The Mission of the Prophet

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 5 July 2015

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

This week's Scriptures illuminate the identity and mission of a prophet—a calling that belongs to all the baptized by virtue of our Baptism. God appoints the prophets to a specific mission. This mission is to speak God's word of truth. God's word of truth is not a private or personal opinion, but the Word of God communicated through human words. The prophet speaks God's word of truth to those within and those outside the Church. Prophets do not seek to proclaim a message that is easy to be accepted, but seek to speak God's word of truth, no matter how hard it might be to hear and accept. Christ is the paradigmatic example of the identity and mission of the prophet.

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0:00.0	This is Archbishop Blaise Supich, Archbishop of Chicago.
0:06.2	Today, I invite you to reflect with Father Robert Barron on the Word of God, which is the Word on Fire.
0:14.5	Word on Fire Catholic Ministries is a non-for-profit apostolate dedicated to the mission of evangelization that utilizes media
0:23.4	both old and new to share the faith on every continent and facilitate an encounter with Christ
0:30.8	in its church. The efforts of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries engage the culture and bring the transformative power of God's Word
0:40.0	where it is most needed.
0:42.7	This is an invitation to open our hearts
0:45.2	to the Word on Fire,
0:46.8	which is God's Word of Love for each of us.
0:50.5	When our hearts are open,
0:52.4	the Lord changes and transforms us so that we in turn begin to share the warmth and light of Jesus Christ, who is the Word on Fire.
1:04.0	The global benefactors of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries, with the support of the Archdiocese of Chicago now present word on fire peace be with
1:16.7	you friends our readings for today all have to do with different aspects of being a prophet
1:24.3	well you think that has nothing to do with me, thank God.
1:31.2	Well, of course it does, because every baptized person is called to be priest, king, and prophet.
1:40.1	All of us, not just the ordained, not just those who work for the church.
1:44.4	Every baptized person is called to be a prophet.
1:47.2	It simply means a proclaimer of God's truth, someone that speaks the truth of God to the world.
1:54.5	So we all have to listen.
1:56.1	Not just the professional religious types, all the baptized have to listen.
2:01.2	The first reading is taken from the book of the prophet Ezekiel.
2:05.1	I love that book.
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