Daily Mass Gospel Reflection-Divine Protection

Word on Fire Ministry ^ | 05.21.22 | Aux. Bishop R. Barron

[MurphsLaw]

Fifth Week of Easter

John 15:18-21

Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus warns us to expect persecution.
But do not be afraid, because in Jesus Christ, we are connected to the very power of God,
to that which is here and now creating the universe.
No matter how much violence and mayhem is going on,
we have a place of safety.

How wonderfully Jesus expresses this:
"Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul."
The body passes, but the soul, that place where you are in contact with the living God,
lasts forever. So get your fears in right order:
"Rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna."

Now think of the saints, especially the martyrs.
They might be defined as those rare human beings who had rightly prioritized their fears.
Of whom were they afraid? Not the wickedest human beings around them.
Rather, they feared God.
They worried not about what people wanted them to do but about what God wanted them to do.

None of these great figures lived a serene life, a life free of worry, threat, persecution.
Instead, they found courage in the struggle. Their courage got them through the negativity.

[MurphsLaw]

+++Jesus said to his disciples:
“If the world hates you, realize
that it hated me first.
If you belonged to the world, the
world would love its own;
but because you do not belong to the world,
and I have chosen you out of the world,
the world hates you.
Remember the word I spoke to you,
‘No slave is greater than his master.’
If they persecuted me, they will
also persecute you.
If they kept my word, they will also
keep yours.
And they will do all these things to
you on account of my name,
because they do not know the one who sent me.”+++

[ebb tide]

Rather, they feared God.

If only Boobie Barron feared God over bad publicity.

Bp. Barron Suggests Censoring Catholic Social Media

In the Face of Worldwide Apostasy, Bishop Robert Barron Attacks Traditional Catholics

[MurphsLaw]

HOW CLUELESS and self UNAWARE
of an Anti- Catholic can you possibly be?

You owe Not-Catholics an apology...

You deceptively and covertly trash the Church 24/7 here on FR
of which your deception is every bit worthy of being censored as a false flag;

THEN you try to call out - an intelligent Bishop who has mucho success in his Evangelizing mission- who rightly wants to limit those usurping Church position to sow division within the Church;

All the while you have personally engage in an UN-Christian smear campaign of this man-
With NON-STOP attacks to CENSOR, AND CANCEL - THIS SAME BISHOP of the Church!!!

THINK.
Hypocritical Irony Alert...

Too bad about pelosi, huh?

[ebb tide]

Your hero, Boobie Barron, discouraged Ben Shapiro, a Jew, from converting to Catholicism.

He thinks legalized homosexual marriages should not be outlawed.

Murph,
I’m waiting for you to post Barron’s public support of Archbishop Cordileone’s decision to bar Pelosi from Holy Communion.

Until then, keep your “hypocrisy” accusations back in your pink holster.

P.S.: Satan is even more “intelligent” than Barron, but Satan’s lies are not as apparent as Barron.

[ebb tide]

All the while you have personally engage in an UN-Christian smear campaign of this man- With NON-STOP attacks to CENSOR, AND CANCEL - THIS SAME BISHOP of the Church!!!

So in your opinion, neither Cardinals Cupich nor Gregory should be criticized because they are also "BISHOPS of the Church?