Praying For All the Dead

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 9 November 2003

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

The Catholic Faith inculcates in us a deep sense of our connection to the dead. They are present to us in memory of course, but also through their prayer, guidance and loving concern. We too pray for them inasmuch as they stand in need of purification before being ready to share fully the divine life. This co-inherence between us the living and the holy souls is what we celebrate on All Souls Day.

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0:00.0	Word on Fire is brought to you by Catholic cemeteries, serving the Chicago area since 1837,
0:06.5	and FSP dedicated to food service excellence.
0:10.9	This is Cardinal Francis George, and I invite you to join me for the next few minutes to
0:15.1	reflect with Father Robert Barron on the Word of God, which is the Word on Fire.
0:21.7	Father Barron will challenge us to open our hearts to the Word on Fire, which is God's
0:26.0	Word of Love for each of us.
0:28.3	If our hearts are open, the Lord can change and transform us, who we might speak with love
0:33.7	about the one who is love.
0:36.6	The Archdiocese of Chicago through the generosity of Sacred Heart Parishing Winnetka now presents
0:41.6	the Word on Fire.
0:44.3	Peace be with you.
0:46.3	Francis here, the feast of the Basilica of St. John Latterin, falls on a Sunday, and
0:52.0	so we have a chance now as a whole church to meditate upon this feast.
0:56.4	St. John Latterin is the sea church of the Bishop of Rome.
1:01.8	We associate, of course, St. Peter's Basilica with the Pope, and that's the church that
1:05.2	he most often uses for great liturgies.
1:08.6	But St. Peter's is not the sea church, the seat church of the Bishop of Rome.
1:13.5	That is this ancient Basilica of St. John Latterin.
1:17.0	In fact, if you look up at the facade of John Latterin, you'll find this Latin motto
1:21.4	on it, Omnium ecclesioreum, Orbus at Orbus, Copulate at Mater.
1:26.9	The head and mother of all the churches of the city and of the world.
1:30.7	It's the mother church, the sea church of all of Christendom in that sense.
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