Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies Surely This Man Was the Son of God!
Apr 13, 2003
Fr. Robert Barron reflects on the significance of Palm Sunday and its role in salvation history. He warns how familiarity with the Passion can dull our senses to its profound truths. The anointing at Bethany symbolizes extravagant love, while the Last Supper reveals the Eucharist as a self-gift. He notes Jesus's joyful singing before facing his Passion, signaling hope, not despair. The naked youth symbolizes a loss of identity for baptized Christians, and the tearing of the temple veil signifies access to God through the crucifixion.
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Hemingway's Sailor Reading The Gospel
- Ernest Hemingway's story about a sailor reading the Gospel illustrates how unfamiliarity can reveal fresh engagement with the Passion.
- Barron uses this anecdote to warn that familiarity can make listeners inattentive to the Gospel's power.
Extravagant Self-Giving Frames The Passion
- The alabaster jar scene frames the Passion as utter, extravagant self-giving rather than prudence or calculation.
- Bishop Robert Barron says the woman's act anticipates Christ's total giving and sets the lens for the whole Passion narrative.
Choose Extravagant Giving Over Prudence
- Do embrace the model of extravagant giving rather than cautious prudence in love and discipleship.
- Barron urges listeners to imitate Christ's total self-gift rather than measured conservatism.
