This is Cardinal Francis George, and 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.

Father Barron will challenge 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 Archdiocese of Chicago through the generosity of Sacred Heart Parishing Winnetka now presents

the Word on Fire.

Peace be with you.

Friends today is the great feast of Corpus Christi, the feast of the body and the blood

of Christ, the feast of the Eucharist.

The Eucharist is one of the biggest topics within Catholicism.

I mean, it's so broad and rich and variegated, it can be explored from so many different

angles.

In fact, last year on this feast, I think I talked about the theme of the real presence.

We say that Jesus is really, truly and substantially present in the Eucharist.

That's an angle of vision.

We could also talk about the Eucharist as the source and summit of the Christian life,

as Vatican II put it.

We could talk about the Eucharist as the great sacrament and symbol of the church.

But what I want to do today is explore an angle that I think we haven't explored sufficiently

in recent years, though it was one that the church fathers loved and explored frequently

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