The Call of the Prophet

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 9 July 2006

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Every baptized person is conformed to Christ: King, Priest, and Prophet. Thus speaking the divine truth (prophecy) is not the concern of priests and bishops alone, but of all members of the church. From Ezekiel and Mark, we can discern a number of qualities of the prophetic office. First, the prophet does not speak his own word, but God's. Second, the prophet is given a difficult assignment. And third, the prophet is summoned, not to success, but faithfulness.

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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 in Winetka now presents
0:37.4	the Word on Fire.
0:40.6	Peace be with you.
0:42.2	Friends, two of our readings today, the first reading in the Gospel, are about prophets
0:46.6	and prophecy.
0:48.0	Now, I realize that most lay people, when they hear prophets prophecy, sit back and
0:55.2	probably allow their eyes to glaze over.
0:57.8	I mean, it's something for the priests and the bishops to worry about.
1:00.3	They're the modern day prophets.
1:03.0	I don't have that responsibility of speaking God's truth.
1:07.7	Well, think again, Vatican II emphasized the universal call to holiness rooted in the
1:17.0	dynamics of baptism.
1:18.8	I know I've said to you before, it's one of the great unrealized dreams of Vatican II.
1:23.9	We're all called to be holy because we're all rooted in baptism.
1:31.8	Every baptized person, that means probably most people listen to me, are conformed unto
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