This is Archbishop Blaise Supich, Archbishop of Chicago.

Today, I invite you to reflect with Father Robert Barron on the Word of God, which is the Word on Fire.

Word on Fire Catholic Ministries is a non-for-profit apostolate dedicated to the mission of evangelization that utilizes media

both old and new to share the faith on every continent and facilitate an encounter with Christ

in its church. The efforts of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries engage the culture and bring the transformative power of God's Word

where it is most needed.

This is an invitation to open our hearts

to the Word on Fire,

which is God's Word of Love for each of us.

When our hearts are open,

the Lord changes and transforms us so that we in turn begin to share the warmth and light of Jesus Christ, who is the Word on Fire.

The global benefactors of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries, with the support of the Archdiocese of Chicago now present Word on Fire.

Peace be with you. Friends, our first reading for this weekend is taken from the always fascinating

first book of kings in the Old Testament. Could I urge you, please, when you have a chance this week,

take out your Bibles and read the first book of Kings.

You can read it in, you know, one sitting, a couple sittings maybe.

It's adventurous, fascinating, full of rich theology.

So read First Kings.

But we're dealing at our liturgy with the story of Elijah and his battle with the priests of Ba'al.

So these are the priests who represent the false gods.

And Elijah famously called them out, and he defeated them on Mount Carmel, you know, the famous scene where they call upon their gods,

and he calls upon the true God, and the true God answers with fire, and then Elijah kills all the priests of Baal.

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