Cut It Off or Cut It Out

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 1 October 2006

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Jesus certainly manages to get our attention in this week's Gospel. Don't literalize his language, but feel its power. Are you willing to eliminate certain things from your life--ways of grasping, ways of walking, ways of seeing--that are compromising your friendship with God? What, precisely, are you willing to sacrifice?

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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, 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 Parish in Winnicka, now presents
0:37.4	the Word on fire.
0:42.3	Peace be with you.
0:43.9	Friends, do you know the story of Aaron Ralston?
0:48.3	Aaron Ralston was a vigorous and adventurous outnorsman who was given to hiking and climbing
0:54.6	and exploring.
0:57.0	In May of 2003, he was in the Nevada desert doing some rock climbing.
1:03.8	While Laurie himself into a crevasse, he stirred some rocks loose and then lost his footing
1:09.9	and fell to the ground.
1:12.3	To his surprise and great chagrin, he found himself trapped, a large rock having fallen
1:19.3	on his right arm.
1:22.3	He laid there an agony for two days, trying desperately, any way he could, to extricate
1:29.2	himself from the rock, but to no avail.
1:32.8	Finally, in his desperation, convinced that he would die of exposure otherwise, or he
1:40.8	not to take action, he grabbed a small pocket knife out of his backpack and began to cut
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