Come, Holy Spirit

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

4.8 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2004

⏱️ 15 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The two great symbols of the descent of the Holy Spirit are wind and tongues of fire. Wind is powerful, unpredictable, destructive, like the Spirit which seizes us and takes us where we would rather not go. Tongues of fire signal impassioned speech on behalf of the Good News, a willingness to announce the Gospel publicly and even in the face of opposition. With the whole church around the world, we pray on this great feast of Pentecost for the coming of that troublesome and wonderful Holy Spirit.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Word on Fire is brought to you by Catholic Cemetery's, serving the Chicago area since 1837, and
0:06.6	FSP dedicated to food service excellence.
0:10.9	This is Cardinal Francis George, and I invite you to join me for the next few minutes to
0:15.1	reflect with Father Robert Barron on the Word of God, which is the Word on Fire.
0:21.7	Father Barron will challenge us to open our hearts to the Word on Fire, which is God's
0:26.0	Word of Love for each of us.
0:28.3	If our hearts are open, the Lord can change and transform us, who we might speak with
0:33.3	love about the one who is love.
0:36.6	The Archdiocese of Chicago through the generosity of Sacred Heart Parish in Winnicka now presents
0:41.5	the Word on Fire.
0:44.1	Peace be with you.
0:45.7	Friends today is the great feast of Pentecost, the feast that ranks with Christmas and Easter
0:51.1	as the greatest of the church year.
0:53.9	And here's the feast of the Holy Spirit, the love between the Father and the Son,
0:58.9	the Holy Spirit that enlivens and animates the church, the Holy Spirit that is in your
1:05.0	heart and in my heart.
1:07.9	It's the feast of the church, because we have been baptized into Christ Jesus have received
1:14.8	this Holy Spirit, and in the power of that Spirit we now live.
1:20.9	The scriptures for today are wonderful, and there's so much you could say about the Holy
1:24.7	Spirit.
1:25.7	You could talk, in fact, all during the church year about the Holy Spirit and never say
1:29.8	enough.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Bishop Robert Barron, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Bishop Robert Barron and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.