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The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture

WOF 025: The Greatest Sermon Ever

The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture

Brandon Vogt

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.95.8K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2016

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

It's been widely hailed as the greatest sermon ever preached and a masterpiece of religious and social ethics. Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, found in Matthew 5-7, commences with the "beatitudes", a series of eight blessings that Jesus gives to those who suffer, mourn, and express purity of heart. Bishop Barron walks through each beatitude and unveils its deeper meaning. A listener asks whether, according to Thomas Aquinas, God loves everyone the same or has a special hatred for sinners.

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Topics Discussed

  • 0:26  - Bishop Barron's new film series, CATHOLICISM: The Pivotal Players
  • 1:34 - What does "beatitude" mean?
  • 4:35 - How the beatitudes of Jesus are different than other religious teachings
  • 6:25 - How can the "poor in spirit" be blessed?
  • 7:32 - How will those who mourn be comforted?
  • 9:15 - The future promise of comfort for those who mourn
  • 10:06 - What does it mean to be "meek"?
  • 11:21 - How will the meek "inherit the land"?
  • 12:12 -  How God satisfied those who "hunger and thirst for righteousness"
  • 13:49 - What "blessed are the merciful" means
  • 15:09 - How the mercy we express is tied to the mercy we receive
  • 16:55 - How do we become "clean of heart"?
  • 18:39 - Pornography and the "clean of heart"
  • 19:37 - Why peacemakers will become children of God
  • 20:55 - Cardinal George and the eschatological dimension of peacemaking
  • 22:51 - Why religious persecution can be a form of blessing
  • 25:27 - Question from listener: Does God love everyone the same or hate sinners?

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to the Word on Fire show. We're excited to be here with you. I'm Brandon

0:07.2

Vat, the content director at Word on Fire, and joining with me as he is every week is Bishop

0:13.3

Robert Barron. Bishop Barron, great to have you.

0:16.0

Brandon, it's always a joy. Always a pleasure to be here.

0:19.1

Well just this week we made an exciting announcement about your new film series, Catholicism,

0:24.2

the pivotal players. So tell us about that.

0:26.9

Yeah, I'm very proud of it. Excited about it. This really is the follow up to the Catholicism

0:31.4

series. So we've done a number of things, you know, shorter pieces and videos, but this is the

0:35.8

real follow up. We were able to get six of these episodes finished and I was named a Bishop.

0:41.2

And so we had to suspend things for a little bit. We hope to finish it, you know, someday.

0:46.2

But we have six of them finished and they're beautiful. I've, of course, seen them all. They've

0:51.0

edited versions. It's the same team that made the Catholicism series, the same camera people,

0:56.4

editor, musician, et cetera. So I think those who like the Catholicism series will love pivotal

1:03.1

players. And then we're making a special offer for those who are willing to make a donation to

1:08.9

word on fire. We're giving a special first edition of pivotal players as a gift. And keep in mind

1:15.0

everybody, I still need a fair amount of money to finish this project. These are expensive

1:21.1

undertakings. These these massive film series. And so we have this first part done, but I need

1:26.5

some help. So that's why we're asking for more donations. And if you make a donation, you get a

1:30.9

special gift of this first edition of pivotal players. So you can find that at wordonfire.org.

1:37.3

There's a big graphic for the pivotal player series. And if you click on that, you can find out

1:41.4

more info about how you can donate and receive great gifts and return. Bishop Aaron mentioned the

1:46.9

first edition DVD box set of the pivotal player series. We also have a really beautiful coffee table

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