Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit
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Dec 2, 2025 The discussion revolves around the arrival of the Messiah as prophesied in Isaiah, highlighting the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Insights into the seven gifts are woven through medieval art and scriptural references. Each gift is explored—wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, piety, and fear of the Lord—with Bishop Barron providing a deep dive into their meanings and applications in daily life. Listeners are encouraged to embrace this Advent season with longing and prayer for these gifts to illuminate their faith journey.
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Chartres Tree Of Jesse Image
- Bishop Robert Barron describes a depiction at Chartres Cathedral showing Jesse as a stump with Christ atop the family tree.
- He notes seven doves around Christ symbolizing the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit from ancient Israel to medieval art.
Isaiah 11 As The Gifts' Foundation
- Isaiah 11 anticipates a Messiah from Jesse who will bear seven gifts of the Spirit and so grounds the Christian tradition.
- Bishop Robert Barron traces this biblical root through the Fathers and theologians like Gregory, Augustine, and Aquinas.
Wisdom As The 'Hilltop' View
- Wisdom is seeing life from God's standpoint, the view from the hilltop or subspecie eternitatis.
- Bishop Robert Barron follows Thomas Aquinas: wisdom lets you perceive the totality of experience from the highest cause.
