Falling in Love With God

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 3 April 2005

⏱️ 15 minutes

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So many of us skeptical moderns--intellectual heirs of Descartes-- identify with doubting Thomas. We too struggle with faith, ask tough questions, want proof. And to some degree, this is praiseworthy. But the trouble with systematic and persistent doubt is that it precludes the possibility of love, for love is always a surrender. "How blessed are those who have not seen and have yet believed," because they have allowed themselves to fall in love with Jesus Christ.

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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, clearly 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 Winetka, now presents
0:37.4	the Word on fire.
0:39.6	Peace be with you.
0:41.2	Friends on this Sunday after Easter, we have the story of doubting Thomas, a story which
0:47.1	has captivated Christians up and down the centuries.
0:50.4	Gregory the Great had a wonderful line.
0:52.0	He said, the disbelief of Thomas has benefited the church more than the belief of all the
0:59.6	other apostles combined.
1:01.2	There's just something compelling about the fact that Thomas didn't believe, and that
1:06.6	he was given this gift of seeing the Lord.
1:11.0	What if it now that makes Thomas, especially for us in modern times, so compelling?
1:16.6	I think it's because he is a saint, suited for our time.
1:21.4	Nicely in his skepticism and his empiricism, listen now to his line from the gospel.
1:30.0	The disciples have said, we've seen the Lord.
1:32.3	He came.
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