Election

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 15 June 2008

⏱️ 15 minutes

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One of the key themes of the Bible is the divine election, the fact that God chooses. But God chooses, not on the basis of merit, but simply through and because of his grace. And he chooses, not to glorify those whom he elects, but rather to give them a mission of love. Accordingly, he chose Israel so that it might be a priestly nation; and he chose the twelve so that they might proclaim the kingdom, and he chose us the baptized that we might be conduits of his grace to the world.

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0:00.0	Word on fire is brought to you by Catholic cemeteries, serving the Chicago area since 1837.
0:06.7	This is Cardinal Francis George, and I invite you to join me for the next few minutes to
0:10.9	reflect with Father Robert Barron on the Word of God, which is the Word on fire.
0:17.4	Father Barron will challenge us to open our hearts to the Word on fire, which is God's
0:21.8	Word of Love for each of us.
0:24.0	If our hearts are open, the Lord can change and transform us, who we might speak with
0:29.0	love about the one who is love.
0:32.4	The Archdiocese of Chicago, through the generosity of Sacred Heart Parish and Winetka, now presents
0:37.4	the Word on fire.
0:42.2	Peace be with you.
0:44.2	Friends today in light of our readings, I'd like to reflect on a central biblical theme,
0:50.3	one that has preoccupied and fascinated theologians across the century.
0:55.0	But one that I think we don't think about sufficiently.
0:58.6	I'm talking about election, election, the biblical God is an electing God.
1:09.8	That is to say, a God who chooses.
1:15.4	Out of all the people on earth, God chose Abraham and drew from him a great nation.
1:23.4	He chose Jacob and Nadisa.
1:26.8	He chose Joseph, not his brothers, for special work.
1:31.4	Chose Moses among all the people to be liberator.
1:35.6	He chose among many Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel to be prophets.
1:40.0	He chose David and Solomon to be kings.
1:44.6	Generally speaking, he chose Israel to be a nation peculiarly his own.
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