Yes, to all of this, especially the part about not having our faith properly explained. I left the Catholic Church years ago because it felt like mindless rules and rituals. I started attending a non- denominational church where my thirst for Biblical knowledge was quenched and my soul uplifted with inspiring worship music. But soon, I felt empty, like something was missing and it was the Eucharist. But why was I missing a mere symbol of the Body and Blood of Christ? Because it wasn't just a symbol, it was truly Him, truly His presence in the breaking of the bread. Once I understood that, I was compelled to dive deeper and learn about all the other Sacraments, which just exploded into understanding the Rosary, the Divine Mercy, and so many other devotionals. The lives of the Saints called out to me, I wanted to know everything about the faith and thankfully this pandemic has given me a chance to make up for lost time. This lost sheep is lost no more, but I know there are so many others like me who left the church for the same reasons. We need to get them back. And I'm starting right within my own family. How blessed we are to be Catholics, how blessed to have the Sacrifice of the Mass everyday, how blessed to have Mother Mary protecting and guiding us, how blessed to have the Angels and Saints cheering us on towards Holiness and Sainthood. Our King has provided His servants treasures to numerous to count, and the gem that crowns them all is the Catholic faith! Amen 🥰🙏❤️ P.S. I owe an incalculable debt of gratitude to the spirit-led instructors of our faith like Bishop Barron, Fr. Mike Schmitz, Fr Chris Alar, Dr. Brant Petrie, and so many more modern day Prophets for a time such as this. May God bless and protect our religious leaders.

pray for me I had a stroke. learn me words. now I have MT ankle broke. Lord pray for me.

I'm protestant, but I really like the way the bishop do sermons. God bless you all. ❤

I needed to listen to this twice - once to absorb what Bishop was imparting to us and another time to take notes so I can develop a roadmap for my Advent journey. Another beautiful (and convicting) sermon. Thank you, Bishop Barron. And praise be to Christ the King!

In many of these things I fail miserably, Lord have mercy upon me 🙏😔.

*Bishop Barron: If we say anything other than "Christ is the King of the whole of my life," I'm horsing around with Christianity. I'm not living it properly.*

Powerful Message Bishop Barron. Dad of 5, I love my kids, they all grew up loving Jesus and making rosaries with me. My wife passed in 2016 with lung cancer, but her spiritual life was always respected and well known by our children. An amazing legacy of love. Thank you for all you do Bishop Barron. I really enjoy all your teachings and insights.

I renounce my selfishness, foolishness and lies. Take me Father and do with me as You will ! Without You I am lost. All glory and honor to my Lord and Savior.

Bishop Barron, this could change the world if we, the faithful, took this to heart and lived as you have preached, with Christ as our King🙏🏻

This would be an awakening to every Hollywood actor and news media people.

In all honesty Bishop I'm still struggling to follow Jesus all the way, especially in my natural weaknesses. Please pray for us your followers Bishop. I want to surrender everything to Jesus my Lord and God, King of all creations. May He have mercy and grace. Amen. God bless you our good Bishop and protect you.

Yes, Jesus is the King of my life,Amen.Halleluya hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah 💥💥💥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💥💥💥💥💥💐💐💐💐💐👍👍👍👍

Whenever I talk to Jesus, He gently leads me to God. Yesterday I asked God to stop the rain and He did it almost immediately

Christ is or he isn’t ! Jesus Christ My Savior 🙏 Amen 🙏 Jesus is EVERYTHING 💫🕊🙏

Absolutely true ....I gotta make a decision

The Church in my Neighborhood was called "Christ the King". I got my first Holy Communion there. It's the very first Church I attended regularly. It' has a profound place in my life.

Bishop Barron- when you speak of God wanting big families etc., what about couples who can’t manage large families? I am an adult “child“ of parents who could not handle a large family and consequently most of us have suffered tremendously throughout our entire lives. Also, on the other end of that, in my career I have worked with hundreds, may be thousands, or families who have had far more children than they could handle and they were destitute. I was fortunate to have moved into a position in which I could offer some help but it seems like it was no more than a Band-Aid for a much bigger problem. It’s great to come across a large families who have lots of money, extended family support, emotional stability, etc. and can manage all of this but most of the time, in my experience, that is not the case. So often it results in suffering -mostly children suffering and the suffering often does not stop when children reach adulthood. That is a long message! After close to 30 years of my career which had all of this in my face along with my own life, it is a topic of which I am passionate about. I would love to hear you speak more about it. Thank you.

I pray for those who for whatever reason choose to stay away from the Mass. Please come back! Your soul is crying.

In this sermon, you boil everything we do down to its essence. If there's a single takeaway for a Christian, this is it. Thank you, Bishop Barron!

This homily should be watched, and rewatched and rewatched... It is invaluable, for it makes us face the really difficult questions that we should constantly be asking ourselves. God bless you for your tireless evangelizing work, Bishop Barron!

He's a King of our Life!! Amen 🙏

Wow. What a tremendous reminder of our need to commit to our faith.

I lack temperance when it comes to food. I overeat. Sometimes I can feel overwhelmed by the high standard that we should live by. Good days bad days. It’s okay. As long as I keep on trying. The Lord knows my weaknesses. “Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.” Isaiah 49:16

I have 1 young child and would love more. Unfortunately, modern society does not support economically or socially, more than 2-3 kids per family. Historically, mothers have had the support nesscary for large families in the form of multi-generational homes, and tight-knit communities to help with day to day activities and childcare. Now, parents are expected to bear most of these duties alone with almost no breaks, at the cost of our physical, emotional and spiritual health. As long as we are called by Christ to have large families, maintain rich meaningful friendships, and keep our bodies and minds healthy, Catholic parishes should be providing frequent family oriented programs that offer reliable support to families who need emotional or physical help. This will lead us all closer to Christ ❤

Thank you Bishop.

Fantastic sermon, Bishop. May the LORD bless you and keep you!

We must aspire to be more like Jesus, praying, and fasting are very important but so is taking action. Jesus took action he performed so many miracles. He fed 5000 in John 6:5-14. Also known as the "miracle of the five loaves and two fish" Changing water into wine at Cana in John 2:1-11. These are just a few times Jesus took action. I took action I refused the vaccine because of my pre existing health condition (Lupus) and I was fired from my job of 13 years. I’m a single mother struggling to provide food, and shelter for my two children both of my sons are autistic, so my days may be more challenging than most mothers. We are not celebrating thanksgiving this year because honestly we can’t afford it. Even though i’m going through all these trials and tribulations I still have faith that God will provide! He will make away for me and my children! Amen!

Thank you very much indeed Bishop Barron ! You are very helpful for coming Christ close to my life ...

I will use your homily today as an examination of conscience! I love to listen to your Sunday homilies as they nourish my faith! Thank you Bishop Barron 🙏

Yes! JESUS IS MY KING.

Excellent homily. Greetings from the kingdom of Belgium. 😅

Happy birthday Bishop Barron. 😊 Mine was yesterday. I was born on the feast of Christ the King and I'm still working hard on keeping Him the King of my life 38 years later. Can't thank you enough for your sermons each Sunday.

Amen! Jesus Christ is active and alive like this; Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (1) Wonderful Counselor John 14:26 (2) Mighty God Luke 1:37 (3) Everlasting Father Rom. 8:15 (4) Prince of Peace Praise the Lord!

Brilliant preaching

This is some real talk.

I choose Jesus, besides he already owns everything else. You can have my soul Jesus...my mind....my body ....my personal life. It's all yours Jesus. not my will but yours Jesus

Excellent and clear point made for all ages to get it.

As a Catholic with a faith as lukewarm as always, Bishop Barron is here strengthening me greatly. To God be the Glory. Amen.

Amen❤️

GOD BLESS YOU BISHOP .. I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO YOU 15 YEARS I LOVE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE TO SAY IT'S TRUTH YOU ARE MY FAVORITE I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM YOU ,, WORD ON FIRE MY FIRST IS SERIOUS WITH YOU WAS THE NOTRE DAME WHEN YOU DID A TOUR HOW AWESOME IT BLEW ME AWAY WHEN YOU STARTED TEACHING ON IT AND EVER SINCE THEN I SAID MAN GOD THIS THIS BISHOP YOU WAS A FATHER THEN BUT I SAID WHAT KNOWLEDGE IT BLEW MY MIND AND I'M NOT EVEN THAT KNOWLEDGEABLE SO I KNOW IT WAS GOOD RIGHT NOW GOING THROUGH CHEMO OUT RADIATION BECAUSE I HAD STAGE 4 CANCER IN THE SINUS THAT SPREAD THROUGH THE TRIGEMINAL NERVES THERE WAS ADVANCED SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I CAN'T WRITE I CAN'T SEE TOO MUCH I'M A LITTLE BIT UP in AGE RIGHT NOW I'M IN MY SIXTIES DOING WELL KIND OF BUT I SIT HERE AND WATCH YOU AND YOU BLOW MY MIND GOD BLESS YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TEACHINGS YOU HAVE BEEN THE BEST THING IN MY LIFE FOR TEACHING AND PREACHING THE WORD OF GOD ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET ON A PROSPERITY bringing The world into the church,, THAT'S THE ONES I LIKE THE MOST

This is certainly a sermon that gives me much food for thought.

It's great! Something to think about constantly. It's my mission to live by. I want to share on Facebook and don't know how. Jesus is the reason I can bear my hardships and my happiness. I recognize he is present every time. I lost my daughter to a tragic murder a year ago and Friday my younger daughter got married. I thank God for being present. Jesus is King and I hope I can show my love to him always.

Happy Thanksgiving Bishop Robert Barron

Thank you Bishop Barron your powerful homily very informative to start the season of Advent. God Bless you from East London South Africa

Profound...”If we marginalising Him we are only horsing around with Christianity.” That for me knocked me over. Thank you Bishop Barron for your Priesthood and for your teaching. So much needed today. Lacking for the most part from our Shepherds, we need you.

Truth Bishop Baron

Oh my goodness I think I need to listen to this every week--to be sure I am on track. What a strong sermon. Thank you so much Bishop Barron. God bless you always.

To say what Saint Paul said, every Christian must give their lives a 360° turn. To live like like Christ is to renounce the World and its folies. To be like Christ is to refuse to sin 100%. To love like Christ is to suffer without complaining. How can anyone succeed at this? Through commitment and prayer, lots of prayer. I love big families, those families are loving, not perfect, but are full of love. The sexual life of a person cannot be a Hollywood movie or a to be on auction. Drugs and addiction are sons of the evil spirit, any addiction is the fruit of self-indulgence and lack of discernment. Faith is the firm belief in God. Jesus reveals Himself to anyone who loves Him.

God bless us all. The fact that we are watching this means that we’re making some effort to make Christ the King of our personal lives.

Hi Bishop Robert Barron. Great video. I wish marriage was regarded as important again. It's so disposable and we have a Catholic priest and his front office turning a blind eye to these three family court attorney who profit from a corrupt system who donated to this Catholic church. I called them out on social media because they weren't making Christ first. I've gone to a different Catholic church instead.

Obedience implies Trust! We are not 'enslaved' by Christ when we make Him King of our Lives. We are acknowledging that He has our best interests at heart. That He loves us as children, brothers, sisters, family. We are obedient to His Lordship because we trust Him to take care of us, to not allow things into our lives that we cannot handle with Him, and for Him to be listening when we tell Him we don't understand.

Bishop Barron you are the man! Listening to you is almost meditative. Your voice is soothing but not boring. As a midwest girl, your Chicago "accent" is comforting, and you make these lessons relatable. Listening and learning from your videos and interviews has pushed me into the direction of converting. Thank you so much!

We need more shepherds like Bishop Barrens. Too many are luke warm in faith and it is so true that we have dumbed down our faith. I was brought up to offer things up for others especially the holy souls in purgatory. What I have found as I have aged is undoing so I’ve not only been comforted by angels, saints, the holy family and trinity but the holy souls have helped me through some serious times and brought me to joyful moments. I don’t think we even understand the word sacrifice or intercessory prayer at this time. We need help and grateful I found word on fire. Continued prayers for all bishops, priests and faithful.

The true meaning of DOMINOS dawned on me today through your ho Mili. I always remembered that Christ also does not fit into our current understanding of oppressive kings - he is a King who loves His subjects to the point of death! He emptied himself for me! Praised be Jesus!

Such a difficult teaching for me (us) to hear, but then Jesus did say “Narrow is the way..” Bishop Barron is such a blessing; grateful to him for telling us like it is. Let’s pray for each other to truly live as Catholic Christians.

I also listened twice. Once for myself and then I shared it with my 2 sons who have left the church. One of them got back to me with positive comments. I loved this video from Bishop Barron and it gave me the courage to send it to 2 of my 3 sons. I need more time to reach out to the third. I have prayed for my 3 sons that they will return to their faith and I will never stop until I can’t pray anymore. I have Masses said for them regularly hoping that God will answer my prayers. Bishop Barron you give me much hope and your words are the right ones for the nones. Thank you so much for all your amazing work!!💕

YESSSS HE IS MY LIFE,STRENGHT, & EVERYTHING,WTOUT HIM LIFE IS NOTHING, I LOVE HIM AM HAPPY CONTENTED EVER🤗🤗🎆

Thank you Bishop Barron, you make my day with this sermon. Thanks again. God bless.

King to king

YES!

Fantastic thoughts thanks for sharing!

Thank you for a very challenging and Christ centered homily. May Christ Reign in every aspect of my life. Amen

Thanks again for reminding me why I'm going to RCIA. I'm old but know there has to be more. God bless you BB.

God bless you too Bishop. Christ is King, regardless. Lord Jesus Christ, Have mercy on me , a sinner. Amen

It's lovely to hear someone who cares so much about us all.

Sobering reminders. An examination of conscience in a nutshell. A placing me squarely before the throne of my King beholding his face, while seeing my life played on the background. This is what Bishop Barron's homily did for me today. A recommitment to submission to my King that needs to take place today and each and every day. Thank you Bishop and ¡VIVA CRISTO REY! 👑

Thank you Bishop Barron - on this side of the Atlantic in Britain we take a slightly different view of kings and currently queens!

An amazing, simple yet deep and transformational homily on the importance of making Christ the King of our lives. Christ is a King that brings true joy and lasting freedom through his grace if we make him our King. He is a King like no other, he leads by example he teaches in the gospels and finally died a most horrible death on a roman cross, crowned mockingly with a crown of thorns. Yet despite what we humans did to him, He loves us and welcomes us to a friendship with him to help save the world. Make Christ the King of all your life and begin a new journey of meaning and transformation to help redeem the world, in our short time. Christs kingdom is not in this world, and thankfully with all the endless problems, lawlessness and death we see around us, there is a true kingdom waiting for us that is based on truth and love. God bless you all!

The feast of Christ the King is my favorite bc about 6 years ago… my “second conversion” really took steam with the help of a homily very similar to this one from Bishop Barron… I was on a road trip to Dallas, I think it was a Thursday and his podcast homily was posted the Wednesday before. Anyway, needless to say, I took it to heart… and it changed my life :) following that… it was a hard 3 years of pruning but that’s another story, lol! Thank the Lord for his goodness and mercy!

Thanks be to Jesus our King!

Jeremiah said, there’s a fire shut up in my bones. There is potential, talent, increase that you haven’t tapped into yet. Start believing you’re a mighty hero. Get rid of those limiting thoughts. You and God are a majority. He’s calling you. Step out and get ready to see new levels, new friendships, new opportunities, new talents, new victories.

thank you for this renewing my faith

No way around this . Peace and light to everyone. My dear Bishop Barron , my sympathies over the loss of your sister in law. I’m sorry.

Christ the King "invites" us to be in His Life and He in ours, he does not "impose" on us, We make that decision every hour of every day. Thank you Bishop Barron for reminding us to take the time to reflect on how we make Christ the King in all aspects of our life. Today we celebrate that reality. Wishing you all a very Blessed Thanksgiving, we give thanks for Bishop Barron.

One of the greatest homilies I’ve listened to. God bless you Bishop, brother Robert Barron.

Horsing around, love it. To those Catholic friends of mine give the excuse.”I not being fed” then 1) they are not receiving the Eucharist , get state of Grace and receive Him. 2) if your pastor is a weak homolist then listen to Bishop Barron weekly homilies. Thank you Bishop. I have couple of rooms need tidy up😊

Wow……..Bishop the Holy Spirit was NEVER so evident. Thank you

Amen, amen, AMEN! Thank you, Bishop Barron. Pax and blessings!

You hit the nail right on the head when you pointed out the intellectual issue. For instance, whenever I have discussions with atheists about their lack of faith and their reasons for why they left Christianity, their understanding of the faith is extremely limited.

Grazie, belle e sante parole

Jesus Christ

Great lessons! Thank you bishop

Thank you in the name of the king

Your Excellency. The Ten Commandments are very important in the life if every Christian. Even though the men of the Church made mistakes in the past, we should admit them without leaving the Church. In Matthew 22:15-22, when the Pharisees tried to trap Our Lord Jesus Christ to see if they should pay taxes to Caesar, he asked them to give him a coin then said to them:"Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and give to God what belongs to God". When Our Lord Jesus Christ met Nicodemus, Our Lord Jesus Christ told Nicodemus:"I came to deliver people from Sin, from Spiritual Death". I believe the above summarizes Our Lord Jesus Christ's message. Let the State manage the affairs of the people, giving full equality and freedoms to men and women. Let the Church work hard on educating the Spiritual.

A blessed Birthday to you Bishop Barron and thank you 🙏🕊🐑🎂💜

I needed to hear this, Bishop... As much as I love our Lord and Savior, he unfortunately has not been the King of my life... Pray for me as I pray for you. God Bless

Amen. Jesus Christ is the true King of my life and of the universe.

To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement. Saint Augustine

This is a life-changing sermon. Thank you Bishop Barron.

Beautiful. Thank-you! God bless!

Bishop Barron you’re the best! God bless you 🙏❤️✝️

A powerful message to lead us into Advent and the new liturgical year. One to replay multiple times. thank you Bishop Barron.

Very well said, Bishop Barron. Viva Christo Rey!!! 💖💐🌷

word on truth!! Jesus the king

Actively participating in RCIA as a CC after visiting Europe has been a "full circle" experience thus far...the end goal being a solid marriage...sometime in the future...for the ministry I participate in..being as credible of a member as possible...

For me this was a kick in the pants. I can do better making Christ tops in my life! Thank you.

Just wanted to note that it's ALSO OK to have a small family if it's for wise reasons! It's just a question of "Am I being selfish?", "Am I following God?" and "What's my top concern?" Some families that are very unselfish, very loving and very generous and very focused on God are small.

Amen! If you're not all in, you're not in at all.

Love ,love, love, this message... convicting and true because He loves me . Thank you !

Beautiful!!!