Blessed Are We

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 30 January 2011

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

The Beatitudes reveal the true path of joy is found not in grasping at power but in the willing surrender to God's mysterious grace.

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0:00.0	This is Cardinal Francis George.
0:06.3	I invite you to join me for the next few minutes to reflect with Father Robert Barron on the Word of God, which is the Word on Fire.
0:13.2	Word on Fire Catholic Ministries is a non-profit ministry at the forefront of Catholic evangelization,
0:18.6	using new media to spread the faith on every continent.
0:21.9	Father Barron challenges us to open our hearts to the Word on Fire, which is God's
0:26.1	Word of Love for each of us.
0:28.1	If our hearts are open, the Lord can change and transform us so that we might speak with love
0:33.4	about the one who is love.
0:35.7	The global benefactors of Word on Fire
0:37.7	with the support of the Archdiocese of Chicago
0:39.8	now present, Word on Fire.
0:44.5	Peace be with you.
0:46.5	Friends, we have a great privilege today
0:47.9	on this Fourth Sunday in ordinary time
0:50.0	because the church gives us
0:52.1	the beatitudes,
0:54.3	the beginning of the sermon on the mount.
0:57.4	Here we have the Word of God himself,
1:01.9	teaching us how to be happy.
1:04.0	Beatitudo, it just means joy, happiness.
1:08.0	We look to all sorts of gurus and self-help guides and teachers to show us the way well the heck with
1:18.3	them we've got the word of god himself showing us the way notice please how this passage begins
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