Unless You Change and Become Like a Little Child

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 21 September 2003

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Children are like plants, rocks, and flowers in this sense: they don't know how to be something that they are not. They haven't yet learned to lie, dissemble, pretend, or to seek to be someone they are not meant to be. We are all, right now, being created by God for God's purposes. Childlike joy returns to us the moment we put aside all our games of self-promotion and self-deception and live in accord with God's deepest desire for us.

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0:00.0	Word on Fire is brought to you by Catholic Cemetery's, serving the Chicago area since 1837, and
0:06.6	FSP dedicated to food service excellence.
0:11.0	This is Cardinal Francis George, and I invite you to join me for the next few minutes to
0:15.2	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
0:26.1	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
0:33.4	love about the one who is love.
0:36.7	The Archdiocese of Chicago through the generosity of Sacred Heart Parish and Winnetka
0:40.6	now presents the Word on Fire.
0:44.0	Peace be with you.
0:45.9	Friends, all the synoptic gospels, Matthew, Mark, and Luke, have retained for us this
0:51.2	image of Jesus with the children, suffer the little children to come unto me, unless
0:58.4	you change and become like a little child, you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.
1:03.5	Our Gospel for today from the Gospel of Mark is the earliest of these accounts.
1:09.6	Why did the church hang on to this story?
1:12.3	Why is it featured so prominently in the gospels?
1:14.5	Well, I think it does cut very close to the heart of who Jesus was, and what his
1:21.1	message for us is about.
1:24.4	You know, the setup for this story would be funny if it weren't so tragic.
1:29.8	Listen, Jesus and his disciples came down the mountain and began to go through Galilee,
1:37.9	but he did not want anyone to know about it.
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