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Sunday Mass Sermon- Your Life Is Not About You
Word on Fire Ministry ^ | 11.05.23 | Bishop Robert Barron

Posted on 11/05/2023 3:07:08 PM PST by MurphsLaw

Today's Sermon is on All Saints Day-
and the universal, "ordinary goal of Christian Life"

14 min. YouTube Video link below:

Your Life Is Not About You



TOPICS: Catholic
KEYWORDS:
"You want happiness in life, to live as a Saint?
Wake up everyday, expressing a life of hesed, tender mercy".

"We all Wake up everyday, hungry and thirsty for something".
Ask yourself - what do I want from today?

A Saint rises hungry and thirty for righteousness".
For blessed are the Peace makers.


1 posted on 11/05/2023 3:07:08 PM PST by MurphsLaw
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To: MurphsLaw

Not sure that I will get around to listening to the message.
BUT, the sentiment is intelligent, IMO.
For example, I dislike (and distrust) the perspective of “God has a plan for your life.”
I much prefer to say, “You are a PART of God’s plan.” Of course that only applies to those who have trusted in the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ; and that is how I explain it when I say it.


2 posted on 11/05/2023 3:26:06 PM PST by Honest Nigerian
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To: MurphsLaw

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3 posted on 11/05/2023 3:32:59 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: Honest Nigerian

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4 posted on 11/05/2023 3:44:23 PM PST by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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To: MurphsLaw

Respectfully, your life is about you.
The choices you make in life determine the direction of your life.
If I had listened to my pastor 45 years ago, I would be poor, struggling from day to day and not ready for the reality of retirement.

Just like the pastor who gave me advice 45 years ago.
Life is a choice so make the best one you can.


5 posted on 11/06/2023 7:33:11 AM PST by Zathras
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To: Zathras
The choices you make in life determine the direction of your life.

What do you do about the those things that determine your life
that are not in your control?
Or the decisions one makes that affects the life of another?

A spouse divorces- or may even die?
A child is born with special needs- or gets diagnosed with cancer?
One may suffer a personal injury? or a personal illness?

Life can change on a dime... if one thinks they can go through
life controlling their outcome- than they will be in for a lot of surprises.

Now if one's goal in life is to retire comfortably...
than that's a focus yes, that can be managed all life long.

To be Christian though,
means to know we were not put on this earth to simply... retire.
(Not permanently anyway)


6 posted on 11/06/2023 2:56:32 PM PST by MurphsLaw ("If any man's work shall be burned, shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so by Fire)
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