About this episode

Bishop Barron discusses the significance of the Second Reading from Saint Paul’s Letter to the Romans on the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Friends, on this Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, I want to focus on the Second Reading from Saint Paul’s Letter to the Romans. The eighth chapter of Romans represents the culmination of an argument Paul’s been making, and the reading for today is the rhetorical high point of that conclusion. This is the first great theologian of the Church naming what is essential to Christianity—so we have to pay attention!

People in this episode

Host: Bishop Robert Barron

Topics covered

• Christianity
• Saint Paul
• Theology
• Catholicism
• Scripture

Keywords

• Christianity
• Saint Paul
• Romans
• Theology
• Catholic Preaching

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Saint Paul’s Letter to the Romans, eighth chapter of Romans

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