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, so much depends on the spiritual

meaning of that little word trust. It's a word you find up and down the Bible. Well, Jeremiah

the prophet in our first reading lays it out as starkly and simply as possible. Listen.

Curse be the one who trusts in human beings, who seeks his strength in flesh, whose heart turns

away from the Lord, and kind of virtually switch it around. Blessed is the one who trusts

in the Lord, whose hope is in the Lord. Now, to trust, to have hope, to turn one's heart

to God, it means to root the whole of one's life, to ground and center one's concerns

in God, to trust, to turn one's heart to human beings means to root the whole of one's

life, to ground and center one's concerns in the things of this world, in wealth and fame,

and power, and honor, and pleasure. So here's the question raised by Jeremiah raised by

most of the great prophets and teachers in the Bible. What precisely is the center of gravity

of your life? Let me ask that again. What precisely is the center of gravity of your life? What

is your ultimate concern if I can use Paul Tillich's phrase? The Bible consistently lays this

out as a stark and sharp, either or. Think of that famous passage from the book of Joshua.

Joshua lays it on the line for the people of Israel. Do you serve the Lord or do you serve other

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