Catholicism is a matter of the body and the senses as much as it is a matter of the mind, precisely because the Word became flesh.
Robert BarronEaster is an earthquake, an explosion. If you see it as less than that, you're not getting it.
Robert BarronIf the Word truly became flesh, then God had not only a mother, but also a grandmother, cousins, great-aunts, and weird uncles. If the Word truly dwelt among us, then he was part of a family that, like most, was fairly dysfunctional, a mix of the good and bad, the saintly and the sinful, the glorious and the not so glorious. And this is such good news for us.
Robert Barron