Trusting the Darkness

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 12 August 2007

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Authentic faith has nothing to do with credulity or intellectual naivte. It has everything to do with placing one's trust in the God whom we cannot, even in principle, know with clarity. It is the willingness to follow the promptings of God, even when we don't see where they might lead.

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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
0:10.9	to 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 to that we 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 Parishing Winnicka now presents
0:37.4	the Word on fire.
0:42.1	Peace be with you.
0:43.6	Friends, we have a great privilege this week.
0:46.0	We're hearing a lengthy passage at Mass from the letter to the Hebrews.
0:50.4	It's a fascinating bit of literature, the letter to the Hebrews.
0:53.8	It's not really a letter.
0:54.8	It's a treatise that was written sometime at the end of the first century and then
0:58.9	it found its way into the Scriptures.
1:01.9	It's somewhat difficult, somewhat confusing and dense, but take the time to move through
1:07.8	it.
1:08.8	It's not that long.
1:09.8	You can sit down and read it in one sitting.
1:12.0	And your effort will be rewarded.
1:13.0	It's one of the most important and insightful treatises on the nature of Christianity.
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