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Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 10 April 2005

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

The story of the two disciples on the road to Emmaus is one of the best-loved in the Biblical tradition. It speaks to us of the manner in which we come to see the risen Jesus. When we look through the lenses of the Biblical revelation and the Eucharistic mystery, Jesus comes into clear focus. This, of course, is the structure of the Mass, with its liturgy of the Word and liturgy of the Eucharist. The late great John Paul II understood this dynamic in his bones--which is why he travelled so widely to speak the word and make present the Eucharist.

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0:00.0	Word on fire is brought to you by Catholic cemeteries, serving the Chicago area since 1837.
0:06.8	This is Cardinal Francis George, and I invite you to join me for the next few minutes to
0:11.0	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
0:21.9	Word of Love for each of us.
0:24.2	If our hearts are open, the Lord can change and transform us, clearly might speak with
0:29.2	love about the one who is love.
0:32.5	The Archdiocese of Chicago, through the generosity of Sacred Heart Parish in Winetka, now presents
0:37.4	the Word on fire.
0:39.6	Peace be with you.
0:41.1	Friends on this third Sunday of Easter, we hear this magnificent reading from the Gospel
0:45.8	of Luke, the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, and they're meeting with the risen Jesus.
0:52.4	It's captured the minds and hearts of poets and thinkers over the centuries, and it is
0:56.5	one of the greatest stories ever told, has all the elements you'd want in a great narrative.
1:03.1	Watch how it begins.
1:04.7	The beginning, by the way, of great stories is always worth attending to.
1:09.0	Two disciples of Jesus that same day, the first day of the week, were making their way
1:13.2	to a village named Emmaus, seven miles from Jerusalem.
1:19.2	How you're walking in the Gospel matters.
1:23.3	All the momentum of the Gospel of Luke is toward Jerusalem.
1:28.3	Jerusalem is the city of the cross, the city of the resurrection, the city of the sending
1:34.0	of the spirit.
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