Be Vigilant

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 10 November 2002

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

We hear today the parable of the five wise and five foolish virgins. The former are ready for the bridegroom when he comes; the latter are not. We have no idea when Christ will come to gather us to himself: so we must be ready--through prayer, the sacraments, and forgiveness.

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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, who we might speak with love
0:23.2	about the one who is love.
0:26.2	The Archdiocese of Chicago through the generosity of Sacred Heart Parish in Winetka now presents
0:31.1	the Word on Fire.
0:33.4	Peace be with you.
0:35.2	Well friends, on this 10th of November, as the year is coming to a close, as the days
0:44.2	are getting shorter, leaves are falling from the trees, the skies are grayer.
0:50.3	So the church year mimics the year of nature.
0:54.4	We're coming to the end of the church year, the liturgical year.
0:59.0	And so our readings are taking on increasingly a dark, brooding, and foreboding quality.
1:06.9	All the readings today are about the end of the world, about the last things.
1:13.8	What happens when the light finally goes out on this world?
1:18.6	It's very important the church insists every year that we look hard at these difficult
1:25.3	realities.
1:27.8	The first reading I want to look at is actually our second reading for the Mass today.
1:32.7	It's the earliest Christian writing we have.
1:36.2	The first letter of the Paul wrote to the Christians of the Thessalonians.
1:41.6	This comes from maybe the early years of the fifties of the first century.
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