Becoming a Disciple of Jesus

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Friends, on this Third Sunday of Easter, we have the magnificent Gospel from the very end of the Gospel of John, chapter twenty-one, which is so rich theologically. We see here, on full display, what it means for us—who are all ambiguous characters—to stop resisting the cross of self-denial and love and to walk the way of the Lord.

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0:00.0	Friends, welcome to Word on Fire Catholic Ministries.
0:04.0	Word on Fire is an apostolate dedicated to the mission of evangelization,
0:09.0	using media both old and new to share the faith on every continent
0:14.0	and to facilitate an encounter with Christ and His Church.
0:18.0	The efforts of Word on Fire engage the culture
0:21.4	and bring the transformative power
0:24.0	of God's Word
0:25.0	where it is most needed.
0:27.2	Today, we invite you to join
0:29.0	Bishop Robert Barron
0:30.3	as he preaches the gospel
0:31.8	and shares the warmth
0:33.4	and light of Christ
0:34.7	with each one of us.
0:38.3	Peace be with you.
0:40.3	Friends, on this third Sunday of Easter, we have this magnificent gospel from the very end of the Gospel of John,
0:46.3	chapter 21, and it's so rich theologically.
0:49.3	And the tradition has just loved this passage and drawn out all sorts of implications.
0:59.2	What I want to do to get at it is to focus on St. Peter.
1:05.1	Now, St. Peter, obviously, great saint, the chief of the apostles.
1:07.9	He's the rock upon whom Jesus builds the church.
1:10.3	The cross I'm wearing has St. Peter on it.
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