Christ the Crucified King

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 21 November 2004

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Our first reading for Mass this Sunday is taken from the opening chapter of Paul's letter to the Colossians. There is no stronger statement of the absolute primacy, centrality, and importance of Jesus Christ in the entire New Testament. Jesus, Paul tells us, is the beginning and the end, the icon of the invisible God, the one in whom all things exist and for whom they are destined. And then the Gospel shows us this cosmic King nailed to the cross. This wonderful irony is at the heart of the Christian proclamation: the King of the Universe is a crucified criminal, who utterly spends himself in love.

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0:00.0	Word on Fire is brought to you by Catholic cemeteries, serving the Chicago area since 1837.
0:07.0	This is Cardinal Francis George, and I invite you to join me for the next few minutes to
0:11.2	reflect with Father Robert Barron on the Word of God, which is the Word on Fire.
0:17.6	Father Barron will challenge us to open our hearts to the Word on Fire, which is God's
0:22.0	Word of Love for each of us.
0:24.3	If our hearts are open, the Lord can change and transform us, who we might speak with
0:29.3	love about the One who is love.
0:32.6	The Archdiocese of Chicago, through the generosity of Sacred Heart Parish and Winetka, now presents
0:37.6	the Word on Fire.
0:40.0	Peace be with you.
0:41.8	Friends, we come today to the end of a liturgical year.
0:44.8	We come to the feast of Christ the King.
0:47.2	It is though the church every year at the end of a liturgical cycle wants to remind us
0:52.8	that Jesus Christ is the Lord, that Jesus Christ is the King.
0:57.7	Everything we've set about Him, everything we've celebrated in connection with Him, is
1:01.9	meant to conduce to this point, that we recognize Him as the King of our lives, the one to whom
1:08.0	absolute obedience and allegiance is due.
1:11.2	Jesus, Curios, Jesus Lord, Paul's form of the Carigma were reminded at the end of every
1:18.9	liturgical year.
1:19.9	That's what it's about.
1:22.0	I spoke before about the irony, the poetry, even the jest, which can be found at the heart
1:29.6	of Christianity.
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