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, this fifth Sunday of Lent, so we're the last Sunday really before we get to Palm Sunday.

And we're in the cycle A of readings. We're in this journey through these marvelous stories in John. We had the womb at the well two weeks ago, the man born blind last week, and now the climactic story, which is the raising of Lazarus.

The great miracles of Jesus in John's Gospel are referred to as Semaiah in Greek signs, which is to say they're not just amazing things, like these sort of one-off

miracles.

They're signs.

They're indicators of God's power, God's manner.

They're teaching us some great truths about our spiritual life.

So our ears should perk up with these stories.

We should pay very careful

attention, really to every detail. John was a theological master, of course, but also a literary

master. And these stories are so beautifully crafted. They're a bit like an icon. You know,

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