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, our

first reading is from the first book of kings and it's one of my favorite

passages in the entire Old Testament and it's one that I think if you're going

on a retreat anytime soon you even spending some time in your holy hour or

it's the end of the day and you just want to get in touch with the Lord. This is a

wonderful little passage to focus on. The setting is the very early days of the

reign of King Solomon. Remember Solomon's the son of David and Beth Sheba? He

becomes the king after a bit of a dynastic struggle but here he's a young

kid not the experienced Solomon but this young kid just beginning his time as

king. Can you imagine? I mean even when you're starting a new job and you're

kind of unsure of yourself. Imagine now you're the king of a nation and suddenly

all this responsibility falls upon you and you feel I'm I just not really up to

it and so you pour out your heart to God and you ask well this is what Solomon

does now. He asked the Lord. Here's what he says. Oh Lord my God you have made me

your servant king but I'm a mere youth not knowing at all how to act. I don't

get that. Any time you've moved into a position of responsibility and you

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