Robert Barron | – "St. Benedict" Film Preview (CATHOLICISM: The Pivotal Players)

“CATHOLICISM: The Pivotal Players – St. Augustine & St. Benedict” is now available at: https://PivotalPlayers.com

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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. The Christianity is dead. Killed by the church who turned into leftist SJW and who leaved conservatism.
    The pople is a liberal Gay pope who refuse the old Christian values and spread liberalism.
    In the publish sphere there is no church anymore. The cleric elites are living in their bubble and
    have abandoned the people. The clerical elites are supporting open Boders, Diversity and Marxism.
    This is not the church that the people need.

  2. Yet another fabulous video.
    Personally I am seeing for the first time in the Church such awesome concept, craftsmanship and narratives all in one. Kudos to Bishop Barron, his Word On Fire team and everyone who has been instrumental in putting these together.
    I picture this Film touching the entire world and also capable of erasing out negative impressions about the Church. Worked all out in Grace it will remain a fountain of Grace.

  3. Fr Robert, thank you for your undying love for God and the faithful!

    Fr. Robert, can you comment on how one of your avid follower here in yt, regarded you as the future saint of the internet or maybe future saint of social media?

    🙂 Thank you Fr. Barron!

    Please be Jesus and Mary, forever. Amen!

  4. I Love being Roman Catholic. I Love meditating on the WORD of God in The Holy Bible. 1) Genesis 1 Verses 1 and 2 (Written by the Prophet Moses): In the beginning, when God (Capital Letter "G" means True Living God the HOLY SPIRIT, YAHWEH, Our Eternal FATHER) created the universe, the earth was formless and desolate. The raging ocean (WATER=LIFE=Hydrogen2Oxygen) that covered everything was engulfed in total darkness, and the power (HOLY SPIRIT) of God was moving over the WATER (WATER=LIFE=Hydrogen2Oxygen).

    2) Genesis 2 Verses 10 to 15 (Written by the Prophet Moses): A stream (WATER=LIFE=Hydrogen2Oxygen) flowed in the Garden of Eden and WATERED the garden; beyond Eden it divided into four rivers (WATER=LIFE=Hydrogen2Oxygen). The first river is the Pishon (North Nile River); it flows round the country of Havilah (Egypt). The second river is the river Gihon (South Nile River); it flows round the country of Cush (North Sudan). The third river is the Tigris, which flows east of Syria (Iraq), and the fourth river is the Euphrates (Turkey/Syria).

    3) Genesis 13 Verse 10 (Written by the Prophet Moses): Lot (Brother of Abraham) looked around and saw that the whole Jordan Valley, all the way to Zoar, had plenty of WATER (WATER=LIFE=Hydrogen2Oxygen), like the Garden of Eden OR LIKE THE LAND OF EGYPT.

    Question= Why is Egypt today a DESERT? If Egypt was like the Garden of Eden, plenty of WATER, plenty of trees, grass, flowers and animals.. why is it a DESERT? And if Egypt was a GREEN WATERED JUNGLE, surely Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Syria, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan was also a GREEN WATERED JUNGLE. Why would all these Muslim Countries turn into DESERTS?

    Answer= Luke 4 Verses 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7 (Written by the Apostle/Disciple Luke): JESUS returned from the Jordan full of the HOLY SPIRIT and was led by the SPIRIT into the DESERT, where he was tempted by the Devil for forty days. Then the Devil took JESUS up and showed him in a second all the kingdoms of the world. "I will give you all this power and all this wealth, IT HAS ALL BEEN HANDED OVER TO ME (Adam and Eve lost their authority to Satan, because the Devil deceived them), and I can give it to anyone I choose. All this will be yours then, IF YOU WORSHIP ME." (The Devil wants to be worshipped like a god in the DESERT.)

    Question= Which religion has it's headquarters in the DESERT?

    Answer= Islam, Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

    Question= If the WATERED Garden of Eden was in the Middle East in the beginning of Creation.. why did it turn into a DESERT?

    Answer= Adam and Eve lost their authority over the world because they were disobedient to Almighty God YAHWEH, the HOLY SPIRIT, so Satan took over by tricking Adam and Eve.

    4) Luke 16 Verses 23 and 24: The rich man died and was buried, and in Hades (Hell), where he was in great pain, he looked up and saw Abraham, far away, with Lazarus (Poor servant) at his side. So he called out, 'Father Abraham! Take pity on me, and send Lazarus to dip his finger in some WATER (WATER=LIFE) and cool my tongue, because I am in great pain in this fire!'. (Hell has No WATER).

    5) Exodus 16 Verse 10 (Written by the Jewish Prophet Moses): As Aaron (High Priest) spoke to the whole community, they turned towards the desert, and suddenly the DAZZLING LIGHT of the LORD appeared in a CLOUD (WATER).

    6) Exodus 19 Verse 9: The LORD said to Moses, "I will come to you in a thick CLOUD (WATER), so that the people will hear me speaking with you and will believe you from now on."

    7) Exodus 24 Verse 15 and 16: Moses went up Mount Sinai, and a CLOUD (WATER) covered it. The DAZZLING LIGHT of the LORD'S presence came down on the mountain.

    8) Deuteronomy 28 Verse 12 and 14: Almighty God YAHWEH, the HOLY SPIRIT, will send RAIN (WATER=LIFE=Hydrogen2Oxygen) in season from His rich storehouse in the sky and Bless all your work, so that you will lend to many nations, but you will not have to borrow from any (Food Economy in Abundance). You must faithfully obey all the LORD'S commands and you must never disobey them in any way and you must never worship and serve other gods (small letter 'g' means false gods or Satan the Devil). Deuteronomy 28 Verse 22, 23 and 24: The LORD will stike you with infectious diseases, with swelling and fever; He will send DROUGHT (No WATER) and scorching winds to destroy your crops. No RAIN (WATER) will fall, and your ground will be as hard as iron. Instead of RAIN (WATER), the LORD will send down dust-storms and sandstorms until you are destroyed. (Basically Almighty God YAHWEH gives you over to Satan the Devil if you disobey Him. We humans know very well that Satan hates us, because he was jealous of Adam. And it was because of Adam, Satan the deceiving Devil, was cast out of Heaven. Now the Devil wants revenge, and now he DECEIVES all mankind into thinking he is a god. So Satan dwells on the Earth with his demon friends in another Dimension and appears to spiritual people like Guru in India, Buddhist Monks, Witch Doctors and Muhammad, as an angel of righteousness. Satan is a Strangler, and that is why Muhammad was strangled in the Cave at Hira, Mecca. Hadith 9. 111: Then allahs apostle returned with the inspiration, his neck muscles twitching with terror. (All people who encounter the Devil, gets strangled). 2 Corinthians 11 Verse 14 (Written by Saint Paul): Well, no wonder! Even Satan can disguise himself to look like an angel of light!

    9) 2 Esdras 6 Verse 17 (Written by the Jewish Prophet Ezra, 480 years Before Christ): I stood up and listened. I heard a voice that sounded like a ROARING RIVER (WATER). Almighty God YAHWEH, the HOLY SPIRIT said, "The time is near when I will come to judge the people of the earth."

    10) Deuteronomy 28 Verses 16 to 19 (Written by the Jewish Prophet Moses): Almighty God YAHWEH said to Moses, "On the day you gathered at Mount Sinai, you begged not to hear the LORD speak again or see His fiery presence any more, because you were afraid you would die. So the LORD said to Moses, 'They have made a wise request. I will send them a prophet like you from among their own people; I will tell Him what to say, and He will tell the people everything I command. He will speak in my name, and I will punish anyone who refuses to obey Him."

    11) Isaiah 7 Verse 14 (Written by the Jewish Prophet Isaiah, 800 years Before Christ): Well then, the LORD Himself will give you a sign: a young woman (Virgin) who is pregnant will have a son and will name Him 'Immanuel' (Which means in Hebrew, 'God with us').

    12) Luke 9 Verses 34 and 35: Peter (Disciple) was still speaking, a CLOUD (WATER) appeared and covered Moses, JESUS, Elijah, Peter, John and James. A voice said from the CLOUD (WATER), "This is my Son, whom I have chosen- listen to Him!"

    13) John 19 Verse 34 (Written by Disciple John): One of the soldiers, however, plunged his spear into JESUS' side, AND AT ONCE BLOOD AND WATER (HOLY SPIRIT of GOD the FATHER YAHWEH) poured out.

    When WATER is poured into a clear glass, the WATER takes the form of the glass. The clear glass is JESUS Christ, the Son of God. The clear WATER is the HOLY SPIRIT of GOD the FATHER.

    1 John 5 Verses 6 to 12:

    JESUS Christ is the one who came with the WATER of His Baptism and the BLOOD of His death. He came not only with the WATER, but both the WATER and the BLOOD. And the Spirit Himself testifies that this is true, because the Spirit is Truth. There are THREE (3) witnesses; the Spirit, the WATER, and the BLOOD; and all THREE (3) give the same testimony. We believe man's testimony; but God's testimony is much stronger, and He has given this testimony about His Son. So whoever BELIEVES in the Son of God has this testimony in his own Heart; but whoever does not believe God, has made him out to be a liar, because he has not believed what God has said about His Son. The testimony is this; God has given us Eternal Life, and this Life has it's source in His Son. Whoever has the Son has this Life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

    JESUS said in John 4 Verses 13 and 14: "Whoever drinks the WATER that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The WATER that I will give him will become in him a spring which will provide him with LIFE-giving WATER and give him Eternal Life."

    When Scientists look for life in other Planets.. they look for WATER…

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  5. St. Benedict, the great Patriarch of the Western monks, died March 21, 547, on the Saturday preceding Passion Sunday… He died in the church, in that sanctified place where daily with his brethren he had sung the praises of the Triune God and assisted in the celebration of the Sacred Mystery, the life-giving Sacrifice of the Mass. Even to this day, his sacred remains are resting beside those of his sister Scholastica in the church of St. John the Baptist at Monte Cassino. In the course of years, numberless miracles have glorified his tomb. Pope St. Gregory the Great (540-604) mentions that at his time, miracles were wrought through the intercession of St. Benedict whenever the petitioner was penetrated with lively faith.

    The Rule of St. Benedict – St. Gregory says, “Not only on account of his numerous miracles was St. Benedict a shining light to the world, but also by reason of his precepts and his teachings. He wrote a rule for monks which is distinguished for its wonderful discretion and clearness of thought.” In this rule, the Saint laid down laws and precepts necessary for conventual life. In seventy-three chapters he regulates the entire monastic life by combining the principles of the Gospel into a clear, concise rule for the life in a monastery. It is true that many holy men, as St. Basil the Great, St. Pachomius and the Irish Abbot St. Columban, had written monastic rules previous to this, but these were soon replaced by the Rule of St. Benedict, and within a hundred years it was introduced into nearly all the convents of Europe. When at the Council of Aachen, in 817, this rule was exclusively elevated as the code of laws for the monastic life, it became a source of blessing to the whole Church throughout the Middle Ages and up to the time of the suppression of monasteries. In the meantime, it was faithfully and punctually observed in about 37,000 convents and became a powerful factor in laying the foundation and fostering civilization and morality, science and art, among the people of Europe.

    Pope St. Gregory the Great. The Life of St. Benedict (p. 52). TAN Books. Kindle Edition. – Conclusion Section

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