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 sixth Sunday of Easter we are coming to the

end of the book of Revelation, the final book of the Bible. So as you know I've

been studying this book now with you the last several weeks because the church

reads it all throughout the Easter season focusing with great attention on this

final book in which the climax of biblical revelation in many ways begins. So

the point toward which the entire story has been tending. And what do we hear

tell of as the story reaches its culmination? We hear tell of a city. I mentioned

this last week too, but the Bible is very interested in cities. Think of

order of the Caldees from which Abraham comes. Think of Babylon, Nineveh,

Shiloh, Nazareth, Rome to name just a few. Cain, the son of Adam, is called the

founder of cities. And there's a whole universe packed into that little

description, right? That the first murderer is the founder of cities. So the

Bible wants us to think about that. The devil offers to Jesus as a supreme

temptation all the cities of the world in their splendor. And of course in the

Bible, the city of cities is the former Jebusite town that David

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