The Holy Spirit: Sharing the Divine Life

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 5 May 2002

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

As Pentecost approaches, the Church invites us to meditate upon the Holy Spirit, the person who is the love between the Father and the Son. To be in the spirit is to be gifted with what Paul called "charismata," powers enabling us to build up the church of God.

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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.
0:33.3	Peace be with you.
0:35.4	Carl Bart, one of the greatest Protestant theologians of the last century, was asked toward
0:40.0	the end of his life, what is the most important element in Christian theology that needs to
0:45.1	be emphasized as we move into the future?
0:48.5	Bart said, without hesitation, the doctrine of the Holy Spirit.
0:54.5	Well John the 23rd, at the end of his life, was asked almost an identical question.
0:59.8	What is the thing that we have to emphasize most in the Catholic theology of the future?
1:05.2	And he gave, without hesitation, the same answer, the Holy Spirit.
1:12.5	There was something about the 20th century that was alive on Fire with the Holy Spirit.
1:21.2	Think of the rise of the Pentecostal churches, beginning in 1906, when that little church
1:27.4	on Azusa Street in Los Angeles inaugurated the Pentecostal movement, putting a great
1:33.2	stress on the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
1:36.4	Pentecostalism was, in the 20th century, the fastest growing Christian denomination in
1:42.1	the world.
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