Christ, the Son of God

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 10 August 2008

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

The Church never tires of confessing the divinity of Jesus, for in that confession, the Church finds its whole identity. Over the centuries--and in the present day--many have tried to portray Jesus as no more than an inspired teacher. But the disciples who witnessed Christ walking on the water know better. They confess "truly, you are the Son of God."

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0:00.0	Word on fire is brought to you by Catholic cemeteries, serving the Chicago area since 1837.
0:06.7	This is Cardinal Francis George, and I invite you to join me for the next few minutes to
0:10.9	reflect with Father Robert Barron on the Word of God, which is the Word on fire.
0:17.4	Father Barron will challenge us to open our hearts to the Word on fire, which is God's
0:21.8	Word of Love for each of us.
0:24.0	If our hearts are open, the Lord can change and transform us, who we might speak with
0:29.0	love about the one who is love.
0:32.4	The Archdiocese of Chicago, through the generosity of Sacred Heart Parish and Winetka, now presents
0:37.4	the Word on fire.
0:42.1	Peace be with you.
0:43.8	Friends, our readings for this weekend center around the theme that we can never speak
0:48.1	of enough.
0:50.2	The divinity of Jesus has been at disturbing tendency in recent years to turn Jesus into
0:58.4	an inspiring spiritual teacher, like the Buddha or like Sufi mystics.
1:04.0	I just finished reading at Cartola's book, the one that Oprah has been recommending
1:08.3	to the whole country.
1:09.3	There are some good things in that book, spiritual teaching, but that's what really bugged me
1:13.9	about it was the tendency to reduce Jesus to one inspiring teacher among many.
1:19.7	Well, see, if that's all he is, frankly, the heck with him.
1:24.8	The Gospels are never content with such a reductive description.
1:30.5	Though they present him quite clearly as a teacher, think of the sermon in the mouth
1:35.0	or the parables, etc., they know that he's infinitely more than that.
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