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Podcast: Bishop Barronâs Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
Episode: You Canât Save Yourself
Description: Friends, we come to the First Sunday of Adventâthe liturgical new year. I've said this before, but Advent is a time to get back to basics. Can I suggest we start with that familiar Advent hymn, âO Come, O Come, Emmanuelâ? Until we get into the spiritual space opened up by that hymn, we are not understanding Adventâand more to it, we are not understanding Christianity. We are beggars asking EmmanuelââGod with usââto come and âransom captive Israel.â You're in chains; youâre held captive. What can you do to save yourself? Nothingâexcept to cry out, âCome, come, so