No Cowardly Spirit

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 3 October 2004

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

We hear this week from St. Paul's second letter to Timothy. Paul, the old warrior, is passing on to his young disciple words of advice and encouragement. He tells Timothy that he has received "no cowardly spirit," but rather a spirit of boldness and confidence. Throughout the ages, in the saints and the martyrs, we have seen evidence of this courageous spirit that comes from the risen Christ. Did you know that the 20th century had more Christian martyrs than any other century? We can all still benefit from Paul's words.

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0:00.0	Word on Fire is brought to you by Catholic Cemetery's, serving the Chicago area since 1837.
0:06.9	This is Cardinal Francis George, and I invite you to join me for the next few minutes to
0:11.1	reflect with Father Robert Barron on the Word of God, which is the Word on Fire.
0:17.6	Father Barron will challenge us to open our hearts to the Word on Fire, which is God's
0:22.0	Word of Love for each of us.
0:24.3	If our hearts are open, the Lord can change and transform us, who we might speak with
0:29.3	love about the one who is love.
0:32.6	The Archdiocese of Chicago through the generosity of Sacred Heart Parish in Winnetka now presents
0:37.6	the Word on Fire.
0:40.3	Peace be with you.
0:41.9	Friends this week we hear from one of my favorite biblical texts, which is Paul's second
0:46.6	letter to Timothy.
0:48.1	There's some disagreement among the scholars as to which letters of Paul are really authentic.
0:53.9	Romans clearly is one and two Corinthians, yes, Galatians.
0:58.5	Others are much more controversial.
1:00.4	The Timothy letters are somewhere in between.
1:02.5	The scholars are divided whether Paul actually wrote them.
1:06.1	I for one have always been convinced that Paul did write these letters to Timothy because
1:10.8	they're full of his spirit.
1:12.9	You can hear Paul's voice in them.
1:16.2	What's wonderful too is they're written from prison.
1:20.2	Paul of course often found himself imprisoned and they're written to this young man, Timothy.
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