The New Israel

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 12 June 2005

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In our first reading from the book of Exodus, we hear the wonderful promise of God to Moses and his people that they would constitute a holy nation, a nation of priests. For the first Christians, this promise was fulfilled in Jesus and in the twelve apostles that he gathered round him. Peter, James, John, Thomas and their companions--with all of their faults--became the core of the renewed Israel. We the baptized are, in turn, their spiritual decendants, and we have, accordingly, the same purpose: to bring the whole human race into friendship with 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 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.
0:41.4	Friends, the last line from our first reading is one of the most mysterious and compelling
0:47.0	lines in the Old Testament.
0:48.3	It's the Book of Exodus.
0:51.0	The Lord is speaking to Moses.
0:52.6	Here's what he says.
0:54.8	I will make you a kingdom of priests, the you hearers that you and the pluralists talking
1:01.6	to all of Israel.
1:03.8	I will make you a kingdom of priests.
1:08.6	The whole nation of Israel will be turned into mediators between God and human beings.
1:16.3	That's what a priest is, what a priest does, a priest performs sacrifices, which in different
1:23.0	ways link together divinity and humanity.
1:25.9	They bring God to people, they bring people to God.
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