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.

For this 25th Sunday of ordinary time, I want to focus not on the gospel.

I preached on it many times before, the great parable of the unjust steward, which is very rich.

But I want to focus on readings two and one, because when read together, I think,

they give us a very good sense of Catholic social teaching in regard to the question of power,

of political power.

The church's position is a subtle one, and I think much of the conversation today kind of breaks on either side of it,

and the church typically gives this sort of both and answer.

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