Fruits of the Spirit, Works of the Flesh

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

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

4.8 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Friends, we come to the Feast of Pentecost, the great celebration of the Holy Spirit. I want to focus on our second reading from the fifth chapter of St. Paul’s Letter to the Galatians, which I’ve used for years in spiritual direction. What you find there are what Paul calls “the fruit of the Spirit,” which he contrasts with “the works of the flesh.” Maybe you’re struggling and wondering, “What should I do? What path do I take?” Whatever is giving rise to the fruits of the Spirit in you is the path you want—and whatever is giving rise to the works of the flesh, stay away from.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Friends, welcome to Word on Fire Catholic Ministries. Word on Fire is an apostolate dedicated to the mission of evangelization, using media both old and new to share the faith on every continent and to facilitate an
0:16.1	encounter with Christ and his church.
0:19.1	The efforts of Word on Fire engage the culture and bring the transformative power of God's word where it is most needed.
0:27.0	Today we invite you to join Bishop Robert Barron as he preaches the gospel and shares the warmth and light of Christ with each one of us.
0:37.0	Peace be with you.
0:39.0	Friends, we come to the feast of Pentecost along with Christmas and Easter the greatest feast in the church year.
0:44.8	The great celebration of the Holy Spirit.
0:48.8	We remember that great day when the Father and the Son sent the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles.
0:55.0	The people hear them in all their languages.
0:57.0	It signals the commencement of the Church and its great work, which continues to this day. The Holy Spirit, the love that connects the Father and the Son. From
1:10.3	all eternity the Father speaks his word, that's the Son.
1:15.0	The Son is the perfect image of the Father.
1:17.0	They share the same substance, the same essence.
1:20.0	The Father and Son look at one another and each sees utter perfection and therefore falls utterly in love.
1:27.0	The love they breathe back and forth is the Holy Spirit, the Spiritus Sanctus, the Holy Spirit
1:33.0	Spirit was sunk to us, the Holy Breath.
1:38.0	Sometimes the Trician refers to the Spirit as the Vinculum Amoris,
1:42.0	the chain of love for that reason, the chain that connects the Father and the Son.
1:48.0	This is the power, everybody, that the Father and son together breathe out into the life of the church.
1:57.0	Everything else is commentary.
2:00.0	Love, love stands at the center of the church's life because that's what the Holy Spirit is.
2:08.0	So with that in mind, I want to focus on our second reading, which is one of my favorite texts. I've used it for years in
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in -322 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Bishop Robert Barron, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Bishop Robert Barron and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.