Learning Who We Are

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 24 January 2019

⏱️ 15 minutes

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The dramatic scene presented in the Book of Nehemiah presents a people who had forgotten their identity and learned, as if for the first time, who they really are. It is the mission of all those who remain invested in the faith of the Church to give testimony to their brothers and sisters in Christ, reminding all that in Christ, we have received a unique and wonderful identity—and it is only when we know who we are that will be able to find our purpose and accomplish the mission that Christ has given to us.

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0:00.0	This is Cardinal Francis George. I invite you to join me for the next few minutes to reflect
0:09.0	with Father Robert Barron on the Word of God, which is the Word on Fire. Word on Fire Catholic
0:14.2	Ministries is a non-profit ministry at the forefront of Catholic evangelization, using
0:18.9	new media to spread the faith and every continent. Father Barron challenges us to open our hearts
0:23.9	to the Word on Fire, which is God's Word of Love for each of us. If our hearts are open,
0:29.5	the Lord can change and transform us so that we might speak with love about the one who
0:34.6	is love. The global benefactors of Word on Fire with the support of the Archdiocese of
0:39.4	Chicago now present Word on Fire. Peace be with you. Friends, suppose you're a devil
0:48.9	tay of Shakespeare. And you discover that a group of high school students have barely
0:55.5	heard of Shakespeare. They never read, hamlet. They have no idea who Macbeth is. They've never
1:04.7	seen a production of Romeo and Juliet or a mid-summer night's dream. They can't recite a line
1:11.1	of Shakespearean verse. The 2B or not to B speech is just utterly opaque to them. Well,
1:20.4	if you're a devil tay of Shakespeare, wouldn't this situation break your heart? And wouldn't
1:27.0	you endeavor with all your strength to draw these students into the great world of Shakespeare?
1:33.4	Wouldn't you read to them? Bring them to plays, explain difficult passages to them. Maybe if
1:44.1	you were really adventurous, you'd bring them to Stratford upon Avan to show them where Shakespeare
1:48.4	was born and where he's buried. You'd be convinced that ignorance of Shakespeare is ignorance of an
1:57.9	important dimension of life and you'd probably do all you could to bring these young people into
2:04.4	contact with Shakespeare. Or suppose you're a careful student of American history. You love American
2:14.4	history. You've discovered a group of young people who are just ignorant of their nation's story.
2:23.9	They're foggy on the Revolutionary War and the roles played by Benjamin Franklin and Alexander
2:30.3	Hamilton. They have no idea who John Adams was or Aaron Burr. You discover they know nothing about
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