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This is Cardinal Francis George, and 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.

Father Barron will challenge 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 to that we might speak with

love about the One who is love.

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the Word on fire.

Peace be with you.

Friends, I want to tell you about a lunch I had recently with a friend of mine, Deacon

John Green.

I think I might have spoken to you about John before.

He's a Catholic Deacon here in Chicago, married man with three kids, who founded in 1990.

An extraordinary ministry called Emmaus Ministry.

Emmaus reaches out to male prostitutes, who work some of the meanest streets in Chicago.

John was inspired to start this work when he discovered that even among the homeless

and lost of the city, these young men were especially ostracized and looked down upon.

So he decided very much in a Christ-like spirit to reach out to them.

Well, the course of our lunch together, I asked John a thousand questions about his work

and about the people whom he serves, and the stories would break your heart.

Many of the people involved in this life began when they were 13 or 14, he said, the age

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