Meaning of the Miracles

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 7 September 2003

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Our Gospel story today concerns a man who is deaf and dumb. He is symbolically evocative of an Israel that had grown deaf to God's word and, accordingly, unable to speak God's truth clearly. We are meant to identify with him, for we too often allow God's voice to be drowned out by other sounds, and we too are frequently incapable of articulating our faith in a compelling way. The solution is to be plugged into Jesus, to listen to him and to allow him to speak through us.

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0:00.0	Word on Fire is brought to you by Catholic Cemetery's, serving the Chicago area since 1837, and
0:06.6	FSP dedicated to food service excellence.
0:11.0	This is Cardinal Francis George, and I invite you to join me for the next few minutes to
0:15.2	reflect with Father Robert Barron on the Word of God, which is the Word on Fire.
0:21.7	Father Barron will challenge us to open our hearts to the Word on Fire, which is God's
0:26.1	Word of Love for each of us.
0:28.4	If our hearts are open, the Lord can change and transform us, who we might speak with
0:33.4	love about the one who is love.
0:36.7	The Archdiocese of Chicago through the generosity of Sacred Heart Parish and Wuneket now presents
0:41.7	the Word on Fire.
0:44.7	Peace be with you.
0:46.7	Friends, that Jesus was a wonder worker.
0:50.5	A worker of miracles is taken for granted in the Gospels.
0:54.8	It's one of the most basic things that we know about him.
0:58.1	Even objective historians who want to uncover what we know most clearly about Jesus will
1:04.4	say, well, we know he was a preacher of the kingdom, we know he died on the cross, and
1:09.2	we know that he was at least reputed to be a miracle worker.
1:14.2	If you try to take the miracles out of the Gospels, you'd be cutting an awful lot of material
1:18.7	out.
1:20.7	Now why does Jesus preach?
1:23.0	Well because he's the conveyor of God's truth.
1:27.8	Why does Jesus go to the cross to show the length and depth and breadth of the divine love?
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