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, we

come now to the holy season of land, our preparation for Easter.

Lent, I've often said, is a time to get back to basics. It's like when you're

starting the football season and you get back to fundamentals. When you're trying

to get back to playing golf after a long winter away and you have to remember

the fundamentals of the swing, so in the spiritual order there are certain

fundamental truths and so the readings of land get us in touch with these and

for the first Sunday of land this cycle of readings, it's especially clear and

good. Our first reading is from the book of Genesis. Can I recommend everybody?

You just keep revisiting those opening chapters of Genesis to get your

bearings in the spiritual life. It's just indispensable and important. So

listen now, this from chapter two of Genesis. The Lord God planted a garden and

Eden placed there the man whom he had formed. Out of the ground, the Lord God made

various trees grow that were delightful to look at and good for food. What is God

want for us? He wants life for us. Please everyone listening to me, resist the

temptation or fight the suggestion whenever you hear it that somehow the God of

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