The Lessons of Qoheleth

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 5 August 2007

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Both our first reading and Gospel function as a slap in the face, cold water, a wake-up call. They show how passing, ephemeral, and unreliable are the goods of this world. The idea is to set our hearts, as Paul says, on the higher things, rooting our lives in God.

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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
0:10.8	to 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.
0:24.1	If our hearts are open, the Lord can change and transform us, till we might speak with
0:29.1	love about the one who is love.
0:32.5	The Archdiocese of Chicago, through the generosity of Sacred Heart Parish and Winetka, now presents
0:37.4	the Word on fire.
0:42.4	Peace be with you.
0:43.4	Friends, our first reading for this week is from the book of Ecclesiastes, or as I call
0:48.0	it now, the book of Coalith.
0:49.8	It's one of my favorites in the Old Testament.
0:52.6	It's a very strange book.
0:54.8	Listen to these famous lines.
0:57.8	Many evanities says Coalith, vanity evanities, all things are vanity.
1:04.4	Who is Coalith?
1:05.4	We don't know for sure, but judging from his persona in the book, he's someone who
1:11.4	has seen it all, has done it all, has had a very rich life, well-educated, wealthy, powerful.
1:22.2	For many centuries, he was identified with King Solomon himself, but maybe he was someone
1:26.8	around Solomon.
1:30.4	He probably met someone like Coalith in the course of your life, you know, kind of a crusty
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