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, the next several weeks, so between now and the beginning of Lent,

we're going to be reading in our gospel from the Sermon on the Mount.

So it's a great opportunity again to return to this primal teaching of Jesus

that probably sums up the way he typically preached.

So what Matthew does in chapters 5, 6, and 7 of his gospel, that's where you find it.

Get out your Bible.

Matthew, chapters 5, 6, and 7 is this great speech of Jesus that probably represents the way

he typically taught. Well, we begin today with the sort of overture to it, which we call the beatitudes,

right? Jesus saw the crowds. He went up the mountain. After he had sat down, his disciples came to him and he began to teach.

That's important.

So we're at the very beginning, Jesus goes up the mountain, so he's like Moses there.

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