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Are You Not Aware?
FromBishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
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Length:
15 minutes
Released:
Jun 26, 2005
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Podcast episode
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In our second reading for this week, St. Paul reminds the Christian community in Rome that baptism means an immersion into the dying of the Lord. In his first letter to the Corinthians, he had similarly told his followers that every eucharist is a participation in the dying of Christ. Why this preoccupation with death? Because it is only through this journey into Christ's death and resurrection that we can effectively conquer the fear of death, which tends to cramp us spiritually. Once we have died witih Jesus, we can walk "in newness of life."
Released:
Jun 26, 2005
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Patience, People: St. James reminds us that an essential element of the Christian life is waiting. As the farmer waits for the precious yield of the earth, so the believer waits while Christ does his mysterious work in the world. Thus we must learn the virtue of patient e... by Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies