Zacchaeus, Hurry Down

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

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🗓️ 31 October 2004

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

The story of Zacchaeus is an icon of the spiritual life. Even the worst of us have, deep down, a hunger for God and a desire to see Jesus. When we follow the promptings of that desire, wonderful things can happen. Of course, when Jesus enters our lives, he means business: "I am coming to stay at your house this day," he says to Zacchaeus. Christ will not be a peripheral interest, one value among many. Once we invite him in, he will be the Lord of our lives.

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0:00.0	Word on Fire is brought to you by Catholic cemeteries, serving the Chicago area since 1837.
0:07.0	This is Cardinal Francis George, and I invite you to join me for the next few minutes to
0:11.2	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
0:22.0	Word of Love for each of us.
0:24.3	If our hearts are open, the Lord can change and transform us, who we might speak with
0:29.3	love about the One who is love.
0:32.6	The Archdiocese of Chicago through the generosity of Sacred Heart Parish and Winnetka now presents
0:37.6	the Word on Fire.
0:39.9	Peace be with you.
0:41.8	Friends, our first reading today from the Book of Wisdom begins with this passage.
0:45.8	Let me read it to you.
0:47.9	Before the Lord, the whole universe is as a grain from a balance or a drop of morning
0:53.2	dew come down upon the earth.
0:56.2	But you have mercy on all because you can do all things.
1:01.3	For you love all things that are and loathe nothing that you have made.
1:07.4	You spare all things because they are yours, O Lord, lover of souls.
1:14.3	That I think is one of the most comforting and beautiful passages in the entire Bible.
1:19.8	It's saying, look, before God, we're all nothing.
1:23.4	I mean, we're all like little drops of dew before God.
1:26.8	Yet, this great mystery that God loves each one of us, each little thing in the cosmos,
1:35.0	the way a mother loves a child, the way an artist loves what he makes.
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