The Feast of the Spirit

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 19 May 2002

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

On Pentecost, the disciples heard a strong driving wind, saw tongues of flames, and then received amazing gifts of the Spirit, enabling them to proclaim and witness. The Church, throughout the centuries, has received spectacular charisms of miracle-working, healing, and the speaking in tongues. As with all manifestations of the Holy Spirit, they are given for one reason: the building up of the Body of Christ.

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0:00.0	This is Cardinal Francis George, and I invite you to join me for the next few minutes to
0:04.6	reflect with Father Robert Barron on the Word of God, which is the Word on Fire.
0:11.0	Father Barron will challenge us to open our hearts to the Word on Fire, which is God's
0:15.5	Word of Love for each of us.
0:17.8	If our hearts are open, the Lord can change and transform us, so that we might speak with
0:22.8	love about the one who is love.
0:26.1	The Archdiocese of Chicago through the generosity of Sacred Heart Parishing Winnetka now presents
0:31.1	the Word on Fire.
0:33.1	Peace be with you.
0:35.1	Friends, I give you greetings today in the Holy Spirit on this great feast of the
0:39.6	Spirit, the feast of Pentecost, which is with Christmas and Easter the greatest feast
0:45.6	of the church year.
0:47.5	The church celebrates the Paschal Mystery, but the Father sends the Son all the way into
0:53.6	God forsaken us in order to save us.
0:56.3	And then he calls the Son back to life in the resurrection.
0:59.8	Then together, Father and Son, breathe forth upon the church and upon the world their
1:06.3	Holy Spirit, the love that they share.
1:09.6	As I've been saying now for the past couple of weeks, the life of the church is the life
1:14.7	in the Holy Spirit.
1:16.5	We now participate in the very life and being of God.
1:22.0	This is the great feast of the church.
1:26.8	Now this life in the Spirit looks like something.
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