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 and 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 Baron as he preaches

the gospel and shares the warmth and light of Christ with each of us.

Peace be with you. Friends, I've always loved that section of the first book of kings

dealing with the prophet Elijah. Our first reading for this weekend is taken from that section

of the Old Testament. Can I invite you to read it at some point this week? Those chapters

dealing with Elijah and the adventures around him in first kings. They're wonderful

from both a kind of literary standpoint and a spiritual standpoint. Well, one of the

keys to understanding Elijah is that his name gives away the game. Elijah, Eliahu,

Yahweh is God. That's what his name means. The man's very identity is anchored to an

absolute clarity about what is of ultimate value. Yahweh is God. That's his name.

And see, in many ways, this is the whole question in the spiritual order. Who or what is your

God? And by God here, I mean simply ultimate value, ultimate concern, final preoccupation.

But at the end of the day matters most to you. When you've answered that question, then

you basically know who you are. See, what's your name? That's a good spiritual question.

What are you finally about? If your family matters most to you, and again, family is a great

thing. I'm all in favor of it. But if family matters most to you, then you're a family

man. If money matters most to you, and again, nothing wrong with money in itself, but if money

matters most to you, you're a money man. If pleasure matters most to you, then you're

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