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United in the Blood of Jesus
FromBishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
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Length:
15 minutes
Released:
Mar 22, 2015
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Podcast episode
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The best way to understand the history of salvation is to understand it as the story of covenants between God and his people. In the Old Testament, covenants are typically sealed in blood and sacrifice. In today's first reading, Jeremiah prophesies a new covenant forged by the shedding of blood— Christ's blood on the Christ— which makes the whole world into the New Israel. Through the blood of that covenant, we share in the Divine Life.
Released:
Mar 22, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Pray, Fast, and Give Alms: During the great season of Lent, the Church recommends three very concrete acts: prayer, fasting, and the giving of alms. These are actions that involve the body as much as the mind; and they are things that we "do." Lent is not so much a time to fuss ab... by Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies