I am 23 and it's been almost one year I decided to look for God. The videos you make help out alot, they feed my soul and give me knowledge that keeps my faith growing. Thanks Father Barron God bless you.
@snapenightmare7030
7 жыл бұрын
Alex1993 wait did you find God yet? Definitely different concept once you find your soul.
@adammeade2300
6 жыл бұрын
I highly recommend you look into Michael Chriswell's channel. I can relate to your statement, but "finding God" intellectually is entirely different than being filled with the Holy Spirit. Choose the narrow path, brother!
@michaelsorensen8670
6 жыл бұрын
To Alex 1993. I agree Bishop Barrons videos are excellent. God bless you and keep praying and go to church as well. God bless
@beautifulspirit7420
5 жыл бұрын
@@adammeade2300 you can also come to God through reason. The Holy Spirit reveals himself in various ways and one of those can be to enlighten our mind.
@Kage-jk4pj
3 жыл бұрын
I hope you've moved past religion.
@christianamericandominican2470
4 жыл бұрын
I'm not a catholic, but I love listening to bishop Barron, a true man of God.
@Satheesh-Catholic
3 жыл бұрын
George MacDonald, G. K. Chesterton, and C. S. Lewis - it is these three holy souls that brought me into the Catholic Church, the Home of humanity. I can’t thank them enough.
@davidalexander5495
8 жыл бұрын
Hell looks disturbingly similar to Brooklyn.
@davidalexander5495
8 жыл бұрын
It does not require psychic powers to comprehend an enthymeme or humor. The point is if Brooklyn looks like hell, perhaps it is.
@trajan75
8 жыл бұрын
I disagree. I remember the old Italian neighborhood on 18th Avenue. You could have a nice house with a yard. There were plenty of kids to play with. Great parks, ocean beaches. The schools were good. The mothers and grandmothers made a great Sunday dinner after church. And the grandparents after a hard week's work and a terrific dinner looked at their spouse, children and grandchildren considered their life's work and said, "Whose better than me?". We need the old Brooklyn back and it would be more like heaven than hell.
@bovnycccoperalover3579
4 жыл бұрын
I also remember the Brooklyn neighborhood on and near 18th Avenue. It was a community rather than simply strangers occupying the same stage. My thoughts of Bell turn to Bosch's "Garden of Earthly Delights". It looked so modern to me yet was painted in the Medieval period.
@dixonbuttes
4 жыл бұрын
This book actually blew my mind, I'm a graduate Biblical Studies & Theology major, and a professor recommended two books for my research on eschatology - Surprised by Hope and The Great Divorce. When I looked it up, I said "what kind of professor would recommend a novel for eschatology research?" I left asking "how much was I meant to take serious, what was I supposed to gain?" But, as I continued to reflect on it, I realized that the images alone had changed my views, and in some ways were even more powerful than scholarly articles. I loved Bishop Barron's review of the book, God bless.
@the_major
8 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite works by C.S. Lewis. So happy to see Bishop Barron do a video on it.
@michelleflood7225
3 жыл бұрын
Apart from the narnia series the screwtape letters is one of my faves but I’ve been meaning to look into his apologetics works there’s many great ones amongst this is one of them then there’s the abolition of man , the problem of pain and the four loves , the allegory of love , a grief observed is another
@seobhyk
2 жыл бұрын
im not gonna lie, im here for a homework xd
@WombatProphecy
8 жыл бұрын
I remember this was the first book I read as I started at university, and The Screwtape Letters was the first book I read after my confirmation. They are, collectively, my favourite works of Lewis, because they both deal so well with the ways we deceive ourselves, and yet present such a clear possibility of salvation.
@l2084
8 жыл бұрын
Ultimately, the main reason a lot of us (including myself) are looking for treasures on earth is because we doubt the existence of heaven, therefore we think that if we let go of our egoistic quest, we will end up with nothing. Isn't it what the culture tells us?
@Redharvest10
8 жыл бұрын
I never thought that it was culture but rather ourselves to be quite honest.
@l2084
8 жыл бұрын
***** Yes ;)
@aescoto1523
8 жыл бұрын
good point....
@tinman1955
8 жыл бұрын
+Anjelus Most of us could do with a bit more making money, spending money, and being liked. What's wrong with that? Seems to me that it's largely lack of these things that makes our lives a hell on earth. Isitnotso? And isn't wealth/pleasure/praise the definition of Heaven? It is written that there are many mansions in heaven and the streets are paved with gold.
@l2084
8 жыл бұрын
Tin Man Or maybe it is obsessing about getting more money, pleasure and honor that makes our life hell.
@ellenhall2090
4 жыл бұрын
I have listened to “the great divorce” many times on Audio Books also. I call them books on tape too🤪. I love it. Also all of C.S. Lewis’s works. Just WONDERFUL!
@TracyW-me8br
2 жыл бұрын
I just finished reading this book last night. I did not anticipate the ending. I thought it was really interesting how the soul chooses and hangs on to what it knows on earth. If you were resentful on earth you wear it like a shield even in Hell. The ‘Solid People’ or Spirits from heaven try to use reason, love, anything they can but (most of the time) the people chose to not let go of what’s holding them back. It’s deep. Definitely recommend
@nyakanyasko
8 жыл бұрын
I just read The Great Divorce for the first time a couple of months ago so I was very excited to watch your commentary. Thanks for doing these videos!
@ParanormalEncyclopedia
6 жыл бұрын
Lewis gets (and not unfairly) a lot of credit for his Narnia books but I think its in his other less thought of works that he truly shines both as an author and a Christian. Great Divorce (and The Screwtape Letters) are in my oppinion finer works of fiction (granted for an older audiences) then Narnia. His view of Hell as something so petty and tiny compared to Heaven seems dead on to me. Satan for all his chest thumping and declarations of his own importance for all his power is still just a child throwing a temper tantrum for not getting his way (the most dangerous child in the universe but still) not some great mighty foe of God.
@WhereWhatHuh
4 жыл бұрын
The space trilogy is amazing.
@demetriusmiddleton1246
4 жыл бұрын
I somewhat agree with what you said. But I really would take extreme care not to trivialize Satan. While he is certainly no match whatsoever for God, so it wouldn't be far off to say he's not a mighty foe of God, he most certainly is a very capable and effective foe of man. And that is absolutely nothing to trivialize.
@HuntingTarg
4 жыл бұрын
@@demetriusmiddleton1246 In Lewis' own words; "...we are ill-advised to underestimate him. The devil has powers as far above your or mine as we have powers beyond that of a chimpanzee."
@HuntingTarg
4 жыл бұрын
"... but lo, his doom is sure one little word shall fell him." Yet we must not forget that that word ['Tetelestai' ? ] 'Proceeds forth from the mouth of God', not from any mortal lips.
@vincewyn1396
6 жыл бұрын
“The field of battle between God and Satan is the human soul. It is in the soul that the battle rages every moment of life.” 😇 Padre Pio 🙏🏻4us
@thejanzenboys
4 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite books. The factory owner who encounters his former employee, the murderer, in heaven and wants no part of a place that would let “fellows like him in” was for me a transformative character. And there are so many more. I often call this little book the thickest book I have ever read.
@michaelbrickley2443
Жыл бұрын
That’s a good one. Deep works but
@raouldegendre2571
5 жыл бұрын
Finally the church has a very good missionary and explainer and helper in Bishop Barron , please keep going !
@Kitiwake
3 жыл бұрын
Why "finally"?
@AveryPoo25
8 жыл бұрын
hahah i LOVE the crack in the ground part. Also going to tell my guardian angel to kill "it" soon. "no it's sarah smith" hahah. thank YOU Bishop
@jackwhite8905
8 жыл бұрын
I just finished the screw tape letters. CSL can really write a book!
@de0den
7 жыл бұрын
This book is what brought me to listen to you in these videos. I have read/listened(audiobooks) about six of Lewis's books and other essays. I am fascinated by him. I plan to listen to more. Next one is "Surprised by Joy".
@KenPotter
4 жыл бұрын
He didn’t mention my favorite part: The domineering wife from Hell demanding to see her husband in heaven.
@adamhovey407
4 жыл бұрын
it's been awhile since I've read it, but yes that is something I remember
@Ehennings10
3 жыл бұрын
It was a mother/son relationship, if I remember correctly.
@KenPotter
3 жыл бұрын
@@Ehennings10 That was ANOTHER one ALSO.
@theaschallenberg1415
3 жыл бұрын
@@Ehennings10 in
@tomaspenpen4756
8 жыл бұрын
Father it's called "audiobook" :p
@michaelglaser1669
5 жыл бұрын
tomas penpen don’t call anyone father, but me. Fascinating
@3rdole
4 жыл бұрын
No, It is Houston after Hurricane Harvey.
@dranerane4912
4 жыл бұрын
The first C.S Lewis book I've read and I feel so blessed to have invested my time here.
@konungredocsil657
5 жыл бұрын
First time I ever heard this book was on a silent retreat. During mealtime the priest leading the retreat read us this book and within a weekend we had finished it. I absolutely loved it and it was a huge part of what I pondered that retreat. Thanks for answering some of the questions I had Bishop Barron about this book.
@stephenandersen4625
8 жыл бұрын
I listen to that "book on tape" often. One of my favorites. Still brings me to tears each time.
@aperezz420
8 жыл бұрын
Am 23 years old it's been about a year I decided to look for God. The videos you make have help out alot, they feed my spirit and give me knowledge. Thanks father Barron
@GamingJava101
7 жыл бұрын
Got the book because of this video and finished it. It's amazing.
@frumaatholoid
4 жыл бұрын
I finished reading The Great Divorce earlier this summer. It really is a great book.
@SuperGreatSphinx
4 жыл бұрын
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Divorce
@HuntingTarg
4 жыл бұрын
@@SuperGreatSphinx Try reading it, not simply the 'wiki cliff notes.'
@glennschmitz1709
5 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite books, extemely entertaining.
@heretoshare612
8 жыл бұрын
I must admit, those pictures in between greatly helped in tying his comments and make it all coherent...
@NickWagman
8 жыл бұрын
Bishop Barron, thank you for your excellent commentaries. Could you do a video discussing C.S. Lewis' The Last Battle, specifically how Aslan pardons the Calormene Emeth saying that all the works he did for the false god Tash were really done for Aslan [Jesus]? It has intrigued me and I wonder about its implications from a Catholic perspective, since Lewis was not Catholic, but essentially was (seemingly not wishing to swim the Tiber after already walking the Canterbury Trail and alienating his family).
@JohnsRoses
7 жыл бұрын
reading it now. it's dope
@lorrainewilson6278
2 жыл бұрын
If Bishop Barron gave more book reports, it would be lovely to help people like me understand C.L. Lewis.
@danieldishon688
6 жыл бұрын
So....do you think people can ever get out of Hell like in the book? What do you think about the implied theology behind the giants of heaven which control human versions of their lives on earth and that our lives are just an illusion and heaven is the only real thing that's ever existed?
@lebecccomputer287
2 жыл бұрын
I really, really hope so. It would make purgatory a very simple concept. Rather than a third realm, purgatory is by definition the journey from hell to heaven. It would also explain why it exists. Some people though they follow Christ are tormented by their sin, and need time to become “solid.” The difference between them and damned souls is that they desire to do so
@GRasputin91
4 жыл бұрын
Where did he find these illustrations? They're great
@GeetarAdam
6 жыл бұрын
He's better known for other books but where the rubber meets the road, I've always felt that The Great Divorce and The Problem of Pain were his most inspired works.
@CRNugent
8 жыл бұрын
Funny, I just bought and listed to this audio book too. The narrator was a fine actor; great voice.
@ladypatriot4687
8 жыл бұрын
fr. Barron, please make a video about what St. Thomas Aquinas had to say about Islam. I can't believe the church is ignoring this threat. I have lost so much respect for pope Francis.
@jamaicanification
8 жыл бұрын
Pope Francis's views on Islam are no different from Pope John Paul II, Pope Paul VI, Pope John XXIII or the Fathers of Vatican II as articulated in Nostra Aetate
@lindamcdermott2205
5 жыл бұрын
Bishop, there is no end to your imagination, a gift from God that reveals so much Truth! Sorely needed in our world, truth with no apologies. Thankyou and you are in my prayers.
@HuntingTarg
4 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised you didn't mention Lewis including his own 'spiritual mentor' in the book, George MacDonald.
@belot217
4 жыл бұрын
MacDonald was magnificent! Very strong influence on Narnia and Alice in Wonderland.
@faithbooks7906
8 жыл бұрын
I just reread The Great Divorce a few months ago with my teens. What an amazing book! Thank you for your great insights. If you want a suggestion for a great audio book, I am currently listening to The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell. This isn't a great theological work, but it is a fascinating glimpse into another time period, very erudite and at the same time really fun. Lots of Latin and French passages as well as English. And the reader, Bernard Mayes, does a masterful job! This book is huge and will keep you entertained for thousands of miles! It's on Audible.
@pipashmismah7478
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your analysis! I’m currently reading it.
@jonathanskeet5076
7 жыл бұрын
I've read it many times already and will no doubt go through it again.
@johnborden9208
13 күн бұрын
What strikes me in the book is how the ghosts from hell stubbornly resist Joy. They have only to give up their pride, say "yes" to Heaven, and enter into infinite happiness. Instead, rather than let God in, they choose misery. As Lewis puts it, the gates of hell are locked on the INSIDE. I've sometimes thought an apt subtitle to The Great Divorce might be "The Psychology Of Damnation".
@toma2233
7 жыл бұрын
Love that book; thanks for sharing your insights. I borrowed some images and ideas from it in a bit of fanfiction you might enjoy: www.fanfiction.net/s/3368440/1/Dance-Macabre I also used images from George MacDonald's Lilith. I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on that book.
@natalielove1002
2 жыл бұрын
Wow! Thank you for sharing
@NaYawkr
8 жыл бұрын
I am awaiting the book version of The Great Divorce's arrival from Amazon.com, paid about six bucks for it. Recommended to me by a fellow member of my Catholic Men's Group. Should be great. My first CS Lewis book was the CD version of the Screwtape Letters. It was done like a theatrical show, truly wonderful.
@AndyrooANA
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the recommendation Bishop Barron! Loving the book! Finishing it up tonight! :)
@micklumsden3956
5 ай бұрын
CS Lewis, genius! The Great divorce is certainly one of my favourites. I want to be like Sarah Smith!
@bika4942
2 жыл бұрын
Dear bishop,I am telling you to take me out you don't listen my request , whole the world will suffer for you, just estimate the economy losses people are bearing. I am willing to work with every people, i don't have any problem with anyone, i just need a private place to relax .
@JohnHudson-p7r
Жыл бұрын
I'm intrigued by the bishop's statement about "erotic desire" that becomes a mighty stallion. Are there references that anyone can point to for additional reading on classical Christian thought on this point (church fathers, encyclicals, etc.)?
@toddroe9900
Жыл бұрын
The story is good and can be great if the phrasology was not so difficult for me to comprehend. Then again, it was written in 1945 by an Englishman.
@rosemariekury9186
5 жыл бұрын
I love this book even better than the Screwtape letters. I reread this every Lent and always get more insights about it.
@SuperGreatSphinx
4 жыл бұрын
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Screwtape_Letters
@research1982
8 жыл бұрын
Great video, this is just what I needed to see and hear! Thank you Bishop Barron!
@johanwhiz2632
2 жыл бұрын
Great perspectives Bishop 🙏🙏🙏
@baronofbaobabs
Жыл бұрын
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@dennisdolan7250
6 ай бұрын
Interesting. My big take away was that everyone in hell has chosen it! It is the result of all their choices. God sends no one to hell! God even gives them chances to reconsider and enter heaven! Thus, no one is sad in heaven or mad with God with God
@TheChio116
8 жыл бұрын
Loved it!! Thank You! Bishop Barron!
@johnmartin4650
6 ай бұрын
Extreme recommendation……..read it. You will really enjoy it .
@DeadNetCord
2 жыл бұрын
Wow
@johngirvan5754
4 жыл бұрын
I listened to the audio of it as well. C S Lewis was something else. Enjoyed your review.
@terriegarin7630
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing Bishop Barron! I had the ebook Kindle version of it for the longest but never got to read it. I do much better with audio books, so I went ahead and purchased the Audible version. I am now looking forward to listening/reading the book! Looking forward to all your videos!
@Evey202
8 жыл бұрын
I really loved your insights. I never saw all of that in reading the book but did get the "main theme" behind it. I'll have to re-read it now. Thank you!
@nellahashimoto1342
6 жыл бұрын
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@kentuckyproproductions1624
4 ай бұрын
I think one of the best things about you is that instead of saying the Bible is the only source of wisdom, you don’t shut out the lessons learned in fiction
@rafagambardella
3 жыл бұрын
So good, thank you! I'm reading it.
@Bazerkly
2 жыл бұрын
C.S. Lewis's Hell sounds like California....... 🤫
@burwindd1
2 ай бұрын
Amazing listen! Thanks for promoting
@ghallora
4 жыл бұрын
I love this book. It was my first audio-book I ever listened to.
@rightbro
5 ай бұрын
Do more research on C.S Lewis before you all praise him.
@lproof8472
4 жыл бұрын
“Aye, but ye misunderstand me. The question is whether she is a grumbler, or only a grumble...If there’s one wee spark under all those ashes, we’ll blow it till the whole pile is red and clear. But if there’s nothing but ashes we’ll not go on blowing them in our own eyes forever. They must be swept up.” This was a most brilliant point in The Great Divorce that impacted me dramatically. As long as there’s something left to save God will save it.
@shredwarfare5446
4 жыл бұрын
I read this book on audio and it blew me into the heavens
@adamhovey407
8 жыл бұрын
Your Excellency, I still like to read books the Old fashioned way. I have a very difficult time reading on my phone or using a tablet. Listening to a short story, fine. But a book. I don't think I could. I actually have The Great Divorce but I haven't read it yet (I have a LOT of C.S. Lewis)
@marcberube3729
5 жыл бұрын
Pick it up, you won't regret it! You can actually read it in one afternoon, but it takes a while to really digest it in any sort of full way.
@arnoldkim5135
6 жыл бұрын
I have been brought up a prostestant in faith. Biship Barron really is luring me to the Catholicism.
@beautifulspirit7420
5 жыл бұрын
Catholics believe in faith and reason. You don't have to leave your brain at the door to become a Catholic, in fact the Catholic church has a 2,000 year old intellectual tradition. Intellect infused with the love of the Holy Spirit is powerful and beautiful.
@wowman9556
3 жыл бұрын
Who else watched this for school?
@dynamic9016
Жыл бұрын
Thanks much for this video.
@roniquebreauxjordan1302
3 жыл бұрын
The Divine Comedy written from an englishman's perspective....
@terryhemingway6983
4 жыл бұрын
I've read a lot of C.S. Lewis, but not the Great Divorce. God willing, I will soon remedy that lack. Thank you, Bishop Baron, for pointing me to it.
@gregp8497
4 жыл бұрын
Nobody knows biological human desires more than a man who swore never to have them. It like trusting a baker with your transmission rebuild. But he’s read some books and stuff
@WhereWhatHuh
4 жыл бұрын
To me, one of the amazing insights of this book is that the torments of hell come from within the person. He speaks of Napoleon, far out in the frontiers of hell, pacing in an air-castle before a heatless fire, declaring over and over that it was all Josephine's fault. What a picture of the pettiness of Hell! And of the torments we heap upon ourselves when we refuse to simply forgive -- to exercise Grace, the antidote of Sin.
@SuperGreatSphinx
4 жыл бұрын
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Jos%C3%A9phine
@WhereWhatHuh
4 жыл бұрын
@@SuperGreatSphinx Interesting but how would that be relevant to Napoleon, in hell, blaming her (rather than himself) for all of his failures? The picture here is the inward turning of the mind, and the obsession with one's shortcomings -- self-torment, in other words, as the chief terror of hell.
@secretname6864
8 жыл бұрын
Why nothing on Orlando????????
@zaprowsdower
2 жыл бұрын
And Jesus said " who is my mother "? Never ever deceive yourself into praying to Mary .
@Matt-vx3ow
8 жыл бұрын
I actually just finished listening to "Mere Christianity" on Audible and I'll certainly start on "The Great Divorce" in the near future. Speaking of which, is there any way we can have some more of your books on Audible for sale, Bishop? :)
@Ephisus
4 жыл бұрын
I always pretend that little dragon is mushu from Mulan.
@jimepley1210
5 жыл бұрын
Excellent summation of a very dense and profound work. Lewis led me to the hallway of Mere Christianity, and although I knocked on the door of a different faith tradition, I recognize the truth of our Creed, that all who profess Jesus as Lord are part of the one holy, catholic and apostolic church. Blessings.
@adamhovey407
8 жыл бұрын
C.S. Lewis is probably my favourite Protestant writer. God rest his soul. My connection here is not great, so it may be a while before I get to watch this video. Anyway, thanks Your Excellency.
@TomaGonzalez
3 жыл бұрын
I recently came across this book and ready it again. The lizard creature was freaky. I loved Sarah Smith’s portrayal in the book reminded me of a rich man from the Gospel that dies and ends up in hell and is asking an angel to warn his brother who is still alive. Great book!
@HuntingTarg
4 жыл бұрын
Great little summary! I feel that the disparity between Hraven and Hell being portrayed as a difference of scale rather than location is a sort of spoiler, but an even greater spoiler would have been discussing the chessboard. I prefer to discuss the portrayal of heavenly objects being superlatively more 'weighty' than the sprawling shantytown Hell is portrayed as, an idea which Lewis credits to a fellow writer. Came here on a recommendation while watching "C.S. Lewis Doodles".
@SalvationStudioZA
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this beautiful review of this book and invitation to read it.
@barbarapeterson6836
7 жыл бұрын
I had not read this book of C.S. Lewis, my favorite Christian writer. Thanks for doing a book review about it for us.
@jean-guydallaire6527
2 жыл бұрын
The Grandeur of Heavens... that is what matters... thanks Bishop.
@mrnicelynicely1
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the analysis, -I plan to check out the audio-book version from the public library.
@christopherquigley5468
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks father.
@oambitiousone7100
5 жыл бұрын
"The biggest idiots in society are honoring you..." #Oscars_et al
@jessewallace12able
8 жыл бұрын
Thank You Father B
@Redharvest10
8 жыл бұрын
You should review "No man is an island" by Thomas Merton :)
@tigertrophy1805
5 жыл бұрын
Life is like heaven but poverty and angry spouse is like hell.
@portialiau7407
5 жыл бұрын
居然的這樣一本書, 我錯過了, 趕緊找來看看
@thomasanderson1416
8 жыл бұрын
Yes Bishop Barron please do more of these book reviews, a movie I can watch but a book not much so.
@FrankEnanoza
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks bishop Barron. Very helpful!
@carolinafine8050
Жыл бұрын
A very good book
@Leocomander
5 жыл бұрын
I just ordered this juicy book and will be devouring it.
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