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, to tell you the truth, I kind of like to avoid the topic of the gospel for today.

I'll tell you why.

It just stirs up such passionate feelings in people, and there's such enormous disagreement about it I'm

talking about this issue of how many will be saved now if you doubt me there's a

lot of controversy about this go on the Catholic internet space sometime and you'll

see how this question gets knocked around a lot and how much

anger it stirs up all around the place. Will everyone go to heaven? Will only some go to heaven?

Will most go, perhaps after a long stay in purgatory? Will almost everyone go to hell? Will most go, perhaps, after a long stay in purgatory?

Will almost everyone go to hell? The bottom line, quite frankly, is nobody knows.

But, man, are folks willing to share their perspective on this with extraordinary energy?

And listen, every one of the positions I've just mentioned, trust me, finds ardent

defenders, and every one of them can quote the scriptures and the saints in support of the

position.

So, again, go on the Internet space, if you doubt me, and see the extraordinary energy and disagreement around the position. So again, go on the internet space if you doubt me and see the extraordinary

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