The Mission of Easter

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 30 March 2008

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Essential to the Easter message is mission: we are sent by the risen Jesus to do his work in the world. It is never enough that we contemplate his risen splendor; we must become his forgiveness-bearing presence to those around us.

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0:00.0	Word on fire is brought to you by Catholic cemeteries, serving the Chicago area since 1837.
0:06.7	This is Cardinal Francis George, and I invite you to join me for the next few minutes to
0:10.9	reflect with Father Robert Barron on the Word of God, which is the Word on fire.
0:17.4	Father Barron will challenge us to open our hearts to the Word on fire, which is God's
0:21.8	Word of Love for each of us.
0:24.1	If our hearts are open, the Lord can change and transform us, who we might speak with
0:29.0	love about the one who is love.
0:32.4	The Archdiocese of Chicago through the generosity of Sacred Heart Parish in Winnicka now presents
0:37.4	the Word on fire.
0:48.7	Peace be with you.
0:50.2	Friends, we're entering now into this wonderful Easter season, and the readings are just
0:54.2	particularly rich and powerful.
0:57.5	When it comes to the resurrection appearances, we almost always find these two things in
1:02.7	tandem, the wounds and the peace.
1:08.4	Typically, the risen Jesus shows his disciples the wounds of his crucifixion, and then he
1:15.3	offers them shallome peace.
1:19.1	In our Gospel for today, drawn from John's account, we find this familiar combination.
1:27.3	Peace be with you, he said, and when he had said this, he showed them his hands and
1:33.4	his side.
1:35.8	The wounds of Jesus are shown for a very simple but very important reason.
1:41.1	He wants his disciples and us to know what sin has done.
1:48.9	Jesus went to the cross because the world resisted him.
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