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 readings for this 18th Sunday of ordinary time, they're marvelous.

They're about this theme that's so basic to the spiritual life, and the theme is detachment.

I want to get into it, though, by referencing a song.

I go on a lot of long car trips now in my diocese, so I go from Wisconsin to South Dakota,

so I'm in the car a lot.

And I listen to books on tape a lot, books on tape.

I'm dating myself.

But I have, you know, my iPhone, and I'll ask for music.

And so I'm a big, as you know, Bob Dylan fan, but after Bob Dylan,

probably I like the Beatles the best. And a lot of classic rock, the Rolling Stones and the Who and Van Morrison, and, you know, that's my thing. Well, as you know, these machines, they learn

our preferences. So she's listened to me, you to me asking for Beatles songs all the time.

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