The Hardest Choice You’ll Ever Have to Make - Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermon
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.พ. 2021
- Friends, in our first reading today, we find ourselves face-to-face with an awful story which seems to harshly juxtapose God’s loving nature with an appalling request: that Abraham sacrifice his own son. We should not read this as a story about the arbitrary and capricious “testing” of Abraham, but rather as a story about the ordering of our love-and this is why it is important that we contemplate it at the beginning of Lent.
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Also, compare what God asks Abraham to what God himself sacrificed for us. God stopped Abraham short of sacrificing his only son, while God, in turn, sacrifices his only beloved son for us. And that is the measure of his love for us!
The Father didn't sacrifice the Son. We humans did.
Indeed the parallels between “only begotten son”, through whom a great nation would be born (Israel/the Church), the fact that Isaac is carrying the wood for sacrifice as Christ carried the cross, and even the ram who’s head was caught in the thicket as Jesus was given a crown of thorns, these parallels are very enlightening.
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@@rickmedinac The Father sent the Son into the world knowing that we would kill Him. It was a sacrifice on the Father's part and goes to show how great (and truly incomprehensible) God's love, for us sinners, is.
I was taught that the Son chose to sacrifice Himself for He so loved the world. 🙏
Word.
There are many parallels between this story and that of Jesus:
1) Abraham about to sacrifice his only son - God sacrificed His only Son
2) Isaac carrying the wood for the sacrifice up the mountain - Jesus carrying His cross up Mount Calvary
3) Isaac obeying Abraham without knowing he was to be the intended victim of the sacrifice - Jesus obeying God the Father knowing He was the victim
4) Isaac not making a fuss once he was bound on the altar and it became clear to him what was going on - Jesus not complaining even once during His Passion
The place where Abraham was to sacrifice Isaac, Mt. Moriah, is where Jerusalem was later built, and became known as Calvary. Many have speculated that the exact spot of Abraham's altar is where Jesus was crucified.
Thank you for your enlightening comparison.
God bless you, brother. Through our blessed Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
I may add that the ram caught in the thicket is a Christ figure as well, just as Christ’s head was caught in a crown of thorns (not to mention how it prefigures the levitical law of sacrificing spotless lambs.)
Lord Jesus Christ son of the living God have mercy on me a sinner.
I prayed this so frequently this past week, and it is such a powerful prayer. That opportunity to call to our Lord for Mercy gave me strength I didn't know I had to face the challenges of the day with grace and compassion.
Me too Jesus. I am just a sinner. Amen
FINALLY I UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THIS AWFUL REQUEST BY God!
My soul is open Bishop , speak , speak....
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God so loved us all, that He allowed His only son to replace Isaac on the alter. God completely showed his love for us, by doing what he could not even ask of Abraham. God is the well-spring of all love.
I should have read your comment first! Great minds .... ;)
Thank You Bishop Barron.
One of Bishop Barron's most excellent sermons
Bishop Barron, thank you, as ever you illuminate the Truth, every time. God bless you, God bless all people and work of WOF. I see the face of Jesus in every word you speak. God bless🙏🙏
What an extraordinary sermon! We are so blessed to have access to this Bishop's reflections.
I have always loved God, although my human existence makes me confused about him , but I always love him . Through my questions and confusion regarding so many injustices in this valley of tears I still and always run to my God. It’s an innate desire to always run to him when this life throws it’s worst sufferings at me. When my husband was not recovering from heart surgery , I ran to him and asked , “please take my husband into your kingdom “. There are so many questions I have in this gorgeous , sad and tortured world, yet I continue and always will run to Him. Lord help us I feel and fear our world is in grave danger. Thank you Bishop Barron for your service, your guidance. God bless you.
Apologies - thank you for such sound teaching of Gods Word - may you be blessed father Barron.I listen to you daily.
Your word is being spread all over the world. You've just reached Madeira Island. On the other side of your country. And is warming my heart and intensifying my soul.
This story shakes me up to how much not only Jesus suffered in the passion and the crucifixion for us but also the great suffering of God Himself who sacrificed His only begotten son for us. This is how much God loves us. This is how much we must love God. An angel stopped Abraham in the nick of time. Thanks to the mercy of God. Yet, no one stopped at the crucifixion. We did not show mercy to God! We need to repent everyday and pray to learn to give love and mercy.
Also, the wood that Isaac (Means "Laughter" in Hebrew) carries for the Sacrifice, foreshadows the wood of the Cross and the Ram caught in the thicket of thorns, foreshadows the Crown of Thorns. Also a Ram (Spotless Male Sheep) was the Offering for a Serious Sin to the Priests at the Temple on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. Could this Incident have Happened hundreds of Years before at the spot where the Temple was built? Possibly, Peace and Blessings, John, So. Missouri ✅🎆⛪
Rene Girard and others noted that human sacrifice was common in the world, across many cultures including some in the Middle East. This story of Abraham and Isaac is a lesson to the people of that time that human sacrifice is unacceptable.
@@danieltracy7136 Yes, This is another aspect of the Story. Thanks 👍😊
My 9 yo grandson asked me if I loved Jesus more than him. I said Yes, I do love God more than you because God is who gave me you. This simple answer was satisfactory to him
Extremely helpful, God bless you Bishop.
Isaac's story is indeed a beautiful foreshadowing (or type) of Jesus Christ. Both are beloved sons prepared for sacrifice.
Very good insight.
Well yes except I respectfully might I don't think God was taunting Abraham. I think He was saying I understand this is your son your only son who you love. ( the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings & Hebrews 11:9 )🙏🏻
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When you fall in love, you perceive and feel so different about everything . It colors all your surroundings. The same thing when you first hold your baby and affects the rest of your life. When you love God first, it becomes the lens and purifying filter of how you see ,, perceive and love. So in loving God first you learn to love others through, with , in, for God
Thank you God bless you always
Holy Spirit, help me to recognize and make God the "Summum Bonum", the highest good, and love in my life. Amen.
Amen
Here is another way to view the Akedah; In rabbinical tradition, Isaac, at the time of binding, is taken to be 37 years old, and Abraham 137. Scripture simply says, "...Abraham built the altar and arranged the wood and bound Isaac, his son, and placed him on the altar upon the wood." No struggle, no resistance on the part of Isaac. He had to be totally in compliance with being bound and the idea of himself as a sacrifice through an incredibly strong faith in both his Father and, ultimately, in God. Isaac is saying through his willingness to comply, "Your will Lord and God, not mine."
Amazing!
Thank you for sharing this further reflection.
God bless you, sister in Christ, through our Blessed Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Thank you for sharing this further reflection.
God bless you, sister in Christ, through our Blessed Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Yes, Fr. Mike Schmitz just discussed this...isn't it moving and humbling and amazing!
That’s jus speculation! The bible don’t say anything about how Isaac reacted to his father sacrificing him. Hi might have cried out loud, he might have been silent , we don’t know anything about it except speculations.
Thank you Bishop.
Wow what speaker! Love hearing him talk. So easy to understand. He truly enlightens the masses! God bless him!
Thank you Bischu 13:28 b
“Do not do the least thing to him.” I love that. How Abraham’s heart must have soared at that moment!
Incredible! I still need to meditate on this ❤✌ Thank you Bishop Barron for this message 💪
The is my exact story right now. This is my life right now. Thank God for His Word. God bless you Bishop Barron. I heard the Holy Spirit loud and clear. I know what I must do. 🙏🏼
Amazing
God bless Bishop Barron and word on fire ministries.
Your explanations of the Gospels are such a gift Bishop Baron Thank you so very much for all you do I always findso much food for thought in all your videos.
In my faith journey, I have left a place where the measure of my love of God moved on the scale of feelings and spiritual sentiment. I now live in place where my faith is the fragile envelope of my doubts held firmly in my naked hands that I hold out to God in whom I trust fully. Christian Catholic faith is a for-adults-only-with-a-child’s-heart business. From where I stand in my faith journey, there is something raw and cold in my faith in God in that it is not the result of a feel-good movie. My model: Mary’s love of her child for God’s sake when Simeon says (I paraphrase): « And a dagger will pierce your soul ». She doesn’t respond with words, she carries on, no cinema, no melodrama.
Levis Shalom
How many of us truly put God first???
Thank you, Bishop Barron!!!
A Valuable reflection, many thanks
Bishop Barron: For children of the severely mentally ill, this is a particularly devastating story because we have lived it in our own homes. My father slid into paranoid schizophrenia when I was three years old and my last sibling was born. My father was a devout Christian and taught me to love Jesus but psychosis renders a mind scrambled in thinking. Many children do fear actually being killed by a psychotic parent in a psychosis of fervent religiosity. Please address this story of Abraham and Isaac around this reality in the lives of actual children in our country. Thank you. God Bless and Happy Easter. (so Abraham sounds psychotic to me.)
If your teaching was only the quote from St Augustine, it would be powerful teaching, well worth hours of meditation. I find so much of Scripture is asking the probing question, "Do you love Me more than these?" Then, as part of the circle of grace you mentioned several sermons ago, "Feed my sheep." Great sermon causing me to ask myself probing, but necessary, questions.
So anyone noticed how camera just zoomed in on the cross the moment he was talking about the Sacrifice of Isaac. Epic
It is with great honor to see and hear you Bishop Robert Barron today at Saint Mary’s Church. It was the first time I have seen you in person. I am such a huge fan! I was so star-struck🤩! My family and I were so thrilled! Your homily was great, as always. My son was so happy to serve and hold your Crosier. Thank you also for taking the time to sign my WOF Bible and my son’s book. We will continue to include you in our prayers.
We appreciate your daily reflections, sermons, praying the holy rosary and stations of the cross online with us. So grateful for your whole ministry and for serving the flock so well. Thank you for always reminding us of God’s love and mercy and leading us closer to Christ Jesus our Lord!
God bless you a thousandfold! Thank you!🌹🤍🙏🏻
Thank You for Your Beautiful Explanation of The Gospel . I am moved and pray to put Your words into action . God is first above all.
Happy Sunday with love 💕
Praise the Lord 🙏❤❤
Thank you Bishop Barron 🌹❤
Thank you Bishop Barron, God bless you!!!
Powerful! God help me to rid myself of the fear and trembling and obey your word.
Denise, I think the best we can hope for is to obey His word, in spite of our fear and trembling.
“For the Sake of God!” ABBA Father -🙏🏾❤️🙏🏾
Thank you Bishop.
God bless you Bishop Barron.
Please pray for us.
I offer this sermon for my family's self knowledge, to LOVE God in prayer, repentance & ask for God's healing,pardon ,not to sin no more. All through Immaculate Heart of Mary intercession.
Taking better steps in faith helps foster a more substantial relationship with the lord😇 in Lord Jesus Christ.
What an inspiring homily!
Great sermon Bishop Barron. I believe God may very well be yelling at my deafness at this moment in my life. Thank you for putting this challenging story into great perspective.
Thank you Bishop Barron for helping me to understand the
Glory of God in my life.
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You are a marvelous teacher. Explaining is so helpful. Thank you 🙏😊
My love above God would probably have been ambition, which had wavered in the gray areas of a spectrum. I have recently been surrendering to God as I struggle with this mechanism.
The Kingdom of God first. Amen. Thank you Bishop Barron for your insight and alignment. May our Lord give us all the fortitude we need during Lent.
Amen and Amen! The entire Bible calls us to a deep soul grabbing love of God so that obedience becomes the very least we can do and not a burden at all. Sacrifice, pain, suffering, grief, etc become secondary to our love for God.
When we understand this we experience true freedom to be everything God calls us to be and we fully are able to love our neighbor.
Anytime you hear someone spout off “the Bible teaches us to love our neighbor or the golden rule” , stop them and teach them that it ALWAYS first teaches us to love and obey God FIRST. Any other formula ends up where we are now. Where love of self and every idol imaginable comes and replaces God.
God help us all.
Praise the Lord Jesus Christ 🙏 Mother Mary Pray For Us 🙏Abba Father Bless us and we Adore You 🙏Holy Spirit Guide us and direct our paths 🙏
Thank you Bishop Baron. God bless you.
Wow. Thank you father. God bless your ministry.
Thanks so much Bishop Barron. You are always willing to wrestle those difficult topics for us and I am grateful. God bless you.
Awesome Bishop Barron. This is a reflection that has inspired me to deepen my love for God and put God above all things. Thank you!
Best regards from 🇩🇪✌️🤜🤛
Padre Bishop,
Compartir sus reflexiones llenas de conocimiento, sentimientos, experiencias y un análisis minucioso de lo que el Señor espera de nosotros, nos ayuda a ver el camino, no desviarse, no distraerse para mantener la ruta y llegar al destino que es el Señor.
Como Jesucristo se dio,,,, por nosotros y para nosotros,,, de la misma manera darnos nosotros para el y por el.
Gracias por la traduccion de sus vídeos al español asi muchas mas personas los comprenden mejor.
DIOS LO GUARDE.
evangelical Christian here- raised in a dysfunctional but believing American family that found its faith at the Calvary Chapel community & 4th generation American and 2nd generation ecclesial community and my first 2 generations of family were Roman Catholic immigrants from Italy so i have been told
Thank you for reading. I just wanted to say that I love the change in music outro from the previous outro reel... And I found faith when Inwas four years old in America! 🇺🇸
another wonderful sermon. another quote that i heard this morning was that abraham was able to obey this command of the Lord to kill isaac because he had heard His voice many times before and knew and trusted the voice of God.
Great homily. I am trying to live by that principle. God. First all for the love of God. Thank you. Praise Jesus. Lord bless all who came here to hear this sermon. Bless them. Protect them. Amen. JMJ
Thank you for another powerful Homily message on this tough passage that we need to understand, Bishop Barron. Am forever grateful for these virtual Homilies you offered for us.
May God bless you and WOF staffs there.
"Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner."
"Jesus, I trust in You."
"Abba, Father, Thy Will be done."
Thank You, Bishop Barron for the gift of your powerful preaching and enlightening our minds and hearts to the
Deep Mystery of God’s Love. Peace and Prayer, Sr. Brigid
....Let us Love the Lord ✝️ with all our ❤️.
God not only asked Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac, He asked it AFTER He had asked him to send away his other son Ismael. In a sense He was asking Abraham to stretch his faith in God's promise to the limit. But the way that God had made Abraham wait before Isaac was born surely helped him to trust that God has marvelous ways that we don't grasp at the moment, but which always turns out to be best in the end
Thank you, Father, for your teaching, and bless you too. 🙏
Phi stad bd shemphang shisha phi Bishop ma phi..word on 🔥
An amazing 😻 way of explaining!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I love you Bishop Barron .
All praise and glory to you most powerful and loving God
Your grace is enough for me
"Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling." (Philippians 2:12)
Luke 14:25-33 speaks to this very thing. Great sermon!
Thank you for this brautiful explain.God be with you.Amen😍💑❤👋!
Oh Bishop, this hurts so much.... thanks, and be blessed too.
Thank you bishop. You have shes light onto my journey through this Lent. From Argentina, count on my prayers for you.
Thank you Bishop Barron. I’m learning so much from you and I know you are a gift from God to me
I passed all! When God calls me at Heaven with he. It's time to go now! 😭 Thank you Mommy Mary! Thank you Jesús Christ!😆😇👼🍼🤴💘😘🤗😍😁🍿💎🍜🤣🥣🥛🎂🎁👑🍦😭
Love what and who God loves.
Thank you Bishop! Many blessings! My prayer!
Thank you so much. I listened to this vis-a-vis Andy Stanley's book Irresistible. Your explanation is, I think, much clearer. I thank God for you and your work. I remember a conversation with a physician who had a theology degree from Princeton and he was an atheist. I asked him why and he responded with this story. I told him that it depends on your "presuppositions". Your answer was kinder, more truthful and real. Thanks to our Father.
It’s really amazing how much Abraham had to go through. God promised Abraham, he even made a covenant in the flesh, that he would become a father of a multitude, and yet his first child was with a concubine and his relations with his wife were unfruitful until old age, beyond Sarah’s child bearing limit, and even when he does have a child God requests he sacrifice his only begotten son who he loves. It reminds me of Luke 12:48: “To whom much is given, much will be required.” The amount of faith that Abraham had as a grace of God was why something like this could happen, and it applies to us as well, how to us who have been most graced by God, much harder will your calling be. God never gives you anything you cannot handle.
We are told to love the ineffable over the comprehensible. That is faith.
The fiance likes to quote Augustine, especially on loving God first before you love anyone else. His momma named him right. Cesar Augusto David Escobar Calderone. Pray for us. My name is Dawn Renee Wirkus (Gillies) someday I will get to be Cesar's wife.
Thank you. God Bless you. 🙏
Gracias Bishop Barron Dios te bendiga 🙏
"3 Early the next morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about. 4 On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. 5 He said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.”
I struggled with this story for years before I noticed what Abraham said to his two servants: "...we will come back to you." i.e. Abraham and Isaac will return. Abraham's understanding of God is that God will keep his promise and his trust is such that, he believes, whatever happens, that both he and Isaac will return.
And on top of that, when Isaac asks where the sacrificial sheep was, Abraham says God will provide one. Later, just after Abraham’s hand was stayed, they of course find a ram caught in a thicket.
Stunning. Maybe our times are "shaking us by the shoulders." Thank you, Bishop Barron. I will share with you as well the homily heard this morning at Blessed Sacrament in Washington, DC by Archbishop Gregory. His conclusion sentence, "God continues to find us irresistible."
Well said Bishop Barron...God Loves you
You had me at, "They're like Coen Brothers movies"...
one of my favorites
One theory is that Isaac was close to 30 when he went with Abraham carrying the wood for his own funeral pyre. He and Abraham had walked with God their whole lives, Abraham for over 90 years . Together, they had complete faith that God would keep His promise to Abraham even if it meant raising Isaac from the dead.
That is it Bishop...God bless you too
Awesome homily! Thank you Bishop Robert.
Thank you Bishop Barron. May God bless you always 💖
Thanks Bishop !
Thank you, thank you, thank you♥️
So illuminating! This one cuts me to the bone.
🌺 Amen. Thank you.