The One Thing Necessary

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 18 July 2004

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Both our first reading and Gospel for this week speak of the importance of keeping our attention riveted on God. The three angels visit Abraham, and he drops everything in order to receive them with hospitality; Jesus comes to her home, and Mary sits at his feet, listening to his words. When God is the absolute priority in our lives, everything else that we are worried about about falls into place. Augustine said, "love God and do what you want." This implies that once God is the unambiguous center of our lives, we can confidently arrange and respond to all of our particular concerns.

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0:00.0	Word on Fire is brought to you by Catholic cemeteries, serving the Chicago area since 1837,
0:06.5	and FSP dedicated to food service excellence.
0:10.9	This is Cardinal Francis George, and I invite you to join me for the next few minutes to
0:15.1	reflect with Father Robert Barron on the Word of God, which is the Word on Fire.
0:21.7	Father Barron will challenge us to open our hearts to the Word on Fire, which is God's
0:26.0	Word of Love for each of us.
0:28.3	If our hearts are open, the Lord can change and transform us, who we might speak with love
0:33.7	about the One who is love.
0:36.6	The Archdiocese of Chicago, through the generosity of Sacred Heart Parish and Winetka, now presents
0:41.6	the Word on Fire.
0:44.1	Peace be with you.
0:45.1	Friends, we have some really extraordinary readings today for Mass.
0:49.2	The first one is taken from the Book of Genesis, and it's deeply mysterious.
0:53.8	It's intrigued Christian writers and thinkers and artists up and down the centuries.
0:58.1	Listen how it begins.
1:00.7	The Lord appeared to Abraham by the terrible of memory, as he sat in the entrance of
1:05.7	his tent while the day was growing hot.
1:08.9	Looking up, he saw three men coming toward him.
1:14.3	Abraham is visited by three men, and it's identified as a vision of God.
1:19.6	It's a theophany.
1:20.6	God has come to visit him, but he appears as it were in this form of three men.
1:25.1	Then listen as it goes on.
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