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, on this seventh Sunday of Easter the church gives us

the privilege of hearing the very last words of the Bible. Again if you're

reading poetry you're reading a novel you're reading even a great work of

history. The last words are of tremendous importance. It's when the whole story

comes to its day new Ma and I mentioned last week in a way the story really

comes to its climax with the arrival of the heavenly Jerusalem but today is a

kind of Coda. It's a kind of day new Ma after the great climax of the story and

it's full of all sorts of interesting things and I think gives us a clue as to

the identity of the church. So let me take a kind of step at a time. Notice how the

book of Revelation began with the voice of Jesus. So the author hears this voice

like a trumpet and turns around to see so it begins with Jesus' voice and then it

ends with the same voice. Behold I'm coming soon. What have we heard now

throughout this book? That the world as we know it is ending. The old order has

collapsed. The world in the negative sense that means the the order based on sin.

The world that contributed to the death of Jesus, all the cruelty and

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