The Irresistable Word

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 10 July 2005

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Our first reading, from the prophet Isaiah, shows that God's word is not so much descriptive as creative: it produces what it says. In the very intelligibility of the material world, we can sense this reality-producing power. We can also sense it in the Biblical word, an invitation into divine friendship. But we encounter it most powerfully in the Word made flesh, Jesus Christ. To what extent do we permit this reality-changing Word to take root in us? That is the challenge of our readings for today.

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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, 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.
0:39.7	Peace be with you.
0:41.2	Friends, our first reading this week is from the 55th chapter of the Book of the Prophet
0:45.4	Isaiah.
0:46.4	It's one of the most powerful reflections we have in the Bible on God's Word, the power
0:53.6	of God's Word, the effect of God's Word.
0:56.7	Listen out, Isaiah speaks.
1:00.2	Just as from the heavens, the rain and snow come down and do not return there until they
1:05.2	have watered the earth, so shall my Word be that goes forth from my mouth.
1:13.5	God's Word, Dabar is the Hebrew word for it.
1:17.9	God's Dabar, his Word, is not simply a grammatical convention, but God's Word is a dynamic
1:25.4	and creative power.
1:28.9	In the beginning, God said, let there be light and there was light.
1:35.0	God's Word does not simply describe a state of affairs, it creates a state of affairs.
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