Are You Not Aware?

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 26 June 2005

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In our second reading for this week, St. Paul reminds the Christian community in Rome that baptism means an immersion into the dying of the Lord. In his first letter to the Corinthians, he had similarly told his followers that every eucharist is a participation in the dying of Christ. Why this preoccupation with death? Because it is only through this journey into Christ's death and resurrection that we can effectively conquer the fear of death, which tends to cramp us spiritually. Once we have died witih Jesus, we can walk "in newness of life."

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0:00.0	Word on fire is brought to you by Catholic cemeteries, serving the Chicago area since 1837.
0:06.8	This is Cardinal Francis George, and I invite you to join me for the next few minutes to
0:11.0	reflect with Father Robert Barron on the Word of God, which is the Word on fire.
0:17.6	Father Barron will challenge us to open our hearts to the Word on fire, which is God's
0:21.9	Word of Love for each of us.
0:24.2	If our hearts are open, the Lord can change and transform us, clearly might speak with
0:29.2	love about the One who is love.
0:32.5	The Archdiocese of Chicago through the generosity of Sacred Heart Parish in Winetka now presents
0:37.4	the Word on fire.
0:39.5	Peace be with you.
0:40.9	Friends of our second reading for this Sunday is taken from the sixth chapter of Paul's
0:45.5	Letter to the Romans.
0:47.8	It is the most theologically sophisticated and spiritually searching of Paul's letters.
0:52.9	It's the first of Paul's letters listed in the New Testament.
0:57.2	Ty encourage you when you have a chance, sit down, and read through Paul's Letter to
1:02.2	the Romans.
1:03.2	It's not the easiest reading in the world.
1:05.4	Paul can be a somewhat dense and difficult writer, but if you want to get the first great
1:10.9	theological text in our tradition, that's it.
1:14.3	Written sometime in the decade of the fifties of the first century, this letter lays out
1:19.9	Paul's vision in its fullness.
1:22.7	Read it sometime when you have a chance.
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