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 for this third Sunday of Easter,

we continue to read from the magnificent Gospel of John, especially from these last two chapters

dealing with the resurrection appearances. Our story for today is taken from the 21st chapter

of John, and it's the wonderful account of Jesus' appearance to the disciples by the sea of

Galilee. I told you before, there's a lot of links between the Gospel of John and the creation

account. Same is true here. Jesus is the power of God recreating, reanimating, giving life back

to his church. Now what I found fascinating about this particular account is it's very relevant to us.

These disciples have had these extraordinary experiences of Jesus alive again after his crucifixion.

Peter and John running to the tomb, time is seeing the risen Christ and saying,

my Lord and my God, these extraordinary life-changing experiences. But now is this story open?

It seems as though they're back at their ordinary tasks.

Here are Simon Peter, Thomas, the twin, Nathaniel, Zebedee sons, and two other disciples.

They're back in Galilee. They've returned from Jerusalem, and they're about their business of

fishing again. Does this happen to us? We can have a very powerful religious experience.

Maybe it's a retreat you've been to. Maybe it's a sermon you've heard. Maybe it's some saintly

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