What is Love?

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 28 January 2007

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In the thirteenth chapter of his first letter to the Corinthians, St. Paul sings a hymn to love. He tells us that love is "patient, gentle, kind, not snobbish" and that it "never fails." Love, after all, is what God is: willing the good of the other as other. When we love, therefore, we are sharing in the very life of God.

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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.
0:42.5	Peace be with you.
0:44.2	Friends, in the 13th chapter of Paul's first letter to the Corinthians, we find one
0:50.3	of the most compelling and beautiful texts in the Bible.
0:54.8	I'm talking about that hymn to love.
0:58.1	You hear it at many Catholic weddings, don't you?
1:01.6	Love, Paul tells us, is the greatest and most enduring of the theological virtues,
1:09.6	those three things that last.
1:12.3	Surpassing an importance, both hope and faith.
1:16.2	Listen to Paul.
1:18.2	If you have faith strong enough to move mountains but have not love,
1:23.4	you are nothing.
1:25.9	Now to realize the significance of that particular ranking, all you got to do is consult Paul's
1:30.3	letter to the Romans where he lays out as unambiguously as possible the importance of faith.
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