Word on fire is brought to you by Catholic cemeteries, 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 and Winetka, now presents

the Word on fire.

Peace be with you.

Friends, we've come to the great feast of Corpus Christi, the feast of the Body and Blood

of Jesus.

I'd like to reflect a little bit on the origins of this feast and the celebration.

The origins are in an extraordinary event that happened in 1263.

There was a priest called Peter of Prague.

He was making his way from his home city to Rome on pilgrimage.

He stopped in the Italian town of Boltsena, and there he was celebrating Mass.

Now, Peter Prague was a pious man, but he harbored doubts about Christ's real presence in

the Eucharist.

So they say that during that Mass, after he consecrated the host, the host began to bleed,

and the blood ran down his hands and his arm, and then it stained the corporal on the altar.

Well, Peter Prague was flabbergasted by this.

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