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, people ask me sometimes, where did the title of my ministry,

Word on Fire, come from? It came from our gospel for today. Jesus said to his disciples,

I've come to set the earth on fire. Other translations, I've come to light a fire upon the earth.

I remember sitting around a table at Munderline Seminary with some friends and we're trying to come up

with a title. And I said, well, I love that passage. I've come to light a fire on the earth.

And, you know, it's a ministry of the Word and preaching and fire. And finally, it was Father Steve, who runs now Word on Fire ministry, who said,

Word on Fire.

And we thought, that's it. That's the title.

So it came from this gospel.

But I want to draw attention to something right away.

Listen to how this translation goes. I've come to set the earth on fire,

how I wish you were already blazing. See, if you say, I've come to light a fire on the earth,

okay, but that sounds a little too cozy, maybe. I'm going to light this little nice comfortable fire over

here to keep our hands warm. The Greek behind this is balane, which means to throw. I've come to

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