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, for this weekend the church is brought together the

first reading gospel in a really interesting way because they tell the stories

of two prophetic careers if you want. The beginnings of two prophetic

vocations. First, bad of Jeremiah and secondly, that of Jesus. And their

linked as I say in a really fascinating way. Look now the first one from the

book of the prophet Jeremiah. If you've been to ordination liturgy, I've been to

like a thousand of them, but if you've been to one of those, you almost always

hear this reading about the call of Jeremiah. Listen now, the Word of the Lord

came to me saying, before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, before you were

born, I dedicated you a prophet to the nations I appointed you. Every line of

that is of extraordinary importance. Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.

You know, we put a great stress on the ego and our prerogatives and you know

finding our voice and I'm gonna find my way and don't tell me what to do. And the

Bible couldn't be more bored with all of that. The Bible could care less about

what you've decided to do or what your ego wants to attain. No, no. Before I

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