Sermons - Word on Fire

Bishop Robert Barron Friends, on this Twenty-ninth Sunday of the year, our Gospel features the question from the Pharisees about paying taxes.

Bishop Robert Barron Friends, our Gospel today is the parable of the wedding banquet, and like all the parables, it’s kind of unsettling.

Bishop Robert Barron Friends, in our second reading this Sunday, Paul tells the church of Philippi, “Have no anxiety at all.”

Bishop Robert Barron Friends, our second reading, a passage from the second chapter of Paul to the Philippians, is one of the master texts in the New Testament.

Bishop Robert Barron Friends for this Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, we hear a story from Jesus that tends to bother everybody: the parable of the laborers in the vineyard.

Bishop Robert Barron Friends, our Gospel for this Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time is the familiar story of Peter asking the Lord how many times he should forgive his brother: “As many as seven times?”

Bishop Robert Barron Friends, for this Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, I want to begin with our very brief second reading from Paul to the Romans.

Bishop Robert Barron Friends, for this Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, I want to begin with our very brief second reading from Paul to the Romans.

Bishop Robert Barron Friends, for this Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, the Church brings us once again, with Jesus and the disciples, to Caesarea Philippi, and to a famous question:

Bishop Robert Barron Friends, for this Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, we hear the story of the Syrophoenician woman.

Bishop Robert Barron Friends, in my evangelical work online, I often encounter people who are skeptical of religion and dismissive of its claims.

Bishop Robert Barron Friends, on this Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, I want to focus on the Second Reading from Saint Paul’s Letter to the Romans.

Bishop Robert Barron Friends, we come to the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, and we’re going to finish our reading of the thirteenth chapter of Matthew's Gospel, which deals with the parables.

Bishop Robert Barron Friends, we continue this weekend reading from the thirteenth chapter of Matthew's Gospel, which is dedicated to the parables of Jesus.

Bishop Robert Barron Friends, on this Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, we continue our reading of the Gospel of Matthew.

Bishop Robert Barron Friends, on this Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, our first reading is from the prophet Zechariah, who is a very important figure for the Lord Jesus.

Bishop Robert Barron Friends, we’re reading this week again from the tenth chapter of Matthew’s Gospel, and Christ’s teaching here is—as always—astonishing:

Bishop Robert Barron Friends, Jesus cannot be reduced to just one ethical teacher among many. But this doesn’t mean that his teaching isn’t important or astonishing—because it is!

Bishop Robert Barron Friends, on this Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, the Gospel is about Jesus sending the Twelve on a mission.

Bishop Robert Barron Friends, we’ve come to the great Solemnity of Corpus Christi—a celebration of the Body and Blood of Christ in the Eucharist.

Bishop Robert Barron Friends, we’ve come to Trinity Sunday, one of my favorite Sundays of the year.

Bishop Robert Barron Friends, we’ve come to the great Solemnity of Pentecost, which is, along with Christmas and Easter, one of the most important feasts of the Christian year.

Bishop Robert Barron Friends, today is the great Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, which is situated between Easter and Pentecost.

Bishop Robert Barron Friends, we come to the Sixth Sunday of Easter, which means we’re coming to the end of the Easter season—and coming toward the Solemnity of Pentecost.

Bishop Robert Barron Friends, on this Fifth Sunday of Easter, there’s a somewhat hidden theme that runs like a golden thread through the readings, and that theme is the temple.