This is Cardinal Francis George. I invite you to join me for the next two minutes to reflect

with Father Robert Barron on the Word of God, which is the Word on Fire. Word on Fire Catholic

Ministries is a non-profit ministry at the forefront of Catholic evangelization, using

new media to spread the faith and every continent. Father Barron challenges 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 so that we might speak with love about the one who

is love. The global benefactors of Word on Fire with the support of the Archdiocese of

Chicago now present Word on Fire.

Peace be with you.

Friends, what is it about a voice? A voice moves us and affects us in a uniquely powerful

way. You can read even very beautiful words and be moved by them, but there's nothing

like hearing those words read by a living voice. Think of the difference of reading lines

of Shakespeare and then hearing Derek Jacobi or Ian McKellen recite them. I mean, there's

power, power just in reading the words of Shakespeare, but when you hear them read by a great

Shakespearean actor who knows how to use the voice, there's just something unique.

Frank Sinatra was called the voice. How come? Well, his singing just had this soul searing

quality. The timber of his voice was thrilling. It was a bit like the timber of a cello.

Even the older Frank Sinatra, there was just a quality to his voice that immediately

got your attention and a communicated something of the soul in a way that few other singers

were able to do. My mother is a particularly rich voice. It's rather deep voice for a woman

and very expressive and I can still hear very vividly the tone of her voice as she would

read to me when I was a child. It still kind of echoes in my mind. When the young John

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