Resurrection and Metanoia

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 26 April 2009

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

The readings for today effect a correlation between the resurrection of Jesus and conversion. The biblical word for conversion is "metanoia" which has the sense of "going beyond the mind that you have." What would it be like to move from a death-haunted consciousness to resurrection-haunted one? It would involve a conversion.

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1:51.1	Friends, how wonderful are these readings for the Easter season.
1:55.9	So full of theological depth, so spiritually rich, so marked by joy.
2:03.5	That's what strikes me, the joyfulness of these readings from the Acts of the Apostles and from the Gospels.
2:09.1	I'd like to begin with our Gospel reading, taken from the 24th chapter of Luke.
2:17.1	I think I've mentioned you before, I think this chapter is a kind of masterpiece within the masterpiece.
2:24.3	Luke's Gospel as a whole is beautifully crafted and organized, but this chapter is a kind of gem.
2:32.3	It includes one of the greatest stories ever told, the account of Jesus on the road to Emmaus, and it concludes with our passage for today.
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