The Burning Bush

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 11 March 2007

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Moses sees a bush that burns but is not consumed. This is a lovely symbolic expression of the way God relates to the world. The closer God gets, the more we become radiant with his presence. God's proximity does not mean our destruction or the compromising of our integrity; rather it is the means by which we become fully ourselves.

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0:00.0	Word on fire is brought to you by Catholic cemeteries, serving the Chicago area since 1837.
0:06.8	This is Cardinal Francis George, and I invite you to join me for the next few minutes to
0:11.0	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
0:21.9	Word of Love for each of us.
0:24.2	If our hearts are open, the Lord can change and transform us, so that we might speak with
0:29.2	love about the one who is love.
0:32.5	The Archdiocese of Chicago through the generosity of Sacred Heart Parishing Winnicka now presents
0:37.4	the Word on fire.
0:42.4	Peace be with you.
0:44.0	Friends, I love how these Lenton readings immerse us in the drama of the Old Testament.
0:51.0	The first Christian saw Jesus in relation to the great figures of the Old Testament.
0:56.3	They often speak of his fulfilling of the Scriptures.
1:01.0	They read him in this sort of interpretive framework.
1:03.8	Well, last week, the church asked us to look at Abraham, the Father of Faith.
1:11.1	Abraham who caught a covenant with the Lord, an agreement, a contract.
1:19.5	Abraham is the fountainhead of this new people through whom God will save the world.
1:26.3	Jesus is the culminating point of this Abrahamic covenant, a new and everlasting covenant I
1:33.4	will cut with you, my people.
1:36.2	Well, this week, we're asked to meditate a bit on the great figure of Moses.
1:42.2	How does God form this people, Israel?
1:45.3	By sending the prophets, of course, Elijah, Elisha, Isaiah, Amos, Jeremiah, Hosea.
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