How to Be Happy

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 3 February 2008

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In the beatitudes, the Son of God tells us what every one of us, deep down, wants to know: how to be happy. So we must listen with great attentiveness. At the heart of the program is the beatitude: blessed are the merciful. This is because mercy is a participation in the divine life itself. All of the other beatitudes center around and relate to this one.

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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 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 Winetka now presents
0:37.4	the Word on Fire.
0:42.1	Peace be with you.
0:44.0	Friends, the Gospel for today is one of the most beautiful and important in the New Testament.
0:49.6	It's the beginning of the Sermon of the Mount, the Eight Beatitudes.
0:55.4	Why is this text so important?
0:57.5	Well, it's the Son of God telling us how to be happy.
1:03.8	In other words, it's the one who can't be wrong, who can't lie, telling us how to achieve
1:11.0	that which all of us most basically want.
1:16.0	What could be more compelling?
1:17.4	The Son of God giving us the program for joy.
1:22.4	Here's the first thing I want you to notice about this sermon.
1:26.4	Jesus speaks, not primarily here about obligation, not about law, not about demand.
1:36.4	He talks first about joy.
1:41.6	Joy, friends, is what Yahweh, what the Lord has wanted from the beginning.
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