Biblical Family Values

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

4.8 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2006

⏱️ 15 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

There are family values in the Bible, but they might not be the ones you'd expect. The Biblical authors--both Old Testament and New--put a stress, not on sentiment and personal connection, but rather on mission. They see the family as a place where one's vocation from God is prioritized and cultivated. We see this theme on clear display in both the Hannah story and the account of the finding in the Temple.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

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
0:10.9	to 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 to that we 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 Parishing Winnicka now presents
0:37.4	the Word on fire.
0:42.2	Peace be with you.
0:43.9	Friends, we have some wonderful readings today for this holy family Sunday.
0:49.7	They speak to us of biblical family values.
0:55.5	Now I'm going to suggest you these might not be the family values that spring to your mind.
1:02.3	We tend to be rather sentimental when it comes to families, especially this time of
1:08.0	year.
1:09.0	And there's nothing wrong with sentimentality itself, but to tell you the truth, it doesn't
1:14.5	have a lot to do with what the Bible thinks about families.
1:20.5	As we've come to expect, there's something harsh, blunt, demanding about the Bible's
1:29.7	attitude in this regard.
1:33.0	Take a look now at our first reading for today's liturgy.
1:36.3	It's from the first book of Samuel.
1:38.2	By the way, if you want to start with the reading of the Bible, you haven't been at it
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Bishop Robert Barron, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Bishop Robert Barron and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.