Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies God Enters Into Our Darkness
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Mar 24, 2026 Reflections on Palm Sunday’s Passion narrative and Matthew’s striking focus on Judas. A discussion of remorse, suicide, and the long-standing tradition that assumes damnation. Consideration of an alternative artistic hope and whether even the deepest betrayal could meet God’s mercy. Meditations on Christ entering darkness to seek the lost and the radical reach of grace.
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Matthew Emphasizes Judas's Remorse
- Matthew's Passion narrative uniquely emphasizes Judas's deep, honest remorse rather than simple villainy.
- Bishop Robert Barron highlights Judas returning the 30 pieces of silver, flinging them into the temple, and then hanging himself as a complex moral moment.
Veselay Capital Shows Judas Carried By Jesus
- The Veselay basilica capital pairs a grisly hanging of Judas with an adjacent panel of Jesus carrying Judas like the lost sheep.
- Bishop Robert Barron notes Pope Francis kept a photo of this capital, moved by the image of Jesus bringing Judas back alive and smiling.
Hope For Judas Without Claiming Universalism
- Barron proposes it's a lively theological possibility that Judas might be saved, though not asserting universalism.
- He stresses hope without denying human freedom to definitively reject God's love, distinguishing hope from doctrinal certainty.