The Use—and Abuse—of Power - Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermon
Friends, for this Twenty-fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time, I want to focus on the first and second readings. When read together, they give us a very good sense of Catholic social teaching in regard to the question of power. The Church’s position here is a subtle one. It doesn’t demonize political and economic power; after all, God is described as all-powerful, so power can’t, in itself, be a problem. But it is very much concerned with how we use that power. Mass Readings: Reading 1 — Amos 8:4-7 Psalm — Psalm 113:1-2, 4-6, 7-8 Reading 2 — 1 Timothy 2:1-8 Gospel — Luke 16:1-13 ———VIDEO LINKS——— Council of Nicaea Anniversary Celebration Final: • A Catholic-Orthodox Dialogue on Nicaea Why Are So Many Young People Becoming Catholic?: • Why Are So Many Young People Becoming Cath... Ep. 57 | Dr. Christopher Kaczor - Remembering Alasdair MacIntyre: • Ep. 58 | Dr. Christopher Kaczor - Remember... ———WATCH——— Subscribe to this Channel: https://bit.ly/31LV1sn Word on Fire Institute Channel: / @word-on-fire Word on Fire en Español Channel: / @wof-es ———WORD ON FIRE——— Word on Fire: https://www.wordonfire.org/ Word on Fire Español: https://www.wordonfire.org/es/ FREE Daily Gospel Reflections (English or Español): https://dailycatholicgospel.com/ ———WORD ON FIRE INSTITUTE——— Join Bishop Barron and over 20,000 evangelists inside the Word on Fire Institute at https://wordonfire.institute ———SOCIAL MEDIA——— Bishop Barron Instagram: https://bit.ly/2Sn2XgD Bishop Barron Facebook: https://bit.ly/2Sltef5 Bishop Barron Twitter: https://bit.ly/2Hkz6yQ Word on Fire Instagram: https://bit.ly/39sGNyZ Word on Fire Facebook: https://bit.ly/2HmpPpW Word on Fire Twitter: https://bit.ly/2UKO49h Word on Fire en Español Instagram: https://bit.ly/38mqofD Word on Fire en Español Facebook: https://bit.ly/2SlthaL Word on Fire en Español Twitter: https://bit.ly/38n3VPt ———SUPPORT WORD ON FIRE——— Help Bishop Barron continue to produce videos like this: https://bit.ly/3QSvGpo Word on Fire Store: https://bookstore.wordonfire.org/
