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 to the 33rd Sunday of ordinary time, so just one more week

in the liturgical year. We're coming toward the end of the year. And as is typical, the church

gives us readings of an apocalyptic nature.

So readings about the end times.

The first one for today is from the wonderful book of Daniel.

One of my favorites in the Old Testament, a strange book full of different types of literature, really.

But you'll find in Daniel some apocalyptic text.

Now, one that's very important in terms of the New Testament is found in Daniel chapter 7.

Daniel has a vision.

He said, I saw the ancient one, so God on a throne.

Then he says, coming on the clouds,

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