A God of Relentless Mercy

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

Spirituality, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 12 September 2004

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

The God of the Bible is infinitely demanding and infinitely merciful. Jesus said, "Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect," and he taught us to think of that Father as a good shepherd willing to lay down his life for his sheep. Our spiritual lives get off the rails when we exclusively emphasize one or the other of these dimensions. God hates sin--but he relentlessly, passionately runs after us sinners, eager to draw us back into friendship with him.

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0:00.0	Word on Fire is brought to you by Catholic Cemetery's, serving the Chicago area since 1837.
0:06.9	This is Cardinal Francis George, and I invite you to join me for the next few minutes to
0:11.1	reflect with Father Robert Barron on the Word of God, which is the Word on Fire.
0:17.7	Father Barron will challenge us to open our hearts to the Word on Fire, which is God's
0:22.0	Word of Love for each of us.
0:24.3	If our hearts are open, the Lord can change and transform us, who we might speak with
0:29.3	Love about the One who is Love.
0:32.6	The Archdiocese of Chicago through the generosity of Sacred Heart Parish and Winetka now presents
0:37.6	the Word on Fire.
0:40.0	Peace be with you.
0:41.0	Friends, the readings today are all about the relentless of the divine mercy and forgiveness.
0:50.2	They speak in exuberant and excessive ways about this quality of God, and as you know,
0:57.8	we can find parallel texts all throughout the Bible, Old Testament, and New.
1:04.1	It's not the case, by the way, that the Old Testament is the place where all the texts
1:07.4	on God's demand are found, and the New is where you find God's mercy, no, no.
1:12.5	All through the Bible, we can find loads and loads of texts about how extravagant God
1:18.9	is in mercy, love, and forgiveness.
1:23.8	We also know you can find an equal number of texts, again, both Old Testament and New,
1:30.0	that speak of the equally exuberant, excessive demand of God.
1:38.6	How often in the Bible God abraides His people?
1:42.8	How often He calls them back dramatically to follow the law?
1:47.9	All of it summed up, by the way, in the Sermon of the Mount.
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