The Mountain of the Lord

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 1 December 2013

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

This week we enter into the great season of Advent. Our first reading from the prophet Isaiah describes how every nation streams towards God's holy mountain. As you enter the Advent season, think about this holy mountain. Is the mountain of the Lord higher than every other mountain for you? Do you stream toward it with your whole being?

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0:00.0	This is Cardinal Francis George.
0:06.8	I invite you to join me for the next few minutes to reflect with Father Robert Barron on the Word of God, which is the Word on Fire.
0:13.5	Word on Fire Catholic Ministries is a non-profit ministry at the forefront of Catholic evangelization,
0:18.9	using new media to spread the faith on every continent.
0:22.1	Father Barron challenges us to open our hearts to the Word on Fire, which is God's
0:26.5	word of love for each of us. If our hearts are open, the Lord can change and transform us
0:31.3	so that we might speak with love about the one who is love. The global benefactors of Word
0:36.8	on Fire, with the support of the Archdiocese of Chicago now present
0:40.7	Word on Fire.
0:45.8	Peace be with you.
0:48.0	Friends, we come again to the great season of Advent, waiting on the coming of the Lord.
0:56.0	Our first reading puts us squarely in the thought world of one of the greatest of the prophets,
1:01.0	namely Isaiah.
1:03.6	The master image that the passage presents is that of Yahweh's Holy Mountain.
1:11.3	Listen, in days to come,
1:15.4	the mountain of the Lord's house
1:16.8	shall be established as the highest mountain
1:19.9	and raised above the hills.
1:23.8	I want you to stay with that image,
1:29.3	savoring it in your mind's eye.
1:35.5	The mountain question is Mount Zion, Jerusalem.
1:45.6	We know this because Isaiah designates it as the mountain of the Lord's house, which is to say the temple.
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