How Great Is Your Faith

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 17 August 2014

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

The story of the persistent Canaanite woman has intrigued and puzzled Christians for two thousand years. Why would Jesus treat this pious woman with what seems like indifference, even hostility? Why does he refuse (it seems) to answer our own prayers? The solution can be found in the very Biblical category of testing.

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0:00.0	Word on Fire is brought to you by Catholic Cemetery's, 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 will we might speak with
0:29.0	God's Love about the One who is Love.
0:32.4	The Archdiocese of Chicago through the generosity of Sacred Heart Parish and Winnicka now presents
0:37.3	the Word on Fire.
0:41.9	Peace be with you.
0:43.9	Friends, the Gospel story for today, the account of the persistent Canaanite woman, is one
0:51.2	that has intrigued and puzzled Christians for centuries.
0:56.2	Like all the other hard Gospel stories, it packs a spiritual punch.
1:01.7	You know, it's a clue I was taught this years ago, is precisely those stories that bug
1:06.6	us, that bother us, that we should pay special attention to, because there's a great spiritual
1:12.8	lesson in them.
1:15.3	As the narrative commences, Jesus has entered pagan territory, near the cities of
1:21.6	Tyre and Sidon, that's in today's southern Lebanon.
1:27.9	Why did Jesus go there?
1:29.4	Well, it's not entirely clear on the surface level, but when read symbolically, it's very
1:35.0	evocative.
1:38.5	God's salvific purposes are for the whole world.
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