What Are You Afraid Of?

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 19 June 2005

⏱️ 15 minutes

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"Who or what are you most afraid of?" is, I submit, a very important spiritual question. To answer it honestly is to know how and why your life is structured the way it is. The simple message of the the Gospel for this week is that one should fear, above all, the loss of friendship with God. More than the loss of money, health, power, the esteem of others, life itself, one should be afraid of losing intimacy with God. If that is truly your greatest fear, you are not far from the Kingdom of Heaven.

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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 to
0:11.0	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, clearly 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 Parish in Winetka now presents
0:37.4	the Word on fire.
0:39.4	Peace be with you.
0:41.5	What are you afraid of?
0:43.5	Or who are you afraid of?
0:46.0	That I would submit to you is a very important spiritual question.
0:50.2	One way to understand your life is to bliss the things that you seek.
0:55.8	What do you want?
0:57.0	What do you desire above all?
0:58.8	You might say, well, I desire wealth and health and friendship and pleasure.
1:04.9	But turn the question around, it's just as good.
1:08.0	What are you afraid of?
1:10.5	And what are you afraid of the most?
1:13.8	To answer that question, honestly, is to learn an awful lot about yourself and probably
1:18.4	is to understand the way you tend to order and organize your life.
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