Word on fire is brought to you by Catholic cemeteries, serving the Chicago area since 1837.

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.

The Archdiocese of Chicago through the generosity of Sacred Heart Parish and Winetka now presents

the Word on fire.

Please be with you.

Friends, the Gospel for today is of great moment.

For in it, the Son of God teaches us how to pray.

Not just a guru, a spiritual teacher, religious genius, but the Son of God himself, teaching

us how to pray.

This is why our Father, the Lord's Prayer, is taken by Christians as the model of all

prayer.

You know, a desire to pray is planted very deep within us, because prayer just means

the conscious desire to communicate with God, to speak to God, to listen to Him.

So we can forget to pray, we can neglect to pray, we can become lazy in prayer, but we

can never really lose the desire to pray.

So we have to attend very carefully to the words of Jesus' great prayer.

First, when you pray, He says, you should pray, our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed

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