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 on this fifth Sunday of Easter we continue our reading

of the book of Revelation. The Church gives us excerpts from this final book of

the Bible all during the Easter season. Now we leap last time we are in

chapter 7 for today we leap all the way to chapter 21 which is right toward the

end of the book of Revelation which means the end of the whole Bible. We have to

be attentive therefore to what I call the ark of the story. So the whole Bible

begins with creation out of the watery chaos and it's going to end now with the

sea disappearing. So a new creation emerging. So just keep that in mind. But let me

spend just a little bit of time filling in some of those blanks which

we chapter 7 and chapter 21. So we saw the whole book Rev. Lazio, Apocalypse

is all about unveiling. Something new has appeared. What's appeared? The lamb

standing is those slain. Jesus crucified but risen from the dead who's now the

true Lord the one whom we should worship. So the worship of the lamb in the

heavenly place is a sign now of a reconstituted world. No longer worshiping

worldly idols and worldly powers and goods but rather honoring and worshiping

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