bishop. The Word comes alive 🙏🏻✝️🛐🙏🏻

[@armandaliotta7065]

Thank you for your advice to read the Confessions of st Augustine translated by Sister Maria Boulding..Your homily recalls his struggles to awaken from his “slumbers “ and the conflict he endured between mind and will…Thank you and God keep you…

[@wendyfield7708]

My mountain is Mt.Carmel and my desire is total union with Christ.

[@belindaagom2959]

How exllent is God"s Loving kindness

[@patriciadana2378]

God BLESS YOU Bishop Barron🌈⭐️🎁👼🏻Patty Dana

[@imeldataaffe433]

From Ireland. Thank you Bishop Barron. Loved your talk. I'm only sorry I stayed away from your talks because I listened to other critical voices of you. I should have known better. Bless you Bishop and all to hear you. Praise be the Holy names of Jesus,Mary and Joseph. 🙏☘️

[@judyv3370]

I know about those critical voices and I am sorry--they can be brutal. I had to leave Twitter because I was so horrified by what I witnessed from 'critical voices' against Bishop Barron. I just don't understand how people attack a fellow Catholic with such vitriol. Heartbreaking and destructive.

[@maxalberts2003]

@@judyv3370 You're absolutely right. And it's embarrassing to be a Catholic and to have to explain this to curious, open-minded folks with good hearts.

[@Jim-bh7gs]

Praise be the Holy Name of JESUS! Only Jesus. Holy Mary and Saint Joseph pray for us.

[@maxalberts2003]

@@bernardevillaw3410 Your assumptions are unforgivable. Check out stats among Jehovah's Witnesses and also Latter Day Saints. And also Buddhist monks. Further, you paint the entire country of "Ireland" with the same brush--you DO realize there's a whole nation of Protestant Irish, right? Who is the "you" to whom you refer? Anyone who reads your words? I'll bet you're fun at parties.

[@maxalberts2003]

@@bernardevillaw3410 You are a psychotic freak. Your sick fantasies get in the way of statistical, sociological reality. How dare you paint an entire country with one filthy brush? You write as if Ireland were somehow alone in these crimes and that's simply not the case. I do not support those crimes. But Ireland is no different than any o other country with regard to them. Racist, xenophobic screaming and refusal to dialogue with get you NOWHERE. But I see it's not simply Ireland that has roused your insane ire, it's the Catholic Church itself. I was convent educated in the 1960s by progressive, liberated nuns and radical priests who went to jail for their feminist, anti-war convictions. I was mentored at my college Newman Center as a draft counselor and wrote for The Catholic Worker. I marched with Cesar Chavez and the farm workers and in the 80s stood with Archbishop Romero against the Salvadoran junta; No institution as large as the Church is perfect. I strongly stand against child abuse of any kind and I support women and gay people in the clergy. Your negative energy is a serious bummer.

[@benjaminTstewart333]

Numbers 12:6 6 he said, “Listen to my words: “When there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, reveal myself to them in visions, I speak to them in dreams.

[@marypinakat8594]

"There is a sort of permanent 'advent' quality, a 'vigil' quality to the Christian life ... ... The Advent season calls this to mind." - BISHOP ROBERT BARRON

[@xaviertc5211]

I really appreciate and enjoy your comments. They are deeply spiritual and thought provoking. Appreciate your involvement. Do pray for me as I too pray for you. I am from south India.

[@marypinakat8594]

@@xaviertc5211 It's Bishop Barron's own statements that I have kind of worded together. Personally, I hold it a privilege being able to post a comment on Bishop's Channel. Indeed kind of you to appreciate my Comments. Thanks for being here and your prayers for me. My sincere prayers for you and all yours. Stay blessed Xavier☆

[@jonathandnicholson]

That passage of Isaiah is one of my favourite passages.

[@maiq5228]

Wake up! Wake up! Stop making excuses. *Now* is the time.

[@TOFFEEHEADAGAIN]

What a really thought provoking sermon your Eminence. Really has made me think and realise that I must try and get my "REAL" life into order. I can't wait for your next sermon!

[@DenisOhAichir]

I like the forcefulness of you in this sermon Bishop.

[@patriciadana2378]

How Beautiful is the dwelling place of the Lord and the instrument of our peace Heaven

[@dennyschell4023]

Bishop, may your words reach to that holy mountain now in our time. May our Jewish elder Brothers and sisters accept Yeshua as their Messiah and hasten his coming for us all.

[@dustinkdye]

This is so true and exactly what I needed to hear today. I recently came to the realization I’ve been avoiding what I know I need to do, and my life and the world around me would be better if I started doing what I know I need to do. Advent gives me a chance to begin anew.

[@dereklords9688]

Understanding the coming together or the 12 tribes as an internal combination is a great insight. Thus within us, we can find a “inside ourselves” a Noah an Abraham a Jacob, a Joseph, and so on

[@arryserrano4373]

Happy Advent Bishop Barron🕊🙏🏼 It’s a steady rise up the mount The Way🕊🙏🏼🕊🙏🏼🕊🙏🏼🕊

[@apcs3270]

🙏🏼Amen 🙏🏼♥️ 🕯🌿Be Prepared… not only for the time but in your heart💓 be ready when the Lord comes again 🕊🙏🏼

[@vincewyn1396]

Come Lord Jesus, come renew our faith, hope and love. Ps 122:1, Mt 24:44 Jesus said: “Therefore, you too must stand ready because the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect.” 😇Lord Jesus I trust in You!

[@romymarquez9111]

Come Jesus, be the Lord of my life! I surrender everything to you. Thank you Bp. Barron, may God bless you more.❤🌷

[@resinaboyer4541]

Wake up,reach out and meet the Lord! He is coming. Be ready!

[@rajiantony6306]

A very blessed sermon 🙏 🙏🙏

[@jeanonyeagwara4949]

Yes we need to keep awake!

[@michaelhaywood8262]

Awake yes, but not 'woke'.