This is Cardinal Francis George. 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. Word on Fire Catholic

Ministries is a non-profit ministry at the forefront of Catholic evangelization, using

new media to spread the faith and every continent. Father Barron challenges 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 so that we might speak with love about the one who

is love. The global benefactors of Word on Fire with the support of the Archdiocese of

Chicago now present Word on Fire.

Peace be with you.

Fred, we come once more to the wonderful feast of Corpus Christi, this feast of the body

and blood of Jesus. And we have, accordingly, another chance to reflect on the meaning

of the Eucharist. How wonderful that the church brings us back over and over again to the

Eucharist, which is, properly speaking, an inexhaustible mystery. The Eucharist is Christ,

the church comes from the Eucharist. And so it's so wise and good for us to reflect on

it over and over again. In this cycle of readings, the church draws our attention to this intriguing

and mysterious figure of Melchizedek. This character is mentioned briefly enough only three

times in the entire Bible. The first mention now is our first reading for today. It's taken

from the 14th chapter of the book of Genesis. It's describing an incident that occurred just

after Abraham, our father in faith, won a military victory. And we hear he was met by

Melchizedek, who's described as the king of Salem and a priest of God most high. Now, there's a

great deal packed into those words, into that description. In Hebrew, Melchizedek means king of

righteousness. Melchizedek is king. Zedek is justice. So he's the just king, the righteous king.

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