About this episode

Bishop Barron discusses the concept of offering oneself as a living sacrifice in the context of Christian faith and the teachings of Paul.

Friends, for this Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, I want to begin with our very brief second reading from Paul to the Romans. It opens, “I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice.” Here we see Christ’s cross and resurrection—the supreme sacrifice fulfilling all the offerings of the temple—extended to all the baptized. The Church is now the place where divinity and humanity are reconciled.

People in this episode

Host: Bishop Robert Barron

Topics covered

• sacrifice
• Christianity
• baptism
• reconciliation
• Paul's letters

Keywords

• living sacrifice
• sacrifice
• Paul to the Romans
• cross
• resurrection
• Church
• baptized

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Organizations: the Church

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