Life in the Spirit: Prophets, Apostles, Evangelists, Pastors

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 12 May 2002

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul specifies some of the great charismatic offices, including prophets who boldly speak the word, apostles who establish churches, evangelists who draw others to Christ, and pastors who order and manage the community of the faithful. Which office is yours?

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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.
0:33.6	Peace be with you.
0:35.4	Friends, today we continue our look at the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Blessed
0:40.6	Trinity, the love between the Father and the Son.
0:44.0	When we live in God, we are living in the Holy Spirit.
0:49.9	Father God, Friedijkman, was a monk from St. John's in Collegeville.
0:53.0	He died just about a week ago, one of the great liturgical leaders of the 20th century played
0:58.7	an important role at Vatican II.
1:02.1	For years and years, he talked about deification that we share in the divine life.
1:08.6	We become a member of the body of Christ.
1:11.3	Well, what he was talking about was the Holy Spirit that we live in God, sharing his own
1:18.7	life.
1:21.0	This week is Pentecost, the great feast of the Spirit.
1:25.0	The Church is teasing us with readings in the weeks leading up to Pentecost, so we might
1:30.9	be ready for the Holy Spirit.
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