This is Cardinal Francis George. I invite you to join me for the next two 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. Francis seems only appropriate

as we commence this ordinary time, so we're at the very beginning of this ordinary rhythm

of the Church's readings. We're brought once again back to the beginning. Once again, we revisit

the earliest days of Jesus' ministry. I know we've heard these stories a thousand times. Okay,

just as teams, as they prepare for the season, go back to the basics. They go back to the

fundamentals. I was reading a book recently of Jack Nicholas. And Nicholas said, even at the

height of his powers, when he was the best golfer in the world, every season, he would go back

to his teacher and say, uh, treat me as a beginner. Pretend I'm a beginner and just take me right

through the fundamental moves. Well, something of that goes on in the spiritual order too. The church

brings us back to these basic moves. Well, we know that Jesus had revealed himself by the Jordan

accepting the baptism of John. And then he prepared himself for 40 days and nights in the desert,

doing battle, even with the devil himself. But then he hears that John had been arrested by

Herod Antipas. Herod Antipas was the son of the Herod who had threatened Jesus as a baby. Here's

a first insight now of fascinating. One would think that he would move away from this new and

dangerous Herod, the one who had imprisoned John. But instead we hear, listen, he headed directly

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