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When Your Faith Is Put to the Test
FromBishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
When Your Faith Is Put to the Test
FromBishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
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Length:
14 minutes
Released:
Feb 20, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Friends, we come now to the Second Sunday of Lent, and we’re on both dangerous and very holy ground with the first reading from the twenty-second chapter of Genesis. The ancient Israelites referred to it as the “Akedah,” which means the “binding”: Abraham binds and is ready to sacrifice Isaac at God’s command. It’s hard to imagine another text in the Old Testament that has stirred up more puzzlement and opposition. I am with Søren Kierkegaard: if you don’t experience “fear and trembling” having read this text, you have not been paying attention. And it’s naming something of absolute centrality in the spiritual life.
Released:
Feb 20, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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