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 and 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, for this third Sunday

Easter, we have one of the most magnificent passages in the New Testament. It comes from

the 21st chapter of the Gospel of John. And whenever you're dealing with the Gospel

of John, you're dealing with a literary masterpiece because John was not only a spiritual

genius, he was a literary genius as well. And we see now in this story, in many ways, the

whole life of the church, if we know how to decipher it symbolically. So we're in the

period after the resurrection. We hear this. At that time, Jesus revealed himself again

to his disciples at the sea of Tiberius. He revealed himself in this way. Together

we're Simon Peter, Thomas called Dittimus, Nathaniel from Canaan, Galilee, Zebede's sons

and two others of his disciples. So right away now we have to pause. Whenever you find

the disciples in a boat with Peter, you're dealing with the church. So that symbol is

used up and down the Gospels. John uses it very clearly here. So it's about the church

in those earliest of days. Yes. But also it's about the church up and down the ages to

our present day. So right away we're meant to say to understand that this story is not

just about a long, long time ago. It's about us right now. Then we hear Simon Peter said

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