Are You Blinded by Cities of Sin? - Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermon
Friends, in today’s Gospel, we hear the marvelous story of the healing of blind Bartimaeus-an icon of tremendous power and a sacred picture of the spiritual life and the process of salvation. We all find ourselves, in our need of Christ, in this image, as our own blindness distorts our vision of spiritual reality and the meaning of life.
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Bishop, I was baptized today, and your ministry was fundamental in my conversion. Today's gospel is very relatable to me and hearing your interpretation of it brought me great peace and consolation - it was a tough process!
Welcome home! 😊
@Curtis VanH I think you replied at the wrong thread mate, just a heads up, cheers
Thank you dear margarita yyyyi
Lollipop
Welcome home❤️
Bishop Barron, I am Bukenya Innocent from Uganda. Your sermon is spiritually nourishing and indeed I have always found your work very instrumental in strengthening and shaping my life of faith. Thanks a lot and may God bless you abundantly.
APJ🤔
I've heard in my head for years now. "What do you want from me? " I've been pagan most my life. I've felt a pull towards God for years. Then I watched The Chosen. I cried like a baby and begged God to help me. For forgiveness. Now I know it was God. While I looked for him everywhere. He was there all the time. Asking, "WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?"
God bless you and welcome home!
@@judyv3370 Thank you
That is beautiful 🤩 praying for you ✝️
@gigithebackyardherbalist What a touching story. God bless and keep you.❤️🙏🏾 The Chosen is something else🙌🏾. The last scene in episode one, series one, when Jonathan Roumie, as Jesus, calls Mary by her real name and starts quoting Isaiah “ Fear not for I am the Lord your God”.. ending with “ You are mine”.. I was a mess. Tears upon tears.
@@madgiemadgie9128 thank you. THE CHOSEN is amazing and an answer to many prayers, I believe. Hugs to you
For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
Amen!
Amen
Amen
"We're all in the same boat, and we're all seasick." 😂 nothing beats GK Chesterton's humor and clever turns of phrase
And how many of us thought this gospel was just another story about a miracle Jesus performed on some dude? The richness of the gospels never cease to amaze me. Thank you for "opening my eyes", Bishop Barron.
This is THE most powerful sermon I have ever heard, from you and from anyone else. It speaks directly to my own experience, and I can attest to the truth in these words. Thank you, Bishop Barron, both for the message, and the carefully chosen wording.
Brilliant, thank you
I agree..❤️✝️
As a recovering alcoholic I can certainly attest to the need for a higher power. So blessed to have God as that Power!
Great !
This was incredibly educational and a "must listen to" homily. What a gift! I will never speak the words "Christ have mercy" the same. Thank you Bishop Barron for your wisdom and ability to teach the laity.
Amen
Amen!
Thank you Bishop Barron,we must pray for you
Thank you so much Bishop Barron for your work. Your videos continue to bless me and all those who watch. I have been a Protestant for 31 years and am excited to begin RCIA classes and join the Church. God Bless.
Lets all pray to stop cancer in children
Wow I am blown by the depth of insight in this short but powerful sermon. O that the Lord will open my eyes to see … see Him , see His world the way He sees it, see His people the way He sees them. Thank you Bishop Barron. I’m Anglican but never miss your sermons .God bless you
THANK YOU FATHER...
Glory to jesus Benedicamus domini
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I have read this story many times and never was I able to see it the way you have just shown it to me. I haven't been to confession in years and over the last week it seems I am being led that way in everything I read and watch. Thank you Bishop for helping to open my eyes and regain my sight. It's time to throw off that old cloak and make sure I'm on the right path.
It took me many years to come back to confession--and I can tell you it is very wonderful--just go, and the priest will help you--it's so life-giving.
I am praying for you that you will JUST DO IT! You will be so filled with Spirit when you do!
Please, please, please, go to Confession. It is a gift of such power and mercy. It should never be neglected. If I were your friend, if I knew you, I would offer to take you myself and hold your hand all the way to the confessional door, if that's what you needed. Call a priest, make an appointment, and just do it. I will say a prayer for you.
Yeah, go embaress yourself in front of some paedophile protector.
@@kevinkelly2162........Kevin, maybe you were deeply heart by a "pedophile protector" and consequently your feelings make sense. Don't let that small percent of evil "priests and bishops" who have learned to use the Church to practice their evil. Jesus suffered much greater evil and indignities from the "Church" leaders of the old covenant (Temple religion of the Old Testament). The High Priest himself had Jesus tortured and crucified but Jesus never turned from the God (the Father) who created the old covenant Temple religions and priesthood. Do not let evil men in the Church turn you from the love and mercy of your creator. Like Jesus, forgive those who harmed your and turned you from the only source of salvation, forgiveness and grace--Jesus Christ.
Bishop Barron is the touchstone of catechesis. Pax Christi.
Bishop Barron, by these really powerful Sermons and the many contributions you make to the Church and the world you are truly becoming a *'still point' that calls and heals humanity.*
Amen
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Mary what does it matter? It’s people like you who will be deceived and follow the anti messiah system. Leave the Christian system now before it’s to late. The blacks, Mexicans, Filipinos and native Americans and others are the real Hebrews. Read revelations chap 2 9. We are still under the mosaic law.
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@Curtis VanH Do appreciate your presence. May Jesus who said, "I am the light of the world" shine his light on you.
What a Great sermon today!!! Because of You and your videos ( word on fire ) 7 years ago I became a Catholic 🙏 I live in Texas I would love to see you in person. I pray you are the next conservative pope🙏 God bless You 🙏
Blessed be God forever. We need to see Jesus the way He is. We are truly blind. Lord have mercy us
Glory to Jesus
One of his bests
Glory to Jesus Christ
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We need this level of quality of homily at our church. This truly feeds the soul.
Thank you Bishop Barron. I have listened several times. Thank you for your short, concise and insights to sin and how repetitive prayer can clean our body, mind and soul. May your outreach help us all through your powerful guidance. “ In Jesus’s Name “ Amen.
I love inviting us to answer the questions right now, which led me to recommit my life to our Lord Jesus Christ. Another beautiful and powerful sermon by Bishop Barron. Thank you, God, for this gifted priest. We are so blessed to have him in our lives.
We need to see God in everything and everything in God.
Wow you got it alright criscavi so good
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Faith saved me!❤️🕯️
Thank you Bishop Barron for mentioning the 12 step programs. I cannot tell you the number of devote Christians I’ve known that participated in these wonderful programs because they could not “SEE” with only their faith practice alone. In other words, they were unable to break the cycle of their addiction without the unique viewpoints the 12 steps offer. Blessings to you!
wie geht es dir heute rita Santa Maria
Würde es Ihnen etwas ausmachen, Ihre Erfahrungen mit dem Tragen mit mir zu teilen, möchten Sie einfach mehr wissen
Thank you dear Bishop Barron. I rarely manage to stay focused for more than 5 min but your sermon got me truly captivated. Not easy to follow Christ, I am not even sure I fully get it, but I hope that your words will stay with me for some time. Blind man, city of sin, Jesus at the centre, and there is us here and now too. Christ have mercy and keep healing us from the blindness. Amen.
Fantastic. Seemed like Bishop Barron was speaking directly to me. But, as he said, we all are “Everyman.” The Bishop is the best!
You're sermons are a gift from God.
George Harrison’s song “I really want to see you, My sweet Lord.”
Santa Maria
Dear Lord Jesus Christ, Thank you for opening our eyes through the message and homily. God bless you more Bishop Barron, 🙏🏽
Thank you Bishop Barron for a great and wonderful KZhead Channel. May God continue to give you wisdom to guide all of us. May God bless you always. I myself have sin in many ways . I just pray everyday that the Lord guides me to be better each day we are bless to be alive.
Hi dear
Thank you for this message. I am visually impaired and I pray for sight all the time. I've just gone through some very significant life changes and have been struggling. This message feels like a bit of a healing...or at least a path to it. Thank you again!
Hello
Benedicamus domini
@@letlovelead4768 yes, thank you!
Good to hear from you gilly
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This homily is an answer for many. I am truly amazed at how Holy Spirit guide minds across the world. Thank you Bishop Barron.
2:39 "I can't solve it on my own...'I can just kind of...make my life better.' No, you can't!"~Bishop Barron😁 "Jesus is the still point." Kyrie, eléison🙏
Bishop Barron, you indeed inspired me.
What a powerful sermon. Wish all priests could explain the Gospel like this.
Thank you for your work
when Bishop said still point my immediate response/ thought How fortunate and blessed we Catholics are to have Jesus the still point in The Most Blessed Sacrament The Holy Eucharist
Oh yes☆ Thank you for being here☆
Gracias Padre, Dios lo bendice a usted también!!!
Santa Maria
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He has a program un EWTN, and I liked what he said, recently I discovered him in this channel, and I like to listen him every Sunday
I live un Mexico
Sure you won’t see this but after 31 years. No one has come even close to being what you are in my life. A way for God to speak through you… is such a source of extreme strength to this recovering addict. Thank you.
Bishop, i just have to say, that no matter how i am feeling, good, bad, or indifferent, your words, along with the WAY you say them, always, always get THROUGH to me and reach me!! Thank you for all you do for this community!!
May God bless you, Isreal the USA and may all glory be to Our Lord Jesus the Most High
Wonderful Homily, Bishop! If we just open our eyes, there is SO MUCH to be seen! Many Many Thanks!
Open you eyes to who Bishop Barron follows, he isn't who you think.
Randy MacAllister, Yes there is SO MUCH to be seen. God bless you for your gracious Presence☆
Bishop Barron: The Church has always stood against Pelagianism, the view that one can pull oneself up morally by one's own bootstraps and make one's life better. *One has to give oneself over to a 'higher power.'*
The Church also stands against Calvinism, the view that our free will does not cooperate with God's grace freely received, and that God arbitrarily chooses who gets saved and who gets damned.
I am honestly super guilty of Pelagianism. I still think that I can make myself "good." I thought only weak people need God or need a higher power or a sense of community to truly fix themselves.
@@IONov990 In the 12 step programs, we call that “self will run riot.” The first of the 12 steps guarantees the gift of total freedom by turning your will and your life over to the care of God. You will be amazed how quickly He turns your self will into calm and peace. It doesn’t mean you’ll never have another bout of thinking you can do it on your own, but you will have invited the still small voice in to your heart to provide a compass. Trust that voice and you’ll receive miracles in your life you never thought possible. Blessings to you!
Thank you Mary,IO . I think that most if not all us sinners are guilty of pelagianism. I once asked , how can I ask God to forgive me for something I can’t forgive myself for doing. The answer was immediate , Christ’s sacrifice is what saves, what heals and shows limitless love. This love is greater than our ability to forgive. Open my eyes Lord. Help me to see your face.🙏♥
@@Lerian_V Yes, indeed☆
The proper stance is to beg for help to be delivered from sin. wow. I love this idea.
God bless you Bishop Barron, thank you for your service to us all.
Never realised how beautiful this story was until today and coupled with one of the best sermon in my opinion by Bishop Barron, it is truly a vintage one, worth revisiting more often!!
Wow, that means the world 🌎 is blind until Jesus opens their spiritual eyes 👀
Let us pray for the stiff necked people who give truth a thumbs down!
I am so grateful for your homilies. I learn so much in only a few minutes. Thank you!
As one who suffers from spiritual pride I thank you for opening my eyes
Lets follow the example of Bartimaeus and ask the Lord for help in humility. Son of David have mercy on us
Praise God for this message. Bishop, your homilies never fail to bring the Holy Scriptures to life. Thank you for sharing.
Most interesting. Thank you Bishop Baron. Greetings from Croatia
Dear Bishop Barron, from Sydney, l sincerely thank you for such a stunning homily. God bless you.
Dear Bishop Barron: Thank you so much for your homilies each week. We learn so much and they are so very inspiring and practical and, it helps us to better understand the instruction book for life ( The Holy Bible) is trying to give us. We are truly grateful for your messages.
Thank you dear Bishop for this wonderful Gospel proclamation. God bless you!!!
This was an outstanding message and a pathway to calmness and happiness. This lecture coincides and adds to the power of Fr.Dilindo Rutolo’s novena for faith. “Jesus I surrender to you. Take care of everything.” In this gospel Jesus says come ( be near me,) what do you want.? “I want to see” then the most powerful words “your faith has healed you” as in Father Dolino’s novena Jesus said put you faith in me and trust MY will be done. I thoroughly enjoyed this sermon one of your best and helps tie together many things. God bless you Bishop Barron! Amen, amen
Sometimes Christ used spit and mud, sometimes he said. ... it is all faith and that faith is placed inside us by hearing the Gospel. The Church's great message is the simplicity of the Gospel. Thanks be to God. GREAT sermon padre - there are entire denominations that are Pelagians ... sad face right there. Jesus is the antidote to the infection.
Thank be to God (and thru Bishop Barron voice) to save our sinful soul ❤️❤️❤️❤️
We are blessed to have Bishop Barron with us. He is a living saint. Glory be to God!
What do I want? To do His will….🙏🙏🙏🐑
It's an incredible homily. Thanks, Bishop Barron. This video was a great message for me.
God bless you Bishop Barron. Thank you for having responded to God’s call.
Thank you, Bishop, for your homily. We need to approach Jesus, especially now in these times. God help us!
Santa Maria
How beautiful. Jesus, son of God have mercy on me.! Thank you Bishop Barron.
Glory to Jesus
Must avoid the cities of sin. God bless.
Amen❣️
Thank you bishop for this incredible sermon. Never heard of this text explained well as such all these while. Inspires me to read scriptures using this method. So exciting. 🙏"Thank You God The Holy Spirit for explaining scriptures through bishop at last🙏🙏"
Thank you so much for this wonderful sermon/lesson.
Wow you got it alright Debra
Would be nice to hear some of your experience too Glory to jesus
Thank you so much bishop. I am blessed by your teaching.
Que le Tout Puissant vous comble toujours de sa sagesse et vous soutienne ! Merci bcp Mgr Barron God bless you!
Wow Bishop, that was another great sermon. God bless you!
Thank you so much for this very important message for the "spirit of our age" - that sin binds, blinds, multiplies and deadens. In Christ alone is our cure. Kyrie Eleison.
Glory to Jesus
Sermons that make me cry.
Thank you Bishop Barron from Cape Town, Christ is the still point that draws us in speaks to me.
Me: "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, have mercy of me, a sinner" Lord: "What do you want me to do for you" Me: "Lord, I want to see"
That’s powerful!!!
THE LORD IS SO RICH IN LOVE & MERCY, HIS LOVE EXTENDS TO THE OUTER REACHES OF THIS UNIVERSE. THERE IS NO SIN THAT OUR LORD IN HIS MERCY CANNOT FORGIVE. THESE ARE THE WORDS I NEEDED TO HEAR TONIGHT. SOOO TRUE, THE LORD IS NEVER TOO EARLY & NEVER TOO LATE, HE IS ALWAYS ON TIME!!! . THANK YOU JESUS!! FOR WORD ON FIRE!!
ASK WITH A SINCERE HEART & YOU SHALL MOST CERTAINLY RECEIVE
Thank you Bishop Barron. I love how you break down scripture. I feel it pull me in. Thank God.
Hello
Thank you Bishop Barron
Thank you bishop Barron. I was amazed knowing for the first time how enrich and powerful this scene of the blind man healed by Jesus🙏 Your words are enlightening and so deep. Thank you for helping us see the spiritual meaning of this scene. God bless you Bishop.
What a gift! Thank you, Bishop Barron! It is difficult to follow the narrow path, but it is true trust in Jesus when we do...
Our support is our praying community, a very precious gift and blessing to find our true brothers and sisters seeking Jesus with us 🙏
BRILLIANT! Most comprehensive analogy of spirituality of all ages - esp. of mine! Thank you, Bishop, my perspective of my Faith is more enhanced and strengthened, not to mention, humbled by this your Sermon.
Wow you got it alright Angeles
Glory to jesus Benedicamus domini
As usual ,a homily filled with wisdom .Thank you Bishop, for feeding Jesus hungry lamb and Sheep. How I wished more Priests/Bishops preached with " Solid Food " like the way you delivered this very " Spiritual food" for Jesus spiritually hungry people. Bartimaeus story always reminds me of the woman who was bleeding for 12 years.Her " touch" made Jesus turned around and felt his power went out out from him because of the " Faith-from-the-heart' from the woman.Attached with her Faith was an " action " as her way of executing her faith. Bartimaeus has a very similar spiritual journey with this woman's. Bartimaeus suffered from physical blindness , heard about Jesus Godly works, probably everything Jesus did during his ministry and although he did not see his works due to his blindness , Bartimaeus BELIEVE , which brings us to Jesus own words... " Blessed are those who have not seen and yet, believe" Bartimaeus has " Faith-from-the-heart" and when he activated it, it made Jesus " stood still" because just like the woman who was bleeding for 12 years that made Jesus turned around from his chaotic and noisy environment, so is Bartimaeus voice who " asks" and because he asked from the " heart" and not just from his lips. Jesus heard and granted his request/prayer/petition. What you said here is very true. As a sinner who approach and calls on Jesus name, we ought to do the same.......with Faith from the heart.We all live within the border of " Jericho", with residents who are swimming in sins, Mortal and Venial, and because everyone's a sinner, we can's ask advise from any of our neighbors, for their response would just t be...." Everyone's doing it" and the sinning continues. The most common excuse from Christians is this line....." We're all like filthy/dirty rags". We don't have to be .We can clean that dirty rag, by avoiding " dirty places", by not wiping that rag into something we know can turn that rag undescribably filthy. We can avoid spots/places that made that rag dirty/filthy, but it takes courage, dedication, loyalty and faithfulness to the very Holy one we want to present that rag to be " clean" and it can be done, by avoiding to become filthy, which is very DOABLE, we can keep that rag clean. Catholics, WE can do it, as long as Jesus is your main focus and not the World/society. Try pleasing the " invisible' and not the " visible" beings and we can make the visible one " stood still and turn around" and say...... "Who touched me"? Or "WHO called on my name"? and we can EACH say our name..... "It's me , Lord, Linda". Then, Jesus will ask...." What do you want from me, Linda" and I can say....... " Please make my Faith stronger, so I can be faithful to you till my time here is over ", and the Jesus I KNEW, will. Thank you, Bishop for this GREAT video! Linda Worsham..
Well said Linda , the last time I spoke with you was 3 months ago the last day before your break from work , and your big clean up at home . it is great to see you are in such good form spiritually , with such an excellently written essay God bless you
Bishop Barron; Exelente thank you
An inspiring sermon that I will listen to many times. Thank you.
Wonderful message, Bishop! Your blessing. Greetings from Brazil!
Amen, amen! Thank you, Father and God bless you.
Beautiful sermon… Thank you Bishop.!
Excellent - as usual! Thank you Bishop Barron (& team)!
As ever, words of gold. Thank you, Bishop.
Good morning Bishop. God bless you and everyone reading this.
God Bless you and have mercy on you and us all, Bishop Robert Barron
Thank you, so powerful, so much insight and a plan of action for those who listen
Oh so beautiful how You love us, Lord.
Listening from St Leonards in England. I also like the hymn 'O Come Emmanuel' it is well known here by both Catholics and non-Catholic Christians. I think the Latin hymn on which it is based used to be sung in procession by monks during Advent.
Lord I want to see!🙏🕊🌈
A great sermon!
Thank you Bishop Barron. Open my Eyes Lord
This was an amazing homily. Thank you Bishop Barrón.