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Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

The Trinity as Call to Action

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

4.84.9K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2015

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

It's often joked that Trinity Sunday is "the preacher's nightmare." But while the Trinity can be viewed as the most arcane and inaccessible Christian doctrine, it's also the most ordinary and obvious. Every Catholic invokes the Trinity whenever he crosses himself in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Moreover, every single baptized person has been baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Through baptism we've been sealed by the Trinity, brought within its dynamic, and sent out on mission.

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0:00.0

This is Archbishop Blaise Supich, Archbishop of Chicago.

0:06.2

Today, I invite you to reflect with Father Robert Barron on the Word of God, which is the Word on Fire.

0:14.5

Word on Fire Catholic Ministries is a non-for-profit apostolate dedicated to the mission of evangelization that utilizes media

0:23.4

both old and new to share the faith on every continent and facilitate an encounter with Christ

0:30.8

in its church. The efforts of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries engage the culture and bring the transformative power of God's Word

0:40.0

where it is most needed.

0:42.7

This is an invitation to open our hearts

0:45.2

to the Word on Fire,

0:46.8

which is God's Word of Love for each of us.

0:50.5

When our hearts are open,

0:52.4

the Lord changes and transforms us so that we in turn begin to share the warmth and light of Jesus Christ, who is the Word on Fire.

1:04.0

The global benefactors of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries, with the support of the Archdiocese of Chicago now present word on fire peace be with you

1:16.2

friends we come today to the great celebration of trinity sunday it's been called the preachers

1:23.2

nightmares you know how do you preach about the trinity I think it shouldn't be the preacher's nightmare.

1:28.9

I think it should be the preacher's great opportunity

1:30.8

because I always tell our students here that every Sunday is Trinity Sunday.

1:36.2

So here's a peculiar thing about the Trinity.

1:39.3

At one at the same time, the Trinity is the most arcane and extraordinary of Christian doctrines and the

1:46.9

most ordinary. It's simultaneously the most inaccessible of doctrines and the most obvious.

1:56.0

Now, what do I mean? Well, on the one hand, there is a highly developed technical language regarding this great mystery.

2:04.3

I've been teaching the Trinity out here for 20 years.

2:08.4

Terms like person, imminent relation, circumcension, procession, etc., etc.

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