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, what an embarrassment of riches we have during this

lenten season. The Church always gives us magnificent readings to meditate

upon. Last Sunday we had what I call the greatest story ever told, the

parable of the prodigal son. This week we have this story from the eighth

chapter of John. It's unusual a bit in John. This kind of story would seem more

at home and let's say Luke's or Matthew's gospel. But we find it in John

chapter 8, the story of the woman caught in adultery. And like the story from

last week, it displays so many of the dynamics of the spiritual life both in

its dysfunctional mode and when it's properly functioning. Now listen to how the

story begins. It's interesting and important. Jesus went to the Mount of

olives. But early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people

came to him and he sat down and began to teach them. Now whenever Jesus comes

to the temple in the gospels, it is not simply a pious Jewish rabbi going to a

place to worship and to teach. Because in the Old Testament we hear it's in the

tenth chapter of the prophet Ezekiel. But the Shaqina or the glory of Yahweh, the

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