| 8752 | 3icyh2 | 3 | 2008-07-12 04:51:23.969221 | http://ll.mycatholicvoice.com/f/8/6687_thumb.jpg | Bishop Barnes & Pilgrims | | dtenette | 2008-07-12 | http://www.mycatholicvoice.com/images/icons/default_profile.jpg | Bishop Barnes greets pilgrims before Mass of Sending at WYD08. | bishop,barnes,mass,sending,wyd,wyd08,wyd2008,world,youth,day,sydney,australia,pilgrim,usccb,tenette,reporter | Youth,Mass,Travel | | 209 | 0 | | 3 | d5499d28e823107ed14a22a994f9a30e | @0|@0|3@1|@0|@0 | | no | http://ll.mycatholicvoice.com/f/ch/3icyh2/27369.jpg | | | |
| 382 | ax57Fq | The Pharisee and the Publican | The Irish writer Iris Murdoch said that human beings are naturally self-absorbed and that what we need, consequently, are spiritual exercises that break us out of the narrow confines of our egos. Learning a foreign language can be such an exercise, as can a confrontation with real beauty. Authentic prayer--the kind exemplified in the humble petition of the Publican--also serves this purpose. | word,fire,father,robert,barron,christ,sermon,sermons,podcast | Homilies | fatherbarron | 67 | | 0 | Father Robert Barron | 5 | http://ll.mycatholicvoice.com/f/8/2146_thumb.jpg | 2007-11-29 15:43:07.885622 | |
| 396 | wpSAML | Light of the World; Salt of the Earth | The purpose of the Church is essentially extraverted. It exists for the sake of sanctifying the world. Thus Jesus tells his followers to be light for the world--that which illumines and clarifies the deepest truth of things--and salt for the earth--that which preserves, spices up and frees what is best in creation. We are most fully ourselves when we are a beacon for everyone else. | word,fire,father,robert,barron,christ,sermon,sermons,podcast | Inspiration | fatherbarron | 77 | | 0 | Father Robert Barron | 5 | http://ll.mycatholicvoice.com/f/8/2632_thumb.jpg | 2007-11-29 15:43:23.916505 | |
| 437 | 2eq8fE | Peter Maurin and Matthew 25 | Peter Maurin, the co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement, took Jesus' words in our Gospel for today with consummate seriousness. He felt that the corporal and spiritual works of mercy constituted a sort of socio-economic program. Following the exhortation of Jesus, Maurin wanted to create a society in which "it is easier for men to be good." His example is still a challenging and compelling one today. | word,fire,father,robert,barron,christ,sermon,sermons,podcast | Homilies | fatherbarron | 118 | | 0 | Father Robert Barron | 5 | http://ll.mycatholicvoice.com/f/8/2234_thumb.jpg | 2007-11-29 15:43:52.524924 | |
| 455 | vG5pwl | God's Cleansing Anger | God sometimes expresses his anger at his people Israel. This is not an emotional snit into which God falls; rather, it is a way of expressing his passion to set things right. So God permits the destruction of the Temple and the carrying off of Israel into exile in order to purify and cleanse. When catastrophe befalls us, we should trust in the strange providence of God. God is always about the business of enhancing life. | word,fire,father,robert,barron,christ,sermon,sermons,podcast | Inspiration | fatherbarron | 66 | | 0 | Father Robert Barron | 5 | http://ll.mycatholicvoice.com/f/8/2729_thumb.jpg | 2007-11-29 15:44:14.978618 | |
| 386 | 0lOPgH | Christ the Crucified King | Our first reading for Mass this Sunday is taken from the opening chapter of Paul's letter to the Colossians. There is no stronger statement of the absolute primacy, centrality, and importance of Jesus Christ in the entire New Testament. Jesus, Paul tells us, is the beginning and the end, the icon of the invisible God, the one in whom all things exist and for whom they are destined. And then the Gospel shows us this cosmic King nailed to the cross. This wonderful irony is at the heart of the Christian proclamation: the King of the Universe is a crucified criminal, who utterly spends himself in love. | word,fire,father,robert,barron,christ,sermon,sermons,podcast | Conferences | fatherbarron | 117 | | 0 | Father Robert Barron | 5 | http://ll.mycatholicvoice.com/f/8/2452_thumb.jpg | 2007-11-29 15:43:12.964936 | |