Resources on Robert Barron

Robert Barron | Word on Fire

In this audio homily on Mark 14:22-25 and Hebrews 10:1-14, Robert Barron reflects on the supremacy of Jesus as the final and ultimate sacrifice reflecting God's love, rendering useless former sacrifices to appease God's wrath.

Mark 14:22-25; Hebrews 10:1-14

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Sacrifice, Jesus, Wrath, Love

Choosing the Way of Love

Robert Barron | Word on Fire

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

Robert Barron's audio homily on Sirach 15:15-20 emphasizes the freedom of choice that God gives us, allowing us to become the kind of person our choices dictate.

Sirach 15:15-20

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Love, Freedom, Sirach, Torah

The Primacy of Love

Robert Barron | Word on Fire

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Robert Barron says that for Paul, Love at the heart of everything. Nothing matters without Love, because God is Love. Putting Love at the center is the best way to organize and prioritize our entire lives.

1 Corinthians 12:31; 13

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Love, Egoism

The Prodigal Son

Robert Barron | Word on Fire

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Robert Barron's audio homily on Luke 15:11-32 emphasizes the need to stay connected to God in order to receive God's gifts and to give to others in turn.

Luke 15:11-32

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Grace, Prodigal Son, Love, Parable

Loving Jesus Above All Others

Robert Barron | Word on Fire

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

Robert Barron's audio sermon on Matthew 10:37-42 emphasizes that God is God and cannot be secondary to any other commitment. (Length: 14:58)

Matthew 10:37-42

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Love, Parents, Children, Cross

Four Reasons to Love Your Enemies

Robert Barron | Word on Fire

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Robert Barron's audio homily on Luke 6:27-36 explores four reasons why it is so important to obey Jesus' most difficult command - to love our enemies.

Luke 6:27-36

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Love, Jesus, Enemy

Enemy Love

Robert Barron | Word on Fire

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

Robert Barron's audio homily on 1 Samuel 24 and Luke 6:27-36 explores four reasons why it is so important to obey Jesus' most difficult command - to love our enemies.

1 Samuel 24; Luke 6:27-36

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Love, Enemies, Jesus

The Three Tasks of the Church

Robert Barron | Word on Fire

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Robert Barron's audio homily on Exodus 22:21-23; Matthew 22:34-40; and 1 Thessalonians 1:4-10 maintains that the church has three basic jobs: to care for the poor, to evangelize, and to worship.

Exodus 22:21-23; Matthew 22:34-40 1 Thessalonians 1:4-10

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Worship, Evangelism, Love, Poor

The God Who Is Love

Robert Barron | Word on Fire

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

Robert Barron's audio homily maintains that the Trinity means God is fundamentally a relationship of loving persons. Being made in God's image, "we are most ourselves when we are most like God" as loving persons.

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Love, Trinity, Image Of God, God

The Narrow Gate

Robert Barron | Word on Fire

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

Luke 13:22-30 reminds us that the gate is narrow precisely because it is in the shape of Jesus Himself, and entrance through the gate involves conformity to his state of being. A podcast by Robert Barron....

Luke 13:22-30

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Grace, Love, Salvation, Gate

Faith Perfected by Love

Robert Barron | Word on Fire

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In this Catholic homily, Robert Barron preaches on the relationship between faith and love in James 2:14-18. (Length: 14:43)

James 2:14-18

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Faith, Grace, Love, James

Judgment and Love

Robert Barron | Word on Fire

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Our culture values non-judgmentalism, but Christianity requires certain moral judgments. This sermon podcast on Romans 13:8-10 by Robert Barron offers tips for navigating judgment with love. (Length: 13:16)

Romans 13:8-10

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Love, Judgmentalism, Judgment, Toleration

The Pattern of Love

Robert Barron | Word on Fire

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

In this sermon on Luke 24:13-35, Robert Barron explores the symbolism of the Emmaus road account. The two disciples walk away from Jerusalem, the place of suffering love. Only in the Eucharist do they recognize Christ.

Luke 24:13-35

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Love, Emmaus, Eucharist, Resurrection

The Love of Predilection

Robert Barron | Word on Fire

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

This audio sermon by Robert Barron on the Wisdom of Solomon 11:22-12:2 and Luke 19:1-10 reflects on God's creation through love. God's love causes everything to be. We do good only because God loves us.

Luke 19:1-10; Wisdom of Solomon 11:22-26, 12:1-2

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Love, Goodness, God's Love, God

Hannah, Her Son, and the Holy Family

Robert Barron | Word on Fire

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

In this homily on 1 Samuel 1:20-28 and Luke 2:41-52, Robert Barron uses Hannah and Mary to examine what makes a family holy.

1 Samuel 1:20-28; Luke 2:41-52

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Family, Peace, Women, Community

Pier Giorgio Frassati and Social Justice

Robert Barron | Word on Fire

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

Exodus 22:20-26 and Matthew 22:34-40 reveal a compassionate God who hears the cries of the poor. In this podcast, Robert Barron looks to Pier Giorgio Frassati as en example of compassionate neighbor-love.

Exodus 22:20-26; Matthew 22:34-40

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Love, Compassion, Wealth And Poverty, Social Justice

Life is a Risk

Robert Barron | Word on Fire

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

In Matthew 25:14-30, Jesus draws from the world of business to talk about the spiritual life. As in business, in the Christian life one must be willing to take risks. A podcast by Robert Barron.

Matthew 25:14-30

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Business, Parables, Love, Spiritual Growth

Training in the Divine School

Robert Barron | Word on Fire

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In this homily based on Hebrews 12:11-13, Robert Barron explores how to understand divine punishment in the context of God’s love and discipline.

Hebrews 12:11-13

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Punishment, Love, Discipline, God

Hesed All the Way Through

Robert Barron | Word on Fire

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

In his audio homily on 2 Chronicles 36, Robert Barron reflects on Divine Love as the great theme of the Bible, using the Hebrew word "hesed" to illustrate and illuminate.

2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23

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Love, Lent, Hesed

The Strange Path of Love

Robert Barron | Word on Fire

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

Describing the importance of love in this audio sermon on in 1 Corinthians 13, Robert Barron discusses how love—defined as willing the good of the other—must be the foundation of everything we do in Christian life.

1 Corinthians 13

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Love, Agape, Love Your Neighbor, Unity