The Landscape of Fallenness | Homily: Fr Jean Pierre Aubin

🎥 Dec 09, 2014 📺 The CatholicTV Network ⏱ 3m 👁 169 views

Father Jean Pierre Aubin discusses human sin and the roadblocks that keep us for preparing for the coming of the Lord.

About Jean-pierre Aubin

Jean-Pierre Aubin, co-chief executive officer at HCI, has spoken about the impact of the September 11, 2001 attacks on his company, then known as Cantor Fitzgerald, which lost 658 of its 900 New York employees. He stated that the firm survived due to its partnership structure, and that in the years following the attacks, employees were not paid and 25% of profits — approximately $200 million between 2001 and 2004 — were given to victims' families. He noted that BGC commemorates the date annually with a day of solidarity, donating 100% of that day's revenue to charities worldwide, generating between $12 and $13 million. Aubin has also commented on the financial industry, stating that the battle for the Paris financial center against London is lost, but that Paris retains strengths in clientele, banks, and insurance companies. He described the mergers and acquisitions market as "very lively" and expressed confidence in the equity market. Separately, in a 2015 homily, Aubin discussed the season of Advent, referencing the prophet Isaiah and urging listeners to follow the example of the Virgin Mary by allowing themselves to be shaped by God.

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Transcript (5 segments)

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There we are in the second Sunday of Advent, the season of expectation, the season of anticipation. And yesterday we set aside that day to celebrate the feast of the Immaculate Conception, to honor the Blessed Virgin Mary, the tenet of our faith, our advocate of grace, our example of great holiness.

And today the Church draws our gaze, our attention, to one of the great prophets of the Old Testament, the prophet Isaiah. We all have seen hills, mountains, valleys across this country and elsewhere, haven't we? Yet we marvel at the joyful way Isaiah speaks of the message of God's kingdom to his people. In beautiful, poetic language, Isaiah gives us a mental picture of the becoming sweet to welcome the Lord at that time. It was not a reminder but a prediction.

What Isaiah is really saying here is pleading for a proper reconstruction of everything that is wrong with the very being, what is wrong with us, such as the valleys of selfishness, the highways and the heels of indifference, and the roads of self-absorption. These things, my friend, prevent us from being ready, from getting ready for the Lord, at least in a metaphorical sense.

Isaiah is proclaiming we can rejoice now. God has given Israel what has forgiven Israel for her sins. Those who were in exile in captivity, they can return home now. But in return, they must do their part to fulfill their covenant with God. Our blessed mother did her part by letting herself be shaped by God. May we follow her example by being instruments, by being people that are easy to shape ourselves by God during the season of Advent and beyond.