How to Evangelize

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How to Evangelize

FromBishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

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Jan 31, 2018

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Jan 31, 2018

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Weekly homily podcast from Bishop Robert Barron, produced by Word on Fire Catholic Ministries.

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Whatsoever You Do...: Our Gospel for today is one of the most devastating texts in the New Testament. Jesus tells us that whenever we neglected to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit the imprisoned, welcome the lonely, we failed to care for him. Dorothy Day said that eve... by Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
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Jesus in the Desert: Just after his baptism, Jesus retires to the wilderness and there he faces the tempter. We enter into this experience with him, facing the same struggle. Like the Lord himself, we wrestle with the temptations to make sensual pleasure, the ego, and power ... by Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
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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
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Our God is a Community of Love: The Trinity is not simply a conundrum for theologians to puzzle over. It names the very heart of the Christian faith. Our God is a community or family of love, and we are invited, through Christ, to share in that love. by Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
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The Journey of the Magi: The journey of these wise men is a metaphor for the spiritual journeys that all of us must make. Like the magi, we must be attentive; we must be willing to act; we must expect opposition; we must give our best to Christ, and finally, we must be willing t... by Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
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The Disquieting Humility of God: John hesitates before baptizing the Lord, saying, "It is I who should be baptized by you." The great surprise--that we have been wrestling with for two millenia--is that God's greatness is a function of his humility, his willingness to stand shoulder to ... by Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
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Peace Be With You: The risen Jesus breaks through the locked doors of our fears and brings us the Shalom (the full flourishing) that God wants for his people. Then he breathes into us the power and joy of the Holy Spirit and he sends us out to spread the good news. by Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
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The Paralysis of Sin: God wants nothing more than for us to be fully alive. Sin cramps us, paralyzes us, prevents us from flourishing. Jesus' whole life and being is God's "yes" to human beings. So he forgives the sin of the paralytic and then invites him to walk. The glory o... by Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
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An Icon of the Church: The Old Testament story of the battle between Israel and the Amalekites is a symbolic presentation of the church. In the struggle against evil, there are fighters, pray-ers, and those who support the pray-ers. The Church is an amalgam of interdependent a... by Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
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Pray, Fast, and Give Alms: During the great season of Lent, the Church recommends three very concrete acts: prayer, fasting, and the giving of alms. These are actions that involve the body as much as the mind; and they are things that we "do." Lent is not so much a time to fuss ab... by Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
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Follow Me: One of the great conversion stories in the New Testament is the account of the call of St. Matthew. Jesus summons the worldly tax-gatherer and Matthew rises from his post to follow the Lord. In the symbolic language of the Bible, this "rising" evokes the... by Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
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Joseph the Just: One of the most popular saints in the Christian tradition is Joseph, the husband of Mary. We see in the Gospel for the fourth Sunday of Advent that Joseph is a man willing to situate the struggles and uncertainties of his life in the context of a divine ... by Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
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The Wheat and the Tares: One of the most mysterious and yet practically applicable of Jesus' parables is at the heart of today's Gospel. The wheat and the weeds are allowed to grow together until the harvest, just as, strangely, good and evil are allowed to exist side-by-side in... by Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
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The Liturgy as a Display of God's Justice: In the liturgy, we realize ourselves as the Corpus Christi, the Body of Christ. In so doing, we show forth what the whole of human society and culture ought to look like: nonviolence, forgiveness, compassion, the bearing of one another's burdens. by Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
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The Man Born Blind: Blindness is a great Biblical symbol of spiritual blindness, the darkening and distortion of our vision. Jesus salves and washes the blind man in John's Gospel in order to restore his sight. In the same way, he washes us (in Baptism) and salves us (in th... by Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
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Woe to You Pharisees: The problem with the Pharisees is not what they teach. It is that they use religion--the very thing that is meant to take us out of ourselves--as a means of aggrandizing the ego. Law, custom, practice, religious dress, titles--all of it becomes a way of ... by Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
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The Baptism of the Lord: John the Baptist, the last and greatest of the prophets, correctly discerns that Jesus is the Son of God, but what he finds disconcerting is that this God-man comes to him for baptism: "I should rather be baptized by you." This reversal--still stunning 2... by Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
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The Feast of the Spirit: On Pentecost, the disciples heard a strong driving wind, saw tongues of flames, and then received amazing gifts of the Spirit, enabling them to proclaim and witness. The Church, throughout the centuries, has received spectacular charisms of miracle-worki... by Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
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Life in the Spirit: Prophets, Apostles, Evangelists, Pastors: In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul specifies some of the great charismatic offices, including prophets who boldly speak the word, apostles who establish churches, evangelists who draw others to Christ, and pastors who order and manage the community of ... by Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
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Food for Eternal Life: On this feast of Corpus Christ, we reflect on the inexhaustibly rich theme of the Eucharist. The particular motif I pursue in this homily is that of the eucharist as food for eternal life. Eating the body and drinking the blood of Jesus fits us for the r... by Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
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Faith the Size of a Mustard Seed: For Jesus, faith is power. When we have linked ourselves to the God who fashions and governs the cosmos, we allow enormous power to flow through us for the transformation of the world. To have faith is to live in the "great soul." It is to expand the hor... by Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
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The Lesson of the Prodigal Son: Jesus' parable of the Prodigal Son is one of the most memorable, carefully crafted, and inspiring stories ever told. In some ways, the whole of the Christian "thing" is summed up in this narrative. We have a God who invites us into the dynamism of his ow... by Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
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The Fruits of the Spirit: In his letter to the Galatians, Paul enumerates the fruits of the Holy Spirit, the concrete results of living the life of the Trinity. These include love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness and self-control. Is someone living "in Christ," or "in ... by Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
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A Ransom for the Many: What does it mean to say that Jesus died for our sins? How precisely does his cross save us? The first Christians saw sin as a sort of imprisonment, like being held for ransom, and in the dying and rising of Jesus, they experienced freedom. What freed th... by Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
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Getting Back to Basics In the Spiritual Life: On this first Sunday of Lent, the Church asks us to get back to the spiritual basics. We are compelled to consider once again the story of the Fall. God wants us to be fully alive, but fullness of life comes ultimately only as a gift of grace and not an ... by Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
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Commemorating the Faithful Departed: The Catholic Faith inculcates in us a deep sense of our connection to the dead. They are present to us in memory of course, but also through their prayer, guidance and loving concern. We too pray for them inasmuch as they stand in need of purification be... by Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
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Taking the Lowest Place: One of the greatest obstacles to effective mission is the attachment to honors and fame. This shrinks the soul and distracts from the only thing that matters: walking with Jesus on the path of discipleship. by Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
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Breaking Open the Coffers of Your Heart: The Three Wise Men see the sign, they move, they overcome opposition, and then they give the new-born King the best they have. Having walked this spiritual itinerary, they then "go back by a different route," for no one ever comes to Christ and goes back... by Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
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The Demands of Discipleship: Jesus tells his followers that those who love their mothers and fathers more than him are not worthy of him. This shocking claim is not meant to encourage hatred of one's family! It is meant to force us into a clear prioritization of values: God must be ... by Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
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The Ultimate Sacrifice: Another homily from Fr. Robert Barron and Word on Fire Catholic Ministries. by Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
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