Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies The Marks of Spiritual Leadership
Nov 19, 2025
Dive into the spiritual significance of kingship as explored through the Feast of Christ the King. Discover how baptism transforms each Christian into a king, tasked with ordering their own soul and community. Bishop Barron highlights biblical figures like Adam, Abraham, David, and Solomon, examining their successes and failures in leadership. Embrace practical traits of Christian kingship such as obedience, courage, and wisdom, and recognize Christ as the ultimate King, guiding us in the fight against evil.
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Kingship As Ordering Toward An End
- A king's role is to order diverse elements toward a proper end, like a conductor or general coordinating others.
- Bishop Robert Barron reframes kingship as spiritual leadership present in everyday roles, not just political rule.
Baptism Confers A Kingly Identity
- Baptism anoints Christians to Christ's threefold identity: priest, prophet, and king.
- Therefore every baptized person shares a kingly responsibility to order life toward God's kingdom.
Adam As The First Failed King
- Adam functions as the first biblical king: cultivate, protect, and expand the garden planted by God.
- Adam fails by not defending the garden from the serpent, making original sin fundamentally a failed kingship.