How Not to Think About Heaven - Bishop Barron's Sunday Sermon

Friends, the parable at the heart of our Gospel today from Matthew 20 is one of those passages in the New Testament that really bothers people. It proves that this parable is not just conveying correct information about God; it is reaching into our souls and doing spiritual work, shining light upon a certain darkness in us that resists him. And in this case, the darkness is a false view of what heaven is all about.
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[@user-yk9nb6id1f]

63 years with a Catholic upbringing and today I understand this parable. I found you, Bishop Barron during COVID and am forever grateful.

[@anneturner2759]

He is a true apostle.

[@davidmclaughlin8465]

i also have understood this parable for the first time! Im 65. @@anneturner2759

[@elizabethcain2614]

@@user-ow2pk9io4b May God heal you and comfort you and bless you and your children 🙏

[@alecfoster4413]

"Kindness is it's own reward." Proverbs 11:17-19

[@johnkalbert2014]

Praise the Lord ❤

[@guennieknight1576]

Thank you Bishop Barron. I suppose I have never understood why we wouldn’t want everyone to go to heaven. Life isn’t a competition and God is bigger than we can imagine as is the beauty of his Grace and forgiveness.

[@pickenchews]

Amen! Exactly

[@noelig4152]

@guennieknight1576 Absolutely! What did Jesus promise you? Heaven. What did He promise me? Heaven. We all get the perfect Kingdom. What's the problem w that?

[@karinmaryturner]

Amen🕊️ Thank you Bishop Barron

[@Hannah-on9pp]

I agree we should be rejoicing with those who make it to heaven!!

[@ritabiro5105]

Thanks for gods love and your teaching together with many of you.Last jugdment ?!

[@youknowthatgirl8710]

Thank God !!! I’m a convert, people don’t understand how hard it is to be so lost, so long , and not have the blessings being Catholic offers. The peace that mass reveals is so beyond the fear and pure terror of not having a rudder. Only yourself for help when the devil is beating down your door. It’s like being in the blackest place in the world. “ cradle Catholics “ have a hard time understanding how dark life is without Jesus. It’s not a picnic being lost and scared. It’s not fun to find the guilt will not ever go away. And satan can beat you night and day with it. Being saved is like the brightest sunshine in the darkest cave, a way to end the torment. So very grateful for Jesus !!!!

[@cliffbarber1642]

This is such an insightful witness. Thank you and God bless you! I am a “cradle Catholic” but did not fully realize the thing you said about guilt until I was in my 40’s. Only through Confession and regular eating of the flesh of Jesus (Holy Communion, John 6:56) can we wash away guilt, which as you say, will torment us forever if not released.

[@TheMDelima]

You're right, cradle Catholic here, and I really can't understand life without Jesus. I am really grateful that I was born into a Catholic family. I have dry times of prayer, it has to be harder when one doesn't have the Catholic Tradition to keep us going during those times.

[@rp5392]

Thanks for sharing your testimony. Absolutely fits in the description that Bishop Barron used to explain the parable when he mentioned what St Catherine of Sienna stated that the path to heaven is heaven itself which we cradle Catholics are privileged to tread upon in our earthly lives, if we follow the path shown by our Lord and Saviour Jesus but which the non Christians do not know about and hence are in the situation that our sister here experienced prior to coming into the Catholic faith.

[@Blessed-Doris]

May God bless and keep you 🙏 Welcome ❤

[@hunivan7672]

The problem is looking at Heaven as a reward. It's not a reward, it's a gift, an inheritance, God's freely given grace and love. It belongs to us all, but many of us refuse to accept it.

[@thekingdomheirstv]

Bishop has indeed clarified this as it should be.

[@mar.albalbuquerque3996]

With God, real Love always comes first, not other virtues, even being so important for us to look and pray for them all! Thanks, Bishop Barron!

[@2l84me8]

How do you know there is a god and heaven to begin with?

[@2l84me8]

@@DudeNamedDuncanWhat car?

[@2l84me8]

@@mar.albalbuquerque3996Was it love when your gods sanctioned slavery and genocide?

[@rebeccakahn3773]

As someone who came to the Catholic Church at 69, and to true Love of Other, I feel like the worker who started at the end of the day. I thank God always for His mercy to me for allowing me to find the Church and her Sacraments, which bring me peace and unity with the Lord Jesus Christ.

[@ricardoseoanegutierrez7047]

God Bless you. Thank you for your testimony.

[@CincoRodrigos]

Welcome!

[@kennethtan2605]

I pray that you if possible go to daily Mass as Bishop Barron does and also he is a daily hourly adorer of the Blessed Sacrament. IT would build yourselve treasure of Heaven Ie.Grace. God makes us his children to receive the best of His gifts in His dearly Beloved SON at Mass daily!! Even though we Will all rejoice with the Angels over 1 repentant sinner, the reward in Heaven Will be different one from the other. And theMass Will increase extraordinarily Our capacity to see God Face to Face for all eternity, if we are fervent and humbly ask this of Him at Mass for ourselves and all Mankind and the Angelic Hosts before our personal judgement.. A quote about the different degrees of happiness in Heaven. Diary of ST Faustina Kowalska and St Teresa of Avila and Fr Boudreaux FJ Diary of St Faustina K 605 O Holy Trinity, Eternal God, I thank You for allowing me to know the greatness and the various degrees of glory to which souls attain. Oh, what a great difference of depth in the knowledge of God there is between one degree and another! Oh, if people could only know this! O my God, if I were thereby able to attain one more degree, I would gladly suffer all the torments of the martyrs put together. (68) Truly, all those torments seem as nothing to me compared with the glory that is awaiting us for all eternity. O Lord, immerse my soul in the ocean of Your divinity and grant me the grace of knowing You; for the better I know You, the more I desire You, and the more my love for You grows. I feel in my soul an unfathomable abyss which only god can fill. I lose myself in Him as a drop does in the ocean. The Lord has inclined himself to my misery like a ray of the sun upon a barren and rocky desert. And yet, under the influence of His rays, my soul has become covered with verdure, flowers, and fruit, and has become a beautiful garden for His repose. 606 My Jesus, despite Your graces, I see and feel all my misery. I begin my day with battle and end it with battle. As soon as I conquer one obstacle, ten more appear (69) to take its place. But I am not worried, because I know that this is the time of struggle, not peace. When the burden of the battle becomes too much for me, I throw myself like a child into the arms of the heavenly Father and trust I will not perish. O my Jesus, how prone I am to evil, and this forces me to be constantly vigilant. But I do not lose heart. I trust God‟s grace, which abounds in the worst misery. 607 In the midst of the worst difficulties and adversities, I do not lose inner peace or exterior balance, and this discourages my adversaries. Patience in adversity gives power to the soul. 608 February 2, [1936]. ST Teresa of Avila -Autobiography Chapter 37 I can say, then, that if I were asked whether I should prefer to endure all the trials in the world until the world itself ends, and afterwards to gain a little more glory, or to have no trials and attain to one degree less of glory, I should answer that I would most gladly accept all the trials in exchange for a little more fruition in the understanding of the wonders of God, for I see that he who understands Him best loves and praises Him best.

[@Blessed-Doris]

Welcome 🙏 May God bless and keep you

[@user-lj2ze3wg4l]

So well said - thank you! I too am very late . . . . and I am so blessed that I am still permitted to work/earn a wage (so to speak).

[@thinguru]

As a Catholic all my life, I have heard this parable many times. But never before have I heard it explained this way. Thank you Bishop for helping me see the message of ‘Love’ being at the heart of this parable and of Heaven itself.❤

[@thekingdomheirstv]

The bishop has indeed brought a new light of understanding this parable

[@tomlabooks3263]

Dante has a demon complain about a “lagrimetta”, a “tiny little tear”, in his Purgatorio, that Buonconte de Montefeltro shed just before dying, which granted him salvation. Great way to express the immensity of God’s mercy. God bless you all.

[@Homeinmygardenwithmydog]

You know, Bishop, if you keep this up you might just shape my faith. Prior to tuning into you, I would say I had no faith. What you have done and continue to do for me, to me, truly is a miracle. God bless you for that, and thank you!

[@sandyv2195]

God bless you! And keep listening! ❤

[@anneturner2759]

This is how God works ! Go with it …. This is precisely how God works .. Yey!

[@javierramirez3986]

As a faithful Catholic, I applied this parable to other people. Today, I am confronted by it. I honestly believed that heaven was a "Candyland" waiting for me as a reward. Need to do a lot of work to live "heaven on earth" the way Bishop Barron describes it. God Bless you Father Bishop!

[@GR65330]

It's a horrible situation for a soul to go to hell and a death-bed confession of a sinner is something to rejoice in. Another soul saved from hell.

[@cousinelizabeth5523]

Although a cradle Catholic, my effort to live the mission to which Our Lord has called me surely is a meager attempt at best. I therefore take comfort as I place myself in this parable as the worker that showed up later in the day, that I will be given the full reward. Praise Our Lord and Saviour for His great mercy!

[@colleen.f.s]

“the hell of your own self regard” - what a powerful image.

[@esterbauzon1895]

God’s grace is a gift to all - deserving or not - it’s all up to us to accept God’s grace. Thank you Bishop - this sermon wipes away selfishness and enhances generosity. God is good.

[@franciscassidy5642]

just read all the comments.i am teachable today.because of health issues i am semihousebound.i am able to go to mass online because if the internet.i am blessed to have a sponcer and a12thstep programme.and a telephone to keep in touch with my friends in aa and in the church,as well as good neighbours.bishop barron is a execellent preacher and is full of the holy spirit,god bless him,he is in my prayers

[@sandyv2195]

God bless you!

[@the300XM8]

Bishop Barron is one of the few voices today that represents authentic catholicism (while avoiding any extremes)

[@thekingdomheirstv]

And bishop has understood how hungry people of God are for the spirit filled sermons.

[@generalyousif3640]

Yet ppl have the audacity to still hate on him. I love this bishop, I literally can feel the Holy Spirit from him, that also applies to Fr. Mike. As well as Fr. Casey

[@MillionthUsername]

@@generalyousif3640 Well, he did tell Ben Shapiro basically that he didn't need Jesus. He spewed some sort of modernist nonsense about Jesus being "the privileged way." No, Jesus is the only way.

[@generalyousif3640]

@@MillionthUsername ngl, not his finest moment there

[@josephtravers777]

Our judgements are often a mirror into our own souls. Lord have mercy on us 🙏 Thank you, dear Bishop!

[@wreloise1]

Thank you “For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants of one another.” ‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5‬:‭13‬ ‭

[@TJ1920]

Thank you ever so much for your contemplation on what Heaven is really like it’s not about Reward It’s about Mercy on our fellow humans at least that what I came away with, fullness of Love is Mercy Toronto Ontario Canada 🇨🇦

[@mercymercy331]

Beautiful! The best explanation I have ever heard! You are the best teacher and treasure of our Church dear Bishop!!

[@terryjoharford8440]

I figure that if there are those who can get into heaven at the last moment, then there’s hope for me! Thankful for God’s great mercy! There is room for all of us! Thanks be to God! 🕊

[@NielDalumpines-zn2lk]

Listening to Bishop Barron's homilies is just what my soul needs and is worth my precious time. Thanks and God bless.

[@thekingdomheirstv]

true

[@trilitt3418]

I agree!

[@user-qi7km3mg8b]

Whenever this gospel comes up, I always think that unlike the person who gains heaven very late in life, I have had a lifetime of joy knowing and relying on the love of God through all my trials that the person who got " paid" late in the day never had.

[@mattanderson2629]

Bishop Barron, as a new Catholic ( was confirmed last Epiphany) , I want to thank you for this ministry. I look forward each week for your latest homily. This one is particularly compelling, thought provoking, insightful and convicting, as a good homily should be. I want you to know how much this ministry, your KZbin channel and Word on Fire have helped to form my early Catholic faith, and continues to do so. I am in the Minneapolis area and find it exciting that you are now in Southern Minnesota. I hope someday in the not to distant future you visit us at my church, the Basilica of St. Mary It would be a great honor to shake your hand Blessings

[@wesdelval3015]

What a blessing for all of us to hear and have regular, free access to such clear and dedicated wisdom as that which Bishop Barron possesses.

[@jesseca1272]

When I'm physically exhausted from serving my fellow man. You reminded me that Jesus is the way. I don't do this on my own, our Lord is right beside me. Thanks for the constant reminder to Love.

[@user-rg1be4eg8w]

The Total mysterious Glory of our Lords DIVINE MERCY amen amen - we are ALL sinners praise be to God !! Jesus to St Faustina : The greater the sinner, the greater the right he has to My mercy. My mercy is confirmed in every work of My hands. He who trusts in My mercy will not perish, for all his affairs are Mine, and his enemies will be shattered at the base of My footstool.” -Diary 723

[@bretr7327]

Pray for me, pray for everyone. This is a beautiful homily Bishop, I understand the parable but the hard part is putting it to action. It highlights my brokeness that I’m unable to will the good of others that have done me wrong or that seem to have it much easier than me. With God by my side I will continue to work on this.

[@humbie62]

Bishop, I cried a bit , I laughed a bit but I sure did feel very elated. Thank you for your interpretation. God bless you forever

[@terryhemingway6983]

I greatly appreciated you sermon, Bisop Baron. It brought to remembrance a hymn/prayer I composed for my wife's memorial service. I prayed that her Heavenly Father would embrace her, and she would experience "Eternal Love, more powerful and pure than she's ever known/ with Joy and Peace from Streams of Living Waters flowing from God's throne!". The final portion, I prayed the same thing for myself as for my wife, with this change, "Heavenly Father, send a band of angels, bear my soul to heaven on wings of love./Let me find there, my beloved laughing, rushing to embrace me with arms of love!" If Eternal Joy can be increased in the presence of Eternal Love, it is only in discovering that those you love themselves are experiencing Eternal Love, and learning to love our enemies will be a source of Eternal Joy. As one pastor noted, "How else was the Christ to die, but with His arms stretched wide, ready to embrace the whole world?"

[@anneturner2759]

Just beautiful, I hope for the same as I’m trying to be here without my darling husband. We knew bliss.

[@juliemarquez92]

Beautiful sentiment. Thanks for sharing.

[@lamoussakologo2252]

Born and raised Catholic and today I understood this parable. I'm forever grateful I found you, Bishop Barron. Dieu vous bénisse 🙏🏿

[@craiggilje2463]

Godbess you Bishop Barron Thank you from a repentan sinner, Thank you father.

[@the_funnychristianmodel]

We serve a just God, not a fair one. Fair would be we all go to hell. I always enjoy listening to Bishop Barron🙏🙂

[@TheMDelima]

Right you are!

[@lindahandley5267]

Beautifully explained. I am always thrilled to hear that an unbeliever has come to the Light of Jesus before it was too late.

[@chrishobson129]

This parable is the antithesis of living in the judgmental attitude our culture has fallen into today. Thank you Bishop for your weekly reflections.❤

[@catherinespierce]

Amen. "Resentment is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die." It is also the fruit of a justice-only orientation. As Bishop says, "Love trumps justice." Thank you, Lord Jesus, for the ever-illuminating words spoken through Bishop Barron. May He continue to bless you and your ministry, Bishop Barron. 🙏💙

[@Praise_and_Worship_NA]

Amen

[@andreweppink4498]

Thank God Love does trump Justice. VERY few would make it otherwise.

[@tawthylawn351]

Bishop Barron, thank you for your time and effort and amazing insight. You are a great spiritual teacher. God bless you.

[@marypinakat8594]

*"If we're caught in a pure-justice frame of mind, we haven't moved to the level of true love, willing the good of the other."* - BISHOP ROBERT BARRON

[@ajsammut]

even aristole in the great philosophical tradition said that equity is a higher form of justice than equality.

[@marypinakat8594]

​@@ajsammut✨👍

[@AndySouvlakis]

There is no bigger joy to me than to see people that weren't with the Lord all their life come back to Him. That only strenghtens my faith, it doesn't make it less.

[@wayneg7812]

Thanks be to God.

[@folarinjoaquim7812]

This passage always makes me reconsider the true meaning of justice. We all need to think on it deeply.

[@websterlee7708]

Thank you Eminence! It always comes back to love!

[@drandrewterhementyowua1928]

If this man isn't a living Saint, he's a great teacher!

[@chibuikemugwuanyi757]

Keep it up bishop 💪 Following from Nigeria.

[@paulapasma8004]

This was exactly my Mom and her younger sister-in-law. At my Aunt's memorial, I had a chance to speak and I read this Gospel. I hope my Mom "heard" it. Rejoice whenever ANYONE at ANY TIME joins the Vineyard!!!

[@dennisnardone5009]

I'm not Catholic but a Christian. Love would welcome that individual who came to Christ at the end of His/her life. We would be so happy for that person who got the message and spiritually understood the Gospel. Thats a huge praise God. Thank you, Bishop Barron!

[@theresam5391]

I love it! The way to Heaven is Heaven! Thank you for that Bishop Barron. All of it! So good! 💜💜💜

[@elainewoods6473]

Another amazing, insightful sermon. It's so hard to get out of that "fair/not fair" mindset. Thank you, Bishop Barron!

[@trilitt3418]

I have been stuck in that mindset myself, I hate to admit! I am a work in progress….. 😊

[@MAvila744]

Thank you for this, Bishop Barron. It is always good to remember that authentic love is not an emotional response. Sometimes love calls for sacrificing oneself for the good of another. To understand that is a special grace. I love what you said that living ‘in the Way’ is already living in heaven.’ How wonderful to realize that. God bless you!

[@bernadettelopes1512]

Yes, "living in The Way" is beautiful!❤

[@eddievandenhurk5496]

Well said.Sometimes unbelievably beautiful even after a long life.@@bernadettelopes1512

[@Senny841]

Amen. Its not about Justice, its about people joining the good side🙏🏼

[@chrisgaleziewski8303]

GOD Bless you too Bishop Barron, thank you for peeling back more of the sweet onion 🙏🏼

[@au8363]

Glory To The Triune GOD

[@timothyodonnell8591]

I love this parable. I call it the "What's it to ya?" parable. In other words, what business is it of ours how God blesses others? As the first reading says, God's ways are not our ways, and thankfully so. If we all got what we deserved, none of us would ever make it to heaven.

[@lornavaughan-bb7gp]

Thank you Bishop Barron Beautiful sermon as always. May GOD bless you abundantly. ➕️♥️

[@janiemarie1000]

god has blessed us with you and your sermons. beautiful and heartfelt. .

[@thomasbasil4280]

God Bless you and thank you Bishop Baron!

[@danserrano100]

Thank you Bishop Barron

[@elizabethnunley1160]

He was a lost lamb, but he was found, we should all rejoice for that saved soul and be glad in it✝️

[@jeffhedglen]

Reminds me of something a favorite pastor once said: If God was fair I’d be dead, but instead He’s merciful.

[@janewalton2901]

Wonderful teaching Bishop Barron, I thank you. God bless you Jane Australia

[@gilbertvargas4757]

Thank you for shining the light into the darkness 🕊️

[@robkutner3193]

The reward for following the ten commandments is in having followed the commandments. Heaven and hell are real in this life as well as the next

[@cinnamondan4984]

Profound as usual.

[@LCccce6]

When I realized the meaning of this story I was relieved that I had a shot at heaven. I love the generosity of God. Gives me peace.

[@3172bees]

That was awesome

[@meganneale2074]

Love … “I’m kind of beyond this preoccupation with what is fair and unfair, all I want is what is good for the other”. Bishop Barron, Amen! The tension this way of thinking releases you from … is heavenly. Life changing. Great sermon. 🙏😌

[@TheMDelima]

LOL, like Bishop Barron reminded us, the path to heaven, IS heaven.

[@ribbit1964]

Unconditional love is the lesson learned - thank you Bishop for clarifying the lesson. God bless you, your priesthood and your ministry Bishop Barron 🙏🏼😇

[@danielmaclellan2117]

I really am drawn to Bishop Barton’s compassion for all of us. I find him very kind - not to the point of not believing or having a standard but showing it’s fruitfulness. thank you!

[@samsonkakos2973]

"I'm beyond this preoccupation of what's fair and unfair."

[@touchedbygracetoday]

The gospel last Sunday (September 24, 2023) is something that has bothered and bewildered me for the longest time. In a gist, the gospel is about a master who asked laborers to work for him in the field. Those who worked at the start of the day at 8 am were paid the same as those who started working at the last hour. As far as I could remember, I had always thought this was unfair. Still unfair even if the master chooses to be generous. Well, it's been this way with me it until God answered my prayer. For a couple of years, I've been telling Him, "God, I do not understand how the master in the gospel could give the same salary to those who worked the whole day and to those who worked at the last hour. I know that you are generous, but I really feel some unfairness here." I continued, "I understand that the salary paid is salvation. The person who, during his entire life, did good works will be saved (like Mother Teresa) and those who converted and believed in (or converted to) Jesus at the last minute (like St. Dismas during the crucifixion beside Jesus) will likewise be welcomed into paradise. I perfectly understand how the early laborers felt about getting paid the same wage." As I was pondering this parable, something in my heart and mind simultaneously spoke: "It is not that Mother Teresa lived her life for me to be saved. It was because she loved me that she offered her life to others for me. She was happy doing what she did because of her love. She was happy for anyone to be paid the same as she was paid, which was salvation. IT IS ALL ABOUT LOVE." "It is because you think as people think. If you compare your work to what others do for salvation, then you will feel the unfairness. It is when you live your life loving me, then there will be no comparing with how others are doing. And you will be happy when everyone is rewarded with eternal life, even those who have done badly in life and changed at the last minute." My heart overflowed with joy at the homily I received from God that day. Thanks and praise be to God!

[@edweber9847]

God is infinite love. Infinity can’t be divided; getting one trillionth of infinity is infinity.

[@mapaz555]

It’s not complete heaven unless we are all there together. Unless all my family and friends and country men and Catholic Church are all there, it’s not complete. I’m already with God, anywhere we are, here on earth, I’m already with God. We must pray for those who are not there yet. Because we belong to God, we are His. I kneel to you My Lord in the name of All, my knees are our knees. I sing your praises in the name of all of us. I love you in our name. I am completely Yours my Love, My home is yours Father, my family is yours, every friend of mine is yours, their families are yours, my building is yours, my parish is yours, my city is yours, my country is yours, every business here is yours, my government is yours, police, military, firemen, all yours. The beaches are yours, the coast is yours, the Andes are yours, the jungle is yours, the oceans are yours, the rivers are yours, every country is yours, the church is completely yours, the whole world is yours. Bring us to you my Lord. Keep us close because we are yours forever. Take our hearts, your hearts and minds. We are your family, your people, your sons and daughters. Always as one and always as unity, in communion. With you and yours. We love you. Amen

[@itielelpida]

Dear Lord Jesus please forgive me and help me to live for Your Glory every single day in every situation 🙏 Ameeen!

[@shawnburkley]

Always impressed by your ability to engender new ideas with which to contemplate and appreciate God. The notion that the "way is heaven" and Jesus's regular reminder that the "kingdom is at hand" both point to the idea that following Christian doctrine has its own spiritual rewards in this life. Thanks for another wonderful message.

[@halfordmunene3121]

Lets never forget that the primary purpose of Jesus was to proclaim the Kingdom of God.

[@HandsomeNamed]

Thank you Bishop & WOF team❤

[@juanchamorro9924]

Very insightful. Thank you Bishop!

[@beekind6014]

Thank you Bishop for helping me to think about sacrifice and trying to live a good life in a way that is hard to see until it's illuminated. The Way=Heaven

[@CyprianVox333]

Thank you bishop Barrón - a tough lesson for all - pick up your cross and follow Jesus

[@louisaberrios1789]

Amen❣️😇

[@igoorota]

You have enlightened my mind, Bishop Barron, yours is the best explanation ever! God bless you!

[@janelanzon6011]

Thank you Bishop Barron.

[@user-xm1bb8ce7s]

This gospel gives me great hope. It shows that forgiveness (and therefore heaven) is available to us all, we just have to ask.

[@mathman2170]

Thank you. I am a little wiser than I was before seeing this vid. Thank you.

[@sheahennessy6644]

Thankyou for this. I wish every Catholic in America could hear you.

[@gregfalconi1901]

You are a blessing Bischop Barron, we must be happy and thankfull to God when a sinner goes to heaven the place to be with humbleness

[@CatholicWisdom]

Thank you, Bishop. What “bothers” people is that we can read this in 2 completely different dimensions, the spiritual and the practical / business one. If the parable was talking about actual business, it absolutely would be unfair, and that’s where that first instinct comes from. Same goes for Martha and Mary: is Jesus AGAINST a fair business, a business that pays each what they deserve based on their efforts? Absolutely not. He is simply NOT talking about business, but about something much more important.

[@marystermer5983]

I humbly disagree. I mean I “wish” people could mind there own area. Why do we look to others to decide if we are getting what we deserve?

[@marystermer5983]

Imagine! Love♥️ and Jesus said “the Kingdom of Heaven IS at hand”!

[@CatholicWisdom]

@@marystermer5983 That’s not disagreeing, that looks more like not understanding what I’m saying, sorry. Have you ever been in a professional work environment? God bless.

[@thekingdomheirstv]

true

[@jmfrmf5342]

This is exactly what I was thinking. From a work standpoint, if the person was going thru a tough time, I would gladly help pick up the slack. However, if one chose that work ethic, I would not be so generous. Why? It can be said because you love them. I am not willing their good by allowing them to think that this is acceptable behavior. Having expectations as well as consequences is part of loving someone. Spiritually speaking, if anyone comes to the Father no matter the timing, and gets to Heaven, well hallelujah!!

[@fritzz3733]

Thank you Bishop Barron, the way to Heaven is precisely when we submit our life for others.

[@corinabecerra953]

I finally understand this parable 🙏🏼

[@schroederscurrentevents3844]

This may be the best homily I have ever heard. So beautiful, so meaningful, and so very prescient to my life at the moment. You came time just time, Bishop Barron.

[@MDSzym]

Dziękuję!! Thank you from Poland :) ❤

[@TheJuliat2000]

Thank you for explaining this parable. I would not have come to this conclusion on my own. You were able to show me what I was not able to see. God bless you.

[@sandyv2195]

Good homily as always, though in understanding the gospel I think it's helpful to also consider the first reading from Isaiah 55:8, "...my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways..." and the second reading from Philippians 1:27, "...conduct yourselves in a way worthy of the gospel of Christ... ."

[@changedlife1904]

Bishop barren ,your spot on

[@JesusItrustinyou144]

Bishop Baron, you really helped me when you did the Catholicism series when I went deeper into our faith. I loved it❤️ God bless during these crazy times ⚔️❤️‍🔥🙏

[@lolafiiona7014]

I love this so so so much! Coming onto my one year since my conversion. I pray all day for conversion of sinners

[@LuciaMartinez-ho4ec]

It is nice to know that everybody will be saved because I believe that each person, if not earlier, at the end of their lives, repents and asks God for forgiveness. God has his ways of making this happen. Thank you God for your infinite and incomprehensible mercy.

[@kennethtan2605]

This isnot what the Bishop is saying.

[@avagabondmonk]

God's Love (Heaven) is not something I earn, it is something that I surrender to.

[@maryrogers7097]

Mercy trumps justice!!

[@francescankafor1743]

Thanks, Bishop Barron. I never understood this parable better.

[@davidcavilla5065]

An enlightening treatment of this difficult parable. Most excellent Your Excellency!

[@TheMDelima]

I love this parable! I do try my best to be the best Catholic I can be, but in case I mess up, I might still make it to heaven because of God's mercy! Why wouldn't I want others to have that chance too!? Heaven isn't limited in space nor is it limited in love and goodness!! Thanks be to God that His ways are not our ways!! I can't thank Him enough for keeping control out of our pathetic, puny, hands and minds!