All Things Catholic with Dr. Edward Sri Why It's Hard to Wait on the Lord
Dec 9, 2025
Discover the deeper meaning behind waiting on the Lord as Dr. Sri connects personal experiences with Advent's themes. He reflects on how people, like John the Baptist, navigate life’s unexpected turns and grapple with loss of identity. Explore the transformative power of patient waiting in faith, and the danger of hoping for worldly fixes. Dr. Sri emphasizes that God often works in our hearts during these waiting periods, leading to unexpected fruits and spiritual growth.
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God’s Work Happens In Waiting
- God often works most deeply in the waiting rather than in instantly fixing our problems.
- Edward Sri emphasizes that patient waiting can be the primary place of God's transformative work.
John’s Fall From Ministry To Prison
- John the Baptist went from public ministry to prison, stripped of mission and community.
- Edward Sri asks us to imagine the emotional collapse of losing identity and purpose like John experienced.
John’s Peak Influence Before Arrest
- John the Baptist successfully prepared crowds and even baptized Jesus before his arrest.
- Edward Sri highlights John's peak influence before everything collapsed into imprisonment.
