The New Pope and the Trinity

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 22 May 2005

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In my course on the Trinity here at the seminary, I have, for many years, been using Joseph Ratzinger's book Introduction to Christianity. In the pages of that text, our new pope presents the Trinity in terms of three theses: God's transcendence of the unity/diversity polarity; God's radical personhood; and the metaphysical primacy of relationality. In this sermon for Trinity Sunday, I will spell out briefly the meaning of each of these assertions.

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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.
0:39.9	Peace be with you.
0:40.9	Friends, a few weeks ago, I told you about our new Pope, Joseph Rotsinger.
0:45.4	I gave two sermons on his life and career.
0:48.5	In the course of that, I mentioned a book that he wrote, came out in 1968.
0:53.2	It's called Introduction to Christianity, and I recommended to you.
0:57.7	I've been using it here in the seminary for the past 10 years in my basic course on
1:02.6	God.
1:03.6	It's a great book, full of the spirit of Vatican II, also full of a deep respect for
1:09.1	the tradition.
1:10.1	If you want to know the mind of our new Pope, the best place to look would be in this book.
1:14.6	Well, I thought of it because now it's Trinity Sunday.
1:19.1	The preachers nightmare, they always say, Trinity Sunday.
1:21.7	What do you say about this great mystery of the Trinity?
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