A People Who Wait...

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

Spirituality, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 1 December 2002

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

The French spiritual writer Simone Weil said that the core of the Christian life is waiting, watching, expecting. We cannot save ourselves, but we can look with rapt attention to the one who can. In this sense, we are, permanently, an Advent people.

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0:00.0	This is Cardinal Francis George, and I invite you to join me for the next few minutes to
0:04.6	reflect with Father Robert Barron on the Word of God, which is the Word on Fire.
0:11.2	Father Barron will challenge us to open our hearts to the Word on Fire, which is God's
0:15.5	Word of Love for each of us.
0:17.8	If our hearts are open, the Lord can change and transform us so that we might speak with
0:22.8	love about the one who is love.
0:26.2	The Archdiocese of Chicago through the generosity of Sacred Heart Parishing Winnetka now presents
0:31.1	the Word on Fire.
0:33.6	Peace be with you.
0:34.6	Well, friends, today is New Year's Day, not on the calendar, but New Year's Day in
0:39.5	terms of the liturgical year.
0:42.1	The first Sunday of Advent we begin a New Year of Grace.
0:47.0	Advent to me is always a very powerful spiritual season, and something about the mood
0:52.4	of Advent.
0:53.9	You know, we are really permanently a people who wait.
0:59.7	An Advent is the great season of waiting and expectation, waiting for someone to come.
1:09.0	You know, often in the past, I've made the connection between the spiritual life and
1:13.5	those 12-step programs that have become so popular over the years.
1:18.4	I mean those programs dealing with addictions.
1:21.8	People who are addicted to alcohol or to drugs or to gambling or to sex will often submit
1:27.1	themselves to these 12-step programs designed to rid them of these addictions.
1:34.6	What do we find in the 12-step programs?
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