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 today to the marvelous feast of Pentecost, the feast of the Holy Spirit,

the Holy Spirit who is the lifeblood of the church. He's the soul of the

mystical body of Christ. I submit to you the Holy Spirit is the solution to the

problem of the one and the many. What am I talking about? Well if you go into the

history of philosophy you'll see that one of the most basic questions human

beings have always faced is the dilemma of the one and the many. Unity and

difference, unity and plurality. Which one has primacy? What's better? Unity or

differentiation? You'll see it now at almost every level of life and experience.

Okay, that's philosophy and we've never really solved it. Look at the various

thinkers and one will side more with unity, the other with diversity. How about

today in our culture? There's no question about it. We are really into

diversity in our culture, aren't we? We are acutely aware of the dangers of

unity, that it's imperialistic, it's oppressive, etc. And we are really singing the

praises of diversity. Well okay, but you know welcome to the history of culture

and philosophy. We always tend to oscillate back and forth between these two

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