Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies Does God Punish Us?
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Aug 20, 2025 This discussion tackles the intriguing theme of divine punishment, challenging modern views of God's love as purely benevolent. It explores biblical examples of punishment as a form of corrective love, emphasizing the importance of moral responsibility. The conversation draws parallels between divine discipline and parental love, showing how both aim for spiritual growth. Anecdotes highlight how tough love can lead individuals through personal crises, reinforcing the idea that suffering is a vital component of moral direction and redemption.
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Divine Punishment Is A Major Biblical Motif
- The Bible repeatedly presents suffering and disasters as responses to sin across many stories and books.
- Bishop Robert Barron argues this motif is pervasive, not marginal, showing a theology that includes consequences for wrongdoing.
Punishment Understood As Parental Discipline
- Hebrews reframes divine punishment as parental discipline rather than arbitrary cruelty.
- Barron emphasizes that discipline (disciplina) means learning, not mere retribution.
See Discipline As Formation
- Do see discipline as a learning process rather than an arbitrary penalty.
- Embrace suffering when it forms you, since disciplina aims to teach.
