Faith When You’re Frustrated with God - Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermon
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- Friends, in our Gospel today, we find two stories tensely intertwined together-and both contain great suffering and great healing. Through this passage, we are reminded that even in the midst of confusion and frustration with God, we are called to trust in the Lord and his timing.
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I listen to this particular homily now as often as I can. Going through a serious health crisis, this - along with Holy Mass and the Eucharist as well as the Rosary and Confession, and above all, prayer - keeps me going. Not naturally very trusting (grew up in an abusive home) I step by step (and sometimes leap) learn to trust HIM and HIS plan for me. The bitter question „Why hasn‘t HE healed me (yet) ?“, loses its grip on me. Instead, I learn how to be patient and content with what I can still do, even ill. And that HIS thoughts are not our thoughts. And, as this passage from Mark illustrates and Bishop Barron (also a true life-saver!) so beautifully explains: Our own suffering is never only our own. Thank you so much, Bishop Barron, for all your work! Tomorrow I‘ll be one year a Catholic. I converted also because of your powerful sermons and thoughts. Can‘t thank you enough. Greetings from a couch in Germany! 🕊️
🕊️🕊️ *THE HOUR OF DIVINE MERCY | 3PM (15:00HRS) WORLDWIDE.*🕊️🕊️
_08 July, 2024_
*THE INCOMPREHENSIBLE GOD*
*One common tendency we all have is curiosity. We easily become curious about almost everything, desiring to know. Magazines, news articles, shows, daily gossip sessions, etc., all have as their aim the satisfaction of our curiosity. This curiosity must turn into a desire to know God and all He speaks to us. But, with that said, we must also know that we cannot know. The wisdom and Will of God are so far beyond our limited minds and hearts that we will never be able to understand their mystery. Life is a mystery. Struggle and hardships are mysteries. Love is a mystery. And yet, as we humbly face the countless mysteries of life, we also face the incomprehensible mystery of God. Interestingly, knowing that we do not know and understanding that we cannot understand, presents us with the great mystery of God. In the face of this incomprehensible Mystery, we are in the presence of God. This is a gift! This silencing of our understanding before the mystery of God enables us to face life in faith. Faith is a way of knowing without fully comprehending. It's a gift enabling us to walk through life in darkness, yet with clarity and certainty.* _(See Diary # 651)_.
*Do you find that you do not understand God or His ways? Do you look at your life and wonder, "Why this?" or "Why that?" or "Where is God in all of this?" God and His ways are a mystery. But, as a mystery, you are invited to enter in with the darkness of faith. This will only make sense if you let the Holy Spirit penetrate your thoughts and teach you in a new way. Your "understanding" of the Mind and Will of God will not so much be like other forms of knowledge; rather your knowledge will be new, certain, clear, deep and yet mysterious at the same time. Allow yourself to be taught by faith and you will be able to face any and every mystery and hardship that you encounter in life.*
_Prayer_
*_Lord, oh Incomprehensible Mystery! I stand before You in awe and in darkness. Yet, in the darkness of my understanding, I reaffirm my faith and trust in You. As I face the mystery of my life and, even more so, the mystery of Your life, I allow you to consume me with the gift of faith. Help me to believe without seeing and to know without understanding. Most importantly, I desire and choose to give my life to You, oh Incomprehensible Mystery, and I choose You above all else. Jesus, I trust in You._*
*Pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy*
_From: Daily Reflections on Divine Mercy: 365 Days with Saint Faustina , John Paul Thomas_
_Fr. Chisomo Kingsley (SDB)_
_Catholic Prayer War Room_
From one of your Protestant fans, thank you Bishop Barron, another great message!
Thank you. Lord for. Bishop Barron! Like Bishop Fulton Sheen in the 1950’s--60 You sent a wonderful humanbeing to guide us through this difficult life, He has explained so much (about our faith) that I. Couldn’t comprehend but now I do. God bless him & give him the strength to continue to guide us. God is so Great !!
No better way to prepare for Sunday mass than listening to these sermons..
Completely agree, I think that’s many of us!
Or to reflect on the sermon by listening in the evening
Agreed! Wholeheartedly!
Although we're a day ahead in our country, it remains a best reflection for review and refresher. :)
That's what I do to.
Many years ago, someone gave me a book called „Writing for Children and Teenagers“. The author‘s most important claim for me was that the first and most essential ingredient for a story was conflict - because that‘s what triggers off the whole story in the first place. As I mulled over this idea, I came to see that this was why we live in a world of time and change, why it is imperfect, why sin is allowed to exist at all: so that we may grown and learn and develop to the full perfection God has in mind for us. I know this may sound very philosophical, and it doesn‘t always relieve your frustration, but it‘s helped me to see my own problems as one strand in the plot of a much larger story that God is writing. I may not see how I am contributing, but the Author knows what he‘s about, and so I can trust Him.
Wonderful homily. I find that is the greatest challenge in my life at present.........Bishop Barron's last words....Trust Him, Trust Him, Trust Him...........
Thank you for this moving sermon, Bishop Barron.
This one hits home. For months now, I have been wrestling with the condition that my grandma goes through right now. Her health is deteriorating almost everyday forcing that my Mom and I have given up all the other expensive recourses for medication since my Mom's now out of work while I, well, I'm a seminarian. Apart from the financial constraints that has almost dried up all our family savings, my grandma's body is too weak and fragile already to go through all these treatments.
Like Jairus, and perhaps with most people, I feel so desperate for help. At a certain point, I thought of giving up on prayer and on hope.
Like Jairus, my fears overwhelm me, forcing me to tell God, "Lord, I don't know what I feel anymore. Lord, I don't know how to pray anymore."
Like Jairus, a synagogue attendant, before the first cardiac arrest that my grandma (who raised me and whom I love; the affection she has for me is the most secure thing in the world for me) endured and (had thankfully survived), I would say that I'm trying to live with and in fidelity in my journey of faith as a man being formed to minister to God and his people. But when everything seemed so smooth, here comes this trial.
Bishop Barron, thank you for this moving sermon. It surely has given me a renewed sense of hope.
Please pray for my grandma. Please pray for me to, above all, trust Him.
Trust!!!
A virtuous life should spring naturally from a life of prayer and intimacy with Jesus. A man should be conscious of his sins and bothered by them. He should be trying very hard to live out the supernatural virtues infused at his Baptism: faith, hope, and charity; and to develop the intellectual virtues of prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude.
From the book
"To Save a Thousand Souls" by fr Brett Brannen
Prayers for you...👏
Hey Ted, it's been a month, I hope you are well and keep putting your trust in the Lord. I'll keep you in my prayers. I read your comment and feel for you. What you're going through is a real trial, your grandma is blessed to be so loved. Life can be so painful, sometimes it seems like there is no consolation, I'll pray constantly that the Lord guide you through all this.
May God answer your prayers and those your heart didn’t even dare to ask
Thank you Bishop Barron
Another triumph. Thank you, Your Excellency.
Thank you! What I love about you Bishop Barron is that like Bishop Fulton Sheen, you recognize greatness in Christianity among the Protestant thinkers and writers of this age. I grew up in the Catholic faith during a time when entering a Protestant church was a big no-no. I see God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and Mary working to heal the fissure created centuries ago. I’m Catholic, my husband is Protestant, but we have a deep respect for each other’s faith and love for Jesus Christ and His church. Blessings and Love to you.💗
Let us pray for the two people who gave this a thumbs down.
Astonishing!
Amen on that.♥️
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This is a prayer circle. Never looking for answers from 'mockers' or 'dirt bags'.
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Thanks & God Bless☆
I sure can identify with Girus. For a few years begging The Lord for my daughter. The moment I stopped in resignation. My prayers were heard. My daughter today is well. Thankyou Jesus.
Trust is all I have after the death of my husband . It is no small thing . My finite mind asks daily why God why!? All I have, and it’s everything is love and trust for my God. I’ll never understand ever. This is the valley of tears no doubt , many times I feel this is hell on earth . The suffering and injustices that will never go away as we breathe and love. This can’t be all , it just can’t and it isn’t. My Lord I love you and look forward to seeing you. Bishop Barron , don’t ever stop you are a life line for me. Sending you sweetness and light. By the way , that’s what Michael called me . I love that , sending sweetness and light.
God bless you Anne, have hope as well, God is a God of victory. I'll pray for you.
🕊️🕊️ *THE HOUR OF DIVINE MERCY | 3PM (15:00HRS) WORLDWIDE.*🕊️🕊️
_08 July, 2024_
*THE INCOMPREHENSIBLE GOD*
*One common tendency we all have is curiosity. We easily become curious about almost everything, desiring to know. Magazines, news articles, shows, daily gossip sessions, etc., all have as their aim the satisfaction of our curiosity. This curiosity must turn into a desire to know God and all He speaks to us. But, with that said, we must also know that we cannot know. The wisdom and Will of God are so far beyond our limited minds and hearts that we will never be able to understand their mystery. Life is a mystery. Struggle and hardships are mysteries. Love is a mystery. And yet, as we humbly face the countless mysteries of life, we also face the incomprehensible mystery of God. Interestingly, knowing that we do not know and understanding that we cannot understand, presents us with the great mystery of God. In the face of this incomprehensible Mystery, we are in the presence of God. This is a gift! This silencing of our understanding before the mystery of God enables us to face life in faith. Faith is a way of knowing without fully comprehending. It's a gift enabling us to walk through life in darkness, yet with clarity and certainty.* _(See Diary # 651)_.
*Do you find that you do not understand God or His ways? Do you look at your life and wonder, "Why this?" or "Why that?" or "Where is God in all of this?" God and His ways are a mystery. But, as a mystery, you are invited to enter in with the darkness of faith. This will only make sense if you let the Holy Spirit penetrate your thoughts and teach you in a new way. Your "understanding" of the Mind and Will of God will not so much be like other forms of knowledge; rather your knowledge will be new, certain, clear, deep and yet mysterious at the same time. Allow yourself to be taught by faith and you will be able to face any and every mystery and hardship that you encounter in life.*
_Prayer_
*_Lord, oh Incomprehensible Mystery! I stand before You in awe and in darkness. Yet, in the darkness of my understanding, I reaffirm my faith and trust in You. As I face the mystery of my life and, even more so, the mystery of Your life, I allow you to consume me with the gift of faith. Help me to believe without seeing and to know without understanding. Most importantly, I desire and choose to give my life to You, oh Incomprehensible Mystery, and I choose You above all else. Jesus, I trust in You._*
*Pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy*
_From: Daily Reflections on Divine Mercy: 365 Days with Saint Faustina , John Paul Thomas_
_Fr. Chisomo Kingsley (SDB)_
_Catholic Prayer War Room_
Trust Him.
Trust Him.
Trust Him.
Easy to say, to tell, or claim but remains a struggle when faith is challenged.
Yeah, can relate to Jairus. He was in intense urgency, then as they were walking surrounded by crowds, Jesus talked to the hemorrhagic woman, as if He's taking a "sweet time." This is where faith sets in in unfavorable scenario.
Thank you for further and deeper reflections, Bishop Barron.
Hope and pray to attend Mass presided by you. How I wish our local priests read and/or listen to you before presiding theirs.
Gracias querido Padre! Señor yo confío en ti
I’m so glad my feed repeats these directions from Bishop Barron. It’s definitely transformed my heart and replaced so much wasted utube time with spiritual steps towards our infinite God.
I just listened for the 3rd or 4th time. I tried transcribing it and whatever I managed I sent to my sister who also loved it. It came to me when I needed it most. God and Bishop Barron work well together for the good of His people.
We are not frustrated with God, but rather with his modern day disciples, who lack discipline, the Priests, Bishops , religious sisters who have become so snug in their affluence , as to stand in the door to Jesus, not entering themselves and preventing others from entering too
I can totally resonate with this sermon there are times when I’ve been totally frustrated with God. This is a great lesson to put my trust in God that he will hear my prayers and answer in his time. Thank you Bishop Barron for this wonderful sermon. 🙏🏼
This guy powerfully lands his message every single week in exactly 13 to 14 minutes. Do you know how hard that is to do?
Years of practice I suppose. How many masses and homilies per week for over 35 years? It adds up. It is good to be impressed by a master at the top of their game, so to speak. 🙂
@@virginiacharlotte7007 He is so intelligent and educated but can speak so clearly and make the Gospel so alive and relavant to "the little guy"
@@carolallen1128 personally, I find that he does. I don’t think I am the only one here gaining a lot from these sermons, judging by the comments and likes. 🙂
@@virginiacharlotte7007 I agree totally. This one was so powerful I tried to "transcribe it" listening on my phone and trying to type it in an email so I could share it and selfishly, keeep coming back to it. I love that he is more accessible now, possibly because of the pandemic, or he has been on you tube and FB and I did not know it.
@@carolallen1128 yes, although the Bishop is posting fortnightly with other work, rather than weekly, which I miss, but I cannot even imagine just how busy his life is with all of his work.
Did you know that their are some buttons you can press on YT Videos to help you transcribe? There is a little box on screen labelled ‘cc’ for closed captions (sometimes with multiple language options), and then I think their are three lines in the title/ description settings area that allow you to open up a scrolled transcription that I think is time stamped ( from memory). They are auto- generated, so there are going to be some errors in translation, but you could copy and paste them and then listen through the video again to make the edits. Also, consider slowing down the audio speed to allow you to pick up on more dialogue and type it up in time (I am a very slow and inaccurate typist myself!) .
I hope that helps if you did not know about the settings already.
Kind regards,
VC
Thank you for diving deep into the teachings of the Lord.
I have always been moved by the story of the bleeding woman and her healing, but I’ve never heard a homily with this perspective- focusing on Jairus. Thank you, Bishop Baron for expanding my understanding. May God bless you in your ministry.
I so agree Annie. I wrote in my journal this morning how this Gospel could be applied to my life. It seems so different from Bishop Barron's interpretation. This is what I wrote...."I was thinking about what this Gospel means and how I can apply it to my life. And as always our good Lord comes to my aid and most interestingly almost immediately. I open up my “A Spring Within Me” daily meditation book by Richard Rohr and there is the answer. This weeks theme was about Spirituality and the Twelve Steps. Sundays are a summary of each days reading similar to what Rohr does in the daily meditations we get in the email. Anyway, day 1’s summary was “Both the Gospel and the Twelve-Step Program insist that the experience of powerlessness is the absolutely necessary starting point for transformational healing “. Both the young girl and the woman with the bleeding were both powerless and now they could be healed. To apply it to my own life I’ve come to realize how powerless I am, it gets me out of the way and now God can do his thing in me and for me. It makes so much sense to me. I love the Gospels and what they teach me. Re reading my words, I thought it was Jairus who was powerless in the story not so much the daughter. Anyway, I guess we get what we need in the moment when listening to the Gospel's but it's good to hear other perspectives.
You could have knocked me over with this homily; I have heard homilies on the raising of Jairus' daughter and on the healing of the woman whose great Faith only needed to touch his garment, but how Bishop Barron intertwined him. Oh, how I could identify with Jairus. In the 79 years of my life I could write books on how God has taken seeming tragedies, hardships, heart aches and turned them into greater blessings than I can imagine. Two years ago my son was hit with a crisis that I could never have imagined and all I could do was pray and it kept going from bad to worse and then a year ago something more tragic, more unimaginable happened not only to him but to one of his brothers and to me. I just keep trying to pray, God youu know why you let this happen, you know how YOU are going to resolve it. I am here with Jairus wanting HIM to cocme ASAP.
@@carolallen1128 I will keep you and your sons in my prayers. You are a woman of faith and God will reward you for that. 🙏💞
@@Chegles1 Thank you so much
@@Chegles1 Thank you so muich
Breathtakingly powerful. Thank you Bishop Barron!
Amen
I closed my eyes while I listened. Tears squished out throughout every word you said . Yes I will trust him .
im not frustrated with God. im frustrated with MEN who think they are gods.
Have listened to a number of homilies on this gospel in past years, but Bishop Barron gives me a deeper understanding of trust in our Lord. Thank you Bishop Barron!
Trust in the LORD, and do good; so you will live in the land and enjoy security.
Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart. - BIBLE (Psalm 37:3 - 4) NRSV
Word.
It's funny that you say this today, Bishop Baron. Yesterday I said to God that I'm not going to ask him for anything anymore, because nothing happens. My one son's marriage seems to be crumbling, we are trying to sell our house and move into something smaller but it's not happening, this covid thing ... the India variant is invading our country ( South Africa) at an alarming rate. But the more I ask God for help, the less I get it. So I told God that I won't nag anymore. He must just do whatever He thinks best ( even though I am a bit annoyed with Him!!🤷😖).
Dont give up because our persevirance in our faith its what shines to others who are in worst case scenerios. Things will be ok
@@mayelycruz4469 😊 thanks
Lynn, This may not help at all, but here goes. Someone I know suffers terribly from alcohol addiction, to the point where she went to court because her children were going to be taken away. She was convinced she would lose them. Another friend just kept telling her to trust in God. And she was really trying. Trusting God helped her get 30 days sober (no mean feat). So on her court day she told the judge how much she loved her kids and how her trust in God is helping her change her life, that she was sober now, and guess what? The judge sided with her and she has kept her kids. She has now gone on to start a women's chapter of AA specifically aimed to help women in similar situations. This is all in the last six months. She was hopeless and now God's using her to help others in need. The point, I guess, is just what Bishop Barron says: "Trust in God!" God really does have this!
Sometimes you have to "storm heaven with prayer," like the woman in the parable who nags the unjust judge. Other times, it's just a matter of praying for the sake of praying, not asking anything in particular; it's one of the reasons why I like starting my day with Morning Prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours. Other times, I just need to pray meditatively the Our Father, visualizing myself and Jesus sitting together in the lap of God the Father.
Not what He thinks is best but what He KNOWS is best. I can say this while admitting I have been frightened for two full years and things have only gotten worse.
A good sermon, alot of food for thought
Thank you Bishop Barron!
Is it coincidence that the girl is 12 years old and the woman had suffered for 12 years? Not likely.
Thank you Bishop Baron for your beautiful work of sharing the faith.
Very good point there.
As always, Jesus, our Lord, our God, has always well prepared us with His answers through the mystery of Faith, whether we know it or not, whether in our lifetime here on Earth or later.
Yes, the young girl of twelve on the cusp of womanhood. The old woman carrying the blood of life for her until she was ready for it, perhaps?
The number 12 in biblical numerology means God’s authority and power. It wasn't coincidence.
What am I doing…Why am I not coming…What is God’s priority for my life, I selfishly ask …BUT willing to serve others.
I desire to trust God Almighty.
Thank you.AMEN 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
On target and another reminder that we don’t have the whole picture- God Does.
Thank you Bishop for enlightening us about the way to face suffering: TRUST HIM, TRUST HIM,TRUST HIM!!
Our Faith, Hope and Trust in God in all things...and in the things we don't always understand.
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Thank u Bishop Barron i was frustated with God plans but now i choose to trust him 🙂🙂
Amen!! Jesus I trust in you
Held my 10 month old daughter as I listened to this. Powerful. 🙏
Thanks for the explanation, my Lord. I could never have gone deep into the stories and gotten the real meaning out of the two stories.
Now I know, and I'm expecting God to arrive at my situation
Jesus I trust in You
Aamen man of God.
The "honey get up" translation ushers in a clearer perspective and lights up the scene more vividly for me. Not just the Gospel text; the sermon has great literary quality as well!
Agree! Jesus as "Daddy", loving father.
Almost made me cry
What a powerful homily! Yes Bishop Barron squeezes from the scriptures the best juice. Very inspiring!
I have a playlist called The Best of Bishop Barron. This goes there. :)
He hit this nail on the head.
Would you link/share the playlist? 😃
@@sjp4ut If the list is open to public viewing, then we all should be able to go to his channel, and add the list to our channels.
@@sjp4ut I just found out that kurianjose 123 does have it on his channel. Go to his channel, go to the bottom of the page where the created playlists are, click on Play All on the playlist titled 01- Small QueueBish. Then, when you see the whole playlist, click on the checkmark in the upper right corner of the playlist. By clicking the check, you will add the playlist to your channel and then you can play the whole thing or parts of it at your convenience.
Bishop Barron NEVER fails to inspire the faith of so many. Blessings on both you and your ministry, Bishop.
I think Fr. overlooked the fact that while the woman was healed because of her faith, the girl was brought back to life because of the faith of her dad. This has implications on intercessory actions of our friends and relatives as well as our faith.
Jesus, Mary and st. Joseph graciously grant us knowledge and wisdom. Ps 30:2, Mk 5:28
because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.” Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering.”
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
I have read this many times and marveled at it's beauty in revealing the love and mercy of our Lord, always teaching, ..this time it struck me: the woman had suffered 12 years, physically, socially, many ways and the daughter of Jairus had lived for 12 years arriving at death's door. Both received mercy to life, to live anew. Beautiful. God's word ever beautiful, ever enlightening. Thank you, Bishop Barron, for another deep look into that Word.
Awesome, Bishop! 🙏🇨🇦☮️ 🌷
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Jesus Christ .strengthen my trust in You.
Thank you so much for this, Bishop. It's funny because I'm doing the daily gospel challenge on the Hallow app and today was Mark 5... then i click this video... it's no coincidence. God bless you and thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I love this story told by Mark who seemingly got all the details directly from St Peter whose amanuensis he was and who was no doubt an eye witness. I particularly love the detail of Jesus telling the child’s parents(?) that she should be given something to eat.
And, as ever, thank you Bishop Barron.
Evidently too the child would have been hungry and weak after recovering from a fever during which she would have eaten little.
How ironic or providential that he would have this commentary the same weekend as the building collapse in Florida. We needed to hear these words today for the sale of our faith.
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This implies that God eventually gets round to helping everyone. He doesn't. Or worse, he actively chose not to intervene. My grandmother should have survived.
Beautiful!
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Hey Bishop Barron,
I didn't enjoy your homily, that would be an understatement.
I cherished it, it moved me to tears. Trust, trust, trust. That's the key to true happiness and peace that this world can't give.
God bless you!
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EXCELLENT!!!!!
God bless Bishop Barron and word on fire ministries. 🙏🙏🙏
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During testifying circumstances, one's faith in God calls for trusting in Him as the healer and a source of solutions to the matters involved.
Trust in him, believe, faith....not just words
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Thank you for reminding us that Jesus DOES KNOWand DOES CARE about my problems amidst all the other problems in the world and HE IS ACTING in ways I cannot see or understand , to solve my problem while He address everyone else’s. I am not just a face in the crowd-I am his BELOVED!🥰
Thank you God bless you Bishop
Never disappointed by your sermons. You spoke of the great literary work of Mark. I think today’s sermon was a great literary crafting of the sermon. Trust Him is the message . It is the essence of faith, and the bedrock of belief.
It’s so easy when our prayers are answered with a yes; but when the answer is not yet or I have something better in mind it can shake faith. I need to listen to this man of God, read scripture, go to mass, pray the rosary ( I use Bishop Barron’s Rosary Series), take advantage of all the gifts that the church provides in order to cling to faith. It’s so hard but if not God, if not Christ then what? This world seems so meaningless without a deep faith in God, so I’ll keep clinging to faith even when I simply don’t understand because the alternative is a profound emptiness.
🕊️🕊️ *THE HOUR OF DIVINE MERCY | 3PM (15:00HRS) WORLDWIDE.*🕊️🕊️
_08 July, 2024_
*THE INCOMPREHENSIBLE GOD*
*One common tendency we all have is curiosity. We easily become curious about almost everything, desiring to know. Magazines, news articles, shows, daily gossip sessions, etc., all have as their aim the satisfaction of our curiosity. This curiosity must turn into a desire to know God and all He speaks to us. But, with that said, we must also know that we cannot know. The wisdom and Will of God are so far beyond our limited minds and hearts that we will never be able to understand their mystery. Life is a mystery. Struggle and hardships are mysteries. Love is a mystery. And yet, as we humbly face the countless mysteries of life, we also face the incomprehensible mystery of God. Interestingly, knowing that we do not know and understanding that we cannot understand, presents us with the great mystery of God. In the face of this incomprehensible Mystery, we are in the presence of God. This is a gift! This silencing of our understanding before the mystery of God enables us to face life in faith. Faith is a way of knowing without fully comprehending. It's a gift enabling us to walk through life in darkness, yet with clarity and certainty.* _(See Diary # 651)_.
*Do you find that you do not understand God or His ways? Do you look at your life and wonder, "Why this?" or "Why that?" or "Where is God in all of this?" God and His ways are a mystery. But, as a mystery, you are invited to enter in with the darkness of faith. This will only make sense if you let the Holy Spirit penetrate your thoughts and teach you in a new way. Your "understanding" of the Mind and Will of God will not so much be like other forms of knowledge; rather your knowledge will be new, certain, clear, deep and yet mysterious at the same time. Allow yourself to be taught by faith and you will be able to face any and every mystery and hardship that you encounter in life.*
_Prayer_
*_Lord, oh Incomprehensible Mystery! I stand before You in awe and in darkness. Yet, in the darkness of my understanding, I reaffirm my faith and trust in You. As I face the mystery of my life and, even more so, the mystery of Your life, I allow you to consume me with the gift of faith. Help me to believe without seeing and to know without understanding. Most importantly, I desire and choose to give my life to You, oh Incomprehensible Mystery, and I choose You above all else. Jesus, I trust in You._*
*Pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy*
_From: Daily Reflections on Divine Mercy: 365 Days with Saint Faustina , John Paul Thomas_
_Fr. Chisomo Kingsley (SDB)_
_Catholic Prayer War Room_
Amen
An inspired gem. Thank you Father.
Thanks Bishop may God bless you ...
As Bishop Barron says, "Peace be with of you!". Just an interesting note to Bishop Barron's point that sometimes we get "frustrated" with God because He gets "distracted" with other issues before getting to ours. St. Theophylact in Catena Aurea states, ""to urge the chief of the synagogue to a confident hope that He could thus cure his child". Perhaps God doesn't get handle other issues before our own as a distraction but rather to build that hope in us that He will heed our call! "Trust Him". Have a blessed day!
Yes, I can trust him. Regardless how it appears to me
Thank you...and God bless you.
God is going to do what God is going to do whether we like it or not I would never think to blame or get upset with God for anything bad that happens in my life God created us and gave us life and also gave us the wonderful gift of free will but our physical life belongs to him this world is nothing when you put your faith in him well of course as a human being you feel compassion for those who suffer due to no cause of Their Own but in a strange way I also Envy and have great joy for them knowing that God has something special in store for them I'll tell you what personally makes me worried is the fact that I've never really faced any real suffering in my life I'm in my 50s well I've certainly had my share of self-inflicted problems no major suffering I've never been sick a day in my life fact I don't think I've ever even broken a bone everyone that I care about is either alive and healthy or passed away at a relatively old age well I've never been Rich I've always had money in my pocket roof over my head food on the table and as I get older it's scaring the hell out of me because I've Ben a sinner my whole life done plenty of things I'm not proud of enough so that I personally don't believe that I'm worthy of going to heaven without Jesus intervention and forgiveness even then who knows I have doubts but I have hope but I also feel that you have to pay for your sins and I think sometimes that comes in the form of suffering and I believe that Believers in God who suffer in this lifetime will be rewarded in heaven but my big question is what happens to those who don't face any real suffering in this world but are strong Believers in God and Jesus Christ I feel like I owe a huge debt for my sinful life and while I ask God for forgiveness I don't believe I paid for those sins
I see a theological meaning in this story centered around the number 12, which often represents Israel in the Bible. The woman had a hemorrhage for 12 years and the little girl was 12 years old; the woman and the girl symbolically represent Israel. As Bishop Barron mentioned, the woman was ritually unclean due to her bleeding. Jesus makes her clean and points to his making Israel "ritually" clean. Likewise, raising the little girl from the dead points to Jesus raising Israel from the dead. Taken together this might represent Jesus creating the New Israel; "David's fallen tent" restored and Israel's boundaries extended to "the ends of the Earth."
Thank you, very profound. Only yesterday did I connect the 12 years for both the woman and the daughter but you expanded beauituflly on 12
_"the little girl was 12 years old"_
little girl was 12 ??
at that time at that age they weren't called "little" no more
@E Aboudara but weren't they considered women back then (legally)
those were crazy times
Several have commented on "12" but to me it suddenly symbolizes that their lives were interwoven when the little child was born, that is when the woman began hemorrhaging, and twelve years later they were healed on the same day. Our God is awesome, there are no coincidences. All is His plan
I often tell people, God has more up His sleeve than just His mighty Arm.
"What is God doing?", I ask that question all the time or "what is God's plan?".
I agree with much of what bishop Barron has to say. When it comes to our suffering I would advice you and people in general read rabbi Harold Kushners book, When Bad Things Happen To Good People. It's the best answer to suffering.
Watch, listen, wait and you will know part of his plan. Your limited human mind will not understand all his plan.
Yes, all the time and sometimes I can say, Yes God, I accept and suddenly He asks something a hundred times harder.
Astounding as always, Bishop Barron. Thank you for bringing it all down to the one thing we humans struggle with the most - giving over to God. Thank you for your inciteful words and compassion.
Thank You Bishop for the sermon. god Bless you
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Bishop Barron, you are loved and so appreciated. Thank you for sharing your inspired wisdom and faith. I do have a question, too. I read the words of Saint Augustine recently that really intrigued me. He wrote, "Not yet am I in hell, after all but even if I were, you would be there too; for if I descend into the underworld, you are there." This is an amazing image. Even in hell, God may be with us. You've preached that God went to the limit of God-forsakenesss to save us from sin & death. To hear Augustine words provides an incredible comfort and realization that God is everywhere in everything, even hell. I don't want to take anything away from how awful and nightmarish hell must be, but knowing God is also there with those cursed there gives even the worst a silver lining.
What very beautiful story of our Lord... Amen
How often ? Everyday..yet His will be done. ..the crux...your faith..trust in Him...get up.
Thanks Jesus for Your word on fire thru Bishop Barron, may God Bless you
Amen 🙏
Thank you bishop for the encouraging words
Great!
Hi Bishop Barron! Thank you for your service for building the Kingdom! Promotions are in order!
"Jesus, I Trust in You."🙏
Your sermon brings to life two dramatic stories, and I quote you, “with typical Biblical economy of expression.” You made these scenes step into the third dimension such that I’ll always remember the scenes and the message. What an art to synthesize all of this in 13:09 minutes! Thank you so much, Bishop Barron.
I think people are lucky who blessed by the God and trust in him . Through God anything is possible.
Thalitha koum has always been one of my favourite words of Jesus! And now, you've given a whole another dimension to it .... and thank you for that Bishop! God bless!
Wonderful! Please tell us more on how the woman, knowing she was unclean, touched Him anyway.
amazing dear Bishop Barron
TKU app much
May Franco in Dubai
The best of today homily, You are the best strory telling. It really makes the story alive. Thank You Bishop. God Bless you...too.
Ah, this is one of the ten best sermons I've ever heard!
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Thank you Bishop Barron for your wonderful meditation!!!
Beautiful, your Excellency! Tears in my eyes. "Honey, get up." God's 💝!
TRUST HIM. Thank you Bishop 🙏
I acknowledge Jesus IS the CHRIST!!! Amen :)
The last part blew me away. To see suffering as a mosaic of intertwined stories. Very profound.
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Thank you again, Bishop Barron. For helping me understand many things.
I think it is us who dawdle when it comes to repentance, something far more important that a temporary healing.
@@wenshan9101 Implicit? No, the point is about who dawdles and why. The point is the ancient teaching of Christ and His Church that sin is the greatest evil. Many severely disabled people...whom others presume are suffering badly...are insulted when you pity them. That kind of 'evil,' like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.
@@wenshan9101 The Book of Job and the John 9 were never intended to cancel out the entire message of the OT. The entire OT is based on the premise of God saying, "You do what I say and things will be fine. Ignore me and pay the price." St. Paul said the same thing in I Corinthians 11: 28-32. I have a book from the Vatican on indulgences. Indulgences relieve 'temporal punishment.' Using that book, I got two healings from two painful conditions two different times. Both healings happened at the end of a mass. The Church still holds the keys. So let's not turn the exception into the rule as fools are famous to do.
Thank you Bishop Barron! My prayer! 🙏🙏🙏
Excellent!