United in the Blood of Jesus

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 22 March 2015

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

The best way to understand the history of salvation is to understand it as the story of covenants between God and his people. In the Old Testament, covenants are typically sealed in blood and sacrifice. In today's first reading, Jeremiah prophesies a new covenant forged by the shedding of blood— Christ's blood on the Christ— which makes the whole world into the New Israel. Through the blood of that covenant, we share in the Divine Life.

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0:00.0	This is Archbishop Blasupich, Archbishop of Chicago.
0:06.2	Today I invite you to reflect with Father Robert Barron on the Word of God, which is the
0:12.4	Word on Fire.
0:15.0	Word on Fire, Catholic Ministries, is a non-for-profit apostolate dedicated to the mission of evangelization
0:22.1	that utilizes media both old and new to share the faith on every continent and facilitate
0:29.3	and encounter with Christ in His church.
0:32.9	The efforts of Word on Fire, Catholic Ministries, engage the culture and bring the transformative
0:38.6	power of God's Word where it is most needed.
0:43.2	This is an invitation to open our hearts to the Word on Fire, which is God's Word of
0:48.3	love for each of us.
0:50.7	When our hearts are open, the Lord changes and transforms us so that we enter and begin
0:57.4	to share the warmth and light of Jesus Christ, who is the Word on Fire.
1:04.3	The global benefactors of Word on Fire, Catholic Ministries, with the support of the Archdiocese
1:09.6	of Chicago, now present Word on Fire.
1:16.2	Peace be with you.
1:18.2	Friends, our first reading for this fifth Sunday of Lent is one of the most pivotal passages
1:24.7	in the sacred scriptures.
1:27.1	It's easy enough to remember the citation.
1:29.1	It's Jeremiah 31-31.
1:33.0	So at some point, I want you to go home and take out your bibles and look up Jeremiah 31-31.
1:40.0	Here's the passage of the question.
1:43.0	The days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the House of
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