Friends, welcome to Word on Fire Catholic Ministries. Word on Fire is an

apostolate dedicated to the mission of evangelization using media both old and

new to share the faith on every continent and to facilitate an encounter with

Christ and His Church. The efforts of Word on Fire engage the culture and bring

the transformative power of God's Word where it is most needed. Today we invite

you to join Bishop Robert Barron as he preaches the gospel and shares the

warmth and light of Christ with each one of us.

Peace be with you. Friends, we come now to the fourth Sunday of Lent and I'm

going to continue my reading of these marvelous Old Testament readings. The

Church gives us for this holy season. We've been kind of walking our way through

salvation history, looking at the great texts about the original blessing and

the original sin, then looking at the call of Abraham, the beginning of God's

rescue operation. Just last week we looked at the book of Exodus and the great

stories of liberation and we saw how the road to healing is always blocked. The

road of conversions always a painful one but yet we have to press on

under God's providence. Well now we come in week four to the first book of

Samuel and the account of King David. So we're moving our way through salvation

history and the story of David which comes from really one of the great literary

works from the ancient world. What we call first and second Samuel is one great

text, one great story. It's narrative that's rich in theology, psychology, history,

politics, human relationships and the heart of it is this figure of David who I

would say along with Abraham and Moses is the most important character in the

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