Lazarus, Come Out

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 13 March 2005

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Our God hates death. Through the prophet Ezekiel, he said, "I will open your graves and have you rise from them." Jesus came to end the reign of death, to wrestle death to the ground. In the raising of Lazarus--which anticipates his own even more glorious resurrection--he fulfills the prophecy of Ezekiel, calling the dead man from his grave.

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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.
0:11.0	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.
0:26.1	The Archdiocese of Chicago through the generosity of Sacred Heart Parishing Winnetka now presents
0:31.1	the Word on Fire.
0:33.5	Peace be with you.
0:36.0	Friends on this fifth Sunday of Lent, we continue our meditation and these magnificent
0:42.2	stories from the Gospel of John.
0:45.3	Two weeks ago, we looked at the story of the woman at the well.
0:50.6	Someone caught in the rhythm of concupacent desire.
0:54.3	She wants God, but she's seeking for God somewhere else.
0:59.1	Jesus says to her, I'm going to give you living water.
1:02.1	He is the living water that alone will satisfy.
1:05.8	Last week, we saw that great story of the man born blind.
1:10.5	Well, that's all of us.
1:12.1	We're born in the blindness of sin.
1:14.6	We don't see as God sees.
1:17.0	Jesus says to him, I am the light of the world.
1:20.1	If you want to see a right, then be grafted onto me, and we put the mud paste on his
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