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.

Peace be with you.

Friends, how do we deal with suffering?

How do we handle the problem of pain?

Those questions stand at the heart of most of the great philosophies and religions of

the world.

The ancient Stoics, for example, said that one should accept in a spirit of detachment

the way things are.

So the problem is that we suffer because we expect something different or we get wound

up around things and we think, well, that's not the way it should be.

The Stoic attitude is, let things be, both good and bad, watch them, be detached from them,

and in that detachment you find a kind of peace and freedom from pain.

Buddhism has, as its first noble precept, the claim that all life is suffering.

Ah, something very powerful and profound in that insight.

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