You Can’t Be Neutral About Jesus - Bishop Barron's Sunday Sermon

Friends, there is no religious figure anywhere in the religions or philosophies of the world who is stranger, more demanding, more relentless, and more unnerving than Jesus. And therefore the religion attached to Jesus is the strangest of them all. Exhibit A is our Gospel from Matthew 10. What Jesus says to his Apostles about himself, no other spiritual teacher would say. And you can’t be neutral about it: you have make a decision about Jesus.
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[@jlheidbreder]

Wow that was heavy. I'm 71 and I don't believe I've ever heard it spoken quite so plainly. Thank you Bishop🙏🏻🕊💙

[@johnpro2847]

yes plain nonsense indeed..

[@teth-adam]

​@@johnpro2847God be with you. May His inescapable light shine deep within your heart and reveal the fullness of the gospel to you.

[@msgoody2shoes959]

​@@johnpro2847read the bible... you'll get it.

[@Don-ok6qu]

​@@johnpro2847 You validate the Bishop's Sermon. It's a Love- Hate relationship with Jesus! Either you Love Christ- or you dismiss him totally. THERE IS NO MIDDLE-GREY AREA ABOUT JESUS!

[@josephstevens9888]

I concur!

[@ChildofGod98765]

Prayers are all I need. I know Jesus is coming soon. I will keep faith. I will lay my fears upon the Lord! As a single mother I’m overwhelmed at times because both of my children are autistic. I’m desperately struggling trying to support them my husband passed years ago. Since covid I’ve been struggling. I have been mocked and harassed for sharing my testimony! But I’m crying out to our Lord and savior. 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’m waitressing and I’m so THANKFUL to be working again, but I’m not making nearly enough to make ends meet. Mandates are still in place so I can’t go back to the hospital. But even as I struggle every month to pay rent and to buy groceries and even though I’m ashamed because of my situation. I have faith that God will provide. He has this far. Faith is truly the key. I know God will make away! Please pray for me and my children. GOD BLESS!😊

[@imnotanalien7839]

My daughter also refused the vaccines and paid the price of losing jobs as a musician . I think it was very courageous to share your testimony of what this vaccine has done to so many lives. ♥️✝️

[@mandyphillips7057]

Your Faith and testimony is very encouraging. I will include you and your children in 📿🙏. Inspired by your courage from South Africa

[@SoundEngraver]

I will pray.

[@David-tq7mn]

As will I. God wins and you are daughter of the Father , sister to His Son and encircled by the Holy Spirt. Have courage and we will raise you and your children up in prayer that your sufferings be short and your faith be transformed

[@borntobewilde1971]

​​@@imnotanalien7839ell a consensus conclusion done by multiple agencies compiling raw data of hospital visits and deaths have concluded that the vaccines have prevented 18 million hospitalizations and 3 million deaths. Now again, this is the established "consensus" opinion meaning all 20+ studies done by accredited organizations offered their data research and it was averaged out. The number could be slightly larger or lower but all the results were astonishingly close (no study showed less than 2.7 million lives saved). So this is the price of the vaccine: some people who refuse to take a vaccine that is proven to save lives of others now actually increase their DANGER to others. By not taking the vaccine you are putting others at greater risk. Every single legitimate scientific study proves this. Every one. So, yes, there are consequences to making this decision. Not unlike driving drunk. You can SAY it's *your* decision to drink and drive, which of course it is, but the reason there are serious consequences for this behavior are because by making this decision you are proven scientifically to put others at greater risk of mortality.

[@dawnlapka3782]

I have my life because Jesus gave it to me. My parents, my spouse, and my children couldn't do that for me. I have my parents, spouse, siblings and children because God provided them for me. Because of this gift He has given me, I Love God above everything else. Thank you, Bishop Barron for your homily today. ❤❤❤

[@yb0647]

Well said...explained a lot

[@janicekuefler-nr9rp]

I am 75 years old, it is the first time that reading has made sense to me. My eyes have been opened. Thank you Bishop Baron. God bless. 🙏😘

[@nicolebassi4133]

❤️❤️❤️

[@francesbernard2445]

I like how you are keeping it simple in a comment.

[@maryannhoffmann4664]

Prayers are being sent your way!! 🙏

[@nividamurphy8726]

When I was young, my mother said to me you have what you are enjoying in life, your profesión your good job because God gave it to you . I respond no! I worked hard for it. Now I realized what God aloud to have what you have not you. He gave it to you. My mother was a catholic with deep faith in god . I which she was here with me to let her know that i agreed. She was right. Without God you are nothing . ❤🙏🙏🙏

[@downenout8705]

As an atheist I find your unfounded accusation that I am "nothing" to be deeply offensive. As the saying goes "there is no greater hate than Christian love".

[@mariefrench44]

@@downenout8705 Hi! it is meant as a figure of speech in the Catholic tradition... BB is not accusing you of being "nothing", but that Catholics feel as nothing without the love of God. "We are nothing" without God, is how a christian expresses their deep love of God and all that He brings into their life. I have experienced that personally myself, during my stint as an atheist. I finally gave up being an atheist because if it meant I could not commune with God, as I had since I was a child, then the world just did not seem like much to me. You may differ, and I respect your right to do so, but please realize that this is not a personal attack on you.

[@downenout8705]

@@mariefrench44 Well I consider it to be a deeply offensive figure of speech and as I am well aware of Psalm fourteen I also find it to be very much a personal attack. As to your stint as an atheist, it's possible to be an atheist for bad reasons and your reasons are laughably the worst I have ever heard. I therefore find it unsurprising that you returned to the religion that you were indoctrinated into. Guess that's the difference between us, I would never promote such things about you as being good and true just because you don't share my lack of belief in your god.

[@downenout8705]

@@mariefrench44 I guess that I have found another difference between us. If by words I discovered that I had offended someone without good reason, I would apologise and stop. You however remain silent and will presumably continue to promote Psalm fourteen as good and true.

[@HumanbeingonfloatingEarth]

Amen

[@marypinakat8594]

*"Unless you love me more than your mother, your father, your son, your daughter, your very life, you're not worthy of me."* ... everything else in Christianity is a footnote to that. - BISHOP ROBERT BARRON

[@JimRobertsWNC]

just another reason why accepting communion is hypocritical. who in a normal human mind does not instinctively value thier live above all others. moreover, it is only the taught and convinced otherwise [act against instinct] who will stand and die. being widowed, between that and masterbation no communion of me… ever. Stupidly still believe in Catholicism.

[@tomgreene1843]

Unless Christ is risen our belief is in vain ....Christ was not a moralist ...but was often preached as if he was.

[@Call_Upon_YAH]

Let it be known to all: Through the Holy Spirit, God has put it on me to preach to those lost in the devil's deceit! Hear me when I say, ye that are Catholic have been deceived and know not God. Ye worship Mary, praying to her; when God tells his to worship none other than him. It is idolatry. Catholicism has its own Bible and teachings, which are blasphemous to the word of God: the Holy Bible. As ye follow the teachings of man and not God; ye hear the pope, but not Jesus, yet ye claim to be his disciples! These are but a few things I named ye dwell within; there are many more. I tell you now to repent of your sins, accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, and you'll receive the gift of the Holy Spirit upon asking the Father! There are *NO* sub-divisions of Christianity. You're either a disciple of Christ or not. A Christian is someone who follows God's word, not a religion. Who obey the Father and follow his will; not man's nor their own heart's. Unless you keep Jesus' commandments, think not the Holy Spirit will dwell within you! They who heed this message and did what was stated with an open heart to God... Read the Holy Bible (KJV) daily and every time before you read, pray to the Father and ask: "Lord I ask that you give me understanding of your word, that I interpret it the way you want me to, and none of my own. I ask you in Jesus' name, amen." Revelation 22:8-9 KJV 8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. 9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God. Acts 2:38 KJV 38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Luke 11:13 KJV 13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? John 14:21-24 KJV 21 *He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.* 22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, *If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.* 24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and *the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.* 3 John 1:11 KJV 11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. *He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.* 1 John 3:6-10 KJV 6 *Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.* 7 Little children, let no man deceive you: *he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.* 8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 9 *Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.* 10 *In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God,* neither he that loveth not his brother.

[@Rev.jmoney66.6]

Nothing and no one comes before my kids, and if god and jesus have a problem with it, they know where to find me and i'll have no problem proving them completly and utterly 110% wrong..

[@cindyb5065]

I had all my worldly desires but didn’t find life until I found Jesus. Now I am so full of joy and peace and love and want everyone I encounter to know that they can have that joy and peace and love in their life, too.

[@LuisRodriguez_007]

gotta respect this message..........I wish more Catholic churches had these types of messages

[@lucygeorge5423]

Yes indeed! The evangelicals got this part down well. We need more of this from our clergy or we will lose

[@davido3026]

Evangelicals teach falsehood!! You have itching ears! Future protestant!​@@lucygeorge5423

[@davido3026]

The church is one!!!

[@mattwhite3862]

The Catholic church, unfortunately, is drenched, and completely consumed and manipulated by pride. Blatantly disobedient to a very specific directive to one of Jesus's directives. 👇🏼 Matthew 23:8-16. It's like it was designed to mock Him. And the spiritual head of the Vatican is a disaster... 👇🏼 James 1:27

[@mariefrench44]

I like this sermon except for one little part: the WAY in which we bear other people's burdens, which I wish BB had touched on: You give a man a fish, you feed him for a day; you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime. We also have to be careful that we are not literally "taking on someone else's burden" that they really SHOULD be shouldering themselves. There is righteous pride in helping yourself. Doing for others can become smothering, and at its ugliest, it becomes virtue signaling. Literally, there was a black muslim girl accusing the UK of creating a "white savior complex" because she claimed the UK gave money to black countries to help in a way that the UK thought was right (and likely in consultation with the local governments). So, the UK gave money for wells, and schools, etc... and this muslim woman was literally upset about it and accusing the UK of creating the "white savior complex". Huh. No, don't take up OTHER people's burdens. Help, teach, listen, be a friend, etc... but don't go around doing what other's should be doing for themselves. and I guess, make sure that those people want your help to begin with. Or if you give too much, it turns from a good thing to a thing that people resent.

[@richard6216]

When the good Bishop speaks about Jesus, you can see the passion and sparkle in his eyes. Yet another phenomenal sermon. Thank you Bishop Barron, and God Bless you all!

[@mariefrench44]

I like this sermon except for one little part: the WAY in which we bear other people's burdens, which I wish BB had touched on: You give a man a fish, you feed him for a day; you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime. We also have to be careful that we are not literally "taking on someone else's burden" that they really SHOULD be shouldering themselves. There is righteous pride in helping yourself. Doing for others can become smothering, and at its ugliest, it becomes virtue signaling. Literally, there was a black muslim girl accusing the UK of creating a "white savior complex" because she claimed the UK gave money to black countries to help in a way that the UK thought was right (and likely in consultation with the local governments). So, the UK gave money for wells, and schools, etc... and this muslim woman was literally upset about it and accusing the UK of creating the "white savior complex". Huh. No, don't take up OTHER people's burdens. Help, teach, listen, be a friend, etc... but don't go around doing what other's should be doing for themselves.and I guess, make sure that those people want your help to begin with. Or if you give too much, it turns from a good thing to a thing that people resent.

[@julialopes5054]

"And when people see us as an image of the Son they are drawn back to the Son and therefore to the Father." Beautiful sermon, Bishop! Thank you for this. God bless!

[@marypinakat8594]

🎉🙏👍

[@davido3026]

By loving the Lord first, we love our loved ones in a better, full way!!! Everything falls into the right place!

[@annehannon7836]

I just ame from a family whose Mom has been diagnosed with inoperable cancer! This homily is very encouraging! Thank you.

[@dawnlapka3782]

Bless your family and bless your Mom. She needs her family and Jesus more than ever....I pray that Jesus becomes her Rock.

[@learnbibleversethroughpict6027]

@@dawnlapka3782 Amen 🙏🏽

[@opalenza]

@annehannon7836 I'll pray for you and for your family. Keep your faith.

[@Josiebydarn]

I have a devotion to St Sharbel. He is the saint with the most miracles ever! Have you heard of him

[@paulcradock6338]

Why is the love for a spouse not mentioned? Paul

[@clivedytor2069]

I have just preached on this Gospelu in the Saturday Vigil Mass…really tough one this week! The Lord is shaking us out of our spiritual apathy. Come, Lord Jesus! Thank you Shepherd Bishop Robert. Fr Clive ( UK).

[@msgoody2shoes959]

Oh, the Holy Spirit is rolling his Rock, and shaking his Ship. Love ya, BREB. ❤

[@edmjsf]

Your blessing, father

[@ZariahCummings-z1k]

God bless Bishop Barron, peace be with you . Thank you Bishop Barron for this sermon..

[@SoundEngraver]

This is the most important message a Christian will hear. More than forbearing our suffering, we must love God above all. I see our Savior in Christians who have it the hardest. Their fortitude, and love of God through it, is humbling and inspiring.

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

This is a very challenging teaching. Thank you for not letting me off the hook.

[@bethhivley2633]

Nailed it as always Bishop. You are always ON FIRE! Your holiness just pours forth from you always!

[@bluewren2]

God Bless you Bishop Barron you are a blessing for the Catholic Church today!🙏🙏🙏

[@normaorlando3538]

Friends, there is no where in the world a religious figure quite like our Bishop Baron! Que Dieu vous benisse toujours!

[@yvettesam731]

Amen

[@MiracleTemplePenticostal]

God bless Bishop Barron, peace be with you 🙏

[@elimerc84]

Forgive me Jesus for only going to church on Sundays and not on other days when I could and should, forgive me for not loving you more than you deserve. 🙏🏼

[@Tommytoolsqueezer]

Matthew 6:5-6 You don’t have to go to church to come to Jesus

[@elimerc84]

@@Tommytoolsqueezer you’re quoting what Jesus is teaching about how to pray and a little further he teaches us the Our Father. If you want a reason for not going to Church then don’t look in the Bible. Going to Church is part of God’s commandments: Exodus 31:15 remember to keep the Lord’s day Holy. John 14:15 Jesus said if you love me keep my commands. Mathew 5:17 Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. And why going not only on Sundays 1st command love your God above all things.

[@lornavaughan-bb7gp]

Such a lovely sermon Bishop Barron, may GOD bless and protect you always. ➕️♥️

[@luisapollino2687]

Bishop Barron, Thank you for this sermon. I am grieving the loss of one of my four sons. It has been very hard to understand but because I believe in God’s will I know my son is in heaven. 🙏🙏🙏

[@msgoody2shoes959]

May you be encouraged by the hope of the resurrection and the love of our great God. May you be drawn into the grace of the Holy Spirit.

[@victoriaezembu4509]

May God grant you the fortitude to bear this loss❤

[@luisapollino2687]

Amén 🙏 Amén 🙏 Amén 🙏

[@MorreHope]

Watched a movie; Sally Field. The idea portrayed; is to be a rich woman; to take the reins of making life; a negotiation. If I need to fly; I will go. It was like the survival of the fittest mentality; and I turned off the movie. I know that; the movie would have a happy ending; of repentance. But Bishop Barron comforted my heart. Salvation is the most important thing in life; and it is not a negotiation; like buying a pair of shoes. We are in a world that is in that mentality. This is the time; give your hearts to Jesus.

[@patscats2080]

Well if you grew up with Protestantism, like I did, it’s very much Ho hum…just my opinion. That’s why I love Catholicism, it’s brought my love for God back. Thank you.

[@mditt7]

Heavy duty teaching. Being a Christian is not for wimps. Am I up to the task? Lord Have Mercy

[@peterj6740]

None of us are up to the task , you are so correct !

[@marypinakat8594]

It's one thing to know Christ through all the means of knowing things. It's different altogether to know him through the light of the Holy Spirit. And Bishop Barron is a great help for that✨🙏

[@msgoody2shoes959]

This is correct.

[@marypinakat8594]

@@msgoody2shoes959 Do appreciate your presence. God bless you heaps🙏

[@annefalola9278]

It is so consoling and I cannot help but think in my own life when I think I have given everything, I see that I have received much more…. God ‘outdoes’ us in generosity. I pray for the continuous grace to let go of those bits I still hold back from God in my life. Thank you Bishop for bringing the Gospel to the here and now of my life. Happy Sunday from a Nigerian.

[@annemcquade7185]

Thank you Bishop Barron. Have a wonderful life. Amen Glory to God in the Highest level of Love. ❤😘😁😘

[@maryanne8395]

This was a passage of Scripture that always puzzled me, I completely understand it now. Starting my day with the intention of bearing the sufferings of others will be a seismic shift in my spiritual life, I know this will reap many graces. Thank you Bishop Barron for sharing such wisdom and clarity, the sheep are hungry for the truth of God's Word.❤

[@tasiaflynn3549]

That what you do Bishop Barron you live your parents and you do his will God bless you his servant 🕊✝️🕊

[@RanjitKumar-wz7eb]

Just you keep it coming your Lordship. This is what the world needs. God bless you Bishop. Love from all of us ❤

[@t3br00k35]

One of your best sermons. You’re really on fire.

[@joyeyer]

Nothing in my life has come close to the Love I have had or given with Jesus! Everything not only comes from Him but will in the end return to Him! When I lay dying, it was His Love and His power that saved my life! And why? Because when He was here, He gave Everything He had or was to save me from my sins! And if I had been the only one He’d save, He would still have gone to the Cross!

[@cathyphillips9120]

Bearing peoples burdens: whenever I feel sorry for myself or depressed, I try to purposefully help lift up another person who needs care. Then we both feel uplifted. It's God's plan!

[@gloriabandy]

"The marvelous demand that Jesus places upon us to do what He did, to bear the burdens of others." So often I'm tempted to think, "This is not fair! I don't deserve this!" Then I remember Jesus.

[@kathleenaltherr6430]

"...relentless demand and liberating power". Just as suffering promotes growth and through growth comes liberation and peace. Thank you, Bishop Barron.

[@bartekb.6343]

Simply the best homily I've ever watched

[@loribalderas5984]

Beautiful Homily! Thank you!! I have never felt more joy and peace in my traumatic and dramatic life, then when I gave my entire heart and soul to Jesus! I have had to give up my own children (adults) who have turned their backs on me because I became Catholic. This is not what I want, I want to reconcile, but Christ comes first. ❤️🙏🏼❤️

[@edwardconway1507]

Your foolish. I don’t know the situation with your children but I am betting its not because your became catholic but for many other reasons. I hope you get back with your children they are your flesh and blood. Don’t listen to this idiot about loving god more than your own children. This is when religion becomes dangerous

[@marianmilne6009]

Truly amazing. Thank you Bishop. Praying for you and everyone here. God bless 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻

[@sleepycat224]

Thank you dear Bishop Robert Barron for a divine sermon. You have the gift to explain the words of Jesus . Thank you and God bless 🙏🏻🕊️🙏🏻

[@davidmorton2780]

You truly know how to preach the faith. Thank you for being the Bishop that you are, you help me understand what my faith really means. God bless you Bishop Barron.

[@fayefern4581]

In other words, let others see Christ in me by being Christ-like to others! WOW!!!

[@JoseMoreno-vd8vj]

Our crosses also include battling each day against our egos, selfishness, the rejection from family, friends, co-workers for being a disciple of Christ. May our Lord though the sacraments of The Church transform us each every day to the very image of Christ in all holiness & love 🙏🏻

[@RamosMaureen]

Amen 🙏

[@johanneskazemi7657]

Blessings dear Bishop 🕊🕊🕊❣️✝️ Thank You . 🙏🏻

[@bernadettemendoza8058]

What an amazing sermon! Wish the whole world could listen to this words. I am inyected with the love of Christ rigjt now and dont want to be neutral. Thank you Bishop Baron.

[@marjoriedimeo5978]

Beautifully said, Bishop. Thanks for always taking difficult things head on, being real, and guiding us with your wisdom to the Truth.

[@lolheavenly]

I always forget how much Jesus is different from other religions and who they worship or what they follow. Your point about making sure we love him the most is a good reminder for myself because I always get myself wrapped up in everyone else's emotions and making sure their life is ok, evenso more than myself. It's good to remind myself to put him first above others and then let him flow through me to take care of them and bear their crosses as mentioned. It might be easier with his strength and his grace by my side instead of holding others burdens and getting drained from it. Using the bible for reference etc, it seems as though all his followers were able to put aside everything and put him as first. Makes me want to go to church more lol. Some of the things I would do differently thanks to your message would be to read the bible more often and think and pray about things every day. Religion is not just when it's convenient, it should be a 24/7 commitment. The main thing Ive been doing wrong is forgetting and autopiloting back on human mode, when I should be letting Jesus flow through me everyday. What would Jesus do? Something totally different than most human minds think, and we should all be practicing letting him walk in our shoes and use us as a vessel to spread the word and act accordingly to his needs. We are his vessels and we are missionaries in this world.

[@cliffbarber1642]

I appreciate putting Jesus in this historical context. Very challenging homily, but also very hopeful! Thank you!

[@AnthonyASpies]

God bless Bishop Barron and God bless everyone watching this channel

[@eggzappa]

Thanks for shattering all my self-produced "wiggle room"! A truly inspired and crystal-clear message. A superlative among your always excellent talks. Enduring gratitude...

[@conniesunga6422]

Thank you🙏🏽💕 god bless yoi

[@shanahendricks9831]

I wrestled with my faith for a long time. I have had many unfair things happen to be ( as we all do) however painful it might of been, there was always this light in the corner bringing hope. After the birth of my daughter, I had all these plans and preparations. ALL OF THAT WAS THROWN AWAY. I went through this purification, I got to the point where my life meant nothing, my child meant nothing, I surrendered every. Everything is yours Lord Jesus, TAKE IT ALL. after I had done that, all I had left was virtue and the present moment and then, only then did life make sense, did the next persons life make sense, did my daughters life make sense, did all life make sense. I can't unsee what I saw, so everyday is a moment for love, and I cannot put any limitations on that. This Gospel speaks deeply to me, and I need to be reminded daily.

[@MorreHope]

I am grateful for your testimony; it was a blessing to me.

[@shanahendricks9831]

@@MorreHope that's all I wanted. I won't forget you and you in my prayers 🙏 ❤

[@cadenbogus2043]

Wow, Bishop Barron never misses, and he really scored on this one. Thank you Bishop.

[@lisacatherineschaubroeck2348]

Jesus is always first. Amen ❤️ 🙏

[@watpisoh5747]

Just wow!!!! This is Treasure !

[@EdDrow]

Thanks for the wisdom Bishop Barron.

[@Pamela8248]

Thank you Bishop Barron for an inspiring homily and for helping me understand what it means to take up my cross. I know exactly where to find it now. 🙏

[@paulobaptista6026]

❤❤❤ Beautiful true and good Bishop Barron. Thank you for this inspired and holy message. Peace to you!!!

[@learnbibleversethroughpict6027]

Lord help us all to love you more than anything else 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@amytovar344]

God Bless you Bishop Barron!! Amen , Amen , Amen love God above everything 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼♥️🥰⛪️

[@valerieyoung1388]

Great Teaching Thank you 🙏

[@valerieyoung1388]

Thank you I like to learn about different gospel religions some rush through they lessons and a few take their time God bless the church amen

[@valerieyoung1388]

Amen

[@garylawson5381]

Thank you Bishop Barron.

[@theclapaolini4322]

In the beginning it sounds scary.then I saw clearly and l listened 😢I got it.

[@liliarosales1961]

Beautiful homily Bishop. Thank you.

[@lupemacias9722]

I am so thankful for you, Bishop Barron! You inspire me to focus and act on your explanation of the Gospels. Today’s gospel had always confused me…. Actually baffled me! No more! Gosh, I got it!! I’m eternally grateful to you! Thank you!!

[@Embien]

This commentary was so moving 😲. God bless you Bishop ❤. Thank you so much 🙏.

[@bobfsanantonio6083]

God bless you, Bishop! You've explained how we can, and must, Disciple Now! Disciple is a verb, not a noun; action for others, not thoughts that reside only in our minds!

[@gabrielmaldonado1903]

God bless you father, greetings from Colombia the land of Catholic Church in south america

[@fieldsofomagh]

That is a helluva mouthful for a Sunday homily. The Lord doesn't demand much is an understatement. That gate is getting narrower by the day.

[@happyfuture6515]

Jesus is explaining the words in the Old Testament:Listen Israel, you will love the Lord, your God with all your heart, with all your strenght...

[@jerryg3524]

your insight is really deep. If one believes that Jesus kept revealing gradually to his disciples that he was God incarnate I think your interpretation is exactly right. God bless

[@paulrubio3918]

"Relentless demand and liberating power"--those are profound words. Yes, the Gospel is demanding in a way that distinguishes Christ from any other religious figure, and yet there is great power because we are able to live the purpose for which God created us, to show Jesus to others so they can see Him and see God Who sent Him. I had some difficulty trying to make a connection between the first and Gospel readings for today, and I feel like this homily helps shed light on what it means to devote our lives to God, which is present also in the Psalm and 2nd reading. Thank you. Thanks be to God.

[@henryweaver667]

Bishop Barren,,you speak clearly......thanks for always explaining the Radical Jesus.....what we must do to follow Him.

[@thanhthanhle6927]

Thanks Father Barron for you preaches . That’s help me a lot to find the right way of Jesus Christ .

[@marrhamcadams]

Everything I have is a gift from God. ❤

[@Nobody-j9e]

Jesus I love you. All I have is yours. Yours I am yours I want to be. Do with me whatever you will.

[@mapaz555]

Help us my King, help us Father, come Holy Spirit, help us be instruments of your Love and Peace. May we be worthy of thee , May we be capable of bearing and giving your Love, May our hearts be big enough to hold it and kind enough to give it. Help us practice to purify and grow our hearts to receive You properly. I lay at your feet, your humble loving servant, your daughter who asks to be close to you, could I stay with you? Could I love like you? hear our prays to be better for You. We love you now and forever. Amen

[@RamosMaureen]

Amen. 🙏💐

[@changedlife1904]

So good bishop, thank you for all you do , your way with words truly comes from your heart , your in the right field of work! I would like to add , with the world comes struggles with jesus in us comes joy for the struggles !! Godbless you for what you are doing

[@opalenza]

Thanks Bishop Barron for this Sunday teaching. I liked it when You said your love for me personally has to go beyond the most intense love of your lifes. This is a quit summary of the first Commandment: You shall have no other "gods" before me. God bless You!

[@monicadriscoll645]

Just what I needed to hear! Thank you Bishop Barron

[@victorartaiz]

Phenomenal Homily!!!!🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@kevinchaves2166]

Thank you Bishop Barron ✝️🕊️🙏

[@sidchilders6227]

Wonderful sermon Bishop Barron!! My goal for this week is to ensure that nothing comes between me and Jesus. His love is all that I need. You have a true gift of breaking down Gospel into concepts we mortal humans can truly grasp. May God Bless you today and every day. 🙏

[@judyv3370]

Wonderful Bishop Barron. Thank you so very much. God bless you always.

[@ELLY333777]

Hi Bishop Barron! God bless you

[@user-dh6wp3kd1z]

As much as I desire my children's love, God desires us to love Him; so much more in fact... Infinitely more is his passion for us than my passion for my family. We are to come to Him and draw others with us. We are to reunite with our Father, and help others do the same. This will please God with a pleasure far beyond any parent can understand; but has a taste of. This is the fulfillment of Love.

[@Carol-mj2cg]

An early amen on here to that. 🙏💖💕

[@morahanb]

This message is truly profound challenging frightening and yet intriguing. Is it really possible? Being a follower of Christ is a call to action for others.

[@zanamandaza]

I am astonished, how very powerful. Thank you bishop

[@theresacroghan6]

How is it that you always hit the nail on the head? God bless you

[@RickKerr]

POWERFUL ...... thank you Bishop!

[@pjhogue1987]

Sooooooo good!

[@aidanodriscoll6402]

What a challenge ....to really live the Christian life. All summed up in todays Gospel

[@mattsocal2010]

Articulate, thoughtful, and expertly conveyed sermon Bishop, thank you for these each and every week, especially when we can't make it to Mass!

[@vincenttolve9756]

An extraordinary amalgam of explication, exhortation and excoriation. On of your best homilies. Keep up the good God's work.

[@nathanngumi8467]

Amen. 🙏 God takes first place, always and forever.

[@julieproca]

Thank you for your words of wisdom Bishop Barron, that are meant to enlighten everyone. 🥰 😇. God bless you and be with you always as you continue with your life’s journey, fulfilling your purpose in life, spreading the Good News. 🙏 Forever grateful to our Heavenly Father for our blessed, precious, God given life, and for all the blessings that we receive each day, even when we don’t ask, for he knows what we need. It’s not what we want, but what God wills, for he knows best. We can’t always get what we want, but we just hope that it is what God wills as well. Grateful to God, our Father, for sending his only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, that through him, we might be saved and our sins be forgiven. 🙏 Jesus, our Lord, God and Saviour, who showed the ways of life, which are all good; Jesus who sacrificed, and died on the cross, for us to live, with a promise of life everlasting in his Heavenly Kingdom. ❤️🙏 Grateful for sending us the Holy Spirit, to guide, teach, protect us, reminding us of Jesus ways; 🙏😇for the Ten Commandments guiding us every time we use our own free will, given us, to choose and decide what to do, ( in words and in deeds). +++ JESUS COVENANT, the TWO GREATEST COMMANDMENTS of all that sums it all, *** TO LOVE GOD ABOVE ALL, *** TO LOVE OTHERS AS HE LOVES US, AS WE LOVE OURSELVES. ❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏 +++ GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON, GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT… ROLLED INTO ONE. ( HOLY TRINITY… ONE GOD). “IF YOU HAVE SEEN ME, YOU HAVE SEEN THE FATHER. “ “If you love me, you love the Father who sent me. If you believe in the Father, believe also in me”. “ If you love me, you will follow my commandment”. Believing in God, loving Jesus… with all our hearts, and might and soul… are reflected through loving one another. GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, THAT HE SENT HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, JESUS CHRIST… THAT THROUGH HIM, WE MIGHT BE SAVED… SEEN THROUGH FOLLOWING THE TWO GREATEST COMMANDMENTS, FOLLOWING HIS WAYS ( WHICH ARE ALL GOOD), USING OUR FREE WILL, SERVING THE LORD, PLEASING HIM. TO LOVE… BEING HUMBLE, SELFLESS, KIND, COMPASSIONATE, CHARITABLE, FORGIVING, AND MERCIFUL LIKE THE FATHER… NOT INTENDING TO OFFEND, HARM, HURT OTHERS IN ANY WAYS … ( WHICH CAUSES PAIN, TEARS, GRIEF, LOSS, AND MOURNING). We all are sinners, easily tempted, but has good in us, that just need to let surface… putting a smile in one’s face. 😊 We all are accountable for our own actions and realizing our wrong doings, is a good start, and being sorry, asking forgiveness, and heading towards changing for the better, I’m sure is pleasing in God’s eyes. ( And nothing escapes his watchful eyes). Opportunities are there in front of us, ready to be taken. There are things easier said than done, that’s part of our life’s journey. Thank God, for he is always here with us, ready to help, if we only ask, and even times when we don’t ask. 🙏🙏🙏 We’ve seen, experienced it, can’t have everything we want. Keeping our faith strong, our hopes afloat, we do things the best we know how, wth good intentions at heart ❤️, then leave everything in God’s loving hands, asking him for strength to face, manage, endure, overcome… any difficulties, trials, we face in living our lives. 🙏🙏🙏 No one is perfect, we could ask God to help us, be more like him…. Holding on to his promise, to look forward to. 😮😍🥰❤️ MAY WE ALL FIND WAYS TO APPEASE ONE ANOTHER… LEADING TO WORLD PEACE. ✌️❤️🥰😇… THEN WAIT… 🧎‍♀️ Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, interpretation, perception. 🧐 God bless us all, be with us always, strengthen our hearts, minds and souls. 🙏 Peace be with all of God’s children. ✌️🥰 If not for God, we won’t be here, without him, we are nothing, can’t do anything. Glory be to God. 🙏❤️ Grateful Lord. 🙏🙏🙏

[@AThomMc]

All good words we should live by Bishop. Let me throw in the words of St Alphonsus here. When asked by a catholic, how do I know that I truly love Jesus?, He replied, by keeping the commandments.

[@samuelalli5086]

Amen

[@danielgiraud2192]

Thanks Bishop Barron,yes,we need to Love Jesus more than anyone or anything.

[@lucygeorge5423]

Thank you for these compelling words! I need this in my life today! ❤️ may bless you and watch over you!!❤️🙏

[@hasde1320]

You are a true blessing from God!! Thank you for teaching us and may God bless you always and fortify you ever so more so that you may continue zealously in your sacred service on our behalf!!