Peter Maurin and Matthew 25

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 20 November 2005

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Peter Maurin, the co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement, took Jesus' words in our Gospel for today with consummate seriousness. He felt that the corporal and spiritual works of mercy constituted a sort of socio-economic program. Following the exhortation of Jesus, Maurin wanted to create a society in which "it is easier for men to be good." His example is still a challenging and compelling one today.

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0:41.9	Friends, when the risen Jesus appeared to Saul on the road to Damascus, he said, Saul,
0:49.3	Saul, why are you persecuting me?
0:53.6	Reasonably enough, Saul wondered who this might be, he said, well, who are you, sir?
0:58.4	The answer came, I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
1:03.4	Well, Saul had been persecuting these newly born Christian churches in Jerusalem, and he
1:10.2	was heading off to persecute one in Damascus.
1:13.8	He never met Jesus.
1:14.8	He'd heard about him, I suppose.
1:16.7	He never met him.
1:18.8	Yet this strange comment, Saul, Saul, you are persecuting me.
1:25.8	It tells us something very important about our ecclesiology, our understanding of the
1:29.8	church.
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