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Robert Barron | – The Metaphysics of Prayer
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What’s actually happening when we pray? In this episode, I answer the deepest questions about prayer—not necessarily how to pray, but what *is* prayer? A listener asks about the Rosary prayer and how it operates.
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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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Well explained about the trinitarian……giving me a new thought about praying
There is no evidence that prayer has any effect other than placebo, so why do it and promote it?
Concerning prayers of petition being the prayer of a child: the older I get, the more I see the child in me. Prayers of petition definitely fit the bill!
I’m a cradle Catholic. A few years ago, God touched my heart in a unique way and I started to seek him deeply. I’m learning more and more about the Bible and our beautiful Catholic faith, and Bishop Barron’s videos are one of my major resources. I know I’m on the right path. Thank u so much and God bless!!
We can never speak of the father in insolation of the son. They are bonded in the union of the Holy spirit. They are quite inseparable even in human terminology.
Beautiful explanation of the Hail Mary prayer, dear Bishop Barron.
God bless you Bishop Barron and thank you for your service to God and all of us! God Bless you in your vocation!
I think we say Hi to MAry, then we suck up praising her : blessed are you etc finally we ask her to stay for us sinners.
Sinner Cecilia
I THINK THIS IS FOR SONS OF GOD WITH PURELESS AND INOCENT AND WHO LIVING LOOKING FOR JESUS
IS FOR WHO SUFFER WITH HIM
SO GOD BLESS ALL CAUSE GOD KNOWS EVERYONE. THANK YOU TO GOD!
Is there any way to relate Jacob's "wrestling with God" that earned him the name Israel, and the act of prayer?
Thank you BRB! I appreciate and enjoy listening to you my friend.
If you think you know God, you don't says St Augustine. I find that the incarnation allows me to know a personal God through Christ.
Seems that what I learned from Al-Anon was true! In step 11, we are asked to pray to God for knowledge of His will and the strength to carry that out.
Whenever we read that God relented, it was because humans conformed to God, is this correct?
We pray in the Trinity, right? To a person, Father, Son, & Spirit; yet they are one. If one, all three persons of the Trinity, each of whom agree, are also present when we pray.
Bishop Barron is such a bright and eloquent man.
Gentlemen, you often talk about books, BUT it would be more helpful if these were listed at the bottom of the summary with all the technical stuff attached. I often don't know how to spell the authors' names, and/or can't remember the titl
es. Thanks M
Thank you Father Barron for your explanation on the Rosary prayer and how it operates.
Bishop Robert Barron,can you please pray for my marriage,daughter and son.There is much discord and confusion in my life because of this.Thank you.
Great explanation-I have been praying the wrong way.
wow this was super interesting. I like this
QUESTION/COMMENT. Regarding prayer. I personally feel that prayer is more a relational (relationship w Our Lord). Just as we have a relationship with our spouses, the spousal relationship of my soul with the spouse of my soul. I perceive prayer where at times is listening and sharing ; at times, just in silence enjoying the Presence; times requesting help; doing things together. I perceive prayer where as “celebrating and acknowledging His Presence “, in all I do, constantly visiting and talking, or just recognizing His Presence.
To me saying praying is just a period of our time or a thing we do, it limits the profound immensity of what prayer should be. Just as if, I said my relationship w my souse is when, I do this or when, …. I truly saying prayers, Adoration, Mass, it’s only the entrance to the awareness in my day , life of His Presence, the beginning not the end. His invitation to walk with Him and He with me, ….. in all I do
in Him with Him for Him and through Him… . Again it’s a celebration of His Presence in my life , again is a relationship. That includes all that we call prayer and beyond. Bishop Barrón, am I extrapolating the meaning of prayer? However, I must admit that from my heart I see it as above mentioned.
For a Bishop, Barron is pretty down to earth and filled with knowledge and his style of teaching is so sincere and humble…he doesn’t wear that authority attitude…praise Jesus, Catholics are blessed here! May God continue to bless him! Great talk on prayer,thankyou, especially liked the praying IN GOD to the father rather than outside of God to God.
Don't really understand Bishop Barron's interest in Jordan Peterson aside from making "intellectualism" accessible. Peterson has some problematic ideas if you listen closely and actually analyze his comments, even contradicting himself at times…
Bishop Barron should talk to Zizek.
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Have you heard this: one day in heaven Jesus was walking around and saw souls He did not recognize and He went to Peter and asked, why are these souls in Heaven? Peter replies, Lord i turned them away but they found the back door and and your Mother let them in!
11:09 Right, but after you gave your very good explanation, you could also say mother and daughter every once in a while. The idea of the personal placement within the Trinity is great. Thanks for the elucidation, but it could still be feminized just as easily as masculinized. The young priest's idea to take away the gendered pronouns may have been a problem in the way you describe, but that doesn't mean there isn't a problem to begin with which he was trying to address generically as best he could in his fallen state.
Wow, this gave my morning meditation so much power! I definitely subscribe to divine simplicity, and this conversation really reinforced a lot of my suspicions about the power and purpose of prayer. Truly affirming.
"Not just praying 'to,' it's 'in' and 'with.'" Magnificent!
I would say, though, that this is also present in Vajryana Buddhism. Just sayin'!
I'm sorry but the father is very handsome. I have my bows too and serve in my own way but I'm free to say that. Thanks for the talk.
I would have loved for him to mention Contemplative Prayer and Lectio Divina.
What a wonderful team, Brandon and Bishop Barron. I think this is working very well. Way to go
Stan, I have the same experience in prayer. “God three in one” is there.
Bishop Barron, why is it that Our Lady seems to persistently ask for prayers (as heard from apparent apparitions through out the world) for others, for souls in purgatory etc- how do our prayers influence the outcome for other souls? And why does it influence the outcome? Its confusing especially in light of what you mention here- that prayers are basically for our own benefit.
How must we see Miracles?
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I am also a cradle Catholic. I practiced Catholicism very devoutly when I was in my 20s, but when I was in my 30s my husband did not really want to be Catholic. We practiced Catholicism for a couple years, but after that he said he wanted us to join another church, not the church of his origin, but another church and I said that’s fine we’ll do that. And it was great, but now he has said that he is not so interested in continuing going to church with me, so I decided to join the Catholic faith again. And it has been wonderful. And as you say, Bishop Baron has been a wonderful resource during this experience.
Stay with the "Hey!", please! 🙂
Thank you.
wow mr Barron, the way you describe prayer, it must be able to be tested in some way?
Prayer: The wish that invisible, intangible beings living in an alternate dimension will answer telepathic pleas for help with magic. Right. Believe that.
Your Emminence,
I am a Coptic Orthodox Lector/Reader. I am also a big fan of all your work in evangelization such as opening the Christian faith to a deluded society through an educated and philosophical framework. May God bless you in all that you do.
I have a question in regards to prayer, would it be accurate to say that we pray/communicate with God through the dwelling Holy Spirit uniting us to the Son and in turn, the Son brings in us the indwelling of Father? Would this be compatible with the Augustinian Self, Knowledge and Love analogy? Maybe I am looking at it from God inside man and the psychological analogy is looking at it from man inside God?
In Christ,
Paul Ibrahim
Great talk. Doesnt quite nail the problem of unanswered prayer.