The Blooming Desert

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 12 December 2004

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

We have another great image from the prophet Isaiah this weekend: the blooming desert. So many of the Biblical heroes--Abraham, Moses, John the Baptist, Paul, Jesus himself--have to pass through the desert before they undertake their missions. It is only through this period of dryness, austerity, simplification, and spiritual prioritization that the blossoming of grace comes. Good Advent lesson for us.

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0:00.0	Word on fire is brought to you by Catholic cemeteries, serving the Chicago area since 1837.
0:07.0	This is Cardinal Francis George, and I invite you to join me for the next few minutes to
0:11.2	reflect with Father Robert Barron on the Word of God, which is the Word on fire.
0:17.6	Father Barron will challenge us to open our hearts to the Word on fire, which is God's
0:22.0	Word of Love for each of us.
0:24.3	If our hearts are open, the Lord can change and transform us, who we might speak with
0:29.3	love about the One who is love.
0:32.6	The Archdiocese of Chicago, through the generosity of Sacred Heart Parish and Winetka, now presents
0:37.6	the Word on fire.
0:40.0	Peace be with you.
0:41.8	Friends, this Advent season has been a kind of Isaiahan feast.
0:46.3	We've been reading from the book of the Prophet Isaiah, and the images he gives us are
0:50.8	very powerful.
0:52.8	The first week of Advent, we heard of God's holy mountain, that place where all the
0:57.9	tribes go up, where they beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning
1:03.4	hooks, a symbol of the unity around the Messiah.
1:07.9	Last week we heard of the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, those powers of mind and will
1:13.1	and soul that come with the Messiah.
1:16.8	This week we hear of the blooming desert, another wonderful Advent theme.
1:24.6	Listen now.
1:26.4	The desert and the parched land will exalt.
1:30.8	The step will rejoice in bloom.
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