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Love is tolerant, inasmuch as it respects the goodness of even those who hold errant points of view; and love encourages diversity, to the degree that it eschews the imperialistic imposition of one’s own ego upon another. However, sometimes love is exclusive, intolerant, and unaccepting of diversity—precisely because it wills the good of the other. Visit [support us] to learn more!

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Bishop Robert Barron These are brief and insightful commentaries on faith and culture by Catholic theologian and author Bishop Robert Barron. The videos complement his weekly sermons posted and podcasted at WordOnFire.org.

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  1. Bishop, what do i do if I am overrun by a certain fear of hell:

    -a fear that I am not good enough of a Catholic no matter how hard i try, thus condemning me to hell based off what various saints have said and people online as well
    -a fear based off the fact that I might go to hell because God may not be Jesus and may be Allah, and thus I would be condemned by him…my faith is not based off history, science, or various truths as the Catholic Church puts it, so if you plan on saying how the RC is true, that may not help here, I am afraid. My faith is based off trust alone and maybe some reason but thats it…

    I doubt you will answer this, but if you do consider helping me. It would mean a lot.

  2. But the question is how do we decide what it is we exclude? For instance for 1800 years of its history the church tolerated slavery. Now there were exceptions, one thinks of the great Wulstan in the eleventh century, but for the most part the church could not see it, it tolerated slavery. But at some point in the modern period the church came to see that slavery was wrong and could not be tolerated and actively worked to abolish slavery.
    How did it come to that view and how had it missed it for so long?
    And that then for me, leads to another question, what are we not seeing now?

  4. To simplify Cardinal Dolan says all are welcome, but before partaking in the supper of the lamb, just as partaking in supper in our homes, we are asked to wash our hands. Exclusion may drive some away because of pride, but for most of us, it will bring us to the place of repentace, "Lord I am not worthy for you to come under my roof,only say the word and I will be healed.

  6. Random question for you…can you do some videos on cults in America? I just got this article passed out to me in the NYC subway and saw that it was by Tony Alamo. He's still in prison for child rape but accuses the Catholic Church as actually being a cult. Can you clarify terms of what a cult is and isn't and why the Catholic Church even with its issues and scandals is not a cult? This article/pamphlet really saddened me and I pray that if people read it, it will make them more curious about the Truth and they will find it!

  7. Mainstream liberalism idea of "tolerance" is about allowing almost every type behavior, even if it is self-destructive. If you don't allow this, you are a "bigot" and "hateful."

    Ironically, traditional values, are not tolerated, as they are too "old fashioned," and "incompatible" with the "modern" world. This makes liberalism a very intolerant ideology at it's core.

  10. So true, tough love… that's why Orthodoxy broke communion with the RCC.
    Tough love… That's why you have to go to purgatory.
    Tough love… That's why you're excommunicated.
    Tough love… That's why anathema to you.
    How is that love if you anathemize a person to eternal damnation for dissent?
    How does that make sense? Wasn't love supposed to be patient and kind? 1 Cor 13:4. 

  12. One of your best videos yet. I was cringing a little when I first started the video, hoping you wouldn't bend to societal norms. Your interview on the Rubin Report was a little alarming. Loved your baseball team analogy, BTW.

  13. To quote another evangelizing Catholic Bishop (Fulton Sheen): "Tolerance applies only to persons … never to truth." Therefore, we must tolerate people, because all people are equal under the Lord. We do not have to tolerate all ideas, because not all ideas are equal. Tolerance of all ideas is, itself, an idea, and thus is need not be tolerated.

  14. To will the good of others assumes the existence of free will. In today's modern culture the existence of free will is being questioned. Could you explain the to us what the churches view on free will is and how we know we have it.

  16. Freedom and equality are horrible to base a society on. Those values are perversions of the truth. Freedom cannot mean license, true liberty does not include sin. Equality is a joke when we consider what a government actually is – a group of people that discriminate against hypothetical options to reach an authoritative reality. The Enlightenment went too far and we are now paying the price.

  18. Do you think maybe Bishop Baron you wish you could have said this to one Dave Rubin on The Rubin Reports, that he might be jeapordizing his eternal soul by being gay married? Well it's not too late to say it now. He loves and respects you. If friends don't lead those in sin away from their sin, who will? I understand you may have been afraid and not fully knowing to approach this face to face, as we all are. We must pray for wisdom here. Think about it though. Say Dave Rubin were to get in a fatal accident on the way home from his interview with you, was he shown why to repent/how to repent? This is a question all we Catholics must ponder. It seems to me, you made this vlog after the fact, when Bishop B, you probably should have said all these things to Dave Rubin when you were there. Good you're saying it now, better late than never.

  21. Ironically – and perhaps paradoxically as well – those who DEMAND tolerance are actively intolerant of any diversity from their own opinions regarding what is acceptable. Love, I think, in willing the good of the other, does something else too. It absorbs into itself the all intolerance, hatred and so on. It takes the blows, bears the wounds and suffers the pain. These are unavoidable when we take others, especially our enemies, into our arms and close to our hearts.

  23. The first example of tough love that Bishop Barron uses in this video describes a manager choosing a baseball team and only including the 20 players. The 80 players are excluded out of tough love. I understand his argument but think he has chosen a poor example. The church does not exist for profit, or for the entertainment of fans or to be an exclusive club for the pure and worthy. The church exists primarily to lead every human person to become whole (or holy). As he pointed out, none of us are there yet. The church is much more like a health care system than a baseball team. The manager of a good health care system would not exclude 80 and only include 20 that were worthy. Yes, I agree that mortal sins are bad and we want people to be transformed into loving, healthy individuals. How is reserving the bread of life only for the worthy believers really helping those who probably needing it the most? It looks the church is afraid that they will give away grace too cheaply. It is ironic that a priest in the state of mortal sin still has the power to administer the sacraments (absolve sins and consecrate bread and wine) because they are a protected class. The laity in the state of mortal sin cannot receive Communion apparently because they are a lower class. I propose a more merciful practice of offering Communion to all who come. Judas Iscariot received Communion from Christ.

  24. Love this video! It's so true. I recommend everybody to check out Representative Trey Gowdy's key note speech at Trinity University on youtube. He expands upon the ideas in this video and it really is an inspiring speech.

  29. Wow, 'I welcome you on Christ's terms' that is a powerful statement.  
    I am not fond of the word diversity all it does is divide people into groups. I preferred that old fashion word 'melting pot' where we were all one no matter what culture we came from we were all one country.  Tolerance is an empty word for most.
    There is way too much division. its rare to find people all on the same page. Bullying and name calling, (something we got in trouble with on the playground) is the norm in the adult world.  Thank God we have you Father Barron and our Church to give us hope!

  30. In this same way we see the Love of God in the beginning and at the last judgement. God cast the fallen angels out of Heaven out of Love, not rejection, for He knew that they would not be able to stand being in His presence once they had rejected Him. In the same way He cast Adam and Eve out of the garden, because He knew that having fallen they must go out and atone for their sin before being able to return to Him in Heaven, and they did so by bringing about His Son, the Christ, who atoned for their sin. Again we see His Love in the last judgement, for only those who have rejected His Love would be unable to stand being with Him in Heaven, and so OUT OF LOVE they are sent to where He is not.

  32. Bishop Barron, thank you so much for these videos. The message is always well presented and articulate, and you have recommended some great thinkers and intellectual mentors. The new evangelization at its finest, praise God!

  37. Yo Bishop Barron, a question. If Christ died for our sins, why is it that preternatural malevolence still rule this world? Isn't the devil's power over the world cut down by Jesus' sacrifice?

  40. Prophecy update: They are going to ask priests to attend retreats to take an "Oath of allegiance" in which the meaning of the Holy Eucharist will be changed. Catechism point 677 is in play. By the way Amorus L seems to have been stage one of a three stage schism according to said prophecy. Pray for all priests that they defend the Holy Eucharist pray for Bishop Barron that when the time comes he quotes Aquinas on resisting heresy as he quotes Aquinas on other points. God bless.

  41. Your Excellency, I have a question:
    Regarding the notion of love as the ultimate foundational good of Christ's Church, how exactly does that apply to withholding access to the Eucharist and excommunication?
    It is one thing to will the good of the other and say no to the people who don't make the cut for a baseball team. They're not as qualified as the other players, and while those rejected may have truly desired to be on the team, perhaps there is something else they could do. The coach wills the good of the team, their success, and their quality of play while also willing the good of the success and future of those whom he rejects.
    But how can denying the Eucharist ever be in someone's best interest? How can keeping someone from that intimate encounter with God be for their good? This is something I've never understood: if Judas is welcomed to the Last Supper, who could not be? And what sin can a soul harbor that is not swallowed up in the overzealous love of the God that runs to meet his son when he seems him approaching down the road?
    And then, on a similar note, how can excluding someone from the Church finally be willing the good of the excommunicated party? Relieve heretics and false shepherds of their ministerial duties to safeguard the faith, certainly, but how can barring someone from the sacramental family of the true Church achieve or even strive for the good of the excommunicated?

    God's blessings on you, your ministry, and the continued work of Word on Fire,
    SignoftheStar

  42. Dear Bishop Barron, I enjoy your videos very much.
    I was wondering if you could address a talk by David Voas called"Why there is no way back for religion in the West?" It was a TED talk 17/07/2015. As I read people comment, it's very frightening to think of young people watching this.
    Thank you & God Bless..

  45. Dear Bishop Robert Barron, I agree with you 100%. We have the moral obligation to live according to the Natural Law, which dwells within our hearts. It is true that Our Lord Jesus Christ came to this world to save all humankind and He said: "Let the one who is free from sin, cast the first stone", this is God´s mercy; but once He saves her from being stoned, Jesus says: "Daughter, nobody has condemned you?", she answer: "no", Jesus with profound love says to her: "me neither, go and DON´T sin anymore". So Jesus Christ, indeed is God of mercy, but He wants our commitment to live the way we are mean to be, always getting our spiritual strength from the sacraments. Jesus Christ is my owner, He paid a very expensive price for my salvation, with His life, with blood, betrayals,, hardships, setbacks, pain and an ignominious death. I am Temple of the Holy Spirit. I have NO right to make wrong use of my body. I belong to My Lord Jesus Christ and I have the obligation to surrender to His wise, eternal and perfect will. Amen.

  47. I watch video's every day. Don't read due to sight problems. Great video. . .not much on tolerance more on love. but what about when you try to help a Protestant and they said I was guilting because I'm Catholic. All in all great video

  49. His argument is extremely flawed. Also, tolerance means accepting those of other cultures and beliefs on earth, it doesn't mean accepting them into heaven. Only Christians want to go to or believe in heaven, no one else is asking to, so I don't really see the point in his words. This just sounds like somebody trying to justify (in a very flawed manner) not being tolerant of different sexualities or even cultures to me.

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