Fr Barron Catholic Analysis

Reflection on Fr. Barron’s ‘Catholicism’ Fr. Barron opened my eyes to new insights about the church that I did not know about before. He helped me understand why certain things in the church are the way they are today and the symbolism behind some of the things the Catholic Church does. The Catholic Church is unified and considered as one. We are a community that shares the same belief in God and Jesus Christ. We come together to celebrate and share the good news. I had learned this before in religion class, but the video gave me greater insight into this. I had not known that we believe all good in the world can be drawn to Christ and the Church. This creates unity among us and our world. Fr. Barron also explained that, when Jesus was on Earth, God was working through him to create togetherness between the people and prevent totalitarianism conflicts. This idea was interesting and significant to me because I had never thought of Jesus creating this sense of one church …show more content…
This is because it was formed and shaped by the Apostles, Jesus’ followers. Fr. Barron explained that the process of ordination makes the whole Catholic Church an apostolic structure. We are a hierarchy ruled and rooted in the Apostolic way and we believe the bishops are successors of the Apostles. I had not known this before watching the video. I also learned that the Latin meaning of “Apostolic” is “emmissionary” showing the importance of sharing the word and purpose of the Church with others. This was compelling to me because I now know why we are called to share the word of the Lord and why in the creed we say “One holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church”. Watching Fr. Barron’s video made me realize many things about the Catholic Church that I had not known before. It also went more in-depth to the topics I had already known and helped me understand the concepts better. The church is full of mysteries and ideas that are constantly