Word on Fire is brought to you by Catholic Cemetery's, serving the Chicago area since 1837.

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, who we might speak with

love about the one who is love.

The Archdiocese of Chicago, through the generosity of Sacred Heart Parish in Winnicka, now presents

the Word on Fire.

Peace be with you.

Friends on this great feast of Pentecost, I want to say to each and every one of you listening

to me, happy birthday.

Because today, according to the traditional theology, is the birthday of the church,

and we're all members of the church, and so we can say happy birthday to each other today.

It behooves us, therefore, on this birthday of the church to reflect on the nature of

the church.

You know, on the creed every Sunday, we recite this familiar phrase.

We believe in one holy, Catholic, and apostolic church.

Whenever I say that phrase, I remember many years ago when I was training altar servers

back in my first parish, and we made the kids in those days memorize the creed that was

part of their training.

So one day, this nervous little guy was reciting the creed to me doing very well, and he came

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