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, I'm all light you. The readings for this weekend,

they're tough. They're very challenging and maybe it's good we hear these

sort of in the middle of the summer when we're more relaxed because there are a lot

to take in. Now here's the principle behind them and it's simple to state but

it's hard to take in. Principle is in a world gone wrong which is our world. In

a world that's off-kilter spiritually. Those who come to us speaking the truth

and embodying the truth are going to be opposed. And in fact the more

authentically religious the more truthful these people are the more they're

going to be opposed. Authentic religion as one of its marks stirs up opposition

necessarily. Now if the world were perfect we all were utterly in line with God's

will. This wouldn't be true. Then religious people those who speak the truth

and embody the truth, they'd be welcome with open arms. But that's not the

world we live in. One of the indicators by the way that you're dealing with a

false religious figure is if he's universally popular. How did Jesus put this?

Beware when all men speak well of you. They treated the false prophets in just

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