How to Proclaim the Faith

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 25 April 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Friends, for this fourth Sunday of Easter, we have a magnificent first reading from the Acts of the Apostles. It’s one of Peter's great kerygmatic speeches—the kerygma means the basic proclamation of the faith—and a master class in evangelization. Christianity has become so commonplace for so many of us; we think being a Christian just means being a nice person. But listen now as this chief of the Apostles, this friend of Jesus, begins to preach with fire. This is the energy that should belong across the ages to Christian evangelical preaching!

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0:00.0	Friends, welcome to Word on Fire Catholic Ministries. Word on Fire is an
0:05.8	apostolate dedicated to the mission of evangelization using media both old and
0:11.9	new to share the faith on every continent and to facilitate an encounter with
0:17.0	Christ and His Church. The efforts of Word on Fire engage the culture and bring
0:22.2	the transformative power of God's Word where it is most needed. Today we invite
0:28.4	you to join Bishop Robert Barron as he preaches the gospel and shares the
0:32.9	warmth and light of Christ with each one of us. Peace be with you. Friends, we
0:38.2	continue our journey through the Easter season and for this fourth Sunday
0:42.1	Easter we have this magnificent first reading from the Acts of the Apostles.
0:45.8	It's one of Peter's great caracmatic speeches. The curriculum means the basic
0:51.1	proclamation of the faith. I think it's a master class in evangelization. So we've
0:57.6	been talking about that now ever since Vatican II, the new evangelization. I'm
1:01.1	trying to practice it in my own work. A lot of other people are, what is it? What
1:05.3	is evangelizing preaching? Take a look, second chapter of the Acts of the Apostles
1:10.2	are reading for today and you'll find it. See, I think one of the problems
1:14.2	everybody is Christianity has become so commonplace for so many of us. Old
1:19.0	Christianity has been around for a long time and yeah, that means being a nice
1:22.9	person. Remember Flanero Conner's line that for most people she said, yeah,
1:27.4	being a Christian means having a heart of gold. Well, see, that's all it means
1:31.0	the aggregate. Then we should just get honest jobs, you know.
1:35.8	Listen now as this this chief of the Apostles, this friend of Jesus, begins to
1:41.5	preach. This is this is preaching with fire. This is the spark. This is the
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