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Second Session of Robert Barron's Catholicism Project

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So we have now come to the third week in our journey with Fr. Robert Barron. Last week, I provided a synopsis of where we had got to as follows: Dear Friends Many thanks for joining us at the Catholicism Project last Wednesday. I do so hope you found the evening enjoyable. Last week's session Amazed and Afraid: The Revelation of God Become Man really centred on the Incarnation, the truth that Jesus Christ is the door by which man can be restored to right relationship with God. Fr. Barron explained this using the words of G.K. Chesterton "that sacred jest upon which the whole of Christianity doth rest". The uniqueness of Jesus comes across plainly in the Gospels. Fr. Barron concentrated on Mk 10:32—"And they were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them; and they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid" we were asked why the amazement? Why the fear? In the Old Testament, this 'Fear of the Lord' is referred to ofte...