Old Adam or New Adam

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 28 September 2008

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Our second reading contains one of the most precious texts in the Christian tradition, Paul's description of the mind of Christ. While the old Adam clung to godliness and hence fell, the new Adam let go of his divinity and hence reversed the momentum of the fall. What does it mean to be conformed to God? It means to embrace the path of self-emptying love. Which Adam do we choose? The Old or the New?

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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	God's 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.
0:41.8	Peace be with you.
0:43.8	Friends, our second reading for today contains one of the most precious texts in the whole
0:49.6	Bible.
0:50.6	It's taken from the second chapter of Paul's letter to the Philippians.
0:57.1	The Philippians were a community that Paul especially loved.
1:00.2	That comes through clearly in the letter.
1:02.9	It's also interesting because Philippi was the first European city that Paul evangelized.
1:09.6	He had worked, of course, in mostly Asia Minor, present day Turkey.
1:13.5	He crosses over into Greece, present day Greece, and he evangelizes Philippi.
1:19.0	What an important moment that was in the history of the West.
1:23.0	What was the moment Christianity first came to Europe?
1:27.3	Well, as he often does in this passage, Paul is urging unity.
1:34.2	How important that was for him in letter after letter.
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