Wonderful. Thanks. The more a disabled 90 year old like myself is “swaddled” through increasing immobility, the less distraction there is, giving room to a greater understanding and opening of spiritual things, if one gives it all to God. +
We are blessed to have Bishop Baron in our Church. Thank you for explaining how "Jesus slipped in behind enemy lines" The historical context leaves me in awe.
"It's when we bind ourselves to the other in love, when we wrap up our own egotism and we give ourselves to the other in love that we find real life and real Joy." *- Bishop Robert Barron*
Thanks Bishop Barron, another wonderful learning session for us. The baby with the angel army won! That sent a chill through my spine. God bless you and your army of evangelists.
Loved this! Thank you Bishop Barron. I pray the rosary with you on youtube. Your beautiful prayers of the rosary with the explanations of the mysteries seems to put me into another realm of prayer, and I often find myself weeping while praying with your beautiful rosary. Thank you for your wonderful ministry and may God always bless you!
Everyone should parent each other, as long as the other isn't a degenerate. Many people are degenerate. Good fruits result from good trees. Good Fruit is a happy, tearful smile.
The Mass, even the Christmas Mass, is always the memorial of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus. In the Eucharistic presence we have the body, blood,soul and divinity of Jesus, with his risen Glory.
Jesus give me grace and endurance this Christmas. As a single mother my number one priority, are my sons. Both of them are autistic so they require a lot from me. God give me strength as I struggle to provide for them. My faith in you is still strong! Even as I struggle to pay rent every month and I struggle to buy groceries for my children, I KEEP FAITH in you LORD. Jesus hear my prayers I’m so overwhelmed and discouraged because I’m also battling lupus and have heart issues. Lord give me strength because I want to give up. 😢
Your testimony gives me courage. I will offer prayers for you moving forward. I pray for full healing from your health issues. For your children to have the best care and a bright future. For you to have all the strength and peace you need in this life and for the ultimate Joy to wrap your heart and hold it forever. May God bless you abundantly today, this Christmas and always. Merry Christmas.
How profound and composing around what we''ve learned, stories of beauty and wisdom, so many people and masters, followers surrounding this symbols of meaning towards the Lord.
I always have been in awe about the massive Roman Empire. After today, I have a whole new perspective of a wreck. So interesting. Thank you Bishop Baron.
Life on earth is a trial. Can you turn it into Earth? Then you deserve Heaven. Not doing evil onto others is an expectation, and isn't in and of itself a Good.
In Bethlehem a Jewish tour guide now Eastern Catholic told us that the shepherds in Beth. were actually staffers employed by the Temple, I found that very interesting, those lambs were the important lambs sold for Temple sacrifice; the seeing of the baby in a manger would likely be the feeding stalls of lambs; the baby born in the House of Bread is also showing he is lamb to be sacrificed and food for our souls.
Wow, that's the first time i have ever thought about the feeding trough (manger at birth) paralleling the wooden cross holding His flesh at death, thank you... Can't help but then think that the Last Supper was also at a wooden table... 💙❣️
@@kevinkelly2162 ppl like you think in terms of dead stops. Sure i don't go deep (in fact here, i elected for wide, y'know, looking for simple similarities or parallels)... but you don't go at all. Hope that keeps working out for ya! 😊
People like you try to make the mundane deep and meaningful. What else would you expect a manger to be made of? The door was also made of wood. Oh yeah, Jesus came to show us the door to eternal life. The beams were made of wood. Oh yeah, Jesus came to support us in our time of need. Need I go on?@@b8akaratn
Wonderful, thanks to you both …. Merry Christmas, He came , He lives . Just simply , yes , weirdly ,nothing better…. Caesar, see ya , wouldn’t wannna be ya… 🌲🎄
I heard somewhere that the shepherds used to wrap yearling lambs which seemed likely to be chosen for sacrifice, to protect their fleeces. Our Paschal lamb was wrapped in swaddling cloths.....
Bishop Baron, Not knowing where else to leave this comment I am leaving it here. Please help all of us who strive to understand the teachings of the Catholic faith and live a life in conformity with the teachings of the Church-- what does this blessing of same-sex relationships mean which the Vatican and Pope Francis have released TODAY. What has been released makes no sense in the light of the teachings of the church from the church's inception. Furthermore, doesn't this also now call into question the use of contraception by heterosexual couples who are not open to life. How will the Church maintain doctrinal authority going forth on any and all issues from here? Theologically this appears to be disastrous and socially suicidal. What in the name of Heaven is going on?
Couldnt help making a 2nd comment --- the lowly manger and the baby w/swathing clothes contrasted to the trappings of the power, the the imperial palace and ermine clothing of the Roman Empire....Wow --- what a Paradox and Irony....Love lots and Merry Christmas, everyone....from the Phils!!!
I still hold that Ricky Bobby has more spiritual depth by wanting to pray to baby Jesus than his family who objects to it because "Jesus was a grown man".
Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe of Mexico 🇲🇽; Northern Hemisphere: btw: Our Blessed 😇 Lady of Guadalupe of Mexico 🇲🇽: Pure Blessed 🥹 Virgin Most Undefiled: Mother Immaculate: Intercede for us
Sex can be for enjoyment, in which case, you use contraception. However you never use people. Behandeld de ander nooit louter als middel maar ook altijd als doel op zich. But you get kids. Children want to stay children forever. Men and Women get kids.
Eastern Time Zone- Nortb America: btw: praying 🙏 for wellness of spirit ( SAV) for my BFF ( #2) who recently celebrated a special birthday 🎂: in thanksgiving
True Faith is Blind; ask yourself "am I willing to burn eternally for this?" (This is what Kierkegaard meant in "Fear and Trembling). Pray to God: "God, dearest God, let me burn eternally if this is not Your Will."
We can't stop to preach the comming from the baby David or Jesús Christ cause is the reason of our lifes to LOVE all one to eachoters as Jesús Christ did SO at Cross
The Catholic and Orthodox Bible is the the Truth. As is Tradition. But times change. A man can only step in a river once; for the man changes, and the river changes. (Some Greek guy said this, but meant something bs metaphysical with it.)
Amen. Christ is victor and the Church still stands. Interesting observation on the years of Christ's hidden life, patiently waiting for the time to reveal himself or perhaps taking the time to prepare himself. I'm also reminded of Odysseus when he returns from his tribulations and journey. Enemies have overrun his property and oppressed his family. Rather than jumping right into action, Odysseus disguises himself and goes undercover just to observe, plan and strategize. He takes his time to figure out the situation and what moves to make, finding the right opening to carry out a course of action. Of course, we shouldn't kid ourselves in thinking that enemies aren't doing the same thing. Think of the Omen movies. Often in history there is lots of espionage and years of secrecy predating the outright warfare for all to see.
Maybe the significance of the shepherd isn’t so much their lowliness, as the fact that the symbol of kingship in the Old Testament is one of a shepherd. I have heard your description of the status of shepherd at the time of Jesus. Where is the source of that statement? Because I have also heard it said that it is possible that the flocks that they were tending were the ones intended for temple sacrifice, so wouldn’t that have been considered a necessary job?
The manger... take and eat.. this is My body...drink..this is My blood...The Holy Catholic church.. Mary Christmas Word on Fire cast and crew.. audience
Bishop Barron, thank you for your Spirit filled balanced message. What is the solution to those of us who are misrepresenting Pope Francis regarding same sex blessing? Recently even the BBC news have come out and made this bold claim that Pope Francis is now allowing blessings of same sex unions. Bishop we need your leadership. Too many of your countrymen are not honestly addressing the claim. God Bless and wishing you a joy filled Christmas.
Emil Kirkegaard, a true Scientist. Jordan Peterson, a true Philosopher. True philosophy isnt practised in the current universities - most of them are historians of ideas.
Serious question I hope I can get an answer too... we get a birthday cake for Christmas every year and sing happy birthday... now... can I have that cake blessed by the priest? Were planning eating it and I started thinking whats the difference between the cracker and cake? It's the symbolism of what were eating not the actually food?
I think that the infancy narratives in Matthew and Luke perform the same function as the prologue John’s gospel, and indeed, the very short prologue in Mark‘s (This is the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God). All the gospels begin the adult life of Jesus with the ministry of John the Baptist. I think that the infancy narratives like the other two prologues are the gospel writers setting out who they think Jesus was and is. These are not biographies in the modern sense of the word biography, everything in the gospels serves to tell us the readers, who, and what the writers, and the communities in which they lived and worshipped, thought Jesus was.
@@MichaelW23-s9v i’m slightly agnostic about that, they could be simply midrash, aimed at doing in a storytelling way, what Mark does, in a simple sentence, and John does in a poetic way, or they could be midrash with biographical elements. whilst it’s true, there are other virgin birth stories. I think the resemblance is superficial. The reason why we have the virgin birth in the story of Jesus is because Matthew was using a Greek translation of Isaiah 7:14 which uses the word virgin in a way that the Hebrew is a bit more ambiguous. I think finally that our age is rather obsessed , with the historical sense of scripture. That is a very modern concern.
@@RGlennon I haven’t watched the whole video yet, but I agree with Bishop Barron on the detail that we find at the beginning of the nativity story. What the story is giving us is that contrast between the most powerful person in the domination system of the day, and this child who is set to change the world. We see the exactly the same thing at the beginning of Mark’s Gospel, in a much pithier way , this is the victory proclamation of Jesus the king and son of God. We moderns tend to come to the text with the question, ‘is this historically true?’, whilst in early centuries people were not indifferent to that question, the more important question for them, and for the writer, was, ‘what does this mean? ‘And I agree with with Bishop Barron about the meaning.
I went back to the Catholic Church yesterday. First time in 30yrs. 1 day later they announce the blessing of same sex marriage. That was a short return. Not going back.
I'm not sure exactly, trying to figure it out myself. I don't think it is a blessing of marriage, per se. One thing I do know is whatever you hear in the news regarding the Pope is not quite accurate. I would love to hear the bishop's explanation.
@sara505sings thank you. Me as well. The Catholic Church was always good upholding rules against abominations. Maybe you're right, and I'm seriously mistaken.
@@joeb2588it could be wishful thinking on. My hope is that the Pope is trying to extend mercy and kindness, not condoning necessarily, but also with an invitation for repentance and reconciliation. It's a very slippery slope. I'm sure we will be hearing more in the days to come. From every gamut, left to right. Hang in there! Remember, gates of hell etc.
The baby Jesus born in the fields of David, wrapped in swaddling cloth. Jesus the king born in the very fields where sacrificial lambs were bred and sold for temple sacrifice. The lambs like baby Jesus were rapped in cloth so they would be unblemished just like baby Jesus .
Wonderful. Thanks. The more a disabled 90 year old like myself is “swaddled” through increasing immobility, the less distraction there is, giving room to a greater understanding and opening of spiritual things, if one gives it all to God. +
Amen , I find myself in solitude right now just absorbing the good word
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Beautifully put, Wendy! A blessed Christmas to you!
We are blessed to have Bishop Baron in our Church. Thank you for explaining how "Jesus slipped in behind enemy lines" The historical context leaves me in awe.
"It's when we bind ourselves to the other in love, when we wrap up our own egotism and we give ourselves to the other in love that we find real life and real Joy." *- Bishop Robert Barron*
Amen!❤
I love St. Luke he uses Imperial Words so clearly to show a NEW kingdom of love is taking over; God bless all teachers of the faith.
Thanks Bishop Barron, another wonderful learning session for us. The baby with the angel army won! That sent a chill through my spine. God bless you and your army of evangelists.
Love this discussion of how Baby Jesus was stronger than even Kings. That's the glory of our Lord and God
Loved this! Thank you Bishop Barron. I pray the rosary with you on youtube. Your beautiful prayers of the rosary with the explanations of the mysteries seems to put me into another realm of prayer, and I often find myself weeping while praying with your beautiful rosary.
Thank you for your wonderful ministry and may God always bless you!
I love you in a spiritual way father, every breath is a miracle.
💜
Evil has no substance.
A good, tearful (out of "ontroering") smile is the whole World.
The Peace of Christ be with you all, lovely people. All the very best for New Year.
*One of the best perspectives on Christianity. Superb*👌👌
Everyone should parent each other, as long as the other isn't a degenerate. Many people are degenerate. Good fruits result from good trees. Good Fruit is a happy, tearful smile.
It's not only that Jesus won this one particular battle, but that He wins all battles over time... in His time to be precise... wonderful interview!
Thank you, Bishop Barron. I'm on my way to Mass
Great listening to this marverlous interpretation of the Nativity of Our Lord. God bless you, Bishop Barron.
The Mass, even the Christmas Mass, is always the memorial of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus. In the Eucharistic presence we have the body, blood,soul and divinity of Jesus, with his risen Glory.
Merry Christmas Bishop Barron and to everyone! I wish I can meet you in person one day!
Jesus give me grace and endurance this Christmas. As a single mother my number one priority, are my sons. Both of them are autistic so they require a lot from me. God give me strength as I struggle to provide for them. My faith in you is still strong! Even as I struggle to pay rent every month and I struggle to buy groceries for my children, I KEEP FAITH in you LORD. Jesus hear my prayers I’m so overwhelmed and discouraged because I’m also battling lupus and have heart issues. Lord give me strength because I want to give up. 😢
Never give up! You are the perfect Mom for your children. Jesus will give you the grace you need each day! I will pray for you. Char
Your testimony gives me courage. I will offer prayers for you moving forward. I pray for full healing from your health issues. For your children to have the best care and a bright future. For you to have all the strength and peace you need in this life and for the ultimate Joy to wrap your heart and hold it forever. May God bless you abundantly today, this Christmas and always. Merry Christmas.
Your sharing is so powerful! Many people will be drawn to God. God bless!
God loves you and we do too! God Bless you and your family. Merry Christmas! Ave Maria
May His very special grace be with you this Christmas as you faithfully continue your walk with the Lord.
I loved this interview. It was so interesting learning the historical surrounding’s of the birth of Christ. 🎄🎄🎄❤️✝️
How profound and composing around what we''ve learned, stories of beauty and wisdom, so many people and masters, followers surrounding this symbols of meaning towards the Lord.
Powerful, grounded in the Gospel and foundational for my faith.
Merry Christmas Word on Fire team! May God bless us all ❤
I do whatever I must do for the few people that are Good. And the children; let's see what they choose to be.
So appreciated the depth expressed by the Christmas story
Bishop Barron- loved how you simply described in an easy to understand way the symbolism & story of the birth of our Lord Jesus!
❤Subject Very Much Astutely Appreciated My Good Bishop❤
JESUS I TRUST IN YOU
Merry Christmas to the WOF whole team.Thank you to all of you for your precious work.Greetings from the heart of Europe, Brussels
For the Eternal and Holy Catholic Church.
I always have been in awe about the massive Roman Empire. After today, I have a whole new perspective of a wreck. So interesting.
Thank you Bishop Baron.
Thank you Bishop Baron for this beautiful meditation on the Nativity of Our Lord. Merry Christmas 🌲🙏🏻
JESUS, I trust in you.
Wow.That indeed got me into reflection mode!!That a baby born in a manger has won over the powerful emperor and empire the world has seen.
This is an amazing talk!!!❤
Wow! All the explanations are so believable. Thank you so much bishop for sharing this knowledge.
Amen Awesome Amazing Mystical JP
Thank you Lord,Thank you God!Amen❤🌍
Thank you , and a very happy Christmas to you and yours .
Life on earth is a trial. Can you turn it into Earth? Then you deserve Heaven.
Not doing evil onto others is an expectation, and isn't in and of itself a Good.
In Bethlehem a Jewish tour guide now Eastern Catholic told us that the shepherds in Beth. were actually staffers employed by the Temple, I found that very interesting, those lambs were the important lambs sold for Temple sacrifice; the seeing of the baby in a manger would likely be the feeding stalls of lambs; the baby born in the House of Bread is also showing he is lamb to be sacrificed and food for our souls.
Alleluia!!!
Thank you.
Wow, that's the first time i have ever thought about the feeding trough (manger at birth) paralleling the wooden cross holding His flesh at death, thank you... Can't help but then think that the Last Supper was also at a wooden table... 💙❣️
Sorry to interrupt your deep thoughts but before plastic almost everything was made of wood.
@@kevinkelly2162 u don't say!
Don't you have some deep and meaningful reflection on plastic?@@b8akaratn
@@kevinkelly2162 ppl like you think in terms of dead stops. Sure i don't go deep (in fact here, i elected for wide, y'know, looking for simple similarities or parallels)... but you don't go at all. Hope that keeps working out for ya! 😊
People like you try to make the mundane deep and meaningful. What else would you expect a manger to be made of? The door was also made of wood. Oh yeah, Jesus came to show us the door to eternal life. The beams were made of wood. Oh yeah, Jesus came to support us in our time of need. Need I go on?@@b8akaratn
Wonderful, thanks to you both …. Merry Christmas, He came , He lives .
Just simply , yes , weirdly ,nothing better…. Caesar, see ya , wouldn’t wannna be ya… 🌲🎄
And now the great spirit dismantling babylon kingdom is the risen baby king.
❤Blessed are you by Angels❤
Blessed are we for the King of Kings has arrived
I pray to Mary, for she is my True Mother.
I pray to the Father.
I am terrified of Gabriël.
And Jesus is Lord. ❤
Jesus went to Hell. And overcame it. That's why he is the Messiah.
Jesus is Lord. ❤
(I am talking about the literal Jesus Christ.)
I heard somewhere that the shepherds used to wrap yearling lambs which seemed likely to be chosen for sacrifice, to protect their fleeces. Our Paschal lamb was wrapped in swaddling cloths.....
The Truth can be far-right.
Angels are Righteous Fury.
Amen - Gabriël.
God is too Good to do Evil, that's what Angels are for.
Amen - Gabriël.
Bishop Baron, Not knowing where else to leave this comment I am leaving it here. Please help all of us who strive to understand the teachings of the Catholic faith and live a life in conformity with the teachings of the Church-- what does this blessing of same-sex relationships mean which the Vatican and Pope Francis have released TODAY. What has been released makes no sense in the light of the teachings of the church from the church's inception. Furthermore, doesn't this also now call into question the use of contraception by heterosexual couples who are not open to life. How will the Church maintain doctrinal authority going forth on any and all issues from here? Theologically this appears to be disastrous and socially suicidal. What in the name of Heaven is going on?
You Guys deserve this Ty for all you do🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 GBUA👏👏👏🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼♥️♥️♥️✌️🦋
To this day in this area animals are kept in caves/grottoes under the houses.
Couldnt help making a 2nd comment --- the lowly manger and the baby w/swathing clothes contrasted to the trappings of the power, the the imperial palace and ermine clothing of the Roman Empire....Wow --- what a Paradox and Irony....Love lots and Merry Christmas, everyone....from the Phils!!!
Father Barron, you should be Pope. The next one. This one is decent, I guess. ❤
I still hold that Ricky Bobby has more spiritual depth by wanting to pray to baby Jesus than his family who objects to it because "Jesus was a grown man".
Victims are made. Women and Men are within you.
But be patient.
Not too patiënt, though.
Also library Girl (with the dark skirt and the hair thing).... Soon... When I am out of this ward soon.
Touch her and Gabriël will come.
Amen - Gabriël.
All cause i Saw a Saint since 13 years old passing by much and trying to be with Godself ever since 5 years old
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Sex can be for enjoyment, in which case, you use contraception. However you never use people. Behandeld de ander nooit louter als middel maar ook altijd als doel op zich.
But you get kids. Children want to stay children forever. Men and Women get kids.
who else has noticed the Hey Brando trademark? ❤
Eastern Time Zone- Nortb America: btw: praying 🙏 for wellness of spirit ( SAV) for my BFF ( #2) who recently celebrated a special birthday 🎂: in thanksgiving
Bs. Robert Barron, a true Father.
Mike Schmitz is Amazing.
True Faith is Blind; ask yourself "am I willing to burn eternally for this?" (This is what Kierkegaard meant in "Fear and Trembling).
Pray to God: "God, dearest God, let me burn eternally if this is not Your Will."
Amen - Gabriël.
Champion!!!!
✨🙌🏼✨ … ✨💪🏼✝️🛡️✨ … Alleluia ✨🎶✨ Amen ✨🙏🏼✨
I owe Tolstoy my life.
And not just yours - Gabriël.
De Vader is Ontzag (Vrees en Beven). De Zoon is Liefde. De Geest is (Inspiratie = goede vrouwen).
THEY ARE RUINS!! A WRECK -- YES !!
We can't stop to preach the comming from the baby David or Jesús Christ cause is the reason of our lifes to LOVE all one to eachoters as Jesús Christ did SO at Cross
The Catholic and Orthodox Bible is the the Truth.
As is Tradition. But times change.
A man can only step in a river once; for the man changes, and the river changes. (Some Greek guy said this, but meant something bs metaphysical with it.)
Amen. Christ is victor and the Church still stands. Interesting observation on the years of Christ's hidden life, patiently waiting for the time to reveal himself or perhaps taking the time to prepare himself. I'm also reminded of Odysseus when he returns from his tribulations and journey. Enemies have overrun his property and oppressed his family. Rather than jumping right into action, Odysseus disguises himself and goes undercover just to observe, plan and strategize. He takes his time to figure out the situation and what moves to make, finding the right opening to carry out a course of action. Of course, we shouldn't kid ourselves in thinking that enemies aren't doing the same thing. Think of the Omen movies. Often in history there is lots of espionage and years of secrecy predating the outright warfare for all to see.
Archangels Gabriel, Michael and Raphael and All the Other Archangels: btw: Intercede for us ( Roman Catholic) : btw: ( world 🌎 wide)
For boys, after puberty: it's game. Let's not pretend the genders are the same. Different, but Equal.
A manger wouldn’t be ‘filthy’. It keeps the hay off the ground to keep it clean. It IS where cared for animals eat.
Maybe the significance of the shepherd isn’t so much their lowliness, as the fact that the symbol of kingship in the Old Testament is one of a shepherd. I have heard your description of the status of shepherd at the time of Jesus. Where is the source of that statement? Because I have also heard it said that it is possible that the flocks that they were tending were the ones intended for temple sacrifice, so wouldn’t that have been considered a necessary job?
Jesus is Lord.
A bit weak - Gabriël.
He doubted at the end. No suffering is too great to endure for the Father. To become One with Him is Honor.
The manger... take and eat.. this is My body...drink..this is My blood...The Holy Catholic church.. Mary Christmas Word on Fire cast and crew.. audience
Specially all poor people Even My Saints
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Bishop Barron, thank you for your Spirit filled balanced message. What is the solution to those of us who are misrepresenting Pope Francis regarding same sex blessing? Recently even the BBC news have come out and made this bold claim that Pope Francis is now allowing blessings of same sex unions. Bishop we need your leadership. Too many of your countrymen are not honestly addressing the claim. God Bless and wishing you a joy filled Christmas.
Emil Kirkegaard, a true Scientist.
Jordan Peterson, a true Philosopher. True philosophy isnt practised in the current universities - most of them are historians of ideas.
Serious question I hope I can get an answer too... we get a birthday cake for Christmas every year and sing happy birthday... now... can I have that cake blessed by the priest? Were planning eating it and I started thinking whats the difference between the cracker and cake? It's the symbolism of what were eating not the actually food?
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Adam without Eve was "honor" (kek).
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Where is the outcry of blessing same sex?
@@russellmiles2861 absolutely
Pacific Time Zone- Nortb America: btw: praying 🙏 in earnest for my BFF ( SFO) who recently experienced a nice 😊 travel 🧭 vacation: special Intention
Not all women are innocent. Many aren't.
Do you have to be a Catholic to join the Word On Fire institute?
No! Anyone can join❤
Anyone can be a Son or Daughter of God.
I think that the infancy narratives in Matthew and Luke perform the same function as the prologue John’s gospel, and indeed, the very short prologue in Mark‘s (This is the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God). All the gospels begin the adult life of Jesus with the ministry of John the Baptist. I think that the infancy narratives like the other two prologues are the gospel writers setting out who they think Jesus was and is. These are not biographies in the modern sense of the word biography, everything in the gospels serves to tell us the readers, who, and what the writers, and the communities in which they lived and worshipped, thought Jesus was.
@@MichaelW23-s9v i’m slightly agnostic about that, they could be simply midrash, aimed at doing in a storytelling way, what Mark does, in a simple sentence, and John does in a poetic way, or they could be midrash with biographical elements. whilst it’s true, there are other virgin birth stories. I think the resemblance is superficial. The reason why we have the virgin birth in the story of Jesus is because Matthew was using a Greek translation of Isaiah 7:14 which uses the word virgin in a way that the Hebrew is a bit more ambiguous. I think finally that our age is rather obsessed , with the historical sense of scripture. That is a very modern concern.
@@MichaelW23-s9vquoting zeitgeist bs isnt going to work out well
@@RGlennon I haven’t watched the whole video yet, but I agree with Bishop Barron on the detail that we find at the beginning of the nativity story. What the story is giving us is that contrast between the most powerful person in the domination system of the day, and this child who is set to change the world. We see the exactly the same thing at the beginning of Mark’s Gospel, in a much pithier way , this is the victory proclamation of Jesus the king and son of God. We moderns tend to come to the text with the question, ‘is this historically true?’, whilst in early centuries people were not indifferent to that question, the more important question for them, and for the writer, was, ‘what does this mean? ‘And I agree with with Bishop Barron about the meaning.
Marry, if Gay, but have children.
I went back to the Catholic Church yesterday. First time in 30yrs. 1 day later they announce the blessing of same sex marriage. That was a short return. Not going back.
That's not what happened. That is a gross misinterpretation.
@@sara505sings then what happened exactly
I'm not sure exactly, trying to figure it out myself. I don't think it is a blessing of marriage, per se. One thing I do know is whatever you hear in the news regarding the Pope is not quite accurate. I would love to hear the bishop's explanation.
@sara505sings thank you. Me as well. The Catholic Church was always good upholding rules against abominations. Maybe you're right, and I'm seriously mistaken.
@@joeb2588it could be wishful thinking on. My hope is that the Pope is trying to extend mercy and kindness, not condoning necessarily, but also with an invitation for repentance and reconciliation. It's a very slippery slope. I'm sure we will be hearing more in the days to come. From every gamut, left to right. Hang in there! Remember, gates of hell etc.
The baby Jesus born in the fields of David, wrapped in swaddling cloth. Jesus the king born in the very fields where sacrificial lambs were bred and sold for temple sacrifice.
The lambs like baby Jesus were rapped in cloth so they would be unblemished just like baby Jesus .
hi marykate
Give credit where credit is due. Otherwise plagiarism is bullshit.
Do female angels exist?
Amen 🕎 💗 ✡️ 💗✝️💗🕎🌈🛐🛐🛐