This is Cardinal Francis George.

I invite you to join me for the next few minutes to reflect with Father Robert Barron on the Word of God, which is the Word on Fire.

Word on Fire Catholic Ministries is a non-profit ministry at the forefront of Catholic evangelization,

using new media to spread the faith on every continent.

Father Barron challenges us to open our hearts to the Word on Fire, which is God's

word of love for each of us.

If our hearts are open, the Lord can change and transform us so that we might speak with love

about the one who is love.

The global benefactors of Word on Fire,

with the support of the Archdiocese of Chicago,

now present Word on Fire.

Peace be with you.

Friends, St. Paul is very hard to understand.

Let me just begin with that remark.

You know, very often over the years, as I sit up in my presider's chair on Sunday,

and I hear the words of St. Paul being proclaimed, it's usually the second reading at Mass.

I often think there's no way people are taking this in.

I'm not blaming you.

I think we take these little snippets out of the letters of Paul.

And then see, Paul is also a densely complex writer. He's almost like a poet where he'll pack an awful lot of meaning into a few short lines.

The other problem with Paul is the language he uses is often shifted in meaning over the century so that often will take

in almost the opposite of what Paul meant. All this is just a way of saying what I open with. I think

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