The Bread of Life, The Body of Christ

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Bishop Robert Barron

Spirituality, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 12 August 2012

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Today's readings are from First Kings and the sixth chapter of John's Gospel. Our passage for this weekend discusses the Eucharist as the necessary antidote for spiritual exhaustion. We all need the Body of Christ to nourish our souls and keep us in communion with God.

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0:00.0	This is Cardinal Francis George. I invite you to join me for the next few minutes to reflect
0:09.0	with Father Robert Barron on the Word of God, which is the Word on Fire. Word on Fire Catholic
0:14.2	Ministries is a non-profit ministry at the forefront of Catholic evangelization, using
0:18.9	new media to spread the faith and every continent. Father Barron challenges us to open our hearts
0:23.9	to the Word on Fire, which is God's Word of Love for each of us. If our hearts are open,
0:29.5	the Lord can change and transform us so that we might speak with love about the one who
0:34.6	is love. The global benefactors of Word on Fire with the support of the Archdiocese of
0:39.4	Chicago now present Word on Fire. Peace be with you. Friends, I know what it's like to hit the
0:49.4	wall. Some 15 years ago, I was riding with a friend of mine on bikes from Paris to Rome.
0:55.8	It's a very ambitious little trip. It was in fact 16 years ago this summer. We usually rode
1:02.8	about 70 or 80 miles a day, so it was a pretty intense exercise. We made the whole trip in about two
1:10.1	weeks. It was the most grueling, challenging, exhilarating, physical exercise of my life.
1:17.5	Well, somewhere in the South of France, just beyond Lyon, as moving along fine, we'd gone
1:24.5	over 30 or 40 miles that day. And suddenly, I was simply unable to go on. I don't mean that I was
1:34.9	tired. I know what that's like. I don't mean I was just worn out. I know what that's like. I mean,
1:39.7	I was unable to go on. You know, I heard that expression before of hitting the wall and long
1:46.8	distance runners know about that or other kinds of athletes, but I'd never really experienced it
1:51.9	before that day. Well, precisely with this eventuality in mind, we always packed lots of water in our
1:59.5	packs. And we also had in France, those long loaves of bread, those baguettes, the French
2:05.2	column. So what I did, I put the bike down, sat in the ground, and for about a half an hour, I just
2:12.0	ate and drank. And then an only van was I able to go on. Now, I thought of that
2:21.4	scene. In fact, I always think of that scene whenever I come across the passage from first
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