When God’s Ways Are Confusing - Bishop Barron's Sunday Sermon
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- Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
- Friends, I do a lot of debating and dialoguing with agnostics and atheists, and very often, when they attack the faith, it's along the lines of: How could an all-knowing and all-good God allow (fill in the blank)? Why does he allow childhood leukemia, or natural catastrophes, or animal suffering? Much of the objection hinges upon the puzzle that is proposed by the existence of God. And we hear a classic answer from within the heart of our tradition today in our second reading from St. Paul to the Romans.
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I don't fully understand God, but I trust my life to Him completely. I know that He loves me.
Yes, that is a good mind to have. I hope your catholicism does not get in the way, I worry about your party on these things: hopefully no worries are necessary for you. Blessings.
God rest
Agreed .
I believe, in order to understand; & I understand, the better to believe (St Augustine of Hippo. 354-430 AD).
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Why would Catholisum get in the way? Its the one true Church. He is a Bishop of our Church silly.
He doesn't like idolatry the belief in JC is idolatry
Like a child who knows how much the parents love but struggles to understand why they do what they do...but still trusts them... that's a great way of looking at it. Thx Bishop Barron.
I believe, in order to understand; & I understand, the better to believe (St Augustine of Hippo. 354-430 AD).
to Seby Joseph, "... to understand why they do what they do" 'and be who they are' and in uncertainty of belief trust them as "Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe." (RSV John 20:29).
"When you are dealing with God who is not a thing in the world, you are going to a place *where the streets have no name."* - BISHOP BARRON
I lived in that place! A little town in west Texas.
The streets have no name!! I like that
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I'm a returning Catholic. Trusting God has never been my strong suit. He's never allayed my fears or despair when struggle and strife stack up in my life with no silver linings to be found. My only conviction in faith is that He exists, and maybe He will help me and my loved ones in our times of need if we ask Him to when He feels like it.
@TheSunnyman3 For anyone confused here, this isnt really a statement of my ultimate trust in God guiding me through or anything. I'm admitting my fatalism. Life often seems like it's just getting worse, I accumulate scars that ache, hope for the future fades, and I wonder why God chose to let these things happen. No answers come, and I'm left feeling sad, frustrated, full of angst, and trusting Him less.
I have a Christian therapist that has guided me through the processes of letting go of past losses, resentments, anger, trauma.....
I now have cleared more space in my heart and soul for God to fill. I am learning it requires hard work and courage (facing my fears) to rid myself of these unresolved issues and experiences. Ask for a friend, spiritual advisor, or priest to recommend someone. It make take a few tries to click with the right therapist but don't give up. It works if you work it.
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Everything is grace. We all came from nothing. The sooner we recognize this nothingness, the quicker we learn to be grateful about the things we have, not for our own sake but for others. Consider the lives of the Saints. The victim souls who’ve known the most tragic, most suffering one could ever fathom. How did they overcome those trials? By complete surrender. Letting His will be done in our lives is not easy if we only rely on our natural abilities. It is a supernatural gift that we can only possess if we have God as our only object. Love is giving without counting the cost. There can be no holiness without suffering. Everything is grace. And He is everything.
I just read this quote in The Dialogue by St. Catherine of Siena that might help: “to exercise them in virtue and to lift them up out of their imperfection, I take back my spiritual comfort and let them experience struggles and vexations. I do this to bring them to perfect knowledge of themselves, so that they will know that of themselves they have neither existence nor any grace. I want them, in time of conflict, to take refuge in me by seeking me and knowing me. This is why I give them these troubles. And though I may take away their comfort, I do not take away grace.”
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Your sharing reminds me of Job. 😔🙏🏼💔
May you hear God in the silence, and bless you with his healing graces today.
May God continue to use you , may the Holy Spirit continue to strengthen and encourage you Bishop Barron 🙏 ❤️ 🙌
Bishop Barron, you are he finest teacher I have ever had. God bless you for that! Thank you so much for all you do.
Bro help me if you can to get groceries to sustain me for a month. I haven't had a job for many months now. Weird ask I know. 🤦♂
And do not believe the negative reviews on America article.
My Bible just opened on the very verse from Romans you were reading, dear Father. Blessings 🙏
Thanks benedica il Segnore l try to trast in Good not judge and acept his love.
Not an accident. He wants us to Dig Deep.
Oliver Clark to Timon, St Paul should be read with caution given his "opinion" at RSV 1Cor7:25-35 that consecrated celibate marriage vowed to man in Christ is a higher vocation than consecrated male female marriage vowed to God: re the married man in a consecrated male female marriage RSV 1 Cor 7:34 asserts "his interests are divided".
The two consecrated marriages of Mary as celibate at Luke 1:38 and male female at Mt 1:24 are equal in excellence. Bishop Barron in error asserts consecrated celibate marriage is "a higher way of love" at time 51:34 of his interview by Lex Fridman on "Christianity and the Catholic Church" on 21 July 2022.
The "worldwide catastrophe" (Pope Francis, 10 June 2021) of sexual abuse has resulted from acting on this opinion of St Paul repeatedly compounded in roman catholic church role group teaching most recently by:
1. Pope St Paul V1 in his Encyclical Letter, "Of Human Life", Humanae Vitae, 1968 at n.12 not adding 'qualitatively equal' to "inseparable ... union and procreation" in marriage,
2. Pope St John Paul 2 in his exhortation Familiaris Consortio in 1981, 16: "Virginity or celibacy, by liberating the human heart in a unique way, "so as to make it burn with greater love for God and all humanity," bears witness that the Kingdom of God and His justice is that pearl of great price which is preferred to every other value no matter how great, and hence must be sought as the only definitive value. It is for this reason that the Church, throughout her history, has always defended the superiority of this charism to that of marriage, by reason of the wholly singular link which it has with the Kingdom of God.".
As Christians it’s vital to trust God no matter what we are facing. God is our only strength in this world. Like many other single parents things are tough on me. Both of my sons are autistic and non verbal. I’m constantly struggling to provide for my boys. Now that I’m home schooling them things are especially hard. I’m having trouble getting their school supplies. I’m overwhelmed and so ashamed. Father God hear my prayers. My faith in you is strong! Even as I constantly struggle to pay my rent. And I constantly struggle to provide groceries for my children! I trust you Lord! I’m choosing to keep faith. Walking with faith is the most important thing us christian’s must do. That’s why love compassion and prayers are all we truly need. Please keep me in your prayers. Prayers are all I need.
Dear Ms. or Mr. Miller, Prayers may be all you need, but still that is expected to be concretized into human hands, imho. How/where can we help you, if you want to share that info? I realize today it may just be AI, but I'm "trusting" it is real human being!
Prayers for you and your family that God!
TiffMiller🙏🙏🙏you will be forever in my prayers🙏🙏🙏with Love ♥️♥️♥️
Thank you very much, dear Bishop Barron! The best greetings from Ukraine! God bless you! I try to watch your sermons every Sunday. Thank you again. Best regards, Yaroslav
i love this! thanks much Bishop Barron!! God loves me so much He blessed me with instinctive, unbreakable trust in Him from when i was a child up to now (when i'm 60 yrs old). nothing can break my faith and love for God and the Catholic Church even though I don't understand much of His ways. i just trust that He loves me and will always keep me (and the whole world) in His care no matter what -- that i am more than 100% sure. God bless you more Bishop Barron! will always pray for you.
AMEN!
I love you Bishop Barron!
This message makes it loud and clear! I don’t question the Lords’ ways , only trust!!✝️
Father knows best!!!!!
You take one sentence and bring to life, in vivid detail, the message of the Gospel and the world of the early Christians. How we hunger for the depth of your interpretation of the Gospel. Thank you Bishop Barron.
You are reaching so many & me. Thank you Bishop🙏🏻🩵🕊
God has no boundaries ❤. Thank you Bishop Barron 🙏
I enjoyed your message. What an amazing God we serve! I am like that child, trusting his character because I know that I am loved.
More than that even, I am free. Free from the chains that bind.
I am sympathetic with my Catholic brothers and sisters who are chained to the mass, guilted with the confessional, burdened with the rituals of Hail Marys and indulgences and the unsettling fear of purgatory.
When Jesus said from the cross, “It is finished”, I believe him. It’s settled the moment we truly believe and are changed by his message, born again in the spirit.
“And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession-to the praise of his glory.”
Ephesians 1:13-14
What wonderful freedom.
Jesus himself has gone before us and is our forever High Priest! When that veil was torn, there was no longer a need for an earthly priest as our go-between.
“where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”
Hebrews 6:20
Thank you Lord Jesus!
I beg you to consider this all-perfect plan laid out by our Heavenly Father to be as it was intended, a gift.
Gifts aren’t earned, they are bestowed.
May God bless you and keep you and reveal to you secret things that until now have remained a mystery.
Great homily. I don’t know why I do some of the things I do. I am a mystery to myself. How can I expect to understand and know others and God when I am my own mystery? At some point, I must surrender that it is okay to accept the Mystery of God. I will always be in awe of His ways. I am on a lifetime journey to get more of God and less of me. ❤😊
We’ll said.❤️
Excellent! True and pretty funny too.👍🙏🤤
Beautiful Bishop Barron.. I always remember from Isiah
My ways are not your ways
My thoughts are not your thoughts.
Really God's ways are mysterious.
Yes. Yet I will trust in God.
Bishop Barron, one of the GREATEST theologians and brightest minds of our time! Thank you
Thank you Bishop Barron. May GOD bless and protect you always. ➕️ ♥️
Praying for you to be save my friend ,
Oh the lightbulb went on when you spoke about the child and parent!
Thank you very much, dear Bishop Barron!
Watching from Africa
Amen
Excellent analogy for human understanding of God.
Hello Bishop Barron! Thank you so much for your homily of this section of Romans.
Many years ago, I took a Calculus 3 class. I was struggling with my understanding of an XYZ graph. Then, one class, my teacher did a problem on the board and drew the graph. He said something that really hit home in my understanding of the graph...I don't remember what he said exactly, but it worked. All of a sudden, it dawned on me. Though my teacher was drawing a flat XYZ graph on the board, it wasn't really like that. In fact, the Z-axis was actually sticking out of the board. I has been looking at a 3 dimensional graph as a linear object. It totally changed my perspective and after that, I began to do well in the coursework. This explanation of how we need to trust in God was just like that for me. Especially the part about the 4 year old child. It's like the Z-axis came straight out the board and where I was seeing something as linear, it's actually 3 dimensional. I don't know if that makes any sense, but honestly, it certainly has made a difference for me. So, again, thank you for your gift of explaining Scripture, not linearly, but in a deeper 3- dimensional capacity. It is so greatly appreciated!
The cloud of unknowing, I love. The text with which God brought me back to his church. Back but deeper into Him. Blessing and Joy. Thank you Father for the way you speak to us and the instruments you use in your infinite Grace. Make us Dear Father instruments of your Peace. Bless your child Bishop Robert, your fine tuned instrument of wisdom. Help us hold your face in our eyes always. May You be all we see. We adore you. Amen
I love Paul's writings. Thanks Bishop Baron!
What do you recommend to start off with ? for someone who has no real knowledge of his writings. Thanks !!!
They call his book to Romans the 5th gospel
to traumaballz, Bishop Barron has let prey by diseased 'familyist' family members on emotionally and or psychologically vulnerable family members for economic advantages of his family by tax-exemption embezzlements and lower insurance cost by fraud.
He does this by grooming them with his occult as hidden, incest connected as substitute spouse, non-economic false status inducement of "a higher way of love" (His interview by Lex Fridman in 24 July 2022 at time 51:34) or "higher vocation" (roman catholic church role group teaching - see TTMHS, PCF, 1995, 35 - until Pope Francis was supported to change this on or just after 10 June 2021 but regressed into it in his General Audience on 15 February 2023 when without support to steady him, cf. Exodus 17:11) of consecrated celibate marriage vowed to man in Christ to consecrated male female marriage vowed to God.
Childlike faith, thank you for the perspective, Bishop Barron.
Thank you bishop Barron, I will ponder on this sermon. I like seeing the Crucifix, I have one in my bedroom and when I'm pondering after asking for guidance of Jesus I look at the crucifix and it calls to mind all the goodness, fasting, walking, little sleep , praying to the father that Jesus did for us and yet so many turned from him once they knew that following him meant possibe persecution. People want diluted faith , no sacrifices, they have itching ears and want easier softer way , I did too many decades ago and remained drunk until I took the narrow path, trusted in him through the ups and downs and remained sober as I do still.
Oh, Bishop Barron!!! This sermon is amazing!!! God bless you!!!
*Father Lord, thank You for the grace of being alive today! Life goes by so quickly:: please help me to live to love well and take nothing for granted! Please help me to be a good steward with my time,my health,and all You've entrusted to me! Help me to let go of regret and all the things I cannot change! Help me to do my best and then trust everything else to Your hands In Jesus precious name I ask these things.Amen*
I'm so glad I was taught by my friend Bishop Fulton J Sheen.
He spoke to all people not just Catholics.
Another one of my great teachers was father Filas who taught me about the shroud of Turin.
There have been many times I have turned to the Catholic church and they have not been there for me. Today I am a recovering Catholic.
Thank you❤ Bishop god bless you 🙏🏼❤️👏🏻🙏🏼❤️👏🏻🙏🏼❤️
watching from the Philippines….thank you
Beautiful sermon bishop baron 🙏
I’ve read Romans 11, 33-35 years ago many times and the words have lifted me up every time, thank God, through his Spirit. That’s who He is! You’ve described it in simple specific words. Thanks for such inspirational insights.
Best I've heard yet on this subject. Good arguments and explanations for having trust.
The most rational discussion of the "why does God allow..." question that I have heard.
God is not always understandable but not loosing in trust him is a gift.thanks blessings
Amazing. . . Bishop Barron, I love your logic and rationale. It’s interesting that that line of reasoning often ends up in paradoxical language. It intrigues me, and somehow leads me to a better understanding of the one, true church - our Catholic faith. Blessings.
Thank you for the message, Bishop. It answered my very question, "Lord, why you let these things happen to me and my family?"
from Oliver Clark, my question was of God asking how is kept/allowed the inseparability and qualitative equality of things happening to me and my being becoming?
"GOD is not a thing among others in the universe" important fact.
Smiling in gratitude, Bishop Barron. I in no way intend a sliver of irreverence when I say: "Bishop Barron, you are a man of the people." You come down to eye level with us, like a good child therapist does with a child, and speak to our questions. Speaking for myself here. Again, and again and again, I have encountered the questions you address from believers and non-believers and from lapsed believers. All other questions seem subsumed beneath the one you addressed today. Be well, blessings.
Very well said Bishop. I do a lot of studying and yes God puzzles me at times. But then I don’t question or entertain that thought too much… I say Jesus I trust in you and let it go. Nothing like solid good Faith!! Thank you. 🙏❤️
to Aleksandra ..., 'Nothing like solid good in uncertainty belief as the keeping of the inseparability and qualitative equality of thinking procreation role gift mind and having faith heart identity in need of union.
Thanks for the homily Bishop Robert Barron! Thank for sharing with us your faith and the great theological gift God has given to you. Thanks for your extraordinary efforts to evangilize us.
God bless you 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you Bishop... U r a blessing to all of us.. ❤
I feel like we should still know God better than we do. I feel like God should reveal Himself more than He does. It's too hard to follow Him. He's too hard on us. We're just human beings, after all.
I get it . Trust is the key word.
Thank you Fr Barron.
Currently in such a hard time i feel like id rather die but i know that God is with me
If you give me your first name…I will pray for our Father to guide you through this hard time.
@@Tinkerlooful it is zalfa, please pray for me
Your comment about why do we think we should be able to understand the depth of God is something that sticks with me. It can be difficult to live in the mystery from both sides
So well done. Paul's letter to the Romans is so difficult to understand... but this homily connected the dots for my simple mind. God bless you, Bishop Barron!
Thank you, Bishop Barron for your reflection on Paul’s Letter of Romans 11. So many people raise this question of wanting to understand God’s Ways and Why Does God allow all this suffering in our world?
You gave a wonderful explanation , examples and challenge to all of us as believers. God bless your preaching!
Peace and all good, Sr. Brigid, OP
St. Paul❤His loveletters to every Christians in the empire, who were systematically killed by lions, wild beasts, or hanging on a cross. God bless you, Bishop Barron!
You came just in time with these revelations. Thank you.
Excellent as always. God works in mysterious ways and i adore that.
"Why do we think for a second that we should be able to fully understand the judgments of God?" That's a huge wow!!!
You knocked this sermon out of the park as usual Bishop. May the Lord continue to bless you as you feed his flock there in Minnesota and here online. God has used you to make my faith in him stronger than ever.
Wonderful sermon Bishop. I continue to trust my God even though I don't understand what is happening around me. GOD BLESS YOUR MINISTRY
God bless you Bishop Barron. I have a son who is Austic. Sometimes I do question God, why did he allow it happen to my son. But now I get it, just trust him.
Phenomenal sermon father. Thank you
Each week I am in awe as I listen to Bishop Barron
‘s sermon, so Spirit inspired. May the good Lord continue to bless & inspire u
with the gifts of Knowledge,Wisdom, patience & understanding. God bless u.Jean
Perrem ☘️
For those whose parents don't love them: God loves you. He's different from your parents. Many priests and therapists had parents who loved them. So they say things like "Your parents love you." But all that means is that their parents loved them. They aren't purposefully trying to gaslight you. Some parents don't love their children. But the Good News is that God loves you so much. Unconditionally! Don't let your natural parents take away your awareness God's love. It's always there, whether you realize it or not.
Thank you for that clarification; for those who do not fit in the normal way that life should be.
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Your homily, Bishop Barron has added more feather to my Knowledge of God. It’s so true that God is undefinable and unknowable. The right attitude to God is simply trust. As a child, my mother taught me that “God knows,” meaning that God knows what’s going on. But we don’t.
God showed himself to us through our Lord Jesus Christ
The child and parent analogy really made it sink in for me. Thank you for that understanding.
Thank you. May I have that child’s trust in God.
A friend of mine is certain that there are three of you.
Sooo much activity from one single person. :D
Faith is the substances of things hoped fir, for evidences not seen.
Thank you Bishop for so subtly leading us to this thought.
Cant wait to hear more Pauline lectures from you.
Wooooow woooow woooow!!!! Hermosísima reflexión graaaaaciaaaaas Padre Robert saludos desde Merida a Yucatan así arrancare con las clases de Catequesis para papás
God puts these sufferings in front of us ..for our eyes to see and help..to be moved w compassion and pity to help these poor souls...but they are not feeling pain. God spares them ..he allows us to see the pain in order to help..
The analogy of the relationship of a child with his or her parents is extremely touching...it opens our minds to the infinite mystery of the inscrutable love of God.
Remembering my own story of the relationship with my most beloved parents, I am finding it impossible to hold back my tears while writing these few lines...but I am trying to console myself with my faith...that everything has been a part of the mystery of Divine Love which remains inscrutable for me...
Used to struggle a lot with the problem of good vs evil. Why does God allow evil, etc, ect. Until one day I looked back at all the suffering my family and the world and I had and I realized that a great majority of that suffering was due to human sin: greed, lust, sloth, etc. People have freedom of choice and if we don’t choose the good - if we don’t choose the good of the other as Barron quotes from. Acquinas - then we cause pain and suffering.. Everyone is guilty of it. So next time your next door neighbor or family member loses their job, child, or sanity, step in and help them. Don’t let it just be the government that helps, you help. Make sure they don’t lose their house, help them find a job, help clean their house, visit them in the hospital. And I’ll try and do the same! That you, Bishop Barron, for following Jesus and d as hearing some of Him with us.
I love your insights and all of your teachings in books and videos..thank you Bishop Barron and God bless you
A great analogy there, the comparison of child to parent, man to God. He is certainly beyond comprehension, as my poor mother was. But instinctively I loved her for leading me in the right direction, to God.
Love the analogy of the child and the parents. I’m going to use that. Ty Bishop Barron.
Thank you Father Barron. May God bless you, continue to inspire you, and always keep you safe. You are doing His work, may you blessed as you are blessing us with a deeper understanding of His word.
The depth and the wisdom and knowledge of God..!!!😊🙏 thank you father.
Thank you 🙏 god blessed
Tha no you got putting this scripture in perspective!! The phrase "Come to me like little children" now also means so much more!
thank u Bishop Barron. i love listening to your inspired sermons. they're well articulated and on point.
We finite humans have a tendency to try to put the infinite indefinable God in a box and imagine we have Him figured out. it really takes the humility of a child to relate to in faith to this loving Being revealed in Christ...
I have to add to my vocab the words "I don't know" when people ask "why" about God ..
thanks for your faithful teaching.. God bless u always 🙏
I’ve known my mother in law for 36 years now and she still amazes me. For instance, she can use a broom both as a tool and a transportation device
Ha ha.😂
The clarity of God is confusing to our mind. We understand Him not by knowing but by trusting.
It has been said that St. Peter trusted God...even after He cured Peter's mother-in-law!😇
An infinite, indisputable person...Your analogy of our relationship with God and that of a child to his parents. We know they love us but we can't understand why they allow things to happen to us. I often thought of this when I took my babies for the immunizations. One minute they were smiling, laughing on my lap and the next, once the shot was administered, the utter look of betrayal. It was always hard on both of us even though I knew they had to have it for their protection. Excellent sermon.
I trust in God's Wisdom. Thank you Bishop Barron for yet another understanding of God ❤🙏
It is impossible to fully comprehend God as the human mind can never process God's devine intervention or question why he does what he does. Time & space as we know it here on earth does not even come close to how God works , all we can do is know the love he expressed by sending his son to the cross for our sins & through that sacrifice we have eternal life if we choose him.
Cloud of the Unknown 💥
thank you
Thanks for making good use of your gifts to spread the word of God.
You are quite analytical and deep thinking!
Thank you Bishop Barron
WOW! is all I could say. God bless us all.❤
I think that Bishop Barron expressed the truth today. He explained in a way I can understand. My life is because of God. God has saved me many times in my life. I have since I was a child turned to God. I hope everyone gets your message today! God bless!
Just fantastic!!! Thank you bishop. 🙏✝️
I think this homily addresses the problem with Alex O’Connor’s explanation for why he cannot believe in God. It takes the existential trust Bishop Barron cites. That trust is the theological gift of Faith, which is a gift from God. I pray that people will be more disposed to accepting God’s gifts.
Bravo Bishop Barron. I cherish your Sunday homilies.
God bless you, too.
St Paul and his story and writings are amazing.
Absolutely beautiful and graceful. I hope everyone has a lovely day ❤🕊
Thank you bishop Barron, I love the way you explain the Word: you go so high, so deep and you also have the capability of being practical. It's very useful to me to hear you.... It makes me know God and my self better, almost experiencly...
You're such a good gift to our church, I hope you can be the next Pope!
I love reading the little flower’s concept of trusting in her Holy Father. St. Therese of Lisieux had a a marvelous way of understanding how to become the way Jesus recommended. “Like a child” with complete trust even through times of doubt, trust anyway. St. Therese of Lisieux pray for us. Blessings to you Bishop Barron and everyone in the world!
I wish our priest was as articulate and knowledgeable as you are. Thank you Bishop Barron. You have a way of brining things to a level we (I) can understand. Yes, it is always the same questions I find myself facing as well with people who have fallen away from the Church. If there is a God, why (fill in the blank). First of all, God never said things would be easy or perfect in this life. If they were, it wouldn’t be called earth, it would be called heaven. Yes there is great suffering, why? Honestly, I don’t know, I don’t always understand His ways, we can’t. We don’t have the mental capacity. However, I trust His plan for us.
Thank you Bishop Barron for Sunday Ser❤mon🌏🫠
God has worked masterfully through Bishop Barron's homily here in focusing on the second reading. And his point is well said that we might think the idea of GOd as mysterious is a cop-out, but here, Bishop Barron has made the case for why we should regard that idea as so important as we make sense of what doesn't make sense. It's a great comparison when he takes the perspective of a child.
The conclusion of Bishop Barron’s sermon left me with peace beyond measure. What a wonderful way to begin my day, this week and the segue into a new month. I trust that my faith in God will bring me everlasting peace.