The Loop of Grace

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 31 July 2005

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

It all begins with grace, and it all ends with grace. Bernanos' country priest summed up Christianity with the phrase "Toute est grace," everything is grace. God gives graciously, gratuitously, superabundantly--and then we are called to respond with a similar exuberance. The more we give back to God, the more we get, and then we must give that back again, so as to get even more in return. This is the loop of grace which is spoken of from beginning to end of the Bible. And all of our readings for today touch on it specially.

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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.
0:40.0	Peace be with you.
0:41.0	Friends, these past several weeks we've been reading from Paul's Letter to the Romans.
0:45.5	It's been our second reading for the past couple of months.
0:49.6	Paul's Letter to the Romans is, by common consensus, the greatest of his letters.
0:54.8	The one that has the richest theological content.
0:58.0	It's a good thing to wrestle with.
0:59.7	If you have a chance with a good commentary, sit down and read your way through Paul to
1:04.1	the Romans.
1:05.1	I want to pause though today and concentrate on this passage from Romans, which is particularly
1:11.1	rich.
1:12.3	It comes from the eighth chapter.
1:15.7	Various theologians up and down the centuries have said, this passage summarizes the Christian
1:22.5	message.
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