Daily Mass Gospel Reflection - Laboring to Harvest

Word on Fire Ministry ^ | 07.05.22 | Bishop Robert Barron

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FOURTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME

MATTHEW 9:32–38

Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus directs his disciples to
“ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest,”
to pray for evangelists to rescue the lost.
But what precisely does it mean to evangelize?

Euangelion (glad tidings) was a familiar word in the culture of the New Testament authors.
When the emperor or one of his generals won a battle,
he would send evangelists ahead to announce the glad tidings.

The first Christians were being edgy when they adapted the word to their purposes.
They were saying that the definitive battle had indeed been won,
but that it had nothing to do with Caesar and his armies.
It had to do with the victory that God had won in Christ over sin and death.

Jesus went into the belly of the beast—into the heart of our dysfunction,
to the limits of godforsakenness —and he defeated the dark powers.
He demonstrated that the divine love is greater than our greatest enemies.

This evangelical message entails, too, that there is a new King,
a new Emperor. Christ,
the victor over sin and death,
must be the center of your life.

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+++A demoniac who could not speak was brought to Jesus,
and when the demon was driven out the mute man spoke.
The crowds were amazed and said,
“Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.”
But the Pharisees said,
“He drives out demons by the prince of demons.”

Jesus went around to all the towns and villages,
teaching in their synagogues,
proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom,
and curing every disease and illness.
At the sight of the crowds,
his heart was moved with pity for them
because they were troubled and abandoned,
like sheep without a shepherd.
Then he said to his disciples,
“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
so ask the master of the harvest
to send out laborers for his harvest.”+++

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But what precisely does it mean to evangelize?

Well, Boobie Barron certainly didn't evangelize Ben Shapiro or other non-Catholics, did he?

Bishop Robert Barron Has Misled Ben Shapiro

Barron is a cafeteria catholic and only feels comfortable "evangelizing" other Catholics. That's why Bergoglio promoted him; birds of a feather.

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But what precisely does it mean to evangelize?
Well, Boobie Barron certainly didn't evangelize Ben Shapiro or
other non-Catholics, did he?
BISHOP BARRON MISLEADS BEN SHAPIRO
Barron is a cafeteria catholic and only feels comfortable
"evangelizing" other Catholics. That's why Bergoglio promoted
him; birds of a feather.

I mostly can overlook your ignorance now - after trying to reason with your schismatic desire for some time. I’d rather you just ignore my postings or comments- but failing that, I can handle the harassment. It can annoy me, in the same way that you falsely hide behind a “Catholic” Caucus veil when in fact, you always misrepresent the Church to non-Catholics in your extremism.
Though you go out of your way to attack Bishop Barron, who has done nothing to you, is sinful enough- sometimes your dishonesty pushes a button for me - compels me to respond. So this is one of those times. Hopefully I don’t go beyond the Venial here. Though now for a twist, I have decided on such occasions, to respond to your lack of self control, by including of your cheer section as well. I feel they don’t always get the follow up which they miss out on.
Can I be any more open about this?

I tired of pointing out how your narrow-mindedness clouds your logic. In this particular instance my annoyance was your claim that: “Barron is a cafeteria catholic and only feels comfortable "evangelizing" other Catholics…
REALLY?
In the same very SAME comment you bring up Orthodox JEW Ben Shapiro- and post a link to “How Bishop Barron Mislead Him” in his interview with him!!
Hello?? McFly?
Barron is ONLY feels comfortable evangelizing Other Catholics?- oh and Ben Shapiro too? C’mon
Do you see how contradictorily moronic that is?
Your being very dishonest here… Barron also talks to atheists- Protestants- Muslims, and yes gays ! - which – as you well know and cited- he gets plenty of push back for.

Does he ALSO want to, and effectively so, reach the fallen away or lapsed Catholic laity- and speak over and over about the Eucharist to them? Hell yes! The Bishop is EOE… as was Christ.

It's in the same vein that you accuse him of a “Universalism” – “Dare we Hope” that “all will be saved”- everybody gets to go to heaven. No Doctrine needed
Well genius… if everyone is already saved and need nothing more-
Why the hell would Barron need to do all the evangelizing work and travel that he has done? If everyone is already saved- what’s the point?
Why is he not just kicking back at the beach then, enjoying life – if everyone is gonna be save anyhow ?!!!

Your contradictions are plentiful, as they are confounding.

Back to Shapiro and Jews for the moment…
Here’s the rub…. can you honestly say you want anyone reaching out to Ben Shapiro, or Jews for that matter, for conversion to the Church? Really?
I would say that’s not high on your list… if at all.
Don't give me any of your phony indignation either... 99% of your post are attacking others and generally negative- joyless - as I have told you...
You are exclusionary. Your issue with Barron is not just “How” he goes about his ministry, and what he shares as his knowledge – but the whom ALSO- and you can say I am wrong- but remember before 1963, (your dreamy days of nostalgia) - converting Jews was not really a Catholic thing. Evangelizing was not in the old timey cards as it is today. That awful council...
Well part of the rot in the church leading up to the 1960s, which was already mired in clergy sex scandal btw, was the loss of spreading the gospel- everywhere.
And that’s the foundational idiocy of your mindset approaching the Shapiro interview which was in fact, an awesome one.
But no – you can’t see that. You wanted Bishop Barron to whack a highly respected- intelligent- Conservative Jewish American over the head with a 2 x 4 – saying his faith is trash – and telling him he’s going to hell if he doesn’t come to the Blessed Sacrament immediately.

Am I wrong?

Think.
Ben Shapiro- a very faithful Jew, a child of Israel, must renounce now- or perish. (Like non-Catholic Bonhoeffer?)
As if his Faith he has had his entire life can be swept away in an interview...
You detest his faith life because he was born a Jew.
I wonder if you have any Jewish friends. You should know that when Jews hear those words “convert” - it usually calls to mind Genocide or persecution - for their faith belief.
DO YOU NOT understand the long history of Jewish persecution- right up to the Holocaust?
It's from that discriminationconversion is engrained in them as betrayal. To not respect that- as Bishop Barron did- is a vile approach to Gods children. There has to be decades- who knows how long- where conversations and sharing must take place- before conversion can even be considered. That’s the seed Bishop Barron looks to plant. But you want to get in the way of that and take issue with process- and kill any growth. ZIt's the right thing to do !
and that Catholicism, as a very privileged way to Christ for us born into the Faith, attempting to open a door for this high-profile Jew Ben Shapiro - where none before had probably tried- is detestable on any level.
How sad you have little understanding of the Faith youve been given. Yes the Liturgy must be protected and respected- but we tend to forget Christ layed down his life for ALL people...

It see it no differently than the way spreading Christ’s Gospel was in the beginning - 2000 years ago.
Then as now- Evangelization is getting across the message of Fulillment. When the Jewish Apostles were converting Jews they did so with a message of fulfillment of Christ in their Faith. They did not trash the patriarch’s - or the ritual practice the New Covenant was born out of.
Even St. Paul didn’t go to the pagans in Greece, in their temples, trashing their God’s-
NO- He preached Christ Crucified- as a fulfillment to the Faith they already had, an everlasting one.
And there was success. More so then if he had tried a 2 x 4 out of the gate.

Bishop Barron is not looking to convert you.
Ignore him.
But if you can’t -you better be up to the task in your attack, bring a more intelligent argument FOR Catholicism- more so than you have shown.

Popesmack all you want... but be smarter when it comes to me...

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I mostly can overlook your ignorance now -

ROTFLMO!

You're deintely overlooking Barron's heresies and his refusal to evangelize Ben Shapiro.

Telling anybody that Christ is just the privileged way to salvation is an outright heretic and you keep pimping said heretic.

You may overlook this outright heretic, along with Bergolio; but I won't!

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Your being very dishonest here… Barron also talks to atheists- Protestants- Muslims, and yes gays ! - which – as you well know and cited- he gets plenty of push back for.

You and your hero, the heretic Barron, are so wrong.

Here is Barron on gays:

Bishop Barron would not reverse Supreme Court’s decision which legalized same-sex marriage

You going to overlook that too, Murph? When will you realize you're pimping a Bergoglian wolf. Or are you going to commit the sin of omission and ignore the facts presented to you?

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Barron also talks to atheists- Protestants- Muslims, and yes gays !

Wow! So does Bergoglio! Talk is cheap.

But neither heretic tries to convert any of the above.