Absolutely! This is exactly what I was thinking. How often I'd love to rip the evil out of me but find it's inextricably wound up in who I am. I hope God will sort me out in the end.

It's dangerous to try to justify evil as any kind of source for greater good. I think this parable is meant to give us a hope God will eventualy overtrown it in us by his purifying fire, in order for us not to be desperate by realizing there is evil within. It is about the right moment I think, not about calculating with evil on God's part.

​@@drazentupanjanin794I don't believe Father Barron is trying to justify evil in this sermon. Instead, he seems to be offering an explanation for why God sometimes permits evil in the world. Consider the story of Job from the Bible. Job was a righteous man, yet God allowed Satan to afflict him and destroy his family. Why would God permit such a thing? While we may not fully understand, if we believe God is good, then it must have been for a greater purpose.

God bless you!

Conditioned to be a prey... I get you. It's time to TAKE care of my cubs.

The illness of alcoholism produces warped lives of blameless children, disgusted friends and families. The list goes on..

AMEN

Cockle and wheat looks the same, Cockle cause nausea, wait till the end of harvest. Master’s way

Same here!

🙏Amen✝️

@orestecalleja4661 14:08 Thank you for what you wrote, Oreste. You expressed so well what Bishop Barron hopes we will understand and adopt in our hearts and minds. ❤😊

Yes, BP Barron is exceptional ❤️

Concerning the video SHORT "The Role of the Laity" by Bishop Robert Barron. (1) The Bishop says the laity are to do the "job" of sanctifying the secular world. But how many priests are doing their ",job" of sanctiying (making holy) the laity? (2) Priests are to do the following: a) Teach the faith ( that is, the Scriptures, the word of God) b) Say the Mass c) the Sacraments d).Pastoral work (3) How has Bishop Barron, and the priests who are with him, sanctified the other persons in the Word of Fire team ? (4) A person can ask the priests in his parish church about these things. (5) (ALSO, the Bishop mentions some Catholic Action model that goes back to the 1940s. And if I am not mistaken about something that I read somewhere, the role of Catholic Action in Germany during the Second World war ( years 1939 -1945 A.D.) was damaging. Did Catholic Action execute willingly the policies of the government of Germany? )

@@glynissequeira5544 for your question of how many priests are doing their job of sanctifying the laity, every Sunday they provide amazing sermons in most of the parishes I visited not to mention the many retreats and spiritual teachings provided. (Now let's just forget about the sermons and retreats for a moment.) Just think how effectively a person can put into practice the prayer taught by Jesus - Our Father. The Church has the amazingly rich public prayer called Divine Office. It is mandatory in monasteries, but laity are also encouraged to practice it as best as they can. This is a profound step for one's sanctification. The question is how many laity are willing to read and contemplate the Divine Office. Plus the sanctification requires tremendous sacrifice where in the one who gets in to the process of sanctification experiences mystical experience of the sanctified life. It all requires huge personal sacrifice, commitment and resilience. The question is how many are ready to take it up. It is easy to blame the priests for not able to meet the sanctification of laity. But the question is how many people are ready to enter the priesthood and how many parents are willing to send their kids to priesthood. If there were numerous supply of priests, yes they would help many laity to take the path of sanctity. God to be praised and thanked since we atleast have the easy access to the Eucharistic celebration. If we support the priests, more priests will be raised from the people. Or else whatever little we have will be taken away. We see it in western world. The work of sanctification is not reserved for priests. Priests are available to celebrate Eucharist. (Wherever sacrifice is present there are priests. Where there is no sacrifice, there are no priests but only pastors). Old covenant had priests because there was sacrifice. New covenant also has priesthood because there is sacrifice offered. Paul mentions that Christians eat of the sacrifice done at the altar refering to Eucharist. (Where there is sacrifice, there is altar. Where there is no sacrifice, there is no altar, but a stage or podium). The job of the priest is to offer sacrifice. If there were no priests, we don't have the opportunity to take part in the Eucharist. So we have to thank God for the priest since they do this job. For your question of sanctification, it is not reserved to be taught and guided by priest. It is the job of every baptised Christian. For your question of how has Bishop Barron sanctified his team, I am not involved in the team. I can't judge. Neither can anyone judge. Bishop Barron is doing exceptional work in evangelising and has global reach. Praise God for this. Regarding the Church involvement in Germany, the Church always resisted the rise of Nazis from the very beginning. Church came victorious during Bismarck 's Kulturkamph. Hitler had the plan of total annihilation of the Church in Germany. Church compromised with Hitler by sacrificing political powers of Catholicism by signing a concordat. Concordat was the price paid by Hitler in order to obtain the support of the German episcopate and the Catholic parties, while the Church survived with religious activities. There was also placed by the Church a ban on priests and institutions on participating in any political activities of the Nazis. While institutionally the Church did not involve, the lay resistance movement was initiated against the regime in the form of Catholic Action. This idea was later formed as Christian Democrats parties all across Europe which became powerful and continue to be powerful today even though the Christian concepts are mostly eroded today in today's political movements in Europe.

​​​@@rovildcrasta4436Wow! You must be one of the lucky few to have heard Catholic priests giving good sermons every Sunday in most parishes you visit. Priests giving boring irrelevant sermons with no connection to the scripture readings during Mass is the norm, & it's a global problem. Their 'job' seems to be centred on performing the Sacraments, but what about sanctifying the laity & evangelizing non-believers? I feel the latter two are more essential!

@@RosalindToh I feel I am privileged that i have never heard any boring sermon every Sunday since past 20 years. Earlier, boring sermons were a norm. The sermons now are highly energetic and deeply theological and scriptural. I really consider it to be a privilege and it is a norm here to have powerful sermons. With regards to sanctitying laity I have already mentioned. Regarding evangelising non believers, it is not " reserved " only for priests. Laity are also responsible for evangelisation. And specifically the mission belongs to Missionary orders. It doesn't specifically belong to diocesan priests. Ofcourse, if a priest has ample amount of time, he can go with the mission of evangelising non believers. The main job of the priest is to administer sacrament. That is the great misconceptions prevalent among Catholics, that missionary activities specifically belongs to the priest. It is not so. The word priest refers to the one who offers sacrifice. That is his main job. Even the pastoral activity is secondary for the priest. Pastoring can be done by any lay person. (Pastoring involves giving moral lessons, giving moral guidance, teaching scripture according to the Church magesterium, providing counseling, managing Church finance and structural health etc., All these pastoral activities can be done by any qualified lay person. But no lay person can administer sacraments. Because lay person is not a priest. If any lay person tries to abolish ministerial priesthood, Paul in the scripture warns of the wrath for them that Korah and his team suffered from God, because they said that since the whole Israel is called by God as royal and priestly community, the normal lay Israelites could also administer the sacrifice. This proved fatal to Korah and his team when the wrath came upon them from God. There is difference between general priesthood and ministerial priesthood. All Christians and all Israelites by nature are priests. That is general priesthood. Ministerial priesthood is a seperate anointing from God to administer the sacraments. The main job of a ministerial priest is to administer sacraments. The rest is secondary and can be taken up by any lay baptised Christian.

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Service as authorship

Wonderful, Christopher! God bless you!

Excellent reminder.

Interesting

God can’t be “greater” or “lesser”

​@@tookie36 It's that God's glory shines even better when he works out good out of evil. Remember only God can accomplish such a thing. See how he brought eternal life to all of us from the death of Jesus. God surely can bring good out of every evil. We need to have faith and trust.

@@marypinakat8594 Thank you! The light will always outshine in the darkness!

@@tookie36 Thank you! You are correct. What I meant, I guess, is that the greatness of God becomes more prominent in light of any kind of evil that tries to infringe on us.

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There is a prophecy of the Apostasy. But remember the gates of hell will never prevail against the Church

In the Church????!! Not Fair, they can't have sons, so there YOU'LL only Will find Half of everywhere else! 😜

Concerning the video SHORT "The Role of the Laity" by Bishop Robert Barron. (1) The Bishop says the laity are to do the "job" of sanctifying the secular world. But how many priests are doing their ",job" of sanctiying (making holy) the laity? (2) Priests are to do the following: a) Teach the faith ( that is, the Scriptures, the word of God) b) Say the Mass c) the Sacraments d).Pastoral work (3) How has Bishop Barron, and the priests who are with him, sanctified the other persons in the Word of Fire team ? (4) A person can ask the priests in his parish church about these things. (5) (ALSO, the Bishop mentions some Catholic Action model that goes back to the 1940s. And if I am not mistaken about something that I read somewhere, the role of Catholic Action in Germany during the Second World war ( years 1939 -1945 A.D.) was damaging. Did Catholic Action execute willingly the policies of the government of Germany? )

Based on my own experience, I'd say keep listening to Bishop Barron. I've learned so much from him. May God continue to grow your faith and understanding. God bless you.

'Fear' is evil. Fight fear as you would fight a plague.

I just had a tooth out today too!

Amen and God bless you . I love Robert Barron , but I do not understand his remark regarding the sex scandal . I was shocked .

It cleansed the church bc the evils were revealed and took out the ones (the priests) who were destroying from within.

I can see his point. I was abused as a child by many various adults in my life (not the church). Forgiving rapists & verbal/mental abusers seems to be a lifelong learning process bc just when I think I've moved past it all & truly forgiven, it seems to be that there is yet more pain to reveal that I need to forgive them again & again. Each time tho it becomes a deeper forgiveness… more true & real. Also the trauma made me (a lil bit more) patient & compassionate towards others. Not perfect of course. God will not forsake us. He will make each cross we go thru bring us closer to Him if we just persevere & keep our eyes on Jesus.💘 🙏🏼🍞🍷🕊️🌹🌹🌹✝️💕💓

So you would be okay with hearing this if u or ur family was a victim of a totalitarian regime?

It’s not an easy perspective. But then what explanation best explains why. Isn’t it comforting for the family of a fallen soldier to remember them as heroes who were fighting for the greater good? And I believe a similar perspective is being shared here. It’s less painful (and a grand level of the goodness of human society) to know something good came of one’s pain. At a micro level, it becomes hard to even see the martyrs as heroes. Their suffering need not be canceled. @Bishop Barron isn’t insinuating that the victims do not deserve to be heard. As they get heard, and as justice is pursued, the scandal triggered another good thing. And how do we want to tell their story?

that was my first thought as well

Permit is an operative word here. It defines God's overseeing the situation.

God permits. Correct language.

He has actually said that in previous video's

I agree Permit isn’t the best choice. By allowing us free will and the fact sin entered into the world through our disobedience to God, he is still a loving Father. He can take the evil done and by His Grace and Mercy towards us (since we do nothing to earn it) will bring about His glory and love.

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I feel so relaxed to hear him clarify the upheaval; and put us at ease.

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Wish to see you one day....

Amen.

IAM NOT WILLING!!!!!!! Until Bishop Barron is willing to treat ALL OF GOD'S HUMANITY with love and Dignity instead of demonizing LGBTQ folks, this Bishop is of absolutely no use to me.................................... Patrick O'Brien (Team God)