Hints of the Holy Spirit - Bishop Barron's Sunday Sermon
Friends, we’re getting very close to Pentecost, the great feast of the descent of the Spirit. And on this Sixth Sunday of Easter, the Church gives us three readings that are hinting at the Holy Spirit-a kind of foretaste of that descent.
Mass Readings:
Reading 1 - Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48
Psalm - Ps 98:1, 2-3, 3-4
Reading 2 - 1 Jn 4:7-10
Gospel - Jn 15:9-17
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I have followed you, Bishop Baron, ever since “Catholicism” PBS shows. I used to think how courageous is this priest. You strengthened my faith. But till this day i still think… Who are you? Every time i listen to you, even though i have heard the readings so many times before, i learn and rejoice in the new message you provide. You are full of the holly spirit. God bless you.
I just finished Bishop Baron!!!! We must be on the same algorithym
Amen
I learn much as well, even though I heard these readings this weekend!
Thanks for your speech on the Holy Spirit!
Agreed
I'm so thankful, Bishop Barron, that you make your Sunday sermons freely available to everyone.
[62] And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called. [63] And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all. [64] And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God. [65] And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea. Luke 1 : 62-65 Peace be upon you. I hope you ask the priest what the 8-day-old boy did so that the mountains of Judea would talk about him and those present would marvel at him. 4. Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his country, among his relatives, and in his own house.” 5. And he was not able to do any power there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them. (Mark, 6) Why couldn't Christ perform a miracle?
Lord I know you have a purpose for me. Even though at times I do not understand. I have complete trust in you Heavenly Father. Being a single mom with two children with special needs is overwhelming at times. Every month is a struggle to get by. But as I struggle to pay rent and as I struggle to buy groceries for my children. I keep faith. Faith is all I have left. I WILL NEVER STOP TRUSTING THE LORD. God give me strength. 💕
God bless you 🙏
Amen. Praying for you. But mostly thanking God for the Faith and love He has given you. Stick to Him. And He will do the rest.
I pray 🙏🏽 to God for you . He knows your needs better than I could . In Jesus name Amen.
God sends the greatest suffering to those he loves the most.
My husband is dying, & I struggle with joy right now. But oh, God does live in me. Thank you!
Sending compassion and sincere tenderness . I know what you are living and I’m sorry . Allow me to say , as you go through this, lean into the love fully … lean , lean .
I’m so sorry for the pain and loss to come. I truly hope for his joy and peace with God in heaven.
I will pray for you at this most difficult time. The love you have had with your husband makes the pain of losing him worthwhile. God is LOVE. Hold on to that during this time of suffering!
❤ Lord Jesus, the Divine Physician, we lift up those in need of healing. May Your grace and love bring wholeness and peace to their lives through Christ our Lord. Amen. ❤
I am praying for your husband and for you❤
If I live a million years and each day give away the unconditional love God has given me, I would not reach the end.
Praise the Lord! The Holy Spirit Renew the face of the Earth!! Hallelujah!!!
May God bless you Bishop Barron.❤️ I will pray for you.
I have never seen a better example of the Holy Spirit at work than when the Bishop speaks. Hallelujah 😊 Thank you Bishop for your work, may God continue to work through you
Amen ❤
A lot of times when I say the rosary, I say it with Bishop Barron. I have some of his books and it’s amazing when I read the words, I hear him, his cadence and the way he speaks come through to me. I am one of the lucky ones, who now can call him MY bishop… he is now Bishop of my diocese. How we are blessed!!
Make the best out of this blessing
Indeed you ARE BLESSED to have him as your Bishop❤😊.
Truly blessed!
I'm so sorry, Jesus, for all my sins. I'm so sorry. Thank you, Jesus, for saving me. 🙏🏼 Jesus I trust in you always.
The Catholic Church found its pulse again. Well done Bishop Barron! I love your exuberance & JOY in this sermon! "Shout it from the rooftops what I whisper to you in secret." ✝️ 🕊
In gratitude to Bishop Barron for God’s amazing work and for Word On Fire!
Every time I listen to your sermons Bishop it makes me fall in love more with the Catholic faith. God’s unconditional and conditional love makes perfect sense to me
I’ve just discovered Bishop Baron. What a preacher and more so teacher. The presentation on Thomas Aquinas blew me away. It met the listener rather than impressed the listener like my professor who introduced Thomas Aquinas long ago. Bishop Baron wishes to instruct and impart knowledge, share knowledge and above all instill the confidence to grasp it and make it one’s own. I hope teachers and professors are observing how Bishop Baron so modestly and simply presents his subject. I recall facing philosophy class with such trepidation. Thank you so much , Bishop Baron for making philosophy for everyone.
Bishop Barron, I love your sermons. I just converted this year and I’m excited for what The Lord has in store.
What A Friend We Have in Jesus, like the song tells us. Bishop Barron, your words always reach my soul. With Daily and Sunday Sermons I am always listening to and being lifted by your messages and daily scripture. God is with you as He is with me but still I ask God to bless you richly.
Thank yiu Bishop Barron for your always uplifting sermons 🙏🏻 i lost my way some time back and now returned to GOD and I am happy at last. My parish priest has welcomed me back with kindness and love, so I rejoice in GOD'S love again. One parisoner has been sending me your sermons and i am truly blessed to receive them , you are an inspiring Bishop in every way and I look forward to ALL your sermons. Thank you for helping me on the way GID BLESS YOU ALWAYS 🙏🏻🙏🏻💖
Listening to Bishop Barron makes the Christian faith so beautiful.
Can't say the same about the Pope (who invites Gavin Newsom to speak about climate). Ah, but we should forgive him
This homily reenforces what is true about our faith. There should be no grumpy Catholics. Joy is a sign for all to see the Holy Spirit is behind and in the works we perform for our brothers and sisters. This is truly an indication of love blended together with joy.
Many thanks Bishop Barron. Every time I listen to you, I learn quite a lot. May the Lord continue to bless you with the wisdom and knowledge you always share with us.
Come Holy Spirit Fill The Hearts Of The Faithful, Enkindle The Fire Of Your Love. In Jesus Name Amen
Saint Bede the Venerable, PRAY FOR US!
GOD BLESS US ALL
God bless Bishop Barron, Amen
Thank you Bishop Barron. I agree , nothing can make people more curious today than someone with a joyful spirit. What a wonderful way to evangelize. Letting God radiate through our joyfulness.
"The Holy Spirit IS the love that God is."
Love is God. And the Holy Spirit is God. To keep God's commandments and have his joy, means you have the Holy Spirit. Thank you so much, Bishop Barron, for this teaching.
I said before and I'll say it again. Even if all you said was "Peace be with you", I would still tune in. Thank you once again for a beautiful homily your Excellency ✝️🙏.
Thank you for the beautiful sermon Your Excellency. My newborn is getting baptized next Sunday, on the Feast day of the Ascension of our Lord. We've named him Elijah. Please keep us in your prayers. ☦️🙏
Thank you Bishop Barron for a wonderful homily!
Please continue to pray for Ukraine🙏. We've been suffering from Russia for so many years 😢
Glory to Ukraine! The USA will never abandon the Ukraine!!!!
@SS-zg6of We know that! Thank you, dear brothers and sisters! God bless all of you and your country 🙏 ❤️
Amazing to think that the Russian Church is firmly behind Putin's invasion and war on Ukraine. This is something utterly non Christian. Pray for the Russian Orthodox Church, especially its leadership. They must repent from this terrible heresy.
We pray for peace ❤
Pray Ukraine leaves nato to the other countries and Russia won’t be a threat to anyone
i felt the Holy Spirit when listening to this message. This is beautiful. I have grown to love the Holy Spirit deeply and i get so excited to hear Bishop Barton’s messages on the Holy Spirit
Thank you so much Bishop Barron for all you do! -prayers & joy 🔥🙏💜.
Oh, that must be why you always start your daily gospel reflection with "friends" in the emails! 🥰 As always, a beautiful sermon. ❤
Happy Ascension Thursday! May God bless Word on Fire! ❤️🙏❤️
Peace with all my brothers in christ
Please, God!
Amen Peace and Blessings. Thank you Bishop Barron. Easy to follow and understand
Joy and friendship with God must mark all Christians. Something we must work on everyday, through prayer, patience, and seeking to be holy.
Brilliant & True!Thank you, God, for Bishop Barron!
"Only Christianity says that God is love ... The Holy Spirit is the love that God is ..." *- Bishop Barron*
It's so good to hear a Roman Catholic pastor teaching truth.
Come Holy Spirit fill the heart's of thy faithful and enkindle the fire of Love...
I am a devout catholic and I speak in tongues pentecostal style every day. It happened for me by surrendering and seeking a direct experience with Jesus.
Jesus,I trust in you Amen❤❤❤
Thanks be to God, for His love endures forever. 🙏🏻
God Bless you Bishop Barron and thank you for this channel that all can hear the Truth!
There are many gifts God gives his servants when it is needed something greater. Sometimes the gift is just the ability to inspire people to not feel alone, or hopeless, but to have a reason to see a new day, and to do so with love in their hearts, faith and truth in their mind.
Joy, joy, joy. God is love and love is joy. Thank you Bishop Barron, may God fill your heart with joy and love, amen
Amen! It is like a dynamite that deeply convicted me hearing this sermon about the Holy Spirit🔥🔥🔥Thank you, Bishop Barron.
“Christians should be joyful”. Beautiful and so true! Thanks once again Bishop Barron 🙏🙏
Thanks be to God for another insightful homily. Bishop Barron masterfully reminds us that the Holy Spirit is the result of God's love, and keeping in step with the Holy Spirit, we are called to be the manifestation of the love God experiences in the Trinity. And we should be filled with joy that God, Who, in the words of St. Thomas Aquinas, enjoys Himself, is dwelling in us through the Holy Spirit, the result of His love.
Thank you Bishop Barron for another beautiful sermon of the works of Holy Spirit in us
May I remain in the Spirit, giving thanks to God!
God I am a sinner. Have mercy on me.
Billy, yes we are all sinners. But please keep this in mind: Yes, God loves you, even though you constantly sin...BUT, that really isn't the question....the question for you, for all of us, is... do we love God, how much do we love God?! Meaning...God loves us even though we offend him, but what do we do to try and give that love back? Do we do EVERYTHING we can, do we ask him ..to make us stop offending Him. We expect Him to 'give us the gifts' to 'do something for us' to help us stop sinning...but do we submit to Him do we do our part to chase after Him instead of that sin we are attached to?? There is no way we can do it ourselves, on our own...we have to truly, truly, truly, in our hearts, enough that it might kill us, to turn away from that sin. Remember, there are those who say 'God loves me anyway'....well then, He does, but at the end He is going to say you chose that over me. Keep fighting, keep trying and He will accept that, you will be His..'live in the Holy Spirit's not in the darkness 'on my own I can do nothing, but with you, I can do everything!'. "JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU" - please look up Divine Mercy devotion
Love the line, What is it that God does? He enjoys himself!
VERY VERY POWERFUL SERMON. Thank you Bishop Barron. You inspire me every time again. 🙏🌱
Being friend of God… amazing! His love be with us all!!!
Thank you Bishop I will try to show God's joy at work ! Thank you for your explanation of today's readings. May God continue to bless you. DECOLORES .YOUR SISTER IN CHRIST
Bishop, I've been listening to and learning from your wonderful homilies and other teachings for years now, but this is truly one of your best. Thank you for sharing God's gifts to you with the world. May he bless you to continue to do so for many years to come.
When I listen to your teachings Bishop Baron I feel the Holy Spirit upon me, you have been my spiritual mentor ever since I listen you for the first time many years ago, how wonderful to see that God has blessed you with the power of Love in Jesus name.
Thank you Bishop Barron! God bless you!!🙏🏻❤️🕊🌟🎶
What a glorious day. This is the day the Lord has blessed. My heart is overflowing with gratitude and love ❤️ ❤❤❤😊
What does God do all day? Enjoy himself - that's the Spirit!
I have been knocking and seeking and the Lord has revealed Himself and His treasures through Bishop Barron. Thank You Lord.
A very good sermon on the existence of the Holy spirit in a Christian. You are validating the existence of the Spirit through the gift of joy.
I believe that the Holy Spirit calms me enough to write or speak the words that need to be said. Otherwise, I struggle with it. What's funny about that to me is that I graduated with a bachelor of arts in communication-theater with a minor in psychology. It was Grace that helped me meet people in my work experiences to receive a Master's Degree in Organizational Psychology with a focus on Educational Leadership. How do I get to use it? Operating a shuttle at a busy airport. And that's more Grace. That's how I'm relating to this homily. Thank you, Bishop Barron.
“Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful. And kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And you will renew the face of the earth”
Wow! Thank you Bishop Barron. Trinity: lover(Father), beloved(Son), share love(Holy Spirit). Divine love always comes first. Holy Spirit is given to us. “Joy”comes from “sharing love”-Holy Spirit.
It seems the Christian notions of joy is different than secular notions of joy in many ways. I believe Mother Teresa was always joyful - even doing very difficult work; and all the while being in a spiritual "Dark Night of the Soul" she remained Happy to serve God and the poor.
Thank you for your sustained dedication to the Kingdom of God in the Church
A most wonderful sermon and my purest sense is telling me it’s spot on! LOVE is truly the only Truth that matters. All Existence comes from it and nothing can long endure without it. GOD wonderfully and simply…is love.
I feel the more I pray the more I receive God’s love and bask in it. I tell the Lord You are mine and I am yours…..but I will share you with everyone.
Thank you, Bishop Baron for giving assurance of God's grace, hope, and love
Gracias Bishop Baron to listening to your calling and share with us your gifts… praying for your always God bless you
Love is the center of reality itself.
Thank you Bishop Barron. You are a good shepherd ✝️
Hi Bishop Barron. Thank you for one more great homily. I loved the link you made between Love and the Holy Spirit.
Thank you, Bishop Baron. You teach your sheep with so many facts about Scripture. I always ask the Holy Spirit to come into my heart and my soul. We love you, Bishop Baron!
Here at St Mary’s of Uxbridge, MA NE , we listen to Bishop Barron at Bible study every week for many years . I pray Bishop Barron will be the first Pope from United States. He’s got all the credentials ✝️🙏🏽
Always beautiful to listen to you Bishop!🙏
BEAUTIFUL Homily Bishop Barron. Thank You .
Absolutely a very insightful and beautiful homily. Thank you Bishop Barron for your reflection on each of the reading for this the sixth Sunday of Easter. You are truly a gift to the Church and your priesthood.
Lord give me joy and friendship by following you and opening up my soul to receive the Holy Spirit
Thank you Bishop Barron! Peace...
Peace be with you
The truth is right there in the Gospel, and it is GOOD NEWS.
Amen. Come Holy Spirit! 🕊 "Spare me joyless Christians..." ~ Bishop Barron. Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls..." ~Mother Teresa. 💙🙏
Thank you Bishop Barron and May God Bless You!
Thank you Bishop
Thank you Bs Barron for your spirit filled enlightening Homily.God bless you and your Ministry.Have a blessed day.
Love, when it breaks out, is the most extraordinary thing. -Bishop Robert Barron
Oh so true , “ when it breaks out” , it moves mountains , heals, and brings utter joy to the giver and the recipient , hands down . It’s the elixir, it is all and the reason why we are here , survive and thrive . I have had the grace my whole life . Should I die today , absolutely have had the most beautiful and extraordinary life through love ! Love my triple B!
thank you for explaining the distinction between God's conditional and unconditional love. It's beautiful.
God Bless Bishop Barron The Holy Spirit is the Love between the Father and the Son
Dear God thank you for Bishop Barron. Thank you Holy Spirit. Amen
That’s wonderful! God bless you, Bishop! Thanks be to the Lord🥰
Thank you Bishop Barron ❤
Thank you Bishop Barron 🙏. May God fill you with His Joy 😊.
Profound Joy!!!!
God bless you, Bishop Barron. Greetings from Mexico.
I loke how the Jewish people handled this: The joy of the Lord is our strength. And they wore the commandments of God. Only Jesus can make that happen. There is definitely a dividing line. That Gospel is so good.
I love what happens at that part in mass when it said something like, Lift your hearts to the Lord; it is right and just to give thanks and praise to the Lord God. YAY!
Spare me the joyless Christian…. That’s gold 👌🏽
Thank you Bishop Barron. May God bless you. Your words reach our ears. Thank God!