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, we come to the end of the liturgical year, and that means we're celebrating the

feast of Christ the King. Now, some people have suggested that this feast is a bit

anachronistic. Since we don't have much truck with kings nowadays, they've suggested maybe

we should change metaphors and celebrate the feast of Christ the President. Well, though

we might not like human kings very much, and though the notion of kingship is kind of

alien to many of us. I mean, I'm an American. I'm not a big fan of kings. Nevertheless,

the metaphor should remain. How come? The whole idea is that Christ must become the dominos,

the Lord of our lives. He's the one to whom an absolute submission is required. See,

as it inserves our pleasure, we vote them and we vote them out. But it can't be that way

with Christ. That's why the metaphor of kingship, even though it's politically a bit awkward

for us, is theologically right. We don't vote him in or out. We submit completely to him.

He must be the Lord of every aspect of our lives. Private, public, physical, intellectual,

spiritual, our friendships, our relationships. Christ must be the center, the Lord of all

of that. And so indeed is king. Now, things will get a little bit easier, I think, to take

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