The Falling of the Fire

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

4.8 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2005

⏱️ 15 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

On this great feast of Pentecost, we reflect on the charismatic gifts of the Holy Spirit. God's Spirit has given to each baptized person some gift for the upbuilding of the church. When one finds that gift, he should center his entire life around it. There are three paths to the discernment of one's charismatic gift: prayer, listening to the church, and the stirring of the acorn. To find out what that last one means, listen to the sermon!

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

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, clearly 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 Parish in Winetka now presents
0:37.4	the Word on fire.
0:38.8	Peace be with you.
0:41.2	Friends, today is one of the great feasts in the Church Year.
0:43.9	It's the feast of Pentecost, the feast of the coming of the Holy Spirit.
0:49.0	Who can forget these words now from the acts of the Apostles in our first reading?
0:54.3	When the day of Pentecost came, it found the brethren gathered in one place, and suddenly,
0:59.4	from up in the sky there came a noise like a strong driving wind, which has heard all
1:03.6	through the house, tongues as a fire appeared, which parted and came to rest on each of them.
1:10.4	All were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to express themselves in foreign tongues
1:15.7	and make bold proclamation.
1:18.9	In the first Pentecost, this enrushing of the Holy Spirit, well, that just happened way
1:26.4	back then, not true.
1:30.3	Up and down the Christian centuries, Christians have witnessed too this enrushing of the Holy
1:36.3	Spirit, this stirring up of charismatic gifts for the sake of the gospel and the sake of
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Bishop Robert Barron, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Bishop Robert Barron and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.