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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🗓️ 6 July 2018

⏱️ 14 minutes

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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	Friends, welcome to Word on Fire, Catholic Ministries. Word on Fire is an
0:05.4	apostolate dedicated to the mission of evangelization, using media both old and
0:11.4	new to share the faith on every continent and to facilitate an encounter with
0:16.6	Christ and His Church. The efforts of Word on Fire engage the culture and bring
0:21.8	the transformative power of God's Word where it is most needed. Today we invite
0:27.9	you to join Bishop Robert Barron as he preaches the gospel and shares the
0:32.5	warmth and light of Christ with each one of us. Peace be with you. Friends, our
0:41.4	readings for today all have to do with different aspects of being a prophet.
0:48.2	Well, you think that is nothing to do with me, thank God. Well, of course it does
0:55.0	because every baptized person is called to be priest, king, and prophet. All of
1:03.2	us, not just the ordained, not just those who work for the church, every baptized
1:07.7	person is called to be a prophet. It simply means a proclamer of God's truth,
1:12.5	someone that speaks the truth of God to the world. So we all have to listen, not
1:18.9	just the professional religious types, all the baptized have to listen. The
1:24.2	first reading is taken from the book of the prophet Ezekiel. I love that book.
1:28.5	They say, in ancient times, Israelites were told you shouldn't read the book of
1:33.6	the prophet Ezekiel till you're 50. It was that rich and complex and spiritually
1:38.3	powerful. Well, this recounts this passage for today. recounts Ezekiel's call to
1:45.2	prophetic ministry. He says, quote, the spirit entered into him. It's a very
1:53.6	important clue. prophecy is never a matter of one's own
2:00.9	ruminations or philosophical conclusions or private opinions. authentic prophecy
2:09.6	when you're speaking the word of God always comes from the spirit of God. Aristotle
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