Patience, People

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 16 December 2001

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

St. James reminds us that an essential element of the Christian life is waiting. As the farmer waits for the precious yield of the earth, so the believer waits while Christ does his mysterious work in the world. Thus we must learn the virtue of patient expectation.

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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
0:15.4	Word of Love for each of us.
0:17.7	If our hearts are open, the Lord can change and transform us, so that we might speak with
0:22.7	love about the one who is love.
0:26.1	The Archdiocese of Chicago through the generosity of Sacred Heart Parish and Winnetka now presents
0:31.0	the Word on Fire.
0:33.1	Peace be with you.
0:35.6	Friends, I hate to wait.
0:37.0	I bet I'm like a lot of you in that.
0:40.3	I am my nature, a rather impatient person.
0:44.4	I like to accomplish what I want to accomplish now.
0:48.2	I want to get where I want to go now.
0:51.9	I hate delays.
0:54.4	Something that drives me absolutely up the wall, or traffic jams, and of course anyone
0:59.2	who lives in or around Chicago knows a lot about traffic jams, but something about sitting
1:04.1	in your car, you know where you want to go, you know where you have to be, and you just
1:09.0	can't get there.
1:11.2	In some cases, you can actually see the building, you see the area where you want to go, and
1:15.3	you can't get there.
1:17.1	There's something about having to wait.
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