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, who 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 on this second Sunday of Lent, the church invites us to consider this mysterious

and wonderful story of the transfiguration of the Lord.

Jesus, like Moses before, goes up in the mountain, a place of sacred encounter, takes with him

Peter, James and John, and then it says he was transfigured before them.

His face became as dazzling as the sun, as close as radiant as light.

Jesus begins to shine.

The scene has captivated Christian theologians and poets and artists over the centuries.

There's a terrific depiction of it.

If you go to Chart Cathedral in France, it's on the Stanglès window on the façade.

At a certain time of day, when the sun is setting and it's shining right through that window,

that particular scene of the transfiguration just lights up very much like the depiction

in the gospel.

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