Faith and the Reasoning of the Religious Mind

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 11 August 2013

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

God cannot be analyzed scientifically the way one would study the things of the world, but God can be approached through religious reasoning, or Faith. Faith is often criticized as unintelligent tomfoolery. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The Catholic tradition reveals that Faith is a rational reaction to God in the religious person. It is the reasoning of the religious mind.

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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.
0:21.8	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,
0:37.9	with the support of the Archdiocese of Chicago,
0:40.3	now present Word on Fire.
0:44.4	Peace be with you.
0:46.4	Friends, our second reading for this weekend
0:48.2	is one of the most magnificent biblical reflections on faith.
0:53.3	And you'll find it in the letter to the Hebrews.
0:57.4	Faith, faith, faith is one of the most controverted subjects today. You probably know they're the
1:05.2	new atheists who are a very vocal presence on TV and the web and so on.
1:12.7	And on a regular basis, they excoriate faith and people of faith.
1:19.8	In fact, on my website, I hear about this almost every day.
1:24.1	How is faith characterized by the new atheists and their friends?
1:28.1	Well, as credulity, superstition, accepting a lot of pre-scientific mumbo-jumbo,
1:39.7	bronze age mythology, etc., etc.
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